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[ The Presidential Election?Our f Choice. The most sanguine and Uopetul among us, as to the upshot of the universal huckstering which i now pervades all parties and sections, for place < and perquisites, must confess that practically and i truthfully considered, the' South has little to gain * in the success of either side. __ < The utmost concession which Southern politi- ] cians expect to extort from the insatiate appetite j of Northern vandalism, is the finality of the Com- i nromise, aud the maintenance of the Fugitive i I Law. It was the straggle for this pitiable boon, which a few weeks since dismembered the Whig party, rending asunder the comrades of an hundred fields. Truly a trifling cause, for an effect Iso stupendious. Of what value to us is the as- < sertion of the finality of the Compromise; or of the fugitive law? Why, the South has cried a- < loud against the desolating plunderer of the Compromise, and we in Carolina have just emerged from a contest in which parties rivalled each oth er in swearing hostility and resistance to its rajs sidious but fatal decrees, iy; . And the operation of the fugitive law has already impelled us to the unwilling conviction, i that it is far better to have it stricken from the : LaaL or* Ia vomom ocs 1 f nAw iq on/1 flQ OUIlUbC uwa bUOU wv iviuiuu aw uvh mmv? it ever must be, utterly nugatory for its avowed purposes, and potential only, in multiplying extortion, and shedding the blood of slave holders. Yet parties and politicians are wrangling about these things, as though the assertion of the finality of the Compromise, and the fugitive law was not the re-enactment, and finishing stroke, which enstamp upon us, indelible shame and wrong.? Worse than this, Southern men are found eager- . ly entering the lists, and waiting only for the bare promise of these crumbs, to commit soul ; and body to the struggle and fortunes of the campaign. j We know that this acquiescence in the Com- ( TuvuniflA. for the sake of the Union- has won for e the South the praise of magnanimity, but such unfitting and deceitful praise, has emanated from ; traitor hps, and cowardly heart. ^Acquiescence * in deliberate wrong never was magnanimous in ( any p xiple. ( Were it here the sure symbol of peace to our homes and institutions, we too might pocket the i flattery and be quiet But his are indeed feeble , eyes, which fail to see, that as the star of South- , ern resistance " 'gins to pale his uneffectual fire," f the sun of Northern empire steadily treads aloft r the path to his meridian splendor. We there- j fore repeat our conviction, that the admission of the finality of the Compromise, and the fugitive law, confers no benefits upon the South. It is ( rather the treacherous price, by which she will ' be again seduced into the shambles, to be stran- , gfed and butchered by her Northern masters. , Who then is the man for the South, and what , should be his politics ? We want no Compromiser, no go-be-twee 11, that the Union may have j peace, and the North all the spoils. We want no timid, would-be-just President, ' ? wHo sees tnat tne outside ot tne platter oe clean, 1 but winks at the rotten and wholesale villainy, j which revels in the Departments. We want no j Northern man, with Southern principles, nor I Southern man, whose three hundred slaves, and s thousand bags of Cotton, shall dupe us into , I hope, while he is made the ready tool of log- ( I rollers, and tricksters. We havo tried such men L and we want no more of them. ( M She most rabid1 and reckless fanatic, the most 9 unscrupulous and corrupt financier, whose veins f ~ are boning with the lust of power, for himself ( and his section, is emphatically the man for the South. Paradoxical as it may seem the worst man, is the best for vs. We know that our j peace loving friends will start at this avowal. . They are not yet sick of that policy of Compromise, which is insiduously ana rapidly ruinjr ing our beloved land. So long as this policy is . 