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Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 185?-1859, 1856-02-09

CHAP. XCVIl.-An act to continue, tempora.
rily, the Office of Register and Receiver at
Vincennes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives OF the United Estates of Ame.
rca in Congress assembled That the Offices Of
register and receiver shall DO continued at Vim.
ccnneS, Indiana until after a final report shall
have been made by the commissioners pursuant
to the act of Congress, approved July twenty
seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty four, enti.
tied san act to ascertain and adjust the titles
to certain lands in the State of Indiaua,n and
the act of Congress approved twelfth June, eigh.
teen hundred and forty, for the discontinuance
of land Offices, under certain circumstances
shall not apply to the Offices at Vinccnness, un-
tilthe services required by the aforesaid act Of
twenty seventh July, eighteen hundred andGf.
ty four, of the commissioners. shall have been
fully performed.
Approved, February q. 1Si5.
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PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY,
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
| CONTINUED

CAAP. XXV.-An act to col tinue in force
for limited time, the provisions of the act
Of Congress Of third March, eighteen hundred
and fifty one, and the second section of its
Supplement Of eighteenth January, eighteen
hundred and fifty four, 50 as to enable the
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STAGE LINE.

FROM INDEPENDENCE TO SANTA FE.
Leaving each end Of the route the first day of
each month.
Fare through
From November lst TO May lst $3.50
From May lst to November lst Sl25
Packages and extra baggage 81 cents per ID.
in summer and so cents in winter, but no pa
ckage charged less than one dollar AIlbog-
gage at the risk of the owner, and no respon-
ss.bilitv for any package worth over fifty dol
lars unless contents given and specially con-
tractcd for. j.,
Provisions, arms, and ammunition inrn'sheo
by the prOprietors. All passage money must
be paid in advance.
Nnunmhnr9 &. 1hSh.
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Approved, February IA, 1855.
CHAP Cly.-An act for the construction CT a

CHAP ClV.-An act for the construction CT q
military road in Oregon Tcaritory.
Belt enacted by the Senate and House Of Re-
representatives. of the Untek States of America
in Congress assembled, That the sum of thirty
thousand dollars be, and tho same is hereby,
appropriated for the construction Of q military
road from Astoria to Salem, in the Territory Of
Oregon, the said road to be constructed under
the direction Of the Secretary Of War, pursuant
to contracts to be made by him.
Approved, February II, 1855.
Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 185?-1859, 1856-02-09

CHAP. 0V.-An act making an appropriation
for Serritcrial read in the Territory Of Ne.
braska.
Be it enacted by tqe Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States Of Ame-
rica in Congress assembled, That for the pur.
pose Of constructing territorial road from
point on this Missouri River, opposite the City
of Council Bluffs, in the Territory Of Nebraska,
to New Fort Kearney, in said Territory, there
be, and hereby is, appropriated tho sum of ff-
ty thousand dollars.
Approved, February 81, 1855.
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CHAP. CVI.-An aot for the erection Of a mi.
lItary post on or near the pembina River in
the Territory Of Minnesota, and for othe pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Re.
presentatiyes Of the United States Of America
in Congress assembled, That the sum Of Eve
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SANTA FH WEEKLY GAZETTE.
TERMS.

WEEKLY 50 80 a year, payable invariably in
advance; single copies u 10 cents. Advertise
ments, 81 90 per square of ten lines for the first
Insertion, and 5)cts for every subsequent insertion
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T NUMBER I8.

Sec. 7. And be it further enncsed. That
there be appointed a district judge for the said
southern district of Illinois, and the district
jupge of each of the said districts shall be en-.
titIed to an annua! salary Of twenty five hun.
dred dollars.
Sec. 5. 4nd be is further enacted, That tha
present district attorney for the district of Hi.
nois shall be the district attorney fer the nor.
thern district; the present marshal of the dis.
trict of Illinois, shall be the marshal of tho
northern district; and the present clerk of tho
courts for the district Of Illinois, shall be tho
clerk of :he courts for the northern distric, du.
ring their respective official terms.
Sec .. And be it further enacted, That there
be appointed district attorney marshal, and
clerk of the court, for the southern district.
Approved, February 10, 1855.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-04-23
sad family history will give her no pain.

