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POSTAGE TO PORTS OF THE BLACK SEA AND
OF THE DANUBE AT WHICH THE FRENCH
PACKETS TOUCH


The Postmaster General Of France has notified
the Post Office Department of the United States of
the recent establishment of two lines of French mail
packets in the Black sea, conveying the mails week
ly--the from Conshntinople, by yarna Sulina,
Tnltcha and Galatz to Ibraa, in Wallachia and
the other from Constantinople, by Snope, Samsum,
and Kcrcsoun, to Trebizondc, in Turkish Arme-
mia.
In consequence of the establishment of these two
lines letters from the United States for Varna, SUI
lima, Tultcha, Gaatz, lbraila Sinope, Samsum, Kerr
esoun, and Trcbizonde can be forwarded Uia France
In the French mail, to destination, ON prepayment
of 80 cents the single rate of under, being
the same postage is chargeable correspondence
of the same nature Ustined for the cities of the Lc-
want, in which France has post offices.
In like manner unpaid correspondence for the
United States coming from the abovenamed ports of
the Black sea and of the Danube by French packets
will be subject to the rate is charged I'M
paid correspondence from the cities of the Levant
above named, viz 80 cents the single letter of t
ounce or under.
The French office at Constannople is charged with
the duty of forwarding this correspondence to its
destination, by means of the packets belonging to
the two new lines above named additional charge
being made for the conveyance beyond CONSTANT
noDlc
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THE ADMINISTRATION AND KANSAS.

The Portsmouth Vrginia) Transcript closes an
able article ON the administration and Kansas as fol-
lows:
sThe policy of the administration may be summed up
in single sentence proposes sciom facorism, 10 carry
The ac orgaaizing Kansas according constitutional dr
ION. This is the matter in nutshell IL is intended
to that all the actual inhabitants Of the Territory arc
deprived of any right that their real voice is heard
in the convention to frime constitution that il Is sub
mited to them for adoption rejection, that Of Vir
gnia few years since, and with without slavery
These emphacally the results which it is desirable
important to accomplish in Kansas, and one can
consistently with truth question that the measures au
thorzcd by the administration to such effect
Ihat President Buchanan has swcvc ota from the
sound declaration of faith concerning the slavery que
ton whchwas mhodied in the Cincinnati platform, or
upon the subject of the oberation OF sectional land
marks which he avowcd in his Lancaster speech and re-
itcatcd with explictncss in his inaugural there is
no just reason to believe. The South must not does not
doubt his fidelity, docs she dscrcdit his craftsmanship
in conjunction with the tried and experienced public ser
wants by whom he is surrounded equal to the task OF
hirnonzng conflicting opinions the dstracting ques-
ton of slavery in far that the Union will be mpcg
nable when his presidency is closed whether the assaults
it from the deluded e-catcrs of the South, OF
their coaborers, the black republicans Of the North
eve retcrate, then, that evidence exists OF dsa
lection among the friends of the administration We are
glad to know, too that the President is unniluenccd by
misrepresentation of southern sentiment and is still i'm
movable in his resolve to administer the government
without recognising either the North on the South the
East the West, separately His directory is the con-
stitution his authority the laws OF Congress under
and his mission the salvation of the country. We eS-
pec him consult the first in all things obey the
second, and accomplish the last
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says the Philadelphia Evening Journal, through letter
dated Sebastopo June 2lst that the Russian authori-
ties have formally and expressly affirmed the contract
made with the Pennsylvania Exploring Company Of this
city for recovering the property sunk in the harbor
Sebastopol during the late war; and have denied that any
agreement of the kind concluded with the Bos-
ton Company, which has pretended TO have such
gagcment. We also learn that the ships and other
tcias lying submerged at the point named immense
ly valuable, and that the agents of the Pennsylvania
company actively making preparations for beginning
their work. with the most encouraging prospect of
plete One of their vessels with machinery &c,
had already reached Scbastopol and another daily
expected. The Russians had succeeded in raising but
three of the sunk ships and they only small craft
of comparatively little value.
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WASHINGTON CITY.
TUESDAY MORNING. JULY as. 1857.

