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.Neither Poverty nor Riches"

In quoting the following extract from the English
newspaper entitled Dickens Household Words'
we enjoy no triumph-we have no pleasure. We
lament the truth it imparts, and would that the
energies of that great nation could be aroused to
reform Of the wretched evil here described But it
10 effect well a cause Of what Is wrong
The extremes of wealth and poverty cannot exist
without their demorahzng influences on both
sides. There is ever seen blight in the trial of
each of these conditions Those laws and institu-
tons that look the welfare of the great family of
a nation-not the families of the great-alone
render people happy, intelligent and good. This
lesson is not learned at once, and some are much
more tardy in their comprehension of il than 9TH
ers. BY and bye we may all know it.
IGNORANCE IN ENGLAND.-Taking the whole of
northern Europc-including Scotland and France
and Belgium where education is at low ebb)
we find that to every two and quarter OF the pop
uation, there is one child acquiring the rudiments
of knowledge; while in England there is only one
such pupil To every fourteen Inhabitants. Ii has
been calculated that there at the present day III
England and Wales nearly 5000, 900 persons who
can neither read nor write-that Is to say, nearly
quarter of the population. Also, that of all the
children between five and fourteen, more than one
half attend no place OF instruction. These state
ments would be hard TO believe, if we had not TO
encounter in every day life degrees Of lteracy
which would be startling, if we were not thoroughly
used to it. Wherever we turn, ignorance, not al
ways allied to poverty, stares in the face. II
look in the Gazette, at the list of partnerships dis
solved, not month passes but some unhappy man,
rolling, perhaps, in wealth, but wallowing in igno-
rance, is put to the erperimerttla crucis of 'his
mark" The number of petty jurors-in rural dis
tricts especally-who can only sign with a cross,
is enormous. II is not unusual to sec parish docu-
ments Of great local importance defaccd with the
same humiliating symbol by persons whose office
shows them TO be not only "men Of mark" but
men of substance. A housewife in humble life need
only turn 10 the file OF her tradesmen's bills TO dis
cover hieroglyphics which render them many
arithmctical puzzles. In short, the practical evil
dcnces of the low ebb 10 which the plainest rud-
ments Of education in this country have fallen,
too common to bear repetition. We cannot pass
through the streets, we cannot enter place OF
public assembly, or ramble in the fields, without
the gloomy shadow of ignorance sweeping over
U.s. Dickens's Household Words"
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Where delicious strawberries, fresh from their fra
grant beds, cream cold ice, and every thing to
tempt and crafty the varied appetite will be found
spread in profusion, is in contemplation by the
Ladies belonging to the CHuRcH OF THE AscES-
SION. As the object which they propose to
complish, namely, the completion of their Sabbath
school room, IL one worthy of public patronage,
il s to be earnestly hoped the Ladies may meet with
the success which their benevolent excrtions de
serve. We requested TO state that the festival
will be held under the shady trees the farm of
Mr.. WAsHINsToN BERRY, mile and half north
of the Capitol; and that tor the accommodation Of
those who may desire ii, an omnibus will leave the
corner Of + and Ninth streets Thursday, the 18Th
instant, at noon precisely, and every hour through
out the afternoon until O'clock; the price of
veyance l2k cents each way. The Festival will be
continued, should the weather prove propitious
on Friday and Saturday, with the same accommo
dations. Children will be conveyed to and from
the ground at half price. June DIT
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From The MiddIstotoH Conn., Constitution, June II.
The People not Excited.

