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The Michigan Legislature has amended the
prohibitory liquor law of that State so as to
exempt from its provisions the sale ofbeer, wine
and cider. According to the Detroit Free Press
this was done to satisfy the German voters of
the State, who had supported the Republican
ticket upon the assurance that the law should
be repealed. At the same time prohibition re-
mains the apparent policy of the State, which is
also satisfactory to the prohibitionists. A bill
to repeal the law, had previously been rejected
by the LEGISLATURE
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Amodern writer, who is probably fit only for
"treason, stratagems and spoils," says: Every
thing is very fine until they have got it. A
singing wife is like piping bul6nch, great fun
for your friends-duced tresome to yourself
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A dog in Milwaukee, recently found human
hand and broughtit home to his master. 1t APP
peared to have been cut off from the wrist, and
from its small and delicate appearance, it was
supposed TO be the hand of woman.
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HEAVY RoBBERY.-Yesterd forenoon, the
messenger of the Marine Bank, while passing
round among the banks making up the balances
entered the Exchange Bank, and laid a package
of bills upon the desk, and turning away for an
instant found the pile mysteriously spirited
away. Upto this time no trace has been dis
covered as to the thief 1t was mixed package
containing in the neighborhood of s6,00O.-Chi.
cago Press.
PRE-EMPTED LOCATIONS NOT AssIGNABLE.--IM-
PoRTANT DEC1sIoN.-The St. Paul Pioneer, of the
10th, contains an important decision of the Com
missioner of the General Land office, concerning
prescriptions. The point decided is, that loca-
ton of public lands made by land warrants are
not assignable. The following is the decision:
GENERAL LAND OFFICE, Feb 80, ~.
Gentlemen BY the act of 22d March, 1852,
land warrants and locations, not pre- emptiye, as
signable; but you will understand it as the de-
cision OF the Department, that where locations
are made by pre-emptors of their rights under
the act of 4th of September lS41, such pre.emp-
ton locations are not assignable, for the reason
that there is an express inhibition in the said
act of 1s41 against the transfer Of pre-emptions.
Very respectfully, your ob't serv'r,
THos. R. HENDRICKS, Com'r.
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farmers Of Iowa and Illinois
vryE xpH NnIV PE1DY

