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eral expansion, on brown cambria. ihat picsure,
fastened by four pins TO the wall OF the East
Room y was at once the wonder ana admira-
tom ~ nv childhood The gray eyes high
brow and Mainly brushed hair were there
alao the Sabbath-day hymn book and folded
kerchief. But in what sly corner OF my grand
mothers bureau was stored the profusion OF rich
lace which adorned her cap; in what out-of-
the-way place stood the rouge-pot, with whose
contents the artist had bedaubed her wrinkied
cheeks what Madam Cinderella had taught
the art Of fitting the foot to the slipper OF what
Titan the suiting Of the form to the canvass
There stand the gray-haired wrinkied rosy
checked head, on infant shoulders; while, with
an unheard Of violation Of proportion, the arms
extended would have exceeded twice the length
Of the upright body! The feet were q still
greater enigma; and never could reconcile
those delicate French slippers with the stout
walking shoes 80 visible and audible in my
step grandmother daily peregrinations! In
her eyes this picture was q master .piecc; and,
from the time when the artist first poised the
tiny feet beneath the gray, old head till the
day of her death, no profane hand was allowed
to rest on its shining surface! Bless these
childish fancies of deepening age--they make
keepsakes for us
Long years after when the dwellers in that
house had left me alone-when the dust and
cobwebs Of old corners were brought to light
and the furnishings Of long ago borne, a. relics,
to a more modern mansion-that peice OF taded
canvass with all it's glaring, bedanbed deiorm-
tiles was eagerly claimed by her who passed
40 many dreamy hours Of childhood beneath
it's fixed gaze!
love these old known relics Of the past the
sight Of them brings up such fresh VISIONS seen
through the vista Of buried years Not the
antique chair SO modish in all its adornings,
and smelling too new Of patent varniah--nor
yet the tangled legged table, ogling at US with
its one-sided impositions-bnt perchance the
old, rush bottomed chair in which reyered
grandfather dozed away the long winter even
ings, or the clock which ticked the hours
monrnfully on, as you watched by the dying
bed Of the gray haired, trembling old man.
Around such relics there is charmed CIR
Gle, within which we may gaze reverentiy on
the gray locks and listen to the tottcring foot
steps that awed us 80 in childhood!
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DAILY NATIONAL ERA.

policy Of compromise, evasion, and time-serving
expedients, with . view to arrest controversy
between the opponents and supporters Of the
system, and allay agitation, was absurd, false,
and ruinous.
just now, the public mind in the Free States
seems inclined to anticipate this Judgment
The astounding attempt to repeal Compro-
mise which the faith Of an entire generation,
it was supposed had consecrated as inviolable
has aroused multitudes hitherto Indifferent
and awakened the inquiry whether, after all,
the Anti-Slayery men have not the truth on
their side, But, so engrossing are material
interests in the Free States 80 strong is the
slavery Of Party, 30 impaired is the force Of
generous sentiments by the sordid love Of GAIN
90 greatly has the national habit Of Compro-
mise between Right and Wrong, weakened and
obscured the National Conscience, that we con-
fess our distrust The apostacy Of 1850 ia 30
recent as still to cast it's shadow upon US.
The recollection that thirteen millions Of
People, pledged in the most unqualified terms,
by their State Legislatures, to the Principle
and Policy Of positive prohibition of Slavery in
United States Territory should in less than
twelve months have tamely acqniesced in the
treacherous abandonment Of BOTH and then
given their sanction to Parties, degraded and
unprincipled enough to make such abandon
ment test and bond of Party fellowship,
awakens within us the apprehension that
should this last, unlocked for, abominable az
gression succeed, the shameful disloyalty may
be repeated. II is lamentable truth, that
this attempted aggression and such apprehen-
sions as we have just expressed, have struck
blow at the love for the Union Of many who
have hitherto been nnswerving in their devotion
to it. The paths Of the two sections OF the
country seem to them to diverge more ana
more every day. They fear that their habits,
principles, and interests, are continually grow
ing more and more dissimilar.
So domineering and oppressive has become
the slaveholding GLASS; 80 utterly base the tribe
Of white slaves at the North, and 80 blinded
and debilitated are the masses Of the North
ern People, under the appliances Of Pro-Sia-
very Parties and Pro Slavery Conservatism,
that they are almost tempted to look forward
to the commissions Of Disunion, as necessary
to reclaim the observation-disclosures OF the country
from their degradation, and to reinstate Free
dom, Free Labor, and Freemen, in their origl-
nal dignity and influence. Whether such
feelings are fully justified or not by the state
Of the country, one thing is certain-let the
repeated expressions Of the Slave Power faston
on the Public Mind Of the North the deep,
settled conviction that this Union is to be used
henceforth merely for the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of
Slavery and the degradation of Liberty, and
there are millions there who will demand
dissolution of the Bond.
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CHEERING SIGNS IN THE SOUTH.
Prom the Selma lAIa.l Reglstsr.

