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"WASHINGTON:
SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 9, 1?53.
Preparations for the Reception of the
President.
Id ths Baltimore Patriot of yesterday after
tiooa it was stated that the Mayor had eslled
the City Councils together in take into consideration
the propriety of determining upon
some measures with regard to (he reception of
President Pierce during his passage through
that city on Monday next, on his way to the
World's Fair at New York. At a special
meeting of the Councils last evening, in pursuance
of the above call, as we learn by a
telegraph despatch, resolutions were adopted
appointing a committee to make arrangements
.for the reception of the President, and autho
rizing the Mayor to draw on the (Jity Register
for all funds necessary for the purpose.
At Philadelphia un Thursday eveuing a
meeting of the citizeus was held at the oounty
court-house, at which Wm. Badger esq., nominated
fur president Charles Gilpin; for
vice presidents George M. Howell and thirteen
others; for secretaries John O'Brien and
nine others. These nominations were duly
approved, when the lion. T. B. Florence
proposed an appropriate preamble and resolui
lion, which were adopted. A large committee
I was appointed to make the necessary arrangements
to carry out the wishes of the meeting.
We also learn from New York that preparations
are making to extend to the President
a*warm and unanimous welcome?independently
of the ceremonies of which, he is to be the
chief attraction at the Crystal Palace. It is
nrobable the militurv will turn nut ? ? ?>? ,?
and the various civie societies will no doubt
also unite in a grand demonstration.
Presentation of the Mexican Minister.
We learn from the Union that the President
on yesterday granted an audience of leave
to Sefior De Larraikzar, the late Mexican
Minister, and that General Almonte was on
the same day presented as his successor.
The change of Mexican Ministers is, we suppose,
no indication of any alteration in the policy
of that government towards our own.
The valedictory of Mr. Larrainzar and the
salutatory address of General Almonte, published
in yesterday's Union, express the most
earnest anxiety to continue friendly relations.
Compliments are the common coin of diplomacy,
and generally circulate somewhat above
their intrinsic value. We trust, however, for
the sake of both countries, that the sentiments
avowed by the retiring representative of Mexico
and his successor may be uttered in good
faith and carried out in sincerity.
! We observe that the last number of the
Universal, tho organ of the Mexican govern
merit, is not quite so rabid in its denunciations
of the barbarians of the North. It denies that
' Mexico has "any idea of declaring war against
the United States;" but adds that "she is en4
deavoring to place her army on a respectable
4 footing, with a view to repel more promptly
' any invasion which may be brought against
' herself by another nation, under a notion of
* physical superiority and the known lenden'
cies to illimitable expansion of which certain
' people make so unscrupulous a boast."
As this military organization is avowedly for
the purpose ot repelling an invasion of the
United States, under the obvious paraphrase
"of certain people," who make "so nnscrupii
l/inta a Ivtael^ nf 1K0 "l-nnu-n ?...! * "'
? miun ii iniuriHTifs ii? tl
limitable expansion." we can run see any
material difference between lire spirit of
hostility attributed to ttie Mexican government
and the purposes thus avowed. F.ither
way, however, the results will rest with
Mexico. We trust she may possess the wisdom
to direct them for the promotion of peace
and justice.
Don Calderon de la Harra.
It will be seen by foreign intelligence re
ceived by the America that this amiable and
accomplished minister, long resident in Wash
ington as the representative of Spain, has been
appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs for that
country. Should this intelligence prove authentic,
tiie appointment may be regarded as
one of happy augury, it being indicative of continued
peaceful relations between this Government
and that of Spain.
Electoral Corruption in England.
Whilst the institutions of the United States
stand in the broad sunlight of perfected experiment,
it is interesting to witness the reformers
of Europe groping in the dark, embarrassed by
fear of ruin; it wu found ad upon an inquisition
into his private affairs by a system of espionage
worthy of Fouchi or Vldocq. VVlmu by means
of this inquisition the sfectors' forUnea were laid
bare, then the power heflaine Jtnount by vboch be
could be worked upon, aud by which he oould Jfe
made to give a dislionest Vote. When, a bom ;
eight years ago, a motion was made upon this subject,
the extent and machinery of the election
screw was tiemmistrated; hut he would mention
i? ih.- House one or two instances which he had
culled fioin tile eojn ussing-lkooks of electioneering
agents?books containing the electors' names,
printed or in manuscript, with a margin, in which
the experienced agent wrote his remarks against
each name. As a specimen, he would take one
entry, which was, 'Thomas , a publican,
votes against us. Mem.?Write to Mr. So-andso,
a spirit merchant, to whom he is in arrears.'
