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property then, under the constitution, the slave there rs
three -nflhs oil white man. far as taxation and repre-
sentation are concemed and II slavery 10 not made por
uon o. It's property then, under the consutnuon the
slave there is fveffths Of white man. 20 far rs taxa
ton and representation conceTned and the whole d
ference between free territorial soil and slave territorial
soil Is two hfhs OF nigger and that's all that can be
crisis"
Having thus disposed Of the yesed question proceed
to pay our respects to eow-salesman Prentice. OF
the Louisville Journal, who was some once among the
Canterbury bells He has put us in the attitude OF hsv
ing before we were asked declared that we would e.
administration. We did not say that exactly Some one
IN Ohio accused us falsely OF having asked Old lack 10
make Us justice q ne peace and .aai , because s ne re-
Heroic Age We denied the fact and stated that we
would as soon be caught stealing sheep as, under such
circumstances, to seek office under this administration
That was our meanings and we repeat nowi we would
not sell ourselves to anybody for consideration Would
the Journal mani We reckon not. So go away, Prem
ice as uncIs Toby said 70 the A %hers i room enough
others corns and your toes enough now, the
Lord knows The late elections in the House prove con-
81 the democratic party y the minority a there
political character, and appeal to the yeas and nays 10
sustain The peoples party. which is overwhelming
he better win e
body Posterity will forgive us for other peoples SINS
and those who come after us will endeavor aganto
rule House with three minorties large and re-
spectacle, and one not quite so much SO.
Lord. sakes said Mrs Partngton. as she closed her
spectacles the other day, elf that ere William Provso
hasn't got TO Washington City, and another strange thing
called the Crisis is the way there, too; and when
Col Fremopfs California animal in the shape of horse
with wool his back, gets there, there will be delight
full caravan for poor to look at, at twenty-6v
cents apiece. with music the trombone thrown In"
"Viva Ia Humbug!" say we and if DEsERET, since
the last MESSAGE does not consider herself Of the pale
Of the world now and with e the rest of maakind
are much mistaken We intend to open commercial re-
lations with the Honey Bee colony, and lap common
molasses no longer TO please the West indies
We begin to feel the straps OF creation giving away
around us and the suspenders Of the Union stretching
like wash leather; yet the Second Washington sits
calm as summers morning, and declares, in his late
message that nobody struck Billy Patterson, and that
this Is The n, - "HEROIC AGE"
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EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.


