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that the sample of Lberan cotton had been tested
at Manchester. Its value had been greatly inn
paired in the process ofgiuning, but the cotton it
self possessed qualities which under better treat
ment would render it very useful to British manu-
features. Encouragement is held out to Liberia
land owners to turn their attention to the cuIlva-
ton of that staple, and to forward samples cleaned
by hand for further examination,
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EvADING THE MAINE Liquor LAw.-Scma
ingenius devices are adopted in Maine to evade
the stringent liquor law of that S ate. A few
days ago coffin, at first supposed to contain the
remains of some deceased person, was carried
through the streets in Portland but the suspi-
cions of the police being excited, it was opened,
aud 10 it was found to be full of bottles of whis-
key, which were Immediately confscated. 1t is
said wag who saw the operation remarked that,
contrary to the usual course of things, the cof
fin in this case contained not the body but the
SDirit
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OLE Bulls Mission TO THE UNITED STATES.
Wa sne il stntnd that ono nf the nhincts nj

OLE Bulls Mission TO THE UNITED STATES
We it stated that one of the objects of
Ole Bulls visit to this country is in relation
to a lawsuit he had in this city, and which has
recently been decided, growing out of difficult
ties which took place some years ago, when he
was in this country before, between himself
and music book seller, in reference TO his
management Hon Reverdy Johnson was his
council, and he visits here for the purpose Of
settling the affair. He returns about May OF
June to Burger, Norway. where, he is the pro-
pretor of new theatre, and where he has OBJ
tanned trcm The government authority to intro
duce dramatic performances in the Norwegian
language.
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y Gov. FARwEbL, of Wisconsin, in his
recent message, expresses an opinion that the
fugitive slave law, in many of its features, is
highly Objectionable and unjust This is the
governor of Wisconsin who was chosen by a
coalition of Abolitionists and Wings.
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Free NeErNcS in MARYLAND,

order was adopted requiring the committee on
coored population to inquire into the expedi-
ency of reporting bill to compel all free ne
groes to hire themselves out by the year" This
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U. s, Consul AT HAyANA.-A Havana
pendent of the Journal Of Commerce, writing under
date of the Goth January, says;
"The Hon. William l.. Sharkey entered upon
his duties as Commercial Agent yesterday morn
ing, and begins very fairly, by requiring al. ship
pers Owners here) to swear to their invoices,
practice which has been neglected, very much to
heinjury Of the fee bill of the Office.
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WILD TURKEYs.-Some Of our exchange pm
pers, says the Richmond Dispatch, speaks of a
mammoth gobler that was killed somewhere
in London, the weight of which was u pounds
gross and the beard of which measured eleven
inches. The writer of this article did better
tlan that. He never killed but one wild tur-
KEY in his life, and that weighed twenty-five
pounds net. AS it had a beard thirteen inche.
long, and spurs t. mach, it may be presumed
that it was of the masculine gender
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THE PEACH AND OTHER Fault CRoPs The
New York journal Of Commerce says it is
feared that the peach and other fruit crops have
suffered severely throughout the country from
the late cold weather, and that, in many in.
stances, peach buds in particular appear to be
deadened at the germ,
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~ LOLA MONTH"; Countess of Landsfeld)
arrived in this city on Thursday evening. She
has taken rooms at the Irving House. She will
shortly appear at the National Theatre
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Steamships between N. York and Charleston

The Charleston Courier says:
In addition to the fine steamships Marion
and Souiherner, already running between this
port and New York, we are to have the Union
and the new steamship James Adger, so tina,
early in the spring there will be a regular semi.
weekly service between the two ports The
departures will be as follows:
On Wednesdays and Saturdays, from Ner
York 10 CharieSton IL
Union 4. Capt Adams. Marion s-kCapt Berry.
Jas Adger" Dickinson. Southerrsr "s Foster.
The Union is new boat a very fine model,
and her accommodations are ample and well
apportoned She was to have left New York
on Saturday for this port. The James Adger
il now taking in her machinery at the AlIalre
Works, New York, and will be ready to put to
sea in short time"
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Catherine Hayes has been giving concerts in
Charleston and Savannah with great success
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General Summary

