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Daily American organ., 1856-04-09

A VIsIr TO CoRsIcA--Louis Napoleon 1t is said,
viii soon pay visit to the Island of Corsica, with
the object Of regenerating the place, and leaving
behind monuments that will honor his name.
Daily American organ., 1856-04-09

Thomas Allen Tidball ESQ.,, for nearly thirty
years the popular and efficient Clerk of Frederick
county, Virginia, died at his resinence in Winches
ter on the 9th inst.
Daily American organ., 1856-04-09

FILLMoRE IN MIDDLE TENNEssEE.--A CORE
spondent of the Memphis Eagle, writing from the
county seat Of one of the western counties of Mid
die Tennessee, says:
"We are all Fillmore men up here. Besides
the old Wings, there are several Democrats who
did not support him before, who are for him now
One said the other day. he didn't see how any
man could vote against Mr.. Fillmore, now that he
had been tried once and proved to be the peoples
President This man, with three sons, voted
against Mr.. Fillmore before, but will now, with five
sons, vote for him. He does not belong to the
American, party, and never has voted an American
or Whig ticket. Look out for mighty rat
Ting Of dry bones up in this region next Novem-
bern .
Daily American organ., 1856-04-09

lures in Philadelphia on Thursday next When is
ne 10 lecture In Washington
Daily American organ., 1856-04-09

The New York Picsyune is entitled to the credit
Of the very best jeu desprit Of the year. Hear him
on Nicaragua msttes:
Motto for Colonel Kinney--Ven, vidi, vici-
Versam
Daily American organ., 1856-04-09
POLICE REPORT.

Return of Cases of the seueral Police Officers of
the Corporation, by John Davis, CHIEF Of Po-
lice. a
FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, 1855
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WEDNESDAY. April q 1885.

Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Waldo.
Mr.. OLIVER, of New York, submitted report
and bill from the Committee on Invalid Pensions
Referred 10 the Committee Of the Whole.
Daily American organ., 1856-04-09

NORFOLK, April 8-The captain and crew of the
schooner Maryland, ofNew York, have been seized
and the vessel brought from Hampton Roads for
refusing to submit to search for slaves under the
law recently passed. Upon the refusal of the cap
tain to allow his vessel to be searched, company
of military was sent on board. Great excitement
exists it is believed there are slaves concealed
in the vessel.
The captain and crew have been consigned to
prison.
Daily American organ., 1856-04-09

NEW HAVEN, April 8.--Returns from all the
towns in the State but one have been received,
showing the following result: Administration rep
resentatives elected, 80; Opposition, 1877. The
Senate stands IL Opposition and 10 Democrats
Daily American organ., 1856-04-09

Captain West, of the Atlantic, win command the
new steamer Adriatic, She viii 20 TO ses in Au-
gust,
Daily American organ., 1856-04-09

Passengers for Nicaragua Detention and arrests.
NEW YoRK, April 8, p. M-The steamer Orizaba
sailed hence for Nicaragua to-day with FIVE hum
dred passengers, after being detained an hour by
the United States Marshal That officer arrested
three of those board for alleged violation Of the
neutrality laws. All the others were allowed to
depart; Notwithstanding, there is general belief
here that the majority are destined to aid Walker
in his Central American movements.
Daily American organ., 1856-04-09

The citizens of Augusta, Georgia, voted on the
90th ultimo TO subscribe 100000 to the Savannah
Valley Railroad.
Daily American organ., 1856-04-09
NATIONAL THEATRE.

