National Convention At Washington

A the Cmcinn;i:i Coiivenlion, Mr. Clark of Pt-ifiylvnnia, o'fTerpd u re.slotion recoininend'wg the b'oltlmii 'of ap Airi 'Slavery Conven tinn Wahinpioi) Ciiy on the finst Mondiiy ofMá'v Í84B, whicli resoluuón Vas referied to the Comniiilec on Curre.-poiid-nce, wit h diri ctioris to asceriafn bv correipodin1, whal re the vlewa of anti-slavery men In the VVet;t iind South West ns t'ftilïé oxpdiency and ruosl suitable !ime for holding sucíi Convenl ton.(t5 A correspondent of the Bo3ton Re cordcr ihn& montion-; n visit to President Pulk and lady at t'.e Wtiile House: at an oarly Iiour, we hnd the priv ürge of a few lUDinent'ö free conversación beides íhe mere core onjal cnmphnv'nls. Ue rcctived lis very curdinlly, and made himseli very social. We romaiked that "we had not ciiiiiB for aí office for onrscU'es orany of oin fV end-i"' lle replied thut "it was a rare rxcption." He sr.icl trftt thpre were not aimany office seeRerá in Washmjiton nt .this tirnu as (here weie ia 1 840, anti fte thourftit the mimber yViiJuHy tesiehïn. And ólit? cvuso :o wlucli he seeiñ'ed to a:tr,bute the facto there bemg u lcss mimber, vvh6, that he hn( himseU' odoutcd tho principie pf not favoring lliose vvho feit lo Washington fur offico.-f Ie took it lor gnntfd' he surd. "that the best mentó bo entnisted wilh the ïnerestfc of oiirconnVry, 'vVere ot home nbout their businPee.'' This is certai'hly very well, and ifit loes not end in mere talc, it is a greaí dea beUer. ïn lii's nppearance, Mr. Polk ennno be considered at all dinid-'d or conni'tndin Ue is mferior, thúurh he is genllemonly mn tiffuble, and g'enerally, if not imiversnlly re6peclnd by hW lieighBórai Mrs. roik bus gif:s li.it enuble lier to fill tliis 'station with credit. She is more dignified th'an her husband. And 1 thould think -he would be of essentin! Ëervice to him in the diícharpe of the dutios ol his tifflce. Most of the Presideni's gerv; lits are free. 1 a? 'told Ihat le has only two t-laveo at Wasïiingtuii, and they re clilldren, who do little or dotbiifg hut brush liis iiat, coat und boots. This isjust unough to make hini a slaveholder." Q Some sixty or seventy slnves recentiy oUempled to escape in a body from Mnryland into Pehnsylvaiiin, but were [uirsLied by 200 oitrzeos from Wnsliington, drivën info a swamp, eight 'of ihem sliot by the military, and badly wouïided. and secured, when 17 tnbro suïrendered. Wc sball pübïish tho statement of this tranëaütióii i:i full next tVee!c.(E? Tl.e Leisluutroüf Florida have elec led David Levy a)d Jainea D. Wtbicou Jr. U. S. Senators, Dcmucruts, by a thujóiiiy ui 2(5 volos over the Whig candidatos. tt5" Tlife Libèriy celtbrauun ól'ilio Foiirtli oí" July at VVatorford at Itrgely alUnded, und exoried an excellunt influeiicê. The miniber pioseiu wus cáliuiated al two tliouta:jd or more. (Lr The Liberty Courier of Cadiz, Ohio, hns commenced its second volume as the "Liberfy JVdvoca:e." The jroprietor hos purchased a press, and expects tp make the paper permanent. 110555 A SVorlds Peace Convention is an nounced, to be 'held in Boston sonie tirne next May. The signs of the times seem to be prupitions !or bucIi a meeting-. '05 "e f-hould liavc noticcd last week the deail) of W. C. Bell, E-q. of Kentucky, agent througli the Free Statea for M. Onys paper. He died euddenly nenr Pottsville, Pa.Ann Ardor, July 18, 1845. Whent hafvost is yet progressing. We nre told that the Whent hus riiëhed hl n very uneven mrinner, so thrit while bome is very rtpe, ölhör portions on 'the satne fhrm örè 've'ry 'green. But all accounlsconcur ín representing the berry t be plump, and the tiends generally full. As there we re more acres sowed in Michigan last year thah ever before, the yield must be quite in advance of any previous erop. The lat est reports from Ohio represent the erop in'lhat State as surpassing all e.xpectations, considering the sévere drought through the summer, while 'ín Wisconsin, Kontucky, Indiana, and indeed tliroughoul the West the harvesl is abündnfii. We have looked overour files, and find that;the average price of Whent in this place for 50 weeks pist has been 69 cents, vhich is somewhat inore thtn we had stipjosed. The lciwest price was 56 cents ït the beginning of August last, 'while the lighest was7B cents in March füllowing. We seppo'se that 'tlië ba:re cost of rnfóirfg Wheat, one year with another, rnay be 50 cents a bushei, and consequently,should the price remain as high as last year, dur Wheat raisers will realizo a handsome remuneraron lor the crops of the present year. The price offered to-day is 62 è cents.