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,.,rv o1.-The Ohio riveris sill low.
~ ini d; inches deep on the bars to-
us haze nearly quit running TO
, ~ steamer Rescue leaves here to-
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another column, evidently slludes 70 the sams
course Of policy. TAe truth =, tkst ~ Uaion meu
T Geoogie and CHR Scutkspa States sDtU hsce tht
battle to 6kt soitA ~ secsssios tio~s and
hey might4s soelI yrepsve for i at osce. II they
ore not co~vicsd ass0. thsy sO BEL lsss tian thves
months from this tjms. We see It and hear it all
around US. We warn our readers now. that scom-
ing events cast their shadows before Let them
come-we are ready"
: They are Democratic prints which give ut
terance to these anticipations Of a conflict now
not distant, and they will receive an unequivo
cal endorsement throughout the South.
1t is the fate of fanaticism to be blind to eve
~ thing that does not comport with its own
ends. Perhaps to this cause may be ascribed,
in part, the extraordinary disregard of an obvi-
Gus national will which sectionalists, North
and South. are pressing upon General PIERCE.
This is not the first occasion, however, in
which madness has been the forerunner of de-
structiOn
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Death of Mrs. Martha H.rsan De-gls

O0Atn OA VAIBs AASEtAAS N2s Aess
Yesterdays announcement Of the decease of
this excellent lady, the wife of the Hon. Stephen
A. Douglas, was too brief to express on our part.
who were we'll acquainted with her estimable
character, deep of the extent of the loss
involved in that mournful event Seldom, indeed,
has death invaded the family circle with more
heart-rending effect, or left more desolate
hearth, than in the instance here recorded. And
this community, in which she. has resided for
some years, has rarely had cause for deeper sor-
row. Mrs. Douglas, the last surviving child of
the late Colonel Robert Martin, of Rockingham
county, North Carolina, was married in April,
l847 and died at the residence of her husband, in
this city, the 10Th instant, in the Oath year of
her age Largely endowed by nature. highly ed
ucated and accomplished, and possessing in an
eminent degree all the amiable and lovely attri-
butes of her sex, she was greatly admired in So
ciety, aud beloved and idolized at home. OF her
it is no exaggeration to say that
None knew her but to love her,
Or named her but to praise
She has left to mourn her loss an aged and be.
reaved mother, heart-stricken and disconsolate
husband, and three infant children, whose tender
years alone conceal from them the knowledge of
their irreparable loss. The funeral will take place
from the residence of Senator Douglas at twelve
O'Clock to morrow, Saturday.
Union of yesterday.
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GOVERNOR LANE, Superintendent of Indian AZ
fairs in New Mexico, has issued a pretty severe
set of rules for the government of the Indian
agents in his jurisdiction. We copy them from
ST. Louis paper.
The present utter inefficiency Of the Indian de.
parment has obliged me to adopt the following
rules for the government of all per soma who ma
be connected with tae Indian department in the
Territory of New Mexico: 5se f84sf
[ l. Sinecures are abolished. ol
2 The public service ia to be the great end and
aim Of all agents, interpreters and other persons
who may be employed in the department; and
every possible exertion must be made to advance
the public interest.
3. Private business must not interfere with the
discharge Of public duties Az
4. The expenditures of agents must be confined
to the narrowest possible limits which may be con-
sistent with proper discharge of public duty; and
careful discrimination must be made between the
private and public expenditures of agents.
s. The residence of the agent must be within
the limits of the tribe to which he is assigned, or
as near thereto practicable.
obeyed, satisfactory reasons given for the fail
ure TO obey. t...s..<.. W.
z. The expressions II can't,'' II Couldn't or
81 don't know" inadmissble phrases, in re-
porte to this superintendency. 'bas
8. All officers who may disregard or fail to OBJ.
serve these rules will be deemed to be Hout of
health" and will be relieved, temporarily, from
duty; and should not satisfactory assurance be
given that the 'shealth' of the officer is likely to
amend, his unhappy case will be reported to Wash.
ington WIN. Cam LANE.
Superintendent Indian Affairs for New Mexico
SANTA Fs, Territory of New Mexico,
November 2, 1882.
