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Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-08-12

COMMERCIAL RESTRICTION REMovRD-We UNDER
stand hat the Hon. E. Joy Morris, our Charge DAT
fares at Naples, has succeeded in having very bur
densome tax on our commerce removed, with which it
had for long time been encountered American yes
sells making direct voyages from the United States to
the ports of Naples have tonnage duty of tour grains
per ton to paw, and those stopping at intermediate ports
on their way TO the Neapolitan ports, have hitherto
been charged forty grains per ton. Our Charge has
after months negotiation, induced the Neapotap
government to abolish this excessive duty and 10 re-
duce the tonnage for indirect voyages to the same
scale exaced tor direct voyages. To show the amount
saved, may refer to the first instance which has oc-
CURED under the new arrangement. In this case the
barque Joshua Mauran arrived at Naples with cargo
of tobacco, part OF which had been landed at Leghorn
and was charged forty grains tonnage. The Charge
thereupon opened the negotiation, and requested per
mission Tor the owners TO deposit the duty subject to
the result. The over and above four grains.
consequently had TO be refunded and a saving was
thus effected 10 her o254 ducats Indeed NAV
safely be said that the repeal ofhis law saves 10 every
American vesse! which arrives the ports of Naples
after having traded by the way from $3.50 to $780, and
the effect must necessarily be develop our intercourse
with the two Sciies by enabling vessels bound th
Their for the valuable produce OF the Neapolitan king
dom 10 make up profitable ireghts for trading on the
way without encounering tax Of $3.50 or $3.50 or
being obliged TO go in ballast or with unsaeable car
goes.
Mr. Morris deserves great credit for this and othar
successful movements which he has made ia behalf of
American since his appointment to the Nea.
politan mission .-RepubHc.
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For THE TIMES,
UK IHK INES.
RAILROAD MEETING IN CHARLOTTE

RAILROAD MEETING IN CHARLOTTE
At large and respectable meeting OF the citizens of
Charlotte, held in the Courthouse on Monday The 4th
day of August, 1884, Chat being court day. for the
thousand dollars lG50 0O0) behalf OF the county TO
the stock of the Richmond and Danve Railroad,
WM H. DENNIS, Esq, cslled to the Chair and
WYATT CARDwELL appointed Secretary.
The meeting being organized, Mr.. Geo. w Bead
Cipt. John Marshall, VIM. Il. Scott, and VIM. H.
Dennis Esqs., OF Charlotte and Mr. Isaac r. atk ms
OF the city OF Richmond bene successfully called for,
addressed The meeting at considerable length, demon
both the propreiy and expediency of carrying The
object OF the meeting; when. Oh motion, i, was
resolved, That Henry Carrnet,n, VIM. It. Scott,
VIM J Watkins, Wyatt Cardweli, Capt Zachariah
dale, Col: John II. Thomas Ii. H. Marshall, John D.
Pridde, P. L. Lyon, Capt. Chas H. Robertson. John
Boothe, ST., and VIM H. Dennis, be appointed a COM
mtee to designate certain tunes and places for public
discussions OF the subject throughout he county.
On motion OF VIM. 7. Scott, ESQ, it was
Resolved, That the following gentlemen be APP
pointed committee, whose special duty it shall be to
canvass the county Tor the purpose Of promoting the
Cardwell, Capt. John Marshall, H. Fl. Marshall, Geo
W. Read, Il Darlington, Richard J. Gaines, John R.
Cardwell, VIM. G. Friend J. R. Watkins, John r.
Thomas Col Thos. Pugh, Thos. B. Spencer, John D.
Ford; Ihos. Mack, Ruius Palmer, James Scott, Thos
ward w. Henry, John Boothe, sr., Hilary Moseley
Samuel F. McGehee, Thos. Flournoy, John D. Priddie
VIM. Morton, j. C. Darlington, VIM. B. Wills, Zacha.
riah Bugg, Capt. VIM. M. Watkins, and Capt. VIM.
Baldwin.
On motion, Mr.. VIM. It. Scott was added to the
committee
There being no other business before the meeting, on
motion, it adjourned sine die
WYATT CARpwRLL, Secry
- The Wing and Danvie Register will please
copy.
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The Richmond District.

