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lst of February next, and there is every rea
son to believe that the contract will be com
piled with, and the mint there put into opc
ration by that time, thus abundantlv supply.
ing the people of the Pacific coast with coin
Ior all .hc purposes of exchange and COM
merce, from their own mines.
The Coast Survey has made good PROCESS du-
ring the year. The means furnished appear
to have been carefully and economically used
by the Superintendent, and to have produced
ample results. The duties fthe Light Hou
! Board have been discharged with prolnptness
and efficiency, and is believed, with economy.
There are now in operation 347 lighthouses
n are in course of construction, and A more
authorized, but not yet commenced. There
are IA light vessels in operation, and FIVE in
the course of construction. The estimate for
this service, for the fical year ending June 30.
1854, was $4,000 ~ ; and for the year
ending June 80. 1858. it is 5000. 1853 IA.
The act of Congress to provide for the
better security of the lives of passengers on
board vessels propelled. in whole or in part
by steam. has claimed the attention Of tile de-
rartmcnt. There will not have been year 5
experience, under it's full operation. until
about the lst June next but SO far its ope-
ration has been highly favorable
Attention is called to the Louisville and
complete the purchase, and leave the United
States the sole stakeholder and proprietor Of
the canal, and entitled to possession of it Oh
complying with the condition of the act of
Kentucky, under which the private stock has
been purchased
Attention is also called to the $1,000 900
balance Of the $4,000 600, agreed to be
given to Texas, in the settlement of the boun-
diary OF New slexico, and not yet issued, but
retained under the proyiso to the boundary
bill. The late administration decided that
all the stock ofTexas mentioned in that pro-
viao must first be released to the United
States before the stock could be issued, and
the present administrator determined not to
disturb that decision. The consequence is.
that the creditors Of Texas remain unpaid.
although many are willing to file their stock
and release all claim on the United States,
and receive the proportion of the $1,000 900
accorded to them by Texas, while the United
States, with abundant means to pay, cannot
do SO, qnd the debt remains liable to a claim
for interest, which, under the act, could not
well be refused
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-12-23

HARPER AND BRoTHERs. friend Colonel
Harper, who did the city good service as May
or, (but whose tin porringcrs around the
Park-tountain didn't prove profitable in
vestment;) is good deal of a wag, and loves
a joke AS well as his dinner. We happened
to be sitting in The cqWatng room Of the
4" Brothers y one day. when there entered Il
slcrk-lookins gentleman, with straight
collar'd cut-away coat. and broad-hrmmed
drab hat. He advanced towards 'the Colonel :
: Is Mr.. Harper i'm Tin one of them,
said the ex Mayor. Well, SIR, my name is
triah q. Hopkins. | belong 80 the Oneida
Conference. am a minister of the Ga spel.
| want aid come here on the Lords bus
mess The man who attends to the Lord ;
business, said the Colonel, without moving a
muscle, is out at present ne will be III at
two o clock This was the simple fact all
donations to religious and charitable societies
being delegated to only one particular partner
of The house a nickerbocker.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-12-23
The " Montreal and New York " Winter
Ferry across the st. Lawrence.