sAr JAMS No 1s2 South Tenth street, fhiaiepAA
Is our general travelling ageu by Wa H. WELD JoHS COT
I'M JAMES DSe J. HAsTrr, r. s JANEs Tc~ NlcE r. W. Nor
RlsoS why, wN l. WATERMAN AIEx H. CARoN, d. n MUS
ny, nEs r. SWAIN, 7. AsnaAS, and p. DAVIS
a-Nr W. JAMES street. Cincinnati, Ohio, IS our
general collecting agent States and Texas assisted by
II j. TncNAs WILLIAM TioxAs, ToS ~ JAMIE Dr. A. l. Cmns,
CEoRGE MoEps Receipts either will be good
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We learn from the New Brunswick papers that the
joint fishery commission, under the reciprocity treaty
had met at Passport and made the choice OF Hon
John H. Gray, of ST. John, as umpire to settle certain
differences about rivers in New Brunswick and Prince
Edwards Island
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MARYLAND DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.
This body will assemble in Baltimore on Thursday
next, to nominate State ticket for the ensuing cleo
iion The convention to nominate a judge Of the
court Of appeals aud commissioner of public works
will also meet in Baltimore ON the same day
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DAUGHTER KILLED FATnER.-1he Lowisburg
(Ya) Era says: Last week most atrocous fiendish
and revolving murder committed in the county of
Fayette, by Matthew Kncad the body of his daugh
ter who had just arrived at womans estate The said
Matthew kncaid known familiarity Little Matthew,
point out to readers of the accompiccs OF
a notorious father who died in the penitentnry for burn
ing Gauley Bridge, in 1928 30 This miserable
dercr is in Fayette Jail for trial His violent temper
could not be restrained towards his daughter in the dis
charge Of domestic duty, and, while kneading dough
for bread struck her the back of the neck with
broom, killing her instantly doubtcssly dsocating her
neck"
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OFFICIAL.

APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT.
John J. Smith, postmaster at Frederick, Maryland
reappointed.
William b. Shaw, postmaster at Fulton, New York,
in place of Albert Taylor.
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Ex-Presdcnt Pierce paid visit Wednesday to ~.
Lorng postmaster Of Salem whose foot nearly eu'
of by moving machine, but who is improving rapidp
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In the list of passengers by the Arago, which sailed
from New York for Hayre Saturday notice those Of
Hon. Hamilton Fish and family, and Mr.. J. A. Thomas,
late Assistant Secretary Of State.
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THE UTAH EXPEDITION.

The Utah expedition is likely to prove a fail.
ure. The original force of fifteen hundred
troops has already dwindl to a thousand
through assertions and Otherwise; the expedi-
ton has been dangerously delayed, and now it
would be foolish for small army to attempt to
make its way to Salt Lake. The ". Y. Eren-
ing Post remarks:
1t is too late to fit out new expedition. 1t
would take three months to get it iuto Utah.
That would reach into November They have
frost and ice every night, evea now, at Salt
Lake. Over one thousand miles of .he coun-
try lying between the Mississippi ane Utah is
covered by scanty vegetation, which would
feed but limited number of men p,r square
mile. This, and the inclemenciss of the season
which is approaching, would compel ,he troops
to move in small detschments, eacs, looking
out for itself. There is no place where they
could rendezvous in safety this size of Salt
Lake. They would arrive there in small bodies
worn out with fatigue, hungry, and spiritless
The inn preston which these arrivals would
make is not such as the United State, Govern
ment should make upon the people of Utah.
Its army should enter in force, with banners
flying, drums beating, and its troops full of
spirit not in small bodies, making an escape
from starvation, and in need of prolonged rest
and refreshment"
The whole movement has been of an unsst
isfactory character, and calculated to excite
doubts as to the original intention of sending
troops at all to Utah. 1t is possible, however
that they will yet depart for That delectable
country; but, if go, we cannot tsasonably look
for success as result of the movement. Brig.
ham Young and his deluded followers will not
be overawed by such an expedition, but rather
tempted to open warfare with d e troops; and
it is easy to predict the fate of thousand half.
starved, travel-worn soldiers. if they should be
bought into murderous collision with the Nor
mon militia. For that result, the country would
Justly hold the Administration tt strict account.
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THE TELEGRAPH FAILURE.

