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Georgia Union Convention.

a Geographic despatch informs us that the
Convention of the Union party at Georgia
which assembled at MIlledgeyille on the 22d
instant, adjourned on the following day. Mr..
A. IL. CHAPPELL was the presiding officer.
A committee of twenty -four was appointed
CHAs. J. JENKINS, chairman-who reported
resolutions endorsing the finally Of the Com
promise, declaring the inexpediency of taking
any action on the Presidential question, and re-
commencing that National Convention Of the
Union party be called after the Wing and De
to the country. The report and resolutions
were adopted
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North Carolina,

In addition to the numerous reports of Wing
meetings already held in North Carolina, we
have now notices of proceedings from Lenor
Franklin, Surry, Mecklenburg, Union, Arson
ladkin, and Montgomery counties All Of
these, with the exception of Union county,
nominate Messrs. FILLMORE and GRAHAM for
the Presidency and Vice Presidency; and, in
the single exceptional case, the course of the
Administration was endorsed, and readiness
declared to support the nominee of the National
Observation-Disclosures Mr.. FILLMORE, Mr.
WEBSTER, or General ScoTT, with Mr. Ora
HAM or Mr.. CRITTENDEN for Vice President.
-Four Of the counties now named nominated Mr.
JOHN KERR for Governor of the State; two,
Mr.. J. w. OSBORNE; one, Mr.. W. MILLER;
and one, Hon. j. ID. TooMER Several for
mally expressed approval Of the course of Sena-
tor BADGER on the Intervention question.
The Wing State Convention will commence
its sttings to-day.
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Death OF Ex-Governor Young.

The Hon. JOHN YOU'VE, formerly Governor
OF the State Of New York, and late Assistant
Treasurer Of the United States for the city of
New York, died on Friday morning in that
city, in the 5Oth year Of his age. of consump.
ton. Governor YOUNG was a native of the
State of Vermont, from which his father and
family removed at an early period to Conesus,
Livingston county, New York Gov YouNo
was member OF the Assembly at three differ
ent periods, and in the year 1910 was elected
to Congress from the district composed of I.iv-
ingston and Allegheny counties. He leaves a
widow and four children.
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schools, without the fear of their being too clos ely
assiinlated 10 the youth who would be sent TO the
senooi by INDECENT parents, or by benevolent per-
sons who might pick them up in the streets
fo"hly. The time during which a youth
might serve must necessarily depend his age nd
previous knowledge. Some boys, with decent
common school education, might show adapta-
uol LOT me sea, and be ready to their five or
eight collars a month in two months, while others
would require longer time. The commander
would keep the run Of outgoing ships, and make
application to their owners or AGENTS whenever
any boys might be qualified TO be useful at sen
ana also could get over the effects Of seasickness
FyMy. lhe course OF education and labor on
BOARD the Naval Schools would necessarily be sub.
Ject to the judgment of the managers or the COM
ahuer' ana not TO the Interference of legislation
My plan would be 10 teach the boys during GER
tain hours, the common branches taught in our
schools, and likely to be most easily applied 10
navigation and surveying, and during other parts
OF 'he day the ordinary duties Of the ship, as talk
ing In and making sail, working on rigging and
sails, pulling boas, taking in and discharging
cargo &c, &c. BY this process the commander
would ascertain which of the bows would he
competent to do something on board of seq going
shps besides keeping the bread from moulding,
and the boys would gradually get broken into the
regular duties and the regular fare of sailors
"Sarhly. Any youth coming from sea and de-
string to study at the Naval School, to be permit
ted to do 30, provided he had before been on board
OF one, and in such case to be exempted from the
VISUAL labor on board. and to be allowed liberty on
shore. excepting during school hours
"Finaily. The benefit to the community. as we'll
as to the shipowner and to the United States whe-
Their in peace or war, by system of naval schools,
under Government patronage, would be very
great, both in moral and commercial point of
view.
