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Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-09-24
FOR LIBERIA

The New York State Colonization Society, at meet
ing held the lst instant decided to fl out exped
ton to Liberia, to be composed chiefly Of cigrants from
the North the l5th Of 0etober and it is
derstood that very intelligent colored clergyman Rev
Mr. Rogers Of Newark, n ~ will avail himself of this
opportunty-also, Mr.. Peterson Of Rome, New York
for the purpose Of exploring the country If herreport
is favorable others hold themselves in readiness to fol-
low About forty have already offered to go by this
petition landing at Monrov and it is thought that pos
sibly the number may be Increased to hundred.
About the time another expedition viii leave Balt-
more and Norfolk with two hundred emigrants
Qute company is gathering in Circeve, Ohio, and in
Indiana, with the design Of emigrating this fall The
spirit Of emigration is extending among the coored peo-
pie at the South and West and old preudces gradu
ally wearing away. Y. Ereaing Post
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UNITED STATES SHIPS IN THE MEDIrERRASEAS.

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE NEWARK DAILY ADVERTISER.
GENOA, AUGUST "a, 1853.
1t is worthy Of that the honorable bearing of the
officers and of the United States squadron in the
Mediterranean concates good feeling and respect wher
they CO. spite Of Austrian prejudice and the
cent visit of the Queenof Sardinia who is passing the
summer with her family the coast) to the flag ship
Cumberland, at Spezia was no unmeanng compliment.
This charming young Queen, herself daughter Of Aus
ria reputcd to be the most beautiful she is
redly of the amable and worthy of the female
soyeregns of Europe and her reception by the officers
and truly fit tribute of American gallantry
to such character She visited every part of the
sell which, is scarcely necessary say in fine
dition, carefully observing all its appointments and
ming with woman's critical eye the perfect neatness
order, and propriety of them OIL
The royal suite was conducted through the visit OF
course by Com STrIsaAsty nd escorted ashore by the
ships boats, under the customary salures Tho paiy
have to know was delighted with the order and
courtesy of the reception and had occasion to observe
that these of discipline well taught to master
their enthusiasm.
The naval ball given on board few evenings after in
honor of the Queen also worthy of the service and
the occasion, notwithstanding unexpected thunder
gust. The whole deck was converted into grand sale
de BAL the walls and ceilings being formed with the flags
of the two nations fisceaux of serving Candida
bras The officers and ladies Of the Court represented
her Majesty and many of the civil military and naval
officers of the realm participated in the festiviy. The
utmost cordially and pleasure prevailed throughout the
SPLENDID fete which protracted 10 o'clock in the
morning
The United States ship ST. Louis fortunately arrived in
the morning from Smyrna, and Capt INGRAHAM and his
officers cordially welcomed, and participated in the
dance. About hundred ladies graced the occasion in
GLIDING Mrs. WISE, daughter of Mr. EVERETT and Sc
veral other wives Of the officers
On the night of the 10th the steamer Virglo of this
port, picked up the crew of the American brig Oliver
Capt Sumner, laden with marble from Leghorn, which
took fire at sea, and was necessarily abandoned.
Mr.. MossI, who has been Charge Of Sardinia in the
United States for the last twelve years has just
been appointed first officer Of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs at Turin-an office equivalent to Assistant Secre
tary of State at Washingon-and the Marquis ANDREW
TAaLIAcARNE succeeds him Charge and Consul General
of Sardinia at Washington which office the Secretary
(NIr. VALERIo) now fills ad interim.
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The New York Evening Post (Barnburner) form
ally spits "upon" "and kicks over the platform"
put up by the Softs (Barnburners) at Syracuse, al
though applauding the men who are stood upon it.
