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The New, York, journal Of Consnssrce gives
q following information on this subject:

The New, York, Journal Of Commerce gives
the following information on this subject:
We learn from Washington that the Attorney
Generals opinion on the subject Of the Florida
treaty claims, was finally rendered to the Presi-
dent on Saturday. The claimants are by this
opinion, which the President and members OF
the cabinet will abide by, RENTED to Congress
for further legislation to carry out the provision
ofthe treaty of 1919.
The opinion strongly sets forth tho obliga.
tons of the government to pay for the injuries
done to individual property by our troops--who
had ruthessly laid waste whole plantations
burnt houses, destroyed crops. and produced q
general famine among the inhabitants. II also
considers that the award made by the Florida
territorial courts, for interest upon the ascer.
tanned value Of property, from the time of Its
destruction till the date Of the degree, are just
and ought to lie paid; but it holds that the
government has no authority, under existing
acts, to pay them. Such seems the opinion Of
every proceeding Secretary of the Treasury or
the subject
It was proposed, some time ago, by the
claimants, that the cases should DO referred To
the u. s. District Court Of Florida for re adju
dication; but this is thought unnecessary, anG
would not vary the ultimate decision Of the
present administration on the subject. Con
gress must authorize the payment OF interest Of
damages, before the administration will make
the payment, though they think the claimants
entitled to it.
The amount involved in the claims is abou
nine hundred thousand dollars
Senators Yulee and Berrien are among tht
chief agents and counsel for the claimants. Mr.
Corwin was one Of the counsel. but relnquishet
all connexion with the case previous to taking
Office.
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Addition to the CapItoI--Thc Laying Of the
Corner stone.

We understand that the cornerstone of the
addition to the CAPITOL, authorized by the late
act Of Congress, will be laid by the President Of
the United States on the 4th Of July next. in the
presence Of such officers of the government as
may then be in the city, and Of all citizens who
may see ct to assemble to witness the ceremo.
ny, and that an address on that occasion will be
delivered by the Secretary of State.
The southern press., 1851-06-25

EXTRAORDINARY DEPoFULATioN--W see IL
stated that the Roman population ofSiciIy, which
amounted once TO 100000. has declined to
100000, and that one half Of this residrm is in
a condition ofextreme misery and wretchedpess
This melancholy state Of things Is asrribed to the
prevailing political abuses with which that fair
portion Of the globe Is afflicted, and Il issaid
that the existing ministry are deaf 10 all propo-
sitions or projects Of reform.
The southern press., 1851-06-25

GENEROUS SYMPArHY.-The sum of ten thou.
sand dollars has been contributed by the citi.
zens Of Lynchburg, Va, for the support Of the
wife and children of Mr.. Terry, late editor Of
the "Virginian," who was killed in the recent
doubly tragical ARRAY in that town. Eight tho.
sand dollars in cash, was obtained in eight hours
after the subscription was started Mrs. Terry
was Miss Stockton, Of New Jersey.
The southern press., 1851-06-25

RAILROAD SUBscRrPTroNs-- large and en-.
thusiastc meeting Of the citizens OF Charleston
was he'd on the 18th instant, at which resolu-
tions were adopted recommending the city coun.
ell 10 subscribe at once S250,00o TO the stock OF
the Memphis and Charleston railroad company.
A committee Of 25 citizens was also appointed
to confer with the council.
The southern press., 1851-06-25

ALI HuMBue.-The Maine gold mines, re-
ported lately in the New England paper are .
humbug. Two Yankees have established pub-
lilo house at the Mines" and have made pro-
6tsble business, by selling bread, bssf "a rum
10 the dirgers. The Skowhegsn Pred vhioh
is near TO the scene Of action. says that keld =
found IN small quantities, btt thst The excite
ment Is got up BY speculators. snd > ~ war-
The southern press., 1851-06-25

The How. ABBOT LAwREEcE.--We have
every reason to believe, says the Republic, that
the statement published in our telegraphic intel
ligence on Wednesday last Of the Hon. Abbott
Lawrence being passenger on board the St.
Lawrence, is incorrect.
The southern press., 1851-06-25

