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IEhs dim old woods in the wintry time
How solemn and sad their tonej
When the winds sweep through, with moaning
The aisles of the forest lone!
When the root its wonted thirst hath lost,
For the flow Of the hidden rill-
And the fragile shoot is stiff with frost,
And tie sap in it's cell IL still
When each gay leaf. that threw SO sof - s
Its shades DER summers brow,
Hath flown from its wavy sphere aloft,
To rest meath the starry SNOW
When each sweet flower, with scented cup,
Frail whitening where it grew,
Hath closed its faded petals up,
No more to drink its dew
And when each trembling note that gushed,
In soft and silvery song,
AND the insect hum are silent hushed
ne leafiess boughs among!
An Borrowing seem those woods 90 dim
AS they lift their branches bare
Inc shlverlng twig and the rigid limb
10 the clasp of the frosty air;
And they seem to mourn, mid the wintrv storm
For the nush OF the greenwood Dough,
And sig for the sere and ruined bloom
That sleeps on the earth below
And yet those dark, sad sotudesi
love their music we'll
When whispering echo fills the woods
With ones of her murmuring she'll Z
For though the wind no voice doth own,
As it sleeps in the client tree,
Yet the forest breathes with hollow moan
Like the sound of the ceaseless
AS the spirit forms of leaves and flowers
That grace warm summers smile,
Where rustling still among the bowers,
Where erst they shone, the while
And the spangied frost work, cold and bright,
That CLEANS on twig and stem,
Seems throne for each of frozen light,
With diamond diadem!
On love those gems by the sunbeam kissed
AS they swing in the sparkling air,
And love in the dim old woods to list
: TO the voices stirring there!
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OF FIcIAL.
co4sr susv.y orrIc..

-. january n, 1853.
SIs; saving reported. a. tbs result Of 4 survey
Of Pot Rock at Hell Gate. New York ,f,ar tbe
blasting there, that the rocks had been reduced
rom e'gnt feet mean low water to twenty and
halt fest have now the honor to state that sub.
sequent survey BY Major FaAssa. of the Corps of
Engineers, in charge of the removal of the roclrs
in He'll Gate under the appropriation contained =
q bill approved August l, 1852, showed but eight
cen feet on this rock; and that one made recentlv
and after additional blasting. gives depth at three
points of less than twenty feet; and the present
least depth at mean low water on the rock a little
over nineteen feet. According to Major FRASER,
sthere is probably now but very small part of the
rock higher than the plane of twenty feet refer
ence.''
would respectfully request authority to publish
this statement.
Yours, respectfully,
(Signed) A. D. BACHE,
Superintendent
Hon. THos. CoRwIN, Secretary of the Treasury.
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The SANDY Hook TELEGRApH LINE is now com.
plete as far as the Highlands and will be in ope-
ration to the Point of the Hook in three or four
weeks. The news brought by vessels arriving at
thus port can then be telegraphed into the city
some two hours in advance OF the vessels bringing
it. The sub-marine wire across the Hudson river,
between Fort Washington and Fort Lee, was laid
but few days ago, by Mr.. Porter, and is found to
work well. The wire is of iron, No. 10 size, with
three heavy coatngs of gutta percha to nsulate it,
The whole is protected by two additional coatings
of tarred canvas; and for the distance of about
one hundred feet from each side of the river a
covering of wire is added, to prevent injury from
chatting against rocks. Leaden weights are at
tached to the wire, throughout its whole length to
keep it in its place in the bed of the river, and
vatchman is. employed to warn vessels against
disturbing. it with their anchors There is about
another mile of the same kind of wire on the other
parts of the line, where it crosses the Passaic Pat
terson, and Raritan rivers tbs expected that in
the course of the present week the New York and
Washington Telegraph Company will have ano.
ther wire of this description extended across the
Hudson, under the direction of Mr.. Porter. At
present this company is using the wire iust laid.
~. Y. Journal of Commerce
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senator from massachusetts.

