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J THE DAILY REPUBLIC.
PUBLIfflilD BY GIDEON A CO.
TERMS.
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near pennsylvania avenue,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
PROPOSALS FOR TIMBER FOR THE
HAVY.
Navv Department,
Bureau opOednarcb and Hydrography,
July 22, 1863.
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Vol. V. WASHINGTON: MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1, 1853. No. 23.
UKMjCU rKuruBALS, enaoriea "rrupuiaii ior
O Timber," will be received at this Bureau until
three o'clock p. m. of the 22<1 of August next, for
furnishing and delivering, under contract, at each
of the several navy yards at Cbarlestown, Massachusetts;
Brooklyn, New York; and Oosport, Virginia,
the following described timber, vie:
4 , White Oak?For Axle trees.
180 pieces, lgngtb five feet eight inches; thickness,
ten inches; breadth, fourteen inches
190 pieces, length five feet four inches; thickness,
nine inches; breadth, twelve inches
76 pieces, length, five feet three inches; thickness,
eight and one-balf inches; breadth,
fourteen inches
76 pieces, length five feet; thickness, seven and
one-bait inches; breadth, eleven inches
For Brackets.
320 pieces, length six feet two inches; thickness,
"seven inches, breadth, sixteen inches
60 pieces, length six feet; thickness, seven
inches; breadth, twelve and one-half inches
320 pieces, length five feet two inches; thickness,
seven iochea; Jireadtb, twenty inches
-t N CO pieces, length five feet two inches; thickness,
seven inches; breadth, sixteen inches
160 pieces, length five feet eight inches; thickness,
six and one-half inches; breadtbr
thirteen inches
150 pieces, length foar feet eight inches; thickness,
six and one-half inches; breadth, sixteen
inches
For Transoms, (each piece making two'transoms.)
80 pieces, length four feet eight inches; thickness,
eight and one-haif inches; breadth,
twenty inches
16 pieces, length tour feet eight inches; thickness,
eight anil one-half inches; breadth,
sixteen inches
38 pieces, length four feet two inches; thickness,
seven inches^ breadth, fourteen inches
(Being about ninety-one tnouaana eigm?unarea
and fifty-two feet (board or inch meaaure) at each
yard.)
HICKORY.
Five hundred white hickory handspikes, six feet
three inches long, three and one-half incheasquare
at the batt, and two and* one-half inches square at
the email e?d* ... . ... . .
The above white oak timber mOat be of the best
quality, and have grown within sixty miles of sea
X f," water, and taken from butt logs, clear of knots,
* rents, sap, and all other defects, and from the
centre or heart pith. It must be got out fair,
straight, to sharp corners, and without twist or
wind.
The handspikes must be split from the best white
hickory butts, clear of centre or heart pith, and
dressed down to the prescribed dimensions.
The timber for axletrees must be in single
lengths, and from butt cuts. The timber for
bracket pieces may be delivered to cut two
lengths, and for the transom pieces to cut four
lengths, or double those above given; but no other
combinations of lengths, nor any timber from top
pieces, will be received for any purpose.
In the dimensions of white oak timber, additions
I | have been made to the net dimensions to which it
< is to be worked; and no payment will be made for
any excess beyond the aggregate number of feet
a herein stated for each yard. If any should be received
under prescribed dimensions, the actual
contents only will be paid for.
None of the timber will be received unless it is
entirely to the satisfaction of the respective commandants
of the yards at which it is delivered.
The deliveries may be made as early as suits the
convenience of the contractors, butJhe whole must
> be delivered on or before the first day of July,
f 1854.
Separate offers must be made for the supply at
'*> each of the navy yards named, and for the white
| oak, and for the hickory, but the offers muBt be for.
all of the white oak and all of the hickory for each
,v navy yard. The offer must be by the thousand
feet, hoard measure, for the white oak timber, and
by the piece for the hickory handspikes.
Persons whose offers may be accepted will be
reauired to enter into contracts which, besides
I, other conditions, will expressly provide that, in*
case they shall in any respect fall to perform the
contracts, the same may be, at the option of the
' United States, declared null and void, without affecting
the right of the said United States to re;
cover for defaults which may have occurred, with
the stipulation also that, if default shall be made
'S by the contractor in delivering all or any of the
timber contracted for, of the quality, within the
times and at the places named, that then and in
that case the contractor and his sureties will forfeit
and pay to the United States, as liquidated
i damages, a sum of money equal to twice the contract
price, which liquidated damages may be recovered
from time to time as they accrue.
