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WASHINGTON SENTINEL
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tUL 3- : TRI WEEKLY.
CITY OK WASHIHOTOK. SATI I: l> A Y MOKNTxNG, JANUARY 19, 1856.
WASHINGTON SKXTIN
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r.HI.K ? 'I'll('KF.it AND WM M. OVFKTDN,
IFard'a Building, near the Capital,
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live or more copies?
Tri weekly |>er a.inuin, iit advance #?> " '
Weekly " " ' ')0
lETlWm nsler? ure re<juebted to act as ageul?.
ri^HE HONS OF THE KIREM, A HIS
X lory of llie ltise, Progress, Hiid Destiny ot
the American Party, anil "? probable intluence
uu ilie next Presidential election, to which is
added u Review of the Letter of the Hon. Henry
A. Wise against the Know-nothings, by ail Ame
rican.
The History ol Mason and Dixon's Line, con
tained in an Address delivered by John H. B.
Lai robe, of Maryland, before the Historical So
ciety of Pennsylvania, November 8, ISM. *
Mi ran a Elliot, or the Voice of the Spirit, by S.
3d. H.
Autobiography of Chu.les Caldwell. M.D.,with
a Preface, Notes, and Appendix, by Harriet W.
Warner.
Ju*t received and for sale by
R. FARNHAM,
Corner of Penn. uvenue and 11th street.
Feb 15
AKPEK'S MAGAZINE for September is
jljl a magnilicent number, filled with superior
engravings, and tor sale at Shillinqton's book
H
store.
The great Illustrated Maguzine of Art for Sep
tember is oue of the best that has been issued.
Leslie's Ladies' Qarettc for Septembf oonlM?
all the new Fall fashions.
The Knickerbocker Magazine for September
Godey's Lady's Book, Graham's Magazine, ant.
I'm nam's Magazine, all lor September, received
mid for snle at
SIIILLINGTON'S Bookstore,
rp hk FAILURE of Free Society?Soci
i ology lor the South, or the Failure of Free
Society, by George Fitzhugh. On sale at
TAYLOR & MAURV'S
Book Store, near 9lh street.
WATER-COL, OH PICTURES,
Messrs. TAYLOR & MAURY beg to an
nounce that, at the suggestion of several of our
citizens, the pictures now oi^ exhibition at their
store will be raffled for. ^
Eleven prizes; sixty chances, nt S5.
April 12 Bookstore, near Ninth street.
NEW WORK., by the Author of the Heir
ofRedclyffe. ^
The Castle Builders,by the author of the Heart t
Ease, in paper covers; price f>0 cents ; bound,
cents.
Just published and for sale at
TAYLOR & MAURY'S
March .11 Bookstore, near Ninth street
BO N'T FAIL TO CALL AT HOOD'S
if you wish to purchase anything in the way
ol line American, Loudon, or Geneva watches
filial oau U: relied on for the tru? time,) rich gold
jewelry, pure silver ware, Ate., dec., and save froui
15 to M per cent, as he is now receiving hit
Fall supply, which will be sold til the lowest
wholesale rates.
Fine watches and jewelry repaired, and wur
M'Hrd to vive satisfaction
H. O. HOOD'S
. venue, '.etween 4J and bth streets, sign ol
!i ?- i'tfiic spread eagle.
VT fciW HOOKS RECEIVE!* VT SHII
i.l LI.NGTON'S Bookstort?
'I'tie L'odd Family, by Charles L^ver. author ol
buries O'Malley.
>. hiiid the Scenes, ??y Lady Huiwer Lytlon.
rhe lamplighter, one <?t tne most lasciuuting
'???oks ever written.
".'very thing in the Book Newspaper, and Sta
? ?uery line lor sale at
JOE SHILLINGTON'S
Bookstore. Odeon Building, corner 4J
street and Fa. avenue.
1'0 -MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND
STRANGERS.
WATCHES.?Member* of Congress and
others in want of perfect timekeepers would
do well to make their selections at once, io order
to test their quality before leaving the ci:y.
Our assortment for both Ladies and Gentlemen
was never so complete as at present, embracing
?very description, which we offer unusually low.
M. W GALT Ac BROTHER.
IVim avenue, l?etween Oth and 10th streets.
Jan IS
% NI EI. W EIISTEH. ? Messra. Taylor
At MAURY hav? a few of the original sub
scribers' copies of the works of Daniel Webster,
printed on very fine imperial paper, in which Mr.
Webster inscribed his name. Six volumes;
price S'iO.
T. A: M. are the only booksellers in the Utiited
.Nmtes who have any copies in their possession.
Mar 11 Bookstore near 9th st.
D
hm; w atciie* & kicii jewelky.
if < I. HOOD, Pennsylvania avenue, between
1 . 44 hnd 6th *lreeta, has just returned from
'he north with a good assortment of the moat rich
* 1111 iH*liional>ltr Jewelry in the market, which he
|iiiiciiii??Ml lor cash at very low prices, and now ol
ur? lor pale the same, at wholesale or retail, much
?????*.t|?ei limn good* of like <|tiality baveeyer been
? ??(?I lot 111 this section of country. Please call at
hi. Mane, sign of the large spread eagle
\. It. Speciul attention paid to the repairing of
watches by W. W. Ilollingsworth.
" |)OOH'M l< A lj.lt O A I > MAP OF THE
i. UNITED STATE*."-Thi* celebra
ted Map, recently eulogised by Lieutenant Mau
ry, in his " Virginia Letters," la on sale at
TAYLOR &* MAURY'S
l>ec 1 Bookstore, near Ninth street.
t
noUTHBRX ROOK.?Origin of the Cn
dilution ; Incorporation of the Oeneral Gov
era me M by the State*; as nntional public agenta
?n trust, with no sovereignty ; History of Copart
ner-hip Territories from the Virginia Deed. 17S4,
10 the Treaty with Mckico, 1818; Division of the
Public Lands; Specific Duties; Origin and History
f*t I lie Puritans; Origin and Cause of Trouble be
tween the North and South, and Jeopardy of the
Republic,; Legal mode Or Redreaa pointed out; by
W. IS. Davis, Wilmington, North Carolina. Price
Two Dollara.