Senator from Massachusetts,.
The Senate of Massachusetts, yesterday con-
fir1ned the election BY the House of Represen-
tatlves of that State, of the Hon EDWARD
EVERETT as a United States Senator, by a
vote of % against for CUSHING, Democrat,
and for PHILLIPS, Freesoiler.
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in the Richmond (virginia) Dispatch of yester-
day:
'We were sitting about two O'Clock in the morn.
ing yesterday, in our own rocking chair, by our
own fire, not chewing the cud of meditation
sweet but reading Gorgey's book about his own
doings and those of Kossuth, in lS49. We were
paying no attention to distant rumbling of thun.
der which.had been going on for some time, but
were absorbed in the description of a formidable
fire into town from heavy train of artillery.
Our mind was in Hungary. when suddenly a peal
and blaze which lit up the room go completely
that the candle seemed dim in contrast and shook
the house to its foundation brought us to our own
senses Weimagined Tor moment that we were
in the beleaguered city, and that whole battery
had been levelled at US, not more than dozen
yards off. We even fancied we could smell the
powder. Having mustered all its strength for this
one effort, the electric fluid seemed to have been
satisfied with the frghtit had given US, and kindly
left us to our repose.
eWhen the day arrived, we learned that the nail
store of Mr.. w. S. Triplett had been struck The
fluid struck the chimney and passed dow inward,
tearing up rafter 80, and scattering about the
fragments, but fortunately doing no material
damage. 1t seemed to us to come into our vim
dow horizontally. shot flies from cannon, in
round ball. The store which was struck was not
more than hundred yards offs
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Congress.

In the Senate yesterday the bill to reor-
ganize the navy Of the United States was con-
sidered, amended, and ordered to be engrossed
for third reading. The Pacific Railroad bill
was further debated
In the House of Representatives, the Coin
age bill was discussed during the morning
hour, and the Army bill subsequently consid-
cred in Committee Of the Whole on the state
of the Union.
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The ST. Louis Densocrat-Mr. BENroN's
organ-publishes proceedings of Democratic
caucus held recently by the members of the
State Legislature; from which it is abundantly
manifest that the antagonism which has exist
ed between the two sections Of the party is
little, if at all diminished.
The anti-Benton organize St. Louis
Oa'on-retorts upon the opposing section with
charges of wholesale corruption, and predicts
that ''the Benton vesseP' will be 'sstove to
atoms" at period not remote.
If an article in the .Anzeiger DIES Westens is
any criterion, the German Democrats are like
ly to leave the Benton ranks, in which they
have hitherto done valiant service.
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gave way for motion that the COMMITTEES riss;
which prevailed
Andlhe House adjourned.
rRrIrIoHs.

PETITIONS.
BY Mr. FLORENCE: The petition Of :. Dank
worth and seven others, engravers employed in
the decision made by the Hon. Elisha WhittIesey,
whereby they are deprived of the advance of
twenty per cent. voted BY act Of Congress to
clerks and others employed in the city Of Wash
ington.
Also, the petition Of Jacob Frick, William T..
Miskey, Charles B. Ress, and twenty two others,
citizens Of Philadelphia, praying Congress TO pass
law giving one hundred and sixty acres of land
to the soldiers of the war of 1912.
By Mr.. MOORE, of Louisiana: The petition of
merchants of New Orleans, praying for an extern
sion OF the port Of New Orleans.
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LATER FROM CURACAO by the arrival of the
brig Ocean Bird, Captain Forop, we have received
is prevailing a. that place to an alarming extent
among the shipping. The Ocean Bird was de-
tanned ten days BY sickness Of the crew. Thomas
Mulroy, seaman, died of the fever January 8. The
mao N s%
men had died ont of four vessels, and large num-
Der were lying sick. The Ocean Bird has been de-
tanned much on her passage, owing to Captain
Forop, his mate, and four seamen, having been
taken with the fever on the second day out.
Netc York Eue Post 3D. ~
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DISCONTINUED.
son, Bibb county, Georgia.