All the aforesaid timber must be subject to inspection
and measurement, according to the
"printed rules established for the inspection and
measurement of timber for the navy ot the United
States," copies of which may be seen at either
navy yard or navy agent's office.
No extension of lime for making deliveries will
be granted, and penalliet for non-fulfilment will in
all cases be rigidly enforced. Bidders are therefore
requeeted not to offer for more than they are sure
I they can furnieh within the time tpecified.
Approved sureties in twice the estimated amount
of each contract will be required in the manner
set forth in that instrument, and twenty per centum
will be withheld from the amount of each
I payment as collateral security for its faithful performance.
Eighty per centum of each bill, approved
in triplicate by the respective commandants
of said navy yards, will be paid by the navy
agent at the point of delivery, within thirty days
I after ita presentation to turn, amy approvea .
Every offer must be accompanied by a written
guarantee (tbe responsibility of the guarantor or
guarantors to be certified to by a navy agent or
other official person, or by some one known to the
bureau) that, if the ofTcr be accepted, the bidder
or bidders will, within ten days after the receipt
of tbe contract at the post office designated, execute
the same, with good and sufficicnisurcties, to
furnish the articles proposed agreeably to the
I terms specified in the contract. Tho law of the
10th Augupt, 1846, forbids the consideration of all
proposals not accompanied by such guarantee.
loose only whose offers may be accepted will
be notified, and contracts will be forwarded without
delay.
i Persons offering are directed to designate the
post office through which they desire to be addressed,
and the navy agent to whom the contracts
shall be sent for execution.
Editors authorised to publish this sdvertiscmenl
will be specially notified by this bureau. Mont
I others will be paid for its insertion.
f^orm of guarantee (to be attached to each offer.)
We, the undersigned, residents of , in the
State of , hereby guarantee, in rase the fore
going bid of be accepted, that he (or they]
will, within ten days alter the receipt of the con
tract at the post office designated in said bid, exe
cute the same with good and sufficient sureties, t<
furnish the articles proposed, in conformity will
the terms of the advertisement under which it ii
made. C. D.
E. F.
1 hereby certify that, to the best of my know
ledsre and belief, the above-named guarantors an
I good and sufficient.
G. H , Navy Agent.
Form of endorsement on the envelope trantmitling th
offer.
"Proposals for Timber," at the Navy Yard
(name the yard.)
To ,
Chief of Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography
Washington, D. C.
duly 26~2ew4w
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By the President or the United States.
IN pursuance of lsw, I, FRANKLIN PIERCE,
President of the United States, do hereby declare
and make known that public sales of the
sections and parts of sections of land, all bearinS
the odd numbert, which remain to the United
States, within six (pile* on each Side of the line of
the Mobile and Ohio River railroad, in the 8tates
of Alabama and Mississippi, subject to double the
minimum price of the public lands, as provided by
the act of 20tb September, I860, will be held at the
following land offices, in the States of Alabama
and Mississippi, nt the periods hereinafter designated,
to wit:
At the land office at ST. STEPHENS, in Alabama,
commencing on Monday, the fifth day of
Stplembtr next, for the disposal of such sections and
parts of sections, being the odd Humbert above referred
to, as are situated in the undermentioned
townships, to wit:
North of the bate line and weit of the principal meridian.
Townships one and two, of range one.
Townships ono, two, three, ana four, of range
two.
TownehipB one two, three, four and five, of
range three.
Townships one, two, three, four, five, six, and
seven, of range four.
Townships three, four, five, six and teven, of
range five.
South of the bate line ana wen oj me principal men'
dian.
Townships one, two, three, four, and five, of range
one.
Townships one, two, three, four, and five, of
range two.
Townships one, two, and three, of range three.
Township one, of range four.
South of the base line and east of the principal meridian.
Townships thrh and four, of range one.
At the land office at DEMOPOLI3, in the same
State, commencing on Monday, the twelfth day of
September next, for the disposal of such sections and
pa rta of sections, being the odd numbers above ref
i red to, as are situated in the undermentioned
townships, to wit:
North of the base line and west of the principal meridian.
Townships eighfoen, nineteen, and twenty, of
range four.
At the land office at TUSCALOOSA, in the
same State, commencing on Monday, thejftfMday
of September next, for the disposal of such sections
and parts of sections, being the odd numbers above
referred to, as are situated in the undermentioned
townships, to wit:
North of the base line and west of the principal meridian
in the southern surveying district.
Township twenty one, of range four.
