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Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-09-01
INTERNAL ulCERS.

snd all impure chronic do,,e, II he BLOOD are slwny
red by EEJNT'S ENTEICJ.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-06-04
A STRANGE STORY.

The following is translation Of the confidential
letter from Paris, upon which was founded the re-
port, published yesterday by one of our contempt
rares of the assassination Of Gen. ARMAND, the
Minister of War Of France The silence of the
French and English journals on the subject, and
the absence of any aluson to it in the news brought
yesterday by the steamer Arctic, warrant us in pro-
nouncing the.report to be mere fiction
g ought to tell you that the, general, marshal of
France, St. ARMAND, Minister of War; arrested last
evening by order of the Emperor for the following
sons: Gen. CoRNEMEusE aid de-camp of the Emperor,
found himself in the cabinet of his Majesty with Gen.
ST. Armand. sum Of four hundred thousand francs
there, and the Emperor entering his cabinet asked
for this money which he destined for the marriage
ton of the daughter of Gen. st. Armand Gen. Corne
meuse searched every where, bat was unable to find
than two hundred thousand francs whereupon he
said to Gen. St. Armand You and only have been here
and it is only yourself who could have taken it, Finding
that he could not deny the charge ST. Armand instantly
drew his sword and killed Gen. Cornemeuse the latter
having merely the time to make dcgagemet piercing
of st. Armand. This passed under the eyes
of the Emperor and suddenly that he had time
prevent the two blows The matter lie hushed up, but
you may rely upon the facts have them from
beyond all doubt. st. Armand, you aware is the
general who played prominent part in The coup
Of December Without pronouncing upon the guilt in
nocence of the parties cannot avoid observing that
sderng the destination of the money it is extraordinary
that ST. Armand should have taken it. while it is equally
strange that such grave charge should have been made
without probable cause"
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THE NORTH PACIFIC RAILROAD SURVEY

The Chief Engineers of the expedition under Governor
STEVENS have arrived at Minnesota the starting Of
the proposed survey for the Pacific as we learn
from the Democrat of that place. dated the 18th utmo
The general plan is to operate from St. Paul towards
the great bend of the Missouri river and thence on the
table land between the tributaries Of the Missouri and
Saskatchewan to eligible pass in the Rocky Noun
tans The route will connect avoraby with the waters
Of the Mississippi Red River Of the North Missouri and
Columbia
Mr. LANDER, one of the engineers, has thus far made
reconnaissance Of the route from St. Paul Sauk Rapids
at which point the road will probably the Mississippi
and take direct for the great bend of the Missouri
and thence take the shortest practicable route to Puge
sound Mr.. Lander is at present making rapid recon
noissance Of the country west Of the Rapids along Sauk
river.
The expedition will start upon the great work provided
with every thing essential to its One of the first
objects to be accomplished is the opening an emgrant
route from 81. Paul TO the North Pacific.
The information gathered the expedition will be
presented to the country the earliest time The Gov
eminent has issued Instructions that after the compile
ton Of the field examinations, the expedition will rem
devious at point in the Territory of Washington to
prepare the usual reports and send Washington the
earliest practicable moment, summary Of the principal
events Of the expedition and railroad report to be laid
before Congress on or before the first of February
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TESTIMONY TO LIBERIA.

Lieut.. CONTROVERSIES, of the Navy, recently
returned from the coast of Africa, has delivered
several addresses in the Eastern States on what he
cav in Liberia. "A correspondent of the Vermont
Chronicle, writing from Hanover, thus notices one
of his lectures
Lieut. CONTROVERSIES uusttn rrrfvof,
Germantown, and, after absence of year. returned
in the Porpose about eight months since During his
cruise he had frequent opportunities of going shore
ut Monrovia Harper and other points OF the lecture
do not propose to give any report in detail 1t contained
much and various interesting information but what made
II especially interesting that having gone preu-
diced against colonization and the society returned
giving his unqualified testimony in favor of both and
this from personal observation He into houses
OF the emigrars their FARMS into their schools
conversed with many individuals inquired If they were
DESTROYS to return to the United States and receiving the
uniform answer In all the aspects which presented
themselves to his view he favorably impressed SO
much SO as to revoutonze his opinions previously enter
tanned He fully confirms the statements often made that
colonization is the most effective Of eradcang the
slave ade-vast superior to the combined influence Of
squadrons."
Capt FoorE, of New Haven, Connecticut, in his ad-
dress at the anniversary Of the New York State Coon
zaton Society the 10th of May bore similar testimo
ny to Liberia.
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SPIRITUAL MANIFESTATIONS.
no THE EDITORS.


