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«BBLl ALEXANDRIA. j ; V, " ;' ..The Judiciary Committee of the Senate dis-j cussed,-yesterday, the bill providing for an election in Virginia, but reached no conclusion. The committee will resume its consideration to-day. The newspapers are publishing copious exi . 1 f i. 1. nf tlio ''ononial nr\mm!a. iruuia iruiu me icpuxt w mu sion appointed to investigate and report, for the information of the President, upon the civil and military administration in the military department bordering upon and west of the Mississippi," which-Mr. Stanton kept snugly locked up in the War office since 1865. And a delectable disclosure it makes of Gen. Butler's acts and doings while in command in New Orleans ! Cotton, sugar, steamboats, were all used to gorge the capacious maws of some government officials. Butler figures as the uliead and front." A local article, in yesterday's Gazette, spoke of the busy appearance of our harbor, owing to the number of eoal and other trading vessels now hero. * Last night, the vessels, with their lights up, made a fine show all along the front of the city. It was pleasant to look upon this ''opening of the harbor" to the old trade.. And we hope to see at our wharves, ere long, not only coasters, but larger vessels, bringing importations and taking away exportation, from and to, foreign countries. The work has commenced m several instances we have already noticed in our columns. The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations have determined to report against the confirmation of Dawson as Minister to Russia, McClernand to Mexico, and Rosecrans to Spain. The Committee are averse to displacing John P. Hale, who sat many years in the Senate with 9ome of them. They agreed to report favorably in the case of Mr. Watts, of Philadelphia, as Minister to Austria. The Finance Committee determined to report in iavor of the rejection of Mr. Cooper as Commissioner ot Revenue, and Mr. Wells as Assistant Sec retary of the Treasury. *\ Baltimore was visited yesterday morning, between one and two o'clock, by a copious rain storm, accompanied by thunder and lightning.« The rain fell continuously in torrents for several hours, a number of streets being flooded.. The wate- on Liberty street rose to a height hardly . uemhered before. Many of the streets in the western and central sections of the city were flooded; many cellars being inundated.'" Daring the storm several houses were struck by lightning. When those who claim to be representatives from Alabama came forward in the House of Representatives yesterday to take their seats, xYIr. Brooks objected to one of them, because he was a resident of the State of Maine, not of Alabama. Mr. Dawes asked Mr. Brooks where he (B.) was born. Mr. B. immediately replied, "I wa3 born in Maine, I emigrated to New York thirty years ago, and when I settled in .New York I brought a trunk ! lberc was a burst of laughter. A letter from a subscriber in Fauquier says : "The harvest, the hot weather, and the uncertainty about whether there is to be an election in our State, have had the effect of lessening interest, for the time being, in political matters. But, at the proper time, every man wili be on hand and do his duty. The lull is no indication that our people will not form ranks and go to the polls, if any polls are to be opened." Horace Greeley is highly incensed with Thaddeus Stevens, for the opinions he expressed in the House on.Friday last, in favor of the pay-, ment of iive-twenty bonds in currency. He tells Stephens he is a fit ally for Blair and Pendleton.reads him out of the party, and bid3 him not "to stand upon the order of his going, but to go at once." Pray where is he to go ? That's the .question. Over 1,200 more emigrants from Scandinavia, Holland, Eogland and Wales arrived in New York last week to the Morman agents from Salt Lake City, to whom they were consigned, and sent by rail to the West. Over two thousand more of the same sort are daily expected. The Georgia papers re-affirm that great cruelties have been inflicted upon thefprisoners arrested by military authority in that State, and oonflned in Fortress Pulaski. They have am instrument of torture called the "sweat box." A banquet in honor of Mr. Reverdy Johnson was given in Annapolis yesterday. In reply to a toast, Mr. J. made a speech full nf interest- ing recollections concerning the former times and men of his native city. A man in Wilmington, N. C., the other night, shot and killed his owa wile, mistaking her for a burglar. The husband and wife were both up, in the dark, alarmed by what they supposed to be robbers. MBI The House of .Representatives passed the Funding bill at a late hour last night substau tially as it was passed in Committee of the Whole on Saturday. A correspondent in Warren county writes us that the cultivation of the grape and the manufacture of wine will be largely increased in Virginia next year. The different branches ot the Presbyterian Church, in Scotland, as well as in the United States, arc negotiating for a reunion. Newspaper notices of Marriages and Deaths are paid for in nearly every city ot the country, except Alexandria. Conservative Ratification meetings continue to be held all over the country. ] ALEXAN] Orders have been issued by the Secretary of * the Navy to Rear Admiral Davis, commanding the South Atlantic squadron, to cut down 3 his force one-half. This will necessitate the * return of several of the war vessels now in J those waters. A young man in Altoona, Pa., last week, ] maddened by beiug "turned off" by the young : lady to whom he had been engaged, sought an ' interview with her, drew a pistol and first kill- < ed her, and then killed himself. * Gen. Blair, in hi3 letter of acceptance, states ! facts in very clear, decided terms. NEWS OF THE DAY. "To show the very age and body of the Times" Minister Burlingame and suite will soon take their departure from the United States. Prior to leaving, however, the Embassy will proceed to Auburn, New York, where they will pay a short visit to Secretary Seward. They will then proceed to Niagara Falls. Montreal, Quebec and Boston, and will sail on their European mission on the 16th of August, from New York. The refusal of the U. S. Consul at Port-auPrince to afford the protection of the American flag to Haytien refugees has caused much indignation, and sixty persons have left the American Consulate and sought the protection of the British. Appearances indicated that the U. S. wa3 protecting SalDave. We have late advices from Venezuela. The revolutionists carried Carracas by storm on the 23d ult, and on the 25th the place was finally surrendered, when Gen. Monangas, ac the head of the army, made a triumphal entry into the city. A new Government has been formed, The prisoners at Atlanta, Ga.% on trial for supposed complicity in the Ashburn murder, have been removed from their cells under bond and given comfortable quarters in the barracks the bond simply providing that they shall ap- j pear at the trial daily. The Senate of Louisiana, at the sugges'ion ] of Gov. Warmoath, has passe 1 a joint resolu- , tion, calling on the Commanding General for i troops to repress lawlessness in the northern and western parishes of the State. The removal of the Confederate dead from ] Johnson's Island has been postponed, as fears are entertained that the health of Sandusky ( might be affected by the disinterment of so ] many bodies during the hot weather. I Three thousand bushels oi corn have been ' sent from Baltimore this week, by order of the ( Freedmen's Bureau, for the relief of the people of Hyde county, N. C., who are said to be ; in a very destitute condition. It is said to be the intention of Gen. Gillem 1 ts appoint Col. James S. Hamilton as Governor of Mississippi.to which the Washington Chronicle shouts."we do object.we do « object." The Alabama Legislature has elected Gen. Geo. E. Spencer, Bankrupt Register, U. S. Senator for the long term. To-day a Senator will probably be elected for the short term, The President has signed the Tax bill with the provision reducing the tax on whiskey Irom $2 to 50 cents per gallon; so the agony of the whiskey ring is over. A revolution has broken out in the Northern portion of San Domingo, headed by Cabral and Luperow. Arrests and banishments continue in the city of San Domingo. The President on Monday approved and signed sixty acts and joint resolutions of Congress, mostof them being lor personal relief and for pensions. The report ot the negro disturbances in Mil- lican, Texas, are confirmed, and it is doubtful if they are yet quelled. Gen. Buchanan has sent a staff officer to investigate the matter. ; Four negroes were stabbed in a quarrel while ' on an excursion in the steamer Ajax, at Savan- ( nah yesterday, and one drunken negro fell over- t board and was drowned. In the divorce case of Frank Leslie vs. Sa- ] rail Ann Leslie, the wife has been allowed ali- ^ mony, pendente lite at fifty dollars per week, and a counsel fee of five hundred dollars. * The number of horses that died last week in ( New York city from the heat was 107. One-half ] the number belonged to the car companies. 1 Jefferson Davis contemplates making a trip ( to Europe as soon as he recovers sufficiently ( from the effects of his recent fall. Gen. Grant continues to refuse all public de- j monstrations and receptions in his Western tour. | The most approved opinion with reference c to the adjournment of Congress now is that it 1 will take place about Friday or Saturday. £ The Georgia Legislature yesterday ratified the "Fourteenth Amendment." Foreign News. o Lord Napier yesterday received the lreedcm C of the city and a sword from the corporation b of London. The ceremonies took place at p Guildhall, and were witnessed by a large asscm- 3 blage. The Lord Mayor presided and made r the presentation. _ Lord Napier was loudly n cheered by the audience, among whom were u many principal officers of' the British army.. j, A grand banquet was given in his honor at the c Mansion House. p Prince Napoleon has arrived at Malta, on tl his return home. At Syria the Cretan exiles t presented him an address, expressing the hope that France would not abandon their cause.. a The Prince replied with reserve, committing (j his government to no definite policy. a The Grand Ducal Government of Hesse has q signified a desire to join the other German g States in concluding a naturalization treaty with the United States. Trifling witii Nature..The papers are beginning to publish the regular course of re- 11 cipes.