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IN pursuance of Uw, I, FRANKLIN PIERCK,
President of the United States, do hereby declare
and make known that public sales of the
sections and parts of section* of land, all bearing
r' the odd numhert, which remain to the Dnited
States, within six miles on each side of the line of
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Vol. V. WASHINGTON : SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 27, 1853. No. 46.
oi Aia do ma ann mississippi, budjocv iv uuuuic mc
minimum price of the public land*, as provided by
. S the act of 20th September, 1850, will be held at the
following land offices, in tho States of Alabama
and Mississippi, at the periods hereinafter desig*
aated, to wit:
At the land office at ST. STEPHENS, in Alabama,
commencing on Monday, the fifth 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 bate line and west of the principal mtri/
dian.
Townships oi?< and (too, of range one.
Townships one, two, three, and four, of range
two.
Townships one two, three, four and five, of
range three.
Townships one, two, three, four, five, $ix, and
seven, of range four.
f Townships three, four, five, six and seven, of
range five.
South of the base line and west of the principal meridian.
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 bate line ana east oj me principal meridian.
Townships three and four, of range one.
At the land office at DEMOPOLIS, in the same
State, commencing on Monday, the twelfth day of
September next, for the disposal of such sections and
parts of sections, being the odd number? above ref?
red to, as are situated in the undermentioned
^ townships, to wit:
North of the bate line and wett of the principal meridian.
Townships eighteen, nineteen, and twenty, of
range four.
At the land office at TUSCALOOSA, in the
' same State, commencing on Monday, the fifth day
of September next, for the disposal of such sections
and parts of sections, being the odd number! above
referred to, as are situated in the undermentioned
townships, to wit:
? North of the bate line and wett of the principal meridian
tn the toulhern 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 of such sections and
parts of sections, being the odd numbers above referred
to, as are situated in the ur 'ermentioned
townships, to wit:
North of the bate line and east of the Choctaw
meridian.
Townships eight, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen,
h 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.
TownshiDS eieht. nine. ten. eleven, twelve, thir
teen, four teen, fifteen, and sixteen, of range eighteen.
Townships eight, nine, ten, eleven, and twelve, of
range nineteen.
At the land office at AUGUSTA, in the same
State, commencing on Monday, the twenty sixth
day of September next, for the disposal of such sec^
lions and parts of sections, being the odd numbers
P* 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, of
range fourteen.
Townships one, two, three, four, live, six, and
t seven, of range fifteen.
Townships one, two, three, four, five, six, and
seven, of range sixteen.
Townships one ,five, six, and seoen, of range seventeen.
Township seoen, of range eightoen.
North of the baseline, west of the meridian, and east
qf Pearl river.
Townships three, four, five, six, seven, and eight,
of range five.
Townships five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten,
of range Bix.
Townships seoen, eight, nine, and ten, of range
seven.
Townships, eight, nine, and ten, of range eight.
The townships herein designated in Roman let-a
ui^atlw utifhiri (Ha liinitn of "ail aAr.iinns
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in width on each aide of said rond,'' and those in
italics are parity 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 ot 20th September, I860,
to the States aforesaid, for said railroad, notex*
ceeding one hundred feet on each side thereof; and
therefore the particular tracts of land which include
the road will be sold aa 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,
tho twenty-third day of May, A. D. 1863.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
By the President:
John Wilson,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Notice to actual settlers on lands of the United
States originally withdrawn from market on account
of the railroad grant.
Under act of Congress, approved 3d March, 1853,
entitled "An act to extend pre-emption rights to
certain lands therein mentioned," the pre-emption
laws of the United States as they now exist arc
extended over the alternate reserved sections of
public lands along the line of the railroad hereinbefore
mentioned, where the settlement and im
provement were made prior to the final allotment of
the alternate sections to the enid railroad. There
^ fore, alt claims by pre-emption to anjr of the alternate
sections of public lands within the limits
originally reserved will attach, if predicated upon
settlements made prior to the 4th February, 1863,
the date of the final allotment.
Claims within thesis miles limits must be proven
up at any time before the day herein fixed for the
commencement of tho public sale, and are to be
paid for at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents
per acre. Claims outside of the six miles, and
within tho limits of the original reservation, must
be provpn up prior to the restoration of said lsnds
to private entry.
