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q FICIAL.
DEPARrMENr OF STATE,
WAsHIN0ToN, December %, 1852.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WAsHISoToN, December %, 1852
The following information has been commu-
nicated to this Government by the Minister Of
Her Catholic Majesty, and is now published
for the benefit Of all concerned: FL
LIGHTHOUSES ON THE COASTS OF SPAIN.
Notice to Mariners.
HYpRooRAPHIoAL BUREAU.
Lighthouses on the Coasts Of the CantabTian Sea.
Thsre has been received at this Bureau, through
the department Of Marine, the same having been
communicated by the Ministry of Public Works,
circumstan tial information concerning the locai-
ty of three new lighthouses which have been built
on the coasts of the Spanish Peninsula by the
corps of Road. Canal, and Port Engineers. in re-
gard 10 which the following notices have been
written:
lst. Lighthouse the point Of Cape Machiclacs,
Province Of Biseay.) From and after the 2lst OF
next August, there will be exhibited every night,
from the setting to the rising Of the sun, a light
in the Lighthouse built upon the point of Cape
Machichaco. on the northern coast Of the Spanish
Peninsula. This lighthouse 10 situated Ii miles east
Of the Punta del Fuerte dc Ia Ga.a, in N. latitude
430 20 Co., and in longitude 80 - 80" east of the
Observatory Of San Fernando. The apparatus Is
Of the first catadrioptic class, Fresnci. emitting
sseooy ss6"s soiAeu ~ VI
four minutes. This light, of q natura! color, is
elevated 2s5 Castian feet above the level Of high
water of equinoctial tides, and may be seen at a
distance of 1873 miles.
I'd. Lighthouse at Point del Fuerts de la Galea,
(Propince Of Biscay) -This lighthouse, estab-
lished on the coast to the eastward Of the Concha
de P~tugaiete, is situated IA miles west OF Cape
Machchaco, in N latitude 40 20 36n, and in lon
gude 80 = IA" east of the Observatory of San Fer
nando The apparatus is Of the fourth atadrioptic
class it's light, steady and of natural COLOR is ele-
waited 40 Castian feet above the level of high wa.
ter Of equinoctal tides, and is $500 feet OF the
same measure distant from the P,lnt1 de la Galea
This light produces, strictly speaking, a tangent
or reflection in q direct line extending to a dis.
lance OF 22.66 miles; but it will only be distin-
guishable at this, or even at lesser distance,
sphere.
Sd. Lighthouse at Cape Psaas (Prouince Of Ovie-
o.)-Ths lighthouse is situated in NJ latitude 43o
AZ 20", and longitude 900 22' 49, east of the OBJ
servatory of San Fernando. The height of the 10
mnous fire, above the level of the sea, 10 37O Cas-
titan feet, and it's appa ratus is of the first cata-
| drioptc class, Frssnel. producing u revolving
light once every halt minute, to be seen at dis.
tancs oftwenty miles in clear weather. The light
in this lighthouse will be exhibited for the first
| time OH the 18th Of August next.
The above is published in pursuance of a royal
| orde: for the information of mariners.
MADRID, July II, 1852.
GEORGE LASSO DE LA VEGA
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The SCARCITY or SMALL CHANoE-A Word
/or me ShoPke,pers. has now been in
session several weeks, and we have not heard
word In relation to Mr.. Hunters bill, or any other
measure calculated to benefit the shopkeepers of
the land BY the authorization of new silver coin.
age. This may seem a email matter to the Solons
Of Washington, and yet they should remember
that the little convenences of life and trade are to
the masses OF the utmost importance. What has
become Of the bill that was submitted by Mr.. Hun
ter at the last session Of Congrcss3 Why has it
not been taken up for consde ration, nd what are
the objections to III Is the measure regarded az
defective, and If so, in what respectl Perhaps
some friend at Washington, or Mr.. Hunter him
self, will attempt to answer these queries. We
have alluded to the subject again and again, and
% have several of our contemporaries. Indeed the
cry 10 beginning to be universal that something
must be done with the object Of providing the
thousands and tens of thousands Of shopkeepers
who are scattered throughout the land with the
proper facilities for carrying on their respective
avocations In Philadelphia, and indeed in most
OF the Leading cities, the Inconvenience s felt to
an intolerable extent. Silver is at premium and
has been for months, and thus we have no inter
mediate coin for general circulation between a
three-cent piece and n gold dollar The intel,i-
gent observer can we'll imagine the many and
multiarious transactions that take place from day
to-day, in which the articles bought or sold are
within these amounts.