At the land office at COLUMBUS, in Mississippi,
commencing on Monday, the nineteenth day of
September next, for the disposal oi such sections ana
parts of sections, being the odd numbers above referred
to, as are situated in the undermentioned
townships, to wit:
North of the base line and east of the Choctaw
, meridian.
Townships eight, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen,
nineteen, and twenty, of range fifteen.
Townships eight, nine, twelve, thirteen, fourteen,
fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, and
twenty, of range sixteen.
Townships eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen,
fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen,
and nineteen, of range seventeen.
Townships eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen,fourteen,
fifteen, and sixteen, of range eighteen.
Townships eight, nine, ten, eleven, and twelve, ol
range nineteen.
At ths land office at AUGUSTA, in the same
State, commencing on Monday, the twenty sixth
day of September next, for the disposal of such sections
and parts of sections, being the odd numbers
above referred to, as are situated in the undermentioned
townships, to wit:
North of the base line and east of the Choctaw meridian.
Township four, of range thirteen.
Townships one, two, three, four, five, and six, ol
range fourteen.
Townships one; two, three, four, five, six, and
seven, of range fifteen.
Townships one, two, three, four, five, six, and
seven, of range sixteen.
Townships one, five, six, and seven, of range seventeen.
Township seven, of range eighteen.
North of the base line, west of the meridian, and east
of Pearl river.
Townships three, four, five, Bix, seven, and eight
~r
Ml imigt
Townships five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten
of range si*.
Townships seven, eight, nine, and ten, of range
seven.
Townships, eight, nine, and ten, of range eight.
The townships herein designated in Roman letters
are wholly within the limits of "six sectiom
in width on each side of said road," and those in
italics are partly within said limits, as designated
on the diagrams, which will be furnished to the
respective district land offices by the Commissioner
of the General Land Office.
Lands reserved for schools, military, and other
purposes, will be excluded from sale.
The lands sold will be subject to the right of way
granted by the said act of 20th September, 1S50,
to the States aforesaid, for said railroad, not exceeding
one hundredfeet on each side thereof; and
therefore the particular tracts of land which include
the road will be sold as containing the quantities
respectively shown by the official plats.
Each sale will be kept open for a time sufficient
to admit of offering all the lands, but not exceeding
two weeks, and applications to make private
entries of the lands offered under this proclamation
will not be received until after the close of the
public sale.
Given under my hand, at the city of Washington,
the twenty-third day of May, A. D. 1863.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
By the President:
John Wilson,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Notice to actual selllrrs on lands of the Unitet
Stales originally withdrawn from market on ac
count of the railroad grant.
' Under act of Congress, approved 3d March, 1863
entitled "An act to extend pre-emption rights t<
certain lands therein mentioned," the pre-emptioi
laws of the United States as they now exist an
extended over the alternate reserved sections o
public lands along the line of the railroad hereinbefore
mentioned, where the settlement and im
, provement were made prior to the final allotment o
the alternate sections to the said railroad. There
> fore, all claims by pre-emption to any 01 ine aitcr
J nate sections of public lands within the limit
originally reserved will attach, if predicated upoi
settlements made prior to the 4th February, 1863
the date of the final allotment,
i Claims within thesix miles limits must be provei
up at any time before the day herein fixed for th
I commencement of the public Bale, and are to b
- paid for at the rate of two dollars and fifty cent
- per acre. Claims outside of the six miles, am
> within the limits of the 01 iginal reservation, mus
i be proven up prior to the restoration of said land
s to private entry.
Soldiers' bounty land warrants, at a dollar am
twenty-five cents per acre, may be received ii
- payment for either class of lands; one warrau
e only, however, can be located by each pre-emptor
Immediately after the close of the public sal
directed by the foregoing proclamation of the Pre
sident, applications will be received for the pur
r chase at private entry, or location by warrants, c
the lands reserved to satisfy this grant, outside c
the six miles limits, in such order as to prever
confusion and insure accuracy, in accordance wit
instructions to be issued to the register* and re
? reivers. JOHN WILSON,
Commissioner of the General Land Office,
May 26?wl3w
By the President of the United States.
IN pursuance of law, I, FRANKLIN PlfeRCE,
President of the United States of America, do
hereby declare and mak4 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 office at WILLOW RIVER, commencing
on Monday, the third day of October
next, for the disposal of the public land* situated
in the following named townships, vizi
North of the bate line and weel of 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 tire undermentioned
townships and parts of townships, to wit:
North of the base line and eaet of the fourth principal
meridian.
Townships twenty five and twenty six, of range
twelve.
