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SHOCKING AccIDExr-THREE WoxKS KILLED.--On
Tuesday Of last week. three named Beisey McDon-
aid, Bridget Convey and Nancy Kearnan, killed
Eggleston section of the railroad the village of Hyde
Park 1t appears that Mrs Mcdonald. who occupied the
shanty where they killed, taken ILL., and the
other females had called in and her bed minserng
her blast discharged the line Of The rail-
road and huge Of rock, weighing about 1000 pounds
thrown into the air. which descended directly upon the
roof of the building and BY the work pc
netrae it. They Immediately repaired to the shanty, and
upon entering behed the manged and eess bodies Of two
Of the females and the hd Frustrated and bleeding, but not
quite dead, although she lived but few unconscious
ments afterwards -Poyghkeepsie On " Eagle
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The u s. Mail steamer Baltic, which has sailed from New
York for Liverpool has among her passengers Doctor BKxJA
sIILrnAS, Professor Of Geoogy&c in Yale College,
and his Professor SILLMAs junior Of the same nsu
ton, who visit Europe for the purpose chiefly Of making
geological exploration Of the central and southern portions
that continent The Post states that Immediately on reach
ing Liverpool they will proceed to the continent and after
visiting the volcanic regions Of central France will make the
tour Of Italy, visiting vssuvius and Ens and will return to
England in time to attend the meeting Of the British Academy
Of Sciences which takes place at Ipswich in July. They
will subsequently visit Switzerland and the Alps and return
to this county in the autumn.
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A PRINCIPLE WELL sTATED.-Mr. STANTON, the
chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs in the
late House of Representatives, in his report on the
memorial to establish line Of mail steamers, says :
(" The very nature of our Government demands
that, in the exercise of its acknowledged powers
for the public objects it was ordained to promote
it shall select those means which will confer the
greatest incidental benefit upon all classes of the
people, without injury to any, and without detri-
ment to the public interest"
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It's so long since we have had an opportunity
of offering to our readers any discourse of Mr..
EDWARD EVERETT on political topics, that-deeply
interested besides in its thoroughly constitutional
principle, and the glowing eloquence Of its dicton-
we feel it to be due to them to anticipate our in
tended general publication of the incidents Of the
New York Anniversary Celebration, by publishing
at once the report of Mr.. EvERETT's Speech on
that occasion. We invite our readers to q careful
perusal, and even study Of this Speech, abounding
in that wisdom which, of all worldly influence, ex.
Perience alone can insPiro and in those results Of
observation, at home and abroad, which the many
important public stations occupied by the speaker
have afforded him opportunities Of garnering.
If there be any one passage Of the Speech to
which, more than another, we should desire to di-
rect the attention Of the reader, it is to that which
places in SO imposing and SO just light the char
acter Of the highest judicial tribunal Of our country.
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KENTUCKY AND THE UNIoN.-The Louisville
Journal says: It is perfectly absurd for any trail
: tors to look to Kentucky for any counteRance in
: their unrighteous proceedings. There is not a
. State in the Union in which holy love of the
: Union il more fervent and more general than it
: is in Kentucky. The traitors of the North and
the traitors of the South are alike scorned with
in her borders. Neither does she stand unsup-
: ported in her rapeIence and her resolution to
: stand firmly and immovably by the Union. The
States which surround her are also devoted to the
: Union, and il treason in any section Of our Con-
federacy shall ever show it's viperous head, it will
rouse the deep, and the bitter, and burning indig
: nation of the now powerful West"
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On Monday the Gath utmo, just before daybreak, terri
bic tornado passed through the town Of Fayetteville, Tenn
prostrang about oneha of the entire town, and deadfuy
managing many persons among the falling ruins Of their
dwellings The wind blew perfect hurricane, amidst which
could be heard the screams Of and children, falling
houses and crumbng walls, mingled with peals Of thunder
The air was alive with electricity Rain subsequently fell in
torrents and mpenetrabe darkness prevailed Mrs. Ranse
and child and SON of A. H. Berry, known be killed
Mr. Berry thought to be MORALLY wounded Many Others
black and whie less injured. The stores Of
J. w. Goodrich, McFaIl & GiIlerland, Webb & Smith,
Crawford & Masroy, and Mix, literally demolished
The two Presbyterian churches were also destroyed
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"ASorHER VIcTIM."-Under this caption the Boston
Transcript Of Saturday relates the following distressing in
cident:
"An interesting lad, eight and half years old, Of
James M. Peaingill Esq., No. Washington Court,
MORALLY burnt last night by the breaking of lamp filed with
Porters burning fluid. The boy going up stairs bed
when he accidentally broke the lamp and the
spilled upon his clothes He tried to exnguish the Aames
but succeeding, screaming for help But he
badly burnt from head foot that he died at hapas four
o'clock this morning"
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TWO WEEKS LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.

