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IMPORTANT DEcIsoNs.-The Supreme Court last

IMPORTANT DEcIsoNs.-The Supreme Court last
week decided the very important land case from
louisiana involving the validity of the celebrated
lands claimed under it thirty leagues, being
upwards Of two hundred and fifty thousand acres,
lying on both sides of the river Ouachita, Mon
roe. The case was decided in favor of the United
States, the alleged grant being declared by the Court
fraudulent, and therefore void.
The Court also decided case from Michigan, in
which it ruled that lands purchased from the United
States in that State subject TO State taxation from
the date of sale. On the part Of the purchasers i
was contended that the lands were moi iable TO be
taxed, because, until the patent issued, the lega
estate still in the United States, and the lands
therefore, exempt from taxation.-GI06e.
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A GREAT WISpFaLL--We have il from reliable source
that German farmer, by the of George ]. J. Geye
living the village Of Lewiston, Fulton county, Illinois,
about trip TO Europe, for the purpose Of taking
possession OF the snug fortune Of two million six hundred
thousand dollars worth Of property. He recently received
letter from the firm Of Rothschd, nj Frankfort stating that
lawsuit which had been pending for than thirty years
the Of Germany, and in which his wife OF
the heirs law, had been decided in their favor and that
division Of the in litigation about take place.
and they wished to know his pleasure concerning the
coming his wife, which is stated I've in round numbers
hco million SIC hundred thousand dollars Geyer emgraed
this country fifteen years ago. and settled in Fulton county,
where he has followed the occupation of farmer AT the
time he left Germany the gaining of the was considered
doubtfuL--&. Louis Neic Era.
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The Orr1cE-sEEKERs .-The President will

The OFFIcE-sEEKERs The President will find
it h.rd, in the dispensation Of the appointments, to
satisfy and reconcile sectional demands and still
harder to appease the vanity and ambition of indi-
vdlal applicants. On the threshold he will pain
fully experience the penalty he has to pay for his
high fortune penalty which every step OF his
progress will render more and more disgueting.
Louis XIV said, strikingly, that when he gave
away an Office he made one migrate and ninety-nne
enemies and the rage for Office and the clamorous
eageness with which il is pursued in this country,
as il beggars all example elsewhere, SO it must,
whei disappointment follows the pursuit, be attend
ed With proportonate resentment.--Rich. Whig.
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Tmr GOLDEN vIcroRY"--At meeting held

THE +" GOLDEN Victory. AT meeting held
on the 18th utmo in Culpeper county, (Va.) the
following resolutions among others were adopted
"Resoiued, That WILLIAM SMITH, ESQ, late faithful
Representative in Congress- has been, and now in OPT
Mon, Of the abest and most efficient supporters Of the
Democratic in the State of Virginia. We believe that
in 1910 his exerons in the Of Democracy saved the
Old Dominion from the clutches Of Whiggey, whilst almost
every other State quaed beneath its haneu influence Again.
in 1884, he bucked on his tried aor, gltterng and bright
Of yorc, and nerving his for the contest flew the
Of Democracy, sheabng his sword until victory
had spread its golden wings our waving banner.
"Resolucd, That recommend the said WILLIAM SMITH,
Esq to JAMES Polk, President elect Of the United States
competent to FILL and deserving his hands, appoint
ment both lucrative and honorable"
This is what we call doing it up brown very
brown, indeed. The figure of " Victory and the
golden wings" is exceedingly appropriate, for the
party would not give the snap of their fingers for
victory, unless there was some "gold" about it.
II Mr.. Polk complies with this golden appeal,
there will be more conventions held in the next six
months than forty newspapers could chronicle.
Petersburg IifeLigencer
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Treasury DEPARTMENT,

