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I THE DAILY REPUBLIC.
JOHN O. SARGENT, EDITOR.
PUBLISHED BY GIDEON A CoT"
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OFFICE OP THE REPUBLIC.
NINTH STREET,
near pennsylvania avenue,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
By the President of the United States.
IN pursuance of law, I, FRANKLIN PIERCE,
President of tlie United States of America, do
hereby declare and make known that public sales
will be held at the undermentioned land office* in
the State of Wiaconsin, at the period* hereinafter
<Tl|c Hftiln Uqrablk
Vol. V. WASHINGTON: FRIDAY MORNING, JUFY 8 1853. No 3.
designated, to wit:
At the land office at WILLOW RIVER, commencing
on Monday, the third day of October
next, for the disposal of the public lands situated
in the following named townships, vis:
North of the bate line and weet qf the fourth principal
meridian.
Townships thirty two, thirty three, thirty four,
thirty five, and thirty six, of range five.
Townships thirty one, thirty two, thirty three,
thirty four, thirty five, and thirty six, of range
six.
Townships thirty one, thirty two, thirty three,
thirty four, and thirty five, of range seven
Townships thirty one, thirty two, thirty three,
and thirty four, of range eight.
Townships thirty one, thirty two, and thirty
three, of range nine.
Townships thirty one, thirty two, thirty three,
and thirty four, of range sixteen.
Townships thirty three and thirty four, of range
seventeen.
At the land office at MENASHA, commencing
on Monday, the tenth day of October next, for the
disposal of the public lands within the underinen*
tioned townships and parts of townships, to wit:
North of the bate line and eaet of the fourth ptinci
pal meridian.
Townahipi twenty five and twenty six, or range
twelve.
Fractional township twenty one, west of Wolf
river, and townships twenty four, twenty five, and
twenty six, of range thirteen.
Fractional townships twenty one and twenty
two, west of Wolf river and Bayou, and townships
twenty three, twenty four, twenty five, and twenty
six. of range fourteen.
Fractional township twenty two, west of Wolf
river, townships twenty three and twenty four,
and fractional townships twenty five and twenty
six, west of Wolf river, of range fifteen.
Fractional townships twenty two, twenty three,
twenty four, and twenty Bix, west of Wolf river,
of range sixteen.
At the land office at LA CROSSE, commencing
on Monday, the seventeenth day of October next,
for the disposal of the public lands withiu the following
named townships, to wit:
North <{f the bate line and meet of the fourth principal
mtrtatan.
Townships twenty and twenty one, of range one.
Townships seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty,
and twenty one, of range two.
Townships twenty one and twenty two, of range
eleven.
Townships twenty one and twenty two, of range
twelve.
Townships twenty one and twenty two, of range
thirteen.
North of the base line and east of the fourth principal
meridian.
Townships twenty one, twenty two, twenty
three, and twenty four, of range one.
Township twenty one, of range two.
At the land office at STEVENS'S POINT, commencing
on Monday, the twenty fourth day of
October next, for the disposal of the public lands
situated in the following townships and parts of
townships, to wit:
North of the bate line and east of the fourth principal
meridian.
Township twenty six, of range Tour.
Township twenty six, of range five.
Sections three to ten, fifteen to twenty two, and
twenty six to thirty five, in township twenty six;
township twenty seven, (except sections thirteen,
twenty four, twenty five, thirty five, and thirty
six,) and townships twenty eight, twenty nine,
and thirty, of range Bix.
Sections one, two, eleven to fourteen, twenty
three to twenty five, and thirty six, in township
twenty six; sections thirteen, twenty four, twenty
five, thirty five, and thirty six, in township twenty
seven; sections five to eight, seventeen to twen
ty, thirty, and thirty one, in township twenty
eight; township twenty nine, (except sections twen
ty five to twenty eight, and thirty three to thirty
six,) and township thirty, of range seven.
Sections one to five, eight to fifteen, twenty two
to twenty seven, thirty five and thirty six, in
township twenty four; township twenty five, (ex
cept Beciione 81*, seven, eignteen, nineteen, imrty,
and thirty one;) -township twenty fix; townships
twenty teven, (except section six,) twenty
eight, (except sections six, seven, eighteen, nineteen,
thirty, and thirty one;) and townships twenty
nine and thirty, of range eight.
Townships twenty live and twenty six, of range
nine.
Township twenty six, of range eleven.
