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Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-03-12
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A RESOLUTION in amendment Of joint resolution
atng the duties Of inspectors OF steamers approved
the seventh day Of January, eighteen hundred and fifty
three.
Resoved I The Senate and House Of Representatives OF
United States Of America Congress assembled That 1t shall
be the duty Of the inspectors Of exercise the
powers conferred upon them by joint resolution OF Con-
gress approved the seventh day Of January, eighteen
hundred and fifty three subject to all the restrictions and
limitations therein contained ProUded, That the time
granted TO applicants shall in extend beyond the
first day Of June next.
Sec q Andbe further resolced That the said nspec-
tors may approve Of boilers and pipes made prior
the first day Of July next and subsequent to the pas
sage Of the approved the threh Of August eighteen
hundred and fifty two entitled An amend act
entitled act to provide for the better security of the
lives Of passengers board Of vessels propelled in whole
in part by team and for other purposes IL the same
be not made with stamped iron Iroridd IL shall appear
that stamped iron could not be seasonably procured.
Sec 8. And be further resoired, That the said nspec-
tors shall hereafter be authorized and empowered upon
satisfactory proof that the Of
are unable obtain seasonaby upon reasonable terms
metallic lifeboa required by said act, that such
boat is unsuited to the navigation in which seameris
employed to accept in any such substitute sub
stitutes for such metallic lfeboa Provided such substi
tute shall in their judgment afford safe and suitable
OF preserving life in case Of accident
Sec A. And be further resolved, That person into
rested MS paentee in any way direct indirect in life
preservers feboat any other article required for
steamers by the law Of August hirteth eighteen hun
bred and ffytwo aforesaid shall be deemed competent
to hold the Office Of inspector discharge duties
thereof Improved, Marcl0, 1853.
RESOLUTION to provide for Strengthening the eastern
boundary line Of the naval hospital lands at New York
Resoived 5y The Senate and House Of Representatives. Of
The United States Of america IN Congress assembled That
the Secretary Of the Navy hereby authorized and
powered on the part of the United States to carry into
fun effect arrangement made with the cotermnous
propretors, whereby certain part Of the bou
dairy Of the lands Of the naval hospital New York
as will appear by reference to map signed
by the said propetors and the commissioners for running
the said line the twenyeghth Of November eighteen
hundred and and approved by the Secretary
Of the Navy the eigheenthof December, eighteen hun
sderaon from the TO the other, the slips of land on
the south and west sides OF said line according TO said
PLAN shall become the property Of the United States and
80 much on the other side belongs TO the United
States shall become the property Of the AUDITING pro-
prietors respectively Improved, March 2, 1863
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IPUBLIc-No. 81
AN ACT authorizing the sale of certain re

BE enacted BY The Senate and House of Representatives.
Of the United States Of America Congress assembled That
the lands lying in Clarke county in the State of Aaba-
ma which have been reserved from sale cedar lands
under and by virtue of An act making reservation of
certain public lands supply timber for naval purposes
approved March first eighteen hundred and seventeen
shall hereafter be liable to be sold in the
and under the provisions and restrictions other
public lands in the United States
Approved, March g. 1853.
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soaal Solicitation u Mr. n who had sAown the sea, ne
esssy that existed Cor shs nrrssemsat 81 Cape Fear
river
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plank road from Upper Marlboro to the Bladensburg
railroad depot agtaed in Prince Georges county, Nd
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RESOLUTION to provide for strengthening the eastern

boundary line Of the naval hospital lands at New York
ReolUed6y the Senate and House Of Representatives Of The
United States Of america Congress assembled That the
Secretary Of the Navy hereby authorized and empower
ed the part Of the United States to carry into full eff
feet arrangement made with the coterminous proprie
tors whereby certain part Of the eastern boundary of
the lands Of the naval hospital at New York is straghten
ed will appear by reference to map signed by the
said propretors and the commissioners for running the
said line the twenty eighth Of November, eighteen
hundred and foryegh and approved by the Secretary
Of the Navy the eighteenth Of December eighteen hun
dred and fortyeght that without any pecuniary
sideraton from the the other the slips Of land
the south and west sides of said line according to said
much the other side belongs TO the United
States shall become the property of the abutting propre
tors respectively. [Approyed, March 2, 1858.
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PROCEEDINGS In THE SENATE.
MONDAY. MApcu , Issa