An article in tho Montreal Ga2ette saws
that the Montreal and New York Railroad
Company, satisfied with the success of their
experiment last winter, in operating an open
ferry between Lachine and Caughnawaga
across the st. Lawrence, have constructed n
new steam ferry boat, the IRooUoIs, which
will afford superior accommodations for the
present season, Our friend Capt. Proctor
has had the construction of the self-adiustinr
platforms, connected with the ferry, and they
are of course right. The Gazette saws -
The Iroquois introduces to the waters of
the st. Lawrence two novel and most impor-
tant devices. First-thc use of Napier's os-
cillating cylinders, which by bringing all the
machinery. shaft, &c, of the engine below
deck. admits, in the second place, of rails be-
ing laid upon deck for the reception and CON
vcyancc of railroad cars The d" Iroouois :"
is adapted to convey FIVE freight or box cars
over the river at each trip. Lately she brought
across the St. Lawrence a heavy freight loco
motive engine and tender, with supply of
wood and water, and two freight cars fully
loaded, an additional weight, say Of 80 tons,
without trouble or effort. The time occupied
IN loading and unloading was ten minutes
tnc time OF crossing ten minutes more. The
arrangements Of the company are such that
this operation may be repeated from one side
of the river or the other every half hour in
the day; The inclined planes or self-adjust-
ing platforms, connecting the deck of the
boat with the permanent way, are simple and
ingcniouS,-thc platform strikes and rests upon
the boat the rail of one of them dqvetails on
the rail of the other the buoyancy of the
boat maintains the proper level and yields to
the motion Of the superintendent train. The
slips and platforms are of the invention and
have been constructed under the supcrintcn-
dence of Captain Proctor, Of Burlington,
Vermont
TO provide against the possibility of any
accidental interruption for the future, the
Company have also chartered. for the winter.
the well known and powerful steamer Cham
plain which will ply with the " lroquos,'
ana which will soCufc the means of safe access
to and cgrcss from this city, at times when
steam navigation must. from natural causes,
cease to all other points on the st Lawrence,
and when the forming ice, OF floating ice of
the winter, OF the drifting ice of spring
render the passage Of the river Il service of no
ordinary danger elsewhere
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water over him. which would he greeted with
almost human shrinks of pleasure. though it
only served to lcngthen for u little the ter
ribc term Of suffering. At last the scene was
over. Ihc skeleton Of the poor beast was
dragged from its cage, and buried with more
care than many poor human skeleton had
been before.
! The next time Mrs. Judson came to the
| prison door. ahi her husband crawlcd to meet
hcr-crawlcd with the upper part of his body. 4.
having his feet still attached to movclcss bam-
boo--hc had a new plan to broach. He told
her of the ol"pty hon $ cagc--what Il comfort
able retreat while the fever lasted, and begged
her intrrccsSiun with the governor for he
had cntrcatcd the comic .iailor in vain The
" cat y refused to listen for moment to such
an insult to royalty. Mrs. Julson's aprlica-
ton was successful ; and with feelings Of deep
gratitude to God for such IL mercy. the sick
man was removed from his loathsomc quarters
to the better accommodations of the lions
cage.
\ IurGG lIERo.--ln the Madison Nnd y
Daily Argus, Dee. / we find the following
account Of the martvrdom Of an American
boy-who died because he would not tell
lie:
HEROES AND MARTYRs.--Our readers VII
probably all rccolcct the story of the Nor
wcgmn boy at Chicago, who was drowned by
some older boys because he refused to assist
them in robhiug an orchard Some of the
papers at Chicago. now raise doubts as to the
martyrdom of the boy, and attempt to account
for his death in some other wnv than that
first suggested. 1t seems To- such that hero
ism, Of the kind imputed to the boy. does not
exist in the world at the present time Such
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-12-23
THE BURIAL OF LOVE.

ny WILLIAM C.'LLES BRYANT.
Two dark-cycd maids, at shut of day.
Sat where a river rolled away,
With calm sad brows and raven hair,
And one was pale and both were fair
Bring flowers. they sang, bring flowers unblowi
Bring forest blooms of name unknown;
Bring budding sprays from wood and wild,
To strcw the bier of Love the child.
Close softly. fondly. while We weep,
Rs eyes, that death may seem like sleep,
And fold his hands in sign of rest
His waxen hands, across his breast.
And make his grave where violctg hide,
Where star-fowcrs str2,, tbs rivuiCt's SIDE
And bluo-brls IN the misty spring
OF cloudlcss skies and summer sing
Place near him. ms We lay him low,
His idle shafts, his ooscncd bow,
The Silkcn tillct that around
His taggSh eyes in sport he bound.
But we shall mourn him long, aud miss
Ills ready SMILE hig lady kiss,
The prattc of his little feet,
Sweet irowns and ,tammcred phrases sweet
And gravcr looks, serene and high.
\ Ii -ht of heaven in that Young cyr,
All these shall haunt Us Til the hear.
Shall ache and achc-and tears will start.
The bow, the band shall fall to dust,
The shining arrows waste with rust,
And all of Love that earth can claim,
BE but memory and name.
Nor thus his nobler part shall dwell,
prisoner in this narruw cell
But he whom now we hide from men,
In the dark ground, shall live again.
Shall break these clods, form Of light,
With noblcr micn and purer sight,
And in the eternal glory stand,
Highest and nearest Gods right hand.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-12-23

