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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-17


These were the principal characters who out
most prominently a frst sight By and bye others Of
more subdusd individuality became developed Now the
Of the blue jenkins 60 whrlng round in polka the
K N. and another blue jerkin follow suit, iput and
tall old lady, OF very ssnctinonous appearance with
shawl wrapped round her antiquated person. make vio
lent efforts to execute the dance with the same agility
as the others. The dancing mania extends respect
srimmsd Pss.ma ma hat, With feather stuck therein "a
Red Jacket snd to whose general appearance pair Of
spectaciss lends additional solempity, brings out
hsnd:oms sedstey dressed lady like young wcmsn
in blue blouse, solicits and obtains the honor Of
the hand, or rather the waist, OF mstron whose hus
band would not venture re- into the arsn: and score Of
couples and added to the general fun and ivslness Of
the scene. Liberty, equality and fratsrnity" the
ossa o,s q s M the q atty cents "
Thus, without cessation Of the Dance and with only
the change from polka TO cotllon and coon to polka
the bsauul opposite shores Of Staten Island and Long
Island and s sandy beach into sight, and, tarn
WAS lost 70 the vsion the Shrewsbury hills the heights
OF NsvssnH ssnSy Hook and is lighthouses the honu-
and interest on The Hook Il: boat began q to s tSs
motion 81 81 as 70 the
pale and merry eyes to dim and BY one this ladies
Withdrew from the hurricane deck, and were for tims
lost to sight Alas for the ktlsnsss Of al human prds
Red Jacket and the little dandy not proof against
the nauseatng effect Of the ground yell, for time
leaning over the rau engaged in aosruse
calculations . to the depth Of the ocean. In aboat
an hour after the Hook passed, the b,at
came to anchor on the dshing banks In company vita
the Mercury which hAi arrived half hour before
half . 6ozen ashine smscks and community OF row
beats Hardly the sedge dropped before eighty
hundred liss--propery bsteo ~ith cllmwers in the
water; and fer the frf few nts the sport was
gccdeyy person On bccgd vas czortpg Isv. cs3 sias
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-17

MASSACHUSETTS
CAMBRIDGE TRoTrNG PARK, June l2-Ten mile match
for $500, IN harness.
d. Mace named g. m. Touch We Not. ............... 1
h. Titus named br. g. Buckskin. 2
Time %: so.
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-12

ATTORNEY GgsrRAL's 0rrIoE.-- Government
Confrdcfs.-l, When a commissioned officer or
other agent Of the United States makes contract
with any person for the use and benefit, and with
due authority Of law, such officer or other public
agent Ia not responsible 10 the party, whose only
remedy Is against the government
g. But In making contracts with any one claim.
ing to act for the government II Is the duty Of the
porty contracting TO inquire as TO the authority Of
such agent or officer, without which II 10 doubt
full whether the contract Affects tho government
g. If a public officer, however. make govern
ment contract without authority and which, there
FIRE. does not bind the government, such officer
Is himself personally responsible TO the contract
ing party.
I. But public officer or other agent, though
contracting for the government may, II he see
ft, make himself the responsible party, either
exclusively, or In addition TO the government
INTERIOR Der - General Land Office
Surveys IN Washington Tryitory.--The annual
report Of the Surveyor-generd Of Washington
Territory for this year bag been received by the
Commissioner OF the General Land 00lpe. u is
accompanied with maps OF the Territory, one Of
which embraces the range Of country situated be-
tween the Pacific coast and the Cascade mountains
This Is the present field Of active surveying ope-
rstions and the map gives an accurate description
Of the land already surveyed, and Of the contcm-
plated survey, Another map shows the country
i.inrbetween the Cascade and Rocky mountains,
according 10 .ha best data 10 the eurveyorgener-
ais Office. These maps VII, nroYe valuable &C,
QUESTION TO the stock fpublic documents, nd WIN
be found very useful to emigants
A large number or new surveys are recommend
cd and estimated for by the surveyor genornl on
the east side Of Puget Sound, the Straits OF Juan
do Fuca, and the Gulf Of Georgia, extending from
the bead Of the sound To our Northern territorial
line Of so degrees north latitude. Some curious
facts are given by the surveyor general In his re-
trees Of which (frs) measure fifteen feet In diane
ter, with height Of two hundred feet. There are
also ferns fifteen feet high. This forest Is estima
ted to be about three hundred years old and, what
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-12
Us il a wing Tricks

