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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-19
CLERKS At WASHING TOY

cofrespond,ree Of The y. Tribune
WAsHIKGToE, Monday, Jan. 10, led
The clerks in the Sixth Auditor Office are making strong
effort to effect an equalization as well a. increase OF Ss
IL. have heretofore called attention to the nushce OF 'oe
present arrangement by which very unequal saares are
usd for the same amount and grade OF serVie graz
mated upon the anepubcsn and most unjust princPe OF
fsvortm without reference to merit AMOUNT or MANURE Oh
the services strong statement Of the case will IN e"
davs be laid before Congress in the form OF
The clerks
Fe nersons Of distance are aware Of the amount Of
patronage enjoyed by the Doorkper Of the House and oil
The number Of salared funeonares who pertain 10 mat
body in various capacities am informed that the NUMBER
exceeds one hundred OF whom the Door keeper appoints
nine tenfhs The Speaker has no patronage Inc OisIk
of the House has about dozen or fifteen ASSISTANTS te
of the House three and the Door keeper nearly
or cutie hundred He is therefore parsonage OF more
importance to the Office hunting portion OF socley si
which embraces large class than either the secretary OF
War Of the Navy or the Attorney General and am not
sure IL bis importance in this particular not equal 90 ih
of all of them combined The number OF these funcuoha
riee and their pay is constantly on the increase am nor
rrerared TO say what proportion If any OF them cOnd De
dtensed with But Of one thing can speak confidently
viz that the need Of public oticer is not long zen N
Washington before il is supplied. am not informed as
TO tie Senate but presume that the number OF employees
Of the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms in proportion to
that of the House; and may set down at least twenty
five or thirty for that branch OF Congress
am unable 10 say what il the number OF persons etn
poyed in the various executive, administrative ana Ju
dcia branches of the Government but there cannot be
less than l. 900 at least whose salaries would average
perhaps 900 per annum. In this estimate include tne
Navy Yard, Arsenal and other public institutions, m
which salaries are paid of the National Treasury II
we add for thetwo Houses Of Congress we shall have
some 81 100000 paid out in salaries in Washington be
sides some 100000 100000 paid TO members OF Con
Qress the half Of which at least expended here Then
there are the public printing the construction OF pubic
buildings and grants to various purposes IN the CITY IRON
time TO time which constant stream OF gold to
pour down with accommodating volume from year to year
upon this sterile soil and which during the con
Water Works cannot fall short Of 100000 100000
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ps h r,ou,,I 70 inform the senate early . pos be ~
sTsb.iIs eo q the Of The Ere C.as 2 =
io sos ,ss rTsasr Mssis sad p.eus he sh..
q de voa orcs i'h a. 80 report as.s 10 Ihe jas
Nj h. A. Dscs.ry for the snlsEensr5 Of ne On,
49, CO.. and for the enarEem nj Of the loesso the
- c.sl .s1 -hsihsr their opinion th- enPendlre o. @
sE q 70 consrtu;ion be sufficient TO isars
~, saEcieiioa Of tn Csnsis -,
H. pRooys also introduced resolution requesting the
60, Cc-pittee on the New York Park matters 20 eon
80, tbe rrorriey Of reducing Central Park one SKIN on
Zach az IL txo sdes and also whether It could not osIe
Sced on tn southern aud northern terminus or "hei
reduction OF the southern terminus could not oe n'
a,tscL on foot against both the proposed Parks up
osed by many OF the delegation from New Ork hst IRA
al PARK can be saved intact by the repeal Of the Law hd
-, INC Jones Wood Park Whereas should il be de-
tened Dot to res the act creating the latter that Cen
tIa Park must suffer in consequence
DR. Trnxrr sent memorial to the Senate this morning
against lecalizing dissection. Its composition Is in the
uual rcbe ana graphic style of the doctor and the ao
rsts suffer some in his hands do not think the bill can
nass owing TO the great range II takes.
Tie bill providing for amendeni 10 the Constitution
for the etion Of the State Canals will be passed 10
marrow One Of Mr.. Levi s Chat6elds sdamntine
friends Senator Danforth offered resolution this norm
ire which was passed asking the Judiciary Committee %
devise some means whereby the State could become pos
sessed Of the fees collected and pOcketed by the late Ator
nev General In offering the resolution, Senator y &C
anied with remarks TO the embarrassment
the late Attorney General abored under IN not nnhS
uInce wherein 10 deposit the money received by ban on
behalf Of the State and his Senator Ds great aaxety
that Mr. Chatfeld should be gratfed by having pace
specfed and time appointed TO relieve the gentleman OF
State funds which he has carried about in his breches
pockets SO long.
In the Assembly most Of the day consumed Com
mitiee on the Governors Message. Secretary kandaI
made his report this morning understand that the iae
Secretary has been very IL consequently the delay ID s
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THE WAY TO AlgAZCNIA.

