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the effect, that efandee muat In future possess
an income Of at least $4,000 sterling q count,
marquis or baron, $4,000.
MARKETS.
LrvfRPooL, Jan. 23.-The demand for cotton
in the early part of the week was moderate; the
market somewhat depressed Prices were ir-
regular. On "Wednesday and SINCE large busi-
ness has been going forward, for the trade 70
we'll as for the export and speculation. The
market has assumed firmer tone, with a deter
minaton to hold out for small advance, owing
to Geographic adviees from Amerjea, quoting
higher prices and greater activity il the South
ern markets. The accounts received are up to
the 9th of January from New Orleans. The
amount Of sales to-day was 5000 bales, the
market closing firm.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 24-There is fair demand
this morning and the market is steady. Sales
Of Upland mddngs ut AZ; fair Cd. Mobile
mddngs4 A. ii l6; fair 3D.; New Orleans midi
ling "A. fair SD.
The Manchester market was inactive yester-
day.
The king is seriously and dangerously III.
GERMANY.
The Dutch shareholders OF the Bank of the
United States nave neiu HleetipB az Ahster'
dam, to press the American government to wind
up the affairs of that institution.
NEW YORK MARKET.
New York, Feb. 7.--Sales Of 1900 barrels
at $4,62a476; Indiana brands $4,75a4,S7; sales
Of rye, 1900 bushels at 75a76; corn-sales OF
5000 bushels Western at 90. Pork-saes OF
400 bbls, prime at $l3,62al4,l2 mess $sl5 rs
al5,75. Beef-sales Of 100 bbls beef hams at
ga Coffee--sales of 200 bags Rio at 74aSt
Sugar--sales of 200 bbls. Muscovado at 4fa44
Sales of 1000 bbls, Lnseed oil at 62i. There
has been no change in stocks to-day
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The new steamship Columbia will ply between
San Francisco and ports in Oregon, awaiting at
the former ports the arrival of the mails and pas
sengers from Panama, and returning without de-
lay with the mails and passengers for the steamer
from San Francisco.
A regular line of propeers will be kept up for
the transportation Of freight and transient passen-
gers between Panama and San Francisco.
The well-known steamship Sarah Sands,
800 tons burden, now under charter to the COM
pany, and peculiarly commodious in her cabin
arrangements, will be kept running as an extra
family boat.
connection between Acapulco and the other Mex
lean ports.
The connection in the Atlantic will jbe main
tanned by the United States mail steamships
Georgia. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 900 tons
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3U,3I6. ..Prizes amounting to. ,2O2 600 80
Tickets S20-Halves SlO-Qusrters Us.
Certificate of Package 26 Wholes ...... .S305O 0
Do do 20 Halves.... -. ITO 90
Do 26 Quarters. ....... .35 w
Do do 26 Eighths. ........7 500
rs All orders from a distance for Tickets, in
the above Splendid Schemes will be promptly filled
by return Mail Address
+. NORRIS e. CO., Managers.
JAM 81 BALTIMORE Md
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the effect. that erandse muat In future possess
An income Of at least $4,000 sterling; a count,
marquis or baron, f200O
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-03-19

The following are the leading facts Of this
important suit:
1. The Wheeling Bridge is nine,y.,wo feet
high, and has q clear span of one thousand and
ten feet, being built without piers.
2. The extreme floods in the Ohio, which
tho court allow 10 be connected 10 the cause, rise
thirty feet high. ,.
s. Boats with chmueys not exceeding sixty
feet in height, can pass under the bridge on The
highest floods recognized by the court.
4. There are seveR steamboats,, recently built,
which have raised their chimneys TO heights va.
rying from seventy 10 eighty feet, and which
cam the right to pass the bridge, in every stage
oil the water, without lowering their pipes.
s. To accommodate these seven boats, the
Supreme Court has decided that this structure,
which cost more than tieo hanered thousand dol.
lars, must be abated.
6. The plans Of the bridge were published
two years in advance of It's erection, and no
complaint or objection was made until after the
Bridge Company had expended their entire capi.
,al. CHARLES ELLET, Jr.,
Civil Engineer.
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Manufacture O(COrnDs.