(every heated term finds it afloat).for ^ UU>YC1 CUWyitillll*, tUUICI U 1 llliili lUili, UIC. We advise people to let these specifics severely Sl alone. And let us say that such complaints p would but rarely prevail if people would cxcroise ordinary prudence and care in their habit?. I But as people will be imprudent and careless, \ severe and dangerous sicknesses are the inevi- c table consequences. These should always be t< attended an experienced physician. Sell- s doctoring, or doctoring members of one's own p family, is a dangerous occupation, and has ii given Death many victims. The least medi- w cine is the best, and what little is given should 1 be selected by a person whose profession it is p to distinguish clearly and closely between the a almost countless variety of symptoms and indi- ii cations that attach to disease in any form. A tl good physician will not attempt to "doctor" ti himself, nor will he, if the services of another a physician can be procured, venture to practice o in his own family, so delicate are the variations n and incidentals to consider in arriving at a cor- n rect diagnosis. We repeat that it is folly. n criminal lolly.for people to dose themselves n with hearsay or newspaper recipes. Nature at h lault, with an experienced pilot to assist her, c will generally get back into the right current, a if, you do not render her helpless with drugs \ and too much exertion..N. Y. Express. p PRIA GAZETTE AFJ Sen'I. Blair's tetter of Acceptance. The following letter from General Francis ?. Blair is addressed to General Morgan, the Jhairman of the Committee of the National Democratic Conservative Convention: I accept, without hesitation, the nomination, ,endereci in a manner so gratifying, and give pou and the committee my thanks for the very and and complimentary language in which fou have conveyed to me the decision of the Jonvontion. 1 have fully read the resolutions adopted by Lhe Convention, and most cordially concur in svery principle arid sentiment they announce, My opinion upon all of the questions which discriminate the great contending parties, have been expressed upon all suitable occasions, and I do not deem it necessary at this time to reiterate them. The issues upon which the contest turns are clear, and cannot be obscurod 01 distorted by the sophistries of our adversaries, They all resolve themselves into the old and ever recurring struggle of a few men to absorb the political power of the nation. This elfort under every conceivable name and disguise has always characterized the opponents of tno Dem ocratic party, but at no time has the attompl assumed a shape so open and daring as in thh contest. The adversaries of free and constitutional Government in defiance of the expresf language of tho Constitution havo erected s military despotism in ton of the States of the Union, havo taken from the President tho pow' ers vested in him by the supreme law, and have deprived the Supremo Court of its jurisdiction, * * 1 ---- ^ rtBAof irr J I n' The ngiic 01 trial oyjury, turn uuu«io»u TIIL'U, right, the habeas corpus.shields of safety foi every citizen, which have descended to us froir the earliest traditions of our ancestors, anc which our revolutionary fathors sought to SO' cure to their posterity forever in tho fundamenul charter of our liberties, have been ruthlessly trampled under foot by the fragment of a Congress. "Whole States and communities of people of our own race have been attainted, convicted, condemned and deprived of their rights as citizens without presentment or trial or witnesses, but by Congressional enactment of ec post facto laws, and in defiance of tho conslitu tional prohibition, denying oven to a fullanc legal Congress tho authority to pass any bill o attainder or ex post facto law. The sarao usurping authority ha3 substituted as electors, in place of tho men of our own rac< thus illegally attainted and disfranchised,ahosi of ignorant negroes, who arc supportod in idle ness with tho public money, and combined together to strip tho white race of their birthright tnrough the management of tho Frccdmon'i Bureau and tho emissaries of conspirators ir other States, and, to completo tho oppression tho military power of tho nation lias been placet at their disposal in order to make this barbarism supremo. The military leader under whoso prestige thif usurping Congress has taken refuge since th( condemnation of tlioir schemes by the ftoo people of tho North in tho oloclions ot the lasl pear, and whom they havo selected as theii candidate to shiold themselvos from tho resuli ot their own wickedness and crimo, has announced his acceptance of tho nomination anc liIs willingness to maintain their usurpation' over eight millions of wliito people at tho Houth lixocl to the earth with his bayonets. He exclaims: '"Lot us linvo peace.'' '"Peace reiguin Warsaw" was the announcement which heralded tho doom of tho liberties ot a nation.. "Tho Empire is peace" exclaimed Bonaparto when freedom and its defenders expired undei Lhe sharp edge of his sword. The peace to which Grant invites us is the peace of despotism and death. Those who seel 10 restore the Constitution by executing tho wil of tho people condemning the Eecoiutructior acts, already pronounced in tho elections of las; year, and which will, i am convinced, bo still more emphatically expressed by the election oi Lhe Democratic candidate as tho President ol the Unileil States, are denounced as revolutionisls by the partisans of this vindictive Congress Negro sulfntgo, which tho popular voto ol Nov York, New .Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Connecticut And other Statos, has condemned as expressly against the letter of the Constitution, must stand because their Senator: and Representatives have willed it. If the poo pie shall again condemn these atrocious measures by the election of the Democratic candi date for President, they must not bo disturbed, although decided to be unconstitutional by tht Supreme Court, and although tho President isworn to maintain and support the Constitution. The will of a fraction of a Congress reinforced with its partisan emissaries sent to lh< South, and supported by tho soldiers, musl stand against the will of the people, and the decision of the Supreme Court and tho solemr oath of tho President to maintain and suppori tho Constitution. It is revolutionary to exeeut( tho will of the people. It is revolutionary ti execute the judgment of the Supremo Court. Lt is revolutionary in tho President to keep inviolate) his oath to sustain tho Constitution.. This false construction of the vitul principle ol :>ur Government is the last result of those whe would have their arbitrary reconstruction sway, and supersede our time-honored institutions.. Ihe nation will say the Constitution must be restored and the will of the people again prevail. The appeal to the peaceful ballot to attain this end is not war.is not revolution.. rhey make war and revolution who attempt tc arrest this quiet mode of putting aside military lespotism and the usurpations of a fragment ol [Jongr- ss, asserting absolute powor over the belign system of regulated liberty left us by our athers. This must be allowed to take it;ourse. This is the only road to peace. It will iome with the election of the Democratic can lidate and not with the election of that mailed varrior whose bayonets aro now at the throats )i eight millions of people in the South to compel them to support him as a candidate for the Presidency, and to compel them to submit tc he domination of an alien race of semi-barmrous men. No perversion of truth, or auda:itv of misrepresentation can excel that which mils this candidate in arms as an angel of peace. I am, very respectfully, your most obedient ervant, Frank P. Blair. Congress. In the Senate, yesterday, a concurrent resilution was passed declaring the Fourteenth Constitutional Amendment duly ratified. A ill was passed allowing the admission of steam doughs free of duty for one year from June Oth, JSGS. The bill for the protection of the iglits of naturalized citizens was called ud, but iO action was taken on it. The House bill caking appropriations for certain charitable restitutions in the D. 0., was passed. The ommittee of conference on the Indian Approbation bill made a report, which was agreed o. Some discussion took place on the quesion of adjournment, but no action was takeD. it the evening session, the joint resolution uthorizing a subsidy of $500,000 to the Pacic Mail Steamship Company was passed; also, joint resolution appealing to the Turkish rovemmcnt on behalf of the people of Crete, iome discussion took place on the bill to au- liortze the bridging ot the uhio river, which nally passed. In the House of Representatives, the Cornlittee on Elections reported back the credenials of the alleged Representatives elect from tlabama, and asked that they be admitted to eats. After considerable discussion the reort was adopted and the Representatives, Icssrs. Ohas. \V. Bulk ley, Jno. R. Callis, 'hos. llaughcy, Renj. \V. Norris and Ohas. V. Pierce, were sworn in. The House conurred in the report of the conference comrnitee on the bill in relation to the temporary upplying of vacancies in the Executive Deartmcnts. The concurrent resolution declarig the Fourteenth amendment duly ratified ras passed by a vote of yeas 136 to nay3 32. 