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fUSBRAL OF THE DUTCH CONSUL, MR. ). C. zIsaEE.
MAN.
Mr.. J. c. ZIMMERMAN Consul Central OF the Neither
lands died at his residence No leo Leonard street
Friday night last Of congestion Of the lungs. HIS de-
sise quite sudden. as he apparently well and
hearty an hour previous 10 his death.
The funeral services held yesterday In st. John
Church, in varick street, Rev. Dr. Berran Officiating
The audience a large one, and comprised many Of
our old citizens, among whom Mr.. Zimmerman was wei
snown and highly respected. The foreign consus a..
this pot were III present with two exceptions
Chevaer j. q. Gevtrs Rnvoy tx 'raordinary aud Minis
ter Plenip OF the Netherlands the Portuguese
Minister Chcyalier De l.. Tganere, and others Of the
diplomatic corps from Washington, were also present.
The funeral service Of the Episcopal Church read
by Dr. b. rrian In impressive manner after which the
body was removed 10 Green wood for interment.
Mr.. Zimmerman was appointed Consul 10 this port BY
the father OF the present King Of Holland, william H.
and has held the odace forty years. winning TOR
himself in the performance Of his numerous and COM
plcaied duties high reputation for honor and recti'
tuee Of purpose That be allied his Office TO the satsfac
ton OF the authorities ~ home Is evnced by the fact
that lsey he has had the title OF CheVaher equivalent
to a knighihood) conferred on hin.
Re leaves large family to mourn his loss
Mr. ossAsrs TuRSER editor OF the virgius De-ocTdt,
died on TIE 21st inst, aged CITY four yesrs.
NARNApUKE s. DAVIS oied In 81. CalrsviIe Ohio, on
the 18th inst aged ninety Ave years and two DAYS He
served under 81 Clair and Wayne being witness to the
defeat OF tie former In 1902 and was present 1t the
SURF ndes Of CORVALLIS at Yorktown.
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Affairs in Washington,
iCcr-sspt natnte OF the Baltimore Sun.
WASEusCroN Mach ~. fkl