The greatest comb mandatory in the world
is at Aberdeen, in Scotland: it is that Of Messrs.
Stewart, Rowell & Co. There are SO furEa.
ces lOl preparing horns aud toroise.shell Tor
the combs, and no less than 100 iron screw
presses are continually going, in stamping them.
Steam power is employed TO cut the combs, and
an engine Of fifty horse power is barely sufi-
cieul 10 do the work. The coarse combs are
stamped or cut out--two being cut 10 one
place al a time, by a machine invented in
England in 1923. The fine dressing combs,
aud all small tooth combs are cut BY fins circu.
lar saws, some so fine as TO cut 40 teeth to the
space Of one inch, and they revolve 5000 times
in minute. There are 1928 varieties of
combs made, and the aggregate number pro-
duced, Of all these different sort Of combs, nv.
erage upwards of 1000 gross weekly. or about
5000, 900 annually, quantity that, il laid 10.
geIhet lengihways, would extend about TOO
miles. The annual consumption OF OK horns is
about 10000; the annual consumption Of
hoo(s amount 10 4 900 600; the consumption Oi
torloise.she and buffalo horn, although not so
large, is correspondingly valuable; even The
waste, composed of orn.shavings and pairing oil
hoofs, which, from its niIrogenized compost.
lion, becomes a valuable material 10 the manu-.
(acture Of prussiate of potash, amoun's 10 $50
tons in the year, The broken combs in the vari'
Gus stages of manufacture average SO or 70
gross in a week; the very paper for packing
costs $4,000 year.
hoof undergoes eleven distinct operations
before it becomes finished comb. 10 this
great comb factory, there are 456 men and
boys employed, and l64 women-In all $50
hands. This company commenced business
twenty years ago, being much smaller than the
smallest works 10 England. By that deter
mined energy, perseverance,, and shrewdness
which is characteristic OF lha. people, they have
shot ahead OF all competitors ia Britain. There
is temperance society and library connect
ed with The works.-EG.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-03-19

The Supreme Court of Ohio, have decided
the question as to the legality Of prosecutions
under The law oc 1851, prohibiting the sale Of
intoxicating liquors. The following is The syla'
bus Of the report:
1. Tha, license TO keep a tavern granted
under the authority of The act granting licenses
AND regulating laverns passed June LIST, 1881
was a license according 10 the true intent aud
meaning Of said act, 10 retail liquors as well as
10 keep tavern.
2. That tho act 10 restrain the sale Of spir'
ituous liquors of March, 1851, did, by i's oper'
alton, repeal the act of June. 1881, so Tar as II
conferred the authority TO grant licenses in fu-
.ure to retail liquor, but did not by any express
Language revoke or amend the outstanding llcen'
ses which had been granted under the ACT oI
1881, aud had not expired al The Time the Tor
mer ac took effect.
3. That connected as The subject is with the
public policy and domestic regulations Of the
Stale, ihe Legislature had the power on the
ground Of projecting the health, morals, and
good order in community, TO revoke or provide
The mode Of revoking The unexpred licenses
grated under the act of 1891, but the exercise
of this power, without refunding the money OBJ
tanned for the license, would be an act Of bad
faith, aud as repeals by implication are not Ia
vored, and penal statutes are 10 be strictly con
srued. such an operation viii not be given &c
the law by mere implication, in the absence o
words directly and clearly expressive OF such
intention.
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The TariG-Mr. welch, of Ohio.

We clip the following from the telegraph
proceedings Of Congress, sOme days since
Mr.. Welch asked leave to Offer resolution
insrucling the commIIee of Ways and Means
to report bill fol altering the Tariff, so as to
substitute specific ad vaIOrem duties and discrim.
mate in favor Of American manufactures. Oh.
lection being made, and The suspension Of the
rules moved, The motion was rejectef- yeas SO,
nays 1903, IA party vote. y. Telegraph despatch,
Feb. 10, 1852.
We have seen frequen. reference to this idea
Of remodifcaiion of The Tariff, but, so far,
they all meet The fate Of the above. Mr.. WEIGH
is entitled TO the thanks Of the friends of true
American interests for his effort to get this mat.
ter before Congress. But the Loco(oco MAORI.
~ is too large, and The opposition TO protection
Omong the majority, out Of Pennsylvania, is too
much TO expect any oIher result than the above
We arc glad TO see several papers taking the
same ground we announced as advisable, aud
lha. is refuSe 10 assist The. Locoocs of Penn.
sylvania 10 get a tariff on their coal andiron un.
less they would promise TO extend The principle
of protection to other branches Of industry that
may need it just as much as pennsyISaGItiron.
do not help them to all they want, and thus en-.
able 10 stand and prosper so that they can con.
Iinus 10 choke down and destroy the prosperity
Of other branches Of business. Herald.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-03-19

