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to work for that ticket--it is every way worthy o
their supportnd the day of election they ought Il
come forward and give it efectually. Talking wa
very good in its way, but working was the thing, af
ter all.
What was the necessity for this new party TT
supporters said that the old Wing party was dead
and the Democratic party was not 10 be trusted
They wanted -" National party" And what
sort of National party is it? Let the state OIL
Congress- the position of its national organ the at
| fliaon OF its northern members with Free-Soilism
show And what had the Democratic party done
that it should not be trusted It had administered
the affairs of the government three .fourths of the
time, and the country had advanced 10 the proudest
position among the nations. 1t had given to the
South the mouth of the great Mississippi River, with
the vast territory of Louisiana had brought in Flor.
ida. 1t had 81 ven the Fugitive Slave Law and the
Kansas BILL making the territories open to all sections.
1t had extended sway the shores of the Pacific.
1t had rallied round our flag in Mexico, while such
men as Thos Corwin were standing in their places in
the hoping that our gallant soldiers might
be welcomed by bloody hands to hospitabIe graves.
And yet that party was " Anti-American." They
would take from us that very flag of our country to
appropriate it exclusively to themselves But they
could not tear it from grasp. We loved tive
honcred it. We rallied around it, end would spend
our dearest blood in its Defence that not one stain or
blot should suy it's proud folds.
John l.. Holmes, Esq, next called upon. He
said he a Democrat and AMI Know Nothing. blu,
a true Americana constitutional man and opposed
TO any body of men that opposed the constitution by
making egous tests at variance with the letter and
spirit of that instrument. The Anti Know Nothing
party stood on the defensive They sought no per-
sonal bitterness, and no unnecessary excitement, but
they owed themselves and their cause TO stand
up squarely and fairly. They had been stigmatized
as Anti-AmercanS," the County Court and its
affairs had been reflected upon.
Their ticket had been called not respectable be-
cause it bore the name of one man of foreign birth
John Dawson, foreigner! Why, John Dawson was
good and useful citizen while many who thus talked
were in their cradles. John Dawson sapping the life
blood of the community! What man did not know
his generous heart-his obliging disposition-th
helping -hand he was ever Iready to extend to citi
zens in any difficulty.
We cannot pretend to have done anything like
justice to the very able addresses delivered nor even
to all the points, but time will permit no more
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Mount Vernon.

We cut the annexed extract from the recent Mes.
sage of Gov johnson to the Legislature of Virginia
1t will show the position and progress Of the move.
ment for securing the home and last resting place OF
Washington We commend it to the attention of
ALL especially OF The ladies who have taken SO strong
interest in the furtherance of this patriotic and
commendable object:
In my last annual message recommended the pur-
chase of Mount Vernon by the Commonwealth.
should be insensibe to the pulsaion of the public
heart. we'll as my own feelings, if failed to renew
the proposition at this time The bare illusion to the
tomb of Washington, with its halIowed shades and
sacred relics has awakened feeling of reverence
and patriotism in the American BOSOM affording un
mistakeable evidence that not only Virginia, but most
if not ALL her sister States plead with persuasive elo
quence for the of the sacred domcls from the
threatened danger of Dissertation and ruin
The accompanying correspondence on the sub ect
is respectfully submitted.
The amount claimed by the proprietor may be con-
sidered exhorbtant In the ordinary transaction of
business, it might be true; but who shall undertake
to calculate the value of the homestead and the grave
of Washington: with lis primeval simplicity, to
place estimate upon the thousand sacred recollec
tons which crowd the mind and cluster around the
heart in token of admiration for him whom all de-
light to honor. Dollars become dust when compared
with the inestmable patriotism inspired by visit
10 the tomb Thousands will repair to this American
Mecca to pay homage to the illusrious dead. But,
however ready you may | 2 TO purchase and pay for
this property, that honor has been partially wrested
from you, and is reserved for the noble purpose of
adjoining the brow of female philanthropy.
The Mount Vernon Association of ladies have
been zealously engaged in collecting the necessary
funds and it is understood that considerable amount
has already been realized They magnanimously
claim the honor of paying the purchase money, and,
with becoming modesty, requests the General Assem-
bly, to authorize the purchase in the name of the
Commonwealth so that the title may be vested in
Virginia, and the property be under her control aud
direction, with an assurance to all, that the sacred
repository of the mighty dead will be forever kept
free from possible pollution. Such appeal from such
a source will not be unheeded, when addressed to
Virginia Legislature
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Congrcss-The speakershlp.

