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FROM WASHINGTON CITY.

WAsHINGroN, March 5.-The amount in the Trea
Jury, subject to draft s less than four million dollars
The movement in the Senate towards enacting a
general bankrupt system, exctes considerable atten
ton, and is regarded a quasi administration
sure. 1t is said corporations will be included in it's
provisions. The object is to protect debtors and
creditors, and TO regulate commercial transactions
throughout the Union. Members of all parties ap
pear to favor the measure.
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For tie Enquirer.
THE SEA SHELL.
nv n, or.y pREUsS.


THE SEA SHELL.
BY II. CLAY PREuss.
How lie it with thee, oh, lone sea shell!
WHY utter this ceaseltss moan
Art yearning again
For thy homs IN the main
Where the sunlight hath never shone!
Like the muilied throb Of broken heart
Thy music is sounding to me;
Art mourning thy love
In some far coral grove
That blossoms down under the sea
They cay that the voice Of thy native waves
This melancholy dirge doth keep
Which, though far away,
Doth ever betrsy
Thy birth in the wild ocean Deep
And is it not thus with that mystical voice
Which speaks TO the children ot Farm
And often unfOlds,
To God.imsged souls.
Some truce OF their Heavenly BIRTH
Alb! many a spirit like thee, lone shell,
Now mourns in its prison OF clay;
While it catches faint CLEANS,
In soul.thrilling dreams,
Ofthe OCEAN that's far aray.
Washington D. Z. 1888.
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ERnM KANSAS

WAsHINGroN March IA messenger has arrived
from Kansas with the journal Of the Lecompton Con-
veption and the evidence before the Commissioners
appointed TO examine into alleged frauds. The docu
mens are vOuminous, and it is said the investigation
reduces the vote from upwards of 600 to 9, 500.
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No. IJl Main street. Richmond, va.
1.-TWO hundred and seventy I'VE thousand Likehe"
IL taken at this establishment since 1870. 49,,
POWERS Is now engaged in making pictures OF W.
bers of the Legislature. The number contracted i'
10000 ,.,.
Mr.. POWERS has Introduced a new style OF r!c-i !,
From one citing million moro Of copies can Or ne
each one as perfect life tse and ut very in''e'
cost. ,,,,c,
Ambro,ypes Photographs, D.guerreotypes. MeI.s =,
type and every known style Of Picture made ana ~
lowest prices Warranted satisfactory. or no chH's'
made. ..,,-
the Legislature respectfully invited to call sna
Pictures OF the member, OF the Legisature to DC Sc
only at Powers Picture Factory, No. Isl Man 'Hre'
i Yah
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DEPARTURE OF THE NIAGARA.
NEW YORK, March 6.-The United States frgate
Niagara left here for England this morning to JON
the other ships Of the Submarine Cable Squadron.
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PROPOSED CELERRArloN.-The Monticello Guards,
Of charlottesville. Va, propose celebrating the ensu
ing 4th of July by barbecue, GRAFTON and poem on
Monticello, and to end with ball. The Jeffersonan
says they intend to invite as the guests of the Guards
the Baltimore City Guards, the Washington Light
Infantry of Washington city, and the Young Guard
of Richmond.
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PENNSYLVANIA NOM,v

1DNANoI Nv ANIH NON' = - u.
HARRIsBURG, March 6.-Wm. y. V,,far ,yss no.
minated last night, on the FIRST hHo' r. sc Of tie
Supreme Court.
Wesley Frost was nomiua: :;
sioner on the third ballot. ....
vention adjourned sine die.
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NOTICE.

NOTICE.
CALLED meeting OF the Stockholders Of the lance
N River and ksnawha Company, will be held IN TIM
city wednesday the 2ith March, 1855, y O'Clock
~
APPOINTMENT OF PROXY
Know all men by these Presens, that we the sutscr
bcrs being Stockholders the James River and Knnswb
Company, do hereby constitute and appoint --- -
true and lawful Attorney and Proxy, to rcprss'n,
each OF US in all General Meetings Of the Sockhojs' Of
ssd Company held within six months fror ,ri after the
date hereof when we not personally present or repre-
ty Mt such General Meetings u give such votes
and to do such acts, each OF could give
10, member OF the said meetings, If were per
soually present; and do hereby ratiiy and conhra
whatever votes act acs our said Attorney Hy
lawfully give do for u.s. in pursuance Of the AUTHORITY
! hereby conferred upon him.
| Witness our hands and seals this - day Of -------
one thousand eight hundred and -.
-, SEAL
Teste -, (SgALj
| Ry order of the Board of Directors.
| WM MTNE0RD Secretary.
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New YORK March 6.-The sossquies of Commo.
dore Perry, to be celebrated this afternoon, will be
imposing. The members Of The Council and Cham.
her of Commerce will attend; also the officers Of the
division of militia. Two hundred marines will act a.
body guard, and the 7th regiment as funeral cor
tege.
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suIpwRrCK AND Loss or LINE