The failure OF some at the South to get up re-
spectacle Nashville Convention for the sake of dis
solving the Union, speaks loudly for the temperate
spirit that prevails at the South. Ii were TO be-
some people out Of Congress who make themselves
conspicuous by their enthusiasm in bad cause. we
should have conclude that the two sections of the
Union set in deadly hostility against each
other, and that there no such thing d
promise constitutional grounds Happily, how
ever, they by no means speak the public sentiment
of the South. The body of the people there desire
speedy settlement of the question now before
Congress, but they calm and rational about it,
and would, we believe, give up the whole of Cali
them with the North. Among the people them
selves there is no agitation. Northern and south
citizens freely ininge together, and joined
in the closest bonds of friendship They rarely dis
cuss with any heat the question which iniames
Congressman much The idea Of disunion seems
unnatural to them, that it is not made subject
of discussion.
For three months members of Congress have been
shut out from the people Placed there as repre-
scntatves of different sections and different inter
ests, yet bound together really by one common in
teres, they have magnited the points OF difference
and forgot the great end for which they sent
there. They seem by continued friction to have set
themselves on fire. II is not strange, perhaps, that
it should be so, yet it is unfortunate. They are
thus disqualified from acting properly. They do
not represent their constituents at home, but have
worked themselves into the notion that they the
whole nation Is shut up with the two houses OF Con-
gress. Never was more mistaken idea! Let
members if possible take ayew OF public sentiment
in its quiet tide, unrufled by the hurricanes which
blow around the capitol, and they will learn les
son which will be profitable to them in cooling
down their heat and to the country in settling the
question which has SO long delayed the admission
of California into the Union.
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IrALY-THE REIGN OF TERRoR.-Under this title
the correspondents of the London Times and Neps
speak of the doings in Rome. Under date of the
18th May, they say
Last night, the domcil of the British consul's
secretary was forciby broken into by a band of
government rutfians, amid the cries and remon-
strances Of his wife and family. Signor creole,
who not at home, lie a most respectable Roman
gentleman, and has acted pro-consul in Mr..
Freeborn's absence, in which character he de
facto recognised by the Papal authorities. The
sbirro, with gang Of carbineers, threatening to
blow out the brains of the lady, ransacked book.
cases, drawers, desks, and cupboards in search Of
pamphlets or testaments, all in vain.
"The same night, band of ten carbinccrs broke
into the house of Sgnor Bouhgli, formerly tutor
the Throgmorton family, and late under secretary
of state, rummaged his books and papers, and car
red off many English works, Macchiavelli's Flor
entinc History, and a volume Of I" Punch"
''In "A chemists shop, Piuzza Maddeiena. seven
doctors were captured in the act of listening 10 a
letter which one of them had received, when a spy
through the shop window, deeming their attitude
suspicious, ran for policemen and had the whole
party in prison in ten minutes. simple police
order is now enough 10 Danish any citizen. Van
mini, the Tuscan COW merchant, is ordered off 10
Florence from his milk shop in Piazza di Spdgna.
Yesterday, twenty or thirty sbirri passed through
the whole length Of the Corso, conhscating all the
red cloth caps of every kind in the hatters' shops
So many forged notes afloat that even good
don't pass; and desperate fight with knives
the result, the other day, between jew money
brokers and the irdDsfeverini."
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(connrspoSprsor OF rHI aEpusLlc.I