1 dominant, the South will continue to hug her R chains. There must be some stem and terrible j I remedy implied to stir her people, from their trance, with such a man in the White H House, surrounded by a Cabinet of chosen Com- ( B? peers, and backed by a powerful party, exultant, m and madly pressing onwards, the regeneration of t ||B^gB3MhA^thwould be near at hand. ] outrage choke up forever BSIBBMMBwi^mSl^fcLC<>roPron"se> let Consolidation Constitution, until the , the Union, is pressed | ^BSHHBMBMSHBM&j^^kpeople, and we should ( stirring her now ; BSBBBflKWMjjBm the wrong, and ( TO|MeBw8SW for us, that the bounds of j SHffl^^Bfl^^^^^^KBBHI^^HB^^-thanby steal-> BiaallBjgji||BgjCT I K vP* hung; and as no capital punishment SSsiraHSHSsmw^1^" Hg^HSQBj^BE^Magn^aHM|^Kit of the Baltimore miKlix r?rintinrr ot KHj^^BB^^^BHB^Hm^^Bpe-fourths of the docE^RBB|^gB8^SHn9ffi^3rai^B>f merchants for wra{>fa'r for the commitK&SHBSHmHHpHsSS^HmlHortion of the comraupaper for following advice to hens from scratching up iwff^MfliMaifi^^HPBiBKr vou cut their dainty scratch Tbe Democratic Convention. Baltimore, June 1. The Convention re-assembled at 5 o'clock this ifternoon. John W. Davis, of Indiana, was ?lected permanent President, and one Vice-President was elected from every State except South n?rrv,n mvioiftiis Secretaries were retain umuuuo* xuv/ ?w? ? ?d. The Convention adopted the two-thirds rule by a large majority; also determined to be governed by the rules of the House of Representatives. and to vote by States for President and Vice-President. Adjourned to 10 a. in. tomorrow. Baltimore, June 2. The Convention met at 10 o'clock, and was called to order by the President. The immense Hall was crowded to the utmost and there was difficulty in seating the Members. Mr. Burrow of Arkansas, submitted resolutions to appoint a Committee of one from each State to report a Democratic platform. A substitute was offered and adopted to appoint such Committee to whom should be referred without deall resolutions. Several resolutions were then offered endorsing the Compromise which were so referred, and the Convention adjourned to meet at 5 o'clock p. m. Evening Session. Convention re-assembled at the hour. A motion to admit Members of Congress on the floor was rejected. Mr. Neighbors, of Mississippi, offliof n/\ nAminotmn ho roooiv- I ICICU 1% ICOVIUUVIl I/UHl UV UWIUiuumvu -? vw. . ed for President and Vice-President until the Democratic platform be established. A long debate followed and the resolution was rejected by 155 to 111. The Committee on credentials make a majority and a minority report. $ There is great excitement regarding the Georgia Delegation. Amid much confusion the Convention adjourned to 9 o'clock to-morrow without taking any vote. Baltimore, June 3. The Convention assembled according to adjournment Both sets of the Georgia delegates were admitted to cast the vote of the State.? Gen. Commander's claims to represent South Carolina have been rejected. At half past 11, the Convention proceeded to ballot for President" with the following result: Cass 116; Buchanan 93; Douglas 20; Marcy 27; Butler 2 ; Houston 8; Lane 13; Dickinjoip 1; Dodge 3; J. B. Weller 4. 2d. Ballot. Cass 118; Buchanan 95; Douglass 21: Marcv 26; the others nearly as before. 3d ballot. Cass 119; Buchanan 94; Douglass 21; Marcy 26; and others very little changed. The 4th. 5th. and Cth. ballot taken with little variation from the 1st. On the 6th ballot the rate stood for Cass 114; Buchanan 88; Douglass 24; Marcv 26. 7th ballot. Cass 113; Buchanan 98; Dougass 34; Marcy 26, <fec. The 8th ballot was precisely the same. Tl\e ballottings were continued to the 17th which stood, for Cass 99; Buchanan 87; Douglass 60; Marcy 26; Laue 13; Houston 11; Dicknson 1. The Convention adjourne^ to 9 o'clock. The ballottings were continued up to the 22d without material change; on that ballot Cass received 757, Buchanan 103 and Douglas 78. There was little change up to the 82d when 3ass received 28, Buchanan 96, Douglass 88. On the 33d ballot Cass received 123, Buchanin 72, Douglass 60, Marcy 25, Houston 6, Hunier 1, Dickinson 1. Little change in the 84th and 35th ballots. i 34th ballot. Cass 130; Buchanan 49; Doug- " ass 53; Marcy 33; Houston 1; Butler 1; Dick nson 16. 85th ballot. Cass 131; others little changed. 