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Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-03-28

BLAokwooD, This Magazine for Feb.
ruRry has come to hand. The following
is its table Of contents Modern Light
Literature Poetry; A military Adren-
lure in the Pyreness; The wondrous
Age Public Lectures-Mr. Warren on
tabour Touching Oxford ; The Ancient
colA of Greece Ticker Among the
Thieves: The Drama Lessons from the
War, and Religion in Common life.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-03-28

cry member 2 sworn hypoorite and
Liar"
| Besides this evidence. We have the cons
I.fessionsof Simon Wolf Of Pennsylyania,
who saas member Of the order, snbstan-
tiating this tendency. He Says p
"I.now declare that, in life of sixty
years, have never found, in private or in
public. in politics or out of it, in Church
or in State as much apBcEpBtF ALsEHoep,
or coRRuPr1os as i found in the self-styled
American party. ~
|Ss yet. Notwithstanding ftldss it is not
preteDdedE by any one, that we know of,
thatyall the memberssof that orderpARE
"sWorn. hypocrites and liars" butdweaDo
contend, that tho reason why they are not,
Is because tbe moral rsetitude Of many Of
m1is,strongertthanathe,eva, tsndencYsof
the order - tzfssss 9di 10 ,4efszSssd
svp9f n8r4== ~ =.
aGut Ytigial 4Goun tY Court. nsoa sfsd /
,a MARCH QUARrtaur TEaa!APresent,
E. w! Patton, president. pro- tenn. ,Riehs
ard Fowkes, Benz. Martin and Levi S.
Hall, associate Justices. - sgss a,., s,7
Court meten aMondss,sthe llthsinst,
Much business was done and We lay be!
fore our readers q short synopsis Of the
proceedings Of most importance. IL M, ~
The first day Of Court was taken up, in
receiving reportsaof settlements seof the
accounts of sundry administrators, &C.,
and empanpeling the grand jury. -
The grand jury returned to The court
the following presentments ~ bs.zsisrs
Twoiagainst- Patrick lBarkins, for SELL
ing liquor without license. The Court
6ned him $50 in each Of the cases. ~,
One against L. H. Bartlett, for assault
and battery raz Barriers 97sf r-y -
One against David Mcknight. for
trespass. defendant is contractor in
the employ Of the Northwestern Railroad. ,
and was presenting forobstructing coun1
~ road leading down Elk Creek, on the
lands Of Messrs. j. NJ. jackson and a .
Werninger. = 2
resentment against Franklin Fox,
William Corbin, Jacob Fox and Harrison
Cork. for disturbing public worships. at
Limestone and Mount Zion Methodist
Churches. .,-
Vim. S. Borgess. q. augustus Boqgess.
The defendant in this case agreed to
buy some grain Of the plaintiff and give
him certain price therefor. Before The
day for the delivery of the grain arrived.
the grain deprecated in value and defen-
dant refused to take it and forshis refusal
to do so. The plaintiff recovered $50 da-
IMAGES.
George Prsstonlqn ssife .. Jo1n Good
wi".-.Slqnder. The plaintiffs complain
ed that the defendant had said that the
female plaintiff had stolen twenty dollars
from him. This case excited good deal
Of interest. The jury yindicated the Ia
dy's characlerby returning a verdict for
$4,000 damages. ''. .e-
No other business Of Importance was
transacted. The Court adjourned Satur-
day evening having sat twelve day.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-03-28

FouSD DEAD. We, learn. that a man
named Samuel Dye was found dead in a
run near West Union. Doddridge county,
on the morning of the 95th inst. He
left West Union the evening before, in a
state of intoxication. and il is supposed
that he bad fallenoff his horse and drown
ed. He vas lying with his face down in
the water. which was only some two or
~ deep.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-03-28

G17'TKs cannon arrived on last satur.
day ana was ited . lew times 10 test her
tone. when shsiWaspa away for safe keep.
ing ill wanted.,oa 81 u ,s s,sra, 8.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-03-28

