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New Sunday Law has been passed in St.
Louis, Mo-, by which all stores may be kept
open the whole Sunday, except places for the
sale Of liquor, which must be closed from nine
o clock A. NJ. until four p. NJ
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QUESTION ANSwERED.-A subscriber asks us
several questions.
, Are all the members of Congress from
lie slave States, shareholders ?"
Nearly all-and all sustain the pretensions of
'le Slave Power.
Has Congress passed an act giving to
any White man who would marry halfbreed
,.l'an woman a certain number of acres of
Government land ?"
NO; but bill brought forward inf the last
,0l'Fess by Southern member, to secure the
homestead to the Indian, proposed to give
,'"' 10 the Indian squatter, in proportion to
'D9 number of slaves he held. 1t was not
discussed or passed
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A committee of the New Hampshire Legisla-
ture. to whom were referred the resolutions of
the Maine Legislature on the subject of Slave
nv, has reported in favor of union of the free
States to demand the restoration of the Nilsson
ri Compromise, the abolition of Slavery in the
District of Columbia, the repeal of the Fugitive
Slave Law, etc.
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A Havana letter to the Savannah Georgian
says that /" Mr.. Delgado, who was in prison in
Mexico by order of Santa Anna, and banished
by him from the country, is no Republican, but
a very uncommon robber. He relieved the
Royal Treasury here, by forgery, of $40, 600
and left on his travels-'a patriot exile from
Cuba"
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Mrs. James Lancelot, of Cranston, and Mrs.
Stephen Sturgeon, of New York, were drowned
while bathing at Fields Point, three miles be-
low Providence, Rhode Island, on the 9th in,
slant
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From Central America, we have news that
the revolution is at an end, the revolutionists
having petitioned for pardon, which. was grant
ed them. The Kinney expedition was exciting
great alarm, and preparations were being made
to repel it.
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From the results arrived at by the census Ia
kers, the Albany argus estimates the popula-
ton Of New York State at four millions
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McCrea, who shot Malcolm Clark, at Leaven-
worth, is said to have been committed to jail
on the charge of murder, bail being refused.
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The revenue collected at the port of Boston,
during the month of June amounted to
S5O5,96l.03, being a decrease of 1857 ,233O4,
as compared with the corresponding quarter of
last year.
The imports at New York, for the month of
June, show falling off of Sl,794, $40, as COM
pared with the corresponding month of last
year.
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A report comes from Hong Kong, that fleet
of sixteen English and French naval vessels
are to be dispatched this year to the Sea Of
Ochotsk and Petropaulowski, to establish a
blockade
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SPAIN.-Mr. Dodge on the 18th of June had
his first interview with the Minister of Foreign
Affairs. 1t was most cordial, and the Ameri-
can Minister declared that his Government was
DESTROYS of preserving friendly relations with
that of Spain, and that he should act in that
spirit.
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LAND WARRANTS WANTED.
]. 7. Nicely,

Attorney and General Agent Tor Claimants,
Washington City, d C.,
WILL ALWAYS PAY THE HIGHEST MARKET
w prices for Land Warrants properly assigned and
forwarded him through the Mail reniances promptly
made by Mail, in drafts any OF the Northern
Southern Banks requested and directed by the Parties
forwarding the
He will give prompt attention TO the Examination and
Prosecution Of any class Of Claims against the Govern
upon reasonable terms charge
will be made.
Land Warrants selling at Sl10 per acre.
He refers Senators aud Representatives in Congress
and 10 the Heads of the various Departments Of the Gem
eral Government. IA
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The steamboat Lexington, plying between
Louisville and St. Louis, exploded near Ste
phensfort, Kentucky; and of 100 persons on
board of her at the time, about 80 were wound
ed. The ladies were all saved unframed. Boat
and cargo a total loss.
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Thirty German families have settled in Los
Angeles, California, to commence the manufac
ture of wine.
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The Connecticut Legislature has authorized
the New York and New Haven railroad TO set
tie the difficulties growing out Of the Schuyler
fraud, by increase of the capital stock.
