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T osT BoUNTy-Ih~D wAHRf NTs-Lsnd wsrrsp, ,ies,
Ia he Washington t~ho private
Capt Bnchanan company r. sh innty under the act Of
the pocket ofJAs ioksy
All hereby purchasing thr said sn
warrant subscriber has made sssgnnsNt o M
fhiEh "ALLASuENs
Dee ii-law6w'
Once Of the Magnetic Telegraph Company.
fhlsdcapna, Dec. G, 1851.
Special Meeting the Stockholders Of the Magnetic Telegram
~ Conpsny held Barnums Hotel In the CITY OF bsu-
MORE O'Clock M Wednesday, the lon pecs"oef
inst.
respectfully requested a business OF I'M
portsnce will be submitted for Consideration . ,,,.,n
President Of The Magnetic Telegraph Company
Dec 9dtd
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Mad Dsprsdations. --.Arvei of Pos,ma.ter.

BosroS, Dee. &c. M Ssnde rson, postmaster West
Randolph, Vermont, has been arrested a ohs1ge OF
committing depredaons upon the mails Several vainab
letters from that Quartet addressed citizens OF Boston and
| other places, have been missed
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NY A. GREEN, Auctssnssr.
coon FRAME HOUSE AND LOT, cows, FURNITURE
. In Blsdsnsbur{ Al Aoctonon Thur'dsy the ZEN Of De
csmber sba RisdsnsbuG ii O'Clock, the house
John Anderson deceased The lot
contains about good land GOOD state OF
Also the boasehold furniture and three TERMS cash
Dec 3-eodAds A GREEN Auctioneer.
NEW and ndhand PisncsWe have FOR privste sale
several superior piano fore which viii be sold very
great bargains - =, o,-,nr
Dec i6-eoda
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THE RANR OF THE UNION In Browns Marble
Building open for the Transaction OF an erchanee and
no. II. GALLAGHER, President.
3. w. MARSH, Cashier.
r6-u
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BY A. GREEN, Auctioneer.
A SPAN OF NORTHERN RAISED WHITE MATCH HORSES
II uonOa Saturday, the Goth
my store, 10 O'Clock m span white horses
sprghtly and active, and well
Dec 1876 A. GREEN, Auctioneer
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HOLT's ALIENS, WARMERS AND OTHERS RE
" peatng pistols just received and for sale by
J. w. BADEN,
Pennsylvania avenue, 9th
Dec l5-2aw4wf
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DEAUTIFUL FANCY commissioners and citizens
ID are called fancy goods
opening fancy Under The National Hotel
18th amount OF his
will be all who be in search Of something
for the approaching holydaya-
particulars The display will be worth SEEING
ind Ambulance
- - PARKER6
Fancy Pcrfulnery Store, under National Hotel
Dec IS-6uf
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JUVENILE BOOKS FOR YOUTH OF ALL AGES
collection lately received by the subscriber
entirely Among them will be found Of the standard
works Of Miss Edseworih Mrs Holland Mrs Hughes and
esteemed writers, editions for the others
low prices
English well French books for youth,
by the subscriber from London and Paris,
Drawing books portfolios, albums, &C, hc
Dec Is FRANCk TAYLOR.
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rAs FITTING. GAS FIXTURES. Sc--Gss ntuna neAty
and promptly executed experienced workmen, " "ooe'
prices -, -.
handsome collection Of chsndeers Penasnt
manufacture Of the celebrated house OF
Co. Phiadeiphs, which WIN ee o,sP9,ea ~ =" e
prices " w. e. -. -, ns'N M,,..,
Nov l3-onw6w
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JAMES l.. EDWARDS, late COmn1fsstoner OF Fem
ons, Smith, alaw, formerly Of Osdens-
burg New York. have opened office in washington city oi
Congress
departments the general government They
Reference be made members OF the last
Congress-
Letters post paid addressed Edwards Smith, wlsds
Hotel, will be duly attended 10.
l0-dly
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ONE CASE DOUBLE RREL ROWLING PIECES
" just opened and offered exceedingly low prices by
J. w. BADEN,
PENNSYLVANIA avenue, nearly opposite Browns Hotel
ie-2aw%wff
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ri II Il Old Guard Of Napoleon, from MsrenGo to
Il Waterloo by J. +. Ueadley, with illustrations.