DopDprpeH GouSry.-we understand
that the Democrats of Doddridge county
havc nominated @. j. srephr.. Esq. f6r
Commemorative Attorney, ana Charles
G. Davis for Sheriff. We did not learn
who was nominated for Commissioner Of
the Revenue. -eF e Z H.ias-a''
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-03-28

facilities Of the United States being sufi
cientTfor alf.pFactical purpose ot9 6ffici9
INTERCOURSE: 81 Is.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-03-28

RIbIs' on 4 RGfEt.,e3A white bss
BY the name Of wiIIiam HornbscE, liyiss
near Jane Lew, In this county, was taksH
a few nights since, BY party Of nes,
who stripped him 81 Bis. Iothing and RODE
4bim for q iength Of time, III that conditiog'
on rall-he was then taken to . br'r'
patch. and made to run through IT.
whenever he leYinced disposition %
move slowly through them, q sou
paddle bored through with auger bols'
was applied, which accelerated bis more
ments most astonisbfpgiy. This exsrefs
being over, a. coat ofstaf and feathers vs.
applied. which Mr.. Hofnbeck was msSs
70 wear much against his win. Dursg
this operation he tried to faint, but 4s1'
paddle soon restored him to consciousness
after which he was ''left alone in his g0'
rya ss
The reader may think lbis harsh .res
nent, but Hornbeck never regarded =.
5s.sles Of his wife and helpless babes En0-
me- ne ts,.,e,l with worse han brutal leroo,4
tne lesson n.ey he of use 70 him. ~
i "a lelt Tor parts untnown. - VIZ
ElefNlEf-
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-03-28

return our thanks to Hon. j.
Congressional fayors.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-03-28

~ See Ma. Murphy 5 advertisement
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-03-28

sTuE PRusrYrowNe q azErrE. 2fFbis ID !.
per has again made It's 'appeasaass, 6a {,
as its, editor'says 'tr'et as a poiiyisalpars
newspnper.'' Whether ithas been found
that Know nottingham does notapay, or
this is new dodge afew weeks will tell.
We will give some ex:rgcts from the pa
per next week. a,.;ir = Il gr.,4s Isils IN
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-03-28

|
1t is to avoid repetition OF these dis.
graceful 'sceneslthat Gov. Lyon directed
the attention Of the Legislature 70 these
secret councils. He recommended that
theuofence of obstructing the polls be
made aafelonysand punished as ssuch.-
The Governor seemed, also. TO be ofiopin-
ion that the organization Of KnoE>Noth
ings is of itself unlawful. that it is con
spiracy to deprive certainlcitizensof rights
guaranteed them by the Federal Consti-
tuition. In this opinion he has coincided
with may of the most distinguished jurists
of this country. Judge Thatcher, OF
Natchez, .giyes-it as his5opiniOn. in the
Mississippian, chat Know~N othing ism
is criminal organization. a conspiracy to
do an unlawful act by deprivipg Roman
Catholics and naturalized citizens of their
rights. aud that the Law provides a full
remedy The Philadelphia Argus,
in quoting this opinion of Judge fffatch.
er's. says We are told that The Hon.
w. B. Reed, District Attorney of. this
city. John n, Reed, aud other gentlemen
of large legal learning. have frequently
expressed the same view, and that the or
s,s,is at any. time liable to indietment.-
Judge ESpaders. of North Carolina, in a
charge to grs.-le Jury in that State. held
a similar opinion, Juog Potter of Penn>
sylyania. says;
I" II any number of men combine 1
form themselves into an association by
agreements. VOWS or oaths, to control the
opinions and votes of any portion Of. ous
citizens in the exercise of their suffrage,
so that they shall not vote according to
their own choice or the dictates of their
own consciences. but as a majority OF
such association shall determine. itSis a
New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-16