'he conference committee on the Lndian Apropriation bill made a report, which was greed to. At the evening session, the Fundig bill was taken up. Pending discussion, in he course of some remarks on the Appropriaion bills, Mr. Washburne stated the whole mount appropriated for payment of interest n the public debt was one hundred and ninety lillions, and lor other expenses an amouut ot exceeding one hundred and two millions, laking a total of one hundred and ninety-two lillions. The original|estimates required three undred and seventy-two millions. The discission of the Funding bill was then resumed, nd the amendments made in Committee of the Vhoie were all agreed to. The bill was then assed, and the House adjourned. J D_ VIRG-INIA TDVERT Saratoga Springs in New York.The Keigu of Shoddy.A Picture of ' 'Fashion." The following description of "Fashion,1: at that "fashionable" watering place, Saratoga Springs, is given in the "Saratoga correspon, dence" of the Boston Post: This world-renowned Baden-Baden ol America, is rapidly filling up with the stereotyped 1 Saratoga summer society, which of course erar braces old dowagers, Congress water fowls, L pretty girls, heavy swells,bogU3 Indians, trans, parent shoddyites, itinerant preachers, imagin ary and reaHnvalids, keno players,greasy meD, * French milliners, Flora McFlimseys,and countL less well-bred, genteel, common sense and rc| fined specimens of humanity. The regular, . old school, Congress water-fowl is a genial, . jolly jocose old barnacle, whose nasal organ is i as roseate as a boiled lobster, and one would suppose, to view it with the naked eye, that its ; proprietor had once indulged in some potation 5 other than Congress water, which seldom proj. duces the same effect that old rye always does. I The present is like other preceding fashionable . seasons. Everybody and everything is so ehar5 acteristic of Saratoga life. The pretty girls, 1 those darling Emma Janes, are clad in smiles, 5 crimps are elongated trails, which they drag ' about after them as if they enjoyed the dragging process. Shoddy disports itself in diaf inonds, full dress, and vulgarity at the break: fast table, loud swells wilt shoddyites through i eye-glasses, Flora McFiimsey is in admirable 1 confusion with her forty-eleven full-grown Saratoga trunks, and the genteel portion of so^ m<\ ] hr <*nntnn 1 nrwl rof 1 TIT) j Uiciy is uiiaiuuiuuotiDiiuj' . ~v.....r:. Congress Hall is the great nucleus of shoddy, . and within its massive walls may bo found that - most remarkable assemblage, currently known * hereabouts, as the shoddy mutual admiration " society. We breakfasted there this morning _k and were quite amused with the shoddy etiI quettc, the gorgeous breakfast toilets, and the f astounding feats performed by the army ol knife swallowcrs, who absolutely and entirely t ignore tho fork and frequently imperii their 3 precious lives in their ambitious attempts to t eclipse each other in their daring knife feats.. " When we see mjr Lord and Lady Dazz'e radit ating in diamonds at the breakfast tab c, and 3 she engineering large sections of an omelette i from plate to mouth with her knife, we are forcibly reminded of shoddy. When Dazzle 1 Junior (call him twenty or thereabouts,) regardless of the butter-knife, plunges his own into the butter, we shudder, wonder what nest and remark mentally.shoddy; and when Lady Dazzle expresses her royal opinion that "the corn-bread is confounded hot," and Lord Dazzle very audibly responds, "that's so my dear," wo say, sottuvocr., "very shoddy." Dazzle is a study; so is my Lady Dazzle, and it is amusing to sec the Dazzles dine, as we did to-day at Congress Hal!. The Dazzles are perfectly an fail with their knifes, and she smiles the sweetest when it is inserted between her false teeth, which she cut when Dazzle obtained his first shoddy contract. The Dazzles at the dinner table are a hungry and a busy community. They remind one ot Mrs. Sampson Savage, who said, "When 1 eats, I eats, and when 1 talks, I talks." They give their whole minds to their dinners; they know nobody hut their waiter; tLey sco nothing hut their hill ol fare and their plates, and seldom open their lips, only to eat and drink, functions which they serin to perform with gicul address, ijook at Dazzle's nose. It is a pug, a most decided pug, and seems to lake infinite ' delijjlit in making old Dazzle appear ridiculous. At times it will turn up; at oilier times " diminish and refuse support to his very 5 perceptable eye glass, whicli we arc hall' inelin- ed to believe he wears for effect, because ho always looks over them. At dinner, to-day, this same little nose poked fun at poor Dazzle most shamefully, when Lady Dazz'e, who had been intently studying a dish of macaroni, ap 5 plied to Hazzle, by a series of unfeeling nudges, . to tlirovv lieht <01 the subject, and lull her what. 3 said dish might be. He eh s:ly inspected the L dish, until his class (-yes slid gently down his dwar and diminutive perking nose, into the. 1 macaroni, and lying there, seemed to look up ^ and lunch at the discomfuted Dazzle, who, i after extricating and polishing them with his 1 napkin, remounted them 011 his mischievous . little pug and commenced sounding the dish with his knife, but not until he had tasted it f could lie determine what it was, and having ' tasted, pronounced it ilchcrsc" which piece of information seemed to satisfy Mrs. Dazzle, as , mueh as it tickled the colored African, standing behind her chair. Charles Dickens, in reminiscences of his schojl days, said "when ever we see any one intently occupied with his ' nose, to the exclusion of all other subjects, j, our mind reverts with a flash to Jimmy Mix," and it would seem that numerous slioddyitcs, partaking of Jimmy A\lix:s peculiarities, are ; now sojourning at Congress Hall ; in short, all I, the would-be shoddies, as well as many who. are by no means shoddy, domicile there, be; cause the hotel prices are so deliciously cxpen' sive, viz : five dollars per day, an J the arrange , mentsofthehouse so exquisitely perfect and attractive. A New York clerk, who came up to do Saratoga at a moderate tariff, and return the same day, was appalled at the sight of his bili at the Congress, and obliged to negotiate a loan before lie could pay his car fare home. 11 j. VIRGINIA NEWS. In the Hustings' Court of Richmond, Ya., is recorded a recent deed to William Jackson, colored, of a lot 123x125 feet, from his former J ^ J master. The consideration is his faithful ser- vices as a slave and laudable conduct on the 3d of April, 1305, when the city was evacuated. Mr. L. L. Lewis writes to the Washington Chronicle that Mr. J. M. Botts, now at Saratoga, is recovering his health, and is shortly expected home, where "he hopes to bo able to let himself be heard," before the Presidential i campaign is over . i The lliehmond News says: "John Burns, ' sentenced to sixteen years in the penitentiary J tor an attempt at rape in Rockbridge county, has been pardoned by the Gov. at tlie request of the Bureau." Several faithful police officers have just been < removed in Richmond, for "political reasons". 1 that is because they are not Radicals. Radi- ! cals appointed in their places. There is much sickness among children in ; and around Charlottesville. Babies, this season, are not exempt any where. Mexican Marriage Laws..A remarkable : social incident recently recorded, will revive an inquiry in relation to the Mexican government. c An American citizen in Mexico, as 1 lie story t runs, had with him a (laughter-a minor-whose r hpMmfi pnlnnylpd willi flin nrlan n, e aP I . w ~ 0 ilUUVCO VI some juvenile bat unsatisfactory Mexican, and * tlie father, fearing consequences, forbade the « visits ol the amoroso. But amoroso was ardent, * and not to be denied. He appealed to the law. ( It is a queer law. Only persons of age can j make a marriage contract; minors must have : the assent of parents or guardians; hut parents v or guardians must not refuse assent for trivial reasons, and if they do, the Governor ot the State has a right to inquire into the case, and if not satisfied with the reasons for refusal he may send a tile of soldiers for '.lie damsel and give her over to the lover. It is Obvious how j easy it would be lor the lover in such a country ( to induce the magistrate to reject the reasons of an American father, and hence all will understand that in this case the youthful Mexican had matters his own way. The Americans ^ daughter was taken Ircm his house by rnili- ^ tary force. The matter is to be considered "in H an international point ol view." 'si ISER. v Quite a Romance, From the New Orleans Times, July 14. Our old friend, Tom Placide, so kindly remembered by many of our people as the founder and originator of the Varieties Theatre, has astonished his numerous friends by appearing in an entirely new and serious character, that of a Benedict. No event, no metamorphosis could be more unexpected to all who are familiar with our old friend's peculiarities. Eccentric as he always Las teen, the matrimonial venture is about the last he could ever be suspected of. It is still more remarkable that this momentous step on Placide's part should be marked by circumstances of a peculiarly romantic character. Forty-two years ago, when Placide was a gay and handsome young actor, he had a love affair witli a very agreeable young woman. Cruel poverty prevented the realization of the hopes of the loving couple, and compelled a separation, which lias continued for over forty years. Meantime the lady married very respectably, and Tom, true to his first love, bocame a confirmed bachelor, and almost a woman hater. His habits and tastes had entire- ly estranged him from all sympathy and intercourse with the fair sex. Fishing, hunting and a great appetite for old books and antique notions supplanted all romance and sentimentality in his nature and character. Though a great humorist and most popular comedian, hi> profcssion has always been distaste!ul to him. Nothing but absolute necessity could evei draw him upon the stage. Of late this repugnance to his profession has greatly increased, in consequence of which Tom's resources ran down very low, though his many kind and warm friends were always ready to assist him. In this condition of his affairs the lady ol his old iove became a widow, and after a reasonable period of mourning, hearing of the lone!} and narrow circumstances of Ptacide, she sent for him and offered him as a gift and meinentc of their former relation a, half of her fortune, which was a very handsome one. To this offer, he witli much gratitude demurred, and alter some discussion and reflection solved the difficulty by proposing to marry her on the spot. The ceremony was accordingly performed, and the happy couple have retired to a pleasant country seat to spend their honeymoon. I'revi our to this, however, the punctilious old follow enjoyed the (to him) exquisite happinessof going around to see all his friends and creditors, and of repaying the various loans, iavor> and kindnesses lie had received from them in his (lay.s'of poverty and distress. And now our good, old friend may pass the remainder of hi.