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WASHINGTON, Aug. 13-P. N
Passage of the California Bill.

Passage Of the California Bill.
The bill admitting California into the Union
passed the Senate this afternoon by vote of SO
yeas TO IS nays. The minority portion of the
Senators have given notice of their intention to
protest against the passage Of the bill tomorrow.
REFoRM-The Centervie md y Advertiser says
that the whig licked in Queer. Anne for the re-
form Convention is composed entirely of indi-
viduals who have always been averse to con-
vention, and who have exerted themselves with
all the energy they could command, to defeat
the call. 1t adds:
"a ma lority of the electors OF the county are
retormers in the fullest sense of the term, and
we are greatly deceived in their feeling on the
subject if they do not unite, irrespective Of old
party distinctions, TO defeat these eleventh.hour
milk -and-water conventionis,s."
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-08-19

CHOLERA AT THE SoUrH-We learn from
the Chattanooga Gazette that the cholera had
broken out among the hands engaged in excava-
ting the Tunnel through the Cumberland Noun
tain, ON the Chattanooga and Nashville Rail
Road number of them had died, and most il
not all, had abandoned the work, which had been
progressing rapidly, with the prospect of as spec
dy compilation as could be expected
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PROGRESS OF Law REFoRM.-An act lately
passed by the Legislature of Mississipsi, re-en-
acting, word for word the whole system of plead
ing reported by the late commissioners of the
code Of procedure of the State of New York, and
now in force
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10 We understand, from good authority,
that the cholera has not broken out in Win
chester: and that Mr.. Langley who recently died
there contracted his disease, while on visit to
the North. The health of Winchester never
was BETTER
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-08-19
INDIANAPOLIS, August 18th
Indiana Election

The returns are favorable to the Democrats,
who have carried the State. they have ma
jority of 20 in the Legislature, and about the
same in the Convention.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-08-19

Some of the papers having expressed an app
prehenson that Gen. Taylor has left an embar-
raised estate and a family insufficiently provid-
ed for, Maunsel, White & Co., his agents for
more than twenty five years, come forward in
the New Orleans Picayune to correct the un.
founded statement. They say Gen. Taylor
leaves to his family, in bank stocks and other
valuable property, the amount of 100000. He
died without owing a dollar.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-08-19
WILMINGTON, (N.C.) Aug. Ii,
North Carolina Election

By a dispatch received here from Raleigh, we
learn that d. S. Reid, the Democratic candidate
for Governor, is elected by a majority OF $500.
The democrats have fourteen majority on joint
ballot
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-08-19
THOROUGH REFORM TICKET,

HUGH w. SHEFFEY, of Augusta,
DAVID FULTZ, I"
JOHN LETCHER, OF Rockbridge.
DAVID E. MOORE, i"
ADAM STEPHENSON, JR., of Highland.
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~ The editor of the New Haven, Register
says he came across wing the other day who
was drifting about the political ocean wi,hou.
chart Or compass. Said he-"Can you tell me
about where amspoticay? Am l Clay,
Seward, Webster, or Taylor whig? For l'll
be hanged If can tell enquired of all our
leaders, but they don't seem TO know the points
of the compass" Our contemporary answered his
hail. and told him he was off the point-no point,
heading for the breakers, his tiller unshipped,
and a hole in his mainsail" ''Well,n said he
with melancholy smile, ~ believe you"
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-08-19

TAKING THE yEIL.-On Friday week last, at
St. Catharine's Convent, New York CITY, the
Right Rev. Bishop Hughes gave the black veil
to Miss Frances Walsh, daughter of Robert
Walsh, Esq; the distinguished American consul
at Paris. She belongs to the order OF the Sisters
Of Mercy.
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HARrER's FERRY; Aug. l3--P. NJ
Cholera al Choylesto,rn, Ia

CNolg7H a CNdT1es7ofcn; "a.
Two cases of cholera, just learn have occur
red al Charestown Va. above here the subjects
both from this place-one named Birmingham,
and the other was one Of Mr.. Carroll's walters,
the Hotel keeper, who died here but few days
since,
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-08-19

