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lMfEAcHMENr or BisifOp {

The Ccurt, consulting Of txcs4y sDshop \
semblvd lpthe ODD Fellows Hill, k. nn,deIs, n !!
y. Bishop BRowsEIL as senior bishop pre.idsnv1
TING presenlers are Bishops Meade, Alcllya;n4
and Burgess, beside whom there wire pyvs-I.
Bishops Otey, Ketnper, McC0skry, Polk, Will
ingam, E liotf. Lee, Jeiins, Ea.tburn, Ghas
Freeman, Pcttcr. Upiald, Rntiedge. ilapki1
Willians, and Wainwright There wss SIS
strong arrsy Of counSeI for TIN prs sent{
Halstead for the defendant, Metsrs WI
Me<edith, G. NJ. Wharton, Chambers, Car,
ter, Browning and S!ralton. Numer6us
men from different parts Of the State "
attendance, but after prayers ii i,ping annd
thatsthe Investigation would be carried sn3
closed doors, all except the Bishops NtiSSc(
The Times gives the foiE.wing as the subsis
ofthe prrscntment
Specification l In cont aching hume rous
large deb.s, b.ynnd his means nf pay,,(
amounting iskMarch, is4Y. 10 $3.50 ,0O0-
property being not above $1:lN,lOO.
2. In untr0fy stating tllal he Qave ua
property to meet debt not personally IL iis
self, bat growing out Of his venture iur Cksi1
tian education, in St Mary : fiAil, and Gusliuf
ton College.
3. II defending Michael HAYS, 81 Boz
lington. BY misapp lying notes injorsed BY Min,
a. A similar charge Of defrauding Joseph!
Deacon
5.6,7, 8. Q, 10 and Ii, cha,ge him Win
having obtained the names of joseph Descs,,.
and others, to indof.e bis mites, 81 Isis 1tprv.
sen'al'ons' ana oner'ns noes withoU tayj1
"a 10 jeopardiziug the property n ITS NJ
George D. Winslow, by spproprislsng the -
Is IN deitaudac the Camden B.pk II II
sum Of 100, by inducing the cashier nOf ~
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WIN. VANpEvER, Secretary /.

Hon. George Poindexter, formerly United
States Senator from Mississippi, died at Jackson
in that State, las; Monday. He was the frs,
delegate to Congress from Mississippi, and or
her admission into the Union, was Immediately
chosen United States Senator, which position he
held for great number Of years. lie was
likewise at one time governor Of the State In
early life he was supporter Of General Jack
son, but in later years acted with the wings.
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DunuQuE SAVINGS gASK.-Our readers may
rcTcnhsr that some time since We suggested
the establishment, Of Savings Bank in this
| city, and at the same time indicated the prin-
ciplcs as basis npon which such an Institution
should be founded. Much sooner than we ex.
pectcd, this suggestion has taken tangible
shape, and we announce t, day & /, &c.-Ucr-
aa
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$a,O9i. 900

This large supply Of gold at these two points,
amounting 10 So, GOA ,372, from Janunry to Au-
gust, has resulted as follows:
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virginia Election.

We learn by telegraph that in the elections
which took place. yesterday throughout the
State of Virginia, Jefferson county, Harper's
Ferry, and Bolivar districts. gave FAULKNER,
Democrat, for Congress, three hundred and
seventy; BorELER. Wing, one hundred and
seventy. Democratic gain since Presidential
election, one hundred and seventy-two The
same districts give BUrroN and GIBSON, Wing
candidates for the Legislature, a considerable
majority. In Winchester, BorELER has two
hundred and thirty five majority, the Wing
gain being two hundred and forty-two. New
Creek. Hampshire county, gives BorELER,
sixty five; FAULKNER, six; Lucas, Demo-
crat, eleven. large wing gain is reported in
Hampshire. In Richmond, COLEMAN, Wing,
for Congress, has five hundred and three ma.
jority; Wing Senator and Representative
elected. General Scorr had eight hundred
and forty two majority. In Fredericksburg
SNowDES, Wing, has fihy-two majority; &c
neral PIERCE had forty five.
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Political Economy,

