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Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-05-28
THE NAVAL BUREAUS.

TO the Editors of The National Lstelligencer:
was pleased to repubished in your paper Of the
24h the just and appropriate remarks Of the Alexandra
Age under the head Of Change Is not Improvement"
Having been resident Of this city since 1872, (not
continuously but at several disunct periods and having
attained my majority before came here may be supposed
to know something Of what has been going for some
years past. How well remember when the victories Of
HULL, and DECATUR and BANBRIDGE, and STEWART, and
PERRY and McDoSoUoH burst upon us Those great men
are all gone except the venerable Senior Captain of the
Navy-al honor to their memories. They at least are
beyond the reach Of detracon But who the present
seniors OF the navy? They are the who stood by
next below those great in the day Of BATTLE and who
had no humble part to perform IN those glorious events
no, proud part Could HULL his orders in
the skilfal chase and splendid fight Of the Constitution
Could STEWART direct the maneuvres in battle with
two ships and attend to the details Could McDoNouGH
fight feet Of Superior force to his and look to the
execution Of his orders No; they looked with
dence to the support Of those Immediately below them
and they had it and this seconded by the galantry of
the junior officers and crews all together brought in
harvest Of glory which and should always be
appreciated.
In the various departments necessary for conducting
the affairs Of the navy it found that officers of expe
rience could be employed with advantage shore well
as at is which has been pursued by all
nations having navss; it adopted and approved by
the Administrations of MADISON, and MONROE, and JACK
Noble ships built under the directions of the
navy commissoners wholesome regulations established
for the government of the navy yards &c. But wrought
upon by influences which it is unnecessary here spe-
CITY, Congress induced in 1912 to abolish the board
and to establish in its stead several professional bureaus
This was but another method of doing the thing
navy matters were still in the hands of navy men. But
it found that individuals could be approach
ed in certain way than the board could and has be-
come the cue Of the progressive Democracy to cry
down the bureaus. The miserable scavengers for such
papers might be named have rang the changes old
fogies" antiquated Influences bureaucracies and
such like, until the public mind is in danger of being
tainted with preudices against class Of whose only
sin in the eyes Of such persons is that they getting
old and whose only offence that they have served their
country long and faithfully, but too honestly.
Demagogsm, with its foul finger, must leave nothing
that is wholesome untouched is for such sound pa
pers yours to speak to the country and set this matter
right before the peope-a great generous confdng
people, but because conding apt be led astray by
the designing and artful SENEX.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-05-28
ST. PAUL, MAY Q, 1858.

How WE RUSH FORWARD Scarce fortnight has pass
ed since the terrible calamity at Norwak occurred and
it is already almost forgotten 1t has ceased to be the
subject of thought remark. Another fortnight and
the sigh of the bereayed widow the tear trnkling
silently down the cheek Of the orphan will be the only
memorial of that sad event Such is the world Onward
rolls the of tme sweeping in its resistess course
human events, be they joyful fraught with sorrow,
into the silence of oblivion. great man dies. The
rolls his grave the world wipes the tear from
its eye and turning away from his sepulchre
The chasm left by his removal is closed up and he
from the minds of men. 1t is sad thing to think of
this perishing utterly from the memory Of the world
is well calculated humble the spirit of to reflect
that he will day be laid in the grave, and from the
stiffness of his last resting hear the tramp of heed
less thousands above him. and know that he is forgotten
of them all-Albany Register.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-05-28
RAILROAD IRON.
The New Orleans Bulletin has some important
statements upon railroad iron 1t says:

The New Orleans Bulletin has some important
statements upon railroad iron. 1t says:
One will hardly credit the fact that to fill the orders
for iron railroads the Of construction in
the United States and Europe, viii occupy all the rolling
mills in the world engaged in the manufacture Of railroad
iron at least six years BE it remembered that the guam
ty of iron required amounts to two millions four hum
dred thousand This gives, estimating 100 of
iron to the mie which is about the average of good rail-
600 miles Of single track enough to circle the entire
earth, 900 double track dividing it, half single and
half double track and have 900 miles of roads
the process of The of building this
tent of road (haf double track will be less the
present rates Of ron with complete equipment of ocomo
yes, cars and depots than total of 5000 000 000
to the respectable sum of $l20, ,00O, 900.
But there is still more to be added to these figures
enormous as they There several roads in
own country which not taken into the when
these estimates made and late foreign intelligence
states that subscriptions opened for the National Rail-
road OF Span to the French frontier at Bayonne
with Madrid distance of five hundred miles Also,
that company is fully organized for the construction OF
Central Italian Railroad connecting Lyons with Rome
and Venice, and Vienna with Leghorn and Genoa Aus
tria, Rome, Tuscany and the Duchies Of Modena and
Parma are parties to this enterprise besides this rail-
road from Lyons to Turin the charter of which has been
granted Add to these railroad to the Pacific, and
have addition Of five thousand miles of railroad to add
to the above figures, involving fetal cost Of some
1925, ,000, 900, and $25, ,000, 900 for IRON
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-05-28

The Chief Engineer Of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Company reports that the whole road is under
tract to the Kentucky ne 453 miles from Mobile The
local subscriptions to $4 9O2 200 and the land
given by Congress is valued at $3,469,975 making
gether property capital of 75. Upon this it is
intended to raise by mortgage Of road and lands loan
Of Sc 000 including the Tennessee loan Of 000
at six per cent to complete the main road and iron the
Paducah, Tennessee River, Columbus, Kentucky, and
Columbus Mississippi, branches, all Of which branches
in the aggregate will be l02 miles long Thirty three
miles Of the road, from Mobile to Citronvle in
operation and ffyfve miles in addition are now under
contract and will be ready for the iron by the first
Noyember.=Nep York Trib.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-05-28
FROM MINNESOTA.

At the request Of friend of Capt. SIMPSON, U
s. Army, we transfer to our columns the following
Letter, which will explain itself:
FROM THE MINNESOTA "pIoNEER."
Mr.. EDrron In your paper Of last week, speaking o.
the outrage committed by the Chppewas the other day
in town, you used the following language:
awe understand Gov RAMSEY Immediately ordered out
company of u Dragons in pursuit of the offenders
that they may be brought justices the dragons be-
ing little tardy in their movements about sixty Of our ci
zens under command Of Lieut. SIMPSON, started after the
Indians"
Feeling that injustice no doubt unwttingly has
been done to the officer commanding at Fort Smelling by
the above paragraph have thought il becoming in me
to state that far regards myself the motive which
prompted 60 in pursuit of the Indians the very
natural of desiring to apprehend the offenders and
bring them to punishment, and not because thought
the dragons had been ardy and such do believe to
have been the motive of the citizens who went out with
The officers of the army know too well to believe
that they backward to the call of duty and much
less do believe that the gallant colonel commanding in
this quarter will be found derelict when humanity
and the laws Of his country point the way
In my judgment the dragons considering the distance
they from the OF outrage, the difficulties they
had to encounter in crossing the river and the long chase
they intended to give the Indians in the saddle as
not in making the preparations they did, their success
in overtaking the party and chastising it sufficiently
testify.
may be more sensitive in this matter than your
ders may think the paragraph in question usfes; but
knowing the feelings of my brother officers as do, and
how important it is that they well every else
should be rather encouraged generous deeds by liberal
remarks, than be depressed by those which may bear
contrary construction, have felt called upon to
myself as have Very respectfully, yours,
J. H. SIMPSON,
Capt Corps Top. Eng rs
Il
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-05-28

GREAT FsHNG.--We have received fromJ d. Wells, OF
Northampton, Daguerreotypis VIM. s. Wells, of wilkes.
barre Pennsylvania, and Lyman Metcalf, Printer, OF
Northampton box of beautiful trout packed in ice and
grass and in excellent order These three gentlemen
caught in six hours, 148 trout weighing 2bl pounds
Of these j. d. Wells the fortunate sportsman TOOK
126, weighing % pounds The average size OF the hsh
it will be seen the very finest neither too small nor
too large II any three sportsmen in these diggngs w
do better six hours work than this, we shall pe most
happy to acknowledge the fact and stu haPpier '"
acknowledge the proof.--ipringfeh Repnotedn.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-05-28