The feeling of disappointment at the news
from the telegraph fleet is az keen as it is gen.
eral The interest felt in the success of the
undertaking was universal, and much more deep
than many supposed and the belief that the
feet would triumph in their great experiment
was also strong. Hence the keenness of the
disappointment.
But we believe that final triumph is certain.
There will certainly be laid an Atlantic Tele-
graph in the course of a few years, probably
within twelvemonth, and. possibly before
winter sets in. The very accident which has
postponed this triumph, furnishes the clue to
success. Machinery must be arranged that will
allow the telegraph cable, at all times, under
all circumstances, to be paid out without fric.
non, or under tension, and the chief difficulty
will be overcome. 1t is, however, not improb-
able that others may be developed, but we feel
confident that they, too, will be vanquisbed by
the inventive genius, the persevering industry,
of the gentlemen who have charge of the un-
dertaking. 1t is we'll to remember that the
submarine telegraph to Newfoundland failed of
success upon the first attempt, and this is true
also of the Mediterranean submarine line. In
both cases, success attended the second trial.
We will hope that this will be the case with the
Atlantic Telegraph; but, if disappointed in the
second attempt, we shall not doubt for mo-
ment the ultimate success of the movement.
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OHIO POLITICS.

Governor Chase delivered an able speech at
Cincinnati on the 20th ult. He discussed the
Treasury defalcation the condition of the State,
and the condition of Kansas. Upon the latter
subject he dwells at some length, characteri-
ziug the recent apportionment of the Territory
as iniquitous, and the course Of Gov. Walker as
calculated TO deceive and betrsy the Free State
men. In reference to State Rights, the Gov
ernor said:
eve have right to have our State laws
obeyed. We don't mean to resist Federal
authority. Just or unjust laws, properly ad-
ministered will be respected. If dissatisfied.
we will go to the ballotbox and redress our
wrongs. Bnt we have rights which the FEEDER
al Government must not invade-rights supe.
rior to its power, on which our sovereignty de
pends and We do mean to assert these rights
against all tyrannical assumptions of authority
81 know not what will be done in Cham
paign county. The courts will determine that.
But do know that if the Marshals who violate
our laws are indicted, and the writs for their
arrest are placed in the hands of our State Of
ficers, they shall be executed. Shouts and
great applause. And we expect the Federal
Government to submit.
s. believe, with Jefferson, that the cardinal
prlHClpie Ol our ChlOu IS lie preservation O.
the reserved rights of the States and if We
have certain organic laws, if we wish to main
tain our liberties, we must have our laws obey
ed. Unless we sustain our officers, we forfeit
our freedom, and are worse than the veriest
slaves Of European despotism. But have ex
tended my remarks further than | intended
and | must now draw to close.
Il wish to say, however, that / want an
economical Government | want perfect seen.
rity from depositors of the State. and from Off.
GERS, with undoubted integrity TO recommend
them; | want the ights OF the State protected :;
| want to see Slavery overthrow. and intend
to help to overturn its power; l want to see
the power Of 250,00O shareholders over
3O,OOO,COO of the people cease; 1 want it &C
knowedged that colored people have rights
and privileges which they have not now /
want to see Territories become the free-soil
home of free labor. These are some of the
articles of my political faith, and call upon
you to vindicate those principles at the ballot
hOvn
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THE BURDELL ESTATE.