~ AhsF the publication Of our Psper last
ueek. ss noticed in the Ohio Repository the
instrumentation Of BlRAA GnswoLD ESQ, 10
eonnse'ion wi,h CHAELEs ASDEAsON ESQ.,. for
Sena1oial Delegates 20 the National Conven.
tian. Having named Judge PEARcE in Ihe
'ssms connection In the Free Press, Pnd our pa.
per bearing dsie day or two luIer Ihan the Re.
posiiOry, 'be friends Of Mr. GriswOd may sup.
poss lhA We intended suPPlunIiOg him. The
high opinion entertained BY Us in common with
the Wigs ofCarrOll county. Tor the character
aud talents or that gentleman percludes any
such design. Had We been looking farther
north than our own county for suitable PersuH
FOr lhs, place. we are sure we should have found
no one more acceptble 70 the people here Than
Hiram Griswold ESQ. His well known sand
ING as a champion Of Whg principles, eminenr
y qualify him for the station.
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We clip lhs following from the Washington
Correspondence Of the Cleveland Herald, as an
spilons Of The doings Ol the National Legisla.
ture;
"whai has tho present Congress donei Il
has talked, is sill talking, and will continue 10
talk until It's termination. Not single act has
passed both Houses. Of national importance
Thus FAR the session he's been spent in Presi-
densial declamalion-in making speeches for
BuneOmbe. There has been a periodical res.
direction OF The CompFomiss Resolutions in the
Senate, but ss nobody is alarmed a. the dissolu.
ton Of the Union. the ''6nalIy" question is
made The occasion Tor the uuerance Of person.
al backguardism. The public lands have also
been, and are sIll the fruitful subject Of debate
Three or four weeks were spent upon The bill
making Land Warrants assignable, sometimes
assuming The form Of Bounty Land Bill. but
nothing has been accomplished. The Iowa
Railroad Bill in the Senate. and the Missouri
Ralruad bill in the House, have been debated,
amended, voted up and voted down, and The
present prospect as regards eIheT, is as much
mixed as ever. The National Homestead Bill
is another popular move. and in my opinion. as
JusA dhu uroTautc US u - POpuluI-AhlS OHt -
now being debated in the House. The object
Of Ihe bill is "Io encourage sg'culIure, com.
merce, manufactures and all other branches Of
industry" BY granting to every man who is the
head of family, and a citizen Of The United
StBIes, a Homestead of one hundred and sixty
acres Of land out Of The public domain, upon
the condition OF occupancy and cultivation for
a specified time. Now | am in favor Of this
process Of "geIIing rid" OF the public lands-l
"go in" for This mode Of voIing yourself farm.
| The public domain comprises over folueen
hundred millions Of acres, and what can add so
largely to the individual and aggregate wealth,
prosperity aud happiness OF the American peo.
pie, as the occupation and improvement Of these
millions Of ucres-Ihe conversion Of boundless
tracts Of wild, uncullvated, but lerIe lands in.
to well Tiled farms and happy homesteads.-
But this question, like all others. depends upon
''who shall be the next President" Floggiug
sailors aud mingling in European fights. are
subjects laid upon the table for The present, to
be called up when any aspirani suPposes he can
make Presidential capital by iI."
Very lue else will be done al this session oi
Congress, than talk about the "gratuitous dis.
,ribuIon" of the public domain, and make
Presidential speeches. The former will serve
TO occupy The time until the nominations are
made, and then nothing else will be done but
making long speeches in behalf of the candi.
dates for TWO or three months.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-03-19

ADVERTISING. The Boston Journal furnishes
a striking illustration Of ,he benefits Of liberal
and judcous advertising. 1t is from The cash
book Of s, s. Hough,on, dry goods dealer in
Boston. From Dec. II, 1851, to Jan. i2, 1852
his suies w.hou, advertising, were Sl,7l2 10,
an average Of s75 a day. Al The end of that
time he commenced advertising, and up to the
7.h OF February, expended one hundred dollars
in making his business known through the news
pOpers. A, that time, his sales had reached
81 900 O3, an average Of $3o4 35 day
There is very liule danger that man will give
up advertising.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-03-19
District AssessOrA

The Commissioners OF This county, on Tues
day lSs, divided The county into four districts,
and appointed as many assessors, whose duty il
w.ll be, &c The Law be not superseded.) to nP.
praise The real estate.
The districts are as follows:-
FirH-Bfown, Harrison aud Rose townships.
Second Orange, Perry, Monroe and Union.
Third-Loudon, Lee and Centre.
Founh--washiagson, Augusta, East and
Fox.
The Assessors are, John |. Blackburn, fBrOwp,
Amos Carr, Of o,ange; William Cameron Of
I,Oodon, and Jacob II. Pardee. Of Augusta very
good meu, all Of Ihsn.
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Meeting OF the Lay Members Of the : Z.
4. Church, Columbus.