Soldiers' bounty land warrants, at a dollnr and
twenty-five cents per acre, may be received in
payment for either clnss of lands; one warrant
only, however, can be located by each prc-cmptor.
Immediately after the close of the public sale
directed by the foregoing proclamation of the Pre
sident, applications will be received for tho purchase
at private entry, or location by warrants,of
the lands reserved to sntisfy this grant, outside of
the six miles limits, in eurh order as to prevent
confusion and insure accuracy, in accordance with
instructions to be issued to the registers and recover*.
JOHN WILSON,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
May 26?wt3w
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By the President of the United States.
IN pursuance of law, I, FRANKLIN PIERCE,
President of tbe United 8tates 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 office at WILLOW RIVER, commencing
on Monday, the third day of October
next, for the disposal of the public Innds situated
in the following named townships, viz:
North of the base line and west 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 tbe public lands within the undermentioned
townships and parts of townships, to wit:
North of the bast line and east of the fourth pt incipal
meridian.
Townships twenty five and twenty six, of range
twelve.
Fractional township twenty one, went 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 1
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. 1
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 tne 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 twenty and twenty one, of range one.
Townships seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenly,
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 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 seven, (except sections thirteen, [
twenty four, twenty five, thirty five, and thirty '
six,) and townships twenty eight, twenty nine, 1
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- i
ty, thirty, and thirty one, in township twenty ^
eight; township twenty nine, (except sections twen
ty five to twenty eight, and thirty threeto thirty I
six,) and township thirty, of range seven. I
Sections one to five, eight to fifteen, twenty two 1
to twenty seven, thirty five and thirty six, in i
township twenty four; township twenty five, (ex- t
cept sections six, seven, eighteen, nineteen, thir- t
ty, and thirty one;) township twenty six; town \
ships twenty seven, (except section six,) twenty t
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 I
nine. I
Township twenty six, of range eleven.
At the land office at MINERAL POINT, commencing
on Monday, the second day of January i
next, for the disposal of the following, being re |
eiduary tracts of the reserved lead mineral lands,
which were not included in the proclamations of i
me zum WOVCHlDCr, loso, nuu zoiu rxpiii, iuui, iu ,
be sold under the act of Congress entitled "An net
to authorize the President of the United States to <
sell the reserved mineral lands in the States of j
Illinois and Arkansas,and Territories of Wiscon- i
sin and Iowa, supposed to contain lead ore," approved
July 11,1846, to wit: t
North of the base line and east of the fourth prtn- |
cipal meridian. I
The west half and northeast quarter of the south- 1
west quarter, the northeast quarter of the north- (
west quarter, and the southeast quarter of the c
southeast quarter of section one; the cast half of '
the northwest quarter, the southeast quarter, the
west haif of the southwest quarter, and the south
west quarter of the northeast quarter of twelve; ~
and the northeast quarter, and north half ofsouthwest
quarter of twenty nine, in township one; the
northeast quarter of section thirteen, in township '
two; the west half of tho-'northwest quarter of 6
section eleven, in township three; the cast half of e
the southeast quarter of section twenty five, and ,
the east half ol the southwest quarter of thirty six, '
in township five, of range one. }
The west half and northeast quarter of the north- 1
west quarter, the east balfof the northeast quarter, '
and the east half of the aoutheastquarterof section E
two, in township two, of range two. '
The casthalf of the northeast quarter, and the 1
northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of sec- *
tion four, in township two, and the northwest
quarter of the northwest quarter of section five, in (
township three, of range three. I
The cast half of the northwestquarter, the north
west quarter of the northeast quarter, and the east '
half of the southwest quarter of section thirty, in 1
township four; and the west half of the northwest '
quarter of section thirty five, in township five, of (
rangofour. J
North of the base line and west of the fourth principal
meridian.
fThe west half of the northwest quarter of sec- ,
tion three, in township two; the east half of the |
northwest quarter, and the southeast quarter of i
the northeast quarter of four; the west half of the i |
southeast quarter of si*; tha soutlicnst quarter of
tho southeast quarter of twenty seven, and the ,
southeastquarterof tho northwest quarter of thirty
four, in township three, of range one.
The northwest quarter of section ten. and the
west half of the southeast quarter of thirty, in <
township three, of range two.
