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The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-05-12
POSTPONEMENT
OF the public land sales In the Grenada
district, in the State Of Mississippi.

DUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, that the
L public sales of lands ordered by proclamation OF
the President of the United States, dated the TWEEN
ty. fifth day of February, 1876, TO be held at the
land office at Grenada, in the State Of Mississippi
on the twenty.fth day of May, 1876, and on the
eighth day OF June 1916, declared to be pos,po
ned until and to commence the former on the first
Monday, being the 7th of September next, and the
latter on the fourth Monday, being the 29th of Sep
TENDER next
Given under my hand at the city of Washington,
this sixth day of May, A. D. 1886
JAMES X. POLK.
BY the President
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-05-12

Notice TO presumption claimants.
Every person entitled to the right of presumption
to any lands within the limits of the townships
above enumerated, is required to establish the same
to the satisfaction of the register and receiver Of the
proper land Office and make payment therefor, as
soon practicable after seeing this notice, and before
the day appointed for the commencement of the
public sale Of the township embracing the tract
claimed, (above designatedD otherwise such claim
will be forfeited.
JAMES SHIELDS,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Feb 25-latd
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-11-26

The ligh, house at the southwest point,
including keepers house. has been swepl
away. leaving not ve-lige to mark the
spot where it stood At this place the
keepers family and friends, fourteen per
sons persisted. and where Sand Key and
| its light house stood. is now left only a
| shoal All the vessels in the harbnr, te u
or twelve bugs and schooners. have been
driven ashore and wrecked. including the
revenue cutter; thrir crews saved; but as
far as ascer,ained. about thirty i've lives
have been lost on the Key.
About half the piles of the wharf re.
main. ard par, of the break water of the
forts lying below the level Of low water,
at the angles. But in this general wreck.
and loss Of all the property on hand. we
are put back TO the position where we
were nine months ago. A large quani-
ty of lumber may be recovered. and some
tools; pile-driver and two scows much
injured. A. the presen, time, | have
turned my attention to The collection of
the public property that can be found and
to the erection of temporary carpenter
shop and other fixtures for doing work,
and shall proceed, as soon as possible, 10
re establish the wharf. The loss to the
Engineer Department cannot be less than
$4,000; tina, is, il will require that to
make US good again. or put us in the
same state we were in before the hurri-
cane, snpposing that we commence de
uOU0. No storm like this has been known
on The island since its settlement. The
water in this case rose on the west side
Of the island abou, three feet higher than
known before. 1t was wholly wind
tide.
Perhaps the department may deem
some change in the mode of construction
necessary since this event. On this pOin /,
| shall submit my views to the depart
ment as soon As possible. and more full
report Of the disaster, giving now only
this brief outline, to avail of special mes.
senger abou, TO depart for Charleston.
We have just this moment heard from
the Tortugas. Garden Key is safe,
though the light house is much injured,
and small vessels lying there dismasled.
The United States brig Perry is wreck.
ed to the eastward.
have the honor to be, respectfully,
your obedient servant.
GEO. BUTTON.
Capt. Engineers.
To Col. J. G.. ToTTEN.
Chief Engineer, Washington, d. G.
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-11-26

