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TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.
THIRTIETH CONGRESS-.
SECOND SESSION.

In Senate.
WAsHraros, Jan. IS, 1914.
OPENING.
The Senate convened at IL o'clock the Vice Pr cal
dent in the chair. Prayer was offered up by the Rev.
Mr. Slicer, chaplain to the Senate.
RAILROAD TO THE PACIFIC.
Numerous petitions were presented; among them
one by MIR. Borls nd, signed by large number of tbs
citizens of Arsansas, praying Congress to take mss
sures for The construction of railroad to Pacific
which was appropriately referred.
PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS REPORTING
MIR. Downs, Of Louisiana, cravsd the indulgence Of
the Senate. while he called their attention to an err
roneous report Of his speech in the Union
He proceeded, at some length, to denounce not only
this report, but the reports In the Union generally
Those OF the felieencer he considered much bet
He thought steps should be taken to improve the off,
cial reports.
Mr.. BADGER, copcurripg in the views of the homo.
raele Senator from Louisiana, offered resolution to
discontinue the contract for the publication Of the
ofoia reports OF the proceedings and debates Of the
Senate; which resolution lies over.
PENSIONS.
Inc resolution heretofore offered by Mr. Johnson of
LouitiADa citing the COMMITTEES Pc nsons to in
qure into the expediency OF graduating pensions al.
the mi Iy received by them was taken up, duly
sidered, and passed
RELIEF OF CAPT. pERclvAL
The bill for the relief of Capt Percval which was
discussed at length on former OCCASION was on mo-
ton taken for consideration The bill IN axes pre-.
vision for reimbursng Perciva for salary paid to
geoogist while cruise in connection with the ex.
ploring expedition, ,everal years ago.
Inc Dill having been amply debated by Messrs.
Allen, Miller Yulee, Miles, Badger and Davis, the
question REQUIRED on reconsiderng the ordering
the engrossment 1t was taken by yeas and nays and
decided In the negative-yeas, IL; nays, 80.
RIGHT
Mr. iULEE, CT Florida, in pursuance of previous no.
ce, introduced bill from the Committee on Pubic
Lands granting the right Of way to the Gulf and At.
lantio Railroad, through the public lands where the
surveyed route might run
The bill In favor of Daniel Myerly was taken I'M
and sitter some debate was laid aside
After the transaction CT some other business OF no
particular moment,
The Senate, ON motion, adjourned
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supreme Court.-GeneraI Term.

Before Justices Jones. Hurbut and Eamends
JAN 70 The Calendar was taken up at No ISL
ana nity cautes called No. 90. reserved cause was
tsen taken up and partly argued The Court will
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Marine Affairs.

