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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mr.. MAURICE asked consent to make personal ex.
PLANTATION.
No objection being made
Mr. NJ said that much to his regret he prevented
by sickness from being in attendance at the session OF
the House of yesterday and desired simply to say that
had he been present. he should have voted in the
tive the bill to organize the Territories Of Kansas and
Nebraska He would ask leave of the House have his
recorded in the negative the passage of the bill
[Cries of " oh no." and many objectons.]
Mr.. GIDDlNGS asked consent to move to print fifty
thousand copies of the journal of proceedings Of yester
day AS they were important they ought to 60 to the
people of the country.
Many members objected.
The SPEAKER laid before the House communication
from the Interior Department Transmitting in conpi.
with resolution of the body of the 18th amo
formation concerning frauds upon the Pension Office and
calling the attention Of the House to the subject with the
view Of remedy which referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
THE PUBLIC LANDS
The SPEAKER stated that the first business in order
was the consideration of the bill granting lands equally
to the several States to aid in the construction of rail-
roads and for the support Of schools
On motion of Mr.. BENNETT, the further consideration
of the bill postponed until this day four weeks.
DEFICIENCY BILL
On motion of Mr.. PHELPS the House went into Com
mttee Of the Whole the state Of the Union, (Ar.
CHANDLER, Of Pennsylvania in the chair and resumed
the consideration of the bill to supply deficiencies in the
appropriations for the service Of the fiscal year ending
the 30h Of june 1854 returned from the Senate with
ffty-three amendments.
Mr.. PHELPS called the attention Of the Committee to
the necessity Of speedy action the BILL and hoped they
would proceed to vote at upon the amendments.
The committee accordingly proceeded to vote the
and, several having been disposed of the
following was taken up:
For completing and keeping in order the grounds south
Of the Presidents House, 1870"
Mr. JONES, of Tennessee referred to the large
which had already been expended these grounds and
had no idea that the amount proposed would COM
plete the improvements commenced thereon.
Mr.. STANTON, Of Kentucky, admitted that large |
had already been expended upon these grounds
but alluded to the fact that it required great expense to
l the ravnes which traversed them and to make them
evel The expense nothing in comparison with the
great improvement which had been made, inasmuch as
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Mr.. HOUSTON, by consent, presented memorial Of
the Legislature of Alabama asking that the claims of
volunteers in the Creek for horses lost may be allow
ed by the General Government which referred to
the Committee Military Affairs and ordered to be
printed
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD BILL.
On motion Of Mr.. PHELPS, the House went into Com
mittee Of the Whole on the state o: the Union, mir
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FRIDAY, MAY "a, 1854.
IN SENATE.

The following memorials and petitions we're presented
under the rule and appropriately referred
BY Mr.. SEWARD From citizens Of Niagara county,
New York. and citizens Of East Saginaw Michigan, ask
ing that public land may be granted Cor the construction
OF canal around the Falls Of Niagara.
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10th to be drawn into saying any thing matter which
consider TO be properly before the Committee
Foreign Relations of this body. But surprised, sir
in view Of the recent developments in view Of the in
formation which has just reached US from Cuba, that
gentleman of the experience OF the Senator from Della
say he unhesatingy expresses his disbelief in
the assertions which have been repeatedly made by diff
ferent Senators upon this floor.
Now sir, those of us who of the system by
which the Island Of Cuba is governed those of us
who of the fact that there is single in
habitant Of that island who is allowed to have pointed
knife in his family; those Of who of the sys
tenn of espionage which prevails in the island those
Of who of the threats that have been re-
peatedly made by the CaptanGenera of the island that
ut the first indication of attempt the part Of the
people their freedom their slaves shall be
armed against them and those of who have followed
these indications and these facts and who are aware
Of the system by which the registry Of slaves upon the
island is conducted and who have looked the late pro-
clamaon Of the Captain in relation to the regis
try who the fact that that proclamation win pro-
duce change in the status of the black population OF
that island by possibility entertain doubt of the
scheme which has been deliberately formed and which
repeat is in progress Of execution upon the island
Sir, all know at least those Of us who have car
red attention to that subject know that for long
series of years past by the reason of very heavy duties
which have heen imposed upon the transfer Of slaves
from one proprietor to another these slaves have passed
and the slave thus passed to owner. According to
recent proclamation every slave in the possession Of
Individual who cannot show registered title to him is to
be made free now upon the spot If not msnformed
nearly oneourh Of those who really slaves upon the
sand will be made free under the operation Of this pro-
,amaton There, sir, is the very first step towards
What the Legislature Of Louisiana has termed the Afr
sanitation Of the island of Cuba This is the last piece
IF information that has 20 from that island.