36th ballot. Cass 122; Douglass 43; Pierce JO; others unchanged. 1 38th ballot. Cass 107; Buchanan 28; Dougass 33; Marcy 84; Pierce 29. 30th ballot. No material change. 45th ballot. Cass 98; Marcy 97?being ahead >f all others. * All is still doubtful. The 46th ballot showed little change. On the 17 th the vote stood for Cass 75; Marcy 95; Pierce 49; others much the same. 49th ballot. Cass 72; Douglass 89; Marcy 55. It became pretty certain now that Pierce vould get the nomination. The 49 ballot was^ aken at 2 o'clock, and resulted thus: Pietca. *78; 3ass 2; Buchanan 2; Marcy 1; Howefo/n and Dicknson 9. The Conveiilicoii'THen adjourned to 4 )'clock. ThejaPiflnnation of Gen. Pierce of New HampeliiffSwas received witli great rejoicing and of cannon. In the afternoon the Convention re assembled and proceeded to vote for the candidate for VicePresident. On the 2d ballot the Hon. Wm. R. King, of Alabama, received the nomination having 187 votes. The Convention then unanimously adopted the old party platform, with the addition of the Compromise. After deciding that the next Presidential Convention should be held at Cincinnati, they then adjourned sine die, at 8 o'clock, p. m. Death of Another Revolutionary Soldier.? The Darlington Flag has heard of the death of Ephraim Gandy, who was a soldier of the Revolution. He was according to his own account considerably over a hundred years old. He live J and died poor, but honest. How few of that race of men who were contemporary with him now survive. \Yc dQ not know one. llie lapse ,of three-fourths of a contury has removed them nearly all from the stage of action. Miss Jane Irwin.?The Washington correspondent of the Columbus Sentinel, under date of the 7th inst, says: "The bill for the relief of Miss Jane Irwin, of your State, has passed both nouses. Much sympathy has been elicited fortius lady, whose claims on the government are meritorious, and who has received, at the same time, a recognition of the signal merits and services of her father, and a substantial evidence of that appreciation. Her efforts to secure these have been most indefatigable. The ladies, after all, are the best claim agents, for the gallantry of the American people is always ready to respond to appeals from t hem. The example of Mrs. Lynch's success last year, and Miss Irwin's now, may open a new field for female enterprise, and quite an accession to the number of claimants may be anticipated next session. li li ik i nggu tbeYemlweekly journal, TUESDAY EVENING,. JUNE 8, 1852. THO. J. WARREN, Editor. Our Market. The Cotten Market has been a little depressed, and a slight decline has taken place. "We quote extremes at 7 to 9 3-4 Charleston quotations, 8 to 10 cents. To Correspondents. Maj. J. W., Lancaster?Tour favor is at hand, for which you will please accept our thanks. Your account is credited up to 1st August, 1S52. [jgg" If our correspondent A. B. will furnish us with a responsible name, we will comply with his request. Tbo Crops. As far as we can learn, the crops are doing well in our vicinity. Large crops of corn may be expected, unless a storm, freshet, or some other unlooked for casualty should happen. Death of the Rev. Henry Led better. "We learn from the Southern Christian Advocate that this venerable Minister of the Gospel died at the residence of his son, Mr. William J. Ledbetter, in Anson County, N. C., on the 1st ult, in the 83d year of his age. For three-score and ten years he has been a member of the M. E. Church, having joined at the early ago of thirteen. For upwards of sixty years he had labored in the Master's vineyard as a zealous and useful minister, and as the writer of his obituary says, he "only desisted a year or two ago, when he was so worn down by disease and age that he could preach no 1~ ? lUUgCi. These records of the past, are rarely seen?one by one are they removed to the rest that awaits the faithful at the right hand of the Majesty on high. Many seal3 has he had, doubtless, to bis ministry on earth, which will add to bis crown of glory in Heaven. Baltimore Convention. The great Democratic Council of the nation has adjourned, and lo and behold, Cass, Douglas, Buchan Air, and a hoet of other