davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-28

ASSIGNMENT OF LAND WARRANTs.-The st.
Joseph Cycle contains the following letter from
John Wilson, Commissioner Of the General Land
Office, to BM Hughes, of that city. 1t is in an
swer to inquiries made in regard to the assign
ment of land warrants:
GENERAL LAND OFFICE, june 3, 1853.
SIR In answer to your letter of the 18th, rela-
tive to the assignment of warrant issued to
soldier who died after the issue of it, have to
state that warrants issued under act of February,
IS47, may be sold by an administrator for debts
contracted by the warrantee after the issue of his
warrant, when he shall have received an order
from the probate court to do so, which order, with
a schedule of such debts, must accompany the
warrant.
AS warrants issued under acts of 1850 and 1852
are not affected by, or charged with or subject to-,
the payment of debt claim incurred by the
warrantee, an assignment thereof cannot be re-
copniscd under any circumstances by this ottlce.'
(See sec. 4th, act 1850
An executor can only assign warrant when
directed so to do by the last will and testament OF
the warrantee, when copy OF the Will, properly
certified by the probate court with the seal OF SAID
court affixed, must accompany the warrant. In
either case the proof of time of death OF warran-
tee, Sc, must be furnished. (See enclosed circu-
lar of March 81, 1882
When the warrnntee dies interstate after the
issue of his warrant it becomes the property of his
heirs at-law (under all the laws, except under the
act of l847 where debts exist contracted after tho
issue of the warrant, and the want OF other means
renders its sale necessary for their discharge, who
must unite in the assignment; and where either OF
said heirs are MINOR their interest can only be as
signed by their guardian, who will unite with the
adults in the assignment after he shall have OBJ
tanned an order of court to dispose thereof A
certified copy of such order, with the seal of tho
court attached, must in such case accompany the
warrant
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
john WILSON, Commissioner.
To B. M. HucnEs, esq, St. Joseph Missouri.
The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-28

Rules for persons not IN the naval serpice at The
date of their application for extra pay, and
,pho haze no certificate Of discharge.
Let the claimant take the oath If identity as in
orm I, except relates to his discharge. which
should be stricken out At the close OF the form OF
oath of identity add the following:
And further eolemnly swear that was dis
charged from the said ship -. on or about
The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-28

THE CHINESE IN CALlFoRNA.-A letter from
San Francisco, published in the New York Jour
nal Of Commerce, says:
ga suit is now pending in one of our courts,
brought by company of Cinnamon, against one
of their leaders, for the recovery of large
of money deposited by them in the hands of the
defendant for safe keeping-he holding the office
oftreasurer, &c., to the company. There are no
less than seven thousand names appended to the
instrument, as plaintiffs, all written in Chinese
characters, and then translated into English. 1t
is quite formidable document, the expenses at
tending which must be truly enormous. There
are four companies of Chinese in California, where
all flock on landing from the ships, each going to
their own company PROVINCES from East, West,
North, or South. The companies are formed for
their mutual comfort and protection. They also
have courts of judicature of their own, for the
punishment of criminals guilty of petty thefts,
&c., which crimes constantly occurring among
themselves, and which are not known to outside
ssbarbarians' Hence has arisen the suit referred
to. An effort is being made to break up the or
ganization, which is conducted much after the
manner of the inquisition. The officers of these
companies have the charge of their poor. The
sick and destitute also resort to them, and by them
all their business is transacted. At present, whole
streets of our city are given up to Chinese mer-
chants, traders, gambling houses, SC. In fact
we have perfect China town in our own Cali
fornia. And strong current is now setting in
favorable to this people, mainly owing to the eff
forts of Rev. William Spear
The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-28
servants,
national OBSERVATORY,
WY Ill. ~ 1Ql