In addition 20 ths, we have the statements made by
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So the decision of the Chair was reversed. /,
Mr.. MORGAN moved that the House adjourn which
motion was negatived: Yeas 6S, nays 105.
The question then required on the melton Of Mr..
CLSoMAY to lay the table the appeal Of Mr. CAMPO
from the decision of the Chair that motion to suspend
the rules not in order
The SPEAKER reviewed the decision he first made on
this point and ruled the motion out of order the
ground that it could be made after demand for the
previous question This the Chair stated in accord
ance with his ruling ON former occasions.
The appeal of Mr. CAMPBELL then laid the table,
Yeas ia, nays 81.
Mr. BANKS moved reconsider the vote by which the
appeal was laid the table, and asked leave to refer to
to show that the decision of the Chair not
IN accordance with former ruling
s Mr.. CLlNGMAN and others objected.
Mr. ORR said that the gentleman could End prscedents
for any motion.
Mr. BRIDGES said the Speaker could look at the pre-
cedent next week.
Mr. WALSH moved to lay the motion to reconsider on
the table.
Mr.. WHEELER moved that the House adjourn which
motion was negatived Yeas 20, nays ia
The question then taken the motion To Law tho
motion to reconsider the table, and it was agreed to
Yeas 108, nays IS.
Mr.. SAGE, amid uproarous cries for uouestion
question" moved that the House adjourn.
And the question being taken the motion was disagreed
to: Yeas 70, nays 1l6.
The question REQUIRED the motion that the bill be
lsid on the table.
Mr.. WASHBURN, Of Maine, moved call Of the
House.
The SPEAKER ruled the motion Of order it having
been once voted down. and the business Of the House
having undergone any change since
Mr.. WASHBURN appealed from this decision.
The appeal laid the table: Yeas 1S, nays 49,
Mr.. wAsHBuRNE, Of Illinois, moved to reconsider
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Peabody's Strawberries.

Our editorial relations have made us feel a
dcllcacy IN speaking of Mr.. Peabody and his
strawberry culture, until having established his
claims before less partial tribunal. This lie
has done most triumphantly. 1t was our priv
iiege to 6c one of the large party assembled n
few weeks since, Mt his house, md on his straw.
berry grounds. We come not now to speak of
the elegant hospitalities of this gentleman and
his worthy wife, but of their complete success
III the cultivation of this delicious fruit. When
some two or three hundred guests had fcastcd
from the quantities left of the miraculous feed
ing of the multitude in the wilderness when
the fragments amounted to more than the orig
lnal stock. But here, there was no need of
miraculous interpretations: our host, n firm be-
lever tn tcorks, having gathered as we are in
formed, the snug little pile of four hundred
quarts, for the occasion. just think of this all
you skeptics, ouer t,0elve bushels of nice ripe
strawberries at one gatheringi We felt sorry
for the city folks who we imagined would be
put upon short rations, until more berries could
ripen, and concluded to walk into the grounds,
and see how long before the market wagon
might be looked for again. Here eonrsympathies
were staid, and We found, that we had great.
ly underrated our friend Peabody'sl capacity,
when we had supposed that lie was to be fostled
IN his every day operations by this little gather:
ing for his friends The truth is, his vince were
tors passed in excited groups over the grounds
i'll competition, to see who should pluck the
largest berries Hers were representatives
from the. middle, Southern and W esterniStates,
and from California too, al TO- join insone uni
.vershl sentiment, that in strawberry culture,
ChaflesA. Peabody has been pre-cminently sue
scessfnl4SSoi of tho South - s%s'
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MISCELLANY.