BALTIMORE, June l4--5 D. IN.
The governor chancellor. and chief judge Of the
court of appeals, To whom the law was referred in
regard TO the recent election 10 call convention TO
alter the State constitution, have decided that u
majority of the voters Of the State or rather
jority Of the votes taken, were in iayor OF calling
convention. This settles the doubt that heretofore
existed in regard TO the construction OF the law.
Some OF opinion that, from its peculiar word
ing majority Of the legal voters OF the State, as
compared with previous elections, would be requi-
site to authorize the calling of a convention. The
matter, however, is now finally settled, and the
Governor has issued his proclamation authorizing
the delegates to be elected in the several counties
and the city Of Baltimore, on the 4th day of Sep
tember next. The law provides that each county
and the city Of Baltimore shall be entitled 10 elect
as many delegates to the convention as they have
members in the general ASSEMBLY thus making the
whole number one hundred and three.
wholesale robbery attempted III our city
night before last. Some half dozen boats, all fully
manned, were sccn coming into the harbor along
the wharf. Soon some Of the pirntica crew land
ed and commenced breaking into warehouse for
the purpose Of stealing coffee. They were fortu-
nately surprised and forced to escape without
booty. II is ascertaincd that quite quantity
of coffee is missing from warehouses the wharf,
supposed TO have disappeared in this way.
We have another very hot day--the warmest Of
the season.
The -four market is steady Howard street Is
worth SIS 81, City Mills SIS 81.
Red wheat ll6 ll9 cts; white l25 1870 cts;
white corn So SO cts, and yellow SO 60 cts. Oats
AZ 43 cts Whisky &c 81 cts, per gallon
The tobacco market is without change. The
sales are steady and prices quoted last week.
The inspections of the week 1859 hhds., OF
which $40 were Ohio, 6 Kentucky, and the residue
Maryland
Stocks are quiet. Sales of 200 shares Baltimore
and Ohio railroad at 63a 635. Maryland 6's, 1907
asked. Nothing done in Government stocks.
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BALTIMoRE ASD ONO RAILRoAD.-Thc revenue
Of this work, for the recent month Of May shows an
increase Of upwards Of $4,000 over the correspond.
ing month of lS49.
In reference 10 the important matter Of the OK.
tension of the road westwardly towards the Ohio
river, learn that at meeting of the Board, the
remainder of the road from the Tygarps Valley
Bridge to the city of Wheeling was let TO contrac-
tors, with the exception Of about thirtyfive miles,
which await the decision of the Board of Arbrators,
10 be made by the LIST of October next. The bid
ding was spirited, and the estimates of Mr.. b. H.
Latrobe, the engineer, fully sustained throughout
The work will be commenced without moments
delay. The whole line Of this great work may now
be said to be in the hands Of contractors, and at
prices below the original estimated cost.
The laborcrs employed number upwards Of 500,
and the monthly estimates will, when the whole
line is under way, exceed 100000 Considerable
progress has been already made upon all the heavy
sections; several of medium class are very nearly,
and some entirely finished. The great tunnel is
progressing steadily, and with every prospect Of
completion within the time limited by the engineer
The laying down of the iron will commence carly
next spring. The road 10 the mouth Of Savage may
be expected to be opened about June next, and the
track will thence be pushed forward without inter
ruption, and in an unbroken line until IL reaches
Wheeling.
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when forests will grow undisturbed when the
whale will be suffered to accumulate his blubber
unmolested; when steamers will suck up their IL
quid fuel from the and the river; when loco
motives will carry theirs in tea kettle; when
housewives will go to the hydrant and pump for
the aiment of their lamps; when housemaids will
make their fires from pitcher; when cooks will
roast beef from basin; when fish will broil in
their native element; when wood cutters and coal
men will turn into many Othellos, whose 'oc.
cupation's gomez when fire companies will combat
their own element; when the emblem of the Son
nies' will become genuine fire water;' when. in
a word, the hitherto unattainable end will be
complshed, and the river will be set ON fire!
"The results are inconceivable, and warn all
the world to prepare TO be astonished. The da-
guerreotype and the magnetic telegraph may hide
their heads, and the steam engine may prepare to
be considered a relic of barbarisIn. The Rochester
knockers may stop dat knocking'-they can't
come in, when Paine lights and warns the world
with water. Mr.. Gliddon's mummy male priest
may retire, and carry back to the Thebes Of
three thousand years ago the wonders of the new
invention. We want interlopers from old
Egypt. We arc going to melt ice by the applica-
ton of water, and boil water with the dissolving
crystals warm ourselves in douche bath, and
reform the world by a course of hydropathy."
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MooRE's UNION HOUSE.
WASHINGTON CITY, ID. G.

WAsHlNGToN CITY. ID. &.
THIS establishment, ON street, between a. and
Il 9th streets, nearly north Of the National, and
recently known the EXCHANGE HOTEL .
has been thoroughly refttcd, improved, and fur
nished anew, and will be opened for the reception
Of company on Monday next, 10th instant, by the
subscriber, late Of the ''Croton Hotel" New York
city.
By attention 10 the comfort of HE guests. ia the
liberal and weordercd supplies Of the table, ia the
neatness and ventilation Of the rooms and the pu
rity Of the beds, he hopes TO render his House
ceptable 10 the travelling community, and desir-
able home for such scek a longer sojourn in the
National Metropolis. Hc respectfully solioits, and
aims 10 dsse ps, share Of the public patronage.
June s-codtJelS JOHN l.. MOORE.
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STRAWBERRY, ICE CREAM, AND FLO
RAJ FESTIVAL.