WEALTH OF THE SrArEs.-Thc population Of
the United States is about % 900 900, and
the aggregate of personal and real property is
estimated at s., ,294 $50 900. New York is
the richest StqtG, her property being 81 49, :
ooo.o 900; Pennsylvania $3.50 600 900 Ohio.
S140,00o, 900; then Massachusetts. $780,
000,o ,o00 then Virginia, S5OS 900 900. The
remainder of the States rank as follows -
Indiana, S3S4 900 900 Tennessee, $780,
GOO. 900; Kentucky, $342 900 900 : Georgia,
Sl20 600, 900; North Carolina, S3U6 ,000,-
600; Illinois, S294 900 900 Alabama, &270.-
oOo, 900 Mississippi, $3.50. 900 900 South
Carolina. S242 600 900 Missouri. $24O 900, =
600; Maine, S2+0 GOO 900 Maryland. &lO3, =
OUO,0OO; Louisiana, SlSS 900 900: New Jcr-
sry. SlG6, 900 900 Michigan, $l4S 900 900!
Connecticut. $l32 O0O, 900 Vermont, Sl20, :
600 900; New Hampshire, Sl20 900 ,000
Arkansas, $50 600 ,0OO Texas, S56 900 900;
Iowa. Sj2.0O0 900 Rhode isand, S52 000, :
600; Wisconsin, $50 ,O00, 900; Delaware,
S34 900, 900; Florida. $50 900 900; Dist,
Columbia, SlS 900 900 Oregon, IS 900 900.
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POET r Y
OUR COT NTRY.
A TnNSksGiyING sONC

A THANKSGIVING SONG.
Our Country 'tis glorous land
With broad arms stretched from shore to sh
The proud Pacific chafcs her strard
She hears the dark Atlantic roar,
And nurtured on her ample breast,
How many goodly prospect lies
In natures midcst grandeur drrst
Enancll'd with her lovelicst DIVES.
Rich Prairies dcckcd with flowers Of gold,
Like sunit oceans roll afar
Broad lakes her azure heavens behold,
Rejecting clear each trembling star,
And mighty Rivers, mountain born,
Go sweeping onward dark and deep,
Thro' forests where the bounding fawn
beneath their shcltcring branches leap.
And, cradcd mid her clustering hills
Sweet wales in drcam-ikc beauty hide,
Where love the air with musi. fiil-,
And calm content and peace abide
For plenty here her fullncss pours
In rich profusion o'cr the land,
And sent to seize her generous store,
There prowls no tyrant's hircling band.
Great God we thank thee for this home
This bountcous birth-land of the free,
Where wanderers from afar may come
And breath the air of Liberty
Still may her iloYcrs untramcllcd sLring,
Her harvest wave her cities rise
And yet. till time shall fold his wing,
Remain Earth's lovclest paradise
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PHLosornIc - S9h, do gGu know the
difference between II mason and an anti-ma-
son = Yes, sab. believe does. well,
what isitr If my brain tell de truf, and
it never fails, mason is de man what lays de
mortar, and ant,-mason de man who carries
de hod =
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-12-23

p DIP Yor EVER. An itemizcr. Mt a
late evening sewing party. reports that one
lady made use Of the exclamation, " thought
| should have died - one hundred and twenty
eight times, and she put the inquiry, Did
You ever !" one hundred and thirty-scyen
times.
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A PAYING Business. - The Gas Com
pany of New Orleans city pYFchasc their coal
at thirty-cight cents a barrel, manufacture
gas out of it, which they sell at four dollars II
hundred feet, and then sell the residue of the
coal, in the shape of coke, for seycnty-fye
cents barred
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- Cato what do you suppose is the
reason that the sun goes towards the south in
the wiptelT We'll, ] don't know masSa,
unless he no stand de clemency of the norf,
and so am bliged to 80 to de souf, where he
experiences warmer longitude, was the philoo-
sophie reply
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-12-23

FRArD IN FRulr TREEs.--The Worcester
Spy calls attention to the fact that many Of
the fruit trees sold by travelling agents are
worthless
The trees a.'c said to be manufactured in
the State Of New York. by short process,
called scot grating. 1t is done by taking
the roots OF old trees, in the winter, and cut
ting them up into short pieces, into each of
which is Graiteda scion. They are then packed
away in the cellar till spring, when they are
set out, and in two years they answer to
cheat the ""ocuicS with, who huy trees of ir
responsible. strolinA dealers, Th., will grow
very well in the nuusnry, like trees raised from
suckers, for three or four years, but like
them. they soon come tou stand, assuming the
appearance and drcrepitudo Of old trees. -
Many kinds, grown in this way, that are nat
uraIy very g?cd bearers, will hardly bear at
all.
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A WARNING TO BAp WRllr

