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The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-11-28

New YORK BIBLE SocIETY.-The following is an
abstract OF the Secretarys Report for the past year,
which was read at the anniversary Of this Society:
The number of families visited by the Visiting Com
mittee is Al $3.50, among whom 6,3l2 volumes of
Bibles and IestaInents were distributed Since
the commencement of the committees abors in
March, lS49, the city has been explored with the
exception of the Twelfth, Sixteenth Eighteenth,
Nineteenth, and part of the Ninth Wards. OF
$3.50 families visited since that time, s,542 had
not the Scriptures, 3,l6l refused to take them.
The total number of volumes distributed in this
department of the work is S9l4 Notwithstand-
ing the decrease in the number of arrivals at this
port of 1852 persns-the total number for the
present year being 2l7 Goethe distribution has
greatly exceeded that of last year. 7,4s5 Bibles
and Testaments have been distributed among these
emigrants. The number of Bibles and Testaments
supplied TO the various vessels Of the navy is 1865
The distribution for the year by the Marine Com
mittee and general agent has been 2 1863 Bibles
and 1882 Testaments, making a total of 90l
volumes. AIS volumcs. including Bibles and
Testaments, have been distributed by the Commit
tee on Humane and Criminal Institutions Under
the supervision OF the Committee on Military Sta
tons 532 Bibles and Testaments printed in va
rious languages, have been circulated. The total
number ofvolumes distributed during the past year
is l02, OF these % $50 Bibles and as s3i Tesla
ments have been sold, and 1886 Bibles and
lS,45s Testaments donated. The amount paid to
the American Bible Society is S30,050 D.
". y. Tribune.
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Advices have reached from San Francisco,
through which we have been informed that the
Wings OF California should there be Uhig major.
itg IN the Legislature, talk of running Mr.. James
Madison Crane, senior editor and proprietor of the
place of Colonel Fremont, whose term expires OH
the 4th of March next.
Mr.. Crane is well known in Richmond, having
resided in this city for number of years. and ed
tied with peculiar ability the Southener which had
a wide spread fame.
Should the Wings have majority in the Califor-
mia Legislature, there many worse acts they
might be guilty Of than that of cecting Mr.. Gran
as their Senator Richmond (Vd.) Republican,
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PaIcEs AID CRoPs AT RooXvILLE.-The Rock
Vile (Md.) Journal says the pork men arc begin
ming to make their arrangements for supplying the
market Of that town Four dollars and fifty cents,
il is thought will be the ruling price, though
are holding out for five dollars for choice lots Beef
81 80 and IS 80. Turkeys from IS cents TO
81 IS. Corn is selling at 50 25 and So 80; not
much 10 be had for Ices than 50 90; first rate will
bring 50 rs. The Journal says the farmers have
gathered in their corn; the crop is very fair. The
young looks iourshing though we have hea I'd
some complaint of the fly in the very early sowing.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-11-28

New ROUTE DISCOVERED IN NIcARAoUA.-Ad-
vices from San Juan, dated November 9 say that
the engineers employed in making the surveys for
the proposed ship canal have met with the most
eminent success, and that the practicabity Of con
structing the canal no longer admits Of any doubt
A route has been surveyed from Nicaragua Lake,
four miles north of tho city, which has an eleva
ton OF only sixty feet, and n gradual descent to
the Pacific. The engineers pronounce the route
TO be in every way desirable, the distance being
but twelve miles from the lake TO tho Pacific.
PHILADELPHIA Ledger
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We learn by telegraphic despatch that the
Union meeting at Nashville, on Saturday eve
nlng, was attended by very large concourse
Of citizens, and that Judge CAHILL presided.
Messrs EwINe and DoNELsoS made strong
speeches, declaring their attachment for the
Onlon, and rebuking the ultras in all sections
Of The country.
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ONO loBAoco.-People in northern Ohio have
Dat slight idea Of the quantity Of tobacco grown
IN the State In carly times the pioneers hcreaway
used to raise and cure the filthy weed for their own
use, but tobacco patch IN this quarter now would
be a rare sight indeed. The Dayton Journal pub
fishes some statistics Of the tobacco crop In Miami
township, in Montgomery county. THE season,
which show that II is small item Of agricultural
Industry and wealth. IL has been raised Tor dozen
years IN succession the rich bottom lands of the
township, without manure. and without exhaust
ing the soil. The product 10 about 400 pounds TO
the acre. Number Of acres raised in the township
bos. Amount, at cents per pound, S60,7ot.
CieUeidnd Ohio) Herald
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The Eighth Di strict of Msssacbu.,tts

