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w oio IoiAudAJ dPPilAoo ny LILO LouiSNHle
Democrat that Mf. w. M. CoRRY "will be
supported by host Of friends for high and
responsible post in the new administration
The precise ..post" is not named, but as Mr.
CoRRY's renown rests upon certain extraya-
giant speeches during the Intervention mania,
it is to, be presumed that he and his friends
look to the State Department as the proper
prize. He is-or was twelve months ago-in
favor of establishing the American standard
forthwith in every country of Europe; taking
petite for further conquest. He is the model
of man, therefore, for the management of our
foreign relations after the fashion prescribed by
Young America. The Democrat, at the close
of an article enumerating his qualifications, and
contrasting his character with. that OF the
"camp- followers and party hacks '9of the De-
mocracy, gives its advice to General PIERCE,
to guide him in his emergency:
sWe trust that President Pierce will not incur
the eensure bestowed on Mr.. Polkiof exhuming
his contemporary comrades in Congress. Twenty
years is generation of public men. 1t is long
time in any country, and very long time in this.
We want few men of the present generation in
Office, because we think this generation is, per-
haps, capable Of self-government, and we suppose
that President Pierce was elected by this genera
tion-not by the last. - %, 4gE
We fear that Ohio will by and by be in a
quandary similar to that Of New York. For,
if Ohio persist in pressing Mr.. CoRRY, what
hope can exist for Mr.. MEpARY? Or if Mr..
MEDARY aoiR take the Post Office Department
under his care, what room can be found in the
Cabinet for Mr.. CoRRY? Both labor under
the inconvenience incident to ssmodest merit"
One proclaims his Immaculate patriotism and
poverty through the Columbus Statesman; the
other has told all Ohio that he directed the
United States Senate to invite KossUTH, and
that the invitation was at once extended.
Will General PIERCE patronize the martyr or
the hero? %EEEE EsfEE 10 7TaEa
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being made to the Legislature for an act incorpo.
rating company by which the construction of
the six proposed Ericsson air ships is to be under.
taken
The "Ericsson' now lies at Williamsburgh,
where she is being finished and put in complete
order, previous to going to Washington. It is
understood that she will leave in the course Of
thirty days.-NetD York Journal of Couarerce
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Congress.

In the Senate yesterday bill to repeal GER
tain acts concerning tonnage duties on Spanish
vessels was debated by Mr.. MALLORY, and the
remainder Of the day occupied in Executive
session. !.
In the House of Representatives, among
other business, several private bills were pass
ed; and also one regulating the reports of the
Patent Office, and providing for additional Off
GERS therein.
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REQUIEM


On the Death Of Mrs. MARTA, eonsort of Ho,,
STEPHEN A. DouGLAs.
Oh !-close with reverent care those ewes.
Their meek and placid light hath fed.
No trembling CLEAN through mists of tears
From those dimmed orbs will more he .had
Draw down the thin and azure lid;
No look of mute appealing pain,
No piercing anguished gaze on Heaven
Will strike through those blue depths again.
Now gently smooth her dark brown hair.
Shred not those glossy braids away;
But part the bright locks round her brow hs
AS sweetiy in her life they Law. 'g
Press one soft kiss on those soft ps:
They'll thrill not now like pickering fame;
ihey'il ne'er unclose, in troubled dreams. f7l
Iobreathe again thy cherished name
But press them softly; still and cold s-5t
They part not with the seeper,s breath.
Fear thou to break the softened seal
Left by the kindly touch of death 1t5 20 pig
Wrap the white shroud about her breast.
No trembling throb shall stir it's fold;
No wild emotion wake to life,
Within that bosom snowy cold. as
Fold tenderly her fair young hands, .
The heart beneath in stiffness lies; ss rT
THEY'LL never strive with tig htened clasp 3. s.sy
Again to hush it's anguished cries.
Oh! fierce but brief the storm that swept
The bloom from this young mothers brow;
And keen the pang that rent apart a+
The bosom calmly shrouded now
WAsHINGToN Japuarv %
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The SANDWICH IsLANDs.-The vast number of
ssamen who at times congregate at Honolulu and
other ports in the Sandwich Islands, occasionally
subjects the local authorities to serious difficulties
in the maintenance of order among them, which
renders the presence there of an efficient Commits
soner of the United States Of great Importance.