HALIFAX, March THE schooner Inkerman. from
Newfoundland for Halifax, was wrecked on the Je.
dore Ledyes on the Goth ult. All lost except one
seaman, who is severely frozen.
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BALTIMORE ANNUAL. CONFERENCES.
WAsHISGroN. March THE Baltimore Methods
Conference now sitting here have decided to hold the
next annual meeting in Lewisburg, Va.
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and the other AIDE repressng their exu!.ston at ,hA
aid sud comfort received by them from the Execu
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ATRIIE BlIl, FoIINp

WASHINGTON, March THE Grand Jury under the
Congressional law, have found a true bill asainst j.
w. Waco,t, the contumscious witness in The tariff.
fraud investigation.
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A poor mechanic, of Chicago ILL.,, has become heil
10 gov by sbe will OF relative lately deceased ia
Australia.
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GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL.

The General Appropriation bill was reported, an,
read first time A motion TO read second time ".
defeated for want of a two third vote, ss follows:
AYEs-Messrs. August, Braden, Brannon, Bruce
Caldwell, Campbell, Catlet, Claiborne, Cobb. Coghi
Coleman, Daughtrey, Day, Douglas, Flood, Funsen
Gatewood, Hsrston, Hubbard, IIuddleson, johnson,
Neale of W., Neale Of n. Old, Paxton, Rives, Smith
Of j., Taliaferro, Thompson. Wooding ami West-3I.
NAYs-Messrs Deskins, Floyd, Welch-3.
Mr.. JOHNSON moved that the Chair be vacated uu.
til o'clock
Mr.. ARMSTRONG offered resolution vacating Tia
Chair until O'clock and the Senate adjourn sme d.,
at o'clock.
Mr.. JOHNSON withdrew his motion.
Mr.. THoaPsoS moved to 6I l2 o'clock.
After sone conversational debate, Mr.. ARhsr Roso
resolution was adopted.
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SAILING OF A NAIL STEAMER.
NEW York, March 6.-The Arago sailed at noon
with 100 passengers aud $l50,000 in specie.
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FLY-BY.NlGHT.

FLY % .NIUHT.
TKlHIS recently imported Stallion aud Race a -
Horse will stand this, his fret .eason in III
America at the stable of the subscriber, within 6Il
one mile of Pi,tsylvania Courthouse. Virgins lDs q
Mares will be served at Fifty Dollars BY the croD
Seventy Five Dollars II insured One Dollar 10 th Fs
in every case. Mares fed at Forty Gents per osi 1,
Description Performance, Pedigree &c see hsWGuiTE
March 3-ctlst June JOHN u. ~
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EMPEROR.

flNHE Imported CLEVELAND BAY sIAL' ~
III LION OF Mr.. Rives will stand The rhsu' GeA
ing season Mt Castle Hill Farm. near CobhhW OD
r. U, Albsnsrie Co., and serve mares on uLsaEs
sired, furnished at moderate prices. nnlanrecf
March 5-cw2m Agent io'
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POWERS GREAT PHOTOGRAPH, AhBk

Ry order of the Board of Directors.
WIN ?. MUNF0RD, Secretary
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Mr. EDAUSDs officiating as SPEAKER.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
The following Senate bills we're passed
To authorize the circuit court OF Orange to decree
the sale of the lands Of the Connerys, free people Of
color, in said county-(with ameDdments.1
To extend the time for Mary Nicholson and VIM.
n Hostead to apply to the county court of Norfolk
county for the correction Of the assessment OF their
lands under the act OF 1856 for the reassessment OF
the lands Of the Commonwealth.
To extend the Roanoke valley railroad from Clar ks-
vile, in the county Of Meckenburg, TO some point
near keysville, the Danve railroad, or to Blacks
and Whites on the South Side railroad, or the junction
of the same. This bill was taken up. on motion OF
Mr.. HARDY; and amended, motion Of Mr.. JOINS,
of ny
To incorporate the Kanawha salt and coal COM
pany.
Authorizing the sale Of certain school house and
lot 10 the town Of Buffalo, in Putnam county, by the
trustees thereof.
To amend the lst section of an act passed March
I'd, 1854 amending act for the construction ola ca
nal from North Landing to Elizabeth river.
To incorporate the Coal River Rail Road Company:
To incorporate the Guyandotte River Rail Road
Company.
SENATE BILL REJECTED.
"A Senate bill for the relief OF A. c. Layne, coming
up in order explained and advocated by Messrs.
ANDERSON. DucYwALL and HEATH, and opposed by
Mr.. SIBERr.
II was stated that Mr.. Lsyns was the lessee of the
mill in rear Of the Armory. belonging to the State,
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IA strange and beautiful thing this, which we lind
in a country paper, credited to the Journal OF Com
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1858-06-10

