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TRUSTEES.
Morris Robinson, John H. Smith,
Benz D. Silman, Jos. B. Collins,
r. H M'Curdy, Jas. S. Wadsworth,
Robr B. Minturn, H.. w. Hubbell,
c. w. Faber, G. M. Wilkins,
M. Livingston, L. V. L. Pruyn,
7. Sedgwick, T. w. Olcott,
Stacy B. Collins, Chas. Ety.
VIM. Barnwel, F. G. Halock,
VIM. Moore, Robt Schuyler,
Zebedee Cook, Amos S. Perry,
iona. Miller, Jos. Tuckerman,
John c. Cruger, Alfred Pell,
David Golden, John c. Thatcher,
Rufus l.. Lord w, s. Wetmore,
Joseph Blunt, Isaac G. Pearson,
Gideon Hawley, VIM. J. Bunker,
Two vacancies.
MORRIS ROBINSON, President
SAMUEL HANNAY, Secretary
MMruRN Posr, M. D., Physician to the compa
ny, 594 Broadway. March l4-ly
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FEBRUARY REPORT of the Mutual
Il Life Insurance Company, New York.
No. SO, Wall street.-Thls institution, during
the month of February, issued l09 new politics. viz:
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CONSUMPTION, coughs, colds, asthma
Dec. 30-Uyl

~ OronchIls, liver complaint splitting blood dItii
Guilty Of breathing, pain in the side and breast papi
tauon Of the heart, influenza, Group, broken consti
tuuon, throat, nervous debility, and all diseases
of the throat, breast, and Iungs--The most efectua
and speedy cure ever known for any of the above
diseases, Is
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CTA BRING CURED.-DR. COM
- STOCKS VOCAL AND POLYGLoT'T
GYMNASIUM (Philadelphia) is designed for the
Cure of Sammering and Defective Articulation
for instruction in Elocuton, and the usual English
branehes-and for the acquisition Of Ancient and
Modem Languages. The following languages are
now taught
|. Latin, 5. German, g. Turkish,
2. Ancient Greek q. Spanish, 10. Armenian,
3. Modern Greek, 7. Gaelic, IL. Hebrew,
4. French, &. Italian, ~. Hindoostanee.
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mComitiee Of arrangements.
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der Of the Veto, begging only little attention te
the two first of the closing paragraphs:

der of the Veto, begging only little attention to
the two first of the closing paragraphs II
''The bin proposes pay Eve millions of dollars to be
paid Ia land scrip and provides that no claim or memorial
shall be received by the commissioners authorized by the act
unless accompanied bya release discharge Of the United
States from all other and further compensation than the claim
ant may be entitled receive under the provision Of the
These claims estimated to much larger
than five millions Of dollars and YET the claimant is required
70 release to tie Government all other compensation and
accept bis share Of fund known TO be inadequate.
these claims be well founded, twouId be unjust to the
claimants TO repodate any portion Of the and the remain
ing sum could hereafter be resisted The bill proposes pay
these claims not in the currency known the constitution
and not to their full amount
Passed. as this bill has been the close Of the session.
and when many measures Of importance necessarily demand
the attention Of Congress- and possibly without that full and
deliberate consideration which the largo sum appropAtes
and the existing ae of the Treasury and Of the country de-
mand deem Il to be my duty to withhold my approval
may hereafter undergo the revision Of Congress-. have
come to this conclusion with regret In ntepong my OBJ
jectons to its becoming law truly sensible that it
should be extreme which would make the duty Of
the Executive to withhold his approval Of any bin passed by
Congress upon the ground Of its cxpedency alone. Such
case consider this TO be. JAMES X POLK" /
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SALE OF UNITED STATES PROPERTY

In this mornings Courier, Mr. George Morton, United
States agent adverses for sale auction, one yaw boat
three scows, two steamboats, quantity Of timber, spikes,
blasting POWDER &c purchased for and used in the work
our habor and piers. With great propety the take
place the south pierhe exposed, dapdated condition Of
which is the subject of so much remark and anxiety
little than two hours expense Of the Mexican would
suffice TO complete harbo according its present pan
at least render it but Mr. Polk sneers at the
mouth of creek and says appropriations for it
stutona and the is, BESIDES wanted for the
Announcements Of similar sales made at the various
habos above All the United States property be sold
Oft and for the remainder Of Mr. Folks Administration it is
certaiDunless the North upon its rights
the lives and property of citizens and all the
merce OF the lakes will be exposed to the full fury of the
storms As if to mock caamities, lighthouses will con-
dnue to be kept up marking where ports were, and
corps Of highly scientific engineers will be engaged in making
minute and accurate survey Of the lakes harbors un
constitutional by what right these surveys made what
use will they be when completed BY denying harbors
the surveys become useless matter of COURSE both the
Government and citizens and the constitutional rule that for
bids harbors applies with equal force surveys The wick
edness of denying the only equaed by the absudy
pushing forward the other But have nmaed above
let the North present unbroken 'front.' this and other
questions peculiarly and vitality affecting its interests and the
evil we now have to complain Of will soon be remedied
2e q ta Buffalo Advertiser.