CoMPTnoLLEns OFFICE, MARcH 8, 1913.
SIR Your accounts of the customs, embracing, during
your official term nearly fifty millions of dollars, and your
counts for your official emoumens up to the 18th July 1874
the period when your official services Collector terminated
have been adjusted at the Treasury, and balance Of 3d.
found to be due you from the United States have re
quesed the Collector Of New York TO pay that TO you
order, which order, having been charged TO you, your nc
Collector OF the Port of New York have been hi
day finally closed on the books of the Treasury.
Very respectfully, J. W. McCUlLOH
To EDwAnD CURTIS, Esq.
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gentleman who resided in what termed the
tobacco region of FLoHID has furnished the editor of the Mo-
bile Journal with glowing of the fertility of the soil
and the mdness Of the climate The region is fast filling up
with industrious population and Improvements which
few months ago could have been bought for from $500 $500
command 81 900. 1t lies in Leon and Gadsaen
ties and is of great extent the soil is black loose,
sandy loam from twelve inches deep, and stiff
compact clay The general yield Of tobacco about 500
200 pounds per Some Of has been exported to Eu
rope, but the principal part sold in Apalachico, where it
ready sale prices ranging from 20 to rs cents per h.
in the leaf The wide range Of prices owing to the fact
that many the cuvators had previous experience in the
busnese +.
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The FEMALE INDUSTRIAL Society of New York held a
second meeting Thursday and large number of ladies
present. and addresses made illustrate the
induced by the extremely low rates of compensation paid
to wokwomen One of the ladies who spoke suggested that
long there many persons competing for employ
ment in the city, and ready to underbd in prices they would
be unsuccessful unless ladies' could increase the
Dor and modes of employment She proposed memoalzing
the merchants and others who had young their
poy doing work fitting for than men, give the
former the preference.
Mrs Ann 5. Stephens, Mrs. Stones, and Miss Gray were
appointed prepare address.
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A BRolDsIpE FROM OLD MoSRoF.-The Texas iniquity
has thoroughly aroused the Young Lion Of the West" The
town elections in Monroe county, which off Tuesday
last resulted in the signal triumph achieved by the
Wings Of that sanch republican county The Wings have
elected four Of the five Supervisors in the city of Rochester
and carried every in the county Locofocoism has
longer foothod upon the free soil Of old Monroe. The
Board of Supervisors will stand Wings to one
Locofoco.--AibGny Journal
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FrRrs AT rur sourH.--At Norfolk, last Tuesday night
the dry goods Of Edwards s. Amsead and the dry
goods Of s Dawes consumed by fire, with nearly
all their contents. Loss from $4,000 TO $4,000.
At Charleston Wednesday morning, $50 bales of
ton lying on Frasers wharf destroyed and considerable
injury done the and goods Of Messs Fraser 4 Co
At Savannah Sunday night the large bsiding known
Washington Hall, consumed, together with 0oo
bales OF cotton stored in the lower part Of the building, and
the Odd Fellows Lodge Room, in the second story. The
loss considerable
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CLosE VoTrNo--Mr. ,RurUs KELLER, the Demo-
cratic candidate has been declared Mayor elect Of the
city of Rochcsterby one majority, andt the Wings have
gained the Council, though opposed by a combina-
sion Of Locoiocoism, Abolihonism, and Nativsm,
(Mr. JOHN ALLEN, the former Wing Mayor, and a
candidate for reelection, being adopted citzenl
The canvassing Of the votes devolved on the old
board Of Council, in which there was tie. The
whole number Of undisputed votes returned for
Mayor were--for Keeler 1909, for Allen 1907.
ihere Were also returned two votes for -. Allen"
ana one vote for John Alle,' there not being room
on the paper 10 write the deficient letter The lat
ter vote was aIlowed but, on the question to count
the two votes having -. Allen" on them, the Locos
all voted IN The negative causing lie in the Board
when Mr.. ALLEN, who was presiding as Mayor
voted against himself and thus gave the victory 10
his competitor. is doubted whether, under these
circumstances, Mr.. KELLER win accept the office.
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CONFERENCE.-The Boston Chroncle-the anti-slavery
organ edited by Mr. Leavtt, formerly OF the Emancipation
pous out Will Of bitter wrath Senator Benton for the part
he took in the passage Of the Texas resolutions and thereby
extending the area Of slavery. Yet the Chronicle did
s utmost to promote the OF the Democratic party and
OF Mr. Polk in the late eec,ionwthou which Mr. Benton
aid the Texas resolutions would have been eec-
tual than the waving Of ladys an.---N Y Com Adr,
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rHs CAsg cr Cosrrsyr.--Mr. Munsel, who was scn-
fased 10 pay fne 81 s25o Cor ecncmpi a Court in w.
fsng 10 nteogaiories before the Grand Jury the
and thst such answer would crmnae him- and who
united 20 prison in default Of the payment thereof on
adsy last paid the amount q fine into court and
y 81, having undergone weeks imprisonment
(Abnry Atlas, nj inst.
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Mr.. BIRNEY thus family apologies for his polit-
cal course during the late Presidential election:
"But suppose we had all voted for Mr. CL.r--suppose
him elected and Texas kept ouwhere would have been the
Liberty party Scattered among shareholders and their allies
without having accomplished any thing The Liberty party
would not have been existence this time II would have
been completely dissolved"
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A WING COLLECTOR.

