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the person offering TO furnish any such class at
the lowest price Equality consldered) will receive
contract for the same, on executing bond, with
Two more sureties satisfactory 10 the Secretary
Of the Senate, for the performance thereof, under
forfeiture of twice the contract price In case o
failure, which bond is to be filed in the Office Of the
said Secretary within ten days afler The proposals.
have been accepted.
II any article contracted for should not be de-
livered within the time stipulated, or should be
inferior IN any respect TO the sample, the bond
of the contractor will be put in suit
Proposals should be endorsed Proposals for
Secretary of the Senate al Washington.
Proposals aud specimens must be delivered at
the office free of charge.
ASBURY DICKENS,
Ap 24--td Secretary of the Senate
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BUFFALO, May 10.

The break in the Wabash canal will not be
repaired under two weeks, which will diminish
the receipts Of grain.
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NEw ORLEANS. May l8.

The Cambria's news has unsettled our mar
ket. Sales Of 1900 hiddling cotton at Sc.
The steamer Winfield Scott sailed for New
York On the 10th, with large number OF pas
sen. era.
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The boiler in Myers steam mill exploded
this morning. killing the engineer.
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UNITED STATES MAIL STEAMSHIP co.
RATES OF FIRE REDUCED
THE ONLY THROUGH LINE roR
CALIFORNIA AND OREGON, VIA IIA-
VANA AND CHAGRES.
Oh. Monday, May II, at 3 o'clock,
The splendid double-engne Steamship
GEOR GI.A,
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THREE THOUSAND TONS BURDEN

ID. D. PORTER, u. States Navy, Commander,
Wal sail precisely at three clock, p. M, from
her pier at the foot Of Warren street, N. r., for
Chagres, with the Government Mails for Califor-
MIA and Oregon, connecting with the favorite
United States Mail Steamship TENN ESSEE, to
leave Panama about June LIST.
For passage, apply at the Office, 81 and SIS
South street, or at TT West street, N. r.
Nav Std
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By the act approved June II, l644, the Secre-
tary Of the Senate is " directed to confne his pur-
chases exclusively to articles Of the growth and
manufacture of the United States provided the
snme can be procured Of such growth and manu-
fscture Of suitable quality and at reasonable prices,
upon ms good terms 10 quality and price as can
be obtained Of foreign growth and manufacture -
A preference will therefore be given to the pro-
ductions of American 'ndustrvi and all persons
making proposals to supply any article will state
whether the same is Of the growth and manufhc-
ture Of the United States.
The articles must be delivered at the Office Of
the Secretary Of the Senate at Washington, free OF
any charge for carriage, on or before the first Of
October next,
Ersry article mma be Of The re7y best quality, nm
less inferior article is called for.
A sufficient specimen Of each article proposed
for (of paper half qure, and Of envelopes 25)
is to accompany the proposal, and to be marked
with the name Of the proposer, and the price Of
the article. The whole Of each article specified
in tbs foregoing list will be deemed class; and
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factories at different places within recently pur-
chased territory. One Of these places was the
famous New Cess, which had long been noted
ns one Of the principal slave marts on the wind
ward coast With the aid generously afforded
bv the French war steamer Espedon, this cstab
lishment WAS taken by the Liberan forces, and
entirely broken up. All the property belonging
to the traders, who had prepared for the most
determined resistance. was destroyed, and forty
slaves recaptured and set at liberty.
In forming treaties with the native tribes, the
Iiberian authorities have uniformly required a
solemn written stipulation, prohibiting the par
ties from engaging in the slave trade, in any
form. or under any circumstances whatever
More than forty such treaties have been made
and, in this way, many Of the tribes in the lnte-
rior, who were formerly engaged in it, have been
induced to abandon the trade altogether.
The proundIessness, M well as the reckless
character Of the charge made by Lieutenant
Forbes, viii be apparent from reference to the
existing constitution and laws Of the republic
of Liberia. The fourth section Of the first mr.
ticle of the constitution reads thus There
shall be no slavery within this republic Nor
shall any citizen Of this republic, or any person
resident therein, deal in slaves, either within or
without this republic, directly or indirectly"
And at the first session Of the legislature, after
the adoption of the constitution, an act was
passed, declaring the slave trade equivalent to
PIRACY, and providing that any person who shall
engage in "building, fitting ont, equipping, load
ing, or otherwise preparing or sending away any
weasel, knowing, or intending that she shall be
EMPLOYED in such trade, or any way aiding or
abettinr therein, shall be deemed guilty of pi-
racy, and shall suf1er such pnins and penalties
4 4 II t. h. r.
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Executive Committee Of The American Colonial
tion Society.
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M0rdsCNre. Hard.ras.e.

