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From the NtU Orleans Bee.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP OHIO

The U. S. mail steamship Ono, Lieut.. Schenck
commanding, arrived at New Orleans, from New
York, Charleston, Savannah, via Havana, with
the California and Pacific mails. The steamer
Georgia left Havana for New York on the Sd
instant. The Falcon from Chagres arrived the
same day. Among the passengers by the Ohio,
is the Hon. Henry Clay, from Havana.
The U. s. steam frigate Saranac, Capt. Tat
nall, sailed from Havana for Pensacola, on the
Sd instant, at eight and a half o'clock, a. M; at
ii o'clock, a. M, Mr. Clay was conveyed on
board of the Ohio in the captain generals barge,
when the Ohio Immediately left, and passed the
Moro at eleven and half clock; at one o'clock,
p. M, saw the smoke Of steamer about twenty
FIVE miles ahead, which proved to be the fr,gae
Saranac, which vessel left Havana three hours
ahead Of the Ohio; at o'clock, p. m, the Ohio
had gained on her so as to bring her hull in full
view from deck; and at seven and half O'Clock
was directly abeam, and about onee eighth of mile
distant. The Saranac illuminated with large
battle lights, fore and aft, and during the passing
of the Ohio, fired salute Of thirteen guns and
four volleys Of musketry, in honor of Henry
Clay. The firing Of rockets, and the burning OF
blue lights, illuminated the ships, that the peo-
pie could be distinctly recognized from the decks
Of each vessel. Three cheers were given by the
passengers Of the Ohio. which was answered by
the crew OF the Saranac. The stiffness of the
night, and the calmness Of the water, lent enchan-
ment to the scence, which was one Of the most
magnificent ever at sea. This may be con-
sidered one of the finest compliments that Mr.
Clay has had paid to him during his travels by
sea or land.
There were four man. Of wnr vessels at Havana
when the Ohio left--he frigate Louisa Fernan-
dez, briggs Habanaro and Variel, and the steamer
Pizzaro.
Havana is perfectly quiet--no amusement or
excitement Of any kind.
The new steamer FL Dorado, from New York,
arrived at Chagres the day the Falcon left.
The Ohio brings IT'S cabin passengers, with
about S400, 900 in gold dust.
The Ohio made the run from the Moro Castle
to the Balize in 46 hours
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From the Mississippi Jacksonian.