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-FOUR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AN AcRR.-A cor
respondent OF the New York Ecening Post, refer
ring to the statement that piece of land in Lon
don had been sold at the rate of $4,000, coo an
acre, thus shows that higher price has been lately
obtained in New York:
The lot on the corner Of Broadway and Fulton
streets leased at auction ast week for Sl4 500 per
annum, which is the interest at seven per cent on
$207 l42 So, or at the rate of 8 ,093 9s4 50 an
acre. the lot being % by 76 feet, or, at very COM
mon rate of interest in London say 81 per cent il
would give the still more enormous sum of Ss,-
1877 1863 81 an acre.
Again, the annual rent of Sl4, 800 for the lot
SOLD Is at the rate of S 2S6,579 acre per annum,
which, if planted with potatoes and producing III
large crop OF one thousand bushels to the acre,
would be over $2s6a bushel, or ifin corn at fifty
bushels, would be S 1871 busheI. London must
TT again.
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AG ENERALTKmPERANcE CoNvKNr ION was held
at Albany, III the State of New York !, on the 18th
instant, over which Adam c. Flanagan. ESQ of
the city OF New York. presi ded Delegates were
In attendance from several 9th er States The con.
vention called upon the Legislature to pass law
against the sale OF Intoxicating quors and threat.
ensd that. ii such law is not passed, they will
MAKE tnc Question prominent fe allure in the next
election They also resolved that the recent de-
c,slons IN Rhode !sland or New Hamps hire do not
anect the vital principles of the Maine law On
tne morning Of the 18th instant the attend ance
not large. The convention adopted resolu tons in
iavor OF the Maine law, and pledging thenselves
70 support no candidate for Office who lie not in ia
vor of such law.
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~ thas voyage Whale Sound was pretty clearly
escertaaneq to Be IN entrauce into the Polar sea.
ana the commander of the Isabel believes he had
actually entered the Great Basin and was CHECK I'd
IN hfs course towards Behring's Straits by co n.
snued heavy gales. which drove him back into
Wnaie Sound. This sound lies in the norther at
part o. 6amn's Bay. The Isabel then penetrated
Jonese SOUND on the west side of Bafin's Bav AZ
lar west a. the S4th deg. long, but meeting with
no traces Of franklin, the vessel was then steersd
to meet Belcher's squadron at Beechy Island.
spatched by the Admiralty to Behring's Strata in
the spring of $780, had just discovered safe winter
quarters at Point Barrow, being about five him.
dred miles in advance of her old winter quarters.
This point lies about l55 deg. long w, The west
ern extremity of Melville Island, the westernmost
point yet gained by expeditions from the west Ia
In about ll5 deg. long. W.; consequently there
yet hes between the advanced posts of expeditions
WORKING west and those working east about forty
degrees of longitude unexplored. Banks Land
remains unexplored between the 10th and 1901
degrees longitude, but all the coasts in the vicinity
OF the common course of Arctic navigators, that
Is, ,nroogn Bahn's Bay, Lancaster Sound. Bar
rows Straits, and thence westerly as far ae Mel
vile Island, ,appear to have been thoroughly
searched. 1t will be recollected Pcunv,s sledge
parties examined Wellington Channel and dis
covered proiongahon of it into the Polar Sea,
and the southwest passage by Cape Walker has
been examined by other parties. So that there
can be but little doubt that Sir John Fra nkIin. If
yet alire, reached more westerly or northerly DO
stion than has been reached by any of his fol.
lowers.
1t seems to be the more general opinion that
franklin, after leaving Beechy leland, in 1876 ),
took the northerly course up Wellington Channel,
and acting under this strong belief in April last,
the Admiralty commissioned Sir Edward Belcher
with two sailing vessels and two steam tenders, to
proceed direct to this channel while another vessel
will be stationed at it's mouth a storeship. Sir
Edward will thus be able to take advantage of the
first opening of the ice next seaeon.
tits hardly necessary to add that the results of
this expedition are looked forward to with great
anxiety. Should Sir Edward be compelled to re-
turn to England without discovering any traces of
the long, missing vessels, think then that even
Lady Franklin herself must abandon the hope she
has so long and heroically maintained of her
husbands safety and ultimate return TO his native
land.