A New Phase of Roauerv.

n curious circumstance occurred the other
DAY, which places the dcxtcrity of the members
OF the swell mob in rather striking light A
female, of very lady-ikc and pleasing manners.
called Mt the establishment Of one Of our first
hairdrcsscrs in town, and after little CONVEX
sation, requested to know if they shaved gen
tlemens heads. AN answer being given in the
affirmative, she proceeded to state that she had
brother, young man of rather facilc mind
| and that their medical man had thought it adj
visable that his head should be shaved; that he
was troubled with strange hallucinations, such
ms that he was member of and belonged to n
large drapery establishment in town, giving the
| name, and so on. After n little more converse
ton in the same strain, she said she would bring
her brother next day, and that the hartlrcsser
must have two men ready waiting, so as to for
clbly shave his head, and that they were to pay
no attention to his protestations of being n
member Of the great firm she had mentioned
Having succeeded so far in binding the worthy
| hairdresser, who promised to have everything
in readiness, she took her leave. Next day she
| called Mt the drapcry establishment above allu-
dcd to, and bought considerable quantity of
silk goods, and stated that if they would send
| one of their young men along with her to n
t'particulnr address, they would get paid The
lady and the young man with the goods then
| left in a cab, and when opposite the hairdrcs-
ser's establishment she told her companion that
| if he would go along with her, she would get
| rs much money as would make the amount Of
| the bill. The unsuspectng youth went in and
was met by the periumer in the most bland
| manner, who requested him to walk up stairs,
| which he did, not doubling but that he was to
receive payment of the bill No sooner how
ever had the unfortunate wight entered the
room than he was pounccd upon, and despite
al his protcstations that he belonged to such
and such an establishment, which Of course
were put down to his unfortunate state of mind,
he was speedily denudcd of his trcssss. The
| 10 ly, who had in the meantime been looking on
with GOODNESS, now said, she was afraid her pres
ence would only cause greater excitement to her
unfortunate brother, she would leave and re-
| turn in short time. She decampcd accor-
dinghy goods and all, and has not since been
heard of-Glasgo,o Citizen.
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ABBEvLE H, SOUTH CAROLINA MORNING. JULY s. 1854

| came up on the 2Sth n furious attack was made
on their left flank. Instead Of turning boldly
on their enemy the Russians fought rs they re
treated and the consequence was that their loss
was very great
On reaching Slatinn they lost no time in de-
stroylng the Aluca bridge behind them. 1t is
| supposed that har dly Russian would have es.
capped if the Turks had not been much wearcd
by their long march during the preceding night.
I5y the foregoing you will see that the battle OF
| karakal and Bankovcni of which the Austrian
| papers have recently spoken, wcrc in reality
| one and the came affair. We now come to the
battle fought on the eth of May, between Tur-
nu and Simnitza i'll which only three Russian
squadrons were said to be engaged. On the
25ih the Russians after having destroyed their
field-works, quilted Turnu and marched down
stream.
AS Sail Posha, the commander of Nicobons,
made no preparations for taking possession of
TURN, the Russians thought themselves perfect
ly secure, and marched at their case along the
LETT bank of the Danube towards Simnitza. Sail
Pnsha had however, not been idle. He had
sent, corps OF 1000 men along the road from
Nicopols to Sstow, and ordered up 5000 men
from that place to meet them he then des-
patched detachment of 900 men drawn
from lsass, to place called Woganiza
When the Russians were about midway be-
tween Tnrnu and Simnitza the two rst men,
TONED Turkish dctachmcnts crossed the river
and attacked the enemy in front. Shortly after
the engagement had begun, 1000 men who had
crossed the river from Woganza came up, and
took the Russians in flank and rear < most
sanguinary and obstinate conflict ensucd, and
although between two fires the Russians long
displayed great courage. The jaeger battalions
called Alcxopolak and Kremcntschnk, were
cut TO pieces, and the rest of the detachment
only escaped similar fate by disorderlv fight
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A clergyman's Opinion of the Newspape
Preaa.

