If 3 i i CM 1 . i l i 'A MfllflTAlI SEBTiflU. ANDREW J. R1IF.Y. EDITOR. EMJNSIHJKG, PA. T!uu-NIa3- Jlay 15, 1$51. UTTiie Sentinel, has much the largest cir emulation of any paper published in this county mid as an advertising sheet offers superior inducements to merchants and business men generally. Those desirous of making us of wis meaiumjor extending their business can do so by either sending their notices direct, or through the following agents John Crouse, Hsq., Johnstown. v E. W. Carr, Ccans' Buildings, Third st Philadelphia. V. li. Palmer, ZiV., XewYark Philadelphia ond Halt imure. in imiLigr; nm m i iimiii wi AOTICIL The numbers of the Democratic County Com mittee are requested to meet at the Court House, in Ehensburg, on Tuesday, 27th inst., at 2 o' clock P. M., for the purpose of transacting bu siness of importance. Punctual attendance is requested. JAMES MURRAY, Chairman. Ebi'ii.-bnrg, May 13, 1851. -cv Advertisements. Messrs. John Ivorv & Son, Summit, ire re- . a....aS...wimuiu mock oi jro.ms, j ; i i i. : -i . i. .1. . which thev arc scllinii cheap. See adverti "e"jto IllCIit. The Volunteer Companies COllipoMUJ ami.ria i.ngaue para-ie in t-Oenaourg t' : Ihursday, June 12th. See notice. i Read advertisements of the Jefferson House.! I.ime for sale, and of Murrav & Zahm t-iT'The Central Hail Ro:l.l Co., arc to have a letting at the Summit, on the 10th day of June. That portion of the read lying between Altoona and Pringlc's point, two miles below Jefferson, in this county, is to be let. The dis tance is 25 miles, and the work will be of the heaviest kind. Two tunnels, one at the Sum mit of the mountain SHOO fret long, auJ one near Boyles' Curve 100 fret long, are comprised in this Icttijiir. KFTlWc 1;lvC received a number of the ci-1 entific American.' a pnper published in New "k oi k and Boston, devoted to scientific, mechan ical and agricultural improvements. It is an useful paper and deserves success. Published by Miiiin .i Co.. at !'2 por year. Send us more of them. Xp5?"Gra ham's Magazine, for June, deserves more than a passing notice. It is the real em bodiment of American Literature, and '-The organ of American intellect." The engravings are very fine, especially that of '-Christ dispu ting with the Doctors.' The July number commences a new volume, and will be a bril liant affair. Specimens will be ready Mav 28th, so as it can be seen to be appreciated. Terms per year, and postage 2.1c per number. Clubs furnished at the rate of 2 per year. M34Godey's - Lady's Book, for June, is at hand, and excels, both in the quality of its lit erary matter and in the beauty of its illustra tions, any previous number. The July No. will commence a new volume, and will be ltis master-piece. Now and Beautiful engravings will a. lorn it, and the articles will all be contri buted by the American Ladies. There will be a demand for it, unpar.i!el!ed. Terms per year, postage 2c pr number. Clubs supplied at 2 per year. lO" We had the pleasure of meeting -x'a'h n. SJi Kl. JoMs. of IVly'.ur ft the .-.-. niit, on Sundny bisf, who Wa. ' T',tii'. f r the-; d Worlds r air, and who intend t A:;.g j m thc Steamer CV.y , C.l,-r.,r. Before W.-:uA , it.urg ho resigned the KA of ,, -,u-. World's Fair Ju Ige, so as to enable thc Governor to appoint ' sonic person in his stead !!fOn Sunday last, we dined at the Ex- change Hotel, Ilollidaysburg, and were surprised to find green peas, lettuce, radishes, &c, on the table at this season of the year. Upon enquiry -oo we learned they received them regularly from Philadelphia. Hollid iysburg is a great place, and thc Central R .ad is a great convenience. oo wc return thanks to Col. J. W. Geary, for a copy of the "S.m Francisco Herald," of April 1st, several extracts from which will be found on thc first page of this week's pnper. oo Thc Home JontN.vL, edited by N. P. WILLIS and GEORGE P. MORRIS, EsqV, of New York, is always welcome. Wc lose an invaluable com panion when it fails to reach our sanctum. oo Arthur a Jl-jine. Gazette is a capital paper. So good in a fnmily. and t-uch nice tales for the young ones to read. We do like it, and hope it may continue to prosper. ESI- The . ,.. f.r the Fatal Marriages, by Henry Coekton, is the title of a book that has I ecu kiudly sent us by the publisher?. Messrs. II. Long & Bro.. New York. Mr. C. is a beau tiful and excellent writer, an I is the author of thc very popular novel Vali-nt'me Vor. In this work he gives so truthful a picture of English life and society that, the more wc read of it thc better pleased Are arc with it. It treats on a Milject familiar to every . person, and those losirnui of purchasing copies can remit the money (.") cts. per copy) to the publishers, or when in Ilollidayburg cl! on Mr. John West, who enn supply you. flvTh'ie V..1.