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DEPARTMENT on STATR,

STATE
Washington July i6, 1856.
Information received this department from the
ton OF the Ecuador Of the decease March
OF CHRISTIAN Frederick schot. M d. native Of Germany but
uaturaxe citizen United Dr. schou
10 have been wdower aged years,
four or five He has left and professional
The legation has placed the ia
The administrator whom also has been committed
the charge OF the orphan child
The relatives Of the deceased commun
cate department the subject
naturalization bear the aesistion Of the court nj
Dayton Ohio possible may
neighborhood.
tIn,eiecncer, Cincinnati Enquirer. AMI Dayton Eppirel
DEPARTMENT STATE
Washington, July l6, 1855
notice. from the London Gazee Of the 22d June
1885, officially to this department for the
ipformation OF The citizens Of the United States:
"FoREIop OrrcR, June 81, 1855.
With re,erepce OF Finland already
Of April duly norfed in the supple
lsh Of May last Is hereby fur her mott
Honorable Earl of Clarendon g. her
Pocipa State for Foreign Affairs has
ceiyed from Of Admiralty Official
from Resr Admiral the Honorable Dundas,
Commanding ships the Baltic, and the
name and on behalf Majesty, ally
Majesty Emperor OF the French, from board her Mes
ship Duke Of Wellington at anchor of Toeoukn light house,
bearing dated 26th Of May announcing
all the creeks aud ines In the said Gulf Of
ncudns especially the port of Consad strictly
bloc ports will strictly
forces of her Majesty and Of his imperial
Majesty Emperor OF the French until further notice
notified this notification
purpose considered
rding mpainns, altering the notification relating 20 the said
Gulf Of Finland hcre,oo. Published in the
18th Of MAY but that
only further and fuller information OF all persons in
erested therein"
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LOCAL N + w 3.

HEALTH MISUNDERSTANDING to the report Of the
board of health the following nterments took place during
the month ending June 80, 1855:
Accidental Q; abscess atrophy, brain, disease Of
brain, inflammation Of brain efusion, BRAIN con-
gestion of bronchitis, chronic, cholera inanum 10
Cholera morbus usions Group, of breast
consumption, 10; chidbed 8; decline, dysentery
darrhGa Il dropsy 5; erysipelas fever, typhoid
fever bilious fever, scarlet gastritis chronic Q; by
drocephaus q heart organic disease Of ntemperance,
2; kidneys, disease Of, measles menengetis, ma
rasmus old age, 2; pneumonia, paralysis, still
born thrush, violence, Il disease not reported, TO-
al
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STEAMBOAT DisAsTERs wEsTKaS RIvKRs-A late num-
Der Of the Louisville (ky) Courier gives complete
list of he steamboat disasters The rivers for the
last six months, the total of which up SO
and 50 fats barge and keeboats lost involving property
to the Of Sl,4o2e00. OF the steamers 35
snsgged 10 burned destroyed by collision, and by
posions In these caamies 70 persons lost their lives
and 80 were wounded
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Markets.

Nav YoRK July l6.Cotton is in limited demand at un-
changed Flour dusales of ESQ bbs at So 62 80
90 sales of 700 bbls southern at $40 s7 Wheat is
of 1880 bushels at ~ so for southern white,
and 81 39 red Corn hghersaes of 900 bushels
at 81 cents Beef pork unchanged Whiskey firm at Al
cents.
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OVID ", infant Of J.sss & and ELrns
BKTH J. BeLL.sp.
the evening SUNDAY 18th instant the umphs Of the
Christian fifth. ELIZA sANOIt ORD ANDERSON, wife of Mr.
daughter OF the nte iHos sasnIyosp esq,
Of
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GREaT prvIDESDThe Bank Of the State Of Missouri ad
verses dividend Of 81 per for the six months end
ing the sOth Of June after setting aside one per cent as
contingent fund
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The Seventh Ward Union Association reorganized
Wednesday evening and the following officers elected
President james Epey vice president, Samuel s. Taylor
recording secretary VIM Cooper financial secretary John
T. Cassel treasurer John 7. Bradley.
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As INTERNATIONAL Pc-Mc.--The Montreal Pilot of last
week has the following paragraph:
We understand the committee of the Mechanics Insti-
e nave N contemplation TO get up pleasure excur-
SION some time next mouth The citizens of Portland and
boston are 70 benvi,ed to the exeursonis Island
rohi lof ne purpose Of holding grand inferno
Ihe Portland State Of Maine understands that the plan
VIII be carried out on an extensive scale
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We requested TO announce that Charles Calvert esq
Of Prince Georges county Maryland has consented to de-
liver the address the fair Of he Frederick County
Agricultural Society," to be held at Frederick city on We'd
nesday Thursday and Friday the loh lth and 18th Of
October next.
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st. Joseph's Academy for Young Ladies,
lear En,mitts6urg, Frederick County, Md.