II is stated IN the Boston papers that Mr..
MAINS majority in the Eighth district of Mas
sachusetts, at the recent election, was forty one
votes; and this against majority of about nine
thousand two years ago. It is estimated from
a comparison Of the Gubernatorial with the Con
gressional returns, that Mr.. MANN received one
thousand three hundred Democratic votes and
two hundred or more of counterfeit ballots from
the hands Of unsuspecting WHIes, who ina
gined that they were voting for Mr.. VALLEY.
From this result it would seem that even in
Mr.. ADAMs's old district there is no approval
of Mr. MANS course. His loss of some nine
thousand votes would indicate that political
agitation of the slavery question is becoming
unpopular in Massachusetts,
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NAvAL.-The United States sloop .of-war Ports
mouth, Gregory, commander, left Angola Sep
tcmber o. on cruise. United States brig Perry,
Foot, also left Angola about the lst Of September
cruise
The United States steamer Massachusetts, was at
San Diego on the 10th of October, with the army
and navy commissioners on board. They had fin
ishcd their work, and the vessel was TO oaye for
San Francisco on the 2lst
The United States surveying schooner Gallatin,
Lieutenant Mailiit, from New York, arrived at
Norfolk on Friday last.
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SAILING or THE OHIo.-The United States mail
steamship Ohio, Lieutenant Schenck, will leave
this port this afternoon at three O'clock from the
pier foot Of Warren street, North River. She takes
out the semi- monthly mais for California Oregon,
Sandwich Islands, &c, which will be transferred to
the steamship Pacific at Havana, az also the pas
sengers who are bound TO California. Her list of
passengers numbers two hundred and forty the
principal portion of whom for California and
New Orleans. A list Of their names can be found
under the appropriate head. Among them arc the
Hon. i BuTLER KING and family.
NetD York Commercial Adverfis,r
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WfSpfALL.-Ou Saturday morning one Of the
nurses in the marine department Of the New York
hospitals, named John Fails, informed Mr. Nor
gan, one OF the supcrintcndents Of the institution,
that he wished TO rcsign his situation, in consc-
quencc OF having just received the gratifying in
teligcncc from Europe that suit in chancery had
recently been decided in London, whereby himself
and three brothers have fallen heirs 10 the enormous
cum Of EsO,OOO sterling. This is truly fortunate
windiall, and the lucky individual will sail for
England at ~ O'Clock to- morrow.
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Y4Lr Courses The new catalogue gives the

SENTENCE or DEATH CoMMurEp.-The Governor
and Council at their session last week, considered
the case of William Bulnan, an Irishman, who
was convicted Of fclonious assault on a female in
the county Of Berkshire, and sentenced TO be exc
cutcd by the Supreme Court held at Lcnox. The
sentence Of death has been commuted 10 imprison
mont for life in the State prson.
Boston Transcript 25M
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A telegraphic despatch. received in this city
yesterday, states that GEORGIA is all right by
from 10000 to 10000 majority for the Union
candidates. This, of course, is an estimate
based upon partial returns but we hope that
II is not an over-sanguine calculation.
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THE REPU BLIC.
WASHIN GTON:
THURSDAY MORNING. NOV. %, 1850.

EDWARDS, SASDFoRp Co., Express Agents and
Bankers, in the United States, Liverpool, and Lon
don, the authorized agents of the Republic. and
will receive subscriptions and Advertisements for
this paper. Their Office in London is at No. 10
Gresham street, and in Liverpool at No. Colon
bia Buildings. This concern is connected, in this
country, with the well known house of "Adams &
Co.'S Express" and is entitled to the confidence of
our friends abroad.
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a WEoNG-DoER PUNIsBED.--ln a suit recently
brought at Montreal by Captain Hamilton, Of the
Royal Canadian Rifles, against Lieutenant Mon.
roc, of the same corps, for the seduction and sub
sequont descrtion Of his daughter, young lady Of
seventeen, the jury gave a verdict of damages
G7OO, (S2,SOO,) being the total amount for which
Lieutenant Monroe could sell his commission.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-11-28

lo- To enable the persons employed in this
office to participate in the observance of
Thanksgiving Day, agreeably to the recommen-
dations of our Corporate authorities, no paper
will be issued tomorrow
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-11-28

