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FATAL ACCIDENT WEST PoISr.-An accident occur.
red at West Point the 18th instant which resulted in
death Of daughter Of the late Professor KIssLEx Mrs
X. taking drive with her and two daughters in
carriage drawn by of Capt. Duncans artillery horses
which became alarmed and off when Of the ladies'
caught rein and drew the horse the side of the road
where stone wall The animal leaped the WALL by
which the carriage dashed pieces, killing the youngest
child, and seriously njuring Mrs. X, her son. and oheE
daughter.
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Various important measures are proposed to the next Mis-
souri, Legislature Among them reasonable homestead
exemption law, the election Of Judges by the people, the
peal of the law limiting the rate of interest to six per cent
the repeal Of the small note law, the organization Of the
Bank Of Missouri, and limited partnership law.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-10-26

An ASSOCIATION has been formed at Jerusalem, which
has for its object the literary and scientific investigation of all
subjects connected with the Holy Land The members
all Protesants and they reside within the territory embraced
between the Mediterranean and the Euphraes, the Nile and
the Oones The Anglican Bishop Of Jerusalem holds tho
Office Of patron Several persons residing at Ja Damas
Gus, and Beyrou corresponding members The papers
read will be formed into volume and published annually
Much light, it is believed will, in this MANNER be thrown
upon many important subjects in literature history geology
and various branches of science.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-10-26

TIE FLrISG DuTcHMAr.-This famous racer has been
sold to four nobemen and gentlemen by the Earl of Esn,on
for $4,000 He is intended for the turf again. and will
only be Kept for breeding purposes. The Flying Duchman
has won fourteen having been beaten I'LL recently
the great st. Leger by Vogeur attributable,
Perhaps to the weights the avoe compelled from
his age TO carrynamey 10 lbs. than Voigeur. The
Duchman has realized the Of 9 725 altogether for his
late proprietor exclusive Of plate, cups and other trophies
Of the race-course.
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FARMS In MAINE roR NorHIrs.-A law has passed the
Legislature of Maine, the Halowell Gazette says, giving
any man from to two hundred he may DESIRE At
the nominal price Of fifty cents acre. payable in two
three years. in work on the highways kind Of
ton Of great advantage to the purchaser the State
The farmer must however, clear up certain number Of
within given time, and erect house for his residence or,
in other words, he must to work. improve his farm, and
make it his home. Much Of that offered settlers tho
above conditions lies in Aroosook county.
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The SoBER SECOND THoUeHT.-It is stated by
the New Hampshire Patriot that four-ffths of the
prominent men whose names were attached to the
letter to Mr.. WEBSTER, from that State, were pre-
yiously actively aiding the abolition excitement.
Probably, says the Patriot, every of the many
clergymen among them has preached often upon
that question, and urged his hearers to extreme
ground upon it. Now they endorse Mr.. WEE
sTERs position. st
As concident with the facts stated above, we have
the testimony Of avery intelligent gentleman exten-
sively acquainted through the lake borders Of the
Northwest, that he knew many Aboltionists who,
after reading Mr.. WEBsTERs mastery speech of the
18th March, and the great closing speech of Mr..
CLAY of the 22d July, had confessed change Of
opinion in regard to the proprety of their previous
course, and who, while their opinions on the abb
stract question of slavery remained unchanged,
should conceive it their duty, good citizens and
friends Of the Union, thereafter to refrain from
countenancing any agitation on the subject.
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VIRsIsIA CoSvESTIos.--In the Convention on Tuesday
the report Of the Committee Of Thirteen to the proper mode
Of bringing subjects for examination before the Convention,
and the reference of them different committees taken
up motion made by Mr. STASARD, Of Richmond, to
lay the table, for the present, that portion Of the report
which refers the subject Of the basis Of representation to
committee to be composed Of equal number from each Of
the four political divisions Of the State He expressed his de-
termination to hereafter amend the report as to
constitute the committee in numbers according to the represent
taion Of the four divisions The motion to lay the table
carried by almost entirely sectional vote-the East
voting aye, the West The whole report then order
ed to be laid on the table until the next day.
The remainder of the day, and all of Wednesday,
cuped in discussing the report Of the committee on rules Of
order to govern the deliberations Of the Convention.
On Thursday the Convention again occupied with
discussion that part Of the report of the Committee of
Thirteen relating to the basis Of representation.
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NAvAL-The U. s. ship st. Laurence, Capt PAuLDISe,
sailed from Bremen on the I'd instant.
The u 8. sloop-ofwar John ADAMS Commander POWELL,
from and for the of Africa Madeira the 18th
ulmo also, the soop-owar Dale Com PEIRsoS from New
York for the coast of Africa.
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Mr.. CLAY received with great demonstrations Of
spect and popular enthusiasm his arrival at Lexington
Bonfres knded and discharged in his honor
and immense crowd assembled to him. He was CON-
peled to make speech to the multitude. After thanking
them for their kindness, and making few remarks upon tho
condition Of the country, be told them that happy he
to meet them, there was old lady about mile and half
off (pontng Ashand) with whom he had lived fifty years.
and whom be would rather than all of them He
released, after this good-naured remark, and suffered to
go home.
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gentleman travelling horseback down East came upon
Irshman who fencing in barren and desoate piece
of land What are you fencing in that lot for Pat ~ said
he heard of cows would TO death that land.
"And sure wasn't fencing to kape the poor bastes OUT
of II
Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-10-26

