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Washington sentinel., 1853-12-08
House of Representatives.


House of Representatives.
Several additional members appeared to-day, and
qualified by taking the oath TO support the Consti-
tuition of the United States.
ELECTION OF PRINTER.
On motion of Mr.. HIBBARD, it was
Resolved That the House do proceed to the election
of public printer to the House Of Representatives for the
present Congress.
Messrs. Hibbard Bocock Chandler, and Ste
phens. of Georgia, were appointed ,ellers.
Mr.. HIBBARD nominated Robert Armstrong
Mr.. GIDDINGS nominated Gamalel Bailey.
Mr.. PRESTON nominated Joseph Gales
Mr.. CAMPBELL Of Ohio, nominated Horace
Greeley.
Mr.. WALSH nominated Beverley Tucker.
The vote having been taken the following was
announced as the result:
Whole number OF votes, 2lS Necessary to
choice, Ito. OF which, Mr. Armstrong received
l26; Mr.. Gales, 64 Mr.. Tucker, 20; Mr.. Bailey,
3; Mr.. Greeley, / I; Mr.. L. Towers, / Pryor,
Rives, i Gideon & Co., /.
Mr.. Armstrong having received amajoritv OF all
the votes, was declared elected public printer.
The following is the vote in detail
For Mr.. Armstrong-Messrs Aiken, Willis Al
len, David J. Bailey, Banks, jr. Barksdae, Barry,
Belcher, Bissell, Bliss, Booock, Boyce, Boyd,
Breckenridge. Bridges, Chamberlain, Chastain,
Chrisman, Churchwe, Clark, Clingman, Cobb,
Colquilt, Craige, Cumming, Curtis John 6. Davis,
dell, Dunbar, Dunham. Eddy, Edgerton, Elliott,
Ellison, Faulkner, Fenton, Florence, Fuller Gam
Bile, Green, Greenwood, Grow. Hamilton. Andrew
J. Harlan Sampson w. Harris, Wiley p. Harris,
Hastings, Hendricks, Hem, Hbbard, Hillyer,
Houston, Hughes, Ingersol, Johnson, Daniel T.
Jones, Geo. w. Jones, Kidwell, Kittredge, Kurtz,
Lamb, Lane, Latham, Lilly, Lindsay, Macdonald,
McDougal, McMullen, McNair,- Mace, Macy,
Maxwell, May, Mayall, Smith Miller, Mson,
Morrison, Murray, Nichols, Noble, Olds, Orr, Pac-
ker, Bishop Perkins, John z. Perkins, jr., Phelps,
Philips, Pratt, Richardson, Riddle, Thos. Rtchcy,
Robbins, jr, Rowe, Rufin, Seward, Seymour,
shannon, Shaw, Shower, Shelton, Samuel A..
Smith, William Smith, William r. Smith, Snod-
grass, Frederick p Stanton, Richard II. Stanton,
Stevens, Stratton, Straub, Andrew Stuart David
stuart, John J. Taylor, Thurston, Trout, Vail Van
sant Walbridge, Walker, Warren, John Went
worth, Westbrook, Wright, |
For Mr.. Gales--Messrs. Abercrombie, Appleton,
BAH, Benson, Bugg, Carpenter, Caruthers Chand-
Ter, Chase Cook, Corwin, Cox, Crocker, Cullum,
Dick, Dickinson Etheridge, Everhart, Ewing,
Farley, Flagler, Franklin, Goodrich, Grey, Aaron
harlan, Haven, Hester, Hill, Howe, Hunt, Kerr,
Knox, Lindley, McCulloch. Matteson, Meacham,
Middleswarth, John @. Miller, Morgan, Norton,
Mordecai Oliver, Parker, Pennington, Preston,
Pnnge, Purycar, Ready, Reese, David Richie,
Rogers, Russell, Sabin, Sage, Sapp, Simmons,
alexander II. Stephens, John L. Taylor, Tracy,
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Chapiains to Congress.--The Rev. Henry
Slicer has been elected Chaplain to the Senate,
and the Rev.eWm. H. Milburn Chaplain to the
House The first named is a preacher of the
Methodist Episcopal church, and formerly occu.
