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Washington telegraph., 1851-04-30

Hon. George P. Marsh, U. S. Minister
at Constantinopie, is with his family
making the tour of Egypt and Palestine.
AT the date of the last letter received by
their friends, they were in Cairo.
Washington telegraph., 1851-04-30

In the reighborhood of Grenoble IS
place called Fontaine Ardent. whenee
escape flames that burn straw, paper, anu
wood, but do not Set gunpowder on hfe'
Washington telegraph., 1851-04-30

A VETERAN GoNE-In Detroit, on the
evening of April 10th, General Hugh
Brady was killed by fall from his car
rage, in the upper part of the city. The
General was over eighty years of age.
and universally beloved.
Washington telegraph., 1851-04-30

Mr.. WEBsrER.-This gentleman has
been refused the use of Faneuil Hall 5or
speech.
Washington telegraph., 1851-04-30

CUBAN INvApERs:-Governm has Ia
ken measures to suppress another Cuoah
invasion.
Washington telegraph., 1851-04-30

Commodore Alexander S. Wadsworth,
of the Navy, died in Washington. Feb.
9th. He was the eighth one on the roll
of Captains in the Navy, 0he whole
number being sixty-eigat.) He entered
the service from the State of Maine. in
April, 1904.
Washington telegraph., 1851-04-30

CHANGE OF FRONT IN MASSACHUSETTS
The rumor now is, that Mr.. Sumner is
to be abandoned, and Mr. Rantoul is TO
be run in his place,-to prepare for which
he made the Lynn Abolition speech. and
engaged as counsel for the fugitive slave.
Washington telegraph., 1851-04-30

General Scott arrived at Cincinnati on
the 7th, and was received by military
companies and large concourse of citi-
zens, who escorted him to the Burnett
House, where he was to remain for two
or three days.
Washington telegraph., 1851-04-30

Hon. Mr. Orr, member 6 Congress
from South Carolina, in an address deli7-
cred at Pickens Courthouse, said he was
"opposed to separate secession, but
would sustain the action of the Senate.
South Carolinians arc growing sensible
again.
Washington telegraph., 1851-04-30
Commemorative have full returns

Commemorative have full returns
from the whole State r. H. Seymour,
Democrat, for Governor. has10O0 plurality
over L. S. Foster. Wing. The Congress
sional Delegation will stand as follows:
First District Charles. Chaplin, Wing,
gain; Second District, Colin M. Ingersol,
Democrat; Third District, c. F. CIeve-
land. Freesoil Democrat; Fourth District,
T. B. Butler. Wing.
Unexpected gains made by the wings
secure them lnajorities in both branches
of the Legislature. The Senate will
stand 13 Wings to Democrats, and the
House ia Wings to 10 Democrats
Every town has been heard from. This
secures Wing U. S. Senator and
Wing State officers to be elected by the
Legislature.
Washington telegraph., 1851-04-30

The Shaft of the Washington Monu-
ment (417 feet high) will be completed
IN about eight years. The Pantheon.
(lOO feet,) at the base, in about fifteen.
Washington telegraph., 1851-04-30

The Apalachicola Price Current, oi
March 3lst, estimates the Cotton crop oi
Florida, for 1850. at 10000 bales.
Washington telegraph., 1851-04-30

FOREIGN NEws-The steamship Africa arrived
at Jersey City on the 10th inst, bringing LIVER
noo, dates to tho 29th, one weeks later intel
lpence. Cotton had advanced I'D, with the sales
Of the week amounting to $4,000 bales. The
ouotatiops are as follows: Fair Upland It'd; Mo-
bile II, and New Orleans I'D Flour and corn
have advanced cd; wheat ID; pork, unchanged.
The money market is reported easy and abun-
dant
The steamer America arrived at New
York on the 17;h inst. Trouble i'll the
British Ministry was anticipated, but 1t
still continued IN its former position
The French Ministry was still i'll disor-
ganized state.
In the current qualities of Cotton. a
decline of had taken place. The sa4os
of the week amounted to $4,000 bales.
Washington telegraph., 1851-04-30

Mr.. Upper, who is now in Philadel-
phia, contradicts the report of a New
York paper. that he intends 10 write a
book about this country. He is here
simply on tour of pleasure.
Washington telegraph., 1851-04-30

A detachment of two hundred and fif-
,v United States troops with two pieces
of ordnance, were kept in constant readi-
ness at the Charlestown Navy Yard under
an order from Washington. to aid the civil
authorities of Boston, if called for by
them, to aid in the execution of the fug
tive slave law.
Washington telegraph., 1851-04-30