At the land office at MINERAL POINT, commencing
on Monday, the second day of January
next, for the disposal of the following, being re
siduary tracts of the reserved lead mineral lands,
which were not included in the proclamations of
the 30th November, 1846, and 28th April, 1851, to
be sold under the act of Congress entitled "An act
to authorize the President of the United States to
sell the reserved mineral lands in the States of
Illinois and Arkansas,and Territories of Wisconsin
and Iowa, supposed to contain lead ore," approved
July 11, 1846, to wit:
North of the base line and cast of the fourth principal
meridian.
The west half and northeast quarter of the southwest
quarter, the northeast quarter of the northwest
quarter, and the southeast quarter of the
southeast quarter of section one; the east half of
the nortnwesi quarter, me buumicbbi ijuinci, mc
west haif of the southwest quarter, and the southwest
quarter of the northeast quarter of twelve;
and the northeast quarter, and north half of southwest
quarter of twenty nine, in townehip one; the
northeast quarter of section thirteen, in (otoniAip
two; the west half of the northwest quarter of
section eleven, in townehip three; the east half of
the southeast quarter of section twenty five, and
the east half of the southwest quarter of thirty six,
in townehip Jive, of range one.
The west half and northeast quarter of the northwest
quarter, the east half of the northeast quarter,
and the east half of the southeast quarter of section
two, in townehip two, of range two.
The casthalf of the northeast quarter, and the
northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section
four, in townehip two, and the northwest
quarter of the northwest quarter of section five, in
townehip three, of range three.
The east half of the northwest quarter, the northwest
quarter of the northeast quarter, and the east
half of the southwest quarter of section thirty, in
townehip four; and the west half of the northwest
quarter of section thirty five, in townehip Jive, o,
range four.
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cipal meridian.
The west half of the northwest quarter of see
tion three,, in township two; the east half of th<
northwest quarter, and the southeast quarter o
the northeast quarter of four; the west half of th<
southeast quarter of sis; the southeast quarter o
the southeast quarter of twenty seven, and thi
southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of thirty
four, in township three, of range one.
The northwest quarter of section ten, and th<
west halt of the southeast quarter of thirty, ii
township three, of range two.
At theSAME PLACE, commencing on Monday
the third day of October next, for the disposal o
the public lands within the following sections, am
parts of sections, to wit;
North of the bate line and west of the fourth prinripo
meridian.
Section one, the east half and southwest quarter
the west half of the northwest quarter, and th
northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of ten
in township nine; and the east hall ot the south
west quarter of section twenty six; the west hal
pf twenty-seven; the east half of twenty, eight
and the north half of thirty five, in township ten,
of range five.
Lands appropriated by law for the uae of achoola,
military and other purpoaes, together with "those I
swamp and overflowed landa, made unfit thereby
for cultivation," if any, granted to the State by
the act entitled "An act to enable the State of Arkanaaa
and other Statea to reclaim the 'swamp
lands' within their limits," approved September
28, 1860, will be excluded from the safes.
In accordance with the provisions of the act of
11th July, 1846, hereinbefore referred to, preemption
claims will not be allowed to any of the
above-mentioned lead mineral tracts to be offered
at Mineral Point, until after they have been offered
at public sale, and become subject to private en
try. And these tracts will be sold in such legal |
subdivisions as will include the mine or mines at
not less than two dollars and fifty cents per acre;
and if not sold at the public sale at such price, nor
shall be entered at private sale within twelve
months thereafter, the Bame shall be subject to sale
as other lands.
The offering of the above lands will be commenced
on the days appointed, and will proceed
in the order in which they are advertised until the
whole shall have bsen offered, and the sales thus
closed; but no sale shall be kept open longer than
two weeks, and no private eu try of any of the lands
will be admitted until after the expiration of the
two weeks.
Given under my hand, at the city of Washington,
this twenty-first day of June, Anno Domini
one thousand eight hundred and titty three.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
By the President:
John Wilson,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
NOTICE TO P*RE-EMPTION CLAIMANTS.
Every person entitled to the right of pre-emption
to any of the lands within the townships aud
parts oi townships above enumerated, is required
to establish the same to the satisfaction of the register
and receiver of the proper land office, and
make payment therefor as soon as practicable after
teeing Ihit notice, and before the day appointed for
the commencement of the public sale of the lands
embracing the tract claimed, otherwise such claim
will be forfeited.
JOHN WILSON,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
June 23?lawl3w
BRILLrANT SCHEMES
To be drawn at Wilmington, Delaware, in the
month of July, 1853.