At theSAME PLACE, commencing on Monday, ;,
the third day of October next, for the disposal of
the public lands within the following sections, and
parts of sretions, to wit;
North of the base tine and west of the fourth principal
meridian.
Section one, the east half and southwest quarter,
the west half of the northwest quarter, nnd the
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 half
of twenty-seven; the east haK of twenty eight,
arid the north half of thirty five, in townihifi ten
of range five.
Lands appropriated by law for the use of school*,
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 sales.
In accordance with the provisions of the act of
11 tli July, 1846, hereinbefore referred to, preemption
claims will not bo allowed to any of the
ibove-mentioned lead mineral tracts to be offered
it Mineral Point, until after they have been offered
it 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 commenced
on the days appointed, and will proceed
in the order in which they are advertised until the
whole shall have been offered, and the sales thus
elosed; but no sale shall be kept open longer than
two weeks, and no private entry oftiny 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
ine 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
Darts of townahins above enumerated, is required
to establish the same to the satisfaction of the' rearlater
and receiver of the proper land office, and
make payment therefor as toon at practicable after
teeing this notice, and before the day appointed for
the commencement of the public sale of the lands
embracing the tract claimed, other wise 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 to give the bond with sureties as required,
proposals for tho work are again invited
as follows:
Proposals will be received until the 20th day of
next September for the removal of obstructions to
the navigationo< Red river (Louisiana) occasioned
by the raft, and for keeping the said navigation
free from the Bathe 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 time in which he proposes
to complete the removal of the raft, the said
time not to be later than the 1st day of June, 1865;
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 good sureties, each for the
sum of $10,000, conditioned for the faithful execution
of the contract. Each bidder will transmit, at
the eame time with his proposals, the names of the
persons whom he offers as sureties, and a declaration
Bigned 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
lbove object, $60,000 shall be paid as the work
jf removing the raft advances, as follows?to wit:
Whenever the contractor shall report that a porion
of the raft has been removed, the same shall
>o Inspected by an officer appointed by the War
Department; and if it shall appear that such
s the fact, the Department will pay such a propor.ion
of the said sum of $50,000 as the portion renoved
shall bear to the entire raft, provided no
martial payment shall be made for less than oneenth
part of the whole work. The remaining
$50,000 will he paid in equal annual instalments
corresponding in number with the number of years
luring which the contractor shall bind himself to
keep the navigation open, of which fact the Department
is to be the sole judge.
Each bid must be for the whole work?that is,
for the removal of the raft, and for keeping the
river open for a specified period. No separate pro
poaala lor portions or it win oe consiaereo.
Tho proposals will be addressed to (he undcrn'gned,
marked on the envelope, "Proposals for
-emoving Red River Raft."
The War Department reserves to itself the right
>f awarding' the contract according to its own
udgment of the most favorable bid and the most
csponsiblc bidder.
To be inserted in the Union, Republic, and Naionnl
Intelligencer, Washington, D. U.; Cincinlati
Gazette, Cincinnati, Ohio; Louisville Journal,
Louisville, Kentucky; St. Louis Republican, St.
Louie, Missouri; Shrcveport Herald, Shreveport,
Louisiana; New Orleans Commercial Bulletin; New
Jrleans Bee; New Orleans Republican; Gazette
ind Democrat, Little Rock, Arkansas; Telegraph,
Washington, Arkansas. J. J ABERT,
Colonel Corps Topographical Engineers.
July 14 ? d20t$rtawP20Sep
PROFESSOR ALEXANDER. C. BARRY'S
TRICOPHEROUS,or Medicated. Compound, for
jeuutifying, curling, preserving, restoring and
itrcngthening the Hair, relieving diseases of the
ikin, curing rheumatic pains and healing external
vounds. Bounded by no geographical lines, the
cputation of Barry's Tricopherous pervades the
Union. Tbc sales of the article of late years have
ncreased in a ratio that almost exceeds belief.
Professor Barry, after a careful examination of his
lalcs-book, finds that the number of bottles deivcrcd
to order, in quantities of from half a gross
ipward, during the year 1852, was within a trifle
>f 950,000.
It is unnecessary to present nt length the evilenccs
of the wonderful properties of the Triconherous
when the public have furnished such an
?ndorscment as this. The chcapnessofthe article,
ind the explanations given of its chemical nction
lpon the hair, the scalp, and in all cases of
luperficial irritation, first recommended it to
be attention of the people. This was all that
;be inventor desired. Every bottle advertised
(self. Tho effects of the fluid exceeded cxpcc.