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Madame dAubigne, wife of NJ. Merle d'Au
bigne, author of " the History of the Reforma
ton" died at Geneva, Switzerland, June II.
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An arrival from Salt Lake, at ST. Louis, on
t 9TH instant, reports the Indians on the route
very quiet and friendly. Colonel Granger,
f ON Fort Union, also reports all the Indians be
q ct with as quiet.
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| The Baltimore Patriot says: awe learn,
from reliable authority, that Messrs. Bareda &
Bro. have advanced the price of Peruvian
Guano So per ton. They now charge S55,
instead of $50, as heretofore, for amounts less
than thirty TONS"
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EMBEZzLEMENT OF RAILROAD FUNDs.-Mr.
Tucker, of Boston, late treasurer of the Eastern
Railroad Company, has confessed to the EN-.
bezzlement of the Company's funds to the
amount of 100000. Ii is reported that he
invested largely in sustaining Dr. Morton's
claim to the ether discovery.
The defalcation is in part an overissue of
625 shares. He states that he has deceived
the directors for nearly ten years, notwthstand-
ing several committees of investigation have at
different times examined his accounts. He has
transferred to the company assets which he
values at $65, 900.
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On Friday, the third and fourth stories of
Charles Urbans safe mandatory at Cincinnati
fell in, crushing eight laborers, one Of whom,
f. Kleinmann, was instantly killed, and six
others badly injured.
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1t is stated that when the Pope effected his
2eturn from the country, on the evening of the
Sd Of May, the road between Castle Gondolfo
bnd Rome was strongly guarded by pickets
If gendarmes, stationed at short intervals, and
j'atrols Of horse police, who perfectly succeeded
ia insuring the safety of his Holiness" The
Pope is no better off than the rest of the Des-
OTIS.
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According to the St. Louis hteUigencer ex-
cellent Catawba champagne is now made in
that city, from grapes grown in Missouri, by the
\" missouri Wine Company"
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3 A gentleman in Washington city advertises
tor sale negro girl, because cher owner does
got wish to hold slave" How can the philan-
ibropic gentleman sell a slave and perhaps to
= less humane master than himself? He has a
Fender conscience, truly. Another advertiser
in the same city wishes to hire slave woman,
'fnd directs inquiry at the Benevolent EN-
aloyment Store" 1t is certainly benevolent to
provide employment for all, provided you pay
them for it; but it is decidedly the reverse to
&eceive the services of a woman, and make pay
:aent therefor to some other person.
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The Harrisburg Keystone has placed the
name of George NJ. Dallas at the head of its
columns, as candidate for the Presidency.
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LATEST FROM CALIFORNIA, OREGON, AND
CENTRAL AMERICA.

The steamer Northern Light arrived at New
ork on Sunday evening, bringing dates from
San francisco to the 10th ult., 457 passengers,
and $4,000 in gold.
Among the passengers is Mr.. Wheeler, the
American Munster to Nicaragua, who, it is
said, brings two important treaties.
ID. Page, of the firm of Page, Bacon, & Co.,
is also among the passengers.
One of the most important items of news is
the confirmation of Bolton & Barrow's claim
by the land commissioners, embracing 1880
acres of land, lying mostly within the corporate
limits OF San Francisco, and covering the whole
southern part of the municipality. The claim
IS estimated to be worth S40,000,000. Messrs.
Pikmer, Cook, Co., are the principal owners
of the claim.
Trouble with the Indians in the neighbor.
hood OF Frezno river is anticipated, owing to
the hanging of some Indians who shot Mexi-
can miner without provocation. All the In
J, dams on the Frezno reserve have run off to the
mountains, and several were shot T" Owing
sto the hanging of some Indians" +" Several
were shot," These are the accounts of the
white men themselves Era
A rich gold quartz lead mine and silver
mine have been discovered at Tuolomme, which
shas caused considerable emigration in that
direction.
The burning of the town of Auburn is said
ITO have entailed loss of about S250,000.
The -four mills in California, now in opera
ton, are supposed to be able to turn out 1900
barrels flour per day.