1t is surely time for the Wings of this district
to bestir themselves, if they wish to secure
Wing representative in the next Congress. Mr..
Bolts having declined his nomination, we know
no other course that can be judicously adopted,
than to call another district Convention and Sc
lect as candidate the man whom the majority
may prefer. Our readers know very we'll that
we have differed as widely as possible from Mr..
Bolts, in regard to his course in the State Con-
venton, but we are prepared to abide the decision
of fairly and fully constituted Convention of the
Wings of the district, and if Mr.. Bolts again re-.
ceive the nomination, we shall defer to the wishes
of our party and give him our support We es-
TEEN the issues presented by the peculiar posi-
ton of Mr. Seldom far too important, to be gnor-
ed on account OF differences that may exist in the
Wing party as to men. We desire to see the
metropolitan district of Virginia declare to the
world its stern disapprobaon of the course of its
late representative in respect to the Compromise
acts. We wish to see the district testify. by its
full Wing majority, its cordial approval of the pa
triotic course of the President And we want
representative who may be expected to give Wing
votes.
We therefore urge the Wing voters of the Dis
trict to appoint delegates to a District Conven-
ton for the purpose of making a nomination. If
Wings, of all views, would unite in the primary
meetings, and, with mu tual kindness, make their
selection of delegates with distinct reference to
their own preferences as to the candidate to be
chosen, the action of the Convention would be
willingly acquiesced in, whatever its result. 1t
is obviously the only means by which the District
can be rescued from the unnatural performance
of the smallest political faction that exists in its
limits, the Calhoun wing of the Democracy.
The Wing papers of other Districts give evil
dence ofgreatinterest the state of things in this
The Kanawha Republican, for instance, says:
st is greatly to be desired that the Wings of
the Metropitan district should unite as one man
upon some saunch Union Wing Candidate for
Congress, and elect him. The present juncture
OF our national affairs requires this at the hands of
the Wings of that district"
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of the Charlottesville Advocate, 1t will be seen
that both the time and place of its meeting have
been fixed by informal assent. The LIST OF oc-
tober, the day named, will be just one week alter
the meeting of the Democratic Convention, and
the Wings will thus derive some advantage from
knowing the programme of their adversaries.
We would suggest to our Wing friends in the
countless to take action at their nert Court days,
in this matter, and to appoint delegates (who will
consent to go) to the Wing State Convention to
be held at Staunton on the LIST of October, or at
such time and place as may be recommended by
the Central Wing Committee at Richmond. 1t
may be well to make the appointments of time
and place in this distinctive form, Us some un-
foreseen reason may render change of the plan
expedient. The Wings of the towns can any
day assemble together, upon short notice, and
select their delegations, but it is highly important
that the Wings of the country should move on
their next county court days.
From the Charlottesville ADVOCATE.
WIG STATE CoNvENTIoN.--We see il suggested 10
of exchanges that Convention OF the
Wings OF the State should be held for the purpose Of
organizing tor the October Congressional elections, and
forthe nomination OF candidates for the offices OF Co
vernon, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General
Stanton is mentioned the place, and the first day
Of October the time for holding the convention. 1t
may seem little premature perhaps, to make NOM
nations for Governor, &C., before the ratification
of the amended Constitution, but there be
no doubt that that instrument will be adopted
by a large majority. We concur then entirely
in the expediency of holding the Convention the
time named. The election OF Governor, Lieutenant
Governor and Attorney General will take place the
second Monday in December, and the candidates for
those offices will have but short time canvass the
State If nominated early 10 October. The Democratic
party already in the field aud will hold Conven
lion at Staunton the Oath Of September for purpose
similar to that for which the Wing Convention is call
ed.
We think it is not only possible but highly probable
that the Wings elect their candidates. for Governor
&C. if they will organize thoroughly and go into the
contest with fixed determination to bs successful
| The Democratic majory.in the State is small and
should not discourage us.
With regard the strength OF parties in the Legi.a
ture under the Constitution it certain that the
! Wings elect majority in both branches, if they
will but make the effort The Richgaond Times pub,
| fishes table showing that tho Wings will have g.
members ofthe House Of Delegates the Democrats 60
and that twenty-five doubtful. In the Senate, q
members will be Wings, % Democrats, andS are doubt
| nj
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RICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAILROAD.