GENTLEMEN Your paper Of the oath has Just reached
me- The second communication, from an ANONYMOUS
writer Spiritual Manifestations have read with the
deepest interest tender him my cordial greetings and
hope he will write Often for he treats the subject as it
ought to be treated
II is maxim, universally admitted by all orthodox de-
nominations Of christians that the Scriptures of the
od and New Testament contain all things necessary both
for our faith and practice"
.nis Dc true, the return of the dead to our world
would be frutess mission
am opposed to disturbing the repose Of such
men as Clay, Calhoun, and Webster While living thew
served their country faithfully had trouble enouen
this world, and now let them sleep in peace et
II this new doctrine obtain universal credence. Who oan
tell the quarrels that win take place between departed
mothers and living stepmothers departed husbands and
living husbands? The carried on between Tho living
and the dead would be worse than that carried On nv
nation lifting up sword against nation Let Me dead
sleep
But we are told this mountain in labor ma hiring forth
some valuable discovery So thought the Arabian alche-
mist who, while in search Of the elixir ytse walked mn
(atcohoD the eltxir morris. Yours,
A CLERGYMAN.
81 OXFORD, IN. O. MAY 26, 1853.
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SAILING OF THE NORTH PACIFIC EXPEDITION.

The expedition under Commander RINGGoLD, u. 81
Navy for the exploration and survey of the China and
Japan Seas North Pacific ocean, sailed from Norfolk on
Monday for its destination 1t is supposed that the
petition win proceed with dispatch the East Indies
via Cape of Good Hope touching Cade de Verde Isles
for water and rendezvous Batavia preparatory to
careful reconnaissance of portions Of the lower part
Chinese Seas This (says the Unon is important en-
erpriseone worthy of the Government and from which
valuable results may be anticipated Expeditions of this
kind suit the taste and genius of people, and form
good schools for young officers. We suboina list
! of the officers:
Commander CApwALADER RIsGGoLD commanding expe-
dition.
Soop Vincennes.Leut commanding and executive Off
Henry Rolando acting lieutenant and
mer o. NJ Brooke acting leuenants J. Van Mccollum A.
f. Monroe, D. p McCokle Thos S. Fiebrown acting
ter Robt r. Carter purser expedition w Brenton Boggs
feet surgeon, Wm Grier assistant surgeon, VIM s. Michel
secretary and draughtsmaD Fred D. Suart assistant
nomer, Sidney Coolidge mdshipman Geo. f. B. Baber
sistant draughman r. Baker; captains clerk l. Pen
nngson, jr. zooogs, VIM. Simpson; photographic Ed
Kern taxidermist and chemist f. H. Stones mathematical
Instrument maker Anton schombon acting boatswan,
Bunhar gunner James c. Davis carpenter Jas H. Owens
acting samaker Richard Bury pursers clerk f. T. Gamble
steamer John Hancock-Leut commanding John Rodgers
acting leuenans W. H. Bridge, Wm Gibson, s. J. Bliss
acting MASTER H. ST. George Hunters assistant surgeon
Aexander first assistant engineer Ebridge Lawon second
assistant engineer David b. Macomb; third assistant eng
sstaa as clerk E. n6 @4;r as
sistaat A. A. Ames assistant draughman, Thos
Borand.
Brig Popose-Lieut- commanding Aonzo B. Davis act
ing heutenants, Francis A. Wroe VIM Riley VIM Wyck
acting MASTER E. o. Carnes assistant surgeon H. Stewart
! assistant draughtsman and clerk, L. A. Hartman.
Scooner FeRiraore Cooper--Acng
H. K Stevens acting lieutenant Thomas Rooney acting
MASTER L. Livingston Breese.
Johs r. dy.-Lieu- commanding, Napoleon Collins
acting FIRST lieutenant j. H. Carter acting ieutenants John
H. Russell, A. W. Habsrsham acting master Beverly Ken
purser George Rtchc assistant surgeon Jas Hamil
ton; assistant draughtsman, Samuel Potts.
The and al; JoLr ID
leave New York in about two weeks with valuable stores
to join the expedition at the Cape of Good Hope Letters
sent TO the care of Capt Collins, New York
w reach any of the officers Of the expedition should
their friends desire to write
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VIRGINIA ELECTION.