The settlers are holding frequent meetings
TO concert measures for redressing grievances
! A settlers party was being organized through
out the State.
= The Indians are reported to have killed six
turb. To
others in Illinois valley.
i The gold production of 1855 bids fair to
equal, if not exceed, that of any previous year
The mint is coming at the rate of 100000
Ser day.
N San francisco, June l6.-Haxall -four Sll
fs Sl2. Wheat $3.50 Sl75. Pork, clear
ttGs2l.5O. Lard l6 cents. Butter 354 cents
brushed sugars l24 cents. Adamantine can
lies 26 cents. Lackawanna coal $40.
Oregon.-The Know Nothings have been
tefeated in Oregon. Lane, the Democratic
candidate for Delegate to Congress, is elected
BY 1000 majority. The returns of the vote as
20 forming State Government are incomplete
out enough had been received to indicate that
had been determined Oregon should cease
o be Territory.
Central America-the Walker FiliJuste,
+ Operations. -Purser Hatch informs us that
he affairs in Central America are more dis
urbed than heretofore Captain Walker having
eceived reinforcements at Realejo, landed al
4'ieto, fourteen miles north of San Juan de
Sur, on the 9th ult., with 375 men, and is re
ysorted to have taken Kivas, and then entered
San Juan del Sur, carrying off the arms and
ammunition collected there without opposition
The town of San Juan del Norte has again
.oeen organized, under the lead of I. j. Martin,
she late Mayor.
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Mr.. Alexander d. Duval was elected Treasu-
rer of the city of Louisville, on Saturday last.
1t having been special election, no other officer
was chosen. Mr.. Duval is Know Nothing,
and had no competitor for the office.
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A violent storm in the harbor of Mazatlan
has done immense damage to the shipping the
loss of cargoes being estimated at more than a
million of dollars. Six vessels were nearly en-
tirely destroyed, and twentythree of the crews
drowned
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HoN. SoLoN BoRLAND, whose political ca
Seer is pretty well known to the country, and
Chose diplomatic career is known at Greytown,
eas purchased onehalf of the office of the Little
Rock Gazette, and will hereafter act in the edi-
''orial department in conjunction with Capt. c.
: ,. Danley, the old editor and proprietor.
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Southern newspapers state that the Cashmere
Goat has been introduced into South Carolina,
Ind that the cloth manufactured from its fleece
y equal to the best Eastern fabrics. A large
s.pount of capital is said to be invested in this
saterprise. We shall be gratifed at the con-
rmation Of these accounts.
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The Know Nothings have a National OF
Southern Platform, a Northern Platform, a
pennsylvania Platform, Pennsylvania Minor
y Platform, Louisiana Platform, &c. &c.
= nd of course divisions to match. The poly
us may be divided, and each division will de-
elop itself an entire animal. We believe
owever, that it cannot be united into one or
animation again.
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The Canada West papers say that there is a
great want of cattle in Canada-that farmers
are beginning to find out that eat-growing to
the neglect of stock, is not the most profitable
kind of farming, and that it has become neces-
sary to import bullocks from this side of the
line.
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children ra1clsco has seven schools for white
attend u ana one for colored, and 2O75 children
colorea 'u uei 1876 boys, and s79 girls. The
were hoe sehooi had SO children, of whom 3s
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n. ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEMsELvEs.-
NJ. nurd' a colored man, in Carthagena,
h.. county, Ohio, who has for some time
on, e WORKING W industriously to buy his mother
tvsn. southern Slavery, lately raised club of
subscribers for Facts for the People.
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MAINE-The Hon. Samuel Wells has been
nominated by the Democratic State Convention
as the party candidate for Governor of Maine,
and has accepted the nomination. There are
thus three candidates In the held-Wells, Defn-
ocrat; Reed, Wing; and Morrill,, Know Moth
ing.
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Ex-Governor Eaton; of Vermont, late Pro
lessor in Middlebury College, died at Montpe-
her, on the 9th instant.
