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Washington telegraph., 1852-09-29
Mustun, in ParYO.

The following dialougue is taken from the
Louisiana Spectator The scene is laid in
Baltimore; time-day after the nomination
of Pierce and King 1t is emphatically
multum in 2'arro.-Signal
Dialogue Between Southern Democrat ard
a Freesoiler--Both Members Of the late
timore:
FREE SonER-The first thing that
would ao, if | were member of Congress-
would be to move the repeal of the Fugitive
Slave Eill.
Souf fHERN DEMocRAr-Qooking wild)
Why! what in the HI do you mean!
T. S Il felt bound to do it as soon as
the Convention adopted their platform.
was, ydl know, opposed to committing our
selves tt any declaration of principles; but
you Southern men insisted upon it, and
shall adhere to the platform strictly, although
it leans rather too much towards Free trade
for me. You now recolect we endorsed the
Kentucky Resolutions of '9S
~ D.--lO ne sure we ulu.
I. s. We'll the I'd, resolution declares
that Congress can impose no penalties ex-
cept for trimss declared to be such by the
Constitution. Of course that part of the
law inAiting a penalty is unconstitutional,
according to our cwn doctrines
S. D. We'll, in that case the law for the
rendition of the fugitive slaves can never be
executed
+. Sand never ought to be-
S. D.-But the Constitution
f. 81 know what you're going to say.
The Constitution requires us to deliver up
persons held to service or labor who shall
escape, etc Now. this evidently alludes to
indented apprentices If it meant SIoces,
why didn't it say so? The fact is, you can't
find slaves mentioned in the whole instru-
ment. 1t never meant to rcc0gnise slave
ry. How coNld the Government do so in
1877, whereas. only eleven years before, OF
on the 4th of July, 1916, it had declared
that "all men are created equal The
thing is perfectly absurd-and as we have
always contended. in direct opposition to the
Declaration OF Independence.
S. D.--(excitcd) What the devil do /
care for the Declaration of Independence !.
1t was very good in its time but it has moth
ing to do With things nowadays.
I. S.-Why, yes, it has. I guess we
have made it part Of our platform. [ put
it in on purpose. Do you think we Yankees
are such cursed fools as to abandon cur long
cherished principles!
S. D.--(after pause.) Do you say,
Hallett, that you put in all that stuff about
the Kentucky Resolutions and Declaration
Of independence, only to justify you hereaf-
ter in overhrowing the Compromise!
F. s. Certainly. We couldn't have
consistently done otherwise, after we had
nominated Pierce he would have been
obliged TO decline, and We ddu't want him
to.
S D.-You are a ID wcodcn-nutmeg
horn-gun flint, bass-wood pumpkin-seed-
making race; and l wish I'd stayed at
home. and minded my business, before I'd
taken seat in your Convention.
E1n s. d., while f. S., applied his
thumb to his nose
Washington telegraph., 1852-09-29

DIABoLlCAL ATTEMPT-Our attention
has been called by mercantile friend in
this city, to the subjoined paragraph, trans
lated from the Journal du Havre Of the 9th
inst The vessel referred to-the ship John
Hancock--cleared from New Orleans for
Havre on the ID of March last, with car
go Of 2,41l bales of cotton.
[ChorIeston Courier.
eve have been favored with the follow
ing letter, written to NJ n Monod Brothers
& Co, OF our city, by MN. Davillier Broth
ers, Samson 4 Co., who have a cotton mill
at Gisons, department of PEure
"'We have made a strange discovery,
which shows that the confagrations often
originate from very small causes. In Il lot
Of 40 bales Of cotton brought to Havre in
May last, by the ship John Hancock, (half
of 91l bales, } we found to-day in one Of the
bales, a box OF chemical matches, placed be-
tween the cotton and the packing cloth -
This we consider more dangerous than if
it had been placed in the interior of the
bale, where, III case of an explosion Of the
matches, the fire would have been suffocated.
Again, by being placed Immediately under
the packing cloth, they might have been ig-
nited by the least friction. A great loss
would then have occurred, either in the man
ufactory or in the storehouse. The matches
are evidently American, as is indicated by
the box, and the printing (or stamp which
covers it. Moreover, it is certain from the
position which the box occupied, that it had
been placed thus in America and that it
could not have been placed there by accident.
1t seems t. us that it will be rendering a
good service to him who sends out goods, to
apprise him of this fact, which might have
caused great misfortunes not only to us, but
to him, and to those on board the ship
at is not necessary for us to dwell upon
the importance of the fact mentioned in this
letter, and the evils which might have result
ed from it before putting the incendiary bale
in the cotton mill, either on board Of the
transporting ship, or in any of the places
where she passed
cat any rate, as this letter will reach the
United States by means OF our paper, 1t Will
serve as caution to the planter, as we'll as
to the proprietors of the presses where the
bales of cotton are handled again before
their embarkation Ii. BRINDEAU."
Washington telegraph., 1852-09-29
Playing Postum.
BY ITALIA.