On a late occasion there was serious disturbance
at Honolulu in consequence of the death of a sea-
man by fatal blow from policeman. The Amer
lean seamen were naturally excited by the occur
FENCE, and they threatened to take the offender by
force from the confinement in which he had been
The Hon. Luther Severance, by appealing to the
seamen in judicious and forcible circular, sue
ceeded in ailaying the excitement. The criminal
law at the Sandwich Islands, like ours is based on
the common law of England, and requires trial
by Jury. Mr Severance had no doubt that strict
Justice could be administered in the present cass
! - i. i Roston Adpertiser
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CONVICTION FOB UsINe PosrAeE STAMPS TWICE.
In the district court of New York, at Albany, on
the 22d instant, VILLAIN A. billiard was convicted
ofusng postage stamp in violation of law after it
had once already been used.
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e DEArH In A FRAcAs VIrIArEs A Lrrr Issu
RANcE.-A Mr.. Harper. who had his life insured
at Office in st. Louis was killed in fracas with
a Dr.. Cornell. His administrator sued the com.
pAny for the amount, bNt the court decided that
they were not bound 70 pay. 7&T1'
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Spicy writing this, is it not, to be applied
by Democrats like Messrs. PENN and DAVID
soN-one the chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee at Washington, the
other "a Dsmocfadd Presidential elector in
Louisiana! How can General. PIERCE think
of giving the Customs Collectorship of New
Orleans OF any other juicy plum to gentlemen
whose political afinities arei such that Demo-
cratic voices declare "their touch is leprous,
their support damning2"
'sIf these things % done in the green tree,
what will be done in the dry2" Hthese bick-
erings, and jealousies. and unrelenting ami
mosities are beyond restraint while the good
things are yet but prospective, what may we
not expect to see when the hordes Of disap-
pointed ofice-seekers return hungry to their
homes Our readers can no doubt imagine
what the condition Of the party will be when
that time shall come. We will not attempt to
describe it in advance. a,etdI oe
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Oliver p BALDWIN, esq, in conjunction with
other gentlemen of Richmond, Va. proposes to
establish new daily paper in that city.
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HUGH BIRcKHEAD and GEoRGE APPoLD, old and
respected citizens of Baltimore, died In that city
on Saturday last.
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WASHIN GTON:
TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY IS. 1858.
ONEIcIA T..

APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT.
By and sOith the odutce and consent Of The Senats.
- EpHRAIM F. MLIsR, TO be Collector Of the Gus.
toms for the district of Salem and Beverly, inthe
State of Massachusetts, reapponted
BEVERLY G. SANDERS, as collector Of the Gus
toms for the district of San Francisco, California,
vice Thomas Butler King, resigned.
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ExTRAvAaAHcE,-Hon. John A. Dix, in a recent
lecture before the Historical Society. made the fol-
lowing very just remarks: f3.iseY No
"Nothing can be more unwise than the erection
of costly dwellings, which can only be maintained
by princely fortunes At the death Of the head of
the family, and the division of the ancestral pro-
perty, no one Of the children, general rule, has
enough to support the establishment, and it passes
into other hands. Nothing can be more cruel to
children than to bring them up with expectations
which cannot be fulfilled. and with habits of life
rent. for the sake of few years of ostentation, In
vests large portion of his estate in a splendid
dwelling, with the certainty that his death will be
the signal for the expulsion of his children from it,
Nothing can be more inconsiderate if it ia done
without reflection, or more unfeeling if il is done
with full view of the inevitable consequences
Look for the splendid mansions of thirty years ago,
and see what has become of them. Scarcely one
remains in the family by which it was constructed.
They are boarding houses. places OF public exhibi
ton, or the rk-shops of fashion,
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DEBATES IN CoNeREss.-!The manner In which
the debates conducted in Congress-, especially
in the House of Representatives, is an abomination
and nuisance. The subject nominally under
discussion, the matter upon which the House is to
vote, is not half the time even alluded to-. Last
Tuesday the bill for making appropriations for
the support of the Military Academy was under
discussion. The debate was limited to one hour.
One member spoke on the Cuba question, another
upon the Lieutenant Generalship. Not word
was said about the Academy, no allusion was
made to it; the hour expired, the vote was taken,
and the bill agreed to. By what latitude of con
struction such debate could be de ided to be in
order we are at loss to understand. 1t is con-
struction fatal to the proper transaction OF the
business of the House. It crowds every thing
into the close of the session. 1t cuts off all the real
objects of discussion, and occupies the time Of the
House with debates that would do no credit to a
sophomore debating society.
