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~ Housekeepers, and all others, in want

n Bcddine Bedse ads kc would do wen 10 eau AT NJ
WfILARDs old established Warerooms, 100 chatham ST.
corner OF Mulberryst where be found the largest as
sorment of articles his line offered 20 the pubic,
eonslsting Feathers Beds Mattresses &c Patent screw
aud Cots Wholesale and retail OIL lmIulhsN
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REDUCED PRIcEs.-PE-

CARPETINGs AT REDUCED PRicEs.-fE-
rgRsoN HUMPHREY No 379 broadway. corner of White
81 selling rich Brussels Carpet for s. to los per yard
Heavy ,hresp yard for 3s to per yard
Good, all wool. Is - lOh Cloths. heavy, IS TO Is
And all other goods found Carpet stores at equally low
nricss OF lws
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HOLIDAY TRADE. Those who have

goods suited t. the wants OF the country advertise
the widely circulating newspapers Of neghbOrng
cties and towns at " II PALNERS Advertising Agency,
Tribune Bu,llugs
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MAZE FOR SALx.-A fine, strong, hand

some. SNOWY, sente mare sixteen hsnc> hsa Snt wears
old scd harness under the saddle She belongs 10 an
officer IN the A. Who offers her for sale. as he has no
further use or her Inquire a, Dsbrows Riding School
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-12-23
The uarbor and River Bill.

In the Senate yesterday Mr.. MILLER. OF
bill that passed the House of Representatives
at the last session of the last Congress, and
moved is reference to the Committee of Com
merce. We are glad to see the honorable
Senator moving in this matter at SO early a
period Of the session; and we hope that the
There IS no doubt that very large majority OF
the American people are in favor of the passage
of such bill, and it will be interesting to them
to learn at an early day, what course will be
pursued by prominent men of all parties
in regard to it, We know that some of
provement of Black rivers" but we are
curious to know if they are prepared to support
other improvements that rest on the same
principles Let the bill receive full discus
sion, and let fair vote be had upon it, without
lodging or equivocation, OF conscientious
scru pies about Sunday hours, or any noise and
confusion in the premises Then we shall be
able 10 learn who is who in this matter-who
sustains the policy of President FILLMORE, and
who is opposed to it.
If Mr. MILLER will only keep his eye on
this bill, and press immediate action, he will
confer great benefit on the country though
we fear that he will embarrass one or two ofour
northwestern friends, in view of their southern
relations. We know that Mr.. MILLER is a
humane man. and reluctant 10 witness such
scenes of personal distress as this Harbor and
River bill has sometimes caused in the Sen
ate but private feeling must yield to public
duty. Let lis get at the votes.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-12-23
Private Claims.

discussion sprang up in the Senate yester-
day on the passage of a resolution setting apart
certain days for the consideration of private
claims The subject called up Mr.. PRATT, of
Maryland, who advocated the passage of the
resolution with zeal and ability, and uttered
sentiments with which every man of honesty
and good feeling must sympathize. He stated
that. of an hundred bills favorably reported
upon by the Senate Committee on Claims at
the last session of Congress, not one aoas acted
upon bu the Senate. He said that claims had
been for ten years lavorably reported on in both
branches of Congress which had never been
reached on the calendar, and that he had come
to the conclusion either to secure the attention
of the Senate to these claims, or to recommend
that the committee should be dissolved. Ii
seems, indeed, perfectly idle for these commit
tees to 90 through the vast labor involved in
the examination of the numerous cases that
come before them, and report on them year af-
ter year, without being able to obtain any final
disposition of them.
Senator DAVIS and Senator MANGUM took a
different view OF the resolution from that OF
Senator PRATT but the whole course Of the
discussion demonstrated the entire unfitness OF
the present machinery for disposing Of private
claims against the Government. Ii is cruel,
wantonly cruel and unjust, to the individuals
who are so unfortunate as to become the in
voluntary creditors of the United States, to
subject them TO the tender mercies of two legis-
lative houses who will handy them about, from
one to the other, for ten years together, and be
as far from the judgment of their case as on its
first presentation.
1t appears from the report made few years
since in the House of Representatives, by Judge
ROCKWELL of Connecticut, that, during the ten
years from the 25th to the 10Th Congress, both
inclusive, out Of 1858 petitions Of private
claimants TO the House of Representatives, and
1886 bills reported, only ,796 bills passed the
House, and only 90 became laws; and those
bills which were passed by both Houses were
mainly those of lrhing account, which were
passed on the days devoted to private bills
when only those bills are acted on which dc
not give rise 10 debate. :" Ii is not at al
unusual, says Mr.. ROCKWELL, for claims
which have been thoroughly examined for five
or six successive Congresses, and received the
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-12-23
COIlgreSa.