The steamship North .america arrived at New
York yesterday. from Chagres, with two weeks
later advices from California. Our Telegraph
despatch says:
She brings 225 passengers and s45O,OOO in gold
dust.
The United States sloop-of-war Albany arrived
at Chsgres on the 22d February; all well.
The steamers Republic and Panama had arrived
at Panama, each bringing two millions of gold DUST
There had been no choice of United States
Senator in California. The choice, it is now said,
lies between Col. Fremont and IT. BUTLER KING.
Affairs in California generally are without
much interest, beyond what was noted by the last
arrivals. The mining operations continue pros
porous, and new discoveries Of gold continue to be
made. The value of real estate is gradually de-
creasing. Business generally was prosperous, and
there was an abundance of all kinds of produce.
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ILLINOIS BASKIse SrsrEM.-We have already announc.
ed the passage Of bank law in Illinois, resembling that
Of the State Of New York. II became law, notwths,and
ing the veto Of the Governor. An amendment had been
previously adopted that the stocks of Illinois should not be
deposited Gas basis Of bank ssues for than half their
face value Another clause provides that the circulation is
sued upon such stocks shall be twenty per cent less than
their cash value. F
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STEAMBOAT DIsAsTER.-A Telegraph despatch
dated at New Orleans on the Sd instant commune
Gates intelligence Of another terrible steamboat dis
aster on the Mississippi river, by which forty-two
lives were lost. The unlucky steamer was the
Oregon, which exploded her boilers near Island
3d. and was afterwards totally DESTROYED by burning
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Nor BAD As soUsDs-The author Of the " Comic
Law Dictionary" in the Burlington (vermont Sentinel says
of the legal phrase Damrum sum-" that cit doth not
import pofane and perempory command Of the law tina,
any aggeved person shall bring immediate suit against wrong
doersas might hastily masine--bu is Latin expires.
sion which signifies ones own hurt and contains init
nation Of hurting any body else"
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FROM MEXICO.

We have full files Of papers from the city Of
Mexico TO the 9th instant We do not find any
news of great importance.
JOSE MARIA LAFRAGUA has been appointed Mi
mister 70 Paris and Rome.
The question Of raising the prohibitions" or
reducing the tariff, is engaging the attention of
Congress.
The Trait d Union expresses fears for the safety
of the Tehuantepec treaty. The clamor raised
against by its opponents is exercising visible
effect on the public mind.-Picayune.
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The ST. Louis Republican Of the oath ulmo contains par
tcuars Of steamboat explosion which occurred the pre-
cedng day in the ferry boat St. Louis while backing out from
Spruce street landing There from twenty FIVE to thirty
persons on board Of whom eight or ten only escaped
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Advices from Great Britain by the recent steam
ers state that the emigration to America this year
will exceed any thing heretofore witnessed. In
Ireland, especially, there appears to be fixed de-
termination among thousands to come to the United
States, where they believe there is plenty Of work
and good pay.
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EXCLUSIVE OF many MINOR aHcies o. suueH UuCk.