In the British House of Commons man is not
suffered to speak unless he has SOM thing to say,
and to the point, nor then but once, unless he
speak to the instruction of the House. 1t is sci
dom that a discussion is postponed A motion is
made and disposed Of generally at sitting; and
more real light is thrown upon it in one evenings
discussion than reaches subject in months de
bate in Congress Some remedy must be applied
to this great and growing evil
Providence Journal
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nent that they might enjoy poor And empty tn
umpl the llllcomfture Of those xho bad 2 plu-
ralifyof thssptes of the Convention.
And yet:1Gain:
"If 1lr.s 4sll wishes to retain the Stfo4E hold
he upons Democracy of Logisisha hsmust
cut loose frdmsuch entangling Alliances 81 9.
PENN Thona1p G. Davidson, am othere4 the
same kidney. Their touch is lepfous, their sup
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The New York Erpress presents the SUBJ
joined parallel passages from the Albany organs
Of the Democracy, to illustrate the growing
bitterness that pervades the rival sections in
regard to their respective candidates for Presi-
dental favor: Il 81 a5saQ,
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By Mr.. SCUDDER: The petition of widow Su-
san Worth, stepmother of the late General Worth,
and mother Of the late Captain Joseph s. Worth,
OF the United States army, stating her age and
destitute circumstances, and asking the allowance
OF a pension. Referred to the Committee on Inva-
lid Pensions. d@45sas
Also. the petition of Elias Wells and others, of
Sandwich, Massachusetts, stating their views of
war, and asking that the Government in future
treaties may make provision for referring all ma.
tional difficulties to umpires when they cannot be
settled by amicabie negotiations. Referred to the
Committee on Foreign Relations a.atsala0
By. Mr.. DISNEY: The petition of certain citi
zens OF Hamilton county, Ohio, praying Congress
to take into consideration the propriety of ar
ranging national differences by arbitration instead
OF the sword. Referred to the Committee on For
eign Relations snn5lE sfs
By Mr.. KUHNS: The petition of William Green
!ow,of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, pray.
ing for relief. 8sa.s. aii ,aa ~
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The message of Governor FARwELL to the
Legislature of Wisconsin exhibits the financial
and industrial progress of that State in highly
satisfactory aspect. The general fund in the
treasury has been sufficient to meet all de-
mands upon it during the last fiscal year, and
to meet the unpaid Indebtedness of the prior
year within the sum of $940. Had the full
amount of the State tax, due from the different
counties, been paid into the treasury, there
would have been surplus after the discharge
of all liabilities. ,r 8r
"a About two thirds of the entire State. or
about 20, 100000 acres, are still for sale at
Government prices. This immense tract. now
awaiting the presence of the industrious settler.
is generally of excellent soil, and many portions
of it are richly charged with silver, cop
per, lead, iron, and other valuable minerals.
Governor FARwELL suggests that Congress
should be memorialized to take into con-
sideratlon the proper disposition of these
lands, on the right use of which the speedy
growth of the State largely depends. He
IS of opinion that they should be granted in
limited quantities to actual settlers, or kept
constantly in the market, rather than that any
measure should obtain tending to keep them
out OF the market, or to increase their cost to
the settler. 1t is remarkable, in his Judgment.
that so little has been done by the Government
to measure the resources of the mineral region
and make them available to the urgent de-
mands Of trade and commerce. Successful
experiments already made in the western sec
ton, and the survey conducted by Mr. OWEN,
sufficiently attest the presence of vast beds of
minerals. re-
The lumber trade is an important element in
the prosperity of the State. The annual manu-
facture is estimated at $50, 100000 feet. With
railroad facilities, large increase in the pro-
duct is expected. 80. -. 1s5r4s.lc
Governor FARwELL is warm in his advocacy
of railroad construction wherever practicable.
The average cost of construction in the State
is estimated at from $4,000 to SIS, 900 per
mile; and the accuracy of the estimate is sus-
tanned by the Milwaukee and Mississippi rail-
road, so far as it has been constructed
] Largely increased attention is now devoted
to the practice of agriculture. The formation
of the State Agricultural Society has been fol
lowed by the organization of county societies;
and these have jointly contributed to the pro-
ductlon OF very encouraging results. In this
they have been materially aided by successive
State Fairs. -
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From the Providence Journal.

WASHINGTON, January "a.
