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DAB.LISZEI, PA.'
WD.) , TESDAY; DEC. 16, '1857
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-THE CONTENTS OF THE HERALD.
Wo • have not published •the PRET/F.:CP . 9
Massaan, beeouse of he great length. To
have done's°, would have excluded every thing
else of .interest from -our columni, besides lt
— 'ii rifore-:thAn-ono-tnoic ,
out of thirty, ever reeds a " President's Mos-
eage." W have preferred to give our -rOwl,
ors au abstrapeof the Message, for which we
are indebted to the North Antillean. It gives
all the important points in a condensed farni
Much more likely to.bei read:, than if wo had
published the Message entire: - •
" Our readers will also find abstracts of Hie
reports, from the several DepartmentO of the
Goveinmerit. 'The Navy, Mar otlice, - trea
sury, Post Office; Interior, &0., tfine diving,
in one paper, all the impottOt information
.that is usually communicated to Congress,.at
the commencement of the session,
We also present
. our readers, " Letter, No.
3, from Dr.. Ilardriialf, .on- the treatment of
diseases of, the Chest by inhalation. poeti
cal Friendshiy, written for the He
rald by Cum.; " The-PesiCf Derith." "-The
diad 1141 and the true CoMforter," froth our
new csirreSpoldent- andtan
resting eketcli of 'the Ainerkian4itiethlrest."
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
readers will ob.-
-serve. that li!LVEILIATACK havjutif
.recoivcda
___tpaggificentauseitinenroLgoodet suited to OM
holidays.-- Ilia-stook compri'ses -a- variety _of
fancy articles, gift-booksi, confectionary and
fruits of every etyle and quality, which must
be seen_to hoiulliappreciated. -
SW — Christmas is coming I and if the - gdittle
folks" are desirous of knowing where the best
can be`Otaitied, we would
direct theyattention to the extensive empori : -
vat of our frierid Idoxyza, on North Hanover
street. His store, from dollar to garret, is well
supplied with all kinds of Toys, Confection
aries and Fancy Goode. Those who went to
keep out of the groat rush at this store during
the holidays, should 'supply themselves soon—
they will have the full lot to select from, and•
time to , do it.
10:7' OOILBY advertises another fresh
invoice of seasonable goods, for sale at redo-
eed prices, and a large lot of Boots and Shoos
at cost, Those who want bargains bad better
give him a call.
'"*120„ The second 'lecture of the course be
fore the Union . Fire Company, will lie . deliver.
ed by GEORGIE P. Cam Esq., to-morrow even
ing. For particulars, see advertisement.
Medical testimony is offered in favor of
novas's LIQUID HAIR Dye. We have already
spoken of the skOullence of his writing ink.
Both are for sale at Haverstick's Drug Store.
Jacob kinitin . , Administrator of Catharine
Stout, deceased,' publishes the usual notioo•in
this paper.
Akir Do. HARDMAN, Physioinn for diseases
of the lunge, will be at the Mansion louse,
Carlisle, on the 10th end 20th of this month.
Invalids who may wish to avail themselves of
Lie advice, can then have an opportunity of
consulting him.
ALLICIIIENT frOUSE.—Ae a teport prevails
in this part of the country; that the Allegheny.
Rouse of Philadelphia. kept by C. I. BUSII,.
'wee destroyed by the recent fire at Eighth and'
Market streets, we deem it-proper to say ttuit
the Mouse was but 01104 damilgen by the
fire, and the business of 'the Hotel wee' only . •
'interrupted for a day or two. The paper in
some of the rooms was damaged by water, and
=itch of the furniture was injured by a hasty
removal, but this, In the end, will bo of advan
tage to the house, as it affords an opportuiiity
• for the proprietor to refit his rooms, and fur_
eleh lila parlors with new furniture, rendering
the Hotel etidl more comfortable than it wee
before. Thie hen, in a great marine, already
been done, and' we learn that the '.Allegheny"'
is again in thefull Aide of :business, with its
usual complement of permanent and transient
boarders.
The location of they Hotel, in the centre of
Unloose, 6onveniept to the 'different : places of
- ainitsemett as well as the Railroad Depot,
renders it desirable stopping place for per
' eons visiting Philadelphia on business or
pleasure. With comfortable rooms, good beds,
an abundant table,,and' terms to suit the times,.
We confidently recommend travellers to Phila,
"delpbla to visit the Allegltegy,,!: where a few
days ciperienoe will enable them fully to sp
, prtolate the value of a hotel, whores stranger
enjoy '
All the, ottnforts of a home.
'NMI OF COL. WYNKOOP.-COI. VirTNKOOP,
_ who commanded the let Pennsylvania Velma
tsets'in:the Mexican war, and Into U Statile
' Marshal, was accidentally shot; "near TAMS. ,
- qua; a few days ago, while - ciutltiinning. -
.I 10.0. G:EVANS, at bin original Gift Book
11114Iftl._4119Chestinit striel;_rhiladelphia, has
a splendid aseWment of books and jewelry.
The books are for sale; and the jewelry in pre.
esotlid to the fortunate purchasers: - Send in
ydur cirders.'
Do VAILI GALveNto OIL done more
stood, 'peiteimed more etiree; end7r — e r
. " mere' Plat, 'than any
.otter rnedioine- in the
ktidOin' . *orld. "' It has otirodjttrottlorfel Dose
perion - pt Deney - /Inn
Troy, and.'meny others 000ld.be reoP-
Shifted.
PROFESSION AND PRACTICE
What a beautiful ocimmontary on the !undo
Mental principle-ef our Government, that - the
"majority shall rule," hoc been Presemeti to
the people, by Ife.'ill7ollANAN and'bis AQmin
iairatiort, in eustaininOlie-notinnot tho Con
etitutional Convention of Kansas. '
• S:ncelhe foundation : o'4h° ticiiernmont. the
'right of suffrage ,has been Considered one of
the inalienable righte of freemen, neither to
be tnnipered with- nor denied . ; but it has been.
, t ro,doro:tiomoorno t to dieco!cr that
• Shore aro cages in "Which the people are not
capable of Self.governmont, and therefore un-
sop depositories of the.,right of, suffrage.—
Hence, the astute Constilefonfmaters of Knit;
gas declare that-the' cittzens of tlfat territory
shall IsaVo no discretion in voting foi'er against
azi Instrumentuvder which - they are to be gov
erned, in future, and Mr. Buchanan sus
tains that declaration.
•
It has been claimed for the party by Demo
. cretin leaders and organs, that their principles .
are immutable, suffering neither variation nor
change, and withal so bread and - well defined,
" that a man, though a fool, need not err
:therein." Even ilr. Buchanan, after his no-
.minntion, boasted that .• he was the Cincin
nati Platform," and those who wished; to know
—Lie principles-were-reforreil-to-it•for:an answer.