'hE subscriber would respectfully inform hi. customers, and the public generally, that he has i-criSed, per steamer Exchange and Dispatch. the .eest and beet selected stock of Hardware. ever
 aefsd 1o 'his Insrket-ennsistIng, in part, o( the olio~lng:
 Black smith Bellows, Anvils, Vices, Sledse and AaI hAmmeis, Hose Shoes and Nails.
 50 doIea common Knives and Forks: g dozen
 'o'y handled toalanee) do; Poe get, Pea. and desk Aose.: Sdozea superior Razofs (Wa,ie X Batch. 'I' R'Ssrs' shears. Scissors. and gsnt's pock k,i ,'"or', Britannia, German Silver and Iron S,e.ls
 emeing Knives. ''
 s'o' s'h'' n'Hts aud per. gun locks; qua worms,
 r "'prfs, powder hasks. pistol do, oil linds. shot
 '1' and pouches, game bags, 6.h hooks and lines.
 ,-S'.f aasGs' gun nipples. water proof per. caps,
 a'l supply Of Pad-Ioek., rim aO mort. do. cot ''e'e eio>vt English store doi,,o, and nla,e lorLs 'll4'e laiehes, screws. butts and hinges. bras, ces''ni DaSis', "ksntacky" and Simmons, axes 1l HA eAss, hand ditio, Collins I to., shin lins
 1nr'' An. lAth ditto, claw ditto, hammers ol ai
 l,oa squares, C. s. Socket and 6rme, eh;..,. . and h'nges, single and double bench pl.ne. . o''s' hand saws,--Afass, shoe and com taeks ssaFes, hssss screw rings, sewing and neg. s,n snrtup irons. hooks, ,aIiors and Ger stuS'e fciu snaps, Spf iOk haiAn-
 eS iaPet, mill saws, % cut saS. flies. ho,.. .,, NC; e'ass aud Jap't. candle sticks, snutf.,s KY ana horse nane eVmhs, cotton cards. wool ao ,,,.s & a"' as'd bang borers, shovel and d'tonss. sa 1 "rehches, knitting rms. h sns' shoe orushes. paint msrking and c,umb sa ,.,s ~ash brushes. cloth. .shair, and shaving t .oo's and hesh do.. eounler do. ,;. eu and stop cocks. nolas,e. gates. sna,, e,-
 .,. ,1ns'' cotton lines and ropr, p.neil.poia,, ., k. 1 lead pencils, violin strings, sA.yisr hox.
 , s,S ,a steel hoes polished traces and log chain. 'rv.i, n eha'ns, Pisst-ring. brick, and poin,,nc E,r,.. eeavers, ship scrapers, brass handled snS s,tssso @ Hea Ire isoas, sheep saeass, e. s. saxs
 ,a s, ILh'.ss, shoe ds.. fsy pans, sheet ironIAnd soo., seu,es. grid iroas, fazos s,rops, cotton scE.,. aai.A rope. states. drawing -kaives. nut sS ,s S Nc Ne. which. having reera,ly pareh.s. sus, we" York, enables han io seli,atix.s ,aba.. JOHN D. ADAMS. Ian, p LsEsr SxsaAbsaf Lsadisx. Dte ", isSo- IS
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ChroHelegy.

Archbishop Usher fixed the Creation of the world at iVo4 years before Christ. The English Bible puts thEs calculation in is margin Bat the Rev. DE. Haies. an efnineBt Christian divine, en- natnerates al leas, f2o different accounts. with difference between the shortest and longest date. oi no ieSs than 526S yrsIs- Tue Samaritan Pen tate neh places tlie creation B.C. 4700 The Sep sssgint E. C. ss12; Josephus, s6ss; scaliser, 5e51; Dr. Hales. 5all; 0ngen, who wrote in A. ID. 2So, 1850; Luther resinced It to 396i.
 The date of tue Deiuge is ss sarious by differ eat authorities The Septuagint places 1t before ChrSt 52is years; the English Bible at z3as; Jo- sePhus, 5iS6; aad Dr. Haies, 3i55. The Egyp- tan an;iqnsfes iasisi upon at least 30O0 years be- lore the Christian Era, for the dates of the Pyra- mids and other monuments of that anclent people.
 As chronology ls a question of science merely. and strictly, il IS open to discussion and amend ment. The old Egyptian Chronicles, if they re- ally are Chfonscles, claim the space of 36, ,s25 yeaEs Tor the relgEs of ther Kings, up to the year $50 before Christ. And the Chinese make pre- tension to about as old government. But these sxirsvasances seem to be either mythical or fab ioaA The world s not young, certainly, but il ,s not old enough yet to know its own age.
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Aisplaeed Confidence.