Al meeIlng OF he laymea Of The NJ. Z.
Churches Of Columbus, held on Tuesday eve.
ming. March %, 10 the Town street Church,
The following report on The subjees Of lay repre-.
senla,iOn in the Conferences was Adopted almOsI
unanimously, as the sense Of The Ms.hOdisu Of
this city:
We the Undersigned, having been appointed a
cOmmuee. by a joint meeting Of The Official
members Of ihe NJ. E. Churches Of The city Of
Columbus, Ohio Conference, 10 call general
meeting Of the male members OF The NJ. z.
Churches Of said city, for the purpose Of con.
sidering the ciIeuIsf OF the members Of the n.
E. Churches Of Philadelphia, upon the subject
Of lay delegation, and also 10 prepare q report
for the consideration Of said meetings do respect.
fully submit The fplloWing-
Having carefully considered ihe kind and
Christian spirit OF the above named circular. the
earnest devotion 10 Melhodism which II eApres.
ses, and The wise and weighiy reasons which iS
urges for The changes sought; therefore,
|. Resolved, That We are heartily united
with the breIhreen Of Philadelphia in desiring
and seeking the peace and prosperity Of the NJ.
E. Church.
= heSOfUfdt nat win tnem we are eafneSts
ly devoted 10 the doctrines, aud 10 The episco.
pacy and ilineTan1 ministry Of our Church, and
that they shall, as heretofore, have our hearty
approval and support.
3. ResOlUed, That the government Of our
church has been, hitherto, wisely and Providen.
italy adapted to times aud circumstances, end
10 the purposes Of her institution.
4. RssOlUed. That times aud circumslanc
and The indications Of Providence. very plainly
seem to US to require such a change of our
church government as 10 admit lay repressn-
iatlon in the deiberatvs bodies Of The church.
S. ResOired, That We respectfully call tho
attention Of the members Of our churches 10 the
West 10 the Philadelphia circular, and also in-
viIe them to express their views 10 The General
Conference nPOn the sIbjecI Of lay representa-.
zion.
A. WCMBAUGH, WM. ARMSTRONG, Ch..
10 LAKIN, III. BOoIUN,
Committee.
On motion. the following resolution was
adopted
hssOired, That the papers Of this city be re.
guessed 10 publish The foregoing resolutions. and
that papers throughout the Stale be requested 10
copy the same.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-03-19

Some time since, Springer and Whiteman,
S. S. Boyle and John S. Kenneu, of this city,
received letters from man, signing himself
"Harkness," from Columbus, asking The prices
of alcohol, linseed, brandy, &C., which letIeEs
they answered, and by which their respective
signatures were oblained, On Monday afieF-
noon, about O'Clock, a young man considera.
bly, excited, entered Almy's Bank, on Third,
near Walnut street, and presented two notes at
the counter, payable sixty days after date, with
interest 10 The order Of John s. Kenneu-one
drawn by Springer & Whiteman and the other
by S. S. Boyle, each note calling for S98l IS.
and endorsed on the back with the name Of
Kenneu. Mr.. Almy, noticed the confusion Of
The young man, suspected that all was no, right,
and called on Springer & Whitman, who in.
stanlly pronounced the note 10 be a forgery
Mr.. Boyle did The same. Mr.. Kennet also de.
MED any transaction Ofihat kind. All returned
to the bank, and found The young man gone.-
The notes were again examined and pro-
nounced, with a few discrepancies, to be fac
simes Of their signatures. A number of our
business men examined the cOunterleils yestet.
day, aud remarked Iha. they would have ,akea
them on presentation. Our police were on the
alert night before last and yesterday for the for.
ger, but without success.-Cin. Com.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-03-19

or Tho heirs Of Louis Philippe, says the
Louisville Journal are preparing to take mea.
sures TO les, the legality Of Louis Napoleon's
decree con6scatiOg the Orleans property. II is
said they are to be aided by some of The most
eminenl lawyers in France, who have vOlun.
teered their services without fee or rewaTd.-
We do not know the character Of the iudges
before whom the question is TO be argued, but
if the power of Louis Napoleon is not cur.ailed
before decision is made supposiug The de.
cree to be illegal the judiciary Of FrHnce~will
be an honor 10 mankind If the heirs prevail. IL
was but shor. time ago that notary ofaPar.
is sent back TO London some obligation oi Lou.
is Napoleon, no. daring 10 proIesIil. A Judge
would require the boldness and Independence
oflhe English Chief Justice, who imprisoned
Prince Hall, TO decide against Louis Napoleon.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-03-19
New York Railroads.