* days in peace and quietness, indulging to the full his passionate devotion to the pursuits ol old Isaack Walton. May no cloud ever again obscure his horizon, or misfortune interrupt the current of his happiness. rg-ri ttf.ef.cir of Mi?. Hkndrickx.Yesterday in the Senate, when the resolution fixing a day for adjournment was under consideration, Mr. Howard and several otlmr Senators expressed the hope that no day would be designated u n- ill alter the bill lor the reduction of the military peace establishment shall have fecome a law. Uiey would not consent to pinco it in the power of the President to retain it in his possession and not return it to Congress. The constitutional limit of ten days could not apply in ease there should be so early an adjournLLiCtll. Mr. Hendricks, in reply to the remarks which had been made, said he considered this a most dangerous bill, because it proposed to arm one political party against the other, it placed the control of the arms to be distributed with I he Governors of t lie States designated, and this, too, immediately before the Presidential election. In reading the latio of distribution, be asked what Maine wanted with seven thousand rifled muskets, Massachusetts with twelve thousand, and Indiana with thirteen thousand; and in order to illustrate hi< argument he referred to the fact that the Governor of Indiana, being a candidate lor reelection, those arms placed at his disposal could be used according to his design and pleasure. And so with the other States. Me commented upon the action of the Senate last night in rejecting Mr. Vickers' amendment, providing that the distribution o 1' arms, etc., .shall not take place prior to the first of January nest, unless the President shall deem it necessary for the prevention of disturbance in the Southern States. This fact, ho rcmaiked, was significant of ilie design of the bill. Arms were to be distributed to all the States with the exception of Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas ; and these States were omitted because there were to be no elections there. Therefore he argued that the only purpose of this distribution of arms before the election was to make a military force out of one parly to overawe the other, and thus control the election. All he asked was a fair cdection, and that the people may vote without hinderance, governed by their own judgment. General Grant had said, in the last sentence of his letter accepting the nomination for the Presidency: "We want peace; let us have peace." xVll parties should desire this, and quiet in the country. After this expression of the desire for peace on the part of (he candidate of the Republican party, we found here a firebrand.a measure calculated to excite passion and produce strife, and perhaps' bloodshed. With a measure so threatening and dangerous in its character, the people would be slow to believe that that party desired peace. He hoped the President would nvnvr.i.'fi »!,<-> umi'riv tin nnccr-ucfwl fr» iirntrnnf LALILITL li W ^ X J V-LV.WVU L v JU V/ » ^liV this bill from becoming a law. The President owed this not only to his constitutional duty, but to the peace and quiet of the country. He should defeat a measure so full of peril to the country, and which invited a conflict between the whites and blacks. Baltimore and Potomac Kailroap..The National Intelligencer says: "We have from the best source of authority that gentlemen of Pennsylvania and Marvind especially interested in the above load, have been recently in session at Baltimore, mil that $2,1)00,000, in the way ol a loan, is reported as available and forthcoming lor the purpose of pushing work upon it. The time tor completing contracts has been enlarged, and it is stipu'atcd that the entire work shall !c jompleteJ by September ol next year. Grad ns is now progressing on most sections of the projected road. Present engagements are for milding south from Marlborough to the line )i Charles county, cn route to Aquia Creek; ilso, to Washington. [Communicated. For a long time past 1 have observed two emarkable peculiarities in Alexandria. One s, that a decline in flour, by the barrel, hardly ;vcr causes a decline in bakers' bread ; and he other is that a decline in the cattle maiket arely causes a decline in butchers' meats, yiour and beef have been coming down, by the rlifilocuin t.\i* enmn tminL-ij ti.inc otm T i i "i ivnwvf )i v^vuti <| *' 'iv uiJ jp hantro in the market here? A ?ise in the S'orthern markets is pretty sure to cause a lonvsponding rise here.so that the market hermouieter always stands still, or goes up. sn'r. it strange? Now that I am on the subect, permit me to notice another peculiarity. rhieh is, that no matter what may be the sup ly of vegetables, or the demand, almost every iody who brings them to market a.>ks one and xactly the same price : there are some worthy xceptions. And still another peculiarity is, hat the colortd people who bring vegetables o market, eggs, poultry or fruit, ask more ban any body else. A Mechanic. DSE2>. On the 3lh day oI July, 18G8, in Fauquier co., a., at. the residence of tier husband, Howies K. Lrwistead, esq , in the 2ULU year of her age, LJSAN LEWIS, daughter of F. Lewis Marball, esq. i <3 CITY ITEMS. How can he do it?.The hardest worked people to be found anywhere are Blondheim and his clerks, at the extensive Heady-made Clothing Rouse, .coiner of .Fairfax and King streets. As they are accommodating to the public, they seem rather to enjoy the fun! Anybody can bo fitted there with a suit of handsome clothing inside of ten minutes. Yesterday Blondheim rigged out the president and cashier of a bank, a wholesale druggist, a fireman, and two railroad conductors, inside of thirteen minutes. The gratiiied customers invited Blondheim cut to lager. ^ The puzzling matter is, how can he sell so cheaply V Echu answers, "how ?" jy 27. Great Bargains..S. Dealham, 108, Kir.g street, is selling off his immense stock of bummer Clothing at cost, in order to make room for his fall stock. Don't miss your chances, jy K) Travelling Trunks..Fine Solo Leather Trunks, 1 adie3' Dress Trunks, Backing Trunks, Valises, Leather Bags, Satchels, &c., in every variety, at S. Dkai.ham's, jy 'i l'Jri, King si. Ladies' Boots, Gaiters and Slippers,at great ly reduced prices, at 74, King street. je l'J-lm \Vr- B- Waddly. Gents' Boots and Slices cheap, at 74, King street. [je 10-lmJ VV. B. Waddey. Misses' Gaiters, Kid and Morocco Boots a flno stock at very reasonable prices, at 74, King street. [je 10-1 in] W. B- Waddey. Child's Boots and Slippers, a large i-toek of every description.very cheap.at 71, King o. je 10--lm \v. B. Waiidky. O 0T O M AC G A it D K >' S . JL A G K A N D 15 A L L WILL UE GIVEN' AT r 0 T O M A C G A K D K N S On THURSDAY, .lu'y 2:5. ; COOK'S COTILLION BAN Dims been engaged for the occasion. Pu.-iiive!y :«» itupro;*er characters allowed on the grounds. Tickets for gentlemen 2"» cnis: ladies fre»» HENRY IIKKBNKi:f jy22.H Proprietor. 5 I M E ! LI M i;: 1 JLi LIME! The subscriber having established at tin: (V rial Basin extensive Kiln? for the production < : all descriptions of LIME, olf-rs the-am-: t<» , farmers, citizens and the public general: v, in quantities to suit, and at low rates. Persons in want of any description of Lime, whether/or agricultural or building purpo.-. will lind it to their interest to encourage home manufacture. They wili lind my Lime cheap i as the cheapest, and good a? the best, it being burned in the latest improved kiln-. I also ollbr for sale, at like reasonable rateall kinds of BUILDING BRICK, to bo had at G Kit MAN & KUAN CIS' 15 KICK- V A 111). Orders may be left at the stores ol J. Br<>.lers & Co., King street; It. 11. Stabler, corner King and Washington streets: at the Kiln, or my house. No. 5G, south >t. Asaph st. jy 21.lim KM AN IJKL FRANCIS. 110 RIAL ASSOC! A 1T0N. 'J ho LADIES OF ALEXANDRIA propose holding a PAIR, commencing on MONDAY, the 27th insl., in the building on the CORNER OP KING AND JiENKY STREETS, m ally known as Lowe's Building, the prom <i- . which urc to be appropriated to the bend' the Ladies' Memorial A.-iociation oi' Grove*, -n Prince William county, Va. TABLEAUX will be presented eve y evening during the Pair. A PKENCII COOK has been engaged, an I excellent suppers will be served every night be I ween ;he hours of ten and eleven. jy 21-1 i J C E CREAM SALOON. B.RENGLE'S ICE CREAM SALOON, No. l'JJ, King street, Jfaving been thoroughly repaired, relittf' and refurnished, is now open for the aceoiiimo- dation ol'tho public Ladies and gentlemen will find tlii nri agreeable place in which I.> refresh 1 i-rij-« 1 v»^ = with ICES and CONFKCTIONS. ICE CUE AM at 61.00 per pal Ion. LCK CREAM, Oraugi-ade, Chocolate ('ream Water lc>*s and Confectionery luri.ished at lie shortest notice and delivered to any part ol tliecity. jo Id.ft g U JM A C W A N T E IJ . The HIGHEST MAKKiiL' PlttCE will ie paid by the subscriber for SUMAC. JAMES E. MrC HAW. jy 10.tf No. 3(3, King st. SI EX TS' PATENT COMBINED PEACE \JT AND SUSP EN DEU. Have received the agency for th « city of the P AT E N T B Pv AC E A N D S US P E N K K, which for comfort is unequalled. Call and examine them. Wholesale trade furnished at factory pric< :. CHARLES W. GREEN, jy 13 (H, Kin^ street. A TIEN TJLON 110US E K K E PE US. W e have just received a lot of "SERF- It A IS ING FROUlij" for producing in a few ini:rA : by the addition ofcold water only, without yea-', orsalt.the most nutritious and wholesome bread N. B..Eiberal deduction made to the trade. Call arid examine, at 100, Prince st. jy 10 BROOKES & TAYLOR. OPENED, A FULL LINE OF CALICOES, COTTONS. DOMESTIC GINGHAMS, White Flannels, Blue Domestic Apron On eh, Striped Shirting, Blue Denems, Linen Diil! Linen Towels, &c., Ac , at verv low price-?. jy 11 It. L. WOOD T1TVK HIIN'DHKI) (1AM,()\S UNSEED JP OIL,'two thousand pounds Lewis-' repLead, Paints and Varnishes of every de-crip tion, in store and for sale, and in which line wo can oiler special inducement- to purchasers ' jy8 JANjNLY &C RAT EXTERM.INATOR.Ratche & C".'= justly colebriited Exterminator, for Rats, Roaches, Mice, Bed Bugs, Ants, Flies, a full supply received and for sale, wholesale ni retail. by COOK ife KHiLLE Y, jy 21 107. King street. wombs, brushes. and perfumery, Hard Lubber Dressing Combs, Horn ditto, Brass-back Horn do., fine Ivory ditto, supcrkr Hair Brushes, Lubin .- Extracts Love Among the Roses, Bloom of Youth, Kubicel. Toilet Soaps, &c., just received and for sale by y 8 E. S. L E A J) BE AT Kit & CO. COAL 1 COAL I For sale to arrive, a cargo of Locust Mountain White A.-h IS TO V E COAL from Phil.-nb phia. $G.GQ per ton from the vessel. .JOHN LEATHEKLAND, jyj.tf 2iJ, Kingstn-C jn ASTE RN HE It BIN G S. dObbL prime EASTERN HE KB IN Of*, i n received in store and for >fde by jy 18-ot WM. H. FOWLK, JR., COSTAR'S BED-BUG BANE.a lull supply received and for Sale by COOK Kr KELLKl > jy 21 107. h inrr >tr<wP I OFFER FOR SALE A VERY CHDlCK article of DRIED BEEF, which has been rncnivn.l jjy'iP' GKO. L. SEATON. }jjMSlI.A lino ]<<L of Mo. J I'ntonitto Hoir.n,-, . in barrels and half barrels, just received n unci for sale I)}- c; to. L.'sKAToN. jy 21 17*», Kins street FRESH VANILLA BEANS.new crop, very superior.just received unci for sale by jy -1 G< 10 K A ii E L LK V. OMOKED BEER.1,000 lbs Smoked Beef ^ IS? sale by li. II. GE.MENV, jy 21 No. 5, bet. King'at. and River front WOO D KN A NO WiLLO W \VA KE-a new supply received and for sale by jy 21 . OKO. L. SEATONjT'RESll BEOFORO "WATER received ai d . fur sale by the bbl or less quantity, by jy 2 COOK & KELLER-