GREGORY & MAPRY, MANAGERS.
|51,000!
Lottery for tbe benefit of the
STATE OF DELAWARE,
Class 167, for 1863.
To be drawn at Wilmington, Del., on Saturday,
July 9, 1863.
78 Numbers?14 Drawn Ballots.
BRILLIANT SCHEME.
1 prize of #51,000
1 do 20,464
6 prizes of 8,500
(j do 1,600
100 do 1,300
251 do 300
&c. fcc. &c.
Tickets #15?Halves #7 60?Quarters #3 75?
Eighths #1 87*.
Certificates of packages of 26 wholes #180 00
Do do of 26 halves 90 00
Do do of 26 quarters.... 45 00
Do do of26 eighths 22 50
$40,000!
Lottery for the benefit of the
STATE OF DELAWARE,
Class 163, for 1863.
To be drawn at Wilmington, Del., on Saturday,
July 16, 1863.
HQ NiimKer T.nlfprr?12 DrAU/n Rnllntfl.
SPLENDID LOTTERY.
1 prize of $40,000
1 do 20,000
1 do 10,000
1 do 10,000
1 do 7.000
1 do 4,300
50 prizes of 1,000
50 do 500
50 do 400
130 do 200
Ac. Ac. Ac.
Tickets $10?Halves $5?Quarters $2 50.
Certificatesofpackagesof 26 whole tickets $140 00
Do do of 26 half do 70 00
Do do of 26 quarter do 35 00
$65,000!
Lottery for the benefit of the
STATE OF DELAWARE,
Class G, for 1853,
Drawn at Wilmington, Delaware, on Saturday,
July 23, 1853.
75 Number Lottery?12 Drawn Ballots.
MAGNIFICENT SCHEME.
1 splendid capital of $65,000
1 splendid prize of 30,000
1 do - 20,000
1 do 16,000
1 do 12,000
1 prize of 8,000
1 do 7,000
1 do 6,000
1 do . 3,910
50 prizes of 2,000
50 do 1,000
111 do 500
&c. &c. &c.
Whole tickets $20?Halves $10?Quarters $6?
Eighths $2 50.
. Certificates of package 25 whole tickets.. $270 00
Do do 25 half 135 00
Do do 25 quarters 67 50
Do do 25 eighths 33 75
$37,000.
! Lottery for the benefit of the
STATE OF DELAWARE,
i Class 174, for 1853.
To be drawn at Wilmington, Del., on Saturday,
July 30, 1853.
14 drawn numbers out of 78.
BRILLIANT SCHEME.
1 prize of ..^$37,000
i 1 do 16,000
l 1 do 10,000
f 1 do 7,000
1 do 6,(K)0
1 do ?*.... 4,000
1 do 3,000
30 prizes of. 1,000
30 do 500
' 40 do 300
1 267 do 200
r &C. &C. &C.
? Tickets #10?Halves #6?Quarters $250?
, Certificates of packages of 26 whole tick's $ 130 00
' Do do of 26 half do 65 00
? Do do ol 26 quarter do 32 60
i Ordors for Tickets and Shares and Certificates
of Packages in the abovo Splendid Lotteries will
, receive the most prompt attention, and an acf
count of each drawing will be sent immediately
3 after it is over to all who order from mc.
Address P. J. BUCKEY, Agent,
j June 22 Wilmington, Delaware.
Ranke's civil wars and monarchy
IN FRANCE in the 16th and 17tli centuries;
c a History of France (luring that Period. 1 vol.
>, The Life and Letters of Doctor Olin, lato Prcsi
dent of the Wsaleyan University. 2 vols.
If For sale at taylor & maury's
June 22 Bookstore, near 9th st.
By the President of the United States.
IN pursuance of law, I, MILLARI) FILLMORE,
President of the United States of America, do
hereby declare and make known that public sales
will be held at the undermentioned Land Offices
in the State of WISCONSIN, at the periods hereinafter
designated, to wit:
At the Land Offioe at WILLOW RIVER, commencing
on Monday, the second day of May
next, for the disposal of the public lands situated
within the undermentioned townships and fractional
townships, viz:
North of the base line and west of the fourth principal
meridian.
Township torty nine and fractional township
fifty, on certain islands and the main shore of Lake
Superior, of range three.
Fractional township fifty, on the main shore of
Lake Superior, of range four.
Township forty nine, and fractional townships
fifty and fifty one, on the main shore of Lake Superior,
of range seven.