Common Sehools.--All hopes Of anything
like general railroad bill beng passed BY the
present Legislature being abandoned, we hope
the friends Of progress, and Of the present and
future advancement Of Alabama, will turn
their attention 10 tho establishment Of syss
tenn of common schools in the State. To
speak Of the advantages Of such system in
this enlighted age would seem 20 DC snperfiu-
bama who seem not to know il, or If they do,
are Indifferent on the subject A glance at tho
difference between the intelligence Of the peo-
pie Of parts Of this country where such q sys-
tenn is established, and Of other portions where
il il not, should convince the most skeptical
without having recourse 70 foreign nations for
illustrations. In fact, upon tho education OF
the masscs--for the rich can provide for them
selves--depends the future prosperity and even
the permanency Of this Government. Educate
the people, and no danger need be apprehended
from demagogues, or the ambition Of military
chieftains. But let them sink into Ignorance
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from gener alton to generation, and the fate Of
this Government is easily foretold. It will fall
the easy prey Of some Cromwell, or will be en-
gagged in constant broils, like the republics OF
South Americas fate to be equally avoided
We perceive with great pleasure that the
House Of Representatives Of Alabama has
adopted by decisive vote plan Of common
sahool eduoatiOn
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nue., she is in 81 very uneasy q position that
war would be q relief---a certainty

nue., she is in 81 very uneasy position that
war would be q relief--a certainty!
At length, the Russian ambassadors Brunow
and KisiloH, have shut up their Chancelarles,
and departed from London and Paris Thus
there is no more direct Diplomatic intercourse
between the disputants and war. As each has
shown intense aversion to strike the first blow,
it may be that no declaration Of war may be
issued, but that collision in the Black Sea-
though there is strange, isolated and incred-
IDLE report that the combined fleets have re-
turned to the Bosphorus--Or in some other
quarter, will bring the matter to tho issue Of
the sword
Belgium and Switzerland forming an ALI
ance. offensive and defensive, with France and
England, is significant hint, il the German
States do that which they ought not to do, and
leave undone that which they ought to do.
We might see tho Rhine running as red as the
Danube and no popular enthusiasm to arise
and repa the invasion.
The recruiting for the army goes on rapidly;
and we can state, on good auth0rity--though
the secret has not yet transpired--that though
the press gang would not be resorted TO, steps
have been taken BY which, in the event Of peril
to our coast, u large body of able-bodied sea-
men would be embodied IN few days, and the
Salus Popuk suprema lee DO found adequate to
the occasion.
lCoRREsPoNDERcE OF THE BALTIMORE SUN
WAsHNeToN, FEB. %, 1854.
The Conklin treaty is not properly before
the Senate. The President has only sent in q
copy Of it for the information Of the Senators.
The Gadsden treaty is not walking on bed
Of roses and may yet BIO considerably amend
ed before it has chance of being ratified.
nngk1
White House, others will, no doubt, be offered
by the Committee ON Foreign Affairs X.
The opponents Of the Nebraska bill are be-
ginning TO be seriously alarmed, lest it should
not pass. The failure of the bill will be the
death Of the most promising q al the schemes
Of Anti. Slavery agitation ever yet formed The
repeal Of the Missouri restriction will be with
them, not peace but sword. 1t will serve
them for long conflict
The Homestead bill will occupy day or
two more in the House. and will pass by large
majority in that body and the Nebraska bill
cannot become law without It, Thus while
Non Intervention is professcd by the Nebraska
bill, here is absolute intervention, by inducing
hosts Of free Northern laborers to 60 and take
exclusive possession Of the country, belonging,
of right, both to the South rs we'll as the
North
II is gratifying to perceive that some move
ments have been made in Congress towards
the erection of suitable edfces for the Exeeu-
tive departments. The bill reported from the
Senate Committee on Public Buildings to-day,
provides for the completion Of the Treasury
building, and the erection Of a suitable edifce
for the Interior, War, and Navy Departments.
Mr.. Sumner made mastery and eloquent
Grafton in the Senate, on the Slavery question,
yesterday-the chamber and gallery being, as
usual, very much thronged. Ion.
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The original manuscript Of Byron's Course
Of Minerva" sold recently in London, for $io7
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A good locomotive engine costs from $4,000
to $40, 500, and ii would take nine men o
whole year 70 build one well, with oil the ma
chino power Of the best machine shops 10 aid
them in the work.
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A safeguarding petticoat has just been
invented in Paris, and is all the rage with the
fashion IL is filled with air through con-
cealed pipe by tho wearer, and can be enlarged
or reduced in size at pleasure. Doubted
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A correspondent Of the Trenton american
says: II may not be uninteresting to your
readers to know, that there is a lady in Phila-
delphia county, sixty years of age, who four
weeks ago gave birth TO her fourteenth child /;
and, what Ia unusual the children are all liv-
ing ct hOmev
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A Bachelor Association has been organized
at Rockport, Iowa. No one can become q
member unless he can prove that he has been
discarded Eve times.
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Hosts around me tread
The intensely bright, the beautiful, the dead
Phantoms of heart and brain
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-20
AFFAIRS IN SPAIN.

