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RELIGIors,-The protracted meetings in the various
Methodist churches still continue and attended with
satisfactory results Numbers expressing their nte-
ton to turn rom The ways Of sin and seek tho straight
and narrow path that leaeth to life everlasting The
Union Prayer Meetings also progressing and it is
hoped that the bread there cast upon tho wuemay
turn after many days.
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NEW EDITION OF P0E'S WORKS.
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so
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dren the German Illustrated IS
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BUT FOR THREE SraHrsi

BUT FOR THREE EGHTsl
THE GREAT HAvANEsE ITALIAN OPERA CouPANYI
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SMITH, the popular host Of the United States Hotel
making extensive alterations and improvements in that
building for the greater convenience Of his guests There
viii be number Of additional added, also From
the proximity of this hotel to the Capitol and the polite
attentions Of tho hest and his subordinae this ia IA
vorite resort with the travelling public, and will doubt
less DO filed to overlooking by the Christmas holidays,
when the presence Of Congress will mpart life to the
federal metropolis.
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Rev MosSs ID. IIoGs Of Richmond, has declined the
call Of the Second Presbyterian church Of this city be-
their pastor prcfening, in he To Wash
ington at all, to pastor Of the Metropolitan
church. and to begin his labors at in the eastern
part Of the city Tie whole question Of his coming or
not coming informed is for the present unc-
termincd, and will probably remain So for some few
months to come,
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WAsuSGros THEArnH. Tonight, Mr.. w. Duyidge, an
eminent and popular comedian viii make his debut before
Washington audience in the character of Paul Pry We
hope he may have such reception to satisfy him that
he don't intrude. The performances will close with
shocking Events" in which Mr. Dawson and Mrs
Tayeure will also appear
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CIR 7ApEAKE AxD ONO CASAL.---We learn from the
Charestown va) Spirit of jefferson that considerable
excitement existed in tho neighborhood Of dams Nos
and canal Saturday last in consequence of strike
at No. for higher wages. Failing in their demands
they proceeded to dam No A. and by threat and intim
daton sought TO compel the hands to join with them
Tho consequence broken bones and bloody noses
and the result would have been serious had 1t
been for the courage of the contractor Mini Israel Robin
son, of Martinsbug who Immediately telegnphe to the
governor and in reply received authority to order out
any force which no might deem necessary the major
called on the .sHamtramck Guards" Capt ". NJ But
Ter, and they in short tino the march in full
force the Of conflict At the appearance of the
Guards the '.Corkonans" and 'Far-Dov lcrs'' broke
ranks and scattered in all directions
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A CARD-Edward Dolan, Merchant Tailor sign
the golden fleece OF th street and Pennsylvania
avenue Hotel respectfully invites te gentlemen Oh
vicinity his splend assortment OF gods ot no
f and winter he will sell cheap His stock
mi he newest ana French English Ger
man. and American cloths added golden olive, invisible
green, mulberry, and other shades
Pantaoous--black fancy doeskin with aide bands
Observation-Disclosures s and cashmere rich and beautiful for ball
and party. Gt .,1. J. -.
OvecoatngMoscow and Ea beavers pilot CASTOR and Napo
Also superb assortment gents funhng goois o. DO
scriptiou Sept l9--dtm*
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ELE~ HONS ALRxf yDPrA-fl election was held In
Acxandria Wednesday, to fill vacancy In the board
OF aldermen from the 18th ward which resulted In the
choice Of w. Fl. Fowle. Iae vote wasfor w. II.
Fowlc 70 ID. II. Biocklock, So.
In the 2d ward an election was held for member Of
the common council also to fill vacancy which result
cd IN the election Of ]. S. Hlowel Inc follow ag
the vote for J.. S. Haowell, s5 Hugh Iatham 81.
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rT,o DIPLOMATS AND TOURISTS. The adver