On Sale at fllMHOPm Periodical store.
No. 216 Pennsylvmia avenue,
adjoining Willard'a Hotel.
rpKEIII.E PATENT IMPItOVED BYR
let Machine.
First patent combined on one stock.
Second patent, sell leeding in theeyeleta.
Thinl patent, patent improved fastener, riveting
both sides. * ,
All parties in want of a good Eyelet Machine
are strongly recommended to use none but ,-Lip
mail a Patent Irtiproved,*' which is decidedly the
best ever brought belore the public, possessing
numerous advantages, rig:
It is strong, durable, and not liable to get out ol
order.
It punches the hole well and to lit Ihe Eyelet,
and in one operation clinches the Eyelet on both
sides.
Ii savea time, as the paper*, Are., need not be
reversed or turned over to clinch the Kyelet a
second time, as is the case with all other ma
chines.
It is useful to the merchant in filing away
papers, a* well ns to the attorney or conveyancer,
the shomaker, tailor, miltner, and numerous
others, and is a.very labor-saving machine.
Agents for Washington.
TAYLOR 8c MAURY,
Book and Stationery Store, near Jhh st.
May 24
HEADY MADE CLOTHING
AT It EDUCED PRICE*.? Aa the aeasou
is advanced, we have, determined to sell off
the remaining portion of our winter slock at
greatly reduced price* ; tberelore gentleman wish
ing lo consult economy in purchasing line Over
coats, Talmas Lire**, Frock, and Bu*ine?* Coat*;
Black and Fancy Cnahmere Pants; Velvet, Silk,
Satin, mid Merino Vest*; Under Shirts and
Drawer*, and all other ready made garment* ol
fine quality, will find our present variety to lie as
well assorted as in the beginning ol the season,
with the advantage of much lower prices.
WALL & STEPHENS,
332 Pa. avenue, net! to iron Hall.
Feb 24
WOO*) GAS.?CAUTION*
EL; it known that I, the subscriber ob
tained letter* patent id December, 1831, lor
an apparatus for the destructive distillation oi
wood, and the making therefrom of tar or pitch at
pleasure, and gas; and that in the judgment of
competent persons the invention of an appar
tus recently patented by W. D. Porter cannot, be
used by him or any other person witnout infring
ing my said patent. And, further, that what is
patented by said Porter rightfully belongs to me,
as I expect to prove ere long before the United
States Patent Office ; and, further, that the use ot
said Porter's invention involves also a process
which 1 am now claiming before the United States
Patent Office, and which has been adjudged to be
patentable to the first inventor thereof, and which
said W.D. Porter has formally disclaimed, as ap
pears upon the public records ol said office, ot
which an official copy is hereto annexed, and also
a copy of his claims.
In the National Intelligencer of the 25ih instant
Mr. Porter announces that he has secured by
patent the "exclusive right to making gas from
wood," and threatens prosecution to all parties
infringing his patent. 1 ask how this statement
comport* with the lad of my patent of December,
I8f<l, and how far the threat can intimidate under
such circumstances? Mr. Porter's claim is based
upon a movable perforated diaphragm, and was
so understood by the Patent Office, as it appears
from the records of the Patent Office that his I
claim was at fir?a refused as interfering with a
prior patent to Robert Foulis, of Canada, for an
equivalent contrivance. Thin claim, as given be
low, and in which the perforated diaphragm is the
saving clause, is what Mr. Porter calls securing
the '-exclusive right to making gas from wood.
The statement carries absurdity on its front, and
is a libel on the good sense of the Patent Oitice
If such a claim or right had been granted, it would
forbid every coal-kiln and charcoal manufactory'
in the country.
The following copies of correspondence and
extracts Ijroin the records of the Patent Office will
show the true state of the ease:
Unite* States Patent Okkice,
August 25, 1654.
Sir. In reply to your letter of this date, asking
" if any patent has been granted to W. D. Porter,
dated 22d August, 1654, or at any other time, or
to any other person or persons, securing to him
or them " the exclusive right of making gas from
wood," and whether any such claim was uiade by
W. D. Porter, uuder his application for a patent,
which letters patent were issued bearing the
above dale, you are informed that W. D. Porter's
claims are believed to be c nfined to his appara
tus; and, further, this office is not aware that a
patent has been granted heretofore for the exclu
sive right of making gas from womd. It would,
however, be unjustifiable to expect me to make
an extended investigation to answer your re
quest.
I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,
C. Mason, Commissioner of Patents.
W. P. McConaell, Esq.,
Care of Prof. C. G. Page, Washington, D. C.
The United States Patent Office?To all persons to
whom these presents shall come, greting :
This is to certify that the annexed is a true copy
from the files of this office of an extract from a
paper tiled in the matter of the application of W.
D. Porter for letters patent, in accordance with
which application letters patent were issued to thu
said W. D. Porter on the 22d day of August,
eighteen hundred and fifty-four.
In testimony whereof, I. Charles Mason, Com
missioner of Patents, have caused the seal
of the Patent Office to l>e hereunto atfixed
[l. *.] this 25th day of August, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty
four, and of the independence of the United
States the seventy-ninth. C. Mason.
Copy of disclaimer ?f Iff. D. Porter in his applica?
tion for " an improved ttill for making wood
gas "filed August 5, 1654. JMters patent issued
August'?2, 1654.
?' 1 do not claim as my invention and discovery
the improvements in making gas from wood, viz:
subjecting the products of destructive distillation
therefrom to a high degree of heat, substantially
as has been described and for the purposes set
forth in the specification of W. P. MuCoMell."
