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MILLER, HARRIS q WALDO,

MILNER, RAItRIS q WALDO,
"a Canal street, Nsso Orleans,
WHOLESALE and retail dealers in FINE
w TABLE CUTLERY, Plated, -
planisbed, Tin, japaned and Wooden E44A
Ware Table Mats; Gilt and Bronzed Inn
Lamps and Grandoles Glassware Plain /$2N
and Coored Floor Mating. and House Az
Furnishing Goods generally. Sperm and ! ESM
Wax Candles: Sperm, Whale. Lard, Lin. Nju(&2ycSp\s
aeed, Neatsfo0t and Chemical Oils Spirit S5st3
Gas, Camphine, Alcohol, Turpentne, and XWW
Paints of all descriptions; Brushes Win.
dow Glass; Putty White Lead; Sand Papers Cine: urled
Hair Hair Seating and SprnHs Flowing POLISHING Scysr
ing Furniture, Coach Black Japan and White DamaT Vay
nishes. Also-Pcked and Common Moss always for sale
. PRICES OF CAMPuINH:
HVe gallon
FOR less quantity. 10 cents Der gallon
mhla lip ly INV
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T IQUORS-5OO pkgs. Brandy, Wine, Whisky,
dis Ell. HART CO 70 Tohoupitoulas st.
ENGLISH POTATOES-5OO hempers Eng.
- lish Poi atoes, landing and for sale by
OBJ E.WOOD& co. opposite Post a. I'd My.
ElRE CRACKERS-lOOO boxes, for sale BY
= dla E. HART co. 70 Tchouptoulas st.
CEDAR TUBS-50 nests, for sale by
~ dH y. J. HART & co. 70 Tgh0upitoulas st,
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CARGO OF LIME--1s00 bbls Meadow Rocl
~ Lime landing from brig Lucy Spear, for sale by
JOHN HAYMAN Il CO.
I5 Qa Mnna.na siraof and Ii Rsd Storo.
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CIGAR, MEXICAN AND PLANTATION
~ TOBACCO-The subscriber have eqaskAatiy . haaA
and for sale suit pulchAsss, Cube HavaAl
Msson County Kentucky; rsa1e.s. ~ A6Pe1 VIII:
bslsa, selected os the Mexican mszhs - A glanafan
sS Csmp stIsst and ~ Tehospiisslss ss!e.e.
- TobasQo haisd v osdH. MI
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Congress.

In the Senate yesterday Mr.. COOPER pre-
sented several petitions praying the repeal of
the Fugitive Slave law. The Senate, after re-
fusing to take up the Joint resolution authorz-
ing the assignment Of military land warrants,
considered the bill introduced at the last session
by Mr.. WALKER, ITO cede the public lands of
the United States respectively to the States in
which they are situated, on condition that the
said States shall cede the same in limited guam
titles to actual occupants only, for the cost Of
survey, transfer, and title muniments merely"
In the House of Representatives, among other
business, resolution offered by Mr.. STEPHENS
was agreed to, granting the use of the Hall TO
MIR. A. WHITNEY to explain, on Saturday night.
his project for a railroad from Lake Michigan
to the Pacific ocean; and, on motion of Mr..
CHANDLER, a resolution was adopted instruct
ing the Committee on Commerce to inquire into
the eXpedlency of reducing the value of the sill
yer coins of the United States, so as to prevent
their expectation. Mr.. McLANAHAY moved
suspension of the rules to enable him to intro
duce resolution declaring that ii would be in
expedient and improper to repeal the Fugitive
Slave law. The question was decided in the
l23, nays "a; two-thirds not
voting in the affirmative. The House, in Com
mttee, considered the bill to reduce and modify
the rates % postage, and adjourned without TAX
ing vote on any of the pending propositions.
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Our Military pcfences.