- Weil, hero is one plank in the -Cincinnati
platform : •: •
No. I.' Retaved, That we 'recognize the
right of th• people of all Territories, in
cluding Hansen end'Nebrasko, noting throzigh
the ft!irly expressed (not impliedf nia•
"'orig . , of acqual residents, and whebbver • the
number of their inhnbitante justifice it, to form
• a constitution, with or without domestic
very. nod' to be admitted into the • Union,
upon terms of/effect equality with the other
States." .• • • •
'The same principle was recognised in the
Nebraska bill, by the following section :
" It being the .true intent and - meaning 'of,
this net not to legislate •tiltivery. into any Ter.;
• ritnry or State, nor to exclude it therefrom,
.-but:to leave the people_ thereof_.r_earnorLY
viten to form end regulate their domestic in
:-,-etiotions in their - own - way; subject - only to
the Constitution of the United States."
Mr. Buchanan himself, in his inaugural ad
dress, held the - following langunge;
• . tit is the imperative and indispensable.
• duty of the United States to secure to every.
• resident inhabitant the free and independent
expression of his opinion by his veto - . • This
being necompliklied, nothing esntbe,fairer than
to leans' the people of a territory fire froni'all
foreign interference to decide their institutions as
cording to:the constitution of the U. States."
And the letter of instructions to Mr. Walker,
•
on his - appointment us Governor of •Tinning, is
noLless strong - on this point.; .tako the tolloty-
iug extract: ,
,
.• There are two great objections. connected
with the present excitement, growing out of
the nflairs of Kansas, and the litaiiiithetit of
which will bring it io a speedy. termietittflib.
These me clearly:and succinctly slated in the
d tign l' 'Add Yeiis; - iitttl
embody the paragraphs in the communication,
• asking your epeeist attention to them. It is
declared in that instrument to . be the imper
ative-and indispensable' duty of .the Govern
ment of the United States to secure to - every
; - - - residentinhabitant the, free and'independent
expression of optairmAthis Yaitt,..LT/ity_
:wryd right of enrit individual-tints( be preserved;'
• and that being accomplished, 'nothing can be'
fairer than io leave the people of's Territory,
-' free
. from all foreign interference, to decide
their pwirdistiny ferthetnielves, subject only
to the ttinstltution,of the United States. •
t• When such a constitution shell he submit.:
— ted to the people of this Territory, they must.
be protected in the exercise of their right of
voting for or against that instrument,. nod tile
fair expn expression of the popular will must not he
. interrupted by fraud or violence."—Walker's
Instructions. •
To ''clinch the nail), the Vinel;ington Union;
of July 7, 1837, speaking ''by Authority,"
CBI
Under Ilieso circumstances there can be no
such thing as ascertawing clearly and without
doubt the will of the people in any way except by
their own direct expressions °fit at the polls. A
constitutipn not stiljected to Unit test, no mat
ter what• it contains, will never be acknow
ledged by its opponents to be anytbing.but a
fraud.".
And yet, afior all 'this parade about the
" will of the mnjority"—of seenring to every
inhabitant the free, and independent expres
sion of hie opinion by his vote,'! and " preserS-'
fug the snared rights of citizens," we find the
following olnuso in the eleventh section of the
eoliedule of the Constitution, as framed by the
Ccinvention :
" But if, upon such examination of Bahr
poll-hoOks, it shall appear that etnnjority of
'the legal votes cast at raid election be in favor
of the Constitution with no slavery," then the
article providing for slavery shall
. be stricken
front the Constitution by the President of Ais
Convention, and no slavery shall exist in the
State of Kansas. E X C'E PT THAT THE
RIGHT OF PROPERTY IN SLAVES NOW
IN THIS TERRITORY SHALL IN NO
MANNER BE INTERFERED WITII."
. Thus the. people of Kansa , ' are requireeto
vote for the ;Constitution if, they vote at 'all,
allowing them no diScretion except its..to the
single clause of blavery" or g• no slavery,"
. and even that question is not submitted in
such n way, that a man who is conscientiously
opposed - lc — slavery can vote at, all, because, no
matter on which side he voles he is compelled
to vote for a distinct provision' in regard to
slavery. This is..what Mr. Buchanan calla
protectingthe.citizens of Nimstp, in the ox
(lroise of thtt right of viltingfoi-4 against that
instrument," and this is what dernocratic'ecii
tors,mill the consistency of their doctrines I--
No wonder Senator Bigler felt constrained to
plead-the stutute of liniitaliOns against the for
mer opinions of Mr.. Buchanan and thy Denis.-
credo Party.
lINITIIS STATER HOTEL.—WO had an oppor
tunity, a few days ago, of examining the U.
States hotel; at Harrisburg, kept by Mr. 11.
KANAOA. This house has become so well
own to the travelling public,,for the !Wail , :
oblemtanner'itnwhich it has been managed
b Mr. Hanna, that further description would
he suptirfhious, wore it not that no addition
has jqsrbeen.glde to it, which renders it one
of the most commodious, no it is Already one
Of the most comfortable 'Hotels in the State.
The firetfloor of the new building is occupied
ae'n rending rem, the seeded floor bee a large
airy• parlor' handsomely furnished, and With
the upper stories';.aontains several ranges of
double,ond singht"hed oharoburs, fitted up with
new furniture of uniform ~stylo,'and of the
—berlAu•tliky , ---Steirwaye—and---paseages-com
municate ,with main buildings, through
which an agreerible metimth is diffused from
the lower
_:apartments,- readeririg chamber
fires almost unnecessary, exCept io very cold
weather. -
Mr. Kntiagn can now accommodate two lion-
• d ed guests, with rooms unsurpassed for cove
--f irt—and-taste -in—the -bedding and ferni tura ;
added to which, there is a table, rivalling in
abundance And excellence the best liotele in
lihiladelphis and : New Tort!, and an ifilcient
Carps of attentive and obliging servants. As
ihe " Visited States" is battled close to the
stittion, wheiux all the Railroads running into
liarrlaburg ,cientie;;-ii—O-ffOrs7P-e-c-nifiWittii-a-U-:
as - §toPpini 6 .. strorigers, in
avoiding till risk of miesing the oars or taking
the.wrefigrtrain, as tlie Col. anddiie assistants
are alvrays on hand,'io give the-"requisite in-
Abstract: of the Report of the Secrets-
Ty of War. . •
•
The Repott.of the Secretary of War com
mences with' ri statemeutone-the 'numerical
tore° and tonNitiOn of the standing army of
-The canary. L.From this, statement vre•Jearn
that there are nineteen i'regiments which are
divided into.ten of_infanlry, four Of tit tillety.
two 'of dragoons,l•wo rf otivalry;tind one of
mounted riflemen:
• The-whole-strength-of the army; us postitL
consists of about'l7,oB4 teen, end the netwil .
strength, on. the first of July Inst. - Was-15,704.
In addition to the movements which the troops
hove been called 'on to make. this year,
fcircels - enlled - upon to. garrison - 08 forts:of-a
large and permanent character—so far, at
least, as it is possible to supply men for the
purposeanif to occupy 70 posts lees perma
nently established, where - the presence. of a
force is abeautely yequired, - . The area over
which these forts and poets niellprend em
binchs a circuit of about 3,000,000
, square.
miles, and requires vi journey of many thou-'
Band miles - to visit the principal ones of-them.