PRICES OF ADMISSION.
Dress Circle and Parquette e.............. so cents
Family Circle, (second tier) ...........,...2 rs
Gallery. ......................50 so and rs
The Box Sheet for the sale of reserved seats will
be open every day Of this week. Office hours be-
tween 9 A. NJ and p. M
Daily American organ., 1856-04-09

NoRwEGIANs. - The Madison (Wis.) Journal
learns that the Norwegian population of Dane
county amounts to 6,e2s persons. They constitute
the majority of the inhabitants in several towns
and are industrious and good citizens.
Daily American organ., 1856-04-09

ANNAPOLIS ELEcTIok. Americans we're de-
feated in Annapolis ON Monday by small MAORI
ty. The occasion was the annual election Of the
Aldermen The vote stands as follows!
Democrat Ifcket--For Mayor-Rd Swami, 2lS.
For Recorder-James Boyle, 2l0 For Aldermen
--Wm Bryan, 2I8; w. NJ. Hohne, 2os Thomas
Franklin, 2ls; John w. Brady, 200 Benjamin
Lnthicum, 2ll.
american ffckst-For Mayor-John Wesley
White, BOT For Recorder-N. Brewer, 210,
" tien For Aldermen Daniel T. Hyde, 2ll Jas.
Munroe, 21I; John johnson, 200; Thomas Cam
den, 2os Ed Hopkins, 20S.
Last year the Americans succeeded by arespect-
able majority.
Annapolis is the residence of Governor Pratt,
who has recently gone over to the Democrats, and
carried with him a large number Of his friends.-
Among them j. H. Nicholson, whose appointment
as assistant clerk of the United States Senate, with
a promise Of succeeding to Mr. Dickens at the next
session of Congress was obtained by Gov. Pratt.
The Belfast Newsletter, one of the oldest and
most respectable journals of Ireland, makes public
the following statement ofits Liverpool correspond
ent; has4a
We are assured that Charles Sumner and Lord
Carlisle have been 10 active correspondence on the
slavery question. The league between the Aris-
tocracy of the Old World and the Abolition Dis
unionists of the United States Is perfect"
The Earl of Carlisle is Lord Lieutenant OF Ire
land--and Charles Sumner is an Abolitionist Sena-
tor Of the United States from Massachusetts,.
ALBAsY.--The charter election took place yes
terday. Eli Perry is the American candidate for
Mayor. He was formerly Mayor of the city, elected
by the Democrats. He will be supported by the
Hards as well as the Americans.
There are two other candidates in the feld--a
Republican and Soft Democrat.
THE EXPORT OF BREADsTUFFs.--The exports of
breadstuffs from the United States since September
l. 1885, to Great Britain, up to the close of March,
1855, we're 7Os,6 bbs. -four, 3,829,80 bushels
wheat, and 8, ATT, 1889 bushels corn. To about the
same period in 1865 they were only 1885, ,066 bbls
-four, 1913, ,904 bushels wheat, and 4, ,234 1862 bush
els corn; while in 1854 they had reached at the
same time, 1926, ,569 bbls -four 6,l67 1858 bush
els wheat, and 3,322,414 bushels corn. The ex-
ports from New York to the continent Of Europe
up to the 18th March, and from other ports to the
latest mail dates reached at that time, were 6Os
bbls four Q, f4l 100 bushels wheat, 1873, lsO bush
els corn, and l,254,9S5 bushels rye.
NoRwEoIANs - The Madison (Wis.) journal
learns that the Norwegian population of Dane
county amounts to 6,62S persons. They constitute
Daily American organ., 1856-04-09

7" o. HOOD has just received few
lAe very superior silver-psted Tea Sets Also,
Cake Baskets, Cups and other Plated Ware together
with fine assortment Of Watches and fashionable
rich Gold Jewelry, which he viii sell at very low
prices at AIS, Pennsylvania avenue,
Sign Of the large Spread Eagle,
mar 25--
Daily American organ., 1856-04-09

certify the above accounts to be correct accord
ing to the several returns made to me.
5Y JOHN DAVIS
E #rNr aag..EFs Chief of Police.
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tF Holloway,s Pills and Ointment.---
Passing through the absorbent into the interior organs
this Ointment like magic basam the infamed and
rrtated parts while the Pills by their action on the blood
neutralise the elements OF disease.
Sold at the manufactures, No. so, Maiden Lane
New York. and No 244 Strand, London and by all drug
gists, at % cents SAY cents, and s1 per pot or box
nm o.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-11-20
CAROLINA SPARTAN.
CAUGHT IIIM.