The suggestion Of our correspondent H. possesses
the merit of novelty, at least, in this country; but
that does not appear to us its only merit; it's the
fruit of much reflection, and of patriotic spirit
and it strikes us that if the plan carried out
to any considerable extent-not to say generally
it would be productive of much Of the good which
the author claims for it.
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A CONVENTION FOR GOOD.

This is the epoch Of Conventions, and we heartily
wish that they all had in view purposes as praise
worthy and useful as the one which is now in ses-
sion in Baltimore, consisting of the Editorial Fra
ternty Of Maryland, met together to consult on Inc
condition and improvement of their professional
and business-rules, and the general advantage oi
their vocation as a business concern. One of me
objects, which we are glad to perceive they have
agreed on, is to petition Congress to abolish the
postage on the transmission of newspapers-an
object in which the people of the country are as
much interested as editors or publishers.
Another subject, one of deep national interest,
which has engaged the attention of the Convention
is embraced in the annexed preamble and resolu-
tons, which were reported by committee ana
unanimously adopted by the Convention. Ihey
are honorable alike to the intelligence and the pa
triotism of the body; but they are only what might
have been expected from Convention OF Mary
landers, and especially Of Maryland editors
Whereas at the first session of the 3ls Congress, just
closed series Of was adopted after long and
est discussion intended aay the excitement on the slavery
question And whereas the said have given salts
faction to very large portion Of the citizens OF the union
still in different portions of the North and South we see thai
dsaection on those questions exists and Is giving rise to
language proceedings greatly to be regretted BY every true
lover Of the Union Therefore, Conductors Of the Press
Maryland and expressing what know to be the feelings
Of the people Of the State, well own calm and de-
liberate judgment, it is hereby
Resolved That Maryland is inaexiby attached to the
Unon constitution. and its laws and that we will adyo
j cate and sustain them sd pas
Resolved That as Editors of the Press of Maryland,
approve of the passed by Congress h
slavery question, deeming them calculated if carried ou
faithfully harmony between the North and th
j South W
Resoed, That dsapprove Of the opposition to thos
measures which exhibited both in the North and in tn
South by few misguided and that such opposition
i condemnation.
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The Lavaca lTexas) Advocate says: g 1t is not
a little remarkable that among the opponents to the
acceptance OF the Pearce proposition for the pur-
chase of our Northwestern territory, but few old
Texans are to be found"
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PENNSYLVANIA ELEcTIoN.-The Philadelphia
papers publish the complete returns of the late cleo
tion for State officers of Pennsylvania. The aggre-
gates are as follow:
Dem maj.
Canal Commissioner. Morrison, d. j.. .M5, ,s6s
DUNCAN, (W.). l32, ,092 1877
Auditor General Banks, DID,. 143 sos
Snyder, (W.) ...l3o,556 1882
surveyor General- .Bawley. o. } ;. l41,6A
Henderson. (W .l3Is015 10,629
The amendments to the Constitution received
1923 votes in favor, to 7l,los against; major-
ty 1890.
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for liberty to issue bonds payable In ten or fifteen
years, with threeandahsn per cent ssmi-annusl in
tereft, and secured by mortgage Of the company's
property, to take the place far necessary, of
bonds already issued and not to exceed in amount the
of 100000 The Directors have also decided to
issue 100000 Of preferred stock bearing eight per
cent interest for the liquidation Of the floating debt
The president Of the Milwaukee and Waukesha
Railroad Company having failed to loan in this
city real estate mortgages has returned to Mil
wauke, and secured from that city a further sub
scription of $4,000. The city is to issue bonds
pay able in ten years, and take the mortgages. This
will insure the completion Of the road and give the
State an mportant work Of internal improvement
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m o N L Y M A II X e II.