The anti American press has ,essaycd to
show that the American party as ! wing
trick-that Americans were ".U. higs in dis
guise. Inc receni American triumph in
maryland Gear j. shows the utter falsity Of
,nese co' .lgcs. The Americans have carried
tae ,our Congressional districts which were
represented in the last Congress by admins
tration men, and have lost the two districts
which were represented in the last Congress by
two Wings. The Wing counties have given
anti-American msjorities, and every Demo-
cratic county in the State, with but two excep-
tons, has given American majorities Balti-
more city and county, which have heretofore
been Democratic by large majorities, now send
TO Congress two Americans, and to the Mary
land Legislature sixteen American representa-
tiyes
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-12

Tho Norfolk News says It ia gratifying to OBJ
serve the daily increase Of business in that city, the
comparative Shccrfolness that seems 70 be gfadu-
ally pervading the people, like sunshine after sad
season of showess The refugees" returning
from everywhere, are gatheriag together again,
and resuming their respective avocaticns; the va
jous beautiful steamers that usually stud our har-
Dor are all on their regular routes again, gliding
CALAMITY up to their wharves, and startling the
drowsy hours with the "whistle;" masts are null
tiplying in the docks hacks and drays begin TO be
busy again; and indeed there is every evidence OF
an activity in all branches Of business, far beyond
the sntcipssions Of our most sanguine citizens.
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-12
WASHINGTON, ID. @.
MONDAY. NOVEMBER IL. 1856.
The Organization Of the Honse.

1t has long been evident that the Opposition,
that is, those opposed to the Pierce and Forney
dynasty, which has for two years and half
disgraced the country, have the power, 70 elect
the Speaker and other officers Of the House Of
Representatives But the greater and the les
ser organs of this dynasty. have comforted
themselves, and endeayored to encourage others
by INDUCING and holding out the hope that
their opponents will not be able to unite upon
candidates for those positions, and that, through
their divisions the administration will be able
to foist their own man into the Speakers chair,
and retain Forney in the clcrkship. They are
reckoning without their host deceiving them
selves and others as badly as they did In regard
to the late elections in Massachusetts,, New
York, and Maryland. The opposition have B.
patriotic object inyiew, and although some
members at the North may desire to elect one
man, and others at the South another, to the
Speakers chair, one, perhaps, wishing pledge
of one kind, and the other Of another kind !;
yet, no pledges should or viii be required Of
any person who may beelected. The only Sc
curity for the future should be the record Of the
past He whose antecedents have been patr
otto and national. neither countenancng one
extreme nor another, and who is known to be
conservative and lconcilatory, should, and we
trust will be acceptable to al, Objectionable to
none. Any effort, coming from what quarter
it may, to require specific pledges from candi-
dates, will defeat its own purpose and cast
odium upon those who may thus attempt to
bind others to their own notions.
A member Of Congress from one of the
Northwestern States, writing to a friend, says
For my own part, am opposed to all pro-
scription based merely on localities. can see
no good reason why gentlemen who are viii
ling to join with us in our efforts to overthrow
this infamous and contemplate Pierce dynasty,
should be prescribed because they happen to
reside in one or another portion Of the coun-
try"
This is the true sentiment, and one which we
are sure will animate the breasts of very
large portion, and we hope the whole Of tho
come they from what section they.
may. We should as earnestly deprecate any
among Southern members to estab
ish tests, aswe should among Northern D 81
Either would be as unpatriotic as it would
,e impolitic and suicidal
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-12

A Coin MKDAL CosrrRRKp ON PRorKssoR
Notes.-The New York Herald publishes an ac-
count Of the presentation Of the great gold medal
for science" to Professor Morse, the inventor Of
the telegraph, by the Emperor Of Austria.
The gold medal Is massive and beautiful speci-
men Of art On one side Is medallion head Of
the young Emperor. crowned with laurel, with the
inscription, "Franciscus Josepbus l., p. g., Aus
tri@ Impcrstor," and on the diverse wreath Of
laurel surrounding the imperial crown with the in
scription "Litcis lrtibus.n This Is the fourth
token Of acknowledgment from European soyer-
eigns accorded to and received by Professor Morse
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-12