WASHINGTON, July ia, 1898,
GENTLEMEN: have the pleasure to receive
the gifts borne and presented by Captain Morgan,
in the name of merchants, underwriters, shipmas-
tiers, and others engaged in foreign trade.
| am at loss for expression, and hope there
fore, gentlemen of the committee, you will do me
the favor to convey in suitable terms my acknoW-
Judgements for this handsome present.
In making known the considerations which
moved the donors so to distinguish me with honor
and lavishing kindness you have been pleased III
your letter to speak of me and my labors IN very
high terms; and when | recollect the men by
whom and in whose names these things are said,
/ perceive in your words something that Is more
precious than silver gold There is virtue,
gentlemen, in the swell done" of such men.
The merchants, underwriters, shipmasters, and
others for whom you speak, are the men by tne
aid of whose enterprise, energy, and skill we"
York has become the commercial emporium OF the
continent; and the mercantile marine OF our coun-
try the admiration of the world.
The appreciation therefore, of such men con-
corning the value of my labors--and ms to which
they are the best of judges-not only cheers ana
encourages me to renewed Efforts but it strength
ems nv hands for good. l thank you, gentlemen,
for this help, thank you for me and NINE;
thank you in the name of my brother ofhcers ana
co-laborers in this work of catechisng the sea and
the ar for information that is useful to man. We
feel that you have enlarged for the privilege OF
doing good.
If an important result has been elected now and
then, it is to their patient, persevering, tolsome
labor that | am indebted for it. They DO the
work, while l, like the priest of old, with his
oracle, merely stand between the public and them
to give form and expression to the truths they
elicit
Recprocating your kind wishes for health and
happiness, have the honor, gentlemen, to be
Your very much obliged friend and servant,
M. F. MAuRY, Lieut., U. S. ~
To Mocorc Wo1tor n ZONES. William Ill. ABp1n-
wall, Edwin Bartlett, Robert B. Minturn, Sid
ney Brooks, George Griswold, z. Tileston, =.
X Collins, A. A. Low, G. M. Wolcott, r. T..
Morgan, j. W. Alsop, Henry Grinnel
The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-28
Complimentary Correspondence.

The following correspondence between the mer-
chants and others Of New York, and Lieutenant
MAURY, of the National Observatory, in this city,
appears in the New York papers:
New YORK, July 4, 1853.
DEAR Sir: During your engagement at Wash
ington, as superintendent of the National Obser-
vatory, by the application of your talents and
industry, you have furnished to navigation parts
of series of wind and current charts Of great
value to commerce, emitting you to our thanks,
and to favorable commentator Of your under
taking as an encouragement to you to persevere
in perfecting it.
Merchants, underwriters, ship-masters, and
others, engaged in foreign commerce, appointed
us committee to procure and present to you
suitable and enduring testimonial OF their apprc-
cations of the great benefits the business OF the
world has received from your hands.
In performing the duty with which we were
charged, we have now the honor to present you,
by the hands of one of our number, five thousand
dollars of the bonds Of the New Haven and New
York Railroad Company, and service OF plate,
which you will please accept from us in behalf OF
the donors, and we accompany the same with our
best wishes for your health and happiness, and an
expression of our hopes that you may live long
time after your work of usefulness is perfected, to
enjoy the gratitude of your countrymen.
We are, with great respect. your obedient
The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-28

When claimant desires to be paid through a
third party he must execute power OF attorney
substantially in the following form, to accompany
the other necessary papers:
!, hereby appoint my attorney
for me and in my name to demand and receive
from the Navy Agent at Washington, d. G - or
other proper officer of the United States, the extra
pay due me under the act of Congress entitled
"An act making appropriations for the naval ser.
vice for the year ending June 80 1876 ;" approved
lS5 amounting to dollars
and cents, as from ,
Is to 1S , board the UTted
States ship *. which served in the Pacific
ocean, on the coast of California and Mexico since
May 10, 1886; and to receipt therefor, hereby CON
The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-28