Mr.. WALKER submitted the folio wing resolution which
considered and agreed 10:
Rsoired That committee Of be appointed % wsls
the President OF the United States aud Inform hs1 hss ts
Senate in session, and ready receive any
he may be pleased to make.
The PRESIDENT Of the Senate appointed Mr. wArxsa
and Mr.. PHELPS,
Mr. MORTON renewed the resolution submitted by hin,
the 2Sh February last relative to the pay and mileage
DAVID L. YULEE, of Florida
Mr.. JONES submitted the following resolution
Resored That the Secretary Of the pay
which may be allowed by the committee audit control
the Of the Senate for the expenses Incurred during
the last session in repairing and lifting up
in the basement of the Capitol.
Mr.. S0ULE presented memorial, signed by twenty
members of the Legislature Of the State Of Louisiana
relation to the election Of the Hon. JUDAH r. BENJAMIN
to seat in the Senate Of the United States protesting In
their name and in that of the people Of the Common
wealth of louisiana against the usurpaon Of the Hegs-
ature Of 1882 against the constitutionay OF said cleo
ton, and against the right claimed by Mr. BENJAMIN 10
represent the State of Louisiana.
In presenting the memorial Mr., SoULE took occasion
to observe that the question raised by the mcmoraists
had been fully debated and by vote Of both houses the
Legislature had declined going into election there
by either endorsing the action of the prior legislature
concedng the point that they had control the
subject Such being the circumstances under which the
memorial sent to Linn, he had simply to comply with
the request of the memoriasts and present it the Sc
nate but decline to take any further action the
subject.
The memorial then laid on the table.
Mr. WALKER, from the Select Committee appointed
the part Of the Senate to wait the President in
form him that the Senate ready to receive any
muncaton he might be pleased to make. reported that
the committee had performed that Duty and the Presi
dent had replied that he would make communication in
writing.
In few minutes message received from the Pre-
sdent by Mr.. SYDNEY WEBSTER, his private Secre-
tary and
On motion by Mr.. MASON the Senate went into Ex-
ecutye session. and aera very brief period the doors
were opened, and the Senate adjourned.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-12
The virginia Institution.

We are indebted to DR.. j. G. NJ. MERILLATT,
Principal oftho Virginia Institution for the Deafand
and Dumb and the Blind, for copy of the last
annual Report of the Board of Visitors to the Gen
eral Assembly. This document and the Report
of the Principal to the Visitors, with the accom-
panying Appendix, contain large amount ofvery
interesting information relative to the institution
and its inmates The number Of pupils in the
Deaf Mute Department at present is 65, and in
the Blind Department. 39-total l04. The aver
age annual cost of the pupils, for board, clothing
and tuition, is $3.50. The expenditures of the in
stituon for the year ending September goth, 1852,
were SlS 1856 90, and the Visitors ask Of the Leg
slature an addition to the present annuity of $5000
Special appropriations, amounting 10 $4,000, are
also recommended, for an additional building, gas
fixtures and steam apparatus. These various re-
quests are founded on good and sufficient reasons,
and the Legislature by granting them will add to
the efficiency of an institution which is an orna-
ment to the State and the means of incalculable
blessings to many of its afflicted children.
The number of Deaf Mutes in the State, be-
tween the ages of 10 and 80 is stated TO be 500,
and of Blind about the same. The number now
askinu admission into the two schools is upwards
of n hundred
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-12

