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FouEDLtSG-An infant about two weeks oil and neatly
ressed was found In the hall Of house in Front st.
Jay, Monday night II was taken In charge by the
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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-07
JERSEY CITY COMMON COUNCIL.

Toiai 8 hogrs average five
a 10 eleven dLys work Tor m.n, e. 80 per day
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-08-13
JAPAN.

Alderman traveller, Mr.. Gerstaeker who has pubsheda q
volume Of interesting travels and whose power of obser
vaton and trusworthness particularly regards
tries little visited render him desirable narrator thus
pronounces on the results of Commodore Peys exped
tion to Japan
"By love and kindness neither America nor any other
nation expect to get any thing cut Of the japanese
have not the least doubt that the Emperor will refuse
receive the Ambassadors il he does grant them in
terview he will dismiss them again without promi
and yet the Emperor of Japan is not ignorant Of
affairs people commonly suspect. He has all kinds
and the best Of hemof geographical and historical works
translated into his language and interpreters for nearly
every country; and he is wide awake by this time
what others about and what he is to expect 1t is
not likely that he should be ignorant of the power Of his
ntagonis still do not think that he will be persuaded
any thing; and then the question arises If other nations
will take what they cannot get with free will will it not
be necessary to frame order of laws stating the
certain amount of property where stealing ends
and justiable possession commences
It will not be such easy with the Japanese,
though The richest bees defend their hives the
fercey and the Japanese far better soldiers than the
Chinese their coasts being guarded by cliffs and rocks
while the unsteady weather and sudden gales Of those a
udes also in their favor against approaching
cruising enemy. The smaller islands may be taken
have no doubta least cut off from connerion with the
larger ones; but hostile nations will find the Japanese
far better prepared for attack than they suspect
Another difficulty with the japanese will be the mpossi
bty of half measures. III the Americans do force
at some pontand il is likely not that they
may do soand do not take the whole island they will be
walled in in very short time, and permitted see lit
tie enough Of their neghbors Still the islands are too
small to resist for any length of time renewed attacks
and his Majesty will have to yield first his country and
then his crown, about willingly the California In
diaus Sikhs, Australian blacks in fact all other
nations hathaye their countries overun by strangers
and enemies"
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-08-13
THE ELECTIONS OF LAST WEEK.

TENNEssEE.-We have telegraphic news only
from the Nashville district, in which FELIX X
ZoLLIcoFFER, Wing, is elected to Congress 1t is
confidently stated that GUsrAvus A. HENRY, Whig
is elected Governor of the State, over ANDREW
JOHNSON, late Member of Congress-
KENrUcKY.--In the last Congress the Kentucky
Representatives consisted of five Wings and five
Democrats To the next Congress, six Wings and
two Democrats are known to be elected leaving the
result doubtful in two districts. The names of the
members elect are LINN BoYD, BEN. EDw GREY,
PRESLEY EWING, L. e. BRAMLETTE, CLEMENT S.
HILL WM. Preston, JOHN G. BREcKENRIpGE,
and LEANDER M. Cox The districts in doubt are
the sixth and tenth, in which the candidates are j.
s. PIERCE and GEo. b. HODGE, Wings, and J. NJ
ELLIOTT and RICHARD III. STANTON, Democrats
The Wings have elected large majority of mem
bers to the State Legislature.
From NORTH CAROLINA we learn that Mr.. VEN
ABLE, Democrat, has lost his election, Dir. Sion H.
RooERs, stanch Wing, being chosen in his place
There was second Democratic candidate in the
district who received a large number of votes, and
may possibly have turned the election in favor Of the
"uiS Cdnuludtc put We nave HOt seen the Iull Ie-
turns, and know not how that fact may be. We
have no party sympathies with Mr. VENADLE, but
we may do him the justice to say that his defeat
will be serious loss to the Democratic party in
Congress. His talents, legislative experience, and
attention to business gave him weight and con-
sideraton with his own party, and his personal In
dependence won much of the respect of his political
opponents. We hear also of the election from this
State of THOMAS RUFFIN and VIM S. AsHE, De-
mocrats, and presume that JOHN KERR and r. G.
PURYEAR, Wings, are likewise elected, as they
were candidates in districts where their party can
command large majorities. In the three remaining
districts (he first, SEVENTH and eighth the contest
was probably too close to make it safe to venture
prediction as to the result
ALAEAMA.-There seems to have been no united
opposition to JOHN A. WINSTON, the Democratic
candidate for Governor, and he is elected of course
JAMES ABERcRoMBIE, Whig, and SAMSON W.
HARRIS, GEORGE S. HousToN, and W. R. w.
COBB, Democrats, are elected to Congress Several
districts remain to be heard FROM
MIssoURI-Two Representatives in Congress
were elected from this State, being additional mem
bers assigned to it under the late census The dis
tricts are both strongly Democratic, but, in conse-
quence of their own divisions, SAMUEL CARUTHERs,
Whg is elected in one of the districts while in the
other it is reported that JAMES j. LINDLEY, al
80 Wing, has beaten the anti-Benton candidate
siDgle-handed.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-08-13
THE CHINESE INsURREcTIoN.

