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PUBLIC MEETING IN MApnoN.-At a meeting
of a portion Of the Democratic party of the
county of Madison, held in the courthouse
of said county, on the Goth of December, 1850,
(Court dayo William Walker was called to the
Chair, and Thomas J. Humphreys was appoint
ed Secretary.
The objects Of the meeting were explained
by James l.. Kemper, who thereupon offered
for the consideration of the meeting, the follow
ing resolutions, viz: sl
RESOLVED, That we have regarded with unal-
Logged satisfaction the course Of conduct main
tanned by Paulus Powell, as representative OF
the 9th District and we do especially and cor
daily approve his opposition to the late disas-
trous compromise of Southern rights.
Resolred, That in the judgment of this meet
ing, the frmness and fidelity with which Paulus
Powell has adhered to the true interests Of the
country, entitle him to the unqualified approval
and confidence Of his constituents; and regard
ing him to be, in accordance with the established
usage, the candidate of the Democratic party OF
this District, we will chserfully and unitedly
sustain his reelection.
RESOLVED, That we concur fully in the late
recommendations of tho Governor Of Virginia,
that tax be imposed upon all articles of
Northern growth or manufacture, and we de-
sire that our representative in the General As
sembly urge the adoption of such measure.
The Hon. s. F. Leake seconded and sus-
tanned the resolutions and the vote being
taken, they were unanimously adcrted.
II was then resolved, that the proceedings of
this meeting be signed by the chairman and Sec
rotary and forwarded to the editor Of the Char
ottesville Jeffersonian, for publication, with n
request that the other Democratic papers of
the State copy-aud that copy be furnished
to the Hon. Psulus Powell. The meeting then
adjourned.
WILLIAM WALKER, Chairman.
THos. J. HUMpHRys, Secretary
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bill for the relief OF Andrew Smith
OH W provide for the payment Of moneys u
Inc legal representatives Of Conrad Ten Eyck.
bill for the relief Of Susan c. Randall.
bill compromising VIM. Woodbridge and
Henry Chipman, for services in adjusting land
titlss in Michigan. frt ~ ,,s t.
ball compromising and reimbursng the owners
and crew Of the whaling ship Chandler Price, for
the losses and expenses incurred in Sans0ming
the crew Of the ship Columbia fRs4y
Mr.. THO MAS moved that the committee rise,
ana the question being put, there was no quorum
Me.srs. STRONG and BOYD naked il the
committee could not rise, though there was no
The CHAIR answered th.t The committee had
The roll was then called. and quorum was
The committee then rose. lfa.s.f4U 49,
Mr.. bOWLiN expressing a desire 10 speak
upon the bill FOR the relief Andrew Smith, il liss
Mr.. THOMAS moved that the bill for the relief
or Watson Chabot d. Co., should lie on the table.
Carried. @ .FTl7 n :. - :" -
The action of the committee upon the remain
ing bills reported to the House, was concurred in
and they were passed. tt- Asma
NEW HAMPSHIRE CONTESTED ELECTION.
Mr.. STRONG gave notice that he should on
Tossday next call up the report Of the Commttes
on Elections upon the case Of the contested cleo
Wv" hIVHt NEW I1AW pSNlro. u NJ report ~ AQ-
verso 70 the claim of Rev. J. l.. Perkins, the con-
testant Nb 2
Mr. McGAUGHEY submitted minority re-
port Referred to the Committee Of the Whole on
the state ofthe Union.
EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS. fNL1f
The SPEAKER laid before the House mes
sage from the President relative to the furnishing
Of copies of the opinions Of the Attorney General.
Referred to the COMMITTEES on tho Judiciary.
A communication from the Secretary of the
Treasury relative to disbursements from the con-
tingent fund. Referred to the Committee on Ex-
penditures Of the Treasury Department ~ a.
communication from the War Department re-
lating to expenditure for arsenais and armories--
Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
communication from the Secretary of the
Treasury respecting the claim OF Charles F.. Sib-
bald. Laid on the table. A communication from
the State Department showing the number and
designation of passengers arrivedin each collective
district Of the United States for the year ending
Sept. 80, 1850. Laid on the table. stsdxf
A communication from the Clerk Of the House
giving an account OF the expenditures from the
contingent fund, and the amount of paper fur
nished the Post Master Of the House, during the
past year a ae3 L s3
fft .8Ty8si EXTRA PAY.
Mr.. GILBERT introduced joint resolution to
make SO much Of an act making appropriations
for the support the army, for the year end
ing June 80, 1851 provides for extra pay to the
officers and privstes Of the army Of the United
States serving in Oregon and California retrotrac-
tive in its operation. Referred to the COMMITTEES
on Military Affairs. I ra
The House then adjourned 9
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AT ODD FELLOWS HALL.