-H Mver tVo-t hut night. V. c f'.ar thc it nit ha': b.;vn injured .rv I(.uh. Three Cent Pieces. The coinage of these pieces has reached to about $10,000 and is progressing rapidly. By instructions from the department, one-half of this coinage is to be - reserved for the assistant treasury and government depositories in distant cities, who will, by exchanges and otherwise, introduce them into circulation. The balance will be paid out at the mint, in amounts of $30, G0 and $150. The issue took place on the 8th instant. Andrew Jackson. T. D'Akoy MGee, Esq., the able editor of the American Cell, published at Boston, has written a work, which has just been published, entitled, "A History of the Irish Settlers in North Amer ica, from the earliest period to the census of 1850"' a subject which is almost inexhaustible. It is a fact that cannot be denied that Irishmen have in this continent always been the gallant soldiers of freedom. In every American war their bravery has been manifested, and their blood has been spilt. There were no Irish tories during the Revolution ; no Irish sympathisers with Britain during the war of '12 and '15;! while the ranks of our armies in Mexico were crowded with Irishmen. It is a subject for profitable research to trace the progress of this i great and controlling race in this hemisphere. J Denounced by the .narrow-souled demagogue ; ! misrepresented and reviled, they have estab lished their title to consideration, as well in our past history, as in the present condition of af fairs. Among the other characters drawn by Mr. M'Gkk, in his interesting volume, the fol lowing portrait of Jackson will be found unusu ally graphic : The character of Jackson will be an bistor- K-A study for a thousand vcars. His is oup oft thle anguI.ir outlines which ahllost defy time ' make them commonplace. Like Sextus j jumtus, Columbus, and Cromwell, much reffec ,ncition upon him does not beget the sense of dim- ness, but of substantialitv. Wc have blood and bone in every incident of his life and every word he has uttered. Truly it has been said, he was one of the siuccrest of men.' Philoso phers might be puzzled at the rigid sequence of his life and language, did they not know that there are some natures which, founded upon certain radical principles, cau only live a life of unity or of madness. Jackson could never have become inconsistent, unless lie had gone insane. 'American national character has, since his day, partaken equally of Jackson and Franklin. The Quaker thrift, the proverbial calculation remains, but with it is mingled a strange and potent elemental ardor, a desire of territory, a x v..-. n'auan iiun;icit un known to the revolutionary generation. The Virginia presidents had the manners of courts and the discipline of English Benchers. The man of the West, tough as the hickory trees tlirough which he so often marched, was as natural in his style, habits, and wants, as any hunter of the prairies. When the 'White House' was threatened with a mob, he dismissed the naval and military officers who volunteered their guard, loaded his own ami his nephew's rifle, and, so prepared, the President of the United States awaited his foes in the Executive man sion. He would not use a sheet of the public paper; he allowed no lackies to attend on his person. In small things and in great, he was singular among great men; but all his singular ities when compiled, will oc found to constitute a grand, original, and co mpact soldier-states-! man Vow the Pittsburg J'vtt. Collector's Office PiTTsBi nr., May 1, 151. ' I Harder .j- Lnylon Gentlemen : The I statcment shows a verv ; following crease iu the amount of business done on the i - - Ill- ' . i, , 1 Pennsylvania Canal at this ,,.; .1 i j uum v.au,ii, di mis place, UUriU2 the! first week in this montl, ,,lln u-.i ! Mny 7th, (inclusive,) compared with a statement 'i f last year during the same time. And also n the aggregate tonnage since the opening of u.e ' anal tins year, up till May 7th, compared with that of last year, during the same time jwaig a large increase in the tf.nn, ,.i a;.v,i.,,t of tolls received this wek, over the -, ,ck of last yQar auj au incrcase iu t(m of 1 1,.:,021 pounds; being nearly onc third more tonnage than that of last year u j the ",.iuiu time. is.-,lfrt.m Miv 1 till 7 - - J?"