pied the position Of chaplain to the Senate the
latter was likewise chaplain to the House several
years since, and is attached to the Methodist Epis
copal church, south. The Hon. Mike Walsh gal
iantly cast his vote in the House for the Rev An
toinette Brown
Washington sentinel., 1853-12-08

school Of Design.-As one good result of the
metropolitan Mechanics Institute, which has been
in operation scarcely year, school of design is
Immediately to be formed; the number of pupils
being limited. fine opportunity is thus offered,
on easy terms 10 the youth of the city, to acquire
knowledge Of drawing; an accomplishment
which cannot fail TO be useful in adult age.
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WAR AHEAD! WHEELING BRIDGE
AND A GRAND STATES RIGHTS
DAITV

The Baltimore Sun, says: Public a,ten-
ton will soon be called TO the remarkable
conflict between the U. s. Supreme Court
and the legislative branch Of the govern
ment, in the Wheeling bridge case. The
Court, by decreed that the bridge should
be removed as an obstruction to navigation,
or elevated to certain height, and they
allowed a certain time within which the
bridge company should comply with the
terms of the decree. Congress, at the late
session, and after the adjournment OF the
Court, constituted the bridge post road,
with view to save the bridge and evade
the decree. They undertake to legalize
what the judiciary has decided to be a
nuisance.
In February, the U S. Marshall will
proceed to execute the decree, and sum-
mon posse, and, ifneeJ be, call upon
the President for military aid. The Gov.
of Virginia, on the other hand, will resist
the execution of the decree and employ
the militia for that purpose. There is a
clash Of authority between coordinate
branches Of the Government and in which
States are deeply interested on one side
and the other. Whether Congress or the
Court is TO yield is the question
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iteness, you must suppose that the riders
have serious reasons for the commission of
such rudeness.
How many sardines do you suppose
have been taken this year upon the coast
of Brittany, two hundred miles long?
Five hundred and seventy-six millions.
Half of them are to be preserved and sold
fresh, and half are to be put down in oil.
One hundred and sixty vessels, manned
by five thousand five hundred sailors and
fishermen, are engaged in the trade. The
preparation, transport, and sale Of the fish.
employ ten thousand persons. Nine thou
sand of these are occupied all winter in
the making and mending Of nets. The
fishing lasts two hundred days. and yields
net profit to all concerned Of three mil
lion francs. The sardines disappear in
November and return in April. Where
they 60 during these four months, why
they 60, or what they do while gone, has
never been discovered. The fishermen
say that the same individuals never come
twice-that every successive arrival is
composed of fish much smaller than those
that last left, and that they appear to be
their young At any rate, they count i'm.
plicity on their appearances; and no sar'
dine was ever known yet TO break an en-
gagement thus tacitly entered into.
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A SPICY SPEECH.

AT Democratic supper in Washington
city, on the 30th ultimo, DR.. OLDs, of Ohio,
was called, upon to respond to the follow.
ing sentiment:
) The President Elect: The embodi.
ment Of democracy lives at Concord. May
Concord live with the Democracy during
PIERoE's administration!
