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Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-12-28

Alta recent meeting of the stockholders Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Harrisburg to
Pittsburgh twas voted to increase the capital from
81 500, 900 to $l0,0OO,OOO. We learn that me.
mortal is in circulation in Philadelphia praying the
City Councils to make an additional subscription Of
81 100000 to the stock of the road, provided an
equal amount Of 81 100000 is obtained from other
sources. The new subscriptions are to be applied
to the construction of the central division across the
Allegheny mountain region--the Portage Railroad
of the State being used only as a temporary ex-
pedient.
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A BEAur1ruL FLowER.-A friend presented us day OF
two since with curiosity in the shape Of flower which,
think one Of the greatest wonders Of the floral kingdom
we have ever seem about the size of walnut perfectly
white with fine resembling very much indeed the
plant Upon the blooming Of the flower In the cup formed
by the leaves the exact image of dove lying its back
with its wings extended The peak of the bill and the
plainly 70 be SEEM and small leaf before the flower
arrives at maturity forms the outpresd tail This leaf can be
raised shut down with the fingers without breaking or ap-
parently niurine it. until the flower reaches its full bloom,
when drops Off We regret inability to give technical
description Of this curiosity at this me but hope to do 50
shortly has been promised by person every way
qualified to write it.-Panamu Star.
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-,THErEAFE HON. MARMADUKE WILLIAMS.

1t is perSs due alike to history and to the name the
head of this article, that amoe account than any
have seen, Of biz life and last days. should be published
Judge Williams was born the 9th of April, l772, n
Caswe county, North Carolina, and there married
the 25h December, 1885, to Mrs Agnes Harris, whose
maiden was Payne. @ a..a& .@+
Judge Williams elected Congress from the Caswell
district in 1904 succeed his BROTHER Robert Williams who
appointed by Mr. Jefferson Governor of the Mississippi
Territory continued in Congress until the Sd March,
1909 He 8Ss republican, and supported the adminsra-
ton of Mr. Jefferson sgains the erceness party it had to
county Alabama, which then formed part Of the Mis-
sisspp Territory, and from thence Tuscaloosa in 1873
whore he continued reside until his DEATH which occurred
on the 29th October, $50. rsa.@E' hzla
Judge Williams was delegate from Tuscaloosa county to
the Convention that formed State constitution and the
first election thereafter candidate for Governor oppo-
siion the esmabe and talented Territorial Governor the
late VIM W. Bbb and proved HIMSELF though unsuccessful
most formidable opponent He repeatedly elected to
represent Tuscaloosa in the Legislature; lawyer by
fesson, and in 1926 appointed by Gov. Murphy
missioner to adjust the unsettled between Alabama
and Mississippi growing of their then late territorial rea-
tionshp In 1882 1888 he elected Judge Of the
ty of Tuscaloosa counyan office which he held with
acceptAbty until April, 1912, when he resigned, having
attained the age Of seventy years. which the constitution de-
clares a disqualification for the bench
He became member Of the Methodist Episcopal Church
in 1885, and during about four weeks confinement his
and bed very patient with his mind state of alterna-
ton between the expectation Of recovery and death.
His intellectual powers undmmed long he was
capable Of speaking, and when with consciousness Of
proachng dissolution he asked what his prospects
beyond the grave be answered, that his confidence in
God and the Aoneen and that he resigned the will
Of his Heavenly Father Thus ended the life Of who
nearly seventy years bad been permitted to sooun
earth.-IuscaLoosa Monitor. n
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THE DANGER OF POLITICAL ABsTRAcrloNs

