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THE CHEROKEE NATION

The Commissioners to whom were referred the
matter at issue between the two parties, in the
Cherokee Nation. have agreed to the propositions
which must furm the basis of new Treaty be-
tween them and the United States. The Repur,
Is IN the nature of compromise, and it is to he
hoped both parties will cheeriuIly acquesce in all
lis provisions. and thus put an end to the feuds
which have so long existed among them.
We understand they have rejected The exclu
sive claim of the =" Old Settlers " to the lands
ceded by the treaty Of 1928. and decide tina, the
treaty was Tor the benefit Of the ,chole Cherokee
Nation. As an offset to this, they give the " Old
Settlers - their preparation of the avails of the
lands sold to the United States by the Cherokees
East of the Mississippi. The sum due To this
portion Of the Cherokees, under the decision, is 10
he ascertained by fair estimate but il is sum-
posed that it will be equal to $50 per man
s450,Q in all--and this must be paid out of the
United States Treasury
The Commissioners have also decided that the
families of Majur Ridge, John Ridge and Elias
Bondnot, be allowed reasonable amount for
ly Ia flee the country in consequence Of the mur.
ders of the above named persons, who lost their
lives because they signed the Treaty in 1885
The Commissioners propose, in the new treaty,
to pass an act of general amnesty, pardon for all
offences, &C., among all the Cherokees to make
ample provision for the security of life, liberty and
property. and the grea, absolute rights of free.
men; To extend the criminal laws of the United
States over the Cherokee Country; to allow all
persons fair participation in the Cherokee Gov
eminent, and to dispense for The present, with
partition of the Cherokee CnnntIy
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COL. TRUMAN CROSS POWELI,S
LIFE OF GEN TAyIOR

Mr.. Powell, in his life Of Gen Taylor, (Ap-
Peon's Edition,) says Of The late lamented Cross.
that He commenced life in very humble cir.
cumsiances." If an Ensigncy in the Add Rept
Of u S. Infantry. in The l7th year of his aye
and being the son Of highly respectable Planter
and Revolutionary officer, is commencing life in
very humble circumstances, our knowledge Of lif,
must have been dreamed ~ Us, not realized w,
knew Truman Cross in 1914, when youth Of II
years OF age, he came on to the New York sta
ton with his Ensgn's Commission in his pocket
TO JOIN his brother, tho humane and genilemanly
Captain Howerton Cross's Company, in the AID
Regt. U. >. Infantry, and were cognizant Of a
courageous act Of his, that cannot bpt he reoero.
bered by his brother officers now living. Captain
BiddIe, brother Of the late Nicholas Biddle and
brothefof Com. Biddle, who had command If +,
company stationed on Staten Island, had ve,y
cruel Lieutenant named Saint, who for some nm
known proyocation cot one Of his Sergcant's arms
nearly Of on the morning parade Howsrtop
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Cross's Compsfiy was on the right. or first comps-
ny. and Bddle's second. Young Truman Cross,
VINO had then been but few days with the Army.
witnessed the contemplate act, and on the spot told
saint, who was repued one of the best Shots and
swordsmen Of the army, that he was coward +,
and not content with that challenged him with
what weapon he pleased. Saint refused the chal
lenge like all EDWARDS who strike only those that
dare not strike back, and was Cut" by the Of
fcers of the station; few days after, while I'M
der arrest. Saint stabbed soldier. was tried and
broke. OF he would have had to fgh, to rleave the
Regiment, for officers will not associate with
coward, or tyrant
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HEREDITARY

