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From tie Providence (R. ~ Journal.
The Ohce-seekers at Warrington,

The character Of the men who are thron cling the
White House and besieging the Departments
waylaying the Secretaries, and filling all the bar
rooms of Washington with their camors for office,
is altogether inferior to that Of the men who have
generally supplicated for the Executive favors.
The general prosperity of the country, and the de-
mand for employment ofalI kinds of honest labor,
have taken out the better class of applicants for
the small offices. For the larger prizes the COM
petition is of better character. Many of the
sturdiest OF these ofhce-beggars do not carry in
their faces or in their manners the recommends
ton for lanp-ghters, but the value at which they
estimate their services would not be fitly repre-
sented by any thing less than thousand or fifteen
hundred dollars year. Not many of them are
from New England. The greater number come
from Virginia and the South and West
The Wings go out of Office without whining
We hear Of no efforts on their part 10 retain their
places, while many of them have anticipated the
axe BY resigning. 1t was not four years ago,
when the heads of Departments were appealed TO in
a manner that come Of them could not resist, TO
keep in the Democratic incumbents. The conse-
quence was, that General Pierce found rather more
Democrats than Wings among the clerks The
prescription has never before been SO universal;
the maxim that TO the victors belong the spois of
the vanquishcd' was never before SO fully carried
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Our Commissioner to China.
In the Hong Kong (China) Mail, of the 25th
EebruarY VIC find the follouiro..

In the Hong Kong (China) MAIL of the 25th of
February, we find the following:
'In our last Overland we gave it as credible
report that Colonel Marshall, the United States
Commissioner, wac about to proceed to the north
in the stean-frigate Susquehauna. That his ex-
celency will proceed 10 the north ia pretty
certaini but it is than likely it will not be il,
the Suxque hanna, unless Commodore uic k chou Id
see meet to throw up his command before the
Commissioned has made other arrangements
Gas rumor, which we have reason to believe
to be very incorrect, is current, about the Com
missioner having left Canton in dudgeon, after
being refused an interview by the Chinese autho-
rites 1t may be well to state that so far as we can
learn his intercourse with the locum te,iens of the
Imperial COMMISSIONED was perfectly agreeable to
both parties and SO far can personally
Judge, ne left Canton in very good humor, and
oy no means offended with the Chinese authori-
ties, tor which indeed there was no cause in the
esumatIon OF man of sense, which we believe
Colonel Marshall to be. What he may be able 10
accomplish In China remains TO be seen; but at
any rate he will maintain the rights and dignity
OF his Government without involving ii in irnagi-
nary grievances. Such was wanted in
China years ago.
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History and Description Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Rastroad. BY Citizen of Baltimore. ].
MURPHY Co., Baltimore. 1858.
A work of this character il naturally of interest
to all who are acquainted with the stupendous en-
terprIse TO which 1t relates. IL contains elk por-
traits--one of Charles Carroll, of Carroliton, and
four of presidents and one of the chief engineer of
the company. II is to be regretted, we think. for
the cake of the company that this fork was not
embellished with some of the beautiful and roman
tic views which greet the eye of the traveller over
the Baltimore and Ohio road, as was done with the
History and Description OF the Erie Railroad. Thew
would greatly enhance the value of the book. and
would stimulate travel on tie road ia the summer
season.
On sale at SHILLINeToN's, corner of pennsvIvs
MIA avenue and ~ street.
An Elementary Treatise on Book keepine. nv 6
W.. CRITTHNDES, Accountant PhiIadeIphia:
E. c. ]. BIDDLK. 1853.
This is book designed for common schools.
containing four sets of books by single.entrv. and
six sets by double. entry Without being coupe
tent to judge fully of lie merits, we suppose it to
be useful exposition OF the art it proposes to make
plain.
We presume the book may be found at the book.
stores generally.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-07

