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NIAGARA SHIP CANAL.-The Rochester Aneri.
can states that two memorials are in circulation
respecting Niagara ship canal. One of them I'll
says) asks the Legislature of that State to charter
a joint stock company, to be styled "1he Niagara
Shtp Canal and Hydraulic Company" for the pur-
pose OF constructing such canal on or near the
route surveyed by Captain William G.. Williams
of the typographical engineers, in 1895, and re-
ported to Congress on the 10th of April 1886; the
company TO have capital of five millions of dol
lars. The other is addressed to Congress, and So
lcits grant of wild lands similar to the grant
made to the sault Ste Marie Company. The route
commences at Schlosser, 81 miles above the great
cataract, and terminates at the village of Lewis
ton; the length of the proposed canal being nine
miles, 1t would be made with sufficient capacity
of channel and locks to pass the largest descrip
ton of vessels navigating the lakes.
We understand that the entire descent is 800
feet, and 80 locks of 10 feet lift each are proposed
to be constructed. Vessels require from thirty to
forty hours to pass through the Welland canal, a
distance OF Is miles. They will be passed throug b
the one proposed to be made in six hours.
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"THE PEN AND PENcIL'' is the title of weekly
magazine which has been commenced at Cincin.
natl. 1t is in octave form, and to variety of
literary matter adds a spirited compendium of
passing intelligence. W. Wallace Warden is
proprietor and editor.
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The Boston Atlas and Transcript notice the
death of Professor Wilson, the world-renowued
'eChristopher North" of Blackaoood's A1agazine.
We do not find any mention of the event in the
English papers last received Professor Empson,
editor fthe Edinburgh ReUie,c, died shortly before
the sailing ofthe steamer, and hence, perhaps, the
mistake of our Boston contemporaries .
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Hon. G. E. STUART has been nominated by
the Democratic caucus of the Michigan Lee
glslature to succeed Mr.. FELcH in the United
States Senate, for the six years commencing
on the 4th of March.
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MAN NEARLY BLEED TO DEATH BY A VAMpIRE
bAT'-On Wednesday morning last, says the Pa
mama Echo of the 18th December, the barkeener of
the Pavilion Hotel, Taboga, not appearing at the
usual US hour, Captain Mckinney, the proprietor of
the mouse, proceeded to his room to call him, when
10 MS astonishment and horror he found him in.
sensible and bathed in blood; after the usual re-
storatlves were applied, the barkeeper stated that
on the previous evening after retiring, be remem-
nered experiencing the most delightful sensations,
as OF tanning, which soon put him into deep
sleep, and he had no consciousness of the attack
made upon HIM until the morning The only
wounds by the bat were two small spots on each Of
the great toes. -0-
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Ma. DE MARcoLETA, the Nicaraguan minister,
whose recall has been requested by our Govern
ment, has written a letter to the editor of the
Courier dies Etas Uis, in which he says: al have
done nothing but follow the instructions of nv
government to the very letter, and that with all
possible respect; one day my correspondence will
be published, and justice will be done.',
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There is in the city Of Newark remarkable
hremen's dog almost celebrated as the old s.Ti
ger,. OF the stown of Boston" This canine mem
per OF the department attaches himself perman emit
ly to No. 8, with which ssmachines' he runs He
belongs to the company, having no particular
owner, and is on good terms with all the members
oy whom ne 10 maintained at their engine house.
No sooner is an alarm of fire given in any part Of
the city than ne barks joyfuly, and will run ahead
Of the engine barking and frisking when it rolls
out, but PAGES along very demurely when it is re-
regardiess-evidently having full perception Of
his duties, in which he greatly delights, of run
ming and watching the ''machine,'' but not to be
entlced away from his vocation by any lesser mat
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IHE CITIZENS OF WELLsvILLE, Pa, lately became
very much excited in consequence of the death of
deiirium tremens upon two or three more The
cltlzens turned out in large numbers one evening
iast week, and visited all the groggeries, and
warned the owners that they must quit the liquor
trathc, or abide the consequences. 81
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LrBERlA.-The New Orleans picayune of tn,