trials.'' 'eThese concessions, - says the mperia
ruler, "extend to all our subjects, of whatever
religion they may be- Perfect security is allowed
by us osthe inhabitants of the empire. May those
who act contrary to this law be the object of dis
vine malediction, and deprived of every kind of
happiness
promises of the haiti cherif of Gul- Hane. He
changed the system of public taxes, organized
municipal councils without distinction of religion
or of race, composed penal code to render equal
justice to all, and put down the highest person
ages when they violated the laws. BY his sound
reasoning and eloquence he informed the mind
and won the heart of the generous young Sultan.
But Reschid's influence in the councils of the
Divan did not last but two years. 1t was not an
easy thing to reform inveterate system of ex
toriion pillage, and cruelty, in which almost
all the government officers shared. Still less was
it easy to appease the irritation and fanaticism of
ignorant Turks, who believed they saw in every
change the ruin Of the Mahometan law. Against
Reschid Pacha were leagued all the corrupt office
holders, all the discontinued muftis and ulemas,
and the friends of old abuses; and this conspiracy
being upheld by Russia, the noble minister was
deposed in March, l84I
He returned to Paris, and continued his nves-
legations into western civilization while fulfilling
the duties of ambassador. He had frequent inter-
views with Louis Phlippes councillors. His aim
was to foster the alliance between England and
the ambition Of the Muscovite Gar. He showed,
in his intercourse with political men of christen-
dom, remarkable knowledge of business a sound
reasoning, sincere love of justice, and integrity
which secured for him the esteem and confidence
of all.
Abdul Medjd's appointment of Reschid Pacha
as Minister Of Foreign Affairs, is an an act of re-
sstance to the cabinet Of ST. Petersburgh, and the
plainest proof that the Sultan is determined to
maintain his rights attacked in the arrogant notes
of Prince Menschikoff. Mo Mussulman, indeed,
is more capable than Reschid of discovering Mich
GLASS secret thoughts, of detecting his ambitious
schemes, of negotiating with the European pow
ers. The Greek Christians are gratifed to see
this statesman again at the head of the Dvan.
They know that his intentions are good towards
them, and that he is true to his promises. Time
will show if he is strong enough to perform the
difficult task.
Reschid Pacha is man of medium height and
robust frame. His face is dark, with regular fea-
lures; he wears short beard, which distinguishes
him from the Orientals. His nose is aquiline; his
ewes are black and brilliant. His whole physog-
nomy and attitude exhibit that reserve, that dig
nitied caImness, which characterizes the Turkish
race. He speaks little. His manners are simple;
he usually wears none of his many decorations
In the bosom of his family he is kind affectionate
readily joining in his children's sports. Reschid
Pacha is favorable specimen of the Ottoman
character. # X.
The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-28

On this day OF "A ID. 1856 ,
before me in and for the
county and State aforesaid, personally appeared
who signed the foregoing receipt, in
in my presence; and certify that ne is
the same who claims to have served on
board the United States ship lin the Pa
cifc, on the coast of Mexico and California, in the
years 81
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1853-11-04
a Profitable Post,

The Paris cor respondent of the New York
Erer19lg Times among other items Of interest,
sivosthe following =
Next 10 the berth of British Ambassador at
Paris, suppose that the post correspondent to
the London Times is most to be desired. Lei me
rehcarse few of the immunities and privileges of
hat individual. His salary is 8 5 Geo year. He
has handsome suite OF rooms furnished and paid
for by the paper. He has two clerks constantly
in his employ, who read the French journals,
translate. colate, cut ont items from Gatsna',i.
and add their eyes, invention, experience and
observation TO his These gon;lemenare paid by
the TiHrss. of fcourse. The correspondent buysand
charges TO the paper any books ofwhich he may
stand in need-and the library is very choice
and complete collection of standard authors,
cvc,opedias, dictionaries, and other books ofre-
ference. He Is empowered to pay for any i'm
por.ant intelligence, just what 1t may cost.
When the Post Office closes carly, TO the infinite
ANNOYANCE of all US correspondents oflow degree
he writes on nerrily till sunset, and then hires
man 10 lump into the o'clock train and take
his letter to London The Times pays the bill
Besides all this, his position is such that great
many things come to him, without his giving
hiulscIf the trouble 10 90 10 them. Thus, proc
lanation of Henry Y. disires TO see the light. VI
Bcrrvcr sends tito the correspondent Of the Lon
don Times, who gives it to one of his clerks to
translate. All the other correspondents, when
they see it in print, throw up their hands, and
wonier how the man knew there was such proc
la1nation in existence, and where he went TO get
it. In short it is great thing TO represent the
London Times in Paris. To be able to say YOU
are the Russian Ambassador, is one thing to b'
forced to confess ypu are the Envoy from Nenezu
Ia, is another. To stand up and say you are
correspondent OF the Times, Is to locate yoursei
between the two, and rather nearer the top than
the foot Of the column
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1853-11-04
The Dishonest Convert.