I. i:i _I TI.. M
IUIUI1. Ilur.iou Uliu n tu.ii in. i iiu
not he without it Country dealers m every
jec.tion of tiro United States found they must
have it ; and thus was boilt up a 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 a half of bottles.
Depot and manufactory, No. 137 Broadway, New
York. Retail price, 25 cents a large bottle.
Liberal discount to purchasers by the quantity
Sold by all the principal merchants and druggists
throughout the United States and Canada, Mexico,
West Indies, Great Britain, France, ftc.., by
S. PARKER, Pcnn. avenue,
And A. LAMMOND, 7th street,
June 4?d&triw6m* Washington.
H OME PICTURES, bv Mrs. C. W. Denison.
I'he Boyhood of Great. Men, with illu^tra
tions.
Uncle Robin in his Cnbin in Virginia, by J. W.
Page.
Helen and Arthur, or Miss Thusn's Spinning
Wheel, by Caroline Lee Ilentz.
July 12 FRANCE TAYLOR.
THE REPUBLIC.
To ail Absent Wife.
BY G. D. PRENTICE.
'Ti? morn?the sea breeze seems to briny
Joy, health, and freshness on its wing;
Bright flowers, to me all strange and new,
Are glittering in the early dew,
And perfumes rise from every grove,
As incense to the clouds that move
Like spirits o'er yon welkin clear;
But I am sad-?thou art not here!
'Tin noon?a calm, unbroken sleep
Is on the blue wave of the deep;
A soft haze, like a fairy dreain,
Is floating ovor wood and stream,
And many a broad magnolia flower,
Within its shadowy woodland bowor
Is gloaming like a lonely star;
But I am sad?thou art afar!
'Tie eve?on earth the sunset skies
Are printing their own Eden dyes;
The stars come down and trembling glow
Like blossoms on the wave below, '
And like an unseen spirit, the breozo 1
Seems lingering 'mid the orange trees,
Breathing its music round the spot;
But I am sad?I see theo not!
'Tis midnight?with a soothing spell
The fur-oft tones of ocean swell?
Soft as the mother's cadence mild,
Low bending o'er her sleeping child,
And on each wandering breeze arc heard
The rich notes of the mocking bird,
In many a wild and wondrous lay;
But I am sad?thou art away!
I sink in dreams?low, sweet, and clear
Thy own dear voice is in my ear;
Around my cheek thy tresses twine?
Thy ow/i loved hand is clasped in mine,
Thy own soft lip to mino is pressed,
Thy head is pillowed on my breast,
Oh, I lave all my heart holds dear,
And I am happy?thou art here !
A Scene in Coukt.?J1 Black Eye.?"Call
Mrs. Sharp."
"Mrs. Sharp," vociferated the deputy marshal,
in his peculiarly clear and sonorous voice; and a
dapper little Irish woman, who answered to the
above patronymic, came forward and took her
seat at the prisoner's dock, in the police court
yesterday.
"Is Mrs. O'Brien in court?" inquired the judge.
A tall, square-shouldered, red-headed, and redchoekod
dame, with the porspiration streaming
from her face, and the "Arc of Promise" under
each eye, advanced to the witness stand, and
commenced, with the greatest volubility, to tell
her tale of grievance. During the rendering of
her testimony a comical pantomime was being
enacted by the prisoner, who would elevate her
hands, raise her eyes, toss her head, shake her fist
at the witness, and betray sundry other little eccentricities
of excitement.
Mrs. O'Brien proceeded, in the rich brogue of '
Connaught, to detail to the court the troubles and
tribulations she had experienced from the hands '
of the prisoner ever sinco they had been the joint
occupants of a basement story, and drew the
court's attention to the pair of black eyes which ,
she had received from her only the day previous.