The Legislature of Connecticut assembled at
Hartford on the 18th instant.
The Senate was organizedSy the appointment
OF Hon Daniel b. Warner President pro ten, g.,
and julius L. Strong, of Bolton, Clerk.
The House was organized by the choice of w
w. Eaton. of Hartford for Speaker, and Roland
Hitchcock, OF Winchester, and Gilbert Phillips of
Woodstock, Clerks.
The appointments are all Democratic,
In the afternoon Governor Seymour delivered
bis annual message, of which the following il a
telegraphic synopsis
"He represents the financial condition of the
State as In hourishing condition, with surplus
Of S so 600 in the treasury, and recommends the
OF the State tax The income of the
school fund the past year was $l35 600. and the
amount OF dividend per scholar was s 35. He
recommends the establishment of higher public
seminaries Of learning, approves the establish
ment OF the Stale Reform School, and recommends
further appropriation of $25,0J0
"He says the Free Banking law of the last ses-
sion has worke ed well, and recommends the most
searching investigation into the affairs of the two
banks which have recently failed. He advises
some Legislation TO check the amount of circula-
tion of the old chartered banks and the passage of
a law 10 prevent the issue of fractional bills
Thinks the country would be benefited by strik-
ing out of existence all bills of a denomination
lees than IS, and says that the property of stock
holders should be liable for the debts of the insti-
tuition.
"He thinks that many of the accidents and
abuses upon railroads would be remedied by the
appointment OF general railroad commissioner
to stand between railroad companies and the pub
he His previous opinions of the injustice of the
Maine law have been strengthened by recent de.
cisions of the courts. He speaks favorably of the
Ind ustrial Exhibition in the city of New York.
and of African colonization recommends tie
abolition of capital punishment, and is in favor
OF convention for revision of the constitution
He concludes by saying that he shall not again be
a candidate for re- election -
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CUiIosrTIEs FOB THE NEW YoRK EXHIBITION
The brig Magnet vnicb lately arrived at Boston
from st. Johns, brought among her cargo eleven
fine fat seals, and, what 10 more singular, an ice
monkey This animal was found in the A rctic re-
gions by DR.. Hsrvey~a gentleman who has been
euga ged for some time in hunting seals. So far
has been eucidsted, be lives entirely on the iee,
subsisting on fab, and TO relieve the monctony of
his quiet life, he socially communes with the many
waIruses and scala that occasionally poke their
noses out OF TIE water, and struggle about The
seals TO be sent TO the Worlds Fair Exhibition.
4 cabinet maker of Bermuda ia iabrcating a
beautiful bog Of notled cedar and cha nde her of
the same aromatic wood, which be intends to for
ward 10 the approaching exhibltiop.-N. !. Times.
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A New Railroad.

