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More Patch work Proposed.

The N. O. PicGyune---one Of the thorough
going Clay compromise prints, suggests the fol-
lowing supplementary Legislation to the Fugi-
tive slave law, more worse than a dead letter
When the compromises begin to confess the
failure of their panacea, how signal and how
ridiculous that failure must be- The Picayune
says:
The delays, the vexatioD, and the expense in
cidental to the recovery of the fugitive slaves,
were forseep by US, when the Fugitive slave bill
was introduced into Congress and rs no pro-
vision was made in the bill TO indemnify claim.
ants, we opposed its passage, and advocated q
home valuation instead.
1t is amusing to us to look back to that period
now, and to laugh over subsequent transforma
tons, for we stood alone in opposition tC
this very bill, there not being in Louisiana al
nvowed disunion organ, nor, indeed, one that ap
peared to entertain doubt of the perfectbilit,
Of the compromise.
II may stil be necessary for Congress TO pas
n supplemental act to secure indemnity to tn,
owners Of fugitive slaves for the expense in
CURED in their recove y. Snch an act is M
more than just and necessary, to give to the ex
cellent provisions of the Fugitive slave law al
that is indispensable to make it every way &C
ceptable and equitable.
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FASHIONS IN QUEEN VIcToRIA's DRAWING
RooM.-Some of our fair readers, who like to
keep the run of the fashions, may like to see
how these things flourish in Queen Victora's
A London paper says:
'Her Majesty held drawing-room on Thurs
dav afternoon, the Sd inst, in st. James Palace,
and being the first public reception for her ladies
this season, it was numerousy attended. Her
Majesty wore a white gros de naples train.
trimmed with white Grape and white bugles, and
ornamented with diamonds, and petticoat OF
white gros de naples, trimmed with white bug.
les. Her Maiesty's head dress was composed
of white feathers and diamonds. From the lis
of ladies' fashions we extract n few local items;
Mrs. Gladstone: A train of brocaded seagreer
silk of Spital6elds manufacture, lined with white
gace and trimmed with magnificent Mechlir
Lace petticoat of rich white brocaded silk, bod,
and sleeves a In Louis XIV. richly trimmed with
Mechlin lace to correspond; head dress, Ostrich
feathers, lace lappets and diamonds. Mrs. Card
well: Train of blue MORE trimmed with Mech
lin lace petticoat of embroidered tariatau over
SATIN head dress, feathers and lace lappets: or
naments, diamonds. Lady Clementna Vliers
Manteau de cour, composed Of pink satin, bou
honna with tulle body, trimmed with silver
blonde, front bouionnc with point esprit d'ar
gent petticoat of pink glaze, covered with two
skirts of point esprit d'argent; head dress
feathers and lappets.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-04-30

SENIOR CAPTAIN Is TIE ARMY.-By the re.
cent death of Commodore Barron, the seniority
of rank in the navy Of the United States de.
wolves on Commodore Charles Stewart, who is
native Of Pennsylvania and appointed from
that State, though at present citizen Of the
State of New Jersey. Commodore Stewart en-.
tered the service Ms n lieutenant, on the same
day as the late Commodore Barron, to wit, on
the 9th of March, l798--as his present commits
sion bears the date of April %, 1906. Commo
dores Morris, Warrington and Downes are next
in the series ofthose sterling old American navn
heroes, whose prowess in, and previous to our
second war with Britain, no less than their high
mental qualifications manifested in various emer-
gencies before and since have challenged the
admiration of the world, and given them an en-
during niche in the temple of fame.--Philadel
phia Bulletin.
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sB- While the national" organs, and their
Southern echoes, are hailing the restoration of
confidence between the North and South accom-
plished through the midnight march of Marshal
TUKEY-the Wellington Of the Administration
the Boston Transcript makes the following
frank confession, seasoned with spice of irony
SHALL WE HAVE PEACE I'VE fear not. Seen
tlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no
peace" The times require that we should have,
not only settled faith in regard to the great
question before the country, but a reason for the
faith that is in us. Principles must be probed
to their very root. We must" orient ourselves
us the French say; fix on the cast and thence
take our bearings.