The Choiera.-A London letter, pub.
li.hed in the New York Journal Of Com
merce, says:
| told you few weeks back. on the
authority of the celebrated DR. Ryan, that
the Asia.ic cholera was silently, slowly.
bu, surely approaching Europe. The ac-
counts which you received by the last
steamer, showed this sinuous and fatal
progress from Scinde, in British India,
unto Persia, where il struck down prince
and peasant. the latter in vast numbers
II is now lowering over The frontiers Of
Russia and Turkey. making frightful raw.
ages. and siealthily moving EDWARDS. De.
fying check or control. The British Gov
eminent are going TO send medical com.
mission into Turkey and Russia. 70 ex.
anime the cases and report upon the pes
thence 10 the Privy Council. which IS now
the organized board Of health Tor the
whole country. Should the scourge ar
rive in Europe. il will prove an awful vis-
i,a,ion. particularly when forming juno
,ion with the murrsin now affecting the
cattle. and the disease extirpa.ing the pc.
tato.
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| shrieking out his ecstasy as he has boiled
a dragon.hy. or dared through the arrow
Sits Of the old turret. or performed some
other feat Of hirnndine agility. And no
lice how he pays his morning visits.
alighting elegantly on some house top.
and twi,lerrng politely by turns to The
swallow on either side Of him, and after
five minutes conversation, off and away
to call for his friend al the caslle. And
now he is gone upon his travels. gone TO
spend the winter al Rome or Naples, TO
visit Egypt or the Holy Land. or on a
pilgrimage to Spain or the coast of Btrba.
ry. And when he comes home next
April. sure enough he has been abroad;
charming climate deligh,ed
with The cicadas IN Italy. and the bees on
observation-disclosures in Africa rather scarce
This season: but upon the whole much
pleased with his Trip, and returned in
high health and spirits. Now. this is a
very proper life for a swallow, bu, is it
life for you! 70 fiji about from house to
house; to pay futile visits. where, if the
talk were written down, il would amount
to little more than the chatlering of
swallow; to bestow all your thoughts on
graceful attitudes and nimbls movements
and polished attire; TO roam from land To
land with so lii,le information in your
head. or sO lItlle taste for the sublime or
beautiful in your soul. tina, cond swal-
low publish his travels, and did you pub
Iish yours. we should probably find the
one counterpart of the other; the wing
ell traveller enlarging on The dlscomtorts
of his nest, and the wingless one, on the
m,series ni his hotel or his chateau; you
describing the places of amusement, or
enIarging on The vas,ness If the country,
and the abundance of the game; and your
rival eloquen, on the sell.same things
Oa! 1t Is thought not ridiculous. but
appalling. Ii the earthly history of some
of our fellow-creatures were written down;
If faithful record were kept Of the way
they spend their time; if all the hours of
nile vacancv or idler occupancy were put
together. and the very small amount of
useful diligence deducted, the life Of
bird or quadruped would be nobier one,
'o'e VI no Po"t'S
equal to lis Creators end in forming 1t.
Such register is kept. Though the .rl-
fer does moi chronicle his own vain words
and wasted hours, they chronicle them
selves. They find their inde,ble place
in that book of remembrance with which
human hands cannot tamper. and from
which no erasure, save one, can blot them.
rhey are noted i'll The memory OF God.
And when once this life of wondrous
opportunities and awful advantages is
"ver-when the twenty or fifty years Of
probation are fed awav-when mortal
existence, with its facilities for personal
improvement, and servlceabeness To OH
ers. is gone beyond recall when the trl
fer looks back TO The long pilgrimage,
with all the doors of hope aud doors of
usefulness. past which he skipped in his
frisky forge,fulness what anguish will
II cause To think tina, he has gamhnlled
through such world withuu, salvation
TO himself. without any real benefit To his
brethren. busy irifler, vivaclous dler,
a clever fool
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-11-26
MEXICAN HIGHwA MEN.


Robbers in Mexico are what pedlars
used to be in England; they keep up the
life in The villages, plumber wherever they
can, cheat where they cannot plunder.rIde
stout horses, and lead, on the whole, a
varied, and sometimes very gay life
One of the American travellers saw. al
one of The villages where the stage chang
ed horses. dashing and picturesque fig
ure, gaudily dressed, who rode by on
handsome horse richly capar;soned. On
inquirlng if the coachman knew him. the
answer was that he knew him perfectly
we'll. and tina. he was the captain of a
band Of robbers who had plundered the
stage several times since the whip and
relns had been in his hands. On the Amer
lean urging the question why he bad not
brought the robber to punishment, the an
swer was. "tha, he would be sure TO be
shot b, some Of the band the next time
he passed the road" the honor of Mexi-
can thieves being peculiarly nice upon
this point Ii appeared tia, the dsshing
horseman had gone through the village on
reconnaissance, but probably not liking
the obvious preparations of the travellers.
had postponed the capture.
The mode Of managing things in this
somnolent country is remarkable for ITS
tranquility. The American who narraies
the circumstance had taken with him from
Vera Cruz four Dragons; but on accden-
tally inqairing on the road into The state
of their arms. he found that but one car
bine had lock in fighting order, and even
tia, one was no, loaded; on which he dis
missed the guard and trusted to his COM
panions, who were all well armed. The
Mexican travellers. taking the matter in an
other way, never carry arms. but prepare
a small purse ito be robbed of of which
they are robbed accordingly. A few miles
from Pero,e the road winds round high
hill. and the passengers generally get out
and walk. The Americans on this occa-
sion had left their arms in the carriage. but
their more prudent chief Immediately orr
dered them 10 carry them in their hands,
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Destructive Stor.~ in the Gulf. o fiic ia l.
Ken Hest. October IA.

