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FRIDAY, Dec. 8, 1859.
SENATE.

The bill to provide for the opening and
regulating Roads and Highways, was ia.
ken up and ordered to be sngrossed with
q visw 10 its third reading, which was
named for Tuesday next.
The Committee had under considera.
ton the supervision Of Common Schools,
and the lsvying Of m tenth of q mill tax
for the purpose of furnishing each school
district with a library apparatus. &c. The
subjects were warmly discussed. On mo-
ton Of Mr.. Finck the Committee rose, re-
ported progress and had leave to sit again
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House thsn resolved itsslfinto Com
mittee Of the Whole, Mr.. Morgan in the
Chair, and further considered the bill to
provide for the incorporation and regu-
lation Of Insurance Companies. Also,
House Bill No. 1865. to repeal an act "reg.
ulating appealsto the District Court" pas.
ssd March 90, 1852. Also House bill,
defining the mode of laying out and sstab.
fishing State roads.
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THURSDAY, Dec. 2. 1859.
SENATE.

NJ. Finck, from the judiciary commit.
~. introduced . bill to provide for the
partition Of real estate, Read the frs|
time.
Mr.. Peppard. from the Judiciary com.
p'ifiss. introduced . bill regulating divorce
md alimony. Read the first time.
On motion of Mr.. Mack the Senate
wsnt into committee Of the Whole, on the
bill 70 provide Tor the Reorganization, su-
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UHAT desirable business stand immediatsly
below the Court. House, and lately occupi-
ed as a Dry Goods Store by the Messra, KGhiss,
10 now for sale. 1t consists Of the orth fourth Of
lot N o. 81. in Woods6eld, with the Store Rooms
situated thereon, q good cellar and everything
convenient and necessary for doing % extensive
business. The terms will be made easy to suit
purchasers. aud possession will be given q any
time. Persons wishing TO purchase would do wall
to call Immediately.
Also, 1is e
Tho properly now occupied by John B. Non.
Esq, 10 for sale. II consists Of lot No 100 10
Woodsield, upon which is situated . commodious
dwelling house sufficiently large for two families.
There is . good we'll, q cellar under the premises.
and all in good repair. Terms to suit purchaser.
and possession given on. the First d, April psSt.
SINCLAIR 4 0KEy. . Ee4srs
Agents for the widow and heins of
Dec. ], 1859. Samuel Lsndbsct,, dsetesss.
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psrvision, and attendance Of Common
Schools, Mr.. CradlebaugH in the chair.
The supervision Of schools occupied the
attention of the committee. The bill was
reported back, without coming to any con
| clusion thereon.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Several bills were read a second time;
amsng others, a bill repeating the Ac,
authorizing the early publication Of the
laws.
Mr.. Morrison rose to a point Of order,
and said that the bill just read was similar
in substance to one introduced at the for
mer sitting of this General Assembly, and
rejected by the House; and therefore came
in conflict with that well established prin-
ciple of parliamentary law, which declares
that a bill once rejected, another of the
same substance cannot be brought in again
the same session. Mr.. NJ. read from the
House Journal, and Jeferson's Manual,
in support Of his proposition. A discus
sion ensued, and the Speaker finally sus-
tanned the point of order, and the bill was
rejected.
BILLS IN LEAVE.
Mr.. Plumb, agreeable to previous nstice,
introduced a bill relating to the writ OF
habeas corpus to persons claimed as flu
gitives from service or labor, and the right
Of trial by jury.
Mr.. Dickey--A bill to preserve the pu-
rity Of elections.
MIR. Bishop moved to take from the table
Senate bill No. 88, TO provide for the or
ganization Of the General Assembly
Agreed to.
MIR. Croxton moved a reconsideration
Of the vote by which the House refused to
strike out section IL of said bill. Agreed to.
The question then turned on striking
out section IL. After some discussion on
the motion 10 strike out, which was oppos.
ed by Messrs. Haley, Barnum, Shella-
barger and others, and advocated by Mr..