Some few years since [ witnessed rather
tragedy of Romeo and Juliet; it was at one
of the western theatres. The piece had
passed off well without interruption, until
the last scene. The character of Romeo
was excellently enacted and loudly applaud-
ed. The very model of the lover was be-
fore the tomb of the Capulets gazing upon
the motionless form of her who had so at
tracted his soul, and meditating upon COM
mitting an act which would send his spirit
to that undiscovered country where he sup
posed Juliet's had gone. Just as he ex-
claimed Here's to love-" and at the same
time raised the vial which contained the poi
son to his lips, a stalwart young countryman
jumped upon the stage, seized him, dashed
the vial from his hand, crushed it to atoms,
yelling:
~ er darned fool. She amt dead On
ly been takin' little sleepin' medicine
Did't yer get the parsons letter."
'sSirrah ~ growled the enraged tragedi-
an, while the house fairly shook with laugh
ter
"Why, yer gal amt dead, l tell yer
The way it was, they wanted to make Julie
marry that chap thar pointing to Paris,
whose business you've just settled, but [
tell you Julie war spunk--she got her back
right up and vowed she wouldn't do it, even
if while she war lying in the vault the
ghost of the other teller whom you kilt
should dash her brains out with the boans
of some of her dead cousins. Wall, her
spunk war up, and she took the stuff the
parson fixed so she could play possum till
you got hum. That's the way it war;" re-
piled the countryman, giving the desperate
lover tremendous poke in the ribs with
his elbow, and at the same time loosing his
hold.
"Helfs curses on the fellow" muttered
the raving tragedian, as he stalked behind
the scenes.
"Wall, now,' said the countryman, front
ing the audience, III that amt little the
dod darndest meanest curse [ ever did see,
hope to bc swowed. That's all the thanks
l git for stopping him from pizencn himself
Hope to be tarniy swayed if ever | go to
interfere agin when teller wants to mur-
der himself" he continued as he clambercd
back to his seat, just in time to prevent his
upper story from coming in contact with
the curtain as it descended
Washington telegraph., 1852-09-29
Telegraph Business.

The Magnetic Telegraph company, owning
the line extending from this place to New
York. during the year ending on the first
of last July, transmitted over their wires
253 ,S57 messages, the tolls received on
which amounted to $l03,232 81. During
the six years and "A half the line has been
in operation, its receipts have amounted to
$3S5,641 ~. The rapid increase Of the
business of the line is shown by the fact
that the receipts for the year ending July,
1851, were but S67,7 ,737 II. The last all
nual report of the Company gives some par
ticulars of interest
The capital of the company is $37S, 900.
1t has six wires from Washington to Phila-
dephia, and seven from Philadelphia to New
York. 1t has Offices at Washington, Balti-
more, Havrc-de- Grace Port Deposit, Will
mington, Trenton, New Hope, Princeton,
New Brunswick, Newark Jersey City and
New York, and employs in its service, in
cluding messengers, outside laborers ell
gagged in keeping the line in order, clerks,
operators &C., about one hundred and twen-
ty-fvc persons. The distance from Wash
ington to New York, by the line of the
wires, is about two hundred and seventy five
miles; requiring between nineteen hundred
and two thousand miles of wire The cost
for chemicals is considerable, and the amount
of stationery quite immense-thc single
item OF envelopes for the year, reaching in
number, nearly one quarter of million.
This is the pioneer line of magnetic tel
egraph in the world, and very large sums
have been expended in various experiments,
the object all the time being to make it as
perfect as possible. 1t is now, perhaps, all
things considered, for its length, the best ap-
pointed and most reliable in the country,
and probably the most productive in the
world
Washington telegraph., 1852-09-29

A SOUTHERN WIrNEss.-The editor of
the Constitutionalist & Republic, of Angus
ia, Ga, who was a member of the Demo-
cratic Baltimore Convention, denies en-
phatically that said convention endorsed or
approved the compromise measures. He
was member of the committee that report
ed the platform, and says that "the language
used in the resolutions was deliberately and
carefully adopted with the express purpose
of ocoidimg any laudation. or any appear
ance of laudation of the compromise"
Thus do the extremes meet. The seces-
sionists of the South and the freesoilers of
the North, alike repudiate the Compromise
Thus as we have already shown. the Con-
vention refused to take any vote which would
necessarily commit any wing of that body
to its support.
And yet, it is contended in Tennessee
that this party will be better guardian of
the Compromise, than the Wing party,
which was for it first, last and all the time
Was there ever before exhibited such bare
faced assurance!
Memphis Eagle q. Enquirer.
Washington telegraph., 1852-09-29
Scorr has quarrelled with the officers {

