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II stated that orders haze been transmitted 10 Norfolk
for the immediate despatch 10 the West Indies of all vessels
that station Another apprehended Cuba Expedition Is
reported the pretext. Another story is that demands
having been made by the American Minister at Madrid, al
the instance of this Gyernmen or the release ot Ameri-
can citizens resident Cuba who hal been imprisoned and
ruined without any evidence oi participation in the Lo-
pez invasionihe Spanish Government had refused the
required satisfaction hence this movement. We have
little filth in any Of these fanced revelations.
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,ppo1NTMENTs gY THE PRESIDENT.

BIZ and lcith The aduice and consent ot ths Sendts
Geoe Lunt of massachusetts, be Attorney OF the Uni
ted STATES in and for the district of Massachusetts.
c. Goethe Baylor OF Texas to be Consul OF the United
States of America for the port of Amsterdam, in the King
dom of the Netherlands place of Albert LANCE resigned
William D. Lewis, Collector of the Customs for the dis
trict OF Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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| The New York Journal of Commerce says oil Jenny
Lind that capacity is commensurate with the whoe
compass her art and each essay presents some res
DEVELOPMENT of power She ministers appetite that
is surfeted but grows BY what feeds on Hence
her sustained popularity abroad evinced in welcomes and
iarewsIs triumphant than royal greetings wherever
she appeared, up to her departure Tor our shores"
She does rely upon her natural genius and her aca
rriumphs but seeks constantly Shy study and cultivation to
enable herself the power of music by mutilri-
GUS and unparalleled exhibition of its powers. The enter
ainmen at the 81 concert of Surprising richness ana
beauty" The paper pays high compliment 10 the
efficient auxiares of the ansel especially Beic VINO
"rs revealed 10 Jenny Lind the treasures OF the Italian
school of music and thereby indirectly the means OF
introducing her to the wide popularity which she has since
achieved She heard him in the Opera at Stockholm ana
nerceyinp from his admirable method and acting how much
she had to acquire she went TO study at Paris Alter the
death of the old king Bernadoe who loved him muc BEL
lett, went to London and there with his rich mellow voice
and contagious mernent he soon became vastly popular
in bfo parts 1t believed that he has superior IN FL
garo and in less important characters ne IS SAID 10 DC equal
v careful and efficient Indeed his services as member oil
the London company regarded as almost Indispensable
his visit 10 this country is deored and the hope
ed that his absence from England will be OF short DURATION
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IMPORTANT TO FARMERS,

GARDENERS. FLORISTS. SHIP OWNERS, INCORPORATED
COMPANIES MANUFACTURERS. ARTlZANS, PROBES
SiONAL MEN. MECHANICS AND OTHERS.
rNHE PUMP AND FIRE ENGINE COMBINED. D.-RiGHT SEcrR'
i UNITED STATES LETTERS PArESr-Al lnnngenents
prosecuted by Law This The most valuable invention ol The
w!cA vessels. manufacturers public editces no.
qya,e dwellings. Incomplete and comparatively inse
W his cheap and efficient Fire Engine. the farmer Is
p-ica vi all uGaccomEoi4;ng insurance companies and
al 81 l-aaGcc :ae iacenGiary
RECOMMENDATIONS.
We tue ua.r.e do certify that each Oi US has had
erected lots OF Mr. Il Michcls Improved Punp3
a. gwen tee hesitation In recon-
Pumps worthy the and patronage e
PUBIC JOHN BkAlER
VALENTINE IIECKLER.
lhe Pump Mr. r Birmingham Mitchell In my yard: es-
% i>: sauabe afpendase great conveniehce and an eh
Gent ,ry.sc'ioa aslias, Ge X. B. TYLER.
The Pump caa be a the Wing office
NOTICE An persons buying selling the above article are
:.vas!t- i q e Or
s,-l}l / l.; RRIrrISGUaM MITCHELL.
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FRIpAy. SEPT. 20, 1850.
GEN ATE