IE annual the
last Thursday in June The
and tuition $50 payable emi au
ay in advance charges drawing paint
ins Spanish Italian German and Latin The terms
composed OF pDps under nine years OF
are are 800 per payable half yearly In advance
ruers addressed the MOTHER SURE
RIoR Of r. Josephs Academy Emmiubus Frederick county
Maryland.
July s-diyear.
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DANaeEs-S NJ. Booth has been mulcted in 81 900 dam
ages and by the United States Milwaukee
for aiding and abettug the escape Of fugitive slave Of
Mr.. Garland, OF ST. Louis
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l-OU RENT.At corner OF 10th and z streets
least 'front.' pleasant with without board
suites on very reasonable terms
Il s.ny application DO Rade'
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q. PHILLIPS, OF Mobile, Alabama = III prac,ise I'm
the Supreme Court Of the United stair court % claims
business connected with hts profession ounce
foor norhes-, Of 9Th and Louisiana avenue
June S9--d0mn
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ResigaaitoH-Mr. G. Hin has resigned his situation
fourth-elAss clerk Mr.. HIN has been with the
State Department for nearly thirty years.
Notice MBiaers.F Flashing Light TapaAi Sicily
The following circular notice received BY the Liver
pool steamer
The Sican government has given notice that and after
the evening Of the sh Of February 1855 in place Of the old
beacon the Coombaa Trapan there would be exhibit
ed fixed light, with flashes every three minutes.
The apparatus eaadioptic Of the fourth order Of the
system o. Fresnel The light is elevated l39 feet above
the level Of the sea- and will be visible fourteen miles in clear
weather.
Isola Di Faledno.-Also that isola d Yulcano, at
Punt del Rosario there would be exhibited the evening
Of March g. 1885, similar fixed light with flashes inter
walls Of three minutes.
This elevated feet above the level the sea-
and will be visible fourteen miles in clear weather.
JOHN WASHINGTON, photographer.
HYDRooRAPmc OFFICE,
Admiralty, London, June IL, 1856.
This notice affects the following admiralty charts Tapan
anchorage, No. 1883 Sicily w. Coast No. lsy Lpari
Island No. l72 Sicily n Coast No. l67 Mediterranean
General No. 2l5s Sicily Island No. l65 also Light
house Book Of the Mediterranean, Nos. SO and 81.
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Desfruetipe Fire.

MANCHESTER, IN. H. July l6.The Manchester corpo-
ration mill No. /, nearly destroyed by fire yesterday,
involving $3.50 0OO upon which there is insurance
for 100000
By this calamity 500 persons thrown out of employ
ment. Twenty stores and dwengs-Tatneys block
were also consumed Loss sIoo 600 which partially
cred by insurance.
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Esrs and Loss of Life.

BUFFALO, July l6James Thompsons house, in the vii
age of Brant was fred by ncendisres Saturday night,
Thompson with his three daughters and two grand
daughters persisted in the flames
The thermometer yesterday stood at 90.
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POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.