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    ..The Judiciary Committee of the Senate dis-jcussed,-yesterday, the bill providing for an election

    in Virginia, but reached no conclusion.The committee will resume its considerationto-day.The newspapers are publishing copious exi. 1 f i.1. nf tlio ''ononial nr\mm!a.

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    sion appointed to investigate and report, forthe information of the President, upon thecivil and military administration in the militarydepartment bordering upon and west of theMississippi," which-Mr. Stanton kept snuglylocked up in the War office since 1865. Anda delectable disclosure it makes of Gen. Butler'sacts and doings while in command in New Orleans! Cotton, sugar, steamboats, were allused to gorge the capacious maws of some governmentofficials. Butler figures as the ulieadand front."A local article, in yesterday's Gazette, spoke

    of the busy appearance of our harbor, owing tothe number of eoal and other trading vesselsnow hero. * Last night, the vessels, with theirlights up, made a fine show all along the frontof the city. It was pleasant to look upon this''opening of the harbor" to the old trade..And we hope to see at our wharves, ere long,not only coasters, but larger vessels, bringingimportations and taking away exportation,from and to, foreign countries. The work hascommenced m several instances we have alreadynoticed in our columns.The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

    have determined to report against the confirmationof Dawson as Minister to Russia, McClernandto Mexico, and Rosecrans to Spain.The Committee are averse to displacing JohnP. Hale, who sat many years in the Senatewith 9ome of them. They agreed to reportfavorably in the case of Mr. Watts, of Philadelphia,as Minister to Austria. The FinanceCommittee determined to report in iavor ofthe rejection of Mr. Cooper as Commissionerot Revenue, and Mr. Wells as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.

    *\Baltimore was visited yesterday morning, betweenone and two o'clock, by a copious rain

    storm, accompanied by thunder and lightning.«The rain fell continuously in torrents for severalhours, a number of streets being flooded..The wate- on Liberty street rose to a heighthardly . uemhered before. Many of thestreets in the western and central sections ofthe city were flooded; many cellars being inundated.'"Daring the storm several houses werestruck by lightning.When those who claim to be representatives

    from Alabama came forward in the House ofRepresentatives yesterday to take their seats,xYIr. Brooks objected to one of them, becausehe was a resident of the State of Maine, not ofAlabama. Mr. Dawes asked Mr. Brookswhere he (B.) was born. Mr. B. immediatelyreplied, "I wa3 born in Maine, I emigrated toNew York thirty years ago, and when I settledin .New York I brought a trunk ! lberc wasa burst of laughter.A letter from a subscriber in Fauquier says :

    "The harvest, the hot weather, and the uncertaintyabout whether there is to be an electionin our State, have had the effect of lesseninginterest, for the time being, in political matters.But, at the proper time, every man wili be onhand and do his duty. The lull is no indicationthat our people will not form ranks and goto the polls, if any polls are to be opened."Horace Greeley is highly incensed with ThaddeusStevens, for the opinions he expressed in

    the House on.Friday last, in favor of the pay-,ment of iive-twenty bonds in currency. Hetells Stephens he is a fit ally for Blair and Pendleton.readshim out of the party, and bid3him not "to stand upon the order of his going,but to go at once." Pray where is he to go ?That's the .question.Over 1,200 more emigrants from Scandinavia,

    Holland, Eogland and Wales arrived in NewYork last week to the Morman agents fromSalt Lake City, to whom they were consigned,and sent by rail to the West. Over two thousandmore of the same sort are daily expected.The Georgia papers re-affirm that great

    cruelties have been inflicted upon thefprisonersarrested by military authority in that State,and oonflned in Fortress Pulaski. They haveam instrument of torture called the "sweatbox."A banquet in honor of Mr. Reverdy Johnson

    was given in Annapolis yesterday. In reply toa toast, Mr. J. made a speech full nf interest-ing recollections concerning the former timesand men of his native city.A man in Wilmington, N. C., the other

    night, shot and killed his owa wile, mistakingher for a burglar. The husband and wife wereboth up, in the dark, alarmed by what theysupposed to be robbers.