LIBERIA.-The New Orleans Picagune of the lat
referring to the sailing OF the brig Zebra, chartered
by the Colonization Society, for Liberia, states
"that the expedition will consist of one hundred
and forty persons, comprising emigrants from
Ken ucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Missouri, Missis
sppi, Louisiana, Texas and the Choctaw and Che
rokee country. The desire to emigrate, and to
trade with this 1ourishing republic, has become
quite eager. During the last four days the society
has been compelled to refuse to take emigrants
who had not applied to go previously. A large
quantity of freight has been refused in consequence
of the vessel being full" The vessellsailed some
days since.
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Z CURIOUS CASE of somna mbulism is recorded
in the Chillicothe Gazette A daughter of Mr..
Thomas Kaine arose from her sleep, and in her
night clothes walked four miles up the Sciota
river, waded into the stream, and swan across a
deep part, and was found by an g early risero sit
ting on the bank of the river-asleep! Remark.
able enough, as the girl was only thirteen wears
old, and could not swim when awake! 7,
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Among the resolutions adopted by the Confer
ence OF the Methodist Church South, was one that
preachers should, once month, preach to the col
Preo people on the plantations of their masters.
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The Boston Adoertiser states that BENJAMIN
PIERCE, Ii. D., Professor of Astronomy and Ma
thematics in Harvard College, has been chosen a
Fellow OF the Royal Society of London DR..
Franklin and DR.. Bowditch are the onlv cit;zers
of the United States who have before received the
distinction of membership of this ancient society.
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The MIssouRI LEGISLATURE has passed, and the
Governor has approved, the Pacific Railroad bill,
the Iron Mountain Railroad bill, and the North
Missouri Loan bill. These bills lend the credit of
the State to certain extent to the proposed works
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The NEW HAMPSHIRE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIvEs has indefinitely postponed a resolution in
favor of erecting monument in memory of Gov
ernor Meshach Weare by vote of I3s to 1876.
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Touching the fabric of the Democratic party in
New York. the Times remarks: eThe quondam
Freesoil section of the Democracy is rapidly gain
ing the ascendency in this State. Governor Sew.
mour, Governor Marcy, Erastus Corning, and
others hitherto accounted Hunkers are transfer
ring their adhesion to the other side. Comptroller
Wright even is very strongly suspected of being
no better than Barnburner. The Albany Atlas
ls coming into the ascendent as the party organ ,,
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A movement has been begun in the New York
Legislature towards the restoration of the old law
repealed few years ago, which recognised and
secured slave property when brought there by the
owner, whilst in transitu through the State = -
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[PUBLIc Acr-No. 81
AN ACT for the construction of military roads in
Oregon Territory

AN ACT for the CONSTRUCTION Of military roads in
Oregon Territory.
Be IL enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatiUes Of the United States of AnlericG in Con.
gress assembled, That the following sums of mo-
ney be, and the same are hereby, appropriated
for the construction of military roads in the Terri
tory of Oregon, to wit: For the construction of a
road from Stilacoomb, on Puget's sound, to Fort
Walla Walla, twenty thousand dollars; and for
the construction of road from the mouth of
Myrtle creek, on the Umpqua river, to Camp
Stuart, in Rogue River valley, twenty thousand
dollars; the said roads to be constructed under the
direction of the Secretary of War, pursuant to con-
tracts to be made by him.
Approved January Z, 1858.
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TPUBLIC AcT-No. IL


AN ACT authorizing certain soldiers of the late
war with Great Britain to surrender the bounty
lands drawn by them. and to locate others in
lieu thereof.
Be 1t enacted by The Senate and House of Repre-
sentatipes Of the United States of america in Con-
grass assembled, That it shall and may be lawful
for any soldier in the late with Great Britain,
TO whom bounty land has been allotted and patent
ed in any State of this Union, by virtue of the lave
of the United States passed prior to the year 1850,
which was and is unfit for cultivation, to surrender
said patent, and to receive in lieu thereof the same
quantity of any of the public land subject to pr
yate entry at the minimum price as he may select:
Provided, That before receiving such land it
shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Commits
sioner of the General Land Office that the land so
allotted and patented to said soldier is unfit for
cultivation, and that said soldier has never dis
posed of his interest in said land by any sale of his
own, and that the same has not been taken or dis
posed of for his debts due to any individual, and
that he shall release all his interest in the
the United States in such way as said Commits.
siOner shall prescribe; and such surrender and
location shall be made within five years from the
passage of this act. . - . :
AApproved January 7, 1858. -.. 8, q.
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The New York Journal of Commerce thinks the
recommendation of the Virginia Legislature that
Mr. Barbour be taken into General Pierce's cabi-
net, looks like insisting on pay for starting the
nomination ball of Pierce for President The Jour-
nal thinks that General Dix should not have a
place in the "a buet ~
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Extract of letter from Mr. Clayton TO Sir IL.

