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FFICIA L..

APPOINTMENTS by THE PRESIDENT.
John w. whtSeS, of Kaus register Of the land office
and Daniel Wcodsos Of Kansas receiver Of public moneys
for the GelaTare land district" Kansas Territory
Frederick Emory, of Kansas register OF the land Office
AMI James DowDer of Kspsss receiver public money
for the western land district" Kansas Territory
William H. Doak Of Kansas register Of The land Office
aud EpaPhrodius Ransom Of Michigan, receiver of pub
tic moneye, for the nossse land district" Kansas Terri
tory.
Charles E Nix chief clerk Indian cice has been APP
pointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs od interim.
George Shepey of Portland, attorney Of the United
States for the dls,re. of Maine, respponied.
William X. Kmball marsha of the United States for
the district of Maine place OF tho present incumbent
whose term has expired.
COLLECTORS CUSTOMS.
Moses Macdonald Of Portland collector OF the customs al
Portland, Maine in the place of Esrs Carter r, whose
term has expired.
Robert Burns of Easpor collector Of the customs for the
district Of passamaquoddy Maine in place of the present
incumbent, whose term has expired
Dudley Leavtt collector of the customs at Bangor
Maine in place OF the present incumbent whose term has
expired.
John H. Kennedy collector of the customs for the port
Waldobero, Maine, in place of the present incumbent
whoss term has expired.
Thomas Cunningham, collector OF the customs at Wis
casse Maine in place of the present incumbent whose
term has expired,
Joseph Berry, collector of the customs at Bath,
Maine in place OF the present. Incumbent whose term has
expired.
A. f. Parlin, collector of the customs at Machas,
Maine in place of the present incumbent whose term hns
expired.
Enoch Cousins, collector of the customs at Kenne-
bunk Maine, reappoinied.
Luther Junkins, collector of .he customs at York,
Meme, reappointed.
Thomas D. Jones, collector Of the customs a, Ellsworth
Maine, reappoin,ed
SURVEYORS.
Samuel ]. Anderson surveyor of the customs at the
port OF Portland Maine place of the present incumbent
whose term has expired
James Nichols, surveyor of the customs at the DOR,
OF Easpor Man in place Of the present incumbent whose
term has expired.
PosTMAsTERs
Samuel Jordan, postmaster at Portland Maine in place
of Nathan L. Woodbury., whoss commission expired Is,
April, 1851
Leonard Jones, postmaster at Bangor Maine in place Of
Isaac Haynes whose commission win expire 5,h April
1851. ...
Joseph G. Snow postmaster of Bath, Maine, in place
oil the present incumbent, Whose term has expired.
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NEWSPAPER CHANGE.

We see the following announcement in the Buffalo
Courier of the oath ult Mr.. Sanford has acquired his
reputation journalist during his long connoxon with
the New York Journal of Commerce, and will doubtless
prove a valuable acquisition TO the Courier:
Mr. james H. Sanford, late OF New York, has become
part proprco of the Buo Courier newspaper and job
printing es ablshmeat. The style Of the firm will hence
forth be Seaver & Sanford.
"Tbe above announce ent involves no change in the
Courier Office other than the Of Mir Sanford who
has spent fourteen years in the service of the
press during the whole Of which period he editoiay
connected with the New York Journal Of Commerce.
ave are happy to add that the counexon of Mr. Warren
with the establishment remains unchane Ell"
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A MERITEp COMPLIMENT.

We find in the New York Christian Inelligencer the
following notice of compliment paid John Romeyn Brod-
head esq whose abors in the historical archives Of the
Old World ths of adding large contributions
to our materials for history As said by the
try of the Royal Irish Academy when acsuay was elect
cd member "The members know that they have done
themselves honor and have increased the respect in which
the association held by learned in other lands by
enrolling among themselves 80 valuable contributor to
the history of his own government
The Society of Netherlands Literature at Leyden have
elected John Romeyn Brodhead, esq, member Of their
learned body, accompanying the diploma with oompmeD
AIRY letter. Me- Bodhead spent several years in Holland
While historical agent Of the State New York. and as nm
atachc OF the American legation when Harmanus Beeoer
esq, minister the Hague He became very non
ua with the heads Of the and hs
valuable History Of New York has called forth frequent tee
tmonials Of favor irom the Dutch sarans."
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From the Buffalo IN Y CouEeh
WHY THE FREE-STATE MEN VOTED NOT 10