Scorr has quarrelled with the officers Of
every rank.-Piefce Paper.
Yes! Listen to some Of the details:
He "quarrelled" with Gen. Wilkinson,
and defeated his charge Of peculation.
lie "quarrelled' with the captains of two
British armed, briggs, and 'cut them OUT
under the guns of Fort Erie.
He 'quarrelled,' Justify. with the Brit
ish officers and men at Queenstown, and the
world has not forgotten the fight.
He "quarrelled" with the insolent Brit
ish officers, in defence of the lives of Irish
American soldiers, and triumphed.
He "quarrelled' triumphantly, with the
British at Fort George.
He "quarrelled' with and defeated the
British Colonel Dennis, at Hoop-pole Creek.
He, again. "quarrelled' at Fort Erie,
and took that fort.
He "quarrelled'' with Gen. Drummond,
at Lundy's Lane, and defeated him.
And whilst he thus ''quarrelled," Presi-
dent Madison was busted in rewarding his
patriotic services, until, in six years. Scott
had 'quarrelled' himself into the rank
of Major General. That was quarrel
enough in all conscience; but old Fuss and
Feathers could not be quiet, and he kept
on "quarrelling.' until he "quarreled'
himself into the Halls of the Montezumas.
What ''fussy" old fellow he is, to be sure.
The old Hero has ''quarrelled'' much and
has never tainted in well doing.
Washington telegraph., 1852-09-29

"No ACT OR WoRp AS Gen. Pierce
says in his letter of acceptance that 'no act
or word of his life is in conflict with the
platform of his party recently adopted in
Baltimore, it is getting to be an interesting
inquiry how came the Legislatures and De-
mocratic State Conventions Of New Hamp-
shire, with whom Gen. Pierce ''word'' has
been the law for the last six years-how
came they to pass abolition" 'Wilmot pro
viso'' resolutions in all the years of 1916,
Al, '48, 40, and 80?
Louisville Journal
Washington telegraph., 1852-09-29

RIVERS AND HARBoRs-Pierce and the
Tcto-Mr McClernand, prominent Lo-
cofoco in Illinois, in a late speech at Shaw
neetown, (says the Chicago Tribune "char-
acterised the system of Importing West
ern Rirers and Harbors by the Grnerok
Government as wild and visionary, and de-
clared that If PIERCE WAS ELECT
ED, HE WOULD VETO ALL SUCH
SCHEMES ~
Washington telegraph., 1852-09-29
From the Portland Transcript
Life Drea ms.

BY w. COWPER BAKER.
Dreaming of thee, my brother
The scenes of boyhood's days
Return to me in golded tints
OF visionary rays:
Our happy home metfinks I see,
With all its hallowed charms, and thee.
Dreaming of thee, my sister
wander with thee still,
Along the sunny path of youth,
And up the rugged HILL
| gather bright. unfading flowers,
That grew in those ancestral bowers.
Dreaming of thee, my father
Thy counsel. care and love.
Are guiding stars upon my sky,
To that blest home above
All voiccful now is every word.
That from thy lips, in youth, heard.
Dreaming of thee, ny MOTHER
The memories of thee,
Come like the messengers of peace.
Upon liie's stormy sea;
Thine angel voice is breathing near.
And tells me that | still am dear.
Dreaming of thee, thou dearest,
Thy spirit like dove,
Has flown to me from brighter days,
With words of truth and love;-
] turn to clasp thee to my breast,
And deem that | am truly blest.
Dreaming of hopes departed
Those pictures in the past
Were bright and golden in the rays
That fancy DER them cast
But stained by tears. and faded all,
They hung in memorys darkened hall.
Dreaming of holy angels
How softly now they tread
Upon the Threshold of my SOUL
Like echoes from the dead
And round my heart, my spirits shrine,
Their wreaths of sacred incense twine.
Dreaming of you, dear lost ones
Lost to earth's charming cline,
Your voices come to welcome me
Upon the shores of time:
And we shall meet in after years.
All >anctiiied by time and tears.
Washington telegraph., 1852-09-29
AcCoMAC COUNTY, VIRGINIA, !

