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TIL E r EPU B Lie .
WASN'T n GTON:
SATURDAY MORNING, AUG. ls, l84s
POST OFFICE ESPIONAGE.

We have placed in another column the
letter of Mr.. Postmaster General COLA
MeR to a gentleman of Alabama, who
had addressed him on the subject of GER
tain charges made against him by Mr..
INGE in the late Congressional canvass in
his district. In this letter Mr.. CoLLAMER
very distinctly states the law with regard
to matter contained in the mails. There
is no legal power in any deputy postmas-
ter, nor in the Postmaster General, to
open and examine or to suppress or re-
fuse to receive any printed or written
matter, any paper or letter, which any
person may think proper to convey by
mail Not only as this the law, but what
is better, this ought to be the law, and
will be the law as long as the American
people retain any spark of their ancestral
spirit. To suppose state Of the law in
which deputy postmaster could rum
mage over the contents of mailbag to
smell out incendiary communication
and under that pretence plumber the mo-
ney-letters and possess himself of the
private correspondence of families, and
the letters of "sweethearts and wives, -
is to suppose state of things in which
the post Office would be rendered the
most odious establishment in the country
No portion of the American people would
tolerate such nuisance.
There was an attempt made at the SEES
sion of Congress of 1886 to legislatc
on this subject, and it is possibly withir
the competence of the Federal Govern
ment to pass laws that may reach thu
evil In his seventh annual message
President JACKSON called the attention o
Congress to the subject in the following
words:
ain eavingthe care Of other branches of this inter
estng subject to the State authorities to whom hel
properly belong, is nevertheless proper for Con
gress take such measures will prevent the Pos
Office Department, which was designed to foste
9 an smicabe intercourse and correspondence be
" tween all the members Of the confedcracy, from be
ing used as an instrument of an opposite character
The General Government, to which the grea
trust is conhded Of preserving invioIate the rea
tons created among the States by the Constitu
ton, Is especially bound 10 avoid in its own &C
ton any thing that may disturb them. would
therefore, call the special attention Of Congress
" the subject, and respectfully suggest the propri
A." ETY. Of passing such law as will prohibit unde
" severe penalties, the circulation in the southern
States, through the mail, Of incendiary publica
" tons intended to nstigate the slaves to insurrec
" tom
On the Dist of December, 1885, Mr.
CALHOUN moved in the Senate the refer
ence Of this part of the message to spe
clal committee. An effort was made By
Mr.. KING, Of Alabama, to change the re
ference to the standing Post Office Com
mittee; but the original motion prevailed
The committee was ordered TO consist o
five members, and was chosen as follows
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DETENTION OF THE GOVERNMENT MAIL STEAMER
Omo.-ln consequence Of unexpected delay in the
completion of the engines of the "Ohio,' the New
York Journal Of Commerce says IT has been found
impossible to have her in readiness on the 9th
inst, the day announced by the Government adver-
tisement for her departure for Chsgres. Apart
from the unexampled amount of labor which it has
been found necessary to expend upon the ma
chinery ofths great vessel the accidents which have
occurred in the casting and setting of her work
will sufficiently account for the postponement In
the mean time, her place will be supplied by the
Falcon, which since the LIST Of December last has
formed a part Of the same line, having been occu-
pied by the Government for the service until the
steamers under contract shall be ready for duty
The Ohio will be completed as speedily as practical
ble and her consort, the Georgia, will be in read-
ness for service during the coming month Of Mo-
vember.
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A GREAT CURIosITY.-The Baltimore Patriot has
been shown very singular formation, which was
picked up on the beach at Cape May few days
ago by Captain Thomas late harbor-master of Bal
timore. II consists of oblong formation Of sand,
gravel, and some metallic substance, and, upon
breaking off portion, it discovered to have
been pierced by large silver spike or ingot The
specuations of the curious have not been few as to
its causation. The most likely is that it was sill
yer ingot on board some Spanish whale vessel
that has been burned sea, coming in contact with
it during the fire, and, falling into the water, was
Immediately hardened.
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Translated from La Revue DIES Deur yMondes.
The Polish General Benz.