Hon. DANIEL WEBsTER.-Ihe Secre-
sary OF State left New York on the 9-h
inst, for his home at Marshfeld. He will
remain there a short time, and return to
Washington this month. On the 10th
of May he will return to New York city,
for the purpose of arguing case In the
Supreme Court, between the Methodist
Churches North and South.
Washington telegraph., 1851-04-30

The total number of lawyers IN ms
United States is 21,979.
Washington telegraph., 1851-04-30

LATEST FROM Observation-Disclosures
ing the inflammatory speeches and incen-
diasy resolves of the abolitionists in and
about Boston, the law and order portion
of the, community have triumphed and
the fugitive slave Sims has been restored
to his owner, who unmolested proceeded
with him on his route homeward A
telegraphic despatch dated Boston 18th
inst, states shat during the night previous
there was but little excitement. The
watchmen and police, of whom there
were nearly 400 fully armed and equipped,
were under drill till 4 o'clock A. NJ,
when they halted in front of the court
house. The fugitive was brought from
confinement, and placed in the centre Of
the column when the whole body pro-
ceeded to long wharf, where the fugitive
was put on board the brig Acorn. bound
for Savannah. The brig was then towed
to sea by the steamer Hornet The whole
affair passed off quietly with the excep-
ton of some little Kissing from some of
the spectators. about hundred of whom,
followed the procession to the brig. The
military were not seen but were kept in
readiness for any emergency. The aboli-
tionists have been defeated, and the re-
demption of Massachusetts commenced.
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|, CoNNEcrIcur ELECTION AGA1N.-No-
thing is more true than that the difficulties
in getting correct election returns have in
creased, wonderfully, with the operation
of the telegraph. A dispatch of the 10Th
says:
"Seymour has 148 majority for Con-
gress The House is tie; and the Sen
ate has one whig majority. The Congress
sonal delegation stands: First District,
Chapman, whig; Second. Ingersoll. dem
ocrat; Third. Cleveland, freesoil democrat;
Fourth, Seymour"
Hon. Henry A. Bulard. elected to Con-
gress in 1850 from the second Congress
sional district of Louisiana, to fill the
vacancy. occasioned by the entrance of
Mr.: c.. M. Conrad into the Cabinet, died
at his residence in New Orleans, on the
18th inst.
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The Secretary of War has ordered
that several companies of-U. S. Flying
Artillery be forthwith disbanded. The
reason for this is, that no means were
provided by Congress to move the troops
to the frontier. where alone they are
wanted, and subsist them there.
The marble palace of Stewart, at New
York, for the sale of dry goods. is valued
on the assessors book of the Sixth Ward,
for this year, at $500, 600.
Washington telegraph., 1851-04-30

The Secretary of War has ordered
that several companies of-U. S. Flying
Artillery be forthwith disbanded. The
reason for this is, that no means were
provided by Congress to move the troops
to the frontier, where alone they are
wanted, and subsist them there
Washington telegraph., 1851-04-30

The marble palace of Stewart. at New
York, for the sale of dry goods. is valued
on the assessors book of the Sixth Ward
for this year, at $26O,000.
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Count Wass, one of the best scientific and
practical miners in California, who was born
and bred in mining country, Hungary,
makes some statements and observations in
letter to the editors of the Aha Californian
which are worthy of notice. In regard to
the origin of the rich gold deposits in the
so-caled placers, he says
"The more | make observations about
their origin am more and more confirmed
in the opinion that they are the results Of
one or more eruptions by which not only
gold, but some other metals also, especially
large quantity of iron, was thrown out
and spread over the gold region. Every
piece of gold in the diggings has the shape
of drop, as if nattened by rolling, by pres
sure, or other circumstances. Still it wears
the indication of state of fusion, and be-
ing found frequently joined with quartz, and
generally in connection with broken quartz,
instead of thinking that the gold deposits
came from the neighboring quartz veins,
come 10 the probable mineralogical conclu-
sion that the gold bearing formation in Cal
iiornia chiefly must be the quartz.
Although am not thoroughly convinced
yet that only the quartz veins should contain
the precious metals, but being certainly the
principal formation, attention must be par
ticularly paid to this the diggings are only
temporary benefit to this country, and al
though new ones will be discovered hereaf-
ter, yet in couple of years they will be
exhausted surely, and the real riches of this
country and its future prosperity must be
based upon the great many gold bearing
veins which are in,ersectins the gold regions
in all directions.
It is astonishing TO see the quantity OF this
rich natureG rock in pure white form alton
the quartz rock is generally known as prin-
cipal formation, bearing precious metal, but
no country has it in such abundance as Cal
iforuia. The white formation is prominent
and particularly so in this country. How
far will this superintendent formation satisfy
the expectations of mining enlerprisers!
Nobody can tell yot, and although great
| many of them are showing and promising
extraordinary riches, their real value will be
proved only in the course OF soTe years. p
Hunts M NJ
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OUR OWN CONSEQUENCE.
BY REV. ALBERT BARNES.