WASHINGTON, March 20, 1866.
T1e Court Of CldiHs1hs Glass Of CLAIMS 1rsscL lcii
Come Before the Court
The set establishing the Conrt OF Claims provides far
three IGeeee but cu-its TO gnate the Mode OF ap
ponucg the chef presiding justice II IL ndis penss
bic 20 the Efficiency Of tie court that il should have
Chief ssdes, Ia the organization of the Supreme
Court. TIE three aige nl nominated at the came
tme and confirmed at the time, SO that no
esSis-y Of oppcntne ut lie referrsd desgnat
ing Il Pteeid;py Judge.
Tie JUDGES d,sao.e Of the question 5y lot; or,
judge Bach!rrS i the 6rst the ground, might,
FOR that reason 10 proper TO select MIN the eaief
Ths extent az the BIZ siness of TINS court win be-
come great az TO require increase Of the number OF
toe JUICES TO ~ least many constitute the
Supreme &c rrt A have heretofore stated such
t. French spoliations the Armstrong claim and the
Meade claim will not within the jurisdiction OF
thH court, unless they be especially referred to the
court By either house Of Congress-
PrFors who have asesdy had their accounts settled
With tbs goveI arsnt aud not received much they
tblrk they nave right TO receive may unless they
have given receipt in full before the court for
the additional Hum claimed matter what may be the
amount u II be but ten dollars. The court may,
therefore call For full ercslt of audited accounts
or The past half century ana ptoceed TO audit them
upon tic petition Of any claimant This will require an
ner Of setting accounts before the departments here
after The treasury viii either pay nothing pay the
amount sscertned according TO the Judgment Of the
accounting officers, t. be Que, upon the full ana entire
discharge OF tie government by the party.
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FlKzs n rH woops OF TExAs.-The Austin
Sdte Gasete cf the 10th instant says that Cor The
three previous an Immense conaagraton going
on IN the cedar forests IN the neighborhood OF Austin
and that property to tie amount many thousands OF
dosEs ss been destroyed. go great and extensive was
this alton that the whole horizon has hsen
yeoped In smoke. II lsa sad calamity and many plant
err Iothe<s who had large amounts rails ready to
haul from the brakes viii have lost the whole
Ire Of ther bcr, and must suor great delay In making
up their supply OF rails In tine fence their fields for
planting Tie woods which very dry, we're acct
dentaiIy set Gre by the burning Of brush heap.
The Time has she following and additional particulars
of the Gre -
Mr. CampbeIl's mills and all the lumber on hand
we're consumed. Tie fences ont houses, and stables
OF Mr. T. Stone burned; also one morse. Mr.
slaughter had new wagon burnt--ths was saved
with great difficulty.
Captain Grumbes vost ave hundred cords OF wood
twelve thousand rsiabout forty head Of cattie. AID
Eve or ak horses. A. j. Hamilton lost eight thousand
raiis some Mexicsns Living IN the I" brakes,n lost
eueqy thing even 60 clothing. Between Bull and Bar
tons between fourteen to twenty thousand acres
OF Graf rate CEDAR land we're burnt over
The Hsrnes spread EXTERN rspld--rising said
Capt g. three hunarod feet above the earth. II was
dssgeroua 70 be within quarter Of me OF the Gre.
He and several Others saved themselves BY fight
Other casualties have doubsicss happeaed The dre u
stu rsgsag. u occurred By accident
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RoHDEgy BY A BARBER CHLoRoFoah UsED.--
Ihurschy evening last, the 18th inst, a gentleman
namea Pleasant Field, who returning westward
from tIhua, New York, where he had just before et
iected the sale Of farm 10 WISCONSIN with tbs money
over touite hundred dolais chiefly In bank bills in
package IN n pocket being detained st Dunkirk fcw
hours But up at the Ioder House. Duriag tho evening
about 10 O'Clock, he went into barber shop under the
hotel to be shampooed and shaved lie sat dowa in the
chair and having previously taken OF bis cost for the
removed tho package from the side pocket OF tbs coat 10
his Iantaloora pocket Soon after the uegro had com
menced the sham pooling Mr. Field com planned OF feeling
suddenly sck, and the bsrbers ring him that II
he would lay down the lounge he would put some
thing on bis head that would cure him In . minute he
got out OF the chair and lay down. directed lie woke
up &C three O'Clock the next morning perfectly unoon
sciour OF anything that had occurred IA the
and bis money and everything else that he had
In his pochet the evening before Tho fluid used By the
barber 10 rubbing Mr.. Felds head was undoubtsJiy
chloroform, sone was found In the shep The next
dsy.-Ofsvelrk Herald. MorpA a
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Making a total Of members, under

tural numbers, as handed into
your committee, amounting to-. 9,Gie
Making total OF members, under
the Jurisdiction OF this Grand
Eody' equal Io........,: ....... seinIi
Your committee satisfied that the above returns
do not at all approximate to the SEXUAL number Of
most Of the returns made by subordinates the
bsrs OF each council well the aggregate numbers
In council purely coujectural In order to have
in regard to lie real strength Of the Order subject to
the Jurisdiction OF this Grand Council, subordinate
councils should have made full ot cial and authenti
Gated reports Of the state OF their organga
This has beer done in but very few instances.
Your committee led 20 believe that thiderecton
of duty IN mainly II not entirely, attributable to the
fact that in the hurry OF organizing for PREPARATION for
the elections Just past subordinate councils have not
beer fully dvifed Of all the constitutional re urements
10 winch they subject, and 70 which they are
bound 10 conform upon receiving their charters In
many cases also they have doubtless failed b comply
with the regulations Of the Order In this respect, from
sheer that these regulations were in
and bly,, Also from the fact that delegates
notified of the meeting Of the Grand Council so
shortly previous TO the session IS 10 preclude the posi-
bility OF procuring the documents in question.
Brother H. H. Dodd offered the folio wing preamble aud
resolution, which wore laid on the table,
Whereas the nomination and election OF the metnbers
Of the Grand Couna Of the United States Executive
Committee and other officers 10 be elected at this session
Of the state Council WILL unless plan be adopted
to facilitate them, occupy much lime and possibly mar
not b. entirely satisfactory therefore,
Resolved, That committee Of Ave be appointed BY
the chair whose duty IL shall be 10 report
possible plan Tor the nomination and eiession OF all
the officers above alluded to-
Brother Schuyler offered the following resolution
Resolved That we recommend 20 the National Council
40 TO amend the rule regulating the qualifications OF
membership in this Order. that persons OF foreign
birth, who not Of the Catholic religion who have
given satisfactory evidence OF attachment TO American
Institutions, and have resided in the United states
tscniyone years, or have been nsturained htteen
years may be admitted to membership,
To which Brother Lewis u. Campbell moved the FOL.
lowing omendment-
Sludcd within tie provisions OF this order, who has not
resided within the Jurisdiction Of the United States from
the time that he arrived at the age Of ten years.
On motion, the resolution ana emendmsnt were laid
upon tho table, by vote of ~ yeas to nays
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The Know Nothings Of Ohio.
IFrom the Ohio stateanan.