Township forty nine and fractional township
fifty, on tho shore of Lake Superior, of range eight.
Fractional townships forty nine and fifty, on the
shore of Lake Superior, of range nine.
Townships twenty nine, thirty, thirty one, and
thirty two; townships forty seven and forty eight
and fractional township forty nine, on the shore
of Lake Superior, of range ten.
Townships twenty eight, twenty nine, thirty v
thirty one, and thirty two, arid fractional township
forty nine, on the shore of Lake Superior, of
range eleven.
Townships thirty, thirty one, thirty two, thirtythree,
and thirty four, and fractional township
forty nine, on Lake Superior, of range twelve.
Townships thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirtythree,
and tbirty-four, pf range thirteen.
Townships thirty one, thirty two, thirty three,
and thirty four, of range fourteen.
Townships thirty one, thirty two, thirty three,
and thirty four, of range fifteen.
At the Land Office at LA CROSSE, commencing
on Monday, the sixteenth day of May next, for
the disposal of the public lands within the following
named townships, to wit:
North of the bate line and west of the fourth principa
meridian.
Townships seventeen, eighteen, and nineteen,ol
range one.
Townships twenty-one and twenty two, of range
six. Townships
twenty-oncand twenty-two, of range
seven.
Townships twenty-one, twenty two, twentythree,
and twenty-four, of range eight.
Townships twenty one, twenty two, twentythree,
and twenty-four, of range nine.
Townships twenty-one, twenty-two, twentythree,
twenty four, and twenty-five, of range ten
Townships twenty four and twenty five, of range
C'At the Land Office at STEVENS POINT, commencing
on Monday, the ninth day of May next,
for the disposal of the public lands situated withinthe
limits of the undermentioned townships, to
writ:
North of the bate line and eatt of the fourth principal
meridian.
Township twenty five, ot range four.
Townships twenty five, twenty seven, twenty
eight, twenty nine, thirty, thirty one, and thirty
two, of range five.
Township twenty five, of range six.
Sections eighteen, nineteen, thirty, and thirty
one, in township twenty five, of range seven.
Townships twenty five and twenty six, of range
ten.
Township twenty five, of range eleven.
At the Land Office at MENASHA, commencing
on Monday, the twenty third day of May next, for
the disposal of the public lands within the following
named townships, viz:
North of the base line and east of thefourth principal
meridian.
Townships twenty two and twenty three, of
range thirteen.
Lands appropriated by law for the use of schools,
military and other purposes, together with "those
swamp and overflowed lands made unfit thereby
for cultivation," if any, which shall be selected by
the State authorities before the days appointed for
the commencement of the public sales respectively,
under the act entitled "An act to enable the State
of Arkansas and other States to reclaim the
'swamp lands' within their limits," approved
September 28, 1860, will be excluded from the
tales.
The offering of the above-mentioned lands will
be commenced on the days appointed, and will proceed
in the order in which they are advertised, with
all convenient despatch, until the whole shall have
been offered, and the sales thus closed;' but no sale
shall be kept open longer than two weeks, and no
private entry of the lands will be admitted until
after the expiration of the two weeks.
Given under my hand atthecity of Washington,
this first day of February, Anno Domini one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-three.
MILLARD FILLMORE.
By the President:
John Wilson,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
NOTICE TO PRE-EMPTION CLAIMANTS.
Every person entitled to the right of pre-emption
to any of the lands within the townships and
fractional townships above enumerated is required
to establish the same to the satisfaction of the register
and receiver of the proper land office, and
make payment therefor as soonas practicable after
seeing this notice, and before the day appointed
for the commencement of the public sale of the
lands embracing the tract claimed,otherwisesuch
claim will be forfeited.
JOHN WILSON,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Feb 3?lawl3w
POSTPONEMENT OK THE PUBLIC LAND
SALES IN WISCONSIN.
XT OTIC E IS HEREBY GIVEN that the public
n Bales of lands ordered by the proclamation of
the President of the United States, dated the first
day of February, 1853, to bo held at the followingnamed
Land Offices in the Stale of Wisconsin, to
wit: at the Land Offices at WILLOW RIVER,
LA CROSSE, STEVENS' POINT, and MENASHA?to
commence on the 'id, 16th, 9th, and 23d
of May next?arc declared to he postponed until
the 4th, Uth, 18th, and 2&lh of July next, icspectivcly.