Jones IS in general good husband and domes- tic man. Occasionally, however, his conviviaI tastes betray him into excesses which have subec- ted hlm more than once to the discipline of Mrx. Jones. few nights since he was invited to par hcipate' with few friends at Florenee's by way ! of celebrating piece of good luck which had be. fallen one of hls neghbofs. He did participate: < and, to hss utter astonishment, when he rose to take his leave, at the "wee short hour ayont the twa, he found the largest brick in his hat he ever saw Indeed. he was heard to remark soiiloquentiy' 'l think, Mir. Jones, you we're quite SD tight befoEe.''
 He reached his home finally, but by route which was anything but the shortest distance be. tween two points; not. however, without having experienced very considerable anxiety about the reception which waited hisn rum Mrs. Jones. He was m luck that night was Mir Jones. barring sl- ways his primal transgression; he got into hts house. found his way into hIs chamber without waking a creature, not even a mouse" After closing his door. he cautiously paused, to gve thanks for the ''coascisGee undecided which secured to Mrs Jones the sound and refreshing slumbe,s, which had prevented her taking notice of his arriyal- Beng satished that all was right. he proceeded to remove hls Iniegumen,s with as much dispatch and quiet as circumstances would permit, and in course of time sought the vacant place beside his slurp- berIng eoasort- After resting a moment and con gratulating himself that he vas ia bed and ina. his wife did not know how long he had been theY, 1t occurred to him that if be did not change his positioa Mrs. Jones might detect from his breath that he had been induiging. To prevent such catastrophe, he resolved 10 tarn over. He had about half accomplished his parpse--we are now obliged 10 use the ldomatic language of Mr. Jones hiulself. from whom receive this chapter of his domestic tials-s when MrS- Jones riz night up ia the bed and sad she. in that seraped the marrow sii out oi my bones, said she, Jones, you needn't turn over. you're dr ink clean throagh.~
 IN. F. Euesiag Psss.
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Life Is Real.
sr H. W. LoSGvrrLow.

Tell me not, in mournfuI numbers, life IS but an empty dreaml For the soul ig dead that slumber, And things are not what they seem. Life is reall Life is earnestt
 And the grave IS not it's goal Dust thou at, to dust returncst, Was not written of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end, and way; But to act, that each tomorrow Find us farther than today. Art is long, and time is feeting, And our hearts. though stout and brave, Still, like muffied drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. Tn the worlds broad field of battle, In the bivoaac Of life Be not like dumb. driven cattlei Be hero in the strife! Trust not future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead past bary it's dead! Act '-act lp living present!
 Heart within, and God o'eThead. Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time. Footsteps, that perhaps another Sailing OCT hfe's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing. shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing,
 With heart for any fate, Still achieving, still pursuing,
 Learn to labor, and to wait
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From be St. Louis Tisses. Dreadful EighteeR or Twen, Persons Killed and Wounded.