1t was truly the enemy and ruin which appeared
at the extremity Of the horizon. The war in Hun
gary stripping off the national character it had at
first adopted, had assumed revolutionary aspect
All subterfuges had been laid aside for long time,
and the two parties were engaged zeaousy at all
hazards. From all parts of Europe, political refu-
gees and revolutionists came TO the scene of ac-
ton and in that formidable militia, the Poles
were the most numerous and the most eager--alas,
obliged TO own, they were the most excusa-
BILE. The sad divisions Of Poland had thrown into
all the instructions, and behind all the barbados
erected in Europe, courageous men, who, if they
had country, would have fought for it as we do,
and advocated order and social authority. Poland
not only gave soldiers to the Hungarian nsurrec-
ton, but furnished the officers and the generals
which the army of the Magyars wanted. All the
Poles who had fought in the against Russia
FASTENED thither. There was no mistaking the drift
Of this war They well knew that, conquerors or
conquered, they were to be placed again before the
Russians. Most of the generals who figured in the
last campaign-Dembinski, Perczel-are Poles
but none of them had the brilliant reputation of
General BEN, who was charged with the direction
of the war in Transyvania Joseph BEN is well
known in Paris among those who are much ac-
quainted with the Polish emgrants. His career
offers mixture of those rough and sudden turns
Of fortune and bold resolution which, according TO
time and opportunity, make either a hero or mere
adventurer lie was born at Tarnouair some years
before the opening OF the present century, OF no
BILE family. On leaving the military school of War
saw, which was then directed by French officer,
he made the campaign Of Russia with our army in
1911. After 1915, he was included in the organizes
ton of the Polish army. The Grand-duke Con-
stantne, at first, treated him with great affection
but soon after, either in consequence of some ca
price on the part of the chief INSTRUMENTATION in
the officer, his favor changed enmity and perse-
cution. From 1920 to 1896, BEN was twice sent
away from his regiment, and was three times SUBJ
jected to court-martal. Slightly punished at first,
he was afterwards closely imprisoned. On the
death of Alexander, he retired to Lemberg, where
he remained till 1880. At the breaking out of the
Polish revolution, he hastened to the battle of Os-
troenka, where he performed such prodigies Of
valor that he named general on the field. AZ
ter the fall Of Warsaw. Benz wandered over Europe;
fought in Portugal, in the expedition Of Don Pedro
and finally settled himself in Paris, where he en-
ployed his time in experimenting on the congreve
rockets, and forming the mnemonc method called
the Polish method But a life Of leisure was not
his choice the revolution Of February opened
career for his revenge and his ZEAL
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-18

CIV Csss.--The Chicago Tribune having stated
that il has learned from "reliabe authority" that
General Cass evil resign his seat in the Senate
during the ensuing winter, the Michigan legislature
having instructed him to vote for the Proviso--he
proposes waiting until that question comes up, when
he will make agreat speech against the Proviso and
Col. Benton and then RESIGNS vehemeny abused
by the Buffalo Daily Courier for suggesting any re-
collection Of the difficulties in the Locofoco ranks
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THE RAILROAD TRAGEDY AT PRscEros.-We
find the following letter in the New York Herod of
the 18th instant:
MessRs. EDIToRs Having seen, by the report
of the coroners inquest, recently held at Trenton
New Jersey, and Ivy various other communications
upon the subject ofthe late disastrous railroad acct
dent near Princeton, that the tendency of the pub
lie mind is the belief that said accident has been
caused by the act Of some malicious person or per-
sons therefore, deem IT my duty to lay before
the public, through your paper, facts within my
own knowledge, that the public may be better able
to Judge on matter of so great an importance.
was a passenger in the late train, on the evening
previous to the accident to the six clock train,
from Philadelphia, and was standing upon the ex-
treme end, on the platform Of the last car smoking
cigar, when our roin from Philadelphia met the
tram from New York. The train upon which
was passenger was placed upon the turnout, so
as to permit the New York train TO pass, by per-
son who jumped from the train, and the agent as
supposed of said train and ON returning our tram
upon the main rails. after the passage Of the New
YORK train ] saw that he omitted TO return the
switch TO the position in which he found il, and
jumped hastily on the again-thus leavi no the
nam rail disconnected and in the situation IL was
found to be by the next succeeding six O'Clock train
have been delayed from making this oommunica-
ton earlier TO the public, en- account of eneage-
ments, which required me to leave the city Of New
York, Immediately on hearing Of the safety OF some
friends, who came over in the nine o clock train.
WIN NJ MCCLURE,
No. 2o7 Market street. Philadelphia
New YoRx, August l6, l649.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-18
FEARFUL MoRr.Lrr AT ST Lours-The St