Th* Unued Stalt* Patent OfHe??To all person* to
whom these present* thai I come greeting :
This is 10 certify iliai the Hnnrxed is a true copy
from the record* of this office of sn extract from
the specification of W. D. Porter's patent, issued
in the -twenty second day of August, eighteen
hundred and titty-four.
In testimony whereof, I, Charles Mason, Com
missioner of Patents, have caused the
seal of the Patent Office to be hereunto
, I affixed this twenty-fifth day ol August,
' n the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fiflv-four, and ol the
independence of the f'nited States the
seventy-ninth. C. Mason.
Eiirnrt from iyperifuatum of IV. D. Porttr on
whtsh Utters patent trerr xmued August 22, 1S54.
Claim.?What I claim as my inveution and de
sire to secure by letters patent is :
"The construction of a gas apparatus or still,
consisting el a metallic or other cylinder R, the
cones E and D, diaphram plate C, and exit pipe
F, substantially as described ill the foregoing spe
cification, and shown in the accompanying draw
ings."
The truth of the ab?ve may be ascertained from
the records of ibe Patent Office, to which all have
acces?.
WM. P. McCONNELL.
By hit attorney CHAS. O. PAGE.
MONNlNt; A large and (in
assortment, at all prices, for sale by
WALL * STEPHENS.
C|UM*KRVK and Preserved (linger and
/ Chow-Chow, Aim and Choong Loong, Can
ion. Iresh importation. For sale l?y
SHEKCLL BROTHERS,
No. 40, opposite the Centre Market.
I^'I>WAKI> L.YCKTT, Hen., Book-Binder
j Potomac Hall, corner of Eleventh-street and
Maryland avenue,over Clarke's L)rtig store, Wash
ington, D. C.
Every atyle of book-binding executed, either in
velvet. Turkey Morocoo, Russia, or fancy colors
(*lf.
Periodicals and Music neatly half bound.
Mr. Lvuktt respectfully suggests to his friends
tliat while much has been done to transmit family
rt-cords. little care has been taken to preserve pa
rental likenesses. Hetakos this method to inform
ma fri'Mids, and those desirous ef |>erpet listing per
sonal remembrances, that daguerreotype like
nesses can be inlaid on the inside covers of fami
y bibles, presentation-lK>oks, or keepsakes, speci
mens ot which can. be sesn at his bindery, or he
can be aiMre?<Mtd by Urtter, which will be promptly
?Mended to.
Yf ATIIKMATICAL DICTIONARY and
Cyclopedia of Mathematical Science, com
nriaisg di-hiiiliona of all the terma employed in
Math manes, an analysis of each branch, and ol
ibe whole as forming a single science, by Charles
I'svies, L L. D., author of a complete course ol
Matheotaiies, and Win. G. Peck. A. M., Assist
snt Professor of Mathematics United States Mili
ary Academy. Just published, and for sal* at
he Bookstore of R FARNHAM,
Sl'Oilfi <i(JAKMY??I am prepared to fur
nish Irom myqnarrt, opposite the Little Falls
and adjoining the quarry of the late Timothy
(J'Ncale. any quantity of stone thst may be needed
lor building purposes. Apply to the (indersigned
st his house on II, between lihh si..I 20th streets,
in the Kir st ward, or to Mr Paine, at the quarry.
July 27 WILLIAM B SCOTT
C10MMKNTAMIK* on the Jurtadlrtlon
/ Practice, and Peculiar Juri?prudence of the
<<o?rts of the United States, vol. I, by George
Ticknor Curtis.
Iloiory of the Crusades, their Rise, Progress,
sa.l Results, by Major Proctor, of the Royal
Military Academy,
Cumining's Lectures on the Seven Churches.
On ssle at
TAYLOR * MAURY'S Bookstore,
16 near Mh street.
P R 0 81' E G T U S
? in
AlHINUTtlN MKNTIMKI*."
I PROPOSE to publish in th? city of Washi*,
ton, in September. a i>.>1 iti<-nI nrw-inyr m.
der the name of the WASHINGTON SENTI
NEL.
In doing so, it is |>ru|MT I should make kwiwi
ihe principles it will niaiuia.a, and ike policy it
will advocute.
It will ?up|x>rl cordially and earnestly tk? prm
ciples of the Democratic party of Ik* I 'nurd iH?t*?
it does not propose to be the or tan of any l>r|>art
inent of the Government, except in so lar as an in
'iepeiideut maintenance of the doctrin?s ol that
party may represent ila opinion- and express it*
views.
It will not be ambiUous to commcud ii -.-ll to i
people by a blind flattery of their rulers. It will
seek public t ipport by the l?old avowal of th?
sentiments wnich are common to the genuine
Democracy of the Union, and by the condemns
lion of nil such ns inuy conflict with thein. from
whatever quarter they inuy come. It will rek to
be (and it will endenvor to desirvc thr \ t .?> I
organ of the Democratic partv of the ^niiel
States.
The Sentinel will maintain, ?? a fundament I
truth of that great party, that the Stat*** formed the
Union between them by the ratification ol 'Vn
stitution a> a compact; by ?vbi'.-h .?l-o, ihe? >u. .1
the Federal Government m<i drle?^j-il <> i,
as their common agent, the power* e*pf?--?'y
specified in it. with an explicit r?*ervnlion ol hII
others to th" State*, or to iheir separate y<>ve.
ments. The exercise of any power* beyond Itu->
thus delegated, is, therefore, an usurpation of ihe
reserved authority of the Suites bv the ??ei?t ut
their own creation.