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AYOTHER.-T. f. Denniston, clerk in the
Chicago posi- Office, has been arrested for rob-
bing letters of money. 1t is thought that
his depredations amount to eight or ten thou
sand dollars.
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Can, Nusem, wealthy farmer, residing in
}v = county, Missouri, was lately murdered
,b,o1 'enale servant belonging to him, and
ps,.,i ''''o the fire and nearly consumed. The
jaol las oeen arrested, and acknowledges the
pic.I "hether Slavery makes masters tyran-
lad y saves reyengeful, in either case it is a
''i'u'ion-bad, though ever so peculiar
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ILLINoIs.-The following are the names of
the gentlemen who at the late election were
chosen Circuit Judges of the seventeen circuits
II.
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The CHICAGO MAIL PLUNDERING.-The grand
Try have indicted Denniston, charged with rob-
J ing the mails in his capacity as clerk in the
: ost office. He has been held at $4,000 bail.
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'"NSTITrTIoyAL AMENDMENTS. - subscri-
III 'ermont writes that he has been studying
institution, and he thinks it ought to be
amended, thus:
Inc supreme Court to consist of one Chief
H. % and twelve Associates, to be elected by
,L.i eoPie' to hold office twelve years, and one
''"u oi The Associates to be chosen every four
our Constitution is quite intractable to any
l .",e"'nent. The Party in power can general
Du 1t to ITS purposes, and cares for no
'-'"'nent' and the Party out of power is i'm
HIGH! A subscriber wishes to know (which
~ e greater oppressor of the country, Catho-
-1H' OF the Slave Power?n
"'9o'NSIN.-An editorial friend in Wiscon-
-' writes "A very exciting canvass is before
J,s jug coming fall. There is prospect of the
- pendent Democratic or Republican Party
v,.S 'uns' The great danger is, that our
e,ss I'm may be frittered away on unworthy
M, ''''7s Several names are already pro-
H.. no' one among them worthy of the place
49,, No'hlngism is rampant, and l fear will
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B6s~ The Pittsburgh pa Gazette, long
time the leading Wing paper in Western Penn
sylvania, has the following editorial in its issue
of July ID
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WHEAT SUNK.-The schooner Mansfield, from
Milwaukee to Otsego, with 10000 bushels of
Wheat, came in contact, on the Sd instant, with
the schooner Telegraph, and Immediately sunk.
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The Richmond (Virginia) Examiner classes
Indiana, Illinois, and California, among the
slave States; and thinks that New Hampshire,
Iowa, Michigan, New Jersey, Connecticut,
Maine, and Pennsylvania, may all be set down
as aiders and abettors of the cause of Slavery.
Will these States not vindicate their fame from
such foul accusations or suspicious?
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We deeply regret to learn that another out
rage has been committed on the Wabash and
Erie canal, in Indiana, in cutting the Birch
Creek reservoir, and letting off the water. The
emptying of this reservoir destroys the naviga,
ton Of the canal through all its southern por-
ton, from Terre Haute to Evansville, distance
of $50 miles, and consequently cuts off all nav
igation from Lake Erie to the Ohio river.
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The President, Secretary Dobbin, and Attor-
sey General Cushing, are all expected to leave
Washington this week, for recreation and the
restoration of their enfeebled energies.
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New HAMPsHIRE.-On the 9Th instant, the
nate voted to postpone the bill to unite the
,ncord and Manchester and Lawrence rail-
ads to the next Legislature.
The Prohibitory Liquor Bill passed the
ouse on the 9th, by vote of 2l3 to so.
Resolutions were also passed, declaring it the
aty of Congress to prevent Slavery in the Ter
aories; repudiating interference with the Mis-
uri Compromise, and demanding its restora-
IN; asserting non-submission to the introduce
IN of Slavery into Kansas, and determine
>n to use all constitutional efforts to prevent
f rther aggression by the Slave Power.
