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sIETR0paLJTAH RAILROAD.

DYsAUTHORITY OF "A aot Of the Legislator,
u Of the ststs e. MARYLAND. passed a. the lanu
rate the MetroPeliten Railroad Company" and il
conformity to the provisions thereof notice il here
| by given By the undersigned Commissioners tina
books for .receiying subesiPtion. to the capita
will be opened ON Monday. the 9th day of Jun<
next, and Be kept open from the said 9th day o.
June to the 18th day of June, Inclusive. from The
hour of ten O'Clock to the hour OF two O'CLOCK
o. M on said days, at the places and under the di
rection Of the persons following, viz:
Attic Bank Of Washington, the Patriotic Bank
the Bank of the Metropolis, and the Banking House
Of Messrs. Corcoran Riggs. in the city OF Wash
ton of the Commissioners residing in said city and
the several cashiers of said banks. .,5a.,.- &
At the Farmers, and Mechanics Bank Of George
town and the Bank of Commerce. in the city oil
Georgetown, in the District OF Columbia, under
the direction of the Commissioners residing in said
city of Georgetown and the cashiers of said several
banks. $50 $3.50
! In the town of Rockville. Montgomery county.
Maryland, at the store of Samuel c. Viers, under
the direction of the Commissioners residing in said
county and the said Samuel G. Viers. -
In the city Of Frederick, Frederick county, Ma
ryand, at the Farmers and Mechanics Bank OF
Frederick county, the Frederick County Bank.
the Branch Bank of the Farmers Bank of Mary
land, under the direction of the Commissioners re-
in Frederick county and the several cashiers
of said banks.
IA tue Town OF boonsOOrO', w ashlngtOn county,
Maryland, at the store of Messrs. Davis Burk-
hart, under the direction of Mr.. Elias Davis. one
OF the Commissioners, and Mr.. -- Burkhart,
of said town.
In the town of Hagerstown, Warrington county.
Maryland, at the Hagerstown Bank and at the
Washington County Savings Institution, under
the direction OF the Commissioners residing in said
town, the cashier of the Hagerstown Bank, and
the secretary of said Savings Institution.
JOHN w. MAURY,
VIM. w. CORCORAN,
b WIN. w. SEATON,
DAVID ENG LISH,
FRANCIS ! ODGE,
FERDINAND W. RISQUE,
Ofthe District of Columbia.
CHARLES E TRAIL,
JACOB M. KUNKEL,
MEREDITH DAVIS,
OfFrederick county.
ROBERT T. DADE,
VIM LINGAN GATHER,
FRANCIS C. CHOPPER,
OF Montgomery county.
DANIEL VESSEL,
JAMES WASON,
5t ELIAS DAVIS,
Of Washington county.
Nav C1-ont16Tnra
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PROPOSALS. FOR IMPROVING THE HAIR.
BOR OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.
ENeIsEER DEPARTMENT.

NJ ENGIsEER DKPARrMENr,
u .r...g WAsHrSeroN, May 10. 1853
PROPOSALS will be received at this office until
Il the 18th June next, for removing the shoal at
and near the crook in the barbor Of Providence,
Rhode leland, and opening a straight channel from
Fox Point to the main one below by dredging ma
chinery-the channel to be $50 feet wide, and ex
cavated to feet deep Mt mea low water, the mean
distance requiring to be deepened being $50 yards
The shoaI ia composed OF mud, sand, and some
shells. The material excavated, which is to be
delivered into suitable scows for measurement,
may be deposited on the flats to the westward, or
on those to the eastward of the main channel so
not TO interfere with the navigation or private
interests, the distance to which it will require to be
taken being about 300 yards. t'tt
The mean rise Of the tide ia feet, giving l. feet
greatest depth Of water generally. in which the
machinery will be required to operate.
The channel is to be indicated or marked out
and the work s to be superinte nded by an officer
of the United States Engineer Department.
The amount of material to be removed is esti-
mated l3 900 cubic yards; but the Engineer De.
partment reserves the privilege Of varying this
amount, to bring its cost within the linits of
the appropriation for thls improvement.
Payments will be made monthly, and at the rate
of eighty per cent. on the contract value of the
work performed; the remaining twenty per cent
to be paid over to the contractor upon the faithful
execution of the work, which lie to be completed on
or before the first day of November, 1883.
The proposals. which are to be sealed and en-.
dorssd, will state the price per cubic yard ex
cavated and removed aforesaid.
For further information application may be made
to Capt. George Dutton. Corps of Engineers. New
Haven, Connecticut.
JOS. G. TOTEM,
Brew. Brig. Gen. and Col. of Engineers.
To be inserted in the IuteiIigencer and Re
public, Washington; Boston Post, Boston, Mas
sachusetts; New York Herald, New York; Aurora,
Norwich, Connecticut; Post, Providence, Rhode
Island; Troy Budget, Troy, New York; daily for
one week. then twice a week for two weeks, and
two papers containing the advertisement to be
transmitted to the Engineer Department, Wash
ington. May l6-dl W &2taw2w
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Leave Washington at and a. M, 81 and
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Washington Junction statione.
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Through Tickets and Baggage Checks to phila-
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Township thirty three. of range two.


