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Court OF General Sessions.


bc. 7.-Bvrgiary in the First Deores-James Gil
mour, lad of ID II years Of age, indicted for
breaking into the premises of Vim. c. wetmore ISL
Fourth street. the night of the 18th OF November
and stealing various articles from thence. Mr. Wet
more was in bed the night in question when he heard
footsteps the stairs and afterwards the handle Of his
door turned. He started up, and opening the
heard distinctly two men retreating but he unable
10 catch 'hem On examining the house he found that
books forks knives &c, missing and coats were
scattered about the hail. The window OF the basement
through which the burglars had entered open and
morning, about O'clock police officer two men
entering No. Bayard street with basket. The officer
IN company with Captain Norris subsequently followed
them into this house and in stairs discovered
the men, one Of whom the prisoner Articles which
were afterwards identified by Mr. Wetmore those
stolen from him, together with burglars TOOLS were
found in their possession They arrested and Gil
mour had on pair of Mr. Wetmores stockings 1T the
time. Verdct-guilty.
Charles Dean, the accomplce of James Gilmour Mead
ed guilty to the indictment They each sentenced
10 ten years and six months in the State prison.
attempt to Pots0u.-Sarah Jane Williams was indicted
for an attempt to potion Harriet Bates doth colored)
BY throwing apacKage Of arsenic into coffee pot the
.th day Of November last. The following testimony
taken IN the case gives history Of the affair."
Harriet Bates examined by assistant District At:or.
ney) dcposed-I live In 1888 Church street; know the
prisoners first saw her in October on the THURSDAY be-
lodgings between 10 and IL O'Clock PM she obtained
lodgings and remained with until Tuesday morning
had several disputes with her during this time
about her sitting in the Kitchen another about
her not clearing up her when she got up in the
morning, another about her standing at the gate
evenings talking to told her would not allow il;
she then said the place too decent for her. heard
her that IL she lived with anybody who did anything
to her she would burn the house; my family was COM
posed If five at that time Rrst saw prisoner on
Tuesday morning, about six O'Clock she then COM
ing up the kitchen stairs; the kitchen and the
where we took meals in the basement: next
saw prisoner between eight and nine O'Clock in the
kitchen: we all breakfasted that morning about nine
O'Clock the prisoner included she drank coffee be
cause she said she had headache all the rest toox
coffee felt very sick ut the table and went up stairs
the prisoner sat by the stove came down poured out
Iass OF Coffee and took il to apothccary (Hen
wood); the coffee that morning made by Catherine
williams, my cook; the other persons who drank the
coffee were also sick with pains in the head.
Cross examined by Mr. Spencer not married O.
Are you in therhabit Of living with white nens The
witness declined to answer the question.
The continuation OF the case here postponed, and
the C. q adjourned Tor the day
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n W YORK AND NEW HAVEN RAILROAD -
IN Change OF tme.--On snd after Monday Dec. II
1864, the express train for Bostop Springfield nd
Worcester. leaving TAP. M vilI b. ohsn4ved 70 Pm
from the New Vrk and New Haven railroad statioo u
CAAal street. yAS. T. HQYT. 4nnsrfnAnn1mA
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ITO DENTISTS. THE ADVERTISER WOULD LIKE
i from fifty 20 seventy dollars OF dentisty work.
In exchange for stoves ranges urnaces house furnish
ing goods or any other work the line Please APPLY
NJ aoe Broadway corner Of Walker street
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WHY Is The CUSTOM OF UP TOWN RESfDENr
w conveying 10 the Empire City Tea Warehouse a.
SO Bowery, and the down town TO 81 CathariDe street
simply because the .shest tea and coffee OF every qua
hty are kept there and the prices represents o
per oentege Of profit enormous amount Of bus
small cadies Of tens and coffee, put up expressly
the holidays. Call and get one.
w ORTIZ KNOwING-wHERE TO GIT GOOD TEAS
w good coffee, pure wines, fine brandies, super ~
IRISH and Scotch uhssey, at the old established
GIL Fulton street n Y. between Gold and Gill.
McIOUGHLIN l. MCSIIANE
Successors to 7. Andrews
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81 reENs CorRr TIE UNITED SrATEs-DEo g.
Bril- A. Ill., Esq, Of Missouri, and Daniel O. Morton,
ESQ of Ohio. admitted attorneys and councillors
of tb'- court No D. Arthurs. Nicholson Co., plain
tfis error rs Jesse Hart. This cause argued by
Mr.. IL for the plaintiffs in error, and by Mr.. Law
for the defendant in No. 4. The York an
Maryland Line Railroad Company plaintiff in error,
Ross Winans. The argument in this n.
menced by Mr.. J. Mason Campbell for the plaintiff in
Adjourned
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BILLIARDS.

