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February 10, is47 and which are the parent Of the

February 49, ls47, and which the parent OF the
Nashville convention.
The time has gone by for holiday professions in
favor of the Union. The time has come for works;
and the paper which does not work against the dis
unionsts is for them. Thus far the infamy of the
disunion movement rests principally upon the Dem
ocratic papers, from the conduct of some, which
have been leaders in the party-Ohe Washington
city Union and the Richmond Enquirer, for exam
e)-and have no communion with such papers
The condition of the country requires new tests
for the Democratic party and these tests have been
adopted in Missouri. Reputation of the dsunion
resolutions of the last General ssembly-repuda-
ton OF the Nashville neutrality-suspicious. Of
secession, notification and disunion, remedies
for political evils submission to the laws of the
land, until repealed by the people, or invalidated
by the Judiciaryf these are the tests which the
times require, and have communion with any
one who cannot adopt them, and work up to them
The civity of your letter, and the desire not to
leave you in error by my silence, has drawn from
me this candid reply 1t is the first time that.
have ever written letter to any editor on the
course of his paper, is this intended alter the
course of yours. In fact you could not now change
your plan with profit honor to yourself but it is
due to you to know that personal good will to me,
even to the extent you intimate, can have any eff
feet on my feelings in relation to your paper The
Union is menaced, and its preservation is an over
ruling consideration with me, before which every
thing personal sinks into insignifcance, and dis
appears from my view.
Respectfully, sir, your obedient servant,
THOS. H. BENTON.
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vannah papers the arrival in that city OF
George J. Bulloch, the cashier of of the banks
there, who absconded some time since, having
robbed the institution of very large sum OF
money II will be recollected that the bank offered
reward of five thousand dollars for his apprehen-
sion and return to Savannah. Bulloch was appre-
hended by Boston police officer, on board the
schooner Abel, within a few miles of her point OF
destination in England, and the latter claims the
reward. The reward is also claimed by the sheriff
of Chatham county, Georgia. The bank has de-
termined to deposite the money ($5,000) in the
custody of the court, until the bill of nterpleader
can be filed, and the question judicially settled
Bulloch was committed to the Jail of Chatham
county.
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DEATH OF THE PoET LAUREArE.-On Tuesday,
the Odd ultimo, about the hour Of noon, w Words
worth, died at his house, Rydal Mount, near Am
bleside. He had lately completed his s0th year.
The elevation Of Sir Robert Peel 10 the pccrage
is also limited at.
The Court Of Queens Bench unanimously re-
fused 10 grant the Bishop Of Exeter the rule pray
ing against the decision Of the ecclesiastical court
in the Gorbam case
The new steamer Asia, Of the Cunard line. ar
rived at Liverpool from the Clyde on Friday She
will sail for Boston on the 18th inst.
The prospects for the crops throughout the United
Kingdom are said to be promising.
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Arrival OF Br,,,.b au..p.

The steamer British Queen, for some days ans
iously expected, arrived this morning from Ham
burg She experienced westerly winds up to the
and continued until the 22d.
The steamer lost all her csnvnss, the bowsprit,
jib-boom, fore topmast, and figure head.
On the 10Th, finding her coal running short very
fast, and having only enough for three days con-
sumption on board, she bore up for St. Johns New
foundland, where she arrived the 30th, and took
in a supply Of COAL and sailed again the Sd inst
steamer steering cast in latitude 40 40, longitude
55o 40.-N Y. Erpress.
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mobile and New or,..n, M.,I 1.,n..

Our Southern friends will be gratified to
learn that the Postmaster General, yes
terday, decided to renew the contract
with Captains JAMES L. DAY and CHARLES
l.. REYNOLDS, for the transmission of the
mails between Mobile and New Orleans.
