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f.uer Laalhers, which he will tell tb« :« at low price*J NO. V> . DENNIS,

No. 54 Main »t., 5 door* above St. Charles,oc J?dArsm.\ < Mil).?Tlir niih»«ci-ib«"r mprrilullv

informs the public that his 0 alleryis now openTisitors, inCorinthian Hall, wb Ire be is preparedfurnish the AMBROTYPE. -MEZOGRAPH and

!>A(ti?ERREOTYPES in a style sn.aerior Soanythingv \u25a0 'he k;:;d yet offered in thispie.ee.Heviiigtbe exclusive right to make AmVrotypes inIt > city. I shall prosecute to theextent of tbe lawallfersnns" isfr.iigjcg tbesame. P. E. GIBBS,r o 24\r) ITTAAI T. COI *KAIAN A < AY.< si\* tho city registrar. Boston, forthe lifth marriage vertiiicate. His intended bridois but 24, it being lier first marriage. This is theonly ease within the kuowlodguof the registrar ofa fifth marriage.

Kmei.inr Stuart Wortlkt.?This lady, whosedeath is announced in the Englishpapers," was thosecond daughter of tho Duke of Rutland, andwidow of tl*e late Hon. Charles Stuart Wortley.?Lady Wortley was very well known and verypopular in this country. Sho visited the Unite'dStates twice, and in 1851 publisheda volume oftravel*. Lady Wortley travelled through NorthAmerica, amii afterward went to Havana, theBritish West Indies, and extended her trip to Panama. She afterwards made an extended tour inAsia aud throughout Southern Europe.

MISSOURI.?The Whig member* of the Missourilegislature held a inwting at Jefferson city ou tbe.'(Oth nit., and resolved that tho National Whig Par-ty still lives ?and, in the coming Presidential con-test, "to show themselves worthy ol' the best daysot the republic." The holdinga State conventionat St. Louis, on the second Monday of April, 1856,for thopurpose of appointingdelegates to the Na-tional Whig Convention to nominate candidates forPresident and Vice President of the United Stateswai recom inended.

FOUND.?-The Chicago (111.) Tribune of the 4thstates the that $00000lost by tbe American ExpressCompany in transit betwwn Dnbuipte and NewYork, lias been found. It turned up as mysteri-ously as it disappeared.

I'fio.M Rome.?Letters froin Home mention thatthe Rev. Mr. Talbot, whose name has been repeat-edly mentioned a« one likely to be raised to highspiritual office in the Roman Catholic Church inKngland, has been appointed by the Pope to pro-ceed to America, to regulatesome affairs betweenthe Transatlantic Bishops and the Holy See.

A ntkiiacite Coal.?The shipments of Anthrarite coal from the Pennsylvania mines for the yearending Dec. l s t, is estimated at 4,592,000 tons," be-ing an increase of 700,000 tons over the previousyear. The aggregate value is twelve millions ofdollars.

A IttPFKRESCO.?A correspondent «f the Nation-al InteUlpenccr, noticing the fact that the Pea bodyInstitute in I)anver*, with a library of only 5,00*)volumes,bite over 1,400 regular snoscribera, says:

"The Washington Library has been iu existenceprobably thirty years, and contains over 10,000volumes, many of them »tan'nl,toU" : Whaete* Gwtom-UJ

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By Mr. Oajloiithkt : In reference to the pur-chase by the State, of Mt. Vernon. P,?

Mr - e-legates by Mr. lITMAN,announcing Uio readinessof the Houjo to proceed with tho execution of thejoint order. The ballotting proceeded with thefol'owiug result :

For Jumcs M. Ahunn? Messrs. Ambler. Arthurliraxton, Buswell, Campbell, Catlett, Cbapman'Cobb, Deneale, Deskins, Douglass, Fonsten, Hair'stou, Harris. Hnddleson, Jones, Layne. I»ganMoncure, Old, l*axton, Randolph, Regar, SteenrodTaliaferro, Tate, Thompson, Welch, West, White!Wooding, Yates?3iFor George IK t>um>rurs?.Meosr*. Armstrong,Baldwin, Bradan, Creigli, Daughtroy, Finney!Flaod, Irving, Johnson. Marshall.Harks, Smith, Tazewell, Thomas?l 3.Mr. Dknkal.k was appointed jointcommittee on

the part of the Seuate to examine tho votes cast inthe election of U. S. Senator,Mr. DF.SEALE, from jointcommittee, reported as

follows : Whole number of votes, ISttneccessaryto a choice, 97 : for James M. Mason, 124; for Geo.W. Summers. «R>; Scattering, 3. So Mr. James M.Mason was duly declaredU. S. Senator for Virginiafor six years from 4th of March, 1857.

The Petersburg Custom House bill was read athird time and passed.Mr. WELCH, offered a resolution for increasingthe compensation of jailors. Adopted.On motion of Mr. Deneale, tho Senate ad-journed.

After the adjournment,a meeting of the Senatewas held in reference to a complimentarydinnerto Lieutenant Governor Leake, who. for the lastfour years has tilled with such abilityand accep-tance the chair of the Senate. Mr. Lavne wascalled to the chair, and Mr. Davis was appointedsecretary. Tho secretary read Mr. Leake's replyto theinvitation, accepting the compliment tender-ed tohim : and, on motion of Mr. Stcenrod, a com-mittee of five was appointed to make tho neeccs-sary arrangements. The following gentlemenwere appointed by the chairman the committee:Messrs. Steenrod, Ambler, Deneale, Johnson, audMarshall. On motion of Mr. Campbell, the chair-man and secretary were added to tho committee.The meeting then adjourned.