That was the description of notice, aud he knew
of other practices connected with the application
of the election screw which many honorable
members would deem incredible. Intimidution
was more objectionable than bribery for another
reason; for every one case of direct bribery
there were at least five thousand cases
of intimidation. Tliroughout every grade of
society people were brought to exercise intimidation
upon their neighbors. He had before
stated that the committees of the House of Commons
in their inuuiries nursiied a course which, it
intended to insure purity of election, was anomalous
and ridiculous, as they had no power to declare
an election void 011 account of intimidation,
unless it was of a physical character. He would
take the report of the Clitheroe Election Committee.
That report set forth 'tliut Matthew
Wilson, es4)., was, by his agents, guilty of bribery
and treating at the last election for the
borough of Clitheroe; but that 110 act of bribery
or treating was proved to have been committed
with the consent or knowledge of the said Matthew
Wilson; that it had been proved to the committee
that Henry Taylor was bribed with the
sum of 301.; that extreme and systematic treating,
together with other corrupt and illegal proceedings,
prevailed at the last election for the said
borough; that violent and tumultuous proceedings
appear to have taken place at the said election;
and that hired bunds of men armed with
sticks and bludgeons were introduced into the said
borough for purposes of undue influence and in
tiniidation.' There was not in this report a word
about that most dangerous of all kinds of intimidation
which assailed the elector at his fireside,
which turned him out of his farm or his house,
which ruined the tradesman, and which put the
debtor in prison.' "
Under this system, we are told that "ten'
ants are just as well satisfied to pay their
' votes to the landlord as their rents, and con'
sider it much the same thing." Tenants at
will "may entertain political opinions," but
"dare not express them." And a correspondence
between tenant and landlord is given in
which the law agent of Henry DeBurgh,
esq., informs a recusant elector, John Murphy,
"that he has been instructed by Mr. DeBurgh
to call on him for all rent and arrears
' of rent up to May, 1852, or to take the necessary
means to recover it." John Murphy
writes Mr. DeBurgh to beg "that he will not
' at this unusual season press for rent"?states
that payment at that time will be attended
with much loss to him?begs a short indulgence,
and reminds him that his rent had been
paid up to May, 1851. In reply, Mr. De
Burgh applies the screw in the following short
anu oruiai leuer:
"St. Doui.oucii's, K.viieny, Aug. 16, 1852.
"Sin: Yours of tlie 10th was forwarded here.
Mr. Johnson has acted strictly according to his
instructions.
" You refused your landlord the compliment of
your rote, lie it so. Let there be no compliments
between us. Vote as you please; but pay np your
rents to the day they are usually payable, or 1 shall
muhe you. No doubt hut your political support p
12 will grant yon the favor that 1 refuse, and enable
you to pay your year's rent due on the 1st
day of May 1852." [Our italics.]
The anticipated effect of the ballot will, it
is thought, enable Mr. Murphy to bestow his
vote as he may choose without exposing himself
to the vengeance of a tyrannical landlord.
| It seems, however, that in English elections
J a third method of canvassing is sometimes resorted
to. We are told that "when aright
good agent of the Derby or St. Alban's breed
undertook to return a candidate tor any borough,
the first thing he did was to try the efficacy
of the screw?bribery and corruption; if
those aids failed, he then hired and disciplined
a mob to thrash the electors as they went to or
returned from the poll, and to upset their carriages."
We cannot of course boast an entire exempj
tion from the vice of corruption amongst legislators
and politicians. Nor can we deny but
that an imitation of the English ultimatum is
sometimes got up at a city precinct, where
some drunken rufiians undertake "to thrash
the electors;" but as this is a round game, not
necessarily limited to any particular number of
players, it generally follows that the wrongdoers
are cudgelled black and blue by the police
and the people, or experience other consequences
in the chronic form of indictments
and fines; perhaps they take lessons in elementary
sculpture by dressing granite for a
few months. In any case, however, the evil
is not of sufficient magnitude to be dreaded. It
is possibly useful as an example.
But the avowals which we have quoted
have been made in the Parliament of Great
Britain. They have been made the basis of
adequate means of legislative prevention. They
show that the evils complained of are not topical
but general throughout England. We think
that they are too deep for statutory remedy.