A MEXICAN PATENT B1lJIARnS--TFN rAHR
"A Al No Ann, an entrance 14s TuNpa
sircet; eight tables corner Of Pineapple and Fultoa
streets brooklyn. Among which are The celebrated
Washington table and the elegant carved rosewood -
bic that received the 6rst premium tue woras Far
Fourteen tables At 100 Chestnut street, Philadelphia al
Of metal slate and marble With Basaord's patent AR
and rubber cushions. Tables balls, cues cue posDAS
cloths &C. for sale sbave at the factory 81 an1
s. Centre street Two secondhand tables good 80.
TO hire.
DEIIARD TAHEs-IF YOU WISH TO PURCHAsg
ID superior tables. call and Examine our supssise
stock, msdc with the patent rubber enshions. I've
SECOND. nand tables for sale cheap, with evrrything
nor~nlefA 0RlH1rU n DE(lx NM - - -
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Before Hon. Judge Slosson and JUICY.
ACTION on Policy OF ISsURAron,
DC. 5.-Eiis Josyh. osstg>ss, o0a,ra ths Iafarg.
Jirs inssvnrr O6Vw5s~y This was action brough.
tbs plAhtA - sssisses q xebsst 0lverbWe, sgaast
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1MARFHorgE OF WINDSOR PAPER MILLS. Nos.

VNAPFHOUsE OF WINDSOR PAPER MILLS, NOs.
w o5 and 81 Nassau street. New York.-T1,e
seribers have commenced featuring and br
paper ut their paper works, at Windsor Locis
tanning fourteen largest size ring engines and two 81 ia
Fourdiner machines Zone more to be aededl, arr
ready To receive orders from persons want Of suI-
r"r quality OF hook printing paper These
works have been built with great care braciog s re
modern mI rovements, with full supply Of spring
arts sian wafer together with fail ng power
suing uniform good color to the paper and regu AZ
supply in quantity and quality. The capacity of tb~
two mills 10 manufacture fifteen thousand pound o
paper per day. PERSSE BROOKS
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FIRE AT ST. JOHN, N. ban extensive Are &C.
CURED at St. John the 2Sth ult., ncing in
the coach factory of j. Marsters and spreading
building known the Golden Ball aud then 10 the range
IF buildings known the old Theatre all Of which
destroyed Tile match and last factory and turn.ry
Messrs. Robert Clerke 4 Son, and the candle manu-
factory OF Mr.. Asa Blakslce were also burned
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~ REAT FRENCH BALL.-MR. GATFRE. OF Nj
" bios theatre. will give balpare Monday, D.
cember lith at O'Clock, the large hall, n Hovar
street Tickets dollar Tor gentleman and two
ladies'. This hall is 10 let for the ball season.
Yv>HE BALL sEASON.-TO LET, FORPRIyATE BALlS
the very handsome ball situated ct u Hov
ard street Inquire on the premises.
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Total ia os 81 1853 $50 lSs go

iotai ...-So@, ISo,oo4 TOTAL . .SoS, 'Oo 3O4
The above statement exhibits, upon comparison with
last week increase in the item Of capital OF S12 49,
Of profits $l24 $685. and decrease in the item Of net
circulation Of S5S6,s4l Of deposit $3.50 AL Of lean,
1878, 1o0 and Of specie, $3.50, 100.
The table given below is from the Cleveland Plain
dealer, and exhibits the and liabilities Of the
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ADVERTISEMENTS RENEWED EVERY DAY.
TENANTS REGISTER.

