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cir GttiI tll!Jill.
N0IeGsS der 9th. 1862.

TIE NILroRD BARD.--Our last two numbers
contained prospectus for publishing the wri-
tings Of DR.. John Lulland long known as
"The HUtord Bard,' which signature he wrote
over when he resided in Milford, Del. nl' which
place he was Il native. The work will be an
octave volume of upwards Of 500 pas es: the
price $3.50, 81 three dollars in cctru binding.
Persons wishing 10 have it can subscribe at thi
Office.
Ioiland was an errutic genius; disappointed
in love in oally life a dependency seized him
from which he never recovered. Falling into
iaD!lS of in,oyication he led Il life of pow
cit, AMI wrctcheiness. Nearly all his po-
r,ical articles, Of which be wrote Il vast num-
Der, are tinseo with that dcsponlency. Sonc Of
his pose productions are written with much pow =
or. and, altogether, the book will BIZ ii good one;
particularly should it be bought BY Delawa-
IIanS.
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GssrtsescC.

How many, for a moment, brave
The rugged path. the >trcp ascent;
How few that better cuulagc have,
Enduring till their lives ar" spent.
2"uSP only, like the Summer flowers,
liv" n"hIy while the shy is fair;
These. ivy-likr. through winrrv hUnrs,
Survive the storm aud frosted air.
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Naval.

The United States steam-frigatc Powhatan,
Captain McCluney, went up to the navy yard on
the 7th instant, where she will go into dock. We
learn that Merrck of Philadelphia, has contracted
for the shaft for this ship, which is to be COM
pcted in ten days from the time that they have
the dimensions, which are to be several inches
thicker than the present one
Three hundred and eighty men are at work up
on the United States ship. Of the-line Vermont, at
the Charlestown navy yard, and she is rapidly ap-
preaching completion.
The United States corvette st. Louis, Captain
Ingraham, is cruising among the western ports Of
the Mediterranean. ms
The United States sloop- of war Dale, Com
July, and arrived in Funchal Roads, Madeira,
August /. She was to sail September l-destina
tion not stated.
The United States brig cambridge, Commander
Manning. was to sail from Funchal Roads Sep
TENDER for the adjacent Islands, and thence to
the Cape de Verd Islands
The United States brig Perry, Lieutenant Com
handing Richard l.. Page, from q cruise to the
southwark. wac at Porto Grnnde November 2, to
return to Porto Prnya, there to await the arrival
of the Commodore. All we'll
The United States ship John Adams, Comman-
| der s. Barron, was at Loando, South Africa, lth
September. officers and crew well. She would
sail on the 18th for Ambrz, Anbrizz site, Princes
Praya by the Sth or 10th of November. The Ger
man'own was at Princes Island. Officers and
crew all well.
The United States steamship Snranac, Captain
j. c. Long, from Philadelphia 9Th October for
Pcrnambuco &C., was spoken 2lst ultilno latitude
| 35 80, longitude 81 80, standing east.
fNorfok Beacon and Herald.
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fund Ia the treasury the sums advanced In the
mean time the appropriations made from the Trea
sury in aid of the Post Office establishment may
be deemed safe and benefcent investments for the
advantage OF the whole people, each one Of whom,
If not engaged In business. correspondence, has a
deep interest in the diffusion OF intelligence and
the promotion Of social intercourse.
BY the eighth section of the act of 3ist August,
1852. the Postmaster General is authorized to pro-
vide and furnish to all postmasters, and other per-
sons applying and paying therefor, letter enve,
lopes, with one or more postage stamps Impressed
thereon, to be used in prepayment OF postage
These envelopes are now In course Of preparation,
and will be for sale at the principal p, Offices
AS letters enclosed in them may be legally sent by
private express other private conveyance, there
will remain no color of excuse for further viola
tons of the law in that respect. That the expert
ment of cheap postage may be fairly tried, II Is
important that the revenues of the Department be
protected against this abuse not only by the vigi
lance of its own agents, to whom the law has en-
trusted the power to search for and seize such let
ters, but also by public sentiment, and by the
active exertions of The intelligent and influential
portion of the community. 1t ia by thus securing
TO this Department the receipts which the law has
assigned for its support, that the period can be
FASTENED when il will again be sustained by its
own proper revenues, and the common treasury Of
the country relieved from further advances Tor Its
service.