After the presentation of petitions and reports,
The motion 10 reconsider the vote BY which the Senate
arreed 10 amendment Of the House TO the bill renewing
The charter of the Potomac Insurance Company OF George
town making tine Stockholders liable for the debts of the
Company taken up The bill was then laid the table.
The bill from the House creating large number oil post
routes in the United States taken up and passed
The California bills were then taken up.
The bill to provide for extending the laws ana me Juo
cia stem oil the United States to the State OF California,
Also The bill to create collection districts in California
The hour of meeting OF the Senate was changed 10 ~
o'clock; and then the Senate adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
On motion OF Mr. McLane, Of Md, the House resolved
itself into Committee of the Whole, (Mr Disney in the
Chair and resumed the consideration OF the naval appro
Mr. Ewing made very able speech in favor of continu-
ing and expanding the foreign mail service He viewed
the only means by which the u States could keep pace
with England and France who expanding that service
with the view strengthen their military marine IN case Oh
necessity
Mr. Schenck occupied the floor hour in defence of the
Navy and in support OF the steam naval service.
Mr. Fealherson occupied the floor for few minutes IN
opposition the plan for line of mail steamers to Africa
and in opposition TO the foreign mail service =.
Mr. Bayy made closing speech in opposition 70 M sne
scheme Mr. Stanton of renn for reduction o 'ne !.
Wy this session. He preferred a,ner .naa ,t LII sa
should be left until the session OF Congress ey
would have time and better nioma!io 90 " ploei
mode of reform and retrenchmen in that important orancn
Of the service. . -
Mr. Phelps made remarks IN regard 70 .ae expenses
of the naval service, and in opposoa 70 .s and
aosns reduction at the present time He rather saw
necessity for an increase. -. a.
Mr. Stanton withdrew his amendment 70 slfike out ue
en,c,ino clause of the bill.
M auinnn introduced proposition to incorporate by
the President by and with the advice and consent OF the
a,e the surviving officers of the Texas Navy into the Ma
w Of the United States.
Messrs kaufman, Stanton of Tenn, Howard John A.
na,sure and Messrs Cleveland Hail. Crowell Cartier,
Vinon, Jones of Tenn, and Taylor opposedit.
II was finally rejected by vote of 81 in the affirmative 10
iter dscussng several important amendments the
mittee rose and the House at o'clock adjourned.
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FOLLY OF EXTREMISM.

writer in the Charleston Mercury Indignantly rebukes
The Senators and Representatives from South Carolina for
REFINING their seats that California is in the Union
Another writer in the same paper complains bitterly hat
Mr. Ba!n@e, Of the Senators from Soulh Carolina,
should have presented, with "ieclngs of satisfaction" Tie
credentials Of Nh Fremont, Senator elect from California
Mr. E he says member Of the Nashville Convention,
parciiatJn in whose proceedings he had declared 10
he Tie poudesl oi his lichc thus fully commit
led 10 tncomptonlsIng opposition 10 The admission vi
California how it, then, possible Says tie grumbe!)
that Mr. Baruwe (whose dignity and good uni
ycrsaly commended,)
Gould have consented TO gentenanU Usher 10
of the Senators that surrcptu-ly cfcaied STATE !!
Col Fremont elected vi course With his own consent, was
by has position the very eAponen representative and eo1.
aa nlql.iJus ieasufe No motive o. personal
courtesy should have had the least weight with Ar. Barn
well such circumstances. The fact VI Col Frcnonts
being native oi South Carolina 50 lar from being reason
Tor Mr.. BIS presenting his credentials, additional
reason against H. ior uqGeSonaby Cob Fremont son oi
South Carolina has thereby been an instrument through
which wound has been inflicted on his native South
Tie writer argues that the South owes no more
courtesy 10 the of the North, advocating the ubiquitous
and piraca admission Of California than she does 10 "te
pirate or assassin holding dagger at our throats."
Such hot heads this writer do much 10 weaken The mo-
raj position Of e South There certain editors and po
ht!cians who desire live in constant miilwnd and
are determined 10 be satisfied with aduslmcn, Of the sa
very question For this they the fugitive
slave b AS political trick-rcckiess whether they
al the same do reflect upon the conduct and motives
Of Senator Mason who deserves all credit for the stringent
PROVISIONS OF the bill. The good ol the South will re-
bke The manifest, designs such We pleased TO
see that champion has appeared in the next number o the
Mercury 10 defend The and hghtoncd Senator from
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THE REpUBLIC-MR. BURwELL