Ii IS said the Kossuth contributions in Pitts
burg amount TO $4,000.
Mr.. Edwin Forrest has been sojourning in
Philadelphia for week or more.
Miss Cushman, the femal pedestrian, has un-
dertaken, at Mobile, to walk 500 half miles in
$50 consecutive hours.
The trial Of John L. O'Sullivan and others, in
New York, charged with being :" fillbusters,"
has been postponed till the 10th inst.
Mr.. Walter, the arch ect for the capitol il Is
said, has submitted plan for the restoration and
extension Of the library apartments.
Both branches of the legislature of Wisconsin
have invited Kossuth to visit them.
At Memphis Tenn, on the 18th ult., coal WIS
selling at the exorbitant price of $ per barrel.
IL is stated that Mr.. Kettel has sold the De-
mocrat'c ReuteW to George Saunders, esq for
$4,000.
There were 10 900 copies of Harper's Nigga
zine issued for February, and it stated the whole
edition was sold at the first of this week.
Lola Montez, accompanied by DR.. Moorehead,
was present at l}roughan's Lyceum, New York,
to witness the debut of Mrs. Forrest.
TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT National TEN.
perance Society propose giving grand banquet,
on the 18th inst, at the Metropolitan Hall, New
York, at which General Sam Houston, of Tex
as, will be the prominent orator.
Inc law once OF senator Dickinson, at Bing-
hampton, N. G, with nearly all his papers and
correspondence, was destroyed by fire few days
ago.
Kossuth addressed about 800 people on Mon
day afternoon, in Cleveland, Ohio, who paid from
3 to So piece, to hear him.
On Sunday ist, gentleman Of Georgetown,
killed live snakes not far from the residence of
r. NJ Linthicum. esq
In the New York State senate a bill has been
reported for the relief of such colored persons,
and unclaimed fugitives from labor, as wish TO
emigraie to iberia
Gov. FARwELL, of Wisconsin, in his annual
message, recommends acquiescence in the COM
promise; change in the tariff; the creation of a
general banking system, and the establishment
an Agricultural Bureau at Washington. During
the past year the demands on the State treasury
exceeded the receipts by S38,2S3
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From Brotsn & lShpLey'S Circular.
COMMERCIAL SUMMARY.

LIVERPOOL, Jan. 10Th, lS52-We have had
to report large business in cotton since the
departure of the steamer Of last week. The
sales of the week ending last evening, are esti-
mated al 40,950 bales, of which spectators took
1870, and exporters 2,8I0 bales.
After the arrival of the Europa more conf
dence was apparent, and sales were effected at
rather better prices. This has been succeeded
by greater anxiety TO realize, and the bulk of
late arrivals having been placed on sale, the
supply has been more than equal to the demand
The Market however, closed firm, at last weeks
prices.
We quote fair Orleans at 81; fair Mobiles, 5 !;
fair Uplands, AZ; middling, 4 ll.l6; inferior
and ordinary, AL The sales to day are
estimated at 5000 bales at firm prices The
total stock of cotton in this port is estimated at
100000 bales, Of which 225OO0 are American
against total stock, at this period of last year,
of 455000, Of which 25S,OOO bales were Amer-
can.
Indian corn has improved in price from Is Cd
t, %. per quarter, and is in good demand at 29s
Sd to 3os for mixed and yellow, and 32s per
quarter for white.
In flour and wheat there has been fair bust
ness doing at last weeks prices. We quote
western canal flour at s. 2ls Cd Philadel
pHli, pdltiiuOIt, oIlpb anu bdHauidU al ZlS.
22s., and sour at IFS. l8s. per Dbl White
wheat at 81. 6s Cd, and red at 5s 3D. to IS.
Sd. per 20 lbs
The sales of rosin for the week, are 600 bbls..
at 3s q. 3s. Sd. per cwt., for common Ameri.
can. Nothing doing in turpentine
There is fair demand for bacon, but Amer.
can is too high compared with home cured
There is more inquiry for beef, and new fine
is much wanted. There is nothing new to report
in pork, hams, or shoulders.
Cheese is neglected
TalIow, 81 36--Gne commands BIS. Cd
Rice sells at It's l. 49, Cd. in bond
WORCESTERSHIRE in a speech to the ladies',
said
With us. the widow is the head of the fam
lily, as the father was. As long as she lives, she
is the mistress of the property of her deceased
Husband Under the old constitution of Hun
gary, the widow of the lord had the right to
send representative to the parliament, and in
the county elections Of public functionaries
widows had a right to vote alike with the men
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Coal IN NORTH CARoLINA.-We learn that
extensive deposit of coal, both bituminous
and anthracite, has been recently discovered On
Deep River, Chatham county, North Carolina.
1t has been surveyed by scientific gentleman,
who has made report of its extent and quality,
which is too long for us to publish. The sur
vey was made by Professor Johnson, of Wash
ington city The exact extent of the coal field
is not stated in the synopsis of his report
which we have seen, accurately, but it is be-
lieved to be thirty or forty miles in length and
found to be about nine feet thick. Its quality
is stated to be uncommonly good. The coal
may be transported cheaply by water to Will
mington, or Snithville, AM may be an impor-
tant and valuable article of export-Richmond
Wing
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GREAT WHEAT AND CORN STATEs-A cor
respondent of the Pttsburg Gazette, writing
from this city, says
From the abstracts of statistical returns at the
Census Office, it appears that Pennsylvania, in
1850, was the largest wheat producing State in
the Union. have had the Curiosity to compare
the six most prominent States in respect to this
crop, and give them below, with the crop of
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From The London Times Of Jan. IA.

