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the forged Instrument made, but must be tried il
TIE County where the publication occurred Tnat Of
fepae ia trable where an ofense is consummated is
undoubtedly true, as in the cited where poi.
sorous drug was with intent to destroy lfe Enclosed
by letter from State TO party in another, andthere
produced death and where person side Of the
diviopg line Of two States with intent to murder fired
gun. killing another in the adjoining State But the
application of the law governing these does not
control In the case under consideration, and for the
reason that In the former the of killing and not the
Let of providing the loading and dischargng the
gun preparing and sending the drug) constitutes the
/ ofense while In the latter the act Of provld-
ing the mesns, QorglDg the papersD and not the act
ofdefrsudipr the complainant makes the crime and the
o. to be found Is not where the fraud waS perpetrAte
! but where the fraudulent papers were made. Toe
crime of forgery lie fined 10 the false makng and 10
complete the moment the forged paper Is complete.
The utterpg of fictitious instrument for the purposes
of fraud proves nothing absolutely consliere5) as to
! the place where II made, but is evidence only
Of the intent with which 1t created publication
GOES solely to estab ish the corpus dee and not II
locate the place Of the ohenss. That these paperi
we've uttered in the Repubi, Of New Grenada
,bsre Is 10 doubt, and that an inference that they
were made there follows that they we're made there
If nothing is shown the contrary,is equally true bu
the Intrinsic evidence upon the face of the letters them
selves does not permit any such presumption as mat
ter Of law and foFbids all such inference as mattel
Of fact That they were not made where they wer'
uttered, but were forged In the City of Newiork, Il
expressed by the letters They purpot not only tohav
been dated written, ard su5scribed in NeWYork but
have been addressed to The defendant 10 shs CitN
presumption rising from their fce strengthened by to
iacs that Hamilton al the time OF their da.e In New
YoIE ths, he about out for Panama v,h larg
number Of passengers, more than three hundred, W.T.
through tickets for San Francisco and a the seqlC
on the lsthmus showed was without any shp on III
Pacific snd defcien, In TO the amount Of e. 90
TO supply which these letters were rnade) y carr
them through from Panama 10 San Franc go. III
Hamilton had others connected with him In Nsw.YOr
IN this passage business enterprise Of whom
compsni,d bin 70 Panama, and these letters have ev
depty been written BY different hands palhsps bsi,r
lie left NewYork, PEI baps sterxerd, sad forwarded
him. II Ia enough iOr the present inquiry, u lear
picre they were msteb whom may hereafter be COZ
sdcIe6.
with respect 10 the proportion that these papers ar
snot the subjects forgery, merely Written fl'e pn
lenses, Il is enough say that In my judgment t8ey ar
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a NEW IDEA IN AGRICULTURE--The steward
on board a United States steamer, in the Gulf.
has produced several crops of excellent potatoes
by the following mode of cultivation:
lie procured a common "crockery crate" a
bundle OF straw, and II few eyes Of the potato,
and went to work farming it on board ship
The process for cultivating them is this Fill
your crate with alternate layers of straw and
the eyes OF the potato, commencing at the
bottom with layer of about six inches in depth
OF straw. and then layer Of the eyes-the eyes
being placed about two inches apart over the
surface of the straw--then another LAYER of
straw on the top Keep the straw always
moist, and in about two months you will have
about fourteen dollars worth of sound. good
potatoes of the first water"
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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
SENATE.
WEDNESDAY, July Z, 1852.


Mr.. SHIEL Dis, from the Committee on Mill
iary Affairs, reported back the bill to provide for
the protection of the territories Of New Mexico
and Oregon, and the States Of Texas and Califor-
ma, with an amendment
Mr.. BRADBURY, from the Committee on the
Judiciary, reported adversely on the memorial Of
c!uzens OF California praying change in the
time OF choosing the Presidential electors in that
State The committee were Of opinion that anv
change in regard to that subject should be done
by general law, and that it was inexpedient to
change the general law upon the subject.
