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u GATHRIGHT'S NEW FL n y,
He TuRE STORE, 18th street %. nsl '.ssi,s q !
aud Gary, has now on hand, and 10 sfi .sss ~
large assortment Of new style fafpialsls ~ y
fas. Divsns, Tete-tetes Cabinets hAss,s,rssi y
bies. Bideboards; Rocking Chairs 2, 80 essy
torns Chairs Of all kinds. Looking oisss.s Be -
Beds. Mattresses, Bedding, re-, As, VIZ" - ~
sell at the lowest prices for cash
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yOKE-PRICE REDUCED.-From
Snis ests and until further notice the pres ~
COkE VIII be reduced to q oen.s Der snshs
~. PIoPosins TO nae this sxSsllens And
sSsw., iasi next winter, wild do uell 10 svsi
y xo-ts JNo. ]. WERfH. xss.s,
Z sOAL. COAL.--We are daily exnectipo
-. csreo OF 200 tons Red Ash Aathr.ons Gu
.svs Ior srase and stove. and viii csatnus Is r..
resona as sgy o,s article Of Coal during the ssssa
nnc e their advantage 70 give 8 csI IiA VII
dsdacsion viii be made for cash. = nsessi
Iva JNO, w. WRIGHT 1 Co
AsgsA e Decd wharf. :
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SAVINGS INSTITUTION OF RICH
| MOND

w III. WlLDT, JEWELLER AND EseRA-
~. YER, No 1913 Main street, I'd story respact.
iuy lnforn the public that he is ready to ree,ivs
4 a,l Ior Gil kinds of Jewelry and EngrayinssE
AS Also, woik In Hair executed. Gold preparsd for
80 - 0eu.ista. jy I6-lm
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SELDEN & MILLER have inst r.-

IGHT BUGGY AND HARNESS FOR
sALE.-A very hne one. nearly new m.s he
seen a. HICKS AMERICAN STABLES
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The history Of the world contains lesson Inn
pressiye than that which records the sefsaerdc Of
for opinions sake There is heroism the battlefield
half grand that exhibited BY calm and courageous
champion Of the right who asserts his faith in the face
Of defeat and is ready encounter any deprivation,
loss Of life itself rather than yield bis honest
vclona Every great reform has risen purified and pow
eral from the fires Of Intolerance persecution Almost
every great idea has bcsu discovered and perfected in the
midst OF contempt and abuse. The that stimulate
men to great dcedsthe examples that govern the living
like so many fixed laws Of Natureare those that speak 20
us from the stern vcissitudes Of other dayom The his
tories OF yrannca prescription and despodc ignorance
the conflicts Of intellect and conscience and truth
with envy, aristocracy, ignorance, and power
AT the present time ii is surprising TO those who
lead ire fnaticism which rules the hour holding them
selves up as prosecuted The future student Of
events win find /, difficult to believe that millions
OF nafve-born Americans should have been able 70
convince themselves that they prescribed by some
thousands Of adopted citizens He will turn to the re
verse and to the truth of the picture however lie will
there find that Of phrensya phrensy excited
by ambitious and unworthy denagogues majority Of
great people were beset With the idea that their rights
we're endangered by meagrc minority Of men, whose ex-
American people and whose lives had been freely offered
in defence of that country whenever her honor was imper
led Even in age boasting OF its refinement and its
progressa age of free schools free churches and free
presshc viii discover that nearly every element that dis
graced mankind in the darker eras, when Ignorance and
intolerance hand in hand and Gods name was used
to destroy to degrade all men who would not think
with the crowned monster the popular majority, was
prominent in the present pursuit Of ow-bengs who
do not unite with the altar, who did not
first the light the same patch of earth that gave Us
birth And he viii not wonder at the sequel which
crowned it will be crown, dismal aud hui
initiating chapter of national degeneration. The vic
tins will be the victors. prosecuted creed, like that
which suffered for freedoms sake in the American reyolu-
ton and the less surely because it has suffered will
be strengthened by the present crusade till the very
of those who groan under the stripes OF faction
and anaticism will be made stronger and good
made weak by the insanity and intolerance of its selfcon
stuted champions
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OUR RELATIONS WITH SPAIN.
The Baltimore Republican says:

( The Baltimore Repuplicah says.
Every day but duplicate relations with the
Spanish government Her officials Cuba hurrying
hour when open rupture must take place. and the
question be tried whether France and England uphold
these upon flag and these outrages upon hon
The National nteigencer true to its foreign instincts
stands up unreserved in defence of General Concha and his
tyranny uses the butchery Of Pinto and Estrampes
that Of the gallant Crenden and his friends and
would doubtless the seizure of vessels and their conde
nation for daring to sail in sight of this gem OF the Spanish
Grown. But while the inthgencer thus uphods any and
every foreign IN opposition to that to which it
pess allegiance the people of the country are sound and
patriotic and need but the word Of encouragement
and precpitae themselves upon these yranis and
derers and hold them strict account for every outrage
and every drop American blood split by them their eff
forts put down the spirit Of liberty.
" Let these minons OF corrupt and imbecle desposm
proceed step furheet but shot be fired into Amer
vessel and the blood Of American tar be shetland
will be the signal for avalanche upon heshoes Of Cuba
which the hired sodiey of old Span and the mongre
regiments Captain General Concha viii be scattered like
chat before the whirwind.
Never while the Union of these United States continues
another negro depotsm erected within sight of
Shores permit flag to be daily nsuted by the
ty officials of any Crown.
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DEGgNERAcY or THE HAYrIENs--A correspondent Of the
New York Tribune, writing from Port Prince, under
date Of March, 1885, gives very dscouragng picture Of
the condition of the which, considering the we'll
known sentiments and sympahies of the Tribune may be
taken reliable The writer says that the paper currency
which, under the republican reign exceeded in
amount SlTo00 has during Soulouques reign, reached
$4,000 and mixed with great quantities of forged pa
per not easily detected that this currency has almost
entirely lost its value la consequence prices of every
thing have risen high that living in Port Prince is
expensive any luxurious capital of Europe The
of Soulouques government is also three times much
that of the republic He sezes onsxth of the whole cof
fee crop for his civil list and this with the additional
burden inflicted upon the coeegrowers of being Obliged
to sell their coffee certain privileged SPECTATORS from
whom alone merchants permitted TO buy has reduced
the coffee product to 100000 pounds annually where
under Boyer 1t reached 6oso00oo pounds Under such
system the negroes buy less and less foreign goods every
year, from sheer inability and dress and nearly
in the fashion OF their African Sououques
army is stated at 10000 men, but rca numbers but loo0o
with 200 generals They are badly paid, also his
civil officers who, therefore, permitted all OF fraud
bribery and robbery, to gain support III Soulonque
does not modify his system relapse into complete bar
barism is feared.
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DEArH OF Dr. ScrDDEa-A telegraph despatch from Bos-
ton the death Of Rev John Scude missionary
Of the American board in India lie died Of apoplexy on
the 18th Of January, Cape Town. South Africa where
he was soourning for the benefit Of bis health having LETT
Madras Temporarily for that purpose DR. Scudder has
been long in the missionary held and among other val
liable services rendered 10 the cause he has educated onr
sons for the missionary work all Of whom believe are
in India following the example Of their faithful laboroas
selfdenyng, and sanfed father
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PHLApFLPmA sAvY-yARp-The Philadelphia Ledger
says
In addition 10 the customary activity here, which Is
much increased by the building of the rigae
Wabash great and uonrng being made
the larger OF the two light ships which 70 IL changed TO
steamer and sent with all possible despatch 10 the Arctic
sens to search for Dr. Kane and his company, who IL viii
be remembered generously volunteered their services
for the discovery OF Sir John Franklin. Workbench have
been constantly engaged this vessel day and night and
from the skill OF naval constructor bat expect
that win be valuable addition the expedition
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THE AppRoAcHINa CRISIS.