Mr. Hoer proposes the present to plant four hun
dred Of potatoes four hundred barley &c. and to
this end is ordering twenty Of Bryant & Co.'s California
pough SIS EACH for his use, and says he has just
received an importation Of ten miles of iron fencing,
dsred year since by him in Liverpool England, and which
item alone costs him, put down here Sl06 $780, From
these two items your readers will readily perceive that capital
is required here carry farming we'll any other
epse though it is said that there farmers who made
from 900 Sl5OoOo off Of their land last year. This
looks large, but give you the figures.
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SPLENDID GLASS VAsE.-We had the pleasure Of view.
ing on Monday last at the china Of Mr. Thos Purse
opposite Browns Hotel splendid glass Of American
manufacture This five feet high and thirty inches wide,
Of cugass, and the largest piece Of the kind in the United
States It was manufactured by Messrs Sweenys and Bell
Wheeling, Virginia, and occupied three weeks in
featuring IL.
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VENERABLE DIesIrARr.-A friend informs Of the
somewhat singular circumstance that Mr. JoHS MoUsTz,
the present City Clerk Of Georgetown, elected 10 that
office in 1891 and that this is therefore the sr year Of
his official le His duties which have been Of high
" responsible character have always been promptly and
cuatey performed His age is vergng upon
years. and the prospect that he will continue in active
vice apy years to come With the Of spectacles he Is
wholly and his penmanshp at the present time
is a. regular and handsome it half century ago.
more esmable citizen nowhere be found, and there
few disntares in the country of greater age.
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or We requested to say that the Association relative
to INVENTIONS, advertisement Of which recently appear
ed in this paper. Monday last dissolved by mutual
agreement among the members.
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h We deprecate all MODS. We profess to be a
subject Of the Government of the United States.
We can find no law, either in our Bible or in our
conscience, which calls upon US to break our ale
glance to the Government under which our lot is
cast. We recognise all the rights existing under
this Government, and among them the right of free
speech. We consider our obligations to the Gov
ernment as something entirely independent Of our
individual personal opinions, feelings, or inclina-
tons. While, therefore, we would never interfere
in the execution of laws instituted under, and rem.
dering eectual the provisions Of the Constitution,
neither would we interfere with the right of free
speech, right recognised by our Government
as one of the most sacred. There is no apology
for such interference, in the certainty that that
sacred right will be abused to bring contempt upon
the Constitution under which the right exists. It
is all wrong, this mobocracy, in whatever cause
engaged. The constitution and the laws form the
grand rule of action between man and his fellow,
and with the rights which every man hold under
the constitution and the laws, no man nor set Of
men has right to interfere. Every true patriot
and every enlightened christian politician will sethis
face like flint against that spirit which, under any
name or through any pretext would trample either
on the laws Of the Government or the rights of
each, the humblest or the most despicable subject
under it.-Springfeld (lNdss.) Republican.
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The census of New Orleans is completed, and
shows population of 120,95l-the number Of
voters l2,46s. The increase in the population Of
the city since ls47 is 26,425, or equal to 27s per
cent.
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CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL.

CHESAPEAkE AND UHiU CANAL.
Alta General meeting of the stockholders of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, held on
Friday at Gadsbys Hotel, in this city, the Hon.
SAMUEL SPR1ee. of Maryland, was unanimously
elected President of the Company in the place of
Gen. CoALE, resigned. The Company is to be
congratulated upon having made SO excellent Sc
lection in the choice of new President.
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EMIGRATION TO TExAs.-The Galveston Civilian
says: " The immigration pouring into our State
continues undated. There has been nothing like
it, in extent of numbers and wealth. in the history
{ of the State"
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NASHVILLE, MARcH 4.

NASHVILLE, MARCH q.
In the town of Franklin Tenn the cholera has prevailed
late and 10 last evening fourteen deaths had occurred
from it. One death has also occurred here from choea-a
Mr. Dodge.
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SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1861.
CLOSE OF THE THIRrY-FIRsr CONGRESS.

