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DEPARTMENT OF THE IHrssIoa.
WAsufN0rON lima % III

DEPARTMsAr OF THE Inr.nIoa.
WAsHiHaroa, June %, 1858. |
TN CONSEQ UENCE of the infovmalities In the
i proposals. received at this Department, pursu
ant to toe notice of the i4th ultimo, and in order
to effect the object designed By the 18th section Of
the act OF Congress approved the goth Of August,
lS42 it becomes necessary to extend the time for
receiving proposals..
posals for furnishing the stationery which may be
required for the use of this Department and lite
several bureaus, during the fiscal year ending the
Both June, 1854. will be received At this Depart
ment until O'Clock p. m, on Saturday, the 18th
day of August next, when the bids will be opened
in presence of such Of the bidders as may be pre-
sent.
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considered a..tA.tr .
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will be required to enter into contract within
thirty days after being notified Of the acceptance
Of his offer.
al the articles must be Of tie very best qualify,
samples Of which must accompany the bids, and
the Department reserves the right to retain such
samples and pay for the same at the prices stated
In the offer, or to return them at it's option.
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or firm making it, and must specify price, aud
but price, for each and every article named in
the schedule. Should articles be required not
enumt rated. they to be Furnished at the lowest
market prices, according to quality. Blank forms
for proposals. will be furnished at the Department
to persons applying for them and as, without uni.
formity therein, the Department would find it diff
fcult to make decision, none will be taken into
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DOZENS. by Thomas B. Read. A new and en-
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John Randolph Of Roanoke, and other Sketches
Of Character, including William Writ, by r. w
Thomas.
Memorials Of English Martyrs, by the Rev. C.
B. Taylor, NJ. A.
Layard's Second Expedition to Nineveh and
ings. t
LAfttc, the Pirate of the Gulf, by J. II. Ingra.
ham. -
Man in Search OF Wife, or Adventures of a
Bachelor in New York, by Waiter Seafon
Biography Of Father Gavazx, with corrections
BY himself ~ FRANCK TAYLOR.
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THE REPUBLIC.


The Belloville Qllinois) .adrocase, Of June 18th,
relatos the following little history, which has
many parallels in tho records Of the poor and the
wealthy:
sAbout ten years ago William Cuthbertson, of
AYRSHIRE, Scotland, was compelled by universities
in business to leave his native land. He came to
America and settled near Dutch Hill, in St Clair
county, Illinois, where by the most laborious III
dustry he acquired a competency, including seve
raj valuable tracts ofland-sufhcient to make hiih
independent were it not for the debts which nc
had left behind him in Scotland These announced
to over fifteen hundred dollars, on which ms pro-
perty at home had paid dividend OF one shilling
and one penny in the pound. Tins amount OF
debts was due TO twenty-sIx persons The princi-
pal debt was that of his landlord, the Marquis OF
Hastings (Moira,) who paid himself IN full by u
distress under landlord warraht' anu Who
with true orthodox and conservative selfshncss,
did not allow one penny to Cuthbertson tor yalua-
bic improvements which he had placed upon the
land. Some Of the descendants Of the Norman
conquerors have lost none of the rapacity of their
ancestors, though compelled to practice it on a
SINAI Her scale.
ssAbout one year ago Cuthbertson died, leaving
several brothers and sisters his heirs; but his
dying request was that every debt should be paid
off so far as his property would avail. His bro
ther and administrator, Alexander, proceeded to
ascertain the amount of the debts and to cause
them to be sent over in properly authenticated
form for allowance against the estate Most OF
them being open accounts, were barred by time.
After paying off all the American debts out OF
the personal estate, the administrator found a
small balance in his hands. He then brought for
ward the debts sent to him from the old country
had them allowed by the county court, and now
gives notice in this weeks .4drocaic of an appl
cation for order to sell the land of his deceased
brother for the purpose of carrying out his last
wishes. One of the heirs is in Australia and his
condition is unknown; but all the others residing
in this country are poor, and yet they have al
concurred most cheerfully in the course pursued
by the administrator. Without his active agency
these debts would never have crossed the ocean
and they might have been generally defeated
they had been resisted. For the sake of principle
and under high sense of moral obligation, thes
sons and daughters of old Scotia relinquish tfe
interest in their brothers. estate and hand it owe
to his creditors.
ssWould his lordship tho Marquis of Tasting
act with equal honor under similar circumstances
How many of our rich men, our Substantial
men with ''stakes" in the country, are capable G
setting an equally wholesome example of mora
rectitude and dsinterested love of principles"
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sHANNONDALE SPRINGS.