To Capt EvELFGH, OF the Packet ship St Nicolas.-
DEAR SIR Having been associated with you, and
committed to your care during q voyage of unusual
length unusual severity and treme peril cannot
separate without rendering to the heartfelt express
sion OF our gratitude and esteem.
Under Divine Providence, owe o II safety to tina
prudence and ability with which you have
your ship in circumstances frau with thu
utmost difficulty and the most imminent danger.
Scarcely Sd day passed without our enoountering
tempest but after the few fret trials with the terrible
elements, such was our reliance your prudence
care and judgment that the violent storm lost ali
terror for We trusted implicitly YOU aud to the
buoyancy strength, and to say the resisting will
with which under your guidance the good St. Nioolas
seemed endowed
We it, also to your officers, to say that our oom
forts convenience, and cea nness have been attended
to with the most seduous and unremitting care We
have suffered no inconvenience, sush as was in
human power to avert.
In bidding you farewell, permit u.s. once moro to re-.
hcers and your crew. beseeching the Divine Ruler Of
the wisds and the waves to exten to you always the
same protecting care as during the voyage you have
We remain, dear sir your grateful and arsotionats
friends.
MICHAEL DoHESv, P. BkLproSE,
ALoERNoN MURRAY ] L OrrMAN
ALEX. Henderson, WILLS RoEsGE EN-,
d. KALLr.
STEAMER FALCON. of Cha3rss
December ~, 1913. !
Dear Strive have just come to anchor here, altar
pleasant run from New Orleans. congratulate you
upon the very favorable issue Of the Of
your enterprise.
The boat the finest boat bays ever been aboard
o. and IL remarkably staunch and well built You
have been remarkably fortunate in the captain and
Officers In charge of her. Captain Thompson is as
prudent as he skful and is mindful of the
comfort Of his than Of the safety Of the
ship and is aided by his subordinate officers in the
ableet mani
rejoice that an enterprise interesting to the
future welfare Of western territory begu under
such favorable auspices, and hope its success may
equal the liberality and energy OF its projectors
with sincere reapect, your obedien mt servant
PERSlFER +. SMITH, B. Mai Genr IT, s. A.
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Columbia. Under the influence of the faction
which puts forward ex-Gov. Seward, we have
seen the Legislature of New York unwisely and
thoughtlessly pass, by nearly unanimous vote,
the unnecessary and insulting resolutions relative
to this subject, which are now before the Senate
OF the United States. 1t the province and
good fortune of the democratic rarity, in its old
and pure days, to BE- the principal bulwark between
the aglators and disunionlsts of the North on the
subject of slavery, and those of the South; and this
venerable and national position was alway main.
tanned by the old democrats until the states
man of Undertook reached the presidency,
and gave a less national character to the
party which he used for the brief time he
was power. In the recent election of General
Taylor, which was brought about, not by wings
alone, or by democrats alone, but by the sensible
and patriotic men OF all parties, we hoped that the
wing party at least that portion of it which sup
ported that illustrious man, would assume the
same patriotic ground which characterized the old
democracy in the times of Jefferson and Madison
IN relation to all those disturbing matters, with
the view of maintaining this U Mon intact against
fanatics of all descriptions. But if such man
the originator of such factions as we have seen IN
this State-lf such man as Ex-Governor Seward
should be elected to the United States Senate, with
all his ultrasm around him, we do say the friends
of General Taylor in the Legislature will sacrifice
all they have gained, and throw everything away,
in order to crafty or molIfy the spirit OF dsunion
In the North, as well as the Sonth.
AS far as we can Judge the course of the Courier
and Enquirer IN this senatorial question, we fear
that those proper sentiments which we KIN w dis
unguished COL Webb, Its senior editor In former
years, have been entirely supplanted by those ultra,
disturbing, bitter feelings, which characterized the
age OF Rufus King twenty-fiv years ago, and which
have marked the disappointed of his imitators of
the present day-we mean both ex-Presldent Van
Buren, and Ex-Governor Seward. All the friends
OF the Union in New York, from Sandy Hook to
Niagara Falls, who are acquainted with the HIS
tory of the politicians of this State will compre-
