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This wcury head find rest; , ' And safe>froiri,eVery>-*torm, N estle0u lhy .j^?8 17^ Mut ill that " lic-tter land" Thou art, where none may weep# - ' * . . When will the morning eome ? My soul fioin earth to free, And Jet it find a home Of peace und joy with tlieo ? Oil, mother, wo whall meet Heyond the silent tomb ; In Heaven each other greet When that bleat morn hfttli come ! Richmond Inquirer, 22d utt. i n Herself !Z ll i3 with peculiar satisfaction that wo SSP?1:"-''T?"If {Hfcarry ,lt i Wp$\ liie JoTni Coin mHtee^jSKiich TfriWim^gM" the alleittion of thg^jegifrlalui-e und people &' during nn ublb define of nine days, were on adopted by both branches ofth#GeneT??|"A8Scmbly by the overwhelming and crushing vote of exactly nine to one j in each brunch, .viz: in the Semite 27 to 3; and in the House 117 to 13. The Provisol ists were utterly routed?-and Virginia ' suuds fur:h in all her moral pride and com manding unanimity and firmness lo re-assert her position in -boltuit' of Hie Constitution, the rights ol tl.e South and the Union, and to give u solemn wu ruing lo her iNorlhern brethren, that "thus far shall they go and no further.? The result is the more striking from- the obstacles which weru attempted to bp.throvvn in the .way by prcliiiiinury devlces. and by the course of the leading this city?-(the Republican ia ao honorable exception. in the House I ^he /Resolution prevailed (to use Mr. j Grecley's.languuge in regard to another t ; ""v . rqatter) against a perlect connonnade of l'K/1." ^ftcpifendnieula,.substitutes, and all manner of ' parliamentary strategy. Tliey stood this 'sort of fire from the Whigs for some time; . but the' friends 'of the Resolutions, their original forto, (including some nohie Whigs,) " regarding the attempts .to amend as but u ruse to -kill the whole measure, mantully . resisted and beat down all opposition. As we said aboye, the resolutions, wi hall their original^treugthand efficiency, passed th^s House with on!y thirioen in the pegmive. We give below the Preamble and Jicsolution*, which now. stand as the solemnly deliberated and recorded sentiments of Virginiu. We have anxiously watched their progress, and we rejoice to assure the friends i k.v 11 i.irtn A?oi*tr tuhurn tKat Vfprrinin ii U1 U1C univu ?*??v?vy ?MV?* aw sou nil on this question,, and will do her whole duty. Let the Federal Government keep within its Constitutional orbit and.not violate the rights ot the States, the Union will be preserved and our glorious Republic move on peacefully and triumphantly. of the comf)ioini#e8oftb?^onsutqtion?did,oi the 8th d? jf of March, 1847, adopt a aerie of Rcsoj o iio n s, - distinctly indicating th< rmm 9 course which the State of Virginia wouli Congrea? of the Umjed States, a^gplf&ble to bo acquired from Mexico : And, whereas; tire present General Assembly! havef' soen with deep concern a disposition manifested Jiy the House of Representatives of the U. Stalf.s to violate the principles, e'rribodiodjn ?qid-Resolutions, and to make still furtheraggrossioris upon, the rights of the Southern States; under these circumstances, this General Assembly deem the occasion fit to re-affirm said Resolutions, and 'most., respectfully, hut most earnestly to call'the attention ot nil those who are attached to the union of the States, to the serious and inevitable consequences which must follow' such action upon the?part of the General Government. Be iji^thereforc. . I. Resolved, By the General Assembly of Virginia, That after ttie fullest re-examination nndvre-consideration of the Resolution*on the,8th^of March, 1847, .by 'this body, we do consider eaid Resolutions as founded in truth, consonant-^WH&raevConstitution, and conducive to it* preservation, and, therefore, we feel it to be Otyrindispensible duty to adhere, to, and re-affirm -them ,aaIS Of ^ewy.^a^opwi, wi?on o, io?, . General Assembly,'of Virginia,^.Th.