Given under my hand at the city of Washington
this 18th day of April, Anno Domini one thou
sand eight hundred and fifty-three.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
By the President:
John Wilson,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
April 20?lawl3w
L1BUHTV STOVK WORKS <Jc HOLLOW-"
WARE FOUNDRY, Philadelphia.
THE UNDERSIGNED respectfully inform the
public, that having still further enlarged and
improved their WORKS, and increased their facilities.
thev arc now nreDared to execute orders for
Btovos, hollow-ware, &c., on the moat reasonable
erms.
They invite the attention of SOUTHERN and
WESTERN MERCHANTS to their large and extensive
assortment of NEW PATTERNS, all ot
which have been got up at great eipcnse, combining
originality and beauty of design, with durability,
utility, and economy in their operation,
comprising the most complete and varied assortment
of 8TOVE8 ever offered for pale ; consisting
of Liberty Air Tight Cook, for wood or coal; Complete
Cook ; Star Air-Tight; Star Franklin ; Star
Radiator; Fire King Radiator; Improved Jenny
Lind ; Cannon Stoves; Bases; Bare Cylinders;
Bar-Rooms; Radiater Plates; Tea Kettles; Ranges;
Gas Ovens. &c , &c.
COUNTRY MERCHANTS desirous of ordering
by letter can have a list of prices sent by mail, containing
drawings and descriptionsof all the different
varieties of Stoves, he.
ABBOTT & LAWRENCE,
Brown St., above Fourth, Philadelphia.
Feb 28?law6m*
THE REP U15LIC.
Fuel.
Warm as the weather is, we shall venture a
few remarks upon this subject.
Wood is becoming too scarce and expensive
for the purpose, and the increasing facilities of
access to the mines are obtaining for us a vastly
cheaper and really better article. Coal,
when we know how to use it properly, (which
the most of us do not,) is the best fuel we can
possibly obtain. But fire-places must be constructed
with reference to its use, and the
coal must be selected, both as respects
quality and size, with special reference to
the grate or stove in which it is to be consumed.
To the north of us these things are
understood, and in the severest winters the
expense of warming the houses of prudent and
systematic people is very small.
it is an ascertained fact that when the particles
ofcoat are too large for the space in which
they are to be burned, twice the quantity is
consumed, and with less comfort, than where
the proper adaptation of size is observed. But
the separation into sizes is not well attended to
here, and we may often see a grate or stove
filled with pieces varying in size from the
magnitude of an acorn to that ol a quart-pot.
The exposure of surface, the contact of parti
cles, and me passage or air through the whole
maBS, must be in a precise ratio to the extent of
the fire. Thus three or four, or even a dozen,
pieces of coal will not burn together in any
place, whether it be six inches or six feet in
diameter; but in the smaller space a hundred
pieces will burn well, while in the larger,
pieces as large as a man's fist will burn freely,
though the smaller particles, adapted to the
former place, will not make a satisfactory fire.
This subject is worthy attention, and he who
sells coal should always be competent to advise
purchasers correctly respecting the kinds
and sizes best adapted for their respective uses.
We regret to observe, by articles published
in the New York Express, Pottsville Miners'
Journal, and other papers, that the delivery of
coal, (at New York and Philadelphia, we presume,)
instead of being a million of tons more
than was delivered Irom the mines up to this
timn lsuat v<?nr 51a tliA nrrnwinnr ripmanrl rp
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quires, is really less than it then was. Of the
cause of this diminution we are not informed.
It may be that the product is ample, and that
the conveyance to market alone has been delayed.
We shall at least hope so.
Grave-yard Vicinities.
An earnest effort is being made in the city
of London to prohibit for the future the interment
of the dead within its limits. "It will
be difficult to persuade posterity," says the
Times, "that when the capital of the British
empire had attained such vast dimensions that
no less than two and a half millions of human
beings were packed together within its limits,
the practice of burying the dead in the very
midst of this living swarm was still permitted
to endure."
The evils which London at present experiences
are such as will afllict the cities of this
Republicatno very distant period of time, unless
we wisely anticipate the prohibitory enactments
to which she has at last been compelled
to resort. The accumulation of the bodies of
the dead within the precincts of the homes of
the living, is alike offensive to our moral feelings,
to our senses, and to a just regard for
sanitary regulations; nor is it justified by the
manifestation of a pious devotion to the memory
of the deceased, ft has no apology save
that of present convenience and a misapprehended
conception of economy. Certainly no
overruling necessity calls for its continuance.
We trust that this reform in London may
prove an example to others, until the dead of
every city, town, and village shall be uniformly
deposited in such remote and sequestered
situations as may everywhere be selected.