1t will be seen that Mr.. Banks, of Massachusetts
received, on Saturday last, 100 votes for Speaker
and the surmises now are that he will be elected
Boutwell,, the late R. Rantoul, Jr, and others, left
the party the slavery issue, and has since acted
with the K. N. anti-savery parties. MIR. Banks is
an especial favorite of Greeleys, who endorses him
clear through. This is part of the ." American Or
gan programme, which includes the abandonment
of the Philadelphia PLATFORM and the splitting upon
the 18th article. The following, from the Richmond
Wing, TX. N of Saturday, will show how the mat
ter is viewed by Southern men, although supporters
of the order
THE ORGAN BIDDING FOR NORTHERN SUPPORT
The Washington Organ is suing at the feet of the
Northern anti Nebraskaies and Abolitionsts for the
public printing, and if its humiating supplications
can avail it will no doubt obtain it, The Cores
pondent of the Courier and Enquirer thus sets the
Organ squarely on the Northern platform, and puts
IN kind word in its behalf.
:" am assured by the editor of the American Or.
gan, Judge Ellis, that have misnterpreted his edi-
torlas upon the policy of the Administration and the
course OF Atchson IN regard 10 the Missouri troubles
he states that he has never expressed approval of
one or the other, and does not approve of either I
cheeruly make the correction which this statement
requires, and the Organ under present mana ge
ment urges compromise and cancellations know of
no unsurmounable obstacle to lis receiving the SUP.
port OF national anti-Nebraska Known Nothing mem
bers for the printing
Oh, no! The Washington Organ just now is in
no humor 10 approve of anything Southern. Its
and convictions happen to be where the
most votes for the public printing are TO be found
and that is on the side Of the North. The Southern
man who votes for the Organ should have his ears
chopped Off, and his tongue taken out by the roots.
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Congress.

The vexed question of the Speakership seems 10
to Tuesday night there had been forty-four BALLOT
ngs without any result, except that OF gradually ex-
haustng the stock of abity brought on 10 Wash.
ngton by the new members. Mr.. Banks still con-
tinued to fall votes short, and the Democratic
members still continued to rally in unbroken pha-
lanx around their nominee MIR. Richardson. In.
deed, the failure Of the attempt to introduce the plu
rallty principle when it certain that such intro.
ducton must result in the election of Banks, showed
that there was no latent strength prepared to g for
him at any time. or TO swell his vote up to the
needed point. He being dropped, the coalition is
again at sea- They can do little better, if as well,
on Fuller of Pennsylvania. Trey talk about Penn
lngton OF New Jersey, upon whom it is urged that
the Democrats and the Southern Know -Nothings
ought to unite Why should the Democrats aban
don their regularly nominated candidate, whom
they have placed upon broad national platform,
and who is known to be thorough national man, to
90 for some new man of opposite political principles
The national Democratic phalanx voting for Rich
ardson, stands firm and immovable centre
around which national men may rally and concen-
trate their forces Southern Know. Nothiogs like
Humphrey Marshall of Kentucky, admit that the
Democrats OF the House, have by their nomination
OF such man as Richardson, and the ardent manner
in which they have stood up for him, made their
next President. Mr.. Marshall says that Kentucky
will vote for the Democratic candidate. The 18th
Article KnoW.Nothings of the South accuse their
re" Professsd 18th Article brethren from the North
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MI. Buchanan.

The return of Mr. Buchanan, our Minister to Eng
land, will be somewhat delayed in consequences of
the recent misunderstanding between the two coun.
tries Under date of November 10th, he writes by
the Atlantic 10 gentleman of Lancaster, as follows
II had calculated with confidence that should
return home by the steamer of the 9th of October
last, but unexpected events rendered this impossible
shall now be detained here, know not how long,
consequence of the present aspect of affairs between
the two countries. trust however, that within the
period of three months, NAV meet you all again
AT least such is my anxious desiren
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The SpeakershIp.