Mr.. OLDs, said: Mr.. President and fel.
low-citizens, can hardly conceive why |
have been called upon to respond to The
sentiment just given. To Franklin Pierce,
Personally am an utter stranger. know
him only as he is known to every demo-
crat throughout the United States. By his
votes in Congress-by his speeches and
le.ters-by his patriotism aud services
upon the battle -field-he has made him.
sell known favorably and generally to
every one who admires modest. retiring
merit, and sound. radical, and progressive
democracy. am aware, sir. that our po.
litlcal opponents have thousand times
asked US, Who is Franklin Pierce?" |
am aware, sir, that they have called him
"General Obscurity." You and I, sir,
have heard them speak of our candidates
GAVIN. R. King. Of Alabama, and that
'tother chap" Laughter We have
beard him denounced as the '.fainting
general" But, thank God, Mr.. President,
the people seem to have KIN own and appre.
ciated Franklin Pierce, and if mistake
net the MAN and his mission, the wings
will know who he is on and after the 4th
Of March next Such whig Office holders
% have denounced him as the '.fainting
general" will. | trust, find him no faint.
ine" President. The Galphins will find
him political Moses, and they will see
the democracy holding up his hands, that
the slaughter may continue until every
Galphin throughout the length and breadth
OF the land has been hurled from power.
This much the people expect; nay. sir, this
much the people demand from Franklin
Fierce. Mr. President. in my own beau.
.tiful State Of Ohio our democratic ballot
sarrisd st its head, even above the names
~ Pierce and King, "the hickory broom"
bearing the motto of "sweep out lie Gal
pkixs.' Loud cheers and Laughter
These tickets. as manifested by her over
WbSlming majority, were greatly in de-
s1andsin Ohio at the late election
Il is wonderful, Dir. President, thai ever
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ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST THROUGH TRAIN.
According 10 promise, the first train Of cars
through from Baltimore, arrived here on
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. on Sat.
urday evening, the first inst. The train
started about five o'clock. and reached
here the next evening at about eight o'clock.
The trip was accomplished without any
accident, and with entire success in every
respect, though several hours delav was
occasioned by side Of earth at Glover s
Tunnel. On Sunday evening, the second
trip was accomplished, the train arriving
at quarter before six o'clock.
Notwithstanding many causes combin-
ed to produce the belief among many that
it would be impossible to have the road
open on the first, the Company have thus
redeemed their pledge, and have justly
won high commentators for their energy
and perseverance.
Wheeling htelligencer.
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FOREIGN ITEMS.

Late Paris letters furnish the following
items:
The coronation Of Louis Napoleon will
cost much more than that Of Napoleon the
Great, and, consequently, than any other
public ceremony that France ever paid
for. That of Napoleon cost somewhat
over two millions. The marriage will cost
as much more probably; and the birth Of
the heir, if there is any, will doubtless be
made the occasion Of similar expenditures.
The coronation robes are TO exceed any
other coronation robes ever heard Of, and
heard yesterday an indignant Orleanlst
say, THE creature has had the impudence
to have the crown jewels sewed in his i'm
perialmanteau." The crown, for which
M. Lemonnier, the newly appointed court
jeweller, has gone to Russia to obtain
precious stones, is also TO 60 ahead Of any
crown yet composed. A model of the foot
OF the Princess Wasa has arrived, and has
been confded to the imperial shoemaker.
A model of the princess hand is expected
for the glove maker; and the necessary
mouds for the corset maker, the bonnet
maker, and the modiste. A daguerreotype
has been handed to the court painter, and
am astonished that the likeness of the
future Empress has not appeared in the
shop windows. By the time she gets here
she will find herself an old story.
Many people suppose that the Emperor
wears his Imperial robes upon all occa-
sions. These belong, Of course, to the
rising generation, who do not remember
so far back as the other Empire. They
would be undeceived, did they 60, on a
fine afternoon, to the Champs Elysees or
the Boiside Boulogne. For there the
Emperor may often be seen driving him
self a two horse pheton. He is dressed
in heavy, shaggy. blue pilot cloth coat,
with the ribbon Of the Legion Of Honor
peeping from his button hole. When he
rides upon horseback, there is nothing in
his dress to distinguish him from citizen
or subject. He bows to all who bows to
him, and Inever have seen any one SO
apparently anxious to salute and be salut.
ed. He catches at every thing that can be
onstrued into recognition; but with al
his zeal he does not touch his hat oftener
than once in ten mods. Gentlemen on
horseback pass him without looking at him;
and, as this is an act Of downright impo-
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RAILROAD ACCIDENT,
NARROW ESCAPE OF PRESIDENT
PlERCE-INJURY TO HIS LADY,
AND DEATH OF HIS SON.
