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Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-12-13
G0ngrtssiOaal
THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS.


senate-Iuesday, December IL, 1851.
Rev. HENRY SLIcER was elected Chaplain, hav-
ing received twenty. four Of the votes cast.
The bill reported during the last session. from
the Committee on the Judiciary, for amending the
judicial system Of the United States was made
the special order of the day for the first Tuesday
in January next, and
The bill TO provide for the final settlement of
the claims of the officers of the Revolutionary
army, and Of the widows and orphan children of
those who died in the service, was made the
special order for the first of January next
Mr., SHIELDS, in pursuance of previous no.
tice, introduced bill for the continuation of the
improvement of certain rivers and harbors in
Illinois, which was referred TO the Committee on
Commerce.
Mr.. BRODHEAD obtained leave 10 introduce
bill 10 grant bounty land TO certain officers and
soldiers who have rendered service 10 the United
States, and to extend grants made 10 Others
He gave notice that in the course OF few
days, he should call up the consideration Of the
bill
After the transaction Of other business, and a
brief Executive session,
The Senate adjourned.
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Du6lic document.
Report of the Secretary Of the Interior.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Deem hel. A lQRI


DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
December A, 1854
SIR: have the honor to submit the usual
annual report of the operations Of this Depart
ment
The business Of the General Land Office has
greatly increased, but has been conducted with
vigor and ability.
The surveys Of the public lands have pro-
crossed rapidly, and the necessary preparations,
as lar as the appropriations will permit, have
been made for extending them into the new
Territories.
The quantity of land in market has been
largely augmented, and every facility given to
the hardy pioneers to secure eligible and per-
manent homes.
The adoption of the graduation principle, in
troduced into the land system a novel and inn
Portant feature, and stamped it with charac-
ter almost entirely new. The labor, on the
part OF the Bureau, produced by it, is immense,
and has involved the Office in difficulties that
cannot be easily or effectually surmounted
without the further aid of Congress The law
may be SO modified as to preserve its distinc-
tive features; relieve its provisions from the
I. uncertainty that now attaches to them, and,
at the same time. more efectually accomplish
the grand object to be attained No doubt the
:, "t@o W oiu ouu prOtcct the dctuhl set
tier, and not promote the schemes of mere spec
ulators.
This being assumed, the law, according to
the plausible construction of the latter, will be
found lamentably defective. 1t could not have
been enacted to subserve their interests at the
expense of those seeking permanent residences,
and yet unless it be more strictly guarded, its
provisions more clearly defined, and its objects
more fully declared, it is feared such will be
the result
During the last fiscal year II ,070 1886 acres have
been surveyed, and s,l90,017 acres brought into
market. Within the same period there were sold
for cash. .................. 7,035, 735.07 acres
And the amount received
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he Weather during January

For the last two days the weather has
been mild and pleasant The month just
closing, we presume to have bee January
OF more steady cold weather than has ever
been experienced in this latitude.
Our thermometrical tables Of the weather
extend back only four years. By consult
ing them We find the average temperature
of the month to be a. foilows:-Ja iaary,
1851, 20 degrees; 1852, 1915 dogs; 1888,
2025 dogs: 1850. II. dogs.
During January 1851 tho mercury fell
below zero FIVE times; the minimum or low
est temperature of the month being 10,
the maximum. or highest, 50 dogs.
January, 1852, it fell lelow zero four
times, the min mum being ~ dogs, the
maximum or the month, 81 degs.
January, 1853, il fell below zero but enc
time, minimum Of the month . dogs. max
imum 30 degs.
Janusry, 1854, the mercury fell below
zero FIVE times and three times reached 0
the minimum Of the moath was --lG, the
maximum IS degs.
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Fuel.