The external hyundary of our country, Bays
the report, requiring throughout _more _or
lees vigilant military supervision, is 11,000
miles in length. But the occupation of this .
long line of frontier is a trifling difficulty in
comparison with that of protecting the double
line. Indian frontier, -extending - from the
Lake of the Woods' to the banks of the Rio
Grande, on the East aide Of the Rocky Moun
tains, and from beyond the river _ GrogoO on
'the British frontier to . the heal' of the Gulf
of
,Culifornia,,ou - The Western slope of those
mountains.' . Suspended tothese linea r requir,
ing to, be occupied, nre the great lines inter
communicating between the'valley of the
Mis
sissippi and , the Picifio Ocean. From .our
Wesfern frontier of settlements to those -of
Northern Oregon • the dienince ,is about 1800
miles, from the same •frontier to the settle
ments of thilifornia, via Salt_bake, is 1800.
miles;, from-the frontier of •Arkrinsav, nt.Fort
Smith, by Albuquerque or Sante*Fe, to' Fort
Tejon, is about 1700 miles ; and floni San An
tonio, by El Paso to San Diego, near the bor
ders of- the white. settlements, is 1900. miles,
constituting, an aggregate line of 6700 miles,
which might to be occupied, and which we
pretend, in some sort, to keepopettnadefend.
To render governmental protection to our
vast frontier 110 .great emigration perfect, a
-very-large-nugunithtution -of the--:artn3C-dhliLl
-Secretary says, would not birequired. Five
additional' regithents, he believes, would an
swerthe purpose,_if properly poslek
The Secretary dwells tit considerable length
upon- the Mormon difficulty, which, he says,
has assdined nn extraordinary and important'
attitude. From the first hour they s fixed-them 7
'selves in the' remote and atineat inneceesiblo
territory which they now eccupy,• and from
which they are now sending defiance ngainst
the sovereign. power of - the -country,,, their
whole- fells_us,ints. been to prepare
for_n successful secession from the authority
of the - . United States and a. pertunnent esta
blishment of their own. ' . ' . •
It has, nevertheless, niway4.been the policy
and desire "of tile 'Federal government to avoid
collision with this Mormon 'community. ...Jt
has borne with the: insubordination, and this
forbearance might still Ani prolonged, if this
community occupied any,ether theatre, isolat
ed and remote from the seatt,of
than Abe - one they note possess. But, unior :
tunetely for these views, their settlements lie
in - the great pathway which lends -from "our
Atlantic Stales- to the_.pew _and flourishing
co ußities • ,grotring -up-open...our, .Pacific
seaboard.,
Great care, the report - proceeds, has been
itken in preParing for the march to Utah, that
nothing should seem to excite apprehension
of tiny action on the part of the army - in the
least conflicting with the flit'ed,principles of
'our institutions, by w Web. the _military is
ititribtlyTtilffirdin - itterffi - fild - tivil n iitliori ty: ------
In view of. the .menacing attitude of affairs
in _Utah, the Secretary recommends an-nticii
tional .reinforceitient of five regiments to the
force nlready detaded for service ( against the
. _ ..
The staff of the army.is the - mext subject- to
which the report' calls attention. --- 01 - 14 — t -- :orthe
greatest errors of detail, the SeOretary eays,
is-the-seParate independent character'of. the
staff corps, which removes them from their
proper position as aids or assistants to the
commander, and constitutesllietn as his equals.:
The defeat arising from rank in also alluded
to - , - antra remedy called for.- Another fault in
that of promotion by seniority, the correction
of which the Secretary urges with much force.
Age-and experience, he says, should bring ex
cellence, but the test after all lies itt the ac
tual possession of the latter, and not merely
in the circumstances which it is assumed
should produce it.,:
. .
.._ .
To place the stall in proper relation, to the
rest of the army, the law should-collect all the
officers doing that branch of duty into one
corps, to be assigned fly' authority of the Pre-'
sident to such duties as each may seem to be
hest fitted' for, securing to each the rank and
relative position he, now holds. But, as some
staff corps are confined 'to duties requiring
special instruction and long experience, their
separate organization might - be retained..
To avoid, for the• future, the difficulties at
tending brevet rank, the best plan is to cream,
permanently, the, general officers now exercis
ed tinder brevets, making ner.znany idajor.Get
oerals and Brigadier diineriA•nattlie strength„
'Of the army requires. This would afford pro
motion to many brevet officers of, inferior rank,
-and; thus absorb nearly all. •
o ,4 lThe objection which has been urged against
the propriety of impending the purchase of
stores and supplies and all moneyed accounta
bility from the officers proper of the army,
would, the Secretary belides, he•fully met by
providing that this class of officers, without
receiving military rank or being entitled to
command, should be amenable to militiwy
tribimals,.and thus act under the-same reoPon- . ,
sibility that the disbursing officer now does, -
The tone of the rank and file, says the 're
port, needs elevation extremely, 'and every
means should he resorted' to tending to effect
it. The habits of employing soldiers as labor
ers is extremely detrimental to the service
They feel degraded becrtuee they ere deprived
of both the emoluments and the sturdy intle-
pendouce - of the laboring Man, who feels that
his vocation is honorable because it is inde
pendent nod free. The soldier who enters the
service with some degree of military espies
_ lion,. caw b t_resent_ms _a _Wrong- the - order
which oh eft him from his ' legitimate voca
tion to k ant of a mere operative deptived of
l a
his fair wages. .
Referring to the subject of a railrend to the
Pacific,the Secretary says it is the opinion of
competent judges that the route from El Paso
to the Colorado, besides being the shortest of
all yet surveyed, possesses decided .aidvantages
over others in several important' particulars..
The consummation of the project, - however,
freed from all, other ffifficulties would, he
"states, require immense sums of money and a
great length of time ; besides, other military
roads very urgently require special and prompt
opening and occupation: A line of stockade
posts upon two of the proposed routes would
furnish safe and rapid -.transportation of the
mails, and perfect protectionto a telegraphic
line from one ocean to the other.
Two exploring and aurveyffig expeditions
have been fitted out to explore the Nor.liwest
beyond the waters of the Upper Missouri to
wards the Black Hills and the Colorado of the
West, both of which the Secretary entertains
strong-hopes will res u lt in discrover,ingthe hest
means by which the transportation of army
stores can be effected tbAhanterior of New
Mexico and Utah. . - , .
The employment of the thirty-five camels
for transportation purposes through the bar-.
ran - anti difficult country of the great mountain
range separating the Mississippi Talley from
tilie - Paciflo-Ocean-is-likely-to-answer-the high—
est expectations entertained Of them for min ;
Lary uses. The feasibility of procuring abun
dant supplies of good water, by means of ar
tesian wells, In tracts of country which would
be otherwise impassible, is also adverted to.
