ARottTroy OF TIE DEATH PUNISHMENT
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ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PUNISHMENT. We have long held, and advocated with what ability we possess, the abolition of the punishment by death; and indulge the hope, which is daily brightening, that we may yet see this relic of barbarism, this foul stain uP- on the legal codes of civilization, forever plotted out. As encouragement to this hope, we read the following, in the ''Democratic Union,n with feelings of cordial graduation:

 The Hon. GEORGE M. DALLAS, Vice Pres ident of the United States, has been appoln- ted with his own cordial consent,) the Pres ident of National Society for the Abolition of the Punishment of Death.

 Is this a fanatiCism says the New York Morning News, of few enthusiasts, when such men as George M Dallas, Robert j.. Walker, Marcus Morton, Vice-Councellor MeCoun; to say nothing ofhalf of our Judges who pass sentences of death, and not few of the Governors of States, Sc, &c., are among its open and jealous advocates.

 The Hon WILLIAM H. RoANE, formerly Representatives as well as a Senator, III Congress, from Virginia, died, at his resi- dence, near Richmond, on the l 1th May, ult., The Richmond Enquirer bears the highest testimony to his public and private worth in the eloquent expression of it's profound and poignant sorrow for his loss and in do- ing so, but echoes the voice of Virginia l The Washington st Constitution D contains the following brief, but strong and appropIi- ate tribute:

 "DEATH OF WM. H. RoANE.-Just in the hour of victory, when the Democracy ol Virginia were rejoicing in the triumph oflher principles, they have to mourn the loss of one of the most talented, faithful, and hon ored of her sons. WILLIAM Il. RoANE died at Tree Hill, the place of his residence, near Richmond, on Sunday, the 1lth inst. In that long list of honored and illustrious names which adorns her annals, Virginia has found few whom she more valued, more trusted, or more largely conlidcd ill, than that of William H. Roane. His talents, fidelity, and republican principles, drew to him, through out his life, the most gratifying manifestations of the exalted opinion of the people of his State; and he goes down to the grave as one of the good and the just, incurred and la mented by all.