After continuous sitting of twenty-five hours,
with the exception of brief recess by the House
Of Representatives the two Houses Of Congress
adjourned sine die at noon on Tuesday.
Contrary to all appearance and anticipation, at
four o'clock on Tuesday morning, the SENATE,
having laid by the River and Harbor Bill for that
purpose, proceeded TO the consideration of the va
rious bills on lis table; and if all was not done
that could have been wished, all the measures es-
sential to the due action of the several Depart
ments Of the Government were ma!ured and became
laws. These comprehend the appropriation bills
for the various branches of the public service, which,
with such others as were finally acted on, will be
found in the List of Acts in another column. Every
bill not found in that list failed, of course, to receive
the sanctions of law. OF the measures which failed,
the most important was the River and Harbor Bill.
This the majority in the Senate stood by firmly to
the last, when, the minority having the power to
defeat it by prolonging the debate through the few
remaining hours OF the session, the majority, UNI
willing TO sacrifice for barren victory those mea-
sures indispensable for carrying on the Govern
ment periodically yielded the contest, and consented
to lay that bill aside and occupy the short remain
der Of the session in considering and passing the
appropriation bills; thus dissipatng the gloomy
approximations which were felt up to so late an
hour Of inc session, and jsssifyias the confidence
which has always been entertained in the wisdom
and patriotism of the Senate.
The HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,, not less faith
full in the last hours Of the session. also did its duty,
remaining in session up to the meridian hour.
And thus has been averted the possible necessity
for an Extra Session.
Whilst referring to an Extra Session as prob
able contingency, it is proper that we should state
that we have reason to doubt whether, under any
circumstances, the expedent Of an Extra Session
to remedy the non-action of Congress would have
been resorted to by the Executive.
Previous to the adjournment Of the SENATE, a
vote Of thanks to the Hon. w. r. KING, President
of the Senate, was unanimously adopted, to which
Mr.. KING responded in neat and pertinent speech
and in the House of Representatives like CON-
pliment was paid to the Hon. HOWELL CoBB, its
Speaker, who also made an appropriate response.
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As is customary on the last night of the session,
the PRESIDENT, having attended at the Capitol on
Monday evening, for the purpose Of giving his ap.
proval to bills, he, with his Cabinet, continued
at the Capitol through the nigh and until the ad-
iournment of the two Houses O Tuesday noon.
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AGRICULTURAL WONDERS OF CALIFORNIA
coRREsPosDrKcE or TIE JOURNAL OF coMMERcE.

coRREsPosDEEcE JOURNAL COMMERCE.
SAX FRAHcIsco, JAsUARr, 1851.
In former communication alluded to the extensive pre-
partitions making in this State for carrying agricultural
pursuits and in order give your readers full and
detailed account Of what accomplished here the past
year, have solicited from Mr. James Homer minute
count Of his farming operations in 1850.
Mr.. James Homer halls from Monmouth county, New
Jersey His farm located the mission Of San Jose
(about forty miles from this city, He came here four years
since, land, and has his wife with him. Mr. Homer
planted about $50 of pooto yielding him crop Of
$4,000 bushels averaging fifty pounds the bushe and 270
bushels to the Ths crop will average about ten cents
per pound the Of hundred and seventy
fire thousand dollars or, what is the thing the whole
yield Of 1870 hirty6ve thousand bushels and sold
FIVE dollars per bushe He also raised from four acres Of
land forty thousand pounds Of onions. which be sold
average Of forty per pound, (some of them weighing
four pounds each) and which crop Of onions produced
$4,000 (say four acres of onions 100000 pounds, forty
cents per pound)
As for cabbage he planted seventy thousand and raised
forty thousand head for Market which be sold on the average
at forty cents each, or say OoO from fifteen
He also raised fifty thousand pounds of tomatoes which be
sold prices varying from ten to twenty cents per pound,
average Of twelve and half cents per pounds producing
the handsome sum Of $50.