IMMIGRANTs.-Nearly four thousands immi
grants arrived ct New York on Monday after
noon and Tuesday forenoon, They were
brought in ships from London, Liverpool, Dub
lin, Rotterdam, and Bremen. The Guy Man.
nering had sl4, and the Meridian 6s5-bott
from Liverpool Ehe immigrants now are gen
orally in good health.
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y The Boston Journal contains the fol-
lowing paragraph, which chronicles an import
ant and interesting fact:
INDIAN MEAL IN GREAT BRIrAIs.-We learn
from Dickens's Household Words, that owing to
the exertions of the American minister, Mr. Law
renee, and others In London, On extensive trial
is in progress there and in some country dis
tricts, of Indian meal, prepared by the new pro-
cess of Mr.. Stafford. In past years the Indian
meal brought from America, under the best
management, has frequently been found un-
palsteable. IL was sour, or bitter, or musty !;
sometimes all these. The reason was this.
The moisture contained in the grain is an acid
When the shell the grain is broken, this mois
ture forms an oxide, all the sweet qualities Of
the grain disappear, and a bad flavor is substi-
tuted BY the new process Indian corn -four
may now be had in perfect state, as wholesome
and pleasant as any other -four, and so cheap
as TO make 1t an object Of serious importance to
establish the facts CT the case, and to conquer
the prejudices which prevail against this whole
some article of food.
The southern press., 1851-06-25

eB- The Wilmington IN. CD Commercial
thus refers to one of the Abolition preachers
who has recently caused such an excitement in
that State:
ADAM CRC oKs-The above is the name of
one of the individuals who haverecently figured
in the West, as abolition preachers McBridge,
it will be recollected, was escorted over the
Guilford line, and gave bonds that he would not
return himself, or send any matter relative to
slavery into the State.
By the following from the ASHORE Herald
Of Wednesday last, it appears that Crooks, is
still at large:
"As the whereabouts of this pseudo philan-
thropst is at this present time matter of in.
qniry among our brethren of the press, we state
for their satisfaction and that of the public gen.
orally, that he had appointments at Franklins-
vile in this county on Saturday and Sunday
last. We learn that he breaches (professes to
preach) at two or three places in this county,
one in Montgomery or the southern part of Da.
wilson, and one in Chatham. This is the amount
lof our information, though we cannot vouch fol
its strict correctness. We have never heard, OF
even seen this man, but the object of his mission
must be apparent to every one from his MoDUs
oPERANDI. We say his MISSION, for he is doubt.
less the hired emnissary of Ohio Abolitionsts
That said Crooks could not preach in this vii
| iage or its vicinity 10 certain. We think it due
to the respective neighbcrhoods of this and the
adjoining counties, to look closely to their repu
tation; innocent people sometimes suffer by be-
ing found in bad company"
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W- The last arrival from England brings
tidings Of the death of Richard Lalor SHIEL
British minister at Florence, famed for his elo.
quence while in Parliament. The Earl Of
SALISBURY is also dead. He was for many
years chairman Of committees in the House Of
Lords.
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The .Proofs. or Printing.

Those people who are always snarling at and
wondering over typographical errors, occurring
in reducing their illegible MSS. into print, may
profit by the "fact" appended.
take it from contemporary, and without
vouching for its strict authenticity, can only say
in the spirit of the italian proverb that if not
true it well might be-
ACURIous HIsroRIcAL FACT Some hundred
years ago, a number Of the professors Of the
Edinburgh University attempted to publish a
work which should be perfect specimen oftypo-
graphical accuracy. Every precaution was taken
to secure the desired result. Six experienced
proof-readers were employed, who devoted
hours to the reading Of each page, and after it
was thought to be perfect, it was pasted up in
the hall Of the University, with notification
that reward of ESQ would be paid to. any per-
son who could discover an error. Each page
was suffered to remain two weeks in the place
where 1t had been pasted, before the work was
printed, and the Professors thought that they
had attained the object for which they had been
striving. When the work was issued, it was
discovered that several errors had been COM
mitted-one of which was in the first line Of the
first page. If a case of this kind should occur
after all the precautions which had been used,
after full and ample time had been given for a
correct and thorough reading, and that by day
light carpers at errors in morning newspapers
should have some little excuse for those who
are compelled to read proofs at two or three
o'clock in the morning, and then in q hurry, in
order not to miss the mails.
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WoMAs's RIGRTs.-Nirs. Swisshelm, who at
tended the Woman's Rights Convention, at Ak
ron, in debating the subject of the equality Of
the sexes, says:
The physical right to be taken care of is
one of 'woman's ri ghts' that we will not weld
Our physical weakness will ever be our strong
est argument for claiming all legal, intellectual
and moral powers of defence. la an intellectual
or moral war we ask no quarter on account oil
womnnhood; but OF every man we meet we
claim physical protection, just because he is q
man and we are a woman. As to meeting in
convention to discuss woman's right to engage
in any occupation for which she has capacity,
il is sheer nonsense. There is no law to prevent
women following almost any business, and why
do they not take their right 10 work at anything
they please ! Mrs. Coe urged that women have
a right to be captains Of ships Well, why are
they not captains There Is no law to prevent
it. If we believed it right, and thought we had
the capacity, we would soon command vessel,
and no doubt but the world would acknowledge
Our right to do so. II would have taken deal
Of talk to convince the world Joan of Arc and
Jagiello had q right to be soldiers, but without
any argufying on the subject they proved their
title to a niche in the warriors temple of fame
"A man of words and not of deeds, is like
garden full of weeds and woman of that kind
Is very much like him. There is no use claim.
ing rights for those who do not want TO use them,
and those who do, should just take them"
The southern press., 1851-06-25