Fneen Decisive Battles OF World, from Marathon
Waterloo by y. g. Greasy,
The Pail Of Poland ose'her with History Of the Country from
its origin volumes, T.. &. ssrton.
Iaays Voyage World by Ida ofeiGsr. 1 vol.
Ire Captain. Old Wodd. By II. W. Herbert. volume
with illustrations.
Rsvee. Bachelor fine edition. with illustrations by Darby
! volume, 4o
The Tutors Ward. -- .
FRANcK TAYLOR.
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From the Rlchm6nd Enquirer.

THE CONVENTION YEsTERDAY-A New PHASE.
The two caucuses, of the east and of the west,
were in session in the capitol, till late hour on
Saturday night, exchanging messages, without
arriving at any satisfactory result. We under
stand, informally, that the east proposed to the
west, first, to give the House on the suffrage
basis, and the Senate based on taxation; and,
secondly, to give the Senate on the suffrage basis
and the House based on taxation, and that it
should require three-ffths of the legislature to
call new convention. Both these propositions
were declined by the west. We hear, further,
that the west proposed that both Houses should
be apportioned on the mixed basis until 1862, at
which time they should be apportioned on H.
suffrage basis or the Legislature should pass a
law, submitting the question of basis to a direct
vote of the people. This was declined by the
east. Under this state of the case, with nego-
tiations broken of, Mr.. Martin Of Henry, yester-
day moved the appointment of a committee, by
the vote of the convention, to report some pro-
per and just measure of adj ustment of the knot
ty basis question. After much debate and
many parliamentary manGuvres, as will be seen
below, the proposition was agreed to and about
quarter before two p NJ, the convention pro-
ceeded to vote rira roce for the eight members
of the compromise committee, all together. The
process was very tedious, especially in view of
the terribly hot whether which we have had for
the last three days.
The result of the first vote was not known
until sic P. NJ. Three more votes were taken,
and the following gentlemen compose the COM
mittee, in the order in which elected
Messrs. Summers, Martin of Henry, Lucas
Wingfield, Finney Caperton, Chiffon and Le'-
cher.
OF these gentlemen, 2 are from trans Ale
ghany, from the Piedmont 9 from the Valley,
and from Underwater
At half past seven, after fatiguing session
of 81 hours, the convention adjourned until I2
to-day, when the committee of eight will prob
ably report.
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Fact, that they were peculiarly misunderstanding
section, and entirely uuadspted to the culture VI
any OF the great agricultural staples Of the coun-
try, in which alone slave labor can be probably
employed Slave labor was Improbable Ia the
North, aud therefore, and therefore only, was it
abo!ished--no, not abolished. but disposed of
for raiue received, to the Southern planter, who,
from his peculiar climate and soil, could make it
profitable in the production Of cotton, rice, sugar,
tobacco, and other great Southern staples
Had the labor of the slave been profitable at
the North, the Yankee Abolitionist would have
been the very last to rirt with it-and the very
last whose sympathies would have been enlisted
in behalf of the negro race. This IL evidenced
by the fact, that the Yankees who contract on
our public works. or who come and permanently
settle amongst us, are the very first to eppy
slave labor, and the most severe and cruel in
their treatment Of the subject of it. And the
reason is obvious. The Ynnkee is proverbial
for his love of money and OF gain. He il ac-
customed to make everything, from the wooden
nutmeg to the more enlarged Yankee notion,
turn TO money At the North he ia in the habit
Of working white labor, and rs he is not the
loser by the bad health, the accidents, or even
the death of the white laborer he makes the
most Of his time, frequently unmindful of the
most ordinary acts Of indulgence and kindness
to the unfortunate. Hence It is, that the legis-
latures of the Northern manufacturing States
have been compelled by common humanity, to
pass what il called the Z" ten" or twelve hour
rule" limiting the working period of the opera
tives or day laborers, to ten, and in some Sta ca,
to twelve hours per day--otherwiss the heart
less manufacturer, would absolutely work the
poor operative to death. When these men
come amongst us, therefore, they are disposed to
work the negro to the extent they have been in
the habit Of working the white man.