That La,r.-The Post Office law needs amending 1t
does work smoothly could be desired although is
not than expected The law should leave it OPP
tona with the people prepay either with money stamps
Forcing them to do the latter subjects people ncon
vencnce especially in the country where stamps only be
had after travelling half dozen of miles Some that
stamp place upon If the writer did the posting this
the Office thong person. probability
the whole thing will be badly managed that the letter.
stead of going to the place intended will bring up the
deadleter office at Washington. Preparing postage any
shape, has its disadvantages As the arrangement
known to large portion OF people, it follows,
ter of that large number of their letters get
beyond the Office in which they dropped The present
law is well calculated to lessen etterwriting. The
bother connected with preparing with postage stamps
that but business their usual
pondence.-Aibany Kniokerboeker.
The Albany Kniekerbocker s disposed grumbe in adj
of the practical operation of the postage law,
which requires all letters to be prepaid either BY stamps
stamped envelopes The law approved March g. 1885,
optional with the correspondent prepay with money
stamps until from and the of January 1856 and in
the time the Post Office Department is industriousy
engaged in supplying all post Offices with stamps stamped
envelopes, that by the 1st of January will be within
the power OF all TO comply with its requirements We made
inquiry the deadetter Office and informed that the
number of unpaid letters received under the
parativey small From the large offices much less number
than anticipated have been received and from small
offices only
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INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.


Agricultural Dirision Of tie Patent Office. The poorer Of
resistance Seeds the Injurious action Of Sea Waer.By
communication received the Patent Office in receipt
Of account Of an interesting series Of experiments recently
made England by Mr. Charles Darwin, with the view Of
aceranng the Of resistance in seeds to the injurious
action of As they have direct bearing the
practcaby of shipping seeds this country from abroad
we give in a condensed form the results:
The employed for the experiments made art
fcialy and tested by sea animals and
aga. which had lived in it than year. The seeds
placed in separate bottles holding from two to four
ounces each of shade the mean tempera
of the water during the period of immersion Of the seeds
being about "A degs Fahrenheit but rising week to a
mean temperature nearly AS degs Of the seeds
sweed The water of them slightly cooring it, and
each kind giving TO it its own peculiar and strong odo That
in which the cabbage and adh seeds placed became
purid, and melt Extensively in extraordinary degree
Some seeds also placed in quart bottle in tank filled
with snow water they would better
resist temperature dogs This wa
ter like that in the small bottles likewise became turbd and
smelt rather Extensively.
The seeds of the gernated well after for
ttwo days immersion they gave out surprising quantity
quite so well after the period After fourteen days INNER
sion only cabbage seed of the ice
cold water however several came up after thirty day i'm
mersion Lettuce seed grew well after ortytno day Of
onion seed only few germnated after the period Car
rot and celery seed came up well aiser orywo days Boz
well after twenty eight days immersion The last two being
rather tender kinds were also tried in the water and
terminated in thirty days Savory grew not quite well
in twenty eight days Out of good flax seed, which
out much slime, only seed after twenty
eight days immersion. The thing happened after four
days and only three seeds after the first
days. Rhubarb beet orach, oats barley and Canary seed
all terminated excellenty wen after twenty eight days in
icecod after thirty days OF beans and furz only
few survived with difficulty after fourteen days. The beans
all killed by thirty days immersion in the ice cold
ter. Peas terminated after days. but all killed
by fourteen days immersion of doors; and likewise after
thirty days in icecod water Trifolium incanatum the
only plant Of which seed killed by days inn
merson did withstand thirty days the ce-cod salt
water Kidney beans tried only in the cold water,
which their vitality destroyed in thirty DAYS. 1t
be remarked that the Of the rbnbab and cee
y alone altered in any marked degree having been
tolerated Several seeds Of conrovuus color nclu
ded in the above list may be mentioned terminated and
of their husks while still in the salt water, after
seven days immersion"
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Court Martiat-When general court martial duly or
ganzed by order Of the Secretary Of War after report
required by him 10 ressembe revise its sentence and
reassembing two of the original members absent
whatever cause but legal quorum OF the still remain
ed
bling of the court did impair its jurisdiction otherwise
affect its power revise the sentence and that still
the and competent when it first
senbled under the order of the Secretary.
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rREAsuav DEPARTMENT.