Newson, Bibb county, Georgia.
Poplar Hill, Anson county, North Carolina.
Capon Springs, Hampshire county, Virginia.
North Bend5 Pratt county, Illinois.
CHANGE OF NAMES.
Perry's Corners, Duchess county, N. Y-nams
changed to ssSharon Station"
Mannheim, Herkimer county, N. Y.-name
changed to ssEast Creek
Perrinton, Monroe county N. Y.-name chang.
ed to fsFairport."
tsMoscow' ~
Legal Law. York district, s. c.-name changed
to '..Taylor's Creek -
Pane Lack, Clark county. Indiana--name chang.
ed to Hubbard $500
Henry lawrence county. Tennessee-name
changed to "Henryviiie.'
Three Springs. Hart county, Kentucky-pame
changed to ssPark.
). r re Grove Macoupin county, Illinois,
name changed to .sGirard -l539 s.
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THURSDAY, February 8, 1853.
No. 50. The Salmon Falls Manufacturing Co.,
plaintiffs in error, us. VIM w. Goddard. The ar
gument of this cause was continued by Messrs.
Davis and Reverdy johnson for the defendant
in error, and Mr.. Goodrich, for the plaintiffs in
error.
Adjourned until to morrow at IL O'Clock a. M
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1t has long been known to Psychologists, says the
Recorder, that certain coloring matters, if admin
istered to animals along with their food possessed
the property of entering into the system and ting
ing the bones. In this way the bones of swine
have been tinged purple by madden, and instances
are on record of other animals being similarly af-
fected No attempt, however, was made to turn
this beautiful discovery to account until lately,
when Mons. Roulin speculated on what might be
the consequences of administering colored articles
of food TO silk worms Just before they began spin
ming their cocoons His first experiments were
conducted with indigo, which he mi xed in certain
portions with the mulberry leaves. serving the
worms for food The result of this treatment was
successful-he obtained blue cocoons Prosecuting
still further his experiments, be sought red color
ing matter capable of being eaten by silk worms
without injury resulting. He had some difficulty
to find such colorng matter at first, but eventu
ally alighted on the Bignonia chica. Small por-
tons of this plant having been added to. the null
berry leaves, the silk-worms consumed the mixture
and produced red colored silk. In this manner
the experimenter, who is still prosecuting his
searches, hopes to obtain silk as secreted by the
worm Of many other colors.
.Neto York Courier and Enquirer
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SURGICAL OPERATIoN.-A day or two since a
needle was taken from the abdomen of Young
lady in Charlestown. 1t is supposed that she swat.
lowed the needle several months ago, it chan ged
color from the action of the gas trio Juice and She
had been in i'll health for some time.
BOsfo,l Herald
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THE REP U BLIC.
WASHINGTON:
FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY4. 1858.
OFFICIAL.
APPOINTMENT BY THE PREsID