They will require a radical reorganization of
the body politic. The minister must cease
to keep a standing order in market for Parliamentary
votes before attorneys cease to buy
them on speculation. Nobility must be de
prived of its prestige before fools will cease to
give an estate for the social distinction of a seat
which they arealike incompetent and unworthy
to fill. The system of entails, which bequeaths
the tenant with the freehold, must be broken
down before the farmer?the only really independent
voter anywhere?can defy "the
screw;" and, above all, education must teach
the people the disgrace and destruction of sell
ing their birthright for not merely a mess of
pottage, but a dose of poison.
All these reforms, however, refer to the
the habits of centuries, and fearful lest in the
operation of repairing the foundations of their
political fabric it may tumble about their heads.
The Parliament of Great Britain having been
for some time engaged in investigating certain
allegations of electoral corruption, are endeavoring
to devise some means by which it may
he in future prevented. The two plans under
most favorable consideration seems to be an
extension of the right of suffrage and the substitution
of the ballot for a viva vocs vote.
The philosophy of the first remedy is very
:>imple. It appears that in many notorious
eases competing candidates bid for whole constituencies
in a lot; a seat in Parliament was
thus negotiated between political brokers, and
secured for the richest or most ambitious applicant.
An extension of the right of suffrage would,
it is thought, so tar increase the number of
- oters amongst whom the purchase money of
the teat was to be distributed, as to render
bribery next to impossible.
The rernedv of vofinn- t?? Kull?.? ;?* i?i?J-J
J ib ???"? *? l,,K5IIUCU
U? correct another evil. It neeiiiN that electors
who are obstinate or inimical to a candidate
are often compelled to support hint by some act
of poaiiiTe oppression. This is described as
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' The rpOm of i rt ton ids lion *?> nut niibld in
>a etFc'-t*. aiid it waa worked by means of that
fa/famed /utrimeut, wholly an/I solely K/i{/li?h,
'the elect.on acrew,' Tl*fc election screw wm an
wng.oc ahi/h the ejector ovoid i*/t r????t under
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"peculiar institutions" of England; and, whilst
we adroit that they must he maeSfSd in her
own way, the difficulties presents? by them
shasid suggest to her citbens the wisdom of
refraining from a positive intervefttfos en subjeets
domestic to the United States, which are
just as difficult, as delicate, and as ttnfit for foreign
refbrmati on.
Schoolcraft, the Critics, and Congress.
We find in the last number of the North
American Review quite a severe criticism of
the three volumes issued by way of instalments
of the ponderous work of Schoolcraft
on the History, Condition, and Prospects of
the Indian Tribes, prepared and published under
the direction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
by authority ot the act of Congress of
1847. Certain it is that the Indian Bureau
have printed a magnificent work. ' It is a monument
of typographical luxury. The beautifully-cut
type, the white, soft, and heavy paper,
the expensive line engravings, the numerous
colored lithographs and finely-executed illustrations
on wood, all bear honorable testimony
to the progress of the arts in this country
But when we examine the text of the
volumes, and scrutinize the matter of which
they are composed, we can readily believe that
Baron IIumuoi.dt pronounced the work a
crude and worthless compilation, and expressed
surprise that it should be allowed to appear
with the sanction and at the expense of the
Government of the United States.
The writer in the JVorlh American, whom
we suspect to be Mr. Bowen, the editor, censures
with a good deal of justice the subjects of
many of the engravings. He may well inquire
what useful end is answered by multiplying
costly line engravings of such fitnciful
scenes as those of the Landing of the Whites
in Virginia in 1584, the Interview of Hendrick
Hudson with the Indians in 1609, the
Interview of Massasoit with the Pilgrims in
1620, the Defeat of Vasquez D'Ayllon by
the Chicoreansin 1518, and De Soto with his
party at Tampa Bay, Florida, in 15397 And
with reference to the object of Congress in its
appropriation for the collection of "such statis'
tice and materials as may illustrate the history,
' the condition, and the future prospects of the
' Indian tribes of the United States," it might
be asked with equal significance what connexion
could be traced between such object and engraved
views of the valley of the St. Peter's,
the Ruins of old Fort Mackinaw, Esopus Landing
on the Hudson river, Pittsburg in 1790,
and Humboldt Landing. California.