We are gratifed to observe that the unanimous
condemnation of the Com mon Council of New
York for its hagitious waste of pablo money, and
its corrupt abuse of corporate power, was not
entirely without effect.
The governors of the alms-house seem stricken
with panic, and have entered upon a severe
course of economy in the administration of the
public property, which will doubtless protect them
from any imputation of extravaganza.
1t seems that pauper, named Patrick Walters,
at his death bequeathed his cork leg to poor one
legged shoemaker. vigilant Bundle, however,
who, in the capacity of warden, watched over the
public interests, intercepted and held the msera-
BILE bequest as parochial property. The poor
wretch who thus deprived of bis legacy,
appealed, by petition to- the august arbiters of the
alms-h house, who cited the warden before them;
that functionary impudently stated that he had
furnished the petitioner with a pair of crutches
which were, in his opinion, sgood enough for
him." The sixpenny sages then appointed a
committee, to which the subject was referred! We
add the petition:
To the Governors of the Alms house:
GrNTLEMEN: Your petitioner humbly showeth
that young man named Patrick Walters with
whom the petitioner had been long acquainted, re-
Gently died in the alma house
Previous to his death he told the petitioner he
did not expect to ive and that after his death he
(the petitione) should take his cork leg and wear
It, deceased having but one leg, and petitioner
having the misfortune OF having but one leg also
After bis death Mr.. Fitch, the warden of the
aims house, took possession of the leg and refused
to give it to petitioner, because petitioner belonged
work house, where be has worked diligently every
day at shoemaking eince the 10th Of last June
Petitioner is poor boy, 10 years of age, without
father, mother, or any other relative to help him
phnna otnI H. Dill
hospital, two years ago; and now petitioner hum.
bly, prayeth that your honorable board request
Mr.. Fitch to give him the said cork leg; and he
verify believes it would be Of great service to him
while working at his trade. And petitioner will
ever pray, &c. BERNARD MCLAUGHLIN.
MAY "a, 1853.
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IHE Posr OFFICE ENvsLoPss "A corresponds Mt
in Washington of the New York Tribune states
that the Post Office Department has abandoned its
original intention Of issuing the new stamped en-
vsopes A. early as the LIST proximo, though the
contractors are understood to have a portion of
them already ready for delivery at this point The
Postmaster General. the writer says, being indis
posed to scatter them abroad until he can have
sufficient on hand to send them in every direction
has deemed it best to wait until the Ist of July,
when an ample supply will be ready. They are
printed on paper made for the purpose, 90 water.
lined that in each envelope one may plainly dis
tinguish. beside the beautiful postage stamp, the
letters ''P. O. D.. U. So" (meaning Post Office
Department of the United States.) ,Raii ~
The Law nakes Il equally felony to counterfeit,
this paper AZ the stamp. tt
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CAMPBELL,
Postmaster General.

NoTE.-We are informed that the reason
why pamphlets, &c., to Great Britain are ex-
cePted in this order is, that the present rate to
that country, Of four cents an ounce above the
first two ounces, is the British charge on all
such publications sent to or received from the
United States. A late proposition from our
Post Office Department to reduce the rate to
two cents an ounce was declined by the British
office. To the west coast Of South America
the rates established by the act of 1851 are re
tanned, owing to the high cost of isthmus trans
portation and to the British North American
provinces the domestic rates of the act of 1852
apply. New postage tables, embodying these
and other changes in the foreign rates, we I'M
derstand, will be published in the course of a
few davis
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OFFICIAL.
Posr orrIcr DrpAarMEsr. Nav 25

