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tuIe Is III SesSlon.
SourH AMERICAN NEws.-By the Cherokee,
arrived at New York. we have advices from va
rious parts of South America We select the
following paragraphs
From CHr1I-The provinces of Santiago was
completely tranquil, most of the wounded Of
fcers were recovering, and very few of the Ma
tiona Guards had been lost. The court martial
confirmed the sentence of the council OF war,
condemning to death 81 citizens of Valdivia,
who we're concerned in the Santiago affair. The
archbishop had asked from the government
Communication of this sentence, and many ladies
of the most respectable families had united in
the same petition
In the cities of Valparaiso and of Copiapo,
there was much alarm on account of the appear
ance of the cholera. Meetings have been held
and funds collected in Valparaiso for the pur-
pose of establishing some means of defence
aguinst fires.
The laboring population of Atacama was
greatly incc nsed Mt the news of the outbreak in
Santiago The battalion of the National Guard
in the province amounted to 1000 men. The
mines of Copiapo were unusually productive !;
that of Buena Esperanza considered the richest
silver mine in the country.
BoLrvrA.--The latest dates from Bolivia are
to the 23d of April. The republic was quiet in
all its provinces, and nothing of interest had
occurred since former advices.
VENEZUELA Reports were very generally
current, at Caraccns, about the 3lst nit, that an
expedition was organizing in the United States
for the invasion Of Venezuela. The President
Mouagns, even seems to be a believer IN the
story--having taken such measures as will pre-
vent the landing Of soldiers of any sort, on the
coast.
Another conspiracy to overthrow the govern
ment, had been discovered, but what its objects
were, or what kind of system il was proposed
10 establish in place Of the Monagas admins
traitor, does not very clearly appear.
A CALIFORNIA FogTUNE.--The Custom-house
Mt San Francisco, which was destroyed by the
recent fire, was owned by Mr.. II. Davis, who
rented it to the government for $4,000 per
month. Davis, who is now, or was previous TO
the fire, in the receipt Of over $4,000 per
month, went to California as cabin boy FIVE
wears ago, and was induced to purchase, for
thirteen dollars, the lot of ground, upon part Of
which the Custom-house stood, but thought 40
little of his purchase that he would not pay two
dollars to have the deed recorded, until the pro-
perty was producing him $4,000 per month.
Davis had nm American father, and kanakn, or
Sandwich Island mother.
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MARYLAND STATE LOTTERIES,

FOR JUNE, 1851
r. MORRIS & Co., Managers
S8O785 Grand Capital Prize
900 prizes of $1,000 each
GRAND CONSOLIDATED LOTTERY,
Class O,
To be drawn in Baltimore, June %, 1851.
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nAcIFc MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

II IVNt~f Through Iluc for C0lif0Fna and Ore
gon.) 1.-The public are informed that under the
new arrangement OF this Company, steamers ia
spected and approved by the Navy Department,
and carrying the United States mails, will con-
tlnue to leave Panama and San Francisco the lot
and 5ih days Of each month, unless detained by
unavoidable accident, and will touch Acapulco,
San Diego, and No onlerey.
The following steam packets belonging to the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, now in the
Pacific, of which will be always in port at
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Ga 10000 self-sealing note envelopes, best
quality, white and blue
G5 500 reams aat-cap folding paper, white
By the act approved June IL, 1874, the Clerk
of the House Of Representatives is directed to
confne his purchases exclusively to articles the
Growth and manufacture of the United States, pro-
yided the same can be procured OF such growth
and manufacture ofsuitable quality and at reason
able prices, upon good terms ms to quality and
price as can be obtained of foreign growth and
manufacture" A preference will therefore be
given to the productions Of American industry;
and persons making proposals to supply any
article will state whether the same is ofthe growth
and manufacture OF the United States.
The articles are to be delivered at the Office Of
the clerk on or before the 18th day Of October
next, and to be paid for ss soon as the Committee
on Accounts shall audit the bill
Each bidder, though he mny desire to propose
for the whole OF the articles above enumerated,
will be required to make separate and distinct pro
posal for each class; and no proposal or paper en-
brscing more than single class will be considered.
Each proposal to be endorsed proposals for Glass
No. OF stationery for II. r. u. s." and ad-
dressed to the undersigned They will be free Of
posteget
Sufficient specimens Of each class to accompany
the proposal marked with the name of the bidder
and the number Of the class, according TO the
sbov advertisement.