THE UNITED STATES AND CUBA-0UR MINISTER AT
MADRIp-pEPARTURE OF QUEEN MARIA CHRIS
TINA FROM MADRID-DIsPERsION or THE CLUBS
-ATTENPT AT COUNTER REvoLUrsoN-QurEr
REsT0RED-ADDREss OF EsPARrERO TO THE
PEOPLE.
urom the London Globe, sept 81
spirited letter. with which Lord Howden has backed
new claim preferred upon the Spanish government by
the English committee Of bondhoders has revived hopes
In ths country that had almost been converted to des
pondency The government at Madrid Is called upon
for Justice 10 the holders Of the old four Der cent
pons which were, In the opinion Of government
and Of Europe generally 40 unjustly conascated Lord
document but his sssistance and points out to
tbe spaniah minister that justice expected from go
vsrnment (Which rscrbes public and private morality
on its banner"
The hopes which this spirited support Are calculated
to excite ere naturally strengthened by the con-
Ss n Se 'as osn p' " Ssr
strong IL the expectation that the new government
OF spain will endeavor to redeem tho discredit
which has attached TO the vesy name OF the SpAnsh
In finance and which makes the sound of Mexican
bonds spanish actives melancholy joke In the
OF Englih capitalists We cannot however, be blind to
the immediate difficulties which press upon the govern
mert At its entrance into Office. II finds an accumulated
deficiency Of e. 600 sterng-a considerable for
Spain at the present day nds TIE ycucnses confsoate
y t$srsoss ordinary reucsu<, e to-
bdco, M tribute from Cuba and Porto Rico. the Income
TIE Phillipines, th<mimcs, &C. The proposed estab-
hment Of railways H. for the moment paralysed BY the
disorder into Which every thing has besn thrown. SpAn
no donbt Z capable Of producing an amount Of wealth
time for improvements, and Espsrtsro's d@cuiss an
present and urgent.
The enanciai dmcutiss are complicated With polit,ca
emhsrrsssments, ard oil fia1s OF justice redress,
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Extens1ve F1r~ In broadway.
GREAT OBSTRUCTION OF PR0PRRTY-LOss So