| Z - zt1<1I p
mn uurc1sse Flax Seed and again callyour sttfp
ton 10 urproniseso pay the highest Market pr'e'
for good seed ~ - q ,,s,.
We hsyefhS best elassstean heating machinery ncn
Ohio. We are preparedto manufactnre the ben PEI
OH and thin oblong cake which We will exchange
10 those Who wish ~. Please give ~ chance y ~
your seed and IL 70 meet With the ~
pect Won sha always Ind sure and good mafket ~
-. Ljyssvtfl BURNHAA 2 'Aa asfA -
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"A man named Former, living at williamsburg
Ohio, on the 18th ult., bet dollar that he could
walk home, distance of five miles, barefooted.
He won his bet but lost both of his feet, which
were SO badly frozen as to require amputation.
The Lieutenant CT the Levant, who led an
attack upon the Chinese troops at Canton, de-
serves at least to have his name printed correct
ly. 1t is George Colvocoressis. Heis Greek
by birth, and entered the U. S. navy in 1882 from
W Ii . = o.
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Al rirht Tcr Rsfoysa asd Ffssdoaai-4 Kayoy
Esested and d majority Of fhs Conaeit - Re-
pHblicanis,a Gtoy1oasIy- IfisaphaaE
The election yesterday demonstrated the pow
er Of Republicanism in Chicago, with an irwin.
chile force, and makes US pronder than ever Of
the great, TREE city Of the Union.
Our candidate for May or did not fully poll the
Republican strength, nor did he make up for
the loss thus sustained by any outside, or So
called democratic vote. Nay the moment his
nomination was proclaimed, that moment, the
disorganized and divided opposition, united, and
rallied and made an angry and fierce conflict
against US. It was violent and bloody in the
Seventh Ward, though not fatal, We trust TO
life or limb, to the partizans of either side
But notwithstanding this partial loss Of our
friends, notwithstanding this union Of the oppo-
sition, WKErwoRTH carried the city BY over
TWELVE HUNDRED MAJORITY, as we suppose, at
this late hour IL p. NJ and is the Mayor of the
city Of Chicago by TRIUMPHANT vorE.
We rejoice. The spirit and pluck OF the PEG
/ pie Of Chicago, when just reforms and the
4 great principles of freedom are concerned, are
able to cope with and crush any opposition
| They will not yield now nor ever when the
1 country calls upon them to do or dare for jus
tice and right. = ST, ,s,..,5s t.,...3,s
IL The triumph on the rest Of the ticket is more
decided, in all probability, than on that OF May
or. Thus the City Government will De IN thu
hands of men who we believe and trust will no
only establish new policy, but make il conso
nant with wise practical business system and
4 Just rule Chic. Trib.
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doingnow p -,
IaAiding Nat'ral History ,ssF
aiding Nat'ral History do yer
mean by that r
E"Why every time the kangaroo jumps over
the monkey l hold his tail up"
Some foolish people think that what comes
out of the mouth Of new President upon the
day of his Inauguration is of the greatest inn
portance, while other foolish people are espe-
ciAlly interested in what the President aforesaid
may then have upon his back. We cannot at
this time predict to the former class what Mr..
Buchanan willsay on Wednesday next, but We
are in situation to prognosticate respect
ing the coat wherewithal he will be induced
The intelligent Lancaster (Pa.) correspondent
of the Philadelphia Ledger has lett us in no
harrassing doubt upon that point He informs
US that the coat which Mr.. Buchanan will wear
has been manufactured BY. a Dutch tailor in
Lancaster, and furthermore, that it is lined with
black satin, and above all, that ''the stitching
represents the thirty-one States, in stars, with
the Keystone in the center.n We think that
after this information Sartor Resartus himself
would declare that the Lancaster Dutch tailor
aforesaid had saved the Union Such a coat
with such stiching-in the name of moderation
many coats, of Jacobs coat, Of the holy coat of
Tfeves, and now of Ar. Bnchanan's coat
What interests US most isswhether or not Mr..
Thimblewell of Lancaster, has made the coat OF
clpth which it win do to turn Other coats OF
Nj. Buchanana have served that usefai purpose,
and at his time of life he ought not to change
his style.-[ n. Y. Tribune.
Kansas SHIPxEr.-Mr. Army is busily en-
gagged in shipping to Kansas the clothing, seeds
and agricultural implements collected or stored
bt him during the winter. We learn that one
hundred and forty boxes of clothing, valued at
about $40, 900, constitute part of the stock he
isforwarding. There is also quite an assortment
Of ploughs, harrows, cultivators, and such like
articles, for the use Of the farmers Of the Terri
tory; likewise quantity Of seed, spring wheat,
corn, rye and other grains, and . good stock Of
garden seeds of various kinds These articles
Will be sent into the Territory with ell dispatch,
and win materially assist in relieving present suf-
ering its recurrence.
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EXTRAORDINARY FIsH.-The good people OF
Baton Rouge are all agog about q most curious
specimen of ichtyology--a cross between stur-
geon and an igator-described below. The
Advocate, by rather Stree translation" calls
/ it a raraaris
1t was between four and FIVE feet in length,
foot or more around the thick part Of the body,
and of species never before seen here. The
head was built after the pattern of that of a
greyhound, the gils, when viewed from behind,
forming very passatle ear to the eye of the
| casual observer. The mouth protruded from
under the neck abort two or three inches, and
looked $50 to speak, like the end of a very
round we'll, sticking out Of the ground; it was
some three inches across. The skin of the mon.
ster was like that of shark, as was its shape
| from the middle Of the back to the end of the
tail. The lower portion Of the body was with
out any bone whatever, and the flesh hard and
solid. 1t was caught at Prophets Island, in the
| Mississippi river above this city, and survived
its change Of element all through the day
Some are OF the opinion that this distinguished
/ fnny subject was born to he sturgeon, but be
coming ambitious in his youth, he attempted
fret to become shark, then whale, whose
home ought to be in salt water, lift wasn't.
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board OF eQnalization and shall meet at the
seat of government on the first Monday OF
September A. D. 1857, and every second year
thereafter, and shall take an oath faithfully
and impartially to discharge the duties of his
Office. The auditor shall be ex-oficio clerk
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property among the several counties and
towns in the State according to the existing
laws for the valuation of real property in the
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which they shall believe to be valued below
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on
WASHINGTON UNION.
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TO THE NATIONAL DEMOCRACY OF TUE UNITED STATES.