A VERY DESIRABLE OFFICE ON THE GROUND
IA floor near Wall street to let by
JOHN b. MURRAY IL Old Sin.
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r plNDEn IONS, ESTABLISHED lsl2) MANU-


w . fActurers OF hard elastic steel and positioa
doctors, pin files, mechanics hlcs, engravers' steel
factund from the hest refined cast steel Sheffield
Works, Manchester, England Files re-cut wornout
steel and composition doctors bought. The tolc
facturers doctors and pin files who received n.da
certificate, &c, at the Great Exhibition. 1851. NV.
p Sons cannot too nightly recommend to their
friends the improved Tutansg composi,io, toe
tor for browns chocolates, any other color ths
not be worked with the ordinary composition doctor II
works cl' ar, free from any tash wry edge.
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LEIGH BElIS-A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF W.
- low ana silver plated sleigh bells by the dozen
Russell pats mt leather straps for sale BY W. a.
LIVINGSTON H co. 60 Barclay street.
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DICTURE GALLERIES, &C--I.ARGE ROOMS TO LET
Il in the Academy Of Design 6G5 Broadway, suitab BILE
for picture galleries fairs sales rooms &c Apply 70 j.
PFR8AM. on the premises.
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4 RARE CHANCE-TO LET, AT LOW RENT, A
N dwelling house in desirable part OF Clinton street
BROOKLYN the complete furniture tor sale at bargain
po session he given Immediately. Address NJ r.,
Herald Office.
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Thirty first street. The other two-thirds is
brought to the city by Canal street and various
other points along the North river. Few
steamboats, at present land their mails from the
East river.
Postage on all city letters should be prepaid,
90 as to prevent the loss of time in their de-
livery, and no extra demand should be made
by the carriers over and above the uniform
government charge of three cents for each
single letter. These local carriers should, as
has been often suggested. have all the legal
protection afforded to the United States mail.
All letters should be carried IN covered boxes,
well adjusted to the body, and suspended
from the shoulder, with cover Open-
ing outwards, and be provided with
pen and ink to mark changes Of address. The
system of letter distribution sketched above
has been in most successful operation in Lon
don and Paris for many years, and is found to
be not only Of infinite convenience to every
class Of citizens, by its promptitude cheapness
and equality, but extremely productive rs q
source of revenue. There can be no question
that each Of the several post Offices we propose
would, besides paying its own expenses, add a
considerable sum to the revenues Of the general
Post Office. There is no town in the country
of three thousand Inhabitants whose post Office
does not pay more than its expenses. Why
then should Yofkville, Harlem, Manhattan
vile and Carnansville be deprived of like ad-
vautages. Without doubt the increased num-
Der Of letters put in circulation within the
city by the adoption Of this plan would yield .
large surplus revenue to the government.
Hundreds Of thousands of letters Of invitation,
bank and insurance notices, as well as letters
on all the subjects of family and business life,
would be transmitted through the post Office
that are nov conveyed by their writer's person
ally or by their servants expressly employed
for the purpose, or left TO the irresponsible, un-
safe, partial and tardy delivery OF private
expresses.
AS at present conducted the Post Office
in this city is partial and restricted in it's
accommodation. 1t would seem as If 1t were i'd
ministered for the exclusive benefit of those
who receive salaries for carrying it on, and the
limited number Of inhabitants aud business
men of The lower wards of the city. An in
habitant in the upper parts Of the island derives
no more facilities of communicating with bis
fellow citizens by letter, or with foreign cor
respondents. by the present Post Office, than II
Il were situated In New jersey or Brooklyn.
A letter written in any one part Of the city
cannot reach its address in any other part Of
che city much within forty eight hours, and not
even then vita the least certainty. Whenever
Il u important that letters should leave TIE CITY
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VNyRE ROPE FOR MINES, INCLINED PIANE1
w hosting heavy weights steering purposes for vss
sells stays braces &c, much safer and nr iu
-sbe than best hemp hide ropes also for saSA
weighs and dumb walters in buildings, lightning
ductors &c, made Of extra fine wre and very Aex hls
CHAS. w. COPELAND. - Broadway.
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The following gentlemen will act as agents in the
cities named
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MR. PREsIDENT: -,
apnroaeh this discussion with awe. The
-, Question with untold issues, which It
inVolyes. oppresses me. Like Por"neous
cIond snrcbarged with irresistible storm ana
ruin II seems to fill the whole heavens making
ma nainfuIly conscious how UNEQUAL am 70
The occasion-how unequal, also ls all tha'
can say, to all that feel.
In delivering my sentiments here TO DAY,
shau spesk Notwithstanding to my conme.
go uithout concealment or reserve. but IL
anytbing fell from the Senator from Illinois,
Mr. DouGLAs,l in opening this discussion
which might seem to challenge pcrsonal con-
ts5t desire to say that shall not enter upon
il Let not a word or tone pass my lips TO
direct attention, for Il moment, from the tran
.,endeut theme, by the side of which Senators
and Presidents are but dwarfs. | would not
f,r,et those amenities which belong to this
nisee and are 80 well calculated to temper
The sntasonism of debate ; nor can | cease to
remember and to feel that, amidst all diversi-
no. If opinion. we are the representatives OF
tbirty-o,e sister republics, knit together by
iodi.soluble tie, and constituting that Plural
Init which we ali embrace by the endearing
name Of country.
The question presented for your oonsidera-
ton IS not surpassed in grandeur by any
which has occurred in our national history
since the Declaration of Independence. In
every aspect it assumes gigantic proportions,
whether we simply consider the extent OF ter
ritory it concerns or the public faith, or ma
tonal policy which it affects or that higher
oaestion-that Question of Questions, as far
shove others as Liberty is above the common
things of life-which it opens anew for judg-
ment.
Il concerns an immense region, larger than
the original thirteen States, wing in extent
with all the existing Free States, stretching
over prairie, field, and forest-interlaced by
siver streams, skirted by protesting mountains
and constituting the heart of the North Ameri-
can cOntinent-only little smaller, let me add,
than three great European countries combined
ltsly. Spain, and France, each of which in sue
cession. has dominated over the world This
territory has already been ikened, on this floor,
to the Garden of God The similitude is
found, not merely in its present pure and vir-
gin character, but in its actual geographical
situation occupying central spaces on this
hemisphere, which, in their general relations,
may well compare with that early Asiatic
home We are told that,
Southwark through Eden went a river large;
50 here we have stream which is larger than
the Euphrates Aud here, too, amidst all the
smiling products of nature, lavished by the
hand of God, is the goOdly tree of Liberty,
planted by Our fathers which, without exag-
geration, or even Imagination, may be likened
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~uF LANDMARK OF FREEDOM.
SPEECH
HON. CHARLES SUMNER
AGAINST THE REPEAL