GREAT OBSTRUCTION OF PRoPRRrY-LOss SUP
POSED 10 BE UPwARDu OF 800 900.
Shortly after nine O'Clock last night alarm Of 6re
Wa struck for tho Fourth distrct caused py the dis
covery OF hre In the fourth story Of The building No.
S9S Broadway, occupied by Frederick A. vreds 4 Co.,
cabinet mskers Tho first floor Of the building is occu
pied by John L. Weston Ioohng glass manufacturer
The extended through No. 182 Crosby sirest
bounded on side by the Club House, and ON
the other side by the hath house kept bv
John NJ. PaItiand. Considerable excitement was
produced ct distance and hundreds, or, may say
Thousands, to the Of conHagration believing
1t to Be Nbios theatre the Metropolitan Hotel The
dremen, kowever, were soon on the spot, aud COM
dmculy, ss the building very lofty four story,
and the access TO 1t was very trou olesome.
The rs seemed to have originated In the fourth story
Ct about the centre Of the building used ~ msnuse
bic material contained, the flames spread wi n great
pdif each way, extending no much quicxer TO-
an hour the beams in the roof burnt through
the rear building, but the covering tin 1t did not
fall In with any weight to damage tho noor below The
nre spread to the third or AMI consumed that portion
portion Of the side wall fell In, carry ing with II the
greater part of the third soor the rear and ct about
- O'Clock The 6re was subdued much that II be
came evicent that II would not extend beyond the
buildn In which Il originated There was considerable
suspicion exhbed By the 6Ieen rsap citing the safety
Of the walls Ore took place in the same promises
denly ar came rear destroying several OF tho Hremen
The less Of property BY the nrs and water must be
which, we understand, was covered BY insussSce The
boxing gsss stock sppeerei TO be very extensive but
the FIRE did not reach that and most OF the valuable
nsnraDrs patrol bnt OF course damaged by vsssr
lns assent Crosby street is occupied by j. A. Kro
Ger, 'er 'as s'oIssc Of liquors and syrups.
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NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
INTERESTING FROM WAS SHINGTON.
Progress Of the Yellow Fefer
and Cholera.
ANOTHER FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT,
DC, de-. &c.
From Washington.

from w AsnlnXtOus
TIE GREYT0wN BOMBARDMENr-THE CASE OF THE
FRENCH CONSUL AT SAN FRANCIS 0-pEsPATcHES
FROM CHINA-THE DIFFICULTY WITH sPAIN-A
BITTER PILL FROM MAINE.
WASHINGTON, Sept 10, 1854.
Lord Carendon's despatch sb ,ut the Grevtown bonn
bardment has been communicated to Mr.. Marcy by Mr.
Champion II ia very mild, and will scarcely call for any
sharp reonder England appears to have her hands
full in the East that than usually polite to
us.
Mr.. Marcy has cent long despatch TO the French 60
vexnent about Dillon, the French Consul at San Fran
cisco. 1t is very the Consus conduct, and
fully sustains the action Of the Amercan government
Important dispatches have been received China
reprsss entng the unsettled condition Of Asirs thsse
and the danger of injury to American from the
lawessnsss of all parties. Mr. McLaue si probably be
instructed to remain perfectly neutral and recogze any
de fdcfo government which he may find
1t is tho opinion Of the diplomatic corps generally
here that further difficulties with spain to be sp
pretended. General Pierce is quite nervous the
subject.
The late elections in Maine have greatly alarmed the
President So anxious the to insure
endorsement from that State, that xgovernor An
derson Commissioner of Customs, sent there TO
regulate the matter his has scarcely warranted
the trouble and expense
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4he Frea Democracv.

DELEGATES TO THE STATE CONVENTION AT AUBURN.
The members of the Free Democracy and the Demo-
cratic League, assembled last night at No 80 Broad
way in accordance with the CALL to nominate delegates
to the State Convention which to assemble at Auburn
on the 25th. As the occasion Of considerable
Importance . full attendance was anticipated; but,
strange to say the whole number present did not exceed
two dozen persons
The meeting was called to order at O'Clock and John
Jay appointed President H. B. Dawson officiating
Secretary After the reading Of the call for tho
burn Convention, on motion committee Of three was
appointed by the chair to nominate delegatesMcssrs
Bryant Marshall and Oberbower--who repqyted the fol-
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FROM the EI0St,
MAINE Ell ECTION--FIRE IN CANTON (MASS. )-ACCI.
DENT AND LOSS OF LIFE ON THE FALL RIVER
RAILROAD, ETC.
BosroN, Sept. 10, 1854.
One hundred and four towns and plantations In the
Sixth Maine Congressional district give Miken fusion
4,197; Fuller, democrat, 2,S7o; Smith, whg, 148s. No
choice for governor has been made
In Canton Mass last nghs the pattern shop of Lyman
Kinslsy destroyed by fire. with the shop OF Sher
man. hat manufacturer. Mr. Kinsley loses $40 o0o for
which he il insured In Boston and Roxbury.
At BTdgewater the Fall River Railroad, last night,
the train came in contact with team containing two
grshmen staving the cbase to pieces and instantly kill
ing Of the men,
The jury who fox the last month have been investi
eating the Of the Granite Buildings in Broad
street falling returned verdict this afternoon that the
accident the result Of want Of proper precaution
ON the part of the owners in not sscertainng the
stability of the foundation WALL and also that Mr.
French Of the owners when warned OF the danger
In did not take proper measures to avert II
They declare that proper should be taken to
ascertain the stability Of all buildings going up in the
From Trenton.
TRENTON, Sept 10, 1854.
The New jersey Prohibtory Law Convention meets in
this city to morrow.
The United States District Court me! and adjourned
Tuesday rext.
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TELEG r APHIC.