PosT OFFICE DEPAnrMEsr, May IS, 1853.
Pursuant to authority vested in the Postmaster
General, and by and with the advice and consent
of the President of the United States, (Which ad-
vice and consent more fully appear by an instru-
ment in writing this day filed in the Department
and with q view to bring about lower and more
uniform rates Of pamphlet and magazine postag e
in the contemplated postal arrangements with
foreign governments, particularly the continent
Of Europe
IL is hereby ordered, That hereafter the United
States postage, to be charged and collected all
pamphlets and magazines mailed within the Uni.
ted States Tor, or received from, any foreign
try, Except Great Britain, the British North
American provinces, and the west coast of South
America,) be at the rate of two cents ounce or
fraction of an ounce, instead Of TIE rates estab-
ished by the act of Sd March, 1851
JAMES CAMPBELL,
Postmaster General.
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The New YoRK Posi- ON THE FOREIGN APP
PoINTMEHTs.-The Ecening Post, at New York,
thus opens an article the subject of the recent
appointments to foreign stations. Considering
that the Post is able Democ ratio Journal its re.
MARKS are e1cruciatingly flattering to the ap-
pointees
"We are grateful to the President that, in max.
ing his selection Of diplomatic representatives he
has weakened the home force of the Democratic
party OF the country in the least possible degree
He could hardly have chosen an equal number
of prominent men whose absence would be less Sc
riously felt than those whose names we copie ed
yesterday from the official bulletin. We speak
especially OF those whose has been most
prolonged
"lnstead of wondering at the time consumed
over these appointments, we marvel rather that a
selection could have been made in short time of
SO large number whose Punishment the nation
has 80 little reason to regret, and who at the came
time are personally unexceptionable. There
10 not one among them unless it be some of those
whose names we never heard of, who will ever
permit hlmselfto be picked up drunk in the public
streets bile abroad and that is wing more than
could be said OF all our foreign representatives for
many years. There are not many, we believe
there are none, of the newly appointed ministers
| who can speak any of the languages in use at the
| courts to which they accredited; and the same
| remark may be made of the charges, with the sim
been customary for the Government to employ
men OF lone tongue' in the diplomatic service
we are bound to presume that the usage Is found
ed upon some principle of public policy. If most
of them talk abroad as they do at home, the fewer
| languages they have at their command the better
| "We have long felt that this country had little
| occasion Tor any permanent diplomatic force
abroad but there must be some mode of eats
| flying politicians who only serve their party fol-
pay, the best thing that can be done with them il
| to send them where they will be out Of the way
and where they may learn something, though
they earn nothing. For this reason, perhaps, Ii,
| formalities of diplomacy may as we'll be con
tinued especially if. az in the present oaso, tn
loss to the country is almost exclusively pecu
mary one %
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Atmospheric Railway.
the Editor of The Republic.

To the Editor Of the Republic:
sIs In your paper of this date is an article CO.
pied from the New Haven Courier of the 23d inst
In regard to an atmospheric telegraph. wish to
say that, fifteen years ago, John Gordon of Port.
land, Maine, well known to every citizen of tina,
place, was enthusiastic on that very subject and
had carried out the plan in theory perfectly al
it is now proposed to do in practice. He was per
fectiy sangune Of the success of his plan; and dc
not know that he did not memorialize Congress on
the subject.
His plan was to lay down iron pipes, with a ca,
adapted to run in the interior; and at each pos
office the car would strike a lever, valve fly up
letters TO be taken from the car, or put in valve (,
be closed, lever pulled up, and the car go
Mr.. Gordon was for many years resident o
Portland, and also of Bath, Maine; and there ar,
undoubtedly many in those cities who can voucl
for his being the original of the atmospheric rail
way laAA F.
WARRINGTON City D. c. Nav % 1883
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BftA1 the Producer and the CoAs1mer 10,
gssher.
The Sacramento Usion Of the 29th of Apri
contains a review of the commercial prospect,
of that city for the present spring and summer
from which we quote the following remarks
desiring that every reader shall make his owr
deductions from them:
I'VE arc here subject to those laws which re-.
gulats supply and dema nd-at points where thu
consumer and producer are separated by seas
which it requires months to navigate. =
We import almost every thing consume.
Ours is then that position in the commercial
world where are subject to great variation in
the prices and quantity of staple goods-such
partic uarly, as the miner and agriculturist con-
sumo. At time they are enormously and
ruinously high to the consumer, at another they
have fallen to n point 30 low As to be equally al
ruinoos to the producer and the merchant. =
These fluctuations are founded upon a commercial
Law which is absolute. IL results are certain, be-
cause founded upon physical difficulties of loca
ton-the distance between the producer and
the consumer to be overcome by the intermediate
agent-the merchant-and because the data upon
which men make their calculations as to the guam.
tity needed TO supply the demands of distant
market is uncertain.
'This. up to the present time, has been our ex-
perience in California. 1t has been the experience
of all countries whose people depend upon distant
and foreign countries for those articles of consump
ton which include the necessaries and elegancies
Of life Ii is too the fulest and farest ustra ton
of the operation of the principles of free trade and
the doctrine of buy where you can cheapest, and
sell where you can dearest, that can possibly be
offered.
at proves conclusvely that all countries which
draw their supplies from foreign and distant
sources, occupy a most uncertain, humiliatng,
and dependent position. They place themselves
at the mercy of others, and can become truly
Independent. Their supplies depend upon so many
contingencies, that it is first feast and then a
famine-hrst extreme low prices, and then ex.
treme high. A country of extremes, and can't be
any other, under such system.
"The remedy is to manufacture our own staple
goods, and make our own grain"
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Spirit tapping.