Township thirty three, of range three. ..
Lands appropriated by law for the use OF schools
military and other purposes, together with ''tbose
swanp and overlooked la nds made unfit thereb Y
Tor cultivation" If any, granted to the State by
the act entitled IAN act to enable the State of Ar
kansas and other States to reclaim the swamp
lands within their limits" approved September
%, 1850, tctH be excluded from The saie,
Particular lists OF the sections and paris of sec
lions not heretofore offered public sale in the
particular townships above me ntioned will be de i
posted with the register and receiver at the Sault
Ste Marie before the day of sale. The Offering OF
tne lands Will be commenced on the dave ppont
ed, and Will proceed in the order in which they
are advertised with all convenient despatch nm
III the whole shall have been offered and the sales
thus closed but no sale shall be kept open longer
than two weeks, and no private entry or location
by land warrants for bountiss heretofore erantft nv
any law OF Congress tor military services rem.
dered to the United States of any Of the l.nos
will be admitted until after the expiration Of ths
two weeks. . ...-I.
Gwen under my hand. at the city of Washing.
ton, this eighteenth day OF May Ammo Do,n;n;
one thousand eight hundred and fifty- three
,4sIa1 20 FRANKLIN PIERCE.
BY the President: .srt Ed
JoHH WILsos, r r.--.-.- ,..ru
Commissioner of the General Land Office
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uARPERs' MAGAZINE for June

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ing family, and the flower Of it. His
wine drinking habits had aroused the
fears of his friends, ard one day,
when several of them were together,
one said to another; Let US sign the
pledge. 4 will if you will sid me
to another, till all had agreed to it,
and the thing was done.
This gentiemal thought it ratl ner
a small business, and felt a little sen
sitive about rev ealing to his " ile
what he had don e. Bat on return
ing home, ne said to her:
MARY, my dea r, l have do4e wi at
| fear will displea se you.
wv ell what is it?'
why, l have signed the Temper
aaee Pledge
Have you?'
Yes ] have certainly
Watching his manner as he replied
al d reading in t sincerity, ! he e a.
tH ined her arm a round his nefk, laid
her head upon his bosom, anl bur st
in 70 te; lrs. Her husband wa$ alled t
ed deeply.by this conduct Of Ais wife,
aud said:
Mary don't weep; I dia ndt kno "
it would aiilict YOU so, or Nduld not
hd We d3he it. lwill 80 4nQ axe nly
nj me oI1' Immediately
Take your name od1 ibid sh F;
n b no! let it be there. shail now
bid We no more so!icitude III r Feilrend de
to your becoming a dfnnRard |
81 all spend no raose " iNet ll mid !
nj Eht hours. l Snail 10 mon 1e Steep
LAY piiloEs in tears,
Now for the first tiiae truHh Sion b
upon his mird, and be l5ldell to hi 5
be- som his young and b4 4au' Ifll wifi,
AMI wept with her Now, l can /
st; nd these ftct$, and ] m going tP
SIT the pledge.
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THO WashIng,on corro,pond ut

Iiie " Washington corr0>PoHdsnt
of lhc BnlTaIo Courier says:
Serious nnpruprifti,s have ,rtg
recently been discovered 'in the last
administration # .!ke iin5prcs, ard
ihe proper officers Of liz Tlea4nrY
are now engaged in their desclot.-
lnent IL detail They consist, y,
far IS ysl explored, prlncpaIi, in q
sofs Illegally srarted 10 favorit.> in
the matter Of using the public funds
ihus, a contract IS Giale with i 70
deliver in ninety days at New O.
leans drom New ferk] large san
Of money, T. getting ,he use ol ill.,.
money for thai time eand a commits
sion fvr his trouble One daY be-
tore tile expiration Of lie ninety
days on order Is i>sued, changing the
place IF delivery to BE- madr, an
other order OF change Of point of
delivery 10 Cincinnati is made, ard
q ;hIrd commission is allowed with
a third period of ninety days use
Of 'he public moaey. And, again,
one day before that period expires,
y. T., is made the p6int Of delivery
and thirty days more time. Thus,
favorItcs Of lbe late Adminisira ticn
have been loaned ;4lr nnbllc fun Is
without law :;or periods Of !ongor
pr shorter dnration,- .and have re-
fe'Fed commissicns 10 large
amount Tor availins themselves Of
ihe temporary aid OF ihe nn1lic
money Ui;hoa,: rsuG:,t.. g: ...a
than fictitious services,
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WHOLE NO. i2O.
DISPUTED TERRlroRY--Tbe ST