A WARNING TO BAD W RlIr,4. .' t,'
Blade tells good story oi wo1 '"N
a building winch WIS srn''" o1
longing to the Michigan t..tb .
The superintendent, who WI 'r
hand, sent a short letter To NJ. s.. q.
10 remove the bulldnt at once l'- n.r
was not removed, and three mc.'aF ...-ae,
the superintendent met :. and ber .n -',.
hlm for not removing the nul,Iuc. rs d.~.-.
when 1t appeared that th' ma h'd rocuv
the note, and not beng able to mako oUt r
contents, had supposed it to be r7ss over
the road; and had been rilng back ami Co.
all summer on the strength Of II
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Report of the Secretary of the Treasury.

The following summary of the lengthy re-
port of the Secretary Of the Treasury is from
the Boston Atlas.
The estimated receipts for the fiscal year
ending June 30th, 1858, are So, ,932. .l37 b
against the estimated expenditures Of 500, =
500. .056 sc, leaving Il balance of S5,372,079
u to exist after applying S7,l9o,447 - to
the public debt while the actual receipts for
the same period were SCI ,377 ,574 10, to
which add balance in the treasury july l..
1852 making a total sum for the sarvic' of
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1853, Of ST.
969,710 II, and the actual expenditures wor,
$54 ,SlS 81. There was, therefore, t.
balance in the treasury July |, 1858, of $2l =,
042, ,S92 Sc.
The estimn ted receipts for the fiscal
year ending June SO, 1854, were Sj6,572,079 81
And the estimated expenditures 80, 2O3, ,753 90
Which would leave an estimated un-
expended balance in the treasury
on July /, 1854, of SIC, O,2Cs, 1925 81
The actual receipts for the lst quarter
of the fiscal year 1854, ending
Sept 80, 1853, were s2l,356,37s 90
To which add the actual balance in
the treasury on the lst July, 1883, 2l,942,S92 Sc
Making tho total sum of S43, ,299,27l 4S
The actual expenditures for the same
lst quarter were l5,osl 1883 20
Leaving balance in the treasury,
Sept. 30th 1858, of $2S,2l1,SS1 rs
The estimated receipts for the So
cond, third, and fourth quarters Of
the fiscal year ending June 80,
1854, are s.o.3OO,oOO 90
To which add the balance in the trea-
sury, Sept. 80, 1888. 2s,2l7Ss7 IS
Making a total sum Of SGS ,jl7,sS7 IS
The expenditures estimated by the
departments for the second, third
and fourth quarters of the fiscal
year, ending June 80, 1854, are 5I,25l, ,2s3 l6
This will leave an estimated balance
in the treasury on the lst of July.
1854, of $ll ,2C6,60i GO
The balance of the appropriations for
the year ending June 80, 1888,
which remained unexpcndcd on
that day, and which is liable to be
expended in the year ending June
80, 1851, is $780, 10
The specific appropriations for the
year amount to o4,o5l .2C9 js
The indefinite appro-
pratons for tho
year, far
ccraned by actual
payment, to OctO-
Der /, lsj2, sj,lOO,i?5 IS
a. estimated for the
residue of the year, G,3G5,i2G 9j
-- IL t6i. .g52 20
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fhs privilege of yearly advertisers is strictly
limited to their immc lac ami regular business;
aud the business of advertising firm is not
sidered including that of its individual members
1t Advertisements should be marked the nuIubc
Of weeks to be Observation-Disclosures they will be
inuod till forbid-or at the option of the publisher
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SrEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE.-Thatv vcritahle
pcrsonation of all gentlcmanly qualities, Mr..
Garrison, the aholitionist, AYERS that he has
been an editor for more than quartz. of II
century, the result of which is conviction
that an editor 4" more justly deserves II place
in the prnitrutiary than those who generally
enjoy that dst'pf,ii",n." lie adds that "N'
icluns are more lost % shame, no liars are
more INSCRIPTIONS, no culumniItp prs are 81
mail .',aut and satanic" We admire the
gentleman 5 caudor in speaking of his own ex-
lcrience for twenty-five ycars.-C0m. Ado.
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This makes the total estimate re-
sources for he fiscal gear ending
june 80, 1853,
The estimated expenditures for the
same year are
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Making the whole amount Of appro.
priations liable to bo expended in
the year 1854,
The estimated rcccipts for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1883 are
Add the estimated balance in the
treasury ON the lst of Suly, 1884.
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SGs ,5lI,sS1 IS
57,25l,2s3 l6
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~; \ precious youth Of sixteen lately fob-
bed man in Barnet, Vt, Of $l66, and He'd
to Boston, to WHICH place he was traced, and
arrested On Tuesday.
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Which would leave an estimated un-
expended balance in the treasury
on July |, 1854, of
The actual receipts for the lst quarter
of the fiscal year 1854, ending
Sept, 80, 1853, were
To which add the actual balance in
the treasury on the lst July, 1858,
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$2s,2l7,SS7 IS
$t0.30O,0O0 90
2S,2l1,Ss7 IS
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Leaving balance in the treasury
Sept. 2Oth, 1858, of
The estimated receipts for the So
cond, third, and fourth quarters OF
the fiscal year ending June 80,
1854, are
To which add the balance in the trea-
sury, Sept. 80, 1893.
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S43,299,27l As
l5,0sl,3s3 20
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SG3,l41,9Sl 03
55,OOo,cOO 90
ll,2G6,GOi G2
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sl0,2Gs,325 81
$2l,356,37s 90
2l,942,S92 Sc
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Slj,2 20C,321 80
by that part Of
n the land
be made in the
which may be
year
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Making a total sum Of
The expenditures estimated by the
departments for the second, third
and fourth quarters Of the fiscal
year, ending June 30, 1854, are
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CO