CHANGE OF TRADE.-The ST. Louis News notices an i'm
portant change in the shipment of produce from that
place Heretofore the great amount of the leading sta
ples such tobacco, hemp lead, corn, whiskey, and
provisions has been sent to New Orleans but now vast
quantities of these articles forwarded to the Ohio
river eastward by way of Chicago and Wheeling AT
the latter place this produce is transferred to the Bat
and Ohio railroad At previous time were there
so many boats plying between st. Louis and the Ohio
river there at present.-Sun.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-05-28
GENERAL ORDER.
NAVY DEPARTMENT, MAY 20,

NAVY DEPARTMENT, MAY %, 1858.
In consration of the difficulty of procuring foi
the Navy aul the inconvenience which the public
vice is thereby subjected bounty of thirty dollars to each
able seana and twenty dollars each ordinary will
be p such may enlist for the naval service and a
the first day Of June next.
The usual advance of three months pay will be continued
bur no pay either Of bounty advance pay
will be until the recruit shall be received board and
duly entered in the books Of some receiving ship
The General Order Of January 4h 1853 allowing bounty
will apply such persons only shall have enlisted for the
Navy previous the lst of june lS5 and rescnded with
regaru 20 those who may enlist after that date.
j. G. D0BBIN, Secretary of the Navy.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-05-28

FRos THE PLAISs.-By arrival Of the Salt Lake mail
at Independence on the 80th utmo, dates from Fort
Laramie to April 10th have been received The snow,
which had been very deep around the Fort and among
the mountains near had disappeared and by the
rains most of the streams made unusually high But
little grass to be found between Forts Laramie and
Kearny. From Kcarny Fortitwas pretty well advanced,
and cattle could be well sustained The first trains were
met beyond the Little Blue river company from ST.
Louis consisting Of seventeen wagons and one hundred
men, we're at Little Blue the 18th of April Other
smaller companies were met at points along the route
The party which with the mail from Fort Laramie
only six days between Fort Kearny and Indepen-
dence, averaging seventy miles day.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-05-28

BY the twenty ninth annual report Of the officers Of
the Connecticut Insane Retreat it appears that the
penses Of the institution for the past year $37 000
leaving balance Of So, no. The number Of patients
in the Retreat at the Of the year 49,
There have been admitted during the year 140 discbarg
ed 15l, Of whom GA bad recovered Fl were much i'm
proved 10 improved 26 not improved and Il died. The
number in the Retreat the 1st of April last ITO,
Of whom 80 males and 90 females. The whole
Der of patients since the institution organized Is
2,3l0 Of whom 267 have been discharged cured, T7S
improved, and 243 have died.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-05-28

In Of our exchanges brief notice Of in
cident which lately took place in Paris and which we
feel called reproduce especially have not seen
it noticed in any other paper.
Mr., LEWIS CAss, Charge d'Affares at Rome, was,
while recently in Paris riding along the banks Of the
Seine when he observed struggling in the water
He leaped from his horse plunged into the river at the
peril Of his own life, and saved hers.
II is always gratifying to record instance Of manly
courage and humanity and especially pleased at
this Of Mr.. CAss he is gentleman wellknown and
esteemed here and whose official position abroad mparts
to his country in measure, of the honor of his
noble conduct During his residence abroad Mr. CAss
has previous occasions acquired credit and
moral decision and with characteristic modesty he may
have deemed his late intrepid act not worthy oommemo-
ration but others will look upon that disregard Of public
applause giving him new claim to esteem
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-05-28
MINOR PLANETS.

In the Intellgcncer of the goth utimo catalogue
published of Minor Planets known at present. and
ranged in the order of their discovery together with the
other known Planets Of our solar system
The insertion Of two Others discovered prior to the
compilation of that catalogue, would prove interesting
and render it useful and valuable reference. Next
after %, the following two in order, viz:
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-05-28

CoNBUsrIoS.-Some were yesterday hauling scow
Stone and Boomers Car Factory, which had in it
1900 kegs Of damaged powder, when, it is supposed
spark from dredge by fell into it. The powder
being wet did not explode with much force but about
every ten minutes Of the kegs would take
leap towards the zenith and all the air with clouds Of
smoke. Between the eruptons there putting,
phizzng and phzzlng that eminenty exciting the
bystanders-C Chicago Tribune, Friday.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-05-28