The late accounts from China show two things first,
that the insurgents maintain their ground and pre-
pairing for oonquests secondly that they fight
ing under the banner of the Christians God and freely
circulating the Christians Bible Wherever they 60 they
destroy the idols idol temples and monastic institutions
Their religion is not Catholic, but Protestant This is
remarkable fact when it is considered that Roman Catho
lie missions in China of long standing and have made
muudes Of nominal converts while Protestant missions
there Of comparatively recent date. 1t is not mpro
bable that the North China Herald published Shang
hail. from which accounts principally derived,
may be oversangune to the strength of the religious
element among the insurgents but say the least it is
amos extraordinary movement and which Christians
every where will watch with profound interest Who
knows but that the vast Empire of China the stronghold
Of pagan dolaty comprising Of the population
Of the globe is about to become nominaly Christian
which will be most important step towards making it
really The language of the North China Herald inn
plies belief that several of the leaders Of the nsurrec
ton already Christians in the best sense of the word
Journal of Commerce
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-08-13

GREENouGR's " TRIUMPH OF CIVILIZED Lire Green
oughs Group Of Statuary representing the triumph OF
civilized over savage e and intended to be placed the
cast portco Of the Capitol at Washington has arrived
from Italy The group consists Of four figures Awhile
man with child is engaged in struggle with savage,
whose tomahawk is uplifted when white man, in the
garb of hunter appears and grasps his in such
manner as not only to prevent the blow but make him
prisoner. The work is very fine one in the concep-
ton, the attitudes and the arrangement Of the parts 1t
promises to be more the favorte of the public than
thing which Greenough has dome Eveniag Post
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-08-13
FROM LIBERIA.

LOUISVILLE Ky JOURNAL
We give below, verbatim and almost entire, letter
written by of the colored emgrants who left this city
last winter for Liberia 1t fail to be read with
tenon by all who are interested in the glorious cause
African colonization
MoNRoyIA APRIL 10, 1858.
DEAR SIR: 1t affords me great PLEASURE to have the
privilege of sitting down in Monroyia, Liberia, to write
you letter. and should be glad if it would find you all
well. | am well at present as ever in my life,
and perfectly satisfied with my new home | have not
had any symptoms of the fever yet, and hope may
escape the disease great many do who emgrate out
here Of late All the Kentucky emigrants who survived
well reerring to those who with him in the
Zebra and in good spirits We had good voyage after
put to from Savannah, Georgia. We never lost
person in the whole voyage BY this you may know
that the water the of the deaths that occurred
in the Gulf
/ just clearing up coffee lot which have ken
The trees full Of coffee but they have been neglected
for two years, and the coffee is fit to send you but
shall send you fine coffee in short time raised by
my own labor. have on,my lot trees Of many kinds
yielding fruits which sell finely to the EARNED
vessels that call for suppes,) and for good prices
viii name some of them: the mange plum, growing as
large your largest apples very good the pawpaw
different altogether from yours grows large makes the
very best preserves and pies lines in great abundance
oranges all around the lot the hanging full all the
time the African fig beautiful fruit the pantan, an
other excellent fruit all of the year
think Liberia will take fresh very There
great many persons coming out from all quarters OF
the States, and taking interest in farming. We
need saw-ms; the timber is orl hard plank sells
SO per 100 feet and hard to get it cut at that for
animals have the sheep in goodly numbers horses
cattle large and small knds-the large cattle are brought
to market by the natives, the small be seen
all the town-goas ducks chickens turkeys hogs
These things plentiful enough yet to supply the
colony, but will be in a short time.
Your obedient servant
HENRY JOHNSON.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-08-13
A PATRIOTIC PROPOSITION.