SUNDAY July IA p. Nj.
The stock market, during the past week, has been
tolerably active and prices have been very well main
tanned Several the ancies have slightly improved
and there appears disposition the part of holders
to realize present prices but the contrary there
many houses in the street who not only large
holders of nearly every fancy In the list but heavy
purchasers 1t requires large amount of confidence
to such large quantities Of these securities and
the fluctuations from day to day likely to be SO
great that it requires large capital to provide for
any contingency. The most sanguine Spectator in
fancy stocks hardly expect advance Of any i'm
portance prices current, and street brokers
Who purchasing, under the impression that, upon
the opening Of the approaching season. outsiders will
rush in and take large lots their hands may make
. very great mistake and ind that they will have to
carry sell at sacrifice most of the stocks on
hand.
The receipts Of most Of railroad companies for
several months past have been large. Compared with
last year. they show large per cent increse but 1t
must be borne in mind that their expenses have in
creased In corresponding ratio, and that most Of
them have larger capitals to pay interest dividends
on. Last yesr-in consequence of the prevalence OF
thc1 eholera-the incsme of railroad companies
throughout tho country, very much reduced; and
. comparison Of the thus far this year, with
that for the corresponding period last Is therefore,
hardly fair does not show the progress from year
to year In the productvcness of these works under
equally favorable circumstances The easy state OF
the money market-the prosperous condition Of all
classes the result Of full employment and fair
the absence of epidemic extension of railroads.
and the increase in all modes Of conveyance, have
given impetus to travel, calcalated to repenish
the treasures Of the principal companies and enable
Of them to extricate themselves from the husn
cial endorsements which have so long surrounded
them.
The annexed table exhibits the quotations for the
principal speculative stocks in this market for each
day Of the past week. and at the close OF the week pre-
vious. The tendency of prices throughout has been
upward
ovorArrors TIVE PnrrcrrAL srocxs NEW
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comparison Of prices current at the close Of the
market yesterday with those ruling at the close Of the
pYvious week exhibits advance in Reading
Mortgage Bonds of = per cent; Reading Railroad So;
Erie Railroad, as Harlem, Vi Mohawk, az Farmers,
Loan, 2'Si Canton Company u; Morris Canal VI
Hudson Railroad AZ Erie Bonds, 1885, ~ Do 1859, L.
and decline In u s. os, 1867, of y per cent Erie In
come Bonds. *.
The annexed table will show the number Of packa
ges and value Of each description Of dry goods which
have to hand and passed directly into consump-
t.on during the past week compared with the mp ports
for the same period Of last year
FoRsicS Day GooDs EvrEREp ron CorsunrrroS
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AMUsEMENTs IN BROOKLYs.