short time since the free-Stats men of Kauas who
confesseily form the majority of The citizens of The Ter
rtory, assembled in convention at Topeka +, see what
they should dJto consult upon the question of duty
as TO voting for delegates the constitutional CONVEX
tion In ord'r TO vote at all they must swear TO sup
port the iugtiye-slsvs law and the laws of the bogus
legislstureaws which they prevented by violeu"
from having any hand in making, and laws which dt.
prive them, the penalty of death, from the exercise
rights which every man enjoys under the consultation
The Untd States. The sncrifice of principle called Tor
do this was too much. They could not afford to peun
themselves Selrespect and Christian principle both c
blde that they should purchase with deliberate I've even
that for which they have suffered untold dangers mser
aud oatrages. They therefore vote not 10 vote.
tSprin&feH Republican
II is by language such this that the backrepubican
journals cndeavor to keep alive the flames Of hnacsu
and to the preudicss of the community The ra
son assigned for the action of the reeSate meu relpn
US of the definition OF the term crab, which the French
Academy had decided upon, and which wal submitted
Cuver. 1t follows: "Cfab; small 6sb, Of q req
colcr, walks backwards" The great naturalist READ "
and sad that with the exceptions that the crab was ho
fish, not red and did not walk backward the dehnun
entirely In this case the law OF The Nan
legislature establishing ostbs sine qm nan
the exercise of the right Of suffrage has been repeated
may trust the Washington Union from which We co
the repeating statues, and the frec-State men VINO
semb!ed at Topeka must have known this fact the '
for declining to vote assigned by the Republican m
the ground and with il all the false sympathy II seeks
awaken As all the sources OF information in Kansas
that the free-State largely in the majority, Ne
forced to regard their action ss Intentionally mscn'
aud revolutionary.
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LAKE Erik NAvieATos.--The Buffalo Commerce. =. !.
There is general expectation that The lake viii U N
from ice early the middle of April Very muon
depend on the wind more than on tenPea 4
Lake 0ntario ia nominaly open, Is the upPer s,r
Lake Erie occasional steamers plying between WI W.,
and Toronto, aud Detroit and Cleveland. Inc P'
lake navigation are 80 great at this season, 'O" an
none Of tho companies win insure and II is o7g
opening Of Buffalo harbor that lake trade acquires
ersl activity. The first arrival at Cleveland 'n'' y
sixteen days earlier than last year.
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-s BoyDyiLLF, March 70, 1891.
GEsTLgMEN Your communication Of yesterday announ-
cling to me my unanimous nomination for seat in the
next House OF Representatives of the United States by the
democratic convention recently assembled in Winchester
was handed this evening by your esteemed chair
man.
receive with deep sensiby this distinguished proof
of the nued confidence of the democratic party OF this
district and should your choice be approved by The con-
sttuent body will again assume the discharge of this
responsible trust deriving from such marked expression OF
the public will fresh zeal in the service OF the people and
the maintenance Of that national policy which has par
cuarly in history, distinctly identified the
euccess of democratic principles with the triumph Of con-
stitutopa liberty the preservation OF our Unon and the
continuance of the peace prosperity and happiness of this
great republic.
With my sincere thanks for the kind terms in which you
have conveys to The action OF the convention AN
truly yours
CHARLES JAMES FAULKNER. .
To Robert j. T. White of Loudoun Fl. Dorsey, of War
rem N W. Wager, OF Page; John Blair Hoge, Of Berk-
ley; q. r. Funston, OF Clarke; Robert w. Baylor, OF
jefferson Isaiah Buck, Of Morgan James p Rely, OF
Frederick; Asa HietJ OF Hampshire committee
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VALUABLE rusLIcAros-The Boston board of trade has
just published its annual report, making volume Of 700
pages showing all the operations Of commerce. tade aud
manufactures, including of The ice trade the
Mediterranean and fruit trades the India trade boot and
shoe and domestic goods trades and the various msuuac
lures Of the city, This report intended for distribution
through The country that the local advantages of Bos-
ton as mart OF trade and commerce. may be known where
ever 1t may rebound to the benefit Of that city,
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-04-02

UsoN or plrsasThe Traveller Chronicle, Telegraph,
and Atlas Of Boston, are TO be united they have not
probably yielded OF late fair remuneration for the labor
and capital Of their proprietors At the time that
paper drarer and labor higher the presses and other FIX
costly and telesraphing to journals is
bill, subscription prices have been reduced,
and by agencies the advertising rates become runous
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majority judges to The decision Of pere echncalit gh,
have suited the purposes Of the black republicans very
we'll bat would hardly have promoted the ends of u.e
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SINCERITY.

