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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-12-25

03- BELLIES AND BEAUX-CHRISTMAs AND
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ings, wooings, and weddings-and how absolutely ne
cessary that you should show yourselves of to the
it's few and far between. Therefore all You girls
and pretty maids and merry widows who have boards ON
your upper lips hair concealng the intellectual Or
gans OF your lofty foreheads little pmpes on your
rosy checks, or reckes prinked your delicate
compilations, or any other Disbursement marring your
otherwise attractive features 60 to Dr. Felix Gourauds
81 Walker street. just door from the corner OF
Broadway. and he will furnish you with his far famed
perfuous hair, and the Miraculous Italian Medcated
Soap, will render your skins, matter how rough
discoored, frecked chdpped diseased clear trans
parent. envabe, normal white. Buy where else, or
you will be deceived This the original introduced
five years ago.
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NEW YORK HERALD.


e1- No evening paper will be issued from this
Office to-day-but tomorrow the Herald will be
published as usual
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EouEsTRIAN ExERcTsE.-The noble science of
horsemanship is becoming more and more fashion.
able amongst the fair ladies of this citv They
have now better opportunities than ever of acour.
ing that elegance and graceful carriage and air oh.
tanned in the manage. Davis, the best riding mas
ter in this country, has opened his splendid school
Of Nibo's
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Charleston.
respondence of the Herald.)