The returns of the late elections in Virginia JUS
tify the belief that the Democracy have succeeded in
carrying every Congressional district, These re-
suits will create surprise. They are but the .e
'iy have been averted by any amount Of cxertiou
on the part of the Wings. Our opponents have
reaped the full benefit of their scandaicus and I'M
constitutional measures for the Acknowledgement Of
the Wing party of Virginia, and, as their con-
sciences are of the toughest kind we suppose they
will enjoy their llgotten gains with unalioyed xest
and satisfaction.
In respect to the elections for the Legislature,
the political changes appear to have been more
numerous than usual We think from present in
dications that parties wild stand in the next Gene
raj Assembly pretty much as they stood in the last
The following is a list of the losses and gains
thus far.
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MrsAppLIED TALENT.

A friend.has favored us with brief review OF q
book which not long since issued from the Boston
press, entitled the " Key 10 Uncle Toms Cobin. "
The review is not complimentary to the cha
racter Of the book but the writer must pardon u.s.
for declining its insertion 1t will be sufficient
notice for this journal to take of the book to
say that it is in every way worthy of the work to
which it is the key that while it equals its pre-
cursor in talent and invention, it surpasses it IN its
mischievous tendencies, and the inveteracy of the
evil it is calculated to produce in engendering mis-
construction and hatred between different sections of
our country, and in drawing upon the whole country
the scorn and contempt Of the foreign world To
those who can regard with compacency these benign
and christian results of the author labors we can re-
commend the book, For ourselves we would prefer
the authorship suboined brief paragraph which
we find in late religious journal of Philadelphia,
to that Of both the volumes of Mrs STOWE and all
the celebrity which they have given to her name:
FROM THE PRESBYTERIAN
"The longer we look this subject Slavery the
fully convinced that the best friends of the slave
the jewellers in his South In that South are
those who received him poor naked savage fresh from
Africa and the Of the middle PASSAGE they have
clothed him, fed him. visited him in Sickness have taken
charge of his children in infancy and provided for HMM
helpless old age have taught him Savours name, and
been instrumental in shedding abroad in his heart Sa-
viours love, and preparing for him crown and king
dom in Heaven whole nation of his people have grown
up here under the genial influence of Southern homes
they have been elevated from barbarism civilization
and chrstianization, with rapidty and
which history shows parallel part Of his people have
gone back to Africa bearing with them the priceless
of the gospea compensation ample for all their
hardshps of them going join those already
there others to CO. and what is to be the final result
will be known perhaps in that day when Ethiopia shall
stretch forth her hands to God In all this process Of ee
waiting in the whole people from barbarsm, whose
hands piled the lever but those Southern men, Who
have had the responsibility care vexation expense,
to the impoyerishment of their lands and their families
but the people of the South We believe that God in his
providence working mig hty wonder for Africas
sons, both in their and in this land through what
for the time evil and that the final develop
ment will be full of joy and gladness and the results will
then be traced to their right sources, when Uncle Toms
Cabin shall have crumbled the DUST and Mrs Stoves
name her silver saver, and her British banquets re
membered no more"
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-06-04
NO GOLD MINES IN TEXAS.