We learn that a bill charterng the Metro
politan Railroad Company has been passed by
the Legislature Of Maryland, without the pro-
capitation tax, and for making Frederick City a
point on the line.
We have not seen this bill. but believe the
termini of the road will be Hagerstown and
the District of Columbia-at Georgetown, we
presume. Though it is not to touch at Fred
erick City, the most direct route will take it so
near to that city as to render the construction
of lateral road an affair of but little moment.
Hagerstown is now connected by railroad with
Chambersburg, and thence with all the great
network of Pennsylvania railroads.
The omission of the capitation tax speaks
well for the Legislature, and makes it appa .
rent that the good people of Maryland have
kept near enough up with the progress of the
times to know that policy that excludes rail-
road enterprises is not likely to promote the
prosperity of the State. Maryland and New
Jersey have pursued policy as suicidal as it
is unjust, In imposing heavy tax upon the
travel between this city and New York, and to
which is no doubt owing in great measure
the present popular demand for an airline road
between these points. 1t is we'll that the Ma
ryland Legislature has in the present instance
refused 70 be guided by such policy. If we
are correctly informed, this Metropolitan bill
originated in the Senate, was amended in the
House by the addition of this stipulation, and
passed; was Invested of it in the Senate on
being returned to that body, and sent back to
the House, by whom it was finally passed in
the form in which it originally left the Senate.
Between New York and Albany, a distance
of one hundred and forty miles, the railroad
fare is one dollar, or five seventies of cent per
mile Between BALTIMORE and Washington,
a distance Of forty miles, it is 81 80, or iour
and half cents per mile! IIss the limited
amount of trave! Is the plea for this, permit US
to ask what tends to limit i,2 The high cost
assuredly has much to do with it; and the loss
and Inconvenience is shared alike by the cities
at the two extremities, and all the intermediate
cities. towns, and neighborhoods We are
amazed that the public have SO long endured
their grievances, and with the great degree of
patience they have exhibited. The Maryland
extortion should be removed. and the price Of
passage should not exceed dollar, while q
dollar and half would be ample for going and
returning on the same day.
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FsEE N.eRoEs.-Of the thirty-one States of the
Union, eighteen, if we mistake not have passed
laws against the coming of free negroes within
their respective limits for the purpose of residence
Two are non -slayeholding States, viz Indiana nd
Illinois. These have enacted such laws quite re-
Gently, say within two years. Other free States
would do the same IT they were as much exposed
10 the immigration Indiana and Illinois are.
But, being remote from Mason and Dxou's line,
and their climate cold, they can afford to be hos
pitable to the poor negro. be has disposition
to take up his abode among them. Delaware has
incorporated similar provision in her new cor-
stituuon.-N. y. Jour. of Commucs
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Dreadful Railroad Accident.

In our telegraphic column will be found an
account of another frightful railroad accident,
resulting from carelessness somewhat similar
to that which we lately chronicled as having
t'ken place at Rancocas creek, New Jersey
on the Camden and Amboy railroad-the dis
aster in this case being more terribly fatal, and
occurring on the New Haven railroad, nea,
Norwalk, Connecticut. esstigaertHs
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DlsssR TO JOHN p HALE.-The telegraph re-.
ports that on the 9th instant, in Boston, the COM
plimentary dinner to the Hon. John p. Hale took
place. About one thousand six hundred persons
sat down to the banquet, among whom were about
three hundred ladies. The Hon. John G. Palfrey
presided, and the principal speakers were Cassius
NJ. Clay, Hon. J. P. Hale, Hon. Charles Francis
Adams, Judge Jay of New York, Hon. Horace
Mann, Hon. Amos Tuck, Hon. Henry Wilson, and
Hon, J. G. Palfrey.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-07

The EARTHaUAKE AT WAsHIsGTos--The
earthquake at Washington, on Monday, May 2,
is, we perceive, predicted the day in the present
number OF the Rainbow, published in March.
This 10, we believe, the twentieth occurring upon
the precise days which were predicted long before
besides several others on the day or the evening
previous. The aurora of Monday evening is indi :
rectly involved in this prediction, as DR.. Chapman
iputes both auroras and earthquakes to the san me
cause, viz; unusual electrical disturbances in the
elements Dr. Chapman's premonitions of eia ily a, .
mospheric changes, they effect physically hea ith
and feeling &C., published in the Rainbo,c are
highly useful Philadelphia Inquirer, 5ih
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-07