The expenditures of the Department during
the last fiscal year were as follows:
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The gross receipts of the Department for the
year ended June 30, 1852, were &c, 925, gu %, |
derived from the following sources, viz:
Letter postage, intending foreign postage and
stamps sold. Observation-Disclosures. S4,226, 1g2 80
Postage on newspapers, periodicals,
&C.. ............. .............. iS9,21b 30
Fines other than those imposed
contractors. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 81 90
Receipts on account OF excess OF
einoluments to postmascrs..... 5,47S "a
Damages collected from failing
tractors ....................... 52l3 80
Receipts on account OF dead letters. S,265 II
Receipts from letter carriers........ l0d $50 90
Stamps in hands of postmasters 30th
June, 1851, being such as remain.
ed Of the old Issue and which were
charged TO them on thai dav. SSf9 81
Miscellaneous receipts. 1927 SO
From appropriation authorized by
twelfth secton OF act of Sd March,
IS47, viz: From Sd March, 1Si7,
to Goth June, 1852 ............... l,065, $50 SIS
From appropriation authorized by
eighth section of act Of March,
1851. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 663, 1873 SO
From appropriation for ''crnsus
mails authorized by seventeenth
section Of the act of 23d May, 1850 IL 900 90
Total Observation-Disclosures. s ,925 ,97l 2s
From this amount must he deduct
cd the amount payable TO the Bri-
tish post Office, under the postal
convention OF December, lS4S,
now estimated, from statement Of
the auditor. ..................... lOl 1855 81
The receipts from postages, American and for.
cign, for the last fiscal year lees 10y ST. ,3SS.
334 20 Than for the preceding hscal year, being
decrease of about % per cent. II the estimated
balances accruing to the British post Office for
each year excluded, for the purpose Of showing
the decrease Of our own POSTAGE, tn 4 decrease
will am unit 10 8 ,43l sos 81, or about 22k per
cent. This diminution in our postsges is attribu-
table to the reduction in the rates of postage made
by the act of March 3, 1851, which reduction took
effect at the commencement of the fiscal year
This dimiputon Of revenue is somewhat greater
than was anticipated in THE Department at the
time the act went into effect, and much greater
than was expected by the sangunc advocates of
cheap postage, many OF whom sought the estab-
lishment of still lower rates.
Although the act referred to hns not in iis opera
ton during the last year fulfilled the predictions OF
its friends by increasing the correspondence Of the
country in proportion 20 is reduction of postage,
] should nevertheless question the expediency OF
return 20 higher rates. All experience warrants
the expectation that as the community becomes
accustomed to cheap postage written correspond
cnce will increase. From this cause, and from
the rapid growth Of the country In population and
buainess, the receipts Of the Department must al
imatey exceed its expenses, and enable y to re-
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INDIAN PAYMEST.-About $50 900 have been
paid out to the lower bands of lndans in accord
ance with the treaty stipulations for the purchase
Of their land; also about $4,000 worth of goods
Tho Governor has gone to Traverse dcs Sioux,
where he is to meet the upper bands OF Indians,
and will pny them, il is said, over $500 600
SO. Paul Minnssottan, NoU. 90.
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We are informed that the "Air Line" was put
under contract last week from New Haven to the
Rhode Island line The terms are, enc third cash,
one third stock, and ono third bonds Aggregate
81 900. The road is to be finished in one year
from date Of contract--N. Y. Tribune.
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- TABLE Il. y NJ
Railroad Service and Cost for the Years ls4S, lS49
1850, 1861, and 1852.
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$s46.2ll $9l4.39O $I,l32,l7O
1851. 1852.
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$262,0l9 $27S, $50 $3l3,943.
5S4, 1872 635,740 SlS,227
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The new contracts for the middle section, made I'M
der the letting in February the States
of Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Ohio,
increased the annual transportation in those States
from the first day Of July last, 3d. 1853 miles, at
increased annual cost of $l4S,705 over the trans
PRED on the 30th day of June, 1852, being an in,
crease Of about three per cent. in service, and
per cent in annual cost.
The expenditures for the present fiscal year
estimated as follows
The annual cost of transportation, foreign and in
land, authorized and under contract at the
close of the last fiscal year 81 1884 ,946 90
Additional cost in middle section
under new contracts, which. went
into effect July |, 1882. -......... l4S,7O5 90
Increased cost Of transportation I'M
der order Of the Postmaster Gen.
eral for the improvement and ex-
tension of mail service and the
increased expedition of the mails. 90 1874 SO
Probable cost OF putting into opera
ton. for the residue of the fiscal
year, such new routes, established
during the last session Of Con-
gress, should be put in opera.
ton before he first Of July next. 600, 200 90
Expenses under the heads OF COM
pensation to postmasters, wrap
ping paper. Office furniture, ad-
vertising, mail bags, blanks, mail
locks and keys, stamps, mail dep
relations, and special agents,
clerks for Offices of postmasters.
and miscellaneous items, being
the expenses OF last year, and l2k
per cent added, such expenses
necessarily increasing with the
extension of mail service and the
increase in the number of poet
offices and in the quantity of mail
matter transported. ............. 3.243,5 4l %
Probable cost of postage stamps and
envelopes. :. .......,............. $4,000 90
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A'AsHNo ~
service.