Mr. Hiram Ketchum, in speech at New Haven
the other day, took the cera, men of New England
Vel, sharply to task because they are instrumental
in circulating The TRIBUNE whose extensive diff
fusion Mr. Ketchum illustrates BY saying that sit
"falls upon US Ike the fakes OF show in Winter" ."
ST., too, in a new Border Rufiisn electioneering
Journal just commenced at Philadelphia BY the
Rev. Theophilus Fiske, that distinguished CO.
ajiutor of Mr. Ketchum in the work OF electlng
buchanan and "subduiDg" Freedom, expresses
bis astonishmtn Mt at the fact that THE TRIBUNE
"hol6s the prominent place il does in clergymen's >
"librarits" Both Of thee haters Of THE
TRIBUNE pretend to bsse the fear AID horror
which it excites in their bosom, on What they cal
is iDfdelity. We belieye that Mr.. Douglas ard
Senator Butler also found lidel tendt ncies ia the
act that three thousand c!ergymen Of New
III glsnd presumed to protest against the repeal or
the Missouri CompIomise. We have not heard
chat that respectable bod! defended themselves
against tie impatatiOn; nor shsll We make an
special reply to the epithet OF inide now hurled
at us by this noble pair cf brothess." Ketctum
ard Filke. Ii THE TRIBUNE is really tn iofiiel
publication, how bappeus it that it i. regarded
with such respect and confidence BY such numbers
of men 30 slrewd in thee perceptions sid 50
steIply faithful to tttir principles the Clergy OF
the zee Stntes.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-16

90 ter Slavery extension, AID give o virtual aud
Efficient az proval To the outrsges and crimAs cor-
mittfd in that behalf That is the position Of tie
bogus Whef They stand as prsc dcsiiy approving
the wick, dre,s Of Atchison, S;rns stellov, Pierce
and Douglas For the case is not one which ad-
nits Of siIerce or Indifference Whoever is Lot for
Freedom in the hour of h,r desperate need IS
against b'r. There is no third alternative
That TIE bogus Wings thus put themselves in the
attitude Of fots TO Liberty and friends Of the Border
Ruffsns, is still further proved BY the fact that
while their Address objects to Fremont IS sec
tobal, it brings no such charge against Buchanan.
According to them, Slavery is national and Lib
eIty sectional. Slavery preserves the Union
and Liberty cbdaDgtrs it. Is any further evil
derce needed to ,how the spirit aud aims
Of this Convention Does anybody want
more proof that its object is the same as that
avowed by George Evans, Rufus Choate, and
James A. Pearce-namely, TO elect Mr. Buchanan
sDd secure the enslavement of Kansas, aud Gov
Wise's millennium, when slaves will bring from
$1,000 to 5000 apiece in the market : And
can any honest citizen who prefers that the new
Territories shall be settled by freemen and not
by slave. .bret ders, save-traders and slaves, aud
who che 'sbes d sincere hatred Of Border-Rufhln IN
outrsges be deuded into joining in this plot to elect
Mr.. Buchanan the most ultra sectional candidate
that can be imagined Or can any intelligent
citizen lie cheated now by lot of lifelong enc nies
and traitors to the genuine Ncw-f Wings who
thus pervert that once respectable name to the
basest Of uses
New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-16

u. d, uoc, stc tioke. WI, be elected by very lsfs'
m,jon'y.' IT,,
There ,oa see gbst FIlmo'o Elscsord LICE
Ella are cocd 70. There no Mt ths. Ptnas. l.
ysnis csn b. carried for Fiiucr>-n' 'bocy De-
ueye, sny sueh tbing-but "tf th~ Americans ad'
.bere 10 Their pominnto1. a. th. 10 Is every res'
.sor to believe they will. the Drnoerat'e t!ctet
"w:ll be elected By veV large m.of'sy' La"
is lust what the ticket smcuDss 20.
So in Connecticut, where nobody 'm'gine' tie
Know Nothing ticket can coma within sight Of
mslirg a respectable run, the wireworkers wrte
ioyfully to Ths Express that they will poll
good many votes for Fillmore, snd that Fremont
cs,no, get the &aa. That Is to say: lheI
col 6dently hope to draw OF votes enough TO
give Connecticut IN Buchanan and the Border Ku'.
fans. So is il In Illinois, in New-Jersey, sn1
e'.ewhere. The Fillmore boat is mere tender 70
tte Ostend corsair.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-16
POLITICAL ITEMS.