Agreeaby to previous notice, large number of the
citizens of Halifax county assembled at Church Hill on
Saturday, the I'd day OF August, 1851 Messrs. Tun-
stall, Clifford and Stovall addressed the people in
clear and forcibe manner upon the effects and nau-
epces OF iailroads generally; next the progress OF
the Richmond and Danvlle railroad, and matters con.
nected with 1t, as also its favorable effects upon the
agriculture commerce, and growing prosperity Of this
section OF Virginia They also showed by forebe ar
guments the propriety of the county OF Halifax in its
corp rate capacity subscribing for $4,000 of stock on
the road Their several speeches listened 10 with
great interest and attention, and with manifest sals-
faction 70 large majority of the persons present.
Messrs. B. F. Garrett and VIM. M. Howerton, candi-
dates Tor the county, being present, and it being sug
gesed that they desired address the people in oppo-
slon TO the proposition for the county to subscribe
the stock OF the Company, Mr.. Tunstall, the Presi-
dent stated that if there persons present who
desired to say anything in opposition they should be
heard; whereupon Mes RS. Garrett and Howerton adj
dressed the people for about hour EACH in oppo-
stion TO the subscription s being made by the county
to which Mesrrs. Tunsall and Clifford replied The
speeches being concluded, and the people being dis
satisfied with those of Messrs Garrett and Howerton
White TO the chair, and appointing DR.. Ro. G. Jen-
nngs Secretary; whereupon the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted
Resolved, That the thanks of this meeting are due
to Messrs. Iunsla Gift rd and Stovall, tor the able
speeches they have this day delivered in favour of coun-
ty subscription to the Richmond and Danvile Rail-
road.
Resolved, That DR.. Henry Farley be recommended
to the citizens of Halifax, suitable person to be
voted Tor delegate represent the county of Hail.
tax in The next General Assembly Of Virginia.
Resolved, That the Secretary Of this meeting inform
Dr. Henry Farley, that 1t is the wish of this meeting
that he shall be candidate for the county, and urge
upon him at once TO declare himself as such
Resolved, That when this meeting adjourns, it will
adjourn to meet at Halifax c. H. on the 4th Monday
in August, for the purpose of orgazng and presenting
the subject OF county subscription, proper light,
10 The PEG lie oil the county.
Resolved, That every friend of the Richmond and
and Dluvile Railroad is earnestly invited to attend
said adjourned meeting.
Resolved. That the proceedings of this meeting be
published in the Richmond Enquirer, Examiner, Times,
Wing and Republican. the Danve Reporter, Lynch.
burg Republican and Virginan.
THOS. w. WHITE, Chairman
ROBERT G. JENNINGS, Secretary.
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DIED.,

On the 9th inst, at Meadow Farm, her late resi-
dence, ia Henrco county, in The 64h year of her age
Mrs. M. e. c. SHEPPARD, widow of Mosby Shop
pard, decd.
On the 9th instant, MARY ANN GILLARD
daughter OF Thomas and Martha Dodamead.
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MORMON EMIGRANTS.

,r, INDEPENpENCE, July 81
The migrants for the Mormon settlements on ,hs
Rio Colorado, from Keokuk, Iowa, and neghborhood
via Santa Fe, who passed through here few DAYS
since left there encampment on Bull Creek yesterday
morning. Two more wagons TO join them left this
place 10 -day-in ALL twenty two wagons about sixty
hive to seventy five persons men, women and children
and about ninety yoke OF oxen. few cases of cholera
among them, but no deaths. Gen. Smiths train left
Wood, 2Slh.
We have no sickness here, and none for two weeks
or more
Co.'S. Mitchell and Chambers left here for camp to-
day, preparatory TO leaving for Fort Laramie.
The Santa Fe and Salt Lake trains leave the first of
August.
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Mr., CLAY.-The Paducah Journal SAYS that it is
highly probable that Mr.. Clay will resign his seat in
the United States Senate soon Mr.. Underwood's
term expires in 1853 SO that the Legislature just chosen
whcd holds for TWO years under the constitution,
will have to elect one United States Senator al all
events, and two in The event OF Mr. Clays resigna-
tion
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The PRESIDENTS MovEMENTs.-The Presi-
dent met with brilliant reception at Winchester
on Wednesday last. He took his departur on
Thursday morning for the White Sulphur Springs,
stopping at Staunton and one or two other points
by the way. The Winchester Republican re-
marks that sthe administration of President Fill
more meets with the warmsst appreciation in the
Valley, and has afforded the people great pleasure
to give practical demonstration of their regard.
The people, without regard 10 party, believe him
to be one of the most faithful and national Pres
ldents we have ever had.''
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Major Sochman lett Washington city Friday morn
ing for Harpers Ferry, where he was to be married at
9 o'clock Saturday morning to Miss Apollonia
Jagella, the Hungarian heroine.
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The DonUiHe Railroad

