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compensation Of clerks and messenger
~ The Office Of the Paymaster General.
II compensation of the clerks, messenger
and laborer in the office Of the Commits.
sary General Of Subsistence.
p compensation of the clerks and mes
senger in the Office Of the Chief Engineer
compensation Of the clerks and messen-
ger IN the office Of the Surgeon General
p compensation Of the clerks, messenger,
and laborer in the Office Of the Colonel
q typographical Engineers..................
compensation of the clerks and mes
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Ordnance .
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For rent of rooms, stationery, engraving
plates for bounty LAND warrants, paper
and printing the Same, binding books,
blank books for registers, Office furniture
aud miscellaneous items. .............-....
For expense Of tho current fiscal year on
account OF military bounty lands..
For clerk hire, patents, records, stationery,
and miscellaneous items In the General
Land Office, on account Of military boan-
~ lands.........-........ .....................
For compensation Of ten clerks of class one,
TO be employed temporarily In the Office
OF the Third Auditor, on account Of
military bounty lands.
To pay TO Jacob p. Chase the usual compen-
sation for the services Of his two sons, ~
clerks In the Pension 0ficc, for the time
they were engaged as such. Indefinite
To enable the Secretary Of War 10 cause TO
he constructed on such site, in central
position ON the pabiic grounds, IN The
city Of Washington, ~ may be selected
hv the President of the United States, =
suitable building FOR tho csre and prcssr-
walton OF the ordnance, arms, and &C
coutrements Of the United States. re-
auired for the use OF the volunteers and
militia Of the District VI Columbia, and
for the care and preservation OF the mili-
tary trophies Of the revolutionary and
other wars, and for the dsposits Of newly
invented and model AxmA for The militia
nv service, the said ordnasee and arms,
and the building, 70 BE- used BY ths VOL
unteers and militia Of tho Dissric4 Of
Columbia, under such equations n may
be prescribed by tho President.
To supply dshcienciss In ths sPpropria-
tons for the services Of The kseAl ysAr
ending the thirtieth Of Juas, ons
thousand eight hundred and my.
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EXPENSES OF THE COLLECTION OF
REVENUE FROM LANDS.
SURVEY OF THE PUBLIC LANDS.

Tor surveying the public lands, (oxcln-
siye of California, Oregon, Washington,
New Mexico, Kansas, aud Nebraska, in
GLIDING incidental expenses and island
surveys in the interior, and all other
special and difficult surveys demand
ing augmented rates, TO be apportioned
and applied to the several surveying dis
tricts according TO the exigencics Of the
public service, including expenses Of Sc
Letting swamp lands, and the compcnsa-
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-03-29

times seizes upon the most gifted minds, that
the cup OF life has been drained TO the dregs-
he put an end to his existence.
We call attention TO the sad consummaton
OF the career of this brilliant and cratic man
as a warning and as consolaton-as warn
ing to like gifted spirits, that no extraordinary
endowments, no high-soaring genius, can afford
its possessor the sweet fruits of philosophie
and tranquil life, and the consultations Of a
calm and peaceful death, which is not reigned
over by those sober and reasonable views of
tins world and the next which govern the
lives and sooth the death of the great mass of
humanity-as consolation to those who some
times repningly envy the costly gifts of talent
which Providence has lavished upon their more
favored fellows and denied to themselves.
There is system of dispensation running
through all the acts Of the Almighty. If these
extraordinary men sometimes soar very high,
they often, too, sink very low. And the very
light from heaven, which should have lighted
them to happiness, often blinds and conducts
them TO misery. They have their moments of
intense qualification and purest pleasures, and
their months Of deep dependency and gloom.
While the mass Of mankind is not blessed with
the joys of the former it is also,exempt from
the curse of the latter, and pursues in calm and
steady enjoyment, the golden mean of life.
Nep York Times.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-03-29
william G. Flournoy on the stumn.