It is with great pleasure, and not altogether with
out prde that point the attention Of our readers
to the following evidence of honesty and fidelity in
the discharge Of his public duties in an Ex-Coector
of the port of New York, removed from Office by
The late Administration, without notice, and upon no
other than the suspicion that he was at heart
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THE SENATE COMMITTEES.

The Senate having found it necessary to appoint
some committees at this Extra Session, ordered the
appointment Of all its standing committees. Sup
posing that our readers would like to how they
are constituted, we have placed them in another
column.
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The New York Express Of Thursday says "Thc regis
Yer Of Prof Moes Telegraph, situated in the room over our
o. was operated yesterday morning during the shower Of
rain BY the galvanc action q one Of the metallic roofs to
which The wire was attached IN the line from ibis terminus to
that Al he iyceam The electricity developed by this roof
sufficient 10 produce bold and egibe characters on the
paper. and worked with the regularity and precision as
when connected with the battery"
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AsHREL SMITH, Secretary Of Slae.

Hon. GREENE G. BRoNsoN has been appointed
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Of New York,
to succeed Hon. SAMUEL NELSON elevated to the
Berrh of the United States Supreme Court. Hon.
FRHEBoRN G.. JEwETT has been appointed JUS
ticeof the New York Supreme Court in the place
yac,ted by the present Chief Justice.
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The Government Express Mail between Covington (Geor
gia) and Montgomery (Aabama) has been discontinued.
The arrangement of the regular mail entered
into the s instant, which only takes five days between
Charleston and New Orleans being the space of time
in which the express formerly carried american.
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There are many yamsors of intended removals
from Office by the new Administration but, if any
thing like proscrptive policy is intended, it is at
least slow in showing itself. We incline to think
that our new President will not descend quite as
low in search Of objects Of punishment for opinions
sake as some Of his predecessors have done; and
we are not without some hope, indeed that he will
discountenance and discourage attempts by Demo-
cratic General Committees, by Clubs, and that of
machinery, to dictate to him such appointments as
ought ever to be made more with reference to the
public interest than to mere demagogueism and
party service. We observe that these cliques and
combinations, too often successful under the late
Administration, are again at work, in New York
and elsewhere to accomplish their own selfish and
interested purposes. Our having opposed the cleo
ton Of Mr.. Polk is no reason why we should not
earnestly desire that he may prove by his conduct
that he is neither to be caoled terrified into any
course contrary to his own sense of right.
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II is stated in the Northern papers that President
TYLER, before the expiration Of his term Of office,
RENTED the unexpred part of the sentence of sus-
pension from service of Capt. john T. NEWTON,
United States Navy, pronounced by the Court Mar
tal upon the occasion Of the loss of the steam gate
Missouri. Certainly, in our opinion, sufficient
rgor had been already exercised in the case Of that
gentleman.
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We regret TO learn, by letter from Chcsieriown.
that the wife Of the Hon. JANIS A. PsAacR died on
Saturday. Mrs. Y. had been dangerously IN Tor
me time, which had kept Mr.. r. from his seat in
the United States Senate. --Baf finer.
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We learn from the Madisonian that on Friday
last the new Secretary of War and Postmaster Gen
eral entered upon the discharge of their duties,
and that on Saturday the new Secretary of the
Treasury did the same.
We learn further from the same paper that on
Saturday morning the Officers of the Army, and
others, paid their respects to the Secretary of War;
and, together with large number of citizens and
strangers visited the President of the United States
at the Executive Mansions and that Mrs. Polk re-
ceived visiters on that day and the preceding day.
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"
Laie Collector, NeU York.

