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I'D ICH'S SAFES UNRIVALED

III a EpsKrttp COURTHOUSE, s. O. Aurns o 1gs,
Messrs. STEAl8SS q MARTIN. Successors
NewYork! tiENTLEMEEIt r,s,rn
inform that al the fire consned our sto g
three others also tho M preserved all and pers on,
Of SALAMANDER SAFf purchased
Mr.. NJ Hatch: The Of eh nnn onh ~
heat truly terrific The crowd present dcud tie iiro nf my,
Thing stanlne such re yet We newer lost the
Upon next day the those who c
s the greatest stonsment prevailed thew saw
site the safe perfect and without so except what arose from the
nmandcr ~ ~ S "''' 'H'
We shall call upon you select another s,s and ns
Yours, respectfully, WILLIAMS CHI sTIrS
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compact II may be- it WtenH ;n although" he asserts
no beds stable than clay when the yelocities
do not exceed this And learn further that the tear
ing up OF the bottom often accelerated by the action
course sand gravel, wearing it off in thin LAYERS
velocity of eight nches, says the authority will
lift sand p twelve inches per second will sween
along fine grave-wentyf -four inches will roll along peb
bles an inch in diameter and thrtysix inches sween
away angular stones the size of egg
Thus we see that Professor Robinson Du Buat and
other eminent philosophers believing and concurring in
the theories and experiments of ancient and modern
times are DEATH upon the theory Professor Forshcy
backed 6y no experiment 'ohaiecer And when consider
turtner the effects OF lake storms any structure which
an erroneous view of progressvenessn may prompt pe
cuatVe minds to devise where then will be the already too
lame theory shall not enlarge here upon the theory of
Wnds, nor upon their effects upon waters generally for
he SIMPLE reason that there needthere is nothing
to combat; but may just mention in passing the resu
OF an experiment which DR. Thomson records incidentally
IN MS treatise on Chemistry THE Baltic sea- he saws
rs NOT so salt as the ocean, yet it has found that
the proportion of salt greatly increased by west wind
and still more by northwest wnd-a proof that storms
nave much greater effect upon large expanse of water
'han Is generally supposed"
After all, perhaps 1t may he ohectaa that IT,, o;
ea philosophy applicable to other parts of the Globe
~ ho' at all susceptible of application here on account of
' peeuilafities OF the Delta. Very well To do away
h AL chance of caYi this head let us brit v notice
OF the very best practical test ever vet made
-, 'i's Ueanty ailude to the lower Railroad extend
ns IRON the river TO the lake That nethe Pontchar
." nairoaa--has prolongatiou it appears of 1900
'eet INTO inc waters of the lake | have If nm Tho
authority of gentleman on whose yeracy unlimited
s, may be p'aced-a practical engineer by the
"ay-that the damage done by the gale of lss1 cost
i-'oVV 90 repair Hhew !!-Ole hundred and ,,g,,,
"''os 70 repair feo thousand ttpo At,d,,d feet, after
one days work of a modieum of air acting with
gwen velocity. All if those 22e0 feet had hee, on in
1he middle of the lake with train of passepgcr.
moving along what melancholy memento we shorl5
nave 10 hana down to posterity Moreover am asspr
.ha' slsoo Is the sum per housand feet which it costs
Aeep the saia prolongation in repair an average
yearly. For twenty-seyen miles Of road tbat ,vor,a
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TUESDAY, APRIL 81, 1852.
i'm SENATE.

The PRESIDENT Of the Senate laid before the body
communication from the Navy Department made In com
plance with resolution Of the 10Th instant calling for
information in relation to the different kinds Of coal now
used by the navy Of the United States The information
consists Of two reports made TO the bureau by the Engi
neerinchicf the subject Of the cooperating power Of
the different kinds of COAL Ordered TO lie the table
and be printed. ls $500
In answer to that part Of the resolution calling for the
cost per of the different kinds in the Chinese seas the
letter from the Bureau Of Contracts states that coal
has been sent to the Chinese agent however,
appointed by the Department, who has been instructed
uever 900 tons 81 btuminous coal and 500 Of anthrA
cite ut Macao and 500 each Of bmnous and anthracite
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL %, 1852.
IN SENATE.