Tho fnllnurinrr navorvra nk rwooonla fV*Avitin'a
* mv iunu * in- |/m ugiu^/u picot/iiu> mo vuwt a
judicial summing up on the contents of the
three massive volumes:
"The whole work forms only a huge repertory,
in which are jumbled together all the materials
that the editor can lay his hands upon?letters
from correspondents, abstracts of old books, vocabularies,
statistics, independent essays on general
subjects, any matter to illustrate a fine engraving,
&c. A reference, near or remote, to the
North American Indians is generally perceptible,
but not always. Here, for instance, is an essay
three pages long, by the editor himself, on the
'Importance of the Pastoral State on Races of
Men;' and it is followed by one, four pages in
length, from the pen of John Johnston, esq., on
the 'Means of Melioration.' Some notices of
the natural caves in the Sioux country, taken
from the posthumous papers of Mr. Nicolet, precede
a diary kept by Lieutenant Whipple while
surveying the southern boundary line of California.
What distinct information respecting the
'History, Condition, and Prospects of the Indian
Trilajs' can be gathered from so miscellaneous a
selection, or collection, of papers as this, we leave
our readers to imagine."
The critic is at a loss to imagine how it happens
that Congress has appropriated nearly
$30,000 a volume to the production of this
work, when it suffers the explorations of Nicolet
and Fkkmont, the geological surveys ofj
Foster and Whitney, and the annual Tenorts
of the. distinguished head of the Coast Survey,
to appear in dingy pamphlets the typography of
which would be a disgrace to a penny newspaper.
If Mr. Bowen had enjoyed a near
view of the proceedings of Congress as long as
we have, he would not he surprised at any
such inconsistency. It is of a piece with all
their legislation. Shall men, who are fit for
nothing hut the obstruction of public business,
waste nineteen-twentieths of the session in idle
speeches on subjects of no moment, and crowd
all the real business into the last week? Every
thing is then thrown into hotch pot, and what
is lost, and what luckily or unluckily finds its
way into the laws of the land, nobody knows
till the authorized publication of the statutes.
It is not more strange that Congress should j
lavish $30,000 a volume on this work of
Schooi.craft's, than that they should squander
twice the amount a volume on the minute
report of their own trivial and insignificant
party speeches. Yet such is the case. We
suspect that every volume of the Congressional
Globe costs full as much as one of these superb
books, and Heaven knows that a more lamentable
collection of trash was never put into
type. Wretched, unmeaning, paltry discussions
on interlocutory matters, form the staple
of this vast job for Democratic beneficiaries
who have already built up enormous fortunes
on Congressional patronage. The real merits
of public questions are but seldom touched upon
in debates which are reported in full for the
benefit of the printers?for the public see and
know nothing of them.
Some of the topics in Mr. Bowen's review
we may recur to at a future day. Meanwhile
we will only say that the best way of curing
public evils is to raise the character of Congress.
Send alder and better men to both
Houses, and do not stultify twenty millions of
pedple and degrade popular institutions by
electing representatives who will organize the
collective wisdom of the country by making
Mr. Boyd Speaker of the House, and Mr.
Houston chairman of the Committee of Ways
and Means.
Death of Jadge Glenn.
A telegraphic despatch from Baltimore ad
vises ns that the Hon. John Gi.rnn, judge of
the United .States district court of Maryland,
died in that city yesterday afternoon. It is
only a few months since he succeeded Judge
Hkatu, deceased, in the office which he held.
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WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Washington, J ulyfciSM. j
Commodore Shubrick to-day received hhyBom? i
mission as oonunaudMr of tha force expugted to b? 1
sent to the ood and mackerel grounds off Queen 1
Victoria's North American shores. jS? has not 1
yet received his instructions, or any distinct intimation
when he will be required to sail fVurn
Portsmouth. The probability strengthens that
the Department awaits advices relative to the interview
between Mr. Crainpton and Admiral Seymour
ere it issues instructions for the guidance
of our squadron. The steamer Princeton will be
his flag-ship.
At the request of Commodore Shubrick, the
Secretary of the Navy has detailed J. S. Cunningham,
esq., of the Navy Department to act as '
Commodore's Secretary during the cruise. 1
Charles S. Copoland, esq., engineer, of New
York city, arrived in town yesterday morning, '
and was informally tendered the position of Engineer-in-Chief
of the United States Navy. He
has not yet signified his acceptance, nor is it certain
that he will .sacrifice his large private inter- 1
ests for a Government salary of $3,000 per year.