Disputed TERRIToRY--Tbe ST
Louis Repu bican, Of The l4ih III.
says:
Il very violent war is ra2iag.we
understand, for the possession of a
tract Of land near Venice, opposite
this CITY. Tie Land, embracing
three Or four hundred acres, was
sold 10 one Of our weaillnest citi-
gems b tie heirs then owning il, all
of WHOM signed the papers OF sale,
with the excepliuno Of one, who WAS
then absent believed TO be dead,
probably y--and entirelg overlooked
Subs' q'Iently the pro.iigal relur9cs,
and, learning the existing state of
affairs, sold his claims to another
party, which party is ehaeavorins
now to obtain possessi9n of tie
property, SO as to compel tie al
verse tlainaat 70 institute suit
The purchasers each have employ
ed number OF hands to take pos-
session; the armies on tn sronni
lor The past week numbriing each
about forty members They are
well armed with pistols, guns knives.
Sc, but as YET have had M general
battle Both have built shaaiic-.
which sand 81 10y side en- the
disputed ground, and, thus far, have
satisfied themselves with sliehs si,u-
4 dishes, maintaining strict III i;ary
Iselplne, standing sIlafd, &. 10
d 3Tfy on Il var PR operly, howtvff,
4 leeessitates heavy expenditure,
a ua we understand the campaign
b as caused az outlay .of $1,000 o.
more to one of the parties, in 4 st-
gle week. Under such circumstar-
cts, success may be measured VA
proportion 10 the l~n5lh oi lle
purse.
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Dead DYING.