We have said SO much in favor or ou'
formers that we wish now 10 speak few
words IN behalf OF our citts ems. We wish
to enjoin upon our City Counci! the neces-
siiy which exists for some regularity with
respect 10 the sale o. fuel In our market.
Our citizens are imposed upon and honest
farmers are made to suffer in reputation
from tie rascali:ies Of few teamsters who
are engaged 10 hauling fuel 70 the city,
Wood is brought 10 our market and as there
is no wood measurer, the telmster repre-
sen,s il to be mere than there really is by
onc-fourth and sometimes third. 1t il
true the farmer himseifis sometimes deceiv-
ed BY the choppers, but the citizen should
not be made to pay for his negligence. The
cosl-haulers are less scrupulous. We have
known instances Of them purchasing 80
bushels at the Illinois banks and selling the
load for 40 bushels. Fuel having become
an item of &C much Importance in cur mar
ket, both from the quantity used and the
high price to which it, especially wood has
advanced, our Council should not delay in
passing an ordinance for the protection q
the citizens; or in breathing vitality into ont
which did exist requiring every load of Woo
offered for sale to be measured and Of Goa
TO be weighed.
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Temperance Discussion

Mr.. II. Price, a ar advocate 81 the Maiuf
Law, appears in the last number Of D.
Deaaotrat, the German paper Of thi. place
by request Of its editor, WIN csigns taking
the negative Of the question. The article.
slough in English are too lyng FOR Us /.
publish and viii be designed, we presume
mainly for our German population. The ar
tcle published is disGgurcd with grea
many typographical errors, which negAboi
Gulieh should endeavor to guard against il
future. Mr Price begas the discussion II
very amiable tone and we uu#t his oPPo
nent may maintain the moodin - Aich il ha.
commenced.
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American Colonization Society.

The annual meeting Of the American
Colonization Society took place at Wash
ington City on the lSth inst. The receipts
Of the Society for the year have been over
$50 900, and the expenditures amount to
SlO0.O00--leavina deficit of 100000.
The Society has sent out during the year
seren hnadred and eigtty-three emiqrants, and
the present resources Of the Society are
inadequate to the most pressing demands.
Those who have II genuine regard for the
African racc-who are not using il as a mere
political hobby to be rode while profitable,
and to be kicked aside when not, have here
presented to them an opportunity to test
their professions by works. 4 large number
ofintelligent Africans wish to return to the
land Of their fathers where equal civil rights
and social equality await them, and where II
broad field for enterprise invites them to no
bic eiiort-hut the Society has expended all
its means and gone in debt beside in lis pros
ecution of the good work to which it is de-
voted. Let the benevolent, the truly humane
Of the land, respond 10 the call that is nov
made upon them in this behaI.- riicnq1
Pres.
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Ieetpre-Ia ciaira Hi

The fectuie las evening before the Dar-
export Literary Society, by J. ". SzssLr
Esq, was an able production and well de.
lirered. The lie Claire Hull when no,
compactly filled, is the worst room in town
for public speaking, Every little noise re.
yerberates until il becomes painful TO follow
the speaker in his discourse. Competing Oh
mating should be placed upon the floor. Il
desden the noise made by those restless
beings who cannot I'll still ten sucecssly,
minutes Tri- neaIly T4esdop.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
WARRINGTON. Jan. o6.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 70.
SENArE.-Chair laid before Senate COM
munication from the Secretary Of the Int
rior. asking an appropriation OF 100000 to
paw debts incurred by Mexican boundry com
mission.
Mr.. Seward presented proceedings Of
meeting Of citizens Of New York and mem
hers oil Legislature OF New York and various
parts OF that State, in favor OF reduction Of
Ocean Postage,
Also, petition that Congress grant lands
for shin canal around the falls Of Niagara.
Mr.. Everett presented petition OF the
Massachusetts Historical Society asking
that Congress would take measures to pro-
cure from England copies Of documents and
correspondence touching early history OF
the American Colonies.
Horsr.-Went into Committee Of the
Whole Of the Presidents Message,
Mr.. Eidredge delivered his views on the
subject of the Senate resolutions authofl-
zinc the President to confer BY Brevet title
Lieut.. General for military services.
pHILApELrHIA, Jan. 25.
The Niagara has arrived at Boston. Gus
tom House officers were on the alert on the
arrival of the Niagara. No person was al
lowed 10 Is Oh board till all trunks Of pas
sengers underwent strict examination ke-
cen, smuggling Developments led to these
unusual proceedings.
The following additional foreign news was
received:
VIENNA. Jan. 9th. dispatches hive been
received from Constantinople 70 the 26th.
Mr.. Marsh, American Minister, has had his
farewell audience.
The Sultan troops, in garrison, had been
confined in the barracks. Relniercements
we're called in from the naighberhood and
strong patrols posted TO prevent tuinuituous
assemblages in the streets.
Letters from Bucharest say that Russia has
replied to the last proposition for peace by
making extraordinary warlike movements
Instructions had been despatched from st.
Pet ersburg increasing the Danubian Array
to an executive force of 100000.
The London Oh: oaicie, oithe 18th, says that
hopes Of peace hang on a very slender thread,
and that the western powers had made full
preparation for war as the probable alterna-
tive.
Australia dates from New South Wales
to the Both October bring no important
news. A ship had arrived Mt plymouth
with nearly million and quarter in
gold
Melhourn dates to October IL say that
the produce market is badly supplied. Bust
ness is dull. but reaction is confidently ex-
pected. There is great demand for labor
with an increase of wages.
CHARLESTON, 5. C., Jan. 81.
Alferd Aversion, Of Columbus, was elict-
cd t. s. Senator from Georgia on Non
day. He is a thorough going ,es-Rigits
Democrat.
WINCHESTER, Jan. %
A terrible lire last night destroyed from
10 to ID houses. including Taylor's Hotel,
and several dwellings and stores on Main
street, were ON FIRE, but were extinguished
without serious damage-loss .l5o,ooo.
Imoorsaa. rom Erie.
ERIE, Jan. 81.
The Marshal is demonstrating bridges
and track to-day at Harbor Creek and Erie,
aud the wole OF il will be completed 10 NOR
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iii