We think of our own consequence; our
talents our attainments. We think what
breach will be made when we die--of the
mourners who will gather around us with
broken hearts. We think of the solemn,
sad procession that will 60 with us to the
tomb forgetting how seldom 1t is that the
hearts of any considerable proportion in a
funeral procession are serious and solemn at
all, or care anything abont the dead. We
look at our own affairs and' press them for
ward as if the world had no interest so great
that they may not be required to yield to
our convenience.
Now, how contrary all this is 10 truth and
reality, it is hardly necessary TO attempt 10
show. Few will care about it when we die !;
and the world at large will care nothing, and
know nothing about It, x very little circle
of friends will be aillicted-as little circle
of water is agitaied when a drop of rain
falls into the ocean. At the centre of that
small circle os friends there will be some
deep emotion, and some tears OF genuine
grief will be shed at a very little distance,
the emotion will be fainter and feebler; at
a point but little more remote there will be
none, and soon, very soon, all the agitation
there will have died away, as when the lit
tie drops of rain fall into the OCEAN
The gay will laugh,
| When thou al. gone, the SOLEMN brood of care
I Plod on, and ach ono as before will share
| His favorte phantom. BRYANT.
A few friends will 60 and bury u.s. and
then they will turn away TO their own con-
Germs, forgetful that we are sleeping IN the
grave. Affection will rear stone and plant
few flowers over grave-but tie hand
that reared the stone OF planted the flowers
will soon be unable to cut the letters deeper
as they become obliterated, or TO cultivate
the Aowers-and in brief period the little
hilock will be smoothed down, and the
stone will fall ard neither friend nor strang-
er will be concerned TO ask which one of the
forgotten millions of the earth was buried
there. No "Old Mortality w will 10 cut
again those eiTaced words which told our
name, and the lime OF our birth and death.
Every vestige that we ever lived upon the
earth will have vanished away. All the lit
tie memorials of our remembrance-the
lock of hair encased in gold, or the portrait
that hung in our dwelling, will cease 10 have
tho slightest value TO any living being, nor
will even momentary curiosity be excited to
know who wore that hair, or whose counte-
nance is delineated there.
On my grassy grave
| The men of future times will careless tread,
And read my meme upon the sculptuIed stone;
| Nor will the Sound familiar TO their cars
Recall my vanshc1 memory
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saw Iaborer weary from his work.
saw him stoop and take stone, that lay in
the pathway of passing wheels, and cast ii
out of the road. This sight did me good
This stone might be struck by a passing
wheel 10 the discomfort perhaps of the ,rav-
eller, and possibly the injury of the vehicle
II was kind in the man to remove 1t.
"Wha, triAe for newspaper paragraph!
says captious one. Not so, my friend, the
act was small but the motive noble-that
act was small, but the principle on which ii
is based, is Of unspeakable value 10 the hu-
man race.
love to trace things, especially such
things. 10 their fountain. That man had
emotion in his soul when he stopped to pick
up that stone. He felt right. 1t was kind in
him. have right 10 think tLat act was
but one of the links of chain-and never
was chain made of better material-love
for the welfare of others. Such chain is
all gold The man had just done such things
before, could not doubt. lilo would do
such things again. 1t cost him nothing TO do
this for there was pelting storm OF sleet,
and he carried an umbrella; and he must
pause in his rapid walk TO do it. Well done,
my humble friend, if every other man would
stop and pick out of the path of his fellow
travellers through life the things that vex and
annoy them, how many sunny faces tn re
would be in place of scowling ones! Drops
make shower; give enough OF them
Such acts as this man's-5ive us enoosh o.
,hem-and h wv great shower OF blesslngs
How much misery would be prevented
shall no, stop here. The man that will
do such things, will do greater things. Thai
will show what the fountain is. He has a
kind heart He will remove larger stones
than than that from the path of human life
Give me that man for my adversely. lie
who has honored the small draft will honol
the greater. His good will no, be exhausted
by that effort.
II was a trle, was it 2 Please then think
| my friend, il can be but xile for you te
do suca a thing Do every such sort of thing
any thing that will remove distractions
out Of the patn of human happiness. Give
your neighbor jog to do too. Perhaps he
will pass the jog along, and we shall loggl'
some of the selfshness out OF the human
! heart.
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CALIFORNIA