lI,G30,IjS 10
34,0jl 2G9 jS
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72,40l ,0S7 ~
The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-07-22

The CouSTRy.-The editor of the New York Elk.
press, in that paper Of the 2lst ut, is thus eloquent
on the beauties OF the country contrasted with the
hot bricks and dust OF town:
The country was never looking more glorious than
it now does. We never reaizingly felt the force
OF the inspired poets bold netapaors--ol the valley
laughing and singing, OF the hills clapping their
hands tor Joy--than during one of recent excur.
sions into the interior counties of our State. To
watch the unduations of the hsides, each present.
ing diverselinted crop to the genial rays of the
fructyng sun; to look down into the green valleys
lying at the bases of the upands the abodes Of thrift
health, Of contentmen and Of beauty; to view the
mountain tops and slopes covered with forests, which
seem to hold forth their myriad OF foliage to
temper the heat OF the SUI, 10 form barrier to the
tempest as either too rudely threatened the growing
harvest beneath them; to sit and listen the ripple
and brawl OF the now sunny, now shady rivulet, as
by roadside miiforesi goes its sparkling and
devious way; 10 lie upon ones back and watch the
changes OF the cloud forms OF which he catches a
chequered glimpse beyond the treetops to sail upon
the lake and therein 10 wet line, and perchance to
fill a creel; to stand in sunshine above thunder.
cloud upon Caskill, and the valley beneath re-
ceiving its genial inuence to listen the delicious
music of the song birds, the awful roar of the cat
aract. These are pleasures and delights worth sigh
ing for in the midst of these heated walls OF brick
and stone. these crowded. granite paved streets full
ofinodorous, unpaatable purile us and environs
The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-07-22
WHOLE NO. S9S

Kingdom could be. While we honor the name
and laud the patriotism Of our country's mill
tary fathers, let US also learn to admire the
moral grandeur Of the martyrs Of truth and the
defenders Of our faith, who laid down their
lives on the altar OF religious devotion in at.
testation of their christianity, and stand out
before the world, as examples worthy our
cheerful and constant imitation. While you
spend this day with music and rejoicings, and
cultivate gratitude to our Maker for the bless
ings OF national freedom and personal liberty,
and train and equip yourselves for your coun-
try's defence, should such necessity require
be vigilant, also, to educate your minds, to
morally train your feeIings--and to equip
your souls with the "armor Of righteousness" 4"
to eight the good fight Of faith" Victory
in this contest is the conquest of ain and
death, and effects the coronation of the soul
amid the immortal splendors of Eternal life.
Gentlemen. you have my best wishes for
time and eternity. Long may you lve--hap-
Py may you live, and long may our country
stand, the "land of the free and the homo Of
the brave"