A proposition has been for some time under con-
sideration, as our readers are probably aware, in
the Legislature of the generally cautious and con-
sentative State Of NORM CAROLINA, for affirming
the right Of Secession, by her own act Of any
State from the Union This right, which it is pro-
at present, but to hold in reserve until suitable
occasion shall arise for lis exercise. Upon which
state of the case we commend to our readers the
subjoined remarks extracted from Letter from the
sensible and respected Senior Editor of the Fayefte
uiHe Observer, written home from Raleigh for pub
LEGATION in his own paper. Brief as is the space
which it fills, it comprises more practical wisdom
than many an hour speech ~lal
"Nobody pretends now to desire Secession.
The cry is, let US only assert the abstract right |;
il may be that the right will never be exercised.
: This is certainly an artful maneuvre. All men
are fattered with the assurance that they have
+ rights-great rights, which enable them, if they
choose to exercise them, to put up and pull down
Governments. They naturally feel inclined to
contend for such rights. They are restless under
the restraints of Government, even though they
have wisely imposed those restraints upon them
selves by written constitutions and laws. ALI
such feelings are appealed to by the Secession re-
solutions, and especially when men are told that
no harm can come of asserting the right as it is
not intended to exercise it. Such considerations,
| urged as they are here i'll private conversation,
may induce many to vote for the resolutions. The
next step after their adoption would be, to find
| some pretext some real or imaginary grievance,
to justify the exercise Of right which, in an
| guarded moment, and under false pretences, had
been claimed.
!" But as have already remarked, the right will
| not / think, be asserted The Legislature will
do nothing to relieve the distress Of those political
I Humans who can never be happy SO long as
~ Mordecai the Jew stitch at the Kings gate
so long as the seats in the United States Senate
are filled by any others than themselves
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A NEW LIGHT.

The Scientific american has letter from George Cadwal-
lader Blaney, Fort Washt Arkansas stating that he has
discovered and appedfor patents in this country and Europe
for mode Of making cheap and brilliant gas, produced
upon new and scientific principle, which be- obtained
at cost less than per thousand feet Mr. Baney
says the process will far supas every other Of pro-
ducng gas extant neither will the material raise in value
on account Of on increased demand. During the process
another article more valuable than the gas ITSELF produced
Neither there required, during the operation single par.
ce Of WOOD COAL water, vegetable natter and the
terial be obtained in any ce place. however remote
from civilization. &
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aEDir0RS CORRESPONDENCE.

u mi PRIScBTos, QxD.) DgcEMBER IL, $780,
Mess .cGALEs SSEAToS Allow to say latter line
two brsnsssl that although you are personally un-
known me- and your readers here generally, yet by
unwaverng4nl and devotion the Union, you have endear-
ed BY mutual ties that should bind forever
the men Of the stNorth /" and the g South" #
It is tka, yet, have not made much noise in
this State aboatthe Union; nor have had many Union
meetings And for showing hands the side
Of cDintyit useless for to have any such
meetngss2FA while the great political has been agated
and its boss tossed the skies till its proonndest depths
have been disclosed both in the North and stormy South
the People irsm Indians, Illinois, and many other por-
tons ohe great mississippi vaey-have stood calm and
firm true Constitution and Laws of the country, and
for the Uaien, with" one heart and one SOUL"
Not that have been indifferent about the great Slavery
Agitation that hasbeen going in Congress- and the strife
between biehren North and South For we have looked
with intense anxiety, till last behed with joy that
country safe the Compromise Measures passed.
and the old Constitution had rode the Storm and
the glorious stars and stripes streaming from her
head VI nsra. @. vs T'@.i s4s@ !,
would adsptthe eloquent language Of Mr. CHARLES G.
ATHEaror, his Union speech made at Manchester New
Hampshire Honor to those wise and patriotic men who
effected the compromise honor all those who exerted
themselves the side of their country institutions and stood
shoulder toshoulder for the Constitution |"
repea then, think that, because have not said
much abouhhe UsIoN in this portion the Great West
indifahnt to it. Indeed we think much about it. And
there To- no nher portion of country in this broad land in
which the on is held more dear than it is by people
for, Of emigration is tending thither and
citizens in making plank roads, railroads, and
canals so!nany bonds to keep the Union together and
forming great nucleus here around which the States Not
and South may cluster they point every part of
beloved country and say, This is my country and these
my brethren" Ga s.,i Very respectfully, &c.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-12-28