Since the adoption of the Constitution.
eighteen new States have been admitted into
the Union (of which number, are free and
slave States,) which makes the Union now COM
posed of thirty-one members as follows:
Free STATES Stare States
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From the N. Y. Commercial.

The lNvITATloS AND REpLY-Tbe invitation
to Mr. Webster TO visit this city, which has been
so often referred to, was sent out to Washington
by the hands of Mr. Williams and has elected
the following reply from the great statesman.
The second paragraph, il will be seen, Jnsthes
the view which we took of the matter The
last paragraph is of the true Webster metal
open, manly, and patriotic:
WAsHINGroN, May 9th, 1851.
GENTLEMEN Il have received your commu-
nication by the hands of Mr.. Williams, and !
acknowledge myself overwhelmed Ivy this new
oof of regard from the city OF New York.
An invitation to visit that city from so many
thousand of friends of the Union, without dis.
tinction of party" as much surpasses my merit
as it exceeds my expectation. | have read the
names, and as you suggest may be probable,
many of them are known to me, and | know
them to be men Of high honor and character, OF
business and industry, Of great stakes in the
country, and active supporters and props Of all
the institutions Of beneyolence and charity
morality and religion, literature and science
which adorn the great commercial metropolis OF
the United States
Gentlemen have no wish to appear in pub
lie for purposes of ceremony or entertainment
nor can say that | feel the necessity Of any
occasion at present to express my sentiments in
regard to public affairs. All that think, and all
that feel on the great topics of the hour, is
concealed from nobody But Notwithstanding
all this, and notwithstanding that my public du-
ties are likely to demand my attention rather
mperntiyely for some weeks 70 come, yet can
not persuade myself to say that | may not, at
no distant time, make an effort to meet my friends
in New York.
One thing, gentlemen, is certain: that If
address you at any time, you will hear no change
of tone, nor any fJtering voice, in support OF
that cause which is dear to your hearts and to
mine. With grateful and profound regard,
. remain. gentlemen,
Your friend and obliged humble servant
DAN'L WEBSTER.
To Messrs. GEORGE GRIswoLD and others.
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PRoGREss OF TURKISH FASHIONS ladies
dressed in Turkish pantaloons have attracted
considerable notice in Broadway New York,
for the last few days, where they parade for sew
eral hours. They are intellectual looking, and
their skirts hang as low as the knees. But the
good work appears to have fallen into bad hands
in one quarter. AT the incendiary abolition
convention at Syracuse, N. " the following
took place:
"Mrs. Burleigh and the two Misses Burleighs
the wife and daughters of the poet Buregh
entered the meeting They were dressed in the
new costume that is now being adopted by the
ladies. The upper garment was close fitting
and reached to the knees. Underneath was
loose trowsers, reaching to the ankle. The feet
were enclosed in buskins, and gypsy straw hats
crowned all"
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Ernrn The Rosinn PAD

JUSTICE TO THOMAS w. DoRR-In the senate
of Rhode Island on Friday the lieutenant gov.
ernor presented the following act
at is enacted by the general assembly as fol.
lows AN civil and political disabilities grow
ing out of the sentence of the supreme court
passed against Thomas w Dorr are Hereby re-
moved and the said Thomas w. Dcrr is here.
by restored to his civil and political rights in as
full manner and with the same effect MS if said
sentence had not been passed !"
The ayes and nays were taken, and the act
passed by majority of seven
AYEs-The Lieutenant Governor and Mcssrs
Anthony, Ball, Ballou, Champlin, Cross, Francis
Isaac Greene Hawkes., Hill, I'd, Hazard, Knowles
Porter, Potter, Sisson, SPHINX, Waterman, Will
cox-l8.
NAYs-Messrs. Bcknell, Chaplin, Church
Collins, Diman, Fry. A. c. Greene, ~ Greene
Macy, Manchester, Whitman.--1l.
The house concurred in the act by vote OF
80 to 80. Four Wings voted in the affirmative
We congratulate Mr.. Dorr, and the State Of
Rhode Island, which at length honors herself in
doing justice to her long prosecuted but true
and talented son.
Saluies were fired at Providence during The
day on Saturday in honor of Mr. DORIS restora-
ton to citizenship. Upon his return to Provi-
dence from Newport on Saturday, the rev Demo
cratic governor, Mr.. Allen, who signed the res
toration act, was corted to his house by fine
procession of bis friends With other members
of the State government he rode in barouche
drawn by four white horses The legislature
has adjourned, after n session Of five days The
Wing ofiice-holders have mostly been discarded
and Rhode Island stands forth disenthralled.