F'When the day breaks, what become.
of the fragments? Dissolved in light 81
course.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1858-06-10

IVagabonds who never owned "nig-
ger" in their lives will denOunce Critten-
den and his followers both in and out Of
Congress, as AboliliOnists, but fortunately
such oracles are no longer regarded by the
Southern people. The seal Of popular con-
demnstion i. upon them, their power for evil
has departed, and it is well for the South
and for the country that it is SO. In bygons
years these political harpie. have destroyed
the prospects and impaired the usefulness OF
some Of the wisest statesmen Of the land,
and their counsels have invariably been per-
nicious and revolutionary. II their wishes
could be carried out, the slavery agitation
would never cease, and the people have at
last OWNED their motive and learned 10 de-
spise their teachings.-[ Lexington (ky.)
Observer and Rep.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1858-06-10
From the Utica Livingston Co. }. Times (neutral.)
Political Tactics for the Coming Election.

From the Utica Livingston Co. Times (neutrai.)
Political Tactics for the Coming Election.
As editors are supposed TO have at least
smattering Of knowledge upon almost every
subject, we are often asked what are the
tactics of the political parties in Missouri.
Now it is mighty hard for mere spectator
to know what is going on "behind the
scenes" None but the actual performers
upon the political stage, really know what
the programme Of operations is to be-and
they are not allowed to disclose it-but
nearly every one thinks he has an ''inkling"
Of what is going on.
The St. Louis Republican, which has been
trying for the last few years to ape the New
York Herald, started out with the avowal that
the question at issue at the August election
was to be emancipation; and followed it up
with the intimation that whoever failed to
support the candidates it chose to dictate TO
the people, were all Emancipa,ionists and
Freesoilers. This may yet prove true; we
certainly have not the impertinence TO dis
pute ii, for, taking the Republicans past
course as criterion by which TO judge ifs
future, it is certainly beyond the ability Of
mortal man to predict over whom it will
throw its broad and protecting wings.
There are numerous persons who stand
with their heads and bodies bent forward,
and mouths gaping open and ready TO swal-
low any thing that the Republican may say,
and thenceforward they harp on that partic-
ular string until new decree is Issued
And thus we hear all around US the cry that
Emancipation is to be the issue. Now a,
far as we can see, there is no desire in this
part Of the State to mix that question in al
all, excep, perhaps, the few who echo this
cry. Why this i, done, is more than We
know, especially if those who make it, are,
as the profess to be, so deeply interested
in the welfare of the State. 1t is certainly
premature, and canfesult in no good to any
body, TO be thus eternally agitating ques-
ton which all admit ought TO be let alone.
1t is certainly troublesome question tina,
has to be so often settled" No longer age
than last summer 1t was "set,led," and now
we must go through the same operation
again; oh, how tedious to be doing our work
over every year.
We are among the number who do not be-
lieve in this howl. L, is not the issue, nor
will it be. II is nothing more than a hobby
on which political demagogues are to ride
into Office. 1t is bait thrown by by the
"acting managers" to catch "suckers," and
already they have far TOO many by the gills
L, is an old trick, and the people ought 10
begin to see into it.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1858-06-10
Where Musauitos Come From.