Washington letter the Baltimore Clipper says:-Mr
Burwel of Bedford country va member OF the LeSsa
of that State has become associated learn win DIT
per- His name will not appear in the paper it is said unit
after the close of his legislative labos They speak very
highly of him as brilliant writer and sound thinker
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A Washington correspondent Of the Stanton vndcaor
suggests Mr. Robert G. Scott of this city, properly
qualified for post of President of the State Convention
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The following resolution submitted by Mr.. Butler, h

The following resolution, submitted by Mr. Butler, has
been adopted by the Senate Of the United States:
Resolved That the Committee the Library inquire into
the propiey o removing the group containing the statue
of Columbus from its present position on The east porco
The Capitol suitable place in some one OF the public
squares.
We are pleased with this movement The group in Its
present position awkward and absurd and has called
forth unmgated few days since, an inelgen
traveller who this sculpture before il left the studio o
Persico stated US fact which somewhat rcdeems the
work II originally designed to place the three-forhs
nude figure of the Indian twenty yards IN al
rance of Columbus and represent her taken By surprise
at his approach and turning upoE him look OF alarm and
curiosity while the time she gathers up her scay
clothing, ready escape from novea viser. There is
certainly some idea in this arrangement As the figure Is
now placed the side of Coumbns-there Is
no sense or meaning in H. We should like I" see the orlg
nal conception carried out in Of the public squares
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NEW STYLE

MEDALLION DAGUERREoTYES IN COLORS.
TINulS nt Improvement be be appreciated
our trends are invited the mai VIRGINIA Shl
LIGHT DAGUERREAN GALLERY where be found ali The
z.. improvements consisting OF The
CEIEROTAPE,
s..:a inian, children ma! be iaEes III one second
TALBOrYPE,
Ds,-erreoyp pe on Paper. aud
HlALOTiPE.
,uereoiyes Glass, winch with every other improvement
ub.!ned lie Gallery No 49, Main Street, above
- - .
Np-Their NORTHERN COMBINATION SKY LIGHT is now
4li operation; 5 the largest IN the : ate.
l.iy lI,-ct! WM. PRATT s. CO. Proprc,ors
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-09-24

Alexander Rves ESQ., publishes ns result o. ms * M
avess opinion the great Of euan0 is for Asa on poor
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-09-24

General Hinton United States Mail Agent has been fully
comm,red for ,ra at Columbus Ohio answer the charge
of robbng the mail The stolen money in his possession
has been fully identified.
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VIRGINIA CLAIMS.

For some whose proprley We cannot appreciate,
there exist gross prejudice against virginia IN
the House of Representatives. garng instance oil ms
feeling so much be regretted manifested seil last Mon
day in the passuge in hot haste of bill whose OBJECT Is
virtual repeal of the of July 9Th, 1897 ana an absolute
reputation of Virginia Revolutionary claims we cannot
but believe that the good and ripe Judgment OF the
Senate will unjust measure Inc senior taof
of the Portsmouth Pilot gives interesting sketch OF the
whole affair We have not room for the whole development
of the facts bu make sufficient to explain the true
state of the case:
On the lth inst the question before the House in
another form presented by the report OF the lnVesgang
committee the Barron case. On that occasion MI.
THos H. BAYLY of our State, most triumphany vindcaeu
the rights OF citizens in the very able speech which we
publish to-day On Thursday, the 18th inst, our own wor-
Inv representative General MILLsoS de an excellent
speech on the same subject also sustaining the justice OF
those claims far the officers OF the army were con-
cened On Saturday the vote was taken, and Juage bay
Tvs amendment the report OF the committee carried oy
eight majority"
The Democratic opponents OF this successful amendment
with view 10 retaliation Judge B., introduced the bill
mentioned above and passed through BY means OF the pre-
you queston-and in this unjust work. says the Editor OF
the Pilot:)
rhcy obtained the cooperation Of portion OF the wing par
w. who equally we'll disposed punish portion OF ine
democratic representatives of Virginia for refusing sustain
the decision of Mr.. Secretary Ewing IN Inc saiu .
These motives were openly avowed and thus we hnd grave
matter of lagislaon involving the righls oI oua
asceained BY the solemn adjudication Of our
tribunals-recognzed by an act OF
in many instances already by the executive OF
the Federal Government, urged through Inc - ~
representatives. under the influence OF wounded VANITY snd
personal chagrin :, ..-,,ah -;
efforts were made by Judge BAYLy and Gen. MItsos to ex
nain Its character but conscious OF s gross and
that it could not stand the test Of truth, s friends would
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NOTICE..