Fractional township twenty one, west of Wolf
river, and townships twenty tour, twenty five, and
twenty six, of range thirteen.
Fractional townships twenty one and twenty
two, west of Wolf river and Bayou, and townships
twenty mi ee, iwcutjr iuui, mvu>j u.vj . j
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 six, 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 of the base line and west of the fourth principal
meridian.
Townships twentyand twenty one, of range one.
Townships seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty,
and twenty one, of rango 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. 'l
" . r^nnmrnMCfjo nAJVT I
At the lana onice at a it,?t.^ o o ruui * f luiii* |
roencing- 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 base line and east of the fourth principal
meridian.
Township twenty six, of range four.
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 3even, (except sections thirteen,
' twenty four, twenty five, thirty five, and thirty
six,) and townships twenty eight, twenty nine,
' and thirty, of range six.
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
f ty, thirty, and thirty one, in township twenty
eight; township twenty nine, (except sections twcn
f ty five to twenty eight, and thirty three to thirty
six,) and township thirty, of range seven.
I 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 sections six, seven, eighteen, nineteen, thirty,
and thirty one;) township twenty six; town,
ships twenty seven, (except section six,) twenty
eight, (except sections six, seven, eighteen, nineteen,
thirty, and thirty one;) and townships twen'
ty nine and thirty, of range eight.
Townships twenty five 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, I
' which were not included in the proclamations of
1 u ~ OfWU VAtrnmhnr find 28th ADI"il. 1851* to
be sold under the act of Congress entitled "An act
i to authorize the President of the United States to
sell the reserved mineral lands in the Slates 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 east of the fourth principal
meridian.
The west half and northeast quarter of the south|
west quarter, the northeast quarter of the north'
west quarter, and the southenst quarter of the
southeast quarter of section one; the cast half of
' the northwest quarter, the southeast quarter, the
west half of the southwest quarter, and the south'
west quarter of the northeast quarter of twelve;
\ and the northeast quarter, and north half ofsouth'
west quarter of twenty nine, in township one; the
northeast quarter of section thirteen, in toxonship
two; the west half of the northwest quarter of
section eleven, in township three; the east half of
the southeast quarter of section twenty five, and
the cast half of the southwest quarter of thirty six,
in toxonship five, of range one.
The west hall and northeast quarter of the north,
west quarter, the cast half of the northeast quarter,
and the cast half of the southeast quarter of section
two, in toxonship two, of range two.
The caBt half of the northeast quarter, and the I
' northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of scc'
tion four, in toxonship two, and the northwest'
^ quarter of the northwest quarter of section live, in
r township three, of range three.
The cast half of the northwest quarter, the northwest
quarter of the northeast quarter, and the east
j half of the southwest quarter of section thirty, in
township four; and the west half of the northwest
quarter of section thirty five, in township five, of
B range four.
a North of the base line and west of the foxirth prin,
cipal meridian.
Tho west half of the northwest quarter of sec
1 tion Ihrec, in towntliip two; the cast halt 01 inc
e northwest quarter, and the southeast quarter of
e the northeast quarter of four; the west half of the.
8 southeast quarter of si*; the southenst quarter of
the southeast quarter of twenty seven, and tie
I southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of thirty
8 four, in towntliip three, of range one.
The northwest quarter of eection ten, and the
^ west hall of the southeast quarter of thirty, in
II township three, of ranee two.
' AttheSAME PLACE, commencing on Monday,
' the third day of October next, for the disposal of
e the public lands within the following sections, and
1 parts of sections, to wit;
North of the bate line and west qf the fourth principal
j- meridian.
it Section one, the oast half and southwest quarter,
h the west half of the northwest quarter, and the
!_ northeast quarter of tho northwest quarter of ten,
in fownthip nine; and the east half of the southwest
quarter of section twenty six; the west half
of twenty-ievenj the easf 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 schools,
military and other purposes, together with "those
swamp and overflowed lands, made unfit thereby
for cultivation," if any, granted to the State by
the act entitled "An act to enable the State of Arkansas
and other States to reclaim the 'swamp
lands' within their limits," approved September
28,1850, will be excluded from the tales.
In accordance with the provisions of the act of
llth Juiy, 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 same shall be subject to sale
as other lands.
The offering of the above lands will be comnittaced
on the diss annotated. and will nroceed
in the order in which they are advertised until the
whole shall have baen offered, and the sales thus
closed; but no sale shall be kept open longer than
two weeks, and no private en 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 fifty three.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
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
parts of 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 at toon at practicable after
teeing Ikit 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
RED RIVER RAFT.