PIcTUREs OF THE AmERIcAN Art UNION
perceive that Messrs. Taylor & Maury, honorary
secretaries of the American Art Union, have re.
ceived copies Of the set of engravinga designed for
the subscribers of 1851, delayed hitherto in coase-
quence Of the proceedings by which the institution
has been embarrassed and finally closed They
are beautifully executed, from choice subjects.
The principal one is called "Mexican News,'' and
illustrates the socitude Of group at country inn
upon the receipt Of news Of the war in an "extra'
journal, painted by Woodville and engraved by
Jones. The minor pictures possess great merit
We are requested to say that they will be delivered
to subscribers presentation of their certificates
These pictures are regarded by good judges as
fully worth the price of subscription, which ia i'm
aained to have been forfeited. &
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The WHEAT CRor.-The Ohio papers say that
The growing wheat generally promises we'll The
Culcdtor OF the LIST states that the appearance of
the wheat 10 hne about Columbus The Rochester
IN. " linsieGn says that the farmers report the
grow ing wheat in hne condition; and the Niagara
Democrat has similar intelligence IRON the farmers
in that quarter. Accounts from Pennsylvania
Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois all favor Bile,
and the Watertown Chronicle anticipates good
crop in Wisconsin, judging from present appear
ances.-Al6dny Registsr.
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SALE BLOOD HoRsKs.-The large stock of
blood horses belonging to the estate of the late
VIM. Gibbons were sold at auction on the 81 inst .
the CELEBRATED racer Fashion" II years old
bought by MIR. Morris, OF Morrisana for S $50.
Bonnets o Blue, mother Of Fashion, 26 years old,
brought 500. Patsey Anthony, IS years old
$3.50. Mariner, II years old, S270; and others OF
lesser note at prices varying from $40 up to S go
This sale attractsd large concourse of people
from Newark, New York, and other places.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-07

TELEaRArHio FIRE-ALARMs have been estab-
sshed for some months in the city of Boston The
Transcript of Cat city, in noticing their operation
says:
There having been occasional complaints in re.
gard to the working of the telegraph alarm sys-
TEN, we made inquiries with regard to them. To
most people the wonder is that it works at ALL and
II Is difficult to conceive how complicated ma
chine a. this should operate with certainty. There
arc over fifty mules OF wire, extending over the
whole territory of the city. There are twenty-one
machines connected with bells for giving the
alarms, and each of them, with two except ms,
require to be SO arranged that they may be discon-
nected during the ringing OF the bells. This dis
connection apparatus is a considerable source of
difficulty. There are also forty-two signal boxes
each of which contains machinery the lea ct defect
in which destroys its action and renders il useless
Consider ring the difficulties encountered, the svs-
TEN has worked as well as could reasonably be
expected"
One important object effected by the electrical
fire alarm is a great diminuton in the number of
false alarms, there having been but ten during the
last year, against seventy three the year previous
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At an election held in the town of Upperville. on
Monday, May 2, 1853, for town officers, the follow
ing gentlemen were duly elected: Abner N. Yer
by, mayor; Caldwell Carr, Dr.. Raleigh L. Colston
Dr.. Thomas w Smith, and Turner F.. Holmes
councilmen; and Wesley White, town sergeant
Aisrdndrio Gaxetts.
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CUrrA rtaemA PiPEs.-The Quebec Water Com
pa have tried gutta percha pipes, with complete
success They bore pressure Of one hunossd AND
ave pounds to The square inch, and the CAronieI'
ia vs. could apparently have sustained double thai
pressure. The brass coupling twice gave away
but not the pipes
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GoLD DOLLAR TEsr.-Dr. Gideon b, Smith has
invented very ingenious contriva nee for detect
ing spurious coin Of the gold dnIlar stamp Its
small box with slit in the Il, which will admit
the genuine coin only. il spurious coin passes
through the shit. II will not snk, because it ia re.
si'ted oy weight inside, superior to the leverage
by which the tue coin overpoisss the weight Al nd
II the spurious com s made large that Its weight
equals the true coin. it will not pass through The
aperture The article might be made to adj ut .
low price, and thus come into general use.
Baltimore Sun
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Miss MrTFoRD.-We are glad TO learn, from let
tiers lately received from This dsungushsd ssu-
thoress by friends in this city, thxt sbe 10 recover
ing from the efects OF the severe accident Ia fall
from her carriage) which unfortunately happened
TO her few weeks since. No living English
writer ia more sincerely cared for in America tina n
the lady Of "Our Villa e."-Boston Ironscripf %th
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-07