COLUMBUS, (0Ho,) jury IA, 1853
Messrs GALES & SEAroN: see in your valuable IA
per of the % instant the proposed sale Of the estate Of
Mount Vernon and itis reported that the present o-
prietor Of Mount Vernon, Mr. JoHN A. WASHINGTON, is
negotiating the sale of the estate with certain private
dvduas and that he has agreed to surrender it for he
sum Of two hundred thousand dollars subject however,
to the condition that Congress is to have the refusal of
the property.
Now, Messrs Editors win Congress purchase that
cred relique! They may or they may not Now, g,n-
temen, before there Congress formed in tie
British North American Colonies, have trudged alog
through the Revolutionary that separated these cob
nies from the yoke and power Of Great Britain and
acquainted with Government when it consisted of
Congress and President chosen from its own body aul
well acquainted with the noble acts of Government
before and since glorious Constitution was framed
the present time.
Now in this long travel in view of Government
have witnessed noble acts, but again have been
put TO pain by acts of injustice; but to the coming
Congress, its acts yet to be judged.
was familiar with all the public acts of the Father o.
Country from the commencement of the Revolution
airy to the day of his DEATH and felt at his death
mourn for his father. And now, not knowing
what the feeling of Congress may be, and fearing the
nerated place, Mount Vernon may fall into private
troll and speculation, and know not what, have
sidercd the matter with great attention. and have
the following conclusion, namely To be of two hun
dred that will pledge themselves raise one thousand
dollars each no to give less onehalf to be
paid the 10th day Of january 1864 and the balance
to be paid in the parties may agree the property
and its sacred remains be secured by deed to the Peo
pie of the United States and to be under the control of the
Government of the United States long the Govern
ament shall remain republican Government.
And now pledge myself one of two hundfed to
raise thousand dollars for the above sacred purpose
but on condition that the remaining hundred and
ninety nine shall be American born and true and like
wise that Young America shall have part lot in th'
matter, neither foreign or American born
Now, Messrs. Editors, viii you be so good to give
this place in your paper? You will much oblge old
soldier. s. S. I
The venerable writer of the above has communicated
to his proper name and add the that
his proposition is made in good faih.--Ea Nat IateU
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-08-13

THE MAINE LrosoR LAw.-The Portland Argus records
the following bold theft:
The liquor continued from the last term of the
Supreme Court called up for trial yesterday The
defendants generally hand but to the astonis
men of almost every body, Mr.. DEASE, the County At
torney and announced to the Court that during
the early part Of june scoundre entered the Clerk
office and stole the criminal docket and all the iudct-
ments except one found against sellers together
with all the papers relating to the The that
was not taken against person who had paid his
fine.
There we're about forty indictments stolen. The Office
was probably entered by false keys Such affair
condign punishment
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-08-13

SINGULAR Casa Miss Read, of West Boylston,
took chioroorn few days ago for the purpose Of having
tooth extracted and after the operation was performed
she was attacked with severe pain in the head became
unconscious and apparently died Her friends suppos-
ing her dead adher out for burial and began to prepare
for the funeral ceremonies but their grief was
pectedy turned to JOY and astonshment on finding that
the supposed dead began to revive She eventually
covered the full possession Of her faculties but what is
still singular in her case we are told she suffers
violent pains in the head regularly as evening ap-
proaches and at length and about the same hour each
night fails INTO swoon very similar to that which in the
first instance supposed to have been the seep Of
DEATH This case certainly presents most remarkable
escape from premature burial Worcester 7ranscripL
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-08-13