The southern press., 1851-06-25

POsT OFFICE KOBBERY.-On Tuesday of last
week the post Office at Warsaw, New York, was
entered by burglars, and tolls, letters and about
$50 in money taken. Nearly all the letters
taken from the post Office were opened in the
Westinghouse yard, and all but 8 or 10 left
there. The st. Louis Republican has the fol-
lowing notice of another affair:
Some months ago, man named James An
drews, who drove stage on the road between
here and Jefferson City, broached proposition
to fellow-driver to rob the mail bags His
overtures were discountenanced, and the matter,
for the time, was dropped The police, however
became cognizant of his intention, and laid their
plans for his arrest. A week or two since, An
drews held a conversation with another driver,
Gan Industrious and very trustworthy person,
named Steyens,) and for second time proposed
a robbery of the mail bags. Stevens--who in
the meanwhile had been prepared by Captain
Cozzens and Marshal FeIps-readiy entered
into his views: the entire plan of the robbery
was laid off; it was agreed that the deed should
take place seven miles from this city, and that
the time would be on last Tuesday night, when
Stevens was driving.
Accordingly, at the appointed time, Andrews
was snugly ensconced on the road side, biding
his time for the execution of his purpose, three
policemen were watching him from heap Of
brush not fifteen PAGES off, and fourth was
being borne among the passengers in the stage
When the vehicle was about to pass them, An
drews hastened out, swung on behind, cut the
straps and secured one of the bags. The stage
kept on, and moment after, the robber with
his booty was in the hands of the three watch
men, riding very unexpectedly in a two-horse
wagon back to our city. The passengers all
this while quietly pursued their journey, being
perfectly unconscious Of either the robbery OF
arrest, and for aught we know to the con
trary, the first intmaton they will have of it may
be from the notice they find in the Repubi
can. Andrews is now incarcerated in the Gala
boose
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PROPOSALS FOR STATIONERY.

April l5--lawu uulyI
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Jerusalem.

The country Immediately around Jcru-
salem, especially in the west and north, i,
the most dreary, barren waste, that [ ever
behcld. 1t seems oyerlaid with immense
masses Of rocks and stones, with scarcely
soil enough to allow anything to take root
and grow. The city itself, once beyond a
doubt, the most magnificent and splendid
On earth, now presents only q melancholy
contrast to It's former greatness and glory
You cannot walk about Sion, and 90 around
about her, as Of old, and tell the towers
thereof, mark her bulwarks, and consider
her palaces. The city sits solitary and
torlorn; torsakcn Of God, and evidently
lying under his curse. All who have been
IN Jerusalom must have felt this. The in
habitants few, and with the exception Of
the Turks-if, indeed, they are an cxcep-
tlon---poor, oppressed, and extremely mis-
cradle. No suburbs, no surrounding busy
population, none Of the stir and activity Ct
entcrprising life is to be witnessed, but
only one rude scene Of melancholy waste,
IN the midst Of which the ancient glory Of
Judea bows her widowed head in dcsola-
ton a few goats and sheep, struggling
about the rocks which oyeyhang the shat
tered remains of the village Of Sloan Il
few swarthy shepherds, plying their lstless
occupation; with here and there fierce,
armed Bedouin from the surrounding dcs-
erts and mountain Businesses, and now and
then cowlcd monk or wandering pilgrim
steals III upon the picture and except i'll
be the sound Of the muezzin from theI
minarcts, proclaiming the hour of prayer
to the followers Of the false prophet, you
may sit on the hill slopes, on either side,
Tor an hour together, and not hear the Vi
bratlon Of q human voice from the spot,
which once echoed to the strains of sacred
song, and royal triumph, and national elo-
ry, and the busy din and tumult Of Z, ,O0O,-
600 Of people.-Jo@rneyjags in Palastja..
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to what might have been the appearance
of such things, though we must say we
think it rather unfair to credit the works Of
our useful friend, Water, to his Satanic
majesty.
We were particularly delighted with
the singing by which the scene was cnliv-
ened and our hearts chccred. eve come
again with songs to greet you" and The
happiest time is now, " were sung with a
beauty and pathos rarely excclled In
short arc spent most delightful afternoon,
and believe the whole company can say the
same.