ITO DIPLOMATS AND TOURISTS adver-
,ser mddeaged who Is cenversant with and speaks
the French Spanish Italian languages well educated
active Of good morals acquainted with maritime nhars na
shpowner for several years. Wishes
cali diplomats snd tourists bound 10 the
European or continent who need an nerpre
courier travelling clerk He furnish tho
for qualification from many dshn
ghed persons highest standing Washington and
Address A. a. No 49, Mobile, Ala or caro- Of the Hon
rytznatrick N 4 Z Sep 30--dlm
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THE SLAVE TRADE OF MISSISSIPPI.

we copy The following from the LldC0cdfc, pub
| lishcd ut Charlottesville, Virginia:
The 1ifrican iSiayc Trade to The !Souih-We
have seen, once or twice recently, newspaper
paragraphs to tho effect that the African slave
trade was successfully carried OH with some parts
of the Gulf States AS these reports were sub
sc1ucnly denied, and because we could not
think that such project could be successful in
this the nineteenth century, and i'll evident VIOLA
tion of the laws Of tho United States and the
| sentiment Of civilization, we concluded that the
| reports were unfoundcd. Such is not, however,
the fact. We IRE toIi by IL most reliable gentle
man, who was IN eyewitness oi what he spca.s,
that several cargocs of native Africans have beon
landed within the last twelve months upon the
banksof Pearl River Mississippi. They were, it is
true, brought ovcr under tho nero prctcxt of in
| dcnted apprenticeship; but no doubts that
they are, and will continue to he. slaves in every
! sense Of the word and f,rr all time, These me-
groes were scattered throu.h the Southern coun
ties of Mississippi they were sold ut II low fig
urc, but still high enough to make the en;cl ise
| n most profitable for those engaged in it. A
negro man and woman, young and likely, though
| entirely unaccustomed to the work for which
| they nre destined, were sold for 81 900. AS
soon as they are placed in the field, the master
selects some reliable negro man of his own force,
| To whom the newly imported African is chained,
and whom he is compelled to initiate and follow
| i'll the days work. Tie native African possesses
| the fnculty of imitation in high degree, and
quickly learns to do good days work for him
| SELL Our informant represents them all TO be- sn
far rs he has seen, perfectly contcntcd with their
new homes, prefcrring It. even with The laborio,,s
task before them to the savage and prccario,is
existence in their nutive homes. We are told the
sentiment Of Mississippi is ano5t universal in its
approval of the revival of tic African slave trade
! The wealthy want it because IT, affords them
cheap labor for their at present inpcrfcctly cul-
tivatcd fie.ls; and the poorer classes are as
equally in favor Of it, they told that, by its
revival they will be enabled to buy negro Inell
ut from $500 To $500, and thus procure negro
labor for their own smaller tracts Of land. These
are the facts connected with the African slave
trade revival in this country Is il not time, that
the press and people Of Virginia were speaking
out OH this subject?
The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-05-27

Kansas Patriots Turned dBrigands.-The latest
intelligence from Kansas represent that bands Of
brigands are roaming though the country, COM
mitting sundry depradations on the property of
The citizens, and numbering those who resist The
Kansas question being settled peaceably in Con-
gress, the gangs of ragamuffins sent ont there
by tie New England " Enigrant Aid Society"
naturally fall back upon their old trade of high
waymen and burglars. They were employed for
the purpose of fighting and disturbing the peace
of the Territory for political objects; and, they
care nothing for politics themselves, they do not
seem to be disposed TO abandon their fighting and
peecebreaking principles now tina; their services
are no longer valuable to their employers. 1t
must be great consolation to Parson Beec,er
and his friends to know that their Sharp's rifles
arc not permitted 10 rust in the hands of the
"patrios' to whom they supplied them.-NeO
Yoyk Hernd
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CAUGHT IN SAVANNAH.