From all accounts, the most telling and ele-
quent effort that has been made in Eastern
Virginia during the present canvass, was the
speech of William G. Flournoy, esq, at Prince
Edward Court on Monday last. We have met
with several gentlemen who heard it, and they
all concur in pronouncing the speech master
piece Of eloquent and convincing argument
He has taken the field for the campaign, and
means, we learn, to keepit, and to do his whole
duty. 1t will be borne in mind that he is the
brother OF the nominee Of the Wing TX. N
convention. We hear that the democracy are
fully reused in Prince Edward, and that in
stead OF loosing by detection from their ranks,
some of the most respectable Wings in the
county will vote the democratic ticket as against
the winchester nominees. They say they can
swallow most anything to beat the democracy,
but cant go Know-nothingism. Such, from
what we can gather, is public feeling generally
on the South side.--Soph Side (Ta) Demo.
Graf Of the 26h.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-03-29
Americans Should Rule America

The Detroit Free Press thus closes an article
on the new Secret Orders
"America must be governed by Americans,
for the ten thousandth time exclaims Know
nothingism. Is it not thus governed? In the
first place, OF the % 1856 inhabitants of the
United States, by the last census, only 4,48l.-
070 we're foreign born-the majority Of natives
over foreigners being nearly nineteen millions
With such preponderance of Americans, is
not the country likely to h>-ruled by Ameri-
cans2 Ia the second place, It is the theory OF
our government, that when a foreigner has con-
formed to all the requirements of the naturali-
cation laws, he is just as good an American
as were some Of our fathers who conformed to
them twenty, forty, or sixty years ago, and Just
as good an American as we're some of those
foreigners who were naturalized in the battles
of the Revolution. Such is the theory of the
Constitution, and such has been the practice
under it.
"We have discovered no other planks in the
public platform Of the new American party
than the two on which we comment They are
untenabe. No party can stand upon them.
They are rotten, and rest upon rotten timbers.
They are, indeed, the merest claptraps There
is nothing in the proclaimed danger of political
Romanism and foreign influence. All the talk
about it is sound and fury, signifying nothing.
If we would know the real principles and the
real objects of the new American party we
must look to its oATHs. They comprise its
platform. 1t huge political machine. We
cannot misconceive it. Its essential idea is as
graphically described by contemporary, the
subsection of the individual to the will Of the
Order. Before initiation he binds himself by
oath, IN all things, political and social, 10 com.
ply ruth the piH ofthe Order. After initiation,
be is the abject slave Of the Order, and cannot
escape from his bondage without the consent Of
the Order. This is the letter of its constitution
the Grand Council shall hare po,oer 10 decide
upon all matters oppe,tdining 10 NATIONAL
PoLITIcs. Thus the individual member bar.
tiers away his independent judgment, and in
all matters dppedrtdining 10 national politics
binds himself to submit to the dictation OF the
Grand Council. IL the Grand Council say the
Nebraska bill is an iniquity, he can no more
dissent from their decision than a good Catho-
lie can now dispute the immaculate conception
of the Virgin. The Catholic takes his reli
gious faith from Popes and Councils; the
Know-nothing receives his political creed from
a Council, too--not council Of men distin-
guished for piety and learning, but an ire
sponsible conclave of demagogucs, without
personal character or public reputation.
"Thus is Know -nethingism obnoxious to the
charge of which il accuses Catholicism. Its
indictment against Papacy recites its own
crimes against humanity. The Church Of
Rome was never more intolerant, the Council
Of Inquisition never more proscriptive, than
this per6dious friend Of Professionalism, this
treacherous champion Of religious liberty"
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-03-29
THE AMERICAN ORGANS IGNORING,
SENATOR.

Senator Wilson will not be dumb. All the
Know-nothings in the land cannot make him
hold bis peace. He has emotions They are
strong and irrepressible emotions. They must
find utterance. A cunning effort was made BY
the organ Of the Know-nothings in this city to
cajole him into discreet silence-to tempt him
to ignore" and stife" the slavery question
and TO deceive him into denying vent to his
venomous Abolitionism. This effort almost
succeeded. In an unguarded moment he was
entrapped into saying that he was State
rights man." AT once the organ embraced
him as Know-nothing after its own heart
Day after day, on the authority Of the Boston
Bee and mysterious letter Of the Massachu
sets Senator, the organ proclaimed him o
"State-rights man" and "a strict construc
ZIONIST" He was without spot or blemish-a
white robed seraph and an Immaculate Know
nothing saint.
But Senator Wilson was frail mortal. lie
had human passions and human weaknesses.
His ruling passion for nineteen years" was
Abolitionism. II clings to him still. Then
again, those words so much esteemed in the
South -8 State.rights" and "strict construc-
ton" did not altogether please the blue-light
Federal Wings and Know.nothings Of Massa.
chusetts. They began speedily to grumble.
To stop them, the Senator took plant occa-
sion to pour out his rank Abolitionsm in the
Senate chamber He afterwards wrote rank
poison Abolition letter from which we recently
made an extract and in the last few days has
delivered a lecture in Boston, which clincbes
the nail He is reported to have said
"If there is any one here (said the lecturer,
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-03-29
The Law Students or Cambridge ans
Judge Loring.