The plea Of insanity has permitted many n scoun-
irei to go unwhipt OF justice, but the design to ride
I,hc same hobby failed in recent in this village
Through the cutcncss Of medical committee. AS
tho facts come to our ears they are these: Hugh
Holt, indicted for horse-steang imprisoned ,ill
Court. During this time he acted out insanity, and
.demeancd himself more like brute than human
being. This gave plausibiiity to the story. The
.Solic,orJ p REID, Esq, is up TO all such lodges,
;and rcssts the pulling Of wool over his eyes. He
therefore sent competent medical board tc make
n survey Of the wrecked mind. After talking with
the unfortunate iunatic, and hearing his ncohcrent
gibbcrsh, with wink and nod 10 each other, they
gave audible expression TO their opinion that his
was hopeless case Of "mlnd deceased" and duty
required them to report him fit only for the rigors
OF the Luna,ic Asylum-thc tcrrors Of which were
expatiated upon with no dull fancy. The dcscrp-
ton given OF the place, TO viii, h they were unw
lag to send ahy being wearing the human form,
conjured up ,ortures AMI tormcnts, in the at;cni
Of Holt, little short Of the internal regions and
operated upon by his fears. he exclaimed. "Gentle
men, swear I'm no more crazy than you nrc ~
They assured him Of their concurrence in this
cPiaion; and after trial, he was duly convicted Of
dErsccime Of horse stealing.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-11-20

RELIGION IN AMERIcA.-It is estimated by the
Rev. DIR. Baird, that "incIuding the Roman Catho-
lie priests and the Unitarian, Universaliss and 9TH
States ono preacher for every $40 souls" The
oyerage salary Of these preachers is $500 per year.
More than 1000 new church edilices are erected
every year. Dr. Baird also estimates that ls,.
100000 of the 26,5000G people in the Uuted
States in 1885, were under the instruction and in
huencc Of the Evangelical" churches; and 4 ,000,-
900 or 100000 under the influence Of the "non-
evangelical" bodies. OF which the Roman Catholic
is by far the most numerous The total cost Of pub.
lie worship in the United States annually, is Sc,
down at $25, 100000
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-11-20

FREMONT FoR lS60-The New Haven Conn. }
Palladium has come into Tie ranks for Fremont in
1860, and says:
Let the organization, so recently began, be per-
iected in every State, and although without the
power Of the General Government, we shall, nev.
erthclcss, have the power to hold the enemies OF
Fremont firmly in check, and DO all ready to make
a finish Of them in the short period Of four
years General jackson failed Of an election when
he was first nominated. lie had but 90 votes out
OF 26l. The next time lac had 1873 out Of 26l."
The Youug's Mems Central Union OF New
York have adopted resou,uus in favor Of suppor.-
ing John 9. Fremont and William L. Dayton as
the Republican candidate for 1850.
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When the Know Nothing rowdics tried to shout
down Governor Willard, at Lexington, Kentucky
oF the 22d ult the Governor said he could excuse
thep all; they were only mad with him because he
beat ap Abolitionist. This reproof, taken IN con-
neciIon with the recommendation Of Prentice, to
the Filmore men of Indiana to vote for Morton,
must havs been very cutting one to all honorable
members OF tho American party. The idea of in
snitn2, IN Kentucky, the man who, in Indiana, beat
the fanatic who uttered that famous incendinry dc.
olara,ion "that he would rather see tho Ohio river
How With blood. than one fugitive slave should be
returned what can be the matter with Kentucky
and Kepuckinas, "thot such things can be,,,-C;,;.
einnati enquirer.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-11-20