The New York Times of August 25th saws:
The Surrogate yesterday decided that Emma
Augusta Cunningham is not the widow of Har.
very Burdell, and directed the issue of letters
of administration TO DR.. Burdells next of kin.
The Surrogate says be has not been left in
doubt as to the justice Of the decision. The
following are, in brief, the reasons for Se de.
cisjon
|. The marriage was clandestne-and there
is no presumption in favor of a secret marriage.
neither preceded nor followed BY cohabitation.
=. The clergyman selected WAS unknown to
the parties.
3. The place appointed was distant from the
decedent's house.
4. The only witness chosen 10 be present wss
one Of the daughters of the claimant
5. The witness is contrsdicted by her OWL
statements, made under oath, st different times.
and by other evidence.
6. The certificate of the marriage affords 10
evidence Of Identification.
Z. The certificate is incorrect as 70 the uA-se
| OF the decedent, and evinces ignorance a. e47n-
as to the place of his nativity.
8. There were suspicious circumstances ~.
tending the transaction.
3. The marriage was not couhdei bv the
claimant to any member of her family save
one.
IL. There was no private or public act or
acknowledgment, no cohabitation, but the al
lodged parties lived as single persons
IL. On the pars of the claimant there were
confidential relations with another person, in
respect to whom the decedeut charged improper
intimacy.
II. The terms of settlement of the suits al.
legged to have led to the marriage are in wri.
ting, and exclude the assertion of other terms
Is. The marriage took place after the settle
ment had been concluded aud carried out.
IA. The claimant executed written instru
meHts to the decedent in her own name, after
the marriage. She assigned a judgment, he
drew a check to her order. She endorsed it, and
he swore to the affidavit, in all which she was
described by her own name.
Is. At the settlement, she stipulated for new
lease OF the house.
10. Shortly before the decedent's death, she
released all causes of action, and abandoned her
agreement for a lease.
IL. He spoke of her with contumely and re.
proach, and made repeated declarations against
marriage.
Is. tie was determined TO compel her to leave
the premises, and n new lease to another party
WAS about to be executed.
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plan FOR EMANCIPATION"

We have received copy of plan 70,
Emancipation" by the Hon. David Sears
Upon examining it, we find that it is the same
"plan," in its general features, as that which
ct present engages the labors ard enthusiasm Of
Elihu Burritt. Mr.. Sears was the first to suggest
the idea of buying the slaves with the proceeds
of the public lands, and Mr.. Burritt has enlarged
upon and illustrated it, and Convention is
called to discuss it.
We find in the little pamphlet before US much
to instruct, and we think those readers who dis
approve of the "plan will do the same.
We will give summary of Mr.. Sears's plan
for emancipation
l. Congress to appropriate the proceeds o,
the sales of the public lands to the extinction o,
Slacery.
2. Commissioners to be appointed by Con.
gress to negotiate with the Legislatures of the
slave States for the purchase of female slaves
under ten years of age, and also, if necessary,
female slaves under twenty years of age, and
piM instructions to close q contract Nth an,
one Of said States which may agree to accept
the terms of their commission. Tile monev to
be paid to the States, and to be by them appor
toned.
3. Female slaves so purchased are to be free,
and their issue are to be free.
4. In consideration Of the above, all children
born after - are to be free, within the States
so contracting and from that date, hereditary
Slarery in the United States, its Territories
and dependencies, is to cease.
5. In order to avoid the difficulties and dan.
gers which might arise from an immediate and
unqualified liberation of debased and igno
rant class, children who may be born after -
should be apprenticed to their owners, or others
until they are twenty one years of age On the pro-
viso that they receive from their masters suita
Bile education tc fit them for their improved con.
dition. And this is to apply to all children born
after that period, whether their mothers have
been freed by appropriations made by Congress
or not.
We have remarked, before, that the trouble in
making this "plan" work is, that the slave
States will not negotiate-the shareholders do
not desire to sell. But the agitation of the
whole question will accomplish great good.
Before the slave is freed, this and hundred
other plans will be critically canvasssd, and the
discussion of each will elicit some truth.
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this way and that, right and left be allowed us
to come on to the brush corner; from whence,
In few moments. he allowed US to emerge.
and come afoot af,er him, down to the barn
again. Bat luck WI not hold forever, even
with horses. He dashed down a lane-and
we had hinl But as soon as he saw the gate
closed, ard perceived the state of the case, how
chsrmirg'y he behsved-allowed US to come
up and bride him without a movement of re-
sistarce, and affirmed by his whole conduct
that 1t was the merest sport in the world. all
this seeming disobedienoe. - Henry Ward
Bee:her.
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cate bending to the Southern storm, and have
infused corresponding encouragement and hope
into the breasts of Atchison and his Blue Lodge
confederates."
We do not think that it is strange, with this
condition of things, that Atchison and his
friends in the slave States take courage.
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troll Of legislation, and it is worse than folly to
pass resolutions approving or condemning its
provisions. Men differ in regard to the cor
rectness of that decision in some of its points,
aud will be reluctant, if they do not absolutely
refuse, to support candidates who stand on a
platform endorsing it."
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BsS~ DR.. Rufus W. Griswold, of New York
died in that city on the 9th ult., at the age Of
forty-two. He was widely known as q critic
and compiler Of books. The following Of his
volumes are well known in this country: Poets
and Poetry Of England in the Nineteenth Cen.
tury;" "The Prose Writers of America ="
" The Female Poets of America - The Sa-
cred Poets Of England and America; Z" Wash
ington aud the Generals of the Revolution ="
Napoleon and the Msrshals of the Empire ="
- The Republican Court" &c. BE was engaged
upon an illustrated Life of Washington at the
time of his death.
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THE TELEGRAPH.-An exchange recommends
that the Atlantic Telegraph Company dismiss
the Government vessels, and get the work done
by private enterprise. If the second attempt {;
put off to next summer, Why not employ ths
Great Eastern" for this purpose? She cou,!
take the whole cable easily, and, from her i'm.
mense size, will scarcely feel the swels Of tie
sea, which put such strain upon the cable On
board an ordinary vessel. 1t would be noble
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MIR. BR1GHrs ELECTION TO PARLIAxES