BALrlaoRE, Jan rs. p. m.
Marylamd Educational Coavssfioa. iswsvsns~s.-
Lilac Of paeksfs.-Raiw and - 1ss ~ayhsess ~
The Maryland Educational Convention will assemble In
this city tomorrow and the general expectation IL at IL
will be quite largely attended Delegates have been slsot-
cd from nearly all the school districts In the State and
they should all aend there will be several hundred pre-
II important subject and IL speaks well for
State thar general interest manissed or
It's progress, ss
According report the numbor Of nsw
houses in this city during the past year. lo4
which, as large appears o. less than erected du
ring the preceding year The total number erected during
The past years $50 Our city rapidly growing,
and ii thought by many that the viii show
that has nearly doubled in population during the past
years.
henry Mankin, esq, of energetic shipping
merchants. has established regular monthly limo OF
packets to run between Baltimore and Liverpool COM
posed OF four hrst-class ships, the Abus, General
washington Franconia and Augustus. The enterprises 10
one OF great importance to citizens. The immense
amount Of provisions annually put up here for the English
market will nearly supply themwth freight
Tho two Misses Bateman, the infant prodigcs arc n.
actng crowded houses the Museum, going through the
whole round of Shakspeares tragedies One Of them six
and the other eight years of age. 3s
tmore market this morning 1900 bbs Howard street
-four at "a s7h Sales BOO bbls City Mills - s7i which
price was afterwards refused for Sales also 900
bbls at S. payable the LIST March. Nothing doing In
wheat No change in quotations Sales yellow corn q %
80 cents.
Beef catle--The offerings on Monday At the scaIss
reached 900 head ofwhich 400 sold city butohsn
pha Prices ranged from ~ % - onhe hoof equal
to 81 so a 81 rs net. and averaging % gross
Hogs.--The market is brisk We quote from - = p
IS so. t a w 5
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ture il cannot fail to furnish rich treat We are IN
debted to the publisher for our copy will be found al
all the cheap bookstores in the city.
Mary Sehs1sidsr, the Ambr Wieh. Translated from the
German by Lady DUFF GoaDos H. Long " Brother,
New York
The merits Of the Amber Witch are 90 well known to
the reading world as to render il unnecessary for us TO
say anything upon the subject Il possesses world
wide popularity. and, may say, has been universally
read and admired The present is cheap edition, and
within the reach of everybody who has desire to read
lit 1t is handsomely printed and bound in paper covers,
at the low price Of 25 cents per copy We are indebted
10 the publishers for the copy before us.
The Life n Helen JsWsi shaton. Barnard, Y Co, Gin;
cinnati ~ IS
Although many years have elapsed since the event. our
readers will remember well the strange and terrible
gedy In which the beautiful but ail woman who is the
subject of this story was the victim In the book be.
fore full history Of her remarkable life is given II
abounds IN dark and startling events OF course the
thor is obliged to trace her from her first fall from nno-
cence, through all the dark labyrinths OF vice. until the
close OF her life by the murdcrers hand II is story
Of real life, strange and eyentul, and SO full OF ab-
sorbng scenes that the reader 10 almost inclined to be-
eve them actions; but the world abounds proofs that
the real events OF human life are often strange than
fiction. II is work that will be extensively sought af-
ter and read The publishers will accept thanks fol
the copy before US. w 81
respiration ana W EUtcS more epectaHy re0ttX 20 me
Asiatic Cholera and other similar diseases BY Mrs EMMA
WILLARD. Huntington q Savage, New York
This pamphlet is upon interesting subject and con-
tans some very interesting views and plausible sug
gestions. We are not sufficiently conversant with the
matters treated Of express opinion upon the sound
ness or unsoundness Of the views Of the auhoress Hei
treatise ably written and worthy of the public attention
Statistics of ihe Chora ch the sanitary adopted
by The Board Of Health IN Philadelphia, during the prsua
ismcs Of The cholera IN lsi9 X
This is another interesting pamphlet, abounding with
curious and valuable statistics, showing the progress
attention Of the general reader, well as the man Of
science. sRst .s
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We notice the arrival Of the propeller Chesapeake in
Valparaiso the twenty fourth OF November, after
months passage round the Horn from Rio de Janeiro
This vessel left New York in August last under the
nand Of Charles H. Baldwin, passed mdshpman Of the
United States navy, and arrived at Rio early in October
She s bound for California Letters received in this city
speak in the most eulogstc terms Of the skul
ship OF her young commander, during stormy passage
from New York to Rio, and equally Mandatory OF his
qualities good discplnaran, and as kind, atten
i've and geutlemany officer to all on board whether pas
sengers or crew Il Is to be hoped that he will coon
reach rank which will put him In command OF one OF
our government vessels He has proved though young
that he is worthy Of a command. A.& B.
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suprsm. Court Of shs United states.
MONDAY, January 81.

NIONDAft JdHudKy I
Ebenezer Seely and Nathan G King, esqs, OF New
York, and John W. Goode, esq. Of Mississippi. were adj
mtted attorneys and councillors OF this court
No Al. Adam Mills. plaintiff in error. %. The County
of st. Clair ct all Mr. Beese, in behalf Of the defend
ants in error submitted to the court printed argument in
this cause @
No 81 John D. Murrell, ct al, appellants, Alex
ander Ne ct al The argument OF this cause was con-
tnued by Messrs Brown and Meredith for the appeecs,
and by Mr. Johnson attorney general for the appellants
Adjourned till tomorrow, ii o'clock.
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holders very arm The quotation. stand fol-