There have been those even among our own
countrymen and cotemporaries who fattered
themselves with the delusion hat the seventies
of Louis Napoleon's dictatorship were tempora.
ry evils and that his policy would change when
it had received the popular sanction. We have
not been deceived for an instant by so gross a
falacy. From the first hour of his Illegal do.
minion we have never doubted that he must go
on from bad to worse, until he had either
trampled out every spark of liberty aud indie.
peudence from the French nation, or had paid
the penalty of his attack upon the fundamental
laws of civilized people. He has obtained, or
boasts he has obtained, the suffrages of nearly
eight millions of Frenchmen, though it is more
than doubtful whether eight millions of adult
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Two Opinions.

The Albany Alas democratic FreesoiD thus
speaks Of the rule of representation in the Bal
iimore Convention proposed by the central com
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Works Of Internal lmprovements be listed in the
tina House, making an appropriate ion for Railroad
or Canal-Seconhs five bills pre- to the House
making subscriptions to Tprnni 81 Work9ofIQ-
ternal Navigation &c, \ Il
following substitute wis added "and q extend
the amount of appropriation in each BILL md state
the aggregate therebE'&
MI. Rice made a motion thai the restitution q
amended be indefinitely postponed, upon which,
the main question: Pun, it was determined in
the negative.
On motion Gf6iI: Palrick, the House adjourned
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important to Farmers!

tho Tina Is approaching when farmers viii prepare
n their ground spring the bers res
pecty inform them that they have quantity OF good
clean Barley for Seed which they will neat moderate
price, favorable terms, provided they got the
roduce for which they viii pay the market price, fry
i've cents per bshe will contract for torn OF years,
viii pay cents per bushel CASH for all the ar
mers viii grow and deliver at our Brewery -....r
We make this Offer TO farmers. hoping i may induce them
raise much Barley require without purchasing
in foreign markets; W: hitherto been compelled TO
buy large Quantities every the States Of Kentucky
New York. also in CL6da for establishments here
and in Pittsburgh.
We beg leave 10 suggest the necessity OF sowing plump
clean grain and to careful In harvesting thresh, and
cleaning as we cannot use Inferior damaged Barley.
we will also have good Winter Barley, for seed ready
70 d seW neh1 f'n, GEO. w. SMITH d Co
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0THE Snail TRADE IN FRANcEs-We' learn from
our Partisan contempt that the snail is be-
coming 4 fashionable article of diet and that for
several months past, particular place has been
appropriated for their sale in the Paris fish mar.
ket in the southeast angle, near the lobster and
fresh water FISH, ''Snails,' 2. sa3sone Of the French
journals, "Were highly esteemed by the Romans,
our masters in gastTonomy, and are now raised in
many of the departments, with, success In the
sixteenth century, the CapuchinS Of Fnbn urgh re-
covered the art Of breeding aud fatenng snails,
art that is not in our day. for in Fanche, Com
te, Loraine,I and Burgundy they raise excellent
snails, which find sure demand in the Paris mar
ket There are now tiflyrestauran:s and more than
twelve hundred private tables in Paris, where
snails are accepted delicacy, from eight TO ten
thousand consumes. The monthly consumption
Of Ans mellascin is estimated at half a Million.
The market price Of the great vineyard snails, is
from or so to ST. 600. per hundred, while those q
the hedges, woods, aud forests bring only from ~.
to ar csc. proprietor,of onel snaillery in the
vicinity Of Dijon, is said tonett oyer 6ooof.' an
nually. t.-r.,s -. rss.s.
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go a,HYHEEEING. VA
We give plses,with pleasure. to the following