Galveston papers of the 18th instant; the latest
eceived give discouraging reports in regard to the
umored discovery Of gold in Texss. The Calves,
ON " News" says: 81
I" On Saturday morning the steamship MEXICO arrived
rom Iudianola, bringing number Of passengers, some
Of whom we're directly from the diggings and others
from the nearest towns in the vicinity We ocnversed
with several Of Them and they all conourred in the state
ent aat there gold in that region but that it had
not yet been found in sufficient quantities to pay for the
labor of getting it. COL MoST0oMERr, of the U. s..
Array who was from San Antonio, assured that it was
there considered all humbug. He had seen numbers
from the mines who reported the thing, namely
that they could not get gold enough to make it pay
The Houston Telegraph of the a3th instant says
Several parties who lately visited the gold diggngs
on the Sandes and Hamltons Valley have returned and
report that gold has certainly been found but in very
small quantities gentleman who visited the mines
the Sandy stated that he did any person who
washed out more than two dollars day, and
many lad found nothing
The Austin Gazette has the following paragraph
concerning the mineral wealth of Western Texas
"Not long since one Of our merchants obtained from
Hamlons Valley specimen of iron ore, and forwarded
it chemist in New York to be analysed The return
received few days snce showing the to contain
so cent Of pure iron This, though not the richest
OF ore, would pay handsome profit to the manufacturer
and lends additional attraction to the Upper Colorado
and Brazos country region of vast mineral wealth
In this region have discovered gold COAL sal
springs, several varieties of marble of the most beautiful
quality and all In the most magnificent abundance AL
we now need to deveope these rich mines of wealth
railroad communication with the gulf and the Northern
cities"
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MuRpEn ANp LYNcn law AZ COUNCIL nlnrr

The Western Buge published Council Bluff tbe I'm
long account Of murder and subsequent execution az H.
murderer, by decree Of Judge Lynch tat town
der committed at The pnrybf
half mile from the town, person by noe orr ~
said TO be from Columbus, Ohio The andonc
were menates at the camp; they sah guard Ar, =,
o'clock ct night the party aroused nan comino 49,,
camp ana a ms horse bad been stolen bev
out and ound sanues lying about froutIe ca ~,
back, with ms head severely bruised " NJ
places and his neck partly cut oil harumant
be an axe, which was found lying 70
His coat and pantaloons WIN blood
$500, had been off, is containing
con fell him, saI suspr
for his arrest was sumnoned. ~ .ns shern
the body OF the time
toe eourtiouee, Muer ~ no'e 70
excitement pcrvadcd the md orest
t,c nn,ar @ ny was taken 70 the couthouse
t,,o. H. iiohon Inc examinat a
o c w. osey we're quiet 1e sheriff addressed
awhile however
occrs were alarmed BY the appearance OF bo %
possession OF the y, -
pose Tho emigrants took The urreon,
Judge jury and officers appointcdnd o "a
of the district attorney
WIN Az the conclusion OF the examination declared The
prisoner guilty and sentencd him
ing ~ or near the spot where the contted
admitted TO him, but he protested his Of
thpg guilty of others At the hour appontdhc tske
70 the spot thrown the limb
round his neck; the proner then mounted which
driyen from uuder him. the fall hck To
protested his innocence Of the crime This ng We tho work All
most entirely Of the cmigrents
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CITY APPOINTMENTS.

Rumor states, and we presume correctly, that
changes have been made in the following Offices con-
nected with city affairs, viz
The Marshalsbip Of the District Of Columbia has been
conferred JosAH d. Hoover, vice Richard wallaeh
City Postmaster, JAMES g. BERRErr, vice William A.
Bradley; Mr. Lathrol Navy Agent; gives way to A.
g. ALLEN Jonas Ellis is succeeded Warden Of the
Pententiary by THOMAS THORNLEY,; William Easily as
Commissioner Of Public Buildings gives place to D. b.
FREscH. These appointments all in the gift Of the
President Of the United States.
Captain j. II. GoDpARD, having resigned to the Mayor
the Office Of Captain Of the Watch the duties of which
have been long and faithfully discharged by him. Mr..
JAMES BRcH formerly OF the lessees Of the United
States Hotel and recently Of the Pavilion at Piney
Point has been appointed to succeed him.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-06-04
Is IT IGNORANCE OR IMpuDENcE The Wash

Is 1T IGNORANCE OR IMPUDENcE THE Wash
ington Union says: !" 1t seems to be yet unknown
in certain quarters that the public treasury is under
the protection of Democratic Administration"
What can be more ridiculous, absurd or disgusting
than such stuff? The implication of the Union is
that the public money is only safe when the Demo-
Gratis are in power. And this, too, in the face of
the fact, patent, notorious, known to every body,
unless it may be the editors of the Government or
gan, that more of the peoples money was embez
zled and made away with by Democratic Office
holders, from 1881 to 1S4l, than the aggregate of
all the other losses incurred by the Government
from the adoption Of the Constitution down to the
close of Mr.. FILLMoRE's administration. The Union
presumes strangely upon the ignorance Of its readers
or it has forgotten the history of the model Demo
cratic Administrations of JACKSON and VAN buren,.
Buffalo Commercial A1rerfirer
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THE AMERICAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION,