The annual report on railroads has been sent
10 the Legislature by the State Engineer, from
which il appears that the amount expended for
their construction up to September S0Ih, 1851,
had been $73, ,029 ,554, of which $685. ,757
were expended within the year then brought to
close. The total stock paid in was $41 $780,.
600; receipts, $6,900,0 900; and dividends, Sl,-
$4,000. The length of railroads in use on.
September 30Ih was l,7t6 miles, Of 422 had
been opened for travel during the year. All
but six companies have made a return Of casu.
alnies-90 persons killed, Al injured. The
number Of passengers carried was eight mil.
lions, Of which the Harlem Railroad carried
s,l730OO. The greatest movemen, of passen-
gers, however, was on the Erie Railroad, on
which SO 29l9000 were carried one mile. On
the Rochester and Syracuse Railroad this
movement amounted to 81. 5I9 SO8; onthe New
York and New Haven 10 80 393, 236. and on
the New York and Harlem "a 5955Is. The
greatest quantity Of freight is conveyed over the
New York and Erie Railroad, namely: 25O,.
096 tons, of which about one.IhTd was carried
TO The West. The total movement amounted
to 36,970,490 tons carried one me.-Nats
InteIigencer.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-03-19
sauain's Mngnzlme.

This beautiful mooIhly for April is before
ihs Editor, and he docs no. hesitate TO pro.
uouRce ia "goOd ,hing." Il is embelIished
with one Of lhe finest land wa.er-moOn--
sesre eDgayines he has ever seen. Any one
~he ,ubscFibes GoE il will feel him o, herself
we'll repaid at The end Of the year.
Read advertisement. 10 another column, head.
.sdt'Lusher aad his Adherons." =
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-03-19

GRANTS OF LAND TO RAILROAD COMPANIES
There are thirty.one railroad projects in the
West and South asking of Congress the grants
of sections Of the public lands. These thirty
one railroads measure upwards Of eigh! thou
sand three hundred miles in extent, II they
could all receive alternate sections OF land SIX
miles in depth on either side Of the track ol
each road, The aggregate number Of acres would
be upward Of thirty millions. AIolerable largt
DaIch Of Uucle Sans territory.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-03-19

Willis VS.. FoRREsT. Willis has recovered
81, 500 Of Forres. for The cowardly assault which
the latter committed on him. The greu. Ame'
rican Tragedian will loose confidence in law,
and question the beDe6" Of Magma Chartu,
so Far as Jury trial is concerned.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-03-19

IMPORTANT IF TRSE.--Leuers from Paris state
that The British government has officially inform.
ed the French government that the moment a
French soldier is seq, across ,lle Belgian terri
tory, the ciay Of Antwerp. and the forts on the
Scheldt will be be occupied with an English
army Of zen thousand men. !,
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-03-19

TRANSPORTATION OF CATTLE.-For several
weeks past, large numbers Of full blooded cattle
have been transported from New York via. rail-
road to This city, imported from England for the
Western and Southern graziers. To-day lot
of fourteen head will arrive by the L. M. R. R.,
destined 10 Kentucky. The transportation by
railroad, including The saving Of time and the
wear and tear Of the cattle, is much cheaper
than driving. g.-Cin. Atlas.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-03-19

or perQuisiles. This vas decided out Of order.
Mr.. MORRISON then moved that the Office OF
Governor be leI out 70 lhe lowesi bidder. This
was also out Of order. I he Democracy could
DOT sgree upon uuy thing. and spent The eusire
aheruoon 10 a iTuiless eifou An sdiuurn-
men' vas the only thing left, aud 50 they ad.
jouTned. Stale Journal, I2fh.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-03-19

The new decree OfLouis Napoleon respecting
the press in France, is the mos. unmhga,ed acI
Of tyranny ,ha. has YET been perpe'raled by that
usurper. Every newspaper press in France
may be suspended, trial or no trial, by single
stroke oil bis pen.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-03-19

The MoRMoNs. by The late arrivals a. Now
York, information has been received that The
Mormon's N Salt Lake, have placed themselves
in position hostile to the U. S. Government,
and are erecting for,ifcaIions in their territory.
ono report is ,ha. they intend to set up sePe-
rate and independent government.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-03-19

or The late Democratic State convention i'm
Indiana resolved very solemnly that the Demo.
crals are not in favor of union Of church and
State.
Is there not some mistake about this resOlu-
Iion We think it very incomplete, for is
should also have slated that the Democracy are
10. 10 favor OF the cholera and smallpox. Peo.
Pile would not lhen suspect ,ha, they are 10 savos
Of lhose Pes.ilencss. LOsk Jour.