Inc Law Stuucnts OF cambridge and
Judge Loring.
The Boston Telegraph states that the debate
in the Parliament or Assembly of the Cam
bridge Law School on the rejection of Judge
Loring by the board of Overseers of Harvard
University was brought to close on Friday
evening last by the passage of the following
resolutions:
Whereas, The corporation of Harvard Uni
versity appointed the Hon. Edward G. Loring
Lecturer in the Dane Law School, and the
Overseers have arbitrarily refused to confirm
the same, therefore be it !.
"Resolred, By US members of the Dane Law
School in assembly convened, that we fully
concur in the opinion of the corporation as by
their election expressed, that the personal
worth, intellectual and legal abilities and &C
quirements of MIR. Loring eminently qualify
him for the Office of Lecturer.
Resolved, That Mr.. Loring's system of in
| struction, comprising clear analysis of Com
mon Law principles, and an exposition of their
reasons and applications, enriched by copious
| illustrations from the Civil Law, was calculated
to rare degree, to afford knowledge of the
| topics discussed, at once broad and minute
and we deeply regret his removal Us bringing
loss to ourselves and the science of law
Resolred, That we regard the rejection Of
Mr.. Loring as tending to restrain the freedom
of judicial opinion, and as sanctioned neither
by justice nor by aoise policy"
/ These resolutions were carried by vote
Sc to II, some of the minority refusing to an
swer to their names. There was considerable
uproar on the occasion, and it is said thai
blows were exchanged between some of the
excited young gentlemen.
These young men prove themselves to BE-
wiser, better, more conscientious, and more
conservative than their seniors This vote il
a good sign for the rising generation Of New
England lawyers. We hope that they will ad
here through life to the honesty which is indi
Gated by the above resolutions.
There are usually good many southern
students at Harvard University. If there ar,
any there now, we have but one word of advic,
to give them-it is to quit, and quit instantly
an institution that is controlled by rank Abo
itionists. 1t is no place for them.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-03-29
Hon. PauIus Powell.

This gentleman is again candidate for re-
election. There is not in the whole Congress
OF the United States one more intelligent in
the perception Of the true interests Of the coun.
try and his constituents, or more loyal and true
in adhering to them. Gifted with calm and
discriminating intellect-respected and beloved
by all who know him for his public fidelity. un.
exceptionable character and habits, and high
personal honor, he has won an unusually strong
hold upon the people. He win be reelected
by an increased majority, unless the people are
indifferent to high merit and tried efficiency.
Lynchduy Republican.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-03-29

DEATH OF Mr.. JIG. ZIMMERMAN, Consul or
THE NETHERLANDS AT THIS PoRT.--Mr. j. G.
Zimmerman, the Consul at this port, died at
his residence, No 100 Leonard street, on Fri
day evening, of congestion Of the lungs, after
an illness of but an hours duration. Mr.. Zim-
norman has filed the Office Of Consul General
for the last forty years, and in manner SO
satisfactory to the authorities at home, that
they have recently conferred the rank Of knight
upon him. He was sixty-three years Of age at
the time Of his death. His funeral took place
at st. Johns Chapel, Varick street, at one
o'clock on Sunday and was largely attended
by our most distinguished citizens--Ncp York
Mirror Of the 26h.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-03-29

with emphasis) who believes that am capable
OF modifying my sentiments and opinions,
cherished by me for twenty years-either at
home or abroad, either in public or in private,
before friends or in the face of enemies--I com
mission him here and now to proclaim it.
Send 1t abroad on the wings of the wind, that
am committed, fully committed, committed to
the fullest extent, in favor of immediate and
unconditional abolition of slavery, wherever it
exists under the authority of the Constitution OF
the United States"
This is the Organ's "State-rights" man, its
"strict constructionist," of whose antecedents
for twenty years, none of us were ignorant.
the Organs State-rights principles come
to such an end, they will fare badly in Old Vir-
ginia
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-03-29
THE "PEOPLE,s THEATREn-MIss
NI0RANT.