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The Nineteenth Annual Fair of this Association
opens on the fifth of October next, at Nlblos Gar
den, in the city of New York.
Eighteen years have now passed since the State
of New York gave legal existence to this Insti-
tute, with full power to increase and multiply our
home resources in all the ways Of agriculture com
merce, manufactures, and the arts. The exerions
Of the past eighteen years known TO the people but
well known that the whole labor has been per-
formed by the volunteer patriotic devotion Of the members Of
the Institute Each successive year proved greater in the
results than each former one Now is hronged by more
than two hundred thousand spectators during exhibition
The pride Of country gains strength every year. and that
pride is also accompanied with the pleasing fact that
fort and wealth increased by it.
Our PROBATION young nation has been long. Every
art has been used TO blind to true destiny Our era
tue, our general popular press TEEN with the most inviting
doctrines of free trade Our agriculture is praised but they
eat of We advised to till the earth raise
hog and homny to raise cotton, but spin it.
IT, not TO dye it aud MOTTO make pair pantas
looms of IT, III
When General JAcKsos the height Of his popularity and
power said that political system would thus present the
anomaly Of people stripped of the right foster their own
industry, and counterfeit the selfish and desructire
policy which might be adopted by foreign natons and
g" is principally manufactures and tend to in
the paie Of agricultural productions and extend
their application to the wants and comforts Of society,
that they deserve the fostering Of Government he
spoke the doctrine Of the Republicans Of America The
American Institute only try to carry them energetcay
out and that they will do We will if cannot make
hobnals and ratraps We think that have
the last casting vo centuries in favor Of foreign and dead
against American home industry. We shall show, all for
occasions history, from thedays Capt Smith and
Pocahontas and Of the Pilgrims Of Plymouth Rock that the
endeavored to be pressed against well
being, the harder is the reaction of great spring We
SHALL therefore, hail with double satisfaction the return Of the
patriotic exhibition OF the works of art labor genius and per-
seyeng industry Of felowcizens We hope that the
cateshow will be crowded than before with the
splendid specimens the stock Of animals Of
try that artists and manufacturers farmers and garden
will outdo all former exhibitions by their noble products
Let them there win be three hundred thousand
citizens admire them, Whether foreigners do not Ap
metropolis always interesting but tens Of thousands
of persons prefer to make it during the Fair that they may
additional worth remembering, tens Of thousands
Of the beautiful curious, and invaluable useful works Of
own countrymen, and women, too.
NEw YoRK, AUGUST "a, 1916.
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CONSTITUTIONAL" INTERNAL IMPROVE
\. $500 MENTS. ~

Mr. CALHOUN, in his Senate report on the Memphis
moa that the General Government under the power
regulate commerce, may constiutionay improve such
have three States bordering their nav
gable waters, but not those whose navgabe waters
braced within one, or, rthest States" Thus Con-
gess has undoubted constitutional power improve the Della
and Connecticut for there three States Dor
derng upon EACH More less stretching Of that power will
also enable them improve the Big Sandy, PEARL Perdido
and ST. Mays rivers and all those, except the Edo Of
Souri, CAnoLiSA, for they in two States but will be
high the constitution spend upon the Hud
son. the Missouri, the Illinois, the Arkansas the Alabama,
each being in but single State Here, indeed find the
perfection Of reason discovering rule by which Congress
legally make improvements Of streams which are
comparatively vaueess, aud yet prohibited from apply
ing this granted power to the improvement Of great natural
channels Of internal and trade Perhaps however,
the reversal of this rule would look too much like exercising
the powers Of the Government for the general Dee" of
the country to please whose views entirely local
W. G.
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HOW TO OBTAIN A VERDICT.