The CUBAN INvADERs.-The leading participants
in the Cuban Expedition were arraigned before the
United States Circuit Court at New Orleans on
Monday the 18th instant. The following appear
ed to answer to their names
Gen. Narciso Lopez, Col Theodore O'Hara, Col John
Picket, Maj Thomas J. Hawkins, Col. W. H. Bell Capt
A. j. LeSis, Col. Robert Wheae, Gen. John Henderson,
L. j. Sigur, Esq., and Gen. D. Augustn. Those who did
not appear were A. Ganayes, Governor Quitman John
Osullvan, Maj Bunch, Peter Smith, and N. D. Haden.
Gen. Lopez plead in abatement to the indictment,
on the ground that the Grand Jury had been il
legally drawn and impannelled, as did also Messrs.
Sigur and Augustin. The others put in the plea
Of not guilty. a @ a.agt
Gen. Henderson requested an immediate trial,
but Judge McCALEB postponed the consideration Of
until the next day, when they could be argued, and
he would determine whether he should await the
attendance of the Circuit Judge. ~ s.a .s.
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The late London papers the death Of Mr. JERn-
MIAH WoMswELL, at the age Of ~ years. He was the
ofhres large travelling meDageos, embracing large
collection Of and valuable wild animals and birds
by the exhibition Of which he had acquired handsome for
tune. He acknowledged himself partial to the serpent spe-
cies from the fact that in early life the accidental purchase
Of pair Of bm from the importers a the London
Docks for the Of E75 and the Of the exhibition
the means Of introducing him into his profession"
He had bsen Of late very successful in breeding and
possessed, at the time Of his death, than twenty lions
and Eve ephans in addition 70 unvalled collection Of
other wild animals.
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From FLoRIDA.--By a late arrival at Savannah,
from Indian River, we learn that all is quiet in Flo
ridaat least, there were no signs Of Indian disur-
Dances in that quarter. Major LOUIS company of
United States troops atthe post Indian river,
but will shortly proceed to Fort Moultrie, Is. 81
and the company at the Fort will proceed to Florida
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military company, composed Of about fifty boys under
fourteen years Of age parsded Broadway, New York. on Ss
turdsy last much the Of the inhabitants and
pedestrians along that crowded thoroughfare They are
called the " Graua Gunrds" and they marched along,
target very skfuiiy and effectively rdded with musket
bals was borne at the head of the company The uniform
Vas In all respects similar to that Of older companies, and the
arms were suitably diminished in sire.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-12-28

IowA.-'The Legislature met on the I'd instant
ENos Lowe was chosen President of the Senate
and GEORGE TEMPLE Speaker Of the House. Th'
message Of Gov. ANsEL BRIaGs shows the receipts
into the treasury from October 81, lS4S, to No
vember 4, 1850, to have been 500, 444.33; pait
out $9O,442.94; leaving balance of 81 80. The
revenue assessed in 1850 amounted to S56,53s
showing an increase from Is45 Of the revenue from
taxable property within the State Of $20,409.
Gov. BRIecs does not think that the Fugitive Slave
Law suspends the privilege of the writ Of habeas
ps and no good citizen of Iowa will, for mo-
men sanction or countenance resistance to that law.
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TO THE EDITORS.

The following is an extract of Letter from a
highly respectable American citizen who for the
last twelve months has been on visit to Europe.
He is a gentleman of great observation, OF sound
judgment, and with long mercantile experience.
shall be pleased if you can find place for It In
your columns. w.
~ "LoNDos, NovEMBER 80, 1850
"Has the South seriously considered the injustice done to
herself and the Of her great staple by the frauds
Of the English manufacturer Let her compare the genuine
fabrics of our own looms with the trash out by Britain
late magazine regards the monopoly enjoyed in supply
ing foreign mbabarans with gaudy cotton half whose
weight Of spurious MATERIAL the chief boon OF proec
ton That all true, is averred by Mr. McQuesn the
venerable British s,ais After quoting Mr. Burns lsee
Glance ls43 for the fact that four glue, pulvezed china
clay, and other maleas enter largely into the manuac
Of Cotons here he estimates the quantity OF Flour thus
used 3s3 900 lbs per annum more than we sell
her under the existing tariff In Iron, fare little better
indeed, whenh loss Of life is estimates BY the accidents
resulting from iheuse of their defective rails, far worse.
highly respectable manufacturer admitted few days since
that economy would be best consulted by the use OF ou
SUPERIOR un; and that often received but small
portion (say shird) Of merchantable iron in the CHEAP
rails deiuging our codny the first question asked
when hands applied for work, was, How much Stag car
you cover up As we possess the material for produc
upeabuhdS and for rendering the round world our tn
butaries odrprsent policy mere question OF polca
economy, iJ'0hs Of suicidal folly" ftsF3
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APPOINTMENTS By THE PRESIDENT.

APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT.
By and soitt the adOics and consent Of the Senate.
J. NJ. JONES, Of San Jose, California, to be Dis
trict Judge of the United States for the Southern
District of California.
]. L. PETTIGRU, of South Carolina. to be Attor-
ney of the United States for the District of South
Carolina.
HUGH O'NEAL, of Indiana, to be Attorney Of
the United States for the District Of Indiana.
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FrsunHs CAxHor Lrr.-Csnt they We have seen
figures in Broadway pretending be flesh and blood that
were only wool and whslebonc,-Fig~o.
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With due submission to the better Judgment Of Governor
FLOYD we are inclined 10 believe that the plan recommended
will not secure any one Of the proposed objects bot will
the contrary rather aggavae and increase the evils be pro-
poses to remedy.
the Convention be composed exclusively Of the advo-
Gates Of the Union, which appears be the idea, the ra
tive strength Of the Union and Dsunion parties cannot be
tested There being no mode Of ascersnns whether the
Convention would represent the majority in the States its
moral influence in the free States would thereby be greatly
impaired not wholly lost and the and guaan-
ties that mghtbe given the South would be esteemed value
less Il could NOT . an embodiment. Of public opinion,
check the spirit Of assaon for those designed be reached
are 6so public opinion GHanrr SH,Tz has recently pub
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-03-26

NEW and splendid -Iiangings.--s P. FRANKLIN
begs leave TO inform his friends customers and the public
orally that he has Just received hts Warehouse
Pennsylvania between Ninth and
twenty Of superior and papers and border
domestic Manufacture OF beautiful patterns varying price
from 6k cents TO 81 per piece.
y. r. r. daily receiving
New York his spring mportaens Of magnificent invoice OF French
papers, with borders match These
oldest and most voe manufactures In France and win found
on examination worthy OF every consideration,
In handsome new md
splendid patterns window shades Cords ssse
the fixtures
The stock comprising The very market
posed Of n wholesale retail, the most pleasing
Mar 22--eo3uf
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And among the yeas the passage OF that bill stands
corded The name Of JOHN G. CALHOUN, one OF the rep
Lssolayes from South Carolina. That was in 1916.
m tariff policy Of the country continued without material
Iteration until 1924, when another bill on the subject
assed the House, yeas o7. nays io2 South Carolina
nan changed front on the question, but wish to call the
Etenon 81 the Senate 10 The vote OF New England on
NJ subject because she has been considered the greatest
inner IL regard to it, Her vote on that tariff was yeas
4 nays a. as follows:
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BY DYER q BROTHER, Auesioneer..

VALUABLE WOODLAND AT AUcTIoN--on Monday, the Isl
day Of April next nj o'clock the PREMISES will
sell % Of valuable woodland lying about miles from
CAPITOL the road 10 Badensbur beautifully located vii
las country residences adjoining lands Messr Burr
Calvert and Burrows. abandanty supplied with good
is of well for garden
bed Of the richest peat IL viii be sold altogether, in
lots to suit purchasers.
third cash balance in and 70 MONTHS for
notes satisfactorily secured bearing interest
DYER 4 BROTHER,
Mar n-eod&ds Auctioneen
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ATTORNEY FOR CLAIMANTs.
JAMES q. BERRET,
Enfc frbfff ftIrxE Ar gh< Incuf Inn MIL,


OFFERS his services the public for the prosecution Of
PENSIONS account Of services In the revolutionary war under
claims Of
Virginia pay provisions Of OF
July 1921 PENSIONS bounty land and and back
growing OF The with Mexico
lie win give particular attention claims Of every other de-
scpon before Congress and c several executive departments Of
the government tet
o. In cases be post paid.
Office and dwelling, street, between oh and 10Th.
2m
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CITY OF WASHINGTON.
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 80, 1850.

