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alone, to provide two horse coach conveyance,
the specific bid, though the highest, for coach
service, If adjudgod to be entirely sufficient for
the route, will be preferred to the star bid, in
case the difference is not such as to interfere
with the policy Of the law Of 1915, which looks
to a reduction in tho cost Of transportation.
Exceptions, however, may be allowed where
the star bid is made by the owner of tho stock
now used on the route in the performance Df
coach service.
0u routes Of the highest class, where four.
horse coach or steamboat trvuoportation is re-
quired by the si2Oand importance Of the mails,
and the specific bid is adjudgcd sufficient for
the route, the preference for the specific bid
will be if necessary, carried to q creates extent
of difference than on the inferior couch routes,
20. A modification of bid, in any of its eS
sential terms, is tantamount to a new bid, and
cannot bo received, so as to interfere with re-
gular competition, after the last hour set for
receiving bids.
q. Postmasters are to be careful not to Ger.
tify the suficiency of guarantors or surotes
without knowing that they are persons of sufi-
cont responsibility ard all bidders, guarantors
and sureties are distinctly notified that on a fa,
lure to enter into or to perform the contracts
for the service proposed for in the accepted
bids, their legal liabilities Will be enforced a
gain3t them.
%. The contractors will bo substantially in
the forms heretofore used in this Department,
except in tho respects particularly mentioned
in thsoe instructions; and on steamboat routes
tho contractors will be required to deliver the
mails into the post Offices at the ends of the
routes and into all the immediate post Offices.
%. Present contractors and persons known
at the Department must, equally without others,
procure guarontors and certificates of their su-
lhcency substantially in the forms above pres
cribed. The certificates Of sulicicncy must be
signed by postmaster, or judge, or clerk Of
q court el record.
r... JAMES CAMPBELL,
Post Master General.
Posi- orricr DEPARTMENT, OCTOBER 10, 1858
oetlj--wl2w ..r ....
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SOUTHERN MAZE.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.

THE southern mail via FL Paso to San Antonio,
Texas leaves Santa Fe on the 10Th of each
month, arrives at FL Paso in from six to eight days,
and reaches San Antonio on the llth of the next
month. Returning, leaves San Antonio on the 10Th
of the same, arrives at FL Paso in from IA 10 lS
days, and reaches Santa Fe on the l4th of the next
month, making the trip through in from % to %
days. winter and summer. The Contractor has
spared no expense in placing upon this route spring
carriages the best adapted for the convenience as
well as comfort of passengers Persons going to-,
or coming from the States will find this a very
pleasant route, particularly during the winter
months, as it is entirely free from the intense cold
and heavy SHOWS that SO frequently obstruct the
eastern mail route 10 Independence.
% RATES OF FARE.
Sl25 90 through from Santa Fe to San Antonio.
80 90 from Santa Fe to Ell Paso.
Passengers allowed 40lbs baggage.
HENRY SKILLMAN
NIB. Passengers not required 10 stand guard.
Santa Fe, Oct, I, lS53-f
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EVILS ARE BLEssrNes IN DiseUIsE.-
There is more truth than many are will
ling to acknowledged in this respectable
saying. Calamities, individual and ma
tional, are frequently but stepping-stones
to happiness and renown. The evils we
apprehend are ofcntimes more beneficial
than the blessings we desire-so short
sighted is poor human nature. Indeed,
if some potent angel should present him
ocif 70 the.wloest aud hest ofourrace, and
Haunt before his imagination the instant
possession Of his first desire, the chances
are q hundred to one that he would ask
Tor some visionary condition of happi.
ness that would first supplant his actual
joys, and then dissolve itself into "thin
air. Even Heaven-which SO large a
part ofman and womankind are eager to
secure-if it could fall about them in this
IIte, exactly as they picture Ito themsel-
yes, would soon become intolerable to
the best Of uS-golden streets, golden
trees and edillces, angels and men made
Periect-no marrying OF giving in mar.
riage, no labor, no pain, no disappoint-
ment, no sadness, nothing but unmitiga-
ted pleasure and unbroken splcndor--ah!
we write it reveronty, earth is no place
for Heaven. Humanity would thirst for
misfortune, as the lip Of the weary ira.
yoler thr8ts for the Fountain in the desert.
The necessity ofcyertion, the excitement
olpenl and uncertainty, the glorious re-
actions of spirit which'iolow discomf-
ture, the splendid outbusts Of energies
that are reused by the smitingg oflortnno,
these are the fountains that have watorod
tho desert ofagcs that have ombcllished
the waste of history with hcroism, poe.
try, literature; philosophy, and art-ihat
have agitated the vast ocean of the popu.
lar mind, and wresled it from the cor,
ruption and death of stagnation-that
have impellod III Tr)glels of man, and
crowned him with every wreath that era.
ccs his brow, In truth. man is an inert
being by nature, and requires decided
stimulus to set Ills powers in full opera.
tion-but when his latent forces a onco
relieved, and he is fairly under way, he
can 'pluck bright honors from the palo,
faced moon" or the vivid lightning, or
any thing that happens to piquo his IN
lcashcd energies. The only difficulty is
to get him started-aDd the essential pre-
requisite is admirably secured by that
class olcxporicnceswhich are called "mis
fortunes !! Alas, how sadly at fault is
our popular nomenclature. In these So
called evils or msfortunes, we admit there
is seldom anything intrin3ically good. as
there is not inipecac or lobelia: Il il dbe
desirable action they superinduce, the
happy relations they originate, the grand
incidents which attend or follow them,
that vindicate their necessity, and pro.
noIlnce thelr ample euIogy. In the height
OF wars, the arts and sciences llourished
in Athens and Rome; the Corsicans found,
ed university for liberal pursuits, a pu-
Bile library and public bank, whilecn
gagged in perilous defense oftheirliber,
ties; literature and the arts revived after
the clark ages among thq tnrbulentSta
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INSTRUCTIONS.

Embracing conditions to be incorporated II The con-
itacS to the erient Tho Department may deem
proper sln
/, Seven minutes are allowed 10 each inter-
mediate office, when not otherwise specifedY for
asserting the mails
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The undersigned (postmaster, judge, or a clerk
of court Of record, as the case may be) certiGes
that he Is we'll acquainted with the above guaran-
Tors and their property, and that they are men Of
property and able to make good their guaranty.
Dated [Nignedl
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Form Of u Guaranty.

The undersigned undertake that if the forogo-
ing bid for carrying the mail on route No. = be
accepted by the Postmaster General, the bidder
shall, prior TO the lst day Of July next, enter into
the required obligation to perform the service pro-
posed, with good and suficlen. sureties.
DaIed Signed by Two guarautors,
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pnUPOSAIs FOR CARRYING THE
MAILS

PROPOSALS for carrying the Mails Of the
l. United States, from the LIST day of July, 1854,
to the lst day of July, 1858, in the State of Cali
forna, and in The Territories of Oregon, Utah, and
New Mexico, will be received at the Contract
Office of the Post Office Department, in The City
of Washington, until 8 A. M. of the 3d April.
1854, Ito be decided by the 23d of April, lS5l,)
on the routes and in the times herein specified
viz:
IN NEW MEXICO
1900 From Santa Fe, by Albuquerque, SocoTo,
Dona Ana Fort Fillmore, Frontero (reX-
as), FL paso, San Elizario, Magofiinsylle
and Leona, TO San Antonio, 90 miles and
back, once month,
Leave Santa Fe on the lst of each month
Arrive in San Antonio in 25 days
Leave San Antonio on the lst of o0ch
month; ..|. ...
Arriye at Snta Fe in % days.
Bids to carry twice month are invited ;
also bids 10 make the trip in 20 days.
l200l From Santa Fe, by La Canada, TO Fernando
de Taos, 10 miles and back, twice a nUhth
Leave Santa fe on the lst and 18th Of each
month, al 8 a. NJ
Arrive at Fernando de Taos by the 3d and
nth at u M
Leave Fernando de Taos on te 18th and
28th of each month at s A. NJ;
Arrive at Santa Fe by The l4th and 30lh at
IL Nj.
Bids for weekly trips are invited.
l29O2 From Don0nl, by Fort Belkap to Gaines
vile in Texas, and back, once in two
weeks.
Bidders 10 state distance and schedule Of
arrivals and departures.
Bids for weekly trips are invited.
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FORM FOR A BID.

Where no chicago from Advertisement is contemplated
by ibe bidder.
81 Cor we, as Ike ease may beg There write the
name or names nfull of There state the residence
or residences hereby propose to carry the mail on
route No. -, from - 10 ------, as often as
the Postmaster Generals advertisement for pro-
posols for the same, dated October 10, 1853, re-
quires, in the time stated in the schedules con-
famed in said advertisement, and by the following
mode Of conveyance, to wit There stale how it IS
10 be conveyed,] for the annual sum Of There
write out the sum in words at full length,
Dated Signed
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OFFICE OF COW. OF SUR.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.
Jan. "A, 1851,
CEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
~ this office till II O'Clock, NJ, on Wednesday,
the 10th day of March, 1854, for furnishing honr
and salt to The United States Troops at the points
and in the quantities mentioned as follows;
Near El Paso 100000 pounds Of flour
175 bushels of salt,
At Fort Fillmore 100000 pounds OF hnur
.-. l15 bushels Of salt
" Fort Thorn, Santa Barbara $4,000 pounds of -four
100 bushels of salt
" Peralta 10000 pounds of flour
" Albuquerque 100000 pounds Of flour
900 bushels OF salt
" Fort Union $4,000 pounds Of flour
The flour and salt must be of superGae quality,
and delivered in strong cotton "drling" double
sacks Of 100 pounds each.
Proposals are invited for the whole ameant, Tor
that required at several points, or for ih1 required
at any pTticular point.
wear. and the faithfod fuGlment thereof to be
Guaranteed by two responsible securities, whose
names must Be entered in the proposals
One fourth of the amount required al each point
must be delivered quarterly, commencing on the
lst day Of August, 1854.
The principal commissary stationed in New
Mexico, will reserve the right of increasing or
diminishing" the amount TO be delivered at each
and every point, "by one third" by giving six
months notice to that effect
The undersigned reserves the right Of rejecting
all bids that he considers unreasonable,
... ISAAC BOWEN,
Capt A O. D.
Jan. 2S, 185i-1t33 st4
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LEGAL NOTICE.
w. w. III. DAVIS,

DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF THE UNITED STATES FOR
NEW AENleo0 i4
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO,
WILL practice in all The courts q the Terri
w tory.
Office in the same room occupied By The Secra
tary Of tile Territory.
REFERENCES.
Hon. C. Gushing, Att. Gen. y, s.
Hon. Geo. M, Dallas, Phoda.
Hon. R. Brodhead, U. s. Senate. Il Naa
Hon. Simon Cameron, Penna. . d.
rNlll----.s. null IL
Col. Thomas J. Whppe, New York.
Haddock, Reed s Co., Phiada. i.
James, Kent & Santee, g
Wood, Bacon & Co., g"
Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-04-27

NEVER DESPAIR. Ten years ago Pro-
lessor Morse was just erecting the first
experimental line of Telegraphs. between
Washington and Baltimore. Professor
Morse. like all scientific benefactors, had
exhausted his means, and had become as
poor as Lazarus, and as lean and hungry
looking as any veritable Calvin Edison
You ever saw. One day while eating
sumptuous dinner of bread and molasses
under the shade Of a tree, about two miles
from Washington, Amos Kendall ap-
preached him with such lean and hun
CRY look, that he at once divided his din
ner with him, and before it was, con-
Guided, he gave the dilapidated Postmas-
ter General an interest in his Telegraph
patent, which has since made these two
shadows Of a shade, corpulent wealth.
They now q have lands and beeves, like
master Robert Shallow, Esq. There are
now Al .392 miles of telegraphic wires in
this country, with a capital stock of S6,-
61l. 800. Professor Shaffner is about
perfecting system of union and concert
of the various lines in this country. with
the prospect of an ocean line soon to be
laid, connecting us with the Transatlan-
tic Telegraph; so that the close neigh.
borhood of nations may be considered as
settled. . Es.' -a
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EVERY MAN A FREEHOLDER u

fE'HE UNION LAND ASSOCIATION respectfully
= 1nfo "A the public that they have taken up a
Tract OF LAND egbly situated at the Junction of tt
Bridge rnat, Marlborough road, and the Piscatawav
ros1, fronting on the river directly opposite the
Navy iart, and commanding fine views of the CITY
OF Washington, and the Potomac River, which they
lnteni laying out in BUILDING LOTS, to be socased
6y 6lttOt as soon as $40 Lois arc subscribed for
The size of Lots "a fest front by I2G dsep all
fronting on 90 feet wife streets, at the yery low
pric OF $50 each, without interest" payable in SINAI
monthly instsiments, follows: So upon each lot
upon subscribing, aud 8 for each lot every succeed
1ns month, until the whole is paid, when .sdeea in
Zee simple" VIII De given TO each lot-hoder clear of
every incumbrance The streets also will be graded
and edsei with shade trees, without extra charge to
the lot holders.
There are lew objects which men ara more desirous
q! altalnlnS than the possession of house and
aiaPssa to the spsers of life in which they move: with
tnese they ars conscious of possessing comfort and
security for their families which they votad rarely
otherwise enjoy: and it Is with view TO gratfy so
Iaudabie desire that the present very low price and
easy mole of payment have been adopted.
Persons de igning to purchase lots should make
early application, as more than one half have al
ready been subseribed for
Purchassrs have the privilege of exchanging latter
sne drswin2l for any Lots that may remain unsold.
oy paying 81 each Lot extra and can have two or
more Lots together.
JOHN FOX Secretary,
Omce Ith street, above D, op. Intelligencer Office
A1-Open from a. IN. to p. mar 29-1m
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FOR LEASE.


rTNHE ENATIONAL THEATRE, in the city Of Wash
Il ington for the ensuing season or for . term o.
Years.
The National Theatre is one of the largest In the
world, and Jet every mertorleus attraction can III
IL.
With the alterations and improvements contsm
plated, it viii bs in every respect desirable estab
shmear.
II suitable company could be selected the pro
pfietor would acceds to the following arrangement
Ths entire receipts TO be distributed thus The
currrn, expenses; tie salaries of the company end
lastly, the rent (a surpius) ~ be divided smong TT
members OF Ine company ia the proportion of tnsiI
respective salaries The prop-istor would have nc
claim for rent untn after payment Of current e1
peases and salaries. .r-r - t..- .F.--
The proprietor would like, therefore, to receive
Communications with particulars, from parties in
cline, to this mode OF action. The purpose Of the
proprietor is to secure the best talent by paying ta
il all the profits.
Every litter received will be known to the pro
pretor alone who will not feel himself at liberty &c
reveal the name Of any party addressing III" Oh ene
subject
s.- All comm unicstions (prepaid can be aad,ss
srd 10 eth, PROPRIETOR Of the National fneaue bos
2t2. y ashington city, ID. o.. sp l1-0..n
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GETTING OUT OF A DILENMA.-A credi-
tor, whom he was anxious to avoid. met
Sheridan coming out of Pail Mall. There
was no possibility of avoiding him, but
he did not loose his presence OF mind.
That's beautiful mare you're on"
said Sheridan. .'ai
d ''Do you think so 9" l - s- --..
Eyes, indeed. How does she trot 2"
continued Sheridan. 49,
The creditor, highly flattered, put her
into full trot. Sheridan bolted around
the corner, and was out of sight in . nc
ment. ie7is--s ASS zal --.--r ....
4 UA bill has passed the Senate of
Pennsylvania, requiring dwelling houses,
hereafter erected in dPhiladelphia, to have
yards of at least eighty feetsqusre. The
penalty for violating the law is $500.
U "Massa says, Kin you pay dis bill!"
Your master is in q great hurry am
not going TO run away" mo, but golly,
old nassa's gwine to run away hesef."
rAt Charleston, on Saturday, the
thermometer stood at 50 degrees. :
-s9C sOrderedsto lie upon the table
A spiHt-medipm. saieI 81 .a,r,aS
a sBT Ehere arrived 1t Philadelphia du.
ring the last week, ] ,0S6 emiCsnts.
I. p
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GETTING A FAIR SrARr.-The follow
ing story is related of New jersey pas.
tor, who, one stormy Sabbath after noon,
was preaching a sermon to congregation
composed of class of persons generally
known, from their nefarious occupations,
as the Barnegat pirates. When about half
through with his discourse, the booming
of "a gan in the distance told of an unlucky
ship that had gone ashore on the beach.
Plundering vessels in that plight was un-
derstood to be the profession of the pee
pie who lived on those coasts at that time.
So, one by one, the brethren began 70
leave the church. The prospect was,
that they would all svamose" very soon.
The reverend expounder of the law of love
became uneasy. At length, stretching
out his arms in the most solemn manner,
with loud voice he summoned them to
parley. "My hearers one word be-
fore we part - Arrested by his unusual
impressiveness of manner, the congrega-
tion involuntarily halted to listen. De-
scending slowly from the pulpit, the
venerable man walked down the aisle with
measured steps, until he reached the front
door-whereupon, turning round and
giving his flock knowing wink, and
quick as lightning putting on his hat, he
exclaimed: "Now, boys, let's have .
fair start :" and away he shot like an
arrow towards the beach, the congrega-
ton holly pursuing after, but not able to
head him. -
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Uy0 THE CRFDJrORs or Trrp


ITO THE CREDITORS OF THE LATE REpUB-
Il Lie OF rExAS.-The creditors Of the late Re
public OF Texas ore hereby notified that BY an act
OF the Lssi,lature of the State of Texas approved
Feb lith, 1854, the provisions of the act entitled
ace . prov1fe for ascertaining the debt of the
late KePubiio Of Texas, approved March 10Th, lS4s
haF ossn extended until the LIST day of August 1895
therefore, all holders of any of the lrbilities of the
late Republic, which have not been heretofsre uniu
dicatei. whether the same be stock oonds treasury
Hoets, audited paper, unliquiiated claims or any
other description of debt whatsoever, will present
the sane for adjustment to the Au itor and Comp
troer at this Office, in Austin, on or bsf,rs the
date aforesaid August 1st, 1856, the same are by
statute aforesai 1, declared forever barred
Parties forwarding claims by mail to the under
sgne under the provisions of the xcs Aforesaid, Il
ceFih ate OF adjustment issued therefor will be re-
turned IN the same way should it be so directed by
tae claimant otherwise it viii rem Ain in the Audi,
tors Office subject to his order. In all cases of the
transmission of securities to and from the office the
SAM shall be at the risk of the owner or holder
Whsn party deputies another to act for him
(Which is reluisite in second class claims) simple
pos'r Of attorney sttestsd by two witnesses VIII
sUifce.
JNO. N. SEISHER, ! Auditor.
JAMES B. SHAW, I Comptroller
Austfn3 Texas, February 22d, 1854.
lT-3u
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DAILY EVENING STAR.
UNPUBLIsHED SONG OF LoRp BYRON

UNPUBLISHED SONG OF LORD BYRON.
The following exquisite lines are from an In
teresting volume lately published in London
entitled Fugitive Pieces and "reminiscences
of Lord Byron" They are not to be found in
any edition of the noble bard's works.
I speak not, trace not, I breathe not thy name
There IS grief IN the soundihere was guilt in the
fame; "
Blu, the tear which now burns on my cheek NAV inn.
part
The deep thought that dweIls in that silence OF heart
Too brief for our passion too long for our peace.
Were those hours-can their joy or their bitterness
cease.
We repent, we abiure, we will break from our
chsin- - ei-. -.E"
We must part. we must fly, TO unite it again.
Oh! thine be the sladness, and mine be the guilt;
Forgive me, adored One-forsake if thou wilt:
But the heart which bear shall expire unde chased,
And man shall not break il, whatever thou may'st.
And stern to the haughfy, but humble to thee, 3
My soul in IFS bitterest blackness shall be
And our days seem as swift, and our moments more
sweet, lE-.
With thee by my side, than the world at our feet.
One sigh of thy sorrow, one look of thy love,
Shall turn me or fix, shall reward or reprove;
And the heartless may wonder at all we resign,
Thy lip shall reply not to them, but to mine. I'd