e. n. Wcodfofd Of West Avon, Ct, sends the
result Of vote token on the passenger train from
Hs-tford TO Providence which, among ia pas'en'
sers. resulted liz for Fremont and for Buchanan.
"A respectable geItltman Of Troy who in travel
irg took twenty On cars and boats in the STATE
OF New York which in the aggregate resulted as fol
lows: For Fremont 36o; Buchanan, 1872; Fillmore,
1SO.
Troy is claimed o. a stronghold of Fillmore and
the other man who boasts the proprc;orslip of one
hundred human chattels yet the f,owiugis the result
Of vote taken at the Union News Depot of all the
persons pacing through The depot the l2th ins..
Fremont 49, Fillmore, l54i Buchanan, 90; Gerrt
SIT Stephen Arnold Dous las, /; on the fence, l.
"A County mas meeting is 10 be he'd a! West
Fu;ms WestohCste County the 2S' inst, at which
NJ. MILL ken and other able speakers will be present.
n p-, ';mns,y mootiIg was held a. the room OF the
We. Fn5ms Fremont AID Dayton Club, on Thurslay
Iatt, at Which T NJ. Rodman presided aud 7. Kent
acted as Secretary. Eloquent addresses made
IN thc occasion by Thos- II Rodman of Brooklyn, and
John Gressor, PresdeIt Of the Fairmont Ffemon and
Dayton Club.
The AIcad Zcif"ug gives list Of the G3rmla
Journalism this Satc with their circulation ami pOlti-
cs cheractsr II that twelve Of these journals
wit q regular Circuaton of $500 copies support
FlcmeLt; thet three w1h ejaculation Of l6, 800 sup
port Buchanan, aud that one religious paper, w,h
circulation of 4,oCo = neutral.
Tie opponents of the Cincinnati platform, in the
yth pcrtss,nal District OF Pennsylvania, convened
at Nerristown on the iith list, aud unanimously
romins,ed DANIEL II MrLyANY, Esq lor Congress.
Dir. Mllveny wss for many years one Of the most
Usnrtut IL crubtis of the bar 10 that region. from
which lie retired few ytars since. lie rs true to
a md Erc- apdf ted wi
The most d,terniucd opponents against adnittin,
slavery into free Teriio oiies. We also assured
that his domination will secure hpmo-y among
the opponent. Of slavery exonsion in h 1t district AM
aid in securing the electoral vote OF the state for
Era mint
New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-16

Tie Journal Of Commerce and other papers of the
same school Of politics have endeavorcd to con-
vince their readers that Mr.. Buchanan is not posi-.
lively and Immediately in favor Of Wrestling Cuba
from Spain. They insist that fair aud reasonable
Interpretation of the Ostebd Manifesto viii show
that its authors only contemplated such course as
msosure OF last resort; that is ' only in case some
future contingency should tnder its possession by
Spain frsught with serious danger to our internal
pesce and the existence Of our cherished Union. -
In support of this position they quote the following
passage:
After we hall have offered Sp.In price for Cuba
far beyond ts present value, and tas sha have been
refused, y will then be Line 10 consider the question,
doc Cuba, in the possession of Spain, seriously endan-
gcr our int ra peace ard the existence of 0ur cher sh-
I'd Union
"SiUuld this question be answered IN The afirrna-
tive then BY every law, human and divine, we shai
be justified in wreetlag it from Spain, If we possese The
power.
1t is claimed by the adherents Of Mr. Buchanan
hat the above extract shows that the sgners Of
that psper were in favor of the acquisition of Cub.
oily Il, measure Of scfprescrs.tioa and in cass
.ome circumstances not nov apparent should de-
monstrste its necessity. But it is only necessary
to refer to the document tsef to prove that in the
opinion Of its authors, the necessity already exists
the danger is alread! imminent. 1he following
passages ,usht 10 be conclusive:
The natural and MAN outlet to She prod lcts Of
iLis cne population tie highway of tter oitcc. in'
tclCouI.o with the Atlantic and Pdciic ates, can
never lie secure, but mus. be endangered while
(ubs j. 4 deycnCercy of A didan. power, IN whose
po..,son it has proved TO be source of constant
Lo, aIce end Embarrassment to the lr aneTcsts.
" ILC,Cd, the Union can never onJoy repose nor
posses reliable security org as Cuba Is not en-
biactd within It's boundares.'
"Is immediate acquisition by our Government is of
paramount import sDce"
Considerations xist which render delay 10 the &C.
qusition Of this island cIcccngiy dangerous to the
Cpittd States"
Cuba has thus become to us an uncessing danger
and permanent causc of anxiety and alarm
Can palmer or stronger language be found ia the
declaration of tie widest JfIiibmsterl Could
wcIds in any shape express more unequivOcally the
desire for the immediate acquisition of that
Island But when to the above We add the words
quoted By the Hon. A. G.. Brown as having been
used by Mr. Buchanan, that s. If he can be instru-
"mentsl in settling the Slavery question, and
then add Cuba 10 The Union he will be willing to
"eiye up the ghost, we readily discern that the
one Leading object of his life is the Wrestling Cuba
from Spain. Can any intelligent man seriously
doubt that, were Mr.. Buchanan fairly in the Pres
dtItial chair, believing as he does, that the "de-
'lay is tretedngy dangerous TO the United STATES,
lie would at once set himself 10 the task
New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-16
CIylLlZING 4 SAVAGE.
Cor s.pOnt enes VI The n. T. Tl.oan..