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We already see the evil effects Of coun-
tenancing the Bloomer costume. On
Thursday morning a female paradcd our
streets in male attire. 1t is impossible to
start any ''rctorm' without expecting it to
be carried to extremes, and the extremes
in this case are Of the most demorali2ine
character.--NeupOrt Mcrcuy.
Does it follow, that because some per-
son not content with the meagre amount
of modesty with which nature has blessed
them, must needs show off their pro-
pensity for notoriety, those persons who
would benefit themselves by a change of
dress must forcgo the pleasure of health
and the comfort ola lighter burden
If cit is impossible to start any reform
without expecting it to be carried to ex-
tremes," why should the Bloomer costume
be ccnsurcd for not being an exception to
an impossibility.
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A SPUNKY BLooMER. IA Young
lady, says the Hartford Times, recently
appeared at ball in a neighboring city,
dressed in short skirts and pants. The
gentlemen admired her neat and comforta-
bic dress, but several ladies accused her of
being immodest She turned to some of
them whose dresses were quite low in the
neck, and replied, eff you will pull up
your dresses to a proper place about your
necks, your skirts will hang no lower than
mine do.''
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y, FAMILY PnDE,-Thc English family of
we're, earl OF Oxford, pretended to deduce
Its pedigree from the Roman Emperor
Lucius Vcrus. Philip Dormcr StanboYo
earl Of Chesterfield, placed among the nor,
traits Of bis ancestors two old head in
scribcd Adam de Stanhopc and Err do
Stanhopc. The French family of the
Duke de Lewis have a picture in their
chateau, in which Noah is represented 20
ing into the ark, and carrying under Ills
arm small trunk, on which is written
"PGpers belonging to tie Lc,cis fami1a."
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HORRIBLE AccIDENT.-We learn that
as some men were engaged in blasting rocks
at Milestone Point, last Monday, an acci-
dent occurred, killing Mr.. Frazier, of the
firm Of Bealy & Frazier, instantly. 1t
appears Mr.. F. was experimenting the
operations, and was standing at the time
about thirty yards from the rock which
they were blasting, when a large piece of
the rock fell and struck him in such man
ncr as to sever his left arm from his BODY,
tearing his heart out, and cutting it in
pieces. Mr.. Frazier was extensively
known as Il stonc-cuttcr, and was largely
engaged in the quarry business. He was
highly respected by all who knew him, and
his loss will be deeply felt in the commu-
nifty in which he lived.
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Heaven has imprinted on q mothers
face something that claims kindred with
the angels. The waking, watchrul eye,
which keeps its ceasoless vigiIs over her
slumbering child ;-the tender look-tho
angelic smilc-are objects which neither
pencil nor chiscl can reach, and which po-
etry fails in attempting to portray. Upon
the Gulogles OF the most eloquent tongue,
we should find Tekel written 1t is the
sympathics of the heart alone, where lives
the lovely picture, and the eye may look
ABROAD IN vain for counterpart in the works
CT art.-E1c
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LAUNcH.-The " Laraca," a new and
beautiful Brig, was launched from the
ship yard Of Mcssrs. Silas Grcenman &
Co., yesterday. She is intended for the
Texas trade, and is to be commanded by
CAPT. WIN. GREENMAN. She is of three
hundred tons burthen, and beautiful
model, doing credit to her enterprising
builders.
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NEWSPAPERS AVID PEMoDlcALs---One
hundred and fifty years ago, there was not
SINGLE daily newspaper in England !;
and it l. not two hundred years since the
first idea Of 4 regular newspaper was con-
ccived in that island, to rouse the people
to resist the Spanish Armada. Now, in
the United Kingdom, there are 547 news
papers. In the year ending January 5,
1919, 9O,92S ,408 newspaper stamps were
issued in the kingdom, ofwhich rs, ,i80, $50
were in England alone After full and
careful examination, it is estimated that
the aggregate yearl y issue Of newspapers,
magazines, and reviews, from the city Of
New York alone, in the year 1919, was
Y, ,7lO, ,257, Of which between nine and
ten millions were religious periodicals.