-; T,w.,j' j 18-30 '' ' zXlS'W i ' i I"sc over 18-30, 2,181,4W 1,21 4 12; Tftnil:lfrO 18ol-sii.ee opening Canal 02,1-3728 lbs. 18" " " - 40,817,807 lbs. Increase over 18-30 14,339,521 lbs. Respectfully j ours, ALEX. SCOTT, Ass't CoV r. Syracuse, May 8, The American Ami-Slavery Society, which - ai me laoernacie last year, met yesterday in thc Market Hall, security in thc sum of 10,000 having been given for any damage to the building. Among those present were Abbe Folsom, and husband. Geo. Thomp son, M. P., Garrison, Elizur Wright, Fred Douglass, Burleigh, Whistou, &c. The principal speaker yesterday was Garrison, who abused llcnry tiny, Lewis Cass, &c, and praised Geo. Thompson. It would not be profitable or inter esting to report all he said. The attendance is not Tory large, and as yet there is no excite ment. - The Fkaxkinu Privilege. We learn from the Washington papers that the Attorney Gene ral has decided that the franking privilege of U. S. Senators and Members of Congress com mence with the term for which they were res pectively elected; and that, so far as relates to this purpose, they are Members of Congress by their election ami acceptance teforc taking their scats or oaths of office ; and there privilege is given to them as Members during their term of servke, without any reference to the time wh'-n tliy t tke their seats r o.O.hs r-t office. Opening of the Connecticut Legis lature. Hartford, May 7. The Legislature of this State met this morning at 10 o'clock. Hon. Samuel Ingham, Democrat, was chosen speaker of the House by five majority. The Democrats organized the lower House of the Legislature, complete', by five majorrfy ;onc Whig is sick and absent. The ,Whigs have three majority in the Senate. The Senate organized by appointing Hon Henry E. Peck, of New Haven, as President pro tern., Stephen W. Kellogg, of Xaugatuck,as clerk, and AVessell Russell, as door-keeper all Whigs. The House was organized by the election of Hon. Samuel Ingham as Speaker, having 114 votes, against Hon. W. Boardman, who had 100 Myron S. Baker, of Tolland, was selected clerk ; Morton W. Wilson, of Easton, assistant clerk; Samuel S. Cooley and Samuel Wylie, messengers; James Leron, Davis Ray, and Richard Burke, door-keepers, all Democrats. All the members were present but one, Mr. Cady, of Ashford, Free Soil, who is sick. The election for Governor and other State officers, will be proceeded with to-morrow fore noon. - . r . .r I Hartford, May 8. Thomas H. Seyniour, Democrat, has just been elected Governor by 3 majority. Green Heudrick, Whig, was elected Lieuten ant Governor by one majority, and Thos. Clark, also Whig, Treasurer, by the same majority, in consequence of Temperance votes. John P. C. Mather, Democrat, was chosen Secretary of State by 2 majority, and Rufus G. Pinney, Democrat, Comptroller, by the same. Patterson, N. J., May 8. A new locomotive on trial at the factory of Ro3crs Ketch um ct Grosveuor, exploded yester- day, and flew through the upper floor, some 50 feet in the air, doing much damage in the ascent and descent. Four workmen wr inst.intK. ! killed, and about a dozen wounded and scalded, some of whom cannot survive. The injury to j the building is estimated at $2,000, and the lo-! comotive at ?8,H00. JCST" The N. Y. Herald, (a Taylor paper,) in commenting on the election of Mr. Fish to the United States Senate, sa3"s "The Whig party, once a national and a con stitutional organization of the intelligence, the wealth and the respecability of the free States, is gradually assuming the position of a mere Abolition faction, composed of various colors and stripes, from the pure black of Douglass to the mixed complexion of Wrn. H. Seward and his political associates." Rennet knows the Whig party like a book. A British Slanderer. The English Aboli- tion emissary and scoundrel, George Thompson, M. P., said in one of his recent Canada speech es: " I do not believe there is one minister in the United States who believes what he says. I know enough of ministers in that country to believe that they preach wilfully and designedly what they know to be false '. The men deliberately go to their closets, and, for purely political and pro-slavery purposes, write sermons for the Sabbath-day, which they all the while know to be palpably and damnably untrue." Boi.nty Land Claims. The Washington Re public says certain statements are goiiis the rounds in the Philadelphia Ledger and oilier journals, which, we arc authorized to say from an oflicial source, do not correctly represent the action of the Pension Office on the bounty land . i i . - . . . imi un' "e act ol er.tember, lSoO. It is ' applications already received cx- cceJ onc thousand in number, and are lucrcaslnS at thc rilte of five hundred a day ; 1,, , , .u i ,i , , - i "ut so 1:ir ,rom tne claims themselves being ... . . ? pcrmitte-l to slumber, they arc subjected from reception to a rapid progress of clas- s;fic!,tl0n aud arrangement, which, though to surerncial servers it may appear tedious and uiiuvmauii, io essential 10 guaru. against