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NEwsPAPER CHANoEs.-J. spngg Chambers
has cold his paper, the Maysyille (Ky) Herald, to
S. J. Hill & Co., who will issue shortly new pa.
per called "The Wing Poet Boy" under the cdi-
torial conduct Of Jno. ID. Taylor and w p. Con-
nell, csq.
A change has taken place in the propriotorship
Of the 81. Louis, (Mo.) IptuigencT. Mr.. Ram
sey has Withdrawn from IL, and the paper Ia now
conducted by r. Yeatman Co. Mr.. Crockett
remains az editor. lie is vigorous and able wri.
ter. The InteiIigencr ranks with the first papers
In the West.
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The Wings Of the Congregational district com
posed of Cattaraugus and Chautauquc counties, in
the State Of New York, have nominated Hon. Fred.
erick s. Martin, of Olean, as their candidate for
Congress. MIR. Martin occupied scat in the State
Senate during the years IS and 40, and was last
winter a member of the House.
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SIR HENRy and Lady BvLwgs arrived in Albany,
~ y, on Thursday, the 18th, and put up at Con-
gress Hall.
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Ma. CLGYToS.-Thc Hon. John NJ. Clayton has
accepted the public dinner rendered him by the
citizens of Wilmington, Delaware. IL will take
place about the fret week in November
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rived at Galena, Illinois, from Chicago, on the
| lth instant, on her way TO Minnesota.
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NAvAL.-Unitcd States frgate Congress, Cap
tain McKeever, from Norfolk via Havana July -,
arrived at Rio de Janeiro on the Sd ultimo-all
well
Commodore Smith, Chief Of the Bureau OF Yards
and Docks,is on visit Of inspection at the North.
Commander Charles r. Plat has been ordered
to the command of the United States soop Of. war
Albany at Boston
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The Piitsburg Commercial Journal learns by a
gentleman just arrived from the lower ports, that
there sixiy.two coal boats, which left Pittsburg
on the September raise, sunk and aground, be-
tween that city and Cincinnati, involving loss Of
from twenty. five 70 thirtY thousand dollars.
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ton ofpostage had nothing to do with the OBJ
noxious system of ocean mail-steamers, yet,
Immediately after the passage of that law, the
expenditures of the Post Office Department ex-
ceeded its receipts by nearly one and half
million of dollars. In word, so far from the Post
Office having paid its own expenses heretofore,
it has, for term of at least fifteen years, failed
to Sustain ITSELF" and has been heavy ''tax
upon the treasury" In justice to the Depart
ment, we may add that it is beginning to re-
cover, and its income and expenditures are
now nearly equal, in spite of the introduce
tim Of the system of steam mail-ships. But
since Great Britain has realized about five mil
lions Of dollars by employing the 'steam mail
ships" of Cunard, why may not our Post Office
Department expect mail lines to bear their own
expenses in like manner? We hope, therefore,
that the system to which the economists of
Mississippi and Ohio make such objections,
may be allowed to test its usefulness by some
other criterion than its immediate capacity to
bear its own expenses.
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trade with Canada, the people of the Union
would be obliged TO fall to the level with those
of Canada--a result to be prevented by nothing
short of annexation. If, therefore, our Southern
friends desire to secure the speedy ncorpora-
ton Of the British provinces into the Union, the
object is to be obtained by voting for the, so
called, Reciprocity bill
We desire to see the restoration of perfect
harmony; and therefore it is that we entreat
our Southern friends to consider carefully the
tendency of the measures now before them.
BY passing the one, they will strengthen the
hands Of the men who live by promoting agita-
ton; by passing the other, they will benefit
every section of the Union, and thus promote
the establishment of perfect harmony through
out the Union. By the one, they will aid the
cause of Britain, distinguished among the ma
tons of the earth, as the denunciator of South
ern men and Southern measures; by passing
the other. they will aid the cause of their
friends, and especially those of the people OF
Pennsy lvania--a State always remarkable as
the one which has manifested the kindest feel
ngs towards Southern men and Southern in
tereStS
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Virginia and Tennessee Railroad.