A.ew years since II often happened that candidates for
public Office questioned by abolonist to ASCERTAIN
whether they favored the political theories Of that pat
cal sect In s3s Marcy and sesa were candidates for
governor in New York Gernt Smith and William Jay,
by direction Of public meeting, questioned them bor
AID among other things teir views Of the then existing
law Of the State, which in these words;
ANY person not being nbabtsnt Of this State, who
shall be travelling to from, passing through this State
may bring 9Th him any person iay held BY in slavery
and noy taks such person ,ih hin from this State the
person held In slavery shall not reside this
State than nine months and If such residence be
tnued beyond this time, such person shall be Free"
Governor Marcy returned Of those positive
for which he has been distinguished agaut the repeal
the law, wh'th it win be seem substantially that indi
Gated in the opinion of the Supreme Courin Scos Gaze
announced in the newspapers the day. The following
tracts from Gov Sewsrd response ruty from an article
published in ,b- Bsse- Count Republican, paper pub
lished in northern New York 1t most clearly proves that
his present professions against the slsve laws of that period
and in favor Of negro equality, deuson and In
sincere like those of his political satellites in the egsaur
at Albany who refused to allow negro Clergyman to
sst chaplain in opening their sessions with prayer
But gentlemen, being desrous to be entirely candid In
this communication it proper that am not convinced
1t would be either ise rpeden humane to declare 10
fellowctzens Of the southern southwestern Sates
that il they travel to FROM pass through the State
New York. they shall not bring with them the attendants
whom custom education habit may have rendered
cessry them have not been able to discover any good
object to be attained by such act Of nhosptaity
tainty Oork injury to h be injurious to n,
unfortunate beings held 81 bondage TO permit them
haps in their lives and at most occasions few aud far be
tween, to visit country where slavery is unknown. can
Of benefits to The great Of human liberty
from The cultivation Of his intercourse ,cia the Sorth."
will press the considerations, flowing from the
ture Union and the mutasi concessions which II
founded against the propety Of such an exclusion
your question contemplated apparently for the purpose only
avoiding implication not founded In facts and which the
history of State nobly conradicts Is suGoie"
cay such escuson could hare good fleet prcctica
ly and mod accomplish nothing to the great IF human
liberty"
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0-BT HESHr m LEWIS, "f stoasomery Alabama,
travelling agent for Inc sws' of AAbaua and Tennessee
sisted by C. y, LE~Is, gAMEs %. LKNls
o. Mr. G. w. JAHEs, Me- barrson fot, Cincinnati, Ohio,
geseTa coiecins ton Western and Texas
assisted by H. THoHAs, wsrAs.s II. THoHAs Tnos NJ JAhss
Dr. Al Cn'tDs GEoso< SoKRs and RICHARD LEAEs' Re
eeptH Of either will be H,,od
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BoyprrLLr, March &c. 1851.

To Hon. CH.nLEs J. FAULKNER.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-16
III. BEG lss on IHE FINANCIAL c1is1s