Correspondence Of the Herald)
CHARLESTON, Dec. Is, 1913.
State of Caloumisn,-R Rising Prospects of Clay
South Carolina
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REPORTING. very signal instance of the
vast superiority Of our means of presenting to the
public the earliest, the fullest, most graphic and
most accurate reports of all public proceedings, wa
afforded in the case of the New England Society
dinner The "Herald" was the only paper that
contained respectable account of this affair. Mr..
Websters admirable and deeply interesting speech,
well all the Others was given with that full
ness and accuracy which always distinguish our
reports, and which render them so accepta-
bic to the public. One of the other papers made
considerable efforts TO report the dinner but failed
as usual. The "Courier" hadn't word ofWebsters
speech-the " Journal of Commerce" hadn'ta word
of 1.-THE =" Tribune hadn't word of 1.-THE
" Express" had done much better if it hadn't given
word ofit,insead OF the disgraceful garbled, mea
gre outline it presented in the morning. In the
evening edition of the Express our report was
given without a syllable of acknowledgements
that concern maintaining in this, as in all other
instances, its uniform characteristic meanness and
dishonesty.
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claims, it is all very we'll: the State will then get the lands and the government will have the benefit, in the meantime, of the sale ot other lands, that otherwise would have been selected by the Siate
 But 1t is scarcely necessary to say, that no question of pecuniary profit to the General Government, should, or does in any manner enter into, or control the decision of the question before us-far from it; on the con trary, 1t is the desire of the Executive to do every thing in its power, consistently with a sense of duty, to favor the just claims of the State, and facilitate its selections, and no- thing short of the conviction of the inadmis- slblllty of such selections, under the law, constrains me to dissent to such selections.
 l have the honor to be,
 very respectfully,
 your ob't servant,
 THOS, H. BLAKE, Commissioner.
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ask the State to select the lands to which they have thus relinquished all claims. Upon such state of facts, 1t seems to me, that the State clearly has the right to make the selec- tions. The statute gives the States the right to make thelr locations "on any public land, except such as is, or may be reserved from sale by any law of Congress, or proclama- tion of the President of the United States 5 Aiter.the relinquishment of all claims of pre- emption right, is not the land in question public land, within the meaning of the act :? If the pre-emptors have claims, they certain y can, and are competent to relinquish them Pre-emptlon claims are recognized as bene- fits conferred upon the claimants. The gov ernment has no correlative claim or right: 1t can Institute no process, nor use other means to compel pre-emptors toperfect their claims, nor can it prohibit their relinquishment and abandonment. Nor, after the expiration of the time limited for the perfection of such claims, can the government claim damages for any failure, nor can 1t then prevent or prohibit the State from selecting the lands so previously claimed. As the pre-emptors de- sign the State of Michigan shall have the lands in question, what could the Govem- ment gain, by refusal to recognize the relin- quishments now rendered, when, after the ex- piration of the time limited in the statute, it could then no longer interpose objection to the selection by the State
 Permit me to conclude, by expressing the hope, that you will give orders, withoutd delay, to tbe Registers at Kalamazoo, and Ionia, to recognize selections by the State, of pre-emp- ton claims, on filing in their respective off, ces, relinquishment of the same, by the pre-emptors.
 l have the honor to be,
 your ob't servant,
 (Signed) JNO. S. BARRY
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IGOPY
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Attorney Generals 0Hce, 2d Oct, ls4s. SRI have the honor, in reply to the questions propounded in your communication of the 27th of September, to state, as my opinion:
 lst. That the relinquishment, in the man. ner proposed by the act of the Legislature of Arkansas, of the claim and improvements oi settlers upon the public lands, entitled to pre-emption, cannot be regarded as restoring the land occupied by them to the class of "public lands," within the meaning of the Sth section of the act of 4th September, 1s4l, so as to authorize said State to select the same under the provisions of that act; and, 2dly That the "public land'' referred to Tn the said 8th section, is such as answered that description at the date of the passage of the act, and the unincumbered title to which was then in the United States, unaffected by any claim or lien whatsoever.
 The papers accompanying your communi- cation are herewith returned.
 have the honor to be,
 ------ very respectfully, sir, ,-...-.--
 your ob't servant
 (Signed) JNO. NELSON Hon. J. c. SPENCER, Secretary of Treasury
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try, last autumn, in the person of the Rev. NIT. Badger. During the last winter, the three parties-the American, the Puseyite. and the Roman Catholc-have wagcd an open warfare amongst themselves The Americans, who had been first in the fell, only acted on the defensive; the influence they had already acquired among the Nesto- rlans, enabled them, without much difficulty. to maintain their position. The object of the TWO remaining parties, was to eject the Ame- rlcans, and to establish their own influence. lhey dld not act m concert, for their mutual enmlty equalled their hostility to the Ameri- cans. No means were left untried to effect thelr object. The agents of the Church of home received the earnest co-operation-in iact, became the tools-of the French politi- cal agents. Mir. Badger enjoyed the support of the British local authority.
 " A report began to prevail that the Ame- ricans were assisting the Nestorans to build forts iii tAeif mountains The ignorant in- habltants of the surrounding country, and thelr Governor, the Pacha of Mosul, readily believed the assertion. For some time, ac- cess to the mountains, from the west, was denied to the American missionaries Mir. Badger and the Romanists renewed their se parate attacks. Both had interviews with the Patrlarch, and both believed that they had established their influence. The suspicious of the Pacha of Mosul were excited. from both parties he received accusations against ther respective adversaries, tending 10 in- crease his alarm. Mir. Badger pointed out the danger of Roman Catholicism and French influence in the mountains; the French, in return, the danger of English influence. At length, the combination we have described was formed, and those alone who were inno- cent have fallen victims to the intrigues of men who announced themselves to them as ther only saviours--the ministers of Christ. and the teachers of civilization
 Strict justice compels us to state, that the Americans are, i'll this instance, without blame. They established themselves first in the mountains, and their efforts were success fully directed to the improvement of the in habitants, without any ulterior political de- sign. We believe that, had the Church of England zealously co-operated with them, as Protestant Christians, instead of opposing them, as heretcal enemies, the disasters we have described would not have occurred as it is, one of the most ancient and most inter estlng sects in tho world-interesting from it's origin, from ris language, and from the purity of it's Christianity-has been sacrificed to the religious quarrels of American Independents, English Puseyites, and French Roman Catho- lies.
 "The number of persons who have perish ed, has not been ascertained. The popula- ton was about 100000 Neither age, sex, nor condition, met with mercy. All were sa- crificed by the savage Turks :"
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H.seasIk & CORN,