Railroads.
All effects are the offspring of adequate
causes. There is now in the United States a
cause in activity which cannot be checked in
the production of its legitimate effects. The
cause is Rait.koads, and the effects a change
of nomenclature from distance In time. If the
railroad system advances, as it cannot fail to
do, accelerate with the increase of population,
and the spread of that population, from the
Atlantic to the Pacific ocean, the question,
when an excursion or transportation is required,
will be, "How many days or hours;" and the
arrival, admitting a certainty, little less in time
than the departure.
On a theatre so extensive as North America,
and when applied to motion on roads of any
kind, distance, as a general term, becomes
vague. Hut on railroads time can be estimated
with a precision, on extensive dis'
- - - . i i _ nm., _i
tances, hitherto unauainaoie. me cnange
from the best turnpike to railroad motion will
be, in a remarkable manner, similar to what
was produced by printing in place of writing.
There is no idle theorizing in the preceding
anticipation. The preliminary data are now
at our disposal. The continent of North America,
from ocean to ocean, is spread over in continuity
by the territory of the United States in
a vast zone within temperate climates. Therefore
the two great oceans can, will bk connected,
in the same sovereignty, united by railroads,
on which transportation with the utmost
certainty and safety,when compared with oceanic
navigation. The certainty of arrival will be,
on this great railroad theatre, incomparably
more within the grasp of calculation than
oceanic, even allowing for accidents which no
human precaution can in any course of action
avoid. The practicability of railroad navigation
is a demonstrated fact, admitting indefinite
improvement?therefore may be spoken of as
no longer of doubtful practicability. These
data opens to the present generation of
North America a futurity never before presented
to man.
To enlighten, purify, and cheapen the enjoyments
of social life, are all of infinite im
portance. As elements in the accomplishment
of these great ends, they enter as primary
means of personal intercourse, superinducing
in society intimate acquaintance of its members
with each other, useful to each other, and
the primary principles of society in its most
elevated state of development and ac'ivity.
The Toiub of Franklin.
A dilapidated dark slab of stone, at the southwest
corner of Fifth and Arch streets, Philadelphia,
marks (or did a few years ago) the
sput where rest the remains of Benjamin and
Deborah Franklin; but you cannot see their
grave nor read the inscription without scaling
a high brick wall, in violation of the law, or
securing a good opportunity and the favor of j
the sexton, each of which is said to be attended
with difficulty. So well hidden is this
grave, and so little frequented, that we have
known many native Philadelphians, of men's
and women's estate, who could not direct one
to the locality where it may be found. Vet
Franklin was a man whose equal is not the
product of every century?a patriot whom his
country should forever revere?a philosopher
whose name will live so long as science shall
endure; and the wife of his heart was to him
more than the woman alwavs proves to the
husband of her love?a companion, counsellor,
and self-sacrificing friend. They should forever
repose beneath the old gray stone that
canopies their bed?a monument beautiful in
its appropriate simplicity; but around them
should be constructed a beautiful iron fence,
through which we might behold their quiet
abode; and the choicest of flowers and evergreens
should richly adorn it.
Facts for tiie Weather Wise.?A gentleman
lately returned from the West furnishes us
with some curious particulars respecting tho sudden
variation'in the temperature which occurred
here on Thursday, tho 23d of June, and which
appears to have extended over most of the United
States. Ho was at Peoria, Illinois, on Wednesday,
the 22d, where the thermometer stood at
100?. Suddenly in the afternoon a thunder
storm came up, producing a fall of 25? in two
hours. That evening he loft for Niagara Falls,
via Chicago, Toledo, and Buffalo. Along the
whole route he found that a similar change in the
temperaturo had occurred, though towards Niagara
the storm and fall in the thermometer did
nor occur till Thursday. At Buffalo, on Saturday,
the 25th ultimo, lie found the thermometer,
at six a. m., at 50?. A southwesterly wind blew,
with but few intermissions, up to Tuesday, on
which day he left tho Falls, and for most of this
time thero was rain, the thermometer ranging
from 60? to G5?. Our readers will recollect that
a similar change, though not so great nor so lasting
a one, occurred in this vicinity about the same
period, it is not always that such alterations
from heat to cold take place over such wide distances
so suddenly. Frequently the Atlantic sea- I
board has a temperature of its own, while tho I
lake region has one entirely different; it is only
when "heaven is to its centre shaken," so to
speak, that we witness variations like that under
remark.?Philadelphia Bulletin.