A convention of the friends Of this important
section of national route from the Atlantic
cities to the Mississippi, at Memphis, was re-
Gently held at Wythevile. From the reports
made to the convention it appears that there is
little doubt Of the early completion of this sec
ton; and we learn that, with the exception of
the distance between this city and Alexandria,
there is continuous and connected charter for
the construction of the entire national route, and
that each of the sections of the improvement
have been organized, and are in progress. The
advantages Of such line in promoting inter-
course between the different sections of the
Union are evident Its importance to the Fed
eral Government, as the safest and most direct
line Of communication with the southwestern
States, for the transportation of the mail, mu-
nitions Of war, and money, will be very great.
To the cities of Washington and Baltimore it
will be invaluable. 1t will put the whole travel
ascending the Mississippi, in these cities, as
the first in the series Of eastern cities. Instead
Of giving them a mere dividend Of that travel, it
will afford them the advantage Of it all. We
commend the subject TO the sagacious enterprise
Of both cities. With a little encouragement and
aid they can introduce this "syphon" into the
valley Of the Mississippi, and derive the most
commercial results from its employ
ment
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tPUHLIc-No. 34l
AN ACT 10 suppress the Slave Trade in the District
Of Columbia

AN ACT 70 suppress the Slave Trade in the District
Of Columbia.
BE 10 enocfSd bv the Senate and Holu, of Reprs-
ttnf0fiues Of the Unifed State, Of dneriea IN Con
gress asssmJied, That from and after the fret
Cay of January. eighteen hundred and ffty-one
II shall not be lawful TO bring into the District
Of Columbia any slave whatever, for the pur-
pose Of being sold. for the purpose Of being
placed In depot, TO be subsequently, transferred to
any other State place TO be sold as merchandise
And II any slave shall be brought into the said Dis
trict by its owner, by the authority or consent
Of tie owner, contrary 70 the provisons Of this act
such slave sbsll thoreupon become liberated and
free.
SEC. 2. dnd be IL fDfbv enacted, That II shall
and may be laVful for each Of the Corporations Of
the cities Of Washington and Georgetown, from
time u time, and az often may be necessary, TO
ahste. break up, and abolish any depot or place Of
confinement Of slaves brought into the said Die.
trct as fnercha ndsc contrary 20 the provisions OF
this act, by such appropriate means "a may appear
70 either Of the said Corporations eSpedient and
proper And the same power il hei eby vested in
the levy court Of Washington county. II any at
tempt shall be made within it, jurisdictiona limits
To establish depot place Of confinement for
slaves brought into the said Districts merchandise
for sale contrary 20 this act
Approved September 20, 1880.
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Unnecessary de.

The Philadelphia North american complains
Of the recent Legislation, because the boundary
line between New Mexico and California is rather
indeterminaie, and may be the cause Of future
difficulty. The Rocky mountains form "not
single range or grand chain, but great system
of mountains" There is no man in tho
world, much less in Utah, that knows what
the summit Of the Rocky mountains is" We
only desire TO postpone any unnecessary excite
ment upon those subjects until some man in the
world shall know "what the summit Of the
Rocky mountains is, and until value is at
tachcd to a desolate and barren territory suffi-
cient to justify the dissolution Of the Union. If
the agitators will postpone it till then, we shall
be satisfied. The disposition to demonstrate
against pacifcation for 30 remote an objection
shows that the more material points Of diff
Guilty are adjusted.
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Man OF Loulsinnn.


We have been shown some beautiful maps
of Louisiana and Minnesota, prepared under
authority of Congress, by Mr.. TYssowsKI.
These maps are drawn apparently with great
skill, and, having been compiled from actual
surveys, we presume are accurate. They
show, distinctly, all private claims, State res
ervations, military lands, rivers navigable and
innavigable. They show, also, all lands unfit
for culture, by swamp or inundation. This
map of Louisiana will be found very useful to
those who feel an interest in the bill lately be-
fore Congress for leveeing the Mississippi. 1t
may be here seen how much of the national
domain is valueless, and how much may be
applied to the great measure Of protection pro-
posed by that bill.
We are gratied that Mr.. TYssowsKI has
executed work of so much Importance in so
excellent and scientific a manner. He has
come amongst rs an exile from the true "Niobe
of nations"-Poland. His history is replete
with incident. He was the Dictator of the
momentary republic of Cracow-chosen by M.
LAMARTINE by reclamation. For ten days of
freedom, he endured ten months imprisonment
in dungeon. The .countryman Of KoscIUsco,
he has come amongst us. But he has higher
claim to American sympathy and assistance;
he pursues laborious and useful occupation
to maintain himself and family. We greet
with pleasure the arrival of all such immi-
grants. They deserve our admiration for their
herolsm, and our sincere support in the meri-
torious pursuit of personal independence.
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IPunIIc-Nn. Bel