To ne Ed,io, Of The " nitsae ,.,..;., 4,
SIR WIN you kindly favor sabseriser oy s'1 sIDe
your paper by whom the much taxed 81 ,h VIA. fsree
AID for What purpose You win thereby gressy i"c
friend and admrer Of THE TRIBUNE
Wenus our pendent Lieut. Herndon ior par
cula concerning the Amazon country and 10 Lieut. hsuy
for The bes, method Of getting there Ii IS likely mat mo
FIRST vessel put up for Tabauga will advertised IN iHI
Tr,,r,1 II our correspondent desires to go to hoso nc
gons lie, him at once set about learning to sleep IN bag
and ale, ON baked monkey When he gets 30 he can I'VE
without air and feed Ike an Ourang ouiang let him e az
alligator trap and start
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-19
DoNcs IN THE LEGISLATURE, SC.

From Oar Own Correspondent
ALRAxr Monday Jan l6, 1854
In the Senate, this morning, Mr. d. ID Cisrk READ inc
report Of the Select Committee on so much Of the Governors
Message as relates to Intemperanee The Committee were
rsfsd find that the Governor has called the attention
Of the Legislature to the subject of lntemPersnee
regarded he remarks fruitful source OF misery
dessiution and crime" &c, Sc The Committee sympa
thize with His EIcenency in view of the difficulties ana
embsrrassments which attend legislation on this
subject but they cannot believe that thsre any moral
evil in the State which does not admit Of remedy. They
then 20 on and review His Exeesnsys remarks in
ner which may enable him to the subject in different
,rht from that which voachsafed when be wrote his
ANIMAL message The COmmstee are Of opinion the Gov
the contrary Notwithstanding that bod the license
laws been strictly enforced the evils Of lnemPersnce
cnS have been little less than they are AZ present The
.Dor Il most able one and did not is length preclude
bopn copy il entire II is signed by II CLARE and II
UITsTY MIR CROsBY understand, VIII IN few days
present a minority report and bill
MIR BRooKs introduced the following which was unan
imously adopted -,
Ea MAJ the Ensreef, IN eoHslliasoa viii the Canal
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-19

.bouh regulate the occupation Of the public lands upon
the principle that the right Of the coil is as equal and
,be,en. as LIFE itself ex ted attention, and upon il
,peech is expected from Mr.. Smith.
The eccentric Mr. LYON having just returned from
foreign parts" offered approving resolutions OF the
sentiments of " HIS ExcELLEScY, the President and
Of lis Secretary Mr. Marcy in relation to the rights Of
American citizens while in foreign parts and asked
that said sentiments be recognized and affirmed"
Why has the $4,000 appropriation Of last Congress
for the improvement Of the Hudson River. been with
heidi That s the question that Mr.. Wheeler the
Member from your City very properly desires to haya
The War Secretary answer. UfsBGO
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THINGS IN FLASHING ION,

From Our Own Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Jan IL, lo5i
Mr. Cutting Of your City closed bis speech to day by
saying that the occasion merely an interlocutory
proceeding" and that when the HGrds filed their an
swer he should have something to say 1t being
o'clock the House adjourned, Mr.. Smith of Alabama
still having the floor he only yielded it for this in
"terlOcutOry proceeding So you see the fight be-
tween the Hards and the SOs has but Just begun in
Congress.
By resolution Of the House the Homestead bill is to
be taken up February Ii, and the debate upon cease
on the 9th. In the Senate, Gen Shields introduced
bills for increasing the pay Of the Army and creating
an Army retired list. Senator Douglas has gvea
tee of taking up his Nebraska bill Monday next and
Mr. Dixon that he should the insertion Of clause
repealins the eighth section Of the Missouri ComprO
mise bill of 1920 so far it prohibits the ntr oducton
Of slaves into the Nebraska and other Territories
Professor Rainey, who was LAST week nominated aad
confirmed as Consul to Bolivia it is said Is to be strip
ned of his new official habments, because the Presi-
dent has lust discovered that he published SCOTT
campaign paper in Cincinnati
Mr. Manypeuny, the Head of the Indian Bureau Mr.
Martin the Congressional Librarian, and other Buckeye
holders here have abandoned their official duties
and cone to Ohio to electOneer for themselves and
friends for United States Senstorshp This Of course
!. all right under reform Administration
The struggle in the House 10 give credit OF four
,..,s n Railroad Companies to pay the duty on I'M
norted iron. has been ta5sG-and think finally deter
miped-ahOugh the vote stood upon the original prop
osition 90 to 90, and upon the subsequent modified
proposition 81 to g. r
Mr. Gerri, Smiths resolution, asserting that all mem
her. Of the human family have right to the SOL IS
mueh as 10 light and air, and that the Government
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-19
STRAWBERRIES.