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    The House of .Representatives passed theFunding bill at a late hour last night substautially as it was passed in Committee of theWhole on Saturday.A correspondent in Warren county writes us

    that the cultivation of the grape and the manufactureof wine will be largely increased inVirginia next year.The different branches ot the Presbyterian

    Church, in Scotland, as well as in the UnitedStates, arc negotiating for a reunion.Newspaper notices of Marriages and Deaths

    are paid for in nearly every city ot the country,except Alexandria.Conservative Ratification meetings continue

    to be held all over the country. ]

    ALEXAN]Orders have been issued by the Secretary of *

    the Navy to Rear Admiral Davis, commandingthe South Atlantic squadron, to cut down 3his force one-half. This will necessitate the *return of several of the war vessels now in Jthose waters.A young man in Altoona, Pa., last week, ]

    maddened by beiug "turned off" by the young :lady to whom he had been engaged, sought an

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    interview with her, drew a pistol and first kill- <ed her, and then killed himself. *

    Gen. Blair, in hi3 letter of acceptance, states !facts in very clear, decided terms.

    NEWS OF THE DAY.

    "To show the very age and body of the Times"Minister Burlingame and suite will soon take

    their departure from the United States. Priorto leaving, however, the Embassy will proceedto Auburn, New York, where they will pay ashort visit to Secretary Seward. They willthen proceed to Niagara Falls. Montreal, Quebecand Boston, and will sail on their Europeanmission on the 16th of August, from NewYork.The refusal of the U. S. Consul at Port-auPrinceto afford the protection of the American

    flag to Haytien refugees has caused much indignation,and sixty persons have left the AmericanConsulate and sought the protection of theBritish. Appearances indicated that the U.S. wa3 protecting SalDave.We have late advices from Venezuela. The

    revolutionists carried Carracas by storm on the23d ult, and on the 25th the place was finallysurrendered, when Gen. Monangas, ac thehead of the army, made a triumphal entry intothe city. A new Government has been formed,The prisoners at Atlanta, Ga.% on trial for

    supposed complicity in the Ashburn murder,have been removed from their cells under bondand given comfortable quarters in the barracksthe bond simply providing that they shall ap- jpear at the trial daily.The Senate of Louisiana, at the sugges'ion ]

    of Gov. Warmoath, has passe 1 a joint resolu- ,tion, calling on the Commanding General for itroops to repress lawlessness in the northernand western parishes of the State.The removal of the Confederate dead from ]

    Johnson's Island has been postponed, as fearsare entertained that the health of Sandusky (might be affected by the disinterment of so ]many bodies during the hot weather.I

    Three thousand bushels oi corn have been '

    sent from Baltimore this week, by order of the (Freedmen's Bureau, for the relief of the peopleof Hyde county, N. C., who are said to be ;in a very destitute condition.

    It is said to be the intention of Gen. Gillem 1ts appoint Col. James S. Hamilton as Governorof Mississippi.to which the WashingtonChronicle shouts."we do object.we do «object."The Alabama Legislature has elected Gen.

    Geo. E. Spencer, Bankrupt Register, U. S.Senator for the long term. To-day a Senatorwill probably be elected for the short term,The President has signed the Tax bill with

    the provision reducing the tax on whiskey Irom$2 to 50 cents per gallon; so the agony of thewhiskey ring is over.A revolution has broken out in the Northern

    portion of San Domingo, headed by Cabral andLuperow. Arrests and banishments continuein the city of San Domingo.The President on Monday approved and

    signed sixty acts and joint resolutions of Congress,mostof them being lor personal reliefand for pensions.The report ot the negro disturbances in Mil-

    lican, Texas, are confirmed, and it is doubtfulif they are yet quelled. Gen. Buchanan hassent a staff officer to investigate the matter. ;Four negroes were stabbed in a quarrel while '

    on an excursion in the steamer Ajax, at Savan- (nah yesterday, and one drunken negro fell over- tboard and was drowned.

    In the divorce case of Frank Leslie vs. Sa- ]rail Ann Leslie, the wife has been allowed ali- ^mony, pendente lite at fifty dollars per week,and a counsel fee of five hundred dollars. *The number of horses that died last week in (

    New York city from the heat was 107. One-half ]the number belonged to the car companies. 1

    Jefferson Davis contemplates making a trip (to Europe as soon as he recovers sufficiently (from the effects of his recent fall.

    Gen. Grant continues to refuse all public de- jmonstrations and receptions in his Westerntour. |The most approved opinion with reference c

    to the adjournment of Congress now is that it 1will take place about Friday or Saturday. £The Georgia Legislature yesterday ratified

    the "Fourteenth Amendment."

    Foreign News. oLord Napier yesterday received the lreedcm C

    of the city and a sword from the corporation bof London. The ceremonies took place at pGuildhall, and were witnessed by a large asscm- 3blage. The Lord Mayor presided and made rthe presentation.

    _Lord Napier was loudly ncheered by the audience, among whom were u

    many principal officers of' the British army.. j,A grand banquet was given in his honor at the cMansion House. pPrince Napoleon has arrived at Malta, on tlhis return home. At Syria the Cretan exiles tpresented him an address, expressing the hopethat France would not abandon their cause.. aThe Prince replied with reserve, committing (jhis government to no definite policy. aThe Grand Ducal Government of Hesse has qsignified a desire to join the other German gStates in concluding a naturalization treatywith the United States.

    Trifling witii Nature..The papers arebeginning to publish the regular course of re- 11cipes.(every heated term finds it afloat).for ^UU>YC1 CUWyitillll*, tUUICI U 1 llliili lUili, UIC.We advise people to let these specifics severely Slalone. And let us say that such complaints pwould but rarely prevail if people would cxcroiseordinary prudence and care in their habit?. IBut as people will be imprudent and careless, \severe and dangerous sicknesses are the inevi- ctable consequences. These should always be t<attended an experienced physician. Sell- sdoctoring, or doctoring members of one's own pfamily, is a dangerous occupation, and has iigiven Death many victims. The least medi- wcine is the best, and what little is given should 1be selected by a person whose profession it is pto distinguish clearly and closely between the aalmost countless variety of symptoms and indi- iications that attach to disease in any form. A tlgood physician will not attempt to "doctor" tihimself, nor will he, if the services of another aphysician can be procured, venture to practice oin his own family, so delicate are the variations nand incidentals to consider in arriving at a cor- nrect diagnosis. We repeat that it is folly. ncriminal lolly.for people to dose themselves nwith hearsay or newspaper recipes. Nature at hlault, with an experienced pilot to assist her, cwill generally get back into the right current, aif, you do not render her helpless with drugs \and too much exertion..N. Y. Express. p

    PRIA GAZETTE AFJSen'I. Blair's tetter of Acceptance.The following letter from General Francis

    ?. Blair is addressed to General Morgan, theJhairman of the Committee of the NationalDemocratic Conservative Convention:I accept, without hesitation, the nomination,

    ,endereci in a manner so gratifying, and givepou and the committee my thanks for the veryand and complimentary language in whichfou have conveyed to me the decision of theJonvontion.1 have fully read the resolutions adopted by

    Lhe Convention, and most cordially concur insvery principle arid sentiment they announce,My opinion upon all of the questions which discriminatethe great contending parties, havebeen expressed upon all suitable occasions, andI do not deem it necessary at this time to reiteratethem. The issues upon which the contestturns are clear, and cannot be obscurod 01distorted by the sophistries of our adversaries,They all resolve themselves into the old andever recurring struggle of a few men to absorbthe political power of the nation. This elfortunder every conceivable name and disguise hasalways characterized the opponents of tno Democratic party, but at no time has the attomplassumed a shape so open and daring as in thhcontest. The adversaries of free and constitutionalGovernment in defiance of the expresflanguage of tho Constitution havo erected smilitary despotism in ton of the States of theUnion, havo taken from the President tho pow'ers vested in him by the supreme law, and havedeprived the Supremo Court of its jurisdiction,