^ljie Government of iho United Statc?;;ti?s no control, directly or indirectly, me. a fate or immediate, over thp institution of slavery, so us to impair the rights of ihe.sltiveholder; mid that in taking,any such control, it transcends the' limits of its legitimate functions, by destroying the internul organization" of soverejgnties'who created it. " 4"2. llctolced, unanimously, That all territory which may be acquired by thearins ol the United States, or yielded by treaty with any foreign power, belongs tojthe several Slates of this Union, as their joint and common properly, in which each and all have equal rights; and that the enactment by the Federal Government, of anv laiv which should directly, or by its effects, prevent the citizens of any State from emigrating, with their property, of whatever description, into such territory, uould make " H>inHtinn, .nnnrnrfflhl nrl by. ttn(Lin? TfoTuiion of, the States fvotn whicjfsucft cia^ /ens emigrated, and in derogation of that perfect equality that belongs to the several Stales as members of this Union, and would tend directly to subvert the Union itself. '3. Hesolvul, That if, in disregard alike of the spirit und principles of the act ol Congress on the administration of the State ol Missouri into the Union, generally known as the Missouri Compromise, und of every consideration of justice, of constitutional right, and of fraternal feeling, the fearful issue shall be forced upon the country, which must result from the adoption uud attempted enforcement of the YVilmot Proviso, us an act of the General Government, the people of Virginia can have no difficulty in choosing between the only alternatives that will then remain, of ubject submission to aggression and outrage on the one hand, or determined resistance on the other, at all hazards and to the last extremity. '' 4. Resolved, ,unanimously, .That the General Ausembiy holds il to be the duty; or every man, in every section ot tins Uonn federacy (,f ihe Union^to jo him,) la oppose jbamKfS SflSg^^or whale v^r purpose, by which territory Jd be acquired may be subject to QUcb a restriction. " ?>. Huolpe4runa*imousljrt That the passage of the abvove mentioned j^jrovrse makes, it the duty of every slavehoiding State, and all the citizens thereof, as they value their dearest privileges, their sovereignty, their independence, their rights of properly, to (nice firm, united and concerted action in this emergency." ii. Resolved, That we regard the passage of a luw by the Congress of the Unite? States abolishing slavery or slave trade in the District of Columbia, as .a direct attack upon the institutions of ^he Southern States, , to be resisted at every hazard. * in. Resolved, That in the event oi the , passage by Congress of the " Wiiinot Pr?' viao" or anv law abolishing slaverv or the > slave trade in the District of Columbia, the Governor of this Commonwealth is request, ed itnraediutely to convene the Legi^tuture t of this State (if it shall havo adjourned), to ! jionsfrom thi^alla^U^ Flor^lin. -No I divisions in Florida..V Xheit is, the. position The following Msolutibhsf, 1r<^uced bV; Mr. BL^ckburn^ Chairman of>;the Houee Committee onVFedefalllbiatiot^hav^been tma?M?otw/y* piss^tin each branch of our L0gi8lalurt.^^^a^A|^?i? inus exiNDiwciii -Ojei.au ;ue ^ooioern oiaier act in Ibi^ftrife/^ WilLyer/Soou lee tfowlfar thete>are div1? eionparabn^.oii reeWfesonlhosemomentous ^ jr jheVSonate and House, pj; giVmiily convened, fnenS^^lttieU'nior). we view with mostsen^j ous alarm'tWLcourso of Northern brethetim in relation to^he' question ot'Slaver^R covirsjB iyhich;mK^ked by unkindn^^^pig, ^aa^feoh?r|bated by the rfou^ihe.uiid her. sons are 'entitled equn. i ly.wi th any other por^ Don of the Union, toJhe enjbyinenLof the sumo; this-General Assembly, thoHiere, haliamnn thai P^tiirrpai Constitution: no .power iVpass such a mcrt^ Hiiro aJopiifig miiguage 1 i k 6 t!ia? ui^u^jjuav gisluturo of Va., declare^ people ofthija oj liie rn e a n a o i a flee' i ogrthe in sUtyiiqf?pf jslavery ; in the States, blow, should^ jresjSisff^^^^^t'of.the South, by whalevor'nieim$^^^;hdapted to the protection o^t1)i^^t^.^^i|i^he'.'de* \ fence of li 1 in their settleihenL and coifseuuqhees, the } cau racier, prujraf^y,^uuw.og?