Mr.. DODGE, Of Iowa, in pursuance of pre-
vous notice, introduced joint resolution to pur-
! chase the half-breed tract on Lake Pepin, in Min
nesota territory, which was read and passed to a
second reading.
Mr.. CI.EMENS, agreeable to the notice which
he gave on yesterday, introduced Joint resoiu-
ton In relation to the public printing; which was
read and passed to a second reading.
On motion Of Mr.. FELCH, the Senate took up
the bill to establish subdivisional lines. and cor
ners of certain lands in Alabama, and ordered the
same to engrossment.
On motion of Mr.. DAVIS, the Senate proceed
ed to the consideration Of the bill to amend an
act entitled, !" An act to provide for the better
security Of the lives Of passengers on board of
vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam.
Mr.. DAVIS addressed the Senate, presenting a
variety OF interesting statistics in regard to the
steam navigation Of the United States, from its
commencement up to the present time-the whole
number of steamers built, the number destroyed
by explosions, snags, fires, &C., the number Of
passengers carried, the number Of lives lost, and
the amount ofproperty destroyed also with re-
gard to the various causes of steamboat disasters.
Mr. DAVIS then offered vast number of
amendments, which were agreed to in committee.
Mr.. BRADBURY moved several amendments,
which were also agreed to-
Mr. GEYER proposed large number of amend
ments which were also agreed to.
The bill, as amended, was then reported to the
Senate, and ordered to be printed
On motion the Senate adjourned
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I Ell E CIR APHIC.
PHILADEIPprA Julv Tax.

PHILADELPHIA, July 7, 1852.
The Native American party are firing a salute
of one hundred gunp, in honor If the nomina.
ton of Webster and Was hington Mr. Web
ster passed through this city this afternoon,
and the nomination was rendered him. He is
reported to have said he would stand the fire.
CLEAvELAND, July 7, 1861
Mr.. Clay's remains reached here about noon.
There was every demonstration of respect
The body WAS met by committees from Colum-
bus, Cincinnati and Kentucky. They left here
in the one o'clock train.
ST. Louis, July Z, 1852,
party from Santa Fe reached Kansas on
Saturday with the remains Of Governor Calhoun.
The burial took place there With masonic
honors.
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SHIPMENT OF COOLIES FROM CHrNA-It seems
the practice of shipping coolies from China to
Peru has lately sprung up. The Friend Of
China condemns it in severe terms as cruel, and
virtually reducing the Chinese to slavery. A
writer in the China Mail, of the 18th of March,
replies sharply, and in the course of his article
speaks as follows on the subject Of the ship.
ment of coolies to South America;
ut is admitted that the population at Peru is
80 thin that labor is required. China is over
populated. Now, those aborers who are ship.
ped 10 Peru, could with difficulty earn at home
from one dollar to one dollar and half per
month, while where they are sent they receive
four dcllars--are found and provided with good
lodgings and sufficient supply of wholesome
food, and shall in sickness not arising from
misconduct, be provided with medical attend.
ance and medicines. They have seven dollars
worth of clothes; and are each, on being put
on board, allowed one dollars worth of cash :;
and by agreement they are maintained on arrival
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
"HDNhsDAF' July z, 1907.
The journal of yesterday having been read.

EDNhSDAf, July 4, 1907.
The journal of yesterday having been read
POST ROADS.
The House resumed the consideration of Sen.
ate joint resolution to establish certain most roads,
the question being on the amendment Of Mr.. Srv-
ART, to declare all public highways post routes.
Mr.. STUART added to his am endment clause
providing that the Postmaster General shall not
advertise for mail service on any new post roads.
unless he shall deem the service necessary and
proper.
The amendment was advocated by Mr.. SruARr.
and opposed by Messrs. SMART, SAcKErr. and
CLDs
The question was then taken on the mendment
and 1t was agreed to by a vote of--yeas =, nays
The bill was Their read the third time and passed.
EXECUTIVE COMMUNE ATOMS
The SPEAKER, by unanimous consent. laid
before the House a number Of Executive commu-
nicat'ons, which were appropriately referred.
DEFICIENCY BILL.