aspirants have been supplanted by an outsider. Just as might have been expected.? Gen. FRANKLIN J. PIERCE, of New Hampshire, has gained the nomination?not much of an honor, now a-days, and less so under the circumstances. General Pierce, as it is generally known, served in the "War with Mexico, from Vera Cruz to the City. We believe he was a brave officer, as it was generally understood that the Generals were all brave men, if not very remarkable for wisdom. It is a small matter to us who is President. Tf. trill Ha nnitA on ATAiKno oomnoirm f/v oqtt " "? "V ^MUV UU VAViUUfj wtuiyui^u IV oaj IUO least of it, if the commander-in-chief of the Mexican war Bhould be the nominee of the Whigs, soon to assemble in Convention at Baltimore. "When Greek meets Greek then comes the tng of war,"?so we are told Alabama hns been honored by the nomination of the Hon. Wsi. R. Kino as Vice President. The School-Fellow. The Juno No. of this popular Southern Juvenile Magazino is on our table. As usual, it is richly laden with good tilings for the young. ftyThe Augusta Constitutionalist states that the S. Carolina Railroad Company have purchased the farm of Charles Carter, Esq., just without the limits of that city, for the puipose of establishing a Dopot. fy We are requested by Capt. l. W. R. Blair to Btate that he *?rp?ctfufly declines the nomination for Representative, tendered him through the columns of tlio Journal. General Commander. The question has been often asked within the last few days, from whom did Gen. Commander receive authority to ropresent South Carolina in the Baltimore Convention? The Georgetown Observer gives tho modus operandi of his appointment with the names of those who figured in tho transaction, from which we make the following extracts: It will be recollected that four years ago Gen. Commander was sent on the same mission by a meeting, whose numbers scarcely eojialkvL-'iie votes he cast in the Convention. At that timo the State from?thie mountains to tho seaboard expressed-^ indignation at the fraud practised hjy-"tiic meeting at Georgetown. Two of the most conspicuous gentlemen who figured in that meeting, were at the time about to take up their abode in the State which claims Van Buren and Seward as the apostles of their political creed.? The two or three others who were left, either being ashamed of the part they then took, or moved by considerations of policy and expediency, refused to have anvtbim? to do with the nresent movement. An effort was however made to get up a public meeting to send a Delegate to the Convention at Baltimore, which effort failed inconsequence of an inability to find a gentleman of standing in tho community to take the chair.? The god-fathers of the movement of 1848 were unwilling to stand sponsors any longer, and the only alternative left to the party of which Gen. Commander is the high priest, was to have a certificate of appointment drawn up and hawked about for the names of those who could be induced to sign it, whether Whigs or Democrats, aliens or minors. The Observer hero mentions somo of tho frauds practised upon tho unsuspecting, to procure their signatures, and adds some remarks unnecessary for us to publish? and after giving tho names of the forty persons who signed Gen. Commander's certificate, says? Of this motley crew, thirty-one were not born in the District?twenty are not natives ot the State; fifteen are whigs?and nine have no right to vote in the District. Some have no ties of family or property to bind them to the place or State. Others, like birds of passage, are now pluming their wings for their Northern flight.? Some have just como into the District, and with more zeal than taste, have seized the first opportunity of investing themselves with an unenviable notoriety. To this heterogeneous mass of Whigs, Democrats and Aliens, arc we indebted for a representative to-day~at Baltimore, and for this kind service we trust the people of the District will show their graritudo in a befitting manucr. _ Delegates Appointed.?Governor Cobb, of Georgia, lias npjiointeU tho lion. M. J. Wellborn and Hon. A. Hull, to attend the meeting of delegates from tlio thirteen original States ot Philadelphia, on tho 4th July. .... . Meteorological JournaL May, 1852. Barometer. Greatest height 30.405in. Att. thermometer same time - - - 65deg. Least height .... 