APPOINTMENT BY THE PRESIDENT.
HENRY L. STEVENSON, of New Jersey, to be
Commercial Agent of the United States for the
port Of San Juan del Norte, in the Republic of
Nicaragua, in the place of William F. Boone,
resigned.
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FIRST Coon FRuITs.-The St. Louis ReD1bl;cnn
announces that two of the private banking house,
in that city, Lucas & Simonds and E. w, Clark
Co., have determined to withdraw their unau.
thorlzed circulating checks and certificates of
deposit, from sense of respect due to the popular
feeling against such operations The Republican
adds:
'sThis is right. 1t shows a Difference to nnbIc
opinion which is equally correct, whether il is
found to exist with politicians or with bankers
The people have determined that they will not
countenance this species of currency any longer,
ana they nave come to very proper determina-
ton. In the case OF these gentlemen no one
doubts their ability to their issues; but IL il
the abuse OF this liberty of violating the law by
others-by oyer-i Issues, by the issues at future
day, OF precisely the same description OF paper
by persons destitute of the pecuniary as we'll the
legal responsibility they have set their faces
against and 1t Is well that they have attacked the
disease while there is yet remedy for it
We. rejoice with our st. Louis coptemporsrv
over this result. First. Because we know one Of
the houses referred to well, and ii has been mat
ter OF surprise and regret that they should have
participated In this perncious species of banking
Ihey are good men, and have large stake in
business at the East which renders Them quite
independent of any profits to be derived from
western shinplasters. Second Because il shows
that the press, as the organ of healthy public
sentiment, is yet capable of making some head.
way against the rapid and maddenine strides of
ban K note expansion. The newspaper press has
had cause to sometimes despair of ACCOMPLISHING
any good In TINS way, while rampant speculation
rules the country. Its conductors have little or no
personal interest in the subject of small notes.
They have attacked the evil from sense of public
duty, and often at the cost of making enemies
where profit and favor might follow different
course, and have thus far scarcely the consolation
Of seeing it diminish. The killing off or explosion
OF one set OF small note mills in one direction has
only been the signal for new one to spring up in
another; and it haa often occurred TO us that like
the fox in the fable, the public were almost ready
to be bled, even to convulsions, by one swarm of
bogus flies, rather than risk the descent of fresh
one by driving the other off Such, we remember.
was the advice to Secretary Woodbury. in 1899, in
regard TO certain land office in Mississippi which
had been successfully bled by two Government
receivers The special examining agent of the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS was his name fellow of
innnite humor-found that $4,000 bad been
taken by Harris, and SIS, 900 by Boyd He there
upon counseled the retention Of the last incum-
bent, reasoning from the infallible fountain of
wisdom which has been handed. down from Hsoo
that this one was nearly full, while a new one
would only take more!-Neao York Times.
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ToBAcco.-Doctor J. c. w arren, of Boston, one
OF the most eminent medical men in this countr y
says that tobacco, used in the way of matiscation
is slow poison which, if it were administere by
another person, would deserve and receive retribu
ton from the laws of the land" After stating the
Injurious effects OF smoking we'll as chewing this
powerful vegetable poison he adds:
"These statements are not exaggerated, but the
result OF many years experience and observation;
80 that when young man applies to me for cure
OF pain in the chest and symptoms Of dyspepsia, I
feel it my first duty to inquire whether he smokes
or chews tobacco''
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BucKwHEAT CAKEs.-The griddle on which
cakes are baked should never be touched with
grease: firstly, because it imparts rancid taste
to the cakes; secondly, if cooking stove be used
IT nils the kitchen, if not the whole house, with the
smell OF burnt grease to say nothing of the pa
rade and boasting to ones neighbors by betray-
ing what we are to have for breakfast. Wash the
griddle with hot soapsuds, sconr with dry sand !,
and when heated for use rub it we'll with spoon
ful of fine salt and coarse cloth it will then be
ready to receive the cakes. After each cake lie re-
moved the salt rubbing must be repeated. # the
fret did not succeed, try it again, and Won will
after follow the advice Of an old honsekeeper.
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Democratic Ftnanciering In Mississippi.
It was recently shown that Democratic votes
are responsible for the discredit which refusal
to pay the interest on the Planters Bank bonds
entails upon the State Of Mississippi. But dis
credit, it seems, is not the only evil for which
Mississippi is indebted to Democratic legis-
lation. A fund accruing from irregular sources,
and intended to meet specific object, has been
misapRropriated to serve the purposes of dema-
gogism; and the State SO rich in resources, and
once SO fair IN its prospects, now realizes the
disadvantages Of an empty treasury. The fol-
lowing narrative upon the subject-abridg ed
from the Natchez Courier lis pregnant com
mentary on the history Of Democratic State
Legislation, as contrasted with the professions
of its advocates:
The State of Mississippi is at present in very
awkward position Its treasury is empty; q portion
Of its people appear willing to give up all idea of
preserving it's credit; and part of ts press seem
anxious to avoid the question of how that credit
can De restored, lest any agitation of the public
mind may interrupt the quiet serenity that now
promises to mere spoilsmen 30 long grasp Of
public honors and Of Offices. The sin king fund,
80 improperly appropriated by the State last year
70 pay lts ordinary expenses, has at length been
exhausted, and the State Treasurer has at last to
guard only q beggarly array of empty boxes
ibis sinking fund was composed of portion Of
the moneys paid in BY bond holders as premium,
az the time the latter bought the bonds to which
the state had pledged her faith. So fair, then,
$1,000 the credit of Mississippi, that about $780,
wv were paid in cash into her treasury over and
above the face Of the bonds. It was directed to be
reserved as the commencement of a sinking fund
for their redemption. VI
"Ihree or four years since Mississippi had alarge
surplus in her treasury, considerably over half a
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IowA.-A bill providing for the stay of execution
on Judgments Of the district and justices, courts
has passed the Iowa Senate. and will probably be.
come law Il provides for stay in the justices,
courts 1.-THE Judgment debtor enter into sufficient
days; if over $5 and not exceeding $I5 30 DAYS:
II over 10 and not exceeding $25, 40 days; if
over $2o and not exceeding $40, 60 days; if over
y ~ and not exceeding $50. 90 days; and if over
$50 and not exceeding $l00. 100 days.
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Pictorial Papers.