Intelligence has been received at the Navy 1
Department from the United States frigate Mace- 1
doniau, as late as the 6th May lost, at which time '
she was at the island of Grand Canary, twenty- '
two days from the waters of the United States, all 1
well, (t will lie remembered that a distressing '
rumor of the total loss of this fine vessel pre- 1
vailed not long since. The many friends of her 1
numerous list of officers and crew will rejoice to '
hear of their safety. 1
The practice-ship Preble discharged her pilot off 1
Cape Henry on the evening of the 30th ultimo, .
and put out to sea on her annual summer cruise
for the practical instruction of the expectant '
young commodores at the Annapolis Naval 1
Academy. 1
The. Hon. R. D. Owen, the recently appointed
Charge of the United States at Naples, goes to '
Old Point to-morrow, to spend a few days with
Wm. Boulware, esq., who formerly filled the 1
same position for several years?probably to post
himself relative to affairs in Sicily. Mr. Owen
seems determined not to lead a dull life at Naples,
but rather to endeavor the accomplishment
of something for his country. Our merchantmen 1
iiave long' Buttered much from the useless delays
and unjust exactions of the Sicilian quarantine
laws, under which a vessel from a perfectly
healthy port of the United States may be, and
frequently is, subjected to quarantine, because of
a report that an epidemic rages at some point in
the West Indies. This Mr. Owen will seek to
reform. He will no doubt endeavor also to obtain
a reciprocity treaty, by which American vessels,
bound for other than Sicilian ports, may em
ter the ports of Sicily free, if she choose to touch
there; the like privilege being extended to Sicilian
vessels in American ports.
Adrian R. Wadworth, who had passed his examination
and been "classified" into a twelve
hundred dollar place in the office of the Commissioner
of Customs, was yesterday removed to
make room for a gentleman from New Hampshire,
whose political principles are of the orthodox
kind.
1 understand that the Postmaster General and
Mr. Schleiden, the Minister from Bremen, to-day
agreed upon an arrangement for carrying the
United States mail between New York and Bremen,
and the steamers Germaniaand Hansa,soon
to be placed upon the line, to run in connexion
' with the United States mail steamers Hermann
and Washington. The proprietors of the firstnamed
steamers are Fritze &. Co., wealthy merchants
of Bremen. The new arrangement is to
commence on the 1st of August, when one of the
vessels will sail from Bremen for the United
States, and will affprd our merchants and correspondents
a semi-monthly communication with j
Bremen all the year round. The rates of postage
will continue as now?twenty cents sea-postage
for single letters, two cents for newspapers, and
two cents per ounce for magazines.
The steamer Fulton surprised her officers and 1
the Navy Department the other day by making 1
twenty-two miles per hour on her trial-trip from 1
Hampton Aoads to Cape Henry with only nine- i
teen^rcvolutions, while she is capable of twenty- >
two revolutions without straining. I
What shall stop the axe .' A gentleman who <
noticed my announcement of the appointment of I
a new consul at Matanzas, assures me 011 reliable i
authority that Vice President King, when near I
his end, earnestly requested the retention in his i
place of Thomas M. Rodney, who was consul at 1
that port; and whose kindness and attention had <
won the esteem and regard of the dying states- i
man. Alas, how soon are the wishes of the dead 1
forgotten, when neccsaary to the gratification of 1
living politicians and live voters ! 1
George Whitman, esq., of Louisiana, has been *
appointed special mail agent for the States of 1
Louisiana and Arkansas. ZEKE. *
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New Publications. / t
Hunt's Merchants' Magazine for July contains j
Ippleton's Mechanics' Magazine for July is a i
i good number, and well illustrated. i
The Knickerbocker for July contains 110 well i
and profitably-filled pages.
The Jlmerican Journal of Insanity, published by ^
the New York State Lunatic Asylum at Utica, is
a valuable depository of knowledge of great value
to the benevolent. The July number has been
received.
Littell's Living Jige, July 9th, is received. The ,
family in which this work is read weekly must be 1
well informed. 1
The African Repository for July gives mpch valuable
information on tho subject of African colonization.
Thk Fourth of Jui.v was celebrated at Charleston,
South Carolina, this year in a most com- ,
mendable spirit of devotion to our common country.
An eloquent addresR was delivered by II. 1
Ycadon, esq., full of patriotic sentiments, and '
which closed with a glowing tribute to the memo- ,
rir nf PlftV- Wr>W?r n?wl PjiIKaihi
The Pictorial Papers for this week have been j
received by Buckingham, at his periodical depot 1
tinder the National Hotel. The " Trout Fishing,"
" Farm Yard," and "View of Gosport
Navy Yard," in Glesson's work, are excellent. |
Henry M. Western, esq., one of the oldest
and most esteemed members of the New York i
bar, died at his residence in that city on Wedncs- t
day, in the fifty-fifth year of his age. '
The Impeachment Case of Judge Hubbell, in
Wisconsin, is about drawing to a close. The (
summing up of counsel was to commence on the J1
5th instant, and the decision will probably soon
follow. v
Hon. Mr. Crampton, the British Minister resi- J
I dent at Washington, arrived at the Revere House (
last evening. He sailed in the Niagara for Hali- t
fax at noon to-day.?Boston Transcript, iith.