Remoeal Of Duty Goods Imported into canoda under e
Reciprocity Ireay-By reference TO paragraph published
in Union of the 29h umo it will be that duty Of
~ per ad raore charged goods imported into
Canada from the United States under the reciprocity treaty
while charged goods imported from Canada into
the United States This duty has been removed will be
from the following extract Of circular issued the
22d of from the inspector generals Office Quebec and
addressed to the Canadian collectors Of customs:
"a have the honor inform you that his exceency the
general has been pleased to direct by order in
council 2lst of June, that all packages in which free
goods imported be admitted Free when of the ordinary
and character in which such goods imported in
so far goods admitted under the reciprocity treaty
concerned.
You will accordingly permit all packages of the ordinary
material description in which goods admitted into the
province under the reciprocity treaty imported to enter
duty free
Clerical appointments. j. Mccormick and H. A. Cook
have appointed rst-clas clerkshps in the Sixth
Auditors Office.
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Riot at Toronto.

ToRosTo, July l6.A mob Saturday night attacked
company, destroying their wagons and fixtures
used and several badly hurt but the
police quelled the disturbance -
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NEW YonK July l6.Advces from Sierra Leone to June
Sd that the English expedition against the native chief
Onaaghea River had met with disastrous defeat fifty
having been killed and captured Among the killed was
Andrew of the steamer Teazer. British sub
ec been seized by the natives the Rs Munez
The sloop-of-war Ferret had been sent after them.
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NEG LING Of .Steamers.

NEW YoRK, July l6-A letter from Havana states that
Edward Jen of Matanza is about to start line of steam
ers between Matanzas and Philadelphia.
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July I3-din23d
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I IME! LIME LIhEI-Great reduction in pm e! Best
Ii quality wood burnt lime a eighty cents barrr
selling quality Of wood burnt lime in Washing
eighty kins, and eighty hv' de-
vered any part CITY, This twennve cent, less
the market price, .a..,,
Lime kins, south VI the
July l7-eo3w Lower Bridge, Georseluwn
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BRITISH PERIODICALS.
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Premiums to New Subscribers.
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tinue to rc-publish the following
British Periodicals,
viz:
].
TnE LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW, (Conserra.
tive.)
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8.
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4.
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THE present critical state Of European affairs
will render these publications unusually interes-
ting during the year, 1854. They will occu-
py middle ground between the hastily written
news items, crude speculations, and flying ru.
mors Of the daily Journal, and the ponderous
Tome OF the future historian, written after the
living interest and excitement of the great polit.
ical events of the time shall have passed away.
1t is to these Periodicals That readers must look
for the only really integiblc and reliable histo.
ry OF current events, and a. such, in addition to
then well-cstablished literary, scientific and the
illogical cha act"c::, we ur.cn them upon tue con.
siic.ation of the reading public
Arrangements are now permanently made for
the receipt of early sheets from the British Pub.
fishers, by which we shall be able to place all our
Reprints i'll the hands of subscribers, about "a
soon as they can be fu nishcd with the foreign
copes.-Although this will involve very large
outlay on our pat, shall continne to furnish
the Periodicals at the same low rates as here.
tofore. together with the following premiums to
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SAVE MONEY.
READ THIS ADVERTISEMENT, ONE
AND ALL.
TO MERCHANTS PLANTERS AND
OTHERS.

hVlNG become permanently loca.
AA ted in Charleston, am prepared
To uo anything in the line Of u general
Agency and Conmission business entrus.
ted to me. | intend giving the greater
portion Of my time to the filling of coun-
try orders for Groceries, Provisions, DRY
Gcn.is Hnrd'nare, Clothin1. Boots, Shoss,
Drugs, Paints. Oils, Fruit. Liquors,
Books, Stationary, Fancy Goods, or any
thing else that can be obtained either in
this or Northern Markets, and through
the arrangements that ! have male with
the leading Houses, dealing in the above
articles, ! shall he able To- make purchases
Oh better terms than the Merchants or
Planters themselves could, thereby not
only saving them the ditfere ice in N.
Price uf the article, but also the necessary
erorbitdnt exI cnse of time and trouble at
tending visit to this city. i will also
personally attend I" the selecting. pack
:"g, marking, and shipment of gmsis, so
rs to avoid H.! mistakes. and damages
whch generally arise from want Of y lit
tie attention.
In addition to the above, Twill a,sn at
tend :" the disposal of any produce that
may he shipped t" me. ANY persons de.
s'rous Of making shipments 1t produce uf
anv kind, had better write to me, and |
will give them every information rs re-
CARDS the Markets, mann.r of packing.
anil how to ship them. From INV l"ny
experience in u general mercantile busi
slness. think can give perfect satisE,c.
ton to all, and suit the most E.sti,li,u,.
taste in my se!ectinns.-Give me tria
- all ] ask. For my services shall re-
quire small commission, NOT exceeding
ten per cent, according to the nature of
the business.
DAVID NJ. GAZLAY.
Office up Stairs, 225 King st.. Charlestor.
March 5. 'iS. If
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THE
0HfmTTPTE ST EWEg
ENGLAND.