G5- A question Of fact relating to the CLAYTON
BULwER Treaty of July 9Th, 1850, is in issue be-
tween the Hon. JOHN Nj. CLAYTON and the Hon
w. r. KING, who was Chairman of the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations Of the Senate at the time
the former, as Secretary Of State, negotiated the
treaty. The treaty stipulates that neither the u
nited States nor Great Britain will ever assume
TO exercise any dominion over any part of Central
America. 1t appears, however, from the CORES
pondence recently communicated to the Senate by
the Executive in reply to General Casa
resolution, that the treaty did not include the Brit
ish province of Honduras, and also that Mr.. CLAY
TON informed Sir HENRY BuLwER, on the author
ity of Mr. KING, that the Senate understood the
treaty in that way. Gen. CAss stated in the Sen
ate on Thursday, that if such had been his under
standing he would not have voted for the treaty,
and moreover that Mr.. KING informed him that
morning that he had made no such statement to
MIR. CLAYTON. On receiving tho report Of Gen
CAss' remarks, Mr.. CLAyToN published in iha
National Intcligencer, Mr. KING's note dated ,Ju-
ly 4th, 1850, in which he says, "The Senate per-
fectly understood that the Treaty did not include
British Honduras" So the matter stands.
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rEstYn EEHlf-

From an advertisement in cur columns 10 day
it will be seen that the Union Hall Company have
their exhibition room ready for use. We under
stand it is their intention that this large and com
modious room shall be finished ofin the best style;
the walls and ceiling to be painted in fresco. and
all the appointments to be of the most approved
and comfortable order The favorable location Of
the building, in the central and always accessible
part of the town, is a most judicious circua-
stance
Such room has long beer desideratdm in our
town. A convenient place for public entertain
ments, lectures and scientific exhibitions, may
well be regarded as something both useful and or
namontal. During the debates Of the late Consti-
tuiional Convention, it was frequently remarked
that thence forward Staunton, from its central po-
stion would be the tocale ofportical organization,
and the focus of party and State Conventions
This Hall will afford ample accommodation Tor all
such assemblies.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-12

TIE ARCTIC EXPLORING ESPEDITIoN.-The
New York Journal of Commerce states, active
preparations are making to fit out the sencond ex
plorng expedition, proposed to be sent to the Arc
tic regions, in search Of SIR John Franklin, by
Henry Grinnell. The date for its departure is fix
ed at about the middle Of April next. 1t will COR
sist of the brig Advance, which formed part Of
the first expedition and is stll in perfect order,
with the exception finer keel, which was knock
ed off by the ice. 1t is expected she will be Ia
ken into the dry dock in about three weeks She
will be manned by crew of picked men. under
the e command of Lieutenant Kane, U. s. n, and
be amply provided with sledges and India rubber
boots, with which to penetrate into the frozen re-
qions.--usng whichever mode Of conveyance may
most facilitate their progress. Pemmcan, or dried
deers flesh, will form the essential article Of food
On her Northerly trip, the Advance will stop a
Greenland, and procure supply of dogs. The
direction to be taken will be the region Of Smith.
Sound and as the expedition will be accompanied
by corps of scientific Observers interesting result:
of scientific nature are anticipated, even though
the expedition should fail of its main object. Lieu
tenant Kane is peculiarly qualified for the com,
rnand Of this phianthropic enterprise and IT conc
( not be undertaken under more hopeful auspices
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-12
Co. Late Paris letters furnish the fallowin

Co. Late Paris letters furnish the following
items:
The coronation of Louis Napoleon will cost
much more than that of Napoleon the Great, and,
consequently, than any other public ceremony that
France ever paid for. That Napoleon cost some
what over two millions. The marriage will cost
as much more probably; and the birth Of the heir,
if there is any will doubtless 10 made the occasion
of similar expenditures. The coronation robeSare
to exceed any other coronation robes ever heard Ct
and heard yesterday an indignant OrleaniSt say 3,
''The creature has had the impudence to have the
crown jewels sewed into his imperial manteau."
The crown, for which Nj. Lemonnier, the newly
appointed rtjeweer has gone to Russia toobtain
precious stones, is also to 90 ahead Of any crown
etcomposed A model Of the foot of the Princess
Wasa has arrived, aud has been confded to the
imperial shoemaker. model of the princess hand
is expected for the glove maker and the, necessary
moulds for the corset maker, the bonnet maker. and
the modiste. A daguerreOtype has been handed
TO the court painter, and am astoniShed that the
likeness of the future Empress has not appeared in
the shop windows. By the time she gets here
she will find herself an old story.
Many people suppose that the Emperor wears
his Imperial robes upon all occasions. These be-
long, of course, to the rising generation, who do
not remember 50 far back a, the other Empire.
They would be undeceved, did they 90, on fine
afternoon, to the Champs Elosees or the Bots de
Boulogne. For there the Emperor may often be
seen driving himselfa two horse ph@ton. He is
dressed in heavy, shaggy, blue pilot cloth coat,
with the ribbon of the Legion of Honor peeping
from his button hole. When he rides upon horse
back there is nothing in his dress to distinguish
him from citizen OF subject. He bows to all
who bow to him, aud never have seen any one
so apparently anxious to salute and be saluted
He catches at every thing that can be construed
into recognition but with all his zeal he does
not touch his hat ofteuer than once in ten mods.
Gentlemen on horseback pass him without look
ing at him and, as this is an act of downright
impOitoness, you must suppose that the riders
have serious reasons for the commission of such
rudeness
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-12