Silver being at a premium, il is of course not
presented to the mint for coinage by dcpositors.
while, fromthe same cause, that institution is pre-
vented from purchasing it. The consequence 10
PaiPaoe. Ooin mat commands three or four per
cent. premium 10 boarded and sold instead of be.
ing circulated. Surely it becomes the representa-
tives OF the people to apply a remedy. This can
be readily accomplished by a reduction Of tho
standard weight Of the silver coin TO such an ex
tent as would enable the officers Of the mint to
enter upon an extensive coinage, and without oss.
The matter Is simple, and we cannot zee any posi-
tive objection to IT, The evil under which the com.
munity5ebor has been borne for a long time, and
with extraordinary patience, but Congress should
procrastinate a remedy no longer. Tha complaints
are far and wide. and no wonder. The fact that
the millions of small traders of the Union are COM
PEELED to carry on their transactions from day to
Gay without the use OF hve, ten, twenty five, and
ifty.ce pieces, is telling one, and should long
before this have induced the proper legislation at
Washington. We repeat the question = What has
become Of Mr.. Hunters bilI9
Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Diplomatic Negotiate ns.

The Union reiterates its opinion that "per.
suasions," ''menaces," "inlrigues," and car
ti6ces," are essential to republican diplomacy
and are therefore justifable. Our remark thai
"plan sailing integrity and straight forward
intercourse best be6t popular governments" ii
pronounces "ldeal," "specious," and "Uto-
pian." The phrases do not alter our estimate
Of the points at issue. We still think tina,
that is not worth having which cannot be hon
umph is purchased at too great cost when
it involves the sacrifice of virtues which are
regarded as sacred between man and man.
We think that national character is superior to
national aggrandizement. The Union thinks
that this view "is altogether too subimated for
this terrestrial sphere" it believes in effect
that ''the end sanctifies the means, and regards
national power rs paramount to every other
considor.iinn. So the case Glands bvtwssn
While differing from our contemporary, we
are unwilling TO submit in silence to the accu-
satiOn that in our previous article we distorted
his facts and misrepresented his argument"
In what instance was this done 10 what
way could it be done, seeing that the whole
body Of its own article was laid before our
readers as the text on which we com
mented The "facts' and arguments" were
treated precisely as the Union had chosen
to present them.
Notwithstanding its advocacy Of secret and
intriguing diplomacy, the Union speaks of Mr.
FILLMoRE's contempt Of a call of Congress-"
the said contempt consisting in the keeping
back Of correspondence respecting the annexa-
ton of the Sandwich Islands. For aught that
is known to the contrary, the correspondence al
luded to may not be yet completed; and the
Union-if candid enough to refer to our paper
of Thursday-will f1ad that we recognised a
distinction between "the publication of Cor
respondence while the negotiations are pend
ing," and the publication of one which is already
closed, as in the Cuban or Hayt case.
The Union intimates that Mr.. FILLMoKE's
practice in relation to the Sandwich Islands is
opposed to our "theory" That can be deler-
mined only when the negotiations shall be
known. In the meantime we venture to say
that Mr.. FILLMoRE's conduct toward the
Sandwich Islands will not be found unworthy
of the conduct by which his Administration has
been distinguished. Let it be published when
it may, nothing will be found to indicate that :,
lust for an extension of territorial power has for
moment tempted him to depart from the
strict line Of honor and honesty. The lax
morals Of our contemporaries diplomacy will
derive no succor from his proceedings.
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The ARcrIc ExPEDITIoN.-Dr. Kane, of this
city. has addressed note to Baltimore paper
correcting staten made by many OF the pub
lie presses, that he had been appointed Lieuten.
ant in the Navy, and, az such, would command the
"Advance" in the new expedition to the Arctic or
Polar seas. in search OF Sir John Franklin. Dr.
Kane has not received or solicited the commission
stated, although the Government has conferred
upon him the direction or command OF the vessel
named; part OF the crew OF which he will lead in
and exploration when the expedition shall have
reached the point at which the ice becomes a bar
rier to the prosecution Of the enterprise by sea.
philadelphia Lsdger.