1t is unnecessary for to repeat that the treaty
negotiated was not intended by either of us to ap.
ply to the British settlement Of Honduras and de-
Tendencies, before described, the title to which it
is now, and has been my intention throughout the
whole negotiations to leave the treaty leaves it,
without denying, affirming, in any way med
ding with the same-just as it stood previously
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approved January 7, 1853.
TPUBLIc REsoLurII

: - II UBLIO hBsOLUTION-NO. "a
A RESOLUTION explanatory of the act appropri-
ating money for the removal of the raft of Red
river.
Resolved By The Senate and House of Represen-
tGtires Of The United States Of Aerica in Congress
assembled, That much OF the act entitled IAN
act making appropriations for the improvement
OF certain harbors and rivers" approved August
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty two as relates
to Red river, be construed as to authorize the
Secretary of War to award the contract for the re-
moVa OF distractions to the navi of said river
occasoned by the raft to the person or persons who
for the amount of the appropriation, will agree to
remove said obstructions, and keep said naviga-
ton free from the same for the longest period OF
time; said contract to be awarded after reasonable
public notice .-...
Approved January 7, 1852. ..
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TPUBLlc REsoLUrIos-No. Al


A RESOLUTION allowing in certain cases to the
owners of steamers further time to make the
necessary preparations to bring their vessels
within the provisions of an act entitled 'sAn act
to amend an act entitled IAN act to provide for
the better security of the lives of passengers on
board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by
steam,' and for other purposes" approved Au-
gust thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty two
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representa-
tIUes Of the United States Of america in Congress
assembled, That any inspector of steamers ap-
pointed under the act Aforesaid, if not furnished
seasonably with the means of discharging his
duty, or who shall be satisfied when an enrolled,
licensed registered steamer is insp ected by him
and found deficient in the requirements made by
said act, that such omissions are not occasoned by
any fault or neglect of the owner or master, he
may grant, upon application therefor, of his own
accord, such further reasonable time after said act
goes into effect he may deem sufficient with
due diligence to make all necessary preparations
to make any such vessel, her machinery and equip
ment conform to the provisions of said act:
Procidsd, The time go allowed shall in no case
exceed ninety days after the first day of January,
eighteen hundred and fifty three.
Sac. 2. And be IL further resolUsd, That no such
weasel go allowed further time for preparation shall
De liable to seizure or to any penalty under said
act during the time specified for any deficiency
intended to be covered by the extension of time
granted by such inspector fIa
approved January 7, 1853.
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[PUBLIc REsoLUTIoN-No. 8. I

:.
A RESOLUTIONS relation to the Census Returns
from the State of California
ResoIved by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives Of the United States Of america in Congress
CURED to append the returns of the State of
California; made by that State, the report there
Of, now in course of preparation at the Census Of
fee.
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PUBLIC ACT-No.
AN ACT making further appropriations for the
construction of roads in The Territory of Mime.
sofa.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatiues of The United States of AmericG tn Con-
gress assembled, That the following sums of money
be, and they are hereby, appropriated for the con-
structlon of roads in the Territory of Minnesota,
in addition to the sums heretofore appropriated
for the same objects, by the act approved July
eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty, to wit !:
For the construction of road from Point Doug
lass, on the Mississippi river, to the falls rapids
of the Saint Louis river of Lake Superior, by the
most direct and convenient route between those
points, twenty thousand dollars; for the construc
ton of road from Point Douglass to Fort Gaines,
now Fort Ripley ten thousand dollars; for the con-
struction of road from the mouth of Swan river,
or the most expedient point near it, north south
clsaid river, to the Winnebago agency at Long
Prairie, five thousand dollars; and for the con-
struction of a road from Wabashaw to Mendoza,
five thousand dollsrs and for the survey and lay
ing out of military road from Mendoza to the
mouth of Big Sioux river, on the Missouri five
thousand dollars. The said roads to be constructed
under the direction of the Secretary of War, pur
suant to contracts to be made by him.
Approved January Z, 1853. " E...-..
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BY AUTH RIT Y.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES 2
Passed during the Second Session Of the Ihtrty-
second Congress.
rPnRLIc Acr-No. Al