S&u family history VIII give Her ho pain.
The secret of Carleton's lapse from virtue il
soon told; and the lesson is one that every youth
who considers himself free from temptation
should heed and carefully remember. The devi
never enters the citadel of rectitude at the out
set. He first walks around, and passes by; ther
holds parley; and "makes the worse appear the
better reason;' and ends by gaining permission
to walk in just once, promising thenceforward tc
cease his solicitations and keep aloof But once
admitted, he goes artfully to work to destroy al
our defenses, and before we are aware of it he is
q permanent occupant Of the castle.
Such was undoubtedly Carleton's experience
He was not a hardened sinner, he was truly a
man of generous and noble impulses. But lit
tie transgression of the stern law of conscience,
had in his boyhood weakened his moral force,
and prepared him for more serious otfenses-
Then in an unguarded hour, he formed an at
tachment for a fascinating, but gay and heartless
woman, under whose influences his soul fell from
the truth and purity of manhood. 1t was her
hand that indirectly administered the deadly
drug that DESTROYED his life To meet her ne
cessity for dress and dissipation, he resorted to
the fare bank. Although fortunate ut first, lie
afterwards lost extensive, end became pecu-
liarly embarrassed. He borrowed money, which
no was unable to return. Only one course SEEM
ed open to him, to save his honor in the public
eye AT first, he purloined cautiously and alb
stemously from the mails, hoping, no doubt, that
success at the faro bank would swell those un-
lawful gains, and cancel the necessity for further
depredations.
But let us not pursue the sad topic. The end
we have seen and we will hasten to turn the last
leaf of this melancholy chapter.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-04-23

The ATMOSPHERE IN THE PLAINS OF UTAH
AND CALIFoRNIA.-Mr. J. Weyth, the old noun
taineer, says the Monterey Sentinel, states the
following fact touching the aridity of the air in
these elevated regions 1.-THE dryness Of our at
mosphere was so great on one of the branches ol
Powder river, in August, 1882, that could not
discharge one barrel of my double percussion
gun without causing the other to explode from
the slightly increased heat. One man was wound
ed in this way, and guns several times exploded,
and was obliged to discontinue the practice Of
placing caps on the guns in the day time until
Immediately wanted for use." Lieutenant Whip
pie, of the United States Boundary Survey, under
date of October 10, 1849, states that near the
banks of the Colorado and Gila, "the horn en-
casing the reading lens Of my micrometer of the
zenith sector, snapped and flew from my fingers
in three pieces, owing to the excessive dryness
of the atmosphere. All the wooden boxes in
which the instruments were packed are being
destroyed. The nicely seasoned and well finish
ed cases of the English instruments, made many
years since, have shrunk so, from the aridity OF
the air, as not to admit the original contents.
In other parts of Utah and California, the lips Of
travellers crack open and begin to bleed. The
waters of some of these Colorado streams and
neighboring springs present the very singular
phenomena of not quenching the thirst of meI
and animals. This is stated in the work Of j
r. Bartlett, United States Commissioner. Thi:
must be owing to the presence of soluble salt o
alumnia or SILICA, or probably a compound sal
of these metalloids.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-04-23

The CINCINNATI NATIONAL CoNvENTIoN.-The
New York News,one OF the organs OF the Hards,
says it is impossible for the two sections of the
Demo ratio party of that State to sit together,
or to vote together, in the Cincinnati National
Convention. The editor asks-"Is it likely that
any name can be proposed upon which they can
unite; that any platform can be laid down upon
which they can harmoniously standl Certainly
not and the vote Of New York must, therefore,
remain withheld ; it can never be caught in the
Convention. To admit the two delegations would
be virtually to eject New York from the Con-
vention, for she could never agree to vote"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-04-23