THE PERSON to whom the contract was awarded
under former advertisements for proposals
having failed 10 give the bond with sureties as required,
proposals for the work are again invited
as follows:
Proposals will be received until the 20th day of
next SeDtember for the removal of obstructions to
the navigation 01 Red river (Louisiana) occasioned
by the raft, and for keeping the said navigation
free from the same for the longest period.
The amount of these proposals united is not to
exceed the sum of $100,000.
Each bidder will propose to remove said raft,
(thoroughly,) and to keep the navigation free
from obstruction thereby for a specified period;
specifying in his bid the lime in which be proposes
to complete the removal of the raft, the said
time not to be later than the 1st day of June, 1855;
and also the number of years, counting from said
removal, during which time he binds himself to
keep the said navigation free from raft obstruction.
The contractor will be required to give his bond
for $20,000, with two gocd sureties, each for the
sum of $10,000, conditioned for the faithful execution
of the contract. Each bidder will transmit, at
the same time with his proposals, the names of the
persons whom he offers as sureties, and a declaration
signed by them that they will sign his bond as
sureties as above mentioned; and also tho certificate
of a district judge of the United States for the
State in which he resides, that said securities are
respectable citizens, and that he considers them
worth $ 10,000 over and above all their debts and
liabilities. No bid will be examined unless these
conditions shall be complied with.
Terms of payment.
Of the sum of $100,000 appropriated for the
above object, $50,000 shall be paid as the work
of removing the raft advances, aa follows?to wit:
Whenever the contractor shall report that a portion
of the raft has been removed, the same shall
be Inspected by an officer appointed by the War
Department; and if it shall appear that Buch
is the fact, the Department will pay such a proportion
of the said sum of $50,000 as the portion removed
shall bear to the entire raft, provided no
partial payment shall be made for leas than onetenth
part of the whole work. The remaining
$50,000 will he paid in equal annual instalments
corresponding in number with the number of years
during which the contractor shall bind himself to
keep the navigation open, of which fact the Department
is to be the Bole judge.
Each bid must be for the whole work?that is,
for the removal of the raft, and for keeping the
river open for a specified period. No separate proposals
for portions of it will be considered.
The proposals will be addressed to the underI
rvmrlrnrl An fhfl pntfAlnnft. "PmnOflflla fot
Olgwou, IIIUI ?vw r ,
removing Red River Raft."
The War Department reserves to itself the right
of awarding" the contract according to its own
judgment of the moat favorable bid and the most
responsible bidder.
To be inserted in the Union, Republic, and National
intelligencer, Washington, D. C.; Cincinnati
Gazette, Cincinnati, Ohio; Louisville Journal,
Louisville, Kentucky; St. Louis Republican, St.
Louis, Missouri; Shreveport Ilerald, Shreveport,
Louisiana; New Orleans Commercial Bulletin; New
Orleans Bee; New Orleans Republican; Gazette
and Democrat, Little Rock, Arkansas; Telegraph,
Washington, Arkansas. J. J ABERT,
Colonel Corps Topographical Engineers.
July 14? d20t&tawt20Sep
PROFESSOR ALEXANDER C. BARRY'S
TRICOPHEROUS,or Medicated Compound, for
beautifying, curling, preserving, restoring and
strengthening the Hair, relieving diseases of the
skin, curing rheumatic pains and healing external
wounds. Bounded by no geographical lines, the
reputation of Barry's Tricopherous pervades the
Union. The saies of the article of late years have
increased in a ratio that almost exceeds belief.
Professor Barry, after a careful examination of his
sales-book, linds that the number of bottles delivered
to order, in quantities of from half a gross
upward, during the year 1852, was within a trifle
of 950,000.
It is unnecessary to present at length the evidences
of the wonderful properties of the Tricopherous
when the public have furnished such an
endorsement as this. The cheapnessof the article,
and the explanations given of its chemical action
upon the hair, the scalp, and in all caees ol
superficial irritation, first recommended it to
the attention of the people. This was all that
the inventor desired. Every bottlo advertised
itself. The effects of the fluid exceeded expectation.
It acted likoacharm. The ladies would
not be without it. Country dealers in every
section of the United States found they must
have it; and thus was built up n wholesale
trade of an extent hitherto unheard of as regards
articles of this kind. The highest point has not
yet been reached, and it is believed that the sales
this year will be a million and n half of bottles.
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The Boyhood of Great Men, with illustra
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Uncle Robin in his Cabin in Virginia, by J. VV
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Helen and Arthur, or Miss Thusa's Spinning
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July 12 FRANCE TAYLOR.