Still no Speaker of the House, and not much
scared, SO far This is only the 18th, and the House
did not organize in l849 until the 3d. so that We have
eleven days go on before we reach that mark
The tact Is that there is any business of conse
quence done before the Christmas Holidays, and a
little delay of this kind will give the new members,
composing majority of the House, some chance to
get acquainted before they get seriously to work
BY the way, the Washington Correspondent of the
New York Herald, under date of December 7th,
speaks of some odd doings and sayings. He says =
"A meeting of the Americans was called last night
thirty attended. Walker, of Alabama, offered re.
solution endorsing the twelfth section and all the sla-
very policy Etheridge. of Tennessee, was the first
to oppose 1t, saying he willing the Northern men
should have spot to breathe on as we'll as South
ern, PANE OF North Carolina, opposed also Havens
OF New York. doubted its expedency. Walker then
fared up, and said he should reserve to himself the
hight to publish the resolutions, with the fact that
they were presented to an American meeting and re-
Jected. Paine and others denied Walkers right TO
DO So. Great excitement followed. Burlington of
Massachusetts; Deane, of Connecticut, and Others
withdrew in disgust. Humphrey Marshall said he
had not been put up to be treated as he had been,
and that every little whpper. snapper from the North
nao run up his Tag for the place that he was put
up to be beaten by Richardson and 10 drive the black
republicans over to Richardson's support 1t was
proposed to nominate candidate whom the black
republicans could not support. AS they came out,
Whitney, of New York. declared the whole thing a
id farce"
The Republicans held caucus at the Capitol on
Friday They can't quite count noses for Banks, but
nearly so. Things in mix. The only people
that seem to have any fixed policy or principles of
action are the Democrats who support Richardson.
Daily Journal inst.
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NEW ORLEANS, Dec 8.--The steamer Prometbeus
from San Juan, has arrived, with San Francisco
dates to the Goth November. She connected with
she uncle Som, which brought down $3.50, 900 in
treasure and $50 passengers
The health of the isthmus was good, and ,bs
TRANSIT occupied but twenty.eght hours Wake,
was IN quiet possession of Granada Peace and con.
hdence had been restored and the citizens had re-.
sumed their usual avocatons.
large fire occurred at San Francisco On the n;ch+
OF the 10th. Loss. $3.50, 900. General Richardson
mad been murdered by gambler named Cora. who
had been arrested. WIZ
ihe southern part of the State was threatened
WIN indian disturbances. The Indians had been
S S'eans large numbers OF CATTLE and murders had
been committed in different parts of the State.
Later from California. Oregon .nd-r,o.
AfrivoI OF the Northern Light at New York
NEW DIRK, Dec 1.-THE steamer Northern LIGHT
from San JUAN arrived this afternoon with two weeks
iater oates from California. She brings $3.50 900 in
goio on freight Among the passengers is Colonel
Parker French, who brings proposals for new treatx
between the governments of Nicaragua and the I'M.
ted States. " M
The United States steam frigate Massachusetts was
at anchor opposite San Juan when the Northern Igb1
General Cabanos, President of Honduras. had A..
rived at Granada. ~ a.
Inc San Francisco papers furnish the particulars
OF tne assassination of Gen Richardson, United States
marshal Tor the northern district of California H.
Charles Cora y '"' n"ihe OF
~, hon Isaac ,, b. Wall, collector of Monterey. and
MI F. s Williamson, an officer of the comfy VIZ
assasslnated on the 10th of November, twentv.6ve
mles from Monterey. They were both shot through
are unknown '''o'0o uee0
Lieut.. McRae, Commander of the United State sur
veying schooner Ewing committed suicide while Ia.
boring under fit of insanity. e"
Inc San Francisco papers have later advices from
are increasing, and the alarm is universal.
An engagement, which lasted nine hours, took Mac.
n Rogue River Valley between three hunderd In
dams and large force Of REGULARS under Can't Smith
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LOOK TO THE SENATE.-In the Senate the Demo.
crat' still retain the predominance. The South and
the country must look to the Senate for preservation
from the mad fanaticlsm of the day which has at
tanned control of the House. Compare the Demo.
cratic Senate with the opposition House. The first
is conservative. reliable, and the only security of the
South and the Union the second is wild, unconser-
valve and portentous
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The Examiner, Baptist paper published in New
1ork mas very sensible article upon the appoint
ment OF chapiains in Congress We copy:
1t is needless to picture the scene yearly recur
ring, of what has become actual scramble for the
once as chaplain. Every session of Congress some
score OF candidates, away from their posts, are
IN attendance some dozen more names of differ
ent nominations are proposed candidates all hut
two OF whom are of course TO be disappointed of an
election by worldly men to the Office of Christian
minister The successful candidate is not usually
the man whom his own denomination even, not 10
to see at such post often be is the man who has
written many letters beforehand soliciting votes, who
meets ms TRENDS as they alght at the railroad sta
uonS' who follows them to their hotels and who, in
me oarroom even, is heard talking loudly of his de.
vo.ion TO the party. 1t is time that these scenes
" @nlcn make worthy men blush, should be banished
from among US; and that our Christian commun;tv
should be spared the painful modification to which
every year they are subjected at the meeting of Con-
Really, the parsons are no better than the nol;.
ticians VIZ pun
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The UNITED STATES TREASURY EsTIMArEs-Th
following is given as summary statement OF the
estimates for the appropriations required by the Sc
cretary of the Treasury
For deficiencies of the current fiscal year. 81 367-
757, OF which $l,188,1S1 is to supply deficiency in
Post Office revenue. Estimates of permanent and in
definite appropriations which may be required for
the last three, OF the current fiscal year.
der former acts of Congress, $5,965,22s. Estimates
tor the next fiscal year, including appropriations by
former acts of Congress- of permanent and Indefinite
character S52754,675. Excluding permanent and
Indefinite it is $45, 1l4765 to which add unexpend.
ed existing appropriations not required for the pre-.
sent fsca' year, $16,6958l7. Total estimate for
the next fiscal year. 500, $50 1872.
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Later from California