CCRtors DEVELOPMENTS On te IA
inst. the sum OF II 800 VA. stolen .fontH.
store of Mr. b F Croker, IN Salem, VIA.
ington county. AeX York Active excrf.r.,
~ere made H. discover the robbef. m.s,
persons who were known to be- nes, H.
scene of the robbery al the tine were Il.
amined and searched, but all without s,l5,.
ing Il clue TO the author of the robbery
week later some little sons Of Mr. A.G
Eldridye, Who were at play in his yard. d,
covered parcel rolled up in piece
newspaper They took il ii tileir iaths.
Y ho, upon examination, found il tqcaBtas
500 of tie stolen money, aud n5tr v.'.
ten with lead penci!. and ePdeatg il
disguised hand, IL the effect that as the nj.
Ter was going home ahd dld not need +.
money Ut present, hit had concluded aa.
turH H. but would BE- "raBBd' araia naEas
days. THIS note Wa, evidently Rrt.en#
thc purpose Of throwing Mr erJcker Il i.
guard, aud inducing hm t. believe liatae
rubG 7 vas not 4 resident Of the town
hlt. however precisely contrary eiit5ts.
The search was prosecuted with rcnegs!s=e,.
ilance The newspaper IN which 10 70
turned bills had been folded was tgun5"S
q portion If . New Bedford laurnal l,a"
asceria'Hed from the postmaster that Is
paper was sent To but ent family % t.
town; and upon proceeding 10 thefssae1a
Of this family. the newspaper irnI g&a
the fragment had been torn was found al.
nnc Of the individual, who's name had5cta
prominently mentioned in connection VaA
tae affair was sitting in The h2us wass
tb1s discovery was made. H. was INNS
ljutrlg arrested, aud at last accounts ts&
gwen bal. in $1,000 fJr h. Appearance Il
tgial
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COLI Weather.

For several mornings the mercury has
ranged in the immediate vicinity Of zero.
The result is, about the most compact
bridge that has ever been thrown across
the big father. Teams are continually
crossing on smooth and direct road
Were the Improvement permanent the in
tcrmedia;e space between Davenport and
Rock Island would soon be divided off into
lots and the two cities be blended into one.
Tri- Wee.ly OF Saturday.
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figures.