holders are very firm The quotations stand now as io
lows
Inf Ord, 10 Mid. TO Mid fair Fully fair
u.,.. good ord. good mid 20 fair ogood fair,
mosiis sad y. o. nl isi ais Isl aia Isl aH
Flour y raher duni straight State, Sb $5 l2i Mchi
Si Rye -four firm 90. Corn meal dull q, s2 81 whea
10 fair demand ~ full Rye is duh at 62i cents Corn
in demand at o. ga cents old western So cents round
yellow Hemp, American dew-rotsed, Sl4o $3.50 Lead
new, 50; old mess, $40 81 $40 so new si Is ll 81
Beef firm country mess, 80 SO 80 rs. Lard ga 6,
cents Butter II cents, Ohio Cheese cents. Rice
firm at 50 % a 83 A. Whiskey, % 26l cents.
The stock market presents little variation although there
is continued export demand for The quota.
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Il twill be remembered that Congress. March 8, 1870
passed law that the expenses OF collecting the
from customs should not exceed 81 900 per
With the coolest disregard of that law, Mr. Meredith asks
for 696 sSi new appropriation, Of which 32s 900
collect for morfs from January June
ofh permanent appropriation to be expended in the year.
% S Is for interest the national debt and the In
stament SS,540.00O, due Mexico spring is embraced
In the new appropriation. sttN
Mr. Meredith then proposes spend Slo.034625 50 Of
old appropriation, being S6sO0,000 Than IL usually
rcquired and for this word Of explanation gvcn
In his report Wh< the Secretary asked In the Rt week
of December for his appropriation the editor OF the
New York Tribune in w sshlngton and, probably a
ter consulting with the department, wrote as follows
SHOW full and clear exposition OF the cause OF the ac-
crlng deficit does not belong this document but the
annual treasury report where the Union will doubtless
find quite enough Of IT,"
Atthat time the of new loan of 900
caused anxiety In the mercantile and
promised explanation looked for In the annual docu
mcnt Not one word, however, appeared not the remoe
ausion was made to the Of demand for milons
expcnd npon old appropriations, and the whole thing fell
contempt There be doubt but that balance
will be on hand instead Of a deficit. 4fy "
The general markets quite active. considering the i'm
element weather-more particularly for raw materials
WOOL both here and the eastward. has been in active
request from the manufacturers and some 100 fleece
sold a. 10 cents, and 0o0 b< pulled at very n
Cotton has been rather less active under some dis
position wait the due by steamer, although
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COMMERCIAL.
Nuw Yoa., january IA,

NKw yoRk, January zz-ss p. IA.
The spring business may be said already 70 have COM
menced, in the demand for both imported and domestic
goods The prices Of the former some 10 per cent
higher than last year. and the manufacturing agents nave
advanced their prices for most descriptions OF domestic
goods which considerable quantities are held on speed
aop and holders by anxious 10 accept even
present advanced The ability to consume both Al
home and abroad has created such an active demand
in England the continent that stocks are becoming rap
idly reduced, and difficulty is experienced among Amer
lean buying agents procure even their usual
Linens and silks well cottons and woolens ieei the
demand and all Looms actively employed tor orders io
home consumption, and very few goods will be consigned
Under these circumstances the quantity OF goods Imported
spring be less than last but the value WIN be
greater and Of course, under present admirable tariff
the revenues will be considerable For the hrs ~
days of January they have reached $sOs6 49, for this
port for the last week they have been larger than ever
before in corresponding period The mpoations a, this
port for the past two weeks have been as follows;
Imports port Of Nsu, York
ending Specie Free goods Duiabe Total Withdrawn
u u ffum Vafo
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DLUE BOOK. 1850 ReGister Of ali OMcers and
Agents. civil military and naval in the service
States on die 3h September 1879, with compensatons vol
Of 7l3 pages Just issued from The press. - ~ ~ q - ~
f |. n fkAhCk TAYLOR
DHIIxP BARTON KEY win Attend any business
he NAV be ntruuted with either OF the
ct and win also attend the prosecution Of claims before Con-
ress Departments once on q street 1900. y
WAsnreroN, July 10, 1885, July l7-3swd
WIGS scalps TOmpees, H. GIBBS has just
mandatory VIM Bachelor, New York, large and
elegant assortment Of Wigs, scaips, and Toupees.
geneen wishing superior article are requested 70 call nj The
Hair Dressing Saloon, National Hotel.
NIB. Private Room for httine Wig.
Jan M--6df
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$3.50, ISL SI,20s. O69 1857, &

The amount collected for duties in the last week alone
exceeded the collections for the whole month Of December
by $4,000 and have swollen the deposites with the ass
tant treasury 10 IS 02 These considerable importa
tons have been mostly by the enhanced value of
ton exported from the United States compared with last
year. This has been as follows;
Quartity AID value of cotton exported from the United
. States, Sept to Jan. H.
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.TursspAY, january p.

