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Washington telegraph., 1850-05-22

/ probably nor intended, is the recommendatIo ION
to the several Congressional districts to appoint
delegates to convention to be held in Nashville
for the purpose of organizing concerted action by
the southern States. ] sincerely hope that the
good sense and loyalty of the people of Virginia
will withhold them from any participation in the
proceedings of such convention The bad 0dor
OF a memorable exam pie in our history is full of
warning; and say moreover, if the connection of
Virginia with the Union is to be severed, let it be
done by her sovereign and independent act
Let the people be assembled in solemn convention,
duly aud regularly organized under the highest
sanctions of the law, to deliberate the gravest
question, perhaps, which was ever propoundad 10
falable human counsels. Let the reverend faith
ers of the land--the Of wisdom, Of virtue, and
M experence-be chosen to decide the momentous
issue, under deep religious sense OF the response
bIty they owe to posterity as well as to the pres
ent generation.
This mode of prect dure is so much the m re
called or the same fatal stroke which sewers
Virginia from the Union would, | am convinced,
inevitably sever Virginia herself into two dis iuct
and alien States. Let the people Virginia, then,
repeat in their highest sovereign capacity, act
ing by their representatives assembled in solemn
conventions decide this question, vitaIly effect
ing their own destnies. for themselves, uncommit-
ted and unnfluenced by the action oc any other
body or bodies whatever. BE her decision, then
what it may be, it shall command my implicit obe-
dence and respect. All my earthly interests and
hopes are bouud up with hers, and seek no for
tune separate from hers, whether that be of veal
or We have been united in our ves and Gin
our deaths We shall not be divided" There is one
wish, however, which | could humbly form, and
that is, that all my countryrnen, to whatever
State, section, party they may belong, could
view this vital question from foreign land with
the quckened American sympathies which such
point of view rarely fails to beget, and then they
would pronounce with one voice that everything is
conn., mparatvely worthless and contempt ble which
stands in the way of the preservation of that gto-
rious Union, one and indiUisible, which has pro-
tected our liberty and independence, developed orr
prosperity and greatness, and made us what we
have hitherto been and but for the sinister clouds
raised by thes breath of civil dscord should at
tn is moment more than ever, be the wonder, the
and the study of the world
Washington telegraph., 1850-05-22


DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT ST.. LouIs-The st.
Louis Republican of the I'd gives The following
account of dreadful accident which occurred at
that city on the LIST inst by which two persons
were killed and great number very badly in
jured.
Yesterday evening, the pupils of the French
Seminary of Mr.. Purktt were celebrating May
day in the hall in the second story of The LacIede
Saloon, on Fifth Street, above Olive. There were
great many children with their parents and
friends, present. We have heard the number vari-
Ously estimated at from three to four hundred
persons portion of the evenings exercises had
been gone through, and at the time they were
performing the first act of charade, the crowd
gathering in the centre and north part Of the
room, when the floor suddenly gave way, carrying
down about three -fourths OF the floor, and fully
two-thrds OF the crowd of men, women and chill
dren. The floor Of the second story carried with
il the floor OF the story below, down to the cellar,
which partially filled with water
The crash tremendous, and the shrieks and
screams Of The thus preciptated were most
terrific. The alarm of fire was given, and num-
Der of persons rushed to the rescue. The greater
number were speedily rescued from their perous
condition, but many of them were seriously injured.
The scene cannot be described The floors, in
parting, hung OIL either cad, and threw the whole
mass into one pile. In The confusion which en-
sued,sw fad it impossible to give an accurate
account of the persons injured, or the extent of
their injuries.
Washington telegraph., 1850-05-22
. iSI u A II Y

Departed this life, on the 18th inst, WILLIAM
EDWARD, infant son of George w. and Deborah J.
Green, of this place. aged months and one day.
1t is natural for parents TO greve at the loss
of beloved infant, and to think there is some-
thing peculiarly hard in their bereavement. The
ties which bind the child TO the parents heart are
too deeply and decately to be sundered
without pang. The interesting boy, whose
health for time gave promise of manly maturity
and vigor, but who has withered from view
like the morning flower twin to little sister
called Sarah Elizabeth. For nine months they
were together--laughed and wept together-were
rocked in the same cradle together. How hal
lowed, how blss(ul, the association How beat
their parents hearts with pride they beheld
them, and pictured out for them long years of
happiness and affection, springing from precious
ties, even stronger than those which usually bind
brother and sister. But the parents, destined to
disappointment, must lean on Heaven for relief in
taer bereavement; and God, we trust, will protect
the little remaining prattler who chirps sadly, like
lone nesting, for its lost playmate.
Washington telegraph., 1850-05-22