For IN hour before lhe doors OF
Plymouth Church were opened last
evening, an immense thron.. had col
IL, ted, eager to hear n continuation
OF disroursc ON the financial crisis
which Henry Ward Bcecher had
ca nmenced IN the morning. Long
bsloro the services commenced. every
available inch ut space was occupied,
w.tIe thousands had To leave the
church becaorc they could not enter
4. Mr. Beeehcrs text was in the
three first verses OF tho 18th chapter
al Matthew. II, said that although
the course Of affairs had not been dis
tul bod, disease was not In our midst,
anI the harvest was plentiful, the
whole nation was convulsed, simply
be.mus5 man lacked confidence in his
fellow. Although there had been in.
dI~creliOns, yet tho country could
stand under their iorco. Selfish mis-
takes Goa u mover damage il seriously.
The business stood Oh the Same basis
Us it did tive months ago, aud wus
carried con by tho same agents, and II
the conf lcnce which prevailed at
III Il time Was renewed, New York
would a. SIC ono more weJk OF such
disastrous days ~ il had seen. There
VS. Gu lsc for fear, however, in the
l.. X ot loral integrity aud IN the OK.
triva salce AID prob .gaey which pre-.
vailed ia the business world. The
raiIroad~-thc gr,atest enterprises ol
the e.,nutry-pcrmitted their Boards
of Direction ~ conduct affairs IN the
an.srt INSCRIPTIONS manner, and H.
shsir corl1ratc capacity they per
formed acts which woulI, Ii done by
an Individual. be criminal. Indeed
" /. would SOM come 10 pass that the
name oi an officer ct n Railroad Com.
pany would lao y nuBymous Will
.s.Nandrci.' The Stock sales, ne
con luctcd in Wall street, he charac,
to ICED Us gambling, just Us much II,
sitting Ut Il faro table or playing Will
l,a iel dice, and the man that was
gambler was thief. This vice WA,
prevalent among uII classes Of til,
community. Even ministers some
tl,,rs dabllsd IN fancy stocks. Dir
Beccher then urged upon his congre
CATION the duty OF opposing thes'
Vices. They were not u sit listless'y
All say they Wore not affected b.,
thcir cxiSlcurc. They were so; 70
they had to support by taxation th'
administration of justice aud th'
.c.iminals that these vices niade.-A
Y. tribune
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-16
INDIANA AMERICAN.


TUX TEnuANrEPEc RoUTE-Tbe
New Orleans papers of the 9th ult..
have been received. They contain
tic decree made by Mexico with re-
gard TO tie new Tchuantepe Com.
any
The route is TO commence at the
head OF navigation OF the Coatsacoles
r.vcr. and the railroad is TO be COM
n,enced within eighteen months from
the date of the decree. and 10 b.
completed at the rate of twenty six
miles and seventy three yards every
year, until entirely finished. In the
meantime tho Company is TO build
n"d keep in order good road, with
tie necessary bridges for carriages
conveying passengers and merchand-
re ct a light weight. The surveys
and plans are TO be submitted to the
Minister of Internal improvements,
i;a. his approval. The Company is TO
build, within two year, from the
'mplction OF tho road, the necessary
dykes and moleS in the ports OF
CoatSacoaIes and Vcntosa. and build
Immediately the work necessary for
d scliarging vessels. The government
grants the necessary land for depots
stations. &c; ulro, the use of materials
from private lands, by indemniiying
the owners.
The decree gives the exclusive
privilege OF transportation and the
lrsw,r TO levy tolls aud transit dues
MT exceeding tifty cents per league
for ench passenger. nor one per cent
pr league for precious metal. The
government il to exact no import du
ties nor contributions. except twelve
cents Tor Gael, package and passenger,
~ yahIe muhll,ly. The government
j. Ia project the line. but the decree
csnitrs no right to trade on the
i<thmns.
The privilege is to last sixty years
n Il the government Is To receive III
teen per cent. on the net revenues
Whenever dividends arc declared.
The Company assumes the payment
OF 5000 900 4, SIR. Faicnnct, loaned TO
she >lnop Company, with interest anu
Il images. the delivery OF all maiIs
als'ng the line. TO convey all officers.
trmps, employees and agents Of III,
government gratis. but metals anu
Il. mes.ie merchandise shall DO con
veyei ut The rate OF twenty per cent
lc-s than the regular rates. The
G'wcrnmenl Is to have two Director
Ia tho Biard. unl may establish 90
pi nagc on he progress OF the work
The Company IN Ia construct no for
in atilns on tho passage for armed
I Tcss. except by tho consent Ut the
Guvcrnmcnt. but shalI dischagc it,
OF ployccs when detected in smug
CLING, md compel the passengers to
Obey the revenue laws.
The Company shall not transfer oi
hS .'otliceate their privileges without
tho consent OF the Government.
Tho line will be free Tor tho trans.
pnraaliun OF the inhabitants OF the
whole world; but those who are not
ei.izens OF the neutral countries ShulI |
h., charged twenty-five poF cent extra
Tue Thrill cot livestock shal be reserved
for the people OF Mexico for four
m 'ntlis. The foreign sealed mail.
Tugs arc 10 be respected by the OF
ii, ials. and the navigation OF the
Coat-acoales shall DO protected by !
Tho Mexican flag for the Company.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-16