IO 10 Oil O6C. IlCdi NudC 1C SdyS, dc VIC Huu
his letter in the Appeal =
AccoMAc County, VIRGINIA,
August Is 1852
To the Eastors Of tie Richmond En-
qmirer.-My attention has this moment
been called to an article which appeared in
your columns of the 9th inst, headed 'Pub-
lie meeting in Accomac County," "Thril-
ling Dialogue" which demands short no
tice from me, in consequence of its incor-
rectness on the one part, and what seems to
be designed omission on the other For
the false position am here made to occupy,
personally, l should have no concern; but
it is a duty which owe to the public, not
to become passive instrument in the hands
Of willy politicians whereby they may hum
bug the people by representing Franklin
Pierce to them in false colors. [ have no
desire to infict such gross injustice upon
the Democratic candidate as l should do,
were to recommend him such a pro-slavery
man as the language contained in that arti-
Gle, purporting to emenate from me, would
necessarily imply. If this had been true:
what it states, and this had been all, it
would very naturally alter the facts in the
case. 1t is the most easy thing in the
world, however, to draw false differences
from a partial statement of facts. And
whoever attempts to quote what was imme-
diately connected Herewith, explaining and
qualifying so that the obvious import may not
be had. does commit vagrant wrong not
only upon the author, but the public, by
conveying so far as the authority may have
weight, meaning false by construction and
misapprehension, and that which was de-
signed for good, be productive OF evil. IRE
niember, Bassino, the devil may quote scrip
ture for his purpose" In evidence of this,
the atheist essays to predicate his faith upon
the scriptures, by detaching from its pages
a certain portion, the only important part of
which he then expunges, in order that he
may make it read there is no God And
thus:
Washington telegraph., 1852-09-29

The flesh of a dog, pig hippopotamus
and man, when cooked, resemble each
other so closely as scarcely to be distinguish
ed by the King of the Cannibal Islands
himself.
Washington telegraph., 1852-09-29

COLLECTIONS FOR TIE WASHINGTON Ma
TloNAL MoNUMENT.-Ass several conlmuui-
cations from various parts OF the United
States have been made to the Board of Man
ayers Of the Washington Monument Socie-
ty, suggesting the propriety and expediency
Of having boxes placed at the different polls
during the approaching Presidential E/ec-
ton, to receive contributions for the Nation
al Monument, now in the course of erection
in this city, the Board, in accordance with
these suggestions, respectfully request the
Judges or commissioners of election, the post
masters of respective localities where the
elections are held, or any other patriotic and
public spirited citizen or citizens, to under
take this duty by having boxes fixed up at
the polls with the label contribution to the
Washington National Monument" &c,
and collecting and transmitting the amounts
50 deposited to the Treasurer Of the Society,
j. B. H. Smith, Esqr Any expense which
may attend these collections will be paid,
and the service thankfully acknowledged by
the Board OF Managers.
BY order: GEO. WATTERSON,
SECRETARY.
The press throughout the United States
that may feel an interest in this object will
confer favor on the Board by publishing
the above. g. w.
Washington telegraph., 1852-09-29

shire Brigadier's freesoilism Bear in mind
MIR. Mapp is Mer witness, produced by
themselves. If he is credible on one point,
he is on all. Hear what he says, as we find
his letter in the Appeal -
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-15
House OF REPRESENTATIVE.