The Rev. Mr.. Bacon, in sermon on SUNDAY
evening, at the Church of the Messiah, Phila-
delphia, pronounced the newspaper as second
only to the Bible in representative govern
ment as moral force With its twenty-fiv
millions of papers, issued annually, it pcpetrates
every house and reaches every reader If the
preacher, with his hundreds of hearers, has a
commanding Influence for good upon his con-
gregation, moulding their morals and cnlipht-
enlng their understanding, how much greater
must be the influence and responsibility of the
press which talks daily to it's fifty or an hun
dred thousand readerss 1t is good sign to sec
Tho preacher recognising the Importance of
tne secular press, and taking liberal views
OF Its usefulness, and the purpose which It sub
serves in promoting the great work Of civilian
ton and of human rights and happiness. The
following remarks from the sermon are appro-
printe and just:
The newspaper, quite as mitch as our public
schools, is in America the great creator OF n nn-
ton of thinkers and debaters The American
editor aims not Mt tho choice diction of an essay
lst, aud pays lite attention to mere distractions
and vain theories. He writes as if he would
give the greatest quantity of thought in the
brieiest space. He excels in paragraphs, which
are llko the sharp shooting of riflemen; his
heavy artillery he reserves for occasional edi-
torlals, but he seldom plies the cannon where
bullet will do the work. But as characteristic
OF our people, he is ever ready to lay aside his
editorial matter to make room for news. lie
knows men, and not deeds. His language pos
sesses clear and concise utterance. Every
writer and public speaker might find n model
of style in the productions of the American edi-
tor The pulpit must first labor to effect an
Improvement in the character of tho religious
press. The religious newspapers were far be-
hind the secular press in breadth of views and
conprchensiveness and liberality of action,
and, he might venture to say, in religion itself.
f.1- Al. =
press. and even their reports Of religious meet
ings-while it is not unfrequent for them to
turn around and charge the reporters with ir-
religion. The religious press is TOO often narrow
minded-it does not seem to understand its true
policy and duties and the violence and animos.
ity that pervadc its columns are even worse
than that of political editors on the eve of an
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obtaining a decent living from the small cub.
seeription list of his paper: After acting as cd.
itor for little moro than year, he became
attracted with the glowing description given
OF California by one Hastings, the author of a
book on that country. Brannan succeeded in
raising company OF emigrants and, as their
leader; chartered brig aud Immediately sailed
with them for the future Eldorado. Two prin-
ters, in Brannan's employ, accompanied him.
and are now rich and Influential citizens of Cal.
ifornia. Such a rapid rise from extreme pov-
erty to great affluence, as in Brannan's case, is
seldom recorded in the worlds history.
Ne1o York Pick,
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Is Friday an Unlucky Dav 4?

| From time immemorial, Friday has beer
frowned upon day of ill omen And though
this prejudice is less prevalent now than it hn
been OF yore, when superstition had genera
sway, yet there are many even in this matter
| of-iact age of ours who would hesitate on day
so lnauspicious, to begin an undertaking of mo
mcntous import. And how many brave mari
mere, whose hearts unquailing could meet the
widest fury of their ocean home, would blenell
to even bend their sails on Friday! But tc
show with how much reason this feeling is in
dulgcd, let us examine the following important
facts i'll connection with our new settlement and
greatness as nation, and we will see, how lit
tie cause we Americans have to dread the fatal
day.
On Friday, August 81, 1902, Christopher Co,
lumbus sailed on his great voyage of discovery.
On Friday, October 18th, sl492, he first dis.
covered land.
On Friday, January 4th. 1893, he sailed ON
his return to SPAN, which if he had not reached
in safety, the happy result would never have
been known, which led to the settlement of this
vast continent
On Friday, March 18th, 14o3, he arrived at
Palais in safety.