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Judge Curtis, of the United States Circuit
Court at Boston, rendered decision on Mon
day, I'd inst, in the case of the brig Porpoise,
seized for being engaged in the slave trade
1t was held that a vessel which has acted as
tender upon slayers, and has carried merchan-
disc which was used for the purchase of slaves,
and had otherwise aided in the slave traffic,
although she had not actually carried a single
slave, was guilty of being engaged in the slave
trade within the meaning of the statute
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TEXAN PoLITICs.-A River Improvement
Convention has nominated d. c. Dickinson for
Governor, w. G. w. Towers for Lieutenant
Governor, and John Hancock for Congress- A
Democratic State Convention having met and
adjourned without making ticket, the Conven-
ton have taken the matter in hand. Gov
ernor Pease has been renominated for Governor,
and p. II. Bell for Congress.
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The steamship Black Warrior has arrived at
New York, bringing advices from Havana to
June 27th. The Government continues the
gradual disarming and disbanding of the Colo
NAL troops called into service during the late
excitement. The United States steamer Full
ton, Lieutenant Commanding Mitchell, touched
in at Havana on the 18th June, and sailed for
Key West on the 26th. She had been employ
ed, since the llth ultimo, in a cruise of observa
ton around the island. The health of Havana
is considered better than it has been for many
years.
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The officers of the "Sunday train from Day
ton to Cincinnati were arrested some weeks ago,
for violating the Sunday ordinance in force at
Dayton. They were tried before magistrate,
who fined them two dollars each. The case will
be brought before the Court of Common Pleas
1t involves the question of the right of any train
to run on the Sabbath day.
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Chatles B. Calvert, Esq, Of Prince Georges
{ 9unty, is to deliver the Annual Address before
{ ie Frederick County (Md.) Agricultural So
{ ETY., in October next.
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They are very properly rearing elm, maple,
I'D ash trees, in New York city, and destroying
ie fetid ailanthus.
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The wool crop of Ohio this year, it is thought,
Ill be sold for FIVE million dollars.
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~WHAr CHANGE.--In the year 1888, eight
bpndred acres of land the present site of Cincin-
Ati, were purchased for five hundred dollars.
he value of that same land at the present time
IN scarcely be estimated Exchanges.
Astonishment at these changes is as rational
- to be surprised that purse filled with gold
;ould be of more value than the empty purse
l Id been.
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-06-30

Time between Washington .na wheeling sus i1l
Through Ticheis and Baggage Cheeks naa i'm
Washington.
nE Baltimore ohio Railroad, having greatly improved
western offers hs fullest inducements
the North ysest and the Southwest.
rhe copnexion between The rars from Washington and tbs
Washington Junction ay called Eelay Horse) miles
waao" and @ oa 9" @ sio
Whscns a s Washington sauoa and and
through ekeis for points beyond The connecting trains leave
A hesins dire onnenio is made with The trains Of The CEN
TRIAL OHIO RAILROAD running from neiaire, the Ohio,
Whseiins through Cambridge zagesvile and NewsIk 70
M.nsfei and sandussy railroad for sandusky Toledo Detroit
Al Columbus tue G. o. railroad trains connect
Of ,he Miami railroad xena, cINciNNAT, LOUIS
ss sa ] 81 sSs ssss sep 81 ss
Naehsn, New oeans are washns,on
Cincinnati the mail the Ohio
Evansville, Cairo, and St. Louis so'd B, this
FOR CLEVELAND and via Cleveland Toledo Detroit
caso ac Ohio navgabIe between
%sssss w %f,s P s %s''
Travellers requested 70 notice that while this Is the only route
speedy and direct nearly all the leading points in
s sa 100
route! r ,,,,- - -.
Columbus ga Dayton, SIS so; Cincnnat SO Louisville,
fsi,osd W. o y s from as 5s
Chicago $40 and 49 81 Louis eas so and Sass Memphis,
For Fredera and Mapsrs Ferry Mapgsu berkeley Springs,
Cumberland bedford Springs OAKLAND ana
way stations between Baltimore and Wheeling take
For trains to and from Baltimore Annapolis &C. special
Tor further iniormaon through tickets, ac apply TIL H.
PARSONS, agent, at Washington station -
Master Of Transportation Balumors and
May 5-dG Ohio Railroad, Baltimore.