Relative to the Fugitive Slave Law, the Editor says
the Convention had probably nothing to do That
particular part Of the resolutions the Post puts down
as mere nonsense" But the article is altogether
too significant not to be quoted entire:
what was said that question (the fugitive slave
law was doubt said with equal sincerity by the hards
and softs by the terrified or unterrfed Both of them
adopted stereotype set of phrases which express
the opinions ote constituents taqn II they recognition
oe Greek mythology the religion Of the country Both,
for example, speak of the fugitive slave law ordi
which they ready to obey and execute with
cheerfuness and alacrty They perhaps not aware
hoW little truth there such declarations. There is not
man. among the delegates of that division of the
Democratic party lately denominaed the Hards, and now
digned with the appellation Of the Terrified who, upon
command of the officers in pursuit of slave who had left
his MASTER would turn out to join in the chase Yet the
provisions of the law require them to do this We doubt
whether one in ten of them would inform his pursuers Of
his place Of concealmcn refuse him shelter and food
if he were to call hungry and weary at their DOORS and
say that he slave seeking to obtain his liberty by
flight There nsp ssas in our opinion, form Of scords
tired IN mock icorsp sV utter hcortessness and DIS
regard Of sincerity than these pleads Of the assemblies Of
the delegates at Syracuse The public opinion and
feeling of their constituents is that which expressed epey
night al the National Theatre this city, where tie fugitive
sage law epey evening receives The condemnation Of fresh
audiencs, densely packed.
sBut laying aside that part Of the platform mere
nonsense we admit that in the substantial part Of
their proceedings the Convention has deserved well Of the
State"
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Dr.. SroSE, THE ScuLPToR.-Dr. Stone opened his
atelier the public Saturday afternoon to allow his
bust of the Hon. THOMAS II. BENTON to be visited.
Among those who avaled themselves Of the opportunity
were the President the Secretary Of War; various Off
GERS Of the Army and Navy Col Benton himself with
members Of his family, and other gentlemen Of note
The bust needs praise other than the simple state
ment that il equals in its expression Of life and power
those which have given DR.. Stone q permanent rani
among the best scuptors Of the country.
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VERMONT.
CORRESPONDENTS or rHK NEW YORK EVENING rosT.


EASTERN VERMONT, SEpr. IL, 1883
II is reluctantly but universally conceded by the Wing
press that he star which SETS is present suf
ferng eclipse According latest adyices the majority
of the Opposition in the Legislature joint ballot cannot
be less than twenty The Wings retain slight
dancy in the Senate There is reasonable doubt that
the Opposition will be unit far the selec-
ton Of Governor and United States Senator The Demo-
eracy and the Freesoers have shaken hands BEFORE and
thought the part discretion call each other
hard names that victorious union will not be parcu-
larry awkward AS good second cousins before the
election they will be quite disposed to walk into
beautiful capital with fraternaly locked 1t is
perhaps too early to designate the who is to have
the distinction of representing Vermont Democracy
in the United States Senate Paul Dillingham; could do
it noby and his chances for election this partcu-
lar junoture, am happy to believe will not be married
by any ruancy Of his to freedom which attaches his
reputation He has always been an outspoken freeman
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DrssEn TO JONI N. BoTTs.--A public dinner given
Monday evening at Newark New Jersey, to the Hon.
JoHy MSoR Boris, Of Virginia, BY large party Of his
personal and political friends There about sixty
persons seated at the table Col A. NJ c. PENNINGTON
presided Mr. BORIS made eloquent speech, and con-
tended that the principles Of protection to industry i'm
provements Of rivers and harbors, distribution of the
proceeds Of the public lands and other questions which
the Wing party has heretofore supported yet vitality
important to the welfare Of the nation and that the
Wing party really lives to support them.
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SICKNESS YEAR PESsAcoLA-The Mobile Advertiser
says that out Of nine officers belonging to the ward
room of the u S. Vixen four had died and
the rest all in the hospital but said to be doing
well. or the Of jorty-nne belonging to the same
vessel only ee left the rest being all dead in
the hospital. The surveying steamer Walker was laid
up for the summer with an officer and Of eight men
to take care Of her. The officer engineer ncne and six
men have died, SO that only two remain"
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Capt IL. L. Smith, Of the Corps Of Engineers died at
Jacksonville, Louisiana, the 10Th instant in the 44th
year Of his age, Of the prevailing epidemic For
years previous his death be had been in command Of
Forts Pike Wood, Jackson and st. Philip in which po-
sons he gained the respect and esteem Of large circle
Of acquantances and Of all who in contact with
him, by his urbane and genemanly department Before
he was stricken down with the fever which terminated
his fe FIVE Of his children had died Of the malady
aordng another awful example Of the vruence Of the
pesence with which that section Of country is visited
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IMP0RTAE Mt.