FRENCH THEATREs.--From official docu ment
recently published by the French government,
we learn that there are at present three hundred
and twenty theatres in France. Twenty-three
of these are in Paris. Prior to the year 1900,
Paris had but one theatre, that Of the Confreres
de la Passion, which afterward was transformed
into the hotel de Bourgogne. Later there ap-
peared the theatre Du Marais. In 1853 came
the Italiens, and in 1859 MoIiere's company,
which gave birth to the heatre-Francais.
The opera was established in 1869, which in
creased the number of theatres to FIVE, reduced
to three by Louis XIV in 1880, Under Louis XIV
this number was doubled by the establishment
Of the Opera-C omique Of the Gate, the privilege
Of which was given to Nicolet; and the theatre
De ! Ambigu-C omique, which was granted to
Audinot Under Louis XVI the thea re De
Monsieur was erected, and great number Of
foreign theatres and secondary spectacles were
tolerated, Notwithstanding the opposition Of the
grand theatres. In 1871 the freedom OF Theatres
was proclaimed by law, and no less than forty.
FIVE were undertaken in the city of Paris alone.
The departments which, after that Oft the Seine
have the most theatres, are the Seine Inferieure
and Seine-e Disc, which possess twelve, and
the Eure which has eleven. There are none
either in Ardeche or in the Basses-Alpes. Twen-
ty-eight Of the principal cities have stationary
theatrical establishments, and the rest are sup
piled by ambulating companies. The theatres
Of Paris nourish those of the departments, and
the prosperity of the latter depends upon that
of the former.
Independent Of the departments, French thea
tres exist in a number Of foreign cities. They
exist throughout Belgium and Holland, in Swift
zerland, in Savoy, in England, in Prussia, New
Orleans, at San Francisco, at the Havana, at
The southern press., 1851-06-25