FRANCE AND RussIA.-A Paris letter to the
New York Evening Post, alluding to the birth
of young Napoleon, says that the first congra-
tulations received by the Emperor were offered
to him by Russian. Count Orlof, hearing the
cannon booming from the lnvalidesj jumped from
the couch, at in the morning, put on his uniform
and without waiting for his carriage, ran to the
Tuilleries-his visit was announced to the En-
peror by Count Baccrochi just as his Majesty
was going to bed, in search of the repose so me-
cessary to him after the fearful anxieties which
he had undergone during the twenty-four hours;
for he had not left the Empress room since the
pains of labor first assailed her. Thus the first
congratulations were poured into the Emperors
ear BY the willy Russian, who, by proposing
Paris as the seat of the Conference, commenced
that series of fmaneuvres by which he hopes,
sooner or later, to effect Franco-Russian alliance
against England.
The same journal calls attention to the fact
that the three most considerable of the Con-
tinental Powers Of Europe exclusive of France,
some time since settled the question that no son
OF Louis Napoleon should succeed to the throne
of France They determined four years ago that
no male descendant of Louis Napoleon should be
regarded as the heir-apparent of his crown. Tho
empire, according to this arrangement, was to
be Louis Napoleons only for life when he died,
Russia, Austria and Prussia pledged their word
to each other ITO restore the Legitimate heir Of
the throne and TO recognize no other The
treaty in which this declaration was embodied
and these pledges made was signed at Warsaw
March, 1852. by Austria, Prussia and Russia.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-04-23

THR OLD LINE WHIcs-That study and able
Wing journal, the New York Commercial Ad-
vertiser, says:
If we assume that there is to be no regular
Wing candidate in the field, it must follow, we
conceive, that the main body of the National
Wings will give their support to Millard Fill
more, as the only alternative consistent with
principles and duty. They will support him on
high national grounds, moi as partizans, but as
patriots not because of, but not~ ithstanding
his nomination by the American party. They
will be governed by their own views, withou.
adopting the Know-Nothing cause or enlisting
under its flag. Many Wings who have not al
ways concurred with Mr.. Fillmore Oh subordin-
ate questions will sustain him now from con-
viction that he is honest patriotic, and conserva-
tive; and that the Government will be safe in
his hands They know him to be sound on great
questions of public policy which animated the
Wing party in the days of its strength. They
know him to be true TO the Union and the peace
of the Union willing to sustain the just rights
of both sections, not willing to encroach upon
the rights of either.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-04-23
Y.
Broken Friendships.

DEOktu ElcuuouApos
Alas they had been friends in youth
But whispering tongues can poison truth;
And constancy lives in realms above;
And life is thorny and youth is vain;
And to be wroth with one we love,
Doth work like madness in the brain.
And thus it chanced, as divine,
With Roland and Sir Leoline.
Each spake words of high disdain
Aud insult 10 his hearts best brother;
They parted-neer to meet again
But never either found another
To free the hollow heart from paining;
They stood aloof, the scars remaining,
Like cliffs which had been rent asunder;
A dresry sea now flows between,
But neither heat. nor frost, nor thunder,
Shall wholly do away, ween,
The marks Of that which once had been.
Coisridgs.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-04-23

MANUFACTURE OF GLASS BEADs.-Most of the
GLASS heads used for needle work are manufac-
s tured at Murano, near Venice. Tubes of colored
GLASS are drawn out to great length and fneness,
in the same manner as those of more moderate
lengths are made in this country for thermome-
ters: these are cut into very small pieces, of
nearly uniform lengths, on the upright edge of a
fxed chisel. These elementary cylinders are
then put into mixture Of fine sand and wood
ashes where they are stirred about until their
cavities get filed. This mixture is then put into
an iron ban, suspended over moderate fire,
where, BY being kept continually stirred, they
assume smooth rounded form. They are then
removed from the fire, cleared out in the bore,
and s strung in punches, constituting the beads as
we meet with them in commerce. Great guam
titles of these beads, packed in crsks are export
ed to all parts of the world.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-04-23

A lady made complaint to Frederick the Great,
King of Prussia.
'Your Majesty" said she, my husband treats
Inc badly"
"That is none of my business" replied the
King.
'.But he speaks i'll of you" said the lady.
THAT" he replied sis none Of your business y
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-04-23