Some months since disagreement about fare occurred
between a passenger resident in Orleans county New
York. and of the conductors the Rochester and
Niagara Falls road which resulted in the expulsion Of the
former from the cars suit instituted in the Or
leans Circuit Court which to trial last week. and
resulted in favor Of the plaintiff The Court sentenced
the conductor to ten days in the county jail and 800
ne The days at the instance Of the defendant
commuted TO an additional $50, making $3.50 in all,
which uas mid
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-05-28

ELDER PRATT, the Mormon apostle, who has been ope-
rating in this city for several months past but without
making to the LatterDay Saint faith
that have heard Of has printed his monthly periodical
in advance up to September next in which he gives
tce that he is going to England. Republic.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-05-28

TIE Memory or THE DEAD.--It is an exquisite and
beautiful thing in our nature that when the heart is
touched and softcned by tranquil happiness or aec
tonate feeling, the memory Of the dead comes over It
most powerfully and irresistbly. 1t would seem almost
though our better thoughts and ympathies charms
in virtue of which the soul is enabled to hold vague
and mysterious intercourse with the spirits of those whom
we loved in life Alas how often ana now long may
bose natent angels hover around u.s. watching for the
spell which is so seldom uttered and so forgotten
Dickens
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-05-28

IMPORTANT SUIT DEcDEDThe suit instituted at Pitts
burgh by VIM L. Slicer, Of Maryland, and Others heirs
Of Thos Cromwell deceased recover about So 0OO
worth opropery was concluded in the u s. Circuit Court
in that city on Monday Judge GRER in his charge was
decidedly adverse to either the law or equity Of the claim
and directed the jury to bring verdict for the defend
ants in the DOVER and dismissed the bill in equity.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-05-28
PLA NIX ROADS.

Messrs. EDIToRs As the farmers of Montgomery
ty contemplating the construction of plank road
from the north line Of this District Brookve and
the residents of this city and vicinity would be greatly
benefited by the construction of such road your readers
will doubtless be interested in the communication here
with sent the subject of plank roads, extracted from
the Railway Republican. ]. C. L.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-05-28

MONSTER SsAKE.-Mr. John Davis teamster on
the farm of Squire Clifford in the northwest part Of the
city, on Thursday last had sight of the great black
snake which has been often In that vicinity He
resting quietly in the road Mr. Davis approached
when he made off fast his muscles would carry him
Upon accurate measurement of the form where he
resting tappeared that he was l8 feet long, and Mr. d.
thinks about foot and half in circumference
New Bedford Mercury.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-05-28

Two You've MEX DRowNED.-0n Saturday afternoon a
party Of FIVE young belonging South Weymouth
fishing from small boat of Cohasse when Of the party
caught large cat fish and drew into the boat Another Of
the party endeavorng to kin the fish by striking with
hole in the bottom Of the boat which immediate
filed and sank Two Of the party drowned and the
others rescued by another boat which TO their
sistance. Boston Journal
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-05-28

J. L. H McCRAoKES, Esq, prominent for many years
in the city OF New York as merchant died the 25th
Of March last at Sierra Leone the west coast Of Africa
after short Illness lie has been for many years in
impaired health and went Africa for its benefit rs well
as in prosecution of his commercial business He was
highly accomplished man, of uncommon wit and possess
ed intellectual powers Of hiph order Epening Post
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-05-28

TOBACCO IN MAssAcHusErTs.--H II. Starkweather, Of
Northampton raised last year from of land
6OO pounds Of tobacco which he sold at 14 per
pound, amounting to $3.50. William and Henry Dick
inson, Of Hatfield raised last year three and
three fourhs Of Of land about 5000 pounds Of
tobacco, which they sold in New York for $l 200.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-05-28
OF FICIAL.