We find in the able report of Brevet Briga-
der General ToTTEN, Chief of the Engineer
Department, besides very complete account of
the condition of the various Notifications on our
seacoast and northern border, some interesting
observations on our general system of military
defences, Of which it is our purpose in this ari-
Gle to furnish an abstract
The history of the system is related Sub
staniially as follows: Soon after the organization
of the Government under the Constitution it
became apparent that our distance from the old
continent might not prevent us from becoming
involved in the wars that the French revou-
ton had spread over the rest of Chrstendom:
and accordingly considerable expenditures were
made IN the construction of forts and batteries
at the principal seaports. As the means of the
treasury Were not large, the works erected were
for the most part temporary in their character;
but they answered very well while we had no
more powerful maritime enemy to contend with
than France, fully occupied as she then was in
waging wars on her own continent.
When, however, there arose probability
that we might soon be at war with Great Brit
am, our Government became sensible Of the
necessity Of an immediate enlargement Of our
means of defence. Appropriations were there
fore made for that purpose from year to year,
and great activity was given to the work OF
construction; 50 that when the war broke out
in 1912 there was not town upon the sea-
board Of any magnitude that was not supplied
with one or more batteries.
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The American Colonization Society.

The thirty fourth annual meeting of this
Society, to be held in this city on Tuesday
next, the 2lst instant, is expected to be one of
deep interest. Addresses are to be delivered
by the Rev. r. FULLER and JOHN II. b. La
TRoBE, esq.,, of Baltimore. and the Hon. F. p.
STANTON, of Tennessee.
JOHN MCDoNoUGH, of Louisiana, Dr. JOHN
kER, of Mississippi, Rev. G. c. CUTLER, ID.
d., of Philadelphia, and JONATHAN HIDE, of
Maine, Vice Presidents, have died since the
last annual meeting; but we do not know that
their places will be supplied, as there are still
sixty-two Vice Presidents of the Society.
Mr.. CLAY is the President, and Rev. w.
Nolan, Secretary The Executive Commit
tee consists of Matthew ST. c. Clarke, esq.,,
Harvey Lindsey, M. d., Hon. Elisha Whit
tlesey, Joseph II. Bradley, esq, A. o. Day
ton, esq Rev. j. S. Bacon, ID. d., and Will
liam Gunton, esq. There are twenty life
directors, constituted such by the payment of
one thousand dollars each
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Trial of John Henderson, late United States
senator.


The trial of john HENDERSON, for being
engaged In the late military expedition against
the Island of Cuba, contrary to the neutrality
laws OF the United States, was commenced in
the circuit court of the United States, at New
Orleans, on the I'd instant. The first day and
part OF the second were consumed in dis
cusslon OF The point whether the district attor-
ney had right to employ assistant counsel or
not; which, after consideration, was decided
affirmatively by Judge McCALEB. During
the remainder of the second day six jurors were
empannelled, and it was agreed that the venire
should be drawn from the remaining names in
the jury box. On the third day, after the ex-
animation of some thirty more jurors, who were
found to be incapacitated on account of having
formed an opinion, the remaining jurors were
elected and sworn in, which completed the
jury.
MIR. HENDERSON then remarked to the court
that he supposed the rule would prevail in this
case which existed in the common law of many
OF the States, giving the right to the accused to
make the closing argument The reading of the
indictment and the law by the prosecution was
always considered the opening speech
MIR. BENJAMIN was DESTROYS of having the
course Of proceeding to be adopted settled at
once.
The court, however, declined to determine
the point until Monday, the 9th instant, when
the examination of the witnesses was to COM
mence, and the trial to be proceeded with.
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Vessel for the Worlds Fair.

The following official announcement, that the
frigate st. Lawrence has been ordered to be in
readiness to sail for London on the first OF Feb
ruary, is important to those intending to send
articles to the Worlds Fair, as we have au-
thority for saying that all such articles should
be at the Brooklyn navy yard before the 25th
instant;
NAVY DEPARTMENT, Jan. 10, 1851.
Sir ] should earlier have informed you that the
frigate St Lawrence has been ordered to transport
to the Industrial Exhibition in London the articles
of American production designed to be sent thither
She may be expected to be in readiness for the
voyage by the first Of the next month"; and to sail
about that time from the port Of New York.
am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
(Signed) WILLIAM A. GRAHAM.
PETER FORCE, esq, Chairman Executive Commit.
tee Industrial Exhibition, Washington.
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THK MoBlLr EMnEzzLgMnNr CAsr.-Tt