bend at once the position IN which New York is
placed by this attempt to send to Congress, at this
particular crisis, such man as Mr.. Seward the
organ OF factlonlsts, and the agent OF set of opln-
ions that Eever lead anything but the spread
Ing of enmlty between the North and the South on
the slavery question, which may eventually pro-
duce dlsunon and destruction to the republic, as it
now stands before the world.
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The new YORK HERALD has lately published
new map Of the gold mines OF California II has
not yet GENE TO hand. Speaking of the Herald,
we know Ct no paper in the Union that is conduct.
ed with as much energy as this. Its daily reading
is all new, ard In news it is always ahead of ITS
cotemporares. The Congressional proceedings,
The European news, and In fact all the news of the
word, is found more in detail and Is more inter-
resting. than that found In any other New York
paper II any Of our readers desire a New York
newspaper, by oil means take the Herald From its
columns We heve a daily feast, being extremely
10 tunate while in New York in effecting a tree
exchange. It's daily circulation has now reached
LO,4S6 copies [upder the mark we print more
than ihis,l weekly, l0,440 copies They work off
her enormous daily edition per steam, in four
ours--N'ies (M,ch) Republican, jan. 13.
SAILING OF THE STEAMER GREAT FOREIGN
MAIL. The steamship America, Capt Harrison,
sailed at IL M. tc.cay for Halifax and Liverpool,
with Two passengers Tor the former and SO for the
latter. The America carries out an unusually
large foreign mail, numbering at least 80 900 letters,
and a great quantity OF newspapers Unser the
ittalatory law, the English steamers have carried
ss low DvnIber ms Twelve or fifteen thousand let
ieis. The Port Office auihortles here have not yet
received instructions from Washington relative to
lie courte TO be- pursued under the new postal
f'rf ~ - IfgfL1 ..kIs 'fey. .'gs
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CtRcutr CorRr-Nos. H. 10 OIL 20 ~ 49, a. n,
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CUBA-CoNDUCT OF THE Press TOWARDS THE
New YORK HERALD.-Aler all the abuse and OBJ
loquy cast upon us for our intelligence from Mad
rid, respecting the initiation of proceedings rela-
tive 10 the destiny of Cuba, it comes out now. al
common, notorious newspaper talk, that all
we said at the time was true, and if DOS
sible more than true. 1t appears, and Is
mentioned now as a matter of fact, in Sc
veral papers, that many influential citizens of
Cuba have long desired the annexation of that
beautiful island TO our Union. They even carried
their zeal on this point to such pitch as to send
proposals for grand cOupdemaan to be made by
our victorious army, on its return from Mexico, to
take Cuba on its passage home from Vera Cruz,
much about the same way that Napoleon took
Malta on his way to Egypt, IN the early days of
the French revolution. Such a wild proposition
OF course was not entertained for an instant, either
by our generals or government; but 1t Is quite
sufficient as fact, to show the intensity of the
wish which prevails IN Cuba for passing over from
the suplne embrace of Spain to an active share
in the spirit and hberality of our glorious Union.
What is curious about this matter Is, that when
we first gave IN our columns, in advance by manv
months, OF all the other papers, an intlmation of
what was going on, we were attacked as fab
rlcators of news, inventors of foreign cor
respondence, &c, &c. But now, after the
lapse OF several months, those very papers which
thus attacked us, out, and at this late day re.
peat the very news and confirm the same facts of
which we gave so early an animation, by other
and additional facts
OF the fact of diplomatic overtures having been
instituted at Madrid on this point, there IS now no
doubt; but It's attempted to throw the onus of the
whole upon the chief secretary of the embassy at
Madrid, (Mr. Reynods), and to pretend that our
minister only connlved at what was going on. At
all events, they are obliged now to change their
tune, and endorse the very intelligence of the
Herald which they so lately stlgmatized as false.
OF the merits of the question itself, we shall say
nothing at present; we have already, on several
occasions, expressed some of our views on this
subject. Cuba may be desirable for us, or it may
not-much depends upon circumstances and events
vet in embryo
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-06-08
NAOINUA u LII I :
To President ZACHARY TAYLOR.