THE REPUBLIC.
From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
Inundation of a Coal-Pit in Belgium.
On the 28th of February, 1812, about half-past
ten in the morning, one hundred and twenty-seven
men and boys were at work in the Marias seain of
the Beuujonc Colliery, which is situated about a mile
and a quarter from the city of Liege, on the western
side. A seam of coal, it is scarcely necessary
to say, is one of those tliin layers, alternating regularly
with layers of sandstone, into which all
coal-beds are arranged. As usual, the access to
the Marias seam, or rather to the Beauionc coalpit
generally, was by a large rounded shaft or
bure-pit, resembling an oblong well, and one hundred
and eighty yards in depth from the surface or
open air. This pit having been long wrought,
there were a great number of excavated seams, or
those from which coal had been taken, leading off
from the shaft at various depths above the Marias;
one of these excavated seams, called the Petsay
seam, chanced to have, at a part of it distant more
than one hundred yards from the shaft, a communication
with the scam of a neighboring coalEit,
where there was a large collection of water,
ept from breaking out by a frame-dam or wooden
dike.
This was the condition ot things on the morning
mentioned, when the workers, one hundred
and twenty-seven in number, wore in the Marias
seam. Unhappily, the water alluded to then
broke out, and flowed into the Petsay seam, by
which it found a direct passage into the shaft of
the Beaujonc pit, at the bottom of which was the
Marias seam. The latter seam being eighty-five
yards lower in the shaft than the Petsay seam the
water accordingly had a fall of that extent.
When it first broke into the shaft, the corf, or
strong square box in which the coal and workmen
are carried up and down, and which was moved
by means of chains?by ten horses working above
ground?was just drawn up. The man who filled
the corf first observed the influx, and believed, as
did several other workmen, that something had
fono wrong with the pipes of the steam-pump. .
'lie overseer, Hubert Goffin, was immediately (
called to the spot, and, as soon as he arrived, per- (
ceivcd some dangerous mischance to have taken |
place from the quantity of the falling water. Al- (
most all the men then in the Marias seam were ,
speedily assembled at the bottom of the shaft,
when the corf, after being emptied from above, j
again came down. Of course all were eager to >
save themselves by entering it; and the overseer, |
Goflin, whose son, a boy of twelve years, was ,
with him, had also put his foot into the corf to
ascend, when he again withdrew it, exclaiming? (
"If I ascend, my workmen will be lost; I am j
determined to leave this place the last?to save 1
them all, or perish with them!" He then put a
blind man into his place, and the corf went up
with about a dozen men in it?the number it could
carry. Being suspended by only two of its four
chains, it fell, in its ascent, to one side, and some
-' l? inmKIn^ mil nf it intn thfl ranidl v-cnl -
lecting water, from which they were extricated by
Goffin and his son. When the corf camo down
again, the men rushed to it in a crowd, but the
force of the fulling water threw a part of them
down, some of whom only were saved. Filled
with men, the corf again wont up, and by the
time it came down again the water stood breasthigh
at the bottom of the shaft. As the people
abovo were whipping the horses rapidly round,
there was but a moment's time to lay hold of the
corf, but tire men clung to it in spite of Goffin's
warning, and, in consequence, the most of those
who tried to ascend on this third occasion fell in
their ascent, and peri ihed in the pit. This was
the last time that the corf carried up any of the
workmen. There were ladders standing in the
shafl for the use of the fire-engine, and some of
the men attempted to attain safety by means of
them, but the violence of the waterfall speedily
struck down these unfortunates.
Escape by the pit now became impracticable,
the water having nearly reached the roof of the
jnder-galleries. Not a moment was to be lost by
those below in taking up a position of temporary
safety. Hubert Goffin remained collected. Ho
had ordered one of the men with him to make an
opening in tho air-shafl?a narrow bore rising to
the open air with a long chimney upon its top?
through which opening they could gain the riseboards
or galleries on the ascending part of the
strata from the pit, every other way of escaping
death being impossible. Accordingly, all the assembled
workmen, only thirty-three of whom had
been saved by the corf, were led by Goffin to one
1 of these galleries, with tho exception of a few
men who, deaf to the overseer's entreaties, remained
in the filling place, near the shafl, in the
' hopes of reaching the corf, and perished. The
I corf descended, indeed, but no man could reach
it. The men and boys, drawn together in the
U?lloi-i7 o,nnn/l finflin wnrn in n denlorahle con
(iition?buried in tho bowels of the earth at the
depth of one hundred and eighty-five yards?
grouped together in a narrow space, deprived of
food and almost of vital air, with little hope of
relief, and fearing to be drowned in the water
which they saw increasing. The boys, crying
bitterly, crowded about Goffin, exclaiming:
"Dear master, how shall we escape?"