The efigy of George NJ. Dallas was burned H.
the public streets of Philadelphia last week by q
federal mob. During the Bank panic, the fathers
of thpse who composed this mob, and calling them
selves National Republicans. burned the effiey of
Gen. Andrew Jackson on the same ground. In
1898, the effisy of Thomas jefferson was burned
on the same Identical spot by the grandfathers of
the rioters of 1916, who at that time called them
selves Federaliss. In IT'S 10 9, the great
grandfatheTs of this same mob Of 1916. burned
the cffigy of Patrick Henry and George Wash
ington on the same spot likewise, and went by
the name OF Tories. The line of descent is so di
rect as to be unquestionable; and what is most re
maTkaole Is, that the old generation always man
age 1T to become so unpopular that they advise
their children TO change their names.
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The Portsmouth and Roanoke Rail Road, was the
most expeditions and economical. and the stock
= holders OF The two other rontes had to conspire
against it, The Portsmouth Rail Road being
only four hours travel from Weldon. to Ports
mouth, thence fourteen hours to Baltimore in all
EIGHTEEN HOURS. Whereas the route via
Petersburg and the James River TO Baltimore is
THrRrY-rHREE HOURS. and the route via Peters.
burg Richmond and Fredericksburg is at ieas,
TWENTY THREE HOURS.
We again ask our property holders TO give the
article Of G. an attentive perusa. bearing in mind
that the time Of sale Of the road is close at hand
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ON OUR TABLE.

Messrs. VIM. II. Ii. Hodges s. Co. have laid
on our table number of the latest publications
from the enterprising publishers, Harper Sc Broth
ers, Of New York
Morse's Geographic Maps" No. VIII con
tents, maps of New Jersey; City of New York /;
West India Islands Maryland and Delaware
price 20 cents per number, These maps should
be IN the possession of every family.
Temper and Temperament" by Mrs. Ellis,
author of the q" Women of England Mrs. FL
lis Is too well known as popular writer to need
any praise.
Expedition 10 Borneo," by H. B. NJ. ship
Dido, for the Suppression, with extracts from the
Journal Of James Brooks, Esq, by Capt. the
Hon. Henry Keppel, r. ~, very interesting
work.
- Harper's Illuminated and illustrated Shakes
peare " No. 81 90 and 99-l0O containing King
Richard III. and the LIST part of King Henry the
Nv, with notes.
Pictorial History of England" No. 6, price
% cents each number.
"The Wandering jew" Nos, lS and 10. by
Eugene Sue. The nineteenth number is double
number, and finishes The story. The cuts of the
two last numbers are Of unusual interest
The Statesmen Of the Commonwealth of
England" No. 2. 10 be completed in five num-
bers, by John Forster. Edited by ] o. Cboules.
This number contains continual ton of the life of
the Earl of Stafford The biography of John
Pym, with an engraving
All of The above works can be had at the Book
store of Messrs. VIM. H. III Hodges g. Co.
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LATER FROM THE RIO GRaNDE

The steamship Alabama, Capt WindIe, ar
rived yesterday afternoon (says the New Orleans
PIcayune, OF the 9th August, from Brazos San.
tiago, having sailed on The % inst. Col Hmstio
Davis and staff, and $50 men of The 4ih REGIMENT
OF Louisiana Volunteers. Capt. McAllisier of tho
ON Regiment, Capt. Grice Of the I'd, Capts.
Downer and Staples of the 5th, Leuts. Kirkland
ana JOINER, and Lieut. Hatch Of the Army, were
among her passengers.
The following vessels had sailed from ,b;s nort
with volunteers on board Ship Norfolk.on the
29lh ut., barq,es Parlhian and r. Ii. Chaplin on
me 3Oth, ship Massachusetts on the 3lst. ships
u. Carroll, Burnah and Governor Davis nm The
lst inst, and ship Middesex on the I'd.
The Alabama reports the following Marine dis
asier: Schr. Cora, Capt. Read. hence far the
BraZos with public stores. went ashore with pllol
on board on the North Breakers on the 2oth ult,
at +. M; officers and crew all saved cargo and
Vessei total loss. Schr. Stephen Francis, Of
charleston, went ashore on the same breakers on
'he oo'n. Tier cargo will DO saved in a damaged
state vessel total loss. large iopsaiI schoon.
er went ashore on the night Of the 3Oth, a quarter
OF mile north Of the bar. head on the beach, sup.
posed to be total loss name not known. The
brig CroSo, previously reported sunk, proves to be
a total loss
We understand that the Matamorss Reveille is
no longer published, from what cause VIC are not
apprlzed
The news from the army is meagre enough.
We have no papers nor verbal intelligence oOr
is derived from the correspondence
which we subjoin:
Editorial Correspondence Of tho N. o. Picavuno.
CAmAReo, July 9Th, 1916.
To break The dull monotomy Of camp life, we
had another Indian alarm yesterday morning
The acsde came in great haste and tropidatioD 70
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THE FANCY BALL LAST NIGHT.