We have attended this theatre on several oc-
casions lately, and it affords US much pleasure
to be enabled to pay deserved compliment to
the management The best company that has
visited this city for long time is now perform
ing at Iron Hall. 1t is a remarkably talented
company and presents extraordinary attrac-
tons. The theatre opened with Mr.. and Mrs.
Walcott two as versatile and talented perform
ers as we would desire to see. They are good
both in tragedy and comedy.
AT present Miss Fanny Morant, distin-
guished tragedienne from abroad, is playing an
engagement at this theatre. She is an admi.
rable actress. Her reading is most impressive
her emphasis has frequently an electrical
effect. She is full of power and full of pathos.
She has most able auxiliary in Mr.. Allen,
who plays the hero to her heroine. Mr. Allen
deserves more than passing notice. He is a
man of uncommon talents in his profession.
This company deserves a liberal patronage,
and but for the unpropitious weather we doubt
not that the theatre would be thronged every
night. Despite the weather, however, the au-
diences have been good and eminently re-
spectacle.
1t is seldom that the lovers of the Drama
have an opportunity of Witnessing as good act
ing as is now presented at Iron Hall We
hope that they will avail themselves of the oc-
casion.
Miss Morant deserves success. We doubt
not that she will receive it.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-03-29
THE OBJECT OF THE KNow-NO-
THINGS.

We find the following in the Abingdon, vir.
ginia, Democrat:
"In reply to an interrogatory propounded to
him by the Hon. Fayette McMuen, as to the
object Of the Know-nothing organization, John
p. Hale, an ex-senator of the United States,
and leading member Of the new party, replied
I'VE mean to abolitionize the South, and we in
tend to do itT Mr.. Hale was subsequently
waited upon by several gentlemen, and to all he
made the same declaration"
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-03-29

DECAY OF ABoLrrIoN.-Tbe men in Wiscon-
sin who have been disgracing themselves and
their State by the fugitive slave rescues, are en-
deavoring to raise fund Of $4,000, and for
that purpose are getting up subscriptions. Mil.
yankee contributed the enormous sum Of els
towards the fund.--Chicaqo Times.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-08-21
WAsHINGTON, AUGUST 13.

Letters have been received from Mr.. Buchanan,
our Minister to England. which announce his in
tention to return in the steamer Of October 9Th
lie will be accompanied by j. Addison, the new
Assistant Secretary of State.
1t is now definitely ascertaincd, that the Con-
gressional delegation from North Carolina will
stand, three Know Nothings to five Democrats,
including Clingman, whose majority is above
LOGO.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-08-21

AN ALARM BEDsrEAD.-An ingenious chap
in Lowville, Lewis, county, Va, has invented
an alarm bcdstead. This bedstead is attached
to clock work in such manner that at any
hour it is desired, an alarm is set off, and if the
sleeper does not heed it in about five minutes
thereafter he or they will get practical illus
tration Of the adage thine and tide (and the
alarm bed) wait for no man," by being rolled
out upon the floor without ceremony
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-08-21

TnE LouIsvILLE RIor.---The Louisville
Courier gives different version Of this riot
from the Journal It says that the Americans
took possession Of the polls, and beat and stab
bed several foreigners before the row COM
menccd. AS we have before said, probably
both parties are to blame. Twenty deaths and
thirty wounded persons are the result of this
disgracclul riot.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-08-21
DEDICATED no OUR. sNAprIsM FRIENDs.