These gentlemen, in connexion with others,
are the owners Of splendid line of low
pressure steamers, in which the mails
have been carried for several years. Such
is the promptitude and fidelity which has
characterized the discharge of their re-
sponsible duties, that the sentiment of the
people of the two great commercial marts
was almost unanimous in favor of the ex-
tension of the contract to the old and faith
full contractors. There was a good deal
Of competition for the contract on this
route. The decision of the Postmaster
General, we have no doubt, is wise, i'm
partial, and judicious, and it will carry
gladness to our friends in Mobile and
New Orleans.
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.CArADIAr ArrExATIoN.-Tbe decease Of the
Toronto Independent newspaper will excite sur
prise beyond the immediate circle Of it's readers
Established 10 advocate the scheme Of annexation,
and conducted with more than ordinary ability, il
nevertheless failed 70 make any impression on the
Canadian masses, and for the reason that not ono
person in hundred cared the toss Of copper whe-
Their they should be annexed or not while on this
side the subject has excited the slightest
attention, or been advocated by any press in the
country. The people Of the United States do not
wish it.-Bufalo (otuier.
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STORM AT WARRENToN, VA.-On Sunday the
9Th instant, Warrenton, Virginia, was visited by a
severe storm, which did serious damage to many OF
the buildings of the town. The Presbyterian
church "a brick building) eveled to the
ground-a mass of ruins. frame house, occupied
by MIR. Martin, was also destroyed. Trees, out
houses, chimneys fences, &c, sustained great in
iury.
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The steamship America, Captain Leitch, which
left Boston on Wednesday, .st instant, arrived at
Halifax on Thursday, the 3D. in toenty- hours
passage-the shortest run ever made between the
two places
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An English paper chronicles the death Of John
Williams, at Belle Islc, member of the Methodist
Society for Sc years. He is described a man who
dearly loved his Bible and read II closely He as.
certained by calculation that the word behold
occurs ,Oo9 times from Genesis TO Revelations; the
name "Moses" 500 times; that Of "Joshua" ala
times; david" ,006 timcs; and the sacred name
Of "Jesus" occurs in the New Testament 995 tines
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I H E r EP U BLIC.
WASHINGTON:
SATURDAY MORNING. MAY II. 1850.


The Senate was not in session yester-
day.
The House acted upon the amendments
of the Senate to the Deficiency bill, and,
with two trifling exceptions, they were
all concurred in. An adjournment took
place until Monday.
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The model of the equestrian statue of General
JACKSON may be seen to-day and Monday. II will
not be again exhibited until cast in bronze.
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The following correspondence needs nc
introduction-it explains itself. 1t first
appeared in the St. Louis Union. Col.
BENToS's part Of it is not so high-sea-
soned as some of mis- recent publications
have been; but it is quite up to the de-
termined spirit which he has evinced
throughout his controversy with the Mis-
souri, Legislature.
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wAsHrsoroS CITY, March 30, 1850.
TO die1. WaIkr, esq.

TO Her. Wntcr, esq.
Sra have 70 acknowledge the receipt Of
your letter Of the 10th instant, and to thank you
for that mark Of attention and for the sentiments
personal TO myself which you express. But while
do this, (snd TO prevent the misconception into
which my silence might lead you, IL said nothing
other parts Of your letter,) feel IL due 10 you
20 say, that cannot approve the plan Of your pa
per, any thing in II but injury TO the Dem
ocratic party and TO the Union.
Your paper 90 far az can judge, is 10 be a rcvi-
val Of shadrsch PENIS old Reporter, which was
itself the successor TO all the Calhoun papers which
had successfully sprouted up and rotted down in
st. Louis during thirty years past. II your paper
is TO be Of that family, II will share the fate Of
its antecessors, and rot down also
The contest now going on in Missouri, and in
which you say you cannot interfere, ia a contest
which concerns the life Of this Union, and which
has been going on for twenty years in some parts
Of the United States, and which has now npened
into open proposition for a convention at Nash
vile, evidently 10 organize the secession Of the
southern States. This 10 the contest now going on
in Missouri, and which has been brought into our
State by the Legislative adoption (st the last SEES
son) the disJnion resolutions Of Mr.. Calhoun, OF
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PARIs COMMONWEALTH wilkins Ken
dali, writing from Paris, TO the Picayrins, under
date Of April 9TH, thus closes his epstle:
1T is hardly time yet for the regular influx Of
Americans, but they will soon be along in crowds.