" The Grand Lodge of the Independent Or.
der OF Odd Fellows of Philadelphia, have made
an appropriation of $500 in aid of the members
of the Order who were sufferers by the late dis
astrous fire. This fund is distinct from all 9th.
ers, for the relief Of the Odd Fellows only, and
by, contributions from all the Lodges viii pro-
badly amount to sum between six and ten
thousand dollars. 'NA
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ADDING INSULT TO injury

the selection of Corwin to fill one Of the
t:lost important stations in the new Administra.
ton, is direct insult to the memory of Gen.
Taylor, through whose popularity Mr.. F1IL-
MORE owes his present distinguished position.
What to appoint man who rendered himself
so VIGOROUSLY obnoxious to every patriot in the
land by his infamous speeches in Congress, de-
nouncing the war with Mexico, and every man
concerned in it. (Gen. Taylor not excepted, y az
being butchers Of the human race, advising that
every one who participated in it should be well
coined to Mexico ''auith bloody hands and hospit-
able gravesW His speeches were translated in
to the Spanish language, and scattered broad.
cast over MeAico-inducirg the poor deluded
MeXicans to believe that the American people
were opposed to their own government in tho
difficulty between the two nations, and in this
way they were induced to protract the war and
cause the death OF thousands of our own coun-
trymen, and tens of thousands of the Mexicans
And this is the man that has been 1e.
warded for his treason by President Fillmore
Verify, "whom the gods wish to destroy they
first make mad" and the appointment of Cor
win will prove a mill stone round the neck Of
the present Administration that will sink il still
lower than even its Galphin predecessors. The
Galphins, by their plulder of the Treasury,
brought discredit upon Gen. Taylor as states-
mantle appointment of Corwin, is bold at.
tempt to rob his fair fame of the laurels he &C.
quired at the head of the American army in
Mexico. The first, by their conduct, did him
unintentional injury while lving-the last have
Intentionally insulted his memory, by the ap-
pointment OF man who sligmatised him and
his brave soldiers as cutthroa,s and murderers !!
Lancaster Intelhgencsr,
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-08-19

" The population of Lexington, as reported
by the Assistant Marshal, is 1900 souls
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Day Of Election, August s2.

THOMAS J. NICHE, of Augusta.
ALEX. II. H. STUART, i"
ROBERT DOYLE, /" OF Rockbridee
MAJ. PETER HULL, +" Of Highland.
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F. ]. ALFRED, EDITOR.
STANTON:

.Rzos'adsyaTao'a'isg, .assg. 10.
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70 The question of voting Mrs. General Tay-
lor the remainder OF her husbands salary for
the current year, as was done in the case Of
Mrs. Harrison, is preached in the Philadelphia
Bulletin. If Mrs Taylors circumstances de-
handed aid from the public treasury, we should
be the last to object to her claim on the gratitude
of the nation ; but we imagine there is TO such
necessity, and we respectfully suggest that the
widows and orphans of hundreds who fell OH
the battle-felds of Mexico are suffering and in
want. 1t is true many of their husbands and
fathers were only private soldiers, but they were
American citizens, whose patriotism led them 10
die bravely Tor their country, without even the
hope OF rank and promotion.
Instead of voting some twelve thousand dollars
to lady, who, however estimableis herself, OF
how much soever she may be entitled 10 consi-
deration on account of the llustrious services
of her husband, can scarcely need such aid,
would it not seem more Republican, and more
in accordance with natural justice, TO give that
amount to the houseless and helpless whose sa.
crfices for their country, if less valued have
not been less devoted I'm. Y. Sun.
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Augusta, Rockbridge & Highland,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-09-24
From The Courier de COnstantinople, June Is
Tour Of the Sultan of Turkey
through his Provinces