ITNOINNAT Oct. Il, 1851.
Bro. Morton, from the Committee subordinates,
snbmitted the folio ~ing report which was adopted
To THE STATE COUNCIL or OHio:--
The Committee on Returns OF Subordinate Councils,
hsve examined tine papers submitted TO then and from
the imperfect and in many instances merely coniectural
returns handed in by delegates upon tbs call Of this
Grand Council since ITS session cornInencs have ii in
their power to make but partial, and ot course not
very fu satisfactory report Of the state OF the Order
in the State of Ohio That report however they would
sui mil follOMh:--
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Herald Marine Corrusuuudeaos.

LEWES, Del, March 2i-The bark Tahiti from Cienfus
COS, and brig Lopez from Port Prince, went last
evening ship Edwin Flye for New Orleans and feet Of
Master has succeeded in pumping the water in the ship Wit
liam down her middle dock and Jled to discharge
the cargo, all OF which is damaged Mr. thinks
that with the assistance Of he could get hor on
and her to the breakwae vessels eight coming
in and but few coming down Wind W; weather cloudy
PHILADELPHIA--Arr March "a a % steamships San
ford Sanford, NYork Quaker City, Hedgdon, ChAresto
81 hours ship United States Higgins Caao III bark
Ssrasossa Ipriey NOreans u dnys; eriss Lucy th.ss
Gladiator Salter, Peterborough Ms Empire State Att
hathanl.
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UsyD STATS DISTRICT ooCRr -Nos. IL, Is, co. 81, 50,
IA, rs, t6, 81, IL
srrsFsS CcuEr-spec!Ai Tem--Nos. s5, Z, 81 50, II,
&C. lis, 90, 40, ITO. -.
surssIos oouRr-Nos 1887, 1904, 1869, 1lss, 1875.
Isse 60 i3Is is4s 70 1870 la1f 1a1t 1879 1871, 137s
1879, 1880, e45, c2S, 1854, 1885.
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Totals. .138 $347,764 So $63 841
The expenses of the Department for the past year. Of
course have largely increased but not tnat extent
which might at rst be supposed for as an offset to the
pay of the remen it Is found that the other incidental
expenses have very much decreased.
The amount paid for the services Of the frsmsn Ia
$31 664 g. but many Of the bills paid year were
contracted for previous years. 1t is difficult to form
comparison OF the expenses Of the two systems
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TO TIE EDITOR or THE PROyIDKNCR JoURNAL:
ID now one year since paid Fire Department
went INTO operation, and believing statement Of its
the voluntary system would not DO unntsrestng TO our
citizens have copied from the record Of the Chief En-
gipeer and herewith send you. the following compare.
tive statement OF the number OF alarms OF are and the
estimated losses for the years ending February 49, 1854
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In the city and county OF New YORK; from the 18th day
Of March 20 the oath day OF March, 1866.
Men, % women, So; boys, 1Ss; girls, 1si-rotal 456
Adults, IT, children go; males 232 females ga; co
Iored persons, 8.
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Mnrrlnnd Coal Trafle

Statement OF coal transported the Cumberland
ano Pennsylvania Railroad during the ending on
March IL, also, the amount sent by each
company for the year, beginning Jan. /, 1865
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TeleHraphic Marine Heport.
BOSTON-Arr March u bark ARagon, Palermo Dec Is,
Gibraltar Jan Il briggs VIM Moore Tobssco; Eeline Car
denas; schrs Samuel, Cenuegos Ingomar Mstanxas RI
Lansiel, Philadelphia.
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statement of coal transported over the Cumberland
Coal and Ccmpsnys Railroad during the week end
ing Saturday, March II also, the amount sent by
each company for the Jssr beginning Jan. J. 1885,
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20l.I4 l,l2s.ls .O0O.I rs

Statement Of coal transported the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, from the westernport during the
week enoipg Saturday, the 18th OF March also the
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Of. Observation-Disclosures. 4O,iss
which, with the aggregate ooniec
tural number, a. handed into
your committee, amounting to-. 9,G7a
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THOMAS K. DOWNING, City InsPectR.
City Inspectors Office. New York. March "a, 1856.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1855-05-31
The True American Party.