AN ACT to repeal so much of the act approved
eleventh Of August, eighteen hundred and forty
eight, extends the provisions thereof to Macao.
Bet snaeisdby the Senate and House of Representa-
tuGs If the United States Of Americd in Congress
seabed, That much of the act 'to carry into eff
feet certain provisions in the treaties between the
United States and China, and the Ottoman Porte, "
giving certain judicial powers To ministers and
consus of the United States in those countries, APP
proved the eleventh day of August. eighteen hun
dred and forty eight. extends jurisdiction over,
the right TO exercise any of the powers conferred
by said act, in Macao, be, and the same is hereby
repealed.
Approved September 30, 1880.
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No. 351

An ACT TO supply deficiency in the appropris-
ton for pay and mileage Of members of Congress
Tor the present session.
Be Il enaeisd by the SENATE and House Of Rspre-
tsntafiro n the United Stof,s Of America N Con-
grtss assenblsd, That the sum OF one hundred and
SIXTY thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby,
appropriated out Of any money in the treasury not
otherWse appropriated, for the payment Of mile
age and per diem Of Senator'S member Of the Houee
OF Representative, and Delegates in Con gress at
the present session: two thousand three hundred
and thirty dollars Tor additional pense Of station
cry for members of the House of Repr,.1nts,ive.
during the present session; Provided That tho
mileage Of the Senators and Representatives from
California, and the Delegate from Oregon be corn.
puted according 10 the rnost usual travelling route
within the limits Of the United States; and the Der
diem Of said Senators and Representatives for th.
session shall commence from the day on which the
constitution Of California wss fret communicated
TO the two Houses Of Congress, respectively;
And that the SUN Of fifty thousand dollars, in sd-
dition TO the sum already provided for in the Civil
and Diplomatic Appropriation bill, be, and and the
same IL hereby, appropriated for the contin gent
Pen-es q the House Of Representatives
And tbsf Hugh y. Smith and Alnon w Rabbit
late csimants tor seats in the House Of Represents
tiyes, from New Mexico and Utah, be allowed their
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per diem of five dollars, from the day of their arr
val in Washington, 10 the day when their claim 10
sentatives; and also, the of two thousand dol
lars each for their mileage Preceded, That no per
diem shall be allowed, for any time previous to the
commend ment Of the present session of Congres.
Approved September 20, 1850.
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Highly Important from TeIss.

We learn by telegraph that on the 9Th inst.
the Governor vetoed the bill requiring him to
refer to the people the proposition from the Uni
ted States to purchase territory. The Governor
was sustained and the bill lost. The lcgisls-
ture adjourned 10 the Sd November.
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THE GENERAL JoY.-The Boston Mass.