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BRuTAL MuRDRR NEAR BUrrALo.-A diabo,ical
murder has been committed in the neighborhood
of Buffalo. New York. Mr. John Brown, of the
town Of Pembroke, started on Monday with his
own team for this city, accompanied by bis wife
and eldest son; and this morning the dead body of
Mr.. Brown, with his head beaten In, was found on
the plank road, near the North Alden station, on
the Buffalo and Rochester railroad. His clothes
were all torn and his pockets rihed His wife and.
con are also supposed to have been murdered, no.
thing having been beard OF them or of the team
Mr.. Brown was wealthy, and known to carry con-
siderable money about him.
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The Baltimore AND OHIO RAILROAD, which will
be open to Wheeling, Virginia, on the Let of Janu
airy, will probably receive immense accession
OF business by the connexon. The Wheeling
Times, adverting to the prospect, says:
The flour seeking this market from the sur
rounding country will vary not far from one mil
lion barrels annually; the tobacco of the surround
ing Country that will pass through here to the Bal
tinore market will not be less than five millions
Of pounds and other products Of less note in simi.
lar proportion"
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EcLIPsEs ToR l853.-There will be two eclipses
Of the sun and one Of the moon during the year
1858. The frat eclipse of the will take place
on the 9Th Of June, and will be visible in Caiior-
MIA, the southern portion Of the United States and
in nearly the whole Of South America. The second
will be total. and will take place on the 3Oth of
November. 1t will be visible in California Mexico,
Central America, and nearly the whole of South
America. Both Of these eclipses will be invisible
here. partial eclipse Of the moon will take
place on the 2lst Of June, beginning at 30 minutes
a. m: and ending at hours minutes. Digits
cclipsed q on the northern iimb-Boston Journal.
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NOVEL CAsE.-The court of sessions of Phila
delphia q few days ago closed the house of the
Spring Garden Hose Company, which at the time
contained all the hose of the Western Hose Com.
pany, the latter having loaned ii to the former
company. On rhursday application was made to
the court to allow the Western Company TO take
possession Of their hose, but the court refused on
the ground that as 30 many expedents are resorted
to to evade the law, it would set a precedent for
further applications, and render the law a nullity
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TIE AUTHOR OF UNCLE TOMS CABIn.-we
learn from good authority that Mrs. Harrie,
Beeoher Stove, author Of Uncle Tome Cabin, is
about to visit Great Britain, with her husban nd
She has lately received letter from DR.. Ward
law. rendering her in behalf Of q number Of la
dies and gentlemen of Glasgow invitation to
visit EDgiand at their expense. This invitation
she has accepted, and che will soon leave for Lv-
erpool Boston Traveller, 2If.
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NAvAL-The United States steamer Massachu-
setts, Lieutenant John G. Carter commanding
sailed from Valparaiso 18th ultimo for Norfolk.
Va. She will, however, touch at Rio to land the
Brazilian Minister, Lieutenant Carter having, at
the request Of the Hon. Bale Peyton, rendered to
him and his suite passage home.
The frigate Raritan sailed from the Lobos
Islands direct for the United States some two Or
three weeks ago, leaving only two American men
Of war Mt present on the Pacific station. Captain
Bladen Dulany, of the 81. Lawrence, takes COM
mand of the squadron.
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ITEMS FROM SouTHwEsrERs' GEoRaA.-we are
indebted to friend, who has Just returned from q
trip to Southwestern Georgia, for some interest.
ing items OF news; he informs US that the coun,
try ia still flooded with water, in consequence Of
the late freshet. 1t 10 with great difficulty that
stage coaches can get through the country, as the
bridges in many places have been carried away.
In Lee and Baker counties there is not one bridge
left standing The roads are badly washed and
| cut up, and, consequently, cotton and other pro-
duce came forward slowly. The receipts at Oglc.
a considerable falling of. In addition to the diff.
fculty Of getting cotton to market, it is stated
that many planters have turned their attention to
Fort Gaines and Columbus. While they can wa.
Ogiethorpe, they are enabled to purchase their
supplies OF sugar, salt, iron, bagging, moasses,
&C., at lower figure. These articles are brought
up the Chattahoochee from the Gulf, and cotton is
now going forward from Southw western Georgia to
New Orleans and other Gulf ports in payment for
them. This diversion of trade has been slight thus
far; still 1t Ii sufficient to authorize to call the
attention Of our shippers and railroad companies
70 it.