1t was in one night that four thon
sand person persisted OF tho plague
in London. IL was hy night that
tho army Of Senna-charib was de-
>troycd. Both in England and on thu
Continent n large portion OF cholers
cases in its several forms have beei
observed to have occurred betweer
one and two o'clock in the morning
The danger Of exposure to the night
air has been a theme Of physicians
from time immemorial, but it is re
markable they never yet called the
aid of chemistry to account Tor the
tact.
1t is ut night that the stratum OF
Hir nearest the ground must always
be the most charged with the particles
OF animaIized matter given out from
the skin and deIeterious gases, such
as carbonic acid gas, tho product OF
respiration, and sulphurated hydro
gen, the product Of the sewers. IN
the day gases and various substances
Of all kinds arise in tho air by tbs
rarcfaction of tho heat. At night
when this rurefaction leaves, they
fall by an increase of gravity If i'm.
perfectly mixed with the atmosphere;
while the gases evolved during ID,
night, instead Of ascending, remain at
nearly the Same Lowell. 1t is known
that carbonic acid gas ut low tenn.
perature partakes so nearly Of the
nature OLA fluid that it may DO poured
from one vessel into another. It riser
1T tho temperature ut which II Is ex-
hailed from tho lungs, but It's tendency
il toward tho floor or the bed of the
sleeper 10 cold aud unventilatcd
rooms.
at Hamburg, the alarm Of cholera
at hight in some parts OF the city waf
80 great that many refused TO 20 to
bed, lest they should DO attacked un-
awares in their sleep. Sitting up
they probably kept thoir stoves or
open tires burning for tho sake oil
warmth, and that warmth gives the
expansion TO any deleterious gases
p esent, which would promote their
'ilution in the atmosphere. The
means Of safety were then uncon.
~ciously assured. Al Sierra Leone
the natives have a practice in the
sickly season OF keeping fires con
>tantly burning In their huts at night,
assigning that the fires keep away
the spirits, TO which. in their igno-
rance. they attribute the fever and
igue. Latterly Europeans have begun
10 adopt tho same practice, and thos,
who have tried IL assert that they
have now entire immunity from the
tropical fevers to which they were
formerly subjected.
In tho cpidemics Of the mi die uges
fires used TO DO lighted In the streets
or the publication OF the mir, and IN
Inc plague OF London, In 1888, fires IL
Ihe streets were ut one timo burning
till cxtinguished by
violent storm OF rain. l.atterly trains
81 gunpowder have been fred a. d
cannon discharged for the same oh
ect; bu' IL IL obvious that there mca
'urcs, although sound in principle.
must necessarily, out of doors. DO OH
too small n scale, Us measured against
IN ocenn of atmospheric air, To pro.
luce any sensible effect. Within
ioors. however, the case is different
II is quito possib bio to heat n room
sufficiently TO produce u rarcfaction
md consequent dilution of any malig
nant gnscs IL may contain. and it is OF
course the air Of the room, aud that
alone. ut night, which GENES in con-
lact with tho lungs of the person
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-16

,tS- Tho London Times speaking
OF the progress vi the l.. s. remarks;
-il'hc map of the u. ). in an En- &
lish Atlls twenty or even ten ycais
old is about ~ much cut OF date as
the Biographies which occupied halt
the middle OF Europe with "Polonia,
witch described somewhat less area
~ tho kingdom OF Moscovic, aud gave
To few broken outlines OF coats IN
the India Ocean tho single namc OF
New Holland" Regions that IN
al r school map Of the Estates" were
tn.vcrscd by the Ottoways or the
o,ibbewuys, the Sioux or the Mo-
haw&s. or generally 1.-The Red Indi
aus, are nov rs thlckly iretted with
railways us LancapshIre or the sub
Lbs i London.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-16

~ Two persons contending very
sharply on matters regarding late
election, got to rather high words.
when one OF them said,--
You mover catch a lie coming out
of my mou h."
The other replied
You may well say that, for they
fly so fast that no nobody can catch
en-"
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-16

p9- The Duke OF Marlborough was
hesitating whether he should take II
prescription recommended by the
Duchess.
ell be hanged" said her grace iii
1t does not cure you"
DR.. Garth, who was present; and to
whom - . vixen character oil tho lad;
was " ii snown, instantly cxclaim-
3D.
take IL, then, your grace, by oil
means; il is sure to do good, one tcay
or the other"