Ii takes French of the Old Point Head Gus r
'ers OF Health, Refinement and Beauty, to get up
splendid affair. as his Fancy Ball las, evening
fesliihes. OF the richness of the scene. the en-
joyment OF The company. the profus"n and excel
lence of the refreshments, we have not time TO
speak to-day, but shall take an early opportunity
of doing so, when full justice shall be done to III
points of the fete. We cannot but return our
thanks to Captain Davis, for his poli,eness in de-
tanning his splendid steamer, the Curtis Peck, to
the last moment. to enable all to enjoy the hilar-
Gus scene, and while speaking of him, we nigh,
as well say TO the world that all the gen,lemanly
commanders, who have charge of our splendid
sleameTs In these waters, cannot be beat for
every thing that tends TO make life agreeable,
and travelling comfort.
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PORTSMOUTH AND ROANOKE Rail,
ROAD

We call particular attention 10 the clear and
comprehensive article of our correspondent G. on
the cost ofrenovatng the Portsmouth and Roanoke
Rail Road which cannot fail Of cow incing our
property holders Of the importance of immediately
taking the subject in hand and literally subscrib
ing sufficient sum in our town, to convince the
nonresident capitalists Of The confidence we have
in its value as a safe investment
The citizens of Petersburg and Richmond had
a meeting a few days since on the subject of the
Petersburg, Richmond and Potomac Companies
and the proceedings are published in pamphlet.
which has been commented on by the PETERSBURG
Republican, from which we extract tbe E,t,or,
Ing:-
{" As soon as the Portsmouth Rail Road w.s
constructed, there Immediately arose a comnet;
ton between that and the Petersburg Road. e.,
the travel between the North and South" and
in order the more successfully to compete with
the Portsmouth Company, the Petersburg. Rich
moni, Fredericksburg and Potomac Companies
agreed upon a through ticket" for travellers be
tween the Roanoke and Baltimore. By this
agreement the price Of travel was SO nneoually
and unfairly adjusted as to operate injnriously on
the Petersburg Road, while the other roads were
greatly benefited. This, however WAS the best
that the Petersburg Company could do for the
time though its Representative did mn, fail o., ~
test against the injustice Under tho ono,,,;o,' r.
this arrangement the companies north of pa,a,s
burg were greatly strengthened and the .,,bro,,,h
ticket" enabled the line TO compete pretty success.
fully with the Portsmouth Company. The soie
object Of the " through ticket'' was pro,ec,;ro
against the Portsmouth Road"
Here wo have candid acknowledgment, TIA,
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In the hrst year embraced in this table, IN.
foreign tonnage was To The American as TO o
nearly while fur a few years past i, has been as
] I" and fraction. We do moi pretend ,b,,
this extraordinary increase Of foreign TONNAGE
compared with American, is Exclusively OWING
TO high Tariffs yet IL must he obvious that il onr
ship'owners have to pay $4,000 or $4,000 mora
tor ship than is paid by their foreign compe,i.
tors, they labor under serious dsadvan,ape.
disadvantage which. if other things are nicely
balanced, will turn the scale. The new TarT
restores The shipping interest to their rights; a.
VIII he seen by the following schedule, in which.
Tor The sake of comparison, the duties assessed
npon the articles mentioned by the Tariff Of ls42
are reduced to ad valorem:
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SUICIDE OF A RETIRED MERCHANT

David Brooks. Esq, very wealthy retired
merchant of New York. hung himself at his coun-
try residence, Westchester County, New York.
last week 1t is certainly very remarkable that
within The last ten years more than thirty wealthy
retired merchants, and bankers. have DESTROYED
themselves in the principal cities of the Union,
after they have retired from business with COM
Petencys and all near one age 65 years.
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DEATH OF BISHOP FENwJCK

The Right Reverend Benedict Fenwick, ths
Roman Catholic Bishop of Boston, died in that
city on Tuesday morning His disease was an
enlargement OF The heart, under which he had
suffered for the last nine months. Bishop Fen
wick was native of Maryland and belonged 10
one OF the most respectable families Of that State,
and was loved where he was known. His AGE
was 81 years.
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DONE THE STATE SOME SERVICE