"ln a moral point Of view, because many youth
who are now running at large in our cities would
be made useful members of society instead of being
lost to it; and commercially, because our .hpowr-
ers and commanders would have direct interest
in the prosperity of the naval schools, whereby
they could make up their crews by taking several
young men who would be useful for long VOYAGES.
1.-The United States, separately from the interest
1t would have in the prosperity of our mercantile
marine, would find it less difficult to procure men
for the ships Of war, because the supply of seamen
won be increased by the plan ! recommend
would by no means compel shipowners to take
boys from the Naval School only, but | would ask
them to give them preference when well recon-
mended by the commander"
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The Dutch Frigate :. the Prince of ORANGE
This vessel, carrying sixty guns, and one OF
the finest vessels in the Dutch navy recently
arrived at Annapolis, Nd, from which she yes
terday sailed for the North Her officers
wished to bring her up to this city, but were
prevented from SO doing by her heavy
draught. Her commander, Captain BlJL DE
VRoE came up to the city and waited on the
PRESIDENT, to whom, with several Of his
officers, he was introduced These officer.
express themselves very favorably impressed
with the courteous reception given them
by the President. They also paid their
respects TO the Secretary of State and to the
Secretary of the Navy. They visited the Cap.
ito, and were introduced to a number of the
members of both Houses. They also visited
the navy yard. From the authorities of the
State of Maryland they received the greatest
attention and hospitality.
There is every reason to believe that their
visit will be productive of the best feelings
between the two countries.
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House OF Commons.
TUESDAY,, MARCH 30.


REsERvE Force OF COMMERCIAL STEAM MARISE
Nh. Anderson called attention to the report of the
select committee OF 1919, appointed inquire into
the probability of providing, by means of the
commercial steam marine Of the country, reserve
steam navy available for the national defence when
required, and moved the following resolution /:
" That II ia the opinion Of this House that in order
the better to provide for the public safety, econo
mise the public resources, and to preserve peace it
is desirable that measures should be adopted with
a view 10 render the commercial steam navy
promptly available for the national defence in case
OF emergency" MIR. Mncknnon seconded the
motion.
Mr.. Stafford entered into a comparative state
ment OF the naval forces of England, France, and
Russia, dc ducing the inference that il might be
dlfhcult, II powerful enemy were 80 disposed al
together 10 prevent an Invasion, and that, there
fore, militia or some other military force on
shore was necessary. The Admiralty already
adopted IN the mail packet contracts the principle
OF the resolution now proposed. All the vessels
employed In that service, To the number Of fifty
one seamers-registerng in the gruss 90 ,243 tons
were by tue terms OF the agreement built TO carry
guns, and TO be available as steamers, should
IL be necessary so TO employ them. The Board Of
Admiralty we're further fully prepared to sccede
70 the motion, rcserving TO Themselves however
the management Of the details of the plan; but
they desired sincerely TO carry il into eject Tho
difficulty, however, was, that n, the navy esti.
nat ties had passed, there funG at present for
n purpose.
Captain Scobell advcrted to the difficulty of
hostile oree, however strong, eflecting a landing in
this country; and urged that the Secretary to the
Admiralty had shown that our fleet, if properly
mannod. was sufficient for the protection OF our
coasts, aud that therefore the Militia bill was un-
necessary Admiral Stewart approved Of the plan
suggested but considered a militia necessary.
Captain Harris took the same view, but doubted
whether there would be considerable difficulty
in manning the proposed auxiliary naval force,
should its services be wanted Mr.. Hume thouR hit
the government bad shown vice discretion in
adopting tue motion; but advised IL to judge Of its
own resources before it rushed into engagements
which might b. very expensive, and which might
alec prove unnecessary. Mr.. Cowper expressed
his qualification that the motion had been accoded
70. The motion WINS Accordingly agreed 70.
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TIL E r EP u BLIC.
WASHI N G TO n:
MONDAY MORNING, APRIL %, 1852.