The brigantine Advance" is expected to sail from
New York to-day. The first port made after leaving
New York. viii be the coast of Greenland. The FOL
lowing is list Of her officers:
Commander--E. X KANE Sailing Master--J Wall
Wilson; First Officer ames Brooks; Second Ofioer
James McGeary Third 0ficer-Amos Bonsan. Messrs
Hayes and Sontag with assistant from the scientific
corps.
The Advance belongs to Hon. Henry GRINNELL, who
has fitted her out the second time to search for Sir John
Franklin and explore the regions within the Arctic circle
DIR. KANE has been appointed by him to this command,
and the Secretary Of the Navy has assigned him to
cia duty in the conduct of the expedition His plan
of search based the probable extension Of Greenland
the far north Instead of being congeries Of islands,
as conjectured by Geseke Greenland is in fact pen
insua.
Believing in this extension Of this peninsula and that
is better to attempt attain the open TO the north
by Smiths Sound than through Wellington channel he
will take that line of search hoping that the highest pro-
ruding headand will afford trace Of the lost party
This sound is situated in the northern part of Bafns
Bay There Dr. Kane proposes to land and pursue his
journey the country with dogs By this method he
will have land and not ice for the basis of his operations
and animal life to sustain travelling parties together
with assistance from the Esquimaux and other adj
vantages.
The party consists Of thirty mon with launches,
sedges, dogs, and gutta percha boats The Esquimaux
dogs to be taken in at Uppernavk with few picked
men to take Of the sledges. Much depends upon
these sledges they have accordingly been constructed
with extreme Each will carry the blanket bags
and furs of six men, with allowance Of pemmican
prepared meat and light tent Of India rubber bu
for the nightly halt the main dependence will be the
house of the Esquimaux. Alcohol tallow is the only
fuel and the entire cooking apparatus which is chiefly
for thawing snow for tea-water may be carried in LITTLE
bag Each sledge is to be covered with gutta percht
boat Thus equipped they will follow the tract of thu
coast seeking the open sea. Once there, they viii
launch the boats and embark upon the round thu
pole.-Neao York Post.
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ANNEXATION AND MANIFEST DEsrrSy-Tl

nexaon u t II Reporter seriously goes in for
- A"Sn Voiiitviy rithout limit After
treating the annexation Of tho r.~d,rcb Islands a.
"a fixed fact" the editor says:
Cuba, too, must come in before the close Of four
years. and how much more cannot at this time pre-
dict The Mexican States after another, will inev
taby fall within the ample folds Of Constitution
the Central American and the South American States will
add star upon star to galaxy; and in due time the
Canadas Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick which are all
fast rpeuing for the harvest fall within
the great Union as the rpened fruit is fall in its sea-
SON. This is manifest destiny" M
Having annexed the whole Of North and South
America, will our manifest destiny" be fulfilled |?
Certainly not japan and China are separated
from us only by strip of water, and belong natu-
rally to these United States. They must come into
the American Union. On the other hand, our re-
lations with Great Britain and other European ma
tionsarc so intimate that it may soon become ne
cessary to extend over them one wing Of the Ameri
can Eagle. Africa and other parts Of Asia will fol.
low as matter of course. In the opinion of these
agtators, it is destiny to absorb all creation.
and every body knows it is useless and absurd to
resist destiny.-Boston Journal
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BRITISH Anv... --nrprr,oN

The British screw steamer Paeair Commander .sv-
FIELD which has just left England for the Arctic Seas
explore Cumberland Sound and hold on to the west
ward as far as Repulse Bay the north side of that
sound has not yet been searched for the missing
dtion II no trace Of Sir John Franklin and his compa
MONS be found in that direction she is to through
Cumberland Straits and proceed up Smiths Sound, to
follow out the traces Of open water which Capt ISeLE-
FIELD discovered there last year.
Capt PENNY will soon leave England in the Lady Frank
lin sailing vessel accompanied by the Sophia to form
colony on the shores of Cumberland Sound where the
Esqumaux have reported there is abundance Of plum
bago and copper with other minerals Mrs Penny goes
out with her husband II is their intention to have
permanent residence in the Arctic regions