On motion Of Mr.. JONES, Of Tennessee. the
House then went into Committee of the Whole
on the State Of the Union (Mr. STUART. Of Mich
igan, IN the char0 and resumed the considers
OF the Senate amendments to the deficiency bill
Mr.; HOUSTON argued an hour against the
amendment of the Senate, proposing increased
compensation to the Collins line Of steamers.
The COMMITTEES then proceeded to consider the
amendment Of the Senate, all debate taking place
under the ave minutes rule. Various Amendments
OF The Senate were agreed 10, when
The committee rose and reported progress.
On motion Of Mr.. HOUSTON, the House eon-
Cured in the Senate amendment TO the inv.EN
pension bill, when
The House adjourned
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We learn that the amendment Of the def
cheney bill, providing for an increase of the pay
of the Collins line of steamers, from $385,OOO
pea annum to about 100000, is in danger of
passing the House. The main argument is, that
we must support this line against British CON-
petition, and give rs much pay, or more, than
Great Britain does. Even this argument would
not avail-for this bill proposes to raise the
compensation of the Collins line of four YES.
sells to an amount exceeding that paid the Brit
ish line of seven vessels. II is true, the tom
mage of the Collins vessels is greater than that
of the Cunard, and greater than the contract
requires. But this only authorizes an increase
Of pay in proportion to the tonnage, which we
think would be right. But to go beyond this
is to abandon the principle of the contract eys.
tenn, and to embark the government in the sys-
tenn of bounties and favor, without Limitation.
If we are bonnd to protect any American
enterprise against British bounties, then we are
ruled by British policy and law, rather than our
own. The farmer in the remotest west is en-
gagged in competition with the British wheat
grower Are we bound to extend the same
Interpretation or bounty-it makes no odds
what you call it-that Great Britain resorts to
If 30, let US have corn laws. :
The truth 'is, this whole movement is based
on the principle that we must sustain an Ane-
rican company against British company--or
rather the government is bound to foot the bills
of an unsuccessful enterprise and to make in
demnity for all the errors or miscalculations
that may have been committed. If Messrs
COLLINS & Co. have built vessels too large for
the trade, or too expensive, must the government
pay the loss? If SO, there is no end to the
expense.
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until placed upon their work. The local papers
tell the secret-'lt 10 becoming now the fashion
for the residents of Lima TO have Chinese SER
wants Such is the frightful state OF slavery :
Again, the slaves he speaks Of, by his own ac-
count, are only engaged for three years, when
they are free men, as he chooses to call them,
though it actually means that they are situated
so that they themselves can either engage in
voluntary labor or return home.
Nov persons interested in the gusno trade
have gone to the expense of sending guano here
to entice the Chinese themselves to enter into
the trade, and no doubt great additional volun-
tary emigration will soon take place on Chinese
ac.nnut
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Mr.. GIDDNGs said, in a recent speech in the
House, that Mr.. WEBSTER, Mr.. FILLMORE, and
GEN. CAss, had all died politically of eating
Southern dirt"
II such be the result of such sin, we advise
Freesoilers to beware. For they are more fond
of Southern dirt even than Compromises. The
Freesoilers covet and demand all the coil or dirt
in the territories, that belong to the South
Nay, it is now proposed to give the public land
or dirt of which the South is entitled to con
siderable share-to Northern and foreign pau
pers. No people have manifested such pas
sion for Southern dirt as the FreesoiIers.
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# The Richmond Examiner refers to the
declaration of the senior editor of this paper
that he will not cooperate with the Democratic
party, and says:
"This declaration in our opinion puts an end
TO the usefulness Of the Southern Press. Mr.