Destructive Stor'~ III the Guif-.OmcIal.
Key Hest. October IA.
Sir: II is nv painful duty TO repor,
To you dreadful calamity which has
befallen this place. and every thing con-
heard from.
The town of Key West is now heap
of ruins. OF about 400 houses, large
aud small, there is no, more than 10 or
IL left standing. or in hab'able cnndl
lion. and those much Shattered, whilst
The general confusion aud distress can
hardly be realised. On Sunday. llth
inst. we were visited with fearful hurri.
cane, accompanied with torrents of rain.
The gale commenced about 3 A NJ from
the northeast. and continued to increase
during the day. when al between 3 and 4
p. NJ, the wind veered TO The sou,h-east.
and the storm became tornado. Al this
time commenced scene which drfieS de-
scrip,ion. The houses in town (slone
as well as woody were torn piereineal
and scattered away like chat before the
wind, rendering it dangerous to move
aboui-which last was indeed impossible,
as foothnld could not be maintained
The wind gradually changed TO the south,
still blowing with the same strength. and
finally to the sou th-wes,. aba,ing its fury
about p. NJ. OF course the sea was
driven into the harbnr. aud against the
island with tremendous force The low
er par, of the town was inundated to the
depth of three feet, with strong current
running across il.whils. The public grounds
at the southwest point were IN still
worse and more exposed condition. In
brief terms. | nave TO report the total de-
s,ruc,ion of all the works thus far erected
for the construction of the fort.
The wharves. bridges. houses, lighters,
boats, tools. machinery and materials,
ordnance stores-in short. all have been
swept away. and mixed mp with the gene.
raj rum. The streets Of the town are
barricaded with the timber and debris
from the fort-a large amour. of which
lodged there. Even barbet,e carriages,
muskets and crowhars. from the fort, are
found IN The midst Of the town. The
strip Of land or levee along the shore, on
which the public bindings were placed
being the highest of The public ground
has been completely levrlled by the sea
The stable aud blacksmith shop only re.
main in a shattered condition. having been
removed from their o,iginal position
the former about 300 feet, with all the
horses and mules in il, five in number,
which, with the forage, are safe. The
large cis,ern. which was Of masonry,
founded upon the rock, remained uninjnr
ed. Upon this the overseer and several
others saved their lives. |. being Sunday.
very few men were on the ground. -Four
men, who we're in the barracks. were
LOST; fifth was saved by cl,ng,ng to the
wheel Of 6-pounder. after drifting three
hundred yards towards the hospital.
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-11-26
From the N Y. spirit of tie Fines"
APPLYING THE PRINCIPLE.
By the young I'm"

brace of legs, thrust consid erably too
far through pair of notified pants. and
attached to couple Of the largest sized
feet, which were encased in twin cowhlde
hrogans, formed the underplnning TO
long, slab-sidrd body, of otherwise gene
rous proportions the whole being sur
mounted by head, which was covered
with grey five year old "a, least) seal
skin cap. This sum lo'al-legs, pants.
feet. shoes, body and chapeau-was the
property. by possession, Of Mr. ZGNAs
Hum PUN
Z.na~ had been on bat during the
nigh, previous. aud had sqnandered full
half dollar on himself, in while.eye and
sweelening.
But his returning senses made him feel
philosophical and, on the morning we
in - street gazlug mechanically at the
Telegraphic sollloquizlng in thus
WIse:-
.-e!-Tha''s the te'erguf--W--
'ic--wpll. | don't pnorceive nulhm' per-
',c-culier 'hou, them sirings-on'y ones
bigger EN- t'nlhpr-
That's the llgh,'nn' line, the big 'un'
said an urchin in the doorway near by.
Wen does she-'ic-stari!
You'd better Ak in thar
Wharf!
In the Office, up thar
The loafer was shown to the door of
the building, and, by hook or crook,
fonnd his way up three flights Of sta RS,
into the Telegraphic office. The attend.
ants inquired what the gentleman had TO
forward!
For ud'-'ic, who's she!'
what will YOU send!'
Send ,Dhar?'
This is the Telegraph Office. sir
ell-'ic--.who'n thunder said il
wusn'i!'
i supposed you had business. sir
.Nu,hin' o. the SORT -quite the
re-'ic-varse o the contrary.
'Wha. will you have!
i want to make me-'ic -'qniries.'
The hour being early. and little doing,
the clerks very charilably determined up
on some fun with the fellow. with view
to SOLDERING him. The opportunity for
anything gra,utous escaped them, how
evpr-for as they commenced consulla-
ton upon the best means TO benefit the
intruder. he stepped up to one of the bat
teres, which happened. fortunately. to be
slightly charged-and. concluding that
The knobs were portable. he pulled his
cap over his forehead and attempted TO
remove one Of the balls; the next moment
Zenas lay stretched upon the floor!
He arose, as he best could, and turned
to the clerk, with
Look we're. Ms,er--'ic, wot's-yure
name! | kin lick as many sich like
skunks as you. as could be druv into a
forty aiker iol! What in - did yer
'ic--nock an innersent man down tina,
wav for chi
Nobody touched you'll said the clerk.
The - they-'ic-didn'l!'
No. sir. You took the
Took wot? Yere's ynre contemplate
copper'--and. proceeding TO dash loose
penny towards the attendant, which lay
upon the machine. his fingers came IN
contact with the battery. and away ne
wen, again, heels over head, across The
foor!
Look usrer continued the sufferer,
who. by this time, was well nigh sober.
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-11-26
BARRET HOUSE.
Corner Of Jefferson h Third-Sts, Burlington,
J. G. Err,