Several women were in love with Byron, but
none so violently as Lady Catharine Lamb She
absolutely besieged him. He showed me the
first letter he received from her, in which she
assured him that if he was in any want Of mon
ey, '.all her jewels were at his service" They
frequently had quarrels; and more than once, ,on
coming home, j have found Lady G. walking in
the garden and waiting for me, to beg that |
would reconcile them. When she met Byron at
party she would always, if possible return
home from it in his carriage, and accompanied
by him; recolect particularly their returning
to town together from Holland House. But
such was the insanity of her passion for Byron,
that sometimes, when not invited to party
where he was to be, she would wait for him in
the street till it was over. One night after q
great party at Davonshire House,to which Lady
Caroline had not been invited, saw her-yes,
saw her--talking with Lord Byron, with hall
her body thrust into the carriage which he had
Just entered In spite of all this absurdity, my
firm belief is that there was nothing criminal be.
tween them. Byron at last was sick of her
When their intimacy was at an end, and while
she was living in the country, she burned very
solemnly, on sort of funeral pile, transcripts OF
all the letters which she had received from By
ron, and copy of a miniature, This portrait
which he had presented to her; several girls
from the neighborhood, whom she dressed in
white garments, dancing round the pile, and sing.
ing song which she had written tor the occa
sion, "Burn, fire, burn," &c,-Rodgers
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-04-23

SWORDS OF THE OLDEN TIME.-A sword named
'Mimung" was forged by Weland, in a trial of
skill with another celebrated weaponsrnith, Ami
las by name Weland first made sword with
which he cut thread oE wool lying on the wa
ter. But not content with this, he reforged the
blade, which then cut through the whole ball OF
floating wool Still dissatisfied, he again passed
it through the fire, and at length produced so
keen weapon that it divided a whole bundle OF
wool floating in water. Amillas, on his part,
forged q sn;t of armour so much to his own sat-
istaction that, sitting down on a stool, he bade
Weland try his weapon upon him. Weland O.
beyed, and there being no apparent effect, asked
Amilias if he felt any particular sensation. Am
ilias said he felt as though cold water had passed
through his bowels. Weland then bade him
shake himself On doing So, the effect of the
blow was apparent; he fell dead in two pieces
-Heacitt's Aacient armour.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-04-23

Col. Fremont is every day gaining prominence
as the probable nominee of the Republicans for
the Presidency. He has lately addressed a let
ter to Gov. Robinson, OF Kansas, fully commit
ted to the principles of the party.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-04-23

RATS AND KID GLoyEs.-Kid gloves are to a
great extent made out of rat skins, and the price
of rats in New York is going up rapidly One
writer says that rat-breeding will yet be a prof
table employment.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-04-23

RICE PApER.-Every one is acquainted with
this delicate and pearly tissue, buts very few
know that it is manufactured in China from a
nlant called Aralia papyryera paper bearing
Arala1 The pith Of this plant, which pith is
very abundant, is the part elnployedfor the man.
nfaeture of this paper. The consumption of this
naner in China is very large 100 sheets of it are
sold for an amount equal to l-2 cents
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-04-23

The young lady who fell in love has Just been
pulled out by the daring fellow who successfully
struggled with the world.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-04-23

The way to make water taste better than
champagne, is to eat salt fish about six hours pre-
Yious to inbibing it.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-04-23

PAINFUL CASE OF INFANTroIDE-TH PERPE-
TRAITOR DErEcTED.-On Tuesday morning of last
week young and pretty woman, rather thinly
dressed, was seen turning the corner of Second
avenue and Thirteenth street, at an early hour,
bearing under her shawl large bundle. She
moved along the tagging at a rapid pace until
she stood before the door of physician, who
lives in that neighborhood. Casting quick
glance around, and more careful one at the
closed shutters of the vicinity, she dropped hel
burden into an ash-barrel, and hurried ON. DR.
Keoughs observed the movements Of the woman
and suspecting all was not right gave chase to
her. upon which she attempted to escape. The
Doctor shouted "Police!" A policeman near by
made chase, captured the poor unfortunate and
pretty well escorted by rag -pickers, school-boys
and passing men, led the poor, shivering female
back to the ash-barrel. She sobbed terribly, and
protested it was nothing; but the policeman a
greed with DR.. Keuughs that infanticide was toe
grave crime to go unpunshed. The crowd
gathered around the barrel to investigate the
contents of the bundle. 1t was found to consist
of an old silk apron wrapped around body
some twenty inches in length, and which mus
have died some days before Feelings Of indig
nation and shame for our poor fallen humanity
gave place to an earnest desire to get out Of the
crowd as ragged urchin swung the dead ca
round his head, and the distressed female sobbet
into DR.. Keough's ear-April Fool An inques
was afterwards held upon the body of the de
ceased, and post mortem examination plainl,
showing that death was the result of cotalepsy,
verdict to that effect was returned by the jury.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-04-23