.
WASHINGTON, Thursday, Aug. II. lo56.
There . 20 much of tie snsrling element about
Savage of Tennessee taat his speeches are rsser
sterec 20 il the House. He is without respectable
inhu ace in or out Of tse House The speech hs made
upon the 0ustipg Of Whitfield aeeived no sateLtoa
wbAs.yer from the Members, but it was subse-
qusiu! printed aa1 laid upsa their cesAs. This
attempt to place before tse country printed
tissue Of falseh00ds was easmed sufixient cause
tr Mr. Sherman, one Of the majority Of the Kan
sSs Comnllssloreis, TO tale notice ef the ,ttes.
snd be accordingly brought the subj, CT before ss.s
House IL tbs maUner given in the following ofisctsl
report. TIE brief te.egraphic aest ant previously
published does not fully show the bsseness o. saw
age, and the manly spirit with Which Mr. Ssermsn
Acbed the barking dog to his senne', "itASut ''o'
sting sIy Inle Of par iameu.sry de bate.
MI. SHFRMAN--i ri-e to make PersotA' eSP'sat-
tiop.
Nj. Oen-I sac the gout',msn from Ie0rcs1se lhr.
Saysce) present aud @hadrd" my eoee'!oh ID ta'
t6rtl,Wsrs 5 axparaion.
Nj SliEpsAs-Mr Speaker. there has been e.d Ca
tb, t.Les f meobete " thl, Hons. vha, puroolts I"
b. foceeh Of TIE IGs mt b-f to IN tennessee dr say
&C. BeIe Fiy thing IN regard to II, eek !ha
c.. f. rsSd Tx pssss.e- le'r make.
Ia Celk fs aa a. fciDw;;
-" Lc,~ avet Tsy 70 compare ae stssrneats o.ds
tas hf. Il tls nnsoriy G. he CoAntIee seot oat by
oiIr ~ It's -, s1 ws!i ts'ehi,bed fsos = shos
cl .isir T. t',.- s,.ult III, lA~ sd
.bcy ct toe JrDi rta.es ~ rights Of tbs people Of
k6 - 81 "a frfrsS ssssis las',e sid tots. eni
"a tsE *. {, - Gs't''Y g 5s t;nrnie: D has"
New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-16