+ The %hig journalists Of Tennessee
seem to be quite sangulne of success
in THE approaching contest, but we
beliede the sun Of their political hon
or is FAST sinking behind the horizon
Sin king to rise no more with the
name of Wing at her masthead. In
other SECTIONS Of the United States
they haFe laid their instruments and
inte1 1tio hs of another successful en-
counter. aside, to be used hereafter
only as "quietus to troublesome
childre - Such will ba the fate of
that ond much renown ed fragment
of alb ill l-conceived q principle in this
Stat e, The whigs Of Tennessee still
souq a the trumpet, ummoning their
COM radd to the battle tield--to a
near er a pproach to death. The head
of t he poisonous serpent WIS killed
in Move mber last, but t be tail is Just
gigi hg its dying twirl. Read the fol-
lowi hg ft rom the New York Tribune:
{" Ne consider tie wing party not
on!J defeated. bat outdone. We can
con iemIlate its history with all the
phi!bsoPhic candor we could bring to
beat on the history of the English
Wat of the Roses, or the rise and
fill pf tle Girondis 5 in Evolutionary
Fra hce. We believe i Hat the only
elIe{t Of keeping up the whis org'tn-
izatIon dhd standard is Il he peppetua-
tom of abuses and ip Equities like
tho4 4e IA t4pant in the Sd dyeynment OF
our city F.
h th$ same Strain til e Newbury-
port Hdr rfrld = wbig 10 rrnal of un-
Question ed party ieally = thus pro-
claims t be day Of the wAig party to
be over.
'On 4 careful review Of all the
points of controversy, it seems to Us
unwiso 4 b mai htain any longer the
whis org gauizatlon as a national party.
As to the wisdom Of the leading
points Of the whig polidy, We have
not ehal ged our opinions >
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hundred twists and snarls, and if
once he succeeds in getting it across
his laws above the chain link ks, adieu
to chain and tackle. But in the
midst of IA shower bat b spla shed up
by the broad tail of the sha FIX, both
lance and gaff are hard at wPrk lie
is spqared through aRd til fough--
his giant struggles throwing waves Of
bloody water over the gun wales of
the little boat. The gaffs are hook
ed through his tough skim, Or within
his jaws-for he has no gillB to lay
hold on. A shower Of Bloks from
axe, stretcher or tiller, falls o his de-
voted head, and if not considered too
large, heavy, or dan gerous, be is lugg-
ed maniuiy into the centre of the
boat, tbreshing right and left with
his tail to the last, and is soon
dispatched. A smart blow few
inches above the snout, is more in
stanti, fatal than the deepest STAB.
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The lo'lpwipg from the De'roit
(N.eIltgan3 Free Press, is The most
sensible article we haze met IN a
Northern pap per on the subject OF
slaseryior many da,:
Ab0tttlomsfs and .Siarerg. The
question Of slaver, is one that hes
so completely out CT the .Iurisdic-
ton Of tie North; is one VI hich The
South is so mlch better qualified to
decide uppn; is one WITCH, as a
NorlAcrn man, We consider oQf.
selves pledged by oar ioreiaihers
rot 10 interfere with, that Hc should
feel Ike a knavc, as well as acl like
4 foo, if we be c ame In aooiIlionist,
or disseminated abolition doctrines
The worst enemy. even to the ne
gro. are the abolitionists. They
have put off emancipation indcf-
nitoly. Even the Nalional Era, tile
abolition organ at Washington. bc-
gIn, to admit that Northern agita-
Iation is not the best thing for the
african.
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COMMON Schools IN 0no.-From
the report OF the 0liio Secretary Of
State on the condition Of eommou
schools for the past year, we learn
that The whole number Of voutEs III
the State is Ss9,G29. The entire
number of pupils enrolled, male and
female, is 437,4l2 The average
daily attendance during tire year his
been but 2GG,29sl There are near
" 100000 children wfo are entities!
tc attend these schools, bnt who Go
not The difference between tho
number of pupils enrolled aud the
average Of attendance is still a moro
painful cue. Either parents or tedch-
oys are IL fault when less than FIVE
eightHs Of the scholars Of all the
schools in the State arc present. Is
is significant Gact that the enrolled
number Of boys exceed that OF tta
girls by more than 10000. Tbcro
are 9,9l6 schools with I2,464 teach
ers in the State; 70 the later Of
whom Still f5 are pai'l rs wages
One hundred '{nd s,fventy-ene seilooi-
houses have been built during .he
year, At cost cf SGI,S37.- Ga
Se.1e.
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S,NGq ILAE INCIDENT a CORES
pondent as sent the fe Moving az
count of a singular ccd rrence-.
s-Last Salurd ~, Rev Mr.. Sim
son, Of ID dastletown, was invited to
preach |, funeral serm pa, III The
church b Schpdeck; Rev. Mr.
BaItey d diug sick ard u hable 70 o!-
tlclste- While he was offering
prayer, Preceding the sermon, 8
white d, fe few into III E church
aud alisII led directly OIL his head
Nlr, SIND spn apfar,d a little star
lied by The arrival Of tie unex
pccied vi 4itor, bnt i'll a U PomeDt he
calmly II / aIsed his hand q n'l gently
removed the bird. II iirw upon
the gallery, but after a few n'o-
mentS il returned and ahghted on
the BlbId between his ilanlls, VIII re
itrem mAint Ia untl he bad concluded
the prayd i. The dove was then
caught bf Mr. Simson and gwen to
lie sexloh hII''- ChriSfan Llale!l,geAcer.
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A CAI IIfoRNIA ouRr OF jus
rIcB. IA tcltcr from ilurphy 5
Camp, S hthern Mines, California,
gives ;he lpllowrg description OF !
Court Of Justice in those diegings:
at wduld please you to look III
our court Iof justice, when I here Is i
.riai gaips on. On one sh!9 Of the
room is :; long bal-a liqn4r bar, |
mean. Ih the centre is a billiard Ia
ble, eierI rIe they are having a game.
The jury is seated on bendIes BE-
fore a pine table, on which there Is
blanket spread. Behind, sits the
Judge. He is large fat M tn, with
blle over alls on, strapped 0 ver BIS
shoulders Within an IneIl of his llis.
lie is cal, nly smoking his p'pp. The
lawyer pl Fading the case oV e!flpws
with irotl and foam. lie nns BIS
hands th rough his hair T.. sfionsly
aud strIkfs all sorts iol attitudes,
while eve ~ few moments ht stops
in his spe ech 10 order little bran
dy a pd 5 pgar, as he says he has
some tro4b in bis throat.
/ 81 wo t rench gaming hous es were
PPenc ed h4rs last week. III ppe oI
them ilere is allght girl, about the
size oi little Lucille Western, sitting
at one of the tables, throwing the
Dice for Il Jose who BET. IN tbe 9th.
er there Es a French lady dealing
cards his IS great coantfY, you
bad helaft bsliege." 4"