TIE SpycuLAroR's MoTTo.-Fortuno can make
me lose-but she cannot make me pay.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-04-23

MUNcHAUsEN ANEoDoTEs.-SamuelR Rogers, the
late English poet, says in his liable Talk"
which has been recently published :-"Vernon
was the person who invented the story about the
lady being pulverized in India by coup de soliel.
When he was dining there with Hindoo, one
of his hosts wives was suddenly reduced to ash
es; upon which the Hindoo rang the BELL and
said to the attendant who answered it, Bring
fresh glasses, and sweep up your mistress An
other of his stories was this He happened to be
shooting hyenas near Carthage, when he STUN
bled and fell down an abyss of many fathoms'
deep. He was surprised, however, to find him
self unhurt for he lighted as if on featherbed.
Presently he perceived that he was gently mo-
wing upward; and, having by degrees reached
the mouth of the abyss, he again stood safe on
terra .frma. He had fallen upon an immense
mass of bats, which, disturbed from their slum-
bers, had risen out of the abyss and brought him
nm with them"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-04-23
Bible Lore in Missouri.

A correspondent of the St. Louis Republican.
writing rom jefferson City, gives an amusin !,
description of trial which recently came off at
that place, in which all the counsel engaged rank
high at the Missouri bar Although lawyers
were never considered remarkable for their cru
dition in the scriptures, urges the editor of the
Republican,yet such objectionable neglect of the
holy book, as the counsel in this case exhibited,
calls for prompt action upon the part of the A
merican Bible Society, or greater Sunday School
facilities Here is the letter:
! A few days since, was serving as juror in
case of SANDER. Three of our most prominent
lawyers were engaged--one for the plaintiff, the
others for the defendant. The counsel attempt
ed to impeach the veracity of one of the witness
ses-an old man named Mayhem. They failed
entirely and when the counsel for the plaintiff
came to sum up the evidence, said: Gentlemen
of the jury, the counsel OH the opposite side
have endeavored to impeach the veracity and
destroy the character of the witnesses, particu-
lary of my old friend Mayhem. must confess,
gentlemen, | trembled for my old friend, when
the senior counsel for the defendant, with his
stern countenance, demanded of the old man.,
whether he had not told different story to his
neighbors, and introduced Mr.. Harris to prove
| it, But, gentlemen, he failed; and my old
| friend Mayhem came out unscathed. Yes, gen.
tlemen, like Daniel of old, ont of the lions den,
without hair of his head having been singed." !"
This excited the risibles of those familiar with
the authority quoted; but some very broad grins
were seen when the senior counsel for the de-
fendant rose, and remarked to his hearers, "That
his friend, the counsel for the plaintiff, had not
quoted correctly the passage from the Higher
Law that he had read and heard much of Dam
iel, but that was the first time he had ever heard
of his being in lions den."
All was silence, however, cempared with the
roar when the junior counsel made his reply
In aluding to the remarks ofthc plaintiffs coun-
sci, he said "My worthy friend on the other
side is not quite as familiar with the volume of
the higher law as he is with those of Chitty and
Blackstone Or he would not have attempted to
release his friend Mayhem from the lions den
without having hair of his head singed. I'm
like my senior, hare heard of being in the Ii
on's den; but, until to-day, | never heard that
his roaring majesty made nse of fire. My wor-
thy friend has, suppose, mixed up the escape
of Daniel from the lions den with the passage Of
Nebuchadnezzar through the fiery furnace, who
! had not hair singed!"