Ann'l cost steam
boat service.
Ami cost railroad
service.
Total........
Miles of steamboat
service.
Miles of railroad
service..........
Ami cost steam
boat service. =.
Ami cost railroad
service.
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Total. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $S,A5,777 20
To meet these expenditures of the Departm ent
for the present fiscal year, it has, under existing
laws, resources which it lie estimated will prod uce
the following sums, to wit:
Ist The available balance at the credit Of the
enucs of the Department on the lst Of July last,
stated by the auditor to be 5 566, 632 81
ID. Receipts from postage, foreign
and inland, deducting estimated
balances due to foreign govern
ments.. Observation-Disclosures. 1851, l5S 26
Sd. Annual appropriation made by
twelfth section of the act of 3D.
March. lS47, in compensation for
mail service performed for the
rious departments of the Govern
Inc0t... ZUO,VUU
9TH Annual appropriation made by
eighth section of the act OF Sd
March, 1851, in further payment
and compensation for mail service
perfor med for the two Houses Of
Congress and the other depart
ments and Offices of Government
in the transportation of free matter 500 900 90
9Th. Contingent appropriations made
by ninth section of act o. Sd March,
1851 ....................... SOC. 900 90
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Difference. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $50 %
also think that postmaster should be entitled
to a small compensation, say to the amount Of
two mills, Tor about p cents per quarter for a
weekly paper,) for delivering from his Office to a
subscriber each newspaper not now chargeable
with postage. ..
Ihave the honor to be, very respectfully, sir, your
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instrocting the committee to observe the nd pdlo
rem principle, and that in adjusting the duty on
imports no more revenue be raised than will de.
fray the expenses Of the Government economically
| administered.
Mr. WOODWARD said the subject came before
the committee xpectedly; but he should not pre-.
tend to enter into full discussion of the merits OF
the question now under consideration. He was sat-
isied the House would not admit of any general or
fundamental action upon the subject. But, be-
cause this was true, and because the longest sea.
sion ia not long enough 10 mature action, he was
in favor OF bringing up the question now. He was
in favor OF discussion at this session, knowing that
would go before the people, and the puolc mind be
brought to bear on the next Congress He spoke
at come length, saying, among other things, that
permanent system ia imposs, BILE; in fact, per-
mauent system is inconsistent with the object of
the system, which is money aud the raising OF
revenue.
Mr.. CLEVELAND addressed the committee up
the subject before it and advocated the passage
Of the pending resolution. He was opposed to
Lammelling the committee with any kind OF j n
structons. He was for considering the tariff in no
party aspect Let the committee report, and then
the House could act. f-saas
MIR. DUNCAN said that whatever was the opin-
ion OF the majority Of the House in relation to the
tariff of 1916, he presumed intelligent gentle
man would contend that the tariff ia perfect
and entirely free from fault. He then proceeded
TO speak in fnvor of reduction of duties on for
eign wool and on flax, which enter largely into
American Manufactures, contepding that by an
enlargement Of the free Est the revenue could be
decreased without prejudice to the general inter-
ests of the country, and at the same time operate
not for TIE benefit of manufacturers alone, but for
that Of the consumers, by reducing the price OF
the manu- fnctured articles
Mr.. JONES, Of Pennsylvania, obtained tho
floor, and gave way for n motion that the COM
miitee risc, which prevailed.
LIEuTEsAsT GENERAL.
Mr.. GORMAN gave notice Of his intention to
ask leave to introduce a bill authorizing tho
President Of the United States TO con'er tho bre
vet rank of lieutenant general for meritorious
military services.
And, on notion
The House adjourned until Monday,
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Literary and Musical.