We think our readers may be both amused
and interested by the letter of the Hon. N
P. TALLMADoE, which appears in another
column.
Mr.. TALLMADGE, as most of our readers are
doubtless aware, was once a distinguished
member of the United States Senate from the
State Of New York, and for some years past he
has resided in Wisconsin, where he is much
respected as citizen.
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CALIFORNIA BooK.-The Sacramento Union.
of the 29ih April, contains notice of the frat book
ever issued from the press of California. Nis.enti.
tied "The California Pilgrim: series of Lectures,
BY J. A. Benton, Pastor of First Church of Christ,
Sacramento" The author. the paper before us
states, twas among the earliest emigrants to
California. He has visited many portions of the
State, witnessed much that he describes; and
while we have as yet only had time to glance at
%ae fi'sr" our knowledge of its author scholar.
| ship and high moral worth as a gentleman con
vinces us that be has presented the reading publ
with matter that 10 truthful amusipg and instrnc
t;va
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-l-.ss......-.ss. .-,,.s-Il
Fon THE RHPUBLTc.
The Minor planets

r. There was lately published IN interestins r cata
lcgue of the minor planets At present known, ar.
ranged in the order of-their discovery, together
with other piaaets Of our solar system
Since the compilation of the catalogue referred
to, two other minor planets have been discovered
on the continent Of Europe-one by De CAspARrs.
of Naples, not yet named, the other by CHAooa.
MAC, Of Marseilles, France.
would request the insertion of these in their
places, in the catalogue next after No. %. This
catalogue would be then rendered Interesting and
valuable as q reference.
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BAaArrLLE.-The Baltimore Clipper, noticing
the recent fishing exploit of the British Minister,
observes:
"Mr. Champion appears to be quite Jait in
settling the rock fishing question, least he does
not hesitate TO fish much he likes in our
waters; but he still pertinaciousIy holds out and
protests against American fishermen doing the
same in the troubled waters down East We go
for reciprocity in all things"
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RsMovALs-A Washington correspondent of the
New York Tribune states that recently the follow
ing clerks were removed from the General Land
Office Bureau, Wig: W. II Green, G. Hartwell, M.
Thompson, s. NJ. Tudor, and J. E. Baker; and the
following persons have been appointed in their
stead, viz: E. F. Ruth, Tennessee, 81 400; John
+. McQuade, New York, 81 900; Presley M. Mar
tin, Virginia, 50 33i; L. w. Hester, Virginia
same pay; Charles p. Pope, South Carolina. same
pay; A. G. Haley, Mississippi, same pay.
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Engineers in the United States Navy