error and confusion and actually conduces to despatch. There are now nearly three hundred warrants issuing daily, and means are in constant exer cise to swell the number to four hundred and upwards. Nearly fifteen thousand wan-ants have been issued to various parts of thc country oiii, uic niic iiiM rccciveu lrom uie ' JEST The Iron interest, savs thc Pottsvil Register, is gradually improving throughout tl country, with a healthy market, though as y engravers. svillc thc s yet : there has been but little advance in price. Iron ! producing establishments which have been sus- I ponded for months past by the depression of thc market, are again being set in motion. This iact will give increased vigor and tone to the coal trade. . . The Equestrian Statue, bronze, of Gen- j cral Jackson, which has been in progress for the last four years, at Washington City, under the direction of Mr. Mills, is rapidly approach ing completion, and will be ready to be placed on its pedestal, in Lafayette Square, opposite the Presidents House, ou thc 4th of July next. It will be one-third larger than life, and will weigh 3-,000 pounds. The material consists of j old brass cannon, condemned by the Government. J roxpects of Cairo, at the Junction of the Ohio and Minsiseippi. Cairo, at the mouth of thc Ohio, is beginning to look up. It has literally been so submerged with water as almost to have forbidden the hope of its ever becoming tlie foundation of a great city, but now, since it has become the terminus of the great railway from Chicago to thc junction of the Ohio and Missis sippi, it is moving forward with much spirit. Capital is freely invested there, and the waters will soon be so walled out as to leave a dry space sufficient for building. Four miles, as wc learn, of permanent embankment, have already been built along thc Mississippi and Ohio river, from the junction, and a wall, three miles north of thc town, is fioou to be built fi-m river ! river. Mdvankk Advertiser. Latc from Buenos Ayres. Boston, May 12. The ship Dragon, from Buenos Ayres, March 21st, and Monte Video, 23d, arrived at this port to-day. The U. S. frigate Congress was at Buenos Ayres bound on a cruise southward as far as the Falkland Islands. The Bainbridge was at Monte Video. The U. S. frigate St. Louis, Com. M'Keever, sailed from Monte Video on the ICth March, for Rio de Janeiro. The Packet says that at her departure, every mark of cordiality and respect was shown. . The drought and Locusts have been causing dreadful havoc in some parts of the country, almost entirely destroying the crop of wheat, which is generally defective both in quantity and quality. The ports remain closed against foreign grain, but should the threateued scarcity prove real, no doubt the restrictions will be removed. The political news is unimportant. The im prisonment of Gen. Riverio at Rio de Janeiro, was looked upon asa pacific indication, had not the renewal of the treaty of Brazil with the Provincial government of Paraguay, come to a neutralization of its effect. x fiS We learn from the Lewi&burg (Union county) Chronicle, that, on Saturday last, the ivory tusk of a Mastodon was found in Kelly township, while digging aditch. The tusk was ten feet long, moderately curved, nine inches in diameter at one end, and four inches at the oth er. It was found two feet below the surface, in a layer of blue clay, which rested on a bed of sand and gravel. A similar relic was found week before last on the farm of Mrs. Whitmore, in Tunkhannock Borough,- Wyoming county, while digging the North Branch Canal. It was about ten feet below the surface, in a strata of sand. A Sensible Whig. The New Orlea ns Bee, speaking of the nomination of Gen. Scott for the Presidency, says : "Gen Scott is much talked of. He would ma5c a gallant nominee, but there are weak l"j"ts about him tender spots, which cannot be touched without making his friends wince, and which his enemies would rub and gall with unmerciful cruelty." A Race to tlie Grave. On Saturday last two funeral processions, of unusual length, on their way to the Catholic Cemetery in Cambridge, neared each other a little above Porter s Hotel. A rivalry immedi ately set up between the drivers of the hearses, to $?e which should reach the gate of the Cemetery first! By a great application of the whip a sample of fast driving developed itself but the race was of short duration. The coffin in one of the hearses was thrown out on the ground. and before the cortese following could draw un. it was run ovcr bv tLree ol. four h;.ck, ,p riously mutilated This accident suddenly put an cud to the mad career of the Jehus. The body was restored to its proper place, and the two funerals proceeded in