TPuBLIC ACT-No. A..
AN ACT TO amend an act entitled ssAn act to estab-
hsh the Territorial Government OF Oregon,
approved August fourteenth, eighteen hundred
and forty EIGHT E se
Bet enacted By the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentattuss of the United States Of 4America IN Con
gress assembled, That the Legislative Assembly Of
the Territory of Oregon be- and hereby are, author
lied in all cases where the sixteen or thirty six
sections, or any part thereof, shall be taken and
occupied under the law making donations of lane
to actual Settlers otherwise to cause the county
commissioners of the several counties in said Ter
ritory or such other officer officers as they shall
direct, to select in lieu thereof, an equal quantity
of any unoccupied land in sections, or fractional
sections, as the case may be.
SEC. g. And be IL further enacted That when Sc
lections made in pursuance of the provision
of the first section of this act said lands SO selected
and their proceeds, shall be forever nviolably sc
apart for the benefit of common schools.
Approved january, 1858.
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TPUBLlc AcT-No. 81

AN ACT granting to the Sackett's Harbor and
Ellisburg Railroad Company the right of way
through the military reservation at Sackett's
Harbor, New York.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
sertatives of the United States Of AaertcG IN Con-
gress assembled, That the right of way through the
public lands of the United States lying in the
village of Sackett's Harbor. in the county of JEFF
ferson and State Of New York, be, and is hereby,
granted to the SacketPs Harbor and Ellisburg
Railroad Company: Provided, That, in the opinion
of the President of the United States, such grant
be not injurious to the public interest, and that the
location shall be approved by the President as to
the position and width of the said railroads: 4And
prouided further That if the said railroad shall not
be completed within two years, or if at any time
after its completion the said railroad be discon-
tinued or abandoned, the grant shall cease and
determine.
AnnroVed Tannarv Y 1889
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received with the greatest enthusiasm On the
2od he issned proclamation to the Mexican
people, making magnificent promises for the
regeneration Of his beloved country.
A private letter from Havana gives the
names Of the political prisoners sent to Spain,
Among them were Luis Edwardo Cristo, a
landed proprietor; Jusn Gonzalez Alvarez, q
wealthy planter; Joaquin Miranda, a LAWYER,
educated IN Connections; Pinto, also law yer:
Cassie. doctor Of laws, and Francesca
Valdez, who was at the lead of the cartridge
mandatory.
conspiracy had been detected among the
criminal prisoners in the city prison. They
hal procured arms and intended to rise unon
their keepers. The ring Headers were Ger
man, formerly a cashier in n mercantile house
who had been imprisoned for embezzlement'
and a German attached to the Revere House
HAVANA, April Sugar was active al en-.
HANGING rates. Flour, $40. Hams. l3 a lar
prime Eastern and Orleans ditto, 16 19r.
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DAGUERREOTYPES.

Would you keep those priceless treasures
Memories OF long vanished pleasures,
And preserve for your behoiding,
Forms and faces long since moudingf
MoULsoN can take, with Drief endeavor,
Face and form that last forever.
truthful, hte-like, finely finished portrait or
miniature of relative or TREND severed from us
by distance or DEATH who would not prize and de-
sire to possessi A clear, rich. d, durable Da.
guerreotype is object rarely seen. But MoUL'
SONS Pictures Withstand the test of time, and are
pronounced by the highest authority, unsurpassed
on either side the Atlantic.
Our price for enc of these fine Portraits 10 only
ONE DOLLAR complete, and warranted to please
or no sale
Strangers and citizens are cordially invited to
call and examine specimens
Observe the name and number-MOULSON'S
SKY and side Light Daguerrean Gallery, 10 Main
street. fe2
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CHoLERA.-We understand that the cholera
is quite prevalent and fatal on the Roanoke at
and near Castor, N. G.. There have been 10
cases at and near Castor, and l9 cases be.
tween CASTOR and Weldon. Those attacked
1t is confined TO the colored population almost
entirely.
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The GnrlinerCas..