The MOBILE EMBEzzLgMENT CAsE.-The exam
ination OF 5. w. Cochran, charged with receiving
the assets of the Firemen's Insurance Company,
knowing them to have been fraudulently abstract
ed from their possession by Mr. Greene, their late
secretary, commenced in that city the I'd inst,
and had not closed on the night of the 4th when
the Advertiser went to press This charge places
Mr. Cochran on his examination as principal with
MIR. Greene in the crime of cmbezzlement
No time has been fixed for the examination of
Mr.. Greene himself. He has been placed, for close
confinement, in cell of The prison, and his person
ordered to be searched.
The company has brought an action to get pos
session of his (Mr. Greene's) household furniture
valued at three thousand dolars-assigncd to them,
but which is detained by other persons on a pre-
yious arrangement.
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Our readers are already aware that one part
of the bargain between the Democrats and
Free-soilers in Massachusetts, the election of
consummated. This, we suppose, may be
taken as an earnest of what is to follow The
consideration will be duly paid, and Mr.. SUM
YER will be elected to the Senate of the United
States.
Some little hope is perhaps left us in the
postponement of the election until to-day De
lay in such cases is always a favorable symp-
tom. There is still chance that something
may have turned up to defeat the ends of The
schemers. The disclaimer of Mr. Justice
WOODBURY. may possibly reach his friends in
the Massachusetts Legislature in season to
have good effect The rebuke which he
administers may induce a ''sober second
thought where nothing else would We sin
cerey hope that it will be so; but we fear that
the Coalitionists have gone too far to recede-
that the bonds of iniquity are too strong to be
broken.
While we are on this subject we will add
word OF two with regard to the continuance of
Mr.. SUMNER in his office as commissioner.
which should have formed part of our article of
yesterday. The fact that there has been no
complaint made to the court should probably be
considered a sufficient answer, and should ex-
onerate Mr.. Justice WOODBURY. from all blame
in the premises. We will be more fair in this
regard than the Union has been in the case of
the marshal of Massachusetts; for not removing
whom summarily, in the absence of all COM
plant, the Union has made repeated attacks
upon the President Of the United States
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The French nIinfster.

We are pleased to learn that the rumor con-
tanned in paragraph which we translated
from the Courier DIES Etats- Unis, and pub
lished in our paper Of Thursday last, to the
effect that M. BoIs LIE CoMTE was about to
suspend, temporarily, his functions in this city,
and return to France, was not authentic. The
National Intelligeacer of yesterday states,
''upon good information, that there is no founda-
ton whatever for the report, and that the Min
lister himself is in excellent health.o
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[ II E r Z P u Bill G. 4.
WASHIN GTON:
TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY IA, 1850.
o + + 1 G i a l..

APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT,
By and cih the advice and consent of The Senate.
JAMEsS. CALHOUN, of Georgia, to be Governor of
the Territory of New Mexico.
THOMAS NELSON, of New York, to be Chief JUS.
tce of the Supreme Court of the United States for
the Territory of Oregon, in place of William p.
Bryant, resigned.
ABRAM Nj. FRIpLEy, of New York, to be Winnie
bago Indian Agent.
CoNsULs.
ROBERT X. CATION, of Maryland, at Mazatlan,
in place of John PARROT, resigned.
WILLIAM III KELLY, of Massac husetts for Tahiti
and the Independent Society Islands.
EDWARD A. SAUNDERS, of New York, at Buenos
Ayres, in place of Joseph Graham, removed.
EDWARD Mccall, of Pennsylvania, at Lima, in
place of Stanhope Provost, resigned
JOHN S. GILMER, of Maryland, at Bahia, in place
of William t. Purnell, resigned.
EDWARD Ely, of Pennsylvania, at Bombay
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Prosperity OF Savannah.

The Republican, of Savannah, Georgia, says
that all the transactions in and sales of lots.
lands, &C., in and around that city, indicate a
high degree of prosperity; not one that is ephe-
neral, or based upon visionary calculations, but
prosperity that rests upon a substantial foun-
dation.
Where would all this prosperity be now, or
at any future time, if Georgia had ''taken the
lead" according to the suggestion made to her
by a citizen of an adjoining State?
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augmented and improved them, and they are
now engaged in the erection of new seacoast
Qualifications. five are willing to find authori
ty for proceedings of this nature in the practice
oil those with whom war is often necessity.
sometimes resort, and always science. we
may be glad to know that Notifications, as
means OF security against maritime attacks, as
well as against military operations on shore,
are the constant and present reliance even of
the most powerful nations
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PETITIONS paEsaNrEp UNDER rHE auLr