>? ?? we l-epreaenL we;ttrejteady} be$rt aod .'aiiul.M with a unUed^iiron^'ti) join Vif^niai the Carolinas, and the other Southern State*,in taking ?uch measures for the dWi fence of oilr rights and the preservation of ourselyes'ahd those whom We hold deSft, as the.highe$|. wisdom ol all may, whethejf!! through a $odthernCon vention or other w^p^ ^f^ulved, That a copy of these^rwolut ion s bfrTtSnSmiitod to the Go vernor of each I of the slayflsJSlutes with ifrequerfihat they t iu luU iulnAaihA I.R(ti?iniiire'of such as ' W okbk^^i,, but tncretti^e.-We translate, froor the the N. O. Courier, of', the 3d inst., the article that follows,"giving dp accountofa.?ubterruneun cunal itiat has ofta discover^, connecting thu Atlantic an^j Pacific 'pc^awt.' We believe little or?b;e thing ofthe yvbbto siory ourselves. bat pub*" lisn it for the in formation of those whp may; :djd dot heshace t? embark with'sorhe Indians in p pirogue, which he caused to be biroUght to the spot, and eighteen hours afterward, (if.his etory is to be believed,) hi entered the great ocean,"(the Pacific, between Gautemala and San Salvador, through an immense natural' grotto, called by the fishermen-of that coast tho Devil's Mouth, which superstition had deterred them from ever entering. The whoie vaulted part of this superb uman structure Wjdi lighted by shafts, cat through its Avhole "extent it is navigable for the largest ships. j *'M. Alex. Humboldt has already mention~^^mehck'n edifices whose architecture indica'.tid'a very high antiquity, and reveal|dX'pe"c(jt,liar civilization; but hisiearned descriptions give as no idea of the existence of su^ch a monntnoni. What great people Twvjeen;lhe two hemispherei^'urift^b the cenVo ofthe American continent, and EufcwtfA nntKinn *n khl <4i?llk*A>?A>L "r v??t' t- wvwumil ?v uy.uui vuiiuiuuuu tlie lathmua' of Suez. Newspaper Iri'^e. language of a cotemporary, we hayetp^sayilhai this thing called Nowspaper Patronage is a curious thing. It is compoa^f ^f ar many colors as the rainbow, audts as"changeable a8;the chamelon. One man subscribes for a Newspaper, and pays for it in aclvanc>, goe8 home arid reads it the year roupd with the proud saliefuclion that it 13 liis ^ it. This ia Newspaper Patronage. ^ ^jlhbCit Qs rauch as having said pay once." He asks you to advertise, but he says nothingabout paying for it Time passes? your patience?js exhausted?and you dun rhimJ '; He flie3 into a nassion and perhaps ^pays-?perhaps not* 1 his, too,.is NewspaPatronage, . Another man has been a subscriber for time. He becomes tired of you, and Wsiits."a change. Thinks he would like a'-Dollar Weekly. Tells the Postmaster todiscohtinujt, and one of his papeia is rejuraed lo you marked "refused." Paying *fcmc??k~ihft Jaal o&hi??hoUBhts.. ???!&Wrae#,-ho yr&BlB JBW Uulfarsum to tiie city publisher. After'a time you look over his, account and send him the Valance due. But does he pay it cheerfully and freely? We leave you to answer. Yet, this, too, lai Newspaper Patronage. ' .Another man lives next you?never took yotir. paper?it is too small, (compared with so mo overgrown and sickly sentimental dollar weeklies,) it is too small, I don't jike'Its politics?too Whiggish?too LocoTocolsh, or too something else. Yet he ?Qes.regularly to his neighbor, and reads p.y a gooa.Btove are?nnas iauii wnn us contents^?disputes its leaders, and quarrels with its type, ink, or color. Occasionally he sees an article that he likes?take half ^^Lnit^hpr sports a fine horse, or perhaps a pairof them?ia always swp whip in hand and spur on foot, singleman jno use for him to take a Newspaper, knows enough now; Finally concludes toeet.marriod? does so, ^euds in notice .of tjie fact, with eitherp^bVnotice'? -Nd? " Butsurely you don't t^rge for such ;ihidga?