Mills, the section under discussion was
referred to a select committee OF five.
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have compared the foregoing laws with the
copy furnished ne, and find them correctly prin.
ted. JOHN B. NOLL,
Aud Monroe Co.
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We give below all the official returns
that we have noticed in our exchanges:
NEW HAMPSIIRE
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took her 70 Oho and there executed deed Of emancpa
ton according TO the laws Of that State The emancpa-
ton and could have been contaminated ac
cordng to the laws Of Mississippi No special act Of the
Legislature was had requred such services rem
dered by said to her master, alleged In the
Friend having been proven; the contrary the only
services Of che infamous nsture referred to above
Judge SHARKEY very properly decided that this act Of
emancipation made to avoid the letter and policy Of the
law void. The language of the decision quoted In
the FRIEND manifesty referred to the aduerous inter
course that existed between the parties which from the
proof appeared to be the motive for the act Of emancpa
ton. Well might it have been characterized as an Of
fence against morality pernicous and detestabe IS an
example" h o4tags
To show that the simple act of emancipation could not
have been regarded by the Judge in that light will refer
to the case of Ross Vertner 9th Howard Mississippi
Reports decided in lS40 years after the case Of
Brazealle Ross, wealthy planter in Mississippi ny
win emancpated four five hundred slaves with
directions that they should be sent to Liberia HIS heirs
law contested the validity Of the will relying upon the
statute before referred The court of which Jsdge
SHARKEY was member and present, unanimously de-
cded that the law police regulation enacted 70 pre-
vent the increase Of free negroes in the State and that
the case then before them providing for the tansPorta-
ton Of the negroes beyond the State not within the
" mischief" of the statute, and the will was therefore
sustained This case account Of the magnitude Of the
interests involved created much excitement at the time
and subsequently gave rise to alteration in the law
but the Of the decision questioned
Judge SHAnKEY occupied seat on the supreme bench
of Mississippi for twenty years, and am sure no judge
has ever lived who tempered justice with mercy
than did he; and one, retiring has left brighter
behind him. Kindness of heart and the largest be
nevolence have been his characteristics while at the
time he known to fail in the discharge Of
Duty however repugnant it may have been to his feel
ings or nature In short such is the estimation in which
he has been held by those who know him that in the
circle of his acquaintanceshp the highest compliment
that bestow upon another is to say that he
is " almost as good man as WILLIAM L. SKARKEY."
With much regard, have the honor to remain very
| truly, your friend, w. BROOKE.
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. The CELrIc ExoDus.-The fight Of emigrants from
ireland the Atlantic stll continues without the
slightest symptom Of dimnution. The number leaving
the port Of Cork taking the Liverpool route may be in
shown by the fact that firm alone has
chartered twenty ships to port only that Of Bos
ton during the past four months each ship containing at
average 400 passengers. These were from various
parts Of the country. the number from Dublin county
alone being 1854 Three ships setting sail from Queens
town took 636 passengers to Boston, most Of them Of
comfortable description Of farmers The amount Of the
exodus direct from the port Of Limerick for Canada and
the United States from the Goth Of March to the LIST of
May Instant up the number Of 1896 persons
This Is bat the preliminary Of the spring season Of 1852
The analysis exhibits eleven ships for New York with
AT passengers and eight ships for Quebec with 4lS
passcngerstots nineteen ships and 1895 passengers
London paper.
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letters which passed through the Post Office Of the United
States during the fiscal year ended June 80 1851
The amount Of postage due dead letters for the
year was 1896, 125 by estimate. ,.t 1900
The number Of free letters computed from the returns
Of postmasers for single quarter and may be regarded
rather below the actual amount in cases post
fail TO enter in their returns the free letters deli
vered from their Office upon which by law they allow
ed commission Of two cents. t.,ts Az sl-n NJ.