Slavery !y NicARAGUA.-Prcsident Walker, Of
Nicar9gpa, has issued decree declaring null and
void 9ll gcts and DEGREES Of the Federal Constucn,
Assembly, as well as Of the FEDERAL Congress adopt
Cd previous 10 1888. Among the decrces thus re-.
peaied, Is an act Of the Federal Constituent Assem-
by q yhe lf,b Of April, 1924 aboIshing slavery
~ Central America. The repeal Of the statute re-
wives the original laws and therefore tho right 10
bold slaves Is acknowledged by the government OF
Nicaragua.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-11-20
THE CAROLINA SPARTAN.
BY CAVIS & TRIMMER.
TO. p. VERNON, Associate Editor.

Price Two DoLLARs per annum in advance, or
$3.50 at tho end OF the year. II not paid until
after the year expires $500.
Vayncnt will be considered in advance IL made
within three months.
NO subscription taken for less than six -..onths
Money may be rcmitted through postmasters at
risk.
Adver ertisements inserted at the usunl rates, nnd
CONTRACTS made reasonable terms.
The SrARrAN circalates largely this and
N Joining Districts, aud offers admirable medium
S0 o1r hiends to reach customers.
job work OF all kinds promptly executed.
Blanks, Law and Equity, continually on hand
or prin.ed to order.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-11-20

THE WHEELBARRow PoLirIcAL WAoER-Bos-
-roN, Nov. 7.-Major Benjamin Pcrley Poore the
i'ate Fillmore candidate for Congress in the 9th dis
ttrict, arrived in tho city this afternoon with his
wheeburrow and barrel Of apples, which he had
wheeled all the way from Newburyport distance
OF thlrty.six miles. in two and half days. The
Job was IN fulfIment OF a bet with Colonel Bur
banS, the Fremont State Senator elect that Fill
more would get more votes in Massachusetts th1n
Fremont. The Major wheeling his apples was cs j..
yeorted up State street, about two o'clock, by the
SiIlmore clubs Of Boston and halestown military
company an1 mounted cavacade OF citizens. The
novety Of the performance collected many thou
sands Of people. and the Major was greeted with
tremendous and tumultuous applause on aI sides.
.ile delivered the apples 10 Colonel Burbank on the
steps OF the Fremon; House, where both gentlemen
delivered conqrutuatory speeches, mounted on the
barrel. Ten thousand people were present.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-11-20
GEN. WILLIAM WALKER.

Gen. Walker, in virtue OF success, is SO near be-
cunning hero, that Il viii be safe, perhaps, to take
ahe fact for granted, and give his biography. Un.
vii his adventure bcore Sonora. in the fall Of 1853.
hs life hal bccn compata,;vely uncven,ul, anil It's
incidents sufficiently set forth in the following
extract from the Washington Union:
YIe writer of this article has known Wu, Walk
lrom his childhood and has it, therefore wi,iiin
his power Ia correct raj errors whc,, prevail
with regard To him. In the first place, then, he is
native of Nashville, (rcnn) his father hcng vi
Scotch birth, coming, We believe, from Glasgow ar
its vicinity; his mother WIN sister uf John
N"rvcll, NJ One period Senator in Congress from
Michigan, being n native of Kentucky. William
the eldest OF their children, is about tlriy three or
four years OF age, is Of rather duninu,ivc stature
whitish hnir, far coaplexion much ss,incd the
checks anil about the eyes with frcckcs gray eyes
and countenaicc, on the whole, rather tame and
unprcposscssing. His Vice is decidedly nasal b.
ing what the children call sing song; his manners
are uncOmmonly quiet and reserved il not awk
ward, but when in company with intimate friends,
and when interested in any subject, he wakes up,
aud his whole appearance greatly changes.
At school aud college Walker most taciturn
and siudious he WAS particularly proicen, in n,ath
einatcs aud the exact sciences, aud ON his gradua
ton at the University Of Nashville, he went To Ed
inburg, where he weut through the school OF med
Aicence at Paris, anl theft Travelled over conside.
rablc portion Of middle and southern Europe. On
Lis return In Nashville he found tha, neither his
heaiti nor his temperament fitted him for the lie
OF physician, and came TO this city with the in
teniion Of siuayng law and obtaining admittance
10 the bar. lie pursued his studies for some time
aud was admitted to practice, but n, yer, we think
made any very strenuous attempts to advance in
the profession. Shortly afterwards he became
nccted with the Crescent, and devoted himself with
great carnestness and seal to his editorial a5ors
The experiment did not, however, prove so fortu
uatc as he had expected, and he therefore gave il
up, and followed the example Of many other adven-
trrous and ambitious spirits by going TO California
Gp that State he also for awhile connected with
ahe press, and n, the period Of the dcsccnt upon
Sonora, which he made with handful of follow
<rs, he was, il we have not been msinforned, again
trying his luck at the bar. However ill-adysed and
unfortunate that adventure may be regarded by
,piany, all viii agree that FAR as its history has
.transPred, Walker displayed indomahle nerve and
.heroisn in the midst OF the sternest difficulties.
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FRESH BEEF AND VEGETABLES FOR
THE NAVY
NAVY AGENTS. OFFICE,