His majesty the Sultan, in visiting the
provinces of his empire, wants to Judge
Tor himself the situation of the people,
and give to the institutions of the country
that strength and consistency which can
only be given under the eye Of the mas
Ter. Ii is now for the third time that his
majesty supports the fatigues of long
voyage-goes into the provinces among
his subjects. who surround him, and hears
all their complaints. Before the lastreign,
long reigns have elapsed, and the chief of
the Ottoman empire rever has felt the
necessity Of travelling through his terrific
ry.
AS we have already announced, his
majesty the Sultan sailed from Constan-
,inople on the first of June, on board the
steam-frigate the Taft, followed by the
boats Mejidie and Esseri-Hair. The
weather being favourable, his majesty
quickly arrived at the Isle of Lemnos,
where he passed the night, and whence,
at sunrise, he started for Canee, where he
arrived on the 4th. The arrival of the
Sultan was announced by the firing of
lwenty-one guns by the artillery OF the
fortress, TO which all the batteries of the
city successfully responded.
When his majesty appeared he was
received with the greatest honors by the
troops ofthe garrison. the governor, the
mollahs, the primates, and all The CIVIC
and military authorities.
The ships and the boats were crowded.
An immense population, standing on their
bows, warmly ma(esied enthusiasm al
the presence of the Sultan. The accla.
nations appeared to produce on his ma
jesty the most impressive emotion.
After having, for some moments, spoken
TO the governor and to the principal Off
cers, the Sultan adnittedto his presence
the members of the municipality, the
authorities and the inhabitants Of the city,
who were received in the kindest manner.
His majesty at length inquired of the in
terests of the country, and received in
formation rpon the progress of agricul-
ture, commerce, and industry, and dis
tributed as encouragement great sums OF
money.
The Sultan also spent two days at
Canee, during which he visited, most
attentiyeiy, the Notifications of the city,
and the arsenal, the barracks, the hospitals,
the public schools, and the manufactures.
Every where his majesty made presents.
The workingmen,the pupils Of the schools,
the patients in the hospital. and the poor
of the CRY, were not forgotten.
At few leagues from Canee. there are
some rural people very well organized
His majesty went there, and visited tLem
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-09-24

most attentively. There as we'll as in
the city, were an immense crowd desirous
of contemplating their sovereign, and of
saluting his presence by rapturous Uirds.
Some money was distributed 10 the poor
and to the husbandmen. His majesty
went afterwards, to the model farms Of
the governor, situated near the city, and
passed the night. The next morning the
husbandmen, as numerous as on the night
before, received the sultan with enthu-
siastic acclamations. The sultan, after
giving more money to these workingmen,
returned TO Cameo, whence he sailed for
La Sude, where the religious ceremony
of Friday was to take place. All the
population was present on the passage OF
the sultan, and testified by acclamations
the pleasure Of seeing theiI sovereign in
place were he appeared for The first time.
Among the assistants were the pupils of
the schools and their teachers, in their
gala dresses. After the religious cere-
mony, the Mollahs. the authorities, and
the principal inhabitants Of the city and
Of the neighborhood, were admitted be-
fore the sultan. Before leaving La Sude,
his majesty distributed presents to some
high persons of the city, and gave money
TO the schools, and TO the poor.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-09-24
Victor Hugo and AleX'r. Dumas.

Dumas and Hugo were close together,
and engaged much of the time in what
seemed to me rather irreverend conversa.
ton. The appearance of these Two dis
tinguished men, formed a most striking
contrast. The latter is of small thin per-
son, pale, finely chiselled, intellectual,
melancholy face, an eye full Of mild ex-
preston. His smooth black hair is care
fully combed to expose a magnifcently
ample forehead. His black coat was
closely buttOned about his frail FORM
Hugo looks the poet and the man Of ge-
that stout overtopping robust man beside
him; that muddy, coarse featured, round,
sensual face; that narrow brow, sur
mounted and hedged in by that full wooIly
head of hair, to appertain TO u man of ge-
MUS ! Yet they unquestionably do
That is Alexander Dumas. / am often
asked by friends who have not seen him,
if Dumas is really negro, and looks like
one! His color is that of man removed
three or four degrees from the unmixed
African. Here, where dark complexions
are common, one would pass him in the
street without remarking that he was of
mixed blood, were it not for the decided
African physognomy which distinguishes
him. He possesses the type Of his race
in a degree not to be mistaken. His hair,
too, full and now well sprinkIed with grey,
is decidedly woolly. AS for his son, Al
exander Dumas, jr., who is also winning
himself literary and poetic fame, he would
pass any where fora man of unmixed
Caucasian breed, unless one should seek,
determined 10 find them, certain signs
about the head and face.
Al some distance from Hugo, not sufi-
cient, however, to detract at all from the
fine poetic expression of his face, you
would say that he was thirty TO lhirty-fve
years of age. Al his side, however, you
would give from fifty to lilty-fve. He
wears, too, a painful expression of care
and trouble of mind. He is doubtless
much worried by the rough ways of po-
litical life, for which a sensitive poetic ma
mre is so thoroughly i'll adapted. His
real age is forty-eight. AS for Dumas,
you see at a glance that nothing is per-
mitted to worry him; that he is a thor
ough man of the world, much less likely
to be victim than TO make them; good
liver, pleasant companion, not boihering
himself about moral character or princi-
pies, and having so good an opinion of
himself that he feels no concern as 10
what people think Of him. You would
give TO him say fUrly-fve years.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-09-24