TO JOHN NJ FERGUSON, ESQ
DLEAsE notice at on SATURDAY. the 9TH day of October
$50 Dalevle Mecklenburg county, Virginia. shall pro.
sei deposition DLvis, be read evidence IN
cs; ersy pending. and undetermined ~
IN cl Cou Law which you plaintiff and defend
~ s ch m aud place you may attend you think proper
>ft. 3-ct5 hOct LEWIS DAVIS
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Total,

common for the free negroes Of the East for while they
have increased less than three hundred and fifty cent in
the East since the census they have increased nearly
nine hundred in the West.
From the Pennsyirdnidn.
WHAT SHALL BE DONE WITH THE FREE NEGROESl
The proper and practical to this custom VIII do
more settle the difficulties growing out OF the slave con-
troycrsy other process matter how cogcny pre-
sen,ed how philosophicay argued Our people are COM
mon sense people That suggestion which strikes hen as
most ntaiianor in other words, as most rational-tey
seize upon with avidity and finally apply il in practice
This characteristic of the Americans will always save them
from being led away by the subtle sophsres OF ranscen
dental yislonaes This will protect them from the extreme
nonsense of crack Drained efoners This will induce them
IN receive with disrus the theories of politicians. And
This in one word the bulwark reared by the people 10
the success wild and undgestcd innovations
constantly urged by the inexperienced and the impusve
France lacks this striking characteristic, and she Is con-
santy swayed between the extremes OF right and wrong
cons,an in danger being made the victim OF every new
folly or excitement bred among the heated controversies
of the Clubs of her Capital But for the absence ni TINS
sturdy element she would not now be SO humiateo oy e
administration of miserable charatan as TO look even TO
restoration of Monarchy rescue from her condition
1t often that this trait OF the AMERICAN char
acter fully displayed in the case OF the recen. VI
the Naval Committee of the House. in favor OF esaoshlng
line Of mail steamships the West Coast OF Airica ana
thence via the Mediterranean, 10 London desgheo ~ po
the emigration of free persons of color from the oheo
States Liberia The project developed and advocated In
that report hus taken hold upon the public mind IN all quar-
Other circumstances contribute to the exiIaoronay
popular favor with which il has been received The diIncu
ties growing Of the attempt rescue "fugtives from
escape of numbers of slaves have finally opened the eyes OF
the people the aa danger Of letting the evil Of colored
population the midst of the free and slave States on
unchecked Fearful results constantly occurring in our
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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

Teleeraphc dispatches have been received here from Jack
SON. dated the l7h instant stating that there great
ratification Union meeting held at Raymond and that Gen.
Mayors Others spoke and that the fathers of the coun-
ty present. 80,
Also elegraphic despatch from hatcher, September ~
that there was call for meeting signed by FIVE hundred
and twenty citizens of Adams county the object Of wnicn
sustain the congressional settlement and Gen.
ooarsc.-Union.
Thomas A. c. Jones, of the Pacific squadron receny
country next year will fall short Of fifty millions OF dol
lars.
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THE NEW YORK DEMOCRACY.