WHIPPLE'S GRAND ORIGINAL EXHIBf-
TON OF THE DlSSOLVING VIEWS,
As Exhibited in the ciiiss Of Boston, PHILADELPHIA
e.5 and eissirhere.
u REPRESENTATIONS Of the most beautifu
IN Scenery of all parts of the world, with great
variety Of Ancient and Modern Structures, Ruins,
Cities, Castles, &C., which produced in truly
wonderful manner. The most beautiful
grow into proportion and again disappear, but So
sudden and mysterious is the transition that it can
only be compared to the magic Of q dream seen by
the eye. ft q obasl
Commencing Tuesday evening the Oath instant.
also every successive evening through the week;
and Wednesday and Saturday afternoon, CON-
mencing at 3 clock. fsA 3
A splendid Series Of Views, among which several
representations OF White Mountain Scenery
in New Hampshire.
Doors open at halfpast 6; exhibition commences
at hnlfpns. o'clock. a
Tickets 25 cents; children halfprice. Reduc-
ton. made for schools. e -i1 dec %
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W Lola Monies has in press her "Memora-
bilia" in four octave volumes. This work,
whose revision has been confided to n Diplomat
who played conspicuous part under Louis
Philippe, will simultaneously appear in English,
French aud German. Two volumes are devoted
to Bavaran career and comprise letters and un-
published original songs of the enamored King
IOy,ta
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WIN. HOW LAND,
Importer ana Dealer In Dry Goods, in
cnARLEsroS,s 3.

q CHARlEsToN,s
MOULD call the attention of planters risiiing
w Chsrisstom for their supplies. to his stock
Of Drv Goods, which 10 kept constantly full, and
embraces a complete assortment for families and
plantation wear; and, in Dress Goods, from the
Iow-priced, to the richest, latest and most fash
ionable. fv
Al large part Of his stock is Of his orr hnY"-
iation. he ia enabled 10 compete with any Dry
Goods establishment in the United States, either
in price or variety. fEa tr
All Goods Of Southern manufacture, he will par
ticulariy keep. I
No. 3Ql. bend Of King st., Charlsston.
dec <-2atMa
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~ We think from the returns now received
at the Marshal's office that the population Of
the State il about 100000. In l84O the popu-
lation was 2ll,0O0, showing the population is
nenrly doubled In ten ycarrs.-- Detroit Free
Press
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- ~ +. ID
" MASSACHUSETTS POLITICS are a. c'eai
as Freshpond ice. The most purblind cannot
fail to see right through all the iimsy pretext put
forth Nv reaudo. nac;fcntors The Roston Pas
IN. d;.cc.r.as IN soma of M p.rrRyv,s late
nroceed;ncs.
psr.oa p.,f.ov,. Sse,et C;,eul.r i IN tacn.
inQ with the course pursued by other Frse-soil
ers. The Springfield Republican thus notices
me aue,enco - 'cne' anu cnn"ge o."'
IT, sss.t;3 - oo = '-' 'N''' ~ $50
' ..Tha ia D annll;o ad,oootad a.. a,o.-
49,, - n. r.;s.,aIJ snlni,, ~, ~ s,r~,nd !.
ST. r.ca.,o TIE 80 so;lo.s wsra III
~. .,;~.I;." 80" ~. ;aa,'aJ a.sJ ~,
..... .ina 1900 n.o NV 1890 Tns
80 aI mo.'t,s. ..s". o '.;4.a.
~. .".sa ny ..n ,.,h;.h Sre., th., raso,n'
ns.sa o,,rta ocn,ar,+;an .s.art;r ths - ma
W. =. 'o ..,t;"I ~, -, Si.a1.s .afs.~aJ r.
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tn
We Andths foiis~tnx esnnunisatisa Ameng
The loaal ilsmsia yesterdays hasazigenesr, and
republish Il h the hope Of forwarding the good
work n N
MEssRs. EDlToRs:--I find, by late number
Of your paper, that The ladies' OF Washington
are renewing their efforts 70 relieve the suffer.
ing poor Of the city.