Posr orrIcE DEPARTMENT, MAY 25, 1868.
Pursuant to authority vested in the Postmaster
General, and by and with the advice and consent Of
the President of the United States, (Which advice
and consent more fully appear by an instrument in
writing this day filed in the Department and with
view to bring about lower and more uniform rates
of pamphlet and magazine postage in the contem-
plated postal arrangements with Foreign Govern
ments, particularly on the Continent of Europe
His hereby ordered, That hereafter the United
States postage to be charged and collected on all
pamphlets and magazines mailed within the United
States for or received from any foreign country, Eek
cept Great Britain the British North American
Provinces, and the West Coast of South America, J
be the rate of two cents an ounce or fraction of
ounce, instead of the rates established by the act
of Sd March, 1851.
JAMES CAMPBELL, Postmaster General
NorE ~ THE EprroRs are informed that the
Why pamphlets, &c to Great Britain excepted
in this ord is that the present rate that country Of
four cents ounce, above the first two ounces is the
British charge all such publications received
from the United States. late proposition from our
Post to reduce the rate to cents
declined by the British Office. To the West
Coast of South America the established by the act
of 1851 retained owing to the high cost of the 18TH
transportation and to the British North American
Provinces the domestic of the of 1852 apply
New postage lbles embodyng these and other changes
in the foreign rates. understand will be published in
the course Of few days.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-05-28

eight years has held the position Of ticketseer at Buff
fao to the Rochester and Buffalo Railway Company, and
who is compelled to resign his situation account
of declining health having lost his eye-sght has been
presented by the Directors Of the Company with the
ofx OO0
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-05-28

FATAL ArFRAY BETWEEN BRoTHERs-A young man
named Charles Ganzy twenty years Of age was killed in
New York by his brother, sixteen years Of age. The
afray took place on Saturday, and the young died
Monday Both we're in the street. opposite their
dence, and the younger brother being somewhat intox
Gated requested TO 20 into the house This he re-
fused to do and the elder brother took hold Of him and
said he would make him 90 in. The younger then drew
knife and stabbed his brother in the right side
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-05-28
Mp. WILLIS UPON GEORGIA.

In one of Wills's sketches of Southern life and
scenery, written during his visit last spring, occurs
the following notice of Georgia:
s'We were eight hours crossing South Carolina dis
respectfully brief traverse of which felt quite ashamed
frs vsit-and, crossing the Savannah river, 0e
cended bank into the State of Georgia This seemed the
beginning of higher platform of land, different soil
and surface and picturesque Augusta, the
town landed at looked very New English TO my eye
There lively air about the people in the streets
plenty Of fresh paint the houses signs, bright
coored bricks broad streets with grass in them and
unequivocal accusomness to enterprise in the PAGES
Of the cart horses. The ladies whom shopping
looked very fashonably dressed and metropolitan. saw
but novelty which told Of climate and usages different
from the North-a very common looking man stroing
along lesurey in his shirt sleeves and gazing into the
shop windows but Nth negro behind carrying has coat
This the approach had seen Of London,
to the mounted tiger riding behind the dandy swell,
with the waterproof overall fastened his crupper The
darkey footman dressed in towcoth Jacket and
sers and white felt hat with ragged rmhs black
skin underneath looking fat shiny and comfortable. The
curious part Of it to the quality Of that could
afford to be his master He himself hardly clean
and tidy would be necessary to pass for respectable
in a working at the North. Most likely be an
eccentric specimen but there msgying of his
thorty in the air of his faithful Juba.
There must either be generally diffused taste for
park-scenery in Georgia. there Is local adj
vantage in thinning out woods, and clearing them Of
underbrush which appeals to the policy Of every
inhabtant. Woodlands of majestic trees with open pas
ture-range beneath, Of sight, from one
side of the State the other. Ii only odd-after
seeing these in England appurtenances Of ancient IA
my estates every aisle Of tree trunks serving mainly
a Of admiration to famous names-o them
here doing honor nobody particular Passing through
what might be manoral estates Of great magnifcence
inquire in vain for the OF the proprietor. Nobody
knew wo grandeur and d unity there waving in the
wind and making the h-sides imposing Ii like
| gorifcaion going to waste.
81 was disappointed travelling, does, in n rail
car like mailed letter in envelope not to have had
the opportunity TO specific and undoubted specimen
Of the Georgia cracker This is said to be the only
toner with whom the Yankee has chance sharper
Of the South that ou-wooden nutmeg Connsc
tcut peder They inhabit the sandtracks waste lands
and border settlements, and usually described NJ
white headed yellow skinned, lean and depraved
missionary reach. How they by the sagacity will
which they squat, swindle evade the law, and enjoy
Arab freedom Of range and what is their constituent ge
neaogy, wish some Audubon would ornithologize."