CONN., H<sKs A. Lkwls, Of Montgomery, Alabama, gem
eTs travelling agent for Alabama and by
b. BRxrr. s9 81 fsN rt&4 -
O1Mn isEAxL T. JAnEs No la2 South Tenth street, PhIade
phs general travelling agent by Messr IAnss K
WHPPLK, WIN H. WELD, o. H. Sick, Jons CoLLiSs JAaxs
DEsRiss, A. Knx wrLlISeros, A. EVANS, JANIS cLAar
Joas w. ALLEE, and r. LOCKS
0ME @. JAnks No Harrison Cincinnati, Ohio, IL
general travelling States assisted
snrH DENr, JAseH TAYLoR, w. Armstrong, PERRH
Lock-, w. RAMSAY, and @. srxixnAx. M
o0-Rsespts from either Of he above win be good 4
uyvoLxxr authorized Tecsvs advertisements for
the Union In New York. Phladpha, and Boston, and receipt for
payment for the same F
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AIDES respectfully invited call examine The magnih
IL stock ahove goods, which Off red for sale
Mr. PARKERs ancy goods store, near National Hotel Pennsy
avenue -Y
This comprises watches, cardovie
brooches chains and displays highest order OF mechanical
skill The gold work goods and rich Ia
the and would bear comparison with the most beautiful
nanents Of Benevenuo Ceiliui.
every description cylinder lever duplex,
plain onamcnted with enasvnss, paintings diamonds
etc. proved and warranted 10 keep perfect time.
There will be found splendid collection Of enamelsd miniatures
executed by the first artists and the copies ae
the celebrated Italian aphael, Tuan Couegso
ec and brooches bracelets etc.,
offers Inducements seldom be FOR the public assured
America. March 2O--3WFAS
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mis- ADAMS opposste Browns Hotel, has two or
mi three nrrc unoccuped Families wishing
board can be comfortably accommodated.
Mar 12-eodiw
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CoLtroroRs orvIoR, March Is, 1850.
(uTY TAxEs-De Deduction for pro,npt paymsns.--Thos,
have not paid the f OF January notified nt deduc
uon Of he allowed from said wear
49,. A. ROTHWELL,
warren 2V--fawvwh Collector.
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,OR GcntIemen-we have just received few pieces fine
cassmeres medium fabric, spring.
They pretty and cheap vesngs in variety An Of which
prepared make order the latest style large and
complete stock OF ready clothing superior quality always
hand with every article usually in the fancy ne fine
shirts, Sc One price only.
YOUNG D. OREM,
Three doors Of Browns Hotel, Penn. avenue.
Mar 24-3tawf
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HRN FOR SALE, Valuable Bniding Lot, with
% small frame thereon, north u, next the
u corner the railroad depot The
described property y considered very valuable
lot / being In moh business part Of the city. i
+ =" '.7' 49, ~ n H. M MORFTr,
Agent for owner,
once n street, few doors from Pennsylvania avenue
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HUME's History Of England, fine Boston edition. a
yo with portraits large and fine paper and handsomely
'Osna Pnce 81 cents per volume just completed.
hmp FRANCK TAYLOR
NAVY REersrER COR 1850, just Published ana for
h1@ FRANcK TAYLOR
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-09-06

A LocoFoco CURTosfrY,--The Demo
cratic district Convention al Johnstown
which nominated Sweetzer for Congress
resolved that the "Whigs were never on
the right side. except when aiming to de
eeive aud misload the people for the Pur
polo Of political capital
How prone we are to Judge others by
our own standard These Galphins pro
fess to bs on the right side and deny that
the Wings arc except when they net josv
as Locofocos do. Excuse US. gentle
me we prefer erecting our own stand
ard Of right aud wrong, and when we d,
as you do. we will Acknowledge our par
ty TO be on The wropg side. FoI the pas
aud present. this Characteristic of decciv
ing and misleading the people for III,
purposs ofspoils, is child Of I.ocofoco
ism.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-09-06
Treshet In the schuyiklII.

PHtLADELPHIA, Sep,
Accounts irum the Schuylklll represent the
lrrshct caused by the rains of Sunday ANA yester-
day. rs very destructive To life aud property.
A large number of railroad can0 ard county
bridges are swept away, The Harrisburg aud
Lancaster bridges crossing the Schuylkill from
Reading are gone, Ten iron bridges on the
Reading railroad at Mil creek are goue. The
canal is injured beyond all possibility of repair
this season,
A number of hou,cs have been swept away
some Of them floating down the Sohuylkill with
people clmging on the tops. aud there have been
seyerul lives lost
Accounts hom the Lehish bear similarity ID
the above. The river was covered with 900 00C
feet of lumber aud logs The various towns on
the river were overilnwed. Navigation will be
suspended both on the Lelish and tidc-wat ca
ual ut Hnvre de Grace.
Tho Susqnehanua and othcr streams have ulsr
risen to great height and considerable damage
doue to dams, bridges, SC.