The reader will see from the proceedings in
Halifax that the railroad advocates in that couotv
have broken lances with two of the candidates for
the Legislature, on the subscription question, and
are represented to have carried the public voice
with them. Mr.. Stoyall's ear nest advocacy of
the railroad is strong proof of the favourable d.
rection of the popular current, for there are few
men who discern more promptly how "the people
are going"
We are glad to learn, too, that our Charlotte
friends are moving in the right way.
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ger, and Its correspondents, speak most conf
IDENTIFY of the triumph of the Union party at the
approaching elections. As many as forty diff
ferent letters from various quarters of the State
represent Mr.. Cobb's support to be oyerwhelm-
in0
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Mr.. VIM. A Moncure announces in the Freder-
icksburg Recorder that he may be regarded as a can
didate for the Senatorial district composed of Spot
sylvania, Caroline and Essex, subject the contrary
choice OF Democratic Convention. Mr.. Tribe the
present Senator, declines reelection. Caroline and
Spotsyvana alone will be Senatorial district under
the new Constitution
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Coon PLucn-The editor Of the Kanawha Repub-
can call, upon the Wings of his district to bring GU,
candidate for Congress- and shows his earnestness in
the matter, thus:
We are determined to have wing candidate in the
field, and it The wings 10 the district will not help
make Candidate. shall proceed TO bring out a
ddats on our own iesponsbiltysnd if ne declines,
shall nominate another, and on, ill get
good and true whig that will "sland up the rack
fodder or no fodder" And it, after all we fail in GET
ing one on the uack-we will take it ourself-for
while we live in the district, neither Col. Beale COL
Hays. any other Democratic Colonel, shall walk
round the course without competitor.
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elsewhere. THIS was most lucky hit
Had the elections in Louisiana preceded,
instead Of followed. those in our ueigl'i'or
ing States. or had the scccssionisss Of these
States succeeded, the very same issues
would have been adopted here; and ii this
moment The name Of Democracy womb
have been merged in that Of 'Soxfhern
Rights, which, as defined and understood
is convertible fact for secession.
"A year ago, just this month, the seed
was .own; the ground was well titled. and
cultivated, but The harvest WINS too late for
il to mature. Had it not been for this cas-
ual circumstance. and had the seasons
been more propitious, we should have had
as plentiful crop Of dragons tccfh-oih-
erwisc called secessionists-as Mississippi
has produced.
at was good luck alone. and not princi
pie, or even the common result Of sagacity
policy. that cs,oppcd the Democratic
party. in its proclivity to destruction"
Repentance at the eleventh hour is pre-
fer.b!e to persistence in wrong. but in this
case it will afford no ground for retaining
for Louisiana Democracy the merit of be-
ing par crcclicnce the friends of the Union.
Their conversion is polite. and will. no
doubt. be useful. In ihemean time it tends
to exhibit still more palpably the miry ma
ture of the slough in which Southern De-
mocracy generally is imbcdded.
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The Next Legislature.