.,,errrov Of SLAVERY NORTH OF THIR-
FN' .TY SIX DEGREES THIRTY MINUTES.
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q In Senate, February 81, 1854
Columbia gazette. [volume] (Columbia, Tuolumne County, Calif.) 1852-1855, 1854-10-28
Read this Gard.

COLUMBIA BEING TEE LARGEST
" interior town of the State, We see no
reason why business should not be trans
acted in manner commensurate with
its size and Importance, or why all class
es of Merchandise cannot be afforded at
rates that viii prevent purchasers being
reminded OF AZ, thereby strengthening
the impression that San Francisco is the
only locality where goods can be
obtained at a reasonable advance upon
importation cost,-which is doubtless an
error, as after the first bait is taken.
Should an up-country buyer be found
ignorant of that market, the "TAR-
lFF" is introduced i'll a peculiar, but
profitable style so that, with road and
river expenses, an occasional lunch in
the Bay City, and transportation of pur-
chases home, the prices range higher
than what We Can and s WILL sup
ply the goods for here. Our facilities
warrant US in speaking thus frankly
A Partner resides at the Bay, and has
only himself to blame, il not pasted on
prices in San Francisco, and the wants
Of Columbia. A Partner here, sells at
rates that will surprise all who may
chance to inquire.
TRADERS, HorEL-KEEPERs s. Miners,
here, and in the adjacent Camps, can be
accommodated with ali descriptions 81
Of Merchandise, in any quantities, at
regular San Francisco prices, freight
and commission added; always have
their goods warranted to be of the very
first quality, and delivered in good Or
del, free of charge.
This place enjoys the deserved repu-
tation Of having good society. Families
are being attracted hilher, to locate per-
manently, and must be supplied with
the nccessaries and luxuries of life
We are prepared to meet any emergen
cy, arising from sudden influx Of pop
ulation, or brisk demand, occasioned by
bad roads, during the winter, = and
would say to all, call upon us and be
satisfied
McNENTY l. CHURCH.
Columbia, Oct. 90, 1S54-tf
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Clark'S Hotel.