AN EXTRAORDINARY FAMLY-Some thirty years since
there lived in Montpelier VT family of the following
description The husband and wife son and his wife
the husband and his eight chldrenfve sons and three
daughters the husbands father and mother The ages
of the four pararchs averaged eighty years each
total age Of the grand parents three hundred and twenty
two All the members Of this family together at the
table and worshpped the altar Its head
in March, 1791 and is living the advanced age Of
80 in October next and vigorous in mental and ply
scal power to labor daily in his fine fruit nursery, and
travel foot twice in the week mile more, to attend
meetings for religious worship. We doubt whether
parallel to this extraordinary and prosperous family
be found in the Union Ii is the family of the venerable
Clark Stevens member and minister Of the Society Of
Friends Vermont WatchmGn.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-08-13

RAIN IN THE UNITED STATEs.-A paper sub
mitted to the Association for the Advancement of
Science by Prof. BLoDGET, of the Smithsonian In
stitute, states the following interesting facts
The portion Of the Continent of the Rocky Noun
tans differs essentially from the western portion and from
Europe in regard to the distribution and amount Of rain
Its fall symmetrical and general not irregular and local
The actual amount annually falling is greater in low
countries, and decreases with the elevation.
1t greater in the Mississippi valley than on the At
lAntic in the latitude by about one-eiebh
1t is less in the Aleghanies than the Atlantic coast
in the same atitudes by about one-eighth.
The law of distribution is deduced as one Of regular
decrease in amount with decrease in temperature whether
that decrease Of temperature due to increased elevation
higher latitude.
The Of supply Of moisture considered as "
ing beyond the surface atmosphere.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-08-13

A LAKE SUPERIOR RAILRoAD.-A railroad is in con-
temptation between the western extremity of Lake Supe
rior at Fond du Lac, and the town Of St. Paul. in Mime
Territory. The distance is in straight line only
about one hundred miles, in north by direction
from st. Paus The country through which it is to
is said to be very fertile If such route now
opened with the ship canal at the Saut in full operation
it would be the great commercial communication with
the upper waters Of the Mississippi surely it will
prove the easiest and cheapest way get merchandise
the Mississippi 1t is important work to that section
Of country and may be considered project that will go
into operation at very early day after the completion
of the Lake Superior ship canal charter for it has
already been granted by the Territorial Legislature Of
Minnesota, and company organized meeting of the
stockholders is be held St. Paus during the present
month, and preparations being made to COM
mence the work immed ey.-Deroa Advertiser
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-08-13

SINGULAR 0ccURREScE.--O Thursday morning child
eighteen months DID, whose parents reside Washington
street, bitten severely in the finger by The
mother had given the child piece of bread and butter,
and while about her household duties alarmed by its
screams and fastening where she discovered
that cat had hold Of the chds finger and the child en-
deavoring to shake it off.
When the mother took the child up she discovered that
the cat Dead but had its teeth and firmly locked
upon the finger She had TO make Of great vrce to
berate the finger from the cats jaws and succeeded after
some time trying The child then taken TO A. b.
Shpmans Office in the Diliaye Block, where the wound
was dressed The finger was found bitten through the
joint, and was much swollen, and very painful
The mystery of the is the death Of the cat at the
instant Of biting the child. The probability is that the
cat had eaten something poisonous, perhaps styenine
which had been designed for unhappy dog and taking
bread and butter which the child had seized its finger
and expired-Suracuse Journal
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-08-13

correspondent Of the Albany Journal states that In
Murray county, Georgia. and its southern bounda
ry at the summit of mural precpice seventeen hun
drcd feet in pcrpendcuar height, there stand the re-
work, covering FIVE acres Of ground. Within
the enclosure lofty forest trees and three hundred
years old their heads to the tempest covering with
their verdant foliage an ancient hearhstoue in
by its ancient occupants and near il gushing stream
issues from the creyice Of the rock OF lev cold
ness whence the garrison used to obtain their supply
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-08-13