29.760in. Att. thermometer same time - - * 84deg. Monthly Mean height - - 29.973in. Thermometer. Greatest height ... . 94deg. Least " 41 " Monthly mean height - . 74 " Clear days ... . . 2 Fair " ... -15 Cloudy " - ... 14 Amount of rain ... 4.130iu. Ex-Senator Hanuegan has been placed under bonds to answer to the proper authorities for the killing of his brother-in-law, Captain Duncan. He continues to suffer the most intense anguish on account of the unfortunate occurrence. Acquitted.?Samuel "W. Morgan, late Teller of the Exchange Bank at Petersburg, Ya., charged with being a defaulter to the amount of $10,000, was tried and acquitted on Thursday. The Crystal Palace at New York.?The stock for the erection of this building, $200,000, it is said, has been all subscribed for, and the palace will be opened in May, 1853. A Large Family.?Stephen Dye, of .Miami county, Ohio, died lately, leaving 19 children, and 114 grandchildren, and 148 great-grand-children. Dr. Hunt, of Louisville, with his wife, bettor known first as Miss Sallio Ward, and then as the divorced wife of Mr. Bigelow Lawrence, has sailed for Europe. Mr, Corwin has gone on a visit to New York, and the Hon. Wm. L. Hodge has been appointed acting Secretary of the Treasury until his return. There were three hail-storms in Augusta county, Va., last week, doing considerable injury to the crops. A recent statistical return states the population of Austria and her different possessions to be 36,514,466. Mr. Itenick, whig, has been elected to the Virginia House of Delegates from Greenbrier county to fill a vacancy. The nomination of Gen. Caleb Cnshing, to be Judge of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, was confirmed on Saturday. Joseph W. Gorgus, of Harrisburg, Pa., was lately killed near Nashvillo, Tenn., by falling from the hurricane deck of a steamboat Mrs. Dyer, wife of John Dyer, of Alleghany ciiy, Pa, committed suicide by drowning herself) a few days ago. XT V Cr\ymz-o-1 r? a momlmr nf U. VJT. XCllUf U1 IbllUUl) XI* X ?y tvituwii^ ( iuvuiwvt v* Assembly, has been appointed Secretary of Utah by tho President Reduction of Fare.?It is stated that passengers are now cairied from Cleveland to Philadelphia, by tho Ohio and Pennsylvania and Central Railroad, for elevon dollars, tho price charged from Pittsburg to Philadelphia. This is caused by the competition with the Dunk:rk route to the East. The Boundary Co* mission.?A letter from Major Emory, dated El Paso, April 12, states that his Assistant, Ed. Ingraham, bad returned to that post- from an expedition aloug the uniim'sbed line of rbo survey.? There had been a previous report that Mr. Ingraham had been cut off and exterminated bv tho Indians. Ex-Secretary Walker, it'S sa'd, is recovering from his recent i"ue>:s in England. The complaint, which gave acute pain, has entirely left binr. and is pronounced as perfectly cured. Mr. and Mrs. Walker are soil at Reygato, but hopo to bo homo on the 1st of July. Thanksgiving Day in Virginia.?The Episcopal r\ x? - O yr; 1 ? MKAlH^An uonyeiuion 01 v irjjiuiu uos uuupivM t* ivouiuuvu ?.w to memorialize the Governor of that State to unite with the Governors of othor States in setting apart one day in the year for prayor and thanksgiving. Sentenced.?Wm. JohnsoB^secretary of the vigilanco committee of the anti-slavery society, convicted in New York of passing counterfeit coin, has been sentenced at hard labor for three years in the State's prison. ^ Death of a CmLD,ny. tlwib.?a'litlle child died in Roston^u'rotv days ago, in consequence of rats entering its cradle during the night, eating off one of its fingers, and gnawing the flesh of its arm to the bone, in a most frightful manner. William Ford DeSaussuro, the now Senator from SCarolina, was a graduate of Harvard University, of the class of 1810. Thoughtless and Heartless Parents.?The Cincinnati Sun reports the fact of a fashionable lady and gentleman driving a splendid carriage to the steamboat landing, and left their baby in the vohiclo until the driver had gone back to the stable, when, by accident, ho discovered it, and on takingittotho interesting parents, the mother kissed her child, and exclaimed, "Oh, my dear, I thought wo had forgot something?whj in mercy didn't you tbink of it Harry?" American Baptist Publication Society.'