In distinguishing the drop and stamp letters, my est
mates based upon the returns Of certain number Of
miscelaneousy selected Offices and which believe give
. fair though not exact result, f.t k.1T !,
q In TO the inquiry embracing the printed mat
ter by calculation estimate that the aggregate number
Of newspapers and pamphlets chargeabe with postage
which passed through the Post Office Of the United States
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Y
The above tabe of transportation embraces with the
exception Of what paid for servce only such items
as classified y States upon the books of this Office
portion of the expenses Of the Department charged
transportation, cnsstng of river mails route agents
irregular servce and some of recognised Service
are consequently lot included but it is believed that this
table furnishes witt sufficient accuracy the Information
called for ar
The number of htters conveyed by the Cunard, Col
hns Bremen, and Eayre lines for the period is
follows, viz:
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The editor 81 the Harrington IN ~ as> introduction
few days nc 20 venerable tortoise which its shall the
initials Of Of that tovnshp who died long since purporng
20 have been cot IN the year I'LL two before the signing OF the
DsArscn Of Indeepdcrc TIE animal hears the initials Of
another citizen still living cut Ia ls Tho tortoise found
the farm Of doHs DEACON ESQ., for forty
years This last date cut BY and the
by his gvsnshthev ~ " impossible n this sn1
the rs date APPEARS 70 have hp cut he had attained h
fun size Tie nhsbi meadow At the lower end OF the farm and
rarely IL except when taken To the
excellent health and lively species gene
rally reported 10 DO.
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Swedenbor many Behind rank spirits
great numbers there and the number
permitted r beyond where
regions Of millions millions happy
spirits many them planets all crowded around that
sem-circle .fse fTfT-g77T-7
Poison boosted that - could write the history
Of human folly in five hupdcd volumes The boast was
not sonabe in his day. but in ours ii would make
O fool of the man who ventured it.
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during the year ended June SOth 1851, S72
According to calculation made by Mr.. Brad
ley, Of the Washington city post office, the
free printed matter Passing through his office
during the same period was s,4eoO5O
Exchange newspapers and documents franked
by Governors Of States, &C., estimated 80. 5000 900
Total printed matter ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, 155, 922
II is proper to remark that in computing the number Of
free letters allowance is made for such free printed
matter is mailed other Offices than Washington city,
and as it is entered way bills by postmasters
and no returns made therefor this Office has data
upon which TO base even calculation.
The following table shows the amounts actually credit
ed for the transportation Of mails by States and differs
slightly from the amounts actually paid 1t also shows
the amounts by postage collected in the several states
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THE SNALL-pox-The last accounts received from Hong
Kong represent the smallpox prevailing an alarm
ing degree, both among the Chinese and Europeans.
Among the former it Of particularly fatal
while strange to say even vaccination did not protect
the Europeans from its ravages. The only effect this
great preventive heretofore considered nabe appear
ed to have to mitigate the severity of the attack
nearly all the Europeans recovered.
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A NEW FOUND LAKE.


Some Of the Eastern papers doubt the statement re-
Gently published says the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
Of newly discovered lake of considerable size within
fifteen twenty miles Of the Falls of St. Anthony Peo
pie living the seaboard have very inadequate notions
of the Of the West There is land to the
lying between the Mississippi and the Missouri than they
have dreamed Of In regard to this lake the proof
below should satisfy every body Except that the gene
raj features of the country known and the mark
ed characteristics reported by explorers and trappers and
the native Indians the whole territory of country west Of
the Mississippi and north Of the northern line of Iowa.