NATIONAL DEMOCRACY THE UNITED STATES
e :xf,,,,;,s,
FINHE undersigned takes this method OF informing
the members national democratic
the sole propeohp and edtorshp Of the WASHINGTON
UNION he looks 10 them for that oonnenance ana
support which has hitherto been extended TO this time ore organ
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enlarge its size, the demands or the nece oil
require and Il my fixed purpose 70 spare heher
the central organ Of the democratic
worthy OF their confidence ana support anu re
medium communication between the capital ami the
country Having exored my best efforts 10 brg MI
the presidential chair shall render 10 nun anu 10 MS
administration all the support which party es ana personal enu
ship inspire great Crisis IN the affairs OF he couh! o
peril the rights Of the states anu the per
anency the TO the national democracy ana
the people Of the country that his acknowledged talents ma
cessay peace and safety and they placed him. with acca
the head OF the government and the nation lie eaed AT
hopes by calling to his assistance cabinet
combining the rarest qualifications oil talents ana
sttesmanshen endeared TO the democratic party by an e an
teccdcnts by the zeal which they had dhped ana ue
which they had rendered In some OF the most honorable once Oh e
country supporting aud sustaining the pihcn inc hna
the policy OF few weeks has suniced 70 MI every u
heart the land with confidence ana nope Even ms poca
enemies TO respect him. fanaucln nseh appears "hg m
moment TO moderate i tone and the enemies M our peace e
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select Classical school at oxford, North Caro-
lima.

SINCE the establishment Of this school in Janu-
AIRY, 1851 by the present principal James H. orner A. M
and steadily Of the public
from abroad
the University Chapel
the
Brown the said University
the classics
qualified Office appointed occasion require.
prepare young
college, who may expect
benefit OF full collegiate for respectable
life instruction in the ordinary branches sound English euca
the sake Of the efficiency, the number
will be limited that ample time may be devoted
tho subject of lesson by each instructor his
department.
fe books
knowledge each Of
methods by
viii be
apparatus for the work t'.,.
Important preparation
promote the permanent the schools
the profession and authorized to refer those who
their personal official
distinguished citizens Of this and other States in the South
Among Hon. VIM A. Graham, Hon W. r. Mangum,
Cows Morehead and Manly Hon Asa Hgs r. Rev Thomas Akn
Alexander Wilson, Samuel II.
Deems president the North University
various Of the board Of trustees. suF
will commence tho 18th OF July. #s
Other particulars made known application.
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COMPLETION of Panama Railroad d.--Reduction
Clinia.tnted States mail steamships leave New
Aspnwa the 5 and goth Of each month"; connecting
with mail from Panama TO San Francisco.
steamships inspected and approved by the Navy
Department, and guaranty speed and safely. ...
raioad al miles long) completed from
crossed hours Tho baggage OF
through Francisco, and passengers
the The
money paid in all expenses of the trip
kept New York Panama, and San
Of accident that the route
entirely reliable
day they arrive at Aspnwa
through by each steamer and take charge of
and children without other protectors.
through tickets the lowest rates apply at tho agency III
West street, New York J. w. RAYMOND.
MAY a --dtr
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valuable Farm and water-power for Sale.