Mr.. GwIN Task tiHshdulrence Of the Senate this
morning to permit to make motion to take up Senate
bill No g. which provides for the settlement Of claims
which originated in the military operations in California
during the years 1916 and 1S47. am aware that the
Senator from New Jersey MIR SrocKrox) is anxious to
take up Of some importance, but after make
my statement feel convinced that he win yield the
point
Mr. President ! win briefly state the reasons which
induce TO make this motion Mt this time BY the mail
this morning received letter from COL John c. FIRE.
mont, late member Of this body dated London April
b. 1882 in which he states that the evening Of the Sh
instant he stepping into carriage with his family
to visit friend he arrested by party Of four Bow
street officers who were of low order, rude, and inso
lent; that they were accompanied by solicitors clerk
Of the character. No time allowed him to col
lect information have intercourse with his friends he
simply informed that he arrested on the suit of
unknown parties for the sum Of $50 00 that he subse
quenty ascertaned that he arrested on liabilities con-
nected with his military operations in California during
the years 1916 and 1S4 that he confined under lock
and key for twenour hours and subjected TO the
exorbtant extortons He also says that he will be
PEELED to maintain an expensive lawsuit employ solicitors
and able COUNSEL and 60 through oil the anxiety delays
and incidental expenses Of the law pay $4,000 He
further says he has TO believe that this suit viii be
followed by many others for large amounts beyond his
ability to give security, thus permanently endangerng
have to believe that this whole proceeding was
unusual and such could have happened to En-
gshman Of character and that 1t is considered by Amer
lean citizens resident in London with the cir
cumstances not only outrage to Col Fremont but dis
respectful to our Government t .
am requested by COL Fremont to bring the subject to
the notice of Congress and in doing make this appeal
the Senate to take up the bin have Indicated and act
upon It, The subject Of these claims was thoroughly ex
amined by the Senate three years ago and BILL reported
by the Senator from Michigan, r. CAss) then chair
man Of the Committee Military Affairs was passed.
providing for the creation Of board Of commissioners
examine these claims and appropriating 100000 for
their payment In the House this Senate bill was refer
red to the Committees Military Affairs which reported
substitute providing for board and approprang half
million OF dollars; but II not acted on, owing to
sctc most Of the Legislation al the close Of that session
Mr.. B0RLAND could not see the necessity Of such Inn
mediate action; the chairman Of the Committee on Mill
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CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SATURDAY, ArRIL "a, 1852.