stretching back to the Rocky Mountains almost
explored country. There may be lakes fifty miles across
large rivers ranges of high hills extensive elevated pa
teaus and thousand typographical and geographical
features and curiosities unknown to the white in
this great wild Indian country The St Anthony Express
gives crcumstantia of the discovery which
append:
Calvin A. futile and John H. Stevens of the old
est and reliable settlers in Minnesota together with
several others, including the writer hereof, two
weeks since spent three days in the exploration Of this
lake. They found it to be from thirty to forty miles in
length, and full fifteen miles in width containing area
of four hundred and fifty square miles They also found
islands in this lake. many of which they visit
ed, and in particular, that viii be found survey
full three thousand The explorers fur
hemore found the lake to contain innumerabe null
ttude Of fish, and to be the of myrads of wild
fowl countless the sands Of the shore They found
its scenery indescrbably beautiful They found more
lake. to the width of from three five miles, rich in every
variety of hard wood -
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BETTER TO he DORM Lucky THAN RIcH.-The Dillon
family descendants Of Lord Dillon Of Ireland have in
herited an estate valued at upwards Of 81 600 900 We
understand that lucky fellow citizen Dr. JoS Bur-
the great Sarsapara man, is heir by marriage and
comes IN for snug little share amounting three or four
hundred thousand dollars This is what we call good
luck in reality.-Louisra< Journal
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DIsAPPEARAYcB OF LAKE.-A lake about two miles and
half long, and located about eight miles from the village
Of Brighton, Canada burst its banks the 21st utmo
and completely drained out the water the neghborng
land. The bank through which the water broke was
about forty feet in The rush of water dug chan
mel twenty feet deep and one hundred feet wide for
length of two miles, uprootng forest trees carrying away
mill-dams, and drowning two Thus occurred the,
singular phenomenon of lake being dredin few hours
(LomiaiLs Journal
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Tm CoMEr AND PLANET BusrsEss-Are not our scion
tihc friends In Harvard and elsewhere carrying this
pnnet and comet business rather fart new planet
In the course Of three four years and comet year
will do very we'll but this finding planet every week
and new comet daily, is IL not running the thing into
the roundf We used to know the number of the planets
and had some idea Of the principal comets they have
gone ahead Of astronomy long ago. and we think the
schoolboys must have hard time Of IT, Mr. Boxp, Of
the Cambridge Observatory has himself turned out ee
ven or twelve comets the telegraph does not exactly
know which and the rivalry among observers is SO great
that country and every Institution with pretension
TO science is setting up its comets and some Of them
their own planets II II be true some very wise peo-
pie have suggested that this globe Is ultimately to be de-
stroyed by an amed comet Is II wise in our astrono-
mers to be beating up ones and letting them loose
Is there not danger that Impractical hands may
take up the business and them flying wrong drec-
tonsf We hive great confidence in Mr.. Bond and We
have no doubt that the business reasonably safe SO
long as IT is confined to regular professors but every
schoomaster Is pointing his telescope to the sky and
bringing down star with the certainty OF Capt Scott
aiming at coon; and the womenwho ought 70 be
content with knowing that they terrestrial starsarc
searching the heavens for planets and comets.
4a lM lIropidepcc Journal
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AuDrron's orrrcr, Posr oryrcr DrrArrnrs

u.
500 MAY IA, 1852 .
SIR II is impossible for to answer fully and en-
acty the several inquiries embraced in the Senates
luton Of the 18th of March last.
The present clerical forceof my Office is barely suf
Gent to perform its current business and the
resolution fully would have doubt require il to be
doubled, for the space at least Of one year. tss
The circumstances Of the are such that am com
PEELED in great degree to resort TO estimates and
then without such data to render the results strictly
reliable. ~
The first inquiry in the Senates resolution calls for
the whole number of letters which passed through the
Post Office Of the United States during the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1851 distinguishing the paid from the
unpaid those paid by stamps from those paid by cash.
ALSO the number offee letters ALSO the number Of drop
letters.n f A,.-e--..