TwrEDLE Duu AND TwEEDLE DEE.-The organ
Of the Kitchen Cabinet at Washington thus COM
inents upon the New York Pierce Van Buren, De-
mocracy:
No one knows better than John Van Buren, that
fidelity to the platform Of 1852 has been made n
test with President Pierce and that II his patron
age has been bestowed ON any who adhere to the
Van Buren, policy Of 1913, it has been bestowed
under total misapprehension.
And the Buffalo Republic Son Shell Van Buren,
organ, thus knocks this bit of unmesning jargon in
the head:
II President Pierce has made the platform Of
1861 test for ftness Of Office thcnAe had better
tumble himself out, pick Up his "duds" and 60
back TO the hills of New Hampshire at the earliest
possible moment Il Is well known that he him
self has refused from the beginning TO stand upon
that platform, having violated At the outset It's most
important resolution ~ TO oppose analienably ell
agitation upon the subject Of slavery, whether In
or out Of Congress"
What q difference there lie, TO be sure, betwist
tweedle dunn and tweedle dee And yet John Van
Buren, has rightly explained II as the difference be-
tween Mr.. Pierce and the administration. If this
war goes on, what shall we do for saltpetre9
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-12

We are informed that citizen Of the county,
says tho Charlottesville Advocate, who resided
near Stony Point has cloped With his sister-in-
law, leaving wife and several children in very
destitute circumstances. We have since been In
formed that he has located in the county Of Rock
ingham, but that the ssterin-lsw Is not with him,
nor nrc her whereabouts known. n her friends
or those Of tho deserted wife desire TO bring him
TO punishment or 10 hold him accountable for the
disappearance Of the missing girl, they can find
him by sending 20 Rockingham. a
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-12

Kendrick, wife Of James Q. Kendrick, Of Tazewell
county, Va, after Illness Of some length of time,
presented every external appearance of death, and
preparations were made for her interment. About
ten hours after her apparent decease, some friends
who were employed In making shroud were
amazed TO hear her ask, in faint voice, for food.
1t seems that she bad cataleptic fit, which, fortu-
natcly passed Off in season to prevent the horrors
Of premature burial. She was, however, very
low at last accounts.
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-12

The Petersburg Virginia, Express understands
that young man named Henry w. Heath, who
resides in the county Of Din iddie, near Poplar
Springs Westinghouse, made bold attempt to kill
his wife last Monday night. Becoming enraged,
he discharged heavy load Of buck shot at her,
which, failing to take effect he then drew pistol
and sent bullet through her shoulder. His wifes
mother interfering in behalf of her daughter, she
was terribly bruised and beat, after which the per-
petrator effected his escape, and has not been
heard from since,
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-12

A TRUuP wAsrrD.--Miss Margaret Trump, Of
Msssillon, Ohio, wishes Information Other husband
9. A. Trump, who left bis home on Che 18th day
Of November, ls54, saying he would return next
day. Any information Of the missing Trump would
gladly be received by his distressed wife, in Mas
siIlon Ohio
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-12
NOW is YOUR CHANCE / 4
One Thousand Prizes on Hand I

BY authority Of the State Of Georgia.
FORT GAINES ACADEMY LOT
II TERY.--
Glass e.--To be drawn November 29 1885, In the city
ofAtanta, Georgia, when prizes amounting TO
100000
VIII be distributed according to The following inm-
table scheme
III you draw tho lowest Prize you get the cost Of your
ticket, ,cthota deduction, and remember every
Prize is drawn ut each drawing
LOOK ATii1Ti AtMNs
ONE PRIZE TO EVERY TEN 77CKFTSlt
Capital Prizo-elO, OOOi
Let, therefore, every man having due regard 10
the repenishng Of his purse attend IL and forward
his order Immediately for tickets. $500
Let those now buy, who never bought before,
And those who always bought now buy the more
But TO the Scheme. Look at IL Scan il well,
count your chances and ask yourself II you can with
stand the indictment now offered Read read
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-12