We find in the Washington letter Of the Phila-
delphia American of Tuesday morning the sub
Joined paragraph. We know not on what authority
the statement rests, but an important part Of it.
that which relates to the protest" of certain Eu-
ropean Governments against the conduct Of our
naval commander al Smyrna-is corroborated by
what has been in circulation in Washington for
day or two past except that the letter falls short
OF what the city rumor alleges to be the fact. The
story here is that the Ministers of England and
France have also expressed to our Government,
concurrently with those of the three other Powers,
the dissent, protest, whatever it was, of their
respective Governments relative to the Kosta
affair
What the writer says Of Secretary MARCY ex-
position was intimated by the Union some days
ago, and may be regarded as substantially correct.
The following is the letter:
" The Russian, Prussian, and Austrian Ministers have
filed in the State Department protest against the
duct of Captain SdRAHAM Russia and Prussia side with
Austria against the United States Mr.. MARcrs views
this matured, and viii proba-
bly, be submitted at the Cabinet meeting tomorrow.
These views occupy upwards Of eighty manuscript pages
1t will be the grand document of the Administration and
will be spread before the public in few days."
What the views of the SECRETARY OF STATE are
on this grave question we do not know; but we
cannot doubt that they are such as will besustain-
ed by the rules of public law and just nterpreta
ton Of our own domestic law. While he occu-
pies this ground he will be supported by pub
lie opinion at home, and viii be fully fortified
against any unreasonable misconstruction abroad.
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IsFoRMArIoS wASTED.-The Springfield Republican
says Our sympathies have been deeply moved by the
distress Of Mr. James Kenwin mueh-respected Irish
citizen Of Chcepee. For the last three months he has
been away at work at La Sale Illinois, his family,
ssting Of wife and two children remaining in Chicopee
On returning his home about weeks since he found
that they had started week before 10 join him at Ia
Sale Since that time he has not been able get any
trace Of them Any information Of this lost family would
be thankfully received addressed Mr. James Kenwin
Chiconee Massachusetts,
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GuBEBNAroRIAL NOMINATION FOR WIscoNsIS.-The
Wings of Wisconsin, at their recent State Convention
nominated HENRY BAIRD, ESQ. their candidate for
Governor. Much enthusiasm and good feeling was mani
Tested in the Convention Mr. BAIRD the nominee, is
said to be very popular man. and well qualified for the
office
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ELEcrRIC GAs.-The experiment Of lighting London by
electric gas obtained by the decomposition Of water, and
applicable also to heating and motive power Mt half
the expense Of ordinary gas, with equal Illuminating
power not explosive, inodorou and free from smoke is
about be tried extensive scale and in the event
Of success, is said that all the pipes and lamps in Lon
don may be used for it,
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The St. Louis Intellgencer states that there have
been no lives lost on the Mississippi and its tribu-
taries by steamboat disasters since the first of Jan
uary, when the Steamboat Law went into effect in
some of its important provisions, whereas during
the same period in 1852 more than five hundred
lives were destroyed in that manner. It attributes
the change to feeling of responsibility the
part Of steamboat managers.
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EXPLOSION op ExTRAoT 0rANoE.--At New York on
Saturday evening two girls, named Ann Eliza Towi and
extract Of orange and being Of It's explosive
nature the latter held lighted candle for the other to
pour the liquid into another The consequence
that the liquid took ERE and the exploded severe
ly burning Miss Nevins that she died on Sunday.
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RHODE IsLAsD.-The General Assembly OF Rhode Is
land met Monday. 1t is extra session. being the
fifth during the year. and Is called for the purpose Of
electng judges work which, through party discussions,
was neglected at the last session The Providence Jour
nal intmates that attempt is to be made to call
other Convention for revising the Constitution notwith
standing the decisive vote Of the people recently express
ed against Convention.