easy matter TO cover one hundred square
feet with vine five years old; but i, is
perfectly certain that, if properly confined
to one quarter that space, it will produce
a much more valuable crop Of grapes. L
have no doubt that a vigorous Catcba vine
can be proitably confined TO forty square
feet of trellis, for thirty years or more.
In regard to pruning, which is the grand
art in the cultivation of this fruit, have
recently modified my views. and am grad
ually changing my practice. l find that
the old notion, that sprung pruning would
cause the veins TO bleed 10 death, is en-
tirely incorrect. Ihave pruned freely du-
ring the month of May, of this year, as
well as formerly, without the slightest in
jury. The advantage gained, is that you
can prune after your fruit buds open, and
show how many punches of grapes they
can produce. You can then cut down
the proper number of lunches the strength
of your vine, which is the true principle
Of pruning.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-09-24
Henry A. Wise OF Bachelors.

In his late Northampton address on be-
half of Popular Education, Henry A. Wise
makes proposition which will be resisted
TO the death by all who live in slate OF
single curSedne8s. That we may not do
Mr.. Wise the slightest injustice, and that
we may place him in his right position
upon the momentous question which he
has broached, we give his own words,
from the report ofhis speech in the Rich
mond Enquirer. After describing the
subjects OF taxation for the support Of his
Free School System, Mr.. Wise. with
stern and infexible gravity, speaks as
follows :-Richnaond Republican.
1.-The rich bachelor or man who has no
children and much property, should be
taxed most OF all, if any distinction Of per-
sons at all were made. He WHO has
wealth and no children needs the protec-
ton of the State and community in winch
he lives for the security Of his person
and of his property, and he was selfishIy
evaded (the bachelor ! m am the burhens
in society Of supporting wiIe and family
of childIen--iiie highest duty Of good
citizen. He wants virtue and wants
knowledge of all around him TO guard his
possessions, and ought he not 10 pay his
part of the expenses Of the guards The
free schools are The guards Of persons and
property where hey exist, and without
knowledge and virtue among the people,
the State, with all its power, cannot pro-
tect person and property. Has the child,
less miser suit pending involving thou
sands of his boarded gold! Who is to
be the jury to Try the fate If his dollars
Can they read and write and cypheI
Does the bachelor sue for injury TO his
character Do The juries where lac lives
value reputation 3 Does he wanl piece
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-09-24
Hamburg.