"a crisis is approaching that must, if it cannot
be arrested, soon decide whether order and good
government shall be preserved anarchy and
confusion ensue. can most religiously aver
have no wish that ID Incompatible with the dig
nifty, happiness, and true interest of the people Of
this country My ardent desire is, and my aim
has been, as far as depended upon the Executive
Department, to comply strictly with all our en-
gagements, foreign and domestic; but to keep the
United States free from political connexions with
every other country, to see them independent
OF all and under the influence Of none. In a word
8 want an AUericdn character, that the powers Of
Europe may be convinced we act for ourselves,
and not for others. This, in my judgment, is the
only way to be respected abroad and happy at
home; and not by becoming the partsans Of G reat
Britain France, create dissensions disturb the
public tranquility, and destroy, perhaps forever
: the cement which binds the Union"
fGEoRGE WAsHINGToN, 1895
tResolued, That regard the series of acts
known as the Adjustment measures forming
in their mutual dependence and connection sys-
tenn Of compromise the most conciliatory and the
best for the entire country that could be obtained
from conflicting sectional interests and opinions,
and that, therefore, they ought to be adhered to
and carried into faithful execution, as a final set
GUS and exciting subjects which they embrace"
Resolution Of JVhig Congressional Caucus, Decem-
Der l 1851.
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From NsncyucJa.
Correspondence Of The Nno York Erprt,s.l
CUBA RntIuA Mach lAhc

tlSUAD bOLiNAR, MARCH ., 1907.
Congress has assembled as usual, and finds a
large amount of work before them; among other
matters, Vice President Guzman has pettione d
and received six months leave Of sbsence from
his post Of second magistrate Of the republic. HE
object 10 to make a voyage to Peru, and other Of
the republics in which Bolivar fgured-and one Of
which (Peru) is indebted to the hcrs OF Bolivar in
the sum Of million Of pesos nearly eight hundred
thousand Spanish dollars. lie goes as the attorney
OF the h'irs, and not as the commissioner of the
government. None better could have been selected
than Mr.. Guzman, inasmuch as his position Of pri
vate secretary 10 Bolivar gave him influence, and
made him friends among the numerous powers
that we're, many Of which are in these countries
Caracas has been visited by dreadful mortality
during some weeks past-tventy -four and FIVE
dying per day. This, in population Of forty i've
or hity thousand is rather severe.
On Monday morning, March LIST, our city was
visited by perhaps the heaviest shock of earthquake
ever felt here. At about ten minutes past three,
M, low rumbing sound like the discharge Of
distant artillery wns heard, succeeded by a loud
explosion report like thunder overhead; an in
terval Of half minute perhaps succeeded this fret
shock, when came the second. This wac like the
discbarge OF some fifty cannon. The ground
shook, however. bot little. II continued rolling
like thunder for some time, perhaps minute and
bali or two minutes gradually dying away.
Our market ia not very brick Coffee remains az
per my last advice. Hides are at l0.
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In 1856 we sent abroad -four hundred and Sc
venteen thousand barrels, and obtained for them
s ,0S5,000 In 1850 81 we increased the quantity
to half u million, and obtained y p63 900 thus
giving away eighty three thousand barrels, and
suffering a loss OF 1922 ,OOo; and this under sys
tenn that was TO make so great demand for ships
as could not fail to enrich the producers Of all those
commodities required for their construction or
management!