We give place, with pleasure to the following
essay from young friend, on the, importance OF
American literature, If our. young. and growing
ipopulation would turn their attention more fre-
ouently to- this and kindred subjects, and but re-
solye that oh would contribute his part towards
producing, the desired end, our county would; ere
long. be Disseminated from the imputaton Of lite
fary poverty under which she has 20 long rested
abroad, '.Let every one reform one'' was favoIite
maxim Of Miss II. Moore, in morals. Let every one
butreform himself let every one but determine to
contribute his part towards eleyating the standard
of literatery attainment in America, and the work
Is accomplished. It is to the young and rising and,
ge may. add, to the educated talent of the country
that We must look for the fulhlment of this much
to Be dssiSed object; and 70 such, we may say that
educati9n e the great means by which we must
{Rotk. ~ Ia The language of a college friend:
et education be universally difused, and many
harp viii be Wakened that had else been silent;
many tongue loosed, to rouse like the mighty
eiAthenian's, or cham like the eloquent Romans.
An 'AmeEiean Shakspeake may render the heaa-
Yfifui Ohio as Classic as Ayon's stream; there
may yet be many Vaucluse in the great
valley OF the West, and many a Nmute in
zlorions y iltou'' may be startled from the Slnm-
hens Of ignorance to stir the nations heart with
his lofty STAINS Educate Au-and genius Rill.
ever, still tower above the CroRds polish every
done, and many proEe*O begems of priceless
worth; subject the mind Of al to the crucible Of
education, and much that We deemed base metal,
win, BY its wond1Ous alehymy. he changed into
gold educate ail-and the sister grsees, liberty,
Virtue and intelligence will dwell among US; cur
history VIII lie glorious one, AID. Whea the tso-
phied column which celebrates the deeds Of the
warrior, shah have fallen. and the pyramid eruEn-
btelby the vashi1g haad Of time. our netiaaai lit
sratrs, the impress Of the national miad, shall re-
main bright and impenshable. an enduring claim
On Tie gratitude Of Poteig, nntil times Latest
day" We would gladly have our columns oftener
occupied with oatibatsons such as the following,
and in publishing this, we bestow upon 1t no com
lhendaioa Oher than such as its petusal must com
anaiid from every reader. 800. r....s.'.....,
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New Boots and Shoes.

nm. 0OEey t4o1 '4nutn 'SueeIy nHeeuHgI
rs openlnsth firstlot Of Winter it'd
Il OF Boots and Shoes, which embraces every Stycud
quality the trade, ladies' misses and children
wear, Gents boys and youths boots and shoes. To ds
nate the. variety would be too lengthy for an adye@
ment. -ztsgEs seE "a - = - 90 y 't''t'
~ This stock lsexclasfyely New Yotk and PhlhasH
makc the latest style and best stock and workmalh7
both cities; is warranted and both byhe
kers and The undersigned Particular attention is es
the article ofladies travelling boots. WI BolR
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nrThe old Curfew Bell at Sandwich, England
which has been rung daily sincethe time of Will
lam the Conqueror. is to be ring no longer. e. ~
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[1Enl,arn Railroadg and. iYiEginia. Abstrae