GLEAsoN's PIcToRIAL.-This popular journal for
the present week contains, among many other fine
sngravings, eighteen portraits of United States
Senators, being the commencement of a Senatorial
Gallery, which will be continued from week to
week until the whole is published. These portraits
are engraved from daguerreotypes taken by ].
Vanneron, at Whitehurst's Gallery, and accom-
panied BY biographical sketches from the pen of
Charles H. Brainard, of New York city. For sale
by SHILLINGToN.
This Pictorial can also be obtained at BucKINa.
HAMS.
ILLUSTRATED NEws.-No. 6 has made its appear
ance. Among its views is one of the Alameda de
Paula, at Havana, and another of Montpelier, in
the State Of Vermont. Copies can be obtained of
BUCKINGHAM, under the National Hotel, and of
SHILLlNeToN, corner of a street and Pennsylvania
avenue.
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Post once Operattons.

Post Office Operations. rl
The PosTMAsTER GENERAL has established discon-
dnued. and changed the names of the following
post offices during the week ending 29th jan
uary, 1858:
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GEORGE PEABODY, esq.,, the liberal American
banker in London, more than a year ago offered
to subscribe ten thousand dollars towards fitting
out a second expedition from the United States in
search of Sir John Franklin. The project, how.
ever, did not then go into effect and it was only
last month that Mr.. Peabody was informed of the
new expedition fitting out in charge of DR.. Kane,
under the auspices of Mr.. GrinnelI Replying to
a friend who had given him the information, he
writes
"When made the offer, in January last, a de-
sire to crafty feelings of international good will
and friendship made me anxious that an Ameri-
can expedition should accompany that of Sir Ed
ward Becher. to assist in the pursuit of an object
worthy OF the two countries, and honorable to the
adventurous men who would volunteer their SER
vices. But as Mr. GrinnelI saws
that the prospect of is as great as it was
last year, shall be happy to be an humble fol.
lower Of that gentleman in his praiseworthy
course and If it should be thought advisable to
send out one or more vessels in search of Sir John
franklin and his companions, fully authorize
you to give in my behalf for that object ten thou
sand dollars
The quiet manner of this great liberality, saws
the National Antelligencer is altogether worthy of
the man. It was just so that he has made his
large donations to that useful society, the Mary.
land Institute, at Baltimore, and for various other
important objects "Trpiy good name is better
than riches" but Mr.. Peabody has earned for
himself both.
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ARMY REaIsTzR.-Through the courtesy of the
Adjutant Generals Office, we have received copy
ofthe Army Register for 1853, just issued from the
press of Mr.. Alexander, of this city.
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A THuNDERsToRM IN WINTER is thus described
in the Richmond (Virginia) Dispatch of yester-
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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

Hon. Taos. coawIs. Secretary Of the Treasury.