Wo hope the reader understands the position
in which this unhappy band was placed. They
had got through the Marias seam, out of the shaft
altogether, and had risen into certain galleries,
which placod thorn above the water. Tiio intrepid
overseer encouraged the men repeatedly, saying:
"Lambert Colson [one of the chief proprietors]
will not abandon us; if we cannot escape by
our own shaft, wc shall by Mamonster." Mamonster
pit was one close by that of Beaujonc,
and Goffin judiciously concluded that, as it was
impossible to remove the water?which rose
twenty-eight yards in the shaft?in time to save
them, the people above would try to make a way
from tho Mamonster pit, the mouth of which was
about 190 yards from the Beaujonc shaft. Ifndor
this impression, Goffin resolved to do something
to aid in the liberation of his comrades and himself.
Guessing the proper direction, he set some
of the workmen to commence drifts in the four
rise-boards or galleries?called the 4th, 5th, fitli,
and 7th?with which he had a communication by
what is termed a headway. Tho stoutest men he
set to work in the 7th, which ho thought the most
hopeful. Two men could only work at a time,
but they constantly relieved each other, and others
carried away tho excavated matters. After
toiling more than two long days?from Friday
to Sunday evening?by the light of candles
, and without food, and with only dirty water
i to drink, in tho drill of tho 7th rise-board, the
picks began to return a sound which told the exi
perienced listeners that an excavation was nigh.
On this the work went on with fresh vigor; but
when they did break through a sad disappointment
awaited them. A gust of inflammable air
came through the opening with a horriblo noise,
1 indicating the cavity beyond to be an old disused
, pit. Had not Goftin instantly stopped the bole,
they would all have been destroyed by tho foul air.
This disappointment seemed to take away all
chance of reliof, and despair began to seize on the
" men. They uttered tho saddest cries, declaring
death to be inevitable, and bewailing the fate of their
wives, children, and parents. In their desperation
they domanded of their master what was to become
of them. Goffin tole them there was yet a
[ resource in the f>th board, and would have led
led them to it. No man would move. "Well,"
said the overseer, "since you refuse to obey me,
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we can die!" He then took his son, and embraced
his friends, and ail exertion^ seemed to be at an
end, when Coffin's son, a feeble child, as if inspired,
exclaimed: "You act like children, fellow
the orders of my father. We must persevere in
our work, and show to those who shall survive us
that we had courage even in death."
ThiB speech from a mere child reanimated the
men, ana they began a drift in the fifth board,
whir.h ttittv lilt<1 Hrnrpftlv ilnnp. whan t.hav heard
the joyful sounds of people boring and blasting in
tlie strata before them. Notwithstanding this announcement,
that people were straining every
nerve to relieve them, Goffin's men were so exhausted
on the Sunday night that they again
refused to work, saying that they had as
soon die one way as another. Goffin entreated,
menaced, and compelled, and but for him most
certainly all would have perished.
On the Sunday night the' candles went out
from want of oxygen in the air?a sad index of
what the captives must have suffered from the '
same cause. The darkness added to the gloom of
the men, as they had to work in the dark. Two
orphan boys flattered themselves they should not
perish, because their father prayed for them in
neaveu. Tlte boy Gofliii showed the most remarkable
heroism. He frequently came to his father,
clapped him on the back, and exclaimfed: "Courage,
futher! all goes well." While others bewailed
their own fate, this boy thought only ofhis
mother, and his six brothers and sisters. "Father,"
said he, "you and I only earned money; how are
they to live ? Must they beg ? Dear father, I know
you have hid some money in the cow-house?how
will my mother bo able to find it ?"
"And you, my boy," said the parent, "where
have you hid yours?" The child congratulated
himself that his only crown was in the hands of
his sister.
Between the Sunday and Wednesday the sounds
or people wonting were neurit, uppruueuiug always
nearer and nearer. The confined men also
continued their excavation, but most of them
were incapable of doing- any thing-. The only aliment
they could find was the infected water,
which they got in the darkness by creeping to the
sdge of the Hood; but some of them also went
there in the hope of finding a drowned comrade's
!>ody to serve as food. In preference to taking
the water, some drank their own urine; and a few
candles which they had served as food to others.