az The New York Sunday Nsvs takes
from London paperthe following COM li~snt-
airy notice of Mr.. sdaguereotypes,
which have excited much admiration at the
Great Exhibition. All who reside in, or have
recently visited Washington. have seen speci-
mems of his skill at his rooms over LANE &
TUcKER's, on the Avenue:
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cnuFlLY DreStuttu W NlUl u yVuFE Ituldft VI tik-
teen Who had been found few DAYS before in
the neighboring woods. She had fed from a
house where she was placed as servant and
had wandered thus far when she was met by q
oamekeeper, and conveyed TO the asylum kept
By the sisters Of charity. The prince. moved by
the sad tale Of the nun, gave her bank note 81
one hundred francs, to enable the child 70 ~
turn to her family.
No other incident occurred until the arrival
at Dion, about 3 o'clock. The population Of
the city and country for leagues around had as
sembled at the terminus, and lined its immense
semi circle In the centre were erected two large
tents, exclusively filled with ladies', and in front
Of them stood an altar, raised on an elevated
platform, on which the Bishop, with the entire
clergy Of Dion, had taken their station. The
President on alightng, was conducted TO another
tent on the right of the altar, and the religious
ceremony then commenced. The Bishop next
stepped forward, and addressed TO the prince a
speech in accord with the circumstances, in which
he congratulated him on his wise and able adj
ministration his respect for religion and trusted
that Divine Providence would render his power
durable. The prelate afterwards bestowed bis
benedction on an engine, which was tastefully
decorated with flowers and flags, and the cere-
mony being terminated, an immense acclamation
in favor of the President arose within the pre-
cincts Of the terminus, and was echoed by the
multitude near and far
Louis Napoleon then mounted on horseback
and rode TO the Hotel Of the Prefecture, ssluted
during the whole way bv one universal and con-
tinued cry Of avive Napoleonw The ladies
were II possible. more enthusiastic than the men,
and from the windows threw flowers % he pas
sed. ,
From all can learn, there was nota single cry
Of virs Ia Republiqus.
Aftsr resting while, the prince proceeded 70
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ing entered one for this purpose, ho caused
tho heat % BE- raised 70 ono hundred and rey-
eniy degrees thiny-sx minutes rahrenfet,
when he was equally surprised and delighted
% hnd himself free Of al complaint, ,IIo
lef tho hAthing.Toom well, dined heaTdiy,and
drank moro than usual Since that time, hs
says, he has treated IN The samo manner moro
lhan eighty ponons bitten, IN four 0f whom
the symptoms had declared themselves and
IN 20 case has he failed, except In cafe ofono
chiid, seven years old, who died 10 the bath
The mode Of treatment he recommends b.,
that the person biz should take certain NUM-
Isxf1Srrpor bsths, trorsrre'riJ -eslle.l Rss-
sad should induce every nighta violent
PHry'fbdon, by wrapping himselfin hannel'
and covering bimseFWiih a feather bed ths
pe7piraiion Is favored by drinking freely Of
a warm dccoe'ion Of sarppRrillA, He de-
clares 20 convinced b. be- of the efficacy Of
his mode of treatment, that ho will suffer
himzclr 70 be ino,ulliel with THO d.sease. ~
a proof Of The utility o. ooriags and continual
Precipitation, no relates the following anec-
do'o "A relative Of the musician Gretry Wa
bitten By mad dog, a, ,he samo time With
many o,hor persons. who al died u hydro.
phob.a. For his part feeling tho Grat symp-
toms ofthe disease hc tooh 70 dapcins pieht
and day, s1ynq that he wished 10 die gaiiy
He recovered NJ Ba--rir ai-7--iscs the Old
stories Of dancing being O rlnrdy FOR the bi'o
Of nrantular onI draws attention 10 tho
inc' the animals 10 which this mhdposs /,
mos, frequently found 20 Gayc'opo ip'Sfspdn'
tin,ou,ly, are dogs, vol, es, and foxes, which
never psrsrirc"
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Prom tht Washington Republic
HYDR0pUODIA.

We find tho following among the miscella-
ncous selections Of the Charleston Is. C.)
Mercury lit is an authentic Statements and
NJ. Buisson is a person Farthy of credcpco
the information which il diseloses is'of grave
Importance, 20 the medical faculty and to tho
whole human family. That the Academy OF
Sciences should hayoIrcatcd IL with disre-
gard 50 long is, perhnns. attributable to its
having -hAea-aaet,y ,ytnouSiy communicated.
M Bdssion has written TO the Paris Acad-
rmy Of Sciences, 10 claim as his smati trca-
tse on hydrophobia addressed 70 the Acade-
my 30 far back rs 1895, and signed with a
single ini,ial.--Tho case referred 10 in that
tie mode of cure adopted weroNs follows -.
He had been called TO visit woman who, for
three days, was said 10 be- suffering under this
disease. She had the usual symptoms, con-
ttrction' Of the throat, inability 20 swallow,
abundant secretion of saliva, and toaming az
the mouth Her neighbors said she had been
bitten by a mad dog about forty days befor1.
At her own urgent eutre0ties she was bled,
and died few hours after az was expected,
NJ. BUisson, who had his hands covered with
blood, incautously cleAnscd them with tow
ell which had beenlused to wipe tho mouth
OF the patient. He then had an ulceration
npon one OF his fingers, yet thought it sufIi.
cient to wipe OF the saliva that adhered with
a little water. The ninth day after, being in
his cabriolet, be was suddenly seized with a
pain in his throat, and one still greater in
his eyes. The saliva was continually pour
ing into his mouth; tho imprcssop Of cur
rent Of air, and the sight of brilliant bodies,
gave him painful sensations his body APP
peared to him so light that he felt as though
he. could leap TO prodigious height He
osisnced, he said, a wish to run and bite,
not men, bat animals and inanmate bodies
Finally he drank with difficulty, and the
sight Of water was still more distressing to
him than the pain in the throat These symp-
toms tecurred every five minutes, and il ap-
peAred 10 hfIni as though The pain commenc.
cd in the affected finger, and extended thence
to the shoulder.-Erom the whole of the
symptoms, he judged himself afflicted with
hydrophobia, and resolved to terminate his
life by sitting him.clfin vapor bath ITav
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4 wrnsrTn oAsn ~ ruNorH.