?Tho thirteenth anniversory of this Society was colobrated in Philadelphia recently. The past year has been one of unusual prosperity. The sales of merchandise an^ donations have amounted to $42,00. More than forty colporteurs have been employed, and there have been issued forly-three new publications, containing an amount of reading matter equal to ten thousand pages 18 mo. Brass Bedsteads.?The latest English advices state that there is a great demand for brass bedsteads of almost every description of make. At Birmingham they had on hand large ordors for this branch of brass foun. dry. Tho brass bedsteads have, indoed, within the last two years, but more especially sinco the great exhibition, becomo a very important item of export by Birmingham merchants, and appear to bo eagerly sought for in tho North and South Amorican markets. Pursuit of Indians in Florida. From the last accounts, the two detachments under General Hopkins had succeeded in concentrating their forces on the 14th May, at Fort Taylor, on lako Window. A correspondent of the Florida Republic, writing from that place says: Tho General ascended tho liver, scouring the swamps and creeks along its banks to this place, . e I I .li. J _ *J il i. it _ T_ ! _ ana touna unaouuiea eviuences mat mo inaians had but recently loft this region of country.? Ue discovered among other things a field which had been planted by them the last year between this place and Lake Harney; also the bones of cattlo which appear to have been driven into the hammocks and slaughtered in large numbers. I _ / bHH The commend which t)XHHM|H| by land thoroughly scouredMKflfl^R^^^fljH^H Orange Mount above Lake and found evidences sufficientlH^^^^B^9S^HH eral that the outsiders were stil^HBH^^HHHfl this country. Thpv points where the hogs were found nigan,^ (about which so much made,) is but scarcely three miles dt^^^JBflBBfl Fort Taylor, and not thirty miles frora^BB^Hfl^B lin in a direct line. This is rather clcse^^^H^^B mity than was conducive to the safety, secBBH^H or peace, either of the citizens of the regiot^^^^^B country around Fort Gatlin, or the security + nmnor;r TTofo V?r* mni?nii^A? | UJ . iiuv/ IUC Uioiauugi pcc>UUJC\^^^^H to take up his abode, in violation of repeateoHHB treaty stipulations to remove, and at pleasure prev upon the property of its peaceful citizens; and were the people of the frontier les& vigilant and watchful, there can be but little doubt bnt that in a short time savage depredation wouldj be felt in quarters where now our citizens rest in^Ba security. This point is over on? hundre# "and fifty miles from the Indian boundary, and could asl security be given to the emigrant, the country aljJ could in a short time be settled and its prosj^rp^*1^!! ty very greatly advanced. This will, I donbfe'-| i. not, be the effect of the present operations of " * jj Gen. Hopkins, who spares not a day or night forward a consummation so devoutly to be wished. He has to-day detailed a small nutBbefgjj^^J of men under an officer to scour the country ifl about the Weikiwa, and if possible break upflBH a small settlement of Indians who, he has learned have taken up their abode in that auarter.?.bjlgBfl The General will move on with the balance his command to the head waters ofthe St. John's. IfiH river, which he expects to cross about fifty miles t9H above this place, and scour the right bank to its jBfl source. We are twenty-five strong, but eqnaL- al to ten times that number of less efficent men^gBflM It is not the number that constitutes the bMHSn troops, any more than the bulk makes man. It is the life, the spirit, the dctermina tion, the energy. We are able to endure any* thing, and feel that we are equal to aMmff8i - 1 greater number of other men. 1 From the Madison Courier. Nauvoo.?This city of the Mormons onc$ j held 20,000 inhabitants; there are now about - I 2,000. One half the houses the Mormons leferfSfekJ i i it' l i > i .i'. Jfl nave been removed or puiiea aown, ana tne other half are tenantless. Each lot contained iflj an acre. In walking through its deserted^fwtByHflG I started several quails, in the midst of the onqepopulous city. The mansion of Joe Snnt|? is kept by his wife; once his widow, but now again H a wife?of another and a live man-rrnaatavero. Between this mansion and the river are the remains of the famous hotel, which Wti3 abandoned after its walls had reached the second story; the walls are of the fine pressed brick, with mar- Gflj ble door-sills and caps. "' Joe's store-house is also . 