June l6-TuTh&Satlm Superintendent.
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SIS. 900!
Lottery for the benefit of the
STATE OF DELAWARE,
Ol~nn ~ e. 1910

NIdbo IOO0,
Drawn at Wilmington, Delaware, on Saturday,
July %, 1853.
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BRILLIANT SCHEMES
% be drawn at Wilmington, Delaware. in the
month Of July, 1858. M
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MRS. sOUTHWoRTH ABROAD.

We copy the following notice of one OF our
correspondents from the London Dispatch OF
October 23d:
MARX SUTHERLAND The Planters Son. BY
Emma ID. +. ~ Southworth Cassell Ludgate
Hill-Among the numerous works OF hction
which American authorship has supplied 10
the English publisbers--some of which are re
markable for an amiable milk land water weak
ness and belong to the tranquil school OF soc'..
progress, while others again may be stronee.
to the palate, and deal in philosophismsI
present may be ranked among the very pess
80 far as writing, construction, and dra'pauo
force of dialogue, can 60. The Planter .i a
a gifted young Apollo, engaged TO DC "ei ta,h
to superb and naughty kinswo,nah- 49,,
slave-owners--has attended an Aboht.o" nv.
ing with friend and, manumtt'ng MS s'" ,ts
upon principle, is treated with contemP, oy VIZ
beautiful "lndia,o who weds man Sne w
not love, while he weds woman l" n, VI "
principle, who sheds sunshine over .,." "a
accepted endurances. The agony Vi 'nu,A' ~"
the sad tragedy Of life grown lo'e'os "a"
dark, in contrast TO that OF Mark su'nI
and his wifss, are finely drawn ana power'.ny
deluestcd. The extraetwe append Is ,n" s...,o
tive of the many excellent qualities OF the h'uo
vork. Il belongs To the shilling series' anu AZ
ono will rise from its perusal without oeine 10
liahted, wiser, and better, If only from inc -"
prcsuion that may, however, vanish IN tne neA
aeeting hour; though We think this WIN hnsss
logger in the mind, and grave Its results so,e
deeply, than, under more ordinary e'ro""'''"
ces, the moral Of the story might
Here follows a long extract
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ed, that any interference by law to protect tbo
slave, would only aggravate the evil, by ,ro
voking the resentment Of the master, he rao.,
by remarking that, although in the nart;o,,,a-
case the slave might be the loser still tho d.
of exposure and legal examination wonId :,
pose general restraint upon the masters I,
will not do, he argues, while all else il ad,ana
ing, to stand still on this question. Il "a -.
Stuarts and the Bourbons who are the rsoI -
thors of revolutions. A wise conser7at;s,, :.
anxious 70 make all ncedful reform:
"Difidence of the justice of Savo,u
apprehensons of its permanence, detey . anu
from discussing or legislating on VII. s ~
think delicate subject Those VIII NY
most confidence in its propriety and duroha;,.-o'
are often the most ready to regulate it bV Iamy
When such sentiments as these anns,,;
extreme pro-slavery journal, we may iu.aa
infer that the South is not at peace On ~,
subject of Slavery. But, after all, wha. snw
cient remedy can law provide for cruelty 70 n.
slave, so long as he is held as PROPERTY and ~
evidence but that Of white men is admitted il
Court of Justice? Who is to oversee the or.r
seer on the plantation, crowded with nevroe.
with no white man to observe the TASKS ~
may impose, or the punishments he NAV in.
fiict! Will the cruel man invite witnesses 70
the infections of his vengeance
The other day, respectable white mechanic
of this place, called upon US to ascertain
whether there was any law for the proteet;on
OF poor old slave, who had Just been com.
mitted as runaway. His master lives in an
adjoining county of Maryland, and. provoked
by the protracted absence of the slave, who was
on visit to his wife and children, he Houvad
him numerically on his return, cursed him
and told him to clear out" The poor fellow
took him at his word, came to Washington. and
found employment. He showed his back, which
was horribly SCARED. This same citizen pro-
posed to his owner, subsequently, to buy him
but the answer was" no. not now must
catch the rascal again, and give him another
logging, and then you may have him but |