order. Fast driving to the grave often occurs in Cambridge. Boston Mail. Senior Captain in tlic Xavy. By the recent death of Commodore Barron, the seniority of rank in the navy of the United States, as we learn from the Republic, devolves on Commodore Charles Stewart, who is a native of Pennsylvania, aud appointed from that State, though at present a citizen of the State of New Jersey. Commodore Stewart entered the ser vice as a lieutenant ou the same day as the late Commodore Barron to wit, on the 0th of March, 170S, and his present commission bears the date of April 22, 1800. Commodores Mor ris, Warrington, and Downes are next in the series of those sterling old naval heroes, whose in i.ii wituijus 10 our seconu war witn ' . . , , nlAin.nn ess t i!in rmontnl .m.i ;,..,.;,-.nC ' ,. . - M , manifested in various emergencies before and since, have challenged the admiration of the world, and given them an enduring niche in the temple of fame. Bloody Conflict. The Galveston (Texas) Civilian, of the 18th ult., says that Captain McCullough's company of Mounted Rangers overtook on thc 10th, a gang of runaway negroes near the river Nueces, on their way to Mexico. The negroes were challenged by the Rangers to surrender, but refused, and in return opened a fire upon the Rangers, killing two, and wound ing a third badly. A general engagement then ensued, in which all the negroes were killed. Their number is not mentioned. tQ, The St. Louis Republican notices a re port that the Mormon residents of the Salt Lake Valley will make a proposition to Con gress, through their delegate at Washington, to construct the Facific railroad from Salt Lake City to the Pacific Ocean, if the United States Government will build the road over the inter mediate road between Missouri and the Salt Lake connection. . Precaution. The Loudon papers say that there will be thirty thousand troops within five miles of Hyde Fark on the occasion of the opening of the Great Exhibition by Her Majesty. If this exhibition had been held in the United Slates, not a single soldier would have been considered necessary to preserve the government or keep a revolution from breaking out. In republics thc government is the people, and revolutions are always accomplished quietly and peaceably at the ballot-box. Armies are never thought of as a part of the police establishment. Arrived. M. Kane, Jr., Esq., well and fa vorably known in this city, arrived here on Sun day evening last, direct from California, where he spent about two years. He reports all the Pittsburghers there in good health. Friend Rank will be welcomed home, with a hearty good will, ly las many friends and acquaintan tanccs. Pittsburg Chronicle. Wa, The Maryland Convention have adopted measures abolishing lotteries in thot State, af ter April, 1859. Thc matter excited much dc bate. Gen. COSs-on tlie Sabbatli. We learn from the Washington Telegraph that towards tlie close of the late Congress the session of Saturday night was continued until the Sabbath morning. At the hour of twelve, General Cass moved an adjournment and offer ed the following remarks: "As I am a believer in the divine institution of the Sabbath, and I believe it is as wise in a civil as in a religious point of view, I never will, in time of peace, sit in the Senate on that day. The State legislatures, and perhaps ourselves in the District of Columbia, are passing laws whenever necessary for the strict observance of the Sabbath. What kind of an example are we setting in this high place in desecrating God's holy day; by this work brought on by ourselves, in consequence of talking instead of acting du ring a long session? We desecrate the Lord's day by unnecessary secular business, and in the most public and authoritative manner. This is throwing contempt on that holy day, from one extremity of the Union to the other, so far as our example can go. We ought to furnish a better example, and I, for one, will never sit on that day in time of peace. I do not say I will never do it in time of war, if necessary, but 1 1 will never do it iu time of Peace nor willing at any time." The Telegraph says that for these sentiments. his country should ever hold him dear. His lofty patriotism won the applause of every par ty, and such sentiments as those above, will tend to add new brilliancy to his fame. Mexico Plots asrainst tlie Govern ment. By the arrival at New Orleans of the barque Charles S. Olden, we have dates from the City of Mexico to the fth inst. It is said that large and influential parties are plotting for a change in the Government. ue pany wisnes xo join .uexico once more to jits recent republication it was dated by mi.