Robert G. Wickliffe, of Louisiana. has been
thought Of by his friends as candidate for
Governor Of that State. Some Of the demo-
Gratis OF New Orleans wrote to him requesting
the use of his name for that office at the ensu-
ing election. He declines, and in his reply
remarks that " the true American party in this
land is the democratic party. It proscribes no
man on account of his birth or of his religion
it adopts as its own the principles contained in
the declaration of American Independence
There rests not upon the statute books Of
our country one measure which has added to
its greatness that has not the stamp and i'm
press of democracy. Under democratic rule
and policy we have grown from infascy to
vigorous manhood. Ours is the greatest, the
happiest and the best country God has given
to man. Democracy has made it such, and The
democratic party toiA continue it so.''
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1855-05-31

AWFUL HURRICANE IN ILLINOIS. Chicago,
May %. Accounts reached this city last night
Of most terrific hurricane and whirlwInd in
the town of Jefferson, Cook county. and other
places, north and west of there. On Tuesday
afternoon, revolving funnel shaped cloud pass
ed swiftly along near the ground, about sixteen
miles north of here. Il described a small cir
Gle towards the southeast, twisting off large
trees, and whirling them out Of sight instanter.
The whirlwind then broke in two and disap-
peared, but almost Immediately formed again,
and passed direct north and west with redou-
bled violence. 1t struck heavy frame house,
one mile from the Illinois and Wisconsin rail-
road, tearing the roof instantly off and almost
Immediately taking the whole house instantly
up the spout with all its contents.
Nine persons in the house were drawn up
and hurled down.in different places four 81
them were Instantly killed, and others mntila-
ted beyond any prospect Of recovery. The
whirlwind then passed over a post and rail
fence, leaving not the slightest vestige Of it !;
next took up barn and threw it upon the
horses and cattle it contained, crushing them
at once. The timbers of the house and barn
we're hurled to the ground with such violence
as to bury them almost out of sight. The
honse belonged to Mr.. Page, whose wife, son
and two grandchildren were killed.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1855-05-31

A CURIOUS SToRY.-AN AMERICAN SHIP
WITH RIFLES AND REVIEWERS ARRIVED AT
PoRT BALTIc.-The following is from the
London Standard " A very extraordinary
circumstance is reported from quarter which
precludes any doubt as TO the truth. BY let
tiers from ST. Petersburg, it appears that fne
American frigate built ship recently arrived at
Port Baltic. 1t was stated that she had on
board 800 bales of cotton, but the correspond
cnt of our informant visited the ship, and found
that in addition to the above, she had $4,000
rifles and 5000 revolvers. The Russians
laugh at our cruisers, and naturally ask if
John Bull has been asleep, to have allowed 30
valuable prize to have escaped
Messrs. c., merchants of Boston, were pas
sengers, and are supposed to have acted an
supercargo. We have been unable to ascertain
if the vessel left America this season, and has
cut her way through the ice before our flying
squadron could come up with her, or if she
reached one of the lower ports in the Baltic
last year, and lay per du until the spring
We say no more than to ask what our Con-
suls in the United States are about, to have
permitted such cargo to leave without ap-
prizing our government here of the fact''
Other letters from St. Petersburg state that
the vessel has since left for Conigsburg, in
ballast
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1855-05-31

A LITTLE MORE MAINE LAW. II became
necessary the other day, in the case of the ac-
cident to the little son of Mr. Brooks, to have
some alcohol with which to battle the limb.
We happened to be present when the prescrip-
ton was made. In plain English the recipe
read, alcohol, one pint saltpetre two drachms
Curiosity prompted us to ask what indications
were TO be fulfilled by the latter article, and
the answer was, 'evasion of the lawr A
beautiful law that, which compels the 2hysi-
clan TO prescribe an article totally uncalled
for, and obliges man to pay for that which
he neither wants or needs But there is no
alternative; the poor little fellow must either
lie there and suffer for thes want of cooling
lotion, or his father must purchase some salt
petre, or some other drug, which is not only
unnecessary, but which may actually be an in
jury to the case. Away with all such nom
sense We are actually progressing back
ward. A few more such strides as has been
made by the fusionists during the past year,
and we shall be ready for old Nicholas to come
back and establish his dominions in Maine -
De1n Ado,
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1855-05-31
Later from the Pacific.