The spring steamers will soon be setting down their
hundreds OF passengers the wharvcs Of Liver
pool and Southampton, and none Of our coun-
trymen think Of remaining in England moment
longer than business may compel them, they inn
mediatcly find their way TO Paris. Meanwhile the
pleasure seeking and sight seeing throngs Of Amcr-
cans, who during the past winter have been trav
cling through Italy and the east, also vending
their way thitherwards, gladdoning the hearts and
filing the purses Of the shop keepers. gay and
prosperous time will they have Of IL here The com
ing summer at least If the inhabitants can 90 far
keep quiet 10 avoid series Of emeutes or reQu-
lar revolution.
"1four countrymen are already visiting Paris, and
the other cities Of the Old World, in such numbers
how many will be along VIC become richer, and
the facilities for crossing the Atlantic arc
In five years from now, If the world keeps quiet,
there will be almost daily line Of steamers crossing
the ocean, leaving some of ports; the price Of
passage will also doubtless be cheaper az cornpeti-
ton increases the trips will be shortened without
question; and trip TO Europe will then be as com
mon as trip TO Saratoga or Newport"
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Daniel Webster.
Nulla uesfigfa refrors1lm


The position at present occupied by the cminent
individual whose name stands at the head Of this
article, presents spectacle of moral grandeur
which it is difficult to contemplate without feelings
Of intense admiration. He has gained the greatest
of all possible victories; he has triumphed the
malice OF his most invcerate foes, and has convert
ed their hatred into admiration, their long INDUCED
strains Of detraction into notes Of unqualified APP
plause Il was thought 10 be the brightest trait in
the history Of that great and good the late Chief
Justice Marshall, that he lived down the violent but
ephemeral msgnity of party, and forced even his
enemies 20 acknowledge the unrivacd powers Of his
intellect and the eminence Of the services which II
had enabled him 10 render his country. Justice
found him out at last; but it did not find him until
new generation had arisen, and that TO which his
enemies belonged had passed forever away. Mr..
Webster's triumph 10 even more complete than this.
In the middle Of that very generation 10 which his
malgncrs belong he has comp llcd them 10 retract
their ISLANDERS, and 10 yield him tribute Of praise,
more lofty than any he has ever received at
the hands Of his friends.
But IL s not the praise Of his enemies alone that
renders the position Of Mr.. Webster, at this mo-
nacnt, the subject Of 30 much admiration. The man
who, in this country and this age can breast the
tide Of public opinion without shrinking, and nobly
daring TO DO what is right, without caring 10 ask
what is popular, deserves all that can be said Of
him, though panegyric should be exhausted in his
praise. How few are they who would have dared
TO do as he has done; who would have dared 10 adj
wise their constituents 10 do not what agree
able, but what was right 10 declare that he sought
their good not their applause. There can be no
doubt that Massachusetts will respond TO her great
statesman she ought to do. So much magma
nimity cannot be lost upon the descendants of
those who fought at Lexington and Bunker Hill
Already has her Legislature, which II feared
would look upon tho part he has chosen with an
evil eye, sanctioned his conduct by an immense
majority, while the people are said TO approve it
even more generally and cordially Besides, the
people Of that State have just pride and an I'M
bounded confidence in their great statesman.
They know that he has no equal as constitutional
lawyer; and feeling that their interests are safe in
his hands, they will be TO consider the path he
may point out as that which is right.-Rich Wing
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THIRTY-FIRsT CONGRESS.
FRIpAy. MAY 10, 1850.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
FIRST SESSION.