THE PHILADrLPHIA Mail RoBBERy.-The trial
Of the persons charged with the robbery Of the mail
in Philadelphia a few weeks since is now going on
in that city. The evidence 80 far is substantially
the was published at the time Of their
arrest
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-11-28

FAcToRy.-A cotton factory, belonging TO Daniel
Parker, situated in Canterbury, Connecticut, was
destroyed by FIRE on Thursday night. The cause
OF the IRE IL not known. The loss is estimated at
g25,000. There is insurance to the amount of
$4,000 at the insurance office in Providence, II. l.
NeD Hapen Journal.
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Population OF Baltimore.
We have been furnished with the following au
thentic returns of the population Of Baltimore:
20 wards. ...., loo, 00l
3,l24

Entire population. ....,l69 ,l25
Dwelling houses actually occupied ...... %, 006
Number of deaths reported from lst June,
lS49, to lst June, 1850 3 6bO
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FLORIDA ELEcrIoS-(O OPTICAL 1.-The officers
charged by the law with canvassing the returns of
the late election in Florida have published the re-
suits. The vote for a representative in Congress
was follows
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THANKsGIvING DAY. = The appointments for
Thanksgiving Day are pretty nearly all made we
perceive. South Carolina held hers on the oath Of
October, North Carolina on the l4th of November
and several southern cities have also held theirs
already. The remaining appointments are as fol
lows.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-11-28

The amount of receipts for duties al the port
of San Francisco, for the month Of September
last, was tl44, 1913.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-11-28

sARrAIS's M.oAzIsE.-Tho January number is
one of gorgeous beauty and unprecedented embel-
lishncnt. There is too much in it 70 admit of de-
scripiion Every person Of taste must examine Il
for himself
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-11-28

POPULATION or CfScISNArt.-The census Of tho
city Of Cincinnati has been completed. The entire
population is now ll6,O7S. In IS40 IL was 46,352,
showing increase Of o., 69 in the last ten years
This il certainly very extraordinary increase,
and one which has but few parallels in the Union
The Chronicle says that the population Of Cncin-
natl exceeds that of st. Louis by 80 OOO and falls
but 25, 900 below that Of New Orleans.
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The Board met yesterday, and took up several
cases for consideration, but, without coming TO a
decision any Of them, adjourned until Monday
next, at III O'Clock A. NJ
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-11-28

Messrs. w w Penny, w S. Hickman and others
Lawrenceburg, Kentucky.
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-07-04
The Cardenas Prisoners Who were Shot.

We learn from the Providence Journal,
of Saturday, that Capt. Pierce, of brig A.
G. Washburn, who arrived at Bristol on
Thursday, from Cardenas the Cd inst.
makes the following statement:
He saw and conversed with two of the
persons who were lett at Cardenas by Lo-
pez. The one, an American boy, stated
10 Capt. p, that he embarked on board
the Georgiana for Chagres, on his way 10
California, and showed him his ticket for
his passage through. The other was an
Englishman, who also took passage tor
California. They both declared that they
knew nothing of the intention of Lopez
until they entered Cardenas; that they re-
fused to take up arms, or to have anything
to do with the expedition. On landing,
they made immediate application to Mr..
Bell, the American Consul, for protection.
The Consul stated that he could do moth
ing for them. They were consequently
taken prisoners, and the next day carried
to Matanzas, where they were shot. Mr..
Washburn passenger in the Washburn,
states that he saw, the day previous to his
departure gentleman direct from Matan-
zas, who informed him that he saaO the 4
prisoners shot.
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Holding q COrpSe for Heht.