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upon the basis of the rights of th" State*?under
the Constitution?and thus by sedulously Kui.rdiug
the latter, it will the more effectually strengthen
and perpetuate the former
With regard to the exereit-e of ihe |?ower* ol the
Fee-ml Government, the Sentinel will take a*
the \ rinciples of its action, that Congress ??hull ex
ercis no |>ower which has not l>een delegated by
the C. nstitution, according to a strict and fair in
lerpret tion of its language and spirit; and that it
shall nc seek to attain indirectly an object through
the exei ise of constitutional poumr, for the direct
attainnie t of which it ha* no ArUgation ofpotrer.
In other words, all power* exercised must be
clearly gra ted. and all granted powers niu*t l?e
used.for no purpose, except *uch hk is dearlv in
tended by th Constitution.
In respect to the internal administration of the
Government, the Sentinel will sustain ihe settled
policy of the Democratic party. It will laltor to
inculcate this cardinal doctrine of Democrntiu in
ternal policy:?that this Government will beat
promote the freedom anil prosperity of the people
of the Stales, by being less ambitious to exercise
power, and more ai.xious to preserve liberty; and
by leaving to the individual States the manage
ment of all their domestic contents?while it con
tents itself with guarding the confederacy from
external violence, and directing the foreign policy
of the country to the promotion of the common
interests, and defence of the common ritrhi*, and
honor of the States composing it.
The Sentinel will advocate such a progressive
foreign policy as will suit itself to the exigencies,
and correspond with the expanding interests of the
country. That policy should be energetic and de
cided; but should.temper firmness with lil?erality,
and make its highest ends consist with the strictest
principle* of justice. The real interests of the
country, upon eai h occasion demanding attention
will be its guide in the course the Sentinel wil
pursue.
The national policy of the world in this age is
essentially aggressive. In ths growing sense ol
weakness of some of the nation* of the Old World,
and the ambitious restlessness of others, a com
mon motive,to colonial extension has developed
self.
Our settled determination tc repel interference
from abroad with our domestic concerns, wil
prompt us to avoid it in the affairs'of other coun
tries, unU*.i by their foreign or colonial |>oliey our
peace should be threatened, our security endan
gered, or our interests invaded. For when the
selfish interests of other nations prompt a foreign
or colonial policy which infringes upon our rights
and places in the pathway of our commerce a
dangerous and unfriendly rival, such a policy niuii
be resisted by remonstrance, and, if need l?e, kjr
war.
Our foreign |?olicy shouid. indeed, be defensive,
but to. Imj properly defensive. .t must sometimes be
ajtjtarently aggressiv*. Our administration should
he vigilant, watchful, and energetic. The world
is full of important movements, commercial and
politi'^l, deeply concerning American trade aud
American power. It is time we had an American
foreign policy. We must have it. We cannot
avoid it if we would. We have larger interests, and
a greater stake in the world and its dr^tiny, thnn
every other people. We occupy the best portion
of a continent, with bo neighbors but n colony, and
a Worn-out, anarchical despotism. We are the
olny people whose own land, without coloniul de
fendencies, is washed by the two great oceans ol
(the world. Out agricultural productions are more
varied and more essential to civilized life, and t?
human progress?our mineral and manufacturing
resoarces more vast?ourfacilities and capacity for
1 internal and foreign commerce more exieuded
than those of any other people living under one
government. A continent, to a great extent, un
explored and cxhaust'ess in its yet hidden wealth
is at our feet. European trade seeks the great Ensi
through avenues which are at our doors, or must
be made through our own limits. Europe, Asia,
Africa, and the isles of the sea, lying all around
us, look to us as the rising power, through ihe
agency of whose example, and ever widening and
extending, though peaceful influences, the bless
ings of liberty, civilization, and religion, are des
tined to triumph over the barbarism and sui?er*ti
tion of the millions of the world. And shall such
a people refuse to lay hold upon their destiny, and
act U|?on the high mission to which it is called?
A mission so full of hope, though so laden with
responsibility, whn-h, if properly directed, must
make our confederacy the harbinger of peace to
the world, a* well as the peaceful arbiter of its
destiny.
The Sentinel will, therefore, advocate a bold
and earnest font gn policy, such as the condition ot
the country demands; but it will advocate it under
the flag of the country?nowhere else. Its foreign
policy must be consistent with the spotless honor
and unimpeachable good faith of the country. To
be respectable at home and abroad, and to be great
in the eyes of the world, it must ask for nothing
but what is right, and submit to nothing that is
wrong. It must be liberal and magnanimous to
the rights of others, and firm and immoveable in
insisting on its own. It must, in fine, be true to
its own interests, right*, and honor?it cannot then
be false to those of other nations.
Such, then, is the chart by which we shall be
guided. Independent and free, we shall endeavor
to bo. honest and truthful. The truo friends ot
democratic principles we shall cordially sup|?ort
and defend. Its enemies in the field or in ambiitih
we shall oppose, and on all proper occasions de
nounce
To our future brethren of the press we extend
the hand of friendly greeting. The Sentinel is the
rival of no press of i!s own party?the personal
enemy of none of the other.
The presant Democratic Administration has our
lest wishes for its success in the establishment ol
the great principles upon which ItciMiie into (tower,
and in its honest labors to attain such an end it
will find the Sentinel its friend and coadjutor.
T ATKK YEARS, oy the Author of " the
1 j OI?l House by the River."
Mr. Rutherford's Ch Idren, second volume.
Pebbles from the Lake Shore, or Miscellaneous
Poems, by Charles Leland Potter, A. M.
General Notions of Chemistry, translated from
ihe Krench, by Edmund C. K vans. M. D.
The Land of the Saracens, by llayard Taylor
Brushwood nicked up on the Continent; or
Last Summer's Trip to the Old World, by Orville
Horwitc.
The above are selected from a large arrival of
new books at TAYLOR 9c MAURY'S
IN e P Bookstore, near 9th at.