On Friday, November 22d, 1893, he arrived
at llispanola in his sccond voyage 20 America.
On Friday, June 18th, 1884 he, though un-
known to himself discovered the continent Of
America.
On Friday march 5th 149s, Henry VII. of
n.
which led to the discovery of North America
ih'S is the first American State paper in Eng
land.
On Friday, September 7th, 1865, Melcndez
founded st. Augustine, the oldest settlement in
the United States by more than forty years.
On Friday, November 10th, 1920, the MAY
Flower, with the pilgrims, made the IIarbor Of
l'rincetown-And on the same day they signed
.hat august compact, the forerpnner of our
present glorious Constitution.
On Friday, December 22d, 1920 the Pilgrims
made their final landing ut Plymouth Rock.
On Friday, February 22d George Wash;rr-
ton, the Father Of American Freedom, ". s
born.
On Friday, June 10th, Bunker Hill was seized
and fortified.
On Friday, October 7th, 1777, the surrender
of Saratoga was made, which had such power
and influence in inducing Franco to declare for
our cause
On Friday, September 22d, 1880, the treason
of Arnold was laid bare which saved us from
destruction.
On Friday, October 18th, 1851, tho surrcn-
der Mt Yorktown, the crowning glory of the
American arms, occurred.
On Friday, July 7th, 1886, the motion in
Congress was made by John Adams, seconded
by Richard lienry Lee, that the United Colo
mics were, and Of right ought to be, free and
independent.
Thus, by numerous examples we see that
whatever it may be with other nations, Ameri-
cans need never dread to begin on Friday anv
undertaking, however momcntous it may be.
-s Norfolk Bcdcom
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Nebraska.

The Council Bluffs Batgle gives the following
description of the newly organized Territory
The bounds of this proposed Territory is spa
cious enough and contains much very excel
lent land-thc Missouri bounds it on the East,
and the Rocky Mountains on the West. There
is quite number of good useful streams that
traverse its borders
1t is now confidently expected that the In
dians will be removed this fall to their new
homes, giving room to the ever-pursuing pale
faces.
The climate, like our own, is mild and pleas
ant, and like all other prairie countries, there
is rather over proportion of wind, end even
breeze fans the prairies. There Is little snow
in winter, it being much of the time pleasant
sunny weather through the winter. The vast
herds of buffalo, elk and deer, that range this
extensive territory, wouldsfeed the starving
millions of Europe on mcatfor years
The vallies on oil the streams ore rich and
fertile, but much, of the high lands away from
the waterscourses are sandy and not arabic.
There arc minerals of various kinds already,dis
covered, among which are coal, iron, chalk,
|mngnesia, &c. There is timber on nearly all the
streams intermingled with the bluffs and hills
and vallies although as . general thing there is
a scarcity through the Territory.
| The geese swan, Rduckssand other feathered
game are abundant through thiswhole Missouri
| river region Amongst the fruits that abound in
Nebraska, and in this regionsniso, are grapes,
plums, cherries ,etrawberrics, black currants,
gooseberries, haws crab and thornsspples, and
in the MOUNTAINS Of Nebraska, the same berries
1 abound. %as%A n
ThsMisseuri bottoms in Nebraska are in many
places broad and alwaxs fertile, with timber al
4 mcst it's whole lengths Jnsh city is the natns
in embryo Of city b built onsthe riveriop.
4 pqsite this citys TbaioSasions and natursl "a.
sAatages cannot be spsl TIE site fvwins
j tsf; Qpsrtes. ~ sailss ib9vS. Is also beautifully
a ane itaate a large place. Bel
f!eyisd d2 mites Il 4uAllK An eligible aits
|an meny respects; and sap xSsellenk edge g
a rock on f14 mssgin Of The riveYss NebfasEal
osnte q EWood His ssr Gel ettlemen sIssad5
This is distant, wsss 1sos Ipilea kpd. near slaii