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Perhaps every one has not plunged deep
enough into the ocean Of anatomical sci
encc to know that there are two hundred
and forty bones, one hundred muscles and
tendons, one hundred cartilagcs and liga-
mcnts, and nine kinds Of articuations of
Jolnmgs, in the mechanical structure of the
T,iearfully and wonderfully made" house he
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The WRONG WoMAH-Tho following
Is sad to have occurred lately in the parish
church at Manchester. Two pumpkins
after the ceremony had been said over
eighteen couples, came blubboring to the
curatc complaining that he " had married
them to the wrong woman" q cannot
help that" said the curatc, "you must
settle it among yourselves" ="
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hz5- We hardly believe the story we
have heard Of girl whose heart was so
warm that it burned through
If it was 50, was there not a strong
smell Of burning COtt0S?
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A friend says the following is good gram
mer.-,'That that chat that that man ut,
tered was not that that that that other
gentleman referred to"-ILartJoM Ne,cs
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started in New York for a reduction ofDost-
age to one cent for all distances by sea
and land, newspapers and periodicals to 90
free. The plan is not so wild as it seems.
The department woald not, Of course, sup
port itself, but the revenue Of the GOV
ernmcnt could not be better employed,
than in giving aid to the circulation OF finfor-
nation and the encouragement Of c0rros-
pondence. Why should the post Office be
expected to support itself rather than the
navy or the army? Is it not as proper to
employ the government vessels, or what
amounts to the same thing, to aid private
vessels, IN carrying the mails as in cruis-
mG Tor the protection Of commerce, or in
any Of the accustomed services ofthe navy !?
The inland Transmission Of the mails may
probably be supported, in time, even at so
great reduction. The government can
well afford to pay towards carrying letters
and newspapers across the ocean. The
information which they convey concerning
our institutions, our wants and our advan-
tages, bring over capital, enterprise, and
intelligent immigration. They contradict
the slanders which the London press pours
out upon us. They bring the two conti-
ncntS into more intimate connection, and
all this is for our advantage.
We think the reductions in postage
which have already been made may be safe
ly pushed on with q view to an ultimate
rate Of one cent prepaid for any distance
inland for letters, and free for newspapers
within any reasonable distance and with
a rate Of five cents for ocean postage This
must depend in a great degree upon the
working Of the present reduction, and al
the people can aid in the success Of the
present experiment by a general practice
Of paying postage in advance.
We consider the reduction Of occcn
postage quite as important as the reduction
OF inland rates, perhaps more so, coneid-
erlng the great reduction which has al
ready been made in the latter. Every en-
should be afforded to the in
-crcoWse between the Atlantic and thc
Pacific portion Of our Union. The ties
which bind the cmigrant population Of
california and Oregon to their original
homes should be kept bright by the con-
tant Interchange of letters and the gov
'rnmcnt might wisely aid in making the
of passengers as cheap as
possible. The communication with Eu-
opc Is for our advantage. The leading
'apors Of Europe are enlisted against Us
nd our institutions, which suffer alike the
Dondorous blow Of the Times and the keen
trusts Of Punch; but neither the false
rgumcnts Of the one, nor equally the false
okes Of the other, can overcome the pub
lc sentiment which is enlightened by the
thousands ofletters carried by every steam
hlp from omigrants here to their friends
here. This is a public sentiment which
nay laugh at the assaults even Of the press
nd this is the public sentiment which will
end to us, not the paupers and the Grim
nails that are 50 often forced upon us by
he local authorities, but industrious, intel
gent ordcrly y citizons,-Pror. JouaqL
The WRONG WoMAH-Tho following
, co Il ty h,v- i I. Il !
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h75' In the reign of Queen Mary of
England, 1. proclamation was issued order
ing that no person should wear shoes
ABOVE SIX inches across the tocs.0
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New-York correspondence.
New York, July 2s. 1851.

DEAR SR:-Passing through an up
town street a few evenings since, WIS
attracted towards rather a humble LOOKING
establishment by dense crowd which
seemed to struggle for foot-holl within
the threshold. The repeated bursts Of
merrimcnt which issued thcrclrom seemed
to indicate that Momus was holding forth
somewhere thcrcabout. BY vigorous
use Of elbows | was enabled to cain a
footing in the establishment, when, sure
enough, there was Momus pcrsoniGod in
the character Of Smith, the "Razor Strop
Man" You know Smith, I suppose :;
because for man to admit that he does
not know Smith is tantamount to acknow-
lodging himself unknown. lie must be-,
| think, a relative Of the somewhat celo-
brated John Smith, and he is almost as
well known throughout the country as is
that distinguished individual Wei, as !