-take Spain, and counts upon the Spanish troops and da 1848; and the editor relies upon "the latu-r authorities of Cuba for assistance. Another blunder, common enough in newspaper office party that of the manufacturing interest is j to establish the fact that the entire letter is a trying quietly and slowly to get up a feeling iu forgery. ru.Hsylcunian. favor of the return of Santa Anna to power. I . - There is still another party and not a feeble j Cuban KXIetlitioil. one, in favor of immediate annexation to the i The Savannah Xetcs of May the first, closes United States. an article relative to the Cuba expedition, with The Mexican Congress was to adjourn on the the following paragraph; 1 -3th of this month, but so much unfinished j A few days will tell the story of the Cuban business remained, that it was considered ex-j Expedition. If it should fail, through the uc treniely probable an extra session would be j tive opposition of our Government, we feel quit.. agreed to by both houses. A motion had been j confident that its mission will only be delaveJ. made to that effect in the lower house. ; A popular movement, so deep rooted as this I k . - 1 . - T . I.. Scuor Soto has presented a law in the Senate j on the liberty of cultivating, manufacturing and selling tobacco in the Republic. The following ;re tlie main features of his project: The ts- tahco or monopoly of tobacco will cease on the 1st September, 18-32: the tobacco iu store, ma-j chinery utensils, buildings, ixc, belonging to the company having the monopoly of tobacco, will be sold as directed in the sale of all notion al effects c ne half the sum resulting to be ap plied to paying off the interior debt, and the other half to the wants of the Government. The Senate to recommend to the lower house to place on tobacco an annual tax of not less than !S.30,00, without charging anything on the exportation of the article. The Trait d" Union, and other papers, speak warmly in favor of the project. The Ayuntamiento, or municipal council of thc city of Mexico, has adopted a resolution. ing the General Government to suppress bull .!. .:.. q.- tL : tainly one step towards civilization. A census of the city and State of Mexico is now being taken. All strangers and forei-mers their nation, whether married or not, the coun try of their wives, their moral it c, .jc, are among the questions addressed by the census takers. The editor of the Trait d" Union, the French pa per, wishes to know what persons in Mexico could speak with certainty of his morality.' The foreigners are by far tho most respectable class in the city of Mexico. Southern Convention. Charleston, May 7. A minority report, signed by three of the committee of twenty-one, has been presented A resolution, in amendment, was offered bv Mr. Orr, pledging the convention to abide by thc action of the State Legislature, whether se cession took place, with or without opposition from the Federal Government. A debate en sued, in which no new features were developed: all concurred in the wrongs the state had suff- cred and the remedv nccessarv. but differed as to the time and manner; whatever may be the action of the convention, they will support it. Those against the original report were Messrs. TltW Orrnd Rnrnwrfl. Uttr m.L ered, if South Carolina separated from the other Southern States, the result would be finally de trimental to the institution of slavery. The question at issue will be acted upon to-morrow night, at 9 o'clock, and the report, (it is thought) will be adopted by a large majority. Rhett will (in all probability) make one of his characteris tic speeches to-morrow, upon the question in volved. Further. May 8. Au address was unanimously adop ted, with resolutions, declaring for secession at a future time, with or without co-operation; that co-operation is not worth the cost of unan imous submission: that secession is necessary to sovereignty; that thc convention looked to thc legislature to exert its sovereign power. A central committee of nine was appointed, aud the convention adjourned, sine die, without prayer! $3f Great enthusiasm prevails in all parts of Ireland in favor of tho movement of the Irish Beet Sugar Company, and from thc readiness evinced to grow thc roots, it is expected that next season thc Company will have factories in every part of thc country. jpgv-Thc plan for thc enlargement of the ! Capitol at Washington having been agreed upon; the work will be commenced n the 18th pix. ! Walter II. I.owrle. We think there is now no doubt but tLat tie gentleman w hose name heads this article will be put in nomination for the Supreme Bene! by the Democratic Judicial Convention. n j those who are acquainted with him, and know his qualifications, will sustain us in the asser tion, that a