The crop of cotton in the southwestern counties,
is believed, will not exceed that of last year.
The quality of the early pickings 10 very good !,
much better than that gathered since the rains.
There 10 still considerable cotton in the fields but
it has been 30 whipped out and damaged as to
cause considerable loss.
The health ofthe country has greatly improved.
Emigrants are going in freely from all parts of
the State, and the country is rapidly filling up
Lands in Baker county are selling readily at FIVE
dollars to twenty-five dollars per acre, according
western road has already had q wonderful effect
in developing that section of the State and in at
tracing thither intelligent and energetic popu-
lation. When it shall have reached Americas,
then Albany, and then the junction of the Flint
and Chattahoochee rivers, there to connect with
the great Savannah and Pensacola road; then and
not till then, may we expect the full development
OF that fertile and interesting region.
Sauannah Republican, Dec. 81.
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OF FIG IA l..

APPOINTMENT BY THE PRESIDENT.
BY and lciu the advice and consent Of the Senate.
RoBERT B. LANDING. of Missouri, to be Indian
Agent at the Upper Missouri Agency, in place Of
J. II. Norwood, deceased.
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THE REPUBLIC.
WASBIN GTON:
SATURDAY MORNING. DEC. 25, 1852

o. That all persons employed on the Repub-
lie may unite in the celebration of the Festipal
Of Christmas, no paper DiH be issued from
this establishment on Monday neat.
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DEMAND ron SHIPBuiLnsRs.-There is quite a
demand Tor all classes Of artisans connected with
bodybuilding in Boston and vicinity. The New
Bedford Mrcuyy tells US that some eight or ten
from that city. yesterday, obtained employment
here readily Mt 81 per day, principally at East
Boston.-Bosfon Tfanscripf, Dec. q.
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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATE

FRIDAY, December "a, 1852.
Cyrus Orlando LOOMS, esq.,, of Pennsylvania
and William Cullom esq.,, of Tennessee, were ad
mitted attorneys and counsellor of this Court.
No :. Henry O'Rielly ct al. appellants, us
Samuel r. b. Morse ct al.-The argument Of thi,
Cause was commenced by Mr.. Gllet for the appel
lants
Adjourned until Monday IL O'Clock a. M
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MADAME ALDoNI is to appear in opera at tho
Broadway Theatre, New York, on Monday evening
next. The Euening Post thus notices this event
and the establishment of the opera in New
York:
ga desideratum long felt amongst the lovers Of
the lyric drama is about to be supplied by the pro-
duction OF Italian opera in its highest and purest
!stm. Mr.. Marshall, the enterprsing lessee of the
Broadway Theatre, has effected an engagement
with Madame Alboni, who is, without dispute, the
most eminent contralto singer of the present age.
The palm has been awarded to her in Europe and
in this country. Those who have witnessed her
surprising excellencies in the concert room will
be delighted with her on the stage in the lyric
drama, where she eectr6es by the fervor and pas.
sonate reality of her acting. To mid Madame
Alboni in the various operas to be produced, the
manager has engaged troupe of superior vocal:
lists. an extensive Italian chorus, and Q grand
orchestra. If the citizens Of New York do not
avail themselves of this unprecedented musical
treat which will be opened to them at prices ac-
cessible to all, let them not henceforward COM
plain. Mr. Marshall deserves universal patronage,
for he has entered into engagement which In
wolves very considerable amount of money"
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"THr PERL" an opera by Maeder, some time
since brought out ut Albany, New York, and
highly iauded, has been reproduced at the city Of
New York. and pronounced a failure.
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tbs Coal TRApE.-The coal trade for the past
week has considerably decreased in consequence
Of the few days OF cold weather Al this season Of
the year navigation may close very suddenly by
the formation Of ice on the canal.
tCsmbsriand md. Telegraph.
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IPunLIc ACr-No. 81

AN ACT authorizing the Secretary of the Trea-
sury to issue registers to vessels in certain cases
Be it enacfsd by the Senate and House Of Repre-
seatatires of the United States Of Amo ca in Congress
assembled, That the Secretary Of the Treasury be,
and he hereby is, authorized to issue register or
enrolment for any vessel built in a foreign coun-
try, whenever such weasel may have been shall
hereafter be wrecked in the United States, and
have been, or shall hereafter be. purchased and
paired by titizen or citizens thereof: Provided,
That it shall DO proved to the satisfaction of the
Secretary Of the Treasury that the repairs put up
such vessel shall be equal threefourths of the
cost Of said vessel when 30 repaired.