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The Democratic State Convention Of Massachusetts, for
nominating candidates for Governor and Lieut. Cover
nor meets Thursday at Worcester. distinct nom;-
nation from that Of the Free Soil Convention will no
doubt be made with the usual understanding that as no
election will be made by the people, coalition shall be
ultimately resored to for division Of the State Offices
between the Democratic and Free Soil parties
Rnrfnn nrlfLcr
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Premiums AT THE MoSrGoMRRY CoUSTY FAlR.-The
Rockville md Journaloomes TO this week filed mostly
with the official reports and list of premiums awarded at
the last Montgomery County Agricultural Fair. Near
half Of the premiums for articles in the produc
ton and exhibition OF whichladies most generally engog
Cd eyncng commendable interest the part Of the
wives and daughters Of Montgomery farmers in all that
would aid and encourage the in the laborous
departments Of their noble and important pursuit
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decree has been promulgated in Mexico by SANTA
ANNA for the suppression Of vagrancy II is very
Migrants of the requisite age and stature be
potated in the armies and navy Of the Republic others
are to be sent to houses Of correction and hospitals Sc
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EESRY Il. ". HILL, Esq, planter residing near New
Orleans Who when the fever first breke out authorised
the Howard Association TO draw him weekly for 800
during its continuance has himself just fallen victim to
It. few weeks ago he made donation Of $1,000 to
pay for building Methodist Episcopal Church. He was
man Of great wealth and Of unbouuded liberality.
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LiBERAL--The Frankfort and Lexington railroad COM
pany and the Louisville and Frankfort railroad compa
n.y. proered the Kentucky Colonization Society
free passage their respective roads FOR oil emigrants
bound TO Liberia. The owners Of the steamboat Blue
Wing have made the same generous Io,spile yonr
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The Wheeling Agricultural fair closed on 18th
with mastery address by Hon. II. T. CONRAD.
The attendance during the fair very large, and
every thing passed off in highly gratifying manner.
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AS connected with the above financial particulars,
and pertinent to the subject, we add the fact that
the Subtrcasury at New York contains within its
vaults ten millions Of dead specie, of no more use
than if it were at the bottom of the The price
of our -four and corn viii make our surplus still
more enormous, and, unless we prepare for it, it
will sweep away every vestige of Protection. 1t
behooves all the friends of domestic industry, both
in and out of Congress- to look to this matter earn
estly and prepare for the struggle.
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UNITED STATES FINANCES.


The New York Courier publishes statement,
furnished by the Assistant Secretary of the Trea-
Try, of the Revenue and Expenditure of the United
sates for the financial year ending the 30th of
June last specifying the quarterly receipts of each
ranch of revenue and the quarterly payments in
ach branch of expenditure
The aggregate Of receipts exclusive of trust funds,
is $6l ,353,924.
With the addition of certain trust funds of the
Smithsonian Institution, the Peruvian and Brazilian
Indemnity, and the Chickasaw and Navy Pension
funds, the aggregate is SCI ,S03, 404.
The ordinary revenue exceeds the revenue Of any
preceding year by more than 50 900, and with
the exception of the two preceding years, by
$13,000,OO0
The items Of revenue are from customs duties
$5S93l ,s65, from sales of public lands 81 667 ,085
Incidental receipts 1913 $685. and under loan act Of
1S47, sl6,35o.
The receipts from public lands notwithstanding
the extent of emigration, have fallen off to very
small amount being diminution Of So rs, 154 COM
pared with those of the preceding year.
The balance in the Treasury at the beginning of
the year was s7,310,756, making the total avail
able means for the year S75,9S6,05l, and afford
ing surplus over the expenditures of the year of
$21,942 1892
The total Of expenditures Of the year, exclusive Of
payments on account of the trust funds, amounted
to S54 ,0+3, l6S, viz:
Spirit of the age., 1853-05-18
AGRICULTURAL.