These pests OF summer proceed from III o
animalcules commonly termed the ''wiggls
tail" If bowl of water is placed in the
summers sun for few days, number Of
'wiggle tails" will be visible, and they will
continue in size till they reach ihree-six-
teen,hs of an inch in length, remaining longer
at the surface as they approach maturity, as
il seeming 10 live on influences derived from
the two elements. Of air and water; finally
they will assume chrysalis form, and by an
increased specific gravity sink to the bottom
Of the bowl. A few hours only will elap,e
when a short black furze or hair will grow
out on every side of each, till it assumes the
form Of minute caterpillar. It's specific
gravity being thus cOun;.racted. it will read
ily float TO the surface, and be waited 10 the
side of the bowl by the slightest breath Of
air. In short time fly will be ha.cllsd
and escape, leaving its tiny house upon .hs
surface OF the water.
Any one who has had ci,!ern in The yard
has doubtless observed the same effect every
summer, although he may be ignorant Of the
beautiful and simple process Of development.
If pitcher Of cistern or other water con-
tanning these animalcules is placed in Gloss
room over night, from which all musqui,os
have been previously excluded.
musqui,os will breed from it dur
to give any satisfactory amount .-----rs.
In fact, standing BY shallow, half stagnani
pool on midsumner's day, the full dsvel-
opmen, Of any number Of "wigg'e tails" 10
the mosquito State can be Witnessed and the
| origin of these disturbsrs Of nights slunbers
thus fully ascsrtained,
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1858-06-10

AN IRIsHaAN's IDEA OF AMERICA
One of the best definitions Of On lrishmans
idea of America that we ever saw, is con-
tanned in the following extract from sThe
Fairy circle tale of John Brougham' s
Irish Echoss.
Where did baccy come frcm, C0Fney?'
inquired Mary.
why, from .Meriky; where e!se?' he
replied-that sent us the first pitaty.-
Long to it for both, say l.!
What sort of place is that, wonder?'
sMeriky, is ii? They tell me its nigh.
,y sizeable, Mol, darih.' I'm told that
you might rowl England through it, an il
would hardly make dint in the ground
There's fresh water oceans idside Of it thai
YOU might dhrOund ireland in, and save
Father Mslhew a wonderful sight Of trou.
bIe; an as for Scotland, you might stick il
in corner of one of there forests, and you't
never be able 10 End it out, except, it ma!
be, It migat be by ths'smell Of whisky. !
I had ouly . trihe Of money, I'd go to seel
my forgin.,here.'
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1858-06-10
Society and Early Marriages.

Old Blackwood, that Nes,or Of magazines,
INDUCES 10 the following sensible remarks.
They were written for the other side Of the
Atlantic, but will bear transportation:
Seri' usly, l do not think the clubs alone
will have TO answer for the decrease Of ear
ly marriages. Other modern improvements
in society must bear their share Of the blame.
| would back the hearts mean the girls
against the clubs any day, only give them
fair play. But no sensible man Of moderate
means-no man who has 10 work, and is
willing 10 work, for a livelihood-I might,
perhaps say, no sensible man in any posi-
tion-rcks his wife out Of ballroom or an
opera.box, however much he may like to
see her there. A true woman has much
more chance-we all know it-of winning
any love that is worth her winning, in her
own home, in her undress, in her little name
less everyday unsludied graces, sitting on
stile, lettering by brook, ratsling in rail-
way carriage,or busy and unconscious amid
common household duties, than in what the
sex choose 10 consider the especial scenes
Of their glories and their triunphs.
have read somewhere, or have been told
that any woman three removes from Cor
con in personal attractions, can make any
man propose TO her if she has the chance o.
living in the same house with him for I
month. am inclined. with some modifica'
,ion, 10 believe it, humiliating as it may seen
to us noble animals. At all events, there
was much more chance Of early marriages
and happy ones too, when neishbors of tha
large class who have children at their de-
! sire, but little substance to leave them, me
! as neighbors; when personal intercourse
was more unrestrained; when lad coult
grow up in intimacy with another family
and learn to call the girls by their Christian
names, without any fear of being asked hi
intentions; when there were such things a:
fishing parties, and lounging in gardens, ,ans
country rides and rarnble' on long summer
mornings, and family dinners and rount
games on winter nights, not 10 speak of ex
tempore dances too, when no one minded
going and returning eight or ten miles, pack
ed into any kind ofconveyance, ,or well wrap
ped up three in a gig, "the more the mer
| rier,"
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1858-06-10