LOVE OF HoME.-It is only shao W minded pre-
tenders who either make distinguished origin, mat
ter of personal reproach. Taunt and soothing at
the humble condition of early life affect nobody
in this country but those who are foolish enoug h
TO indulge in them, and they generally sufh-
GENTLY punished by the public rebuke. A man
who is not ashamed of himself need not be ushamed
of his early condition.
1t did not happen to me to be born in log
cabin, but my elder brothers and sisters wee born
in a log cabin, raised amid the snow-drfts of New
Hampshire, at a period early as that when the
smoke first rose from its rude chimney, and curled
over the frozen hills, there was similar evidence
of white mans habitation between it and che
settlement on the rivers OF Canada. Its remains
still exist l make it annual visit. l carry
my children to it to teach them tie hardsbips
dured by the generations which have gone before
them. l love TO dwell on the tender recolle ctions,
the kindred ties, the early affections, and the
rations aud Incidents, which mingle with all l
know of the private family abode l weep to
think that none OF those W no ilt.aabted it are now
among the living; and il 1 ain ashamed of il
If ever fail in affeciionate veneration for him
who raised it, and defended it against savage vo-
lence aud destruction, cherished all the domestic
virtues beneath its roof, and through the fire and
blood of seven years revolutionary war, shrunk
from toll, no sacrifice, to serve bis country, and
to raise his children to condition better than his
own, may my name, and the name of my poster
ity, be botted forever from the memory of man
kind!--Daniel Webster.
Washington telegraph., 1850-05-22
G. A n ID ID A Z L. 5.

1--we authorized to announce JOSIAH
n. WILSON, Of Lafayette, candidate for the
unexpred term of A. j. Armstrong in the State
Senate, from the district composed of Sewer aud
Lafayette counties.
" We are authorized TO announce Il. Nj. x.
BANxHEAD as a candidate to represent Hempste
county in the next Legislature.
dJ'We are authorized to announce CHARLIE
B. MITCHELL as candidate for the State Senate
from the Senatorial District composed of Hemp
stead and Pike counties.
1--WE authorized to announce Gen. GRAM
OLSON ID. RoYsToN a candidate for Prosecuting
Attorney in the Sixth Judicial District.
l3We are authorized 10 announce JOHN b.
SANDEFUR a candidate for reelection to the
Office of Sheriff of Hampstead county, at the
August election.
We are authorized to announce SIMON l..
SANDERS as a candidate for reelection to tho
office of Clerk of Hampstead county, at the cleo
on in August next.
Washington telegraph., 1850-05-22
B Y AUTHOR ITY.
PUBLIC ACTS
Passed during the first session Of the Thirty-rsi
C000ress

Congress.
PCBLIC-No.
JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the Presi.
dent Of the United States 10 accept and attach
to the Navy two vessels offered by Henry Grim
nell, Esq, of New York, to be sent to the Arctic
Seas search of Sir John Franklin and his
companions.
ResoLUed, by the Senate and House Of RsprS.
senfatipes Of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the President be, and
from Henry GrinneIl of the city of New York,
the two vessels prepared by him for expedition
in search of Sir John franklin and his companions;
and 10 detail from the navy such commissioned
and warrant officers and many seamen as may
be necessary for said expedition, and who may be
willing to engage therein. The said officers and
shall be furnished with suitable rations, at
the discretion of the President, for period not
exceeding three years, and shall have the use of
such necessary Instruments as on hand
aud can be spared from the navy, to be accounted
for returned by the officers who shall receive
the same.
SEC. 2. Be it further resoIued, That the said
vessels, officers, and men shall be in sll respects
under the laws and regulations of the navy OF the
United States until their return, when the said
vessels shall be delivered the said Henry Grim
nell. Provided, That the United States shall not
be liable to any claim for compensation in case of
the loss, damage, or deterioration of the said ves-
sells, or either Of them, from any cause or in any
manner whatever, nor be liable TO any demand for
the risk of the said vessels or either OF them
Approved, May 2 1850.
Washington telegraph., 1850-05-22
PRoF. WEBsTER-THE VERY LATEsT.-The
Boston Post says it received the following letter