THE MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATIC STATE CoNvEN-
T1ON.
BosroN, Sept. 10, 1864
Tho democrats of this city met In their wards last
night and elected delegates to the State Convention to bs
held at Lowell on the 2oth lost Resolutions approving
Of the administration and ts were adopted in
majority Of the wards while in others, aosording to
the 7mesa dsmocrstc psper-such harmonious spirit
prevailed that resolves approving the policy of the gen.
erAl government were not deemed necessary.
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Stearnboat Accident.

PHnADNPHIA, Sept IL, 1904.
The steamer Trenton, With her passengers, ON the
downward trip from New York, was into BY brig
above Tacony and struck few inches aft the starboard
boiler The woodwork In the aft part Of the steamer
carried away and the boiler much injured fhe passen
gers much frightened but none Of thom were In
iurNd.
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The foregoing nominations were unanimously accepted
might naturally be expected when II Is considered
that the delegates composed the meeting. The follow
ing resolution presented by Mr. Marshall adopted
Resolved, That in any case, whom district Ia unrc
presented at Auburn the delegates present from this
county be authorized TO Hll each vacancy.
The meeting then adjourned.
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premises TO equal the famous mines Of South Australia
ON the 18th 5uys violent northwest gale oc,ur'd in
TAbh Bay, aud seve ras ships were wrecked.
George Sanders ON George PeabodJ . Fourth
OF JaIy Dinnex.
TO THE EDITOR OF rue NEW Y0xK HERALD.
LONDON, 9. Pt. s, 1851.
In letter from London pubaished In your journal Of
Aug. n, am represented a. having given my hearty
sanction 10 tSe Of the already much discussed
Peabody Fourth Of July dir ner.
Whilst1 did rot feel called upon TO protest against
tho order Of the proceedings don't choose to bc repre-
sented - approving was not consulted either BY
the legation or by M Peabody, and responsible only
for being present 1t enersnment which was perfect
~ In sccordsnce with the anteoedents OF the host
had IT il true unassed suggested to MI Peabody the
following order Of sentiments for the national festival
under his auspices. But they NOT accepted,
adopec them substantially for the evening entertain
inefst ut my own house.
Int. The Fourth OF July, 1776.
ID. The Constitution Of thu United States
Sd The he,oes and Statesmen OF cur Revolution.
4th. Tho Sovereign People of the United States
After the tribute due ths character OF iusitu
tons and the memories Of onal origin, In.
different 70 the order Of what might follow. But, as
latter OF etiquette, at 6iIner where Largo number OF
liberal kDeishmen pre- sn-a fsaturs Of tho
tainment which, as happy mode of starting republican
t' ghts in the British mind. met my warm approvaiI
- the " Sovereign Of Great Britain" would have.
h entire propety. followed the Sovereign Otaens"
tiCn the citizens OF the United States to the aDsat
republic OF America, while the President is only the
arst ofiicsr Of the sovereign citizens distn;;
knoslelg ment Of the true source Of American power
should be mace at American national celebrations abroad
auc should hsve precedence always in all honors render
ed to the living present.
Iregret very much that any bad feeling should have
grown out Of this Of Mr. Peabodys many hosptable
International Entertainments. sstsaed that what
ever errors Of judgment may havs been committed his
d sire was TO promote good will between the people of
the two countries The proceedings at the dinner would
in themselves probably, have provoked reproving
criticism. 1t the false chara er given to the conduct
Of different gentlemen by i'll Judged reports in several Of
the London papers, which created all the recrmiuation
which has succeeded the entertainment.
Respectfully, your fellow citizen,
GEORGE N SANDEPa
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DEATH By Dnownso.--,n inquest was held yesterday
upon the body Of Edward Mcintyre, private watchm
On beard the steamship Georgia, Who accidentally fell
OF the es whore tAe vessel IL oored and was drowned
before any esssfancs could be rendered Verdict %.
ccrSiraly.