T |'?Tft*?4 KIVKI> ATTAYLflftAlM M'
fy'a II ??L?!<*?, aear '*k *?MI -
Tbe Plurality I* WrtrW?. WMk mm latfUMiMilMMI
by E4wm4 Hii. ki?rk. Il- U
A l<mrnp M ll?r Ptlk, W.IM Hibir IB Ikr Ha Ml,
ii>* Hum* mhI Ik* Mtrkn PWkoe. by the K*v. W
K Tweed**, l> I).
Tk? MMt* at IUhm, Irf ik? Rifkl Kr?. W
I. K.|< |). II
Ntmiift ud m Y?yaf* MlW Norihweat Otee
f Ainertea, by 0*WmI Kraacbr rr
t'onaa*. by M?Jam* Us ftlarl. mw adiitoa
Vatkek by tl*< kfctrd, do
female Kxti ul lira at Itrtfaia, 4o
Wratere ?>?????? and Adventure* illustrated.
IaIv of Napoleoe. by liaabtt, do
QATIMK AMI) HATIMIMTM. MY JANUt
k7 liaaaay. a Ml bur a4 H.ngteion Kuailrrw, kc.
I'omi d* l.?p**a, or Goteg lo MtdrKl, via K*r
ieU>aa
Ju?t ptibli?kej ltd ft* ?ale tl
TAYLOR V MAl'KY'S
Mari-h ? lliHilltlurr, (rir Ink tirrrl
]>t?l< ft KM, till (be l&tb ul Kaitabcr
ikt br|t built fai>umt al tbe #i>r?rr ol
i.Nh an.I K urtrn. Call at il?e " Sea'iarl" olfi> e.
Imellifeurer, Star. and Organ, om? wrtk daily
ami ?end b II* lo 8r*tn<-l uicf.
May 17?Iwd
The New l ark an?l lJicr|Mwl (Jail?4 Malei
Mall Mieaakrra.
The ?kipa rotnpruiug ikia line are:
The Atlantic Captain Weal.
The Pacific Captain Nye.
Tue Maine . ..I'aptaia Comaloek.
Theac ah.pa kavini bw* built by
contract. txpreaaly lur government
?ervice, every ear* baa l>een taken
in tkeir con ?t ruction, a* alao la their enfinea, lo
inturr >lr?n|(lb and apeed, and their accommo
daiiun> lor paaaeugera ara uu?<|u?ll?d for ele
K?m? and comfort.
Price of paaauge from New York to Liverpool,
in tirft cabin *1'J0
In iecond cabin, f 75. Excluaive u?e of extra aned
?late rooina 132^
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sect*. in the i romulgation of creed*; and o( per
*on* in all pursuit* of lite, dependent upou the
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ol plan* and purposes. The cuHoins thus origin
ating, though sometimes al>u?ed, are uaeful and
proper, and *hould not be discarded. And when,
in obedieucelo custom,'new plan* are propo?ed,
tho-e approving ought not to withhold their en
couragement. h> loo many do, until they *ee ibat
succe** is nire, for their aid may be needed to
secure it. Such a fooliah |?olicy aa this jeopar
dize* the plan they approve, and hasten* it* failure;
it has defeated many important enterprise*, and
has deprived the country of good and uselul works.
If a new propoauion ol any kind la approved by
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right expected, their approval lieing solicited only
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aiin, we announce the Southern Conservative
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tablishment in the South, but aiming at a higher
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lielong noi, par'exc-l eiice, to any la vored people,
but are the common right of all.
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It will encourage a high-toned literature^ and
deleud pure morals iu all the aocial rcUticus ol
lite.
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HKPOKT OP TIIK I'OSTMASTICIl
IIBIBHAL.
Post Orrict Department,
December 3, 1835. ?
Si* : The number of po?t offices established
in lbe Uuited States during tho year ending
30ih June, 1855, was 1,663, and the number
discontinued 801, showing u net increaso of
862. The sites and names of 373 liuve been
chuiifed. The whole number of Office* on
the 30th of June was 24,410, and on the 30lh
of November, 24,770, of which 258 are of the
cla*s the postmasters of which are appointed
by the President The uumber of postmasters
appointed during the regular fiscal year wai
7,103, as follows: To fill vacancies by resigna
tion, 4,056; by removals, 870 ; by deaths, 289;
by chauge of names and bites, 216; and by
establishment of new offices, 1,663.
On the 30th June last there were in opera
tion 7,03:1 mail routes. The number of con
tru; turn was 5,701. The length of their- routes
is ? stimati'd at 227,908 miles.
ili.- total annual transportation of mails
w*i 67,401,166 miles, costing $5,345,238, aud
divided as follows, vi* :
24 S79.752 miles by modes not specified, at
$1,4:U),665?5} cents a mile.
18,859.118 miles by coach, at $1,215,979?
about 6} cents a mile.
19,202.409 miles by railroad, at $2,073,089?
about 10] cents a mile.
4,459,827 utiles by steamboat, at $025,505?
about 14 cents a mile.
Compared with the service of 30ih June,
1854, as actually in operation, there is an in
crea?? of 3,397,025 miles of transportation, or
about 5? per cent., and of $6 <5,221 50 cost,
or about 14 2-5 per cent.
The increase of rnilroad service is 3,483.132
miles, at a cost of $280,636, beinjr 22, 15 1000
per cent, in transportation, and 15{- in cost.
The increased transportation, bv modes not
specified, is 3,575,177 miles, or about 16 78-100
per cent, costing $336,475 50, or 30J per
cent.
The transportation by coaches is less by
2,325,628 miles, or about 12J per cent, at a
diminished cost of $84,257, or 6 92-100 per
cent.
Steamboat service during the pant year was
reduced 1,335,656 miles, or nearly 30 percent.,
and the cost increased $136,367, or 27 J per
cent. , ,
This great change resulted mainly from the
reletting contracts last year in the States of
Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa,
Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama. Mis
sissippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Califor
nia, and the several Territories.