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VIRGINIA CoNvENTIoN.-Th Richmond Times
OF yesterday says that this convention is evil
IDENTIFY bringing the vexed question of the basis
to an issue. Saturday morning, Immediately
after the body met, Mr. Strother moved an ad-
Journment until Monday, in order that the two
parties might have time to arrange, if possible,
some settlement of the differences between them.
The Times adds
1t is now understood that every plan of nc
commodaiion which does not make a full con-
cession of the suffrage basis, either at present oil
within period of ten OF twelve years, in bott
houses Of the Legislature is rejected by the dele
gates from the West To such terms it is, o
course, impossible for the Eastern delegates Il
come, unless they find that the detection Of in
dividuals from their cause leave them in a mi
norty. The contest is narrowed down to th,
question of mixed basis or suffrage basis"
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W- 1t seems that the Pennsylvania Adolf
tionists are more cunning than those Of Massa-
chusetts. The following is from the proceed
ings Of the abolition convention at Syracuse:
Mr.. McKim referred to the case of Euphema
Williams, the fugitive of whom he spoke yester-
day. He now wished to make remark in re-
lation to her. which he did not mention yester-
day for prudential reasons. 1t was that Media
Williams, the husband of Euphemia, was in
prison in Philadelphia, under a conviction OF
grand larceny. Mr.. McKm then went on to
impugn the legality of the conviction, and said
that Media and his wife were claimed by one
party, and that persons went to the prison and
affected to identify the prisoner, thinking that
the governor was friend to pro-slavery; but
they were much mistaken. The governor OF
Pennsylvania was a true man. Steps were i'm
medately taken by the Abolitionists to obtain
his pardon, and he now had the pleasure of an
nouncing to this meeting, that the pardon o
Media Williams was in his pocket He has
taken measures to remove Media from Phila
delphia, and if he was not at present in thi.
meeting, he would be with them this evening.
Upon this, Media Williams, the negro al
luded to, stood up in the meeting, and was loudl,
cheered for several minutes.
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THE NORTHERN DisPENsARY.-The twenty
fourth annual report of this excellent charity
has been published. The territory over which
this dispensary extends its operations remains
unaltered, being bounded on the south of Spring
street, on the east by Broadway and Fourth
avenue, on the north by Forty second street,
and on the west by the Hudson river. The
trustees express their regret that large terri
tory, situated north of Forty second, street, ex-
tending from river to river, and east of Fourth
avenue down to Fourteenth street. is still with
out the means of affording medical aid to the
sick poor. AS an evidence of the increasing use
fulness of the institution, it is stated that during
the past unusually healthy year, 1918 more per-
in its ravages
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654,34O
Total

Delaware, though nominally slave State, ia
in fact free State, having but few hundred
slaves, in the course of speedy extinction, and
the State itself being entirely Northern in its
position, and in the feelings and sentiments Of
her people. In n few years at most, California
will be carved into four or five new States,
which, with New Mexico and Utah, (pethaps
variousy subdivided) will be knocking at the
door Of the Union for admittance, and, unless
they come, as it is not at all probable they will
come, with constitutions recognizing slavery,
they will be promptly admitted into the Union.
The North will then be triumphsntly in the as
cendant in both branches of Congress, and prob
ably in all the departments Of the government
and will be able to carry any point they please.
If the past has been characteriz ed by such fear
full inroads upon the slave institutions of the
South, what my we not fear from the future!
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A STEAMER CHARTERED BY GOVERNMENT
About the time of the seizure of the Cleopatra,
the United States marshal in this city repre-
sented to the United States government thrt the
naval force at this port was insufficient for such
an emergency, and recommended that the United
States authorities here should be empowered to
charter suitable steamer On Saturday, th, rs
fore, despatch was received from Washngt n,
giving orders TO charter a steamer, for " not less
than twenty nor more than ninety days." to carry
three hundred men. The steamer Cresct n.