BREACH Promise CAsR.-The case Of Conrad vs.
Williams, which has been years the courts was
finally disposed of last week Ithaca New York. by YER
dict for the defendant The commenced in NoVem
ber 1912, and tho trial in February following verdict of
S. 200 was obtained but trial ordered by the Su
Prems Court; appearing, among other things that there
such noise and confusion the courthouse during the
charge, that the jury did hear Judges ntmaon that
no promise had been proved The took place in
February, s45 when the jury disagreed The third and
last trial commenced Monday l7h instant and occupied
the week II was tried before Hon. AMAsA j. Parker Of
the third circuit and seventy witnesses examined
After the cause had been given the jury Friday evening
they reported, at about 10 O'Clock, their inability TO akree
They were sent out again for further deIiberation Al five
O'Clock on Saturday morning the summoned by the
court house bell and again the jury reported their inability
agree Once more they for further elaboration
About nine o'clock they reported for the third time their ina
biy to agree Judge PARKER assured them that the cir
unfortunate he regretted that they had
so uncomfortable night that he would endeavor to have
them more comfortably provided for futures he would re-
main in town until Monday morning receive their verdict
If they should he able by that time agree if not he had
TO hold at Albany, after which, and probably about
two weeks he would again attend receive their verdict
should they be prepared render it in the mean time the
sheriff would take all proper for their and
comfort Another brief half hours dcberaon enabled the
jury TO report that they had agreed their rerdc which
was rendered for the dcfendant-Hhaca Chronicle
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MELAScHoLr CAsUALTr.-Mr. JOHN WESLEY Finch and
his wife met with melancholy death the 2lst instant
Abingdon, Virginia. They travelling, and had encamp
ed for the night about six miles west of Abingdon and
quietly eposing in their caryal together with nephew
when the horse, being ethered to the Wheel took fright
turned the wagon bottom upwards and the two old people
were suocaed before they could be relieved The young
man who was with them states that they returning
visit in North Carolina to their residence Dresden
Weakey county, Tennessee.
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Wou FIeHr.--About fortnight ago young man named
William Jackson in Of the back settlements was return
ing from the woods where he had spent part the day shoot
cracking in the underwood behind him. and turning TO learn
the cause OF the noise he bhed three wolves coming
directly toward him. He chance Of escape aud de-
temned TO fight out his only hope Of safety He threw
down his game, placed his back against large tree and
enty awaited tho attack Of the erocous animals The wolves
approached and walked around HIM three times at
short distance but seeing chance Of attack behind they
advanced in front. tl1&
When they within a few feet he leveIIed his gun
and hed the two barrels succession and Of the wolves
ie mortality wounded the third spang him. and was sa
ued on the head with stunning blow from the but end Of
tne piece but the animal recovering seized the young man w
tne leg and both fell the ground together deadly strug
ge, III which The wotore his antagonist severely in different
art OF he body Feeling himself growing loss Of
pood, the youth with difficulty drew knife from his
made one desperate plunge the savage ANIMAL and
Immediately Tell exhausted and senseess the foot of the
uee awuly mangied in the conflict and covered with blood
hen consciousness returned the sight his three enemies
yng dead beside him awakened his wandering
reality and his almost miraculous escape from death Hsknie
ne found sticking firmly TO the handle heart Of his latest
WIN great difficulty he reached home and alarmed his
friends who repaired tho spot with lights and brought home
'he SKINS Of The dead wolves trophies Of what may Justly
call an extraordinary exploit The hero Of the fight as we
may call him. has nearly recovered from his wounds although
ne WIN bear TO his the broad Of his triumphant and
deadly struggle with the three wolves
[Byo,on (Cannda) Gazette.