PRoF. WEBsTER-THE VERY LATEsr.-The
Boston Post says it received the following letter
through the post-ofiice, postmarked as dated:
TERRE HAUTE, IND, April Is, 1885,
To the Editors of the Boston Post
Gentlemen: feel it to be my duty to inform
you. and through you the public, that DR.. Park
man, who is supposed to have been murdered by
Prof. Webster, and for which supposed murder
Prof. Webster is under sentence Of death,
was in this city Sunday evening last. lie
came to this place canal boat from Covington,
and was recognized by gentleman here who was
formerly intimate with him. He accosted him,
but DIR. Parkm an turned abruptly away, and soon
after left IN the stage for st. Louis, under the
name of A. NJ. 'I'hston. The gentleman who
knew him is K. w. Dillinghamer, of this place, BY
profession dentist. He is ready to swear to the
identity of this person with DIR. Parker.
Hoping that this statement may be OF some
effect in at least restraining the too hasty eHecu-
lion of the unjust sentence under which Prof
Webster Is now lying, remain, gentlemen,
Yours, respectfully,
JOSEPH A. ATWOOD.
Washington telegraph., 1850-05-22
| Iremain, most truly, yours,
WIN. c. RIVES.
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AMERICAN SoLDIEas.-Sound sense and plain
truth, says the Baltimore American, distinguish
The annexed article, copied from the editorial
columns OF the Richmond Republican:
1t is fact, that while Hungarian and other
refugees are invited to settle on American land,
and while Senators Of the United States contend
which shall go fartheSt in voting farms to the
soldiers of other countries, the widows Of officers
and soldiers of the United States army not
entitled to picayune i'll silver, acre of land
from that Government in whose service their hus-
bands ard fathers toed, fought, and died. unless
perchance they died the field Of battle
Why living foreigners should be entitled to
greater sympathy from the American Govern
ment than living AIaerican women who are the
survivors and representatives Of brave American
soldiers, is question which confess ourselves
unable 10 answer. The Good Book has emphati
caliy declared, and every wise and generous heart
will endorse the declaration, she who provideth
not for his own is than an inlidel." We
are willing and desrous to provide refuge for
the oppressed sons of liberty lrom every cline,
but justice, nature, gratitude, and wisdom, all dc
tate that should first do justice to those of our
own family.
The mere circums ance that an officer soldier
dies on the field of battle constitutes no evidence
of peculiar merit exclusive claim upon the graf
itude of the Government. Washington, Greene,
Hamilton, and other iilustrious heroes survived
The Revolution; Generals Scott. Jackson, Harri-
son, and others-Comnoiores Hull. Perry, De-
caur, Porter, Nc McDonough, and nearly every other
ilIusrious naval commander, survived the last war
with England; Taylor, Scott, Worth, Wool, and
host of other military heroes, passed unscathed
through the wars cf Florida and Mexico What
sense or justice is there in rule which would
deprive the widows Of such men of pension upon
their death, simply because they were not cut
down by sword or stain by bullet?
Washington telegraph., 1850-05-22

New GUNPowDER.-The European journals in
form OF new ganpowder invented by M.
Hugondre, assayer of the Mint at Cons, antinopie,
which, we learn from the Savannah (Ga) he
publican, has already been produced III that place
by Mr. John Carruthers, and proves all that 1t was
represented TO be. Ii composed OF The following
ingredients, viz part in weight Of yellow prus-
state of chrystaliZed potash one part oi powdered
white sugar, and two parts OF chiorate OF potas'i
These to be all first puverzed and then ettec-
tuaIy mixed by pounding in a bronze mortar WIN
a wooden peste. Ii was claimed that this powder
possessed three times the force, weight for weight
of the common powder used in war, and IS recon-
mended by the inventor not TO be used as iIle
extinguishing agent but in other cases--Innng,
etc.--where a strong explosive force is required.
OF Mr. Carruthers experiment, the Savannah ne
publican says:
"He went to work yesterday, and soon produced
the new explosive 1t is white as hour, ana
almost fine. He tried it in pistol, using acou'
one-fourth the usual CHARGE and found that IL eA
pioded with much greater force than four tunes as
much powder. The report was also much iouoer'
The bali, which he shot into piece OF wood'
was unusually bruised and mashed"
There seems to be more than ordinary danger,
however, in manufacturing this white powder
On the day following the above experiment, while
a boy in the employ of Mr. o. was preparing abont
two Of the powder in a mortar, by some
accident it exploded with loud report, severely
burning thu face of the boy. We presume thai
the precaution had not been taken to use wooden
pestie--Nepark Advertiser.
Washington telegraph., 1850-05-22
Mr.. CLAY AND THE COMPROMISE --"lon," writ