In the Senate, yesterday, the resolution de-
claring the Compromise measures defnitive
settlement Of the dangerous and exciting ques
tons they embraced, was further debated by
Messrs. HoUsToN, FooTE, Butler, and HALE
The House of Representatives refused, by
a vote of yeas Ill, nays So, to suspend the
rules to enable Mr.. CARTIER to introduce re-
solution for the appointment Of a committee Of
five to wait on LOUIS KossUTH, upon his ar
House of Representatives. The joint resolu-
ton, explanatory of the act of September %
1850, relative to bounty land warrants, was
considered in Committee of the Whole on the
state Of the Union.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-12-23
From the Nelo York Sunday Times.
Kossuth and his Orations.

The Hungarian Demosthenes has literally "spo-
ken volumes" during the past week. and will pro
baby realize Listens joke by speaking libraries"
before his departure from the country. He has ad
dressed the press, the army, the church. the bar
and the ladies-receved populations nnumerable,
and replied to their congratulations-written and
read of letters and occupied his leisure hours
in studying the Constitution, laws, policy, and his
tory of the United States. We look upon him as
the most extraordinary man Of the present age.
The breadth and tenacity of his memory, his argu-
mentative powers, his noble candor, his grand orr
entail style, and the fervid glow Of his eloquence,
combine to stamp him as the greatest orator OF his
time. We say The greatest orator, and there pause.
He is not great statesman. He ''hinks TOO much
tcih his heart'-to use the language OF Puiszky,
when speaking of the ladies-to be great states
man. His soul, fire with enthusiasm, heats the
brain-which, in statesman, should be cool, calm,
and calculating 1t predicted, before Kossuth
arrived that he would produce an immense sensa
ton in this country. That was the proper word
sensation But after sensation will come reflection
the sober second thought. The eloquence of the
peerless orator will kindle popular enthusiasm
everywhere; but he can no more overturn our sys
tenn of foreign policy-the wisdom of which has
been proved and tested and the destructive conse-
quences of abandoning which are palpable os truth
itself-than he shake the foundations of our
mountains or Niagara to roll its volume up.
arI
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uniform and unanimous action of as many COM
mittees, successfully. in favor of the claim,
with no report at any time againstlt, to be con-
tinued for years without being reached on the
calendar and if, perchance, in the course Of
ten or dozen years, the claim is passed, and
the secretary is directed to pay the money, the
claimant is told that the interest cannot be paid,
because the presumption is that the Govern
nent is always ready to pay its debts, and the
delay of payment must have arisen from The
omission Of the claimant
In pursuing his inquiries on this subject. Mr..
ROCKWELL obtained from the ministers of sew
eral Of the European governments at Washing
ton brief statements as to the course pursued in
adjusting the claims of individuals against their
respective governments. 1t appears, from the
information thus obtained, that the governments
of Russia, Austria, the smaller German States,
Holland and France, dispose of matters of con-
tract and ordinary trespass between the govern
ment and individuals in the ordinary tribunals
of the country, and on the same principles that
are applied to the adjudication of similar cases
between individuals "These governments"
says the report, ''although far behind us in
civil freedom and constitutional liberty, never
shrink from the full and fair investigation of
their claims, and always submit to an adverse
decision by the courts 1t has been left TO our
own Government to deny to the citizen who has
demand against it the power to try the ques-
ton before its own courts, and yet has furnished
no adequate tribunal for the purpose"
he iJar al .
induced President FILLMORE, in his first an
nual message, to recommend the establishment
of Board of Accounts for the adjudication of
private claims. A bill introduced in pursu-
ance of this recommendation passed the Senate,
and would have passed the House OF Repre-
sentatives at the last session. except for the OPP
position of few disafected friends of the Ad-
minstration. President FILLMORE has re-
| newed this recommendation in his last message
in terms which indicate emphatlcally the i'm
portance which he attaches to it. We cite the
| paragraph of the message to which we refer,
and cannot withhold the expression of a strong
desire that the subject may receive the early
attention of Congress:
"Other subjects were brought to the atten-
| ton of Congress in my last annual message,
: to which | would respectfully refer. But
there was one of more than ordinary interest
to which again invite your special attention.
| | allude to the recommendation for the APP
| pointment of commission 10 settle private
claims against the United States. Justice to
individuals as well as to the Government i'm
peratively demands that some more convenient
and expeditions mode than an appeal to Con-
gress should be adopted"
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supreme Court of the united States.