WING UNION MEETING-A Failure and Dis
experimentation several weeks there has been
in the Holly Springs Gazette a call on the
friends of the Union to attend a great Union
meeting at Holly Springs, on Monday last
From the urgency of the call, and the appeal
made, it was reasonable to expect meeting of
several hundred at least. Monday came, and
the Courthouse bell was rung, according to
custom in such cases. We went there to see
the manouvres of Whiggery, under it's new
name. On arriving, we counted the crowd.
There were exactly fifteen, including spectators
outsiders, and one boy. After some hesitation,
and many wishfu looks, on motion Of Mr..
Watson, the meeting was organized At this
time there were just fifteen persons inside OF
the bar, including the officers A committee of
seven was appointed, Of which J. w. Clnpp was
one. He made short, sensible, and philosophc
speech-told then they were wrong-that he
could not act with them, or encourage them in
this movement, and declined acting as one of the
committee.
The chairman became very restless and un-
easy, while Mr.. Clapp was speaking, and finally
interrupted him and told him to stop, but at the
suggestion of Mr.. Watson, he was allowed to
continue and conclude his speech. The CON-
mittee then retired, and Col /. N. Davis made a
speech which we notice hereafter. The COM
mittee after long absence, reported preamb e
and resolutions which were adopted When the
vote was taken there was twenty-three persons
inside of the bar including the officers.
The chairman made a speeeh--and such n
speech. 8. II. Benton made n speech which we
did not hear. The meeting was cold and cheer
less, Mr.. Clapp, by his speech poured cold water
on the whole concern. They never got up to
fever heat More on this subject
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Virginia, North and South Carolina and Mary
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Advertisements to be paid for in odrnnee. No
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Expensive arrangements have been made TO
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couCtry Interesting operations, cIpiques and
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ington an AGENCY ~ tie prosecution d
all descriptions of caainas Aguisss, tlss Gsneral
Government. st .tsxsta
His perfect knowledge OF all tbs Pension Laws
and the places where deposited all evidences of
service extans, will enable HAM to establish
many claims which have long remained suspend
ed for want OF proof and proper attention.
He, therefore, offers to the public his services,
particularly in the following cases, vix:
Suspended and rejected claims under al the PEN
sion Laws;
Applications for increase Of pension, under any
OF the Pension Laws, where the pensioners are
dissatisfied with their present allowance.
For all those widows who received, or are entJ-
tied 10 receive the ten years pension due the <th
OF March, 1913; under the acts of July 7th, 1888,
March 3D. iS43, and June l7lh, 1914, being those
who were married before the LIST Of January, 1874,
he will undertake to establish under the act OF
February I'd, 1913, their claims to pensions for
HE, commencing on the 4th Of March, lS4S, when
their pensions under the foregoing acts termi-
uated.
For all those widows Of revolutionary officers
or soldiers, who were married after 1893, but be-
fore January I'd, 1900, he will undertake TO esab-
ilsh their claims to pensions for life, commencing
on the 4th OF March, lS46, under the act Of July
30, lS4S.
To all those widows ofrevolutionary pensioners
whose claims have been rejected or suspended for
want OF proof OF service; or those VINO are IN the
receipt of pension under any of the pension
laws, less than that received by their husbands
under the acts Of May 18th, 1928, or June 7lh,
1882, he will ensure the same amount per an
mum that their husbands received from the time
the pension is made to commence by the law un-
der which they claimed or have been pensioned.
BOUNTY LAND,
For the surviving, or the widows, or minor child
rem of deceased officers and privatcs, who served
in the war of 1912 with Great Britain, the Mexi-
can war, or in any of the Indian wars since 1880.
Terms moderate, where the claim is established,
otherwise no charge.
The subscriber il also appointed Agent for the
District of Columbia tor the British Commercial
Life Insurance Company, established in 1920, and
empowered by act Of Parliament, for the insurance
of lives and the endowment Of children, in Lon
don, New York and Washington city. Capital
50 900 900.
Communications addressed to the subscriber,
Washington, d. c., will receive prompt attention.
M. THOMPSON,
Attorney and Counsellor at Lar, and Commits
missioner Of Deeds for North and South Carolina
p. S. Refer, if necessary, to the heads Of de-
partments, and to members Of Congress generally.
March 25--tf
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FASHION AND PfErv-In the Edinburgh Re-
view we find queer story of fashionable lady
Being at watering place once with Rer dangh-
tiers, it suddenly occurred to her that for the ex-
ample she might m well 60 to church Accord
ing on Sunday, her ladyship entered the chapel
most in request, attended by the young Indies,
ard having boldly marched up the aisle, asked
the pew woman to give them the beat seats for
hearing the preacher. "A. private pew, if you
please, with a curtain let it be the warmest yon
have, with a stove in it put the footman close
by, that he may be in the way to open the door.
prefer, if you please, that pew lined with red
cloth--it looks comfortable
MADAM" said the startled pew woman, g
nr' very sorry but we have not pew to give
you"
The lady paused, turned round to her daugh-
tiers and said "A she walked out, with the com
placency Of satisfied conscience. "Well, my
dears, at all events, hape done the cirA mirB!'
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8. GRISWOLD e. co.
s. GRlSWOLD & CO.,
Successors 10 Daniel Pratt & Co..
d ESPECTFULLY informs the public that
~ they ore now manufacturing
COTTON GINS

COTTON
at Prattsville, Autaugs countv, Alabama.
Their arrangements for manufacturing are extern
sve and complete, which will enable them to furn-
ish Gins to planters on the most favorable terms
As to the superiority Of their Gins, they have on
ly to refer to the reputation which the manufac-
and sale Of over 900 has acquired for IN en
throughout the entire cotton growing region.
From Is years experience, with every facility and
good workmen, they are confident that they will
be able to give satisfaction to all who may patron
ize them.
h5-Their Gins are warranted to perform well.
Engagements for Gins can be made with their
travelling agents, who will call on planters gene
rally or by letter directed to Prattville, Autsuga
county, Alabama.
They have a foundry connected with their
mandatory, at which they are prepared to do
mill work and other casting. Gin gearing CON
stantly on hand for 9, 10 and 10 feet wheels. A
portion of public patronage is solicited.
"A supply Of Gins always on hand with Camp
bell 4 Co Mobile, and III. Kendall. & Carter Co.,
Nssr Orleans.
s. GRIswoLD Co,
April a-H
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A. SlMKIss, Secretary.