-. WARRINGTON, Il pTil 20, 1853.
NEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE
~ celv,d at this ONCE until "Wednesday. the 2sth
day OF May, lo56, at noon, for the supply of sucb
Quantities Of Fresh Beef and Vegetables as NAV
be required on the Washington station DURING tbs
fiscal year, commencing on the Ist dav on 9nI,,
next and ending on the Both June, 1857.
The Beef and Vegetables must be Of good anal.
iyy and the best the market Affords and each a,
tfcle must be offered for by the pound
Bond with approved security will be REQUIRED
In one half the estimated amount OF the Contract
and twenty per ceatum In addition will be with ,
held from the amount Of each payment to be
made, as collateral security for the due perform
ance Of the contract, which will on no account be
paid until II Is fully complied with.
Every ohsr must be accompanied (as directed
in the act Of Congress making appropriation for
the naval service Tor lS46 y, approved August TO-
1861 by written guarantee, signed by one or
more responsible p rsons, to the effect that he or
III undertake that the bidder or bidders WILL IL
his their bid be accepted enter into an obliga-
tion, within five days, with good and SUFFICIENT
surt ties, to furnish the articles pfoposed
No proposal will b. considered unless accom-.
panied by such guarantee. Ut
ap 3O-w4w A GREENLEAF, Navy Agent.
ECONOMIC COrfsG BUILDER, by C.
IL p. Dwyer, l vol, svo, with illustrations.
Tangletown Lettens, vol, with illustrations
Headley's Sacred Plains, vol, illustrated.
De BOWS Review for May -# .t.
National Democratic Review for April.
ms FRANCK TAYLOR.
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United States Patent Office,

"AsHINGT0N, April %, 1885
nN THE PETITION OF ALFRED HALL.
~ Of Perth Amboy, N. , praying for the exten .
sion Of patent granted to him on the I'd day of
September, 1912, for an improvement in ssbfick
presses, D for seven years nom the expiration OF
said patent, which takes place on the Sd dsy of
September, 1856:
II is ordered, that the said petition be heard at
the Patent Ofrce on Monday, the 18th day Of
August next at 12 O'Clock m. and all persons a re
notified to appear and show cause, II any they
have, why said petition ought not 30 be granted
Persons opposing the extension are required to
fle In the Patent Once their objections, specially
set forth In writing, at least twenty days before
the day Of hearing; all testimony filed by either
party 10 be used at the said hearing must be taken
and transmitted In accordance with the rules Of
the ordce, which will be furnished on application
The testimony In the case will be closed on the
eth Of August; depositions and ether papers re-
lied upon as testimony must be fled In the ONCE
on or before the morning Of that day; the arpu-
ments, II any, within ten days thereafter
Ordered, also, that this notice be published In
the Union, Intelligencer, and Star, Washington,
ID. C.; Republican, Baltimore, Md; Z, ening
Argus, Philadelphia, Pa; Day Book, New York
and Post, Boston, once week for three success
sive weeks previous to the 18th day Of August
next, the day Of hearing.
CHARLES MASON,
Commissioner Of Patents.
p. s.-Editors Of the above papers will please
send their bills to the Patent Once, with paper
containing shis notice. ap 30-1aw3w
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THE HIGHLANDS OF VIRGINIA.
Correspondence Of the Starl
Mcdowell, Highland County, Va,
Nav 3, 1856,