"A friend writes US from London, which
the MUSES. seem to have deserted, In the folio wing
strain
The musical world here presents a curious aspect
German artists are singing French opera at the Ita
ian Theater In England Costa has absorbed the
musical conductorship OF every thing ia London-the
Phllharmonie-EKeter Hail--the Opera and the Pal
ace. There is not a man in England of sufficient
weight 10 divide the field with hlu-not even Bale
II seems In fact artists sadly scarce in London
The commodity is not to be found Grisi is where
sbe is because In all Necessary requirements no one
has Jet appeared 10 take he place, and al the nnu
merable theaters there Is not single OF suf-
fcieDt genius to keep yen in the house entire
evening. There is 10 one SO good even, as Charles
Mathews, and new man who mas been snapped at,
one Leish Murray. No wonder the old Italian Com
pany Lablaehe, Tamburisi &c. should have beer
so pized for Ihey are me only genuine artists the
English have had.
AS for any sciLtillations Of art. if there is any
place on the slobe where Providence neglected 10
put the seed, England Is the spot
The PATRONS and friends of the News
yenders Benevolent and Provident Institution diaed
together recently in London. Mr. FORSTER Editor
Of The Examiner. presided, and among the Vice
Presidents were Mr.. Charles Dickens, Mr. Peer
Cum ing ham, and other noted literary and editorial
characters. Mr. Dickens made speech comosi-
mentpg vsJbody present, which was received
with great applause. He toasted the Chairman.
MIR. IHAcKERAY has finished the repe-
tision of his lectures before the Marylebons Jnssu
ton They have been very successful. In the las.
lecture be demolished Sterne, the exploded senti.
meLiaiisi,' and hearty cheer burst from the
audience when he centrasted the immortality Of
s.enes writings with the pure tone of those o. the
author Of David Copperfeld." Thackeray treated
COX kindly, saying that he was a man loving
and beloved By every one, and died 60 900 IN debt,
an extent to which poet never trusted before.
Mrs. MARY HOwITr has published i
rev novel, "Jseob Bendixen, the Jew" The Atke.
nsrm speaks well oft.
-STARGARTT, Stuttgart publisher, has
bought the Library Of the Poe. Schiller The book.
have his autograph.
-MEKpELssoHs's OPeretta Of the "Son
sKd Stranger" has been performed by royal order in
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Statistics on the Corn Trade.
Correspondence Of The N. Y. Tribune.

IyFRPooI Saturday, Feb =. 1861
Messrs Surge, the gres, contractors, have Just
issued their annual statistics on the Corn trade,
from which we make the following important en-.
tracts:
The year 1851 commenced with an average pncs Of
return in 1850 with various aucusOns it had advanced
bn the 18th Of July 70 49, cdr but subsequently, rscedsd
known seventy three years and materially below
the quotations the date OF many the OF
standing this the price OF whea
believe he pressure the agricultural interest not 20
partly from COED crop boa quantity and quality with
remunerae pnces for NEST other kinds Of xsrcu-
bic much hgher Prices in 1859 than in 1856
1851; sdvfDce Of 5dSs quarter has already taken
The eIIremey low real a. well az price Of whsst
dung aided by the heavy losses sustained oy our
gram importers INTO this country during the past hfeo
Year,, With have ruires some Of those engaged N the
trade atddiseoursssd Others mas produced its natural eff
months u 1881 compared with 1885, which are as
fc2vs 9II3s quarts.s 1850 ii3zH quarters iS,I at
tine months Of s:a viii show sill greater decrease 80
comDaeG with the cerOd in 1881.
1s ss Ct a.S sssa % fem aS
sa @sfa 70 large . esns 70 sns
Of English ftm the Eastern untes. and sfea! popor-
nono bs arrivals On The COAT from mo MeditsTsnssas
ihis demand viii probably be principally sappsd during
the spring am summer unless the wants OF France shoa
prove srea,er than 10 ANTICIPATED, AID require pa u
these supplies in addition 10 what she spsrs from hef
own corn growing districts IL ia much to be regretted
thar psrant sub the food the people our
Goyefnmen continues TO the collection OF 4ts
ncs 80 that without sufcient data 20 f<m any
Ting like accurate opinion OF the produce consump
ton OF she hD gdom. Tie TINES Commissioned on wnst
appears TO be the best procurabe information makes s
average crop Of Wheat only 10 25e 600 quarters andwc
ado quarters for Ireland this s still two 20 tafee
millions less than II generally supposed Taking the qu
~ into account think the English crop Of 1851 as
Greedy above average but that shaH re con"
sldei able import before hsryes as If The above cscs
ton Of be growth Of the Usted Kingdom be correct We
imported in 1851 quantity equal TO than one-ioann
OF The whole British production amely, about ,p0y
quateI and are len with less stock IL ersoar a.
emo OF The year than al its CONNER cement. mfthn
IN our prices Of IS per qnsrsr not sccompEnl' 80 y
similar advance IN Holland, Belgium, and the hon. ~
midsumme
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Miscellaneous Items.