.s
Mr. ROBBINS by unanimous consent, offered the fol-
lowing resolution which was agreed to t
Resoleed That the Committee Naval Affairs be requested
20 inquire into the exPedency q modifying the M
States Naval Academy that when vacancy occurs the
member of Congress representing the district entitled 70 the
appointment shall be authorized to make the nomination. ana
that they report to this House Hs Hsg ss0
hra'8s CUMBERLAND ROAD. AiiaF lf3 81
Mr. STANTON, Of Ohio by Unanimous consent in pur-
suanoe of previous notice. introduced bill to surrender
40 the State Of Ohio the unfinished portion of the Cumber
land road in said State which read twice and refer
red to the COMMITTEES on Roads and Canals
efa5Sa 4 HOMESTEAD BILL. a
On motion Of Mr. JONES, Of Tennessee, the House
went into Committee OF the Whole the state Of the
Union (Nr HIBBARD, Of New Hampshire, in the chair
I and resumed the consideration Of this bill,
Mr. EWING did not propose to examine the merits OF
the BILL although IL had some merits He was inclined
TO give il his vote looking upon at least Of the
most harmless developments Of that idea OF progress now
50 widespread II general disposition Of the public
lands likely to take place. he knew Of no more worthy
recipients than those who would probably be benehted by
the passage Of this bill.
He then gave his views progress in the course OF
which he referred to Kossuhs mission as failure; and
HE believed he felt It, and perhaps acknowledged it, But
there were men In the other end of this Captostates-
men, the opponents Of great pocai PARTIES seeking TO
be the heads of those parties and as consequence the
heads Of this thought short time since
that here was godsend and happy breeze in the dead
political calm which to watt them into the haven OF
power. He then combated the intervention doctrines Of
Mr.. Glass; is El tx ts9s
Mr.. SIBLEY followed, and argued at length in favor
of the bill under consideration, measure emineny
calculated to benefit the West IN particular and the co
try at large 81 E.g.
Mr. FICKLIN advocated the passage Of bill reported
the other day from the Committee on Public Lands TO
protect the actual settlers the lands lying the Mo-
bile and Chicago railroad by granting them presumption
rights and then spoke in favor Of the bill under consi-
Iteration. t,lsss 9a sfAgft w & Esa#
Mr. BOWIE then obtained the floor; when
The committee rose and reported progress.
Mr. COBB remarked that it very obvious that the
business on the Speakers table had accumulated to great
extent much that the Speaker had to move it out OF
his way so as be able members He therefore
asked consent take up this business for the
purpose Of having it referred Objection was made.
At Mr.. MOORE, Of Pennsylvania by unanimous consent
presented memorial signed by over fifteen thousand
citizens of the city and county Of Philadelphia in favor
of granting lands to actual settlers which referred
to the Committee on the Public Lands.
The House then adjourned.
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6 fs agreflf Ia PITTsBuRGH APRIL %.
EXTENSIVE LAND SLrDE.-Y eserday Coal HILL above the
glass houses of Messrs Lorena and wghtman
heaving and moving in very alarming space
Of about four hundred feet in length and extending from
the bottom of the precpce, two hundred feet from the
top four hundred feet to the bottom Of the hill few
trees which were upon it rent fragments and
rocks were forced above the surface Of the ground In
places wide chasms appeared twenty or feet in
depth AT about three o'clock huge of earth moved
down h completely destroying the large vial factory
belonging to the gentlemen above named.
Is feared also that there win be extensive land
slide in Allegheny city, " Hog Back Ill., below the
Western Theological Seminary, is cracking in several
places and mass Of earth has already len and crush
ed some ont buildings belonging to Mr.. Gow-Gaseta
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man with large family was complaining Of the dit
hculy OF supporting all Of them. But said friend
you have sons big enough to something for you
now The difficulty is, they are too 6g to work.
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The amendment reported by the Committee on Finance
in relation to the increased compensation to the Collins
line of steamers up for consideration.
Mr. B0RLAND raised question Of order as to wheth-
this amendment order under the rule Of the Sc
nate, and asked the decision Of the Chair
The PRESIDENT submitted the decision Of the same to
the Senate and the question " Is the amendment in
order 2"
Mr. B0RLAND demanded the yeas and nays; which
were ordered.
And the question decided in the affirmative, as
follows:
YEAS-Messrs Badger, Bayard Bell, Berrien, Bradbury
Brooke, Clarke, Cooper Davis Dawson, Douglas, Downs,
Geyer Gwn, Hamln, James, Jones of Tennessee Mangum
Miller Norris Rusk Seward, Shields, Smith, Spruance, Sum
ner, Underwood Upham, and Wade--29. $500.
NAYS-Messrs. Atchson Borand, Brodhead Cass, Dodge
Wisconsin Dodge Of Iowa. Hunter Jones Of Iowa. Mason
Morton, Sebastian, and Walker--l2
On motion by Mr.. SEWARD, the further consideration
Of the subject was postponed until tomorrow.
On motion Of Mr.. GWIN the Senate proceeded to the
consideration of Executive business and after some
time spent therein the doorsw re-opened and the SEN
ate adjourned,
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Charleston.

THr past week has been n gala one in
in Charleston. We learn from the Charles.
ton papers TINT great number of persons
were in The city, attending the Fair, Regatta
&c.
There having been black frost in tho city,
the fever has entirely disappeared. The Ra-
gatta is something new and excited no little
interest. The first race, "a purse of S5OO,)
was won by the boat Becky Sharpe" of
Georgia. The other races were closely con-
tested by New York, North Carolina, Sou IN
Carolina and Georgia, and each State shared
in the triumph.
The theatre is in full blast there, and
new attraction is now added in the person of
Miss Julia Dean, who captivated SO many of
the old bachelors of the city last winter.
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From the Baltimore Times.
Cuba in A "Fidget."