Upon a certain occasion, man called on him
with due bill for twenty dollars against an es-
tate he had been employed to settle. Friend
Hopper put it away, saying he would examine II
and attend to it as soon IS he had leisure. The
man called again a short time after, and stated
that he had need of six dollars and was wiling
to give a receipt for the whole, if that sum were
advanced. This proposition excited suspicion,
and the administrator decided in his own mind
that he would pay nothing til he had examined
the papers Of the deceased. Searching carefully
among these he found receipt for the money,
mentioning the identical items, date and circum-
stances Of the transaction stating that due
bill had been given and lost. and was to be resto-
red by the creditor when found. When the man
called again for payment, Isaac said to him in a
Quiet way Friend Jones, l understand thou
hast become pious lately
He ropI;ed in a solemn tone (. Yes thanks 10
the Lord Jesus, have found out the way Of sal
vation.'
And thou has: been dipped, hear contin'
ued The Quaker. Dost thou know James Hun
ter ?''
Mr.. Jones answered in the affirmative
Wei. he also was dipped some time ago, " re
Joined Friend Hopper; but his neighbors say
they didn't get the crown OF his head under wa
ter. The devil crcpt into the unbaPtized part
and has been busy within him ever since. am
afraid they didn't get dee quite under water.
think thou hadst better be dipped again.
As he spoke, he held up the receipt for twenty
dollars. The countenance Of the professedly pi
ons man became scarlet, and he disappeared IN
stantly.-.. Isaac T. Hopper, 4 True Lye' D!
Mrs. Chid.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1853-11-04
Salts anO Skcttbcs.
Dads Experiment with Billy.

Less than hundred miles from Syracuse,
lives an old farmer, whose given name IS Lury-
q Woodworking, honest old Englishman, owning
q good farm of over hundred acres, and two
faithful boys, who have been brought up 70 Weld
the agricultural implement, from one CT
these have my story.
Old Zury had an old goat On the farm, VINO Is
not one of the most peaceab!y disposed creatures
in the world and On this account the boys take
no little delight in putting his loroahIp on ms
taps, once in o while, by way Of amusement Tor
g long time the old man had noticed that when
Billy came home at night he was completely
covered with mud and water, ard old Zc-y could
not imagine how he should become SO so ne de
termined if possible, that he would fuo cut the
cause Of poor Billy's daily misfortune
One day he left the boys--:o pick up the rake5,
Sc, after a hard days work Of haying-and
walked around 10 the ridge, where Billy general
~ kept himself it was about time for the goat to
90 to the house, but there he lay, quiet and
dry; so old Zury seated himself behind stump,
determined to watch his movements, for that
night, at any rate he had not been there more
than fifteen minutes, when who should he see
coming along the ridge but the two boys ; ms
snst impulse was to tell them TO keep back, but
mon second thought, he said nothing.
take my load, Hank, said Dick II 5 my
turn to take the feller 10 night"
Hank took Dicks lead f.om his back and
Dick going down the hill little ways, soon
showed himself within a few yards CT where the
goat was lying.
Billy had already caught glimpse of the boys
and was soon on his feet. Hank laid fat on the
ground, and Dick on the edge Of the ridge now
presented full front, which did not seem exactly
10 please his goatship, for he pointed for him. and
down went Dick, 10 aggravate Billy to snI
more desperate lunge; again tie signal rose, and
Billy Jumped but just he got vi hin few
feat Dick lowered himself about two Iegs, and
M,. Goat lowered himself about fifteen feet into q
ditch ofwater Hank had gh. sight ofe email
corner of the old man hal above tic stump, and
.Ioped for the barn while Dick was not little
sururised at the sudden transformation CT the old
stump into human being, and too, the oid man
.t fifteen PAGES, who, by the way, was not ont
of the most forbearing persons IN the world aii'
as he looked around on the ground. Dick thinking
that a club or stone might possibly be the oojec
Of his search started keen jump Tor tn
barn. The old man made up his mind that th'
mystery was solved. That night Dick and HAM
didn't come homo to supper.
thought should not be able to hold rnysel
together, Hank related the surprise of old Zury
and his son, as they stood face taface.
But hold o. said he.'I haven't told yor
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1853-11-04