The Female Union Benevolent Society, which
has for nany years dispensed its charities TO the
needy, has lstsIy improved it, sphere Of useful
ness BY adopting the principle Of furnishing eln-
ployment to those who are able to work. This
removes N objection made by many against grs-
tuitoue distribution 70 those who have health
and strength to work, and it nov remains to
those who hsvs health and strength to work, and
it now remains TO be seen how fas the citizens
will sastxin the society, by furnishing capital
for il 10 carry out this Improvement
A number Of gentlemen have been appointed
in each ward Of the city to solicit subscriptions
snd If they will zealously cooperate in thin
good work, it can easily b. done. Very few
who have the ability TO give will refuse, and il
should be prominent object to obtain annual
subscribers, even though they be for SMALL ums
BY this means the ladies' will know where Ia
look for a permanent support for their institu,
ton, without resosting each year 10 public meet
ings. Surely this community has great cause
for thankfnlness for the mercies Of the past
year. Whilst portions Of our country have
been visited some with psstilence, some with
desolating fires, and some with an overflow o.
water. we have been spared all these affections
and now we are about to close ycnr Of unex
amplcd prosperity. Let ne not, therefore. while
we are in the enjoyment Of the bounties Of Z
kind Providence, forget the wants Of those
whom that Providence has committed to oul
sympathies; for, notwithstanding our genera
prosperity, there are those around US who can
not live without our help. Z.
Some of the gentlemen who have been ap
pointed TO solicit subscriptions are now acting
Let them all share in q work which they vii
never regret HUMANITY. 4
DECEMBER 81, 1850 N
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Total,

According TO the present laws, the number OF
enlisted men Of the line IL ll,528. The term
being five years, one-fifth Of this number, sup
posing the army to BE- full, (2,3O4) goes out
every year by expiration Of enlistment Add
loss by death, discharges for disability, and de-
sertions, the number will be increased to about
one-third, (366O) which il required to be annu-
ally supplied by new recruits. The records
show that Of the 1889 persons who have of
fered themselves the current year at the recruit
ing stations, only 2,884 were accepted by the
recruiting officers az able bodied, aud otherwise
tit for the service The records, ALSO show that
during the year ending September 80, 1850, no
less than 1864 applicants have been refused at
the rendezvous on account of being minors.
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PERrUMDRY.
m CASES Of fine fresh Psrfhmsry from the
III houses Of Lubin, Provost, Pivsr, nov
opening at fAHhhRS
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EHLIsrMsHrs IN the AzMY.--The number OF
recruits enlistcd in the army FROM October l.
l849. TO September 80, 1850, inclusive, was.
For the general service, 2,SSi
BY regiments the first and second
Dragons, rs
For the four regiments
Of artillery, 3l4
For the eight regiments
of infantry, 40t
For the comp, of sappers
and miners, 80 ia
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(By Profss.or Wheedon Of Miclngan Univ.r.ity.

(By Professor Wheedon of Michigan University. J
"THE MAN REPUBLlc."-" And there stands
slavery--riever less ashamed than now--not
couchant, but ampant,-making her plans to
live forever-boldly claiming to advance by
equal steps with freedom--as If darkness were
as good as light, and the devil has as faira right
to lions share as Messiah. Nor may you
marvel friends, if | who was once hated here as
the "apologst ofsavery," can now present him
self its stern assaiant For it's existence did,
and would apologize; but never for its extern
son ] would deal gently with the hereditary
sin of its being but abhor the stupendous
volitional crime of its propagandsm. And when
| think what scheme of continental enormity
the slave power is struggling to develope be-
fore us, my heart sickens with disgust and my
soul is paralyzed with horror. The great mar
ket for human cattle, if the slave power can sue
coed, is to be opened in the new States Of the
West, for which the supply is to be raised in
the East"
aOu- Atlantic States are to become the Amer
lean Guinea. Old Virginia, the mother of Presi-
dents, barren of tobacco and fecund of bipeds,
has already gone to breeding babies for saie!--
Sweet Carolina is anxious TO drive her child
rem to the shambles. Asintic Georgia has long
been celebrated on the page of infamy, for sell
| ing her fair offspring to the harem American
| Georgia is eager to outrival that shame by sell
| ing her tawny daughters TO the sugar-fed and
to the gold mine. When the trade of human
cattle breeding is fully established, and the East
shall annually pourher myriads ofyoked, scourged
and hand-cuifed livestock, like mighty gulf
stream, to the West, the prohibition Of the for
| eign slave trade will be fine protective tariff
for the encouragement Of this domestic produc-
ton. Then will come grand sIaveocratic mil
| lennium, in which the East will be the slave
breeders, and the West will be the slave consul
| ners the South will be the shareholders, and
the North the slave-catchers. We shall doubt
less then preserve the GLORIOUS Union r'--as
glorious, forsooth, AZ the ropes and chains where.
with old Mezentius bound the living man to the
rotting corpse If these Indications of depravity
in the national heart, were our only omens, or in
themselves were irremovable, small would be
the hope Of regenerating the public conscience
into life. Our history too, must turn out disas-
trous failure. Then wherever the star of hope
should turn, whether tracing its steps back to
wearied christendom, or verging to our acci-
dent should curve over the broad Pacific, until
West became Fast, the prospect would he equally
desperate, of renovating humanity on the shores
of Europe, or the plains Of Asia. Let these
dark influences quench our lamp. and know not
where is the Promethean fire that can that light
reluminc."