No a. Jonathan NJ. Reed Us The proprieors of locks
and canals on Merrimack river In to the circuit
court Of the United States for Massachusetts Mr. JUS
ce Grier delivered the opinion Of the court affirming the
Judgment Of said circuit court in this cause, with costs
/ No "a Lewis Bissel Mary B. Penrose. In error
10 the circuit court Of the United States for Missouri Mr.
Justice Nelson delivered the opinion OF the court affirming
the Judgment of said circuit court in this cause, with
costs. Sss a hi
No 81 John D. Murre ct al, appellants, Alexan-
der Neil ct al The argument of this concu
ded by Mr. Johnson Attorney General for the appellants
No 49, Thomas Williams, administrator. BIC. appel
ant u.s. Benedict and Benedict This submitted
on printed argument by Mr. Featherston forhe appeees,
and argued BY Mr.. Stanton, for the appellants
No So Daniel Grove appellant John Mop Brien, ct
al The argument Of this cause commenced by Mr..
Davis for the appellant.
Adjourned till tomorrow, II O'Clock, a. m.
WEDNESDAY, January 80.
No &c. Edmund B. Caldwell Us. The United States.
In error to the circuit court of the United States for East
ern Pennsylvania Mr.. Justice Wayne delivered the
opinion Of the court reversing the judgment OF said circuit
court in this case, and demanding the same, direc-
tons TO said circuit to enter adsarmance OF the
Judgment of the district court and to remand the TO
facas de novo and for further proceedings to be
had therein conformity to the opinion of this court
No. So Daniel Grove appellant Us. John McP Briens,
executor 81 a. The argument Of this cause was contin,
ued by Mr.. Davis for the appellant, and by Messrs.
Smith and Meredith for the appellees.
Adjourned till tomorrow, ii O'Clock
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/. house,
Jan. H. slsl,s ss si,lsc,44l q sss, sa5 ssss
jan ls $37s75o 1850 4,S5lI3s 5,o76,259 1862
Total, ss7S7So $a7s,aSo ss,7Osso ss,ass5ss ssis,sr

These considerable mpoations have added much TO the
assormens, and they of desirable styles, well adapted
the market The antcipatons Of good spring BUSH
ness have usual induced all parties extend their ope
raons 70 the utmost Of their ability and consequently
the demand for means, well to make purchases
hold old ones. has had very percepble influence upon
the value Of money This has been In some degree in
creased by the fact that many importers deferred their
rntances fall when exchange high, for the purpose
OF avaiing themselves Of the decline bls which usually
takes place at this The funds withheld were
poyed hero CALL" and have now been called in and
sent forward together with further sums for spring goods
at moment when the demand for money for duties is
good and the desire Of other parties hold produce and
goods prompted by rising prices The amount of duties
collected this port for the past two weeks has been
follows;
Week, Jan. IL. Jam ~. Total.
On imports $267, O89 $l,083,457 ST, 35O546
From warchoused goods 63662 I24,6i2 1874
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This gives an Increase of 30 per in the supply OF
bills on southern account and the supply thus furnished has
the balances due from the bankshere Souh
and exposed them the hazard Of specie demand the
moment of the large demands for the customs The pro-
gess of viii moderate his feature by increased
of goods that quarter the cotton sales diminish
This will particularly be the in consequence OF
the advancing values Of domestic goods The grea, diff
Guilty which the manufacturers experience is to procure
sufficient hands In season of general prosperity such
the present. resulting from the modified tariffs OF Europe
and United States with liberal commercial
cessions generally the factories find it very difficult get
hands They viii submit the slavery of factory
yeilancs, when they do without it, The utmost eff
forts will, however, be put forth produce
large quantities the present improving values The
have taken 200 4l9 bales this year,
18th January against l6z O5 bales in the time
last year 1 r-
The progress the IL rapidly multiplying
even the deficit Of the Secretary Of the Treas
ury BY increasing the estimated expenditure of old APP
propriations and estimating the cuoms the
same as last year, he made apparent deficit of
IS s2S H. in July Already the customs has
exceeded his estimates by 81 sinking, therefore,
half his deficit before January out The for
first quarter aud estimated by the Secretary for the
mining three were, compared with the actual receipts
OF ls49, u follows
tus lSa9 1850.
First quarter, Ss,99i 935 SII,6ss,728 81 actual.
Three last quarer i9,3s4sos l9s56.zi 46. estimate
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rELEaRArH10 RHroHrs FOR rHIn UHIos'