Citizens unfolding the law of the last Con-
gress, are denounced by our representatives in
Congress, and from the pulpit in this city. as
scoundrels and mercenaries, with cotton" stuffed
in, where there ought to be heart. The Rev
erend Theodore Parker, holy man of God, stg
matizes all such citizens, as " begotten in sin
conceived in iniquity, born with dogs heads oil
their shoulders, the concentration of who'll
generation Of scoundrels." The excellent per
sons who attend Mr.. Parker's church. pecula
people, jealous of good works-highly mora
intelligent, and sainty-listen to these sent
ments, and believe and applaud.
Now it is obviously to be feared that frol
belief and applause these excellent fellow-cit
zens of Mr.. Parkers flock, who have till no,
taken us by the hand, and given us the time
day, will proceed to action; they are person
who will do right ifthe skies fall conscentiou
very; and it is plain that they will feel it the
duty to treat US, as the scoundrels, described b
their pastors, ought to be treated They wi
cut US off from their patronage; refuse to dea
with us; repudiate our cotton goods and cali
Goes; turn us out of their employment; refus
TO buy of us, and to sell to us cut off their SUP
plies in short, and break our hearts
This would be deplorable state of things
and we hope it may be averted Let our reader
apply their moral stethescopes and determin
whether it be cotton or flesh and blood that
beating in their breasts Let them inquire ,
their consciences, whether to determine to vi
hold our constitutional compact with the Sout
TO abide by the Union, and to stand by the e,
ecutors of the laws of the land, be the deep ar
damning crime which is now charged upon us.
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Bear Hunting In Louisiana.

A correspondent of the New Orleans Courier,
writing from the backwoods, concludes his let
ter with the following graphic description of the
chase and capture of the brown BEAR native
aud denizen of those diggings:"
The brown bear is no stranger in the parish
of Livingston. The chase is very exciting
Though not easily overtaken by the dogs, as he
generally makes for the most impenetrable
thckets, cane brakes and swamps, yet when
brought to bay he makes regular "knock-
down and drag-out" affair of it with the dogs.
He is a shy and timid animal, and will never fight
until fairly " driven to the wall" and then with
his back against a tree he will keep at arms
length half dozen dogs, fiinging out his
brawny arms with electrical force and rapdty,
striking right and left, here breaking the back
of one, there tearing out the entrais of another,
and often destroying the whole pack. Ii is
when this fight is going on--a tumult of fierce
growing, yeping and agonzing screams-that
the hunter, often miles behind, makes prodigious
efforts to "come up" A horse is out of the
question. He cuts his way with his butcher
knife" often for miles through a dense forest of
cane, or plunges up TO his middle-throuph
morass and lagoon swimming rivers, and leap
ing, from time TO time, with wonderful activity
the huge trees that some hurricane has stretched
along his way. Of all field sports this require,
the greatest expenditure of wind and muscle
and be who is not sure of his capacity, had better
never undertake 10 be in at the death of bear
One night, when we were sleeping in the cabir
of worthy settler, between the Tickiaw apc
Amite, the sudden squeaing of hog was heard
and the old man leaping out Of bed, seized his
rifle and rushed to the rescue. There he found
n monstrous bear tearing huge mouthfuls from
the side of his favorte grunter. Approaching
within ten PAGES he blazed away when the in
furiated animal, slightly wounded, turned upoI
lis assailant Dropping his rife, our FRIEND
made for tree, and just as he bent himself tc
spring the bear, with desperate clutch, sezec
him by - the seat of his brooches. For
tunately they gave way, and his life was saved
The bear made off with his trophy, and when W.
went out with torches to The old mans relief, i
could not be said that he was more honoret
IN the breech than in the observance" for he wa
literally naked.
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rW-Tbe lovers of the fine arts, who have
leisure to indulge their taste. win be gratfed
by visit to the Daguerrean gallery of Mr.