= rNS4O4A+of 4 81
| The following pointed and pertinent aT6cleiwe
clip from the Richmond WAig. It contains the
whole question in nutshell While Virginia
statesmen are talking about abstEacions. and sufr
fering our own State to retr0grade, the younger
sisters of the Republic, possessing fewer natural
advantages, and less native wealth. are laying the
foundations of future greatness, developing the
resources of their Territory. and outstrippng us in
population and wealth: 4 a. '"'s'-
,."The President Of the Illinois Central Railroad
Company, Robert Schuyler, Esq, has submitted a
report to the stockholders, ofwhteh we give THE
following brief synopsis; The share capital is now
S14 OO0 600. The frst instalment OF s. per share,
is payable on the 18th Of December next. The
amount of Constitution Bonds negotiated for mo-
ney is 80 10000 of which s., 000, 900 are taken
in the United States and 81, 000, 900 in England
In addition, contractors have taken SIi786 and
thus $40, 900 toward the cost of road and
branches are provided exclusive of the instaments
on stock. The bonds are to be paid and liquidat-
ed by the sale, of lands of the company, which
consist of 100000 acres, which is esteemed fully
Inadequate to the object. The roadit is calculated
viii then be held clear gain to the stockholders.
It is expected that in 1854 the main stem from La
sale to Cairo will be in operation; also the entire
Chicago branch south, forminga connective line TO
Cairo, and the division from Freepott to Galena
and Dubuque, making by the Galena and Chicago
Union road, continuous line fIom Chicago to the
Upper Mississippi IN all not less thAn 90 miles,
of the most productive parts of the whole line
The President does not recommend any further ne
gotia4ion Of bonds until further expenditures are
made, as it is not peectfully aseeTtained that any
more money than the amount now raised will be
/ reonired.-LOI Louisville Journal.
IL millions for a Railroadl This is the way our
North Western brethren proceed. They can af-
/ ford to do It. The whole Il millions is derived
! from pubic lands-eyery foot Of which once be-
lonEed to Virginia. and her title to fair proper
ton Of which was expressly reserved by the deeds
of ceRsion- We do not blame Illinois for taking
what public land she can geti but we have no pa
tience ith the absurdities and nonsense Of Viz
ginia statesmen. who reject pnncely heritage and
impoyersh theE own State for the sake Of abStIac-
tons, which excite the universal contempt Of all
sensible men.
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.GrThe New York Tribune of the 18th, under
the head of st. Domingo. INDUCES in some remarks
predicated upon the rumor thatthe French had ta-
ken possession of the Peninsulao of SANTANA, which
concludes thus: ss.-l'f -a.a 3rI ~ i.al.ss't
There were three courses open 10 our diplomacy;
we conld insist upon the return of the Dominicans
under the Haytian Government, which would have
kept them effectually out of the hauds of any Eh
rnpean power; or we could maintain their indie
OF we could annex them ourselves. The Messrs.
Greene tired the third alternative, but the Domini
can people very much prefer. the second; and ii
they have not yet sworn allegiance to the Emperor
of ali the FIenchmen, they are ready for it when
ever he may condescend to accept their homage,
and we have nothing to do hut to lOokon and make
the politeSt bow we can TO the touching ceremony.
Isnot the Truth sufficiently apparent to all bat
the luDatcS, that the external growth as wei as
the internal pow er of the American Republic is
checked and enfeebled by the fact that wes Pro
gTeSSVe Democrats, are the lords Of three or four
millions of slaves! Let the brave btyS OF manifest
destiny put that truth in their pipe and smoke it,
Whit they calm down their courage othe peace
point. It's all nonsense to talk aIout5 Cuba aud
ST! Domingo, and the Monroe doctrine, while the
conservative Institution rules at home and abroad,
and ogs the federal executive and its own niggeTs
into equal good behavior. Accordingly, don't let
us make ourselves any more ridiculuhS than we can
help. We can do nothing in the wayof anlexing
the West Indies until that happy day when slavery
ceases t. exist ON this continent. Then we may
hope that the world will be Solar advanced thatthe
Federal Republic Of the Globe will be almost ready
10 be organized, and annexation become universal.
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ing hearts Of the champions of truth. Here a
mighty work ts to he accomplishedso never by the
raee ofmortals. The man who hooks with tendet7
ness ON the suGerings of goodmen, of fosnef time
hedest snaantoff ilgrms no chsFishes ths
nesm memo Of hisfol faths The patriOt WHO feels g
honest gioe d tbs mai III of tie system Of whish
hs is member tie tchelar no beholds viii
rapture, tls lohg eaied book Unprecedented trath
expended: to ali toread- theseN are they by whom
these auspices are 80 Sc accomplished. 1t is by
the intellect of the country'that the mighty mass
is to be inspired; that itspars are to communicate
anasympathises its,bFight FOgEess3Oab e4adu1Hed
with becoming refnements, its strong sense uttered
its character reflected its feeling conveyed TO Us
own children, TO Other regions and 70 atter ages
FWhAdliSg Ddceufber an; 1854 u J.