Issuance COMPANIES SUSPENDED The
Chicago Press says the General Mutual In.
sursnce Company, Of New York, have sus-
pended business. but they say they have am
pie finds Oh hand to pay all losses assessed
to reissue outstanding risks and leave a
surplus for stockholders.
The .E,aa Insurance Company Of Utica,
New Yorl, have issued notice, stating
that owing 10 numerous and severe losses
during the last ninety days it viii be inn
possible for it to NEE, its liabilities at pres
ent
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The Ups and Downs Of sta,.s

me ne" YORK Times publishes :.
interesting diagram showing The nr 81!
downs, in relation to rank. II - uis aai
States Of the Union, us it apuear wy \ several
United States census fur tbe 81. .9n tie
yeara: f1s' SIXTY
Virginia, which stood ffyl IN ,7ao !,
nat rank for two periods until lsl os !. lea
she begun 70 decline, and became s..' sa@n
1870, M'rd II 1880 and toahin lslo ~ a.! y
position she continued to hold /, = ,y winch
New York beginning fjit, became ~, ~,
ten years, second in ten nora q. s1a ID
more, and has held ih4t proud ns.;,;3 tn
since. The decline Of some d The S., WV
has beenas rapid and marked as the si p'4's'
Of others. thus New Hampshire .,, aai''e
tRN ~ 1870, fell to the e'eesaH h Ia '.s'A5
the fife nth in 1910, ahd held H., ! ~ !. %
ten years, when she again fell ia ba s&'..a
tsaaH N 1880 to the tucAtg srce55 \, %'
and held that place in 1870. Ohio o,z.
other hand, which entered npCn III ~. y W
u $500 as The Sceebf7ah, rake Ia h. II -.
IN 1910, 10 be tfib III 1870. tag. ~
and third IN lS4Q-ihe position gb;I' az. =
holds AZ present. Other 0f ihc Stta.
been marked by curious lltefna,i5as p l..'
Mississippi beginning a'ptc4i4 II lsa5 wv wv
that place ten years, IN 1920 she had ,.5l
to thu tleeatY:frst, and in 1890 IL liz ~ W.
secoa3, when she began to rise. and in ,s;,
stood sersntssath, and .fftacatt ii lsso !, !"
kansas Is the only State which held n, IN
same relative rank 1T the end II he liz. Y.
as she had at the beginning, and her ,. s 49,
has been changed every ten years .in.st H.
existence TarieeR Of the Stalp. a.
higher, and fifteen low or, HI 1850 tlap 3f.,
they started, Those which have ri.e9 ~
fallen, with their rank II he bcg.hairrs
end Of the period embraced. are be gl5s
ing:
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Liberty