DEDICATED TO OUR sNAPPIsH FRIENDS.
We commend the following, from the pen Of
one of the Editors Of the Chicago Tribune, to
our snappish friends, who, if they dislike it.
must not blame us, but their own morbid, dis
agreeable dispositions. Read the article calm
ly, and then ask yourselves if it is not true:
&c The result of my observations enables mo to
state, as a fact, that publishers of newspapers
arc more poorly rewarded than any other class Of
men in the United States, who invest IN equal a
mount of labor, capital and thought. They are
expected to do more service for less pay, to stand
more sponging and Sc dcad-heading," to puff and
defend more people, and sorts Of people, without
fee or hope of reward, than any other class
They credit wider AM longer; get oftener cheat
Ell suffer more pecuniary loss and oftencr
the victims of misplaced confidence, than any
other calling in the community. People pay u
printers bill more reluctantly than any other
1t goes harder with them to cxpcnd dollar on
valuable newspaper than ten useless gcw-
saw, yet everybody avais himself of the services
of the editors and printers ink. How many pro-
fcssional and political regulations and fortunes
have been created and sustained by the friendly,
though unrcquitcd, pen of the editor? How
many embryo towns and cities have been brought
into notice, and pulled into prosperity by the
press? How many railroads, now in successful
operation, would have foundercd but for the as
sistance Of the I" lever that moves the world %
In short, what branch of American industry or
activity, has not been promoted, stimulated and
defended by the prcss9 And who has rendered
it more than miserable pittancc for its mighty
services? The bazaars of fashion and folly, the
haunts of appetite and dissipation, are throngcd
with an eager crowd bearing gold in their palms,
and the commodities there vcndcd are sold at
enormous profits, though intrins;caly worthless,
and paid for with scrurulous punctuality while
the countins-room of the Newspaper is the seat OF
jcwing, chearening, trade, orders and pennies. 1t
is made point of honor to liquidatc grog
bill, but not Of d;shonor to rcpudiate printers
bill"
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-08-21

CO pension of ESQ year has just been
granted by the British Government from the civil
list, to the well known and popular author of
many works of Christian Philosophy and litcra-
ture, DR.. Dick.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-08-21


when no suck road fxistsd, ana therefore the law
is inapplicatIe. Aidss Il regards the Fort Rip
81 syeivss 81 fsot sss, :.
ply the appropriation = the lsw requires, merely
TO the cutting out the timber, would be to. throw
il away the present creoksd road not bel ing the
road which the public interests require, u cut
ting down the timber, which the appropi iation
alone can touch, the work needed. It Ia been
for this reason, and in order that the Cover lment
may be enabled to take hold of the road N an
efficient way, and carry it to completion b, ono
or succession of appropriations, that have OBJ
tanned the sanction Of the Department to sust ,end
operations upon it until the next session of Con
gress when the phraseology of the law may be so
changed as to admit Of the survey and construc-
ton Of the best and most direct road between the
points mentioned. In this, am happy to say,
have the concurrence of Gov. German, Hon. II.
NJ. Rice, Hon. H. H. Sibley, Hon. Norman w.
Kittson, Hon. Joseph Roletts, and MIR. Cavilere.
J. H. SIMPSON,
% Capt. Corps Top. Eng.
st. Paul, Aug. Is, 1855.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-08-21

CO The following Conventions arc to assem-
BILE in Syracuse, New York, during the months of
August and September Liquor Dealers Con-
vention, August l6; Democratic Convention,
September 5; Know Nothing State Convention,
September %; Wing State Convention, Sept. "a;
Abolition Convention same day.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-08-21

GV Our street presented unusual lively and
gay appearance all day Saturday. The ladies
were out in greater numbers than we have seen
for along time. The whole city appeared perfect
ly alive with the profoundest animation. We
might say in the language of pithy cotempora-
ry. If such is the magical result of the presence
of the fair, may their appearance be more fire.
Qucnt.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-08-21
MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1865.

EMINENT SERucEs OF II. NJ. RIcE.-We devote
our columns to-day to the classification of the
eminent services of this gentleman, in hopes that
the paper containing it viii: be generally circula
tod. Let the truth be known.
Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-08-21

s11- ]. Clement, Esq, editor Of the Western
Literary Messenger, published at Buffalo, and
O. r. Burdick, Esq, of the Elmira Republican,
have been sojourning in our city for few days.
The former gentleman left for Buffalo yester-
day; the latter may make Minnesota his per-
manent home. Both culogize the country and
the climate, and have been delighted with their
trim