A young man. a stranger, died al a
boarding house in New York, the other
day, and the boarders contributed sufficient
money to bury him. The Tribune says:
The man of the house sent for the cof-
fin, at his own request, and got one worth
81 or SIS; for which he charged Sl2. The
night before the funeral he locked up the
body, refusing to let the friends see 1t, and
when the boarders and others assembled
at o'clock, the next day, to perform the
rites of burial, the hearse being at the
door, he fiatly refused to unlock the door,
saying that if the s5 which the deceased
owed him was not paid, he would send
the body to Potter's Field. The young
men, shocked at the atrocious conduct of
this vampire, borrowed the money, re-
deemed the dead body of the unfortunate
stranger from his clutches, and buried it
at Williamsburg. The name of this i'm
prisoner of the dead is with US, but we do
not choose to pollute our columns with it.
Suffice it to say, almost every boarder in
the house has or will leave the premises.
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Speech of Gen. Lopez.

The New Orleans Delta gives the fol-
lowing translation of Gen. Lopez's speech
IN that city, after he had been released
on bail, to the enthusiastic assemblage that
greeted him at the st. Charles Hotel 1t
is pretty and off-hand:
Gentienen-I can find no suitable ex-
preston to convey to you the gratitude of
my heart for these demonstrations of your
kindness and sympathy. They are par
tcularly welcome at this moment, when
my motives and conduct are traduced, and
my acts subject to a criminal prosecution:
OF this, however, do not complain; he
who would deserve the smiles of for
tune, must know how TO bear her caprices.
| am prepared for either.
Gentlemen, whatever may be the short
sighted calculations of hollow and sell
fish policy, based upon mere expedieney,
and disregarding tn e best and holiest feel
lngs of our nature, the hearts and arms of
a generous and noble people cannot be
made indifferent 10 the sacred cause of
freedom and humanity. There is a law
within us-a law which you have this day
made manlfest-which proclaims and en-
forces the duty of mutual assistance and
love among all men, by whatever national
designation they be known. My offence
is, that L have sought the benefits of that
Iaw-of that common bond Of humaity-
for oppressed Cuba. l am conscious of
none other. If for this must be traduced
and prosecuted, well, let it be so. Rest
ing upon the purity of my motives, | shall
puIsue my course, and accept the conse-
luences, whatever they may be. If it be
! crime to solicit the aid of freemen 10
achieve the liberation of oppressed and
'nslaved Cubans-men like themselves
md to place the Queen of the Antilles In
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the path of her magnificent destiny, am
determined to be criminal now and to
the very last moment of my life-a peril
nacious. unrepenting and open criminal
for shall implore that assistance from no.
bic and symPathislng men, wherever
shall meet them-from my judges. from
President Taylor, from his Cabinet, and
from Congress, as shall ever beseech il
from God, with every puisation Of my
heart. Gentlemen thank you again.
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Fall of the Great "Table Rock" at Niagara
Falls.

NIAGARA FALLS, June 29.-At twenty
minutes past two o'clock, this afternoon,
while a carriage containing six persons,
was passing along ''Table Rock it was
discovered that the rock was giving away.
They lad Just Tie tie TO lump from the car
riage for their lives, when the rCcctkz feli
with tremendous crash, taking the car
rlage with it. One man jumped from the
carriage just as the rock gave way. The
shock was felt for miles around 1t is re-
ported that the guide, and several visters,
were under the rock at the time.
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BIsHoP's SIGNATUREs.-The prelates
OF the Church Of England are sometimes
accustomed. when signing their names to
use 'he old Latin appellations, or abrevia-
,1ons OF 'hem' for their sees, instead of the
Engiish ones. Thus, E6or. stands for
\ fork' Caftaur- for Canterbury; Ngorn.
tor Worcestor; and Econ. for Exeter. II
is said that an eminent bookseller once re.
ceived an instruction, per letter. Of an an
'hor's intention to publish life of PITT II
was signed George Winton, and was
thrown aside with the most perfect indif.
ference; the publisher never thinking that
George Winton was George, Bishop of
Winchester. When ths Princess Char
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De- b cElsbUrg Fzarkef.