Henry Ward Bcecher in the Iadepcnden!
thus pays his respects to John Mitchell, the
editor of the Citiscn, who wished that he
might own ga good plantation well stocked
with negroes down in Alabama
.When Mr.. Mitchell sends greetings to
the South, after the fashion OF the extract
with which we pollute n little spot in eur
paper, he may be praised by few who
have purpose, aud are willing to use I'M
princpled men; but among the sober, lie
consderatc, the honorable men OF the South,
such sudden and gross revolution will be
received with disgust. lfthere must be a
defence of slavery, men will Iceland no.
where more than at the South that he should
not volunteer who has himself tasted the
cup OF bitterness, and whose frantic out,
cries under oppression are yet ringing IN his
ear.
III this WAS the thistle that was growing
in Ireland, ard preparing to shake forth ITS
seeds for 4 universal crop, then England
has put the world in debt to her by cutting
ii up by the root; and Divine Providence
has saved the Emerald Isle from one who
only needed power and opportunity 10 be a
domestic tyrant.
Here comes to thee, Q Alabama. q
weary pilgrim, whose lie has been spent IN
warfare with oppression, Those scars,
they are the memorials Of liberty; that pale
cheek, it is washed in the weary strife for
human rights; that sunken eye it pned
away in long confinement borne for liberty +
sake. And now his consecrated life he
bears to thy soil. . thrice fortunate Ala
bama. and that breath that has blown the
trumpet against kings aud tyrranies, is
heard in soft whispers along thy streams,
asking Tor fat plantation.
Let England rest. Tumultuous John
Mitchell will yeX her no more about the tool
ish abstraction OF Liberty.
But We will not believe such SANDER
OF Ireland. We will rather believe that long
imprisonment had soured noble nature,
and that sweet feelings are turned to the
gall of misanthropy. We know that such a
gallant nature as Meagher's would repudi-
ate such sentiments. We do net believe
that Dillon, and O.Gorman, and O'Brien,
and host oil memorable others, are 50
surlid and so selfish in their conception Of
human rights and liberty, as u unite fer
their motto, My liberty ereyfatRg; Mans
liberty noshing''
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TuE DEMON SFLrULATlnN.-FHe Gal5f'
tain character Of wealth was tereibF aynct
tamjnA Us an incident related 20 " F'tr5t
#. Merchants know that during the s'H
sart OF the summer and early fallmGc3'z'
ula,ion existed III hgs. Eytraraeiai 3D.
.ictpati ps were INDUCED ~ ~ dealers 'at
heavy losses have been the consequent.
4 Young man Ia the vicinity Of la5aa'gah
recently came into possession Ola hano'3h'
sortune--s3mc slj,ooo in cash IT, d''H.
mined t. make grand speculation 10 luz
hag business; he visited the farmers ''.s
Indianapolis, and purchased 1900 ae'' "
50 per cwt., paying down one dol!a'on'I ,
hog. the remainder 10 be pad On q "!
named in the future.
Meanwhile the commodity declined y p1
reut., and az the time specified igr theae'''H
the haes they have fallen to 81 % Pe''"'t
which wa dead loss on the contract P'Es "
S3l,. 90. Nv advice nf his friends b. s' s
pounded with the farmers by losing %da' ~
had advanced they relinquished 'ler '' Wv.
From competency he is suddenly FfP1g'
tatod into beggary at1neher " , m
gencc. He was richie would be sa'l'".
iicher-row he Is poor.
Speculation Is the demon Of The laa.- ,L
tile profession. IL track is s'rr"o "'1
hleached bones Of blown mp banHruPsl
Thousands are annually crippled iof 4y ,'. y
years, by the falls they received Nh',e pI,l
II rushing 10 grasp the eiidea oauo I,, ~.
before their excited eupidity by me ., n.,T
as mirage in the desert tenpts a'o ''n, ~,
yes the thirsty traveller. But straNs'' ,,g
the disastrous example detcrs le" OF "u" "5,
the coucourse behind from pressing '"I ~,
into the same wild pursuit.-f0fFS' W.
Democrat.
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PAsrrL Bur LArGHABLE,-ih ,,n,a.
otnn Army Surgeon" We ilnd 'Oe y"
ing: ,:an ny
remember, one day in MAXIM
hospital rounds, patient jas' ga and
presented an ampatited loreaF"' hand
doing so could scarcely RESTRAIN Il.
laugh, the litter was constantly Va
face. ,., MT
.What is the matter! ms NV
strike me as subject of laughter ~, ny
1T Is not. doctor, but excuse me, -, '' l,rfl
arm in so funny way that sun
when look 1T it,"
Nv hat wayr ,...or and
"Our first sergeant wanted 9''1, .nssral.~
gn, me t. attend to it, Us ] am ~ can't.
W. went together in front OF ~. .,se. and
had lathered him, took bin hy ',' ran.
just about applying the razor M'', ,as, / .ag
non ball came, aud that was inc I'' ~, doc.
of his head aud my arm. ESense, "arna
tor. for laughing s., but | never 81"
thing before -. If Te1
This occurred during the ss'S'
Erie.
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.Slasc ofthe dark and '.irty mine,
Nhai has brought the herr

Where We have been accustomed to
clutch the gray goose quill' Easily answer
ed-passing the attractive establishment oil
Mr.. r. VI. HoUsEL, in lie Claire Row, we
were induced to enter, then to examine his
elegant gold watches, his fine assortment OF
jewelry, and upon his well merited recon-
meadation. to try the facility with which
his gold pens acquitted themselves, and
lastly. to accept the very one now between
our fingers as that which best adapted itself
to the Geographic speed with which an ed
itor transmits his thoughts TO paper. Thus
we came to exchange the quill for the gold
pen, and the first use we make of il is
to inform our readers where from large as
sortmeRt, they can have an excellent oppor-
,unity OF selecting just the kind of one
adopted to their handwriting.
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a Mr. SWIFT, of Dublin, has an invention
by which he can progress through the wa
ter in an upright position at the rate Of five
miles an hour. The apparatus consists Of
two air-tight tin floats Of twenty feet long,
tapcrng to u narrow point at each cud, and
joined together by two bars of iron. The
mode by which it is propelled is by dou-
be-bladed oar, eighteen feet tin length, which
is made to ply windmill fashion by the oc-
cupant, who stands in the centre. An ex-
pertinent was fully successful, and Mr.
Swift was loudly appIaudci OIL his arrival
al Eden Quay.