From the tone of reports which wash
ashore in the United States the authorities
Of Cuba are in state of mortal apprehen-
sion with respect to the result Of the Pres
idential election. They anticipate a
formidable demonstration at the hands
OF "Pierce and King" or some of their
progressive adherents; and what the con-
sequences ofsuch vote as that of Tuesday
last may be, it is needless to conjecture.
The Captain-General, starting upon his
own premises, and aided somewhat by q
portion of the press of the United States,
will leap to the conclusion that the
"fiIbust;ers" are in frightfal majority;
and we may naturally enough expect him
to put the island through some unusual
attitudinizing preparatory to the expected
Let us make some allowance
in advance for any strange capess in Gu
ba about the election in the United States,
and Mt the same time use the obvious af-
feet of the result Of the election in that
quarter discrectly. a.. ...f.
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A man calling himself d. 8. King, from
Ohio, called at one of our hotels on Sun
day last, just before the departure of the
Southern Stage,driving ahorse and buggy.
He stated that he wished to go TO Charles
ton to meet partner Of his, who had taken
mules to Macon and Savannah for sale,
that he wished his horse to remain until
he returned, in some four or FIVE days,
and obtained from the proprietor twenty
dollars, 10 be paid when he called for his
horse and buggy. he stated that hs had
sold mules in the East Of North Carolina.
He is considerable Of 4 politician, great
friend Of Pierce and King, the Vice Pres.
ident.
II turns out since, that he had Borrow
ed or hired the buggy at marlborough,
to go to Rockingham, and not returning
at the time appointed, the owner Of the
buggy and horse traced him to this place;
he left Wadesbrough without paying
bis Hotel bilI, I,sand slao some debts to the
ipeschants there He hes been IN ths
nejghborhs6d 81 fchariotts, Wadesboseuok
and Rosknsbop lfos ssFsrsl ds5s. Sad
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which mines are liable, being sometimes
soon exhaustible, subject to be drowned,
and in some cases hard to trace, there is
but little opportunity afforded for certain
calculations as the profitable investments.
Instances are not rare, however, of these
establishments yielding profit for hundreds
of years. The mines of Potosi long con-
tinued to be worked with equal success as
at first. The gold mines of Cremnitz con-
tinued to be dug for nearly thousand
years, and the neat profit of the silver a.
lone from the Misnian mines in Saxony,
was computed in the space of eight years,
at ono thousand, six hundred and forty-
four millions, besides seventy-three tons Of
gold. Haile's mine possesses peculiar ad-
vantages of situation in some respects
Being in the immediate vicinity of the
sand hill region, the neighborhood may af-
ford ample security for health, and exemp-
ton from the poisonous exhalations COM
mon to many mining districts, and, though
at distance from any navigable stream,
1t has some water facilities, and the ad-
vantage of hilly ground which is dug with
greater ease and convenience, the drains
and burrows being readily cut, both to
drain the water and form necessary out
lets.
John Bull sovereignty appropriates the
right and title of gold and silver mines to
the reigning monarch, by an ex-efficio pre-
rogative. BY statute and 5, William,
C. 80 and 6, no mine of copper, tin, iron
or lead, shall be deemed royal mine, not
withstanding gold or silver may be ex-
tracted from them in any quantities. But
the King may take the ore at a certain
rate. Maliciously to set fire to a mine or
pit of Goals is felony, without the benefit
of clergy. If there is a lease of land with
open mines, the lessee may work them, but
not to open new ones, If man open
mine, he may follow the vein under the
land of another, but if the latter opens
pit on his own land, his neighbor is there
by deprived of This right.
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Editorial Chit Chat.

WE expect in n day or two TO leave for
Columbia, to attend the Newspaper Conyen-
tion,s In the mean time we appoint no sub
stitute to supply our place as Editor. We
have ssso reasons sss Doing 81. Il tie a.s.
place, snb-editor Is very apt TO write edito-
rails for the paper which may be antagonis-
tic to the views ofthe editor. We recollect
an instance Of this kind, which occurred not
long since. The Editor of the New York
Pick absented himself for brief period, and
his substitute inserted an editorial, declaring
that Mr.. Pick, (by which eognomen the real
editor Is known0 was neither a Whip OF a
De'locrat, but was either one or the otI or.
as the case might demand. To this Mr..
Pick seriously objected, and on his return to
his post, had to write column or two, ex.
planning the why and the wherefore said edi-
torial appeared
Our next reason Tor not employing 4 sub
sttute Is, that he may be 30 much more com
petent than we are, and give so much more
general satisfaction, that wlen we resume
our labsss, our readers may become dissatis-
fed
We do not exactly know the object Of THE
Convention, bat preaume the inteation is TO
establish an uniform rate ofpriees .fpr adver-
tising. Wethink this good plan. Not TN
frequently we hear men complaining that one
paper should charge 50 much, and another
90 much lesa This creates dissatisfacsion
IN the mipds Of men. Nowit Is worth mers
- advertise Ia one paper Chan snoiher; o.
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Louis Napoleon in New York City.

