Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-09-10
Tao wilmo, Pro7iso Rsstorea


"a its senators in Congress 10 vote for TIN.
Guiding SEN Douglas and Cas- In 1s)0
tie principle was killed because il was not main
tsinab to steal from and 10 ROB Mexieo by
South, IN money aud souibern men. rs well as
b.. Northern money and men, and then 10 appFo.
y late III the plumber Of the soil 10 the North r
II noe he principle was hacked out from
"Bui in 1855. under an amendment from John
Van Buren,, the Syracuse Democratic Admins
traton Pierce convenion,--"
Deem il an appropriate occasion TO declare
and repeat their fixed hostility to the extension
of slavery into free territory"
arhe old Wilm,t Proyso, land the amendment
is not only adopted. but is endorsed by all The
Democratic Presses IN the State, ineluiing the
Albany Argus,thus.--'
"fhe resolution which says that Democrats
Of this State are opposed to the extension OF slave
~ into free territory expresses simply tht nn-
yersal opinion oimen Of all parties Mt the Naftb,
aud, although see no particular reason 1pf
the reiteratiou by the convention of such iru
ism. nobody could well object to il, il any gen.
,leman desired such an oppression"
"This il in utter subyersion of a leading prin-
ope of the Compromise Bills of 1550,--and #
the pledged ''iinaity'' Of that settlement BY the
Baltimore Convention.
Tho doctrine of the Northern Conservative
Wings is briefly this,--thnt the Territory of our
neighbors is not to DO plundered, stolen, or paid
for,--out of the Federal 'Treasury,-but il two
thirds of the Senate will make treaty therefor,
and majority of the House of Representatives
agree to carry such treaty out by the neeessa
ry laws, or appropriations, -,hen the 10 South
crn States have much right to the enjoyment
of it as the 10 Northern States. We against
"Wars, and "Annexations. - but if our eoun-
try will steal, letthere be honor among thieves
and an equal division Of the spoils;-we say.
"rhe Van Buren, amendment ignoras the set
Element of 1850, and restores the Wilmot Proyi-
So All Mexico is free Territory, nay. all
the Territory in or neighborhood which we can
dcspoil- but that of Cuba and hence, the Pierce
State Democratic Convention Resolution is the
old Wilmot Proviso. Smoke that idea Mr.. Wash
ington Union, with the rest Of tho Souhcrl
(huubugl Democracy
II need only be added to these comments of Tie
EXPRESS, that the Pierce Democracy of New
York. represented in this Convention, are they
with ghom Gov. Wise declared himself to he
hcait anu soul in his fanou, letter to the \. Y.
Clab-and they with whom the Admn;st' alton
Democracy of Virginia necessarily fraterniae.
Depiorable Condition of Norfolk.
From conversation With several members of
the Norfolk aud Portsmouth COMMITTEES then IN
Wash ncton, the american Organ of Wedncs
nesday collects The following attending de
tails:
In consequence of the absence of the country
ID ople from the market, the richest as well rs the
y, erest citizens wholly dependent upon the
llawar Association for their daily food. The
whole population must therefore be sustained at
the public expense.
'rbe whole city is infected to such degree
that the noxous efiluyia thrown of by it may be
easily scented at II considerable distance beyond
the city limits.
~ the resident physicians, with one or two ex
oeptons, are dead.
The scenes daily witnessed beggar dcserip-
ton, and have had no parallel since the Plague
of Athens, as described by Thucydides, or the
Plague OF Florence, as described by Boeeaeio.
A gentleman relates that he had been unable
TO visit the house of his neighbour, Mrs White,
for two or three days. When he called Mt the
expiration of that time. he found Mrs. White
had been dead three days, and her remains still
lying uncohincd in the house. In another room
were living, on the bare floor, three young per-
sons, male and female i'll with the fever, and no
one 10 care for them. He procured wagon rnd
mattresses TO remove them to the Hospital Be
fore he could place them in the wagon the mat
tresses were stolen and the young lady and her
companions in suffering were compelled to lie
on the bottom and when they reached the Hos
pital 10 be placed on the floor again.
MANY of the dead have been buried IN the al
hvs Of the cify--of course increasing tenfold
the danger of the infection.
Nearly all the banks have lost portion OF
their most valuable officers.
The wives aud children of several of our most
distinguished naval officers have III their last mo-
ments. been utterly Unattended
The conduct of Col Wright, of the army com
manding at Fortress Monroe,is severely censured.
A few DAYS ago Lieut. Sinclair, United States
Navy. procured II row boat and embarked with
three Indies, the family of a friend for Old Point
The distance is sixteen miles. When the boat
reached the landing, they were forbidden i'
land by the soldier on guard, by order on Z" 4.
Wright Lieut.. Sinclair then requested mes
sage to be delivered to Col. Wright.with his card,
to the following purport that he regarded his con-
duct as cofeardiy and inhuman to the last degree,
and that he used the word "cowardy" mits usual
Significance Sinclair then, with his precious
charge, rowed back again TO Norfolk
CURIOUS CAsE.-The Secretary of the United
States Treasury recently decided IA curious and
interesting case, arising out of the laws relative
to the importation Of Tea from China and else.
where. A cargo of Tea was imported into New
York direct from China, but was re shipped to
London for better market. 1t was There land
ed and placed in bond but before being sold the
price Of Tea rose in New York, and the cargo
was again placed on shpboard and brought back
to New York for sale. A free entry was refused
ON the ground that it must be regarded as an i'm