BAD TREATMENT or A PooR ORPHAN BoY.-A few days
since the directors Of the House Of Industry Of this city
recovered Of master to whom they 1ndented boy $500
for bad treatment TO him. Notwithstanding the arduous
duties performed by the directors Of this institution they
look after the boys whom they find places for and while
they very cautious in the selection Of families TO place
them in they keep informed Of the influences which
round them until they attain their majority.
Boston Trnpseript
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-08-13

THE LATE COLLECTOR At SAN FRAscIsco.-JoHS A.
CoLLTER Of Binghamton New York, is out with letter
explanatory Of the alleged deflcation Of James Collier
late Collector at San Francisco Mr. J. A. Collier says
it is all matter of difference between the Govern
ment and the exCollector in casting up his accounts
but, to make all sure, he also says:
The sureties two official bonds in suit are George
Law, Esq, Of New York. and John A. Collier. If their
responsibility is questioned it viii probably be time
discuss that point when Government shall recover
Judgment against them In the time it is scarcely
worth while for the public to get fdgety the subject
Perhaps they viii think il not unreasonable to wait until
it be ascertained whether any thing is due"
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-08-13

KNOWING 0sE.--A writer in the Savannah Georgian
who is very mercess against something which he calls
Federal Whggery" gives the following description Of
n certain Law which exists, might, could, would, or
should have existed in that State:
The Agerine law say il is well named, for it is by
the exercise Of like principles contained in that law, that
the Dey Of Agers keeps his subjects down. makes
slaves when they ought to be freemen"
As the Savannah Georgian enjoys the favor and pa
tronage Of the Administration recommend to Presi-
dent PIERCE to dispatch this genius mission to find
the Dey Of Agiers and demand Of him peremptory why
he keeps his subjects down" Mr.. Stephens the Cen
tra American explorer told ocosely that he was in
chase Of Government there and at last lie treed it,"
IL our learned Georgian should get his envoyship and
stay abroad till he has reed the Deyn his salary will
amount to something.
Apropos Of Federal whiggery" We never find a
talking Of it who knows enough to tell whether the
earth stands still or turns round.--BOston Courier
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-08-13

REMARKABLE VoyAGE.-The ship Benjamin Rush
rhacr, belonging to Warren, Rhode Island sailed from
that port last winter and went round the world without
seeing any land except the passage out she sighted the
land at Cape Verde and the way homeward the Island
Of Trinidad One whale only captured in the Of
JAPAN and at that time the captain and boats
lost The remainder Of the men being discouraged they
concluded to return home under the management Of the
ships cooper and she arrived safe at Warren after
absence of about months the 10th of june last in
the order she left, excepting what provisions had
been consumed She is cleared for another whaling
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-08-13

EMIGRATION AT New YORK FOR JULY.--The number Of
alien passengers which have arrived a that mort the
months Of 1853 is 148 497 which is 10000 less
than the corresponding months last year Ii is also
Ia 900 less than for the months Of 1851 The
ber that arrived during the month Of July was % $685.
less number than upon the same month for three Years
The number for the month from ireland was s96 Ger
many 1851; Great Britain, exclusive Of Irelsnd a6s
The immigrants have generally arrived healthy and In
good condition
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-08-13

A London editor says eve lately saw, for moment,
the deed of the conveyance Of estate Of about three
hundred Of land sold by the Earl Of Hereford in
1896, six hundred and twenty years ago, the
total writing Of which measured FIVE and half inches
attached by rband, being clumsy piece of wood
with his carved thereon From the circumstances
under which il we could not read it, but, both in
dimensions and character it was good specimen of the
business breyity Of olden time.n
Weekly national intelligencer., 1853-08-13

The following is an extract from letter from an
Officer Of the United States surveying steamer
Hancock, dated at Madeira on the 9Th of July
81 left the yincennes Porpose, and Fenmore Cooper
abou six hundred miles the westward of this on the
Sd July. All well board. We 20 from here to- morrow
to Porto Praya Cape Verde and thence direct to ST.
Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope Letters will reach
us nj Singapore"