[From dAe s. Louis Tisses
 Dreadful Explosion-Eighteea or Twenty
 Persons Killed and Wounded.
 Yesterday morning few minutes before twelve o'clock, our citizens were astounded by a deaf ening report, resembling the discharge of heavy piece of artillery. On hastening in the direction whence the report emanated, 1t was soon ascer- tained that one of the boilers of the steam ferry boat lying at the foot of Spruce street had explo ded, and that number of persons had been hur- red into eternity. On going on board the boat, an awful Sght presented itself The larboard boiler lay on the deck forward, fattened out like sheet of paper. The starboard boiler had been blown on the right hand guard, bnrying beneath it a horse, the rider of which was killed. Forward on the deck were the mangled bodies of four persons, three men and boy, so blackened and dishgured that they could not for some time be recognized. On the after part of the boat were the bodies of man and two boys, ali three very much mangled. About half way between the boat and the side walk of the levee, the mangled body of William Benson, the first engineer. was picked up, and further on, the body of K. Harding, noulder- Henson was alive when found, but soon expired. On board the boat of the seven persons lying pros trate on the deck, only one was alive, and he died before he could be removed. The entire upper works of the boat, forward of the wheel, were blown to atoms
 Not a Fessage of the cabin or of the engine loom renamed except a heap of rdobSh. The deck under the boilers was blown into the hold, and fragment of some of the machinery was blown through he bottom of the boat So dreadful was the explosion, that the leyee, for some distance, was covered with fragments of the wreck. and portion of one of the pipes weighing perhaps q hundred pounds, was blown across the leyee, and broke in the weather boarding of Dr. Atwood's office.
 As to the cause of the explosion, little as yet is certainly known, nearly ali the officers aud crew were killed. IL is reported, however that when Mr. Benson. the frst engineer, came on ta; boat, which had rung her last bell and was cast. ing Of to depart, he called to Nr, Tradley, and told him to start the "doctoT." Mr. T. complied. and al the first injection Of cold water in the boilers, the explosion occurred. We also learn. on good authority, that practical river-man sit ting m Frink & Walkers office, conner of Chesnut and Fourth streets. exclaimed, when startled by the explosion--" That's the ferry boat St Louis: l told tAesa this morning they'd blow up; they were carrying steam enough fdr New Orleans boat"
 The above are all the facts we have been able to etnbody in relation to this serous disaster.- Days must pass over before the entire number of the killed can be ascertaIned.
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rsssg~ss.s-a's-~sEl Elzzsvxxs Fehe 98s~RsM
 The Europa, wisA sasayxsne pannsmRass, hns as- rived. She 6Einp LivsrPoui aNtss af Rshy. aA
 The Atlantic has been lowed ts kivsspnoa fos repaR.
 The ssade and revenue aotsl ~krG llAsss sntashc- tory than heFetssose. and K is isexpscssd fAat many obnoxious taxes will be repealed. tes
 Semi- i-oficiai advicos fran DFesden, state thai with the sanction of Russia Austria. and Prussia. agreement will be entered into rseonxlltute the Central German Powers, each nation nking the The attention cs the Bagfisa people k ehseay occupied by the exciting debate progressing i Par lament relative to the papai afrsxiUnE; and after four nights continuous debate, Lord John Russell has gained permission to introduce his biil of pains penalties, by majority of 9S2.
 Tt is confidently stated that the Duchess of Kent. the Queens mother and the Duchess of S0uther. land. the Queens lady In waiting, and the fieheSs heiress in England. are on the eve of becoming members of the Catholic church.
 On motion of DIsraell, inviting principles of free trade, the government unly eaETinA their point by majority of if in an hour.
 Most of the Irish members who heretofore sus tained the ministry, deserted them and voted with Disraeli. The protectionists arc greatly ela,ed with their prospects. s..s4 isss
 The donation has been lost in the French assem-, ply by majority of i02. The breach between Napoleon and the Assembly appears to be every day becoming wider It is now psoposed to or gahize national subscription. to relieve tlm Pre-. sidcnt from hs embarrasameuts
 The President s deeply touched with the nu- merous efforts made to organiae a national sub. scnption. and he thanks all those who have en- tertained that thought, which s an imposing mani testaton Of sympathy and approbation Eor the con duct of the President; but he deems it his duty to sacrifice a personal satisfaction b the repose of the country. He knows that tAe people will render him justice, and that $ satiafaclon enough to him.
 The President tAereiOes deeKmz sfl siSsusip. ton, however spontaneous and national ta char actes may be. r 9fIGe&S
 The MoniieuF publishes decree that census shall b6 taken of the population of France. II further announces that bsitish force has hl0cka- ded the port of L Union, in San Salvatore.
 A LFvxnsool, Feb. IS.
 CorTos.-Sales of the week wess A, ,yO0, bales at prices from to id decline. We quote mid ding qualities at ad for Up and ! 3-sd fcr Or leans, and : Id for Mobile. The sales on Friday were 4.oO9 bales, and the market el0sed with less pressure to sell.
 PRovrsloss.-The market has been more active, and old and new had advanced frezn | tD Ss.
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Armr nnd NnrY Offlccrs.

It appears from a statement published in the Union, that the only naval officer ever heretofore elected to the United States Senate, was the Hon. Louis MeLane, who resigned midshipman in 1902 and, was Senator from Delaware from 1927 10 1929. Com. Stockton is, therefore, the second naval officer elected to theSenate. The army has been more fortunate-no less than 42 officers hay ing been chosen United States Senators, of whom ten are now in the Senate.
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Gr At San Jose. California, last year. John M. Homer ralsed on one hundred and fifty acres. po- tatoes. onions, cabbages and pumpkins. which he sold for s2ll 500. His onions brought 40 cents a pound, cahbages 40 cents a head. He intends to cultivate eight hundred acres this year. He has imported ten miles of iron fence, which cost de- hvered, ten thousand six hundred dollars
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Rl PaAa.