FEARFUL MoRr.LrTY AT ST LouIs.-The St
Louis Union of the l4th inst says
1T was stated yesterday from the pulpit Of one
Of our most eminent dvines, and whose incessanr
abors for the last ten weeks among the sick had
given him the fullest opportunity of judging with
accuracy, that al least eight thousand Of our citi-
zens have been carried off since the cholera pre-
vailed among an epidemic. To add to this
fearful aud hcart-rendng account, the same divine
stated that least one-half of this number were pa
rents, and IN vast many instances both parents
were taken from family, leaving from three to
.e helpless offspring to be thrown upon the cold
charity Of this world What a tale of suffering
and woe does the above simple statement contain"
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-18

The administration at Washington, coming into
power under the most favorable aspect of affairs,
has, in a very short space of time, succeeded in
making itself exceedingly unpopular and odious
Harrisburg Union.
Unpopular and odious" with whom With
those who opposed its election, grant, but with
none Others Philadelphia Sun.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-18

ARMY NEws-A series of charges and counter5s
charges, preferred by the surgeon general of the
army and Assistant Surgeon Byrne against each
other and which have been under discussion for
some time before court-maral, of which Col
Crane, LIST Artillery, was president have finally
been disposed Of by an order of the Secretary of
War declaring that no further action would be had
in the premises
We learn that Assistant Surgeon Byrne yester-
day applied for court-martia, which was def
nitely refused him.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-18

LAND SALES AT GREEN BAY.-The entries at
Green Bay for the first six months of the present year
were, cash entries 80 ,324 acres, warrants l55, 40
acres; total l8s, AGA acres. The Milwaukee Senii-
mel says 1.-THE amount received, 80, 324 acres en-
tered by cash, was SAL las "a or nearly 200, 900
acres entered, hvesxths have been entered by land
warrants, and one-sixth by cash.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-18

A NOBLE AND DARING AcT-One of the steam
boats recently burned at st. Louis had on board 80
kegs of powder when the fire broke out. Mr..
Lewis Brown one of the pilots, was aware of this
fact and at great personal hazard, went down into
the hold of the vessel and threw % of the 80 kegs
into the river He had barely time to escape,
when the fire communicated to the hold, and in a
few moments the remaining keg exploded, stunning
several hremen in the neighborhood But for this
daring act of Mr.. Brown, many lives would very
probably have been lost. Such acts deserve some
tangible reward
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-18

The New Orleans Picayuas publishes letter
from Captain Charles G. Merchant, giving the fol-
lowing sad record of deaths in the 9Th regiment of
infantry since it left Vera Cruz in July of last year,
upon the conclusion of hostilities with Mexico;
Died, at Brooklyn, New York, August 2, le4S,
Second Lieutenant George Wainwright, of the 9Th
regiment of infantry.
On the Mississippi near Helena, Arkansas, Sep
tember, l646, First Lieutenant and Breyet Captain
John d. Clark, of The 9Th regiment of infantry.
AT Port Lavaca Texas, December "a, l84S, Sc
cond Lieutenant ]. A. Deaney, of the 9th regiment
Of infantry.
AT Jefferson barracks, Missouri, January %,
lS49, Captain A. l.. Sheppard, of the 9th regiment
of infantry.
AT San Antonio de Bexar, Texas May Z, lS49,
Colonel and Brevet Major General w. j. Worth,
of the 9th regiment of infantry.
At San Antonio de Bexar, Texas, June 26, I849,
First Lieutenant ] ]. Booker, of the 9Th regiment
of infantry.
At camp Chadbourne, near Fredericksburg, Tex
as, June %, l849 Captain and Brevet Major Col
linson r. Gates, of the 9Th regiment of infantry.
At and near Port Lavaca, Texas, from the Goth
December, l84s, to the I'd January, l849, of cho-
lera, l27 noncommissioned officers musicians, and
privates, ofthe 9th regiment of infantry.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-18