Delirium attacked several; they asked their way
liome, and sought salad and cabbage from Goffin.
That intrepid man never lost his courage or care
For them. Ho called over their names frequently,
and calmed them always with assurances of coming
relief. And much he had to bear, for somo
of them, in their madness, taunted him with being
the cause of their suierings. The most of
Lhem, however, clung to him as their hope, protector,
and preserver.
Five days and nights of misery liad been passed,
partly in darkness, by the imprisoned miners,
when relief came. We must advert, however,
before describing this deliverance, to the steps
used above ground to effect it. The intelligence
of the inundation threw the families of the unfortunate
colliers into the most terrible agony,
and excited the most profound sensation and sympathy
in the whole neighborhood of Liege. M.
Matthieu and M. Migneron, the engineer and
deputy engineer of the coal works of Beaujonc,
were on the spot immediately after the occurrence
of the accidont, and took the management
of the measures, instantly resolved upon, for attempting
the rescue of those hold captive in the
bowels of the earth. To their honor, all the
coal proprietors and others around offered horses,
engines, and men, for the undertaking. Though
it was seen to be impossible to clear the shafl of
water in time to do good, yet, to prevent it rising
so as to inundate the galleries, one hundred
horses were set to work on the fire-pump, and
much water taken out; but it rose faster than it
nnrt thn HOIirnn was not closed
up till Sunday. However, it was on another
Bcheme that the chance of relief hung. M. Migneron,
at the head of a body of strong men, entered
the headway?dilapidated unluckily?of the
Mamonster pit; and afler crawling through a dangerous
passage of one hundred and thirty-one
yards long, arrived at the spot nearest to
where the confined men were supposed to be in
the Beanjonc pit. A bore, or drift, was commenced
in the direction that seemed most likely
to do good; but all was sad uncertainty on this
point. Only two men at a time, lying upon their
sides, could work in the drift, but they wero often
relieved. The seam of coal, besides, was hard,
and cost about three hours to make eighty inches
of way. While this drift was going on, every
scheme was tried to direct the confined men s
attention to the spot, by firing small cannon, and
making other,noises. No appearance, however,
of succeeding in this respect presented itself till
Saturday, when some slight noises were heard.
Nevertheless, no distinct indication of the quarter
in which the men were was given till the Monday,
when it was found that the drift was going
as nearly right as possible. On the Tuesday, after
almost incredible labor, a passage fifty-one
yards long was made, and a boring-rod passed
through into the cavity where the captives were, j
but in so indirect a manner as to permit of no
other communication with them than by speech. J
But oven this was a great satisfaction, as it cna- |
bled Goflin to announce the existence of moBt of
the workmen. The hole mentioned had to be
stopped up, as the prisoners could not bear tho
pressure of the air, which rushed in impetuously.
On tho 4th of March, (the Wednesday,) at
twolve o'clock noon, the miners broke through
into the passage begun, and carried to the length
of twelve yards, by Goffm and his companions.
This made a passage in all of sixty-three yards.
When tho barrier was broken down, the air rushing
in, caused a report like thunder. Then did
the captives press to the hole, and crawl out, man
by man, Gomn and his son being tho lost. Seventy
human beings were thus restored to this
world in a measure; twenty-four men had perished
in all. Every preparation that kindness
and skill could suggest had been previously made
for giving food and other nocessaries, in a proper
way, to tlie liberated workmen. Such were tho
crowds continually in waiting near tho spot to
learn tho result, that tho military had to bo kept,
always on guard at tho place, lest the workers
should be interfered with. Tho air was rent with
acclamations when tho liberation was announced
to the multitude. But who can describe the joy
of tho families of thd delivered, or tho sorrow of
others for the lost ?
Hubert Goftin, to whom tho merit of saving
these men from this terrible calamity is chiefly to
be ascrilied, was rewarded by tho King of thoNetherlands
with tho decoration of tho Legion of
Honor. But he received n far higher remuneration
in the profound gratitude of tho saved, as
well as of their wives, parents, and children.
A Nf.w Device.?A gang of thieves was arrested
in Cleveland on the 15th instant, on board
iin> (wnmer r orem * roin nunaio. i ney
wore five in number. One was detected in withdrawing
money from false iron nuts on the arches
of the boat. The false iron nuts by these covies
are a most ingenious "dodge." They can bo
crammed full ot bank notes and placed upon the
arches, where, if observed at all, they will appear
as regular fixtures. When carried in the pocket,
in case of the owner getting into a tight place,
they can bo hurled into the lake and sunk in
! "short order.''
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