The • salif - of - iteyerOl 'mflitdry
„reservations has
taken place, under a law passed - at the lasi
session of Congress; . •
The Military Asylum at Harrodsburg, ffen 7
-dnky : Was not eoldl--for--the-cimple-reason
that the price offered for it was inadequate.
The next subject treated of • in' the report is
that of a national fouisdry, which is strongly
recommended as, one of„the most valuable
means of developing the mineral wealth; and
resources of the country. The arms fribricat,
ed,in themational armories' are said` td be of
'the most superine.qnality.. '. ,• . •• ' ... -.
• Referring to the national defencee,•ffie.Sq r
cretary of Wei tiithreiliat national _
May
considered 'as impregnable - froni any atteek
from • the . etio-whertAbe--fortification's - -tiow-ib
progress shall be.finished. --The fortifications
will_be,hettar,.the t guns_heavier and wore,nu
In
.
=oue:than those of Sebastopol.
•AfU[lal Report . of .the Poitmaster
General. -
The following is an abstract of the Posimna:
tertieneral's report for the fiscallear ending
the . 80th of — June last .
The Mint nuMberof Post (Meek in the Uni
.ted - Stntenon the-80:h Juno woe 26,586. The
total number of Post Offi'res 'tweeted during
-lhe-twenty-years-from 18.47_wns but
8,146; the number ealtililiebed in half that
lengtli of time,. from 1947 to 1857, wee 11,444..
,On the 80tb . Jun,e..1827, the whole number 'of
• Post Offices in the United States was '7,000;
An-1837-i-11;767-1-in-1847,-15,196-f-fand_onAe
80th June, 1857, 26,686. During the last
fiscal year there have been 1,725 offices estab.
and 704 discontinued. tieing a nett in
crease of 1,021;. The totalnumher of offices
at this time is 27,184; of which 368 are of the
Mese denominated Presideritial. -The number
of Postmasters appointed during the year wee
8,680.
- ThetransportatiOn statistics. show7that on
the 80th June,. lase, there was in operation
:7888.shall-rotites... with 'a- -length -of-242,601
miles, of which 22;530 are railroad lines. The
total annual tranepnrtntion was 74,006,067
miles, coifing $6.622.046, giving an average
of about ten cents' and five mills a Mile by
-railroad, and by stearnbont about twenty-two
cents in mile. The increnso in the
.. ,length of
mail routes over the previous year is chant
2969 miles, with nn.addition of about 97-10
per cent, to' the annual
_cost: . The tabulated
results' f the new service, to the 20th of Sep- ,
908; milee of annual transportation, 15,464
1112; ,po t' $1,0931749.. Oompared with the
figth of June last, there'appeare to be,n,....ft,--
crease 04791 - miles in the lengths of—re
arid 823,034 miles in tho .annual 'transporta
tion, while the cost is increased $120;044.
On the 30th of June last there were . in ser
.vice 99ffiroute agent*, ht a competontion . of
$310,900; 95 local', agents, et $28.488, and
1335 mail messengers, nt, sl6o,42i—making
M 1 total of $199,813. This amount with the
increased colt of service commencing Ist of
July under new contracts ($120.0.14), added
to 9he•cost of service es in. operation on the •
30th of Juno lest, ($0,022.046,) makes the
total amount for the current year $7,241,903.
This is independent of the cost
s of
,ocean-mail
er
e_viii.liTherm.shoitld.alse_bkadded the eett-_
mated cost of improvenients • intuit since ilia
first of July last, including the San Antonia
-And-San. Diego route, $587,825_.
The
TEM nel expenditure of the fiscal year en.:
ding.Jime 20. including payments to letter
carriers end for foreign postages, amounted to
$11..607.570 10.'
The gross revenue fnr the peer 1857. inch'.
ditig reueipli" , fretu letter .enrrieri and from
foreign.peitners, tuuntinted to 88.053,051'76,
being $3,453.718 40 less than t,o expeudi=
ture.
The estiMitted expenditures for Alio year
1858 amount t01tP2.0153.2.43. The means ap,,.
plinahle to defray 'this sum amount 'only to
.:510,584,074, !env:001,469,173 to be appro ,
printed from the treasuo to defray theeXpen
•ditures -of • the 'year 1858;aii• they have been
authorized bylaw. ' •
•• the rep - on again brings-under the notice df
Congree■ the 'expedieney.of adopting a money
order system like that of Great Britain. The
amount- tredsmitted - in' this way through the
British Poet Offices in the year 1856 is elated
to have-been-11,805;5621., furnishing u profi
table- sourao of revenue to the-Engllsh Peot
Office:. _
In connection with the' Pacific aerate', the
only recommendation made by the report is
that having reference • to' the' Pacific Mail
Steamship Company. -Ity its terms:the con:
'tract with this clipany for setni•mouthly ser
vice from • Astoria, by San Francisco, &0., to
Panama; ex pires ' on thB lot October, 1858,
whsle; unde r the deciSinii of the'Navy Depart
.
meet, the contract of the connecting lines On,
this side runs "until let October, 1859, 'there
fore, to keey up the - connection with the Pa
cific line, as, provided by lair, and as originally
contemplated, it will be 'necethairy to extend
the contract On-the encific •one year; end ns
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company have per 7
formed their service generally in a highly
creditable end Satisfactory manner, the Post
master General recommends'an appropriation
fon sueb-eeitetision.' sr
The aggregate — itmount of postage (sea, in
land and foreign) on mails transported during
the year by the steamers of the New York and
Liverpool (Collins) line was •$210,405 03,
.which is n heavy decrease ay compared with
the amount ($401,675' 94) of the previous fis
cal year. It should be observed, however, that
the additional allowance to this line authoriz
ed by the act of 21st July, 1852, having been
terminated 'on the 20th of February, 1857, and
six yearly 'nips dispensed with from and after
that data, twenty round trips only, instead of
twenty-six, as formerly, were performed dur
ing the year,
The postage upon mails conveyed by the
New York and Bremen lino were $137,751 78,
and by the Now York and linvre line $97,950,-
05; being n decrease of $9,491 74 by the Bre
men, owing to the fact that much of the time
there have been several foreign steamers run
ning and carrying ship letters on this line, and
au increase of $2,125 03 - tirthellevrirli6G - es
compared with the fiscal year ending 30th of
h - June, 1856.
The amount of letter,postages upon mails
exchanged during the year with Great Britoil::
was $874,194 75: Prubsin, $326,872 57; Bre
men, $52,082 99; Franco (Irma let Aptil
to 30th June, 1857) $41,188 19: Hamburg,
$1,059 60, being a deoreasv. on British mails
of $23,453 95, on Bremen mails of $3,7116 87:
and an increase on Prussian dosed mails of
$27,406 86, compared with the procedittg
your.
Of the amount of postages on mails exchang
ed with Great Britain, $574,194 75 was col
lected in the United States, .and $300,133 30
in Great Britain—tho excess of United States
and British postages thus collected: in the U.
States being $214,061 95. In like manner;
an excess of $95,397 95 of ills postage. upon
mails exchanged with Prussia, and of $32;-
994 15 on mails exchanged with Bremen, was.
collected in this country.