COMMERCE.
Mr. STuAzr (dem J Of Mich was % pointed member
Of 500 COMMITTEES OF Commerce, vice Mr. johnson, OF
Tennessee cxcused
1ns rsrsipxar's Msnucr-rHr rAasr-ABoLrTioN SPEECH
MA. GIDpI,Gs
The House then into COMMITTEES OF tbs whole on
the State of the Union and resumed the
the pending resolutions refer the various branches o.
the Prssiaenrs Message to the appropriate commtses
Nr MEAps (dem. Of Virginia said-vrgnis Is engaged
extensively In system Of railroads and therefore If hi
State relieved OF duty psic railroad iron it
wopio be ansng 70 it OF probably two or three million.
81 dollars wi hin the next ten years What is said OF
Virginia he sed Of the whole south West, and
be gave notice he should vote sgaint the pend
log proposition submitted by Mr. Brooks to refer the
subject OF the revenue TO select aud should
opportunity to relieve rail- cad iron from the pre-
sent outy which oppresfe It, He then proceeded TO hov
that hs admission OF railroad ircn free s duty would
bereht every by increasing ard ohespcniug travel
and promoting industry and an exchange OF products
In conclusion he expressed opposed 10 the reten
,ion , o. .nd surplus 70 me 'r,ssy ose,pg ina,
ture therefore he in favor Of sppfopriaiug the
plus TO the redemption Of the Upted States bcnd
We have to pay fifteen or t~epsy par cent In advance
for it
Mr.. srAr1or, (dem) Of Ohio gave The reasons
Why he oppo ed th. accumulation Of surplus revenue In
tho strsasury and avowed himself ready to vote for
nodifcstcn OF the tariff provided IL did affect the
INDUSTRY Of the country He bad always been favorable
protection fer the sake Of prctccon Instead Of con-
fpn the labor OF the country to agrcuturs should
IN part BE- diverted TO manutactues lie advoosted
cihc sdtciortm duties and home market.
Mr.. MrLL,or. (den) Of virsi.ia expressed his views
on the tariff contendipg that the abolition OF tbs
duties raw materials without corresponding reduc-
ton manufactured fabrics, would be the
ing bcpnty ont OF the treasury 70 manufacturers 70 aus
tain themselves assinst foreign competition.
Mr. dDpiSos (freeeoi of Ohio remarked it had been
we'll vhig paper that protection growing more
and more dim and the whole world nos opposed TO
the protective policy and IL s vain for the wings TO
strogsle sgnnst the onward progress The escussicn
here bad become stale and improbable During three
days not wthssndiDg the eloquent speeches the seats
have been nearly empty 81 owing how little interest Ia
tilt IN the subject There but one kind OF protection
where the prohibtory principle carried ost and that
slave trading The ersve growers OF Maryland virginia
and Kentucky enjoy per protection for by the law "
IL made death 10 import slaves rom abroad while slaves
be transported nom Maryland and Virginia further
South The lsborer and manutacturer OF the nation
have no protection They can however generally take
Of themselves. His Northern vhis frisods while
they ssy they van. to protect Noksrn A60r, csuxsn
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-15
rIsssa. huset,. Congressional Election.


Further OF the Congressional election yesterday
show that Crocker whg IL probably elected IN tho Ss
cord distrct, by email majority over Weston free
soil
Third dstriot-Ednand,, vhig, elected by from 500
to GO plurality
sixth district-Upham, whig elected by 500 plu-
rsity.
seyep.h disrictBspks ia elected BY several hundred
plurality
Efsbth di.triot-Tbe Is close between wentworth
vhg wi son free soiler with the chances in favor Of
the former.
least l COO plurality.
Eleventh d!styist-John @. Goodrich ~hix
VACANCIES rs PRESENT coSesgs,
In the Fourth district Sabine whiy s elected to fill
tie vacancy
Il. the Second district Fay. whis is elected to fill the
ysosney ard ip the Ninth district probably Ltie dsm
Il chosen to Oh the vacancy all in the present Congress
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-15


Eoeye G Hicks collector Of customs At Vienna, Der
chester county Md whilst psssrs along Lombard street
South at half past dve O'Clock bs evening had
rope thro NE neck and dragged into alley
by three men who there robbed him Of his ~s'eh and
$4,000 (sscO Of which in gold 81 400 In Baltimore
notes and draft for 81 400 ON New York handful
Of lime thrown In hs mouth and eyes almost ohokins
ara hI,rdpa bin ard before he could and give
On sis,m the otbsrs Effected their eecaepe. Mr.. Hcks
pockets we're s cut open, and his fesh grazed by
the knife
The Post once messenger did not reach New Orleans In
time 10 fnynish the papers with the copy Of the Pres
dests Mesfsge on the day Of its delivery.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-15
It's ms from Albany.
ItsmS ITOIN AIbhby.
THE CONTROVERSY RELATIVE TO THE oFFIC
Eyr

THE CONTROVERSY RELATIvE TO THE OFFICE OF
STATE TREASURsR-E EXTENSIVE FAILURE-THK
TROY YOUNG MINIS ASSOCIATION, RrC.
lsPfelAL cohnEsP0SDENCE THE INV y0gK HERALD
ALBANY, Dec. Ia 1852
The q the State Treasurer s .he carpet sgsn
Another motion Of custer is TO be sde before Judge
Mason Of the sixth circuit, Thursday The motion
is to b. argued ae Hamilton Nadson county The
has slso gone to the Court Of Appeals and IL set down
for argument at the session Of the first Tuesday in
January.
The pfopeter Of factory In the vicinity Of Troy
Is reported 20 have fed for 500 600 and in
s,auerce large Dumber OF wokmsn have been thrown
cut Of employment.
This dsy spent at Troy in the election Of officers of
the Y0upg Nen's Associate Thrrs 900
members belonging to this society Of which large por
tiop a'e boys Tho contest very spirtsd be-
the trieuds of Tbb,tts ard Warren The election
held In tn. court honse and occasioDed excite
than any Political election within many day
such occur frequeAty, it win destroy the insu
ton. "