WHrrEHURsT, in Lane g. fuckers building, on
tie Avenue. In addition to his own collection
of the heads of the people, unsurpassed for
fidelity and beauty Of finish, amateurs may in
spect there very pretty specimen Of painting
on ivory, by lady. The picture referred to is
4 portrait Of Mrs. Gen. Macomb, of this city, and
the execution reflects much credit on the taste
sud skill Of the fair artist, whose work it H.
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A Dialogue on Wines.--Smith--We Jones
this is a good glass of wine, is MT it
Jones-The glass is good enough, but the
wine is abominable.
Smitb--Oh, don't say that Perhaps you
think il would be better for a little more body,
eh
jones' don't know whether it would be
better for more body, but il would certainly be
better for less spirit. Drops little from bis
glass into the CRATE and sets the chimney on
FIRE. Punch.
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SOUTHERN PRESS
WASHINGTON CITY.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 80. 1851.


"
very pretty squabble has been going on fo
some time past between the NATIONAL organ.
on both sides, each trying hard to saddle tn,
triumph of Abolition in Boston on the opposi
ton. The Democratic organs, the Union ant
others, have blown their bellows most Justify
and pealed out peans of rejoicing over the Z" un
terrified Democrats" who resisted the election
to the last !" and the Republic, followed by it,
second fddles, plays away upon the singl,
string of Wing opposition to SUMNER"
Now, the audacity and the fallacy Of these
shams and shufilings are apparent to every man
who has used his eyes, his ears, or any of his
senses.
The pretext Of the Union, and its echoes, may
easily be set aside by few words. The I'M
terrified Democracy" who refused to 90 into
the coalition by which SUMNER was elected,
constituted but corporals guard of that party
in the Legislature: and the Union knows, or
ought to know, the fact But one Democrat in
The senate, and few in the house, stood out
against his election-the rest were amalgamate
with the motley crowd of Abolitionists and Free
soilers.
The organ of the Wings, the Boston Journal
thus announced the election of SUMNER, and di.
rectly charged on the Democracy the response
bility, as follows:
"The die is cast. Charles Sumner, an Abo-
litonist in the strict sense of the word has been
elected to the United States Senate, bu The united
roles of The Democrats and Free-soiiers Of The
legislature. For This result the Democratic partv
Of Massachusetts is directly responsible, and to
that party will attach whatever of honor or op |
probrium is gained by Mr. Sumner during his
six years Of public service. The Wings wash
their hands of his election They hare had no
lot or pari in The matter"
This is true as far as it goes but i. gives only
half truth, which has well been termed the worst
form of falsehood: for it seeks to produce the i'm.
preston of superior soundness on the subject,
on the part of the Whigs-suppressing the fact
that the Wing vote was cast for WINTHROP, as
bad though not as bold Free-soiler as SUMNER.
The fact has become too glaringIy notorious
to be smothered, that, with regard to soundness
on the slavery question, all parties in Massa-
chusetts, and all classes of the community, with
a few individual exceptions here and there, are
equally rotten and unreliable and the organs
may grind out tunes to the contrary until dooms-
day, before they can produce any other convic
ton.
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eY" We find among the critical notices in the
New York Epening Post, the following com.
ments on a new tragedy from the pen of gifted
Southern lady, Mrs. LOUISA S. McCoRp, q
daughter of Judge CHEvEs, of South Carolina
We have not yet had the pleasure of seeing the
work, which is thus highly complimented by the
critic but from cur knowledge of the capacous
and highly cultivated intellect of its author, do
not doubt that the praise is merited.
Mrs. McCoRp has contributed many able arti-
cles to the Southern Quarterly Reriew as well
as the poetic illusions collected in the volume
referred to:
CATUs Gracious; Tragedy in five acts BY
Louisa S. McCord. H. Kernot, New York
A literary correspondent, whose good opn-
ion is worth having, sends us the subjoined no.