tell you he'll not be worth anything them
Where is the law that could battle the diaboli.
cal malice of this MANI
So long as the law of Slavery is m aintained
the only protection of the slave is in the hu.
mainly and vigilance of the master
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We need not Say that he is opposed to a
restoration of the brutal practice of logging,
and that he does not recommend in its place
the substitution of kicking, bruising knocking
down, which Judge Curtis seems to think legal
and allowable
"The abolition of punishment by flogging,
without legalizing some substitute therefor, has
already occupied the attention of Congress and
the country, and severely tested the forbear-
ance and ingenuity of officers, and the chsrac-
ter of our seamen. This subject has engaged
my earnest and anxious inquiry, and have no
hesitation in expressing an opinion against its
restoration. Having recently visited many of
the ships in commission conversed with the
veteran sailors, and listened to the narratives
of officers who have had the command of large
crews since the law of $780, my decided con-
viction- concurred in, too, by many officers
who originally opposed its abolition-is that
its restoration would create discomfort and de-
sertion, and prove positively prejudicial to the
efficiency of that branch of the public service
But, at the same time, | cannot too seriously
urge the policy of iegahsing some substitute
therefor
Judicial humanity might be enlightened by
reading this part of Mr. Dobbin's report.
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tach no Importance to the sweeping denial OF
the designs attributed in the several articles to
which MIR. Corbin called his lordship's atten-
tom In other words, it charges falsehood on
Lord Howden The editors of that paper are
clearly incapable of rational views in this mat
ter, as will be seen by the following gross per-
version of a statement 10 the British Minister'S
letter
Il will be observed that he says to Mr..
Corbin. In all that have here told you, with
entire candor, the United States can only see
the natural working OF hngland's DECLARED
AND EXCHANGING POLICY IN CAUSE WHICH Is
DEAR TO HER That cause which is so dear to
England is the abolition of slavery in the Uni
ted States To this policy, Lord Howden's ne
gotiations with Spain looked and the plan dis
closed by himself fully sustains his declara-
tionn
Now, there is not an intelligent schoolboy
who does not know that the declared and
unchanging policy" of England, referred to by
Lord Howden, is the abolition of the slave
trade, and of Slavery, wherever her Govern
ment can interfere on such subjects legitimate
ly. Lord Howden's statement had no reference
whatever to Slavery in the United States; and
the Union ridiculously misrepresents him.
What does that paper expect to gain by such
quibbling!
As to the subjects of the negotiations which
the British Minister has been engaged In for
the last three years, according to his explicit
statement, there is not man in this country
with real American heart, who will not bid
him God speed Would that our Ministers
abroad were instructed to take as active and
intelligent part in the cause OF Humanity
SO long as the influence of the British Govern
ment is exercised for such ends, and IN way
40 unexceptionable, it should command our re-
spect It were well if her diplomacy in other
respects, and her policy in other quarters OF the
globe were as praiseworthy. As to the danger
of British influence, that is an obsolete idea
The American People are not children, or Tools
They have sense enough and power enough to
protect themselves against not only Great Brit |
ain. but the whole world beside. The antigua
ted politicians of the Union seem to be living |
over the pers Of the gun boat era-to be under
the impression that ours is an infant Republic,
Just out of swaddling bands, struggling for an
but precariOus existence, tcddling
timidly along in danger every moment of being
tripped up by some overgrown bully. Their
case, we apprehend, is one requiring physic
rather than logic.
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RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE POST
OFFICE DEPARTMENT