CEALEO PROPOSALS will be received bv. the - undersigned at the Penientiary, Little Rock, Arkansas, until Saf,HdaY, the 25h day Of November aert for the delivery of
 g, ,5de pounds of PORK,
 eco bushels of CORN, al said pententay for the subsistence of the pris- oners therein
 The pork must consist of healthy and well fa:tened SONS and harrows, weighing moi less than POO pounds each, te ha delivered on foot in snch enclosure as may be designated by the undersigned, and the weight to be ascerained after they are bntehered foot, may be agieed at the time of receiving. The corn to be delivered in the ear to the under signed either shneked or unshuelsed, and the quan- 6ty to be asccrtancd by sheling out one or more tubs, and averaging the balance according to the quantity they may contain
 One-haf of the pork te be delivered from the lst to the 9th day of December next; the residue be- tween the 2jth and 30th of the same month
 Bidders will predicate their proposals on receiving payment in notes of tie Banks of ts State at their nominal Val3c.s
 Bond and approved security will be required from contractors, for the faithful performance of their contracts and the undersigned reserves 10 himself the right of rejecting all bids, if deemed too high The proposals for the pork and corn must be se- parate, and endorsed Proposals for pors, Cor corn as the case may be) and enclosed in separate en- velope, addressed to the undersigned, through the Little Rock Post-ofice; and if sent by mail, the postage must be paid.
 JAMES McvlCAR, .4geaf,
 arhaasas Peaitepiiary LiHe Rock, 0ef. II, IS43. 5-6w {p;-Times Ss Advocate and Gazette will copy and send their accounts to the Agent, for settlement.
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GeneraL Land-OMce.

General Land-Obfce, Sept 6M, 1S43 SRI have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 4th ultimo, referring to mine of the 21st and 26th of June last.
 Be assured that very much regret we should be at issue upon matter deemed so important in its bearing upon the interests of your State, and that shall continue to afford you all the facilities consistent with my sense of duty.
 herewith send you copy of my core spondenee with the Executive of Michigan, in which the argument is continued relative to the location of pre-empton lands by the States, under the 8th section of the act of the 4th September, l841, and have to inform you, that this, as well as the former core spondence with you upon the same subject, has been submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, for his action.
 Your protest against the issue of any pa tents to William Wynn, will be duly attended to. None have been issued. The question between him and the State of Arkansas lies open and l shall be glad to receive from you the promised communication intended to throw additional light upon it.
 have the honor to be,
 with great respect,
 your ob't servant,
 THO. H. BLAKE, Commissioner. His Excellency A. YELL,
 Governor of Arkansas, Little Rock.
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From He Nep York Sun. HORRIBLE MASSACRE.

Destruction of the .Nestorian Christians, by the Thrks.-The pure and upright Nesto- rian Christians, dwelling in primitive simpli- city and happiness in their mountain fast nesses, have been sought by the blood hounds of Mohammed, and doomed to anni- hilation. The circumstances connected with this sad event are melancholy in the extreme, and are detailed by correspondent of the London Morning Chronicle, (writing from Constahtinople, under date l7th August as follows:
 "Y ou have been informed of the combina- ton between the Pacha of Mosul and several powerful Kurdish chiefs, for the extirmina- ton of the Nestorian Christians, or Chal- deans. Letters received the day before yes- terday, contain deplorable account of the results of the attacks of the united troops They had penetrated into the centre of the Tiyaree district, burnt the villages and churches, destroyed the crops, and put the inhabitants of both sexes to the sword Three Cor, according to other accounts, ive) brothers of the Patriarch, have been slain :; his mother was cut in halves, and his sister horribly mutilated The Patriarch himself had lied to Mosul, and taken refuge in the
 
