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vices, talents save the man Who is Catholic An
instance win to show the severity of this procrip
ton The councils reelected an old and faithful
senger by almost unanimous vote called Dougherty
and removed him next day the false statement Of
rival who accused him of the crime Of being born the
land of Montgomery and Emmett Even the mayor of the
city brilliant and impulsive he is and liberal as he has
been, in sentencing poor for an offence unhappny
too common 70 all nations, thanked Cod that the drunk
ard was American
The next victim that these partsans expect to lay their
hands on Hon Joseph R Chandler the highly esteemed
wing representative in Congress from Philadelphia whose
standing in the national legislature generous gifted
honest and patriotic gentleman is only equalled by the
affection entertained for him his own home But Mr.
Chandler like Charles Carroll and like Roger b. fancy is
Catholic and his said be written already
He is inexoraby foredeomed by the new party leaders
in power How far the people win submit to this
osracsm eminent and beloved citizen we are anxious
How far the city of Penn will lend itself to per-
secution almost revolving that which drove our
fathers from their ar-o homes are eager to ascertain
Politics has strange and sudden freaks but this would be
the most extraordinary of ALL
The wing candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, Mr..
Pollock is the sworn oath-bound member of this
S'N'fNh' 'Nih'NA'i'
neither he his organs have the bardhood to deny it,
The oath that he to- entering this midnight
spracy, is given in the Pennsylvania follows
First oath taken By Pollock hiy candidate for governor of
Pennsyrania, entering The Of The koonoing
| order.
'.You do by Almighty God, the searcher of all
hearts, that You will reveal dvugc any the
of this order which you shall hear and you shall
swer to God at the great day"
What the creed of this order we have already shown
religion hostility adopted citizens and hostility
naturalization laws. Connected with these various
other doctrines less narrow, contracted and anrepub-
lcan Aud to carry out such principles to aid in such
crusade great party willing and ready to commit
itseits leader sealing his devotion to it with SOL
emn oath
Meanwhile the Nebraska agitation is comparatively
neglected 1t left crazy raers like the Boston in
fdes and the tender of the New York Tribune
1t will have but more purpose to serve before it sinks
into the abyss where similar foes of other days rot and
die The victories of know-nohingsm are, all proper
occasions to be charged against Nebraska and thus that
which commenced by alleging fraud upon others will end
its career by carrying falsehood TO IFS grave
To what base may at last The party led
by Clay and animated by his eoquence and his example
cheered by the of Webster which rung like
sort of appendageto sell itself like poor catteto be
assigned, like worthless character, to organization
whose prospects infamous that it hides them in the
darkest recesses and essays keep them from the light Of
day by means of hideous oaths
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Gov. Brigham Young, Hon. Heber G. Kimball, Gen. d,
II. Wells, Messrs Taylor, Woodruff Benson Il. and i
Snow of the quorum Of the twelve Joseph Young senior
president of the seventies Bishop Edward Hunter Phnca
Young Lorenzo d. Young Truman O. Angel and several
Others left this city the 4t inst for trip through our
southern settlements with the expectation of being absent
about four FIVE weeks Col G. A. Smith was to have
gone with the party but his fathers illness yet detans
him.
We were favored with quite snow squal the 9TH
inst which for short time covered the ground with
white mantle causing singular contrast with the rich
and varied green of the early vegetation though in
juring il in the least.
May s-Much rain snow, and hail fcll last night and
this morning the mountains w'te TO their base At
10, a. M, short squall sky owery; air mild.
On the 9Th inst Lieut. Beckwth and party LETT their
winter quarters in this city to carry out have been
told instructions continue their survey westerly the
Sierra Nevada mountains Lieut. Beckwth took command
of the Pacific railroad surveying party which reached the
Sewer under the command of the late Capt j. w Gunni-
son.---SM Lake City ttah) Neps Of May IL.
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ton sixteen of township rtyhve Of range west
Warren county, Missouri, covered by the concession
10 said kiusird. Therefore

ton sixteen, of township rtyhve of west
Warren county Missouri was covered by the concession
TO said kinsird: Therefore
Be enacted by the and House Of Representative Of
e United States of eriea IN Congress assembled That the
board of directors Of schools in and for said town
ship and they hereby authorized select have
set apart for the of schools in said township oneha OF
section any of the public lands in the land district within
wi teh said county is situated in lieu of the half of said
ton ixteen which covered by the concession to said XII
nard and when the said board Of directors shall make the
selection of said half section they shall notify the register Of
the land In said district of the land selected and the
same shall reserved from sale and apart for the
schools said township Prouided That said selection and
notification within twelve months after the passage
of this act provided said selection shall be according
the legal subdivisions of the public lands, and in quantities
less than eighty acres.
SEC g Aud be further enacted, That when the halEsec-
of land shall have been aforesaid selected and
ported the register aforesaid the shall in the
State Missouri subject to the disposition and
and shall be held subject 10 the conditions and in
all respects whatsoever by the sixth section of the OF
Congress March sixth eighteen hundred twenty entitled
Gan authorize the people of Missouri Territory
constitution and State government and for the adj
such State into the Union equal footing with
the original States and to prohibit slavery certain Terri
tories prescribed intended in relation to sections
numbered sixteen
Approved August 3, 1854
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WASHINGTON CITY.
THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, 1854.

Mr. DASIEL DEo Of Pennsylvania authorized
subscriptions this per- and TO receipt fo the
o. Mr. G. w. JAHEs No Harrison street, Cincinnati Ohio, ID
geueul collecting The Western
asssted by H. j. Thomas }. T. bEsT, VIM H. THosAs P. d.
YEsEN q. NJ T.. WsENAs, A. L. CHLDs and Dr. WH IRvNe
Receipts of either will be good.
G-Nr sRAEL ". JAMES, No. s2 south Tenth Phiade
pha, Is general travelling agent, assisted by WIN. H. WELD
ions Collins JAMES DEeRSu j. HAArT, Jos. BUTTON, GEO
Burros, Isaac NJ BoDiEE EDMUsD w. WILEY WtLiAM l..
WATsRaAS, and GEORGE I, MoLzop.
90 Mr. HENRY NJ Lewis, Of Montgomery, Alabama, gen
era travelling States OF Tennessee
sisted by O. e. Lewis, JANIS o. LEWIS
GSi- Receipts from either OF the above will be good
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thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars and seventy
| five cents 40
For clothing NIFTY two thousand and sixty Tour dollars
For fuel fourteen thousand one hundred and ninety
dollars and nifty cents
For military stores repairs of arms, pay OF armorerj for
accoutreents, ordnance stores flags, drums he and inu
steal instruments, eight thousand dollars;
For transportation of officers and troops and OF
recruiting, twelve thousand dollars.
For repairs OF barracks and rent of temporary barracks
and offices, six thousand dollars.
For contingencies, viz: freight ierrage, carriage and
wharfage compensation to judges advocate diem Tor
attending martial and courts of inquiry for constant
labor house in lieu of quarters burial OF deceased ma
rines printing Advertising stationery forage postage Par
suit of deserters candles OIL straw furniture, bedsacks
spades shove axes picks and carpenters tools, expense
of horse for messenger pay of matron ana
porter for the hospital at headquarters twenty thou
sand dollars.
For the reappropraton of the following sum carried 70 me
surplus fund.- under the provisions of the tenth section OF the
act entitled " An act making appropriations Tor the cVi
and diplomatic OF the government Tor the year END
ing the hireth OF june thousand eight hundred and
fifty three and for other purposes approved thirty OF
August thousand eight hundred and 10 De
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o Il ICI AL.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT,

APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT,
By and 'cih The ddoice and consent Of The Senate
Paseha Bequette of California be receiver of public
moneys at Benca California vice Charles Lorng deceas-
ed.
Garland Hunt of Kentucky to be agent for the Indians
in Utah.
r. H. Lansdale of Washington Territory be agent for
the Indians in Washington Territory
Aqua Jones, of Indiana to be agent for the Indians in
Washington Territory.
William H. Emory of the United States army be
missioner the part Of the United States of America
run the boundary line between the United States and the
Mexican republic according to the treaty between the two
nations catered into the Both day of December 1853
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sUPERINTENDENoE OF PUBLIC WORKS.

WASHINGTON, %. o. Aug, Z, 1854
10 the Editor Of the Union
SR As the enclosed copies of letters which passed be
tween the Hon. r. H. Stanton of Kentucky, and myself re-
late public matter and the statement 10
which my letter of the 22d utmo referred not cor
rected in the House Of Representatives have request
that the correspondence may be published in the Union
am, very respectfully your obedient servant
THORNTON A. JENKINS,
Lieut. United States Navy
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Scales OF JusrcE-A lady consulted Dr. johnson
ON the degree of tnrptude to he attached to her sons rob
bing orchard
Madame said Johnson 1T a depends upon the weight
of the boy remember my school-felow, David Gar
rick--who was always little feow-robbng dozen Of
orchards with mpunity; but the very first time climbed
up an apple tree always heavy boy the bough
broke with me, and il was called Judgment suppose
that is why Justice is represented with pair Of scales
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r. II. STANTON.

party of Sioux Indians TO the number of 400 more
made their appearance in Bremen county, in this State,
and commenced their depredatons by pundeng the in
habants, stealing provisions, &c. company of hum
bred temporarily organized, and drove them to-
ward the northern frontier when military company from
Dubuque pursued them and drove them beyond the bounds
of the State They claiming their old hunnggrounds
again but little promptness with them in the outset in
resisting their untounded claim will prevent any further
depredations from them Iowa CSty Republican
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violent hail storm passed portion Of Jefferson
county Virginia. Sunday night the hail stones it is
stated being as large walnus The Charcstown Spirit
of Jefferson says
The fields of Mr. Conklyn and those ad ncn were
literally cut pieces fences blown down. the wheat stacks
of Mr. John Humphreys upturned 100 pane of glass
broken of the residence of Mrs Frame IS out of that OF
Mr. f. L. Hoo and the woods literally stripped of their
foliage and the decayed timber completely Frustrated
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writer in the Foridian and Journal says the upper
stratum of Florida rests vast network of irregu-
lar arches of supendous magnitude through which innr
merabe rivers creeks and mineral waters in silent dark
perpeual flow The creeks of this denomination are
too numerous mention most of them afford fine mill
sites The number of mineral and thermal springs Flor
ida is more than thousand The theory of Professor
Agassiz is that Florida built by the coral and
other marine animalcula and that il took them upwards of
one hundred thousand years to accomplish IT,
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IPuhlic. No. OIL

AN ACT for the relief of the inhabitants Of township forty
five, range one, in Warren county, Missouri
Whereas the concession of six hundred apens of land by c.
d. Delassu the lieutenant governor Of Upper Louisiana
to Andrew kinaird and which concession confirmed
by the act of Congress of July fourth eighteen hundred
and thrtysx, entitled Gan confirming claims to land
in the State of Missouri and for other purposes, To-
Gated prior to the surveys of the public lands in Missouri
and whereas upon the survey Of said lands oneha of
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The ST Louis Republican is informed that Friday last
the dead body of a found in the American Bot
TOM place called Chouteaus Slough under very sim
guar circumstances The body standing perfectly up
right in the up the mouth while the feet were en-
bedded in the earth II is probable that the man stuck in
the sand while attempting it, the tracks Of his
feet indicated that he took long strides and walked fast
There nothing to identify him. though he appears TO
have been German about thirty years of age
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Hon. II. H. STANTON,
House Of Representatives, present.

A named William Miller, who was imprisoned in
Winchester JAIL England, thrtynnc years ago for debt
still remains confined The same charge though he has
become seventyone years old The last three years
and eight months of his stay in Winchester Jail spent
in solitary confinement Some humane person, hearing Of
his had him transferred to the Queens prison. London
where he now enjoys comparative liberty
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Public, No. 93.l

AN ACT establish land district in the State Of Florida
TO be called the District of Tampa.
BE enacted by the Senate and House Of Representatives
the United States America ia Congress assembled That all
that part of the land districts of Neunansv and St. Angus
tine in the State of Florida lying south Of the line dividing
townships nineteen and twenty, south be- and the
hereby, created land district to be called the District
Tampa, the Office for which shall be at Tampa
SEC. q And be further enacted That this act shall take
effect at the expiration of six months from the day of its pas
ksage.
K Approved August g. 1854.
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DEATH or A vErEnAS,-Co. George w. Martin, soldier
of the last war with Great Britain, and at that time
warm personal friend Of General Jackson, died in ITALIA
hacbe county Mississippi the goth of June last He
accompanied the General throughout his campaigns in
s3l45 and in the Greek war and participated in the
battle Of New Orleans
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TExAs-A despatch from New Orleans Of the "a instant
states:
awe in receipt Of later dates from Texas but be
yond reports of several srmshes with Indians there
but little news of interest
" The crops turning out finely,
Indian Agent Dodge was holding talk with The Ma
varge Santa Fe with great ceremony; but nothing
definite had been arrived at"
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Public, No. 50. ]

AN ACT granting the right ofway to the Marysve and BENZ
cia Railroad Company through and the grounds of the
United States at Bencia, in California.
enacted BY the Senate and House Of Representatives
United america IN Congress assembled That the
right of way sixysx feet in width shall be and is hereby
granted the Maysvc and Benica Railroad Company for
the said company through and the grounds
the United States and Benica in Soano county and
State of California; Propided That the route Of said rail
road said grounds be approved by the Secretary
War before entered upon for the purpose of
structing said railroad And provded further That the
granted without detrment to the public interest in the
opinion of tho Secretary of War.
Approved August ), 1854.
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c, NJ ighams civil engineer ON the Pontchartran rail-
road, shot and killed few nights ago in New Orleans
by Dr. John Chandler formerly of Boston The deceased
was from Brooklyn and both respectable The
atlray originated in family difficulty
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large and handsome marble tombstone with the fol-
lowing inscription, recently erected the grave
slave in Augusta county, Virginia. Sacred TO the mem
DRY Of Billy Martin the faithful Of John Merritt
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The Chinese emigration to California still continued st
the last dates from Hong Kong Large numbers of Cee
tails had started waiting passage and most of the
ships plying California are overloaded with emigrants
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duel in the street. by moonlight recently took place
in San Francisco of the parties being shot the sd
though not MORALLY The time near midnight and
the First street large crowd Of spectators Assem-
bling 10 witness the affair.
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Lieut.. T, A. JEyKlNs, q. $. n.
WASHINGTON, July 81

WASHINGTON, July Is, 1854.
Slu have had the honor to receive your favor of the
oath in reply to my letter of the 22d instant at the hands
of General Millson.
While it affords pleasure to receive your disclaimer
OF any desire part to do injustice to the members
of the lighthouse board, and to learn that you will most
checrully make the correction in the House should con-
yenient opportunity during The present session.
must be permitted TO express my regret at finding that you
have either isapprehended the purpot and object Of my
communication in part at least and that the most essen
al, or failed to discover its point.
take leave rcstae the essential point in my letter.
that member of the ghhou board receives now
has ever received cent of extra compensation for
services connected with the duties Of that board Of the
lighthouse establishment
To this positive and explicit assertion OF mine your reply
in effect simply is 81 may have been in error This an
swer strikes with equal surprise and regret but trust
sir that the convenient opportunity may during the
present session TO enable YOU to make the correction in the
House and that II may be unqualified in its terms as
the charge made against the members Of the light
house board and which in my judgment, permit me 10
say will be rs honorable TO you it will be just TO then
that the should be fully and clearly corrected by
Very respectfully your obcdient servant,
THORNTON A. JENKINS,
Lieut. Y. $. Navy
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Colonel MoMullen, member of Congress from Virginia
was robbed Of about ST 500 Monday evening on the
Fredericksburg train. An individual implicated in INC
theft has been arrested but Of the money was re-
covered.
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Y The SAN JUAN AFFAIR." Further ydrticHiars-The New
papers contain the following of the proceed
ngs of British authorities after the departure of Commander
Nlollins of the Cyane. We quote from the Express
"On the 18th of July the day after Captain Hons took
his departure from San juan Com Jolly of the British
brig Bermuda, San Juan, and put up proca-
nations, copies of which given below On the 10Th
he TO Punto Arenas and left two procamations
but of them worded different from the one put up
in San Juan instead Of the words cowadly and wanton
he had cruel He also stated that he would send after the
that taken from San Juan and placed here by
Captain Holins, of the Cyanc. The day he went
San JUAN and with pencil altered the proclamation so
to correspond with the left here and signed his
name in pencil having been altered by him. cores
pendent of the Times says On the Goth inst he force
of marines to take the brass cannon which he belongs
to Great Britain and left for the protection of San
Juan he took it under protest of the United States
cal agent He has proclaimed martial law and blockaded
the port and told the pilot American that he risk
ing his life by going out for any vessel without his permits
sion and about to put him in irons for having gone
bring in the American brig Reveile which arrived
here on the Goth instant.
(This statement, it will be seen, is substantially fiat
contradiction of Capt Tinkepaughs that the
port of blockade utterly untrue)
-(Copy)
In consequence of the non-exscnce all civil authority
in this city Of Greyown caused by the late ourage
ing charged far extends with the protection
oves property do hereby proclaim the CITY and terri
tory of Greyown described by its constitution under
.'martia law
Given under my hand board her Majesty schooner
Bermuda, Greytown, Mosquito this 18th day of July
1854.
A. ID. JOLLY,
Lieutenant md
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Hon. Daniel E. Sckles secretary of the American lega-
ton at London who this country by the Ameri-
steamer Atlantic reached this city on Tuesday eve
ming, and is now stopping at Wizards Hotel
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Public, No. ST.


AN ACT to carry into effect treaty between the United
States and Great Britain signed the fifth day oil june
eighteen hundred and fifty
BE enacted by the Senate and House Of Representatives.
the United States of America Congress assembled That
whenever the President of the United States shall receive
Britain and the Provincial Parlaments of Canada New
Brunswick Nova Scotia and Prince Edwards Island have
passed laws their part give full effect to the provisions
treaty between the United States and Great Britain,
issue his proclamation declaring that he has such evidence
and hereupon from the date OF such proclamation the fol-
lowing articles being the growth and produce of said proyin
Canada New Brunswck Nova Scotia, and Prince Ed
wards Island to wit:
Grain, flour and breadstuAs of all kinds; animals of all
kinds; fresh smoked and sailed meats cottonwool seeds
and vegetables; undried fruits dried fruits fish of all kinds
products of fish and all other creatures living in the water
poultry eggs hides furs skins tails undressed stone
marble in its crude unwrought state slate butter cheese
talOw lard horns manures; ores OF metals OF all kinds
coal PITCH tar turpentine ashes timber and lumber OF all
kinds round hewed and sawed manufactured in whole
in part: re-wood plants shrubs, and trees pes; wool
fish oil rice broom and bark gypsum ground or I'M
ground hewn wrought unwrought burr ndstones
dyestufs fax hemp, and tow, manufactured; unmanu
featured tobacco rags
Shall be introduced the United States free Of duty
long the said treaty shall remain in forcesubect, how
be suspended in relation to the trade with Canada
the condition mentioned in the fourth article of the said treaty.
And all the other provisions of the said treaty shall into
effect and be observed the part of the United States
SEC q And be it further enacted That whenever the island
of Newfoundland shall its consent to the application OF
the spulatons provisions of the said treaty that Prov
Legislature thereof and the Imperial Parla
shall pass the necessary laws for that purpose the above
articles shall be admitted free of duty from that
Province into the United States from and after the date OF
proclamation by the President of the United States declaring
that he has satisfactory evidence that the said Province has
consented in due and proper to have the provisions
extended to it, and to allow the United states
the full benefits stpulaons therein contained
Approved August 5, 1854.