The SENATE did not sit to-day, having yesterday
adjourned over until Monday
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| DELTA OfFick, NEW ORLEANs, March 10, 1850.
| Hon. r. H. Benton
DEAR sR Though personally unknown to you,
do not deem myself sufficiently stranger 10 con-
slider il necessary TO apologize for addressing you
| thus. As a member Of the same great party for
which you have 30 long, ably and 80 effectually
battled, have ever cherished for you feeling Of
great respect and admiration. II il this feeling
prompts me 10 address you now. The 81. Louis
Republican OF the 7th March has statement to the
effect, that anti Benton paper s to be started
in few days in that city, to be "odited by Judge
Walker, Of the Delta" I am the person referred
to, and consider IL my duty TO state 10 you what
] am constrained by certain considerations from
making public, that there ia no truth in this
statement. have been requested by many per-
sons TO take charge Of Democratic paper in
St. Louis, and have consented 10 do 90 on the dis
tnct condition that was not TO NEEDLE in a con
troversy, the merits Of which did not fully under
stand, ian interference which, on my part, would
be impcrtinent and prcsumptuous;) and farther,
that said paper TO be conciliatory and catholic
| in its tone and sentiments further made il a con-
dtion that the Union (being for sale) should be
bought out, and one strong, permanent, Democra-
/ tic paper established Until these conditions are
complied with, have positively declined all con-
ne1ion with any Democratic paper in st. Louis,
though IL is field upon which feel great desire
| 20 embark, under favorable auspices There are
points (not, however, Of very cardinal chsracter)
upon which may differ from you, but there Is no
thing at present in your which would Justify
me in Withholding that support and respect which
have heretofore extended TO the views and course
pursued by you.
lam, with great respect, your obcdient servant,
ALEX. WALKER.
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mere once ltVed IN an OBSCURE Town IN VI as
sachuseus, an old Indian woman. Somehow
or other, the old woman had accumulated quite
little property. Yet she was an Indian, and
was treated with cool conlemp, by her neigh.
bors She had no seat al The social circle
received no attention from those around her
occupied back pew in church, and down to-
ward The grave she travelled, without fIiend ol
comforter.
Old Nance had bu, one relative living, thai
she knew Of and he, wild, graceless son
He was the terror Of The village, and spen, his
lime in anything bu, respectable way. Al
last, the vagabond so worried the forbearence
of his old mother. that in hasty momen, she
| resolved 10 dsinheril him and leave her money
to The church.
Accordingly she started for the house of one
of the deacOns, and made clean breas, Of her
troubles, and acquainted him with her de,ermi-
nation. The deacon grew from cool TO very
amable mood as she proceed, and at last. be-
came proluse in his expressions Of gratitude.
The will, through The agency of the deacon,
was drawn. bu, The old woman feeling lillle
compunc,on. had clause inserted hich should
make it void provided The son would totally
reform his habits Secrecy was enjoned upon
the deacon, who said nothing abou. il, except
10 two or three friends, who of course spread
it all over the village in the space Of one day.
But The change wrought in The situation Of
Old Nance was miraculous. Such good old
woman The nice bis from the best tables
began TO journey, under nea, napkins, to. her
humble abode. On rainy Saha,h, a carrige
took her up at her door. and carried her to churc
where she was kindly favored with front pew.
near the speaker. and near The stove. Her
praise was in everybody's mouth, and her tot
.ierng form commanded respec. everywhere.
Bui she ,hrised remarkably under this treat
men. and lived. and lived In the meantime
the son was looked on with more than usual
disirus,, and The poor widow was deeply CON-
miserated in. his dIsgraceful course
Years passed away, and The kind attentions
OF friends were slill continued TO the wido~,
when, al last, she slept The sleep lhs, knows
no waking. A large funeral, one ofihe largest
the little village had ever seen. attended her
10 her grave in the quiet churchyard. There
were tears shed above her bier, and penlsons
brealhed upon her memory.