" = = - ~ 9 ~
Proprietor.
'NHlS House, recently opened. is one Of
L the largest and most comnodious in
the Western country. 1t has all the con.
veniencies Of the large hotels in the cities,
and is fitted and furnished in the neatest
and most substantial manner. The propri.
etor has had much experience in the keep
ing Of public houses. which, taken IN con-
nexion with the facilities afforded in Bur
iington for furnishing his table. jnstifes him
in promising that the character Of his house
shall he kept up.
Visitors from the South and elsewhere, with
or without families. can at II times be accom-
modated with plcasa ntand airy rooms and on
reasona bile terms.
Families will also be taken S permanent
boarders.
September 25 1a45 10
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aIaEs. HfNR' INK
y -Ns~~ssT~~N-sN@>-N-N~
ARMIES g. ST AR r,
EaW. PdvrrC HIP.

re HALL, Of Uonnt Pleasant, and F.
n. 0. MILLS, Of arlington, have this dav
.~xiatsd themselves into partnership for
synctice Of Law under the name and atvle
ball and Mills. They will attend all the
|ats Of the FIRST and second Judicial Dis
|ss. Criminal business attended 10 in any
kssf the Territory. Office in the brick
pin, on Main Street now occupied bv F.
Ellis J. C. HALL
Not "A Aft +. D. MILLS
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y pahIish.d every Thursday,
/, ), 4 alra s. J:f,r5,' 5tteets,

Sv-fsr Of u W. W
EDWARDS Z BROAD WE'LL
s,;,ors and Proprietors.
M TERMS:
tar. uer year; TO be paid in ad.
-, Il, Months, one dollar and '~e"ty:60e
~ = .onoIiance with the above terms
a'a .a each delinquent to an extra
Ill 'a ~ Y,s,nty.foe cents for everv three
dft' d,v,v. This rule ~iH be strictly ad-
W. !" rerms Of Advertising:
III lines or less) one insertion, 5 90
lsnre .aa;,ional insertion. so
b.,,,b. 2 50
/ Une - ,on,hs. a 50
l.,,bs- 7 90
..,r ~ 90
..osaI Cards, (under six lines> per
annum. w
i ,drer,ising bv the year will
ls''' he entitled to half column
/ ". 25 90
| :. .,,,a charge will be made for all
=, s,lfa column.
ease willthe price 81 subscription TO
~, he ;nelnde,' in the above charges
49,, medicines half column,oneyear 81 90
a. one column" - SO 90
i s..r,a,on ia the seat Of Justice for Des
=. .onn,y and contains abont 5000 in
-. II is situated on the west hank
\. Mississippi. about $50 miles above
E,iui T.aus,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-05-06
Navigation OF the Ohio River