MONDAY, December -, 1851.
No. l0.-J. l.. Harris us. III. G.. Runnells-ln
error to the circuit court of the United States for
Mississippi
Mr.. Jusice Wayne delivered the opinion of this
court, reversing the judgment of the said circuit
court, remanding this cause for further proceed,
ings to be had therein in conformity to the opinion
of this court
No. 2.-The State of Pennsylvania, complain
ant, us. The Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Com
pany.-The argument in this cause was concluded
by Mr. Stanton for the complainant.
Adjourned until to- morrow at II O'Clock a.
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The steamer Baltic-Kossuth,s Movement,

The steamer Baltic was due yesterday. with
four days later news from Europe, but tele-
Con phic message from New York, received at a
late hour last night, informed us that no tdings
of her had arrived.
KossUTH left New York yesterday morning.
1t was supposed that he would proceed to Phil
adelpha, but we are informed that he has re-
tired to a private residence in the vicinity Of
New York, to await the advices from France
by the Baltic. His future movements depend
upon the character of that intelligence.
The contributions to the Hungarian fund
yesterday amounted to $50, 900.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-12-23
From The Somerset (Pa.) Herald.
The DOings at Washington,

The election of Speaker in the House has shown
that the coalition Of. the different factions claim
ing the name of Democracy has become the settled
policy of Locofocoism. The disunionsts of the
South made no scruple to go into the caucus with
their old enemies, the abolitionists. The condi-
ton OF this holy alliance seems to be the ces
saton of all discussion in Congress in relation to
the Compromise, and accordingly, when reso-
luton was introduced in caucus sustaining those
great measures, it was voted down. The same
resolution was afterwards adopted by the Wings,
who have thus placed themselves the broad
platform of the "Union." The course of the
majority has not satisfied the Union Demo-
crats of the South who have been thus fairly over
reached by the secessioniss, and will in all proba
bility be read out of the party, unless they avert
that calamity by voluntary withdrawal. The
prominent measures hitherto presented are sundry
billie for the appropriation of the public lands, and
Walkers bill granting those lands to the States for
the benefit Of actual settlers. This project is tee
radical, apprehend, to meet much favor, espe-
cially the western States could expect but little
aid for internal improvements in the event Of its
adoption.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-12-23
WASHINGTON:
TUESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER %. 1851,
WING Platform.


"The series of measures to which ! have alluded
are regarded by me as a settlement, in principle
and substance final settlement-oi the danger
ous and exciting subjects which they embraced"
[PREsIDENT FILLMoRE's MESSAGE or 1850.
''The Presidents message, at the opening OF the
present session of Congress, expresses fully and
plainly his own and the unanimous opinion of all
those associated with him in the Executive admin.
istration of the Government, in regard to what
are called the Adjustment or Compromise mea-
sures of last session. "-DANIEL WEBsTER's Letter
TO the Union Meeting at Westchester.
"ResolDed, That we regard the series of acts
known as the Adjustment measures as forming
in their mutual dependence and connexion a sys-
tenn of compromise the most conciatory and the
best for the entire country that could be obtained
from conflicting sectional interests and opinions,
and that therefore, they ought to be adhered to
and carried into faithful execution, a final set
tiernent in principle and substance of the danger
Gus and exciting subjects which they embrace
Resolution of pPhig Congressional Cancus, Deeen
Der l. 1851
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oFFIoIAL PAPERS.
Spanish Minister to Secretary Of State.