We have several specimens Of this fruit lying upon our
desk as we write which plucked from vines grown
in the open air and fruit rpened without the aid OIL hot
house The plants from which we plucked hese berries
were grown upon the plantation Of Geo Peabody about
five miles from Columbus Ga, and sent TO this City in
basket some weeks ago where they have been blooming
and pening fruit ever since Mr. Peabody has five or SIX
acres covered with strawberry panpant not vines TOR
thew have no runner-from which he gathers fruit and
sends to market regularly every day for average period
of six months in the year making them by his peculiar
mode of cultivation produce abundanty through the long
hot summers and spsrsey through three or four other
months.
The variety cultivated is the Hovey seeding, impreg
mated with the early scarlet and changed in their charae
ter that they manifest no more disposition to throw out
ner than the wild vines Of the old pastures in their uncu
tyated state Mr. Peabody endeiyOrs to conform his cu
tvaiion closely to nature possible He sets the plants
in rows two feet apart with OF mpregnstors every
ssth row and in the fall spreads slight coat OF woods
mold and the ground completely with leaves but
never aerwsrd digs up the surface applies any other
manure Grass and weeds cut up with hoe and run
nes which only occasionally appear cut away unless
the old plant is falling and then tina. Is cut up and
one started.
Every DAY during summer the vines cOpiOusly Wa
tered by the assistance o. q garden engine This l. the
principal success of continued production and
reproduction Of fruit through such long season
We have seen upon these beds growth Of fruit ten
times greater by weight than ali the vines and
leaves producing ii, and at the time upon the same
soil only few rods Off growth Of vines which would
have afforded good swath to the mower upon which
there was not single berry This bed was highly ms
nurtd and bore vines The ether bed was highly wsered
and bore fruit
DR. Hua Of Nevburgh has muched his beds with spent
bark ~ nd hen
fetal increasing the productvenes richness Of flavor and
length Of time Of bearing The question which naturally
/ suggests Itself to the minds Of ell Is this
Can we lengthen the bearing season of the strawberry
plant in this climate by pursuing the which
has proved wonderfully successful with Mr. Peabody
Zeno Scudder Congressional Representative elect from
the L.. Ma..ncLr.el n---ri- /. Ill l.
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NEW-JERSEY.

The following extract from the Message of the retiring
Governor of NewJerey Gov Fort shows the condition OF
the finances Of that State and exhibits history of the
Camden and Amboy Railroad monopoly in its relations
thereto;
Tie following statement exhibits the condition and oper
atons of the Treasury during the past year The receipts
during the year ending December 81 ls5J have been az
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-19

Miss T. TreadWeh' A., u y Ms. James bAyie'
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Mrs c. W. Hawkins, Mrs E. Stone,
MMg. 5 H SsS.si' Mr. NJ: e e + g RIbv
Mrs WIN. Osborn Mrs G. c. North
Mrs S. =. GoodenouEh
Many of these ladies have been unirng in this
the past twenty years and through their influence have
built the institution to its present state Notwithstanding
all the rdcue heaped upon them which falls the lot of
ell who seek promote reform the present organization
Of society.
With all Difference to the long experience Of the lady
managers Of the Home must say that the rules govern
ing admission appear little too rigid For instance,
while present young, healthy married woman
came to ask for home and stated frankly her reasonable
was an nebrse addicted that debasng vice that her
husband would not live with her. and she had Just been
turned Of employment in gentensns kitchen where
she perfectly competent perform her duties because
every time she went to the grocery the miserable
rumseler who sold food and poison the counter
would her and thus render her unfit for duty and she
xious to be taken in and disciplined her Of
her misfortune, for misfortune She said she knew
how wrong and injurious the hab, wss yet she could not
break herself loose from while surrounded by 80 many
temptations But az her did within the rules
she could not be taken in notwithstanding as appeared
she just such mos, needed asylu in
q Home for the Frendless.
Ihe reasons gwen ir refusing such applications, we must
acknowledge, however weghty. If" said the man.
sger we would receive drunken women our house might
be filed every week, if times as large as is
now"
Then, We replied, should be hundred times larger or
else the City should make these corner groceries where
servants are tempted to ruin, thousand times smaller and
the friends Of the suppression Of this aboinable liquor
traffic should be ten thousand times more viglant
we had few more such Homes Of the Friendless and
many more such friends Of the poor the ladies connected
with that home should have less need Of them than
Gov Boone, Of Florida has issued orders TO Brig. Gen
Johnson Of that State to organize his brigade at once in
pursuance Of act Of last Legislature providing for the
final removal Of the Indians, by force, If necessary
Capt Strout Of the brig Napoleon, has been arrested
in Portland and given bail for h appearance 70 answer
TO charge Of brutal treatment TO one Of his crew.
Two bodies identified the mate and OF the crew
Of the schooner Leo wrecked Cape Cod in the grea
storm, have been found Sandy Neck Barastabe
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-19

Zeno scudder Congressional Representative elect from
the Il; Massachusetts District j. It'll detained a. home by
the accident that occurred u him during the autunl
Tie opinion expressed that be wiz not be able 10
his seat before the last Of March.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-11-23
PROBATE MOTTO T..

KENosHA County Counr, held rs a court OF Probate
--Of the 25:h day of November, III the year
1854.
in the matter Of The application of Sarah Par.
sons for the conveyance TO her OF certain real es.
tate OF Pierce Roche, late ofthe county ofKenoshs
deceased. &c.
On reading and fling the petition of Sarah Par.
sons, and taking due proof of the there
of, praying amongst other things that W lillian
Smith and Jacob Bishop, executors Of the last viii
and testament of Pierce Roche late Of the Town o
Somers in the said county Of Kenosha, deceased
may be required to convey by good and sufti:ien
deed in the law 10 the petitioner certain laud anc
real estate OF the said deceased in said petition sc
forth and described, and that they be required IL
pay all costs and expenses of such conveyance GU
| of the estate of said deceased
1t is Ordered that that the said application and
the matte continued in the said petition be heare
before me Al the Cour; House in the city of Keno
sha, on the Il st Monday in February noxt, to wit
AID. 1851 ut 10 O'Clock in the forenoon of the sale
day; and that notice ther, of be given to all persons
interested, by publishing this order for six success
i've weeks before that day in the Kenosha Tribun,
| weekly newspaper printed and published in the
city OF III nosha aud in the said county of kenosha
Dated Nov. 2s,h, 1854.
BY the Court,
JON B, JiLS0N,
6w2l County Judge,
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-11-23

Mr.. Woodwork moved to postpone
the other indefinitely. Lost. Ayes
Brainard. Marsh, Miner, Russell, and
Woodwork; nays-Doan. Derbyshire,
Sniffin. Sholes, and Epson.
Mr.. Sholes moved the allowance ofthe
item. Lost. Ayes-Doan, Derbyshire,
Sniffin, Sholes, and Epson; nays-Brain
ard, Marsh, Miner, Russell, and Wood
worth
The Board then adiourned.-D.
Ninth Day--Afternoon Session.
Chair calledthe Board to order. Clerk
called the Roll All present.
Mr. Doan offered resolution making
the following appropriation. Carried;
To E. III. Cosgraye, for servicesabout
the Board Room, % w
Mr.. Woodwnrth offered resolutions III
regard to Sherifs and Clerks accounts,
&C.. which were adopted.
We will give at another time these
resolutions
Mr.. Doan offered resolution rcqulr-
ing the Treasurer and Clerk to advertise
the delinquent and unredeemed lands III
the newspaper having the largest circu-
lation in the County. Adopted.
Mr.. Sholes moved that $3.50 be appro-
propriatcd for wood for county buildings,
and that Mr.. Marsh be authorized to con-
tract for the delivery of fifty cords in tho
Court House yard. Carried.
Mr.. Sholes moved that Sl90,44 be APP
propriated for paying members Of the
Board their per diem and milage. Car
ried.
Mr. Derbyshire then called up the Re-
port and Resolutions concerning the Wal
Ter Bridge in the Town Of Pleasant Prai-
RE.
The chair decided the question to be
on the adoption of the Resolutions ma
king an appropriation of $500 for this
object.
The custom being taken, the resolu-
tons were passed ayes 6, nays 4 -Messrs.
Sholes Doan. Sniffin, Miner, Derbyshire,
and Brainard voting aye; and Messrs
Marsh, Epson, Woodwork. and Russell,
nay.
Mr.. Woodwork then called for the
question on his proposition for an appro-
priaton for road in Salem.
Me. Sholcs moved to lay the resolution
oe the table.
Mr.. Woodwork said he would not in
sst on his motion,
Mr.. Sholes then asked if it was the dis
position to entertain motion to adjourn
sine die. If so, he would make such
motion: but before doing so, he wished
to have resolution passed and entered
on the Record, expressing what he be-
lieved to be the unanimous sense of the
Board, in regard to the Chairman. He
~ ell
Resolved, That the thanks fthis Board
are hereby presented to MIR. Marsh. the
Chairman, for the faithful and impartial
manner in which he has discharged his
duties,-which was carried by an emphdt-
icdlly unanimous vote.
Mr.. Marsh congratulated the Board on
the good feeling and harmony which had
characterized its proceedings and thank
ed them for the expression of their rppro-
baton and confidence toward himself
The Board then adjourned.-D.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-11-23
Agricultural Society,
a,lnet Ware Rooms.

fFe take pleasure in calling the attention
fhousekeepers and all others interested
10 the advertisement of JOHN NIcoLL, in
Our paper this week.
Ills stock Of furniture, Sofas, Chairs,
Tables, Stands, Bedstesds &c. &c, is COM
pete and cannot be surpassed on the Lake
Shore. cut Of Chicago. His prices are rea-
sonable AM he public will find this the
place 10 deal, in all articles in the furniture
line.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-11-23
IN CHiNCERT.
kenosha County Circuit Court.
Jacob II. Hopper Complainant.

Henry Parlnee. Elizabeth Parmlee his wife;
John Plank Frederick, A. Plank aud Ora
Plank his wife, George w Plank, Joseph |
Salisbury, Thomas W ashbum and Mary Ann
his wife, Dwight Thomas and Elisabeth Thorn
his wife, Edward Williams and Henrietta
Williams his wife, Daniel Knapp and Lucinda
Knapp his wife Defendants.
EN- pursuance and by virtue Of final Decree
n of foreclosure and sale made and entered in the
above entitled cause in aud by the said Court OIL
the 18th day OF November in the year Of our Lord
One Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty four at a
general Term Of slid Court begun and held at the
Court House in the city and county of Ken o>ha
bv ana fore the Hon James K. Dootle l1d re Of
The said Court, shall expos and oftr Tor sale
aud shall sell at public auction or Vsnduc aud 10
the highest bidder for the at said sale &C.
rording TO the provisions Of The Statute in such
case made aud provided from and at the front
door ofthe Court House. IT. the said city and coun-
" Of k-nosha, on Saturday the sixth day OF JAN
uary in the year Of Our Lord One Thousand Eight
Hundred aud Fifty Five. between the houts of
nine in the forenoon and twelve clock at noon of
the said day, III of the following described piece,
parcels or lots OF land and real estate, much
thereof MS shall be necessary to make the sum md
amount Ct money mentioned in the said Zee zee
and the ineres! the same up TO the da ' OF sale
mentioned herein aud the costs of foreclosure and
the costs aud expenses OF the said SALE to wt:-Al
those certain pieces, parcels or lots of land lying
being and situated III the town Of Wheatand, in
the county OF Fencsna and State of Wisconsin,
aud which are more particularly known, bounded
and desc .oed as follows to wit--The north east
lqnarter OF the north east quarter Of Section fo1r-
zen A. in Township Number one % north Of
Range number nineteen (l9l east containing forty
Acres Of land; aud also, the south east quar-
ter ofthe south quarter of section number
LII her IF -
number nineteen 1877 east aforesaid, containing al.
so forty acres OF land. be the same more or less
Dated this 22nd day Of November, A. D. 1854
p. COSGRAVE,
voLyEy FREScH, Sheriff of Kenosha County.
Compliments Solicitor. 6w2O
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-11-23
cor linked sweetness long drawn out"

RtRTUM's AUToBIoeRApHr-We publish
This week. in another place. an extract from
Al advance sheet. of this forthcoming work.
The publisher, j. S. REDFIELD, New York,
informs us, that owing to the extraordinary
demand, by the trade, the book will not be
out before the middle of December. About
100 600 copies have already been ordered,
and the stream is still pouringin. tits set
tied that this is to be emphatically the book
If the JASON. Our friend KING has senA
3a orders. and will be prepared to fur
nish bis customers at the earliest day