tice of this work:
"The masculine vigor of thought and express
sion in this dramatic poem, with its strong por
tratures of character, mark it as entirely differ
ent from the majority of poetcal productions Of
the present time. 1t is of the school of the
elder British poets, whose works appeal TO the
intellect as well as the Imagination, furnishing
substantial aliment for the mind, and taking that
strong hold of the sympathies which is given by
faithful delineations Of nature. Most Of the
poetry written in later years is of the brilliant,
fanciful, fantastic school; and weary of those
unsubstantial dainties, we turn with keener rel
ish to more solid and healthful diet. The SUBJ
iect of this play is not one likely to please tastes
that crave exciting novelties the classic plan is
adhered to-historical truth is simply followed
and there il no elaboration of imagery or die
ton. But the power Of conception displayed
! and the vivid expression of thought and passion
in language natural AVID powerful, rising often
| by the energy of the sentiment into passages OF
great beauty stamp the work as one of no ordi-
nary merit, and will give the author place in
| the first rank of American poets. The style
strongly resembles that of Philip Van Artave-
lede, but the picture has warmer coloring OF
| life than in Taylor's great drama, and there is
more of pleasing imagery. Mrs. McCord is the
daughter of the Hon. Langdon Cheves, of Soutf
Carolina. A volume of poems from her per
was published a few years since in PHILADELPHIA
Her superior talents, and extensive literary It
tanments, have given her distinction in her ma
: tive State. 1t is easy to see in Gains Gracious
the creation of mind Of high and Independent
order, richly stored with lore drawn from tn
earliest and purest fountains of literature ant
free from the fantastic Alterations that spoil to-
= many productions Of writer's who are not Gesti
tute of genius"
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The editor Of the Portland Transcript, who
must be bachelor. from the way he talks makes
the following suggestions relative to the united
state OF matrimony;
GETTING MARRIED.--This very interesting
event in a woman's life must be very tryiug TO
the nerves of some Of our delicate young ladies'
No doubt your buxom widow, who has buried
her third husband, thinks it very trifiing affair."
but she has lost the freshness OF her feelings,
and is not to be spoken of in the same breath
with blooming maiden. AS the result OF much
philosophical investigation (for, like Washington
Irving, we have "speculated much about matri-
uony," but have never experimented,) we Incline
to the opinion that person can experience the
sensation ofgetting married but once However
this may be, we are glad to be able to state to
those who have serious thoughts OF committing
matrimony, that it is in our power to give them
IA valuable hint rs to the best mode OF getting
through the ceremony We have heard OF gett-
ing married by steam, and by telegraph, but We
have now to propose n most original plan, which
may be called, marriage made easy. We recent
ly overheard two young ladies talking on this
subject One said she was sure she should faint,
but the other said, when she got married, she in
tended 10 take chlorotorm! Thisis decidedly better
than the plan of the bashful, man, who wanted
to slide into matrimony by degrees. A white
handkerchief applied to the nose, moment
passed in bliss'ul dream, and you awake in the
promised land Getting married by chlorotorm
will undoubtedly become very popular with
sentimental young ladies.
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There is hotel in Springfield that only
charges half price for lovers and the proprietor
says he makes more money out Of this class of
boarders than any other people obout the house.
Leta youth, he says, setup with yellow spen-
Ger and blue eyes on Sunday night, and he will
feel so heavenly that he wont get down to pork
and beans AGAIN till the latter mart of tho veck
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Old Roger, says the Pathfinder, was standing
in State street, and saw an Irshman rolling n
keg of specie from his cart TO the institution for
which il was intended "There," said the old
fellow, to foreign gentleman who was standing
by him, 1there you see the benefit of our free
institutions; there is man who came to this
country six months ago as poor ms poor could
be, and now you see he is actually rolling in
rishss!"