BY calculation estimate the whole number Of paid and
unpaid letters which passed through the Post Office Of the
United States during the year aforesaid Exclusive Of
California, foreign and dead etters) at7l 1876, 1856
Deduct number estimated TO have been prepaid
by stamps .................. L. go. O88
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y TsRRBLK Accrpsvr-A Of Mr. William Spendley, of
Bnghampton, about thirteen years old living with his uncle
Richard Spcndey smthboro killed Tuesday
last in the following manners He engaged in driv-
ing span Of horses attached roller evcler, in the
Geld Of his uncle Two hired and Mr. g at work
in different parts Of the fcd sight OF the team Adult
o'clock they discovered The had stopped and uppong
the lad had gone 70 the house for took further notice
the long time the team remained still attracted their
attention. when going the spot they found the boy under
the roller Dead with the lines in his hands, having been in that
condton upwards Of half 0soego ~ W Gose6e
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is estimated that three ourths Of the hostages by
the Cunard and Collins lines collected in the United States
have been collected in the large Offices at which the COM
missions 121 per cent? and that the average Of
commissions paid the remaining onefourth has not
exceeded thirty per cent According to this calculation
the commissions paid to postmasters the balance
due and paid to Great Britain amounts 039 06
To, say $4461s 0s, at l2l per cent 5T7 20
1852 90, at 80 per cent.......-....... 4,461 so
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RErunNSc REAsoS.--In the course OF discussion in
the New York Common Council few days since growing
Of resolution offered by Of the Aldermen to APP
point committee Of FIVE to extend the courteses Of the
city TO the ocers Of the gate Prince Of Orange one Of
the members observed that he would 90 for the resolution
il il show honor to the Dutch but If 1t was
other KossUrH affair he opposed 70 it. They wasted
thousands that man. and now Aldermen could look back
and phat fools y ,cye An outsider here audby re.
marked continues the report that the Alderman Of the
XVIII was making candid confession"
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portion Of this is returned to the Department in
the shape of surplus commissions Mt the large Offices
The amount received from the British Government on
closed mails was $45, 279.41.
The amount paid to the British Government closed
mails was So, 306.80 ! ,i,-sl.F sss.r
The amount Of postage by transatlantic steamers
letters to and from China and Continental Europe this
Office has no means Of determining the post bills from
theNew York and Boston Offices do not distinguish be-
tween them. s Fash gt4.ssT b ,-I.UF
The number of letters conveyed between New York and
California and New York and Oregon, via Chagres and
Panama and the amount Of hostages collected thereon,
are as follows: saa i
Number of letters sent and received 1923 667
Amount Of postage thereon. ,34 o.
Unpaid, (estimated) ."........"-S443,8 48 81
Paid. ......do.".................. 1892 AZ
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relates the operations of the dead letter Office during
the last fiscal year. the honor to state that the
Der of dead letters received at that office is estimated by
the officer having charge thereof 000 agreeing in
that respect with the estimate of the Auditors and that
during the period the number of dead letters
tanning money opened registered and sent out for de-
livery was.....
The aggregate amount Of money found in the
same SAT, 1886 10
The number of such letters delivered. 80,
The amount of money therein. 900 81
The number of letters returned unclaimed...1, log
The nominal amount of money in the GAG u
few of the unclaimed letters have been restored to
their since the close of the fiscal year. and the
mander are yet hand in the dead letter Office.
There is also another class of dead letters which contain
articles Of value other than money, such bonds
Of hand drafts bills Of exchange checks certificates Of
deposte, certificates of stock and other papers having
value capable of being expressed in dollars and cents
During the year the number Of letters Of this class
registered and sent out for delivery was.....100S8
Their enclosures having nominal value off, ST. 1872 lbs
OF these 6631 restored to their owners 1858
returned unclaimed and 1914 remained in the hands Of
postmasters to whom they had been sent for delivery
All the foregoing facts in reference to the operations Of
the dead letter Office and many others of much interest
will be found to be stated in the report Of the Third
ssant Postmaster General annexed my last annual re-
port land which has Just been prned) part of the
documents accompanying the Presidents annual message
To the statements contained in such report of the Third
Assistant and TO the tables thereto annexed beg leave
most respectfully to refer the Senate. 'n
The money found during the year ended June 80 1851
in letters which still unclaimed is now being examined
and registered and will be prepared for conversion
funds which can be deposited in the Treasury of the
clerical force Of the Office had been sufficient TO dispatch
its business with promptness and accuracy.
have the honor to be, with great respect your most
obedient servant,
N. X. HALL, Postmaster General.
To the Hon. w. r. KING,
President Of the u. s. Senate.