Tlio character of Mrs. Sharp as being that of a 1
quarrelsome and turbulent Woman was considered J
as being thoroughly established by the court, and
that she had committed the assault was consid- '
erod to be beyond a question; the judge accord- ,
ingly sentenced her to pay a fine of live dollars .
and the costs of tlio prosecution; but as
"The best-laid schemes of mice and men ]
Gang afl aglee," (
so wero the schemes of Mrs. O'Brien thwarted 1
just at the period of their consummation. With I
an air of triumph at the rosuit of her trial, she i
drew a yellow cotton handkerchief from the vasty <
depths of her pocket and proceeded to wipe her i
face, when, lo! with the perspiration came the I
stain of black from under her eyes, which by some i
ingenious device she had placed there to give her 1
optics the appearance of having received a blow i
from the fist. The quick eye of the court detected ]
the fraud, and tho fine was accordingly remitted i
and the caso dismissed at the cost of tho prosccu- i
trix.?Cincinnati Commercial.
Inhumanity.?A man named Patrick Flemming,
as wo learn by the Herald, put his sick son
in the cellar of his house in Lucas Place, and loft
him, in the last stages of consumption, for eleven
weeks without attendance, without medical aid,
and almost without food of any kind. His bed
clothing had not boon changed all tho time, und
his shirt was worn entirely to pieces. His stopmother
had not been nigfi him for a long time.
Attention was attracted towards the case by a
lady's hearing him groan and cry for "a drink of
water for the love of God !" He was carried to
the house of industry. It is rarely that we hear
of a case of greater brutality.?Boston Post.
Singular Marriage Case in Mifflin County.?Somo
days sinco a young lady of fascinating
address and handsome person, but attirod in
male costume, entered a tailor's shop in a town of
Mifflin county, and asked for employment. Tim
tailor needed a hand, and, pleased with tho appearance
of tho handsome stranger, readily grant- t
ed the request. The honost tailor was very much i
surprised that his journeyman should prefer a 1
chair to tho bench. Subsequent events, however, I
show that lie did not long remain ignorant of the I
cause. They wero subsequently married, and 1
have gone to tho West.?Pliila. Sun, 23th. <
IIf.reiutary Suicides.?Mr. Wolfolk, late the :
sheriff of Tioga county, committed suicide a few
days since by hanging. But a few days before
this his father hung himself; but threo years ago
his grandfather ended his own lifo in tho same (
way. It is a strange illustration of "hereditary (
taint," or of that and tho power of association (
combined. They were all wealthy men, in the
most happy circumstances, and had gained their
means by frugal industry and slow accrotion, and
wero univorsally beloved for their uprightness, (
kindness, and honorable bearing. It is a strange |
circumstance, illustrative of hereditary insanity, (
slowly but surely developed.?Jtlhnny negister.
Births, Marriages, and Deaths in New 1
York.?The law requiring tho registry of births, 1
marriages, and deaths in the city of Now York,
went into effect on the 1st of July. The returns
for that month show the following facts:
Births 1,591
Marriages 492
Deaths 2,533 j
A Btago struck youth onters an "eating-houBe"? '
looks over a l)ill of faro?his thoughts wander 1
through the part he has just boon rehearsing?lie
forgets his dinner, and cries, in a tragic tone?
"What ho! without!"
A waiter cautiously approaches and quietly
says:
"Tlxoy don't make that kind of pudding, sir, but
ran give you n nice l>a ked'apple, without.-'
The true test of man's temper is to keep him
waiting fivo minutes for his dinner.
Aw Oi.d Maid is an odd boot?of no use withI
out a fellow.
The Military System of Great Britain.
In 1805 the British army numbered 200,000
men, a force which was subsequently augmented
to 450,000 in 1814, but which is now greatly below
that number. Its organization differs from that of
any army in Euroj>e?I '.at, by being entirely under
the control of Parliament, from the power
which that body has over its means of support;
second, because no form of conscription exists in
England; and third, because officers' commissions
are purchasable. The prices of the altar, strange
as it may appear, are established and regulated By
law. A lieutenant colonelcy in the Foot Guards
(which is the highest rank that can be purchased)
is held at ??7,250 sterling, and so down to the ensigncy,
which costs $1,200. In the Line, the price
of the same commissions is .?4,500 and <?450; but
theso places are often purchased at much higher
rates. This of course only refers to the European
army of Great Britain.
The British Infantry consists as follows: 1st.
Three regiments of the Guards, the Grenadier
Guards having 2G?the Coldstream and 3d regiment
having 16 companies, averaging from 45 to
00 men in each. 2d. Ten regiments of Infantry,
each of 10 companies, except the 68th, which has
double that number. Of these, six regiments are
Highlanders, eight Light, and four Fusiliers. 3d.