ieved that msjoiiy Of ksr citizens we're neg
bers Of the Order. They had q popular candidss.
for Governor of the old Jackson sct 20. with AM
quantity of drill-sergesnts from both the Old par
iies. They we're unqu, s.ionably tie better organ
z.d PARTY, AID have brought al their strength to
the polls. At first. it Was reported that they hsd
carried TIE State, but the fact is qute other wise.
Tbey have lost Governor, Legislature, both Mem
brr, of Coner~s-in short, eyeryttiog-hy ma
oIity reported at $50, which is at least the aver
ace Democratic majority at State Election.
ALABAMA elected only County oficers-but she
goes cnc way as usual. Her majority for IA
chshsn is more likely TO exceed than fsll below
H. coo. There will be but the ghost of q contest.
So much for the Slave States which have just
held Elections, and which gaze decided majority
Of their Electoral Votes to Harrison in 40, Clay
in a. and Taylor in 49, and failed by barely 700
votes Of doing the same even for Scott in 52
Turn now to Iowa, the only Free State which
has held an election since the Presidential battle was
set. Iowa never voted for a Wing President, and
never chose a Whig Governor or l. s. Sena-
tor till after the passage Of the Nebraska bill. Her
Democratic politicians used TO boast at Washington
that sbe was the only Free State whose Legislature
had not irdorsed the Wilmot Proyso. She cast
ber electoral yo.e for Csss over Taylor and for
Pierce aesirst Scott, and has generally had all four
OF her Senator's and Members 3. Washington on the
s.oe of whatever passed for Democracy. Twice
orlJ til now has ore Of her two Members of Con-
grsss been Whie. Now, the Republicans and Ere.
mont have swept the State by at least 5000 ms
jcritJ-some reports make it s,Wo-carTlng
State ticket, three.iouIths Of the Legislature
AID We believe both Members of Congress, though
Mr. Hall, on personal and oci grounds, raa far
ahead Of tie rest Of his ticket At sll events, the
Republican msjority even on the Congress vote of
TIE whole Stae cannot fall below 1000.
These ore the facts concerning The August Elec
'ions. What they portend as to the result of the
Presidential conte st. the reader will judge for
u I,tic
New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-16

A dispatch from Chicago informs US that reliable
returns have been received from all but four small
cOunie. in the LIST Congressional District OF Iowa
and that CURTIS, Republican, is 800 ahead. II
this statement is correct Mr. Curtis is elected by at
least 1000 majority, which corresponds with
Dispatch received by Mr.. Speaker Banks from Bur
lpgtcn, on Thursday evening last. The Journal Of
Commerce will be obliged to CIPHER some time yet
to elect its Border Ruffian friend, Hall.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-16

The Senate yesterday passed bll to reimburse
Vermont for expenses in preserving the Neutrality
laws during the Canadian Rebellion. The re.
mainder Of the session was occupied by the Civil
Appropriation bill; $3.50 was voted for Cap
itol Extension, and 100000 for continuing the
continuing the Washington Water Works. 40
amendment giving half million for the dome of the
Capitol WIS adopted Tee House bill (psssed few
hours before) to regulate the compensation OF
Members Of Congress was then adopted by q to
II. The Civil b Il was passed, and the Senate
adjourned.
The House passed the Senate bill regulating
Consular aud Diplomatic Salaries: also bill CIV
iJg $500, 600 to establish Naval Depot at Bruins
wick, Ga. The Senate bill regulating the pay Of
Members Of Congress, was taken up, and amended
so as to give $4,000 per year, deduc. for volun-
tsry absepce, and cut off books except those
printed by Copgress In this shape i. passed by
three majority. TIE usual extra compensation to
employees of the House was voted The bill to
appoint additional Surgeons in the Navy; the bill
TO run the southern boundary of Kansas, and the
bill to regulate Judicial fees, were severally
pbsstd. TIE Ocean Mail Service bill was dis
used, but not finally disposed of.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-16
Ne,u1lork Daau @tibn,te
SATURDAY, AUGUST l6, 1856.

A limited number Of adv ,rtisemcnS are taken IN
TBI WIyKfr TRrBUsy u, the rate OF one dollar a line.
Ths psper has attained circulation OF $4,000
,opies. and stonsbly tbs best medium eItant
Sr advertising in he country. Advertisements should
De handed ir at sny t-ns befoe, ard not later than
tuesday Of each week.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-16

The per diem allowance to Members of Congress
is at an end The Senate bill heretofore passed.
giving SO, 500 per year, was changed in the House
so as to give $1,000 ayear, deductDg for voluntary
absence during the session, and giving no books
except those printed by Congress. In this form it
passed the House by lOl to 81. 1t was at once
cent to the Senate, ard there passed by 81 to u.
The bill applies to the present Congress, the per
diem of which for this session amounts to about
-, 000 for each member.