HOUSE OF DELEGATES.Sat CRD AT, Dec. 8, 1355.A message from the Senate announced that thatbody had adopted the resolution for providing moreeffe ;tual meansfor preventing the escape of slaves

with amendments. These amendments have beenexplained in the report of theif proceedings, andwere concurred in by the House.The Speaker appointed thefollowing gentlemena committee on the part of the House under theresolution: Messrs. Mallory, Garnett, Segar, Floyd,Edmunds, Johnston. Tomlin, Seddon, Bondurant,Dickinson, of Richmond, Claiborne, Hoge andChristian.

The Senate message also announced thopassageof a resolution for tho election of Brigadier General for the Fifth Brigade, to supply the vacancyoccasioned by the death of Gen. Henry T. Wash-ington,, tin the Bth day of January.

On motion of Mr. Sinclair, the resolution wasfor thepresent, laid on the table.Committees wero called and made reports.

ELECTION OK UNITED STATES SENATOR.The order of the day for the election of a Sens-

tor of the I'nited. States was taken up, and tlioSenate was informed of the readiness of the Houseto proceed with the execution of the joint order.Mr. Pitman nominated for the office the presentincumbent, the Hon James M. Masoy,?makingthe nomination, he said, with a hearty good will,and in obedience to the wishes of hU constituents.

Mr. Rcffnek nominated George W. Summers,of Kanaw ha, a gentleman whose character was sowell knownas to render useless any remarks fromhimrelative to his merits and peculiar fitness forthe office.

Mr. Hiett seconded tlio nomination of MrMason, declaring that among his people there washut ono feeling on the subject, and that was infavor of the re-election of James M. Mason.Mr. Smith, of Kanawha, seconded the nomina-tion of Mr. Summers, on the grotlud of his abilitiesand his high claims for tho office. But >e dweltchiefly upon the proprioty of his election as an actof justiceto the Trans-Alleghanycountry, which hesaid had never had a Senator. Ho contended thata Senator was due to that part of tho State on theprinciple of equality of representation?a principlethe We«t had long struggled for. They had hadthe mortification of hearingit said that no Senatorhad been elected from beyond the Alleghanies,be-cause they had not the material to make Senatorsof; but if ever that were true, was it so no\v? Didho notoffer them a suitable man ? Could they findbetter material than he had offered thorn? SenatorMa ton was in sentiment and feeling an Easternman. He spoke this not in the spirit of disparage-ment of the East Ho merely contendedfor aprin-ciple. He asserted that it was th» custom in otherStates to divide tho representation i he Kenat®between theEastern and theWestern, or the Northem and tho Southern divisions of tho State. Theprinciple was just. He offered a man that ought tosatisfy the West; but if the dominant party iu thisLegislature would not take him, they had ine incompatible with thecourse of intellectual and physical training pur-sued at schools of military instruction.

FENCING Iff A RAILROAD.On motion of Mr. Holladay, the House adopted

* resolution enquiring into the expediency of re-quiring the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Companyto fence in their road with fences, and cattle stopßat all crossings in the counties of Marshall andWetzel, and further to make the said company lia-ble for the full value of all property injured ontheir road from the absence of or insufficiency ofsuch fences, &o. ~r

Oa motion of Mr. Mai.LORY, the Committee ofRoads were instructed to enquire into tho expedi-ency of regulating the draws anil management -ofthe bridges over the Elizabeth river on the Nor-folk and Petersburg railroad, aDd of relievingthatroad from restrictions on its connections unusal ijjother railways in theState.EXTENSION 0E THE NORFOLK i.VO PETERSBURG

RAILROAD.Mr. MaLLORT introduced the petition of the

President and Directors of the Norfolk and Peters-burg railroad, asking for an extension of theirroad to Charlottesville, and a subscription to thesame by the State.

Resolutions of enquiry were introduced andadopted?

By Mr. Johnston : Into the expediency of soamending the 124th chapter of the Code as tostrike out the words " East of the Blue Ridgemountains."

By Mr. LantZ: Into the" expediency of allow-ing grand and petit jurora mileage in addition totheir present compensation.By Mr. Deane .- For the reference from the flies

of the last Legislature the petition for the exemp-tion of the property of the Virginia and Tennes-see Railroad Company from taxation.

By Mr. ELLYSON: FoT the reference of BillNo. 330 of the last Legislature, concerning tho firstregiment of Volunteers.

By Mr. Murdacoh : Into tho expediency ofincorporating the "Portsmouth Literary and Li-brary Association."

By Mr. Dickissojj of Grayson : For a Turnpikefrom the North Carolina line, at or near Big HeltonCreek, to the most suitable point on the Virginiaand Tennessee Railroad

By Mr. Thrift: Into the expediency of incor-porating a company to construct a railroad, to becalled the "Geerge Washington Railroad," fromsome point at or near Georgetown, to some pointon the Ohioriver.

By Mr. Howell : Of the expediency of a turn*pike from the FloydC. n. and Hillsville Road, at ornear Wm. L. Davis' in Floyd, to the Danville andWytheville Turnpike in the direction of Mt. Airy,in North Carolina.

Resolutions and petitions relating t