The funeral was past. The deacon. the
squire. and number OF village noiables were
gathered in her dwelling, and in ono corne sof
The room sat the sad and iaciiurn son:
SQUIRE said the decon, ! believe there Is a
will
Yes. there is will'
will you have The goodness 10 read H.
The will was produced All were silent.
The will was read, in whieh all the widow
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properly was bequeathed to the church-Ma
ny an eye sought the face Of the prodigaI son,
bur saw no change in his srolid features.
When the reading was finished. The son arose
and drawing piece Of paper from his pocket
enquired the date of that ar will
The date was stated, and handing the squire
his paper, the porIionless asked him 10 read it,.
Alas! j, was will one day yonger than the
other. The fond mother in her weakness had
told the son what she had done, aud he mana :
gedto have will drawn twenty -four hours af-
Ter the previous one, in which he was the sole
legatee.
The assembled wisdom and disineresiedness
Of the village went home thinking. and the son
had the satisfaction Of knowing that his mo her. :.
last days were he, bes, days Reader, this is
not fiction. /. /. but an instance of lhe weak.
ness OF our common natures, which in similar
developments, come before US with humilla-
tIng frequency, alike in The lowest and high
est walks Of life.
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sTRoUDsBURG MONROE COUNTY Pa THURSDAY JULY H. 1850

pounds ; do you dare 10 think that you can car
ry me from this Pavilion to the Spring and back
without putting me down" Z"
THAT is what offer TO do, but you are Il
use no unfair means to prevent. no dragging o
the legs or anything of that Sort"
"Of course not"
8" am to carry you to the Spring and back
without putting you down, that's the bet"
That's it. il is bet, nice inveslmen, fol
your surplus capital
All doubled r 3 ability to accomplish the
feat, yet from his determined manner, some
were induced TO back him; still bets were
freely offered al two 10 one agains, him. Tom
b. being the most extensive operator.
II was an incident in The quiet routine of our
household. The young gentlemen told it to
the young ladies', the young ladies though, il
would be capital fun. bul they were afraid poor
dear litle R. would strain hmsnf,.
R. says he will do i. if he bursts blood
vessel"
"Oh, shockingw
The excitemen, increases. and many pairs
Of gloves, handkerchiefs, and boquels, were
staked on the result Mex, morning r. did
no, make his appearance al breakfast, and il
was wlspered that he had sat up all night ma
king his will, and practising The dumb-beIls
Al length The clock strikes elve, the hour
appointed for ihe performance all is hustle,
confusion. and excitement not only the Piaz.
zas and Balconies, but the entire road from The
Pavilion TO The Spring was lined with ladies
on every side their little sun. shades glanced in
The sunbeams, and their summer scarfs waved
the breeze.
And now, amid The breathless silence, step
forth from the hall of the Pavilion, The obser-
we'd of all observers, The Dwarf and The Giant.
Expectation i. on tp-loe, the exeitemen, is
intense. when suddenly the musical voice OF
r. breaking the solemn stiffness, is heard 10
exclaim-.-
Strip"
What. :" says The Giant.
Stip !" repeated r
What do you meant"
"Why, exactly wha, I say.--strip. come,
hurry donh disappoin, the ladies'
You don't mean undress Z"
Yes DOL wagered 10 cary you, you are
heavy enough in all conscience. I'm no. going
to burden myself with fifty pounds OF clo'hing
You dou. pretend 'ha, you were TO carry
me without my clothes :" almos, shrieked the
aslonished Giant.
bel iha! | would carry you, and nothing
else :.wli you ge, ready !r'
Sold, oh Jemma !" exclaimed Tom, and
seizing r. by the waIsband OF the trowsers, he
rushed, amid The shouts of laughter and waving
OF handkerchiefs. into the bar-room, deposited
r. upon The counter, and ordered supper al
nine precisely.