better man for the position cani be found within the limits of our State. -;- Having been a student of Jidge L. for se'vw. al months, we have had an opportunity of le- -ing something of the man and we take u-J. sure in testifying to his many excellent un ties, lie is one of the most industrious stulIts we ever knew. He never tires in the inveot V tion of cases, but the more difficult, abtruse lui novel the subject, the greater pleasure an Tj" amination of it affords him. He derives grt delight from delving into those branches of tt Law which to many others are irksome and hi! sipid. We have known him on several occa sions, when he had to decide some important case, to sit up the greater part of the ni't examining authorities and preparing an opia! ion; and the correctness of his dedsions are evinced by the respect paid them by the Su preme Court. Such is the material out of w hich our J,,.i., should be made men of tlie greatest legal at tainments, of untiring industry, and unii. peachable honesty men whose opinions cnnni be had for gold those who are not swayed I; the plaudits of factions, or won by the flatterie, of sycophantic knaves. Washington Examine. General Scott. One of the most striking specimens of politi cal desperation, is the attempt of the Ula-.r County Whig to prove that General Scottdidnu write his celebrated Nativist letter; and the manner iu which tLis is done is highly chara teristic. The letter was written in 1S41, but in niay.be frustrated for the time, but it is evident ' that a spirit is aroused, however unjustifiable I it may be, which will sooner or later effect the f emancipation of Cuba. It is the duty of ot.r f : ovenimeiit to preserve the neutrality of the nation, and to discountenance every infraction 1 .f our treaty stipulations with Spain; but it is expecting too much of the administration t supj ose that with all its vigilance it can pre vent what has come to be regarded as the ".n cvitable destiny" of Cuba. The death-grap if imbecile Spain itself must release its hold upon the Queen of the Antilles, even if she is nut rescued by the strong arms and brave heart--, at home and abroad, who are pledged in her cause. Our Flacr upon the llulns of Ainc veli. Among the passengers, says a New York pa- ner. nlin rvoiitlr lf Voir Vzm.1- in ,..,. .. T, , - c T. , , Baltic, for Liverpool, was Lucius D. Duncaa, Esq., of New Orleans, and a graduate of Yale College. He has now started on a tour throiuh the Eastern world, and intends not to stop until he shall have made his way to the Tuius of Thebes and the pyramids. Mr. Duncan carries with him a minature flag of the United State, ! made of costly materials, and also a flag Haff, which was recently cut by President Fillmore, at Mount Vernon, within fifty feet of the grave ( of Washington. The staff was presented lv Gen. Scott to Mr. Duncan, who has had it neat ly arranged in sections, after the manner of the fisherman's rod, and placed in a very conve nient portable case, ready for the purpose t- w hich it is destined in the service of the stars and stripes. Mr. Duncan means to plant this I staff bearing upon it the costly and beautiful j naS alluded to above, upon the walls of Nine- vch. The Cuban Aftair. A gentleman of intelligence, well known at Washington, where he arrived on Monday, from ; J Bl-li:s luai tue general impression ax lLat aiuI other laccs' was that tLe Inject for the mvasion of Cuba was not abandoned, but 1 Ca l" ...... .1 .1 , . luai 11 os m V& a would be executed. ,Ie S!i"S' to0 that thc prevailing belief W85. tLat fifteen hundr?J or l thousand men would be landed, and would be a sufficient force, with the aid of the disaffected portion of the Cubans, to effect a revolution. Such a belief must ne cessarily be founded upon the supposition, that the Spanish army of twenty-five thousand men are to be seduced from their allegiance. From other sources, the Government and individuals at Washington have 6uch information as indu ces the opinion that the expedition, weak as it may seem to be, is to go ahead, and wc may not be surprised, at any moment, to hear of the landing of some of the invaders on the Island of Cuba; unless, indeed, they be intercepted by the United States Naval force, or by that of Cuba. Retiring Senators. The late session of our Legislature closed the term of service of eleven State Senators, : follows: - . . Dis. 1. William Crabb, Whig. 2. Fcleg B. Savery, Whig 4. II. Jones Brooke, Whig. 7. Joseph Konigmacher, Whig. Daniel Stinc, Whig. 1 1 Robert M- Frick, Whig 10. J. J. Cunningham, Whig. 21. Isaac Hugus, Dcm. 22. Maxwell McCaslin, Dcm. 3. George V. Lawrence. Whij. 2 Timothy Ives. Pem. ; 1 frit ir y
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