    * * 1 ---- A« ^ rtBAof irr J I n'The ngiic 01 trial oyjury, turn uuu«io»u TIIL'U,right, the habeas corpus.shields of safety foievery citizen, which have descended to us froirthe earliest traditions of our ancestors, ancwhich our revolutionary fathors sought to SO'cure to their posterity forever in tho fundamenulcharter of our liberties, have been ruthlesslytrampled under foot by the fragment of a Congress."Whole States and communities of peopleof our own race have been attainted, convicted,condemned and deprived of their rightsas citizens without presentment or trial or witnesses,but by Congressional enactment of ecpost facto laws, and in defiance of tho conslitutional prohibition, denying oven to a fullanclegal Congress tho authority to pass any bill oattainder or ex post facto law.The sarao usurping authority ha3 substituted

    as electors, in place of tho men of our own rac<thus illegally attainted and disfranchised,ahosiof ignorant negroes, who arc supportod in idleness with tho public money, and combined togetherto strip tho white race of their birthrighttnrough the management of tho Frccdmon'iBureau and tho emissaries of conspirators irother States, and, to completo tho oppressiontho military power of tho nation lias been placetat their disposal in order to make this barbarismsupremo.The military leader under whoso prestige thif

    usurping Congress has taken refuge since th(condemnation of tlioir schemes by the ftoo peopleof tho North in tho oloclions ot the laslpear, and whom they havo selected as theiicandidate to shiold themselvos from tho resuliot their own wickedness and crimo, has announcedhis acceptance of tho nomination ancliIs willingness to maintain their usurpation'over eight millions of wliito people at tho Houthlixocl to the earth with his bayonets. He exclaims:'"Lot us linvo peace.'' '"Peace reiguinWarsaw" was the announcement which heraldedtho doom of tho liberties ot a nation.."Tho Empire is peace" exclaimed Bonapartowhen freedom and its defenders expired undeiLhe sharp edge of his sword.The peace to which Grant invites us is the

    peace of despotism and death. Those who seel10 restore the Constitution by executing tho wilof tho people condemning the Eecoiutructioracts, already pronounced in tho elections of las;year, and which will, i am convinced, bo stillmore emphatically expressed by the election oiLhe Democratic candidate as tho President olthe Unileil States, are denounced as revolutionislsby the partisans of this vindictive CongressNegro sulfntgo, which tho popular voto ol NovYork, New .Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan,Connecticut And other Statos, has condemnedas expressly against the letter of theConstitution, must stand because their Senator:and Representatives have willed it. If the poopie shall again condemn these atrocious measuresby the election of the Democratic candidate for President, they must not bo disturbed,although decided to be unconstitutional by thtSupreme Court, and although tho President iswornto maintain and support the Constitution.The will of a fraction of a Congress reinforcedwith its partisan emissaries sent to lh<South, and supported by tho soldiers, muslstand against the will of the people, and the decisionof the Supreme Court and tho solemroath of tho President to maintain and supporitho Constitution. It is revolutionary to exeeut(tho will of the people. It is revolutionary tiexecute the judgment of the Supremo Court.Lt is revolutionary in tho President to keep inviolate)his oath to sustain tho Constitution..This false construction of the vitul principle ol:>ur Government is the last result of those whewould have their arbitrary reconstruction sway,and supersede our time-honored institutions..Ihe nation will say the Constitution must berestored and the will of the people again prevail.The appeal to the peaceful ballot to attainthis end is not war.is not revolution..rhey make war and revolution who attempt tcarrest this quiet mode of putting aside militarylespotism and the usurpations of a fragment ol[Jongr- ss, asserting absolute powor over the belignsystem of regulated liberty left us by ourathers. This must be allowed to take it;ourse.This is the only road to peace. It williome with the election of the Democratic canlidate and not with the election of that mailedvarrior whose bayonets aro now at the throats)i eight millions of people in the South to compelthem to support him as a candidate for thePresidency, and to compel them to submit tche domination of an alien race of semi-barmrousmen. No perversion of truth, or auda:itvof misrepresentation can excel that whichmils this candidate in arms as an angel of peace.I am, very respectfully, your most obedient

    ervant, Frank P. Blair.

    Congress.In the Senate, yesterday, a concurrent resilutionwas passed declaring the Fourteenth

    Constitutional Amendment duly ratified. Aill was passed allowing the admission of steamdoughs free of duty for one year from JuneOth, JSGS. The bill for the protection of theiglits of naturalized citizens was called ud, butiO action was taken on it. The House billcaking appropriations for certain charitablerestitutions in the D. 0., was passed. Theommittee of conference on the Indian Approbationbill made a report, which was agreedo. Some discussion took place on the quesionof adjournment, but no action was takeD.it the evening session, the joint resolutionuthorizing a subsidy of $500,000 to the PacicMail Steamship Company was passed; also,joint resolution appealing to the Turkishrovemmcnt on behalf of the people of Crete,iome discussion took place on the bill to au-liortze the bridging ot the uhio river, whichnally passed.In the House of Representatives, the Cornlitteeon Elections reported back the credenialsof the alleged Representatives elect from

    tlabama, and asked that they be admitted toeats. After considerable discussion the reortwas adopted and the Representatives,Icssrs. Ohas. \V. Bulk ley, Jno. R. Callis,'hos. llaughcy, Renj. \V. Norris and Ohas.V. Pierce, were sworn in. The House conurredin the report of the conference comrniteeon the bill in relation to the temporaryupplying of vacancies in the Executive Deartmcnts.The concurrent resolution declarigthe Fourteenth amendment duly ratifiedras passed by a vote of yeas 136 to nay3 32.'he conference committee on the Lndian Apropriationbill made a report, which wasgreed to. At the evening session, the Fundigbill was taken up. Pending discussion, inhe course of some remarks on the Appropriaionbills, Mr. Washburne stated the wholemount appropriated for payment of interestn the public debt was one hundred and ninetylillions, and lor other expenses an amouutot exceeding one hundred and two millions,laking a total of one hundred and ninety-twolillions. The original|estimates required threeundred and seventy-two millions. The discissionof the Funding bill was then resumed,nd the amendments made in Committee of theVhoie were all agreed to. The bill was thenassed, and the House adjourned. J

    D_VIRG-INIA TDVERTSaratoga Springs in New York.TheKeigu of Shoddy.A Picture of' 'Fashion."The following description of "Fashion,1: at

    that "fashionable" watering place, SaratogaSprings, is given in the "Saratoga correspon,dence" of the Boston Post:

    This world-renowned Baden-Baden ol America,is rapidly filling up with the stereotyped1 Saratoga summer society, which of course erarbraces old dowagers, Congress water fowls,L pretty girls, heavy swells,bogU3 Indians, trans,parent shoddyites, itinerant preachers, imagin

    ary and reaHnvalids, keno players,greasy meD,* French milliners, Flora McFlimseys,and countLless well-bred, genteel, common sense and rc|fined specimens of humanity. The regular,. old school, Congress water-fowl is a genial,. jolly jocose old barnacle, whose nasal organ isi as roseate as a boiled lobster, and one would

    suppose, to view it with the naked eye, that its; proprietor had once indulged in some potation5 other than Congress water, which seldom proj.duces the same effect that old rye always does.I The present is like other preceding fashionable. seasons. Everybody and everything is so ehar5acteristic of Saratoga life. The pretty girls,1 those darling Emma Janes, are clad in smiles,5 crimps are elongated trails, which they drag' about after them as if they enjoyed the draggingprocess. Shoddy disports itself in diafinonds, full dress, and vulgarity at the break:fast table, loud swells wilt shoddyites throughi eye-glasses, Flora McFiimsey is in admirable1 confusion with her forty-eleven full-grown Saratogatrunks, and the genteel portion of so^mprofcssion has always been distaste!ul to him.Nothing but absolute necessity could eveidraw him upon the stage. Of late this repugnanceto his profession has greatly increased,in consequence of which Tom's resources randown very low, though his many kind andwarm friends were always ready to assist him.