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rsesatly escaped from plsntasions in the neigh
hOrboOd Of his own.
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MAGNIFICENT SCHEMES
or THE
MARYLAND STATE LOTTERIES
FOR ia UARY, 1851.
F. NORRIS & CO., MANAGERS
(succEssoRs TO D. PAINE 4 COZ
(succEssoRs TO D. PAINE 4

All drawing conducted by State Commissioners
$55,366 40 prizes Of IS, 900! t&
GRAND CONSOLIDATED LOTTERY,
Class c. ~ a8F
To be drawn in Baltimore, January llth, 1851,
RICH cREME.
Prize Of 1896 dollars is $55,3CG
40 Prizes Of 5000 dollars are 100000
l79 Prizes of 60o dollars are l07. 400
Lowest three No. Prize in the Lottery, $500
Tickets sl5 OO--Hslves 81 So Quarters 50 rs
Certificate of Package &c Whole Tickets, $500
do do 26 Half Tickets, 40
do do 90 Quarter Tickets, IS
GRAND CONSOLIDATED LOTTERY,
Class 4,
To be drawn in Baltimore, January 18th, 1851.
SPLENDID scHEME. u
Prize Of 100000 ata al
l Prize of 10000 ail
Prize of 10000 Dollars are 100000
l Prize Of $4,000 h+.Itl
!. ! Prize Of 20,000
PRICES Of 5000 dollars are Z $4,000
Prizes Of l,7So dollars are $3.50
S Prizes Of 1882 dollars are G.6GO
Tickets Y!0-HaIves $5--Quarters - so.
do do IS Half Tickets IS 90
do do rs Quarter Tickets 20 SO
Splendid Scheme, for a5th January, 1851.
GRAND CONSOLIDATED LOTTERY,
Class d,
To be drawn in Baltimore, January 25th 1851,
I;N Drawn Ballots out of26 Tickets.
BRILLIANT SCHEME
| Grind prize of$80,000 Prize Of 5000
! Spld prize Of 10000 do $500
do do 10000 do 1000
/ do do 10000 10 prizes Of 1850
prize Of $500 10 do l,500
1 do 1000 100 do 693
10000 prizes Of $500 each,
Lowest three Drawn Numbers, $500,
Tickets S32-Halves sI6-Quar. Ss-Eighths S.
Certificate Of Package 26 Whole Tickets $3.50
do do 26 Halves, 240
do do 26 Quarters, 100
do do 26 Eighths, 60
CANAL LOTTERY Class o.
To be drawn in Baltimore, January, 29th, 1851,
srLhNDiD SCHEME.
Prize Of $4,000 Prize Of a., 800
Prize Of I2,497 100 Prizes Of 1000
/ Prize Of = 5000 100 Prizes Of 500
Tickets sl0--Hnives S5--Qns 50 50,
Certificate Of Package 26 Whole Tickets, $40
do do rs Half Tickets, 10
do do rs Quarter Tickets, IS
Orders for Tickets, Shares or Packages, in any
Of the above Magnificent Lotteries win meet with
prompt attention. All communications strictly
confidential. Address ~
F.MORRIS & Co., Managers, q
Baltimore, Md.
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SHAKSPEARE.-AIter TINS review OF Shaks-
peare's life it becomes our duty to take sum.
mary survey of his works, Of his intellectual
powers, and Of his station in literature, station
which is now irrevocably settled, not so much
(Which happens in other cases. by vast over
balance of favorable suffrages, AZ by acclamation
not so much by the roices of those who admire
him up to the verge of idolatry, ms by the acts
of those who everywhere seek for his works
among the primal necessities of life, demand
them, andcrave them as they do their daily bread :
not so much by euogy openly proclaiming it.