The Republic gives long and interesting ae- count Of the movements of the Boundary Com mission. Three years will probably be spsnt in making the boundary. We copy this description of the country around the celebrated Paas.
 "The region about Fl Paso Is a natural vine yard. The grapes, whether fresh or iried, ere de leious. and the wine they produce, when managed with care, IS very fine. Peaches, peam, and other fruits, grow abundantly and are of good quality but the necessafies of life are by no means plentiful. The soil. though good, is only prolific when irrigated iron the nyeE. The ex- pense of living may be guessed at when it is un- derstood that much of what Is consumed m brought from the coast at an expense of frDm thirteen to fifteen cents per pound The trade of the town IS with Santa Fe, Chihuahua, and the United States via San Antonio.
 The company of the Commissioner, including teamsters, seryanfs etc., numbers considerably more than hundred persons. While awaiting the preliminary arrangements, they have been divided some of them dwelling at Fl Paao. otaem af So caro- twenty-four miles distant, and others at E- azarro, thirty miles distant.
 "The population of El Paso is about six thou sand. The mixture of Indian and white blood IA very general, though there are not wanting families of pure Castilian blood. The members of the nved much pleasure from tken intercourse with the inhabitants"
 It is three hundred miles from Fl Paso to San Antonio, and one hundred and fifty miles from this last to the Gulf The journey from San An tono 10 the Pass ls dangerous on accout of the Indians. The Government trains usually consist of fifty to one hundred mule wagons. Mir Sand. ford, bearer Of dispatches, was forty-eight days from Ei Psso to Washington City.
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IT On Friday evening, the Fist ultimo. at Phils, delphia, a very respectable and rich merchant was held to bail in the sum of slO0o, having been de- tected in delicate situation with a married wo- man, in Spring Garden. Both parties have here tofore borne an unblemshed reputation. The lady is young Italian. and it was at the instance
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Gems of Aboliiiea EIeansnss.

At the abolition meeting in Springfield on Tues. day, as learn from the Republican, after sn egotistcal speech frosn Mr. George ThmnpsoH. Mi : Ednnnd Quincy said among other things, that Il was no thanks io the Constitution, but to thop.. who trampled it under fool, that no fugitive slave had beea sent back from New England.
 Nr. Wendell Phillips aasocated disanion. and boldly syowed his intention to let nothing stand m the way of emancipation. lie also said that if ever mother deserved to be sent into slavery. it was the mother of Rev. DE. Dewey, for hayIug conceived such c monster.
 A main part of Mir. Thompson's ssmarks was an sttack upon the Republican, and abuse of iis edi. tpns. He said certain periodicals could be traced. hke any other ven0mous Ftptiles by the slime they leave behind them. The Republican editos was called ''ssoral assassin. inAang the very spirit of malignity."
 The editor Of the Republican, who b . gentle man of well known integrity end honoe. ana who considers well hs words ere he utfefs them. pro nonnces Mir. Thompson "a coward and baack- guard" and adds: We state what we regard a. q simple sastter of fact We utter 1t in 10 way but as a matiss of settled coss-iction. We have previously been inclined to regard him a misled man of generous iE4pulses. We regard hin, as such no longer. Ills whole performance oa Tnes- day ls summed up in the words egotism and black guardian. Our honest advice to Mir Th0mpson ls to go home. if he . ambitious of playing the re- former. ."-Bestes Trmscrips.,
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JOB PRINTING.

The proprietor of the Arkansas Banner, re- '7.c;aliy informs the public that he is prepared to .I.esie every description ef Jos WoRK, with neat. ,s and dispatch, and at as l01 TGtss as any office the State-such as
 sssks, Pamphlets, Hand Bills, Steamboat
 Bills, Posters, Bills of Lading, Bill
 Heads, Horse Bills, Labels,
 Cards, Receipts, &c.
 Also constantly on hand, Blank Notes, citrk's. SheriHys, gustice's asa Constable's Blanks of every kind, BIank Deeds of cons Teyauee, Sc, which will be sold cheap foE ( ash or city acceptance, and will be sent sv nail to any part of the state, if freqaired.