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LiRfRiAN EMIGnANTs ATTACKED By CHoLERA-
The Savannah Courier of SUNDAY states thai tbs
brig Zebra, from New Orleans, bound for Liberia
with emg ants, put into that port on Saturday.
she sailed on the lst instant with one hundred and
ten emgrants who were shipped under the aus
pices Of the Colonization Society On the ,bird
day out the cholera made its appearance ON board
In most malignant form. The ca plain and twenty
seven of the emgrants died, and others of the Of
hcers, crew and passengers were seriously i'll.
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IHE UNITED STATES SLoor- oF-WAR WANDA
LA.-ihe overhauling and reftting which this
vessel hos been receiving at our navyy ward, ore
paratory to being attached to the Japan E1pedi-
tlon, Is now completed, and che is only awaiting
ner complement OF men to form the crew to go 70
sea- ABOUT sixty men are yet required to make up
the number. The Vandalia ia to sal under tbs
command CT Captain John Pope, direct to Macao,
the rendezvous selected for the Japan squadron.
IPhilodelphia Ledesr.
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THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION.
SENATE.
tn. lone BRIDGE.
FalpAr, January 81, 1858.


THE lone BRIDGE.
Mr. SHIELDS reported joint resolution for the
location and construction of bridge on new
site the Potomac river in the District OF 20
lumbia, in accordance with the lntenuohs "a so
late President Andrew jackson; which was reao
and ordered to q second reading. p;..
The Joint resolution authorizes the rresioent
of the United States to employ s1cn numoer ol
for the purpose, in selecting site ana preparing
plan for new bridge across the Potomac 6y the
most practical route, the report of said engineers
to be submitted to the President for his special
consideration and approval.
That when the site and plan adopted by the
President, the Secretary Of the Interior is to adver
tce. and shall contract with the lowest responsible
bidder for the construction OF the bridge, WHO'S to
give satisfactory security. The President is to
appoint a suitable person to superintend the CON
according to the plan; it approprates $500 00u
Tor the purpose. which ia to be paid in such sums
and at such times as the Secretary may order for
the fulhlment OF the contract.
THE rEHuANrEpEc AFFAIR.
On motion of Mr.. MASON. the resolutions
ported by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, re.
speeding the Mexican grants, Sc, for the right OF
way across the Isthmus of Tehuanteoec, were
postponed to and made the special order for Tues
day, the fret of February.
PRIVATE BILLS.
The Senste then proceeded to the considers alton
Of bills on the private calendar, and the following
were passed:
Bill: authorizing the adjustment and payment of
the claims of William Hazard Wigg, of South
Carolina, deceased for Losses sustained by him
during the of the Revolution, with interest
from the 4th of March, 1851
For the relief of Lewis H. Bates and William
Lacon.
For the relief of George Dennet, of Portsmouth,
New Hampshire.
House bill for the relief Of Charles 8. Matthews,
Charles Wood, and James Hall.
For the relief of Richard w Meade
For the relief Of John Nj Mcintosh
For the relief of Jacob J. Storer.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
MIR. PEARCE moved that the Senate proceed 10
the consideration of Executive business.
Mr.. FITZPATRICK opposed the motion, con
tending that he was not prepared to be forced
headlong into the discussion of matters 20 deeply
important to the people of his State.
The motion was agreed to-yeas 81 nays 90
as follows:
YEAS.-Messrs. Bell, Clarke, Cooper, Davis,
Dawson, Dixon, Fish, Geyer, Jones of Tennessee
Mangum, Miller, Morton, Pearce Phelps Rosk
Seward. Smith, spruance, Underwood. w ade. and
Walker-2l
NAYs-Messrs. Bright, Cass, CHARLTON, De
Saussure, Dodge of Iowa. Downs, Fetch, Fitzpat-
rick, Gwip, Hamlin, Houston, Hunter, Jones of
Iowa, Mallory, Mason, Norris. Petit, Sumner,
Toucey, and Weer-N.
AT near FIVE o'clock the doors were reopeneds;
and
The Senate adjourned till Monday.