self, as by the silent homage recorded in the end
less multiplication ofwhat he has bequeathed US !;
not 80 much by his compatriots, who, with re-
gard to almost every other author, compose the
Total amount of his effective audience, as by the
unanimous "ali hail." If intellectual Christen-
dom finally, not by the hasty craftsmanship Of
his own generation, nor by the biassed Judgment
of an age trained in the same modes of feeling
and of thinking with himself--but by the solemn
award of generation succeeding to generation, of
one age correcting the obIiquities or PECULIAR
ties OF another; by the verdict of two hundred
and thirty years, which have now elapsed since
tho very latest of his creations or of two hundred
and forty-seven years if we date from the earliest
o verdict which has been continually revived
and re-opened, probed, searched, vexed, by cri-
| ticism in every spirit, from the most genial and
intelligent, down to the most malignant and
scurrilousIy hostile which feeble heads and great
Ignorance could suggest when cooperating with
impure hearts and narrow sensibilities; verdict
in short sustained and countersigned by longer
series of writer's, many of them eminent for wit
and learning, than were ever before congregated
upon any inquest relating to any author, Do he
who he might, ancient or modern, Pagan or
Christian 80 ho1n1s De Qiincu
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ANAB0RTIvE ATTEMPT AT ABDUCTION.
Petersburg Intelligencer OF Tuesday SAYS:
I'VE saw yesterday rather queer sight at the
Jail in Petersburg. 1t was nothing less than
strapping negro man, whose complexion is a
daguerrotype cf night itself. dressed up in wo.
mans clothes He was in one apartment, while,
In another, we saw his travelling companions
not very pretty, but decent enough, looking white
woman. The account which the negro man
gives of himself il, that he belongs to n Mr. Nc
Cauley in Orange County, North Carolina that
he was induced by the white woman to leave
his master, and accompany her as far az Wash.
ington in the dress of a woman that they had
succeeded in getting US far as the junction of
the Richmond aud Fredericksburg and Louisa
Roads, where they were informed that the negro
could 90 no farther without pass. As the
negro had no pass, the couple had to retrace
their steps ia the return train to Richmond, and
thence travelled on through this place to CASTOR,
where the conductor suspecting something
wrong, prevented their going further, and brought
them to this place and lodged them in Jail. The
negro, who says his name Is Abraham, seems to
be quite intelligent, and by no means detected
at the failure Of his attempt to elope"
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All drawing conducted by State Commissioners
$55,366 40 prizes Of IS 900! a
GRAND CONSOLIDATED LOTTERY,
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d A i L Y

Sugar Plantations.
Manufacturers Of Railway, Bar, Round Ribbon,
and Rod Iron.
Wheel, Axle, and Spring Makers.
Engine Drivers, and Persons connected with the
Locomotive generally.
Engineers. and Captains Of Steam Vessels.
Managers Of Stationary Engines
Lumber Dealers and owners ot Saw Mills.
Veneer Cutters.
Owners of PIanIng Machinery.
Corn Millers, and Persons connected with Boiling
aud Bran-Separating Machinery.
Farmers and Persons using Crain-Shelling and
Threshing Machinery.
Buhl Workers, Carvers Engravers, and Ornament
Makers in general.
Persons employed in the Manufacture of Gas
Mixers of Copper and Lead Tubing.
Linen and Straw Paper Makers.
Ship Owners, Harbor Masters, and others inter
ested in Dredging Machinery.
Well Sinkers.
Astronomers, Philosophers, and others using Phil
osopbical Apparatus and Instruments.
Miners Engineers, and other interested in Pump
ing Engines
Persons interested in Canals and Aqueducts.
Warehousemen, and olners, using Hydraulic
Presses, Dynanometric Cranes, Jack Screws,
Common and Feed Cranes.
Workers in Metals and Alloys.
Tin Plate Workers
Spring Maeufacturers.
Wheelwrgh,s, Clock Makers Horologists, &c.
The publishers have expended large sum OF
money to get original drawings Of machinery in
practical use in this country, and have procured
almost every work on the subject, whether pnb-
lished in England, France, or Germany, the most
essential parts Of which being comprised in this
Dictionary, render it as perfect and comprchen-
sive as possible The publishers have endeavored
TO use great economy in type, so that each page OF
the work contains at least four times the number
of words found in ordinary pages of the same size.
This has also secured to each plate worklng-draw-
ngs of ample size and clearness, that Mechanic
may construct accurately any machine described.
The publishers are, in short determined, regard
less OF cost, to make the work as complete as pos
siblc and it is hoped every one desrous to obtain
the work will procure it aS issued in numbers and
thus encourage the enterprise.
The work will be issued in semi-monthly num-
bers, commencing in January, 1850, and Will pro-
gress with great regularity.
The whole work will be published in 40 num-
bers at 25 cents per Rumber, and completed with
in the current year, 1850 A liberal discount will
be made to agents.
Amy one renting the publishers $40 in advance
shall receive the work through the post office free
of expense.
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If the foregoing advertisement is inserted FIVE
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sent TO us, copy of tie work will be sent gratis
in payment.