By paragraph published in this paper few
an impression has been made that the decision re-
Gently PRONOUNCED by the Supreme Court in the
case Of The Maison Rouge Grant duplicates The
present claimants under that grant in some fraud or
Improperly, in consequence of which the grant has
been adiudged void. Such was not, we learr4 the
Judgment of the Court; and, so far from . being
fair implication from the opinion pronounced, the
Court in the most precise and posiisse terms repu-
date such construction, and fuNy acquit the pre-
sent holders from any participation in or privity
with any such fraud. maloFiiy of the Judges
who heard the case, four in number, were of the
opinion tla the evidence in the record showed that
the ssafyey or fgurative plan, which purported to
have been made in 1907, was not in fact made un-
al 1902 or 1903, and was then fraudulently. ante
dated The judgment Of the Circuit Court was
simply reversed, which will lead to another trial,
when this question will be open for investigation,
upon such evidence as may then be adduced. The
present claimants, we learn, did not acquire their
title until 1919, and purchased the property for a
large consideration, after The Board of Commits
sioners appointed by Congress had investigated the
title, and pronounced their judgment that il was
perfect grant, and that the title was mexceptonable
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We deeply regret TO state that the Hon. Isaac
pArrs, the much-respected Senator from the State
ef Massachusetts, lies dangerously III At his lodg-
ings in this city 10 which he has been confined Cor
more than week past.
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II ~. u. . ..- !, Or Oxx DoLLAn for the first regular
| T<-~h c6nxrcss and FIyTr CEsTs for the inal SEES
- - ~eek Conxrcsst and the for each Extra SEES
s;oss--snyable 10 "a eases In advance
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[Comm. for N. Y. Mirror.
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medium duty for maximum Of revenue can only
be guessed at, and cannot even be spproximated,
except by an experiment which cannot be made;
and whilst the discrimination 10 allowed by the
theory and not restrained by anything but an ina
ginary point which will vary according 70 each in
divid6als opinion the whole theory allows, practi
cally, discrimination for protection.
Those who have adopted this theory, however,
differ widely from protectionists. They are for a
low tariff. They arc opposed, upon their own
principles, to the tariff OF 1870 ts specifics and
minimums, which constitute it, most odious fea-
lures. Between these politicians and those who
will discriminate for revenue and equitable taxation
only, we do not apprchend any irreconcilable diff
ference in practice; and We arc confident that the
real protective tarifEmen will find themselves in a
lean minority In the next Congress- We believe,
therefore, that the wings have reason to be alarmed
for their bantling. They should cry aloud and
spare not The facts and statistics which the Treas
ury Department ID collecting, they should by all
means discrcdit, a. far possible il 10 all
one-sided and partial, and warn all coons to have
nothing to do with it.-Lossuiik Daily Dc'neerat.
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From the Charlestown (va) Spirit Of jefferson.
THE TARIFF IN ,39 AND as.

