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WASHINGTON lRyING.-There is a melancholy in
terest IN every incident connected with the univer
sally lamented Irving. A few evenings since we
called on a gentleman of this citv and in the
course of conversation, he mentioned HAVING late
ly received a souvenir of inestimable value to him.
and placed on the table package which had been
envelOpcd, sealed and addressed by Irving him
self, to "Francis De lIaes Janver, Esq, Washing
ton, ID. G." So stated the note from his nephew,
who forwarded the package after the death of the
noble old man. We felt that we were in the pres
ence Of the spirit of the dead There was the work
OF his hands-the address-the seals-all as he left
them, shortly before he feel TRANQUILITY asleep to
awake to Immortality.
Removing the wrapper and turning to the first
page of the book found the following exquisite
ly beautiful extract from his sketch-boOk written
in characters the frmness of which showed that
age had dealt very gently with him. With our
thoughts on Irving, not the dead but the immortal,
we Tead:-
GAS the vine which has long twined its graceful
foliage about the oak, and been lifted by it into sun
shine, will when the hardy plant is rifted by the
thunderbolt, cling round it with its caressng ten
drills, end bind up its shattered boughs, so it is
beautifully ordered by Providence, that woman,
who is the mere dependant and ornament of man in
his happier hours, should be his stay and solace
when smitten with sudden calamity, winding her
self into the rugged recesses of his nature tendery
supporting the dropping head and binding up the
broken heart. WASHINGTON IRVING, (Sunnyside.l
- Washington Constitution.
Vice President Breckenridge, delivered an ad-
dress at Frankfort, KY, last week. in which he
advised his hearers to stand by the Dred Scott De
cision, as it gave the South power to carry Slaves
into the Territories. He particularly hard
upon the doctrine of "unfriendy Legslation.''-
He thought there much danger of the dissOlu-
tiOn of he Union, caused by the Republican party,
the logical result of whose teachings was at
Harpers Ferry. That party will never be at peace
with the South, unless the South will consent to
surrender her rights. The South stands in the
best possible position having the Executive, the
Constitution, the Laws, and the Decisions of the
Courts in her favor. These she must hold on to-
If she finds the present laws insufficient for the
protection Of Slavery in the Territories then Con-
gress should pass laws that will be sufficient. 1t
was Mr.. Breckinrdge's opinion, however, that
the existing laws gave all the protection needed.
He denounced tilibustering and the re-opening of
the slave trade as Southern "isms," which the
South should discountenance before she complain
ed Of the ''isD,s" of the North.
In conclusion, Mr. Breckinridge said he looked
to the conservative element of the North to unite
with the Democracy in shattering the Republican
organization.
Colonel Schafner, an American, is in England,
for the purpose of demonstrating the practicable
ty OF laying line OF telegraph wires from Europe
to America by the way of Ireland, the Farce Is
lands, Iceland and Greenland. He does not con-
sder the direct route as practicable on account of
the slowness OF the transmission of the electric
rent under water. The proposed route also short
ems the whole telegraphic distance between New
York and London, two hundred and eightv-sx
miles; and between London and Quebec four hun
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