Captain HAMILTON, of the United States army
we'll known and esteemed, has resigned his com
mission, and removed TO Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
for the purpose of engaging extensively in agri
cultural pursuits.
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/. Gov. PHILIP ALLEN. Democrat, has been
elected 10 the Senate of the United States from
Rhode Island, to succeed the Hon. JOHN M
CLARKE.
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SECOND DISTRICT OF VIRGIs1A.-Geaeral Johr
.. Miilson has been nominated for re election to
Congress from the Norfolk district by the Nmo.
cratic district Convention. But the Portsmouth,
transcript notices runor that Tim Rves, O
Prince George county, will be voted for rs Dem
ocrano candidate to represent this district in the
next Congress by the mass of the Democratic party
Of Norfolk city.
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'sWe are indebted to the clerk of the Swami
for New Orleans papers brought up by the Rein
deer in the short spuee Of foe days Passengeri
who came up on the Swami will, therefore, reach
Baltimore from the Gulf in right days.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-07

MASSACHUSETTS CoNvEHTioN.-This body on
the eth instant, having gone into an chost
the Hon. N. p. Banks, the coalition candidate, al
President, and James F. Robinson Secretary. A
committee then appointed to present to the
convention such anne ndments TO the constitution
az may be deemed advisable.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-07

The Wings of North Carolina will be especially
rratified to learn that JOHN KkRR will proba bly, be
one of the Representatives from this State in the
next Congress. Mr., Kerr is q candidate in the
Greensborough district, and we presume will have
no opposition. Mr.. MoasHsAp, the Representa-.
tive ofthe district in the last Congress. declines
running again Washing,oa (N. ca Wig. All,
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A Typographical survey will be made of the
Rocky and Cascade mountains between the
46th and 49th parallels, and of the intervening
country, to determine the general course Of the
railroad, and to guide the civil engineers in es-
,ablishiDg its precise route. This reconnois-
sance will embrace the prominent features Of
the country, the mountain ranges and passes,
the winnings of rivers and streams and their
dividing ridges, the prairies, and every thing
necessary for the construction Of map of the
country. This viii comprehend the important
points of the Missouri and Columbia rivers, the
debouches of the passes of the Cascade and
Rocky mountain ranges, the fixing of the lati-
tude and longitude of all important points, and
all the facts bearing upon the construction of
the road, including the natural facilities tor the
transportation ofiron, supplies, Sc. required for
the road. In crossing rivers the height of the
banks will be noted, the depth of the water,
the apparent highest water, the nature of the
1 bottom, on which abutments and piers must
rest, the width between the banks, and all in
formation leading to correct estimates of the
means and cost of carrying road over the
stream. '2
/ 1t is not doubted that the controlling points
will prove to be the passes of the Cascade and
Rocky mountains, and the opinion is enter
tanned that the location of road between the
two ranges, and for long distance east of the
Rocky mountains, may be suspended until
these passes shall be thoroughly examined and
a practicable avenue discovered. oilase .sa gsa
1t is proposed to construct general map
from the head waters Of the Mississippi river
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-04
Additional from Mexico.

MEXICO Oct. Is, 1853.
The Aericdn Mail Ro,s-P olis-The Mericdn Goucmer,
and the Aspinwau Line-General Gadsden-The Jesuits,
DC, de-
As the mail is about leaving, have only time to drop
you these few lines to say that all is in statue quo here
since last wrote you There has not been anything done
with the Vera Cruz route yet Reports say that Of
the applicants put out Of the Presidents palace by
the Governor for his mpertinence His chance is but
small for the route
There difficulty, few days ago, in the minis
try which may result in favorable to the pre-
sent administration There have been very heavy taxes
put on almost everything not equaed in any part Of the
world
Messrs Rowland and Aspinwan have been compelled to
pay the $40 600 tonnage duty coal vessels at
is reported that their steam viii not touch at
port longer than to the coal have there
General Gadsden and legation at the bull bait on
Sunday Captain Levy will leave in couple of days for
Vera Cruz Alvarado and Huatulco with his engineers
who have been at work the Vera Cruz route making
preliminary survey.
The Jesuits are again making rapid progress here