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CASADA-The foreign arrivals of passengers at Quebec
this season. up to August Is, 1854. The Pilot on
the authority Of letters from London considers Earl CArH-
CARTS recall from the Government of Canada thing deter
mined Considering that Earl GnEr Minister we think
probable that there viii be Governor and that
course Of policy akin to that Of Lord SurDEsHAm will
be pursued The debt of the Canadss, fourteen mil
ons great embarrassment The of Congress of Au-
gust 9Th allows the Canada send produce through the
State Of New York. by canal railroad, for expectation only
Should not have allowed the me of Cleveland Black
Rock, Rochester, Oswego DC. to import Canadian grain,
grind il, and then ship off the equivalent in -four As II
stands it is presumed that the grinding secured to the Ca
madam miller. Canada export and import beyond
without using the ST. Lawrence -Nesc York paDcr
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THE San PEDRO CoNPANr.-The San Pedro, a Spanish
eighty four gun ship left Cadz time in the year 1875
for Spanish South America, with nearly thousand persons
ON boss portion of them being officers and troops
TO aid in the attempted subsection of the revoeJ colonies
SPAIN The San Pedro conveying various smaller
sells having troops board and she herself carried the funds
TO dey the expense Of the expedition, supposed to
10 al least half million Of dollars Of the island of Marea-
rita the San Pedro blown up with terrible explosion
from fire having accidentally with the spirit
ROOM large number Of lives lost the vessel
tally destroyed and the treasure board Of scattered
and sunk.
Shortly after this occurrence American residing at Gu.
made effort the treasure, and succeeded in
getting about five thousand dollars No further attempt was
made until the year l643, when company formed in
Baltimore with view the recovery Of the lost treasures
upon the Search but she failed TO obtain any thing ow
ing the nadcquacy Of the machinery which she carried ont
Those who went this expedition satisfied themselves
however, of the feasibility Of the PLAN and second vessel
DISPATCHED which successful She returned
in ls45 having recovered S27 specie several
anchors barrels Of grape and chain shot and several large
pieces Of ordnance The third expedition was then fitted out
which returned TO Baltimore about the first OF July last hav
ing obtained about the Of property as was
vered ON the second voyage.
The specimens OF the matter, taken up from the bed Of
he ocean, are very curious indeed The fragments Of the
sell cannonbals, Spanish med dollars and various other
matters from the wreck having fallen into one confused mass
nave become combined by the action Of time and the
win stones, saDd cockeshes and various other submarine
substances forming singular and interesting collections is
very marc V get these Most oil the
FOUND buried four feet deep the sand the bottom being hard
sand mixed with Shells coral &c Some Of IL dug where
the coral several inches thick most Of il white rotten coral
where the property lies the water Is sixty feet deepAfas
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SICKNESS AT HAsERsTowS.--The Hagerstown News OF
"Wednesday says "The amount of sickness that pre-
walls in Hagerstown and its vicinity truly alarming Fee
Of every hue and dye remittent intermittent bilious
yphus, congestve snd many other kinds either
rous to mentions, beyond KEN have Frustrated hun
dfeds while the chs have done full share Of dwelling be-
side The reader will the Of editorial attention
in days paper when tell him that less than six or
eight Of family, well three Of the hands in our Of
hce, have, within the past week. been PROSTATE with disease
and we oursof have received shake that won't get
without something TO take ,"
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Tar TnousAsp MINIS WALK--Wc Wednesday was the last
day Of the six weeks job Of EAroS, the pedestrian, at Gale
donna Springs There little doubt that he has accomplished
the feat Of walking thousand miles in many hours as,
when last heard FROM he hong his mile every hour,
with wonderful spirit and vigor for Of his advanced age
(seveniy years.) H
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The people Of North Carolina have decided at the late
election against establishing peniten'ay in that State by
majority Of from $4,000 TO 20, 900.
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CAmsaIpsg CoLLssE LIsRaRY.--By actual enumeration
lately mac this library consists Of 1000 volumes exclusive
Of eight thousand pamphlets. The department Of
history supposed be tho largest in the world
being 5000 The oldest work American history
known exist is letter from Columbus, translated from
Ttplian into Latin, and published in 1894.