The following remarkable communication
il extracted from the January numb'F Of The
Southcrn Literary Messenger
Mn EpiroH,-i send you tho subsequent
transcript ola letter with the hope that II
may interest your readers ! know that
nn In peril Of rcprobation for tmu'Wcfing
the laws Of friendship In sending You what
vas Designed Tor my own cycsolcly. lhopo,
however, that my friend far away viii nat
coudcmu the publication, if It will afford graf
iG,,uion 10 those Of hir native State.
NJ G,
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VI. PALMER, 81 authorized a. receive AdVs'
t.smsuis and Subscriptions At his ohiees in Dos
ton, New Yort, and Philadelphia. h,h, fEl IEH-
GILL, 10 also authorized % DO tho Same for ~ in
Notiou,
NJ Letters a. the Editor, In order " receive o.
tnnllnI,- nILI-I Ill I.LlT IIlf
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TIL L CALEDONIA N.
ny A. q. CHADWICK.

TERMS iEo per sunum, n paid within tho
yearl f2.oo, II payment be- delHyod heyoud ihat
time. No paper discontinued until Ru NUaarages
are paid except at The opton ol tho Publisher
AnymTisrhirsTs inserted ~ the usual pncos--
Transient advertisements nusi be- paid fnr in ad
vance Advertisements should be- marked tho mum
ber n times tn be- inserted Otherwise lhoy viii be-
continuod unu forbid lor al iba option of ihe pub
iisher,l aud charged accordingly,
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"PREFEoT-HALL,
Wurtzburg, July 2s, 1850, J

., " 'Nf'"Hf ~ ""'| - ''
"Mf---~~
"Ilespe1tsd Sir The President, NJ. ZEN
tern, died this morning ~ . O'clock Your
letter containing oertain allegaupnh was read
this morning a. bin lor Il was known that he
could not live long and 10 was deemed proper
fhai he should be- f0ld NJ them even though
s.i,i,-..... fs--s
moiion daring ~ perusal 30 soon as it was
finished, be- exclaimed ia hearing ~ hl tho
faruity, 'lt ~ trur iGttcrtrue be was
a devil a damned witch 70 find Il out lie
then died
"Allow ~, sir, % condole with you on the
loss ~ your friend by this singular and re-
voting ace We satmit, however chat there
would scarcely be- any thing gained by eN-
sG.i
10 tlii insuluuou. They arr both Of tho same
lamily-hoih dead W. thmk IL sufficient
that the mo.r ,N, client work on Electricity
should be immediately published under VI
Narrnnh namC, with q certified confession
Of N Peutorn, % Ihc extent that Il wa not
hs.
with expressions ofpouon1l kindness.
"(by onleTol the Flnulw)
~ l{AEsrANL,"
la-kunaielge tAe r,ghtialny.s OF the -ug.
astol contained IN lhis. ! bt,c fo- some
TIME boon engaged on aL4graphy o'MVair,
cnn, aud will edit w. Trca'isc, which cost
him hii lifr together with some Other ,aluo.
bic paper Of li, which have f,uud, aud of
which hy a yrty interesting ool ne Of things,
(wbcroor the details IN ny ncvt,) b,,o be-
como Administrator d, the brothcr-in.law or
The deceased Yours sincerely
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in confirming my hypothesis, My course
was insAntly determined on, Of it, aud IL
results you can probably best Jadge from the
sublonsd letter, received Il just ~ I vas
giving the hnal touch 70 my" Death Of Judas
which Consider qalle hotf Worthy ro'hel'
dogco,
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,IOR PRINTING

II.lNnhILL6. HLANhA CAHbS' 6c 90,
ITIntsd ln the naatcst manner a. Oh" calnnonian
once
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Many years ago he was troubled with par
tial deafness; his sight also failed him some
what aad he 'sas compelled to use PlasgoE-
or late years both hearing and sight have re.
t..aed to him as perfectly as he over possess
ed them.
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the morning II was true, also, o. learned
~ the same source that N, Yaironn had been
away 10 a friends house, seyen miles distant
Tor two days before his uncle len, aud had
only returned the morning ha len (about two