THE GENERAL JoY.-The Boston Mass. }
Daily .4drerfiser Of the Dist instant says:
"a national salute ola hundred guns viii be fred
from the common today, as testimonial OF Joy on
the part Of the citizens Of Boston, Of both political
parties, at the adoption Of the late measures OF
Congress by which the sgitsting questions relating
70 slavery are put TO rest"
The Washington On. c. Wing Of the 18th
instant says
zone hundred guns will be fired in this place
This afternoon in honor Of the passage Of the Com.
promise bile"
This is much better, we are sure, than load
ing these guns for their fellow -citizens-an use
Of the public ammunition greatly preferred by
the Disunionisis.
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AN ACT giving the ansent Of the United States TO
an act Of the General Assembly OF Mary land
passed at the December session, eighteen hun
dred and iorty-four chapter two hundred and
eighty seven.
Be a enacted by me Senate and House Of Rspvtsen.
iGfir,s Of n, Unped States Of dmeriea IN Congress
assRbled, That the assent Of The United States be-
and the same Is hereby given 10 the OF the Cen
crsl Assembly Of Maryland, passed at its Deem
Der session, eighteen hundred and forty four,
chapter two hundred and eighty seven, entitled
"An act supplementary 10 an act entitled An act
10 amend the act Incorporating the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal Company, passed at December
session, eighteen hundred and thrty-one, cha pter
two hundred and ninety seven," and 20 each and
every pnovi.ion thereof; and that the same be- and
are hereby, extended TO much Of the said canal
az lice within the District Of Columbia in as foil
and etfectual a manner If the several provisions
Aforesaid were hereby formally enacted.
Approved September 90 1850.
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Meeting OF wings and Democrats at Bls-
densburg, Maryland.

The Wing and Democratic candidates for
Governor in Maryland will meet today at Bis
densburg for the discussion Of party topics, and
to state their respective claims to the SURFACES
Of the people, Of whom large number OF both
parties are expected to be present.
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In the Senate, yesterday, the bill making
appropriations for the civil and diplomatic ex
penses Of the Government for the year ending
June 30, 1850, was considered and passed.
The House Of Representatives passed the
Navy Appropriation bill-yeas II NAYS AZ.
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TIL E R EPU BLIC.
q r Il &c IAL.

APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT,
By and toiu the aduice and consent Of the Senate.
JOSEPH A SHEARMAs, to be Deputy Postmaster
at Utica, New York.
AARON p. HuoHEs, to be Deputy Postmaster at
Nashua, New Hampshire
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DrArH or A CfacusNAs.-Chsrles Williams, b
longing 10 the North American circus company.
was killed at Fort Plain, near Little Fails, ~. Y,
on the 10th inst, by being caught between wagon
and the top Of bridge.
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The New York paper. state that an investigation
is now going on at the custom house in that city,
of certain alleged attempts TO sdulterste brandy
while IN the public stores II IL said that mers
chant of that city, after importing brandy a. pale,
has changed II 70 dark, BY ningling certain In.
Fredien" With II while under the cmtom-house
lock.
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MAexrv, the murderer Of the brothers Belts.
hoover, Pttsbure, 10 not expected TO from
the wounds he received In the rsncontrs. Heis nov
In the Ptsburg jail
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Speaker " he Houss Of Representative
WILLIAM " ZINC
fPUBLic-No. AL