y
We understand that the Board of Principal
Engineers, consisting of VIM. P. Williamson,
VIM. w. w. MOORE, and DANIEL b. MAR
TIN. which convened at Philadelph on the Cd
of May, and terminated its labors about the
Doth, passed the following candidates, viz:
First As'istant Engineers Robert H. Long,
Hartman Newell, Andrew Lawton, Nathaniel P
Patterson, Francis C.. Dade, Edmund De Luce
John NJ. Maury.
Second Assistans Engineers George F. Barton
Samuel H. Houston, Charles H. Loring.
admitted as Third Assistant Engineer. James
B. Kimball, Richard Quin, G. M. Plimpton, W.
Moore, F. A. Garfield, Fl. A. Ramsay, G. R
Wooderd, E. Manning, H. z. Winson,F G. Sum-
walt, H. b. Nones, J. M. Harris, T. Williamson
Six applicants for the various grades obliged
upon examination and were rejected.
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We understand that observations in reference to
the new planets have been commenced by Profess
CURLEY, the able and estimable Director of the
Astronomical Observatory of Georgetown ID. CO.
College. A.. S.
WAsHINaroN, May &C.
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A New York paper, referring to the appoint.
ment OF Mr. Belmont as charge to Holland, and
his probable REIMBURSEMENT Of the agency of the
house of Rothscbild, states that Mr.. Davidson, of
San francisco, would probably have succeeded
Mr.. Belmont but for his sudden DEATH Mr.. B.
Davidson, of San Francisco, is living. His bro
ther, Mr.: Lionel Davidson. late agent of Messrs.
Rothschild In the city of Mexico, died in London
the 18th of April last, in consequence of the
accidental dropping of his pen niie. which wound
ed him on the thigh, while seated on the deck of
the steamer, on his voyage to England. Mr.. Lio-
mel Davidson was we'll known in commercial
circles in this city, where he resided for mum
Der of years in connexion with the house of Hol-
ford & Co.-Neac York Express.
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Tho steamer Santiago. Captain r Joy. arrived
1t ParsmA the 4tb instant with the usual semi
monthly mail from Valparaiso and Cailao. Her
dates are Valparaiso. April Ia, and Caiiao, April
S 500. eco in silver on British account. Among the
passengers is Admiral Blanco, with family and
suite, their way to Paris, to which court the ad
miral ha. been appointed minister fromthe Chi.
Jan republic.
The President of Chill paid his expected visit to
Valparaiso the 4th, where his reception had been
most enthusiastic. On the 9th he left suddenly for
Santiago, owing it is said, to the reports of the
misunderstanding between Peru and Bolivia,
| brought by the steamer from the north.
The 5. N. Co. 3 steamer New Grenada for
the future is to ply between Valparaiso and the
southern ports OF the republic. the government
having come to terms with the company.
The correspondent of the Reporter writes from
Copiapo that the mines in that district are yielding
we'll.
The Panama Herald of the 9Th instant says:
A movement in favor Of General Santa Cruz was
to have taken place, on the 2lst of March, among
the military in La Paz; but the plot was discovered
by a sergeant, to whom the government gave re
ward Of six thousand dollars.
On the 9th, Sr. J. M. Tirado, Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs in Peru, wrote a letter to the
French charge d'affaires in Lima, Offering the
services of this government to mediate between
France and Ecuador. The Count Ratti Monitor
replied that it would give him pleasure to accept
the offer of Peru, if the orders of the admiral ad-
mited OF such course. In the meantime Dor.
ton OF the french Heet was at anchor in Paita
bay. a9
The dispute between Bolivia and Peru has as
suned at last a serious form, and the reprisal of
Peru is a serious matter for those merchants in
whose hands the trade with Bolivia principally
lies. In order to render the question more fully
understood. we condense the following account
from the Registro Official, of Lima:
"On the 9th January last the Bolivian govern.
ment requested the withdrawal of D. Mariana Pa
redes, the Peruvian charge d'affaires, charging
him with plotting against the Bolivian govern.
ment. This request the government of Peru re.
fused to comply with, denying the charge made
against him, and asking for some substantial
proofs. Sr Paredes, however, resigned the ap.
pointment and D. Francisco Gonzalez Prada was
named to the post, with the rank of Minister Peni
potentiary. -
"On the 9th of March Sr. Paroles received a
communication from the Bolivian government
informing him that further communication
would be held with him, against which he pro.
tested on the 10th, and the 18th the Intepdente
OF Police presented himself at the Peruvian Lega.
ton, and ordered Sr Paroles to quit the country
in two hours, or else he would be expelled In
consequence, at six O'Clock that same evening Sr.
P, in company with police officer, left La Paz
At the same time the Vice Consul, D. Teodoro Ze.
vallos, was also forcbly expelled
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We are informed that Archbishop HueHEs
arrived in this city on Wednesday, and that on
the same day, in company with gentleman of
this city, he visited the President Of the
United States. We are not apprized whether
the visit was one Of mere courtesy, or other
wise
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KossUrH.-The English newspapers are publish
ing Kossuth's speeches again He was recently
presented with copy of Shakespeare, paid for by
subscriptions Of one penny each, by twenty thou
sand English workmen, and in tho co1rse ef hi,
remarks said that he bad made six hundred
speeshes, in England and America, since bis re-
lease from sptivty.
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MAN IN DIsauisE.-Last summer a (reputed)
female was going the rounds instructing ladies in
NJ; M art OF cutting dresses, &c, hailng from the
son recently died in one of the upper counties
when the discovery was made that the cutter Of
iadies garments was man in disguise-one who
reason, and passed for female until after death.
1-.7.r - TFyedericksbuyg (Va.) Herald.