An Exposition "f tn. Condition and Trent.
mcnt of the l.aboring IIasses in the F.r.
tories and Coal Mines Of Great Britain ::
Compiled from official Documents, by
John T.. Golden.
IL illustrations, muslin. 500 pp., I2mo
Price 81 2J
II is capital book, and entitled to u place
In every mans library.-Ne,o York Mirror
Great Britain ought to be ashamed to talk
OF american slavery, 10 long ns her factories
continue to br $, rncs Of such horrible deg.
rad ,i"n and sufirring.-Alany Argus.
Here is u book which not only rnrr;,s
the war mt" Africa. but absolutely belabors
n nation most zealouslv with the cudy,Is
provided by itself.-Ariiur's II,,ne Ciarcnc
We confess that the revelations here
n,ade -rc perfectly aPp,ling.-Utica Her.
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EOurS ITuIl

notwithstanding the cry throughout
the country generally Of the pressure Of
the times, we are grati6ed to observe that
lands In the upper portion of this State,
are daily increasing in value. In the
neighborhood Of Little River, in Laurens
District' large body Of laud was sold on
Monday, by Thos. NJ Hume, of this city,
at an average ofSs so per acre, a price
which, is generally considered as being re-
Snarksbly coed. GCourier
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Hoiiovays PM tor Me Cure of Raeu.

Hoiio~dy's Pal tor Ms Cure of Eaeu-
m1tism Pain and TIC Dou loureur.-Mrs.
Harriet, O'Donnell. a lady Of property rr-
sizing in Union S,., Plymoith, .tates. in u
letter To Professor Holloway, datc.i. Nov.
l0th Is52,-That she VAS afflicted f.r
nearly i've years with frequen; attacks Of
Tie Douloureux and Rheumatic palms.
Medical aid had no effect whatever in nj
leviating her snfferings. The attacks LEFT
her in weak and debilitate.l condition
and her bodily health was very uuch i'm
Psired. In this drplorahle state she was
induced to Try Holloway Pills, and by
prseveriug in their use. the pains became
gradually diminished, and ultimately she
was restored to perfect herlth and
strength.
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c ii f S T E r.
Carriage Factory.

o"E Th" undersigned is now pre-
G p'r"i t" mannf .cturr, ut his
X<--- Nrw Establishment In Chester
vile. all SinIs of CARR iGES nd iptrd
to our rough and hiily country. AMI Of the
hes Materials. lie w0uli suggest. ny al.
most c,eIy man in the up country is more
or less u ju ge "f timbcr, before you buy
or order Carriage. n" matter wh-rc. look
around AMI see what sort of Lumber the
builder his and in whd CONDITION II l. kept
The CARR Maker my LIE. Bsnh or
Biusier IN much rs he plr,.sr-, bat the grand
s"erci of carriagc.mtking lies in the LUM
REE.riIr.
10 buy cheap Negro, Inr.e or Car.
riage. is to verify the old adage Penny
pise and Pound Jooiisi. Give me a f.ir price
for my work, and then il il Is not made
right, hold mc Responsible
lf il were not for Paint. Putty and Glue,
What would we pour CARR ,gr- Makers dol
T.. r. HOIST.
Chester, Jan. 81, 1855. 40 n