ACtinR lrehsufers
After the reading Of these reports a highly IN
terestng and appropriate address was delivered by
the Rev Mr.. Cummins, and animated remarks
commencing the object and operations of the So
ciety were made by Messrs. samson, Stansbury
and others The following resolutions we're unani-
mously adopted Sd
!. Resolved, That, as society we highly appre-
ciate the efforts Of the clergy Of our city Ia our
behalf and earnestly request that these efforts may
be continued. Especially do we request that at
their earliest convenience they present the claims
Of our cause before their respective congregations
and take up collection on is behalf
2. Resoivsd, That Messrs. Samson, Cummins,
Gurley, Radcliffe and Kennedy, be appointed COM
mittee 10 confer with tho managers Of this Society
upon the proprety Of employing an agent to attend
70 the collection and disbursement Of the funds Of
the society during the coming winter, and TO assist
the managers, Il such an agency shall be deemed
advisable, in securing the services OF person
suited 10 the discharge Of It's important and re-
sponsiblc duties.
3. Resoivsd, That we tender 10 the Rev. Mr.
Cummins our warm and heartfelt acknowledge
ments for the appropriate and excellent address
with which he has favored us this evening.
A collection Yves taken up, amounting 10 ga Al,
i, ling 825 from H. L. Shields Esq.
Adjourned by s ii.!ns and prayer and the Apes
tclic benediction.
BY order Of the Society.
EMMA r. GURLEY, Secretary.
WAsHSeros, Nov. ., 1856
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-12

The Republican, Indianapolis, Ind, in speak
ing Of the qualifications of the various candidates
for speskership, says 1" We are not Of those who
insist on ui.raism as qualification for public POI
siton; we rather hold moderation and regard for
the rights Of others 70 DO the more desirable attr
ls,.t. y.
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-12

AxKsparr or THE NAruRALIzAros Llws.--Mr.
Tnrney has introduced into tho Tennessee Legis-
lature the following resolution:
Resofpsd By the General 4sscD,bly Of The State
IF Tennessee, That our Senators in Congress be
instructed, and our Representatives in Congress be
requested, to nse all honorable means 10 modify
our naturalization laws; offering friendly protec-
ton to the honest emigrant, but TO prevent the
transmission TO our shores Of felons and pnupers
That they extend the time OF naturalization that
foreigners shall be able TO speak our language and
become acquainted with our institutions. That
they tnact uniform law to prevent the States, in
dvidualy from admitting foreigners TO vote before
they are ,naturaizcd And that they repeal all
laws making grants In future 20 unnaturalized for
cigners, and 40 to provide that the native Amor.
cans shall retain the power Of administering the
government without being overwhelmed BY the
rush Of foreign population constantly landing upon
our shores.
What VIII George w. Jones say 70 thisS VIII
he adhere 10 the Democratic doctrine Of instruc
tionf @
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-12

We learn from the Cumberland Telegraph that
the total amount Of coal transported from the en-
tire coal region during the week ending Saturday,
November 3, Is 16,sf5.ls tons, and since first Of
January last ba6 496.1e tons. Of which 500, 49,.
10 tons were transported over the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, and les,379oe tons descended the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-12

Every popular delnsion-certainly every delu-
sion which has given birth TO a political party
has generally based itself upon some intangible,
impracticable theory.-Union. F777
The Union is beginning to learn that pro-
scribing men for love Of country Is an "im-
practicable theory" Jesuitism and forcignism
are "impracticablcn theories under free gov
ernment and certainly every such dslusion
should be gotten rid Of We are really glad
10 see that the Union is being tutored in the
principles of republican government; and,
as the "delusion which has given birth" 10
the foreign party, Of which the Union Is the
organ, is fast passing away, and as the people
have discarded the leaders Of this foreign FAC
ton, the end Of these popular delusions" Is
rapidly approaching.
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-12

Az AnKRrcAS Towx.--Tlo town Of Schaghti-
coke, in Rensselaer, county, cast at the late cleo
ton four hundred and eighty votes and gave an
average American majority Of three hundred.
There are A. many live Americans who sleep on
their arms In Schsghtcoke as most any other town
in the State. --dibcny Register.
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-12

Mr.. Where, Of Indiana, respectable and
wealthy German, was summoned on jury, and,
although he told tho sheriff he was too Dutch to
sit upon the jury he was not excused.
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-12

:" Sans mighty successes in New York now
dwinde down TO the election Of their State ticket
with one exception, by plurality, with three
other tickets in the Held.r- Washington Union.
And how have the mighty conjectures of the
administration strength "dwinded down."
They have not elected one on the State ticket
when there were three other tickets in the
field
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-12