The Rev. Thomas Pomp. who resides al
Eas'on, Pa, during the last fifty years has mar
lied l,972 couple. baptized 6717 children, con.
irmed 1857, and attended $40 funerals. He
preached his first sermon in l776, having at that
lime charge of four congregations. Although in
his eighty fourth year he still devoes himself ,o
the duties of his profession.
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TROUBLE AT THE CHARLESTON
NAVY YARD

The Boston Mail states that committee of the
men employed in the Plumbing department, re-
monstrated with Com. Parker, against the en-
ployment OF Mr.. Allard, as master machinist in
that department. To this rcmons,rance Com
Parker returned no reply, and The men who sign
ed 1t left the Yard on Saturday, in body
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|. o. of O. F..

The Grand Lodge of Georgia have elected the
following gentlemen Grand Representatives 10 the
Grand Lodge of the United States, viz r. III
Griffin, ESQ.,, and j p. Griffin, M. ID.
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GREAT FIRE ATTI.YNN

A silk printing factory was DESTROYED at LYNN.
Mass on Sunday last with all its contents, loss
estimated at $4,000, insurance s26, 500, by this
destructive fire 100 hands are thrown out Of EN-.
ployment
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NAVAL.

Commander Henry w. Ogden, has been de.
tached from the North Carolina, "a. for the ,ur
pose OF assuming the command Of the razee indie
pendence at Boston.
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The progress Of this ,ranfer will be seen bv H.,
annexed Table, compiled from official documents !.
Tonnage ,ohich entered The Ports Of The United
States from foreign countries during The
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INDIANA ELECTION

Whitcomb, the Democratic candidate for Co
vernon OF Indiana has been elected by about 1900
majority The Legislature is supposed to be dem
ocra,ic by very small majority.
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From the Journal of Commerce
THE SHIP-BUlLDING AND NAyIGAT-
ING INTERESTS.

THE SHIP-BUlLDING AND NAVIGAT-
ING INTERESTS.
| If the new Tariff does not accomplish much for
| the relief of these important interests we have
missed our calculations. We say relief. for that
is the proper word relief from the unreasonable
burihens TO which they have been subjected. II
was always the boast of The American seamen,
that give him an equal chance, and he could sue
cessfnlly compete with the world. But the
Tariff Of 1912, and several preceding Ia riffs,
have lied his hands, and crippled his energies.
When " e look at the extent Of these incumbJan-
ces. the only wonder is, that they have not crush
ed the shipping interest, instead of embarrassing
H. Nothing but the skill, energy, and persever-
ance Of American merchants and seameD could
have presented more disastrous issue. Look
at these burdens, as they present themselves in
the shape of duties on the raw material from
which ships manufactured. We can best H.
lustrate the case by an example. In the con.
srucIiOn of the packet ship Roscus, of 1880 tons
burihen, the following quantities Of materials were
used, as taken from the bills. The articles men
toned, are the duties each article respective
ly, under the Tariff of 1912:
Iron, 60 PAS lbs at S25 per ton. is S7sa
Copper bolts, IL ,3li lbs. at 4 cts. h. is sos
Canvass, 1000 square yards at cts. yard ESQ
Anchors, s 900 lbs O. cts. ID. 2S2
Cables, chains, &c, 40 900 It's at q cts Ioo0
Cordage, 4s,465 lbs, duty on hemp $40 pr ton go
Total tax on ship s89i7
The number Of tons Of shipping built in the
United States last yesr, was 146,0l0 IONS
Allow upon this tonnage the same rate Of taxa
lion as would have been levied upon the Roscius
under the Tariff Of 1912, viz: go 80 CENTS per
ton, and It appears that the tax paid by the man.
ufaciurers Of iron, &c., is 1854 1873 per ennum!
In this calculation we have made no account |
of the sheathng, because copper sheathing, with |
which the Roscius is covered, is duty free Butl
metallic plates, with which many vessels are
covered, are charged with duty If two cents
pound This is so much increase upon the tar
above indicated.
Is itany wonder that under such circumstances.
the carrying trade between this and other coun.
tries, should have passed, to a considerable er-
tent. 10 the hands Of foreigners? Surely moi.
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A Tribute 10 MERIT

Louis Philippe, has raised the Mayor Of Dor
desux. the CoBpEr, Of France, TO the Peerses
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MISSOURI.