Fisher will find no followers in this movement,
for it ia manifestly against common sense. 1t
10 reversal of the old saw that half loaf is
better than no bread and we hope there is no
man in the South, however much he may have
abhorred the compromise at its origin, who will
be 10 blind A. not to see the inpractica and
mischievous tendency of Mr.. Fishers advice
IL the plan which he advises new one! We
have seen the experiment tried under leader
ut least az able as the editor of the Souther,
Press. What did Mr.. Calhoun get by putting
himself and his party hors de combat
We prophecy that the Democratic party viii
not be much affected by the dignfed attitude O
the .Southsrn Press and its editor. The worlt
will pass him by and leave him there, like
plaster of.P Napoleon with folded arms, ant
remember the one as well ms the other, when i
has been done So"
The ideas that it is an end of usefulness
aud manifestly against common sense" not t
support PIERCE and the Compromise are, w
suppose, the freshest discoveries in politics an
metaphysics yet made by the Young America
school.
We confess to total incapability of keepin
up with such stupendous strides of progress,
We must let the world pass on Doomed b.
the contracted intellect that fate has given u,
to admire CALHOUN, particularly when he stoo,
alone, and let the world pass by, we shall hav
TO stand also, and witness the meteor march o
PIERCE and the other great intellscts of tn
day. We hope they will not faint.
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Political Parties.

II anything could show the disastrous effect
party on public service, it would be the pres
ent condition of business in Congress. Seven
months have now elapsed since that body con-
vened-and what has been done? Why, per-
haps, half dozen laws have been passed of lit
tie consequence. Even the Deficiency bill for
last years excuses of expenditure has not
passed.
This is owing entirely to the existence of two
parties, and the tendency of Presidential nomi
nations. Both sides have waited for candidates
and platforms, in order to know how to v&e SO
as to promote the interests of party.
Well, we have at length both platforms and
candidates. And the result is, that both parties
are about as wise as before. Legislation will
now 60 on-will have to 60 on, in contempt Of
both. We shall see a total confusion of parties
in legislation.
But time has been lost Not enough rcman
to,give one-fourth of the subjects before Con
gress, adequate attention or discussion. The con
sequence will be that public measures of impor
lance will be either postponed, or what is worse
acted on without investigation.
This is the result Of party. But when Con.
gress adjourne, the whole country is to be ex.
cited with the tremendous issue of ScoTT or
PIERcE--of whom about the only thing abso.
lutey certain is, that neither is fit to be elected
We know the danger of doing or saying any
thing to bring the Legislative department of the
government into disrepute. We know that
when public confidence is destroyed in that,
there is an end to free government. But tho
only hope of preserving any adequate sentiment
of favor for any branch of government is for it
to deserve it. And the waste of seven months
Of time for mere party purposes is about all the
claim which the present Congress can present.
If now there were no such parties, or if the
country and Congress were divided, according
to the actual state of opinion, such an evil could
not arise.
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AUcTI0NE Frs IN THE EAsT.-During my ram
bles through the streets of Alexinits, in which
like all other streets in Servia we are certain to
find something new, some features characteristic
of this primitive people, was struck with the
novel manner in which the auctioneer exercises
his vocation. When an article is offered for sale,
whether buffalo, horse, or lady's bracelet,
adrummer is sent forth to perambulate the town,
exhibit the article, and take the biddings II he
can write, he notes them down in his tablets if
not, why nj tch In piece of wood serves the
same purpose, and he has completed hs prone
made, no returns to the auctioneer, who examines
the different amounts of the sums which have
been offered, and, if approved Of by his employer,
loud rata tat announces that the highest bidder
Is the purchaser. Nor is this the only office the
town drummer exercises; he is, at the same time,
the crier and the gazette he announces the pro.
mitigation of a new law by a rat. a.tat, and the
most important news Of the day; and it is he
who summons the inhabitants TO arms, should
the fierce Arnout or the Bosian be making pre-
partitions to cross the frontier,-Irarels in En-.
ropean Turkey.