w AbHINGTOhl Uecember IT, Io0I.
SIR: The circumstance Of the Captain General
Of Cuba having recently written to me, for my in
formation, concerning the proceedings against Mr..
John s. Thrasher, enables me TO comply with the
request conveyed in your letter Of the Sth instant
enclose, therefore, a copy Of his excellency's
communication, and avail myself of this occasion,
sir, to offer TO you renewed assurance of my very
dsling ushed confederation.
A. CALDERON DE LA BARCA.
Hon. DANIEL WEBSTER, &c.
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AIosT EXCELLENT Sin: | place in the hands Of
your excellency certified copy of the declarations
made by the Fiscals, and the unanimous opinion
of the Royal Court of Judicature, in pursuance to
your excellencys request to that effect relative TO
the application Of the 7th article of the treaty of
friendship between her majesty and the Republic
of the United States, in regard to the subjects of
said Republic, which ia my reply to your commu
nicaton mentioned above. God, SC.
Most Excellent Sir PEpRo PIzARRo
HAVANA, October 90, 1851 ,
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[rRANsLATIoN.J

GovERNMENT HoUsE, AND OFFICE OF THE
CAPTAIN GENERAL THE ISLAND CUnA,
October 30 1851.
To the PRESIDENT of the Royal Court of Judica-
ture, (Audiencia Preferably
MosT EXCELLENT Sin: II being proper in oracr
TO subserve the best interests of her majesty that,
in all such where the 7th article of the rea-
ty of friendship between her majesty and the Re-
public of the United States, signed at San Lorenzo
ct Real the 9th of October, 1896, is applicable
in regard TO citizens OF said Republic, there should
not be the slightest difficulty to the proper mode
of proceeding. 1t has appeared to me that it
would be expedient to obtain the considered opin-
ions of the Royal Court of Judicature, by means
of which, besides impartng to me the true mean
ing of the article aforesaid, also desire TO be in
formed whether, in of any criminal proceed
ngs being instituted against any native of the
United States for the crime of treason, who may
be donciled resident of this island, the pro-
visions of that same article can give any occa-
sion for any pretext to change the natural order
of things, in the established forms of the perma-
nent executive military commission, TO which tr
bunal belongs the jurisdiction over all such crimos.
God, &c
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-12-23

NAvAL.-The following the officers attached
to the United States ship Portsmouth, which sailed
from Boston Tuesday for the Pacific:
Commander, Thomas A. Dornin; LIST Lieutenant,
william A. Ball; Surgeon, Isaac Brinkerhofi;
Purser, Horatio Bridge; Lieutenants, William A.
Parker, Robert d. Riell James ii. SPOTS; Master,
Thomas Pattison; Lieutenant Of Marines, Freeman
Morre; Assistant Surgeon, Samuel +. Coues;
Passed Midshpman, A. Nj. DeBree; Captains
Clerk Rufus G. Yose; Acting AIidshipmen, r..
Bowen c. &. Carpenter, A. J. Mccarthy, J, G.
Walker, A. G.. lizard, w A. Kirkland; Boatswain,
Michael Hall; Gunner, George II. Baker; CRrpen :
ter John Rainbow; Sailmaker, David Bruce.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-12-23

A SPLENDID SwoRD.-Wo saw yesterday, at the
store of Messrs Bailey g. Kitchen, the sword pre-
scented by the State of Missouri to Colonel Bennett
Riley, of the U. S. Army. II is a beautiful piece
of work in every rcpect-the scabbard being Of
solid gold, massive and finely wrought while the
handle, in addition 20 the heavy gold covering il
ornamented at the head with large white corne-
liam, and at the hilt with large garnet, chasely
set. On the guard the arms Of the State Of Mia
souri engraved, and the following inscription
ia neatly cut upon the sheath -" Presented by the
General Assembly of the State OF Missouri to Colo
mel Bennett Riley, United States Army, in com
memoration Of his many gallant acts officer
and Of his long and arduUus services upon the from
tier Of Missouri and for the protection and aid b,
has eli times rendered TO her citizens against In
dian ferocity." The history the country attest,
tho Justice Of this trioCte TO Colonel Riley. The
sword will remain at MeSsrs. B. s. KS for lev
days and 10 well worth examination
PHILADELPHIA North Amaican.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-06-20