And for the pumpkins, about forty tons, which sold
at six per pound Of them weighing sevenyfve
pounds EACH but averaging thirty pounds eachhese equal
led the sum Of S. 800.
To up find the product Of this farm, Of less than
one hundred and fny acres as follows
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or ROBERT PEI has left Autobiography all ready for
me press Its publication will not take place for years,
owing to "mOtves Of delcacy.D
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Resolved That the opinions Supreme Court ordered
to be printed by the Senate in Executive session Of S49 be
referred to the Attorney General along with the contracts
the printing Of the Sl Congress- and that the Secretary Of
Of the said opinions out Of the contingent fund of the Senate
the which the Attorney General may adudge be the
price Of the under the contract first deductng thereom
the heretofore paid in that behalf Prord That the
said printer will first into agreement refund the
difference between the adudged be due by the At
torpey General and the amount heretofore received in
the Attorney General should fix the price the said printing
lower than that heretofore received.
Resolved That the Secretary of the Senate be and he
hereby instructed pay for the printing Of the Sst Congress
which has been or may be executed BY order Of the Senate
gent fund Of the Senate ut onehafhe rates established by the
Joint resolution Of s9 the heretofore paid under the
contracts being considered as part payment
REGENTS OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
Mr.. PEARCE submitted the following resolution, which
was considered and agreed to-
Resolved That the President of the Senate fill the vacancy
the Board Regents Of the Smithsonian Institution
soned by the expiration the Sd day Of March, 1884, of the
Of the Hon. Jefferson Davis member in the said Board
The Senate after the transaction Of other legislative bust
relating the purchase Of books &C. proceeded to the
consideration of Executive business and, after time
spent therein, adjourned
The Senate transacted no Legislative business of
consequence in the sttings of Thursday and Friday
having been almost exclusively occupied, in the
consideration Of Executive business, consisting OF
Treaties and Nominations laid before them by the
President of the United States. A number OF the
nominations were confirmed on Thursday, and the
Treaties, three in number, were disposed OF on Fri
day. We have understood that the nomination OF
MI. HUGH N. SMITH, as Secretary of the Territory
Oh new Mexico, was not confirmed by the Senate.
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Principles of the Wing Party.

Every member of the Wing party has
reason to be proud ofhis connection with
it. 1t is the party Of the Countryside par
ty of equal rights-the party which sus-
tains the .purest code of political ethics
that the world has ever known. Thomas
Jefferson embodied its creed and carried
out Its fundamental doctrines-let scoffers
read them, and, if they can, furnish others
nobler and better:
The people, the only source oflcgitimate
power.
The absolute and lasting severance OF
Church and State.
The freedom, sovereignty. and indepcn-
dence CT the respective States.
The Union, contcderscy, compact, nci-
Their a consolidation, nor Capitalization
The Constitution of the Union, special
written grant of power, limited and def
mite.
The civil, paramount to the military
power.
The representative to obey the instruc-
tons Of his constituents.
Elections free and suffrage universal.
No hereditary office, nor order nor title
No Taxation beyond the public wants.
No national debt ifpossible.
No costly splendor Of administration.
No prescription of opinion, uor ofpubIc
discussion.
No unnecessary interference with indi-
vidual conduct, property or speech.
No favored classes, and no monopolies
No public monies expended, except by
warrant of special appropriation.
No mysteries of governmentinacccssible
to the public eye
Public compensation for public scrvi-
ces salaries moderate and pervading econ
omy
The political creed ofthe Wings is en-
bodied in the above few lines, but how ex-
pansive when properly inveshgated-how
beneficial when the theories of Democracy
do not prevent their complete operation.
They are in perfect harmony with per-
feet enjoyment Of freedom Of opinion and
promotive of free institutions, extending
protection TO every interest and impeding
the progress of monopol;es. If it discrim-
mates IN favor of any class, the difference is
made In behalf of the poor man. In fine,
we here present the Wing platform, per-
feet. urchanginc, SQUAD system.