We some time since predicted that Cuba was destined
to remain thorn in the side Of the United States only to
stick deeper with the lapse of time and the experience
every day veres the prediction Under the protection
the Ango-French alliance the government Of Spain and
the rap Of Cuba appear to consider themselves perfect
ly safe from the consequences Of ourags which have
Justification but dastardly fears equally arising from
seriousness Of weakness and conviction that they deserve
everything they fear
II Is almost impossible however to say whether these
apprehensons real whether they assumed as
pretexts for nicng wrongs the oppressed inhsb
iants of Cuba and insults the United States Con-
spaces and plots among the vorite instruments Of
rants who when they wish prctext for getting rid
obnoxious individuals for expressions Of the peo-
pie hatch plot and sacrifice their victims the shrine
phantom of their creation.
These plots we convinced, are for the part,
manufactured in Cuba under official patronage and not in
the United States where notwithstanding repeated provo
cations the vigilance OF the government necessarily
ployed in detecting and defeating them But they
most important purpose They pretext and ne
justification for new ourages commerce, c-
zens and eonsus for revival of the right search
and above all for the interference Of England and France
for their protection For these purposes 1t Is necessary
to keep up perpetual succession Of plots to persuade
the world that there is always fbusterng expcd
ton preparing in the United States for notwithstanding
Cuba, and depriving Spain of @her brightest jewell
Aware that long series Of colonial oppression has ut
tery aienaed great majority Of the creole inhabitants of
country every way superior in and in natural re-
that which holds IL In Abect dependency and
that richly merits tho execrations of its victims the gov
eminent Of Spain laboring under the conviction Of
scous guilt, justly apprebensve Of its consequence
She knows that she holds the dominion Of Cuba by single
hair, and ,rembes at every rumor and like super
suous coward passing through the region Of the dead
shrnks at every whisper Of the air and from every grave
lest It's nanmae tenant should rise up in judgment against
her II Is this that renders Spain sensitive the sub
jet OF Cnoa, and apprehensve Of the United States
She knows full well that she is hated and deserves be
hated by the ceoes of that island and that though she
has exhausted her the attempt 10 sustain her
rotten system Of despotism crnmbng to ruin and
only requires repeal of the neutrality laws Of the United
States to insure its speedy fall
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In Nansemond county, Virginia, General Mson is re-
ported to have made very powerful and effective speech
on Monday last In denouncing the true ends of know
nothngism before very large audience, it that
Sam found but very small comfort The Southern Ar
gus relates the incident follows:
In speaking of Of the oaths of this organization
gentleman denied that there such oath whereupon
the General asked his name order that he might give him
full proof the eposG This the gentleman would give
and when the General challenged him again to deny the
rectness the OATH all silence This told WE'LL and
proved Sam be at discount The impression made
by speech will be shown the fourth Thursday May
and Nansemond will speak favorably for the democracy
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CArrAM GrnRyCaptain Gerry Of the Inflated Albany,
the Of Ebridge Gerry OF the sgners Of the
Declaration of Independence from Massachusetts, gov
Of Massachusetts, and Vice President the United
States Commander Gerry has many relatives and friends
in Boston whom he much endeared by his many
virtues.
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WAR n WILL oosT.--Nayor Wood, Of Ne~ fork
reported took occasion recently express bis oP'n0s
relation the Maine liquor Law, and the praeucabaiV
enforcing 1t ia that city. His honor has no doubt bAN
carry oat The ordinance The present police fores wi
tally inadequate. He says the l,loo under sis eoaa
have just enabled him 70 close the grog shops on ssn
bat To CLOSE them on week days and % shsIs
the other provisions Of the law, IN spirit and IN da
saws viii require The force % be doubled
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MEDICAL Tpucsros or woxkS--on Thursday evening
last week Miss Marind u. Randall delivered an aaa''~
IN the bali Of the house Of representatives AZ hafs0
on the medical education Of women8hcr object De'ns
ndnce The legislature pass act which s nos D 4,
that body, providing that each senatorial district
State Of Pennsylvania shall be entitled TO educate o0s
digent female for the practice Of medicine.
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WASHINGTON CITY.
sATuRpAY MoRNING, APRIL -, lsss.

y. JAsa~ No. is2 South Tesh ssraas rh,iade
pbs general Travelling sssspd ~ Wa H. wslD
coLls JAaxs DsEaIso, T. A. EsAss, TSoAAs d. Mos
JosxrH H.ssrr Jossra BUTror. RosHsr w hoaxIsoH ED
W. WiLxY, ~fLIIAn l.. wArHRaAs. II. j. KisDicBs r.
MAexxS, and D. y. PxARca
CO. MfHssxr NJ Lewis d Montgomery, AAhams, our
travelling for The Alabama and Tcnnessee as
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CoMNe HoxK--Hon. John A. Dix intends TO return y
the United States, with bis family, in June.
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NO DISTINCTION IN LAW BETWEEN VISIT" AND
"SEARCH"

Much of the misudgment that prevails upon this subject
1.-THE right the Feroana detan the FL Dorado) arises
from confounding the right Of e.don with the right Of
search The former consists in simply Identifying the ship
in searching the ship for conraband OF war, &c.
after she identified The former is allowable, because
otherwise impossible to determine whether the ship il
sailing false flag not the latter in time Of peace
is not allow because after the nationality Of the ship is
once established by her authenticated ship papers her nation
must be considered her sponsor and guarantee
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Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-04-18
Alexandria Items.