Ercsson's Condsnsing and DistiHing Ap-
p0rdtuS ,-Extract from the journal of Capt.
James G. Baker, commanding the United
States transport steamer Alabama, on her
voyage from. New Orleans to Chagres and
back, in March last:
1.-The condensing apparatus for making
fresh water for the use ofpassengers and crew
works admirably. furnishing twelve hundred
gallons. if necessary. per twenty-four hours.
enabling US TO dispense with at least three
thousand gallons OF water, which weight can
he carried 10 fuel or cargo. We drank this
water from choice during the whole voyage
it is as clear as the purest spring water"
The Boston Journal says that the Alabama
has Blossoms condensing and distiIIing ap.
paratus. which enables her to keep the water
in the boilers sufficiently fresh to prevent any
incrustation of salt, and to save the loss o!
fuel by blowing off, as well as to supply plen.
ty of water for the crew and passengers.
Nat Intell,gencer.
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[PUBLIc-No. 80 IAN Act to establish the
Home Department. and to provide for the
Treasury Department an Assistant Secreta-
ry OF the Treasury, and commissioner of
the customs.
Be it enacted By the Senate and House of
Representatives. of the United States of Amer
ica in Congress assembled, That from and af-
ter the passage of this act, there shall be crea-
ted new executive department of the gov
eminent OF the United States, TO be called the
Department of the Inferior; the head of which
department shall be called the Secretary of the
Interior. who shall be appointed by the Presi-
dent of the United States, by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate, and who shall
bold his Office by the same tenure, and receive
the same salary, as the Secretaries of the 9th.
er executive departments, and who shall per-
torn all the duties assigned 10 him by this act.
SEC 2. A'ld be 1t further enacted. That the
Secretary of the Interior shall exercise and
perform all the acts of supervision and appeal
IN regard to the Office of Commissioner of Pat
ents, now exercised by the Secretary OF State ;
and the said Secretary of the Interior shall
sign all acquisitions tos the advance or pay.
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SEC. Is. Aqd Be It further enacted, That
nothing in this act contained shall be so con-
strued as to affect or impair any OF the powers
conferred, or duties devolved, on the Secreta-
nv of the Treasury, in relation to the transfer,
safekeeping, or disbursement of public mo-
news. by the act of the sixth of August, one
thousand eight hundred and forty six, entitled
IS An act TO provide for the better organization
of the treasury, and for the collection, safe
keeping, transferring, and disbursement OF the
public revenue"
Approved March 8, 1S49.
rpuRIIc-No. 401-An Act to authorize the
coinage of gold dollars and double eagles.
Be at enacted by the Senate and House of
REPRESENTATIVES of the United States of Amer
lea IN Congress assembled, That there shall
be, from time TO time struck and coined at the
mint of the United States, and the branches
thereof, conformably in all respects TO law,
Except that on the reverse of the gold dollar
the figure of the eagle shall be omitted,) and
conformably in all respects TO the standard for
gold denominations an | values, viz: double
eagles, each TO be of the value of twenty dol
lars, or units, and gold dollars, each to be OF
the value of one dollar, or unit
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That for
all sums what ever the double eagle shall be
legal tender for twenty dollars, and the gold
dollar shall be a legal tender for one dollar
SEC 8. And be at further enacted, That all
laws now in force in relation TO the coins of
the United States. and the striking and coming
the same, shall, so far asapplcable. have fulI
force and affect in relation to the coins herein
authorized, whether the said laws are penal
or otherwise and wether they are for pre-
venting counterfeiting or debasement, for pro-
tecting the currency, for regulating and guard
ing the process OF striking and coming, and
the preparations therefor, or for the sucurity
of the coin,.or for any other purpose.
SEC. 4. And be 1t further enacted, That in
adjusting the weights of gold coins hencefor-
ward, the following deviations from the stan
dard weight shall not be exceeded in any of
the single pieces-namely, in the double ca
gle, the eagle, and the half eagle. one half OF
grain, and in the quarter eagle, and gold
dollar, one quarter of grain; and that, in
weighing a large number of pieces together,
when delivered from the chief coiner to the
treasurer, and from the treasurer t. the depos-
tors, the deviation from the standard weight
shall not exceed three pennyweights in one
thousand double eagles two pennyweights
in one thousand eagles; one and one half
pennyweights in one thousand half eagles;
one heavyweight in one thousand quarter ca
giles; and one half of a heavyweight in one
thousand gold dollars
Approved March 3, 1849.
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WASHINGTON HOTEL.
LATE HANOVER HOUSE,)