 British vice-consulate. Thus sect, which had preserved its independence during cen turies, and had resisted the prosecuting sword of Islam, when wielded by the most power erful and most intolerant of the followers of Mohammed-which, in its simplicity and isolation, had maintained the doctrines and forms of primitive church for above four teen centuries, and which had escaped the corruption of religion, of morals, and of cha racter, so conspicuous in all other Christian sects of the East-has now, in the weakness of Mohammedanism and in the strength oi European Christianity, been delivered over to destruction.
 Although the Turkish authorities merit the strongest condemnation for the part they have taken ill this massacre, yet there are others concerned, who are equally responsi ble for the results. The history of the fall of the Nestorians, IS new example of the consequences of system pursued by fo- reigners, in the East, which we cannot con- template without the utmost indignation.- | All those who have been the direct or indl- l rect instruments of their destruction, although they may not have anticipated a result of SC serious a nature to their intrigues, and al tn ough they may now shelter themselves un der the cloak of religion, have been guilty o a great crime against humanity. In thei mountain Businesses, the Nestorians had re tained their independence for centuries. Th first western traveller who succeeded in pc netrating into them, was Dr. Grant, an Anne rican missionary. His object in visiting them, was the establishment of schools, ant other means of instruction. No sooner hal Dr. Grant met with some success in tn mountains, than the Roman Catholic mis t sionaries at Mosul, supported by French DO litical agents, endeavored to counterect it. , The English High Church was also jealou
 of American encroachments, in the midst ( a sect still venerating episcopacy, and an aC l ditional firebrand was thrown into tho cour
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'ls dlgnitary, though his glory be some what faded and wan, and is to be spoken of accordingly Cudworth, in his Intellectual System, says that the inferior gods, or de- mons, being all of them able to do us hurt or good, and being also irascible, and there fore proyokable by our neglect, ii is our in- terest to appease and paely ihem.'
 have seen persons in that stage of the drmkard's malady known as delirium tre- mems, who verify imagined they could see his Satanic Majesty lowering over them 1; but do not reeollect ot ever meeting with but one sane person who was thus favored. He IS a man of strong nerves, sound judgment Ill ordinary matters, and quite the reverse of supcrstitious. He states that, several years ago, when his mind was somewhat sexer- ised' (to use his own wortls,) on the subject of his religious duties, he was standing, one moonlight evening, in meditative mood, on the bridge which crosses Lit le river, near its junction with the Mcrrimack Suddenly, he became sensible of strange feeling, as if something terrible was near at hand vague terror erept over him. q knew, said he. in relating the story, that something had and lrlghtiul was behind mel ieltit And when l dld look round, there, on the bridge, within few paccs of me, huge black dog was sit- ting, with the face of q mana human face, II ever l saw one---tumed full up to the moonlight It remained just, long enough to give me clear view of il, and then vanished and ever since, when think of Satan, call to mind the dog on the bridge.''
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Constantine Mill, August 3,

Constantine MlU, August 5, 1915. HoN. THos. H. BLAKE, Commissioner
 General Land Office, Washington, D. C..
 SRI have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 24th nltimo, with the accompanying document, being copy of letter from you to the Hon. J. c. Edwards, of Missouri.
 design not to controvert, nor even to eX- press an opinion in relation to the views ex- pressed in your letter to Mr. Edwards, of Missouri, as the facts of the case presented to you from this State, are in no way analogous to those supposed. The argument in the letter in question, is based upon the suppo- sition of a conflict between the claims of the State and the claims of individuals In Michigan, no such conflict exists. In no case, have the lands of pre-emptlon claim ants been selected by the State, but with the request of such claimants, and on re- linouishment by them, in writing, of theii claims. If these relinquishments have not been filed i'll all cases, or are not Ill sucf form as required by your department, 1t vii afford me pleasure, upon your suggestion, tt correct any omission in that regard. This being done, permit me to ask what legal ob stacle exists to prevent the selection of sucl lands by the State The pre-emptors find ing themselves unable to comply with tn laws of the General Government, 10 consum mate their claims to pre-emptlon rights, With draw internationally, the incipient proceed ings by them instituted for that purpose, an
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A .
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,