DIscoNr1NUED-Wh Marsh Post Office, Columbus co
has been discontinued
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The Kno~v-Nothing DIectlng.

The meeting held last night at the Court House
was organized by calling Joseph H. Flanner ESQ.,, to
the Chair Mr. Flanner defined the object of the
meeting TO be the appointment of Delegates to Dis
trict Convention
The meeting was addressed by Messrs T. J. Nor
com, John McRae, and Dr. F. J. HILL We under
stand that Mr.. Norcoms remarks seemed ;ntendad
oy way OF reply to the arguments made the evening
before by Eli w Hall, Esq. We have heard no one
say tnat they amounted to an answer, We presume
that delegates were appointed. So far as we can
learn the meeting produced no effect one way or
the other If any effect it was in favor of the anti
Know Nothings.
P.S-The Delegates were not announced, but will
be- we suppose, shorty-Daaly Jour. 18th inst.
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ed. = ' '. 20 Killed and Is VOL,
General Wood, with several comn..
iously looked for i1iS arrival was an"
The markets at San Francisco have n,s
mer There has been slight falnne prev US sea.
septs from the mines Money market OIL on IN the re-
declining. Provisions lower. tight. Flou,
$4,000 ''"'es branch mi,,
The liabilities of Sanders & Brendar !,
amount TO $4,000. No assets. '"0an' bankers
TERRIBLE afGR t 6a GTla;i9RSs Dec
:. KnIod---Tnree Others Badly I nne rEingInee,
Slnce the introduction of thst most aE.a
annhilator, the steam fireenene in tb enectua fir.
accident had occurred in working If mil y' not an
afternoon, when, during trial before seFday
mltee from Chicago the boiler Of the Ioo 40 Com.
Ploded' IN consequence of, which the enon no' ex
Winserbottom, was killed, and Alexander Ts,.c John
gamn ',liman' Horace English seriously n;~h, Ben
L ne facts, as ELECTED before Dr. Menz;eSs nyufed-
an inquest upon the body of Winterbottom "no held
AS we announced yesterday, COMMITTEES t "e these:
easo, were deputed to examine the 1odvo o ~" Chi,
our steam fire engine, and two O'Clock 1srand' Of
ternoon was the time appointed for II, osS.er9ay af
tween that hour and three o'clock the a ",a' Be.
was brought opposite the Mechanics, a. "A. Latta
F'S"Si'NN VI '"N SOuahA''COS diiu COmmpnoa1 Az
up steam from some cause or other, instoo9 getting
minutes, the usual time occupied in this Of eight
was over twelve minutes before she waa process it
play, when she performed to the entire ea to
the Chicago gentlemen. In the meantm. ~. OF
Ross arrived upon the ground, and after n. .e Joe
had finished her crew proceeded to exhibit bas haua
TO the committee. In seven minutes and powet'
she commenced throwing two streams, wbon quarter
gneer was requested to hold up in order thu. n' en-
necon might be formed so that the wafer con1 con-
propelled through one nozzle. This he d;I uu De
minute afterward the hose burst when the anu
again shut off, and almost instantaneous was
sion took place, in consequence of there he;.n
water in the boiler. The engineer, John W., no
lom was blown into the air Considerable hoiI%
and fell some fifty yards from the engine His ";sSn1,
were blown from the body, the entras Of which ss'
torn out and when picked up, nothing bu III. t were
and head remained. 1t was a sckening s;ebt u lux
will not readily be forgotten by those who w;,nss gu"
it. He was thirty-six years OF age, an EnoIsbm"u