The Washington Commonwealth clips the
following items Of interest from California
correspondence.
San Francisco is about half as large as ST
Louis, and nearly all are men, and queer
place it is 10 be without ladies'. The men
seem lost for want of company if we had
good many ladies here we could be much
better off; and spend our time more pleas
antly; but we must put up with it horing
for more pleasant times and company here
after. The streets of this city are all laid
with plank, from side 10 side, as level as n
floor. We have no brick or stone pavemens
like you have. Our streets areas clean as
floor, we have no carriages nor wagons to
travel on them ours are small wagons and
light carts, drawn by mules; velsf fewhorses,
and they are all small. There are very few
cows here, and they sell at the lowest price,
for very small COW, one hundred dollars,
and milk at rs cts. a gallon. We have a
great many stores and very fino goods in
them, of the very best kind for ladies' wear,
such as Silks, Satins, Lawns, Gloves, Shoes,
Bonnets and none, or very few 10 buy. 1t
is said that they are lower than in N. York,
at wholesale; the finest Shawls | ever saw
arc here, and every kind Of fine things for
girls are here tho most beautiful too-pins,
rings, chains, and combs of Gold. never
saw any so fine in any other place. Gold
combs sell at 5000 and upwards; one jew
eler told mo that he had sent a.dozen such
combs TO the States, bought of him for pres
ents.
Tho markets arc well supplied and about
double the St. Louis and Pittsburgh markets
beef 10 TO is cts, pork-ihe same-iish
very plenty and fine, but high in proportion.
Water is carried on mules in kegs, at 10 cts
bucket there are some wells, but people
are TO busy to dig wells-wood is broughtin,
in small sticks, two feet long, on the backs
of mules, al ST load-coal is from $l2 TO
$ls u ton, very few mako use of fires ex-
cept for cooking; the mornings and evenings
are quite cool, but are very fine. The hire
"
double that as cooks--waiters not so high !;
washing is now down TO 81 dozen-cloth-
ing of all kinds is as low, or nearly so, as
in the States Wages of carpenters 81 TO IS
day--laborers SO to So, owing to work
money all eoli and silver; no credit here
interest on money. from three TO seven per
cent month The town now is about two
IT tiles long by three-fourths broad and con-
tains some forty thousand inhabitants. The
buildings are generally ffames-.he Sest ore
brick, and occupied by gamblers, who carry
on at a large scale-open day and night
There are now more than five hundred sail
of vessels in the harbor--it is busy place,
all go ahead-the town is situated OH the
side of sand hills--no soil at all there are
several little towns for buildings, " hich, with
some labor, might be made very fine.
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Commerce of New York.

The business Of the Port of New Yerk
continues to increase beyond all precedent,
and some are seriously alarmed as each
months returns swell tho aggregate expan-
sion. There is less cause to fear, however,
in this flow of prosperity when we consider
that nearly all branches of business have re-
ceived corresponding impulse. Tho buoy
ancy has not been confined to real estate or
stocks alone the imports OF merchandise,
about whidh many are so fearful, have not
increased in proportion TO the exports; aud
the expansion of the currency has been, not
for speculative purposes, but TO meet the
wants of increased regular business, and has
been based on large increase of specie
capital The incfSsssd imports, either for
Tho last month, orths quarter ending ist OF
April, are not made up, as many seem 10
suppose, chiefly OF dry goods, the increase
of other merchandise beng full as large in
proportion.
e.shipments for the last month OF do.
mestic produce show an increase OF more
then 80 per cent. over tho samo period OF
last year. The exports for the quarter are
also larger in tho same particular than for
any previous year if we exceptthe year of
famine" abroad.
Tho exports of specie have been large,
but bear no comparison with the actual re-
ceipu. In the latter item our entries at tho
Custom-honse are seriously at fault, as tho
larger portion OF the California gold dust is
brought in the hands of passengers. This
statement was at first received with incrednl-
ity, and the largo capitals displayed in the
newspaper extras on the arrival OF each
steamer from the Isthmus, were looked up
on by the more cautious as mere traps 10 en-
courage emigration. But the returns from
the Mint not only confirm these reports, but
actually go beyond them; the deposites for
the quarter being double the nominal reports.
Thus we have in our nominal imports
from California but SIS, $50 $40, while the ac-
tual receipts al the Mint acknowledged from
,ha, source, amount TO $lo,43i,coo. Consid-
erable amounts in geld dust have also been
included in our exports, so that the quarters
receipts from California at this port alone
are upwards of ten and half millions
HUNTS Mcr. Mag.
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From the Saturday TiSiier.
MEN AND THINGS in ENGLAND.
DY d. W. BARTLETT.