1 standing. The Masonic Hall is a fine brick building, three stories high. I am told that all the Mormons were Masons. Their Lodge was under the jurisdiction of the $rand Lodge of the State of Illinois. initia- 99 ted some of the " mothers id'eluHB^hen^he M charter was taken from them anc#ne?4o(ige CIOsed. The front wall, and the one next to it, which foimed the vestibule, are all that is left standing of the achievement of fanaticism^ nailed " the temple" which, as the inscription on a large flj stone, worked in the innerwall, informs the visi- ^ ^ " The House of the Lord. built The Church of Jesus Christ, of Later Day B Saints. H oommexced april, 6th, 184 L" M A company of French socialists have purcha* sed a portion of the property?the site and the ruins of the temple included. They number ^Hj about four hundred. While I was viewing the temple they all came out of their boarding-house W from dinner. Their foreign aspect and clothing, -ifl as thesj tgroupeh jibodi tutTstoIIertfl lllC to smoke their pipes and talk?probably of la | belle France, made mc almost fancy 1 was view- s ing a ruin m an oiaer country, une group m were gesticulating and laughing over the face of M one of the ornaments which decorated each col-* 1 umn, which I cannot describe better than by re-^-wJ8 ferring the reader to the picture of a fail moon, -9 which usually ornaments the cover of a Dutch mm Almanac. .? jH TheGorscch Mfrder.?Mr. Ligget, chair-. JH man of the select committee appointed by the JH Maryland Ilouse of Delegates to consider so jH| much of the Governor's message as relates to JH the murder of Edward Gorsuch, and the trial of v the treason cases in Philadelphia, has made an interesting report, accompanied by resolutions jH instructing the Senators and requesting the Representatives of Maryland, in Congress to urge an amendment of the fugitive slave law, so as to en- iH force, by adequate penalties, the attendance and ]H aid of the "posse comitalus" when required by flj the officer charged with the execution of the law fl| It is also recomcnded that the State of Pennsyl- |H vania, in order to further the ends of justice, and 1H allay all irritations and excitement between the citizens of Maryland and that State, should passjfl^H a law providing for transfer by writ of error of cases arising within her limits, which involving the operation or construction of 2d section the 4th article of the Constitution of the Utu jflH ted States, or of the acts of Congress passed inflHfl pursuance thereof, to the supreme judicial tribu-^^^B nals of the country for trial The Clipper, speak- H| ing of this report, says: flj "The report undoubtedly*speaks the senti-^HB ments of a large majority of the people of Ma-^BH ryland; and the citizens of the free States will ^^^9 find it to their interest to assist in enforcing thoH^fl fugitive slave law; or at Ieast'not to permit to be forcibly resisted,, mey may nave seen uio^hh course which legislation in this State, on the subject of free persons of color, is assuming, and they may rely upon it, that, if injustice contin-1 H ue to be perpetrated, they will hare the benefits IH9| of a free negro population to its fullest extent? I I for they will bo compelled to leave the slave States/1 H "Tho most striking illustration of the/ Raying, that the pith of a lady's letter is in the postscript, which we have ever heard of, was that of a young lady, who, having gone out to India, aiid writing home to her friends, concluded in thcpc wordsfc^^^H 'You will see by my signature that I an* married?' fl|fl