by birth, and leaves a wife and child, "'
Alexander Latta and Benjamin Gilman wers :.
VereIy. although not dangerously scaldeJ, and uos
ace English was badly hurt by being struck in ~
side by portion of the boiler The accident bo que
oened at about half past four O'Clock The remaiaps
IT poor Winerbotom having been collected coin
vas procured and they were conveyed TO the now
iesoate home of his widowed wife and fatheri.s.
hid less
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nv III COIRress---FIrSt SESSION.
w AsHINGToN, Dec. s.-The Senate to-day elected
a Cnief Clerk and q Reading Clerk, and received a
petition from the late Commodore Smith against the
iourned ''"-O i"'y 'D'A
In the House, six more ballots were taken for
opeaker@the last ballot resulted as follows: Rich
ardSon Is, Banks 100, Fuller 3d. Zolicofer g. Pen
inlng'on 2. There being no election, the House ad'
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now comparing the above products of the soil
with the yield of California gold above presented,
the result is not little remarkable 1t will be seen
that our crop Of Indian corn if we value it at but
malt the present market price, amounts to more than
all inc gold from California, and that our wheat CROP
at the most moderate estimate, is worth as much a.
all the gold now in the country while the moderate
growth OF oats, with all reasonable allowance for
e1aggerat'on, more than equals any two years pro-
duce of the California mines
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DIv1DENDs.-The Bank of the State of North caro-
Ian and me Merchants Bank of Newbern hsvs ae'
slared semi-annual dividends of per cent.
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OUR GOLD AND HARVEST PRoDUCTs The annexed
statistics IN regard to gold and the harvest were pre-
sented to the Historical Society of New York on
Wednesday evening by Mr. Osgood
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Appointments by the PresIdent.

By and ,cith the advicc and consent of the Senate.
James Dunlop, OF the District of Columbia. 10 be-
chief judge of the circuit court of The United States
for the said District
William NJ Merrick, of the District of Columbia
10 De associate judge of the circuit court of the Uni
Dunlop
!, 'ohn H. Perham to be surveyor and inspector Of Of
the revenue for the port of Columbia in the State OF
MISSISSIPPI, under the authority given in the act ap'
proved March 3, 1855.-U1aion.
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SHIPMENTS FROM CHIcAGo.-The Chicago Tribune
publishes the following statement of the exports of
grain and -four from that port for the season up to
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De'gtrUictiVe FIRE.

81 LOUIS Dec. Sj.-Three steamers were burnt al
.ne Levee last night The total loss of property
amounts TO about $4,000. No lives were lost
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STATE BONDS -. The Public Treasurer adveftisss fo5
sale $25O,0O0 of State Bonds Proposals received
until Jan. 22d 1876
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PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. - We are indebted to h
courtesy of Hon. VIM. s. Asbe for the Congressional
Globe and Appendix of the last Congress; also fo
Lieut.. Herndon's Report of his exploration of the
Valley of Amazor, with accompanying map, a very
valuable and Interesting work