The Hon. James b. Buwliu (Dem. is elected to
Congress over the Wing and Native candidate.
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ANOTHER PLEASURE EXCURSION.

The Augusta makes another trip this evening
to the Capes, stopping at Old Point going and
returning, leaving Portsmouth at half past 7.
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OUR FLAG!

FREE TRADE-Low DUTIEs-No DEBT-sE-
PARATlON FROM BANKS-ECONOMY-RE-
TRENCHMENT-AND STRICT ADHERENCE
TO THE CONSTITUTION
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HON. THOMAS II. BAYLY.


we are Indebted Ia the Honorable Representa-
i've from Accomac, for copy Of his able speech
on The Tariff.
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DON'T FORGET The OSCEOLA TO
MORROW.
The Osceola, Com. Mitchell, makes two trips
as usual, Tomorrow, TO Old Point, at the very
low fare of t,Centy flee cents. for the trip
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Total cost,

Total cost, Sl77 .26I 60
Expenses when finished. 9 hands,
one nail driver and one overseer tn
every 10 miles. making "a hands
at 30 cents per day, and 8 over
seers at 81 90 per day. sl5 20
Machine shop. A fnishers at 81 SO
per day. and 9 aborers at rs cents
per day, $50
Smiths shop. hands at s SO per
day. and 3 helpers 40 cents, $40
carpenters 81 37A per day. yard
hands 40 cents per day, overseer
81 90. $40
engineers 8 rs per day, 6remen
90 cents per day. $40
8 cords of wood 81 l2A per cord, 6
gallons oil, so cents, 1900
2 train agents 8 90 apiece, train
hands SO cents per day, 344
6depot agents 81 SO per day, nclud~
ing their hands, 900
Engineers. and agents, board while on
road. so 90, 200
Portsmouth ware house expenses $40
per day. stationary and printing So, l3 90
Daily cost Of materials S25. 3 watch
men rs cents apiece, 81 25
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us-eaeh freight train constantly Employed. can
average OF eas, 1875 per day clear Of all expenses
But we will suppose they only average S25 each
daily. iPresumc no one will deny bu, tina, we can
average at least twenty five passengers dav. TO
and from Weldon, at the low rate of S3. which
makes Sl50. the way travel. IN and from IN.
Depois. is good fo S25 per day. and we ge,
S25 per day for the mail, making the round sum
of $3.50 per day. or SOL $50 per year; while The
expenses do not exceed SIP SO per day. or
gal .095 35 per year, making clear profit of
950.l54 65 per year. G.
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5Sa miles Ot iron. "a by I, weighing
1884 tons. at $50 per ton. sos Gao 90
4O6.560 Il. Of timber, for bottom rail-
9 cts. per foot. s.lsl 20
$3.50 Il. Of timber. for top rails, "a
c,s: per Zoo, Io.l64 90
$3.50 stills, Ga f. long. 25 cents
apiece. 1910 90
o1 700 wrought iron knees at cents
api.ce. 2.7lO 40
6aa6O screw bolts at cents apiece, 4.065 60
~, $40 wooden pegs at ct. apiece. CIT 60
III GAO spikes I ct. apiece 2.O32 80
For laying down the Road 3Sa miles
long. 5000 90
For taking and repairing old Road, 2 500 90
For repairing bridges, 5000 90
q locomotive engines. $4,000 90
3 wheel passenger coaches, 5000 90
l2 wheel box freight cars, 5000 90
l2 8 wheel fiat freight cars. 5000 90
For repairing locomotives now on
hand, 1000 90
Incidental expenses. 5000 90
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-03-28

ENRENCH WINDOW SfIApES!!--J. &. Wood
ford 80! Broadway has made To receive
during the coming season every style Of Window Paintings
painted Window Wire painted Window Shades plain do
copies Of Claude bcrane Carova Drano and Other
eminent artists pacted in enduring colos in variety
of sncscapr and scenery New style Gothic Corn'Mau
Doric Ionic, Roman and Grecian Architectural designs
Plsn and vgnere French Scrolls, Scrptural views, &c
N. B. Merchants buying sell again, will he allowed
ner nf R.sde-s mis-