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An ELEPHAsr's DoIses.-We learn by a gentleman Of
this city, who at Lockpor Saturday. that at noon Of
that day an elephant belonging to menagere exhibiting
there walked Of his toward span of horses attached
TO wagon some twenty rods off The horses took fright the
huge beast approached them broke loose and rods
to the angle of fence the elephant followed cspszed the
wagon and threw the horses rods the fence
One OF the horses with several broken ribs
to escape his assaant which fell upon the other with his
tusks his entras continued TO toss him along
the fence ten rods or more.
AT this time the keeper who dinner when the ee
plant escaped from the tent up and called the animal
by name The elephant Immediately obeyed the word and
followed the keeper orchard about hundred rods Off
where he secured by strong chains fast to the trunk
OF full grown tree Just informant left in the after
noon he heard that the elephant had uprooed the tree
which he was fastened and had injured but learned
particulars The of the elephant said was caused
by some tobacco concealed in the food that of the by
ISLANDERS offered him. People cannot be cautious how
they nfe IN such way with clephant-Bu6alo Com.
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A LEARNED PKDLAR.-Sone years ago gentleman, who
had been appointed professor in the department Of Oriental
Literature in Of Colleges TO Asia TO perfect
himself in the necessary learning for his duties Not
finding all the teaching which he desired he back 10
Germany, hoping among the Of that intellectual
try 10 find with whom he could complete his studies
Thcre he told that the learned in that depart
men Jew, who had been for several years in Amsrcs
The professor returned, and, after applying to the Rabbi at
Boston, finally touched the object Of his pursuit. when TO
his great surprise, il the very Jew who had BEEN during
all his absence peddline icyey and the professors
coegc-yad The pedar proved to be really possessed
the learning which had been attributed him. and since
the discovery the young professor has been pursuing his
studies under learned pedlas tuition with much sssac
ton --.Jour7,1f of Commerce. t
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THE COPPER REGION.
KKrwEsAw Porsr. LAKE SUPERIOR,

KEEwESAw PorNr, LAKE SUPERIOR,
JULr IS, 1896
Whether the copper which is evidently buried here
be disnterred in sufficient quantities. and with sufficient
cheapness, render the mining for profitable
yet open question The specimens which have
not Of copper but the pure native metal occurring
in isolated masses in the veins OF the trap rock which here
the rock Of the country These veins vary width from
threads lodes of two three feet They
posed of SPAR coored generally geenh by the presence of
combination of copper in small proportion, and appear
TO with considerable regularity either north and south,
ntesectins and The north and south lodcs
dere with slight inclination TO the Nest and the and
west, running with the strata Of the rock, with greater nc
nation to the north The first thing 10 be done in mining
find Of these veins sufficiently promising in width and
appearance begin upon Now il the country, instead Of
being covered with loose rock soil decayed trees and al
most mpenetrabe forest denuded Is along the
shore Of the lake, this would be easy though
then would require much experience decide where
best make opening nersect the below the
surface how long would he best prosecute the search
at locality before abandoning II and trying another and
many other such questions that would the
the investigation. But being is the finding good lode
is the first aud greatest difficulty Searching for them here
called "cxpIong" and prospectingan extensive opera
ton in which, from what have Of the persons employ
ed them have doubt many companies have needesy
wasted ther funds without any reasonable prospect of
equivalent The only possible advantage that
conceive Of from the employment Of manifesy incompetent
agents in this business the favorable effect may have on
the value of their shares in the market at home for companies
to be able report that they have the ground"
When lode is fixed upon, the next thing is TO sink
shaft which involves also expensive outlay Miners
to be engaged and provide for them houses sup
plies, materials, &C. These miners do not work like
Yankee laboers they mentioned of former
letters very ntracta and is be expected that good
men can be hired TO and direct them and supentend
affairs in these wild isolated dggins for nothing Alto
geher evident to me that company, uness they dis
much richer vein Of than any that has been found
as yet will be likely to realize immediate profit upon the
capital they have invested though Of the ultimate Of
those companies who manage their affairs with economy there