A comparison of the steamboat service under
the contracts which expired 30th June, 1854,
with that on the 30th June, 1855, under the
new contracts, commencing 1st July, 1854,
shows a reduction of 1,547,560 miles, or about
56 per ceut., in the annual transportation, and
au addition of $90,120, or about 23 per cent.,
to the cost. In the other sections of the Union
the steamboat transportation has been in
creased 211,904 miles, at an increased cost of
$46,247. ?
The amount of service, in the foregoing
general statements, chargeable to California
are 692.016 miles, costing $127,515, appor
tioned as follows :
Steamboat transportation, 175,656 miles, at
$52,000, or 29 cents 6 mills per mile.
Coach transportation. 376,370 miles, at $49,
915, or 13} cents per inile.
Modes not specified, 139,984 miles, at $2j,
600, or 13} cents per mile.
On two steaml?oat routes, which cost $21,000
prior to 1st July, 1854. the par for the same
amount of service is now $50,000, being an
increase of $29,000, as anticipated in my last
year's report.
There has been a remarkable addition to the
coach transportation?vii: 110 per cent.?and
ret the whole cost is only 4| per cent, more
! than last year. There was 84 per cent, more
service of the inferior trades, at 119 per cent,
higher coat, on the 30lh June. 1854, than 30th
June, 1855. The apparent differenie is much
jrreater, but this arises from transferrin? the
Salt Laka and San Diago route to the account
of service in Utah for the past year, it having
been changed tha previous year to California.
The total increase of all grades of service in
California during the year ending ibe 30th
June last is 100,386 miles, or about 11 per
cent, of transportation. The total saving is
$15,418, or 12 per cent.
In Oregon the service is as follows, vii:
Steamboat, 29.952 miles, at $8,100.
Modes not specified, 75.512 milea, at $16,767.
Coach. 12,480 miles, at $3,650.
The steamboat service has been decreaaed
about 26 per cent, during the year. The c<?-?
for the year ending $0ih June, 1H54, was 109
per cent, higher than for the past tear, ending
30th June, 1855.
In Nebraska and Kansas 22 routes have been
put in operation, on winc h the am nal Iran*
p .rtation isestimaled at 75,364 miles, at a cost
of $4,312, or five cents aeven mills per mile.
In Ne? Mesico the transportation is nn
changed but the cost iuCTeased $6,050 by
J special act of Coofreas.
In Utah there is an increase of 25,960 miles
of transportation, costing $12 203 additional,
as com | hi red with the service o? 3??h Jane,
1854. This, however, does not result from any
' actual addition to the service, bal simply froia
' (hanging to Utah the route frotn Salt Lake to
San Diago, which, prior to Jtilf 1*4, U54, was
charged to California.
The following table shows the exteastoa of
railroad service:
Lfafik nt Mil** m- MMtl sal
States. rwri*. S?tl Iran*- MSI
pwlaitea
'AM 931 fl3Al4
fit M* *41*1
*.'?4.379 59.517
4<V. 7*> j
1,147,*24 145.716
|))j*4? I 9ft 4*1
3 4ift IS* j SM.OS
The letiings of new contracts far the year,
commencing 1st July laet, embraced the S?ei?-s
of Virginia, North Carolina, Bovtb Caeufcaa,
Georgia, and Plonda.
A comparison of tbe aew service, as ia ep
eratioo 30th September, sritb tbat aader
! New laad.... I-'7
! New York
I New Jer?ey Pee
sylvania, I>eta
wsrr. Maryland
and (?ti?<> ><01&
Virginia. N. Csro
liea, South tJaro
lina. Oeorgis, k
Florida ....... ? 547
Miohigse, |??l'sns
lllinon, sa<l Wis
consin. ........ I,?74
Kentucky, Ten
nessee. AUba
ins, Missi*sipfn,
and Louisiana#.' 149
Total increase..! S474
expired contracts, 30th June last, shows that
the annual transportation of mails has been
increased 423,673 in ilea,, at an increased cost
of $117,077, divided among the several States
as follows, viz:
S tutor
Virg;uiu - - ?
Nor ill Carolina -
South Carolina ?
Georgia - - ?
Florida - - ?
In'-reajeU miln
of annual liuas
portallon.
Increased annual
cost.
128 009
119,150
29'>230
9,212
558,431
U 7,701
10,41)0
18,417
2,055
This comparison shows a decrease in the
annual trans[>ortation in South Carolina, which
results from the fact that new contracts are not
vet concluded for the steamboat routes between
Charleston and Savannah and Charleston and
New York, and they are therefore not embraced
in the statement of service as in operation 30th
September lust, although they are now, and
will probably continue, in operation. Of the
423,673 miles of additional service under the
new contracts, 343,636 are performed by rail
rond. Of the additional cost of$l 17,077, $51,
957 is for railroad service.
The total unnual transportation under the
new contracts, as adjusted for the quarter
ending 30th September, i9 10,847,379 miles,
and the total annual cost, $996,843, divided
as follows, viz:
3,390,303 miles by railroad, at $485,188,
or 14 cents 3 mills per mile.
799,746 miles by steamboat, at $106,874,
or 13$ cents per mile.
2,171,125 miles by conch, at $151,781, or
7 cents per mile.
4,486,205 miles inferior modes, at $253,
000, or 5 cents 6 mills per mile.
There should also be added $6,184 for the
cost of additional route agents, mail messen
gers, and local agents appointed since the 1st
July last, and $1,540 for the Charleston and
New York and Charleston Savannah rputes,
which are expected to continue at the same
rate as under the former contract.
On the 30th June last there were in service
319 route agents, at a compensation of $235,
170 65 ; 29 local agents at $19,328; and 981
mail messengers, at $100,471 65?making a
total of $354,970 30 to be ndded to the other
cost of transportation. 1 his makes the total
amount for the current year $5,824,989 30
which will probably be increased to !j>6,000,000
bv the new service on the Mississippi river and
routes established by the last Congress.