The English papers generally regard wit.
satisfaction Mr.. Brights reelection to Psri;,
ment. he occupies the seat vacated By Il.
death of Mr. Murbroy, of Birmingham, who wa.
a radical reformer, aud, we believe, at one tin.
held decidedly republican opinions.
Mr.. Bright was solicited By the electors @
Birmingham to stand for an election, and, 2,
contestant appearing, he was duly declare
elected, without the Formally Of vote, as !,
the custom in England upon such occasion.
Mr.. Bright was not anxious to sit in Parlis neu
so soon again, his health being yet poor; br
his friends persuaded him to consent to retn-.
to public life. We notice that, in his address
to the electors Of Birmingham, he does not O,
cupy the position Of al opponent Of the Coz
eminent. He says:
"There is another question which a, "A:
moment occupies and absorbs public a.tg-
tion-the revolt in India. While deplore nj.
terrible event with the rest of my countrymer.
am perhaps less surprised at it than mos
them are. For twelve years, have given gres
attention to the subject of India. | have w. 80
brought it before Parlisment-once in movir1
for select committee, and once in moving
a royal commission of inquiry and took q,
active part in the debates on the bill recent,
passed to continue the powers OF the East I.9,s
Company, and held public meetings in sever.
of our largest cities, with view to excite pub
lie interest in the great question o. Ia,
Government of India. The success Of the H.
surrection would involve anarchy in Iaais IN
less some great man, emerging from the cha-s.
should build up a new empire, based on aud &C.
Tended by military power. ! am not prepared
to defend the steps by which England has OBJ.
tanned dominion in the East; but, lookir, 10
the interests of India and Of England. canno,
oppose such measures as may be deemed ncco,
sary to suppress the existing disorder. To =.
store order TO India is mercy to India b..
heavy will be the guilt Of our country, shou'l
we neglect hereafter any measures which would
contribute to the welfare Of its hundred millions
of population. l hope the acts Of Ct 1vern 1ea,
will be free from the vindictive aud sanguiuarv
spirit which is shown in many of the lester,
which appear in the news papers, and that, when
the present crisis is over, all that exists II
craftsmanship in England will combine to wo. /
what good is possible out of 30 much evil
This is well said, but it is not the position L4
occupied towards the Government in reference
to the Russian and Chinese wars.