WASHINGTON, April l6.-ln the Gardiner
case to-day, Can't. SIocum was cross examined
and further described his visits TO the mines,
exhibiting several specimens, which however,
did not come from GARDENERS mine.
Two or three practical Engineers were sworn,
who testified that engines could be made in
pieces sufficiently small TO be carried by pack
mules, and that engines so constructed would
cost double the usual rates.
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ADDITIONAL BY THE BLACK WAR.
RIOR

New YORK, April 1.-THE steamer Black
Warrior has arrived with Havana dates of The
the 18th inst.
The ship Persian, Of Baltimore, from Hayre,
went mt ashore on Friday night lest 80 miles east
o. ire Island Light. with 200 passengers on
ooetd. steamer had gone TO her relief.
Oh the 9Th Of April, As prisoners, charged
with Insurectionary attempts, were SEMI 10
Cadiz to await the decision of the Queen
Among them were those who had been con-
oeinhed to death bat reprieyed al the garotte.
including Count Pasas, Duces, Joaquin For
'9h' ana others OF high standing. Before their
departure they were allowed TO receive the
visits OF their friends.
martin 6ulliano, late Secretary TO the Can.
IAN rehefal, had married Hiss SculI, the
daughter OF an old American resident,
ho Ehgilsn steamer Avon arrived al Hava.
ia On NE loih from Vera Cruz. Gen. Santa
anna reached Vera Cruz on the ls,, and was
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sTRATTON's OFFICE.

Drawn Nos Delaware Extra, 81, April l6:
63 80 Is 90 SO - so 81 II IS 69
Ticket Nos Is so SIS, s3O) Three more sold
Do do SO So 69, Ss06 STRATTON.
Drawn Nos Delaware, No So, April 10th:
So go II &c Sc Is &c IA 80 IS 81 43
Half ticket IA SO 90, SlOOO2 Two more sold
Half do IA ls II, $3.50 and paid by
STRATTON.
T0-Day.-Delaware Extra, SO. Capital $4,000.
rs numbers, II drawn. Tickets 81.
Also-Delaware, No SO. Capital: $4,000. 70
numbers, l3 drawn. Tickets SIS apI9
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Death of Russell Jarris.

NEW YORK, April 7.-Russeil Jarvis, one
OF the best newspaper writers in the country,
died here this morning, at the Bond street
House. His remains will be taken to Clare
mont, N. IL TO moro W morning, for interment.
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AUCTION SALES
FUTURE 67V7


.p ~ wslli.sss. css1i., A.e1.
Il HAAS $500 M y. or Lots IN Ora.
S SnIr rCuAkTER BRANCH TA yus N EAa
nav i. AZ IA AucTIoN-WnI ). ~ r0R
,.s srs 10th DAY 1855 upoD , Sn au.s
OF 400 feet Of ground ON shs e s undivided moiety
street West OF Pine street; about eo oe Of Moore
On I1e North aide Of Moore street hs Of sronnd
and GiIner strests-aboui 100 4 II between Pine
Moore street intersects with
Also, lots Nos. 4, 5. 6 and 7, cont.,n;,. ,oo
ground on the South East line Of Baker Ieet OF
posite TO the residence OF Jacob ShooI r eec op.
above land will be laid of into su itabs 49,. Inc
a few days. omce In
Terms-One fourth cash, balance st 2 ~
months for negotiable notes, interest ssdad "a ~
cured by trust deed, or title retained g
apis w GODDIN, Auc,,r
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By Davenport. Allen d Co.
NEW CROP GREEN AND Il LACK
v TEAS AT AUCTlON.-On Thursday. 2lst
Of April, we will sell at our auction store at 10
O'Clock,
600 Packages
GGnpowder
Imperial
Young Hyson
Poucheng and Souchong Teas
from fine to excellent quality, selected expressly
for this market.
TERGs-SI00 four months credit, over 500 six
months credit for approved paper.
DAVENPORT, ALLEN CO,
Gp IL Auctrs.