>! Thia, too, is Newspaper Patroaaga, . ; ,. r Another (and theclaasis ferynjlmerous) thinka that the prompt ^ymenl^pf thteo ttnnum jMwjinMfe to the privlidg the^pditdf'to a personal account^?Sflea8r?qce a quarter, for anything {thji^appearsjn the paper which he cannot ifeljah^ TJhis class believe that Newspapers are published. for individual, and not gene'iar'teneSi; and this, too, is called News.to&fer fi&rqnage.' This class believe firm (J&W tne ancient meaning ot patron. M¬her man, (bless you I it does ug good such. a. man, and we do see thorn 'irome times, and we have seen some such kt*}?) conies and aaygThe year for 4 jbaye. paid is about to exptr<J| I want Co pay for another." Ho does ?o and fwf w?w? cootend%at it will be jo Official doriinicnls?InitmaHiiBCiiliformn. Extracts of alettcr from T O LariuBgSsq., late Consul, and now Navy AgenWmhg, v the United States, to the tjec'y of dated at Monterey, Nov.16; 1848, and nPSgjjiC ; ceived in tlus city on Friday evening 14th ' inst. " The digging and washing foi* gold continues to increase on the Sacramento placer, so. far as regards the number of persons en rrn /*ArI in klioinnnn nnrl #k a nirtn r% in #1 jj?5gu 111 luo uusiiioaaj auu uiu 014&0 auu quantity of the metals daily obtained. I have had in my hand several piece3*6f gold about twenty-threft.carats fine, weighing from Opejg two pounds, and ha'ytf it from good authority ihut pieces have been found j^lifhing sixteen pounds. . Indeed, I havS' ' heard of one specimen that weighed 25lb9. - .4 ' ? There are men at the placer, who in June had not one hundred dollars, now in possession of from five to $20,000, which they made by digging gold and trading with tho v * Indians. Several, I believe, have made more. A common calico shirt, or even a .-it... Jtltflr JollrtTf hos been -totn-n -fc r on liiiWn * ' ? for gold, without regard to size ; and a half to one oz. of gold?say 8 to 816?is now ? ? J-1 1 *1 ? ?V-v In fr/\ m Q cunsiuureu UIU jjricu Ui a siuiij uiiuv uvui v to 10 ozs is the price of a blanket. $100 a day fur several duys in succession was and is considered a common remuneration for a gold-digger, though few work over a month at a time, as the fatigue is very great. From July to October one-half of the gold hunters jiave been afflicted either with the ague and iftvejycir the intermittent fever, and 20 days absence from.the pfiicer during ihose months is'nect&ary to -?Scape 'those diseases.? There have not, however, been many fatal cases. The cold is now soldi from the smal lest imaginary picce in size to picccsof lib in weight, at $10 per troy ounce for all the purposes of raising coin to pay duties to the government are obliged to accept from 10 .< to 811 per oz. All the coin in California is likely to be locked up in the custom-hou^e as the last Tariff of our Congress is in Wee here in regard to the receipt of monejft u Could you know the value of Ufe California placer as I know it, you w<mld think yon had been instrumental in oufcining a uiost splendid purchase for our ?untry, to ntll tin nthrr ^nnatr.^tjnn ^ )h? K trOn, f. " The placer is known to'SelHFSnundre'd. miles long; and as disc(Kries are constantly being made,-it may pr?e 1,000 ?in fact it is no counting! the inteUnediato miles yet unexplored. -From 5. U jb.000, 000 ot gold must be our export tms anauoext year. How many more years this stafS^f things will continue I cannot say. Yott ^ may wonder why I continue mycorrespondence! I answer, from habit, and your many remarks of the interest you take in my letters." The Boston Post.?The Augusta (Qa.) Constitutionalist, says:?In spite of the New Orleans Bulletin, the^Joston Post will hold its station, as the. w.ttiest journaLin the world. . Take the following' y u Some gentlemen of Albany, who went to New York to secure a passage to Cali fornia for a small company, returned and reported that the rush at the steamer's agency office for conveyance was overwhelming. It was said that persons Having paid for a passage had sold out their berth for 100 per cent premium?for instance, in i>necase, a man who paid $500*for his passage, sold out for $1000." c Why seek far shores for precious ores T To me the case is clear? We needn't roam at all from home? We've plenty of owert here Remarkable Fact in Natural History.?The following account of a c^ia breed between a stag and a. mare, we find in a late London paper hybrid filly, seven month old,-was I in ilia Mattf Vnrplf 1UU1JU M auuu (Iiuo omw mw *?v?. ? ? v"| and'is evidently of a mixed breed, the.horse and the deer. - Her dam, a pony mare, was obser^d to associate -with some red deer staffs, m the New Forest, for Botne.months.^!^^ and at last this foal waa seen by her si(h(K The nose shows a proximity both tjjfhe stag and horse; her, forehead is roujflClike that of the deer; leg* slender a^^ytioctly