FRoNT STREET, WILMISeToS, n. G.
THIS HOUSE has lately been re-opened, un-
der the superintendance of the undersigned, who
have given it thoraugh overhauIing, and newly
furnished it throughout They pledge themselves
that nothing shall he wanting. on their part, to
render the patron satisfied and comfortable
Their Table and Chambers are as we'll furnish
ed. and attended on by faithful servants as can
be found in any other Hotel in the Southern States
The Omnibus will be found ready at the Cars
and Steamboats,, carrying baggage, free, to and
from the Hotel.
HUTCHINS & MASALON
January l9, lS49 -Il9-Iyuoo
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S25 Reward.

THE subscriber offers the above reward to any
person who viii apprehend and lodge in Jail bis
negro woman THURSDAY. and Joe, her son.
Also, $50 for sufficient proof to convict any per-
son or persons of harboring them. Said woman
is tall, has large stomach, and speaks very slow
she Is of bright yellow complexion. Joe is
dark completed. and is from to years Of age,
and formerly belonged TO James NJ. Thompson,
deceased, aud come from Onslow county.
F. NJ. AG0STTNE.
Nav 9Th. le49 81 If
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Commissioner OF Customs, for which the said
Secretary of the Treasury shall also appoint
one chief clerk, at salary of seventeen hun
dred dollars per annum.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That
an officer shall be appointed in the Treasury
Department by the Secretary of the Treasury,
TO be called the Assistant Secretary OF the
Treasury, whose salary shall be three thou
sand dollars per annun, payable in the same
manner as that of the Secretary of the Treas
ury, who shall examine all letters, contracts
and warrants, prepared for the signature of
the Secretary of the Treasury, and who shall
perform all such other duties in the office of
the Secretary of the Treasury, now per-
formed by some OF his clerks, as may
be devolved on him By the Secretary of the
Treasury, who shall also appoint a clerk at a
mum, who shall perform such duties as clerk
in the Treasury Department, in aid of said
Assistant Secretary, as may be assigned to
him by the Secretary of the Treasury.
SEC. IA. Ind be it further enacted, That
the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer
from the Office of the First Comptroller one Of
his messengers, to perform the same duties in
the office OF the Commissioner of Customs, as
also such portion of the contingent fund of the
Office OF the First Comptroller as may be re-
quired in that of the Commissioner of Gus
toms, in consequence of the transfer of clerks
from one Office 10 another, or the transfer of a
messenger from that Office to another And
the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer
one of his messengers to the Office Of the Sec
reiary of the interior, as also such portion of
the contingent fund of the Office Of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury as may be required in
the office of the Secretary of the Interior, in
consequence of the transfer OF clerks from one
department to the other.
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WHITE LEAD.

Pure Extra and No 1. a large lot. Also,
Chrome green dry and in oil; Chrome yellow.
spanish brown, Venetian red, &c. &c. For sale
by LiPPIII.
D2sl Druggist and Chemist
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CAUTION EA.InA

man BY the name Of CLAP has engaged with
young man OF the name of s. P Townsend and use. h
name put up Sarsapara which they call Or, To-
sends SafsaparilIa denominatng it 3EhUEbE o,,..,
etc. This Townsend is DOCTOR ana never was. bu, ~
formerly worker railroads. canals and the like Y.,h
assumes the title Dr. for the purpose of gaining credit q,
"hat ne is not This is caution the public not to h
uecel'ed and purchase but the GENUINE oREoE
MIL Old Dr. Jacob Townsend's ssrSapara, havn, on
the oio DIS likeness his family coat of arms and hi,
signature across the coat of arms.
Principal Office, lo2 Na.sav-s,.. .Nsv York cysx.
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ED. CANTW ELL.
FOR SALE.

40 Hhds Superior retailing Sugar daily expec-
ted bk Schr John Story, from the West Indies,
MIA by g w DAVIS.
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Law Notice.

HE subscriber has resumed the duties of his
/ profession, and will be found at bis office on
the corner of Second and Princess streets, Nix
on's basement.
ED. CANTW ELL.
Wilmington, N. c., March, ls4s.
s.sHsving established an Agency in the city
Of Washington, he is prepared to give prompt at
tention TO all claims for Extra Pay. Mileage. Sub
sistence, &C., growing out Of the late wars with
Mexico aud Great Britain. and under the various
Pensions and Bounty Laws passed TO encourage
enlistments in the Regular Army and Volunteer
Service.
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MANIFESTO OF THE AMERICAN CHARGE D'APFAIRs
TO PREVENT FoREIaNERs FROM CARRYING OFF Toe
MUCH GOLD.



We arrived here Last evening in the brig Eadora,
after passage of seventeen days. Tho steamers Fall
CON and Crescent City are both here also the bark
Medors and brig Winthrop The steamer Orus tsok
tho passengers Of the Crescent City and brig Win
throp and part Of the Falcons, yesterday, up the
river, charging $40 per head The captain Of the Fall
CON came ON board after anchored, and wanted to
know If we hal any coal 1t would command almost
any price, We had brought 1t instead of the rocks
we had for ballast. Captain Leighton is here, and
was on board when We came to anchor. He has been
to Panama himself and gives good account from the
digging. He says the papers do not tell hail. gold is
In great abundance. He sails In Q day or two for st.
juan for cargo of mules It took 500 mules to take
the baggage and passengers Of the Falcon alone The
weather Is hne dew, and warm In the day but not
80 hot as reported. lam writing this at four in
the morning to 60 by the steamer to-day will write
you again from Panama. ana give you more psrticu.
lars. LAST Sunday, at twelve O'Clock, We discovered
full rugged brig ashore the east end Of st Domingo
painted blue outside supposed to have gone on the
night before She was head and the captain thinks
she would not be got of % 1t blew gale that night
The passengers have given Captain Matthews card
OF thanks, and will send 1t on to you to have pub
liAhed