RALTIMORE. Ian e. 1853

bhLl ihOhEs jail. v, lOOOs
A terrible accident occurred to-day on
the Boston and Maine Railroad. Frank.
lin Pierce, President elect. wife and son
we're aboard. Young Pierce was killed,
Mrs. Pierce badly hurt, and Mr.. Pierce
only slightly injured.
LATER.-Mrs. Pierce is seriously iniur.
ed, and narrowly escaped death, the son
was killed Instantly, and the President
elect severely stunned. Twelve persons
were more or less injured by the same ac-
cident. The accident was caused by the
axle Of a car breaking. The cars were
thrown down an embankment go feet,
turning complete somerset, and lighting
on pile of rocks, and were smashed TO
atoms. Gen. Pierce was the first to ex.
tricats himself, his son was instantly crush.
ed to death, and Mrs. Pierce severely,
though not fatally injured. Gen. Pierce
is sound in limb, though he complains Of
pain in the back.
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NEARLY BURRIED ALIvE.-An inquest
was held last week in Rochester, N. Y,
over the body Of a man named Mclaughlin,
found in an unfinished building. The YER
dict Of the jury was .died from the effects
Of intemperance, exposure and want Of
food. Mclaughlin was taken home by
some Of his friends, placed in a rough
board coffin. and as they were placing a
cloth, wet in whisky, over his face, to keep
him from spotting, as they stated, he acak-
ed up and opened his eyes! crawled out Of
his narrow resting place, and his first in.
quiry was for whisky. This unceremoni,
Gus mode Of hurrying a man out Of ex-
istence is supposed TO have some cohnec-
ton with the fees which are charged for
an inquest.
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EcLlpsEs FOR 1853-There will be two

EcLlPsEs FOR 1853.-There will be two
eclipses Of the sun, and one Of the moon.
during the year 1858. The first eclipse
of the sun will take place on the 9Th Of
June, and will be visible in California, the
southern portion OF the United States, and
in nearly the whole Of South America
The second will be total; and will take
place on the 3Oth Of November. 1t will
be visible in California, Mexico, Central
America. and nearly the whole Of South
America. Both of these eclipses will be
invisible here. A partial eclipse Of the
moon will take place on the 2lst Of June,
beginning at Oh. 20m. a. m; and ending
at 9h. 5m. Digits eclipsed p on the
northern limb.
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BEHIND THE TINES. --The Alton (IR.)
Telegraph gives the following account OF
Western travel. in those unfortunate local.
tiles, not yet blessed by the introduction
of the rail: m @ai@ ~
The stage came in yesterday. in q de.
plorable fix, from Jacksonville. The body
and hind wheels were left behind, perhaps
in some muddy hole up 1.-The country. op.
posite some anti.railroad mans door.
Upon the front axle.tree was lashed
crockery crate, which contained the Jehu,
his mails, and three passengers. The
whole concern looked as though II had
searched the bottom Of every quagmifei in
the country, and brought away a sample
of its composite and fertilizing qusii,iesl
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EFFECTS OF RAILROADS UPON THE PRICE
OF LANDS AND FARMING PRoDUcE.-lt has
been estimated, by those whose observa-
ton has qualified them to Judge correctly,
that the increase in the value of strip of
land three miles wide, through which a
railroad is constructed, is sufficient to
build and stock it, The experience of the
whole country has proved that this estimate
is not extravagant. Every mile Of strip
of land three miles wide, one and hall
miles each side of the road, will contain
1920 acres. The average increase in the
price OF such strip Of land has been not
far from $l5 an acre; in new and thinly
settled districts of country, it has been
much more in many instances. This
would be equal to S2S, 300 increase to eve-
ry mile of road; or in other words, if the
farmers or owners of this strip Of country
should themselves build the road, their
land would be worth enough or more to
pay the whole expense of its construction,
and they would own the road hesides. If
railroads, therefore, conferred no other
benefits upon farmers than this great ad.