Earl of Carlisle and Lord Brougham.
There are so few really loveabe chorac-
ters among the English nobility, that when
I find one feel that ought TO give sketch
Of il, The Earl of Carlisle is such a char
acter, worthy of renown and all honor
Such a man, whether he spring from how
al or a palace, whether his name DO pleolah
or envelopad with hsh-soundinS TILES de-
serves 10 be held up for admiration. Ana
one thing have remarked, where you hnd
such men, whatever their social position,
they are not proud. Believing in the dignity
of the soul and manhood, they cannot be
proud of mere titles, or ribbons and gariers,
or feathers.
The Earl of Carlisle sits in the House OF
Lords, and is well known as an advocate OIL
Liberalism Ha was formerly, (and is bet
,er known by the name of Lord Morpelh'
until the death of his father, when he be-
camo a peer of the realm through heredita-
rv right. He belongs 10 ono of the nobles'
families in the kingdom-lhat OF the How
ards whose blood is perhaps considered the
pures, in England. You remember how
Pope aIludes 20 Gall the blood OF all the
Howapls." He is also connected by mar
riare with the houses Of Rutland, Candor,
Durham, and Stafford. Among the aristo-
cracy no one stands higher than the Earl OF
Carlisle, and at the same time he is univer-
sally popular with the middle and lower
classes There is general love for him
everywhere, on account of his mild and
nb;,,, .hropic disposition. AS. matter OF
course his c;ccacy OF Liberalism makes
Linn popular with the peop.cc: nc 10 llienu @
Of authors and artists, and in sociesy s'o"s :
not particle of that odious exclusiveness
which so many English aristocrats practice
He is above no man Of. real goodness or &C.
MUS, and in hundred ways testiiies his
loyc Of humanity. In public speech he
once spoke of Charles Dickens as "Tha'
bright and genial nature, the master OF our
sunniest smiles and our most unsellish tears,
whom as it impossible TO read without the
most ready and plan. sympathy, it is inn
possible TO know Il at least have found II
SOY without depth of respect and warmth
of affection which singular union of rare
qualities alike commands
He has spoken in terms of praise oil al
the noblesi hearts in England, and his sym
pa,hies are cast in no aristccraic mould,
For many years he sat in Parliament io
the West Riding, the most honorable anc
largest constituency in England but in lsil
strangely, he was defeated, and the whole
nation monrned the defeat. A plenty o
of other places were open to him, but he re
fused 10 be elected for any other place, snt
made tour to America: There are many
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And welierina oceans and thrilling streams
Tha, glcam where the dusky valleys lie.
Blu, over its shadowy borders flow
Swee, rays from the world OF endless morn,
And the nearer mountains catch the glow
And flowers in the nearer fields are born.
The souls of the happy dead repair,
From their bowers OF light to that bor1ering
And walk in the fainter glory tnere,. land,
With the souls Of the living, hand in hand
Ono calm sweet smile in that shadowy sphere
From eyes that open on ear,h no more,
One warning word from voice once dear
How thoy rise in the memory o'er and DER
Far off from those hills that shine with day,
And fields that bloom with heavenly gales,
The land of dreams goes stretching away
tn DINNER mountains and darker wales,
There lie the chambers of guilty delight,
There walk the specifies OF guilty lear,
And soft low voices that float through the night
And whispering sin in tha: helpless ear
Dear maid, in thy girlhood's opening flower,
Scarce weaned from the love oil childish
play,
The tears on whose cheeks are but the show
That lreshens the early bloom OF May
Thine eyes are closed, over thy brow
Pass thoughtful shadows and Joyous
CLEANS,
And know that by the moving lips that
now
The spirit strays in the land of dreams
Lieht-hearted maiden, oh, heed thy feet
Oh keep where that beam OF Paradise
falls,
And only wander where THOU mayst meet
The blessed one from It's shining walls.
B So shalt thou come from the land OF dreams
With love and peace 10 this world OF S'rie,
And the light that over that border streams,
Shall lie on the path of thy daily lilo