BY MIR. WATKINS: The petition Of James Tillet.
of Jefferson county, Tennessee, for invalid pen
sion. Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pen
sions.
By Mr. FREEDLEY: The memorial Of Henry
Potts Co. and thirty others, citize of Potts
town, Pennsy vania. interested in the manufacture
of iron asking that further duties be imposed upon
the importation of foreign iron to sustain the
domestic manufacturer at the point Of full produc
ton.
BY Mr.. SCHENCK: The petition of James Ceve-
land, jr., and others of Williamsburg, New York.
for alteration in the tariff favorable to American
labor
BY Mr.. CABELL: The petition of the registers
and receivers of the State of Florida, asking add-
tional compensation for locating bounty land war
rants.
BY Mr.. TAYLOR: The petition of c. Oscar Ira
cy John Row. Charles A. NJ. Damarin, and one
hundred and ten others, praying Congress to
tabsh port Of entry at Portsmouth,, Ohio. Re-
terred to the Committee Commerce.
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U FFlC IA L.
[CopY.l

NATIONAL OBsERvAToRy, Dec. 20, 1850
Sin The planet discovered at Naples by A. de
Gasparis, the night of the I'd ut., was observed
here last night by MIR. Furgerson. Its apparent
place, corrected for refraction, as determined by
the mean of seven measurements upon the star
(5Ol Weisse) with the Filar Micrometer of the
large equatorial, was as follows:
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Supreme Court OF the United States.
MONDAY, January l3, 1851.

MONDAY, January 10, 1851.
Present the whole Court.
Samuel Judah, esq, of Indiana, was admitted an
attorney and counsellor of this Court
No 81. The United States, plaintiff in error u.s.
Jehiel Brooks ct al. The argument of this cause
was continued by Mr.. Walker for the defendant in
error, and concluded by Mr.. Attorney General for
the plaintiff in error.
Adjourned until to morrow, at | o'clock, A. M
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Distinguished Strangers.

Count FERDINAND DE LAsTEYRIE and fami-
ly, of France, and General HERRERA and son
of Chill, arrived in this city, on Friday, and
took lodgings at the Irving Hotel.
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DIALOGUE. Scene-State street. Enter Free
soiir and an Old Hunker' Democrat. Frees oii.r,
(exultingly) Well, have you heard from the
State. house, to-day' Do the Democrats and Free
golfers hang together yet"
Democrat, (gruiiy) Not yet. But if they
unite IN the election of Charles Sumner to the
United States Senate, hope they wiu,
Boston .IonnnnI
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TIE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION Law of New York
went into operation on the let instant. Itexempts
from sale on execution for debts, hereafter con-
tracted, the lot and buildings thereon occupied as
n residence, owned by the debtor, being a house.
holder and having family, TO the value Of 200.
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This planet also belongs to the family of Aste-
roids 1t is the thirteenth of the SERIES and its APP
pearance is that of star of the eleventh magni-
tude. Respectfully, &c,
(Signed) nj. F. MAURY.
Hon. WILLIAM A. GRAHAM,
Secretary Of the Navy.
P. s. Leverrier has named this planet Egeria
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GIOVANNI pI NAroLI is the name of a new opera
recently produced at New York. The musical
critic of the Tribune thinks it pleasant perform
ance, but mainly derived from other operas while
the censor OF the Courier and Enquirer does not co
incide altogether in this view, but says:
"No charge is more easily brought against a new
work than that of plagiarism. and it is naturally
enough thought to be the fault to which young
composer Is the most prone The world in general
seems unsatisfed unless composition be VIC.
lently original. But it should be remembered that
tne hrst works OF even the greatest and most crea-
tive minds, in all departments of art, have rarely
shown indications OF the popularity of their genius
Early efforts are almost always initiative and in
huenced by the previous training of their authors,
day"
The new opera is the production of Mr. SrRA-
kosH' The music oft is said to be purely Italian
in it's style, and all who have heard it admit il TO
be highly agreeable.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE Is.
NEW MEMBER