c. The Richmond Tines takes issue with Mr..
VENABLE, of North Carolina, in his opposition to
the acquisition Of Cuba on the ground that it would
drain the Southern States Of their slave pcpula-
tion It is for this very reason that the editors
favor the measure, entertaining the opinion that
the South needs such drain to keep up the val
ne of slave labor.
The fact, says the Times, that the natural In
crease of slaves in Cuba does no, meet the demand
for slave labor there is said to be owing, first to
the severity of the work they are compelled to
perform, and secondly to the process of emancipa-
ton which is constantly going on. By the laws
of the Island, every slave has the right to, pur-
chase his freedom, and the maximum price which
the master can demand is $500. Hence, a large
number of slaves attain their liberty every year,
and importations direct from Africa are resorted to
fill their places This traffic is prohibited by the
laws of Spain, but it is notorious that the author-
ties Of Cuba connve at their violation and secretly
encourage the trade. We have never seen it stat
ed how many Africans are annually brought into
Cuba, but we presume that the slave States of
the South might easily supply out of their large
and constantly growing surplus slave population,
any deficiency which nigh be created by the sup
preston of this traffic.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-12
Prouosesi Mail Arrangena emit.

We stated last week that new mail arrange
ment proposed between Winchester and Staun-
ton, would have the effect Of delaying the arrival
Of the mails at this place some twelve hours.
The remark was rather too broad in one particu-
lar, and not broad enough in another. 1t is more
correct to say that the reception of Washington
and Baltimore morning papers would be delayed
about t,ceat,ffolu hours The contractors, we I'M
derstand, propose to arrive here at eight O'Clock al
night, and ifthe papers could be delivered imme-
dately they would come to hand just twelve hours
later than at present; but by the time the mail:
are opened and ready for delivery, most persons
will have retired to bed, and consequently will
not receive their papers till the next morning
twenty -four hours after the present time. From
expressions of sentiment which we have heard re
Gently, we believe that our citizens generally are
opposed to the change.
A petition quite numerously signed is to BE-
sent from this place to the Postmaster General
asking that Sunday mails may be discontinued
We cordially approve of tho object, but if this
change is effected and the other also, the paper:
which now arrive on Sunday mornings, will No
be delivered to subscribers until Tuesday
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-12

CouNr BoULBoN's SONORA MOVEMENT
'fhe news from Mexico is that the attempt to an
mex Sonora to France, by Count Boulbon and his
followers, has ended dsastrously to these adyen-
turers. The fight at Hermosllo was very disas2
trous to him. He lost eighty-three in that en-
gagement out of his5 two hundred and fourteen.
All Of his officers Were killed, and he from illness
was compelled to be carried upon a litter on the
march to Guaymas. They were met by mes
senger from the city, who represented that the
town was destitute Of food, and deserted and that
they would inevitably all perish, unless they gave
up the war. He surrenderedon receiving 81 900
from Gen. Blanco and left the country for Mazat-
Ian The whole affairs appears to have been a
mere private adventure, in which the odds were
greatly against the adventures.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-12
h5- The New York Express says