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On motion of Mr.. JOHNSON, of Arkansas. the
House took up the Senate bill to confer on John
w. Quincy, of the Stockbridge tribe of Indians,
the right of citizenship of the United States and
to enable him to enjoy and hold certain lands in
Wisconsin. He said that the Indian was an inteli-
gent and honest old man, had been here for eigh-
tcen months, and had too much modesty "a rare
yirtue> to speak to gentlemen of this House, ex-
cept one or two To avoid constitutional speeches,
and believing the House could do AZ much as the
Senate, and pass the bill, he moved the previous
question. rs sl Juhia hfe iiat4 =
MIR. ORR, believing the bill to be unconsttu.
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wARREy- STREET.

Nos IL and Of the size and description a. the
above with The difference Of IS feet ore in deph The
cos. WI he aoooo each and the stores flashed by New
Years
Nee % st. - ard a four stores each IS feet 'front.'
Is feet deep, stories IN hight and white marble fronts
WI be finished N February at q cost of $4,000 each
Nos Sc &c and % have the extent Of frontage and
IS feet in depth browns fronts stories in hight These
storts WI be completed December and cost $4,000 each
Sos &C. ls. 90 q. "A and &c SIX stores each with
friaee of.5 feet and Is feet in depth brown stone fronts
and stories high The whole will be finished IN Deem
her at q cost Of $4,000 each
Nos u and u Is store, 50 by 100 feet stories in
hight VII be finished in December cost $4,000.
Noe H. 10 and Is three stores each 25 by IS feet
brown fronts FIVE stories in hight VII be finished in
the sprng az a cost Of els 600 each.
CORNER wARRES-sT. AND BROADWAY.
This Is lot fronting so feet Broadway by 100 on
Warren st On this site is being erected splendid dry
goods store. OF white marble FIVE stories in height and Of
the same ST. lie Stewards The foundations laid and
the building will probebly be completed by May next at
est .nGicd cost of $4,000.
CORNER OF WASHINGTON AND yEsEY-srs.
On this corner the same builders are erecting large
sucarhouse feet on vesey by rs on Washington st,
stories In hight OF brick ard viii have finished by No
vember next shotwe Doscher& Co are the owners The
cost will be s35OOO
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soxE TAIL CoRS.-A Maine paper recently challenged
the world 10 beat cOrnztalk which grew ia the editor
card.n and was ten feet nne inches tai The challenge
"a. PROMPTLY accepted by The Prescott IIHes which lI
seen one that measured sereafcH tf On this Ne" Eng
land rested stray Sucker however happened that Way
ar old III, nd b + Ranstead Of La Sale County VINO
strangely en-, ugh ssionshed tie Maineiles by telling
them Ola corn stalk growing in his garden nhen ne
ft home il was = feet heh with II ea-- growing IRON
IT, each l., foot IoIg e0url shell growing rom tts
Easel with a PINT and half Of sheled corn 10 u "a
that The Maine editors said We Pcss. H. the "esr
however that nothing. very common n1se % see
men when they gather conn., carry ladders ~ ten he corn
st. with axe. While pumpkin vines, n0t5rolsly oiIen
tush down he fences. Illinois Is "some ID ths ~ u
lie tb'nrs lChclgo Dsmocret
srHEIr CEossiyG-A driver in Cincinnati a ieF asys
since vas fined So 70 running hs wagon aZaih's
tan ho Wa crossing tie street.. The horse wss gu
WI eu lie geI attempted T. cfs on O7ioss ne
hal Tot hall way over ihe driver Of tie horse MADE an
20 ster hrs frustra the design Of the gent.enan w19
eoud ~ evan ct CIT the wsy b. raining 1he Judge
decided ts a. III regular street crossings hs1
The rghf fWoy and hat The law requires driver 70 n2l
up wien lie secs foot passenger erOsag u n'n u uS
80
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CITY IMPROVEMENTS
,irRcAN AND FOREIGN BIBLE HOUSE.