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The Pieeeen of Seventy Years Ago.
"MoNUMBVT TO a Pi0he**.?The clumm ef
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, acp taHIgn measures
for erecting a monument ovg*. the gran* of John
liarris, the fust settler on thg) banks of the %Mtquehannu
river, and after whom haa beta* chrf*
toned tliat town."
To the Editor of the Republic! ^
Sir: Tike preceding epigriph 1 cut from yew
paper of the 6th instant. I hope you will dfe-ate
the favor to reinsert it in tlte Republic, with some
remarks, which will explain why I give you the
trouble. One is personal to myself. 1 was born
in that part of old Lancaster county, Pennsylvania,
now Dauphin; and in the autumn of 1781,
with my parents, crossed the Susquehanna at
Harris's Ferry. Though only between the ages
of six and seven, I remember distinctly coming to
and crossing the river. There was then Harris's
Ferry-house on the east tm.uk, and Kelso's Ferryhouse
on the west. When either Dauphin or
Lebanon counties, then includod in Lancaster,
were made separate counties, I have no date. The
village of Lebanon, then of some extent, preced.
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The notice of an intention to erect a monument
to the founder of Harrisburg excited in my mind
many recollections which I cannot embody in
words. One was that Mr. Harris very narrowly
escaped being murdered by savages on the very
jpot where Harrisburg stands. No one having a
neurl will ascribe it to vanity when I state that I
was !>orn, 1775, twelve miles from Harrisburg,
then really frontier. The notice enclosed is,
however, in one part an error. There were white
settlers no doubt at both Sunbury and Wilkesbarre,
ind also other plaoes on east Susquehanna, many
years before at Harrisburg. My own personal
knowledge of the place and its leading names goes
back beyond the foundation of Harrisburg as a
town. There are some descendants of that family
on the Susquehanna, I am inclined to think.
There was, during more than a century previous
to the treaty of Grenville, on the frontier settlements
of that part of the United States, a most
admirable body of men, whose names have already
in great part been sunk to oblivion. These
men, under the title of Spies or Rangers, were
the terror of the savages. With all the wily
watchfulness of the Indian, the spy had the resources
of civilization. Such men were John
Harris, and, within my own remembrance and
personal acquaintance, Lewis Wetzel, Martin
Wetzel, Henry Jolly, and I might name more,
who were the true and brave champions of the
early progress of an immense region on which I
have trod when in great part a wilderness; and
what is its aspect now ? A region of imperial extent,
glowing with life. Could any or all of the
men I have named rise from the grave and hover
over the scenes of their invaluable services, how
ecstatic would be their feelings!
Henry-Jolly was a man of education and extensive
reading; in manners dignified, and, in the
discharge of his duty as a "Spy," a true model
of cool and collected self-command.
He was one, and a most efficient one, of a body
of men whoso names and even existence as a
corps are now lost, in great part, to human memory,
and the extent and value of whose services
could not, were they even known, be estimated.
i cuiniui, uugut iiul, iu uimi one curious irau ooserved
in the manners of the frontier spy?taciturnity.
This fact was in my hearing noticed
and accounted for by Henry Jolly in words to the
following import: "Habitual watchfulness, when on
their duty, in the then interminable forests."
Peace and honor to their manes !
WILLIAM DARBY.
Washington and Yicinity.
Correspondence of the ?Nf. Y. Courier and Enquirer.
Washington, July 5.
Public attention is much occupied with the
growth and embellishment of our principal cities,
as constituting a fair test of the general progress
of the country. The political capital is advancing
with a rapidity unhoped for even by those
most interested in its increase. Land in the vicinity,
which a few years ago was considered irreclainiuble
''old field," and almost a burden to its
owners, has been restored by the use of guano
and composito manures, and is eagorly
?ought for at prices varying from forty to five
liundred dollars per acre; and reul estate in the
city has doubled in price within five years. Two
liundred brick and three hundred wooden buildings
have been erected, or are in progress, during
die present season. The total number of dwellin
(r.tmiiiiAa in llio nilir ia M <101 tU .^..>,,1,1^,.