City was selected, and since Saturday has been
wing at the foot Of Warren street. She was
made ready for smiling, Pursuant to instructions,
Yesterday morning, the order was subsequently
countermanded, but she is still held in readiness
TO sail at the shortest notice. 1t is said she is
to cruise along the coast between Sandy Hook
and Savannah, but will most probably be kept
in the neighborhood Of the Hook, from which
she can be telegraphed at any moment The
military on Governors Island have received
orders to hold themselves in readiness to sail.
The following officers are reported as command
ing the troops :--Brevet Col. J. l.. Gardiner,
(Mexico) commanding Brcvet Major Williams.
(Mexico) Brevet Captains Getty, do. De
Russy, do; Howe do. Lieutenant j. A. Brown,
do; X. {. Drum, do. Hudson, Culberton, Booth,
Winder. t
Many rumors are in circulation respecting the
object of the expedition, but as yet we have
heard nothing which may be considered an
thentc. swe have already intimated, we pre-
sumo 1t is designed for the prercnfire service"
IN the Cuban business-N " Com.
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~ We observe that the President and party
were received at Baltimore and Wilmington by
the mayors of the two places, respectively, with
warm professions of devotion to Union, and
pledges to support him in executing the laws.
The mayor Of Philadelphia, had the good sense
and taste to say nothing on the subject.
We hope that the authorities Of all the large
cities Of the seaboard will endeavor to maintain
the laws at home alittle better before they under
take to expound and enforce any laws over re-
mote regions.
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lrsURREcTIoNIs CHISA.--Regarding the long
standing insurectonin the province of Kwangs
we learn from the Overland Friend of China for
last January, that the disturbances are increasing
in violence. The insurgents were assembled in
great strength within. sixty miles Of Canton
with the avowed purpose Of subvertng the
present dynasty. The revolt had attained such
a head that it was thought uncertain whether
his Celestial Majesty would be able to keeppos-
session Of he throne
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E.om The Cineinnafi Ga-,U,

PosrTIoS DErrNED.-Ex Judge Bissel, of Lake
county, in J. r. Giddings district, upon the trial
ola horse thief is reported in the True Democrat
to have held the following language. 1t may
be well to state, Judge Bssell is a Locofoco,
and was the late Judge of that circuit. at has
been thrown in my teeth, during this court, that
desired to be the next judge in this district,
but could not on account of my opinions on the
fugitive law. He would here declare to the
court, and all present, that if he were Judge, he
would not return into bondage, under this law,
any man, white or black No, not epen II IL mere
10 SaUe This Union Let me be understood !; |
would not return any man under this law; No
sir mol eUcn # IL tcere 10 sare his Union. And
you Mr. Clerk, may record it If you please"
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WASHINGTON CITY.


Many accounts have recently been published
of new demonstration of the earths rotation
on its axis, by French saran at the Pantheon
in Paris We inserted one Of them the other day
We observe that the experiment has beer
made in several places in the United States, ant
considered successful; but there are som,
doubters.
We have not yet seen any account that we
consider clear and satisfactory, neither the
French account nor our own but we learn that
Smithsonian Institute.
The statement is that the Frenchman sus-
pended weight to fine long wire, and put it
in motion like pendulum. And it is alleged
that pendulum, when in notion will preserve
the original direction, or course of its motion,
absolutely that is, without relation to any other
substance or being. But the earth is said to re-
volve on its axis, and to complete a revolution
once in twenty-four hours. Hence any, or every
point on the earth's surface is constantly chang
ing, not only its position, but its course. If,
then, table, or any other object Immediately
beneath pendulum, but not touching, change
its course continually, and the pendulum does
not, it is plain that the pendulum will soon move
over different part Of that table, or object from
that at beginning. And if this change is appa-
rent, and in time and direction corresponding
with the assumed rotatory motion of the earth
and vibration of the pendulum, the demonstra-
ton is obvious. And it is stated in several pa
pers, that the experiment has been successfully
made here, in number of cases, sirce it was
announced from France.
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The CABISET.-We learn from the Republic,
that Mr.. Corwin has recovered from his indispo-
sition, aud entered upon the duties of his Office
and that Mr.. Stuart has returned from his visit
to Virginia. The general executive duties, in
the absence Of their associates in the cabinet and
of the President, will devolve on the Secretary
of the Treasury, the Secretary Of the Interior
and the Secretary of War.