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BOOTS AND SHOES.
In Great supply, mt the Eighth street shoe
Store and Mandatory.

Store and Mandatory.
TNHE SUBSCRIBER, grateful for the liberal pa
Il tronage extended 10 him since his return TO
the city informs his customers that he continues at
his old stand, and is better prepared than hereto
fore TO supply them, having better and more work
men than formerly, and more capacious apart
ments.
French Boots Of superior style and quality, Pa
tent leather Congress Boots aud shoes OF every
riety, hand, in great supply, some Of which will
be cold very low, Wholesale or retail.
III JANNEY,
Sth street, near General Post Office.
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THE NEW YORK d LIVERPOOLUnITED
STATES MAIL STEAMERs

So THESE ships havins Decn built by
IW contract expressly for Government
1service, every care has ucen taken in
reconstruction as lso n re gin es to en-
sure strength and speed; and their accommoda-
tlohs Tor passengers are unequal led 10 relegance
comfort
Price of passag from New York to Liverpool
In trst cabin, $l2O. Exclusive Of extra size
state rooms, 800 in second cabin, $40. From
Liverpool to New York goo
ship.
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KossUTu's DAGUERREoTYPE.

Sold by Apoihecaries generally.
Jan q-3law3m
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osT--On Saturday night last a CORAL
- BRACELET. The finder will be literally
rewarded by leaving IL at the Office Of Wizards
Hotel Feb 26-36ff
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01-Congregational.-The Rev. MIR. Mason
will preach In the First Congregational Church on
Fifth street, to- morrow at II o'clock m. and 3 !
p. IN. Feb p
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ranaemomum a-.d Babel Noble soyereigns Of America
mixing wih 'nrestaned gayety amongst Jamaica negroes
anu iaoa maids shoeless, Frenchmen Dutchmen, Span
au' Englishmen, &C. Last night grand ball and sup
peS was given to the Albany by the " American"
While have been writing the English captain of the
gate has been board and expresses regret at the
occurrence of the Promeheus and brings word from Adj
mira Seymour that il shall again He invites
the Commodore to Port Royal, sc.
brought us much less than expected but however,
TO make up for that received nice present from Capt
Churchill OF ice turkeys, Chickens ducks and geese.
The captain had with the authorities directly upon
his arrival The health officer board and wanted
to see the usual papers, the captain busy and told
HIM to wait until he at leisure and he would attend
70 him. suppose he felt little saucy, being under the
protection OF two American Of In the mean time
he was getting his passengers into the small row boats
The health officer DIR. Richards went off in huff, saw
ing he would make them attend to him. So he went ON
board the English frigate Arrogant to complain Soon
after the English captain board of this ship and
after he left the Commodore sent officer to Captain
Churchill to inform him that his orders from the Gov
eminent that American vessels to pay the dues
Of the port They put the Prometheus in quarantine and
stationed the Jamaica negro police with their rusty swords
about the beach to prevent the Prometheuss from
landing Presently along. The police hailed
it. Is that the Prometheus's boats" eyes" ssWell
you can't land No attention paid that and they
landed in spite of them welcomed by the Americans
shore The steamer sails this evening She brought Eve
hundred passengers One of the river boats arrived this
morning with two hundred California passengers the
other will be down soon with the rest Of them.
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FROM THE BUFFALO IN. y EXPRESS.