FIour--S5,75 6,25 per barrel,
Wheat-Sl l,I23 per bushel.
Odts-4O 42 CTS. very scarce.
Corn Meal-624 cts per bushel.
Rye-623 cts. per bushel.
BuckWheat-623 cts. per bushel.
POtatoes--50 624 cts.
Butter-Roll l23 cts. Keg 10
Salt-2,50 per barrel.
Eggs a 10 cts. per dozen.
Hay--Si2 Is per ton.
Seed-Timothy, S2,00 per bushel
CIOUer-S4,5O do.
Wool-23 25 cts. per lb.
Fresh Beef-5 cts.
Fresh Pork-5. al cts
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saw one person who had 200 pounds.
From careful inquiry and investigation,
they were::satisfed to return to the digging
in this direction. Except some rugged
and steep mountains, the roads were found
excelleut.-Pidcer Times.
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lotte was i'll, the Bishop of Salisbury sent
frequent written inquiries 10 her Scotch
physician, signing himself John Sarum.
The doctor after the receipt of many sim
liar missives, observed to friend, that he
had been much pestered with notes from
"Ane Jean Saroom, that he kenned Moth
ing ABBOTT But" he added, 81 tax nae
notice of the fellowi''
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The Mound of KOSeiuSkO.

We extract the following beautiful de-
scription of KoscIusko's burial-place from
that most charmingly written and inter-
esting work "The Gear, His Court and
People" by John S. Maxwell. For clear
ness of statements, felicity of style and
general good humor Mr.. Maxwells S work
is the best on Russia yet published in this
country y.-Editor ItOo Worlds.
The morning preceding our departure
from Cracow, we went up 10 the mound
of kosciusko. 1t stands upon hill few
miles from Cracow. The citizens of the
republic were employed four years in its
construction. A circular way winds from
the base to the summit: from which is
seen the whole surrounding country. The
spires of Cracow; the towers of the Ia
meek rising upon the rock of Wawel, like
the castle over Edinburgh, or the Hrads-
chin over Prague; the Vistula, winding
away among the valleys; the tumuli of
Cracus, and of his daughter, the love lorn
Wanda: and the distant ranges of the Car
pathlans, present the most enchanting
Prospec;. The eye wanders through
scenes which have witnessed many of the
romantic ard mysterious events connected
with the rise and progress, the decline and
fall of Poland. Could there have been a
better monument to her last hero, than
this composed of the earth, brought from
all the le-fields, and erected by the
citizens of the republic, in the midst of so
many great and glorious associations? OF
all the places we had visited in all our
wanderings, we had not borne away a
single souvenir, but from among the wild
grass that grew luxuriently upon the
mound of Kosciusko, we plucked little
flower, the last of autumn, to take with us
as memento of the patriot of Poland.
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EDUCATION OF THE FINGERS
the fingers, as Pestallozzi with his usual
ssgacity remarks, half the education of a
woman ought to be made. Her delicate
and excitable brain refuses to lend itself
10 any very long-continued or strenuous
mental exertion; by brief flashes she re-
ceives her ideas; by her quick perception
and lively instinct she arrives at truths. to
the laborious pursuit of which she is rare
Iy equal. She cannot, like her more ro-
bust and less spiritual companion, devote
the whole of her working hours with i'm.
punlty to mental toll; the too delicate
machinery breaks or bardens under the
continuous effort; and if she do not con-
trive to change her nature, and become a
regular pedant In petticoats, her nerves
and spirits are generally seriously i'm
paired by efforts as little in accordance
with her temperament. Let her, there
fore, provide herself with abundance of
employment for her subtitle and plant fin
gers, and sne will find that, while draw
ing, or painting, or embroidering, or knit
ting, or sewing, her spirits will compose,
her nerves will settle, her thoughts will
arrange themselves, and her intellect will
strengthen. Let the woman read, and let
ner read attentlVely and well; but let her
shun the danger of the present day idle
reading; let her shun trash, be it learned
trash, romantic trash, or political trash;
let her beware of her fancying she is i'm
proving or extending the powers of her
mind while thus employed. She is doing
nothing but relaxing and weakening the
powers of her body. Let her provide
herself with active and useful employment
to fill up large portion of every day, and
iced and enlarge her mind by reading
books worth reading during the other; and
let her read with selection, and select with
care. AT all events, if she chose to en-
ploy her time in reading without selection.
let her not think she is employing herself
well.
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RHEUMhTISM.
HEADACHE

III removes almost Immediately, the n1am-
nation and swelling, and the pain ceases-
Read the directions around the box.