This building will be erected the site of the old Bible
House in Nassau ST. in process of demolition On that
hall Of the lot nearest Beekmsnst fine building being
erected by Mr. Nathan Plat the other half is still GOV
ed by the remains of the Old Bible House When the lat
ter is removed building similar to the other will be erected
thereon the of the American and FQsegn Bible So
cety Both buildings though distinct from each other VIII
have one common front The front is to be "a feet and VII
be composed of white marble The buildings to be six
stories higH The front Of the rs story viii be OF cast
iron and handsomely ornamened The windows of the five
upper stories viii have UNMARRIED segment heads The frs;
floor will be divided into the second floor front Of the
Bible House will have sales each 20 by 20 feet
back of these viii be the Boards 90 by 40 feet and
lighted from dome window in the viii be two rooms
devoted TO packing each by "a correspond with the
in front The upper stories viii be divided into nu-
merous Offices The adjoining building is on precisely the
plan The whole of the viii be lighted with gas
and supplied with Croton water The buildings are est
mated to cost $4,000 and viii be finished by NewYear
next The architect is Mr.. Sexton, of Broadway
CORN EXCHANGE RANK
The new building in process of erection for this Instu
ton is situated the of Beaver and Wlsms-s
The building VIII have frontage OF el feet on Beaver ST,
and a. feet William s. It's height VIII be four stories
above the basement The foutof the building is Of Buffalo
lrck Of yellow cream colora msteria somewhat sim
liar to the Milwaukee brick-and the trimmings VII be Of
Little Falls j., brown stone The architecture VII be OF
the stye known Italian The heads Of all the windows
viii h circular sgmtniS Of brown The upper story
VII be double lighted The cornices OF the building
he composed oiterra TIE frs floor Il be occupied
by the Bank In this room Mr. Carnly of Grand st is
erect NJ mammoth iron safe s3Isi feet and l., eli in
hight This safe viii be built up in sold masonry and
form an eectus protection s-ans, fir. The second of
viii Re occrped by Mr. Y Kitchiag, Commission Nsr
chant, The third sory vii be divided up into snail oses
ard the fourth be occupied by the Board o. Brokers
The esinaed cost Of the whole haiug is as 900 Ths
architectural arrangements under the management
OF Richard Upohn 4 co. The who building is expected
to be resdy icS occupation in the Of three or Sur
mouths
ST NICHOLAS BANK.
This building Is being erected tho corner OF Wal aud
Nevss II is TO he Ave stores in hight and VII have
frontage Of 3 feet Fl inches Waist, AID o &c: on
Newest Tie material used IN is construction : COaae,t
cut brown stone The entrance Of ihc Banl Is on Al -
lie windows Of the frs story VII BE saronnlsd wilA
circular tops and leaf ql0ns bswcsa each wind ar
ntai lone plasfgr The windows Of each u the upper
.ior,ss m soincvlst dGtrut The ssc1d ssy wi have
larre seq aro uieW n the oCuer VIII tran -n'a psi
nett and GIG Yla.n fgrare window o. cal sl- .. ls
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EIGHTH WARD TEMPERANCE BENEVOLENT SocIErr,-
The weekly meeting of this Society held last nights
their rooms, Merit Hall Spring St The President NJ
Robert Meneret occupied the chair The Secretary read
the minutes of special meeting hold tho night previous
which two Commuees one of Ihree-vz LaSronce Wes
burn. - McCready and A. L. Lowin-were appontedp
nominate candidate for Assembly and one five 20 nOnR
ate candidate the Senate consisting OF Joseph DE Camp
W b Jones DR. Hail. Abraham Baubell and Thomas u
Penney Both committees to report at next meeting
The minutes approved Of Addresses were made b
Nessrs Wiseburn lnslo and Galbrath After prayer I'd
singing tie meeting adjourned
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OUR ISLAND CITY AND IT'S ISLANDS

THE ALMS-H0uSE..


Opposite the foot of Seventeenth-st, and nesrly in
the center of Blackwels Island is situated the Aims
House Of the City of New-lork. 1t consists of five
separate edces One is devoted to tho men, another
10 the women These are six hundred and fifty feet
distant from each other and between themis building
used by the Warden dwelling house, for Offices,
and as u store. Another structure is a Bakery The
9Th Is Wash-House, which is now being enlarged
All the bread consumed at the Tombs, Essex and
Jefferson Market Prisons; at the Penentsry its Hos
pital and that of Beevue at the Alms-IIcuse Work
House Lunatic Asylum and Randall's Island is made
at the Bake-HOuse attached to this Institution Twenty
men are constantly employed in it, Last year they
manufactured eight thousand and eighy-seven barrels
Of -four, which was mixed with forty-two thousand
seven hundred and fifty pounds of Indsn meal. into
seven hundred aud fcrty-iour thousand ard fftyour
three-pcund leaves
On Thursdsy last-thc date Of our vistthey manu-
fsetured 2 sS2 Oayes, which were thus distributed.
M the