"KEEpNG TIME WITH THE TELEGRAPH.-We witnessed
curious experiment yesterday at Morses Telegraph of
ce which had before heard of but had 1t
nothing less than the ticking Of the clock in New York
city heard and at this end of the line The experiment
most perfectly performedthc regular vibrations Of
the pendulum in New York being registered the paper
precise intervals and heard by striking Of the pcnever
at the instant This is done by operation similar
to the method Of teegraphing itself II is well known
that the bringing In contact Of the positive and negative
poles of the batteries form what is termed circuit and
produces characters at the pleasure Of the persons 80
bringing them together One Of these wires is connected
by very fine wire to the pendulum Of the clock partak
ing Of its notion the other is fastened to the side Of the
clock that the pendulum shall strike it in swinging
back and forth When the pendulum strikes, the two
wires being brought together, circuit is formed and
stroke Of the pendulum makes dot upon the paper and
this is repeated often the pendulum strikes the wire
in the side of the clock that the ticking Of the clock
in New York is heard distinctly in Buffalo than
in the Office where it is placed Last evening similar
experiment successfully tried be- ~een Bangor Maine
and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by conn, ting the wires Of
Morses and Speeds lines at this point and then proceed
ing mentioned above. A clock ticking nj one place
and being heard in another between two and three thou
sand miles away is certainly something curious in this
age of marvels"
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-02-07

THE HIGHER LAWN the last number of the
Nineteenth Century" progressive Quarterly
Miscellany, we find an eloquent article by STEPHEN
DILLAYE, of Syracuse, on certain doctrines that
have been current in certain parts of this country
during the last two years We have only room for
the following passage:
There is nothing of republic, but its laws; strip it
OF these and you take from it its only civilized element
There is government without restraint take away this
principle, and you dissolve society. To combat these
truths is to array ones self against all history and call in
question the bible itself But government is in no
way opposed to true progress In point Of fact it is the
only legitimate means of attaining it. Higher law strikes
at the very root of these truths it would annu consttu
lions to give place distractions would contempt
but it would make harvest of outrage Experience has
shown, in Government, that If law opposed to
the welfare Of society it because its theory in prac
ce was wrong. The moment this fact is established,
mind combats the evil and speaks with million tongues,
and arouses power which Government subdue.
This power may be named public opinion public nteu
you can neither doubt existence resist its force
In constitutional democracy like ours the strength of
principle is measured in the public mind by its force at
the balobox 1fit gains ascendency there it because
majority proclaims its omnipoence IT, on the other
hand il fails in support there it is because the public
mind believes it opposedto the public good hold to the
right Of the majority to decide That is the principle of
our Government-that is the force Of law Higher
law denies this and sets up the individual will as supc
ror to the constitutional It the fanaticsm of this
dogma which flooded France with the best blood of her
patriots Human viii sweed into passion and society lost
its balance"
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HONORABLE CORRESPONDENCE.

| Senior Don GUILLERMo CHAcoN, Captain of the
Port of Havana, has, on several occasions materi-
ally aided the vessels of the United States employed
in the trade there, which in imminent peril Of
being wrecked or stranded and more recently having
rendered important assistance to the American brig
Holandey, Captain Hotchkiss,) as she was leaving
the port Of Havana for New York with valuable
cargo, the Atlantic Mutual, the Union Mutual,
and the Mercantile Insurance Companies subscribed
for the purchase Of service of family plate, with
an inscription noticing the services Of that gentle
man, and which were subsequently presented to
him through the agency of Messrs Burnham & Co.
Senior Don Guillermo Chacon, in his letter of ac-
acknowledgement, says:
GAS sailor and captain of this port have contracted
the sacred duty to cooperate, far it lies in my
power and position to favor and give assistance any
and every vessel finding itself in want of aid If to this
be added the obligation of fulfilling the duties imposed by
military laws those who in the navy it easily
be that in my action toward the Hollander have
acquired peculiar merit and that your extreme gene
rosity only gave publicity On event which otherwise
would have remained unnoticed."
A correspondence has also taken place between
the Hon DANIEL WEBSTER and MOSES III. GRIN
NELL, Esq, of New York. on the subject, the result
of which has been the following letter of thanks to
the Cuban Government!
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER g. 1851.
SIR: This Department has been informed that Senior
Don Guillermo Chacon the captain of the port of Ha
vana, has upon several occasions materially aided the
vessels of the United States employed in the trade there
which were in imminent peril of being wrecked stranded
This conduct his part contributing it has done,
to the safety of the property and perhaps Of the lives of
the citizens of the United States deserves the acow
ledgment of this Government
the Captain General of Cuba to Her Catholic Majestys
Government at home, the Presidents high Of the
services of Senior Don Guiermo Chacon upon the occa
sions adverted to.
avail myself of this OCCASION sir to offer you re-
newed assurance of my very high consideration.
DANIEL WEBSTER.
To Senior Don A. CALDERoN La BARcA SC.
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On Wednesday evening an attempt was made to throw
the express train from New Haven Springfield off the
track at Waingford, Connecticut quantity Of wood
had been thrown upon the rails which the train in
contact WITH but without doing injury The scoundrel
who thus endangered life was tracked in the snow and
arrested
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The New York Tribune says; at meeting OF the
Central Hungarian Committee last evening, at the Aston
House. presented Of the certificates for
the Hungarian Fund in the different denominations OF
of 800, 500, $40, So, and ST. They are all engraved
in the highest style Of artn
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with equal eye, as God Of all,
A hero perish, or a sparrow fall.