One Light Brigade, consisting of the Light Infantry
and Rifle Battalions (of 10 companies.)
The cavalry consists of?1st. Three regiments
of Life Guards of 8 companies of 50 men; 2d, seven
regiments of Dragoon Guards of 8 companies,
and 3 heavy and 13 light cavalry regiments of 8
companies ranging from 50 to 60 men each.
The Artillery consists of nine battalions of foot,
each of 8 companies, and one brigade of Light
Artillery of 7 companies, to which tho rocket corps
snoiiiu ueauucu.
There are at present 34 regiments or battalions
on home service, one of which is a reserved battalion,
(the 23d;) 26 regiments are in India or on the
way thither; 5 in New South Wales, Australia,
and New Zealand; 7 in British North America; 5
in the West Indies and Burmuda; 14 in the Mediterranean;
7 at the Cape of Good Hope; 2 at Ceylon
; 2 at Mauritius, and 1 at Hong Kong. There
ire likewise two reserved battalions at the Cape,
and one in British North America.
[fVreman's Journal.
Pleasure of Living out of Town.?A spicy
Contemporary gives the following graphic account
of the pleasures of a "delightful summer residence
on Staton Island:"
"How lucky you are to got out of the dust,"
says your friend, buttoning his coat with a prospect
of an avenue of dust up to his homo in Thirtieth
street. "You've nothing to do but to jump
into the boat, and in ten minutes you areas if you
had gone a hundred miles off." "Jump into the
boat, quotha!" Our friend didn't know what had
to jump with us when he proposed this gymnastic
evolution. He hadn't seen the list of commissions
wo brought with us in the morning, and which,
jy dint of scrambling, panting, and desperate
curtailments of business items, we had contrived
to convene under the desk in our office. 1. Gimp
to match pattern. Thank heaven, this is done!
Four times had wo lost the beggarly bit of pattern
silk. 2. Aconite?all right. 3. Pot of violets
iin/I l>r>ntu nf flnwnr sends. 4. Small SUckinir I
pig?here he is, at the bottom of the basket. Two
chickens?hang the fellows, I can't keep their
beads in! 5. The boloved's point lace underdoeves,
&c., from tho cloar-starcher's. They
evidently cannot go with tho pigs and chickens;
besides, you've got the children's shoes and the
mama's bonnet-ribbons, together witli the llorlin
wools and tho sewing-silk, in your pockets.
They are not liko an omnibus; they do get full.
5. Oranges?here they are, in a bag. Oh! anathema
upon paper mado of straw! The bag
burst?well; stow the oranges with tho pigs and
chickens; put tho two pounds of butter on the
top?all right; tie down your basket. That's good
tie tho parcel witii the point lace sleeves outsido,
ivoiding carefully all contact with the chickens'
cbstinately protruding heads. So, now put your
xrm through tho basket?tightly grasp to your
breast the flower pot?and now, gracefully poise,
an your forefinger, carry the ground glass globe
for tho parlor lamp; and. mind you, don't break
it. Now your umbrella, and?what's that blue
paper on the top shell? Oh! the most important
of all?the new straw bonnet, tho beloved so
sweetly left to your discriminating choice, and
which you feel will bo pronounced "a fright,"
and have to come back in the morning. Well,
take it in your hand; put your umbrella under your
arm?never mind poking the eyes of the passengers,
and off with you. "Jump," quotna! we
doubt whether Gabriel Ravel could do it?nobody
olso can, that's a sure thing.
Shenandoah Covnty and the Railroad.?
I'ho order passed t>y tuc last court, to laae me
sense of the people upon the question of taxing
the county to aid in tno construction of the Manassas
Gap railroad through the county, and not
;.o it, ns some suppose, will bo found in. to-day's
naper. In our opinion, this order presents the
question in as fair a light as could be desired by
die most zealous advocates of the road. A provilion
requiring the company to expend the amount
>f the county's subscription within the limits of
lie county, it is true, would have made it more
lcccptable to a portion of the friends of the moamre;
yet if the true elfoct of such a provision is
icrutinizcd, it will ho perceived that it is not *f
.ho least importance whatever; for the obvious
cason that the county cannot pay to the compnnv
iialf the amount necessary to make the road
dirough its length, and that, consequently, more
dian double the amount of the subscription will
jo cxponded within the county, of which our own
citizens will receive at least as much as they have
pnid in the way of a tax, for provisions, &c., furnished
the contractors. While, therefore, it is
true that wo cannot make the road through the
:ounty with our own funds, hut we shall be
Icpcndcnt upon the company to furnish the deficiency,
it would not be a matter of great imporance
upon what section of the road our irtoney
may be spent, provided our subscription is a guarLntce
that tlio road shall bo made for us. That
s the all-important question.