Broadmay, Opposite Fulton Street,
ca COLUMBIA.
Ill I'LL The proprietors of this House take
pleasure in announcing to the public,
that their Hotel is now completed, and
furnished in neat and substantial man
ncr.
The Rooms are comrodious, aircv,
and the Beds the best that can be pro-
cured in the State. Their TAB LIE
will be supplied with the best the mar
ket affords, and the Bar with choice
selection of Liquors and Cigars.
The proprietors will endcavor to make
their house HOME to all who favor
them with their patronage
J. Fl. CLARK & CO.
Columbia Oct. IS, lS54.-tf
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WuOlc WOIh 1nIOWu up III lOE Tie COLupS.
tition of all who desire to avail them
selves Of the opportunity to contract, or
to assume in any other way the respon-
sibility of constructing any portion Of it
Men will be provided for in board and
with tools, who will be paid for their la
Dor in the stock Of the Company, the
amount of daily wages being in accord
ance with tina. now paid to good laborers
and good mechanics.
1t is almost superfuous to dilate upon
the advantages accruing to the pubic by
the completion of this vast enterprise.
Every portion of society is deeply in
terested in its success, and should con-
tribute their energy to its early estab-
,ishment. The general stagnation in
business observable in the drycst seasons
Of the year, would give place to renewed
financial life, and genuine prosperity
The merchant is deeply interested, and
the capitalist can find no safer investment;
giving him at least 5 per cent per month";
without any attending expenditures.
To the Merchant, it opens an extcn
sive field for his business, increases the
demand for his supply, and brings within
one circumference, a heavy consuming
population.
10 the Miner, it secures manifold ad.
vantages. The price Of water, like ev-
cry other merchantable article, is regu-
lated by the extent of supply and de-
mand. The large body to be brought
in, will of itself, have strong tendency
to reduce the sum now paid, but we feel
authorized to say, that in no case will a
l'rger amount than 81 be demanded for
tom stream, with the privilege guar
anteed to the miner, that with this hy-
draulic force, he is at liberty to place as
many men at work as be may desire
This will permit him 70 work claims pay
ing but small wages, and yet the yield to
him will be as great as under the pres
ent heavy water rates. But the great
est advantage is the inexhaustibility Of
the water,-of a constant and full sup
ply every day in the year. During the
summer months, the heaviest mining OPP
erations are closed, and the proprietors
forced to seek other scenes for liyeli
hood. 1t not unfrequently happens that
the entire dry season is expended in
prospecting, and when the the miner re-
turns to his old claim in the winter sea-
son, he discovers that The entire pro-
ceeds of the previous winters labors,
were paid out in his summers ramble.
This fact will strike the miners in the dry
diggings with peculiar force. With a
constant supply of water they can re-
main where their tents are first pitched
and can thereby accomplish more read
lily, that which we all seek for in Cali
fornia.
| We need not speak to this Community
of its future prospects, if this great en-
terprise is carried out. 1t will give per-
manency and stability to our county, and
to its most populous towns. Dull and
brisk seasons will no longer be known,
but every department of business, at all
seasons of the year, will wear cheer
full aspect.
The Trustees conceive it unnecessary
to 60 into further argument in support OF
the work, as the intelligence of the gen.
eral reader will suggest them as forcibly
as we can i've them in language.