joins BRIsBIs, elected from the eleventh Congres
sional District Of Pennsylvania, to supply the Va
cancy occasioned by the death OF Chester Butler
Introduced by Mr.. WILhoT, and the SPEAKER
administered to him the oath to support the Congti
tuition of the United States.
Mr. PHOENIX inquired whether the motion
which he made on Monday last, to suspend the
rules to enable him to introduce resolution, was
not the first business in ordcrf and
The SPEAKER responded in the affirmative.
GENERAL APPROXIMATION MILLS.
Mr.. BAYLY chairman of the Committee Of
Ways and Means) asked the unanimous consent
Of the House TO introduce resolution, assigning
the special order Of the day Tor 90. morrow and
from day to day until disposed Of the bills making
appropriations for the support Of the military
academy, for the payment Of revolutionary and
other pensions, for the payment ol navy pensions
and for the support of the Indian Department, for
che year ending June 80, 1852. he begged the in
diligence to say that but forty-two working days
were before Congress, and, unless these JR should
be made the special order, all the appropriation
bills would be crowded into the last days ofthc scs.
sion, by which great deal Of mischief would be
done.
Mr. HALL inquired whether majority, in Com
mittee Of the Whole the state Of the uuion could
not take up these bills at any time.
The SPEAKER Unless prevented by special
order.
MIR. BAYLY Objection being made to the intro
ductlon OF the resoluiion) moved a suspension of
the rulcs for that purpose
The SPEAKER informed him that the motion
could not be made at that time
THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW.
Mr.. INGE called for the regular order Of bust.
Mr.. COBB. of Alabama, said that motion
which he made few days ago was still pending.
The SPEAKER stated that the gentleman had
moved 10 reconsider the vote by which the House
refused to suspend the rules, TO enable the gentle
man from Indiana (Mr. JULnN) TO present me
mortal against slavery generally, and asking for
repeal of the Fugitive Slave law. The motion Was
entered on the Journal Of Tuesday last. At that
time the Chair expressed his doubt az 70 whether
the motion could be entertained Having, in the
meantime, examined the question: lac now of
opinion that motion ~ reconsider vote by which
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The Hon. w. g. CRuMp, of San Antonio. has been
nominated by the western delegation, in the Legis.
ature OF Texas, as a candidate for Lieutenant Gov
ernor.
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The STEAMER ATLANTIC No tidings have vet
been received at New York of this steamer. now
sixteen days at sea- 1t is thought that she NAV
have run short of COAL and put into some neighbor
ing port The Franklin, with three days later
news than that of the Atlantic, will be due at New
York to-day,
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UNITED STATES HOTEL,
PHILADELPHIA, December, 1850.
Bt. Brig. Gen. U. S. Army,
Late Governor of California

WIN. l.. CHAPLIN (says he Albany Register
had public reception from his admirers, in the
Congregational church at Syracuse, on Monday
evening, the particulars whereof are duly set forth
in the Syracuse Journal His explanation respect
ing the offence with which he stands charged
rather surpasses that of the boy taken up for steal
ing turnips, who alleged that while he lay sleep
ing in the turnip field the turnips grep into his
pockets, and were thus found upon him.
"Mr stated that he had been engaged in bust
ness during the past four or five years. which had
made his residence at Washington city, during
portion OF that time, necessary, but he had never
been there Tor the purpose of giving his assistance to
slaves In their endcavors TO make their escape from
bondage. Naturally born and bred at the North
as he was, he had imbibed from his association in
lie strong nti-slavery feelings and sentiments
AT Washington he had never made a secret of this
and had there freely expressed his mind upon the
subject OF slavery The poor always, sooner on
later lind out their true friends and the slaves at
Washington were not long in discovering his feel
ings and sentiments in regard to slavery. Many
oil them had been in the habit of consulting him on
the various subjects, and especially in regard to
their rights and condition. In fact he had become
their received friend, as it we're.
Mr.. Z, related the incidents of his case taking
the view OF II which has been entertained and set
forth by his frcnds that he riding at night in
the District OF Columbia, the boundary line
between the District and the State of MARYLAND;
that two men met him on the road and made appli-
cation to ride in his carriage; that nc allowed them
TO get into his carriage; that after driving two or
three miles, his carriag &c was attacked by number
OF armed men that he knocked of the driyer's
seat OF the carriage, and that the and himself
were bound and conveyed TO prison.
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MysieAL.-'Td give almost any thing to hear
Oio Bull" said a down east lass to her lover.
wen, answered he, "dad's got an old brnde
chap, and you can hear him below at most apv
time" ~