As wc have been frequently interrogated upon
lie subject, we will here state, that those who
lave recently subscribed will havo the privilege
if deducting their taxes from such subscriptions,
provided tho measure shall bo carried, so that it
ivill ill nowise effect tlie amount, unless their
taxes should lie more than the amount subscribed
by them; in which case they would be increased
to the amount of the excess.?Tenth Legion.
First Love.?She put down her veil again immediately
; her lips moved involuntarily as she
lowered it. 1 thought 1 could sec through the
laco that the slight movement ripened to a smile.
Still thcro was enough left, to look on?enough to
charm. There was the little rim of delicate white
laco, encircling tho lovely, dusky throat; there
wns the figure visible where the shawl had fallen
open, slender, but already well developed in its
slenderncss, and exquisitely supple; there was tho
waist, naturally low, and loft to its natural place
and natural size; there were tho little millinery
and jewelry ornaments that she wore, simple and
common-place enough in themselves, yet each a
beauty, each a treasure on her. There was all
this to behold, all this to dwell on, in spite of the
veil. The veil! how little of the woman does it
hido when the man really loves her!
[CollinTa Basil
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A Touch or Nature.?Not many days ago the
writer was a railway passenger on one of the
Ohio lines, when the train stopped at a country
station, and throe young women were added to
the population of the car in which he sat. They
were evidently on an excursion, which to them
possessed very great importance, and consequently
they were attired in their finest and most clashing
apparel. One of them wore a dress cut low in the
neck?opera style. It did not start from the very
"edge ot decorum"?as some wag said about the
dresses of the ladies at Saratoga?but it left fairly
exposed a nicely-turned shoulder and a very graceful
neck.
It was very warm in the car, and a thin shawl
was allowed to drop from the fair one's shoulders,
and soon she became the observed of a number
of young men who sat opposite her. For somn
time she did not recognise their admiration, but
when she did, suddenly she seemed to recollect
that her shoulders were bare, a blush mantled to
her cheeks, her eyes were cast on the floor,
?? J inn< ! uUn dram llOr uVl r? Uf \ C1 fkHSA 1 If
[around her neck. Poor girl! she had probably
never before been away from home with bare
shoulders. Her eye* wandered no more about the
carts; it was vory warm with even a thin ishawl
close around her neck, but she resolutely kept it
tightly pinned, resolved that she would not be the
subject of rude glances, bold staring or indelicate
remarks.
When the cars had stopped, and the conductor
handed the country girls out upon tho station
platform, an old gentleman who sat near us said
quietly:
"That was a touch of nature mighty suggestive."
Nobody disputed him. Assuredly wo did not.
We'll venture that those bare shoulders wore a
source of nervous restlessness to that modest girl
I until hor visit was over, and she got back again
to her father's house.
The Motiieii of Victoria.?Tho Duchess of
Kent is at Frogmore, which is an extensive cottage
ornee in Windsor Park, once inhabited by
Queen Charlotte, of snuffy memory, who has been
immortalized by Byron as
"An ugly, bad old woman."
The Duchess, as mother to our Queen, is provided
for by the public. Sho has an annual al
lowance of .?32,000, besides sundry residences rent
f-- mi.. : 4l,? ;Q
irct*. A HO OUIIUUD b ui HID ui(ii.vv> iM
while her daughtor was heiress presumptive to
the crown, (which was a position involving some
expense,) the Duchess had <?20,000 a year; but
when Victoria became Queen, lessening her mamma's
outlay, the obsequious Melbourne ministry
got Parliament to raiso it to <?32,000?thus showing
that the less she had to spend the more she
must receive!