The gross amount of United States postage
—sea and inland—on mulls transported during
the year, was . : •
By_the_Collinsline, (20 round
tripe)
By the Bremen line, (12 round—
• trips) -
By the Bowe line, (12 round
trips,), 90,042 47
The oc - tan 'postage upon snails conveyed by
the Collins tine, ninoutiteCto $164,445 93
By the Bremen' line, 84,231 19
By the Breinen line, . 78 710 37
The Foetal conventions concluded and put
in operation during the year were, ono with
Pranoe, in force since the let of April, and
and another with Hamburg, which "went into
effect on the lot July. The rep.ort.states that
negotiations are pending for a radical change
of our postal arrangements with Great Britain.
On the subject of city posts, tl e report, af
ter recapitulating the efforts made to facilitite
the receipt and delivery of letters in New York,
Boston and Philadelphia, recommends a mod
ification of the present laws relating to carri
ers, so as to give the Postmaster General au
thority to have the' delivery made at one cent
a letter, whether the carrier's receipts aro out-
Went to meet the expenses or not.
The consideration of the measures necessary.
to he adopted to insure greater speed and reg
ularity in the transportation of. the mails be
tween New York and New Orleans occupies
a large space in the report. Under the pre
sent arrangirmeirt, sixteen different parties are
employed in the service with treparate robe
-ifulle;--erTelo.l—irlilclrmust-be-exactlroompliect-
with to insure the performance of the through
trips-in contract time.
',FrOm a': detailed statement accompanying
the report, of the fines anti deductions which"
were imposdliplin. the contractors for imper
:feet mail service during the fireal year,' it -ap
pears that these fines and detitiction• amount
io the aggregate to .$188,746 84. In this a
_mount.of.slBB,746, 84 is included the dum'of
$74;598 46, being that portion of Mo.:deduc
tions made from-the Contractors' pay on Ore
New Orleans and Cairo routes.during the third
and famth-quartertrof 1856, which has since
been remitted to them in pursuance of the,7th
sootion of the riot of Congress passed 'on the
Bdlforch, 1857.
The giounds of theifreoisionof the Postmas
. ter general iti favor of the houtliern routo'be
treen the valley of the Mississippi river:tied
San Francisco,. for the conveyance of the
maikko California,,arc set forth at great
length; as ere alse'the reasons which. decided
the depertment $o acoopt bide of Blear's.
Battirfloldlt Co. • ' '
Annual Report of the Spero Lary of th•
Navy. • -
The navoll . force which has, been employed•
during the post y_ear . has been' sufficient to
give adequate security to our comtnetne, end
to We persons and .property,.of.Antericult eiti=
zees in all parts Of the . world.
The liaise .Slestlron, under the coftrunand
of the 11 g officer, Hiram . Paulding, has eqn
sisted of the steam frigates _ Wabash Mid Itua:
—nokerthe- sloops of war Saratoga nnA . Cyane,
and 010 war steamers Susquehanna and - Fill
tom The unentivtlietbry state of affairs in
. New Grounds and portions ofCentral America
reqUireil. tbe•increasp of this squadron, nud
— the-almost-lconstant-presence Dia minsidera:
ble force in the neighborhood,' both an the At
-Inntio and Pacific In Jute the Whbash re
turned from .Aspinwall to New York with 138
men of the destitute and suffering' Ameridan
eitizenswho had been iaiolved in the troubles
in Central America. • ••
On the 30th'of May the Roanoke sailed for
Aspinwall, and returned until° 4th orAugust,
with 205 of Walker's men, ,
All ithese men were brought- home without
previous °Het 13, but snob was- their deplora
ble condition thaiTt . was . an Oct of humanity,
'which could not and ought not to be dispensed ,
'with, and the department approved it.' The
expense tif providing for them necessary fond,
clothing and medicine while on shiptmard ft
mowited to $7,376 16, fur which an appro
priation is recommended.
IL any unlawful expedition , from the United
figdoet: Nionrargun, Coeta Ricn: or.
I. Mexico shall succeed in-effecting a landing, it
will - bc-because - it-bas-been-abletto-elude-tlie
_ vigilance of the Home eryonikon, ' ' •
' The force of the Ppailtr, -- tlnder the corn
mandtalf the flagnflicer, Willjern Mervine, has
eon'isted of the frigate Independence, the
sloops-of war St, Mary's, John Adams end
Decatur, and the writ eteniner Masseeltudetts..
A large part of Odd stimMron has been much
arid usefully employed'at Penetne end on the
coast of Central America, 'where - its presence.
woo deemed indispensable.
The Independence sailed August 3, from.
Panama to San FrancisinTro he stationed'at
the Nav y Yard ns eceiving +hip, and. for the
- general purposes of the yard, under the corn
, mend of- Commander Fairfax.. During her
long stay at Panama, her officers, at intervals
of leisure, were engaged in surveys and expo
--spatched in 'charge of Lieutenant James B.'
McCauley, to explore the _timber resources
about the Gulf of Son Miguel, the nitwit of
the lbirien, one hundred miles from Panama;
The expedition was eminently successful. ---
It was deetnett necessary, 88 11 measure of
humanity and poliny, to direct 'Comtn,ndore
Mervin(' to give General' Walker. and,stich of
his flier'', citizsos of the United States, as' were.
willing to embroil° it, an opportunity to'• re:
treat from Nicarargun. Before these instruc
tions were received, Caminotiore ltlervine had
sent Commander Davis, with the St. Mary's.'
to San Juan del Sur, with instructions to pro :
tect the' per Sons and property of American
citizens. With this authority only, Comman
der Davis negotiated with Gen; Walker terms
of capitulation, under which he surrendered
with his men, end conveyed to Panitma, whence'
he proceeded Grille United Suites. Comman
der Davis also, received from General Walker
. the surrender of a kstnall schooner which- he
bad detained; called_ the Granada," and ilp=
livered hel:• to the Nicarnrgban• authorities.
The action of Commander •Davie, solar is he
- aided General Walker-and his men,-by the use
-of'-the-StAlarya s s,-:to 'retreat-from ..Nica ra g tra.
and return to'the United States was approved
by the Department,'but his interference with
- the Granada, nail her transfer to the Nicarar
gtian authoriiies, by his_intervention was pot
approved." The whole number of men sur
-reniterca and carried to Panama' was afloat
364., Cormnoilot.e * Mervine :finding. his.siput
dron Suddenly . ilicombeio Withrtliese
Hue most ivretched ‘ cimilition; suffering for the
want of every thing, • and 'endangering the
health 'of those ,under his co . nuntond, had no
- mode of relief' except by turning theta, ridrift
hich was itnpossible,, or sending them by the
railway. to Aspinwall. _ Adopting the latter
alternative; re' was under the necessity - of
drawing on the Department, in favor of the
railway company, for tii7475, being the amount
which would be due for transporting - thein
across the Isthmus nt the usual rate of charge.