Under our obituary heading, this eve
ming, will be found the record of the death of
Professor SosrMANN lIErNEBURG, at the resi-
dence Of his brother, our esteemed fellow citi-
zen, DR.. B. J. lIEISEBERG.
Our readers will warmly sympathze with DR..
lIEIyEBERG in the affecting event. 1t is less
than two months since Professor lIEINEBERG
arrived on our Shores whittier he had come to
visit beloved brother, after n separation Of Is
years, and to recruit constitution Frustrated
by the laborious study which alone can make Il
German scholar.
Professor ilEINEBERG was SCHOLAR in the
highest sense of the term. lie had received
from a German University the Doctorate of
Philosophy and Philology, which implies great
attainment in Philosophical and Pathological
learning and his unpublished works prove him
TO have been no less student in his later days,
than when he was the undergraduate OF his
University. Aside from our sympathy with his
brother, in this bereavement, we lament the loss,
in the full maturity of his powers, of a man
whose erudition might have graced and benc-
fitted some one Of our own Institutions OF
Learning.
1t will be seen that the funeral of Professor
HEIsEBERG will take place tomorrow after,
noon.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-06-20

The Missouri papers have generally de-
clared in favor of Willard Fillmore, for the next
President, but at the same time express their
willingness to abide the descison of a National
Convention.
The Annual Meeting of the S,oekhol-
ders OF the Rutland g. Burlington Railroad
was held in Brandon, to-day. We presume
the number OF Directors was reduced 10 seren,
as provided by all Act of the last Legislature
RIsGTos, of Boston,ar among the seven.
"A marriage took place in town, last
evening, but as i, was 'Sub ros7, (which means
we believe, under nood,) We do not feel a. Iib-
erty TO abode c II more particularly,
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Photographic Dispatch.


Two Weeks Later from California.
.7rr'ual Of The .4tabdma at .NeD Orleans.
SAN FRANCISCO IN ASHES.
LOSS els 100000.
New Orleans, June l3.-The Alabama
has Just arrived, with dates to the 18th of
May.
Among the buildings destroyed, are the
Custom House, National, New World, Un-
ion, parker's City, Delmonicos and Ex-
change Hotels. Also Offices of the steam
ship Companies. The fire spread also to
the shipping, consuming large number
of vessels which were lying at their
wharves. 1t was first discovered on Clay
Street, and ran through about dozen
blocks, quickly spreading to other parts
Of the city, the greater Of which lies a
heap Of ruins. Hunter, George, Main,
Center, and Eldorado Streets were COM
pletely Quilted. Measures were about to
be adopted TO relieve the distressed, it was
feared that number Of lives are lost
Business was not thought Of San Francis,
co presents a sorrowful and heart. sickening
picture, thousands have lost their all.
The news from the mines continues of a
cheering character, new discoveries were
daily making, and the prospects Of the
miners were highly favorable. Those
working with the quartz crushing machine
were rcaping rich reward In some in
stances, the average for man is from 30 to
so dollars per day.
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DRESS G10uG1

French Mcrino, Alpaca, plain and figured all wool.
Musns de Lnrs and Casilmerts, Betage d- L1ins,
printed Organizes, plain aud printed Lawns and
Musns, do do very fine all wool and silk and wool
Beroges, French and Irish Pop,ins, Scotch and Lam
caster Ginghams, Prince Napoleon cloth Also good
assortment OF Mourning Good:, large and splendid
stock OF Silks all widths; Brocae watered, change
able striped and black Sks, Nanti.ia and Nisite
Fringe and silk Lace Also 4 good assortment OF
English, French, and American Prints and Patches.
White Goods. Bonnets Ribbons. Flowers, &c.
Parasos, Linen and Six Hantkerchets OF every
price and quality from cents, up 10 the incest kept at
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-06-20
BRIGHTON CATTLE NARKET-Jun

BKITUT On CATILE WAKkET-Junc II.
At market GOO Beef Cattle, 5 ores, 20 pairs
Working Oxen. 60 Cows and Calves 800 Sheep
and Lambs and $500 Swine
Pricrs--Beef Cattle-Exua s. 2j; Isl quality so
I'd do 6 30 81 do 80 UUa5 -
Working Oxem-75. 80 ., o., us.
Cows and Caves-S23, 81 %. %, 81, SO, 40.
Sheep and T.anbs-S! -, . 30, 3 90. 400
S"ine-5aGc retail Gaze Spring Pigs 7u7i fat
Hogs Ste