We know not how better to express theory Of his
torical science than by stating il in the language which
Sir James Stephen employs in his exposition of Des Car
tess method Of scientific investigation The divine unity
is the common basis Of all the multiplied diverse and dis
similar phenomena Of creation and but the path
by which we return to that unity the progress Of this
science Is continually progressive generalization the
constant discovery Of harmones and reconccment Of
seeming differences until at length the whole universe
shall be revealed as under the rule Of some few laws and
those laws dependant Cod and God himself as the
common centre Of ALL in every form and species Of
unity, the single fountain of universal fe~
We conscious that in expatating at such length on
avorite theme, have deprived our readers Of great
pleasure they might have derived from speciaI cr
tque Of the volume whose title heads this article and "a
amends for such deprivation we append the follow
extract from Lecture XIX specimen Of Sir Jamcs
style of thinking and writing:
THAT skepticsm has long been among the natural
characteristics Of Frenchmen infer, merely from the
1t is instructive fact that he who has written what
is universally conceded to be Of the reatses on
the philosophy of history, Dscots Historic Unpersee
PAR BossuEr has given to the theological bearings Of
tory wider scope than any other author.
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PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE FROM SAN JUAN

The following extracts from Letter, written by
an officer of the United States Navy to his relative
in this city and by him handed to us for publica-
ton, will be interesting to many readers
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dides among the Greeks or Tacitus sMong the Ro-
mans, the facts of history were deered more impor
tant and filed larger space in the narratives than the
theories Of which those facts might be deemed the expo
nents but in modern mesit would that the
is the case and history has degenerated into phosph
cal essay writing politics, religion society, and art
while the facts few and sparse swallowed up by
food of common-paces, IN which they appear, like the
shipwrecked mariners Of 1Eneas,
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1852-08-12

% For several days pact there has
been Il rumor ia town that tashiona
bic young lady was thrown from her
horse While riding, early last Tuesday
morning. and so severely injured that
she died The next morning. and that her
remains were very secretly conveyed to
York. The name Of the young lady
and all the particulars Of the transactQn
were given. OF course, such II report
created g.eat deal OF excitement, and
enquiries were at once made in regard
10 the matter, but no further particulars
could be obtained, not even the house
where she resided, or that where she
died. On Thursday morning We re-
ccivcd "a long obituary notice, accomPa-
MED by note TO which was, what pur-
ported to be, bona iidc signature, re-
questin2 us TO publish the same. Pre-
viouS enquiries made us rather susp,s
cious in regard to the matter, and We
concluded not TO insert the Obituary un-
less we had more satisfactory evidence
that it was not Il hoax. From very
thorough Investigations which we have
made, we are now satisfied that the
whole affair is a contcmpliLlc hoax
which somc one or more have attempt
ed to play oil upon the community
Practical Jokes are miserable affairs at
any time, and give evidence Of low
minced and vulgar Ia ste. But Cne so
infamous as this, and which, had IT sue
ccedcd, would have been u, the eXpcn.r
of young lady of New York whose
family are respected and esteemed by
all who know them, demands that those
engaged in il should be severely pan
ishcd. We are very glad that we were
not instrumental in any manner, entire
iy innocent though we should have
been. in aiding the success of such u.
miserable and blackguard scheme. We
intend to place tho evidence and fpcts
in our possession in the hands Of the
father Of the young lady, and give him
an opportunity TO investigate the mat
ter, and ifpossible discover and punish
the guilty ones concerned in il.
Editors OF newspapers arc occasional
ly imposed upon in this manner, and
thus made the innocent channel OF hum
buggng y whole community, and out
raging the feelings Of those who are cs-
tccmcd and beloved by all /; and we
hold that IL Is SIC duty OF every good,
citizen TO assist in discovering, if posi-
bic, the perpetrators of such inian Gus
and objectionable jokes.
We wishit distinctly understood that
hereafter We shah publish no communi-
cation, or notice any kind, not even
marriages and deaths, unless they are
delivered at our office by sou.e respon-
sible person as agsisEan,se ol good
faith. We always wish to be accom-.
modating, hat we must insist upon some
siutary rule which will protect us and
our readers from imposition, and that,
too, Of the most base and margnant
character,
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1852-08-12