TFtatutHI v M Strutt fTO ItTip0Tt.
Approved September 20, 1850.
WILLARD FILLMORE.
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gress could receive mileage for travelling on route
without the limits of the United States
Mr.. Gwn replied, and then moved to strike cut
of the proposed amendment the words within the
limits Of the United States
After further debate, Mr.. Gwin withdrew his
amendment.
And then the amendment of Mr.. Benton was
agreed TO.
The bill was then reported to the Senate, and
the amendments made in committee were con
CURED in.
Mr. Douglas moved to amend that part of the bill
relating to the mileage OF the Senators and Repre-
seniatives from California, by adding thereto the
| following
And the per diem of said senao.3 and Repre- intayc
for this session shall commence from the day on which te
| Houses OF COngr respectively"
And the same agreed to.
| The bill was read third time and passed.
In the House, on the 18th, Mr.. Nilsson spoke on
the resolution in regard % the conduct of the See
retary of the Interior He made a regular Virgo
MIA speech, He landed the revolutionary services
Of Virginia, and complained Of her poor pay. AS
TO this particular claim, the persons who received
the money were of the highest standing. Whether
the Secretary was correct in paying or not, they
might honestly receive and retain the money
The Bill extending the Fort Of NewOfleans wa
The Fugitive Sire BW-Mr. Thompson ex
planned the sections of the bill, and urged the i'm
| poranCe of it. passage.
| Mr. Gaddings injured whether he understoot
the gentleman to say that the constitution oblige,
a free State to surrender fugitive Did the con
sttutiOn require free citizens TO seize rnnawa,
negro, arrest him, and deliver him over TO his pur
suer! Did the constitution make free citizen
, bloodhound to pursue the abscondng fugitive!
f Mr.. Thompson should like 10 know what was IN
meaning of the constitutional provision, il the slav
l was not to be given mp.
: Mr.. Geddings asked the gentleman whether tn
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Anderson Hepburn, colored man, at Alexan-
da, Va, has rescued q persons from death by drowning
His last feat of the sort occurred few days
A field of hops, containing over 1000 hills, he |
longing to VIM. Wallace Of Milford, N. H., was entered
eoenty by some PerDR psoT9 who severed every vine
The delegation Of the First District, Pennsylva- |
MIA, Philadelphia Tuesday evening, and nominated
trict IN ConEre.a.
Mr.. w ]. Cutter, late OF Wittenburg Seminary,
Ohio hrs been appointed by the Executive COMPUTES OF ae
India.
| Dr. Seller, who was stabbed at Harrisburg, is
considered better end Tong hopes entertained Of his re-
S Sfy $ Young fort '' As' pe'H aaH'." O !" ' SUI"
AT a meeting of the Board of Foreign Missions
Of the Southern Baptist Convention, held in Riehmond Va
airy Shanghai, China.
A Northern paper suggests that the name OF
Wednesday stond be changed by the Amauac m2ke2 for
year and hereafter the fourth day OF the week should he
| called Jennyday or Liud.day.
| During the last year there were issued COS pa
tents for new gyeaqs of witch 70 5sd eiTe en- G Of
| inhabit1ut' Of the Dis act OF Columbia.
A woman named Catherine Lunae, with three
small children applied at the First We'd station hoGss on
| YORK Star, loig.
Steamer Nile was burnt at Milwaukee on the
was nearly destroyed with the property stored therein. The
| Nile owned by Mr. Aewbeuy, OF Detroit
At Pittsburg on the 9th inst, by the uncouplng
of the wheels, the Clarion coach precprated down
thirty feet OF bank; The Hon. w Irwin, United States
| accident.
An ARRAY occurred on the 18th, at Forsyth, GA
between Joseph Cohon, editor of the Bee and Rufus j.
Pnkard, clerk of the Superior Cont OF Monroe county,
which resulted in the immediate death q the latter from the
discharge of pistol in the hand OF the former.
| peasant of Bitche, in the Department of Mo
sae, France hes had audience of Louis Napoleon lie
preends be prophet and hes made number OF prcdc
went delighted.
The United States District Court for the North
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Tbe washington Monument.

Some DAYS since we published the structures of |
Professor johnson the marble used for this
mausoleum. He represented it as species of |
limestone, through which were scattered the cubes
of pyrites which would soon be destroyed by the
action of the atmosphere, and the stone crumble
beneath the immense pressure
The managers have submitted the marble
veneering, which forms the facing merely of the
Monument, to series of experiments, and find
that it will bear pressure five times greater than
that to which any portion of the rock will be sub
mitted. These experiments were made with
powerful hydrostatic press, constructed by the in
tellgent superintendent of machinery at the Navy
Yard in Washington City and the result was, that
the marble which this worthy and learned Profess
sor says will not sustain the weight placed upon it,
was equal in strength to tie grani,es, and that
base Of la square inches of this marble would
bear pressure of 100000 pounds before it would
be crushed, or .four times the actual weight of
column of marble .fUe ha,ndr cd feet high. This
calculation, too, was based on a perpendicular
pressure, while, in fact, the face of the obelisk
gradually diminishes as it rises from square of
6fty-ve feet at the base, to square of thirty five
feet at the apex consequently the centre of gravity
is constantly changing, each block of marble hav-
ing actually to bear scarcely onethird of the super
incumbent weight. The atmospheric action, too
on this marble, ascertaned to be the fifteenth
part of one grain, or the moety of that of the
large crystal marble of New York
The main body Of the Monument is composed
of the Potomac granite. The facing alone is o
the marble, which is thus described :" The Monu
ment stone is taken almost exclusively from boud
ers, and none of it more than ten feet below til
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