The cust of foreign mail service paid for by
this department is not included in the foregoing
statements, and amounts to $611,467.
In my last annual report I gave reasons
which, it appeared to me, clearly justified
some delay in making a contract for conveying
the mails by steamboat between Cairo and
New Orleans under the act of Congress of 5th
August, 1854. My expectation was that more
advantageous terms would be secured after
the final completion of the Illinois Central
railroad, and the opening of the Ohio and
Mississippi road from the cast to its point of
intersection with the Illinois Central. Accord
ingly, negotiations were had with several par
ties, though without any favorable issue until
the 3d of April ltist, when I concluded a con
tract with Mr. James F. Joy. to convey mails
on the route from Cairo to New Orleans and
back daily, in suitable steamboats, agreeably
to the advertisement of the 31st of August,
1854. for the compensation of $180,000 per
annum, he having visited Washington with full
powers to negotiate and conclude such a con
tract on behalf of the Illinois Central Railroad
Company, as stated to me in a letter from Z.
N? A. Griswold, pre-ident thereof, dated the
23d of March last. On the 24th of April Mr.
Joy informed the department that nrrange
ments had been made for a number of boats,
probably to go into lhe line immediately. The
contract was so ordered, and, considering the
wealth and influence of that corporation, and
its direct interest in connecting the railroad
with a regular line of boats to New Orleans,
there was every reason to expect a prompt and
faithful performance of the stipulated service.
Some delay wns to be expected owing to the
magnitude of the enterprise, but 1 did not per
mit myself to doubt that the service would
commence as soon us practicable. To my sur
prise, however, afier wailing some time for a
report on the subject, I received a letter, dated
lt'iih July last, from the vice president of the
Illinois Central llailroad Company, informing
me of a failure to organise a line of boats, and
submitting new piopoaitions. which I could
not consistently entertain. In a le ter dated
17th September, he wrote sgain. enclosing a
proposal from another party at $350,000 per
annum. I answered, on the 2d October, that
I must rrqui e the railroad oompany to perform
service on the term* agreed upon, and to com
mence in two weeks from that date, and that,
in < ase of failure to do ao, it would be my im
pi rative dutr to advertise the route for a re
I. linn', and t" hold the company responsible
for I be different**, if any, between the sum
contracted for by it and ?hat ahich 1 should
have to pay under the advertisement. Under
dale of btb October. the company replied to
mi leiier ?,( tie 2d, but expre??ed no intension
of nini*nrK'in| service; ai?d, afier waiting
? Mil tbe 20ih October, I advertised the route,
inviting |>ro|M??ale until iOth November, to be
drilled by id l>. .mber, ami service U> com
latsw 1st January, IWi.
In mikmf this ?iateinent it is but proper I
thou'd a?M that, in my opinion, the directors
of ibe lll.n. n Central Hmlroed Company u^ed
i escriuHi hi iIm >r power in comply with
i' -.i etH'ofr"*" but tailed to do so. owing
in ver* bii'b i?rwa-e demanded of them by
1)h owner* of the bants. A comparison of the
prices paid for nwbwl semen by the de
I MffMNrt, hi ???ff p*rt of tb# 19t?o?. Aoti
(Kaf iHe bigbeet price given per mil* is $lyl 26.
nod ?Ms en mm important route, on ebich tbe
I I lliilsn ate isljsit to an esttanedinary
?mine in iWe payment el a toll at Grant's Pass;
bet the* the average prion ie |M M per mile
AttlasssiirfllMtoo. lbs price agreed to be
p*en tn tb# IttHfruteCasrtral Railennd Company,
ilw rate pev assle inald W|IM Mi bat if j
0*0, 11.? prten den?a*d*?i l?*n tbe rail
ro*4 i nmpanj were paid. tbe c at |mr
esnU leaab tbn very bigb rate nI $MS4 M ?
a price nbi< b ismM am bare been contem (
|.i ? le t I ? ttfii|nn wb-n tbr a*l 1 "64 w*s
I
Tbe mail* arram tbe teibmas of Panama are j
Hllijai by tlto htoeteellwlrued Company,
bnt aitbsiat &H9 i?|sbr wstrsrt. TsS MffMS
j teee ?indorsee dr pe<tmm?d. Fsr tba
tfar ending lei |t??*mi?f, la61, at ebwb
iasg snertev est ti ns?*ten<ed fr??m tbe ?*?
MM nwiec tbe 4l>aaadiaa MMMl
to iIto Passaa Mmtraai Oampaey, *e entire
?mgfct of tbe mm?I? toMMpw*** **"* %bei?iHm??
?ne rm ,72? Ml a ewe*, iadediwg tbe
: ??ibm?* ea^rsiaeeef (fee ie?a atfeeu ?? charge.
| nf at>**ws fdUPtit beo>? a tramem o?er seeea
to* eeets a pesi "I be emgbs far lb* yea*
| esd.H ilst iftarafc, im, mm t*T,*T4 poeeda,
WASHINGTON SENTINEL
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.
< )ue ?i{itare {twelve lines) 1 illse'llou .. . .JM' -Ai
" ? - 2 u 7i
* " 3 " 1 00
" " . 1 week 2 00
" " 1 montfc 5 00
fefe. Business cards, not exceeding six lines,
lor qui lean than six months, inserted at hallpru?.
Yearly advertisements subject to special ar
rangement.
Lung advertisement* at reduced rates.