From the American Farmer.
Deep Ploughing.

We have been for years endeavoring to
impress upon our readers the propriety Of
ploughing all sound Iand-that is, all land
that is not ecet; deeply for most crops
Besides pIoughing eight inches in depth, we
would subsoil from eight to ten inches more.
We have repeatedly stated the rationale of
the thing, aud shall content ourselfnow, with
giving the results and benefits attendant upon
deep ploughing, as tested by several distin-
guished practical farmers in different soils.
Howevertenable or philosophic theory may
be, there is nothing like giving facts, as they
speak practical language, which those who
are even welded to ole customs will not only
listen to, but properly appreciate. We have
seen some statements made by farmers, where
even scetlands were benefited by deep plough
ing we, however, never have been able to
discover the propriety of deepening such
lands, until after the operation of draining
has been performed, and the land given time
enough to be relieved fits superhous water.
Permit us now TO direct your attention to
the following facts and opinions illustrative
of the benefits of giving growing crops ample
pasturage:
! Mr.. Stephen V. r. Trowbridge, a Mich.
igan wheat grower, says, in speaking of the
preparations Of the land for wheat
I'VE plough from eight to ten inches.
find deep ploughing indispensable to a gooc
crop
Mr.. J. G. Wilson, of Fort Wayne, Al
len county, Indiana, in giving an account o
a field 70 acres that averaged 40 bushels o!
whedt to the acre, says:
The yield is an increase as we pZougl
deeper, and harrow oftener and BETTER
thoroughly to pulverize the ground wit
drag Or harrow, being the great secrets i
raising wheat
Mr.. Isaac KinIey, another Indiana farme
in speaking of the products of his part of til
State, says:
+ Deep ploughing is becoming much MOI
common the effect of which IS abundant
evident in the increase ofcrop
Mr.. w. BRUNEI, of Wayne county Indian
S says:
Some experiments this season, in de,
ploughing, more than doubly repay the labc
= both for corn and whedt'
Extracts from Pat. Off, Repo,
Spirit of the age., 1853-05-18
NORTH CAROLINA
Mutual Insurance Company.
RALEIGH, N. c..

RALEIGH, N. c..
q NHIS Company has been IN successful oper-
- alton for more than seven years, and con-
tinues to take risks upon all classes of property
in the State Except Steam Mills and TUrpcntine
Distilleries,) upon favorable terms.
Its Policies now cover property amounting to
81 500, 900, large portion of which IS in coun-
try risks; and its present capital is over Six
Hundred Thousand Dollars, in bonds properly
secured.
The average cost of insurance upon the plan
of this Company has been less than one third Of
one per cent per annum, all grades of FRO
perty embraced in its operations.
The following persons have been elected Di-
rectors and Officers of this Company for the
present year:
DIRECTORS
Jos. G. B. Roulhac, c.. W. D. Hutchings, Jno.
R. Williams, John Primrose, H. d. Turner, S.
W. Whiting, 7. II. Selby, Of Raleigh George
MCNEIL, Fayetteville, Joshua G. Wright, Will
mington, James E Hoyt, Washington, James
Sloan, Greesborough, John Cox, Edenton, Josh
ua Boner, Salem, Joseph II. Pool, Elizabeth
| City F. F. Fagan, Plymouth, Alexander Mitch
| ell, Newbern, W. n. II. Smith, Murfreesboro'
H. B. Williams, Charlotte John B. Barrett
Milton and A. T. Sunny, Ashevile.
| All Directors are authorized to receive ap
plications.
OFFICERS OF TIE COMPANY:
J. G. B. Roulhac, President,
! Henry D. Turner, Vice President,
S. W. Whiting, Treasure,
J. c. Partridge, Secretary,
John H. Bryan, Attorney,
j. Hersman, General Agent
S. w. Whiting,
}eo. 7oo R:,yTI.l B; Williams, Executive Committed
All communications in reference to insuranc
should be addressed to the Secretary, post pai(
J. c. PARTRIDGE, Sec'y.
E! Raleigh, March 20, 1858. 90