"Bob Toombs."?So, in short, is the honorable
Senator from Georgia denominated in the Administration
papers ofthat State. J udging from the conspicuous
and voluminous figure nis name is made
to cut there, Mr. Toombs must be a remarkable
character. In a Milledgevillo Union now before us
not less than four columns are devoted to the
aforesaid "Bob Toombs."
Last summer this saino Union was particularly
sweet upon this same "Bob Toombs." Then,
Mr. Toombs refused to support General Scott,
and was something of a god. Now, that he denounces
the Freesoil appointments of General
Pierce, and calls upon the people of his State to
look to their rights, he iH a little worse than any
devil of whom wo have an authentic history.
One would infer from the trouble which Mr.
Toombs creates among the party that there is
danger of the defeat of the Administration candidate
for Governor. The same thine; might also
be inferred from the course of several Democratic
Union papers in avowing their opposition to that
candidate.
Mr. Toombs is a very able man, a very sagacious
politician, and possesses great influence in
his native State. He blundered last, year as a
national man, hut he is young enough to repair
that mistake, and to ronder great service to bis
country.?Richmond Whig.
The Harvest.?The Frederick Herald says
that most of the farmers in that county have finished
cutting their wheat, and the yield is very
abundant, the dry and warm weather having ripened
the grain in the utmost state of perfection.
The Rockville Jonmal says the lnrmers of Montgomery
county havo mostly finished cutting their
wheat, and all agree that the crop is unusually
heavy ami the quality of the grain excellent. The
oat crop will be a failure, in consequence of the
drought; but corn has been revived lately by fine
showers. Garden vegetables and early potatoes
are past all hope.
The Klkton Whig says the wheat crop in Cecil
county has been nearly all cut and secured, and is
a large one.
The Ccntrcville Times of the Qd instant says the
wheat. harvest in Queen Anne's county is nearly
over, and that the farmers are almost unanimous
in thinking that there will he a much larger yield
than there has boon for many years past.
Hf.ihtction ok Fark.?The fare by railroad between
Annapolis and Baltimore has been reduced
to <U, and between Annapolis and Washington
to #1 25. Round-trip tickets, good for one day,
between either of these places, are fixed at $1 .r>().
The reduced rates of fare between Baltimore and J
Washington havo also gone into operation.
Goon Pricks for Viomvs.?At the sale of the
late Lord Falmouth's musical instruments, in
England lately, two violins by Guarnerius sold
for -?101 and -?'110 respectively, and one oscrilied
to Stradinarius for .?110.
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Sensations in Drowning.
The following letter, addressed by Admiral
Beaufort to Dr. W. H. Wollaston, giving an account
of the feelings of the former when apparently
on the very point of death from drowning,
was originally published in the life of Sir John
Barrow:
"The following circumstances which attended
my being drowned have been drawn up at your
desire; they had not struck me as being s* curious
as you consider thoin, because from two or three
persons who, like myself, have been recovered
from a similar state, 1 have heard a detail of their
feelings, which resemble mine as nearly as was
consistent with our different constitutions and dispositions.
"Many years ago, when I was a youngster on
board one of bis majesty's ships in Portsmouth
harbor, after sculling about in a very small boat,
1 was endeuvoring to fusten her alongside the ship
to one of the scuttle rings; in foolish eagerness I
stepped upon the gunwale; the boat, of course,
upset, and I fell into the water, and, not knowing '
how to swim, all my efforts to lay hold either of
the bout or the floating sculls were fruitless. The iA
transaction had not been observed by the sentinel
on the gangway, and therefore it was not until the
tide had drifted me some distance astern of the
ship that a man in the foretop saw me splashing
in the water and gave the alarm. The first lieutenant
instantly jumped overboard, the carpenter
n;? t|,(, irnnner hastened
into n boat and pulled after them. With the violent
but vain attempts to make myself heard I
had swallowed much water; I was soon exhausted
by my struggle, and before my relief had reached
me I had sank below the surface; all hopes had
fled?all exertions ceased?and 1 felt that I was
drowning.