HERR HEcKER.-Tbe BellevilIe (Ill.) Republican
announces that the editor has received intelligence
that Herr Hecker, who was on his return to Hun
gary 10 take part in the for independence, was
arrested while on his way through France at Rouen.
Mr.. Hecker sojourned at Beleville while in this
country, and the intelligence is probably correct,
though it has not reached us through any other me-
dium
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-18

MEETING ron HUNGARY meeting for Amer
lean citizens to express the sympathy which all
feel for The Hungarian defenders Of liberty has been
called in Boston by the mayor. 1t takes place on
the Goth. Rufus Choate, Charles Sumner, and
Robert Rantou are to speak at it. A similar meet
ing is also about to take place at Philadelphia.
Preparations to the same effect are being made in
New York.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-18

Mr.. WISE, Virginia farmer, has recently sue
ceeded in covering with fine birth Of natural hair
the heads of several gentlemen Of Richmond, some
of whom had been bald for many years He causes
the new hair to appear in from four to nine DAYS.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-18

FATHER MATHEW AND THE ABoLlTioNIsTs.--An
invitation was extended to Father Mathew by some
of the leaders of the Abolitionists to attend an
Emancipation celebration. He hesitated, as he
foresaw that such step would impair his useful
ness throughout large section of the Union, while
engaged in his mission. Thereupon, Garrison, of
the Liberaior, has made violent attack on Father
Mathew, and republishes circular, signed by that
gentleman several years ago, in common with
10000 Irishmen, opposed to slavery. Thus, an
attempt has been made to prejudice, and
parayze his exeruons in behalf of humanity
throughout the southern States.
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CUM ERLAND, Mp.--A private message dated
August II, from the above place, informs that
Col. Thos. G. McKaig was the 10Th nominated
by the Wing convention as a candidate for Con-
gress in the I'd district. The Hon. J. Dixon Ro-
man, who sat in the last Congress-, has declined a
denomination
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-18

TIE CIvIL LIST OF EseLsND.--The civil SUPER
animation list Of England amounts to f644, 767.
The half-pey of the navy was, in 1923, .fs40, 0O0
expense Of the civil list was only -ey4,550
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-18

The annual tournament at Fauquier Springs vii
take place the 4th, and the fancy ball and mas
querade on the 9th Of September See advertise
ment in another column.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-18

Letters from the Sandwich islands state that on
the 18th of May volcano on the summit of Mount
Loa, in Hilo, again had an eruption. The witness
thus describes it: "a bright pillar shot up several
hundred feet heavenward, all glowing with light
from the fires beneath. | need not say that we
gazed upon it with intense interest and admiration.
We learn that this new volcano has been seen from
Hio and Kau for about two weeks. Old Kilauea
also in vehement action. It's rapid and terrific ex-
plosions have been heard the distance of ten or
fifteen miles. The inhabitants of Oaa have been
startled by these fearful detonatons. So you see
old mother Pele only slumbered for few months,
to renew her strength, and to breathe out more
horrd blasts from her fiery nostrils'
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-18

Lord ELLEsmsRE ~ erecting a monument, with ~
short inscription, TO mark the grave Of Addison, in
the north aisle OF the Henry VII chapel, in West
Minister Abbey.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-18

CATHOLIC CoLLEGEs.-The Milwaukee Sentinel
states that Bishop Henri has purchased eight lots
in that city for the site of Catholic college
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-18

Sra CHAs Garr, il is said. will succeed Lord
Elgin as governor Of Canada, and Lord Sligo will
succeed Sir Charles at Kingston.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-18

The estimated value of property in Virginia is
about $50, 100000
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-06-21

Fractional township eighteen, and townships
nineteen and twenty, of range ten.
Fractional townships eighteen and nineteen,
and township twenty, of range-eleven.
Fractional townships nineteen and twenty, of
range twelve.
Fractional township twenty, of range thirteen
Lands appropriated by law for the use of mill
tary, schools, and other purposes, will be exclu-
ded from the sales.
The offering of the above mentioned lands will
be commenced on the days appointed, and pro-
coed in the order in which they are advertised,
with all convenient despatch, until the whole shall
have been offered, and the sales thus closed. But
no sale shall be kept open longer than two weeks,
and no private entry Of any OF the lands will be
admitted until after the expiration Of the two
weeks.
Given under my hand, at the city Of Washing
ton, this twenty seventh day of February, Ammo
Dominl, one thousand eight hundred and forty
nine.
BY the President: JAMES K. POLK.
RICHARD Nj. YOUNG,
Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
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TO THE PUBLIC.