Letters from Stockholm announce the
death, at seSentytwo years OF age, Of Baron dOln.
son, The learned Orentalist.
The Belgian Government has Just
abolished the punishment Of the pillory
GEORGE SAND is in Paris superintend-
ing the rehearsal Of new comedy.
-DICKENss new work is called Bleak
House
The Independence of Brussels states
that Prince Demidof has Just purchased for is 600
frsncs the magnificent. reduced copy in bronze of
the cOon OF the Baplistery OF Florence, which was
in the Great Exhibition at London
The London News, in a literary re-
view, says: AT Phiadelphis ne capital Of
Stare State the author gets upon dangerous
ground And when this critic gets upon Amencan
topography what kind Of ground does he stand upon
The experiment of cultiyating rice in
France appears to have succeeded perfectly.
The intended sale of the property of
the house of Orleans has produced very bad efTec.
II high circles IN Austria.
The Belgian journals repeat rumOr
of NJ. de LamaYtnc being about to proceed to the
East to take possession OF the estate presented to
him by the Sultan.
Accounts from Nice, of the 18th, state
that Italian labOrers expelled from France daily ar
rived in that city On the 23d upward of 40 crossed
the frontier, and is more on the a4ih.
Accounts from Spain, to the 18th inst,
state that the Government has ordered sum Of
ooso reals to be invested on behalf Of every child Of
poor parents born on the same day as The Infanta.
The money with interest, isto be presented to the
recipients on their coming q age.
An English capitalist has offered the
municipality Of Madud to undertake the construc-
ton OF the aqueduct or canal intended to supply the
capital with water.
"A bon mot In Paris apropos Of Jerome's
appointment to be Prsident Of the Senate They
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Brown. Shipley Il Co.'S. Circular.
Correspondence of Tue N. Y. Tribune.

Per CanbrtG.] LIVERPOOL. Friday, Feb. 8, 1854
Our Cotton Market has been without animation during
the past week, ard the demand having been freely met
prices barely maintained the low aad mde quail
tiles, though the decline has been desded to
cause change IN the quot atisns which reOeat Gar
Orleans, SIC; Fair Mobiles aud UDlsnds Sd; Middlng,
t1tle&tl Inferior and Ordinary 3tatid PB The sales
for the week ending last evening estimated AZ i30
bales q which srecusioTs have taken so and exporters
$3.50 bales. The sales TO- day are ~ 90 bales
The stock Of COTTON 10 tins port called 43S 900 bales
OF which 263t0 AnrrcaD against $50 900 bales this
period OF last year, OF which 26o 900 American.
The demand for YARNS and GooDs limited. bat spin.
ners being pretty we'll under contract prices ,oeraby
itesfV.
The Corn market is quiet With declns in Wheat Of Id.
10 10. and in Blour OF ga Sd bb. Western Canal 9s.
@22s Cd Philadelphia Baltimore Ohio and Canals 2as.
Ass Sour, l9&2Qs. Wheat 6s. 2dG6s l0d 10 h for
White ana S. 10 a6s Id for Red More doing in Indian
Con At 3Os for Yellow 29s cd for Mixed and 33s quar-
ter for Whre
Nothing doing in TuRPEsTINE. A good demand for
BEsN the sales for the week beng 500 bbls az 3s Sd.
for common. up to IS. g pvt for fine.
Yours, respectfully. BROWN, SHIPLEy Co.
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The INDIANS IN FLoR,pA -THe Jaekson-

HE INDIANS IN FLORIDA. The Jdckson-
re Nt,rs Of last Saturday week says that leafns
from reliable source, that Capt. Jarmgan mas re-
ceived authority from Gov. Brown to raise . com-
pany Of fifty mounted Volunteers, for the pfotecuoa
OF the settlements about Fort CatliD, and an oluef
from Capt for provision and stores was ofoa9n'W
Jacksonville by the steamer Thorn from Lake Hon-
roe. The steamship Florida that saiied nom
Charleston yesterday from Pilatka, took out xoM'
pales and OF the ID Regiment OF L. ). ArtuieIy;
under the command Of Captain II. Swartwous, And
Lieuts. A. J. Cooke, II. Benson, c. X. 7. BAKER ~
j. Perry and, as mentioned in yesterdays Coss,1;
q detachment Of U. s. troops, numbering d: ssiIss
from Fort Weed, in New York harboF, for Fionos'
on Thursday last, in the bark Exact