Approved December 23, 1852.
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In Memory OF Joseph 9. Ruth.

At q meeting Of civilians and officers of the
Navy attached to the Coast Survey on the Pacific
coast, assembled on board the United States sur
veying schooner Baltimore, for the purpose of pay
ing the last tribute of respect 70 the memory Of
JosEPH 8. RUTH, Assistant in the Survey, who,
while engaged in tho duties appertaining to his
position, was drowned In the Columbia river on the
18th Of October, ON motion Of Lieutenant Com
manding JAMES Alden, U. 8. Navy, R. .. Currs.
esq.,, was appointed president, and GEoRsE DAVID
SON, esq, secretary.
The following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That we have received with deep emo.
ton the melancholy intelligence of the death Of
JosErH 8. RUrH, and that we sincerely mourn the
sudden and melancholy fate of an associate loved
and respected by all, and doubly endeared to many
Of US By long years Of companionship.
Resolusd, That, by the death Of JosEpH 8. Ruth,
the Survey has lost one of its most able and alb
complished meRbers.
with the widowed mother of the deceased. who by
this sudden dispensation of Providence has been
bereaved Of an affectionate and devoted son.
Rssotved, That a copy Of these resolatiors be
lessor A. D. BAcHE, Superintendent of the United
States Coast Survey. and also that they be pub
ished.
RICHARD d. QUITS, President.
GEORGE DAvIDsoN Secretary.
SALE OF INDIA. RuBBsR SHoEs.-The New York
kcentng Post reports q sale OF lndia-rubber shoes
which took place in New York on the 10th inst.
and says it was the largest sale of these goods ever
made. Coffin and Haydock were the auctioneers.
cit was the entire stock Of second quality goods
manufactured under the Goodyear patent, in the
hands of the various companies who united in their
sale. 1t drew together one Of the largest Assem-.
bles of buyers from all parts of the country, and
some from Canada, ever seen. The catalogue
comprised seven hundred lots, and more than four
thousand cases were sold in about four hours.
There was great interest excited by the sale-the
bidding was very spirited, and in many instances
buyers took, on one bid andreds of cases. We
quote prices Mems stdlLovershoes, .Candee &
Co., 62a; ladies' do. do, AZ 49,; do high cut,
Newark Co., ~ 80; do. Jenny. Lind CATERS, Hay
ward & Co., a. 80; misses do. do, 521 ~;
men's gossamers, Ford & Co., 52I;. women's do.
do. 40 37s; gossamer slippers, New Brunswick,
323a 81; women's buskins, Goodyear, Is; do. over
shoes, do, IS a 42l; do. CATERS, Hartshorn. so;
mems plain oyershoes, Candee. 60 a IS; women's
slippers, New Brunswick, Az 40; do. met. bus
kins, Ford & Co.. ST. so; do sandals, do. 80; do
met. boots, do. 521 so; mems do. do IS; do over
shoes, New Brunswick, IS; do. do. Goodyear
67l 60; women's buskins, Candee, 524 a IS;
mems gossamer overshoes. New Brunswick, 55
women's plain do. Candee, 45; mems sandals, New
Brunswick. AZ; women's buskins. do. AZ; mems
sandals, Goodyear, so; women's do. do. 45 40;
ladies' slippers. Newark, ST. a IS; long boots,
Goodyear, - 75."
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THE NEw YoRK DAILY Pm Ess.-From a reliable
source, the letter of an observant correspondent,
then journeyman printer in Gotham, we learn
that the following was the circulation Of the seven
daily papers of New York city in May 1916, thirty.
siE years ago:
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OFFICERS OF Iowa LraIsLATuRs.-A correspond
ent of the Dubuque Express announces tho election
of the following officers of the Legislature of Iowa:
civilian E. Lefiingwell President of the SEN
ate, and James Grant Speaker Of the House; T. b.
Cunning Secretary of the Senate, and Van Metre,
Of Cedar Rapids. Assistant Secretary; 8. G. Feni.
more. enrolling Clerk OF the Senate; J. Smith
Haughton, chief clerk of the House, and Mr.. La
Cosset, of the Muscatine Enquirer, assistant clerk "