 & Little Rock, .Ar}c's, May 9th, 1S43
 R-On ny return to the seat of govern \, after an absence of some weeks, had honor to receive your communication of oth of April last, in answer to mine of 10th January, l843, on the subject of the ltlon Of improvements, under the provi- ns of the act of the 4th September, 1S41, atlng to the State 500,000 acres of land. ompanying that letter was the act of the lsiature of Arkansas, in relation to the ton of the 500,000 acres, with my letter instructions to the locating agents, Sc. n your answer to my letter, with the copy uhe correspondence with the Hon. Mir. yards, of Missouri, learn that you place law of Arkansas on the same footing with application of the State of Missouri, which ms the right to locate pre-emptions, as a ElQn of the grant to that State.
 l nave not misunderstood the position med by Missouri, from the correspond nope shall be able to show you at
 ,lid! the cases are not similar, and that uecision Ill the case of Missouri, (which lali not controvert, will not apply to the
 Ill our case, as will be seen by plain uhyarnlshed statement of the facts as they nat you may fully comprehend the whole pect, beg leave to refer you to the act of Legislature, and my instructions, which forwarded to you, and to the relinnuish- !. accompanying this letter, which, taken elher, Will present the facts as presented N gr 'he act of the Arkansas Legislature. lie otate, by her act, does not assume t,gh1 to locate pre-emptions, nor does executive claim it as right, only upon condition that the prc-emptor or settle, f"4aashes or assents to it in writing, signef two witnesses, and in no other event, as U VIII see by the blank form herewith en rom the foregoing statement it will b' Fh al once that the two eases are dissimilar
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THOMAS H. BLAKE, Commissioner
 of the General Land coffee, Washington.
Es
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, ]
 LuHe Rocf, August Alb, 1843.
 SIR-Y our communications dated 21st and 26th of June, and copy of circular to the Registers, requiring them to afford facilities to my agents for procuring copies of plats, &c., were received in due course of mail. l have to regret exceedingly that your final de- cision has not yet reached me, in reply to my letter of the 9th of May last,) on the subject of the States right to select pre-emp- tions, achere tue pre-emptor relinquishes the rtgM. In that letter requested, if you should adhere to the opinion already given, that you would submit the case to the Secretary of the Treasury and Attorney General, for their action, hoping that upon a review of the matter, you would reverse your late decision. our disposition to afford every facility to us, for carrying into effect the act of the 4th September, l84l, confirms me in the belief that you will not hesitate, where the subject is one of so much importance to this State, to submit 1t to the Attorney General
 have ceased to make selections, until have your reply to this, which I am very desirous of receiving with as little delay as possible, that may be enabled to determine what course to pursue. At present am gov erned by the act of the last Legislature of this State, and deem it legal and equitable shall not trouble you with another argument ill support of it. Should you decline to carry out the provisions of that law, the only alter native left-and l shall adopt twill be an appeal to Congress.
 | take this occasion to protest against the issuing of any patent to Vim. Wynn, upon the grant of Congress to him, as feel sure that 1 shall be able to convince the Depart ment that the selections made by the State are good, and consequently that the grant of Congress, some twelve months subsequently,, cannot affect the claim of the State
 must express my regret in having to trouble you so frequently upon this subject. My only apology is, that it involves the in- terest of so large portion of our citizens, and an amount of some hundred thousand dollars to the State.
 have the honor, &c
 A. YELL. To the Commissioner of the General Land office.
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N0TIGE I'D SsBERsFEsS,

CtHERIFFS are reminded that, by law, if any IC collector of herevenue shall fail or neglect to pay into the State Treasury the amount of State tax with which he may be chargeable, by the tenth day of Decenber in each year, such delinquent collector will forfeit his commission allowed him by law, be charged by the Auditor of Public Accounts with the sum of twenty-five per centun the mount then due from him, and moreover b. liable to pay the sum of five per csntum per month thereon until the same shall be paid
 To avoid these heavy penalties, imposed by law, the revenue due the State for the year isi3, will have to be paid into the State Treasury on before the tenth day of December next.
 ELIAS N. CONWAY, Auditor
 oflrfansas. AUDIToR's OFFICE,
 Littlc RocA, .a.7t's, I7M Oc, 1els. 6-3w