7WbOt. Most OF our readers will
remember that year ago, 1t was very
confidently asserted, and as confidently,
denied, that Capt MAcKlNNoN oi the
British Navy: had taken IHrbOt of the
coast near Newport. The Captain,
whom everybody liked, and who was
known to more Americans than most
Foreigners who visit us, has returned TO
England and been lccturing before the
Literary Institution a, Lymington.-
From one OF his recent lcctur, :, which
we find reported in the Ha1p hire Ai-
dependent, we copy the following, which
will be- read with interest, anu wo hope
lead TO the supply Of our market with
this new variety of fish, Eds. Cor. 4
Eng.
"Thc gallant captain then read pa
per which he had prepared, to prove
that the original Giscovercr OF America
was not Columbus, and stated many i'll
teresting facts III connection with this
subject, and said ,ha, when he first land
ed he went to the fish markets, and
found that there were no Turbot solcs,
or fiat fish. Indeed, they had very few
of the fish which we have. He made
every enquiry, and at length discovered
that there WAS no such thing as trawl
net IN the whole of The United States,
and at this he was very much surprised,
knowing how few fish were taken with
The line in this country. He mentioned
the matter to several, and they sent 10
the Messrs. lnman, the celebrated yacht
builders, of Lymlngton, for trawl net
but they could not, from unforeseen cir
cumstances, use 1t when 1t arrived, lie
then borrowed an old one, which had
been in storc-house ten years, and it
was precious rotten. He took 1t to New
port, in Rhode Island, and determined
to use il, and put it down to the great
chagrin Of all the fishermen. lie had
with him several Of the most intelligent
inhabitants. who were struck with his
carncstness, and the very first day he
went out lie caught 2 cw', OF fish. The
net, was only IL feet long, and very
rotten but, Notwithstanding, in three
days, he caught IL varieties Of firh, and
amongst them several turbot, They
had as fine turbut there as we had, but
did not catch them, because they only
used the hook aud when he brought
the fish in the fishermen said It was al
very fine, but II was n very mean way oil
catching fish (laughtcr). Generally
speaking, the Americans were very
liberal in their opinions, but this was
certainly not "A specimen OF il. Since
his return lie had investigated the sub
icci, and he was convinced that the tu;-
bo, they had there was decidedly differ
cnt from ours but they were the same
fish as ours, as far as eating was con.
ccrned and he was as convinced as
that he stood there that + Il company
was formed to 90 and trawl on the shores
Of the United States, they would make
fortune for, with miserable net such
as hc had described, he had caught more
fish in a given time than he had ever
done with the fines, meta in this coun.
ry,"
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1852-08-12
WHOLE NO lI4.1