vas saying, there was Smith administer
ing to a gaping crowd doses Of the best
kind of specific for dyspepsia, cnnui,
and the whole tribe of blue devils (and
they were not homeopathic doses either;
therefore conclude Smith must be one
Of the regulars,'') in the capacity OF a
mongrcl shop-keeper and auctionocr. As
[ entered the shop he had just commenced
a sketch, Ia Lippard, in a strain some
thing like the following: " It Was bleak,
mid-winter night in the cheerlass month
of January. The great round moon
Round as the shield Of my fathers
pale with alright at the scenes Of confusion
and bloody violence of which she OCCASION
ally caught glimpse on the dark surface
cf her mistress Earth, was struggling right
gallantly with the great black clouds which
wildly strovc with each other Ike noun
tairs of polar ice in the swif-whirling
eddics that abound in the dosoatc seas Of
everlasting frost. A star was occasionally
seen
Bright as the jewel of Giamschid,'
cleaning through a hasty opening in the
curtains Of fair Cynthia's bouloir, Ike Il
diamond spangle on the dark blue velvet
Of royalty, as it seemed to wink with sat-
isfactory twinkle that it was placed 50 far
beyond the influence of the elemental
strife raging on this mundane sphere, and
with an undiminishcd brilliancy which be-
spoke youth Of myriads Of years, and
told of millions of worlds wheeling in their
endless journeys through the tracklcss
ether, unconscious Of even the existence
Of this transient abode of the child Of sin
and sorrow. The discontented wind
soughcd moanfully as it swept idly through
the almost deserted streets, anon carecring
madly through some dark alley with a roar
ike the laundering lauwine,' and fear
full howl, as if with very spite from want
1f something on which to wreak its furious
passions in a ftful mood tossing the fcath-
Try shroud in which old earth was wrapped
nto ten thousand fantastic shapes, and
gain throwing it Spitefully down with the
of spoiled child while the
igns swung restlessly to and fro, creaking
IN their rusty hinges like the iu-omcnod
crcech of the night-owl, till wrcnched
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Gbe Giterarp Grbo.
Westerly, July 81, 1851.

pleasures Of the beautiful grove, and balmy
AR, IN manner calculated to cheer the
heart Of the most saddcned, and revive
the spirits of even melancholy itself. Af-
ter few short remarks from Rev. A. B.
Burdick, Rev. Lucius Crandall, arose and
delivered brief and appropriate speech,
and then sung the following lines compos-
ed by him for the occasion.
SONG,
Composed for the occasion by
REV. L. CRANDALL.
Here met where the blue sky ofsummcr spreads
| DER us,
And the sun in full glory lights the glad
Where we list to the choir of the wood in full
chorus,
And press with cur feet, carth's soft vesture
Of green
We have come where sweet odors are borne ON
the brcczcs,
Where lhc spirit of Nature inspires to be
free,
Whore each object around us the inner heart
pleases,
Thus wooing to goodness, while prompting to
glce.
This brings to the mind what we've read Of
garden,
Where q blessd pair in holiness, happiness
dwelt,
And fed on the fruit Of the trees of their Eden.
Where together they walked, talked, and
worshiped and knelt.
But farther that record this sad thing narrated
That they highly offended the Lord of that
place,
BY listening to one who their happiness hated,
And their King drove them out from behold
ing his face.
Then with sword and with cherubim guarding
their regress,
lie doomed them mid thorns and in sorrow
topine,
Because they had vcntured thus even to trans
grcss
His laws, though most holy, his rights most
divine.
While then we are here where these charms arc
combining,
And calling away from earths passions and
strife,
May We learn Of the birds as their wild notes
arc Ginning,
And seek the dear shade of the blessed tree of
life.
Where feeding on fruit which is there ever
growing,
We shall live ever more in that Eden above,
And walk through the vale where lfcs river
is flowing,
Where arc bright ones, sweet pleas ures, and
He who is love.
After the song, the company, amount
INC to near three hundred and fifty, par
took of the bounteous repast which had
been provided for them, and they did am
pie justice to the excellent viands, which
illed the table to overaowing. After sup
per we took walk to the "Dcvil's rock"
1 large fiat rock short distance from the
ground which takes that name, probably,
rom its peculiar appearance. We were
shown his footprints" " his BEDROOM" !
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