?e - ? v ? - i?-? -v rf" ""..
[ibout 50,500, and the average nuinltor of inhabitants
to oacb house six and a third. The disbursements
upon the public works are heavy and give
activity to private business in the place. The
vealt.li which the distribution of the immense pubic
revenues confers upon those citizens fortunate
jnough to profit by them, is spent with a liberal
land, and has produced a marked effect upon the
irchitecture of private dwellings, as the luunifi;cnce
of the Government lias added to the grarileur
and beauty of the edifices devoted to public
mrposes. Wo seem to be approaching the period
when the attractions of the capital will make it
he social and fashionable centre of the country,
is our institutions make it the theatre of political
movement.*
The Factories at Work Again.?The Columbus
(Georgia) Enquirer of the 28th ult. contains
the following gratifying announcement:
"We are glad to learn that the damages occasioned
by the great floods in the spring have been
repaired, and that two of our factories?the Eagle
ind the Coweta?have again commenced operations.
Others, we are informed, will shortly be
at work. The whole community will be pleased
to hear this. The proprietors have suffered serious
losses, and operatives, having been thrown so
long out of employment, have felt the blow more
heavily perhaps than their employers. We hope
their works will now stand, and that the losses
now sustained will in a short time be made up by
an increased sale of manufactured goods. The
Palace mill goes also into immediate operation,
and will, by the time this paper reaches the nearest
post ofhee, in nil probability be changing the
wheat and corn into flour and meal at a rate that
would astonish the man that first, invmitml mills
Dlothing and food must bo had, and, barring all
reasonable accidents and providential causes,
Jtey may hereafter be found in this locality. So
he present signs indicate.
The idea of .people allowing themselves to be
igitated ami excited in such weather as this is
>crfoct.ly appalling.?Richmond Mail.
There's a philosopher of our own way of thinkng,
and one who would be popular in Paris,
vhcre even Mrs. Stowe has failed to create a fuor
of philanthropy in the midsummer days.
Death of a Pcbi.ic Man.'?Hon. Arthur Livirmore,
formerly Chief Justice of New Hampihire,
died at Campton on Friday last, aged 87.
The deceased, the third son of Hon. Kumuel I,iv rmore,
was born at Londonderry, July 2(1, 177fi;
vns upon the bench of the supreme court from
1799 to I81f>; a representative in Congress the
irst four and the last two years of Monroe's adninistrat
ion, and from that time till 18.13 upon 1
he bench of the common pleas.
[Boston Transcript, Hth. '
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Itenia.
A tumbler fall of milk and brukeu ice is a
better beverage at breakfast or supper than hot
coffee or tea, especially in this weather. Try it
if you would be healthy and comfortable.
The drought in Kentucky has continued for
seven weeks, and the tobacco crop in particular,
it is thought, will suffer sadly.
Patent medicines are profitable to their venders
wnen well advertised, ana wtiat is not.''
The Hhepherdstown (Va.) Register, a good
weekly paper, may be bought for six hundred and
fifty dollars. A prudent, industrious, and economical
printer can live comfortably upon the
income of the Register.
Not the river, but the Dismal Swamp is on
fire. The destruction of valuable timber is doubtless
immense.
A great many of the newspapers are vehement
against the Administration for appointing to office
William J. Brown, of Indiana, the gentleman
who was not elected Speaker of the United States
House of Representatives. But Brown is a man m
whom it would he difficult to kill or put out of
the way. He is one of the cutest.
The stamped envelopes, since they have appeared,
have ceased to be a wonder. There was
a great talk about a small matter, to be sure.
That was a wretched affair, the placing of a log
upon the railroad track between Baltimore and
Philadelphia on Wednesday night. The lives of
many were imperilled; an unknown man waa
killed, and John Jeffrey and James Riddle were
seriously injured, and have since died. How cuii
this horrible crime of placing obstructions upon
the rails be prevented?
A contemporary informs us thut, though the
Democratic party are divided, the Whigs are
united. This is cheering to the latter; but the
Democrats are so intent upon the division of the
spoils, that all other kinds of division seem to
come natural to them.
J. R. Miller is going to tunnel the Chicago
river at Chicago for $126,000.
The college commencements arc at hand.
Round tickets from Baltimore to Carlisle (Dicknrn
1ml#) ntrui/1 ftnm Mntuluv !?? 11#1?
till Monday the 18th of July.
Horses have greatly increased ia price in this
country within a few years past.