FrRr.-Last night about 10 o'clock, the large
brick warehouse on Market alley, belonging TO Mr..
Quesenbury, and occupied by Robert H. Miar, Esq,
was discovered to be on fire, and, despite of the
exertions of the fremen, was destroyed, together
with large stock of queensware &c. Mr.. Millar's
loss is considerable. No insurance. There is no
doubt the fire was the work Of an incendiary.
AsorHER.--Ye yesterday afternoon frc broke out
in an old frame building on Jones's Point, owned
by the Manassas Gap Railroad Company, and was
entirely consumed. The building was unoccupied,
and doubtless Intentionally fired. .
SEVERE AcCrDgNr.--As the fremen were return
ing from the FIRE on Joness Point, young man
by the name of Smith was run over by the " Sun"
fire engine, and considerably injured.
GUARDIANS or rHr FREr ScHooLs. The Board
met Monday last, and organized. Rev. DR., Elias
Harrison was elected President, and VIM. N.
Berkeley Secretary. s. R. Adams was appointed
a member of the Board, in place of Rev. j. T.
Johnston, resigned.
CoxxoS CouscIL.--The Council met last even
ing. A communication was received from the
Board of Health, and referred to the Committee on
General Laws. The bill for raising revenue for
the year 1855 was taken up, pending which the
Council adjourned. $500.
FisH MAaEEr-Ths receipts Of Cab were light
this morning. We quote shad at Sl0a tl2 per
hundred. Herrings At ss q $40 per thousand.
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peal strongly TO popular admiration. An Indian,
schoonlaster, lawyer, a soldier, Legislator, q
President, lady-killer at one period, and con-
vert and exemplary church member now, all com
bined, as Counsellor Phillips would say, in one
glow of associated beauty
Besides this, he Is a man Of commanding APP
pearance and popular manners, and with vanity
and discretion in about the right proportion for
success. He Is as solicitous to do the thing they
want, as Scott himself, and yet can save himself
from the latter's unhappy fate. Although having
Irish blood in his veins he Ii we are told In favor
of having America ruled by Americans, be-
sides, having the good fortune Of being born with
the name fSam'-a point on which the book
binder has laid stress in stamping the cover OF bis
biography And this Is the hoe sigRo vinces 20 a
large portion of the people, especially when added
to the fact that Houston has never yet suffered a
defeat. s 4#G AE k
"But the chief recommendation of the General
In our view is his announcement OF common
sense policy on the slavery questions policy
which Is truly national--and the only one on which
the people OF this country, North and South, can
permanently unite---the policy Of liberation. No
man is more exempt from abolition afiinities than
he. No man better represents individually the
average southern notions of rghfulness OF slave
.ry US was shown in his late DISCOURSE In Boston.
Nor is he under the necessity of clearing up hsPo-
stion to satisfy either section. All the concession
that he has made to the North, ifconcession II may
be called, Il that under his administration the ex-
ecutiye department shall not be diverted from its
legitimate business to serve the propagandista Of
slavery. A more striking illustration OF the lbe-
rality Of the North, considering the aggressions
which they have suffered, could not be produced,
than the fact TINT they content with an implied
assurance Of this kind"
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Correspondence Of the American Organ.
WILLIAMSBURG, Va, April IL, 1855


The gubernatorial contest now pending Is not
no much for political principles as for party sop-
ersignfy. alt 10 the old practice Of despots to
use portion Of the people n keep the rest In
order. Those who have once got the ascendency,
and are In possession Of the 'spoils and Offices,
have immense means for retaining them" The
Democratic party, now In power, have "made
proclamation ecee homo, SIC voto, TO their men,
and anatheva mdranatha to all who do not obey.
1t has already been executed on Of the purest
and best men In the State, as warning TO other
men Of their party.
In the eveutful year '9s, Mr.. jefferson said !:
at IL true that we are under the saddle of Massa-
chusetts and Connecticut, and that they ride us
very hard, crnelly insulting our feelings, as well as
exhausting our strength and subsistence" The
Democrats moo dread the Know-N Nothing saddle, "
not Of Massachusetts,, but of Virginia. The horses
are entcred--the sand pony "0nly,n Of Accomac,
against "virginian,n Of Halifax. The Democratic
grooms lack Judgment; they are " straining their
pony over mountains, rocks, and precipices; at
this inclement season he cannot stand IL. "Vir-
gnian Is In better hands; be Is In walking exer-
else; his rider Ia an American, n--"i nfp ct IN
cme," virginisn. The Accomac horse will, pre-
sumo, be ridden by an English jockey, or, may be,
Capt Rynders.
Judge Bayly stands wen with both parties here.
The Wise men do not like him.
II Is somewhat strange that, In this old Burg
there are men who dare not vote against Mr.. Wise.
aHH# RAIrIoH
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DIED,