Mr. CLAY AND THE COMPROMISE Hon. writ
ing to the Baltimore sun. says:
Mr.. Clay is in very fine spirits and appeared
remarkably cheerful at a wedding visit this morn
ing, and also while in the Senate. He has carried
his point with the committee Of thirteen, and with
the Senate, and has annexed his name with glory
imperishable. | repeat. from the best authority,
that the committee, ten of them being present,
did take formal votes all the principal subjects
before them, aud by decided majority Of thirteen'
to witt by maj jorIty of eight to two, did agree TO
unite the California and Territorial bills. The
union OF the Texas Compromise bill with them is u
matter of coarse; for how territorial govern
ment be established for New Mexico, while the
boundary OF New Mexico is unsettled? territory
cannot be established without definite boundary
The committee have not yet agreed upon bouD-
Diary, and that is the only question of Importance
that is not formally settled
Washington telegraph., 1850-05-22
r r { S H Nj E DICIM Es,
DRS. WILLIAMS s HURT

uAVE Just received from Philadelphia supe-
/ rior lot Of
FRESH LRUGS, MEDICINES, &c, &c;
Which makes their stock equal in variety and
size to any in South Arkansas. They ple6ge
themselves to sell nothing but genuine articles.
They will keep constantly on hand > r. Town.
sends, Jacob Townsends and Sands Sarsaparilla,
Moffatt's Life Pills and PhGnix Bitters, Fahne4
s,ock,s yermifuge, Wisters Balsam Wild Cherry;
a large lot of DR.. Jayne's Family Medicines; Ex.
tract of Pink Root; Window Glass; Paints, Oils
and Dive Stuffs. together with every other article
generally found in Drug Store.
Washington, Arril2 1850 ll6a
Washington telegraph., 1850-05-22

Tne INEVITABLE PENALTY OF CRME.-There
is wholesome truth in the following passage from
Emerson, which all would do well to lay at heart
1t may help to ward off temptation, when purer
and better motives grow weak in the contest.
"There is," he says, mo den in the wide world to
hide IA rogue. There is such thing conceal
ment. Commit crime, and the earth is made
of glass. Commit crime. and it seems If u
coat of snow fell on the ground, such reveals in
the woods the track of every partridge and fox and
squirrel and mole. You cannot recall the spoken
word, you cannot wipe out the foot-track, you
cannot draw up the ladder, SO as to leave no clue.
Always so,ne damning circumstances transpires
The laws and substances of nature, water, snow,
wind, gravtation, become penalties to the thei.
Washington telegraph., 1850-05-22
READ FOR YOUR BENEFIT.-.

word of advice just now may save you much
These hard times it should be known to all wish
ing 10 purchase Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats Bon
nets, Boots, Shoes. Cutlery Nails, Tobacco. Sugar,
Coffee, Molasses, 81 such goods as are kept in this
section, will much in making purchases OF
SILLIMAN 81 CO, who selling great bar
gains for cash in Washington, Hampstead ointy,
west of the hotels, in the house formerly occupied
by Mr.. Moss Don't fail TO call and see They
are in constant receipt of fresh supplies.
MAY %. 1850.
Washington telegraph., 1850-05-22
BALTIMORE, Apr
To the Editors Boston Bee.

SroPPAGE AT LowELL.-The directors
of the Suffolk Cotton Mills, at Lowell,
(Mass.) have decided to stop making cloth
and on Friday last, gave notice to the
500 persons they employ, that the services
of one half of them must be dispensed
with Immediately. 1t is added, also, that
a similar. action will be taken by the
"Booth, '"Tremont 'and Massachusetts
Cotton Mills, which employ 5000 persons
and represent capital of So, 500, 900.
Washington telegraph., 1850-05-22

When the telegraph chooses, or those who
manage it see proper, it can do clever thlng'
This was well illustrated in the case OF Bulioch;
the absconding Savannah cashier. lie lett on
board the schooner Abel for England. Immediate
news of it teIegraphed to Boston, and two
officers of that city sailed on the steamer ior
Liverpool the uery day the robbery toas discovered
in Sauannah. They lay in wait in England for
the schooner Abel, and arrested the rogue on her
deck before she got into port They brought him
back OIL the steamer Cambria.
Washington telegraph., 1850-05-22
Mr.. Elihu Burritt saws. in the Christia