This bill has neither•hcen paid, accepted nor
protested. The company voluntarily rano
'quittherl the personal responsibility of Commo
dore Mervin°, and put the bill at the disposal
of the Government.
The Brazil and Mediterranean squadrons
Lave been able, quietly and effectively, to per
form the (fifties required of them, respectively,
without any act of direct interference. Six
vessels hay.° been: usefully employed on the
coast of Africa-
The steam frigate Snn Jacinto. Commander
• Henry 11. Bell, and the sloops-of-wee Ports
mouth, Comm - tinder -Foote, and Levant, Com•
mender William Smith, have constituted the
East India squadron, under Flng Officer Jas.
. Armstrong.
On the 18th of Ncivember, 1855, as one of
the boats belonging to the squadron was pass=
ing up the river to Canton with the Adierican
Flog fully displayed, it was several times fired
_upon My. Gie_tnirrier...forts, _endangering _the
lives of all on board. This, outrage
,was
romptlY resisted; and redressed by the clip
•.ture and• destruction of the forts,-end razing
their walls to the ground. The forte, four in
number, commanding the approach to Clinton,
were among the strongest defence of the em
pire, nmenting 176 guns. •
-- The Portsmouth, in , January, soiled for
Shanghai—visited all the.ports north .of . Out
ten open to- our vessels by treaty, and in
March returned to Hong Hong. In April she
was despatched to Singapore to look into the
atfuir of the Dutch barque Henrietta Marin,
" and having acconiplislied the object of her
visit. she proceeded to siam with Mr. Charles
-William Bradley, United States Comm! at
Jfingpo, bearing a treaty of amity and com
merce between the United States and Siam
for ratification by flint government. While
there she was .visited, by one of the kings; of
courtesy never before extended to a
man-of-war of eny nation.
The late President of the Utited .States,
your immediate predecessor, having .accepted
the offer, which you courtennaly extended to,
him, of the use. otl,a public) vessel to convey
him and his family to Maderie, the Powhatan
will raceive thenr - on. --- hoerd - at - Norfotkoind- -
.
convey them to thatdslend. •
The Naval Appropriation Act of August 18,
1856, - npproilrinted Pinetx thousand dol
lars for the ereetiiiicTithriiiitiiitetinliOriinarine
barracks, at Brooklyn, N. Y., and sixty thou- -
sand dollars for the same purpose at Pensa
cola, Fla. .
Proposals for thous nt Pensacola were invit
ed by my predecessor, but at the lowest bid
.was beyond the limit of the appropriation,
plans and specifications were directed to be
made for smaller buildings,•nnti on the 21st of
September proposals were again invited. Se
venteen were reCeived. and these 'of Mahon &
• Gibbon, for fifty-three thousand eight hundred
end forty-seven dollars, being the lowest, the
•
o•ntrnet was awarded to them.
The marine barracks 'at Boston, Philadel
phia, and Norfolk, are represented to be con
tracted and entirely unfit for use, and the corn
miima of the corps recominendii that prdvi
eion be made to purchase ground and erect
suitable buildings at those places , .
On' the 19th of February, 1856, 'a Board
was appointed to examine the- war steamer
building nt Hoboken by the executor of Bo
de rt L. Stevens; they reported that in addi
tion to the sum of $5OO 000 already paid,
there will 'be, required the further sum of
$12,083 68 to complete the vessel. Mr. Ste
vens and his executor have expended upon hie
weed the sum of $702,765 87. • As the vessel
- is-alreeily-virtually_owned_bylllo_B(WeilMent_
and will be of little value unlees completed, it
is deemed proper to invite attention to the in-,
quirywhether. it may not be expedient to nu
,therizedhe nppliontion - of the balance in aid of
the means of the executor and in-the mode
:proposed,-to,the accampliehMent of the work.•
'rue proportion of landsmen-and 'boys allot
ted to' a national ship has been increased.
There is often great dilfioulty in Outlining
- seatueh, - and etill -greater iniebtaining--Ameri. -
ode seamen-r-the bostin the world—for the
United States, service. The ,employment of
landsmen and bhys contributes much to reme
dy'the inconvenience. •
The estimates for the support of the navy
and. marine corpe, and . for all other objeots
under the control of the Navy Department, for
the fiscal year eliding June 80,1859,.are--.
$189,456 61
121,193.81
For 1.110 support of ttiO N'avy and
, and.rodrino, corps, - - $9;749,615''91
Fpr special objects, - - 9,860,788 22
.. . .
Disking, - - 514,617,208 28
The' oggiegato entimitt:eo' for the iliaal.y#Or
ending June, 1868, were 403,803;212 77, be
ing $81:3,086 less than the prerent estimates.
Tnia l difference in principally canoed by esti-
Mating $260.000 for the armament for the five
new elneps. $350,000 more than loot year for
the building the efoops, and by estithating for
provisions .and - pay fon one thougand
llama men, oudborized by the Oct 'of illnf t 6 13,
18fq..
the expenditures for the y.ear ending June
80,1857; for_all . _p_tirposes, under the control
of the . Deportnionti- were •$12,339;690 81, 0f
which.54,343.398 14 being for special objects,
the legitininte expenses of, the' navy end nia•
rine corps fur that period were $8,998;28887.
Reportof the Gewiesiat Land -Office....
IMM=!
Dm lug flruquartera. ondine Sant. 30, 1807,
50.4 f,r can p for $4,220108 18 . . . .' 5,309,450
Ennio period. lo,atial - wAlf military bounty
lands, warrants,. . . . • • 7,881,0 1 0
. . . .
Reported under swamp land grant of 1850, 8,862,176
The estimated quality granted to lb° Stato
of Alabama, and the Territory of Minne
sota by act of March last for Railroad pun•
pox's la;
Making anaggregate of public lands dispos
ed of during the tire quartws ending Sept.
30;1857, of
Of the lands sold three-fourths were taken
for actual.settlement. Upon comparison with
the statistics 'of the last annual report, the
lands sold and frcated during the five quarters
ending 5ept..1867, fall short of the quantity
soldiand located during the period embraced
in the last report, by more. than 6,000,000 of
acres, and' that the cash receipts have fallen
off in a still larger proportion. __ This diminu
tion is attribUtable to the withdravial 'of , the
exterisive.bodies cif public lands along the three'
of thiPtailreads, and. to the fact that the de:
mead le'r new lands has been 'in part satisfied
by the States. ,
=l3
• During and since 1850 - grants of land have
been made to fen Slates and one Territory, to
aid them in the construction of - fifty railroads,
of an extant 0f.8,947 miles—amounting (part
sstitnated) to 24,247,335 acres, of which 20,-
795(375 acres were granted by the last Con
gress. •
Under the Acta of 1849 and 1850. granting
'm um ps and-ov ? if T ed Inntis..te Slates within
which they lie, there have been reported 54,-
10.148 l_tteres,. of which we npproved 411,133,.
_
rke . ift S't e 9;24;8 CO, -
915 acres, . .