The importance of the approaching ses-
sion of the Legislature cannot be too con-
stantly borne in mind by the people. The
setting the machinery of our new system to
work will require the best talents and the
largest neutrality-suspicious. that the state
can afford. Ina party aspect it is also of
the highest importance. The Congrcssion-
al districts have to be re-apportioned. Sui
fering as the Wing Party have done, for ten
years, an almost total exclusion from Con-
gross, through the fundamentally of an
outrageous gerrymandcr, it bchooves them
to make every excrtion to remove this in
cubus from themselves and redress the
wrong they have so long undergone. In
addition to this, an United States Senator
is to be elected in the place of r. NJ. T.
Hunter,who.like his colleague Mr.. Mason,
has too many South Carolina isms in his
head, to suit the practical patriotism Of our
future state pol'y. We hope our friends
will consider these things and do all tina,
becomes men. between this tune and the
coming election.
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-11-10

FIRE VARNIsH.-A New INVENTION
The Paris correspondent of the St. Louis
Republican says:
An important discovery. even better
than Mr.. Phillips famous cxIinguishcr. is
the fire varnish recently brought ont by a
Spaniard, Don Jose dc Gueseda. II was
first tried at Matanzas in the presence Of
the Governor and city authorities. and sue
cecdcd to the admiration ofevery body
1t has since been tried at Madrid. Five
small frame honses, covered with tar and
turpeniine, were erected oman open square
Two Of these houses were covered with
the varnIsh and the other three were not.
The latter were reduced To ashes almost as
soon as they were set on fire, whereas the
ormer, lit spite OF the tar and urpcntine, re-
manned perfectly uiinjurcd TO the end Of
the trial, which lasted two hours. The trial
was the more severe as the 5 houses were
close together and all of them were on fire
in the inside, but the flames did not break
forth at all from the vanished houses; be-
sides this, in the midst of the conHsgration,
two gallons of some strong essence were
thrown upon the vanished houses and they
were Immediately entirely enveloped in
flames; but when the liquid wasexhausted.
the walls appeared perfectly intact as be-
fore. Don Gueseda Is about 10 get out a
patent for this wonderful varnish, which
he says will become as cheap as it is val
liable. and he can put it within the reach Of
everybody.
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SENSIBLE RoosTrHs.-Orr ncishbor Of the Lynch
burg Repusisoan, introdGcet two Immense Chick
en-cocks in one Of his last sssucs-one crow over
the election, Of the Free Sober Wood, in Ohio
the other over the Amherst election. But, upon
animation il will be found that their mouths are clo
sed-thcy are dumb statucs-.they would not
CROW over such victories. Sensible Fowls.-B. Sea
The "roostcrs" Of the Repsblicas have
pcrplexed US greatly. We have been
studying them. with zeal that Audubon
never knew. We compared them with
many varieties of the living subject. that
we had see !, and with engruvings Of 9th.
crs, which we fortunately possessed, with
out arriving at any satisfactory conclusion.
as to their species or genealogy. 1t was
manifest at first sight that they were not
Game. There was too great Profusion
Of comb and too much obesity Of waffle.
for any suspicion of that kind. Could they
have crowed (which Of course they could
not do, being dumb to represent the tri-
umph of dumb candidate,) we should
not have heard the curt. fierce, martial
note that would have delighted Andrew
Jackson, when he patronized the pit, but a
long and lazily modula,ed sOund-like
that Of tobacco horn. THAT cock won't
fight" we felt sure At the first touch Of
steel they would have raised their head
feathers, dropped their tails. croaked like
young ravens, and made tracks for the first
hollow log. All this was evident at the first
glance but as naturalists, we desired to
satisfy ourselves as to what class of the ge-
nus gallus,these curious birds belonged to-.
Their ancestors had never been among the
Celcs,ials-,hat was ccrtain-for we could
see none Of the grace or gloss of the Silver
Pheasant, nothing Of the magni6cence of
the Chittagong; none Of the sturdiness Of
the bluff and fea,hcr-legged Shanghae.-
They had something of the color but not
the pluck ofthe Dominique. They lacked
the weight and tuft Of the Polish, as much
as the silky suit of the Persian. We COM
pared them with the Malay, the Jungle
and the Bankiva, all without finding many
points of resemblance. They were too
large for the dapper-looking little Bantam
and too scant Of plu,nage for the Barn
Door. We began to think that the Repub-
lican had made mistake, either in the ge-
nus or sex Of its birds--that some wag
gish engraver of cheap wood cuts had
played prank upon it, and that its "roos-
suggested that there were many features
of resemblance to the Dunghill, we saw
them, but we saw also radical points Of
dissimlarty. He minated that they might
have been caponizcd-and then all was
! clear.