Mr.. Elihu Burritt says, in the Christian
Citizen. that the Anglo Saxon race num-
bers sixty millions of human beings
He estimates, if no great physical revolu-
ton supervenes to check its propagation,
that in less than one hundred and fifty
years, it will number eight hundred mil
lions of souls, all speaking the same Ian
guage, centered to the same literature
and religion, and exhibiting all inherent
and inalienable characteristics.
Washington telegraph., 1850-05-22
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CHINA.-A Wash

DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CHINA Wash
ington letter in the n. Y. Courier says:
The President will probably send message to
the Senate to- morrow, recommending that the
dip omatc agency at China be raised to the grade
Of full mission. The present salary--S5OO0 per
annum--is wholly inadequate to the responsibi!-
ties of the position, and to the expense which is
necessarily incurred in m aintaining it. France
and England have gained great commercial ad-
yantages from the grade of their missions
The Chinese easily impressed with the ''pomp
and circumstances" of official dignity, and 1t is
therefore our policy, apart from its Justice to give
the diplomatic representative who may be sent
there, the means of serving the country, and OF
supporting himself without large sacrifices we
ought to adopt this policy, or to abolish the mission
entirely. Intercourse was opened to promote our
interests of commerce. If they worth the
caring for at ali, they should certainly be appre
ciated by some reasonable standard of vau alton
on the part of the Government. Mr.. Davis, the
present Commissioner. rendered his resignation
some time ago.
Washington telegraph., 1850-05-22
swesIs Drugs and Medicines.

Fresh Drugs and Medicines.
DR. BENZ. p. JETT has just received at his
~ old stand, opposite the Clerks office, a large
aud general assortment of g.. r--~
FRESH AND GENUINE MEDICINES,
together with full supply of patent articles,
bought at the mandatory and known to be
genuine, consisting in part Of
Wynkoops, Sands, Townsend's and Bulfs
Sarsaparlla, s
James Expeclorant, Hair Tonc& Sanstive Pills,
Moffatt's Life Pills and Phoenix Bitters,
Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry,
Davis Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry and Tar
b. A. Fanestock's Vermifuge,
\ Wiper's Canadian Vermiiuge,
Dr. Spencer's Pills and Biiters.
Orsgood's Cholagogne for the cure Of fever and
ague,
All of which he will sell at reduced prices for cash
He has also for sale good assortment Of Hats,
Boots, Shoes. Ready made Clothing, Books and
Stationery, low for cash
Persons wishing any of the above articles would
do well to call and examine his stock and prices.
Washington, May /, 1850 I'm
Washington telegraph., 1850-05-22

Mr.. WEBsrER's SPEECH IN BosroN-sI tread
no step backDard."-The Washington Union, in
speaking of MI. Webster's speech in Boston, says:
sIt is worthy of the orator and worthy of the
cason 1t is admlrable--we may say noble
appeal, to the citizens of Massachusetts, In dig
nifty of manner, power of style. beauty of elo
quenre and, above all, in firmness of purpose, it
is every thing it should be. Such speech Mr.
Webster's suits the crisis 1t will not be seed
thrown away upon the barren rock; but it must
ger:nnate and thrive, and bring forth coed fruit
amcng his countrymen. Such manly address,
in the presence OF the people o. Boston, IN the
midst of his own constituents, IN the very IA OF
the abotions.s who have denounced his course.
is calculated to give us additional confidence in
the stability of his purposes We beg the enlight-
ened editor Of the Augusta COnstitutonalist not
to abandon his hopes of Mr.. Webster's conduct.
No man who declares, under the canopy Of
heaven, and in the presence OF assembled thou
sands, 81 tread no step backward" can be guilty
of the folly, to say worse of such gross ln'on-
sistency, to sacrifice the high character which
he has lately won, by dsgraceful desertlon oil his
duty
For one, we will not give way to these gloomy
fears-these sombre anticipations. The speech
in Boston cheers and confirms US in the impressions
which his great speech made us. True, he CO.
operated in the proposition Of separating California
from the territorial governments; and, IN that re-
spect, Mr.. Clay manifested bis superior sagac'ty'
if not firmness of character; but we understand,
from the best authority, that Mr. Webster deemed
it the best way Of efecting the objects ne had In
view; and that he intended by that vote, not to
abandon an iota of the fine sediments and bold
enunciations Of his celebrated speech. Mr.. Web
ster has it in his power to bruIze with hIs
heel the serpent's head. Fanatcism must be
boldly met, to be put down. Truth cannot faii
when she is strong in the strength and courage OF
her champions