With what consistency the wings Of Virginia can
support the tariff bill Of AZ may be inferred by the
following from the address Of the Central Commit.
tee at Richmond in 1899. II we mistake not, the
senior editor of the Free Press" as well as Mr..
Toler Of the Lynchburg virginian, were signers,
il not authors, Of that memorable address. Then,
the tariff, it was considered, twas settled by the
terms Of the compromise act because the stability
of our manufacturing establishments enabled them
to maintain competition ich foreign fabrics without
aresort to this extraneous support which is far from
being desired, were il any longer essential ~
Verify, ''consistency is jewel"
GAN idea of charterng national bank has been
relinqushed by it, former most sanguine advocates,
as unnecessary and inexpedcnt in the present, and
probably in the future monetary condition Of the
country; the necessity Of internal improvements by
the general government has been entirely superseded
by the energetic application Of the resources of the
several States to that object; and the TARIFF is
settled by the terms Of tho compromise act of 1888
unless it shall be revived for political purposes by
those who affect TO dread the re-establishment Of
high protective duties These duties, indeed, are No
longer necenery, the stability Of our manufactminx
establishments smobmg Them 10 maintain competitio,
sppor-a support which, fuctuAting with the alter
nate rise and fall prices, is far from being desired
even were it any longer essential; for, with that
branch of national industry, with every other,
stability Of legislation 10 far more important than
temporary advantages, of which they may, when
least expected, and when their withdrawal would
operate most dsastrously be deprived by the result
Of an annual election
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ArMosPHERIc RAILwAY.-London and Croydor
ine.--Experiments on this new and interesting
principle, which bids fair to overtun all our pro-
conceived ideas Of railway travelling, were made
last week. in the presence of Mr. wilkinson, chair.
man of the company, and several of the directors
Mr.. Samuda, as before, directed the proceedings
On Friday there were five carriages attached to the
piston carriage, the aggregate weight amounting to
probably thirty tons. The first experiment was
from Croydon to the Dartmouth Arms; but. from
some misunderstanding as to time, ono of the sta.
tionary engines was not brought into action; and
the vacuum obtained in the tube was, in conse-
quencc imperfectly developed. The speed attained,
however, was fully equal to that usually adopted
in the working ofthe locomotive lines, being on the
average 81 miles an hour. On the return greater
speed was attained, the barometer at starting indi-
eating above 81 inches, or l0i lbs. of atmospheric
pressure on the square inch Of the piston. There
stopping at any of the intermediate stations
and we had good opportunity of judging Of the
speed that might be obtained. The distance of 5
miles was accomplished in six minutes and quar-
ter, giving average of 40 miles an hour; but part
Of this distance "a quarter of a mile) the speed
reached IS miles an hour. The second upward trip
was continued throughout at an equal speed, and
the distance was accomplished in seven minutes,
being rather above 43 miles an hour. The return
to Croydon was equally satisfactory. The barom-
eter indicated from 20 inches the maximum, to IL
inches, minimum, or from - to 81 pounds on each
square inch. The result is such must satisfy tho
most scepcal, because the experiments have clear
y proved that greater degree of speed can, by the
atmospheric principle, be communicated In less
time than by the present system, while all possible
ity Of those fearful accidents that have lately
happened on different lines arc completely avoided
Every day tends 10 lessen the unimportant disad-
vantages arising from the want of a thorough I'm
derstandng between the different departments on
the railway; and It may safely be asserted, that
when the principle has had time and opportunity
given It OF arriving atgreater maturity the SUPERIOR
" over the locomotive engines will be marked 40
to silence every cavillcr.
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BIZ A. Green, .Aucfioneer.

HOUSEHOLD AND CHAMBER FURNI-
IL TURE AT AUCTION. Monday, the
goth instant, shall SELL at the corner of Goth and
! streets, opposite the West Market-house, at 3
o'clock p. M, good lot Of the above named furni.
ture, such as
Mahogany sofas, sideboards, bureaus, divans,
&c.
Mahogany chairs, breakfast and card tables
Lounges, cane and wood seat chairs
Work and wash stands, bedsteads, &c.
White china dinner set and other crockerv
Androns, shovel, tongs, and tenders
Dressing tables, cradle, toilet glasses, &c.
Refrigerator, Tampa, &c.
And other articles not necessary to enumerate.
Terms ofsale: All sums Of and under 100, cash;
for notes satisfactorily endorsed bearing interest.
A. GREEN,
&c. 17--2t Auctiopccr.