BURxE's GENERosITY.-O On walking
home, one night, from the House of Com
mons. he was accosteo by one of those
wretched women who infest the public
thOroughfares of great town. Finding
that the man she addressed was of a cha
ractsr different from that of her usual as
sociates, she burst into tears and told him
her very painful story. 1t was, Of course,
the ordinary tale, more than ordinarily pa.
thetic: lady's maid-the lady's son
desertion n-destituticn-t the streets. As
she was talking TO him, Burke arrived at
his own door There was something in
the degraded objects language that struck
him as sincere: Sole,nnly udmonishing
her that everything might depend upon her
self, he called his housekeeper, and told
her take care of the unhappy stranger until
she could be seen by Mrs. Burke. The
next day, this kind lady, always ready TO
second her husband in his humane designs,
saw the poor woman. The opportunity OF
amendment was afforded her, and eagerly
embraced. Her benefactor had no reason
to repent Of his effort to save, from absolute
des pair, this outcast of the London streets.
III Life of Edmund Burke.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1858-06-10

From the Washington States.
A NATIONAL BANKRupT LAW. - The
House Committee on the Judiciary yester-
day made report on that portion Of the
Presidents Message which relates to the
passage of national bankrupt law. In This
report the whole system Of banking and
commercial exchange is thoroughly and mi
nutely discussed. The committee hold that
the disastrous financial revulsion of 1857
cannot be ascribed to the action Of The banks,
but rather to fash land and railway specu-
lation. The reckless manner in which rail-
road companies manage their affairs is said
to be the principal cause of the late crisis.
The committee are not Of the opinion that
Congress has the power to pass uniform
bankrupt law, and that, had Congress the
authority, the passage Of such law would
give rise to many great and permanent evils.
The power and patronage Of the Executive
would be greatly increased thereby-an
evil carefully TO be avoided. 10 the States,
and 10 the States alone, belongs the power
of enacting laws for the government and reg
ulations Of banking corporations.
In view Of these facts, the committee con-
clude their report with the following reso-
luton:
Rssolvcd, That there be no further action
upon the recommendation of the President
.to pass uniform bankrupt law, applicable
to all banking institutions throughout the
United States.'
Messrs. Taylor Of La, Tappan of N. H.
Bliss of Ohio, Billinghurst of Mass, con-
sttuted the majority Of the committee
Messrs. Houston of Ala, and Caskie o
virgini,, dissented from the views Of 'h'
majority. .
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1858-06-10
Poisoncas Beauty.

The natural desire Of all to display what
personal attractions they may possess to
the best possible advantage, and the pleas
ure which all mankind, whether civilized
or savage, take in looking upon beautiful
female face, has led the weaker sex in
many instances to commit violations Of
common sense, which cause feelings OF
deep regret and commiseration in the breast
of every true man and woman. There is
no custom SO foolish and frivolou, as that Of
painting the face, or endeavOring to obtain
by artificial means an unnatural complex
ion; and this custom, which at first we are
inclined to regard as simply childish, as
sumes the graver nature Of q crime whea
we regard the means adopted to attain this
silly end. For example:-Arsenic is used
in great quantities TO produce healthy
look, ruby lips, and rotundity Of form, and
we have it on good authority that in many
parts Of Europe, and for aught we know ID
the contrary, in America, arsenic is eaten
in large quantities, and DR.. Tshudi, the
well known traveller, says sit does not
seem TO have any more pernicious effect
than opium eating" as if that was not bad
enough! Many tuns weight of arsenic are
sold annually in the form of cosmetic pow
ders for outward application. Bisnuth ard
antimony ore also largely used III the man
ulacture of these articles, without which
ladies do not consider their toilets completely
and much as they may abhor the character
Of a Borgia or Brinvilliers, they are them
selves provided with weapons as danger
Gus as either Of those two females; the diff.
ference being that 6ne is doing all she can
10 poison herself. and the others poisoned
their friends! 1t is said of a celebrated acl
tress that she must in her life time have
used half hundred weight of oxyd Of bis
muth in the shape Of cosmetic powders, and
the pearl powders, rogues, and the whole
army Of so-caled beautifers, are all more
or less highly poisonous. 1t surely cannot
be right 10 use or encourage the use of these
articles, more especially when we know
that there are plenty Of vegetable COM
pounds which will answer just as well, and
will not stop up the pores with poisonous
metals. The Spanish ladies use harmless
cosmetic composed Of almonds, and another
nf pistachio nuts, ground in water, and
which are said TO have no deleterious eff
fects. We have not space to expatiate as
fully as we would wish on the moral or the
physiology of these facts, but we fulfill our
duty in calling public attention to them,
that the good sense of the people may rise
in mutiny against painted beauty, especially
when that paint carries with it the breath
Of poison; and we would let every one know
that some ladies actually, as well as fgur-
atively, deal out 10 their admirers killing
glances.-I Scientific American.