dition to their wealth, they will see that
they are more deeply interested in their
construction than any other class Of the
community. They receive direct, pos.
tive, tangible advantage in the immediate
rise in the value Of their property. The
farmer owning a farm of l50 acres, worth
perhaps $50 per acre, can sell it for $65
per acre the very day railroad shall have
been completed through or nearit. He is,
therefore, made nearly $4,000 richer by
his enterprise. ...,.. ....t se
But there are other advantages to the
farming interests besides the rise in the
value Of their farms. The products of a
farm situated at any considerable distance
from a market, where ordinary roads have
to be depended upon, are Of little compar-
ative value to the producer; but railroads
at once give them ready access to mar
ket, at good prices and quick sales. The
experience Of farmers near the great cen.
tres of population is sufficient proof Of
the great advantages of railroads in this
point of view. Indeed, no one has any
doubt of it. The reasons for il are too
obvious to need proof or argument.
Newark Mercury.
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JAPAN EXPEDITION AS VIEWED BY
THE FRENCH.

The Japan Expedition is undergoing
considerable discussion in foreign coun.
tries. The opinions thus expressed are
not devoid Of interest to our readers
We give the following from French jour-
nal. the Patrie. OF December 4th:
The expedition which the United States
government sends on the coast of Japan,
was TO have sailed on the first Of this month,
under the command Of Commodore Perry.
Conceived al first under the modest
form OF friendly mission, partly CONNER.
cial and partly scientific, the Japanese
expedition, in proportion as its prepara.
tons advanced, has taken PAGES more and
more grand,a ,and ithas ogressively arriv.
ed to the proportions of a military force Of
the first order, such as the empire ofJapan
never, since the first visit made 10 it BY the
Portuguese, has seen directed to its shores.
Thirteen ships of war compose the
American fleet sent upon the coast of
Japan, of which the following is table:
The armament is here given.
10 this number of 3,O45 men of a crew,
must be added 700 marines, who, with the
complement of the officers Of conveys, sa-
vans and artists attached to the expedition,
under various titles, gives the total figures
Of 1000 men and 800 guns, mostly of the
largest calibre.
The original pacific character of,his ex:
pedilion is, therefore, entirely efaced
before the figures which we have just emu
merated. 1t is rather squadron which
the United States send against Japan, and
if no unforeseen calamity occurs, Japan
will, before one year, have struck her flag
and yielded to the legitimate exigencies Of
Christian civilization. Before one year,
the blood Of fifty thousand Christians, pu,
to death during the great persecution OF
the Japanese Dioclesian-the ferocious
Taciosama-will have obtained the only
vengeance for which it has cried to heaven;
the Japanese territory will be anew acces.
sible to Christianity and to modern civil.
zation.
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Or The Democratic State Convention
made the following nomin atoms at their
late meeting on the 9th instant:
For Governor-MEDlLL.
? For Lieut.. GovernOr-BLlss.
For Secretary of State-TREvlT.
For Treasurer-BRESLlN
For Supreme Judge-BARrLEY.
For Attorney General--McCooK.
For Board Of Public Works--GRIswoLD.
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HEALTH OF THE Hon. VIM. r. KING.-
A Washington correspondent of the New
York Tribune, writing under date Of the
lst instant says
The Vice President elect, is still confin-
ed to his room. and the fact cannot be
disguised that he is alarmingly ill. His
most intimate friends entertain no hope of
his recovery, but his distressing cough
may be relieved, and his life prolonged by
making his contemplated trip to the Queen
of the Antilles" Col. King is an amiable
and courteous gentleman, and he has
proved himself an able, dignifed, and i'm
partial presiding officer. He will not take
passage in a mail steamer from Norfolk
for Havana, as was contemplated, but will
90 on board the United States steamship
Fulton, this place, which vessel will pro-
ceed to Havana direct.