It was whispered at the time that Lord Melbourne
wished to become third husband to the
Duchess, who was then aged 51. Nothing came
of it, and tho lady, now in her G8th year, is not
likely to change her condition. She has been a
fine woman, jvith dark eyes and hair, but is now
very stout and flabby?known wherever she drives
by the immense ouantity of rouge with which sho
bedaubs her cheeks.
[.London Correspondent JV. Y. Sunday Times.
A Free Fight?Tho following is a description
of a free fight in Western Virginia, as related by
ono of the eye-witnesses thereof. Premising that
there was but one man struck, in answer to an
interrogatory as to who ho was, the narrator roplics:
"I reckon he was from low down on Guy an,
somewnr. Jos as they war jawin, a chap rode up
on a clay-bank boss?I reckin he was Messinger
stock, a scrowgin anomi/, a leetle mite blind o"
both eyes?a peert looking chap enough, an'
when ho got foment tho place, sea he, 'Is
this a free fight'' an' they tole him it wor.
'Well,' says lie, gitting oft" an' hitching his old
clay-bank to a swinging limb, 'count me in/' He
hadn't more'n got it out, aforo somo ono
fetched him a lick, an' ho drapt. He riz drockly
with somo dc/ic/mlty, an' ses lie, 'Is this a free
fighf'an' they tolo him it arr. 'Well.,' ses ho, uniiitchin
his lioss, and puttin his left, leg over tho
back leather, 'count mo out!' an' then he marvelled."
Frightful Death.?Last evening about seven
o'clock Garret Autrey, a night hand at the Zinc
Works, suffered death by being caught in tho machinery.
A belt in tho stamping room having
broken, he went up to the shaft to detach it, and
by somo accident was caught in the belt, his body
wrapped around the shaft, and whirled at the rate
of one hundred and eight revolutions a minuto.
On being discovered, the engine was stopped, the
licit and his clothes were cut loose and the body
taken down, terribly mangled, and life totally oxtinct.
Coroner William Is. Smith was called,and
Dr. <j. Lirant maao an examination, uno ieg
was completely torn off, nnd the whole body was
found contused and lacerated in a shockiup manner.
He leaves a large family of eleven children.
[Newark Jldvertiscr, 23d.
Railroad Insurance.?The idea has been suggested
of requiring nil railroad companies to insure
the lives of tho passengers at a reasonable
rate. On the London and Liverpool railway passengers
can insure their lives for ?1,500 sterling,
at three ponce, for <C],000 nt two pence, and lor
<ff>00 at one penny. This plan secures the greatest
caution on the part of tho directors and conductors
of the road, by the necessity of guarding
against pecuniary loss. It also affords some provision
for distressed families in cases of unavoidable
accidents. m
\
Colonel Frf.mont started from Washington on
Tuesday, on an exploration, on his own account,
of the country between tho Mississippi and tho
Pacific, and especially in the Rocky Mountains
and Sierra Nevada. Ho proceeds to the Missouri
frontier, and will go over tho route which ho proposed
in 1848-49, when ho was stopped by tho
deep snows. He takes an escort of Indians and
mounted men, and intends to make an autumn i
and winter expedition to see tho country under
both aspects.?Philadelphia Ledger, Jlugvst 23.
A Magnificent Bride.?Accounts from Buonos
Ayros state that the amount paid to Commodore
Coc and his squadron by t he city of Buenos
Ayros to abandon Urquiza, and terminate the
l.l.,?Ln,1n I Ik, /-ilv urnnlmlfn million of dollars.
Account from Montevideo state tii.it there was
great, dissatisfaction in the camp of tlio In-sirgers,
and hopes wore expressed that well-directed bribes
might be effectual ill that quarter also. Nothing
is said about Urqui/.a, but lie has probably gone
to Entro llios to look after matters there.
A Gkm.?Among the toasts given at a celebration
of the Fourth of July, wc find tlio following:
"America?Like the Roman virgin, she has
pressed her full breasts to her famishing parent's
lips."
A very pretty idea, no doubt; but wc presume
the writer had allusion to the "Grecian daughter,"
the young Greek matron, who preserved licr
father's life by bestowing on him the natural food
of her infant. It seems a little strange that a
Roman virgin should have performed that duty!
|.V. Y. Tribune. j
Tlio hand that can make a pie is a continual
feast ty tho husband that marries it.
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