The market to-day was very buoyant, and prices do
not however show any material altera ton. Tho sales
large The impression in the street il that prices
must improve the foreign is considered de-
cidedy favorable. The bears making desperate ef
forts keep the market depressed but there ndca
tons of rse notwithstanding the downward tendency
of prices this morning.
At late meeting of the directors of the Troy and
Grcenbush Railroad Company twas resolved to increase
the stock by subscription to $250000 (he amount
allowed by the charsr and being $4,000 increase from
the present amount Tho committee having charge Of
the business resolved to put up the at suction in
Boston the sale took place the - tn ulmo and
suited follows 500 ct II, and $la5o0 at per cent
advance As dividend the now stock viii be made
prior to January le47 must be very gratifying to the
present stockholders whose stock cannot according to
the above sale, be worth less than per cent premium.
and will undoubtedly continue to advance the busi
ness Of the road becomes better known
The business Of April will be published in day or
two and viii show thamorc than 90 900 paying passsn-
gers passed over the road during the month
We annex the official returns of fifteen banks Of this
city for May, compared with February.
.sk Ncw Youw CRY Hxuws
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There appears to be surprising similarity IN these az
gregates similarity which could not have have bsen
produced by the usual operations Of the banks The "a
bear upon their face effort produce unifor
nifty Of movement and the results show that these Efforts
have been successful There ID item in the quarterly
Of the banks Of this CITY, the of which isl
little understood We find, in the report Of each bank, al
large put down under the head Of cash items
These items generally loans stocks, which are
called cash. counted SUCH and such reported to ths
Comptroller Some of the banks in Wall street keep no
stock account at ALL and many Of them have in their
drawers hundreds Of thousands Of dollars worth Of stocks
which generally during the quarter considered cash
but invariably put down such in their quarterly re
ports In preparing to make these rsports transfers to
extent made from other smounss TO the cash
item" account and returned in hesame line with specie.
Frequently they are included under the head Of specie
and so reported
will be Observed ON referring 10 the statements of
each bank that the loans and discounts TO brokers -
paratcd from the other lines and form distinct item un
der the general head Of discounts The object in view n
doing to convey the idea that the amount report
ed includes all the loans to that class whereas is but
small per cent Of the aggregate amount loaned to the
brokers' for the purpose Of specializing in stocks
Tho annexed comparative statement exhibits the con-
dition Of tho Farmers Bank Of Virginia. including its
Branches. on the LIST of April, ls4s and is@s.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-05-06


,cs: Ss sS:s 'ss
number Of churches in the United States exclusive Of the
The number Of Minister. amount ......... sases
And the number of Commandments t,1u6HA
All of these denominations, except the Catholics,
will be represented in the great congress which
will meet next week.
These statistics indicate some important facts that
are worthy of the most attentive consideration
Since the above returns were made out, the nun
Der of communicates has undoubtedly increased.
and, at the present time, will amount probably to
six millions, which is than two-thirds Of the
adult population Of the whole country These SIX
millions embrace the moral, intellectual and reli-
gious elements of the nation; and the distinctive
features which characterize them should be con-
sidered the characteristics Of the American people
They are emphatically the American people, and
should rightfully give tone our character abroad.
But it is not They do not give tone to the Anne
rican character abroad. The estimate made by
foreigners of character and habits, is based on
the actions and proceedings of our politicians
who, at liberal estimate, do not amount to over
five hundred thousand, of all parties and factions.
We do MOI mean voters, but politicians, who most
generally do not belong to any Christian churches,
and win, are not included in the six millions of
church members. They are generally nfidels,
and unbe.ievers in any religion. These, by their
efforts. get control OF the politics of the country,
and OF The National and State Legislatures. The
scenes of disorder and disgrace which occur in
these assemblies, and at the polls during election
nmes, arc characteristic of the politicians, but not
as we have shown, Of the moral, intellectual and
rehgious portion of the American people, who
number some six millions, and who are verify,
verify, the salt of the republic.
Th-fc Is another important fact worth looking
at. The annual amount of expenditures by the
religious portion of the people according to an es
innate that we made some time since, is S34,6l4,
800, and the amount of wealth invested in reli-
gous cdifces and other property will not fall short
of one hundred millions Of dollars. The sum thus
expended annually, exceeds in amount the whole
revenue from the customs and that produced by
every species of taxation, direct and indirect by the
general government II we should approximate
10 the additional sum expended i'm supporting
foreign missions, and include it, we should FIND
that the aggregate amount expended for religious
purposes in the United States, would be equa
to ihir'y-six millions of dollars annually--a sun
much larger than is required for maintaining thu
expenses OF the general government. When W.
consider that this enormous sum of money is vo
unfairly tendered-and, unlike the sums COLLECTED
for government expenses, there is no compulsior
70 pay it-~eyery one must he satisfied that there i
sscgg Snd deep religious feeling pcvsding IL,