The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-05-15
PROCEEDINGS IN CoNaREss.

The unprecedentedly factious proceedings
OF the Anti Nebraska men in the House Of
Representatives, show to what extremes the
Free-Soil party, which Processes to be pecu.
liarly party of law and order, will resort, to
accomplish its purposes. This unexampled
and Revolutionary demonstration, and the in.
vocation for mob to overawe Congress by
the New York Tribune. afford the South a
foretaste of what she has to expect when the
North shall possess brute force enough to
warrant a direct assault upon her and her in.
stitutions. The representatives of the Soutb
must meet this emergency in a firm and de-
cided spirit, and crisis should be precipi-
tated soon, II would better come now, than
when the North is stronger and the South is
weaker
the pages of human history present a
parallel to the audacity or self delusion of
the Free-Soil faction, in raising such howl
over an alleged breach of faith by the South
in the Nebraska bill, when every week
nay, every day in the year, they VIC
late that most solemn of all compacts. the
Constitution of the United States, in its re.
quirements in regard to fugitive slaves, and
not only violate it, but glory in their shame?
INTERVIEW WITH SIR CHAS. NAPIER.
The Charlestown tVa.l Spirit of jefferson
publishes letter from Copenhagen, written,
probably, by MIR. Bedinger, the American
Charge at that place. We make the follow
ing extract
For week or two past, the British fleet was an
chored within twenty miles of this place, and MANY
persons from here awaited themselves of the on.
portunity to it. Admiral Sir Charles Napier
has made two three visits, and on SATURDAY. last
had the honor of dining with him at Mr. Bucban-
ans the English Minister don't confound him with
our Mr. Buchanan at London.!) The commander
of the British Baltic feet is gentleman in the six
ty-ninth year of his age, but to all appearances
stout and hearty as need be- He is about the size of
our excellent friend VIM. Grove, ESQ. and is not
entirely unlike him in appearances. except that in
the place the benevolent couutenance of the lat
ter gentleman, the admiral has rather hard features
rnd stern expression of face The place assigned
at the dinner table, (your place in this part of
the world is assigned you, upon all occasions, and
assigned you y was on the left hand of the Lion "
himself, so that had good opportunity Ofconvers-
ing with, and istenng to him during the two hours
telgent, aHable and agreeable and quite disposed
talk particularly about country and people. HI
United States; he was in the British fleet at the
taking of Alexandria during the late war; witnessed
the capture of Washington City, and the famous bat
tie of the white House." &c. He gave me some
amusing and interesting incidents of those days: and
among other things he described certain marvellous
achievements performed by the Baltimore Clippers,
which he said he had never equsled by any
other vessels why, sir,' he said, those fellows
were the most daring rascals | ever in my life:
| assure you they seemed to care no more for us
than ifthey had been wild ducks and could dive as
well as fly They would sail near us, and past u.s.
and around as, as if tauntn to attempt to cap
tnre them; which, indeed, we often did, but we
might just as well have undertaken to capture the
sea-guls. However, we did catch one ofthem she
was little too daring and by undertakings certain
manoeuvre, (which Sir Charles described at length
but which am not sailor enough to give you) she
got aground and we got her. She was a splendid
model, splendid craft, assure you she was per-
feet beauty" &c
The conversation afterwards turned upon
slavery, on which the Admiral and Mr.. Bedin-
ger had long controversy, ending, as might
naturally be expected, in each retaining his
own opinion.
Mr.. Bedingeris strongly of the opinion that
the allies are about as likely to conquer the
subterranean Nicholas, as Nicholas of Rus.
STA.