From fhe same.
JUDGE Buffers SPEEcH-It will be per
ceved that we have not even attempted an out
line of this speech. Copious notes were taker
with the intention of giving it in full to oul
readers in this weeks issue Of our paper; but
finding that the time before us, independent OF
other engagements, will not suffice for prepar.
ing properly and DESTROYS of subjecting our re.
port to the revision of the speaker himself. We
have thought proper to postpone its appearance
Believing, however, that the views-of our es.
teemed senator upon the exciting measures OF
South Carolina legislation will be looked fol
with much anxiety by the people of the State
we take the liberty Of giving, in advance, what
occurs to us as being the sum and substance OF
them.
He is, then, clearly Of the opinion that the
federal government is but another name for the
despotism Of maiority-that, under il, the
Southern States have been plundered and in.
suited, until it has become their duty, and only
road Of escape, to dissolve their connection with
it. We will say in passing, that the judge was
eloquent, indeed, when dwelling upon this point
He il, without shadow of doubt, the advocate
under existing circumstances, Of dissolution OF
the. Union.
In reference to the action of South Carolina,
he is convinced that secession will not be OPP
posed by any net Of war on the part Of the gov
eminent Mt Washington. He has come TO the
conclusion that the State will be permitted to
secede peacenbly This he considers by far the
most formidable danger that lies in our path
Were war consequence OF our action, he
would not dread tho step as much as he does.
But he looks with alarm to the Indications, which
are becoming papabc, that we will be permitted
to depart without moes,ation. lis apprehen-
sions of evil from this course Of mastery mac
tivity, are based Upon the discussions which, he
fears, will spring up among our people, from the
strong opposition OF the commercial interests
in our midst, and from the annoyances which
federal gold may bride the surrounding States
to intlict upon US. lie fears this may render
our action failure But he firmly believes that
If South Carolina were united. she could safely
and certainly dissolve the Union at once.
He expresses his determination to go into the
convention for the sole purpose Of sustaining
that course which shall then appear 10 him most
advantageous To the State He declares his re-
solve to 20 with the State, whether that con-
vention may choose to adopt his advice or not.
Such are his views and feelings, according TO
our understanding of them.
IF there be nothing very definite In this briei
delineation, the fault is not ours. We perceived
TINT the Judge was laboring under some degree
Of restraint imposed by his present connection
with the federal government But for this, his
views might have suited majority of his hearers
much better. We are free to declare, M faith
FIJI journalists, that our honorable senator indi-
cates temporising policy as the one towards
which he leans. We Of Edge6eld sincerely re-
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GovxxHoR 6swaRps LITTER The pres
sure upon our coIumns for some days. has been
such, that it was not possible until this morning
to make room for the following letter from
Senator Seward. We publish il ~ part Of the
history of the tines, and from a sense OF duty to
our readers but with sincere regret that il ever
was written. We regret that any person whom
we respect, should write q letter so entirely ut
war with our convictions Of duty; and that re-
greet il greatly increased that it should have pro-
ceeded from one whom We so sincerely esteem
aud respect, as we do our personal friend, the
senator from this State. We object IN toto to
all that the letter contains in regard to the Flu
gitive slave law; while we approve Of his senti-
ments upon the binding obligation Of Union
under any circumstances. And while we deeply
regret that any person of the ability and infu-
ense of Governor Seward should hold such
opinions in relation to this subject, we doubly
regret that as a senator in Congress from this
State, he should have felt called upon to give
them publicity except in the character ofhis duty
in his place in the Senate.
Knowing Governor Seward to be honest in
the opinions he entertains, and sincere in the
advocacy of them, we can find an apology for
him, widely differing ms we do, when he gives
utterance to those opinions in the Senate, and
in the discharge of his official constitutional du
ties; but We can find no such apology for
his circulating those opinions through the chan
mel by wMoh this letter finds its way to the
public. Opposed, therefore, as we assuredy are
to the sentiments put forth in this letter, we not
only regret his entertaining them, but are dis
posed severely to condemn his giving ntterance
to them anywhere except in the Senate, where
only, while senator, can he rightfully, in our
Judgment, promulgate his peculiar constitutional
opinions upon this question We respect the
talents, and admire the purity of motive of Gov
Seward and We like the man and the friend !;
but we condemn entirely his ultraism upon this
question of slavery.
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For the surviving, or the widows, or minor child
rem of deceased officers and privatcs, who served
in the war of 1912 with Great Britain, the Mexi-
can war, or in any of the Indian wars, since 1870.
Terms moderate, where the claim is established,
othertcise no charge.
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It had been left to either of the two great
parties.
If Mr. DONALDSON were to succeed in giving
the entire control of Congress to his own party
more thnn one-half of it would be for annuine
the compromise, if they should be no better
than they were last Congress. And, in giving
it a cordial support, he separates himself from
that half of his party, which voted against the
most important measures Of that scheme. Fol-
It cannot be presumed that those who opposed
those measures on their passage, can give them
= cordial support
The Union says:
Every member ofthis party must see that the
cause of popular self-government is involved in
Che inquiry, forced upon us by the existing cir
cumstances Of the country, whether the plainesi
constitutional compncts in our system of union
can be executed or not In the midst of such
an inquiry, will the South not pause and unite
once more with their true friends TO strengthen
the party which has never fniled heretofore with
constitutional means, to foil all serious nssaulti
upon the rights of the people and the States
the same party that triumphed in 1900, and af
forwards destroyed that progeny Of evils engch
dered by high tariffs, corrupt hanks, and unwise
internal improvements Can it be wrong fol
me to say to the South that the remedy IL still
In your hands, if you will cooperate, ns in for
ner days, with your brethAr in other portion.
of the Union, who discredit the intmaton thai
you will carry into execution the thrent of 80
reasior, At the same time that their efforts are
employed to put down the evils Of which YOU
complain Grant that it was spirit hostile
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-06-21
TO MAKE ARTIFICIAL MARBLE AND STONE.