L ASbNWkLL, NOuDl1, Va,
| May 3, 1856,
Mr.. EDITOR: 1 take this opportunity t,
write you few lines from our romantic and
picturesque county, which is bounded on th,
east by the Shenandoah, and west by the AL
| leghany mountains, and contains the source o
| Branch of the Potomac. The face of the coun
| try is broken with high mountains, which,
stretching out their rugged chain.
| Look down upon the fertile plain.'
| No pen can describe the grandeur of the
| scene which is presented from the top of one
| of these peaks on an autumn evening, when
| the dying leaves of the forest present every
| imaginable hue, while the setting sun, shoot
| ing his silvery rays upon the landscape, throws
additional splendor over the view, and the
| mountain peaks seem to look down with a
frown upon those beneath.
We have the finest springs gurgling forth
from the foot and sides Of these mountains.
and the streams leading from them are filled
with the most excellent mountain trout. Min
eral springs are numerous, such as white, red,
and black sulphur, and sometimes alum
Game abounds; such as deer and turkeys,
and occasionally wolves and bears. Rattle
snakes are also numerous; know one man
who, in one summer, killed twenty-five
Our county derives its name from its being
the most elevated county in the State There
are evidences of ccal beneath the soil, and
iron ore is plenty. The land, though uneven,
is generally rich, producing from so to 100
bushels of corn to the acre, which is worth
from 75c. to 81 per bushel also from 30 to 50
bushels Of wheat, which is worth from 81 so
to 81 per bushels. Land is worth from SIS to
$50 per acre. and is advancing in value.
This is also one of the finest grazing counties
in the State. As soon as the timber is cleared,
thick growth of clover, timothy, or blue
glass springs up. a large number of beef
cattle are fattened here there are now in the
Is, 600 to 20, 900 sheep. Four-yea old beeves
are worth from $40 to $50 per head, and threes
from $50 10 $40, &c. Sheep are worth from
81 to S5 per head.
Bath is a rich and prosperous county, and
is renowned for its rich and warm springs
Pocahontas is q well timbered and watered
county, but it is in rather an unciyilized
state; and, like the Highlands, 1t is very
healthy.
We have high mountain here, which is
known by the name of Sounding Knob, which
is really one of the wonders of nature, there
being 200 acres Of land which, when trcdden
by cattle or horses, sounds like distant thun.
der. -
We have had a long and rigorous winter,
and We had snow-capped mountains until the |
18th of April. The weather is still cold and |
dry. There is good prospect of fruit here, and
wheat looks we'll
would like to see your weekly sheet widely
circulated in our county
Sam "fsh teat'' in Highland; he has not |
teen heard Of since the oath Of May last, ex-
cept when mentioned by the Democratic party. |
80 A MouNrAISRER,
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m 7-1aw3wi

THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE, That the
Il subscribers have obtained from the Orphans
Court Of Washington county, In the District of
sonal Estate Of ANN nj. SPENCER, late Of Wash
ington county, deceased. Ali persons having
claims against the said deceased, are hereby
warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers
thereof, to the Subscribers, on or before the 9th
day Of May next; they may otherwise by law be
excluded from all benefit Of the said estate.
Given under our hands this 9th day Of May,
1856 w. L. BOROUGHS,
J. f. BORUGHS,
I'M 7-iaw}W& Administrations