Under Acts of 1817, '1850„ 1852,' 1855,
grantiog bounty lands to officers and i t oldiers,
engaged. in the military service of the
States, there hove been ksued 683,082 war
rants, enthroning 53.680,.873 acres; of ivltich
371,629 whrrants have been located, covering
85,589,690 acres... There are awaiting toe t
tion 131,463 warrants, embracing 16,100,180
•
ACTITAT, SZTTLERS. •
The, views of the ConitniSsioner'faver the in
tete:its of actual aottlers; •
\Vail n slow, to unircrmity and practicability
in amendments, the pre-emption laws are re
commended.' .
•
=I
Tho report:allows nctiviiy in.eurvey.ing ope
rotiont during the' floe quarters ending Sept.
80. 1867; beyond that of any. preceding period.
The (inutility of new Wide now to lie.dhiposed
'of eiceetle, by many niillion's orocros,.the
veypd lande . of "any foriner.period:
•
Quantity of lauds surveyed, .ready for
sale, exeltrlvo of lond4 ivltlidranut -
on account of railroad grants, ern- '
brace . . • . . . . . UT, t1`4,986 acres.
•
•
Of this there were atm eyed and re
t nrned during Ova .quarters eluting - • -
80th of September, 12387 ' . , .
.22,038A71 gems
The work of laying off end subdividing pub
lie landsin tracts suitable to farms - , and look
to_the gretiiAgricultint,interests of the
coon ry, has ...been completed in some; and
nearly so in others, of the Stales of Michigan,
Arkansas, Missouri and Louisianit.
ataas_n_dtanntlir tiontkin Florida as the
pretracta — lnclian hoidilitles- in that region
would allow, and been extended. so for over
lowa aiui Wisconsin as will soon place these .
in the category of Suttee in which the United
States surveying machinery wilt be withdrawn,
and the archives turned over, as required by
law, to the,State • authorities. The Commis•
skiver sketches the progress of the system-in
the new fields opened.' Beginning with Mink
nesota,• we find the public surveys extended ,to
47 parallel of nlwth latitude. on the north
western shore of Lake Superior, and along the
Mississippi, on both sides.
THE TREASURER'S REPORT
Repents—only in more extended detail—
the President's exposition of the National FiL
notices, and recommends
-An issue of $20.000,000 Treasury notes,
to meet anticipated deficiencies in the reve
lilies for the current fiscal year.
—A prosecution of such public'xitorlcs as
are urgently needed by Gocernment,—and a
temporary poitponement of othcl•s not requir
ed for immediate Mier-
—No incrense.9l . 4le Tatiff,but arruntlin
ching adherence to fit() doctrines of Free.Tratie.
—The applicatiere'of the Sub-Trenaury sys,
tem to the_finarmiaL)operations_f_thc_intlist,
dual Btatos is n wli'o!eaoine counterpoise:to
paper-money expansio-na.
--A compulsory Bankrupt Lnw. for the pro
tection of creditors_(nok the relief debtors)
—to prevent improper credit,—not to pay im
provident-debts.
additiOnal charge of orM-half per cent.
to depositors of bullion. where.fineigold bars
are made and paid,mt the Mint.'
—The abolishment of Marine Hospitals and
the return to the system which still exists at
most of our ports for the disbursement of Jim
Hospital Fund. . . ,
—Curtailments of • the operations of the
Light house lloarti,—already extended be
yond the requirements of our commerce.
REPORT OF TILE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR—
. puBLIC LANDSrs•
AND REcEiDTS
The whole surface of public domain s stated
at 1,450,000.000 acres, of which 67.942.870
acres were subject to entry at private saie on
the 80th September last. The number of
acres thus far sold is 855,862.464 acres; leav
ing Undisposid of, 1,086,187,536 acres. Lust
year, 22,889,46rieres of public landa were
surveyed and viported ; 6,3oo,PraFrei were
sold - for cash; - 7,381,010 - were-located - with
militaiy warrants; and the railroad grants
under the - nets of Marchwere 5,116,000
acres: The sum received on cosh safes was
$4,225,908, a falling off of $5,822 145, with a
corresponding -falling off in the intuition of
lands with warrants of more than 2) pes cent.
They are - 88 organized Loud Districds—but .
none for New Mexico or Utah. - ,
LAND CLAMS, SURVEYS, &Cr,
A commissioVior the settlement of Spanish
and Mexican — claims is recommended; a geo
graphical survey.of the same Territory is also .
urged. No change is, suggested in the laws
applicable to the working of the Department.,
' ; INDIAN TRIBES AND LANDS
The Indian tribes within our limits number
921,000 souls. The Secretary 'suggests the
'gathering of Indians on smeller reservationi
and in denser settlements,—the reservation to
be divided into farms and distributed among
the individuals of the tribes, without the pew- .
er of sole cr transfer, with central farms for
the instruction of the children, and n .supply
of implements- of agriculture forltd.' The,
tribes which bore edynneed ipeiVilization, end
whose prospects are gratifying, are /the Choc-.
taws, Chieltasaws; Cherokees and Creeks, with
the Seminoles In the Territory west of Arkan
sas, The establishment et a District, Court
for this 'Superintendener is recommended, to:
heal. disputes among the•people. In Wash
ingtonAnd_Ctregon_the_snsngesseinnin_liellige,
rout: It is recommended flint the expenses
of a delegation from-these , tribesto the Fede
ral capital- he paid by aoretnostmt,•in order
that' they 'may be seen mud' heard, lid an
trust funds have been infested In Stitte Stocks
•to the amount of 5i, 48 1,476. • - -
PENSION BUBEAU, LAND BOUNTIES
Up to June, 1857, n total of $51,814,620 hi
moneyand - large - donatiOnv - of lend.liavebeeti
reid toßevolutiouary soldiers or their widows:
During the past year 41,488 warrants - for
bounty innd hove been hsued. 'requiring 'to
satisfy them 6,85 2,160 acres oLpublio . latid..
The timber of warranteltia,,orderill' the
Bounty Lend Aois from
,the 'Revolutionary .
War to the present time is 547,250—requiring
50;704,942' noree of land. Frauds' upon the
Pension Offiee are numerous, end' An,extoo- -
aloe of the statutory limit for two 3e we byre ,
commanded to remedy the evil.
,DOT,I2I . LIT ATTpRNEY . ,B rags
• The. Report. reciommends fin inorenefiof the
Attorne's 'Wailes 'on nil eiluitabli basis.'
ROADS, ROUTES, AO
The wagon-road works have been 'Com
menced on the ratites from Fort Kenrney to
Honey Lukv, in California, from El 'Paso to
Fort Yuma, at the mouth of the qiIR, and from
the Plate River to the Running Water. The
Mexican Boundary Commission has conc:udod .
its labors.
I=
. Tho Patent Office. from Jam to Sept. 80,
4857-. hod 4 075 appliontiona, 82 l•caverits were
filed, 2 ON patents issued,. and 2,287 'applica
tions-rejected The receipts for three quart
ers of the year Wore $161..414; expenditures
$163,942 ;. 'excess - of expenditures $2,528.