The Hon. John Bragg, Of Alabama, a
valued and esteemed friend Of Col. King,
yesterday addressed letter TO the Secre-
tary of Navy, handsomely presenting Col.
KS acknowledgements to him for his
kindness in ordering the Fulton here to
convey him TO Norfolk, informing him that
it was the opinion of his physician that it
would be unsafe to subject his patient to
the inconvenience of transfer from one
ship to another, the discomforts and an.
noyances to which he would be necessarily
exposed in crowded Chagres packet,
and that it would be better for him to re-
main here, unless some other arrangement
could be made by which these difficulties
could be avoided Mr.. Kennedy answer.
ed the letter of Judge Bragg promptly,
feelingly. and eloquently. He Informed
Judge B. that he would with pleasure.
order the Fulton to Washington. and place
her r, the disposal OF Col. X. to proceed
to Havana on any day he might name.
This kind offer was acknowledged and
accepted, and the steamer will be here on
Tuesday next. The letter ofthe Secretary
is creditable to the head and heart of its
author, and | anticipate the pleasure Of
transmitting copy Of it to you in day
or two.
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since the day OF General jackson, our
whig friends always '.faint" at the sight OF
hickory broom Loud cheers and
laughter.l If, sir, the people Of Ohio have
said anything through the medium Of the
ballot.box, they have said TO Franklin
Pierce, '.s,ceep out the Gaiphins." Ire
mendous cheering.
Sir, if Franklin Pierce comes TO the
work assigned him by the democracy of
the country, as [ have no doubt he will.
there will be as big muss kicked up in
Washington city on the 4th of March as
there was at Mrs. Smiths house, las rela.
ted by my friend the Buckeye abroad")
when little Jake Smith ran over to Mrs.
Browns to tell her that dad was dead,
nam was drunk; the old COW had got
calf; John had swallowed pin; Jim had
got the delirum triangles looking at the
rora boreax; [roars OF flaughter] and tina,
aint all neither" says Jake. "What else
'pon 'arth can be the matter" inquired
Mrs. Brown. "Why, Sal has broke the
butter.plate; Susan has split the pancakes,
and 10 has sot right down in the scalding
tallow we had for dipping candles, and
one Of the Maltese kittens has got his head
into the molasses jug, and we can't get it
out-and we are all so darned internal
hungry."-. Shouts and cheers. Mr.. Pres
ident, in my imagin alton, the 4th of March
is passing before me, and think see the
whig Galphin ofice-holders pouring out Of
the various government departments. with
the tears running down their piteous noses.
and their lamentation is, "that Webster is
dead; Fillmore has Gllibustered; Scott has
got a native. American calf; North Caro-.
lima has swallowed Graham; and Tom has
got the delrium triangles looking for nor
thern abolition votes" Loud and pro-
louged cheering.] And that aint all either,
Mr.. President-for "Toombs has broke
their butter plate; Gentry has split their
pam cakes; and Seward has set down in
the scalding tallow they had for dipping
'.higher.law' candles, and Frank Pierce
has got into the presidential chair, and we
can't git him out; and we are all so darned
Internal hungry."-[ Roars of laughter
and prolonged shouting.]
Mr.. President. | may be considered
somewhat blood thirsty toward the Gal
phins, but the war of determination waged
by them upon me in my congressional
district, and the fiery ordeal through which
have lately passed, must plead my apol-
ogy. Will you allow me then, gentlemen,
in conclusion, to offer the following senti-
mentl
Franklin Pierce and his Administration:
May its history be written in the "blood Of
The Galphins."