The George Law arrived at New York,
Thursday noon, with California dates to the
LIST of May, $l,324 ,O25 in treasure, and SIT
passengers.
The California news is generally unimpor-
tant>
The discovery of gold diggings at San Isa-
bel in San Diego county is reported.
j. A. Phillips had been hung by Lynch
law, for killing R. ]. McJames on Indian
Creek.
A full average of murders and crimes is re-
ported.
The adjournment Of the legislature had been
postponed. Nothing had been done in regard
to the Senatorial question An act to- levy a.
capitation tax OF fifty dollars on every China
man arriving in the State, had passed the, leg
islature.
The mines were turning out well, but eein
continued very scarce.
The steamer Golden Age, whose wreck was
reported by the last arrival, had been got off
and towed to Tobago, where she had been
beached.
A returning Californian had been robbed Of
I40 ounces of gold dust at Hunters hotel, As
pinwall.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1855-05-31

of the President they are shadowing forth his
future honor and permanent fame. They little
think hotc their posterity, and perhaps Them
setUes, aciH claim the credit Of adopting the SEN
f'ments and principles Of the Pierce adninistro-
lion. They smile, perhaps, or feel indignant
at the suggestion; but not more so than would
have done their federal forefaihers on being
told that Jefferson would one day command
the homage and reverence of the people, ire
spective of party considerations. 1t is not
well for violent partizsns to blaze hard against
prominent men of the democratic party. lhey
do not kno,v hour soon they may be compelled 10
emf their o,rn ,cords, and come ont IN praise of
The re,-v men they haze most uilely scandahsed!
The democracy has some queer antecedents
in this matter. Men who talk the hardest to-
day may change their tone to that of the
warmest appreciation tomorrow Distin-
gushed democrats, who have been most vio-
warm appreciation of their bitterest enemies.
President Pierce may yet reach the same dis
tinction. His measure of life, according to
the common course is not yet run. The citi-
zens of bis native State, even the very men
that most eensure his conduct, may yet ap-
prove his course. 1t is well at any rate, to be
cautious about abusing him:
A TIMELY AND SIGNIFICANT INTiMATIoN.
The Maine Free Press, published at Belfast,
says
OF the Presidents determination in refer
ence to the coming Presidential canvass, we of
course know no,hing-and it will have no in
huence upon US. But for the benefit of GER
TO say that Gen. Pierce is in good health, and
NAV be as vigorous in quarter of a century
as Gen. Cass is at the present time. In or out
of the Presidential chair, his star will long be
in the ascendant in New England. He is not
yet the man 10 be treated with neglect. We
do not make these remarks because we have
any fears Of the action of the democratic con-
vention in Maine, but in answer to certain re-
marks that have come to our ears"
If the democrats of the Union can find
more faithful or competent officer to admins
ter the national government than Gen PIERCE,
he is yet to be named. His unbending integ-
rity, democratic consistency, inflexible patriot
ism, and enlightened views of constitutional
duty, have won the admiration of the can1id,
and secured for his country degree of pros
perity, respect and security, at home and
abroad, unsurpassed since the days of the rev.
oluuon. No statesman has been more gross
ly misrepresented and abused, if we except
Gen. Jackson and Thomas Jefferson, than Gen.
Pierce and yet, like these illusirious men
and their official acts, his administration and
his own public career will be pointed at here
after as among the brightest examples in the
history of democratic power.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1855-05-31
The Southern Side.

The know nothing State council of Georgia
adopted, at its last session in Macon, the fol-
lowing resolution, and directed it to be pub
lished. IT is thus officially printed in the
Savannah Republican
&c Resolred, That slavery and slave institu-
tons are protected by the constitution of the
United States, and the obligation to maintain
them is not sectional but national that the
right to establish them in The organization of
State governments belongs to the native and
naturalized citizens and that Congress has
no constitutional power. to intervene, by ex-
GLIDING new State applying for admission
into the Union, upon the ground that the con-
sititution Of such State recognizes Slavery