We present the material portions of the re-
port of the Postmaster General 1t seems that,
during the year, the expenditures have been
S79S2756 while the receipts have been only
81, $50 726 showing a deficit of something
over two millions Of dollars.
Mr.. Campbell does not venture to recon-
mend al increase in the rates of postage, but
he does not make such u presentation of the
causes of this deficit as he might have done.
The policy of cheap postage has not turned
considerably assert. The causes of the large
deficit have nothing to do with the principle of
cheap postage, as will be seen by simple
statement of them
The first is, the enormous charges ex-
acted by the railroad companies for the trans
mission Of the mail. No increase in the rates
of postage would remedy this evil
The second is, the great deficiency of receipts
In the slave States, in consequence, chiefly, of
the limited commerce, enterprise, inter-com-
munication, and intelligence, of that section of
the country. The excess of receipts over the
expenditures in the free States is about half
million; while in the slave States the reverse is
the fact, the excess Of expenditures being over
half million. No increase of the rates of post
age can abolish Slavery, the cause of this diff
ference.
The third is, the extravagant sums of money
laid out upon the steamship mail companies
The aggregate amount of appropriations to
these Is nearly two millions; the total net re-
ceipts from them, about six hundred thousand
No increase Of postage rates can make these
companies pay. The primary object, Mr.. Camp
bell says, of such appropriations was, to pro-
vide in an economical way for the erection of
vessels which, at a moments notice, could be
converted into war steamers. The carriage of
the mails was but an incidental object. He
submits that if the postage system is to be
made to support ITSELF the revenues of the Post
Office Department ought to be relieved of the
charge for maintaining these companies Moth
ing can be more true than this.
Now, suppose we fairly state the question
Shall the tax already imposed upon the CORES
pondence of the American People be increased,
for the purpose of swelling the inordinste gains
of swindling railroad companies, of compensa-
ting for the paralyzing influence of Slavery,
and of enabling private monopoles under gov
ernmental sanction to amass fortunes under
false pretences 1t is needless to say what the
answer would be to this proposition.
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MED. however any knowledge of the existing
laws upon the subject and confidently expect
ed that the jury would not pronounce her
guilty, for having committed no other offence
than that of being betrayed intoerror-if such
it was-by what she had deemed distinguished
precedents. Having concluded her address,
she retired from the court. and the case was
briefly concluded by the attorney for the Com
monwealth.'
The jury, on Friday found the defendant
guilty. and fined her one dollar The Judge, in
RAISING sentence according to the statute, will
condemn her to imprisonment for not less than
six months.
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e.. BAILEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

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men in the Territory, or the amount OF imml-
grants to it. The statements in the Missouri
papers adverse to his representation, are 30
explicit and minute, some of them embodyipg
letters from pioneers, who have already com
menced their clearings in Nebraska, that we
are constrained to give more credit to them
than be does. We rejoice, however, to learn
that he is in favor of the organization of
Territorial Government, and of providing i'm
medately for the settlement of the Territory.
His reasons should have weight with those who
have hitherto been hesitating on that policy.
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and firm maintenance by the people
everywhere, of their natural rights, and the
great political right Of self.gOvernment
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NorrcEs or MANY New PERIoDIcALs are
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dispose Of abstracts Of reports, &c.
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C Mr.. H. Il. Knight has been appointed publish
ing agent Of the American and Foreign Slavery
Society in place Of L. j. Bates resigned; and Is also
tho authorized agent Of the IRA tor the city oil New
York and may be found at No. - Beokman street.
r. Post Co., Periodical Agents, Third street,
near Main Cincinnati are authorized to receive sub
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may also he had of them at all times.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1853.
DAILY NATIONAL ERA.

Monday the ID of January ensuing shall
issue the first number of
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The Union publishes this, aud courteously
remarks of Lord Howden's denial 1--WE at