    In this condition of his affairs the lady olhis old iove became a widow, and after a reasonableperiod of mourning, hearing of the lone!}and narrow circumstances of Ptacide, she sentfor him and offered him as a gift and meinentcof their former relation a, half of her fortune,which was a very handsome one. To this offer,he witli much gratitude demurred, and altersome discussion and reflection solved the difficultyby proposing to marry her on the spot.The ceremony was accordingly performed, andthe happy couple have retired to a pleasantcountry seat to spend their honeymoon. I'reviour to this, however, the punctilious old followenjoyed the (to him) exquisite happinessofgoing around to see all his friends and creditors,and of repaying the various loans, iavor>and kindnesses lie had received from them inhis (lay.s'of poverty and distress. And now ourgood, old friend may pass the remainder of hi.*days in peace and quietness, indulging to thefull his passionate devotion to the pursuits olold Isaack Walton. May no cloud ever againobscure his horizon, or misfortune interruptthe current of his happiness.

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    ttf.ef.cir of Mi?. Hkndrickx.Yesterday inthe Senate, when the resolution fixing a dayfor adjournment was under consideration, Mr.Howard and several otlmr Senators expressedthe hope that no day would be designated u n-ill alter the bill lor the reduction of the militarypeace establishment shall have fecome alaw. Uiey would not consent to pinco it inthe power of the President to retain it in hispossession and not return it to Congress. Theconstitutional limit of ten days could not applyin ease there should be so early an adjournLLiCtll.

    Mr. Hendricks, in reply to the remarkswhich had been made, said he considered thisa most dangerous bill, because it proposed toarm one political party against the other, itplaced the control of the arms to be distributedwith I he Governors of t lie States designated,and this, too, immediately before the Presidentialelection. In reading the latio of distribution,be asked what Maine wanted withseven thousand rifled muskets, Massachusettswith twelve thousand, and Indiana with thirteenthousand; and in order to illustrate hi<argument he referred to the fact that the Governorof Indiana, being a candidate lor reelection,those arms placed at his disposal could beused according to his design and pleasure.And so with the other States. Me commentedupon the action of the Senate last night in rejectingMr. Vickers' amendment, providingthat the distribution o 1' arms, etc., .shall nottake place prior to the first of January nest,unless the President shall deem it necessaryfor the prevention of disturbance in the SouthernStates. This fact, ho rcmaiked, was significantof ilie design of the bill. Arms were tobe distributed to all the States with the exceptionof Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas ; andthese States were omitted because there wereto be no elections there. Therefore he arguedthat the only purpose of this distribution ofarms before the election was to make a militaryforce out of one parly to overawe theother, and thus control the election. All heasked was a fair cdection, and that the peoplemay vote without hinderance, governed bytheir own judgment. General Grant had said,in the last sentence of his letter accepting thenomination for the Presidency: "We wantpeace; let us have peace." xVll parties shoulddesire this, and quiet in the country. Afterthis expression of the desire for peace on thepart of (he candidate of the Republican party,we found here a firebrand.a measure calculatedto excite passion and produce strife, andperhaps' bloodshed. With a measure so threateningand dangerous in its character, the peoplewould be slow to believe that that partydesired peace. He hoped the President wouldnvnvr.i.'fi »!, umi'riv tin nnccr-ucfwl fr» iirntrnnfLALILITL li W ?» ^ X J V-LV.WVU L v JU V/ » ^liV

    this bill from becoming a law. The Presidentowed this not only to his constitutional duty,but to the peace and quiet of the country. Heshould defeat a measure so full of peril to thecountry, and which invited a conflict betweenthe whites and blacks.

    Baltimore and Potomac Kailroap..TheNational Intelligencer says:"We have from the best source of authoritythat gentlemen of Pennsylvania and Marvindespecially interested in the above load,

    have been recently in session at Baltimore,mil that $2,1)00,000, in the way ol a loan, isreported as available and forthcoming lor thepurpose of pushing work upon it. The timetor completing contracts has been enlarged, andit is stipu'atcd that the entire work shall !cjompleteJ by September ol next year. Gradns is now progressing on most sections of theprojected road. Present engagements are formilding south from Marlborough to the line)i Charles county, cn route to Aquia Creek;ilso, to Washington.

    [Communicated.For a long time past 1 have observed two

    emarkable peculiarities in Alexandria. Ones, that a decline in flour, by the barrel, hardly;vcr causes a decline in bakers' bread ; andhe other is that a decline in the cattle maiketarely causes a decline in butchers' meats,yiour and beef have been coming down, by therlifilocuin t.\i* enmn tminL-ij ti.inc otm

    Tii "i ivnwvf )i v^vuti ks one andxactly the same price : there are some worthyxceptions. And still another peculiarity is,hat the colortd people who bring vegetableso market, eggs, poultry or fruit, ask moreban any body else. A Mechanic.

    DSE2>.On the 3lh day oI July, 18G8, in Fauquier co.,a., at. the residence of tier husband, Howies K.Lrwistead, esq , in the 2ULU year of her age,LJSAN LEWIS, daughter of F. Lewis Marball,esq. i

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    A G K A N D 15 A L LWILL UE GIVEN' AT

    r 0 T O M A C G A K D K N SOn THURSDAY, .lu'y 2:5.

    ; COOK'S COTILLION BAN Dims been engagedfor the occasion. Pu.-iiive!y :«» itupro;*ercharacters allowed on the grounds.Tickets for gentlemen 2"» cnis: ladies fre»»

    HENRY IIKKBNKi:fjy22.H Proprietor.

    5 I M E ! LI M i;:1 JLi LIME!The subscriber having established at tin: (V

    rial Basin extensive Kiln? for the production < :all descriptions of LIME, olf-rs the-am-: t refresh 1 i-rij-« 1 v»^ =with ICES and CONFKCTIONS.ICE CUEAM at 61.00 per pal Ion.LCK CREAM, Oraugi-ade, Chocolate ('ream

    Water lc>*s and Confectionery luri.ished at lieshortest notice and delivered to any part ol tliecity.jo Id.ftg U JM A C W A N T E IJ .

    The HIGHEST MAKKiiL' PlttCE will ie

    paid by the subscriber for SUMAC.JAMES E. MrC HAW.

    jy 10.tf No. 3(3, King st.SI EX TS' PATENT COMBINED PEACE\JT AND SUSP EN DEU.Have received the agency for th « city of thePAT ENT B PvACE A N D SUS P E N K K,

    which for comfort is unequalled. Call and examinethem.Wholesale trade furnished at factory pric< :.

    CHARLES W. GREEN,jy 13 (H, Kin^ street.

    A TIENTJLON 110US EK K EPE US.

    We have just received a lot of "SERF- It A ISING FROUlij" for producing in a few ini:rA :by the addition ofcold water only, without yea-',orsalt.the most nutritious and wholesome bread

    N. B..Eiberal deduction made to the trade.Call arid examine, at 100, Prince st.jy 10 BROOKES & TAYLOR.

    OPENED, A FULL LINE OFCALICOES,COTTONS.

    DOMESTIC GINGHAMS,White Flannels, Blue Domestic Apron On eh,Striped Shirting, Blue Denems, Linen Diil!Linen Towels, &c., Ac , at verv low price-?.jy 11 It. L. WOODT1TVK HIIN'DHKI) (1AM,()\S UNSEEDJP OIL,'two thousand pounds Lewis-' repLead,Paints and Varnishes of every de-cription, in store and for sale, and in which line wocan oiler special inducement- to purchasers

    ' jy8 JANjNLY &CRAT EXTERM.INATOR.Ratche & C".'=justly colebriited Exterminator, for Rats,Roaches, Mice, Bed Bugs, Ants, Flies, afull supply received and for sale, wholesale niretail. by COOK ife KHiLLE Y,

    jy 21 107. King street.wombs, brushes. and perfumery,Hard Lubber Dressing Combs, Horn ditto,Brass-back Horn do., fine Ivory ditto, supcrkrHair Brushes, Lubin .- Extracts Love Amongthe Roses, Bloom of Youth, Kubicel. ToiletSoaps, &c., just received and for sale by

    y 8 E. S. L EA J) BEAT Kit & CO.

    COAL 1 COAL IFor sale to arrive, a cargo of Locust MountainWhite A.-h ISTOV E COAL from Phil.-nb phia.$G.GQ per ton from the vessel.

    .JOHN LEATHEKLAND,jyj.tf 2iJ, Kingstn-C

    jnASTERN HE ItBING S.dObbL prime EASTERN HE KB IN Of*, i n

    received in store and for >fde byjy 18-ot WM. H. FOWLK, JR.,

    COSTAR'S BED-BUG BANE.a lull supplyreceived and for Sale byCOOK Kr KELLKl >

    jy 21 107. h inrr >tr