IN THURSDAY, FRIDAY, and SATURDAY.
" Q3h, 18th, and 18th of June, ) the Sunday
School OF Chrst's church, Episcopal east Of the
Capitol and near the Navy Yard, Washington city.
will hold Strawberry. Ice Cream, and Floral FEES
fiOai During the last eighteen months very laud
able and vigorous efforts have been made by the
vestry and congregation Of this parish to improve
and enlarge their old and venerable house Of wor-
ship; and this generous and voluntary effort of the
members OF the Sunday School is for the purpose of
aiding in fitting up the interior Of the church, and
adding ,vestry room.
The public generally invited to participate in
this Festival, which will be held in the spacious
room Of the Anacostia Engine Company, near the
Navy Yard.
Doors open from to 10 O'Clock, p. m.
June S,13,I4,&l5
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STATIsTIcs-Lost Time.-Some mouse Of a fellow
estimated that mankind in the aggregate, annu-
ally repeat the questions: "How are your and
"How do you do'" OF least 10000 900 times,
thereby wasting about 2,i66 GOO GOO hours, 2l6,
666,666 working days-counting ten hours az the
measure Of each day. But this is not the only lose
The most polite man yawns at least ten times in
social company; allowing 500 yawns for each com
pany (of which friend rcckons that l04 900 600
are held every year, and two seconds time for each
yawn, the working days will amount TO 3,6ll I'LL.
Counting days wages at the low rate Of so cents,
the human race spends every year, in yawning
and saying "How do you do?' GLOW are your the
sum OF $40, lSS, SSS.
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EAUQUIER WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
VIRGINIA,

More generally kno,cn as Warenton Springs. !
WILL be open for the reception of vsiters ON
w the LIST Of June. Extensive improvements
are IN progress that wlil give new aspect 10 the
whole establishment No expense will be spared
in adding 10 its establishment, or TO the comfort
and pleasure of tive guests. Knowing by ocular
evidence, In numerous instances, the positive in
trinsic value Of the water, and its almost miracu
lous effect in particular cases. il has been regarded
as good policy 10 enlarge the accommodations and
TO complete the original design, to crafty the
taste and fancy OF guests as well 10 promote their
health and pleasure. Situated in a remar kably
healthy region in full view of the bold Blue Ridge
and in the vicinity of the beautiful village of War
renton, visiters may, horseback in carria ges
over the improving roads, enjoy the most pictur-
esque scenery, or may seek exercise in the ten pin
alleys, the pistol gallery. the game of billiards,
the healtbful dance The lovers of music and
flowers will find peculiar has been taken TO
win their approval, while the fallow deer and the
fawn, the gold and silver fish the elk and the swan
may relieve tedious hour TO those who are inter
ested in the fr9 nature. In word, every step
has been taken which expanded liberaty could
suggest, TO add to the comfort and accommodation
OF vislters. The hurdle race and tournament, the
fancy ball, masquerade and brilliant fire works,
Will lend their respective attractions. Nor are these
preparations designed for the gay monde only. To
the holy ministers OF religion, of every denomina-
ton, cordial, not grudging invitation 10 given
to spend the summer, without charge. The usual
services Of the church respected throughout the
season.
Ancsc springs are DO OF DO niles, according TO the
route taken, from fredericksburg, and 49 or 80
from Alexandria. Tri-weekly stages will run from
both these points till July, when daily lines will be
established.
These springs are known on the post office books
as "Warrenton Springs" and all letters should
be so directed, or they may be left at Warrenton,
or sent to the White Sulphur Springs, in Green
brier
Terms of board will be as follows: $50 for the
whole season, ending LIST of October; S75 for three
months; = 60 for two months, s SO for month;
SlOper week; $lS for two weeks, 81 rs per day;
meals or lodging fifty cents each. Servants and
children under twelve years old half price No
charge for children under three years old. When
separate tables provided for children before the
usual hour, those who retain their at the
binary table will be charged full price. Horses
fifty cents day, or $40 month.
DANIEL WARD,
June MISUNDERSTANDING Superintendent.
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STOVES OUT OF SEASON.

A 5 STOVES are out of season, have instead on
"A hand large assortment oil Hardware and
Cutlery Locks Of all kinds and Of the latest styles,
direct from the Pittsburg factory; with great
riety of other house building materials. Also, a
variety of house furnishing articles Bathing Tubs
and Shower Baths OF all kinds; chldren's Cabs and
Carriages, of all sizes and styles: also few Of DR..
Larrabee's late patent double upright Refrgera-
tors, the best article in the MARKET this refrigerator
is constructed with cold air chambers and pipes
that the articles within il in frozen condition
with very little icc all OF which will be sold low
for cash. G. WOODWARD,
June l4-3t Penn. av., bet. 10th and ! tn SITS.
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Homestead Exemption.