DROOKLYN hUsEUM-CoRNER OF ORANGE AND
ID Fulton streets-CHANFRAU BURKE, propretors-
Z. Burke. director OF amusemtnt The Museum will be
open every evening half with choice collection
curiosties. The lecture will
every evening o'clock. Monday evening will be
presented the beautiful drama, entitled GRANDFATHER
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Whitehead, Mr. Z. Burke ;
lansley, Mr.. Kin gsley Louisa, Mrs. Bowers Diverte-
ment by the Infant Family To with the iaugha
lie farce of PERFECTlON-Cbares Paragon. Mr. Bowers
Kate 0Brion, Mrs Bowers. Admission IS cents children
under half price; extra in parIuete,
chilling
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EouND-A soRREL HORSE ON FRIDAY MORNING,
IL in Washington street. The owner have him BY
ovng property and paying charges by calling At No. s
Nash'ngton street.
NnW YORK 1AITERsALLs.-AUCTfON NOTICE
A. This day, will te sold The highest bidder,
reserve, 70 pay storage large and anahlc assorent q
rev and secord hand ftrriercs Rar0uchcs RockA
Types end Busy wagons snd Gigs so aercat variety ~
saddles and harner poles and iaE<ge racks afe
variety u very tne Horses suitable fgr al purposes r.
She ahcve sale ell positively take risce, rsin
shine. GEO. W. MILLER, Proprietor, tia Broadway.
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fetal. ...... -. ...... s3G5iii0 IS
The earnings Of the road for the arst months Of
this year amounted TO s57 O62 76 expenses s227Ol 49,
net earnings, ssi95s H. This IL not a favorable ex-
hibit, by any means but Il Is the impression Of the
msnsg cement that II farn hes reliable data Of the
extent Of the business Of tn, road II Is proposed 10
make an application 70 the Ltgislsturs Of Vermont,
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Total ..............l.7 59 sF9.s5s 1894 $3.50 go
Those interested In the construction Of the Rome,
wateriovn and Cape Vincent railroad making
vigorous efforts TO complete IL under the charter and
to ensure Us speedy produetveness This Of the
most important rsilroa routes in the country and,
ia consequence Of the energy with which the citizens
OF Boston pushing then northern lines Of road TO
connect with the navigation Of the great lakes 70 IL
necessary should turn our attention TO the
SEDUCTION Of lines 10 intercept the rac passing by
70 the East and turn IL iato those channels that win
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CALIFORNIA.

pEACH n co.'s CALIFORNIA PACKAGE EMPRESS
NJ through In about thirty sve days--wi forward by
steamer Georgis I3h snd EMPIRE City l5th in charge Of
special reight packages Letters &e direct
San Francisco aud all parts % the mines ARRANGEMENTS
complete for transferring. without detentios from The
Atlantic 70 the Pacific steamers Consienors NAY have
their invoces certified At the Custom House hy savins
item osr odees 81 Broad way New York, anf Court
street, bcs,Sn. ALBERT HkLLKa. Acting Manager.
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yAsHryoroS. July 10. 1880.


President Taylor's death-- Aft7ard Eilmore's course
Tho old, and noc Catirct--The Comyvon,sc
10 pass, Peace 10 be triumphant, aud Legislatios
10 flourish.
need not attempt to picture the state Of the pub
lie mind here, last night, while il was hourly ex
pected that that noble old chief, General Zachary
Taylor, President Of the United States, would
breathe his last. Suffice it to say that in every
direction cotercs Of people were seen, earnestly
talking or whispering together on the subjec, Of
the great national bereavement about to occur
At length the slow, solemn, midnight tolling o
the bell announced the sad and mournful intel-
gence that the hour had come that Zachary
Taylor was no more Meantime, speculations as
TO the future were rife. You and your readers can
imagine better than can describe them. General
Taylor. who, il was thought by everybody, would
long outve those eminent statesmen, Messrs
Clay and Webster, who were his contemporaries
and friends, all ofa sudden. and most une xpectedly.
had beer cut down in the highest of sial station
Ia the world, covered all over with worldly honors.
he has died in the zenith Of his renown. God
found him surrounded by. and in the hands Of
bad men, and he took him to himself
T" The ways OF Providence are inscrutable, and
past finding out"
President Taylor listened to his cabinet, and by
them was induced to plant hiaiself against the adj
jusiment. Had he lived u would have been de-
feated, and God only knows what would have
been the consequences Of its defeat-consequence
to the country, and consequences to his great
name and fame. But he has gone, before the
cabinet and their malign influence could tarnish
and dishonor his fame: He has gone, his cabinet
viii retire, and the adjustment WILL in all hkeli-
hood, be passed by both houses of Congress
There IS no pursr man, or purer wing. W the
whole and, than Willard Fillmore. III, will cor.
daily CO operate with Messrs. Clay and Webster,
and call about him. as cabinet counsellors, wings
OF their complexion.
We cannot retain any members Of the vtcsrat
cabinet. and he will not. They have never needed
his wishes and rec lamentations, is well knowa
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The TELEeRAPas.