RosIN VS.. SPERM OI-The running of ma.
chlnery is attended with immense expense for
oil for purposes Of fabrication The railways
in New England alone consume annually mil.
lion of dollars worth of OIL Add to this the
annual expenses of oil in running machinery in
cotton and woollen mills. tanueries, saw mills.
hourng-nills, and thousand other occupants,
and we have very considerable item of expen
ses. We see by report of committee ap
pointed by the agents of the Lowell Mills, Mass.
to test the relative merits of rosin and spe, m
oil, that on looms and other machinery of heavy
bearings one half less power is required with
mixture of rosin with its bulk of pure sperm
oil, than with sperm alone, and shat its subatitu
ton will effect an annual saving of of the
quantity of sperm oil required in the Lowell
Mills. Spinning machinery, or those with light
bearings, require more power when rosin and
sperm oil is used than sperm alone South
Car0hnian,
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thoughts and ideas OF other men. His country
its institutions-its policy-its interests--its
destiny form the exclusive topics of these elo-
quent harangues which, whilst they are destitute
of the elaborate finish, have all the ardor and
intensity ofthought, the earnestness of purpose,
the cogency of reasoning, the vehemence Of
style, and the burning patriotism which mark
the productions of the great Athenian orator.
One of the most Distinguishing Characterization
of Mr. Clay as public man, was his oyalt, to
truth and to the honest convictions Of his own
mind. He deceived no man ; he would not per-
NIT his own heart to be deceived by any of
those seductive influences which too often warp
the Judgment Of men In public lfe He never
paused to consider how far any step which he
was about to take would lead to his own per.
sona advancement; he never calculated what
he might lose or what he might gain by his ad-
vocacy of, or his opposition to, any particular
measure. His single inquiry WAS, is it right ;
Is it in accordance with the Constitution of the
landi Will it rebound to the permanent vel
fare and interest of the country? When salts
| fed upon these points, his determination was
| fxed--his purpose was immovablc. ~ would
rather be right than President" was the expires
sion of his genuine feelings, and the principle
| by which he was controlled in bis public career
"a saying worthy of Immortality, and proper to
be inscribed upon the heart of every young man
in this republic And vet, sir, with all Of that
personal and moral intrepidy which so emf
nenty marked the character of Mar. Cay-wth
his well known infexibility Of purpose and un.
| yielding ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS was the genuine
sincerity of his patriotism, and euch his tho
rough comprehension of those principles of CON-
promise upon which the whole structure of our
| government was founded, that no one was more
prompt to relax the rigor of his policy the mo-
ment he perceived that it was calculated to dis
turb the harmony of the States, or endanger in
any degree the stability of the government
| With him The love Of this Uaion WAS passion
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rare are the examples of those whose plastic
touch forms the minds and directs the purposes
Of great political party. This infallible indi-
cation of superiority belonged to Mr.. Clay. He
has exercised that control during a long life
and now through our broad land the tidings of
his death, borne with electric speed, have opened
the fountains of sorrow. Every city, town, vii
lage and hamlet will be clothed with mourning;
along our extended course the commercial and
military marine, with flags dropping at haif.mast
over the bereavement; State house drnped in
black, proclaim the extingui,hment Of one OF
the great lights of senates; and minute guns
sound his requiem.
y Sir, during the last FIVE wears, have seen the
D venerable John Quincy Adams John C. Cal.
houn, and Henry Clay pass from amongst us
!, the legislators OF our country. The race Of
= giants who were on the earth in those days'
:, is well nigh gone. Despite their skill. thei
u genius, their might, they have sunk under thu
!, stroke of time. They were our admiration ant
= ). our glory; few lnger with us, the monument
y of former greatness, the beaconlights of n pas
age. The death Of Henry Clay cannot fail t,
J" suggest melancholy associations to each mem
% Der Of this House. These walls have re echoe
the silvery tones Of his bewitching voice listen
= ing assemblies have hung upon his lips. TIL
" chair which you fill has been graced by his pre-
IN sence, whilst his commanding person and ur
equalled parliamentary attainments inspired a
with Difference and respect Chosen by accls
= nation, because of his high qualifications, h
>. sustained himself before the House and tn
v country. la his supremacy with his party, an
the uninterrupted confidence which he enioye
:, to the day of his death, he seems to have al
most discredited the truth of those lines ad
Q dressed to Cesar
VI "Non possunt print essee omnes omni in tempore
"a Summum ad gradum cum claritatis veneris,
Consistes 9gre, ct citus, guam ascendas, cades.
LINES FROM LAsrNus.