M Desfrwctius Fire; M
ST LOUIS, Jan l7Fosters large Touring mill and dis
sy q 9ussy $1,000 Ths @ Va.
communicated by the torch Of the incendar Ar attempt
previously made his winter 70 fire the bulding bns
The steamer Sacramento, which was aground below.
has broken in two, and viii be total loss.
The Mys.srioas Disappearance The Body Fbs~d.
i ' %So D on he
nary. his Boston, 70 take the steamer o EnGand
Iea1 with nS ~o0f h s
and exhaustion and froze death. A gold watch and
p hsVs Of while aSons ii
Of mental arrangement He has left wife aud family 1t
Quebec. 80 Y.
Meeting in tavor Of the AnnsrasiO~ Of Ca~sds
Sr JoHNs N b., Jan. ola great meeting Of the
y Of Rouyis took place today d Aihen pur-
pose pronouncing favor OF the Of Canada
was present. opposed The resolutions; but 90 great was
indignation Of the persons assembled he thought l. bon q
retire from the meeting.
Conpiction for Harsi~g Lord Elgis - EfEy
ToRoSro, Jan. 1.-Three Of the October rotsn, who
hung Lord Egin in eiiigy. convicted on Saturday
They have not yet been sentenced ss
.ass'ss al Judge s Sssss .sf
on S: Ths sa 0' On
Nxw Yoax. January =.
Mr. xsss q s n %sa
due from that gentleman the He alec d.
clnes paying TO him one hundred thousand douaz
lalleged 20 be due. .l@ s.4 ~
Edward Joy Morris, charge 10 Naples, sailed In the
Canada day for Liverpool On roSte for his dss
nation Nf
There has been choice the special election though
Thompson (whig) beats Palfey tfree-soef about one
thousand votes.
The cotton market is active and prices 6fn. q last
quoted Coffee Is active. and further advancing Rio V
selling IA censan advance Of one cent Per pound
since the 10th. " & y .lHr q d s4.lS
BALrmoRK Jan. 2s--e o'clock. p m.
At New York to-day declined one-eighth 70 one
fourth Of Sales thousand bales -Four dSoop-
ing Grain unchanged Rio coffee ISL cents !rsesuUs.
eleven New loan, thirteen and half offered Canade
called TO day; took " passengers
LAST WEEK.. NtA
odd Fellows, Hail, sth strsst, wsshingtsn.
OPEN EVERY EYEETNG FOR a SHORT SkAe0M
up raised platform and brilliantly hehsA
,.sl I. with gas.) ~ b, Il ~
Bayne celebrated siss of Gigawc Pa~orossas sstSfIsd
VOYAGE TO EUROPE,
Embracing magnificent Boston IN hsbor Halx ne ~
Ianc Liverpool Thames (pessng un4r ~
bndses ending with magnificent view ne {gn
Boston, Phisdsphis, and Bsinssss ~ sp
An sshibion every wednesday and Saturday ssmooa ss
O'Clock. ~ y 80, y. 4. -. q. -.
open at6k O'Clock; 70 commence moving st7H
Dec. 19-dn N fssraE
MI AsHINGTON ASSEMBLIES Second Assembly win
Hal
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s2s. sls, 7ss ssi, 500, 900 90

IL may excite smile at the Attenuation Of the Secretary
in estimating receipts ofnearly S2ooooooo TO point as
nice as as cents Even Mr.. Manuni, Il think IL was,)
who when plating deficit In his revenues, ex-
claimed--'he ha' penny be DENIED" appears that Mr..
Meredith while refining his estimate down 40 cents, Is
already in error by S2Oo00o0 which is the Of
toms in Phladephia and New York aono last year
and with present prospect his largo estimates Of
expenditure will be than met by present
tariff There Is nothing easy In the world than for
Secretary deficit It's always The that n
large balance OF appropriations" remains the close Of
year-some for permanent purposes, and for gen.
el objects; and these II expended, cxtinguishsd
end OF years from the appropriation. OF these
generally proportion 10 required for tho year and
has always been the practice to let much Of the
appropriation remain is expended In the
year OF the old 10, however in the power Of the Secre
ta by liberal advances TO disbusng agents. reckless
tracts and indulgence to the claimants unset
tied against the government to push the old and
appropriations into year. and deficit This
appears be the case in the present instance Thus the
estimates of Mr. Walker the appropriations of Congress,
aud demands Of Mr. Meredith for the year.
followsi A
Mr. Walker. Passed Congress. Mr.. Meredith.