Quite IA pedestrian feat was perform
ed on the Hill, last Saturday, by an,
Englishman named William Hughes
A purse o! eigtty dollars was made up
hy sume OF the visitors, which Hughes
wns 10 receive IL he could walk 20 miles
in l5iconsccutivc hours. lie commenc-
ed nj o'clock in the morning and nc.
conplishcd the feat at 20 minutes past
q IN the afternoon, thpa occupying IL
hours and 20 minutes. The ground
which he passed over was from the south
corner OF the Ocean ii ,use TO the north
corner OF the Atlantic House, and he
had to walk over il so times each way.
He is man about 35 years of age,
otcommon height and good proportions.
He generally walked at quite a rapid
pace, with firm and steady step. Ie
did not seem TO be very much fatigucd,
and, NJ the conclusion Of the walk, dc.
cIarcd that il those present were not
satisfied he would walk 10 miles more.
There was great crowd along the
Hill through most of the day, TO witness
the performance; he certainly earned.
his money. He belongs in Liverpool,
Seventy miles is just the distance from
this place TO. Boston We learn that.
heavy bets were made. on both sides Of
the question. by difcrcn, individuals.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1852-08-12

The Fisheries and the Treaty of flslS.
In corroboratiOn Of the views we ex-
pressed OIL Saturday last in reference TO
the true construction Of this Treaty,
and the distinction which should be
made in expounding it between the
word "right" and 'liberfy," as used in
the Treaty Of 1888, we publish the fol-
lowing extract from Lord Bathurst's
communication to Mr., John Quincy Ad-
ans, dated October 80, 1915. l, will be
borne in mind that this communication
preceded the making the Treaty of
1918, and will explain why no "righp
was renounced IN that treaty, and moth
ing was given up but the Hbery' Of
shore-fishing and the privilege Of drying
aud curing upon the land. The extract
is in The following words;
"But the RIGHTS acknowledged by
the treaty Of 1888, are not only dis,n-
guishablc from the liberties conceded by
the game treaty in the foundation upon
which they stand, but they are careful
ly distinguished in the treaty Of l'sI Il
self. The undersigned bcgs to call the
attention Of tho American Minister to
the wording OF the first and third arti-
cles, to which he has often referred for
the foundation Of his arguments. In
the first article, Grea, Britain acknow-
lodges an independence already express
ly recognised by the Powers OF Europe,
and by herself, in her consent to enter in-
to provisional articles of November,
1882.
"In the third article, Great Britain
ackno owledges the right Of the United
States to take fish on the banks Of New.
foundland, and other places, from which
Great Britain has no right to exclude
an independent nation. But they are
TO have the liberty to cure and dry them
in certain unsettled places within his
Majes,y's territory. Ii these Liberties
thus granted, were to be as perpetual
and indefeasible as the rights previously
recognized, it is difficult to conceive that
the plenipotentiaries OF the United
States would have admitted u variation
Of language so adapted to produce a
different impression and, above all,
that they should have admitted 80
strange restriction Of perpetual and
indefeasible right as that with which
the articles concludes, which leaves
right so practical and so beneficial MS
this is admitted to te dependent on the
will Of British subjects, in their charac.
ter OF inhabitants. proprietors, or posses-
sors OF the soil, TO prohibit its exercise
altogether"
"It is surely obvious that the word
right is, throughout the treaty, used as
applicable TO what the United States
were to enjoy, in virtue OF a recognised
independence and the word liberty to
what they were 10 enjoy as concessions
strictly dependent on the treaty ITSELF"
National Inteihgencer.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1852-08-12

SINGULAR DolNGs ON rue LANES
The Chicago Journdi, Of the 9th July,
says that the river that morning was
as high as at any time the present sea-
son. There is something truly remark
able in these ups and downs" Of river
and take. The small lakes also, in
Michigan and Indiana, Iisc and fall in a
similar manner, which suggests the idea
that all these beautiful sheets Of water
have subtcrranean communication with
Lake Michigan. Clear Lake" near
which the village of La Porte is situated
has risen ithin few weeks past to
such height that il has submerged the
plank road between Michigan City and
Laportc, which would have been deem,
cd hardly possible by those who know
the relative position oi each.