"So far, these facts were either partially remembered
after my recovery or supplied by those
who had latterly witnessed the scene; for during
an interval of such agitation a drowning person
is too much occupied in catching at every passing
straw, or too much absorbed by alternate hope
and despair, to mark the succession of events very .
accurately. Not so", however, with the facts
which immediately ensued; my mind had been
undergoing the sudden revolution which appeared
to you so remarkable, and all the circumstances
of which arc now as vividly fresh in my memory
as if they had occurred but yesterday. From the
moment that all exertion had ceased?which I
imagine was the immediate consequence of complete
suffocation?a calm foeling of tho most perfect
tranquillity superseded the previous tumultuous
resignation, for drowning no longer appeared
to bo an evil; 1 no longer thought of being rescued,
nor was 1 in any bodily pain.
"On the contrary, my sensations were now of
rather a pleasurable cast, partaking of that dull
but contented sort of feeling which precedes the
sleep produced by fatigue. TJiougii tne senses
were thus deadened, not so the mind; its activity
seemed to be invigorated in a ratio which defies
all description, for thought rose after thought
with a rapidity of succession that is not only indescribable,
but probably inconceivable by any
one who has not himself been in a similar situation.
The course of those thoughts I can even
now in a great measure retrace; the event which ;i
had just taken place?the awkwardness that had U
produced it?the bustle it must have occasioned ||
I (for J had observed two persons jump for the 1
chains)?the effect it would have on a most affectionate
father?the manner in which he would
disclose it to the rest of the family?and a thou- ]
sand other circumstances minutely associated
with home, were the first series of reflections that
occurred. Then they took a wider range: our
last cruise?a former voyage and shipwreck?my
school?the progress 1 made there, and the time
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and adventures.
"Thus travelling backward, every past incident
of my life seemed to glance across my recollection
in retrograde succession; not, however, in mere
outline, as here stated, but the picture filled up
with every minute and collateral feature; in short,
the whole period of my existence seemed to bo
placed before me in a kind of panoramic review,
and each act of it seemed to be accompanied by a
consciousness of right or wrong, or by some reflection
on its cause or its consequences; indoed,
many trifling events which had been long forgotten
then crowded into my imagination, ami
with the character of recent familiarity. May
not all these be some indication of the almost infinite
power of memory with which wo may
awaken in another world, and thus be compelled
to contemplate our past lives ?
"But however that may be, one circumstance
was highly remarkable; the innumerable ideas
which flashed into my mind were all retrospective,
yet 1 had been roligiously brought up; my hopes
and fears of the next world had lost nothing of
their early strength,' and at any other periocl intense
interest and awful anxiety would have been
I excited by the mere probability that I was floating
on the threshold of eternity; yet at that incxpli|
cable moment, when I had full conviction that T
had crossed that threshold, not a single thought
wandered into the future?1 was wrapped entirely
in the past. The length of time that was occupied
by this deluge of ideas, or rather tho shortiiob?
of time into which tliev were condensed, I
cannot now state with precision, yet ccrtuinly two
minutes could not have elapsed from the moment
of suffocation to that of my being hauled up.
"The strength of the flood-tide made it expedient
to pull the boat at once to another ship,
where I underwent the usual vulgar process ot
emptying the water by letting my head hang
downward, then bleeding, chafing, and even administering
gin; but my submersion had been
really so brief, that according to the account of
the lpokers-on, 1 was very quickly restored to animation.
".My foldings while life was returning were tho
very reverse in every point of those which have,
been described above. One single but confused
idea?a miserable belief that 1 was drowning?
dwelt upon my mind, instead of the multitude of
clear and definite ideas which had recently rushed
through it; a helpless anxiety?a kind of continuous
nightmare?seemed to press heavily on every
sense, and to prevent the formation of any distinct
thought, and it was with difficulty that ( became
convinced tliat I was really alive.
"Again, instead of being absolutely free from
bodily pain, as in my drowning state, 1 was now
tortured w ith pain all over me; and though I have
been since wounded in several places, and liave
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U1 It'll suminuiru lu ouvuru oiugiixii jv<. --j
my sufferings wcro at that time fiir greater; at
Iciist in gonoral distress. On ono occasion I was
shot in the lungs, and, after lying on the deck at
night lW somo nonrs blooding from other wounds,
1 at. length fainted. Now, as I felt sure that tlio
wound in the lungs was mortal, it will appear obvious
that the overwhelming sensation which accompanies
fainting must have produced a perfect
conviction that I was then in tlio act of dying.
Yet nothing in the Icost resembling the operations
of my mind when drowning then took place;
and, when f began to recover, 1 returned to a clear
conception of my real state.
"If those involuntary experiments 011 the operation
of death afford any satisfaction or interest to
you, they will not have been suffered quite in
vain by Yours, very truly,
"F. Beaufort."
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