VNIIE undersigned offers at private sale very de-
sirabe containing about $40 IL Is located at the
extremity Charles Maryland and bounded
river the east by the Wicomco river
north by creek that empes its waters into the Wconco
which there sufficient current prope mills
10 desirable extent.
well adapted to the growth of wheat and to-
that annually floats
quantity shells that H. could be made
the county There superabundance Of
wood comfortable dwelling house, Kitchen quarters,
house stables all order Oysters fish, and
wild Communications Baltimore and the Dis
trict o Columbia almost daily. Address ..r
JOHN HAMEISBY,
5-lawU Harris Lot r. o. Charles Nd
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No 583
Notice for restoring certain lands to market in
the State of Louisiana.


NOTICE is hereby given that the land Office at
IN Greensburg tho State of louisiana will be to the sale
private and location, after the la day Of October merit
OF all public land embraced in the following townships viz
South Of he base line and east Of the principal meridian
Townships and fractional township s. Of
Townships /, 2, 8, and 4, Of range a.
Townships l. 8, and and fractional townships and O.
of range s.
Townships /, 2, 3, a, s, g. and I, of range O.
Townships 1, 2, 8, 4, 8, g. and 7, of ranger.
Townships /, 2, 3, 4, s. and 7, of range s.
Townships 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, g. and 7, Of range o.
The said lands having been proclaimed aud offered public sale
before their withdrawal by notice sea rail
road purposes
The following townships which have been offered
public sale viii be released from their withdrawal railroad
and empton other unoered public land
and after the date above mentioned, viz
South Of the base line and east Of he principal meridian.
Townships 5 and T. of range .....
Townships 8, g. fractional townships range
Fractional township s. Of range o.
Fractional township s. Of range Z.
Township o, and fractional township 8, OF range 8.
Fractional townships and O. of range o.
Given my hand the Oflce, city
Washington, the 27th day of July, 1857. .
TTIoS. A. HENDRICKS
Commissioner.
July 29--1aw6w lint Star.1
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CITY OF WASHINGTON WEDNESDAY, MORNINGS AUGUST s. 1857

Cnnsissary aals 0G-Gen. George Gbson comussary gen
era assistant Captain simpson, SIX clerks and messen
ger
Sl0o Genaals oFceGen Thomas lawson surgeon general
assistants H. c. Wood and Dr. G X Wood; three clerks
neer OboeGenera Joseph Totten el engineer; mSstah
Captain G. Wright; Ave clerks and ono messenger
Tgs1aIol BluetuCol. J. Albert colonel Of the corps as
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Ordnance B,ve1ccol Craig colonel Of ordinances assistant
Capt. MaynAdier eight clerks and messenger.
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STAFFORD II. PARKER Register,
GEORGE W. MUNFORD,
secretary of the Commonwealth Of Virginia.
Commissioners of The Sinking Fund.
desire redeem by atior
residing limits of the United States aknow
edge the before pcnipoenay charge danares
commercial appointed by
the United States foreign before
the officer such country the other
chief city, corporation therein residing
the United the acknowledgment before justice Of the
public commissioner of deeds appointed by the OF
the certificate be delivered
VA H. July 3I--law3m
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United States Patent OfIice,
Washington, July 20, 1857

Washington, July 20, 1857
ON the petition of James Milbolland of Reading,
" Penn praying for the granted him
the 2d day September S43 for Improvement in railroad
springs the OF patent which
takes place the 23d day OF September 1857
ordered the said petition be heard the Patent
Monday the 2t of September ~ o'clock and all
notified appear and show they have why said
ttien ought be granted.
Persons opposing the required file in the Patent
Zee their objections specially forth writing,
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he used the said hearing be
corance with the rules of the Office which will be furnished
plcauOn.
The testimony
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tho Office before the morning of that day the arguments
r any, within ten days thereafter.
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CENT. STOCK.

TIME holders Of the following certificates OF debt
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uner act passed 10th February 1925 entitled An act making
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by and Knawha rivers and
GAr nIlnl lnurua