AT Buffalo, on Thursday, the 9th instant, Mrs ELI
"A w, wife Of Hon. w. A. Moseley, highly esteemed
and deeply lamented by . large circle Of friends.
On the 18th instant, JoHs DUNCAN, son Of John L.
and Ellen W. Hazard, aged eight months and nine
days. IL t
The friends and acquaintance Of the family, arc
invited to attend his funeral on tomorrow Thurs
dsy) afternoon, ut o'clock, from his parents resi-
dence. Virginia avenue between lhnd 18th streets
west. Ngs 49,
(Pniladelphia and Camden papers please eopy.)
On tho 9th inst, Mrs. SoPHrA LITTLE, relict Of the
late Israel Little, in the 6Sth year OF her age,
Seldom has II fallen TO our lot 70 record the death
Of . more amiable and exemplary lady. She bad been
a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, for upwards Of fifty years. During her II.
fictons which lasted for years, religion was the
comfort and consolation Of her soul. Patience and
resignation were manifested in her conduct Her
faith rested entirely in the merits of her Divine Re
deemer When asked just before her DEATH II Christ
was her only hoper She replied, yes and remark
ed: There is other few hours after this con-
world. I sN aEt N
Precious in the sight Of the Lord, Is the death Of
death of his saints" J.C
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MARRIED.

At Annapolis, Maryland, on Tuesday. l7th instapt.
BY the Rev. Mr. Nelson. DR.. CHARLEs McCoRnIcx. u.
3. Army, TO Mrs. ANN WELLS, daughter Of the late
Richard lglehart, Of Howard county, Nd.
On Tuesday, the 18th instant, at Wesley Chapel,
by the Rev. X. L. Dashisll, Mr.. SAMUEL g. MIDDLE.
TON, formerly Of Woodford county Kentucky 10 Miss
Macy z. BIRcHxAD, Of this city.
At st. Alban's. on the 10th instant, by the Rev.
Mr.. Childs. Thomas A. BRooKE. to Miss MARY KER-
WAND DAVIS all Of Washington county, d. G.
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A DEVELOPMENT, SgcREr CIRcULARs.--We learn
from the Parkersburg Gazette that the Democrats Of
Kanawhh county have been lately issuing secret
circulars 70 the members with view Of counter
acting the Know Nothing movement One Of
these circulars fell into the hands Of Know
Nothing who brought It to light, and thus expos.
ed the following instance Of shameless duplicity.
An extract from this circular reads thus:
ITO effect this they start another humbug and
raise the cap-strap cry against foreigners and Cath
olics THAT they knop zoe love no better than they
do,)a cry, that they know viii excite the people
and direct their minds from the true designs Of
their secret party"
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An ADMIRABLE RxroRT.-The best thing we
have heard for some time occurred in Petersburg
on Saturday night II win be recollected that Mr..
he spoke in Petersburg, and a reason was urged
that it would be compromising Mr. Mason's dignity,
to let less than Senator reply TO him. On Satur-
day night, we are informed, some gentlemen Of the
Democratic party had the audacty TO call upon
Mr.. Cranes friends to know If he would allow a
discussion, and introduced the name Of gentle
man as their champion upon the occasion. Mr..
Cranes friends promptly and properly replied !;
"Mr. Crane has represented the city of Richmond
in the Legislature Of Virginia. The gentleman you
propose has not had thathonor; therefore, nothing
less than legislator will be allowed to reply to
Mr.. C."-Rieh. Posi-.
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TEE CONSIDERATION OF TRIHrrr CHAryL took
place this morning. Bishops Potter, Whitehouse,
Rev. Drs. Van Kleeck Hslsey, Price, Sesbury, and
Berrsn oficisted, assisted BY some seventy other
elrymsn.--M y EsyrNm