The conservative national position Of the Democratic
party Of New York may be Judged from the following plat
m of principles adopted by the late Convention at Syra-
cusr No taken the Nlmut Proylso Tor 1t was
not vtredihat it would have been overwhelmingly voted
down is evident from the OF the resolutions which
wte adopted by the heavy OF IS 10 IT. II Tile whole
Democracy OF New York prove 10 the principles herein
sci forth they sill only triumph in November but drive
the last nail into the coffin of Free.soism
Resolved That the democratic party Of New York are
proud 10 ay1w their fraternity with aud their devotion 10 the
eat principles of the democratic party vi the Cnlun de-
cared al the National Democratic Conventions of l9iU,
s4 and lS45 and they look forward IN hope and confidence
10 The complete triumph Of that party in lSo2.
? Resolved, That congratulate the country upon the
recent settlement by Congress of the questions which haze
unhappily divided the people OF these States. -
g. Kt solved That the Democracy Of the State OF New
York appecang the value of union, fraternity and con-
cord standing upon their ancient principles present their
candidates with confident reliance upon The united cordial
support OF their principles In the STATE ana Na'oh eou
4 Resolved That though urge acous war against
the constituted authorities and American citizens. will
stand firmly by country, by whomsocver It's Govern
mcnt may be admnisered-we regard the action ol the
whg national administration, from the first exhibitions oi
s proscptive and intoleran 10 the climax o The
aphn claim worthy Of the false preenses under which
Il came into power and Of professions which have been in.
yarably violated.
The reiteaton of the of extravasancies in the pub
lie expenditures of evasons and violation OF the Consiiiu-
ZION and of an unsound and lavish policy which have sig
nazed the of the party which, aided by dSsensons
in the democratic ranks brought that administration into
power ha, the interests of the and the character
the demand eedy return to the WISE sale and ap
proved policy of the democratic administrations.
G. Resolved That devoted the principles and form of
our confederation ever mindful Of the blessings has Sc
cured ourselves and to mankind and regarding he c
zens of all sections of our country members Of COM
mon brotherhood we cherish the Union OF the States as the
ark of our political covenant and that we deprecae all sec
onal agitation the North South calculated TO impair
lis sacred obligations or to threaten its pcrpeiuity
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SITUATION WANTED.

YONG MAN has had iwi :cdrS experience as leacHer
4 .nG Guaiie instruction IN aI Greek, Md'he'
and fgench sesous oi obtaining situation DIS u'of III
: sisse iaGily. or assistant III pu3lc school
A!ilsss C., Shaiwell, Abemarle
R.ero Thos j. Randolph frSn Minor ana alexaue hSes,
o, rar. county, Va; Dr. Harrison, "l Cnvers o!
: " ~ - aug. lG--ct
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~, ~ I,EvyOS. j. II. HARRISON.
Nm II kENNo> 4 co, Ship Agents and Commission Mer'
w chants. New ori,anS ,.s,,sc n, -
w,munlo New Orleans lIaxal brothers d Co, Warwick
pao.op M,neurs Co.. Richmond, Virginia. Pditeson
a ~ -ir Iienr. Lulan& Co. New \ ctk sept o-cIh
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MARBLE YARD.

loN T ROGERS. s Street 'sa MAN Richmond Va Dealer
Gave ses M--: pieces every description, Wall P!4'es tfo
AnS ,si.n in Carving executed in the neaest manner
0ri.r, tom III. lauiry cry ceirseice promptly attended 10
II Rogers having served his apprenticeship III one OF the af-e
.a,slls VA New YORK City ali having much experience IN me
nias-f that ali executed at his shop Will give
:. ~. 49, mo .,n. Snr,, ar J--rlv
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lst Census, 1890,
West of Blue Ridge,
East of Blue Ridge,
Total,
I'd Census, 1900.
West of Blue Rrldge,
East of Blue Ridge,
Total,
81. Census, 1910.
West of Blue Ridge,
East of Blue Ridge,
Total,
4,h. Census, 1920.
West of Blue Ridge,
East of Blue Ridge,
Total,
9Th Census, 1880.
West Of Blue Ridge,
East of Blue Ridge,
Total,
9th Census. 1910.
West OF Blue Ridge,
East of Blue Ridge,