Some one in the State of Maine has proposed a
repeal of the law Of homestead exemption; and the
Bangor Vhig thus declaims against such action:
"The true idea of the law, as deem il, and
that which most inclines 10 insist upon its being
retained is, that man is above money. In all the
exgcncics of business; the ups and downs of life;
the changes of fortune which taking place, il s
right that man-that the family-should not suffer
the whole burden of i'll fortune, and capital
ney which is less than man, should escape Ma
poeon said, in reference, to his artillery, that the
horses should first be worn out and the men
spared. So say in this matter, let capital bear
the burden, and humanity be spared. The home
stead, TO the family. should be invioatc. To
cure a homestead should be the early and earnest
desire Of every young man in our State; they
should be equally In earnest to have not only their
own, but the homestead of every other man
empted from being wrenched from the family when
the hand Of misfortune bears upon them.
"This whole subject has been thoroughly
gued in various ways before the people of the State
and is accordant with the spirit OF real progress,
and Just in itself and wisely cxpedient for
State and so essential 10 the cxigencies 10 which
all families liable, and alternating to the
pangs Of poverty, and 80 consonant with the popu-
lar sentiment OF the Of the people, that we do
not upon what principles Of right or consistency
the law can be repealed"
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NOTICE.
]. CULLA MEX,
POkimnalfr Efnfrnl

DY recent arrangement of the Library Of the
ID Treasury Department, many books, which
properly belong TO that establishment, appear TO
have been taken from il, prior 10 the first day Of
April, 1850, and not returned up 10 the present
time, llth day of June, 1850. All persons, there
fore, who have in their possession any book or
books which have been taken, prior 10 the time
aforesaid, from that Library, which properly be-
long 10 il, will be pleased 10 return them without
delay.
TREAsURY DEPARTMESr. nth June, 1850.
Iune l1-3t
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OLANNETT,s BITrERs.-Thisa rticIe is big

Il ly recommended for the cure of dyspepsia, in
digestion, hatulency, general debility, liver
plants, and all the train Of symptoms commonly
called nervous affections. II Il of the most de
sirablc toncc offered 10 the public. IL create,
healthy action throughout the system, restore
the appetite, equalizes the circulation, gives tone
and energy to,the system, and creates power oil
resistance 60 diseases rarely obtained. IL Is pure
ly vegetable composition, and recommends itself to
the attention Of those suffering from the above dis
orders.
For sale by X. =. PATTERSON and H.. ID. w.
n. GfLMAN, Washington, ID. &. Orders received
by the general agents for the proprietor,
VIM T. HICKS CO,
llg aud l5l Front streets. New rerk.
April l6-dtr- w&wly
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We yesterday examined at the store Of Mr.. Ste
vens, Browns Hotel, new and very beauti
FIJI style of cap, manufactured by Mr.. S. for the
members of the Marine Band. II is blue bell
shaped cap, having wide red band around it, or
namented with gildcd tinsel and having large
harp in front Ii is fine affair in design, and exc
cutcd in the neat and elegant manner that charac-
tcrizes every thing proceeding from Mr.. Stevens's
establishment. We heard a gentleman say the
other day. that he could select Mr. Stevens ustom
as they passed along the streets; other men,
he asserted, such light and graceful hats.
None others displayed such comfortable and Gle
giant lincns-noae others -es~~ats, gloves,
canes, and all the little appointments, of so tidy
and becoming a character. In point Of fact, as
cousin Phenix would say, Mr.. Stevens is perfect
renovator Of even dilapidatcd specimens Of human
ity, and old bachelors agreeable looking fellows
after they pass through his hands; while young
wives, wondering at the improved appearance of
their husbands, half suspect them Of starting upon
new conquests. We would inform such gentlemen
as are not recent students in geography, that Mr..
SIS store is not far from Col James Simmer apple
stand, and may be known by its having panes of
glass as large the windows, and windows as
large as ordinary houses, and exceedingly polite
statesmen on the inside.