1t is queer old city, lying just where
the Elbe, coming down from the noun
tains of Bohemia, through the wild gaps
Of SaXony and everlasting plains of Prus-
sia, pours lis muddy waters into long
arm Of the Mer du NOrd.
The new city, built over the ruins of
the fire, is elegant and almost Paris.like;
and out of it, one wanders, before he is
aware, into the narrow alleys of the old
Dutch gables and blackened cross-beams
and overlapping roofs, and diamond panes,
and scores of smart Dutch caps, are look
ing down on him as he wanders entranced.
1t is the strangest contrast of cities that
can be seen in Europe. One hour, you
are in world that has an old age Of CEN
turies ;--pavements, sideways, houses,
every thing old, and the smoke curling in
an old-lashioned way out Of monstrous
chimney-stacks, into The murky sky -
five minutes walk will bring one from
the midst of this into region where all
is shockingly new :--Parisian shops, with
Partisan pIate-glass IN the windows
Parlsian shopkeepers, with Partisan gold
in the till. phe contrast was tormenling.
Before the smoolh-cut shops that are
ranged around the basin of The Alster, |
could not persuade myself that was in
the quaint old lIanse town Of Jew bro
kers. and storks' nests, that | had come
to see; or when wandered upon the
quays that are lined up and down with
such true Dutch-looking houses, it seemed
10 me that was out OF all reach Of the
spledid hotel of the Crown Prince, and
the prim porter who sports lis livery at
The door. The change was IS quick and
unwelcome as tha, from pleasant dreams,
% the realities Of morning.
Quaint costumes max be seen all over
Hamburg :-chiefest among them, are the
short, red skirts Of the llower.girls, and
the broad-brimmed hats, with no crowns
at all, sci jannriIy on one side, bright,
smooth mesh Of dark drown hair, from
which braided tai. go down half to their
feet behind. They--the girls wear
basket hung coqueuishly on one arm, and
WIN uHe OiDeI VIII oueI You IOsSS, ITOm
the gardens that look down on the AlstcI,
with an air tha, is so sure Of success, one
is ashamed to disappnint II.
Strange and solfmn-Iooking mourners
in black, with white fnfiicS and short
swords, follow rofins II ro' { h the streets;
and at times, wIenihe dead nan has been
renowned. one OF them with long trum-
pet, rob' j in black, is percii,d in the bel
fry of ST. Michaels,- 1.-The highest Of Ham.
burg--tO blow a dirge.-ShriIly it
peals over the peaked gables, a I'd mipgies
with the mi>ts thai rise over III meadows
of BeIigoland. The drosky-mHn N stop, 10
let The prim mourners go b, ;--ihe flower
gi.ls draw back into the shad VS. Of lie
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-09-24

StOUu I'D UdSt ylClucu ltliCilf ldtClJ io"hb
in palaces. When Louis XVIII, after the
fall of Napoleon, was restored 10 the crown
of his ancestors, Louis Philippe returned
to France, when he regained large por-
ton of the immense estates of his family.
He did not, however, enjoy much influ-
ence at court. The elder branch Of the
Bourbons had always mistrusted the Or
leans branch and this jealousy still con-
tinued. Louis Philippe, in consequence,
lived retired life for many years. But,
though taking no prominent part in public
affairs, he was secretly courting PoPulari-
ty i; and such was his success that when
in 1890, Charles X was dethroned, the
nation looked TO him to accept the vacant
crown. The intrigue by which Louis
Philippe obtained royalty, promising 10
rule as a liberal monarch, is well known,
as is also his treachery after obtaining the
crown. For nearly eighteen years he
contrived 10 maintain his position, partly
by force, partly by subtlety, till the revo-
lulion of ls4s deprived him ofpower even
more unexpectedly than he had obtained
it. Since that period he has resided in
England. His exile probably fastened his
end, though at so advanced an age, he
could not have survived much longer.
The character of Louis Philippe may
be deduced from his career. He sacrificed
every thing to policy. There was no
such thing as honesty or sincerity in the
man; he never could have died for prin-
ciple; and the arts of intrigue were more
acceptable TO him than strait forward
course. He was a brave man, as his con-
duct at Jemappes, and his GOODNESS during
many attempts to assassinate him, prove.
In his domestic relation he was kind, al
fectionate and simple habits. Prosperity
did not intoxicate, nor adversely depress
him but he bore both with the calmness
of an equal and disciplined mind
AS King of the French he was not with
out patriotism--he did much to adorn
Paris, and enrich the public galleries and
in his endeavors to preserve peace, he was
governed as much by the interests ofhis
native land as by his own. But his am
bition was to perpetuate his dynasty, and
for this he sacrificed honor, the good Of
his own life. Had Louis Philippe hon
estIy carried ont the promise, made when
he ascended the throne, he might 10 this
day have been living, and living as King
of the French. 1t is true his path was
surrounded by difficulties. But a straight
forward course might have removed these,
while a circuitous and ueacherous one
was sure, as facts have proved, to increase
them. If Louis Philippe had regarded
the true interests Of people, he would,
even if he had fallen victim TO revolution.
have earned the applause Of Posterity; but
having consulted his own selfish advance
ment, and broken the most solemn pledges
in doing so, his name can never be regard
ed with reverence, oreven respect.