nGDEN HAYNES (RICH'D T.. OGDEN, THOs. T.
OHaynes lNbole-le snd Gene-al Commission kefchsnts
san Francisco California herchsndse consigned 20 W. viii
t. rlaeed on baard our store chip aud soa apeshus
avoiding al rsks ~ ire, &e Refer 70 sNm- u Cary
Co. New Yorh; Joseph r. S1nger, dol bo bard buttrik,
A. Barr stevcpe DO; Comsn Hopkinss CO. dos Conan
sulth, dol Y. I. Hayes, dol Read Ravis, Mbaay.
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EDWARDS, SANFORD d CO-TRANsATLANTIC
II Package Express and General EuropeAa Agency at
Adams Co.'S Espre,s oeees - and 1s VAL strss.-ssm-
varded and iron all parts Of Europe in connection with
Messrs Chaplin Horne OF England. and the Messagries
mission and particular attention given abroad to shipping
claims Of every description collected Drafts sale paya
bic at any town in England, Ireland Scotland The
partners IN New York Philadelpha Baltimore. Liverpool
and London and excellent transportation arrangements
abroad usthed in promising entire satisfaction TO all
who them With business Packages and parcels
left Of the oces % Nessrs Adams Co in the UNI
ted States will receive prompt attention. The London and
Liverpool Directories and British Tariff be the
Office as above.
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NOTICE TO CoNTRACToRs-sEALIp PROPOSALS
for the grading masonry bridging super.tructure lay
ing the track and fencing the and Corning rail-
road leading from Csnasdagua to the Chemung railroad
vii PC recsvea AZ the once o. John . Ming CO, eon-
and plans he the once OF the chief engineers
Canandarua after the goth instant. This road about IS
miles in length divided into sections Of mile esch
Bids will be received single secons for several united
cansndagua July 4 1850.
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ADJUSTMENTS In PHILADELPHIA.

QARNUM's MUSEUM, PHILADELPHIA.-P T.
- Barnum, Proprietor and Manager; Henry Sanford,
Assistant Manager Engagement OF M Bird the greatest
Ventriloquist and Magician II the To delineae the
Of his occult science the
Room which in beauty and be equaed
The London Panorama remains this week. Dssving Views
and Cbromatrope. Ballads, Dtties &c. Performances
afternoon and evening Admittance Is cents Chill
dren under 10 years, l21s cents.
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DIERCE'S MINsTRELS, AT THE OLYMPIC, UNDER
the direction Of the great original PomreyThis
fu has been recently rented and
for the and 10 the comfortable
Of public in the city, The continued
that has favored this inmiabie Band of Ethiopian
performers has stamped them being the plus ultra Of
negro harmonsts. Admission Is cents Doors open at u
ut o'clock p n Afternoon Concert Wednesdays
and Saturdays Doors open 1T 2; concert at o'clock.
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MINERVA ROOMS, 4O6 BROADWAY, OPEN xvi
IlRANKLIN MUsEUM l7s CHArHAN sQUAHE OPEN

LNRANKLIN NUSEUH, H6 CHATHAM SQUAHE, OPKN
every afternoon ut o'clock and in the evening At By
ladies in The world COMPRISING company Of Twelve Per.
Artistss commonly called Model Artists will appear
afternoon and evening in variety Of splendid repre-
sensations Of Living Pictures together with the tribe
"Bedouin Arab Grs the only ones existence who win
stsge seats k CENTS Bsxes rs eents PArsusts 2 CENTS
Private Bexes, 81