WORSHIP OF NATURE Willis, in ms pleas
ant. rambling letters from e. Idlowild " INDUCES
in this pleasant fancy .-'' Oc obe-s first Sunday
seemed 10 be celebration of High Mass out Of
doors Our noun ain gaIelicd temple with its
ten mile floor was decorated by the first frost;
and the three glens which traverse it were like
three aisles carpetod with rainbows. Stiffness,
brightness, purity and all, it seemed TO me | had
never seen a morning with more Sabbath in it
BY common consent, the winds seem excluded
from these open-air services. 1t is only when
thev are hushcd that Nature seems devout. But
the streams played their varying chant-ldle-
wild (oerhars because newborn daughter OF
mine was Graded among its leayesl the loudest
voluntary Of all The Mocdna descending more
gradually to the Hudson, is the baSso Of tins
Highland choir and Silyerbrook, on the other
side of our own widest and most PERCEPTIONS tor
rent Of all is the slender-yoced and less constant
s0Draao. listened to each in turn, with slack
ed bride, on Sunday morning. If there was any
/ other sound in the wide world it was no inter
( ruption to the hylnning trio, and the vib-a ions
Of their music amid The light and incense Of the
sunshine and leaves, seemed to have meaning
without words--a worship of God inaruculate
but eloquent
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1853-11-04
History Of Coal.

Bituminous coal, or sea coal was known up
wards ola thousand years ago, IN theycar Of our
Lord 653, but did not come into use before the
10th century. and was not used in the manufac-
ture of iron until the nth century.
Anthracite coal came gradually into use so late
as the 18th century. 50 early as 1870, anthrs-
cite coal was known to abound in the county Of
SchuylkiI, in the State Of Pennsylvania but it
being a different quality from that known as sea
or bituminous coal, and being hard Of ignition, 1t
was deemed worthless until the year 1892, when
a blacllsmi Of Pennsylvania, named Whe.s;on,
brought it into notice. His success in burning it
caused people TO dig for it, but when found, every
person connected with the enterprise had to ex-
pertinent on its com bustion, and vain the
attempts to burn it by the majority ofthem, and
all came TO the conclusion that it would not come
into general use.
About the year 1900, Mr. Morris, who had =
large tract of land in Schuylkin county, Pennsyl-
vania, procured quantity Of coal therefrom, and
took it 10 Philadelphia city, but he was unable,
with all his heroic exertions, to bring it into no.
tice and abandoned his plans. From that time
until 1905 it was talked of as a humbug; when
accidentally bed Of coal was found in digging
4 race for water wheel for forge, which indu-
ced another blacksmith, David Berlin, 10 make a
trial oft. His success induced others to try TO
burn Pennsylvania coal.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1853-11-04
Napier and tie indian swordsman.

We give an anecdote illustrative of the unpar
alleled dex Gritty of the Indians with the sword
as well as ofNapiers simplicity Of charac Ter
After the Indian battles, on one occasion, fa
nous juggler visited the camp. and performed his
feats before the General his family and staff, a
nong his performances, this man cut in two
with stroke of his sword lime or lemon placed
in the hand of his assistant
Napier thought there was some collusior be-
tween the juggler and his retainer. To divide
By = sweep of the sword on a mans hand so
small an object without touching the flesh, he
dent Is related by Scott in his romance of the
TaIisman
To determine the point, the General offered his
own hand for the experiment, and he stretched
cut his right arm. The iuggler looked attentive
ly At the hand, and SAID he would not make the
trial
- thought would find out ~ exclaimed Ma
pier.
But stop" added the other, '' let nc see your
left hand -
The left hand was submitted, and the man
then said firmly, IF you viii hold your arm
steady will perform the fat"
* But why the left hand and not the right -
Because the right hand is hollow in the cen
tire, and there is risk of cutting off the thumb:
the left is high, and the danger will be less. Ma
perwas startled.
q got frightened" he said; Il saw it was
an actual feat of delicate swordsmanship, and if
had not abused the man rs l did before my
staff, and challenged him to the trial, honestly
acknowledge would have retired from the
counter. However. put the lime on my hand,
and set ont my arm steadily. The juggler bal
anccd himself and with swift stroke cut the
lime in two pieces. felt the edge Of the sword
on my hand as ifa cold thread had been drawn
across it: and so much" he added, ''for the
brave swordsrncn of India, whom our fine fellows
defeated at Mecanee."
This anecdote is certainly proof Of the sin
cerity of an honest mind ready to acknowledge
error, and of bravery and calmness in expiating
that error.