Having given several extracts showing the pre-
sent condition of things among the producers of
food, we now give the following from Of the
papers OF the day, with view to show what it is
among the producers of naval stores and cotton:
'Far south customers have purchased very
lightly, and the North Carolinians who are now
buying. make small purchases, and complain Of
the difficulty Of collecting, and duness Of trade
generally; therefore we must not expect to close
the seasons trade as profitably as last year"
The state of things here described is easily ac-
counted for when reflect that cotton now sells
at little more than thirty dollars u bale. when il
would be fifty dollars, had we permitted the do
mestc consumption to extend itself it was
tending under the tariff of 1912; and when we re-
fleet that the manufacture of food into pork and
beef lead and hemp, coal and iron ID steadily di
lninishng; and when the only effect of increase
in the manufacture OF food into naval stores ia at
tended with the results exhibited in the following
diagram
lS3S-Protection. 1866 Protection. >
Elk 2oS 900 bs. Pr So 81. Ex All 900 bs. Pr So So
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lS4l-2-8r. Free Trade. 1850 5l-Br. Free Trade
Ell. 800 900 bs- Pr. 50 25 Elk SOC. 900 bs Pr S2l2
Having arrived at the close of the statements Of
the honorable member from Massachusetts, I'VE may
now notice. en- Passan, those just made in the SEN
ate by another OF the advocates Of that British free
trade which looks to limiting the pla inter- to single
market IN which to sell his cotton, and sin gle
market in which to purchase his cloth and linen
In the course of the debate on intervention. the
Hon. Mr. Soule states that
sin the year 1900, according to the same ratio
OF increase in exports during the last fifty years,
the American exports would be $500 900 600
These exports are the excess of our wealth
Having read this. we beg our readers to turn
back and re read MIR Walkers predictions as I,
our capacity to supply with food the hundreds of
millions OF the eastern world. and then to remark
the fact that our exports of food and cotton were
before this time, to have amounted to some three
hundred millions OF dollars; after which thew ma
advansageousy examine the tables by which it
Is shown that just as we diminish the manufacture
OF iron, cloth, and lead. we diminish the uonufac
flre Of pork, beef lard, butter. cheese hemp, and
wool, and thus diminish pocer to maintain for
eign commerce precisely as we increase our neces-
sity for it. The more iron buy abroad the less
food we have with which to pay for it, The calcu.
lation Of the honorable Senator from Lousia n !,
would seem to be on par, as regards probability,
the product of the nation large that he adonted
the most certain means for diminishing it; and did
this under the idea that he would thereby increase
the power to maintain commerce.
With the steady diminution of production
throughout the West, there is a corresponding
diminuton in the value of land. We have now
before US statement that single county in Wis.
consin has lost by emigration in the last three
years not less than $3.50 900; and that real estate
has fallen In value fifty per cent. The "benign
influence" of the tariff Of 1876 seems to be toerablv
equally divided among the smeters of iron, tho
makers OF cloth, and the growers Of corn and cot
ton, and the owners of western lands
II will not now, we think be difficult for our
readers to understand why it is that there is daily
diminution in the consumption o. cloth and of iron
They must zee that it results from the fact that
there Is daily dininution in the product of com.
modities to be given in exchange for them. The
less pork, bee lead. hemp, that is made the lee
cloth and iron can be purchased What have been
the changes In this respect under the different
systems, will be seen examination of the fol-
lowing diagrams, which represent the total con-
sumption of iron and Of cotton cloth. donnesic and
foreign, in the last fourteen years.
lS38-Protection. lsa6-Protection
Consutnpton per head, Consumption per head,
20 pounds. 80 pounds.
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The direct trade with the consumers Of our, pro
ducts thus decline with the progress of British
free trade, al it grows with that of AmUican free
trade.
While the exports Of American labor and Anne
rican grain and pork, in the form Of fab, thus de-
cline the imports Of foreign labor and foreign
grain and pork, in that form, grow as steadily
with daily increasing tendency 60 transfer OF the
whole fishing trade 10 foreign shipping; and this
too under system that was TO give us larger
control over the navigation Of the world ba sed as
Il is upon the supply Of seamen furnished by the
hsheries. The movement, both regards the
quantity imported and the character Of the ship
ping, is shown in the following table;
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The .Nississippian-Southern Rights Demo
crat-regards with favor Mr.. DANIEL SruR
GEoN, Of Pennsylvania, as a proposed Demo-
cratic candidate for the Presidency. Ii does so.
1t says, in view of the probability that all OF
those prominently mentioned" amongst the
Democrats In connection with that office {" will
be laid aside.v
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BY Mr.. JOHN MOORE: The petition Of Robert
NJ Cooke and one hundred and twenty seven other
citizens Of Cad so parish. La. praying that post
road from Green wood Ia. To Boston, Texas. by
Cookies store (Cepsn) and ~ ferry be established.