THk Brooklyn Daily Advertiser, moral
izing upon the rapid ascent of Louis Ma
poleon up the ladder of ambition, from
positive poverty TO superlative grandeur
and power, recalls some "reminiscences of
his sojourn in New York city many years
ago. The editor says:
"What strauge events have occurred
within few years in reference to that
man! We knew him whilst he was
residing in n. York, at a lodging house in
Reade street, then kept BY gentleman
who now occupies high official position
under the French Government. At that
time he was very poor, and very dissipntcd.
Notoriously proiligate in his habits, and
without the pecuniary ability to indulge
to the full bent Of his inclination the cul-
pable propensitieswhich characterized him,
he was frequently expelled from certain
places in which he obtruded himself, and
more than dozen times was the occupant
OF a cell at the old Jail in the Park, long
since torn down.
"Not long prior to his leaving the Uni
ted States, he was arrested for misde-
meanor committed by him at the disrep-
utable house of woman whose establish
ment he often visited, and the writer Of
this article was employed Professionally by
him to sve him from the threatened con-
sequences of his recklessness and indis-
cretion. We little supposed at that time
that the thoughtless and gay young man
who was then our client land who is still
indebted to US for cousel, fees and dis
bursements) would become Emperor of
France.-Such, however, is now his man.
ifest destiny although we believe that
his realization ofhis ambitious hopes and
aspirations will but hasten the fearful doom
which unquestionably impcnds over him."
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Our Government and the Crescent City
Affair,

JuDoE Sharkey, U. S. Consul at Ha-
vana, has written letter in relation to the
Crescent City affair, in which he says:
"The Captain-General mas received a
letter from the Spanish Minister at Wash
ington, in which the Minister says that
the Secretary of State assured him, in the
M ost positive manner, that Purser Smith
should not treturn in the Crescent City, and
authorized the Minister so to state to the
Captain-General. The letter was shown
and translated to me by Mr.. Savage, who
was with me at the time Of the interview
with the aptain-Gencral. His Excellency
expresses much regret that the pledge had
not been kept. i could give no satisfac-
tory explanation Of the matter, and remark
ed TO him that Smith was probably not
an officer Of the ship, and that the gov
ernment had no power to remove him
from the ship"
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Attempt of A Female to Vote

A female dressed in male attire presen-
ted herself, on Tuesday, at the 4th Poll
District of the XlXth Ward, New York
and wanted to deposit her vote. A by.
stander, says the Tribune, challenged her
right to vote, when she declined to "kiss
the book" The inspector, thinking her
face to be rather smooth for legal voter,
and thinking it possible that she might be
female, requested her to take off her
hat. She refused, alleging that she had a
severe cold. A police officer, who was
standing by, took the liberty Of raising her
hat, when her sex was at once discovered,
and she left the poll amid the suppressed
laughter Of the bystanders. It is said
that she purposed voting the De uocratic
Ticket. ...
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A Converted Family.

Mr.. EPnRAIM GRADER, an occasional
reporter of the Ledger, and per conse-
quence>a gentleman Of unassalable verac
ity, says the Philadelphia Sunday Mercu-
ry, informs us that while passing through
Jersey village last Sabbath, he saw a
young femenine trying to open the door
Of small grocery. "Sa! !" cried anoth-
er lass, looking out Of an up stair window,
"we've all been to camp-meeting and been
converted; so when you want milk on
Sunday you'll have to come in the back
,cayi"
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CoNTRIBUTIoNs TO THE MoNUNEST.-
The people ofthis County contributed One
Hundred and Six Dollars and Thirty One
Gents TO Washington's Monument. on the
day Of election, of which amount Hagers-
town District contributed Thirty-Six DOL
lars. 1t was glorious spectacle to see
Wings and Democrats cheerfully casting
their dimes into the box aet apart for the
purpose, in remembrance Of the scknowl-
edged "Father ofhis Country 1t shows,
that whatever may be our political differ
ences, we are still Americans, and still
cherish an abiding love for The Fathers of
this great Republic Rosessa 0n Md.
Torch Light.