One Of the men, says the Savannah Georgian,
who broke Jail in Columbia, South Carolina, some
time since, aud for whose arrcs, 500 reward was
Offered. was caught yesterday, in bar-room in
this city with span new suit of broa,lc,nh on,
stolen from the store of jacob Roscnbaud, Tues
day night. Ih" prisoner gives his name us Chas
Hitler elias SCHROEDER. aged about 26. This is
an ncc"mi're Of John Spaldng, who some days
N" was sat back TO Columbia. The prisoner
Is u" adept in the use of f.lse keys, and was well
m"nlt'"ncd with good supply Of them. lie is
now in Chatham county Jail.
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WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.

We make the following extract from the WASH
ington correspondence of the Charleston Evening
Ners:
Tho Colorado, which left Norfolk OH the 18th
inst, to keep the British War Steamer Styx
straight, was also instructed to take in her way
one or two other vessels Of the Home Squadron,
and intimate to them the utility of.their pres.
ence in the West Indian Waters. The flag ship
Of the squadron has been telegrathed to via
New Orleans. If Great Britan's instructions
to her cruisers positive to persist in search
ing vessels, as the instructions OF our Gov
ernrheht are positive 10 prevent such searching,
a serious collision between the powers is inevita-
BILE, and we may soon expect to hear Of destruc-
tive naval engagements 1t is aurmised by some
here that the suppression Of the slave trado is
mere pretence on the part of Great Britain to
surround Cuba with her navy. While her real
ish authorities and ultimately seize that Island.
The signs of the times, however, hardly warrant
such a conclusion.
II the report of the surrender of the Mormons
proves true it is the intention of the Government
to establish strong military station at Salt Lake
| City, for the double purpose Of keeping the Nor
| mons in subjection, and subscribing the general
convenience and strength Of the Army. All the
| preparations that have been made for the cam
paign will be carried through, and all the mill
| tary stores in transitui and considerable part
| Of the force will be retained in Salt Lake City
And, as We intimated yesterday, orders are ma.
turing at the Department., for detachment Of
the troops to return by wsy of the Mexican
| frontier.
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THE GrassAoppers.-The vast swarms of grass
hoppers. which reduced the Mormons, last sum
mer to extremites for food, visiting the growing
cereals with utter destruction three times in one
summer, have now attacked our frontier States,
and devastated the prairles of Texas The Phil.
adelphia North American hazards the unwel-
come suggestion that they moving gradually
into the body of the Republic. On leaving Texas,
they steered northeast course, and rose to n
great height from the ground, us though for a
long journey. Myriads Of them enting
up vegetation in Ohio. 1t is. therefore, no vio.
lent suppositon that they may make Pennsylva-
nia and Virginia visit. These insects, says the
American, are not like the common grassIoppcrs
which are every summer found in our fields and
| roads, but are of the size of locust, with the
same gregarious habits. The ordinary grasshop-
per is weak of wing, and never rises to grea,
height, whereas the legions which have re-
peatedy desolated Utah aud Texas, rise far into
the upper air, and move off together to great dis
tances, like wild geese. They appear in innu.
merabIe hosts, und instead of scattering, nlighl
in body upon some devoted locality, which
| they attack and destroy with the systematic
movement Of an army. They will thus eat up
a crop Of corn or cotton in very short time.
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~" ,hnh,i"N " ~, rri t".'f'i l. ,s
w''u"n Tx "" mNn. ari II r,,.,h',, ,n,.rs hm
hrthVr ~ ""' r>'rn,r',"n
R,,ns Eht"S Ny n',"mion h,s h,,ncan
81 sncc returned ~ Wnshmr,nn. ~ Nh" nm.
hrSc, cntNptnrh Nrom ,h" tharl>'nu tnmrt,