Religious, Literary, und Charitable notices in
serted gratuitously. ,
AU correspondence an business must be prepaid
which was paid for at the rate of 22 cents a
pound, making the total cost of the transporta
tion amount to $133,688 68. By the act of 3d
March, J 851, the Postmaster General was au
thorized "to enter into contracts or make suit
able arrangements for transporting the mails
between Chagres and Panama with regularity
and despatch, provided the ruto of compensa
tion shall not exceed 22 cents a pound." Un
der this authority the Panama Railroad Com
pany haa been paid the full maximum compel.
nation of 22 cents a pound from 1st December,
1851, to 1st April, 1855, since which I have rt
cogniaed their service, and ordered payment to
he made at 18 cents a pound. The railroad
was completed in January, 1855; the locomo
tive for the first time passed over the entire
route ori the 28tb, and the mail was for the
first time carried through by on the 29th of
that month. The road being completed, and
the company having made a considerable de
duction in their freight charges, the reduced
price for first-class freight in no instance ex
ceeded 15 cents a pound, I considered that 18
cents was a liberal compensation for the mail.
In fixing this sum, I took into consideration
the great cost of the road, the sacrifice both of
life and property in its construction, the mag
nitude of the enterprise, and its importance in
a national point of view. The company have
declined to acquiesce in this decision, and
claim to receive the full maximum price of 22
cents until a permanent contract shall be made
at a fixed annual sum.
The new distribution schemes referred to in
my last annual report have been completed
and sent to the several distributing post offices.
This work involved a minute examination of
all the mail arrangements of the country, with
a view to a definite allotment for each distri
buting office, so as to insure the transmission
of mails in all cases by the most direct and ex
peditious route, and at the same time to guard
against the too frequent distributions which
have heretofore prevailed. Kach distributing
office has now alphabetical lists ol all the coun
ties in all the States (except California) with
the proper distribution point annexed to each
county. Thus, the postmasters have the plain
est instruction as to the proper distribution of
mail matter for every portion of each State.
There are in all 1,645 counties, formed into
757 different groops, to suit the several distri
buting offices, and tihow the course of the mail
from each office to every county in the Union,
and the whole number of points thus indicated
for the fifty distributing offices is 82,250.
In my last annual report I recommended the
adoption of a system of registration for giving
greater security to valuable letters intrusted to
the mails. By the third section of an act ap
proved March 3, 1855, Congre>s authorized
the Postmaster General to provide mums by
which any person desiring to post a valuable
letter to be sent by mail might, at his option,
have it registered upon payment of a fee of
five cents in addition to the rate of postage
chargeable thereon, it having been estimated
that this additional payment would cover the
expenses incident to such registration, io
carry into effect the authority thus granted by
Congress, it became necessary to prepare and
distribute among the sever. 1 post offices blanks
for a new system of accounts, to show, iD
respect to registered letters, not only the re
ceiving and sending of each mail, as formerly,
but the receiving, sending, and delivery of
each particular letter. Ihese blanks, with
accompanying instructions, were prepared and
distributed as early as possible aller the passage
of the act referred to, and were in the posses
sion of each postmaster before the commerce
ment of the fiscal year, (1st July, 1855,) when
it went into operation. To guard as much ps
possible against the mistakes and errors likely
to arise from innovation upon the long es
tablished forms in which postmnsters" accounts
had been kept, I preserved m d adapted these
forms to the new requirements of the law, and
have thus endeavored, by the simplest mear?
possible, to secure uniformity and accuracy in
the keeping and rendering of the accounts.
A just estimate of the value and ultimate
success of the plan of registration adopted
cannot be formed from the chort experience
had of it. Its operation brings to the im
mediate knowledge of the department not only
every failure, but every delay in the transporta
tion and delivery of registered letters; and in
carefully observing its operation with a view
to such modifications as may be reauired, I
have in each dav's report found abundant
proofs of its usefulness, and also of the neces
sity of perfecting it by snch means as experience
may suggest.
By arrangements with Pru ?ia and Bremen,
the registrysystem has been extended to letters
conveyed between the United States and Ger
many. (see articles of agreement annexed.)
The expenditures of the department for the
last fiscal year are reported by the Auditor to
have amounted to $9,968,342 29, under the
following heads?to wit;
Compensation to postmasters. $'2,135,335 ?'
Ship.Meaniboat. and way letters... 18,760 29
Tranaj ort?tmn of the mails 6,076.334 GO
Wrapping paper 45,407 50
Office furniture lor po>>l offJcea 5,250 10
Advertising 75,457 32
Mail bag* 52 079 26
Blank* 91.138 40
Wail locks, key* and ?tamps.,...... 10,172 87
Mail depredations and apccial agents 61,453 52
Clerks lor offices 70*2,617 40
Official letter# 55 09
Postage atampa 11.90,1 94
Stamped envelopes 40.f>35 34
Payment to letter?carriers 143,31'2 93
Pay meet for dead letter* 6 S2
Poatage Mampa of old ia*ue re
deemed. 13 70
Purchaaa of patent padlock 5,000 00
MiacellaaeoiM payments. 168,011 2"J
Payment of balances due Greiit
Britain 302 850 71
Payment of balances due Bremen . 13,46540
9,968,342 29
The gross revenue of the department derived
from postages, (inland and foreign,) from
stamps and stamped envelopes sold, and from
miscellaneous sources, amounted in the laat
fi-cal jear to $6,642,136 13?to wit:
From letter postage .............. $3,234,549 67
Stamp* and stamped enve
topeaaold 2,511.318 03
Newspaper* and |>amph!ets. 03&927 51
Kims 35 00
Emolameata returned 77,902 82
Letter-carriers 143 312 93
Dead letter* 4,970 01
t-.atra compensation cver
ebarffetl .....???????????? 83,330 82
Mi-cell aaeou*receipt* 7,7S3 34
A44 Ik- aaassiappropriations *****
la ^ otiipea*atK?? of mail aervwe to
ilovr'iisient by the acts of the
M *arcb. 1?47, and 34 Msrch,
6.642,136 13
700,000 03
7,312,K6 13
To et*t? precisely the amount of gross rer
ssss wbich accrued within the last fiscal year,
ito b?la?ee against the United States, result