The Secretary of State has undoubtedly cub
mitted project for fishery and reciprocity trea-
ty. which is under discussion, with what prospect
Of favorable conclusion we are not yet advised.
The report few days since that the terms of a
treaty had actually been agreed upon between MIR.
Everett and Mr.. Champion was ahead of the fact.
1t was rumored in Washington yesterday that
the President will send a special message TO CONF
gress on the subject of a railroad 10 the Pacific,
through our own territory, and urging the impor-
lance Of action at the present session on the subject
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-12

ILLNESS OF Col. KING.-The correspondence
the n. Y. Tribune, writing from Washington on;
the 9th says:
VIM r.. King has made his will. He was born
in 1889; owns 5000 acres of land in one body in
Dallas County. Alabama, and upwards of one hun
dred slaves His entire estate is worth about 1907
000 His is 4 humane master. He told me some
years since that he never sold but one slave in his
life, and he was compelled TO sell him because he
was terror to the neighborhoOd. Col. King can :
not possibly recover. His physician has sounded
his lungs with the stethoscope, and declared that
one Of his lungs is entirely gone and the other
partly so. Cot. KS niece, Mrs. Ellis, is with
him
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-12

GEN PrERcE's Son KILLED.-A frighttul accident
occurred on the Boston and Maine railroad about
noon on last Thursday, whereby the life of the
President elect was greatly endangered, and his
only son instantly killed When near the town
of Andover, in Massachusetts,, the train was thrown
off the track by some obstruction and precipitatcd
down an embankment2 q feethigh, turning sorer-
set and falling upon pile of rocks at the bottom
Of the embankment, The cars at the time Were
filled with passengers, among whom were Gen
Pierce his lady and only son, an interesting boy Of
10 years. Gen. Pierce was the first to extricate
himself from the fragments of the car, which was
literally smashed to atoms, & though sound in limb
he complained of considerable pain in his back.
His son was instantly crushed todeath. Mrs Pierce
received number of severe contusions, none Of
which, however, are considered dangerous. Many
other passengers were badly bruised, and the down
train has just broughtin six or eight of the wound
cd. The citizens of Andover were assiduous in thci
attentions to the sufferers.
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Cd-The County Court, which had been in seq
sion since the fourth Monday of December. ad-
journed on las; Friday evening. This term was
devoted exclusively to the hearing of appeals, mo-
tons, and road cases; the entire docket, con-
ssting Of more han one hundred and fifty of these
cases, was called over for trial or continuance"
The claims for damages along the line Of the
Railroad, and on the several Turnpike routes in
course of construction through the County, furnish
perplexing subject Of litigation. The amount Of
damages in any given case being matter ofopin-
ion merely, and being viewed probably in as many
different lights as there are different individuals
concerned, and withal, the law on the subject be-
ing as yet unsettled and undesirable, decision
satisfactory to either party can seldom be attained.
The accumulated petitions for County roads,
were, many CT them. settled at this term after a
long and undistmbed repose upon the docket. The
trial of an appeal case on the sum Of SIS 90 ca
clusre Of costs, occupied the last two days Of the
Court, the pay of the Justices alone, for the trial,
amounting to $50 00-but then ''a great principle
was involved:
The January term will be appropriated, after
the first day, to the trial Of the Commonwealth
causes now pending; and it is expected that the
couing March term will be devoted exclusively 10
the tissue docket" for civil causes. The adjourned
session Of the Circuit Court will commence on the
3lst Of January.
The whole community is, more or less, interest
ed that the system and spirit now manifested by
the Courts shall be continued u1ti promptness-
an essential in the administration ofjustice-shall
be attained, and the claws delay" remembered
only as one of the 'faneient evils now no more"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-12
Singular Discoveries.

In the number Of the Lining Age for January
the 6th, we find an article from an English paper
reviewing work by the Rev. G. Foster, on the
subject of certain inscriptions engraved upon the
rocks throughout the wilderness of Sinai, which
gives some curious and interesting facts. The
existence of these inscriptions has been known fol
many ages s. they have been frequently alluded oby
travellers, but no che succeeded in obtaining copy
of them until recent date Mr. FOSTER has al
last after interchangeable research, discovered the
key to the inscriptions and one of them is ranslat-
cd as follows: