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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-15
IIousc or Representatives.

wAsmsaroE, July IL, 1854.
MAns FROM BROOKLYN TO EUROPE.
Mr. CUNNING, (dem) OF N. ". on leave introduced a
bill authorizing the Postmaster General to enter into
contract with Christian Hanson OF Brooklyn, for the
transportation of the United States mails from Brooklyn
in steamers Of moi less than 2Oc0 TONS the co
Inent Of Europe, via Plymouth, England, Antwerp,
Rotterdam, Brcmerhaven Gluckstadt the River Ebc
near Hamburg In Holsein and In steamers Of not les
than 400 tons from Glu skstadt via Got enburg ia
% and om Ke on ie 0 s
Sweden, to st. Petersburg, Russia. Referred to thJ
Committee on Post Onices.
Mr. CUMMING, not wishr to consume tho time OF III
House asked and obtained leave to print his romarks
the above subject
Various private bills reported and referred.
REPORT or THE COMMITTEE o. MAIL CONTRACT FRAUDS.
Mr.. MACE, (dem.) OF Ind from tho Select Committee
on Mall Steamers, made elaborate report, treating
generally Of that service from s commencement giving
the number Of trips performed, the advanced BY
funded sums paid to each luo OF steamers, showing
large expenditures Of money, but frauds in govern
ment disbursements The committee refer TO most IL
not all the law reports and facts connected with the
mail service, without any recommendation to the House
Laid on the table and ordc,cd to be printed.
THE COLT PATENT EXTENSION.
Mr.. THunsroN, (dem } Of H. L. offered q resolution 10
end the debate the Colt Extension bill thirty minutes
after the House shall 60 into on that subject
On motion of Mr. LBrCBER this was laid the table
by vote Of % against "a.
The House then went into committee and took up the
ABOVE
Conversation ensued touching the proprioty Of
considering II pending tho investigation Of the select
committee on the subject.
Mr.. SMITH, (den of Va moved that 1t be laid aside.
The CMnMAs decided the motion out Of order
Mr. sMTB appealed from bis decision; and the Chair
man overrulcd, and the bill laid aside.
bills CoSsIpElKD.
Seven other bills considered and afterwards re-
ported to the House. but not passed
TEMPERANCE DISTRICT
Mr.. CRRRT SMITH moved the memorial OF the New York
City Alliance asking Congress- to give tho Corporation Of
Washington the power to abolish Intoxicating drinks be
taken from the table and referred TO tho Committee Of
The judiciary.
Mr.. WALSH (dem) Of N. VI object, cir. Daughter
JnTERsoS's WORKS DsrRIBrTrp
The House then passed resoludo providing for the
ftrbuton among members and others OF the works of
Thomas Jefferson.
BUILDINGS THE o0URrs
M SrASzox (dem Of Tenn, from the Judiciary Com
mtiee re ported bill providing places of meeting for
tho United S'aes Courts In Boston New York. and Phi
ladelphia; pending which, the House edjourncd
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-15

Death Of Distinguished Lawyer.
PnovrDKScH, July L. 1884
Thomas I Carpenter distinguished hsycx Of this
city, died this morning of erysipclas.
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sARAToGA, July IL, 1904.
Charles W. senders, gunsmith, q this place, was
committed to jail TO day for attempting 10 poison his
wife with arsenic, ,sacmlnstered In bccr.
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The Watering Places.
OUR PURTAGE CORRESPONDENCE.
poHTAgT- ,July 4

PoETAsE, July &, 1854,
ocai Attractions and Sights of rortage--v vc aliv
and Gyandsur Of rs Scsner2 Tie High B,i isc--
U,per. Middle and Lo9er Fa!ls--1Hc DepiF !
Ccen. &c.
Having read with much interest your tier from
Watering Place we have been surprised at never
having sesD al extended notice of attractive aud
beautiful resort as Portage. We have been fire.
quent yisiters at Niagara, Saratoga, Avon. Now.
port, &c; but never have we spenta summer ia q
place containing, as does Portage, grandeur beauty
and variety of natara scenery, with heahfuless OF
atmosphere, the triumphs of art and local attrac.
tions. Added to the High Bridge, (2S4 fee. in
height and 500 feet span,) is the beauty of the
upper, Middle and Lower Falls" the grandeur OF
which, in many points is not equalled even by MIA
gars.
The Mid2eFall is especially worthy the attention
Of tourists. Unlike Niagara, the water is inter
rupted at irregular distances by lodges of rocks,
throughout descent Of upwards Of q hundred feet,
giving the whole fall the appearance Of a fret work
veil OF sparkling diamonds A le1ge of dry rocks
oyerhangs this fall, beneath which the visiter can
with perfect safety descend and obtain q most ad
yantageous view Of the fall rendered more sublime
by the other points of attraction near, /. Q. the
81 Devils Oven" rainbow, the cascade produced
by the water from the wier waste OF the canal,
iaAiing IOur nunCIed rect over the rocks,
" Hanging Ill chains of pearl 'sHermlon HILL"
A short distance beyond, and on the way to the
third grand fall at the foot Of fight OF stairs OF
two hundred and ftyfour steps, is delightful glen
unsurpassed in romantic situations and scencry by
any similar spot in Italy-thc land OF romance.
Here, over semi-circunr riff Of rocks falls mnch
heavier body OF water distance Of some fifty feet
and winds with swift current its meandering course
between the arcDg rocks of over four hundred feet
high, thus lending additional charms to the pictur.
esquc grouping Of trees and smaller rocks. Here
the lover OF the truly sublime in nature cannot fail
to admire, and, in the language Of the poet say
OH fc-tageyille Stern and wild
Meet nurse for { poet child, BE
Besides this beautiful variety Of natural scenery,
the surrounding woods and streams not mile dis
tant from the Lanman, offer exhiIarating attrac-
tions to the rpsrtsman In the former, partridges
black squirrels, pheasauts quais and pigeon are in
abundance; and in the latter, fine trout. Among
these. Give pounders' are SD little rarity as
scarcely TO excite surprise. Portage ssixty-ore miles
from Buffalo. directly the ronte Of the Buffalo and
New York City Railroad, which is fast becoming tho
most desirable one from New York to Niagara Fails.
A. M. y.
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BALTfhOHN, July II. lbb9
The directors OF tho Baltimore ana susquehanna Rail-
road have removed Mr. Winchester from the post OF Gu
perintendens, account Of the collision the 9Th
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-08-20
From the Albany Eoening Journal.
The Beginning Of Mormonism.

Twentyeight years.ago, Joe Smith, the foun-
der of this sect, and Harris, his first convert,
applied to the senior editor of the Journal, then
residing in Rochester, to print his "Book Of
Mormon" then just transcribed from the Col
den Bible" which Joe had found in the cleft
of rock, to which he had been guided by a
vision.
We attempted to read the first chapter, but
it seemed such nnintelligible jargon that it was
thrown aside. Joe was q tavern idler in the
village OF Palmyra. Harris, who offered to pay
for the printing, was substantial farmer. Dis
gusted with what we considered weak inyen.
ton of an imposter, and not caring to strip
Harris of his hard earnings, the proposition
was declined.
The manuscript was then taken to another
printing office across the street, from whence,
in due time, the original Mormon Bible" made
its advent.
"Tall trees from little acorns grow"
But who would have anticipated from such
bald, shallow, senseless imposition, such world
wide consequences? To remember and con-
trast Joe Smith, with his loafer-look, pretending
to read from miraculous slate-stone placed in
his hat, with the Mormonism of the present
day, awakens thoughts alike painful and NOR
tifying. There is no limit, even in the most
enlightened of all the ages Of knowledge, to the
influence ofimposture and credulity. 1fknaves,
or even fools, invent creeds, nothing is too
monstrous for belief. Nor does the fact--a fact
not denied or disguised-that all the Mormon
leaders are rascals as well as imposters, either
open the eyes of their dupes or arrest the pro-
gress Of delusion.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-08-20

The LITERARY Men OF FRANcE-victor
Hugo lives broken exile in the isle of Guern.
sey Lamartine is almost forgotten. You
sometimes meet in Paris half negro, whose
hair has lost its color and become white, and
who stoops alarmingly in the shoulders-it is
Alexander Dumas. This popular writer re.
sides with his daughter, at the Maison dor, on
the Boulevard, but has lately taken small
"hotel' in the Rue dAmsterdam. / passed
one evening on the Boulevard equity old man,
bent almost double, who seemed hardly able to
drag himself along; he was returning from the
Divan, sort Of estaminet, celebrated as place
of reunion for men Of letters, and was pointed
out to me as the celebrated critic Gustavas Pr
anche, but he looks now like a critic of the
past. Alfred de Vigney, the author Of St.
Mars, is tolerably constant attendant at the
Academic Franchise, and still holds up his
head CONNIE un Saint Sacrament, to use
French phrase his locks hang long, like those
Of the Franks described by Thierry but, alasl
they are no longer black. Emile Deschamps
has retired to Versailles, where he cultivates
bis garden more than the muses.. Sainte
Beuvs has thrown himself into the Monit,y
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-08-20
1.-THE FEELING AT THE SOUTH,


Under this caption, the Boston atlas pub
fishes letter, which it thus introduces to its
readers: ave publish below communication
from gentleman residing in one of the south
ern States, which it will be seen gives an
entirely new view of the feeling at the South in
regard to the extension Of slavery and the
repeal of the Missouri compromise. The writer
appears to be fully sensible of the evils Of the
peculiar institution, and we trust will again
favor us with his views on the subject"
1t seems that this one letter, in the estima.
ton Of the atlas, throws in the shade all the
other signs Of the times, all the other indica-
tons Of the feelings Of the southern people in
regard to slavery and the repeal of the Missouri
restriction. What though all the southern de.
mocrats in the House of Representatives and
in the Senate with two exceptions, one in each
House, were in favor of that repeal; what
though large majority Of the wing represen-
tatives we're also in favor of it: what though
nearly all the southern newspapers were on the
same side? This is all nothing, literally moth.
ing. A correspondent of the atlas, who signs
himself "Justitia," gives different account Of
the matter, and forthwith the Alias publishes
the letter under the imposing caption of-"The
Feeling Of the South"
This letter writer represents himself as hav.
ing been reared in the South, and processes
much solicitude for the welfare Of the southern
States. We purpose making few extracts
from his letter, which, it we mistake not, viii
satisfy any reader that he has not one drop OF
southern blood in his veins. He evidently
writes under check. He tries 10 conceal the
cloven foot Of the abolitionist but notwitb.
standing all his pains, every sentence shows
the unmistakable signs of that monster abo-
litionism. He says
"To traveller from the North, coming
South, IT is easy for him TO tell when he has
struck Stare territory. The prevalent behind.
the-tlmes look, the make-shift and law appear.
! ance Of everything, tells him, in characters not
to be mistaken, that he has entered the land OF
despotism, where the relation of "master and
servant" blooms in all its luxuriant deformity.
May you Of the North, who have the majority
in both halls of the national legislature, ever be
true TO yourselves, and to the poor white men
Of the South, and never permit the slave owners
to extend their deleterious system beyond its
present boundary! Slavery is corroding
canker, that eats at the very heart of our in.
sttutions. Lett be confined where the wealthy
Jeudat lords (who are SO schooled in laziness
and subject to command absolutely, that they
cannot give 1t up, even TO insure their eternal,
much less their temporal salvation reside.
Our wellinformed citizens, residing in our
towns and villages, ay, even the educated in
the country, who own the principal portion Of
our slaves, admit that we are behind the North
in ereything. Yet they are in the minority
and consequently il would be imprudent for
them to talk about the matter, with such stulti-
! fed blank minds rs they have, who compose
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-08-20
OUR COMMERCIAL AGENT AT CUR

We had the pleasure Of meeting, yesterday,
James II. Young, esq, United States CONNER.
clal agent at Curacao, one of the Dutch West
INDIA Islands. Mr.. Young has returned home,
ana is on visit to Washington for the purpose
OF laying before our government the particulars
o. certain difficulties which he has encountered
Ia ms ofhcial capacity, with the authorities Of
onracoa. The questions to be settled, we nm
dersiand, are of high Importance to our com
mercial interests in those islands, and will, no
doubt, receive the prompt consideration and
correct decision of the Secretary of State under
existing law and treaty stipulations.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-08-20

MARROW ESCAPE FROM BULL.-The On
tario (Ca.) Reporter of the 3rd, records the
following narrow escape from an infatuated
bull:
"On Sunday last, Mr.. John Heslop Of this
township came near being gored to death by q
furious bull, belonging to Mr. Anderson, of the
second Concession. The bull came into the
premises Of Mr.. Heslop who undertook 10 drive
him TO pound. On reaching the pound, kept
by Mr. VIM. Balmer, his bull refused to enter
at the proper gate, and went into the yard
Mr.. Balmer being present assisted to drive him
into the gate, when, probably being an old ac-
quaintance of that gentleman, be made dash
at him, and Mr.. Balmer took refuge on the op-
posite side Of the fence with extraordinary
agility. The bull now ran into Mr.. BIS wheat
field, followed by Mr.. Heslop. Here fearful
encounter took place. The bull turned on Mr..
Heslop, and at the first charge brought the
gentleman to the ground, the horns fortunately
passing by his side. Before Mr.. H. could get
up, the infuriated animal had recovered him.
self, and with fearful roar made a second
lunge with such force that he fell on ton of
Mr.. H., burying his horns deep in the ground
and tearing it up in his rage Mr. Heslop
could not stir, being pressed between the fore
legs Of the bull, and to speak lightly of Sc.
rious matter, he felt himself between the horns
Of very dangerous dilemma Mr. Ii. never
lost his presence Of mind, and although il is
recommendable in many difficult cases in life
to "take the bull by the horns," Mr.. Heslop
preferred in this instance 10 take him by the
nose; SO managing to get his fingers into that
organ, he brought his heavy antagonist to his
senses at least, and both came to their feet. The
struggle for the mastery was fearful, but Mr.. H.
is a strong man, and his life depended on his
efforts. After severe tussel, the enraged
beast was backed against the fence, which Mr..
Heslop placed between himself and his antago-
mist at once, fortunately without any injury,
farther than few slight bruises. Mr. Balmer
was unacquainted with the struggle in the
wheat field until it was over. The bull ran a
few rods and dropt dead from rage and ex.
haustion :"
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-08-20

the majority of our landed gentry. Such igno
rance AS exists among them, is unknown in
enlightened and Christian countries. You talk
about the supercillious and overbearnp man
ners OF your rich men at the North Why
they are meek and pious individuals, compared
10 our folks who may possess some ten or fie
teen thousand dollars worth of negroes, the
product OF whose industry they may be splurq
ing upon. Nicholas, on meeting one of his
serfs, would not be half so pompous as our
slave owner would be on passing in the street
q poor white man, mechanic, or whatever NAV
be his calling. Indeed i don't know how SO
many OF our citizens can submit to be thus
treated, when they can go North, and by their
industry support themselves, and be considered
at least freemen, who have immortal souls to
be saved, and dear little families to support"
This man reared at the South says further,
that the Shareholder looks upon his " poor white
neighbor as an interloper" and contrives gen.
orally "to lay trap to ruin him" either by
"enticing him to trade with his negroes or
some other method" He says "poor white
men are placed ona footing with dogs" "Dogs
did | say? why, a favorite pointer or hound is
OF far more Importance in the eyes and under
standings ofthe Southern Lords Of the manor
than poor buckra.''
Again he says ~ trust that you of the
North will never submit to the enlargement of
the area Of slavery" Further" The Missouri
compromise must be restored trial by jury
must be annexed to the fugitive slave law"
Speaking of Southerners he says" They chad
he been Southerner he would have said re,)
boast and hector good deal about dissolution.
Dare they go into anything Of the sort?" One
picture, this sapient Southern correspondent
delights to draw-the picture of servile usur-
rection. He says:
Let dissolution but arrive, and you may
look for great emigration of all the real en-
tghtenment of the South to the North They
know that there will be servile instruction
Immediately, and they are not willing that
their families and selves should be massacred
by the negroes, on account Of the idle vapor-
ings of obstinate ignorant. The negroes will
not spare any white person, whether slave
owner or not Witness the scenes of st. Do
mingo, where even mulattoes were butchered
because they had white blood in their veins"
Does the Boston Atlas, Freesoil Wing
paper, expect to palm off this Infamous aboli-
ton letter upon its readers as the letter of
a southern man, who expresses "the feeling of
the South
No doubt this boosted letter was written in
Boston, or by an abolition emissary engaged
in stealing and carrying away negroes from
some of the southern States. 1t is too bald a
humbug. No southern man is capable of so
eliminating the land of his birth and the
institutions under which he has been raised.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-08-20
Aug. l9--ts
EXTENSIVE
BOOT AND SHOE ESTABLISHMENT
JUST OPENED IN IRON HALL

JUST OPENED IN IRON HALL
q p. HOOVER has fitted up, In an at
~ tractive style, the large and spacious store in
lion Hall, Pennsylyania avenue, between 9th and
10th streets and furnished il with, perhaps the
largest and best selected stock of BOOTS AND
SHOES ever exhibited in this city.
II is the determination of the undersigned 10
make this establishment excel, in all particulars,
every other of the kind in the country. With this
view, he has made arrangements for a regular
supply of every article in his line CT business, with
the most celebrated manufacturers in this country,
and, in future, every variety Of Boots and Shoes
for Ladies, Gentlemen Children, and Servants,
may here be found.
No expense has been spared in fitting up this
establishment TO make il attractive as place
of business. He will spare no effort 10 win lib
eral share OF public patronage. His prices shall
be moderate. approximating as closely as possible
10 those of the manufacturers.
The following are among the articles just re-
ceived
FOR LADIES.
Black, bronze, and coored Caters, thin and thick
soles
White and black satin Slippers, and English Kid
Slippers
French and American Morocco and Kid Slippers
Morocco walking Shoes OF every variety
Toilet Slippers, enamelled and worked, French
and American
Jenny Lind Buskins, Polkas, md other stylos OF
Dress Shoes.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-08-20
GREAT ACCOMMoDATIONI

Connection 6etaceen the Orange and Alexandria
Railroad from Washington.
A the urgent solicitation of a number of per-
IA sons, will, on and after Monday, July 3,
start an extra omnibus from Washington every
morning at 81 o'clock, calling at all the Hotels and
at The residences of persons who may leave their
order the night previous AT p. w. Halls, near Sd
ST. or at w. Lepreux's, corner of 18th street and
Pennsylvania avenue. Travellers will thus avoid
the trouble and Inconvenience OF changing some
three or four times, at a uniform rate of charges
Passage 20 cents; trunks IS cents; no charge for
a vase or carpet-bsg.
Another coach will leave the depot on the arri-
val Of the early train, and arrive at Alexandra
ahead of every other line.
July Elm HUGH LATHAM
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-08-20
The Nebraska Bill.

. MS wonderful Nebraska bill has wrought,
n, nn'Iac,e thai neer was seen or thought
breed
" no never IN point Of faith agreed,
f1n never VIII again that I'll be sworn
iiaVe turned Their threats TO one hafmoniou.
ana draw together both by bit and rein.
nenglon ne'er could bind them in one ,c,her.
but politics have brought these saints together
ana Enit them, mot by Christian love OF others
ou' onris'lan hatred Of their Southern brothers.
Boston posf
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-08-20

Unioerset, where he has turned prophet Of evil,
and appears in wearisome articles which are
read only in the provinces. The bibliophle
Jacob Paul Lacroix) must also be cassed
among the forgotten ones, as we'll as his brother,
who once enjoyed reputation as writer Of
romances and dramatic pieces and who has
married the sister-in-law Of Balzac Some of
the writers of higher class of literature remain,
such as Guizot, Vilemain, Augustin, Thierry,
and Victor Cousin, but of these Guizot alone
is active.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-08-20
HON. EDISON b. oLDs, OF OHIO.

We are much gratifed that this gentleman
has been re,nominated for Congress. Because
OF his firm stand on the Nebraska question, the
banded pack of fusionists declared bitter war
against him; but the sterling democracy Of his
district has sustained him, and will, we trust
re-elect him.