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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 ;
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TO|MeBw8SW for us, that
the bounds of j
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hung; and as no
capital punishment
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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
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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