By Mr.. PEASLEE: The petition OF Bensiah
Dove for pension.
BY Mr.. HASCALL: The petition Of Mary Stan
ton, widow Of General Phineas Stanton, dccca sed
praying that pension msy be granted to her on
account Of wounds received by her deceased hus-
tee on Invalid Pensions
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and buoys that come under my notice and the no
tce of ii the Virginia pilots.
Very respectfully,
Isigned) GEORGE WRIGHT,
Pilot S. r.
JAMES BENNETT,
JOHN S. FATHESTERS,
WILLIAM FACE,
THOMAS STANEDORTH,
VIM. INGE,
THOMAS WHITFIELD.
$. The pilots think the change Of color re-
commended in the Crany Island light partic ularly
important; and also deem that the change recon-
nended in the color of the buoys would render
them much more useful.
(signed) WIN. GARRETT.
Sup. Lights.
From Jno. C. Hoyt, agent for Underwriters at Key
JTest, Florida, 10 Samuel J. Douglas. Collector at
KEY WEST, March II, 1852.
S. j DouGLAs, esq, Collector Of Customs, Key
West, Fiorids:
DEAR Sir. In reply TO your request relative TO
the lights on this coast, have not much TO cay.
The Tortugas light is very good; and the new
lantern was fitted and other Improvements made,
according to your direction.
have not heard one complaint made against
this light say distinctly the light can be seen,
in clear night when il comes in sight OF the bo-
rizon, from deck The keeper OF this light is very
attentive and faithful
The light on this key Will compare with the Tor
tugas light in every respect.
The light at Cape Florida will also compare with
the Tortugas light.
These three lights will compare with any lights
in country for cleanliness and efficiency OF the
keepers; and the power OF the three lights ID sutii
cient 10 warn mariners OF danger.
My attention has been called to the condition and
power Of the lights this coast for the past three
years, and have no hesitation in saying that
have ground for calling your attention to any
alteration.
have not heard word Of complaint relative TO
the light ship station in the N. w passage for hive
years.
The light boat near Sand Key only intended
Us temporary light, and is Of very little use
The light ship at Carysort rect has been very
much improved, and have not heard any com
plants OF the light.
have much pleasure in making this statement;
and again say that reasonable man
sstenily complain of the fathiulness of all con-
cerned.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant
(Signed) JOHN G. HOYT,
Agent for Underwriters.
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We learn that the fret edition Of Mr.. webster's
works, just published in six splendid volumes by
Messrs. Little, Brown & Co, is already entirely
exhausted. second edition is in progress, and
will be ready for delivery in few days.
Boston Post
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lS'2-British free trade. lS5l-2-Brit. free trade.
Consumption per head, Consumption per head,
% pounds. % pounds
NdnlgacttIss " Cotton.
lS3S-Protection. ls46-7-Protection.
Consumption per head, Consumption per head,
pounds. II pounds.
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BATTLE or Santos LUeAsEs. "A letter from Pa
lermo, Urquina's headquarters, dated February s,
two dsys alter the battle, satcs that the entire loss
OF the allied army, in killed and wounded, did not,
in the opinion of the writer. amount 70 three hun
dred men. Rosss's army consisted OF 10000 to
% 900 men, but the OF bis loss IA not stated
in numbers, though represented 20 be large. II it
were pery large we are inclined to think the extent
OF ii would be known.
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The DEMOCRACY IN FLoarDA w. A. Toward,
of Tallahassee, and A. f. Maxwell, Of the same
city, at present members of the State Senate of
Florida, mentioned-onc as the Democrats
candidate for the Office OF Governor and the other
for that of Representative in Congress
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THE CUBAN Pasorgss.-Tbirty. nine Of the re.
leased prisoners, whose names we have already
given, arrived here last evening in the ship South
erner, from New York. Their arrival was an
nounced by discbarge OF artillery from the levee.
Mem Orleans Picavune, 10th.