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Mrs. MoWatt.

We think that no one who has studied the
performances of Mrs. MowATT for the last
three evenings, in Parthenia, Beatrice, and
Ion, can withhold from her the praise that be-
longs to the first actress of the American stage.
Indeed, we are acquainted with no actress
speaking the English language who is her
superior. She possesses all the natural ad-
vantages which are requisite to profession
al success. She is woman highly edu-
Gated. and never Sights the text of her
author. She is consummate elocution-
ist So distinct is her enunciation that we
never lose a word. Her face is one of great
expressiveness and singular beauty. Her
movements are not merely graceful, they are
grace ITSELF Her experience on the stage has
made her familiar with all it's traditions, and
renders her perfectly at home in all situations.
Ion was originally written We believe for
Mr.. MAcREADY, but has been successfully
played only by ELLEN Tree until it was un
dertaken by Mrs. MowArr With distinct
recollection Of the silver tones Of Miss TREE,
and her exquisite elocution, her finished action
and utterance, we are quite at a loss to find
any respect in which Mrs. MowArr can be
considered her inferior. More nearly than
any other actress she resembles Miss TREE,
without being in any manner copyist; but
she has more vivacity and animation, while
she is an equally accurate reader and agreeable
elocutionist. 81
q Mrs. MowArr plays tonight in the charac-
ter of Rosalind, in .as You Like It.
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DISPUTE BsrwEEa SrATEs.-A dispute has arisen
between the States Of South Carolina and Georgia
In regard to their res, ective boundaries. Georgia
claims the exclusive Jurisdiction of the Savannah
river, which south Carolina denies.
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i1 AMERICAN TRAor SociErY.-The monthly meet.
ing OF the committee of the above society held
in New York on Monday. Appropriations to the
the society for the last month were Sal ,624 The
gratuitous issues since the lst Of April last exceed
thirty Elk millions Of pages. t8A
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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,

FaIDAv, January 10, 1888
No. -. Matthew Cunningham, plaintafin error
asgumeMt of this cause was cqetiuNed by Mr.
Ksyerdy johnson for the defendant - srror. and
concluded by Mr.. Pike for the plaintiff h error
Adjourned until to-morrowll o'cloo1ka. m.
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PETITIONS.


By Mr.. GOODENOW: The petition of David
Thurston and hfty-s other citizens Of Vassalbo
rough, in the State of Maine, "deplorng the great
aud manifold evils Of war; and praying that mea
sures may be taken for securing in our treaties
with other nations provision for referring to the
decision of unpires all MISUNDERSTANDING that
cannot be satisfactorily adjusted BY amcable ne
collation."
By MIR. FAY: The petition of inhabitants of
Chelsea, Massachusetts, praying for authority to
open road or street over portion of the lands
connected with the marine hospital at Chelsea.
By Mr.. MILLER: The petition of sundry citi.
Gems OF Missouri. praying the establishment of a
mail route from Bloomington to Edna, in Knox
county, by way of Vienna.
By Mr.. KUHNS: The petition of citizens of Arm
strong and Indiana counties, in Pennsylvania.
may deem best to prevent the great and manifold
evils of war.
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DevILIsH Coop ToAsT.-At typographical
festival held at Columbus, Ohio, on the 18th in
slant, Mr.. Harris, of the Ohio Cli0ator, gave the
following toast:
The Printers DEvIL-Harmlcss, if kept in bis
place." ~
And. suiting the action to the word, he poured
the contents of his goblet into an old shoe.