The lands embraced in the above proclamation
are located prnciply on and adjacent to the Mlssis
sppi and ST. CroM rivers. i hose designated as
mineral are extremely valuable, because IN addition
to the copper and other found i'll them, they
well watered, and have ready access to market, Ell
Their TO the South by the Mississippi river, to the
East, by the way Of the lakes, and the several
lines of communication that connect herewith
Valuable timber and all other necessary re-
quises for building and smelling, are found in
great abundance, and of the finest quality. The
climate is healthy and pleasant-the cold being
rarely more intense than in the northern part of
New York and many Of the lands exceed
ingly fertile, producing all the grains and vegeta-
bles that can be raised in Massachusetts nor
ihern New NOrk.
Maps showing the localities OF the mines, and
other valuable information relating thereto, deri-
we'd from the geological survey. SC, which cam
not be embraced in this brief notice, will be prepaI-
ed and deposited In the land office at st. Croix for
inspection early as practicable before the COM
mencement of the public sales. .
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EXECUTION Or REV. ENos DUDLEY FOR
THE MURDER or HIS WIFE.-A correspoit-
dent OF the Boston Atlas at Lyme, n. IT,,
says, III reference to the execution of bud
ley
He offered prayer on the scaffoId, and
afterwards conversed with his minister laii-
or, sheriff, aud some others. lie TOOK oif
his coat and cravat, and made bare his neck
and received the halter without any emo
ton. The cap was then drawn over his
face, and he SAID: Fye,ceN all, hope 10
meet yoU an Heaoen.' hose We're the pre-
else words, and the only words he addressed
10 the multitude assembled. / did not hear
any protestatlons OF his Innocence, nor that
he had made amy. stood directly IN front
OF MN; aud If lie had made any earnest
ami truly affecting remarks to the multitude
assembled,' should have heard lhem''
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TO THE PUBLIC.

The ''mneral lands included in the FOREGOING
proclamation chiefly situated between Lake
Superior and the Montreal river, and On Isle Row
ale, IN the northern peninsula Of Michigan, and
are rendered immensely valuable bv the exhaust
less mines Of copper and other ores found therein.
A considerable number of those mines have al
ready been discovered in the trap ranges within
few miles Of Lake Superior; and from the geolog-
lca character oil country, and the explorations
already made, II cannot be doubted that others
equally, If not more valuable, will be found
throughout this whole mineral region.''
In some of the mines now worked, copper is
found almost pure; and, in fact, most of the ma
tive copper and ores yield greater per centage
than any other yet discovered ID the world. Sill
yer is also found in considerable quantities.
All the necessary materials for the construction
| of furnaces, and fuel for smelling, are found in
abundance in the immediate neighbourIood of the
mineral.
The climate in the winter, though cold, does
not interrupt the operations of the miners; in fact
that season is considered the most favorable for
their operations.
The proximity of these mineral lands to the
shore Of lake Superior, on which are several safe
| and excellent harbors, and the water communiea-
ton thereirom, by the Saut Ste. Marie. lakes
Huron Erie, &C., furnish ready means of trans
porting the products of these lands to the princ-
pal markets Of the United States at very trilDg
cost.
1t likewise appears from the reports to this Of
fee. that the agricultural lands are Of fair quail
ty, producing the usual culinary vegetables and
grass in abundance, and, when properly titled,
they have been found favorable for grain crops al
so; and for all these products, fair price and
good market will be found at the mines.
Iimber-such as white and yellow pine, sugar
maple, yellow birch, &c.--is, in many places,
very abundant and by its thrifty grouth pives ex
idence Of she richness of the SOIL
Maps, showing the localities of the mines and
other valuable information relating thereto, derived
from the geological survey, &C., which cannot be
embraced in this brief notice, will be prepared and
deposited in the land office at Sault ST. Marie, for
inspection, early practicable, before the COM
mencement Of the public sales.
RICHARD M. YOUNG,