CoSrrRKNcr.-The Annual Conference Of the
Methodist Protestant Church in Virginia, COM
menced Its session in Abingdon, Thursday morn
ing last Rev. J. @. Whitfield, President There
were between thirty and forty delegates in attend
ance. ministerial and lay.
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-12

A cave Of considerable size has been discovered
and explored somewhere near the head Of Cheat
river, In Virginia.
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-12

OuR PRiyILEoss, The Rochester American,
thinks young ladies should not object to being
kissed by editors they should make every allow
ance for the g freedom Of the press So ssy we
all Of as
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-12

Miss Kate Fox has been re-engaged by the $50
cieiy for the Diffusion Of Spiritual Knowledge" TO
sit in New York without charge a. medium
for the benefit Of skeptics, and unconyinced in
quirers. Those who know the consolations Of
Spirit niediations, are not particularly invited to
occupy the mediums attention.
NJ. H. Mali, Belgian, Consul in New York and
Commissioner Of the Belgian Government for the
Steam Navigation Company between Antwerp and
our port has, by royal decree of October 10Th, re-
ceived the appointment Of Cdhsulgeneral
Mr.. Edward Neville, the proprietor Of Kings
county, (New York; Hotel, in williamsburg, has
disappeared, under circumstances calculated TO
awaken very serious apprehensions ibr his person
al safety. aiaaa easas
Among the passengers arrived at New York on
Tuesday by the Ericsson, from Southamp ton, were
Dom Piatt late Secretary Of Legation at Paris,
Mr.. Field, Of the Trans Atlantic Telegraph Com
pany, and 7. B. Read the poet
Mrs. Chapman hes been admitted, in the Kan
sas constitutional Convention, as reporter for tho
Kansas Inteligencer, which is edited by Der hus-
band.
Hon. Edward Everett has consented TO address
the Mercantile Library Association of New York
during. the coming winter.
Rev. Edward Beecher, D. D., Of Boston, has ac-
cepted call from Congregational church at
Galesbury Illinois. The report that he has ac-.
ceEted Professorship in the Theological Seminary
at Chicago, we believe, was incorrect
Rev. DR.. 8. II. Cox has accepted call to be-
come pastor Of the Presbyterian church in Oswego,
New York. He last week received a call from the
Central Presbyterian church Of Newark, but de-
clined on account Of his health suffering from the
sea air.
Dr. J. II. N. Cate, formerly of Concord, New
Hampshire, has received an appointment as sur
geon in the Russian army
Park Benjamin has just commenced lecturing
tour in the Western States> A,
Professor w. P. Miles, just elected Mayor Of
Charleston, South Carolina, is one Of the phrsi-
clans who served through the Norfolk epidemic.
Lientenapt General Winfield Scott arrived in
Baltimore on Saturday, and took lodgings at Bar.
NUNS City Hotel.
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-12

Lewis A. Boggs, Of 'spottsylvanis, Virginia,
raissa on less than one-eighth Of an acre Of land
fifty bushels II Irish potatoes, the~past season,
being at the rate Of 6ver four hundred bushels
per acre.
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-12

American majority on joint ballot. $500. A
The Legislature win elect United States sena
tor, in place Of T. G. Pratt. NJ "
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-12
The Rlack Mail.

We are requested by several Democrats to
enquire what use was made Of the "black mail
fund" As the election was not carried, they
desire to know whether it was expended Gin
aiding the Democratic cause in Maryland" or
pockctcd by the clique who volunteered to dis
burse II. II has been surInised that some por-
ton of Il was disbursed at Faro" VIII the
Union tell lis that II /" secs no grievous harm
in the matter 7" If it was right to Force the
poor clerks to pay this contribution, 1t was
not much greater harm to risk small por-
ton OF II at Fare"
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-12

|. very remarkable, II growing among the prostrste
trunks Of trees which give indications o. having
once attained similar dimensions and the same old
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-12

Juper KAsE.--Rcsolutien cpndempiDg the pro-
ceedings Of Judge Kane in the case Of Passmare
williamson, have been introduced in the Vermont
Legislature
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-12
Louisiana Election.

SALARY RAIsED.--The salary Of the Chief Engi-
neer Of the New York Fire Department has been
raised from $4,000 to $3, 900 per year. 3