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The CHILDREN OF OUR GREAT PoErs.-It is i'm
possible to contemplate the early death of Byrons
only child without rejecting sadly on the fates of
other families of our greateet poels. Sha kspeare
daughters and both names now extinct. Shak.
speare's was soon Addison had an on Y child
daughter girl of some five or six years at her
fathers death. She died unmarried, at the ge of
eighty or more. Farquhar left two girls depend
emit on the friendship of his friend Wilks, the actor
who stood nobly by them while he lived. They
had small pension from the government; and
having long outlived their father and bis rep
utaton unalterably established, both died unmar-
ried. The con and daughter of Coeridge both died
childless The two sons of Sir Walter Scott died
without children; one of t~o daughters died un-
married, and the Scots of Abbotsford and Waiver
ley are now represented by the children OF
daughter. How little could Scott foresee the sud-
den failure of male issue. The poet of the ssFaerie
Queene lost a child when very young by fire,
when the rebels burned his house in Ireland. Some
OF the poets had sons and no daughters. Thus we
read OF Chaucers son, Of Drydens sons of the sons
OF Burns. OF Allan Ralnsay's son, of Dr. Young's
son. ef Campbelps son, Of Moore's son, and of
dren Some-and those among the greatest-died
unmarried. Butler, Cowley, Congreve, 0tway,
Prior, Pope, Gay, Thomson, Cowper, Akenside,
Shenstone, Collins, Gray, Goldsmith. MIR. Rogers
stili ilves-singie. Some were unfortunate in their
sons In sadder way than death could make them
Lady Loveace has left three chiIdren-two sons and
daughter. Her mother is still alive, to see per-
maps, with soened spirit, the shade of the father
beside the early grave of his only child Ada's
with gentle and womanly fortitude-have been
happily caught by Mr.. Henry Phillips, whose ia
theirs pencil has preserved US the best Ii keness
OF Ada's father London dGhen9u.n
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rod n the case about which the gentleman from
Maine fMr. SMART) had made speech. He did
not think there was any thing in it that ought not
The oueston was taken on the motion to clear
the galleries, and decided in the negative--ten or
twelve members only voting In the affirmative
The documents were then read, as follows:
To the House Of Representatives.:
In answer to the resolution Of the House Of Re-
representatives. Of the 9th ulimo, requesting infor-
nation relative to the claims on Spain, in the cases
OF The harque Georgiann and brig Susan Loud,
transmit report from the Secretary of State. to
whom the resolution was referred.
NiILLARD FILLMORE
WAsHINGToa, January 10, 1853.
To the President Of the United States:
The Secretary of State, to whom has been re
ferred the resolution Of the House of Representa-
dves of the 9th ultimo, requesting the PRECEDENT
ssif not incompatible with the public interests
what measures, il any, have been taken sincc the
9th day OF January. 1852, for the naturalization
BY the Spanish government of the captains, own
ers, and crews of the barque Georgiana and brig
Susan Loud, in consequence of the capture and
confscation of said barqus and brig by the Spa
nish authorities" has the honor to report that
measures which it is not deemed expcdient to spe
city at present are in progress Tor the adjustment
Of all claims Of citizens OF the United States agains
her Catholic majesty's government, which may
have originated since the convention between the
United States and Spain OF the 18th of February.
1884. Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD EVERETT
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WAsHINaroN, 18th January, 1853.
MIR. POLK aid, since he discovered that the
President had joined his voice to that Of the nation
in condemnation of the publication OF the Cuban
correspondence, he would Withdraw bis motion to
reconsider.
Mr.. BAYLY expressed the hope that the vote
would be reconsidered, and that the document
would be laid upon the table and printed There
was no occasion to refer.
The suggestion was acquiesced in; and
The House adjourned until Monday
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The Persons indicted for an assault upon the
Democratic General Committee at Tammany
Hall, at New York, last month, have been put on
trial, and with one exception) found guilty.
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GENERAL SANTA ANNA.-The Havana pi0rio of
the lth instant Gays: We able TO state that on
board the English steamer which touched at this
port was committee appointed by the present
authorities of Vera Cruz, on their way to Cartha-
gena. to insist on the immediate return Of Santa
Anna to the Mexican territory. 1t also appears
that the same committee authorized to offer to
General Adrian Vol the command of the forces
assembled at Vera Crux."-N. Y. Jour. Com.
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RHODE Island SENATORIAL ELEcTloN.-The
Wing legislative caucus at Providence on Tues.
day nominated Samuel G.. Arnold United States
Senator. It was intended to proceed TO the cleo
ton on the next day, but the Senate adjourned by
party vote, after being iu session but few min
utes. The Senate, by the vote. it is thought,
will probably delay proceeding to vote hereafter