whirh hal ~, srrn H. E,r''
'NrlrN,s ASH Rnxu,M,.-l II is \" lr regretted
that thCsr spir,l,l S"u,htnns should h,vr h,,krn
The unity nf III" Sonhrtn rhn'anN. ~ ,hr Crn.
ference Kansas lhll, especially rs il placed ,hcm
in n Temporary c"mrnn,un.hp with III" Rnrk
Republicans mud their new ally, ,h" Rack rnnc.
Inv. Surely there cnn l." nrI,h"r .iiscr,,,"h nnr
policy, IN thus declining fellowship with mn nj.
m"s unanimous Sun,h, mud with nil I'll" faithful
Drmoc,ncy "f the North, against the Black ltr.
publican c"i,urt nn,! their r"rporaTs gun,d "f
Democratic r"nrrn'lrs. W" lrnrn, however,
from rrl'ahl" authority. tha, the gallant R"nham
was lrl or mslrd, in hi. course chiefly by his
reluctance To sever from Gen. luiimnn, his equal
| ~ gallant commander in the Mexican war"
The Courier has perhaps, mIsnpprchcndcd iis
| informant. II not, it's informant s in error in
| saying "wns led or miscd, in my course, chiefly
| 10y my (hs) reluctance to sever from Gen. Quit
| man." &c.
| have the hiyhcrt regard personally and po!it-
ically for the distinguished Missi>sipran, with
whom have had The honor ,n he associated in
this matter, and his opimiuns nv" lrscrvrilv great
weight with me. although did not stand to-
wards each other, in Mexico. in the relation sup
|
| (nnr even IN grcai.I nj scvering from him. than
| did at sevcrng from my own coeagucs,) to say
nothing Of the entire Southern Democratic party,
| fpr the opinions Of each and all of whom have
the most profound respect, and for whom have
from early manhood cherished the warmcst re-
gard md attachment, personally and politically.
took my position us the independent repre-
sentative of the Fourth Congressional District
after n calm and deliberate consideration of the
whole question: for reasons satisfactory to myself
| which feel it due to my constituents, rs well as
myself to give to the public at early day.
Whilst shall do SO, take this occasion to say
that l should derreciatc any division in WI
OF any other Southern State OH this question, NJ
any time when harmony at home o" the great
issue Of the day is Of so much consequence to tie
South; and that I make upon others, hui
shall be prepared to defend my own position
| whenever nssailcd.
am, gentlemen, very respectfully
Your obcdient servant,
NJ. l., BONlIAM.
Washington City, Mny ii, 1858.
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THE 7shuantepec Isansit-The New York
Herald contains the following despatch from
Washington
s"The Cabinet has determined to recognize Mr..
Benjam ms Tehuantepec Company, and the Post ,t
master General is instructed to make a contract
Tor the mails.
''The Pacific Mail Steamship Company has
signed contract with the Tehuantepec Compa-
ny 10 take mails and passengers on the Pacific to
San Francisco, and the Department has extended
the Pacific Company's contract for one year in
coDsequence-the service to commence in Octo-
Der. Peter A. Iiargous is to furnish the money
to complete the Tehuantepec road. The COM
pensation for the mails from Now Orleans to the
Pacific ocean is TO be two hundred and eighty
thousand dollars year for semirionthIy service,
and the plan of the Government is TO make Te-
huantepec the mal-route to California, ana to
discontinue the Panama route"
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APPEAL CuIiRT-

We copy the following from the Columbia
G""','"", showing the decision of the Court
"po" the cases that were carried up front this
District.
!: The Uninn Bank Vs. Hodges & Smith.
The thrcc defendants were sued rs partners
on JOINT contract, one Of thcm being u dormant
partner.
They pleaded that two of the partners had
been Sued and Il Judgment recovered against
them Tins OH the Circuit was held to be q bar
to the action.
IT, was held here that the plea was not a bar
lhe motion Tor Il new trial was granted by
o Nrnll, j., Warilaw, j. dissenting.
2 John i. Eimnnds, vs. VIM. Bush ct nj.
The v"rdic:s trrning OH the facts, the motion
was dismissed by o'Neall, j.. President.