Five trains of cars from New York to New
Haven on Saturday last conveyed 2,750 persons,
or 550 each; four other trains on the same day
are not reported.
It is said that the Croton water in New York
becomes poisoned in the lead pipes.
President Pierce will receive the hospitalities of
Baltimore on Monday, and proceed to New York
on Tuesday.
Charles J. Nourse and Alexander B. Hagner,
of this District, received the degree of A. M. at
the recent commencement of Princeton College.
The season of camp meetings is approaching.
Dr. Stone's marble bust of Chief Justice Taney
may be seen at the studio, B street, near Gadsby's
Hotel.
It is very properly proposed to exclude the public
from the immediate vicinity of the distributing
reservoir of the Croton Water Works. The railings
should be placed many yards from the margin
of any such volume of water, for abuses will
be committed if the opportunity is allowed.
In New York the private letter despatches arc
more prompt than those of the Government.
Saratoga is fitting up early this season.
A foul murder was committed at Council Bluffs
City a few weeks ago, says the Iowa City Republican
of June 2, and the supposed murderer was
executed by a mob. It was bad to kill him, but
at least something more than supposition should
have been the warrant for it.
Marrying and Remarrying.?In 1849 Mr.
James Austin was married to a young lady of
this city. Subsequently he went to Europe on
business, where he was detained longer tlian his
wife thought necessary. From the insidious misrepresentations
of interested parties she was induced
to charge her husband with infidelity. A
suit for divorce was instituted, and she and her
infant child were allowed 05,000 alimony, the interest
to be paid ;is it accrued, and the principal
when she attained the age of twenty-one. Yesterday
she came into court asking that she be paid
the 05,000, as she was now of age, which was
granted, and here the court of law dropped the
case. But the misjudged husband, who had since
returned from Europe and satisfied his former
wife of his innocence, took the case in hand, and
was again married, and made a happy husband
and father.??V*. Y. Mirror, 1th.
The Press in the United States.?According
to an article in Putnam's Magazine, the following
arc the issues:
No. of copies
No. Circula'n. printed ann'y.
Dailies 950 750,000 225,000,000
Tri-weoklics 150 75,000 11,700,000
Semi-weeklies... 125 70,000 8,320,000
Weeklies 2,000 2,875,000 140,500,000
Semi-monthlies.. 50 800,000 7,300,000
Monthlies 100 900,000 10,800,000
Quarterlies 25 20,000 80,000
2,800 5,000,000 422,600,000
This is nearly seventeen copies a year of some
publication or other to every man, woman, and
child in the nation; or, excluding infants, aged
mid diseased iwrfmnn. and those who cannot read.
at least a newspaper each week to every family.
United States Branch Mint.?The following
is the official statement of the deposits and
coinage at the branch mint of the United States
at New Orleans during the month of June, 1853:
Deposits.
California gold $56,904 54
Foreign gold 931 98
Silver extracted from California gold. 302 01
Silver from other sources 206,830 95
Total value of deposits . .$264,969 48
Coinage.
Gold?gold dollars, 85,000 pieces $85,000 00
[Picayune.
Archbishop Bedini is a very distinguished dignitary
of the Church of Rome, and his advent
hero at this time is looked upon as quite an event
by the Roman Catholics. Besides his mission to
the scat of Government, we are informed that ho
intends to visit the several dioceses in the United
States, probably with a view of ascertaining the
real condition and resources of the Roman Catholic
church in this country.?New York Express.
Steamship Jamestown.?This steamer arrived
to-day between eleven and twelve o'clock, with a
large number of passengers, and a cargo of early
fruits and vegetables from Virginia. Slie and the
Roanoke now form a semi-weekly line between
this city, Norfolk, Petersburg, and Richmond,
leaving here every Tuesday and Saturday afVcrnoons,
at 4 o'clock.??V. F. Express, 1th.
Veracity?On the trial of a person in Boston
for violating the Liquor law, a witness, who was
put upon tTie stand to impeach another, swore I
that "the character of the witness for the State I
might be good enough for common affairs, but on I
n for hunt lit iron the nil firnlrst liar he ever did I
see."1 I
The Niagara, which sailed from Boston for
Liverpool on Wednesday, took out among her
nasscngers Mr. Nalhaniel Hawthorne, consul to
Liverpool, and his family; SeiTor I'acheco, Mexican
minister to France; Mr. Wm. D. Ticknor.of
Boston; and Mr. Enoch Train, bearer of doipalcheH.