Of ihe.expenditures $27,030 were made up of
fees restored to applicants after the exemini - ;
tion of their oases. - The - Secretary urges the
necessity of making the bureau self-sustain
ing. Thewight of appeal to a District Judge
is censured. •
Tho Report concludes by endorsing the Ag
ricultural Divisiou'ef the Department: ~
OE
I
5,116,000
Town anti Euuntt) lltatters.
21,160.03 a
Meteorological Register for the 'Week
Ending December 14th, 1E157, • •
1857. IThermo
-1 meter.*
Tuesday
47 00
Wednesday.
!47 00
42 00
Thursday
129 00
CCM
Saturday
111 00
Sunday.
9
Monday.
121 00
)7 00
Weekly 35 00 L 4
Mean.. • •
* T le degree of heat in the' above register
is thealailyaverage of three observations.
fiat
end Mytiterious diSease (known as the "hog
cholera, which has prevailed so extensively .
:at - the - West, hai'made its APpearmiceinThoms
Parts of this county, and nlrendy alarge num,.
her of valnable hogs have fallen victims to it.,
Within the last.few months, the Messrs. Anr,
extensive distilleis near Nowville, have last
home five hundred hogs by the disi:;ase; and
Mr. A.- Bost.mc,ilistiller, in South Middleton
township, over one hfindred. Some of Our
farmers, too, who live remote froht distilleries,
hate lost many hogs
disease
ravages: We have
not heard thatthO disease is extending, and
hope that the appearance Of cold weather will,
altogether suppress it. The disease common . - -
ces with lameness and stiffness- in
and-vomiting, ---- The:ll4B - appear-to-be morti---
fled immediately afterdenth, the.tiortifiention
Showing itself either-indle head, the oars, the
stomach.or.the legs.
. _ _....._._.......,....
— ANNrvEttsmtY.LL-The Sabbath School
connected, with the-iir . ot Lutheran Church will"
celebrate their anniversary on the evening of
Ohriotrntur-day.' The exercises. will consist of
dialogues,. , nddresses. oinking, Ac.,- &o.; -on
whielvcCaoon nn, adrnieSion fee of 121. eente_
will he charge , whiCh will be applied tOligni
dating the de t incurred-in ieplenishing•the•
Library. - . .
•Rev. A. C.lVetlphind Atasconsented to be:
Present on the occasion and address the
school. - . . • -
ERev. Dr. C. P. Witta.. * .of the Ist Pres
byterian church, wilL preach in the Methodist
Episcopal church, of this' place, on Friday at
'ternoon, 18th inst.; at 2 o'clock.
SOCIETY OF RELIGIOUS iNQUIItY.—T4 nemi
annual discourse before the Socielyof Religious
Inquiry of Dickinson College, wan delivered on
lest Sunday evening, in the German Refurtned
Church, by the Rev. Thomas Sewell, of Balti
more, Ma. We were prevented by indisposi
tion film attending, but we learn that the
Church was crowded with an intelligent audi
ence, who listened with much pleasure to'the
eloquent effort , of the reverend gentleman who
.addressed them.'
,gf:o"•The Harrisburg papers persist in des
ignating their village "in city!" If it is a
city, when nne if — incorporlifed as each, and
.why is it not governed by a Mayor instead of
a Chief 13ttrgestt I TO us, this attempt of the
Ilarrisburgasjp.palm.their.place off as a city,.
appe . ark like the efforts of Young America to
imitate the manners and acquire the influence .
of a man before , he has arrived at years of dis
crelion:
se'r- On Saturday list, the New York City
Banks resumed specie payments on all their
liabilities. Win expected that the Batiks of
thtf New England States will shortly fol ow
suit,
&•'.A;lledieine, scientiacally compounded,
which performs all it promirel, and •is ree
comended by persons of iho'bighet-t, respecta
bility, deserves our confidence. __Such a med
icine is the Oxygenated Bitters. Sure cure for
Dyspepsia. - •
IMVITIOItATE......TIIT, TAVEL—ls' it
most undoubted fact that Dm SANFORD'.4 INVICIORATO , t,
or Liver Remedy is 9110 of the greatest discoveries loads
in medicine the past century. It has been at study of
the Hr. during twenty years' practice to find what par
neuter organ, when diseased, eattiod the greatest sumt
her of Ills 'Sr poins.Und his conclusion Is, that the liver
is the greatest regulator or the system anal the most li
able to disease, e Idle If kept free front disease is a pre
vontiVe of Dyspepsia, Jaundice, general debility. dal.,
while last but far from least we mention etinsumptinii ;
fur our experience is that more cases of coo:Memnon
ocedir from diseased liver thau front all ether CaUSOli put
together.
Taking this tabs a correct hypothesis, we have but
to find a remedy with willehld correct the liver, anal
WO }MVO a cure of nearly nil the diseases we are subject
to by simply using a pro, entire. That the Invigorator
Is such a remedy, is Impend doubt to all wl o try it, for
its virtues aro such that for all complaints arising from
liver derangements, it is au unfailing rem edy While as
a Madly medicine, fur all diseases or the stomach or
bowels, which are caused In a gmattor or less degree by
liver derangement, it Is the safest, surest anal most
efficacious remedy known.—Princelon Press.
•
, SANFORD'S, LIVER INVIGORATOR:-
-It has lieromo an established fact that On.. SASTußn'll
TNVioonATon Will curl Liror Compliant, Jaundice and
general debility. Many people, perronally known In
us. soil se word cannot be doubted, 'bare given their
certificates In promo this, and wills - such a mass of or!.
dunce who can doubt. •
It Is truly tho friend., and will give relief
whop all other remedies full, and In somo instanlutt
, that have come under out. observation li' cooled the
means of snatching its victim' from the grove. We
wisli all our readers who need medicine would try one
bottle, for It will surely give relief.—Taus AH6atca Y. ,
Wood9i - tati - TtiiiiiroYgitTieW=wwiti - h - stver--
limier known any,otlinr medicine win as-large a share
ofpublic confidence in so short a time es this has done..
It has not boon more than a your since we first heard of
It, and It now standant the head of all remedies of the
kind. We have never used Any of-it ourselves, having
had no occasion, as our "crown of glory" not only AR
yet retains Its original" color, but guts more so--but
some of our Irionds have. and we lutCte never known It
fall of restoring the hair to its original color. We ad
vise such :ware becoming ',rental ut ely gray, to give the
" Restorative '! a trit.l.--Hhester (Illinois) Herald.
•
-
On the 10th Bast, by the Boy. J. C. Barber Mr. DA
VID SIIAFFMR, to Miss SUSAN E. &tumbler of 'Mr.
..Inuallain Unhurt. boils of south Middleton township,
Cumberland cOunty. • -
gltatlj.g:
On tbo 3d irtat at • Phllideiphle, TfiRGARET)
,(4.00ILIIY; Adel". of the Into Josephnt Lanese=
'ter, Pa., In the 77tb year. other ase. t '
Rain. I • Remarks,
1.40
Rain