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tAY- The editor Of the New York Tribune
testifies, as follows, as to the mysterious identity
of thought and feeling existing in "two gentle
men at once :"
MYSTERIES or THE HUMAN MINp.-We had
the pleasure of being present the other evening,
with party OF ladies and gentlemen, at a pri.
vate house in this city, when 81. Gandon and
his nephew exhibited the astounding results
which they are able TO produce by some means
entirely transcending all ordinary experience
The facts seemed to ind cate perfect community
of mental Impressions between the two persons
at least that was the only theory we were able
to frame concerning them. For instance they
were put ut distance of forty feet apart, one
being in one paror and the other in the other,
with the partition between them, SO that neither
could see the other, and the whole company
were convinced that no signal of any kind was
exchanged and yet words, figures, names, &c,
shown to the uncle, by being written, or pointed
out in a book, were promptly and, in all cases,
accurately repeated by the nephew. And this
was done in the most conclusive manner, the
questions being asked by skeptical third parties,
so that there should be no possibility of the
uncles limiting the answer. These experiments
were made in the most trying ways for about
an hour and a half by several gentlemen, and all
were dumbfoundei at the result. Every test
that ingenuity could suggest was made, and al
ways with the same success on the part of NJ
Gandon and his pupil.
Tie uncle does not profess to offer any ex-
planation of these astonishing phenomena-
He SAYS there are the facts, let them speak for
themselves The only explanation we can i'm
,sine is, as we said above, that the two minds
ire in so intimate a rapport that the impressions
Of the one are directly felt by the other. None
If the manipulations Of mesmerism are used
he young man is not put TO sleep, nor does he
lain to be clairvoyant. Moreover, he seems
o be in excellent health, and to possess sound
ervous system. Sill, we conceive the whole
0 be near akin to that general class of phe.
amena known as mesmeric
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CLOSET ArFAIR.-ln the police column OF
the Philadelphia Pennsylvania, the following
delicate affair is reported:
Mrs. Sophronia Deyalenger is mulatto lady
who reads all the French novels and the Home
Journal, and so cultivates a taste for those Eu-
ropean retnements in social intercourse which
some Of our travelled gentlemen wish to intro
duce into this country. Mrs DIS. husband is a
shade darker than herself in complexion; he is
,obacconst by trade, and a very worthy, in
dustrous and unsuspicious fellow Mrs d. has
formed PlatonIc intimacy with light lemon
colored D'Orsay, who calls himself Edward Ber-
rington. While Mr.. Devalenger is making Sc
gars and an honest living at his shop, Mrs ID.
at home, is making tea and toast for Chevalicr
Burlington. But last night, Devalenger being
taken with an ominous pain in the head, came
home Two hours sooner than usual, and inter
rnpted . tete fete between Madams and lie
Cheralier. No lady who has read French
novel can be embarrassed in such case;
closet or cupboard is the obvious resource. The
only recess of this kind in the apartment was
place under the stairs where Devaenger kept
his unseasoned tobacco, extra pots of snuff, and
various tools and materials for which there was
no room in the shop. Into this "low-browed
vault" by Madame's directions, the Chevaer
crept on his hands and knees, and was snugy
shut up by the adroit lady, at the very moment
Devaenger entered. Tho honest tobacconist
of his aching head, without assign
ing a cause for it, not imagining (poor fellowD
what an oppressive weight his os fronts had to
sustain Meanwhile, Chevaler Bennington, in
the closet, was fearful that his breathing might
be overheard to prevent which, he put his face
into large jar, which stood on the floor conve-
nienty This jar contained snuff of highly
volatile nature and as soon rs Bennington drew
his first breath inside of the vessel, column of
the titilating dust assembled into each nostril,
and produced such tempestuous sneezing as
might have been mistak zen for those rapidly sue
cessive detonatons which are incident TO an cx-
ploson of saltpetre. The astounded Devallenger
looked at his wife for an explanation. Mrs.
Devallenger, seeing that denoueD,eu could not
be avoided, shrieked "robbers" and murder!"
Devallenger seized a shovel, threw open the
cuddy door, and went regularly to work on the
carcase of the Chevalier, who still continued to
sneeze in answer TO each blow, though the
whacks he received on his rear were certainly
"nothing to be sneezed nt" The shovel was
actually demolished in the furious attack Che
Waller Bennington attempted to offer no explana.
ton or Justification either to the husband or be-
fore the mayor. In answer to queries proposed
by the latter, he magnanimousy exclaimed =
Send me to jail for thief If you choose I'D
better suffer than sile the repeiation of the fair
ser ~ He was committed accordingly.