The following Is the condensed specification Of patent
granted to Selm St. Clair Massah, and published in the
May number of "Newons London journal and Renertov
OF Inventions The material Of which the artificial stone
is made is plaster Of Paris After has been prepared and
OF the right shape, is dried in at about 500 When
completely dry it is immersed in warm solution of borax
and gauber Salts prepared by dssovng h. Of boax and
quarter OF an ounce Of the salts in gallon of water as
RATIO After the casting is thoroughly wet in this i, is re-
moved the drying room and exposed 70 heat Of $500
Fahr until all the watey parts are thrown off It is then
permitted get nearly cold when il immersed in strong
hot solution Of borax to which has been added ounce Of
strong nitric acid for every gallon Of the boax solution
This solution kept quite warm, and the castings kept it
until they completely saturated when they taken out
and dried, and found to have acquired MARBLE like hard
ness day or two after this operation the castings are
slightly heated and covered with thin coat of Canada
balsam dissolved in urpentne after which they are kept
warm until the urpentne is driven of. Various colored
substances may be used along with the materials specified to
color the artificial MARBLE such indigo for blue and other
substances for other coos The marble may also be streak
cd and beautifully varegated.- Scientific American
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-06-21
NoIsELEss wHEELs.-A NEW INVENTION.

In this instance the invention consists in the application
OF solid band Of vulcanzed india rubber the iron tire
OF the wheel The india rubber 10 held 10 m place by the
tire having raised rim on both sides, and by its own elast
CITY, The band of ordinary carriage wheel 10 about an
inch to inch and half In thickness and unless close
inspection no difference from the common iron-shod wheel
percepibe We have driven some distance In carriage
with the wheels 90 sod and struck, not only with its
but at the perfect smoothness Of the motion
the wheels being in fact springs and, by their elasticity,
giving lighter drausht than with the iron tire We have
seen one wheels which have been driven 1000 miles
thew have here and there ng cut but show no appear
ance Of being out and quite capable of another
three or four thousand An iron tire generally out
in 900 miles, that the india rubber tire has far prov
ed itself the lasting Il is certainly great addition to
the luxury Of carriage to have run without jar noise
and would be universal comfort to the Of
cities without the present incesn rattle Of carriages omni-
buses, 6c.-Scienfifc American.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-06-21

We learn from the Boston Advertiser that Mr.. B. A.
GOULD, jr, whose for young has been much
connected with astronomical and other scientific research has
been rendered the appointment Of Professor Of Astronomy at
the University Of Gotingen, in place Of Dr. GoLDscHMIpr
recently deceased The Advertiser adds "We do not learn
that Mr. Gould has decided to accept this invitation. s
6atterng testimonial from the institution where he obtained
part Of his scientific education, which is confirmed by bis
reputation at bome."