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u This Is Mayoralty election day in New
York city, and the New York papers of yester-
day are filed with 'last calls, to the unconvert-
ed-voters- The contest will be an earnest one,
and In view Of the efforts likely to be resorted to
the Police Commissioners have made extrsordi
nary arrangements for the preservation of peace
Fwothousand special policemen have been sworn
I'M making police force Of about twenty seven
hundred men, exclusive of a large number who
viii be detailed from Brooklyn. 1t is probable
also, that the 7th and list Regiments Will be-
placed under arms from sunrise until after the
ballots are counted, ready at moments notice to
aid the civic authorities in maintaining the peace
Of tie city
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NAvAL-The Panama Star and Herald, Nov
18th says:
The United States sIoop of war EuI,o, u =,
bocas del Toro with the object of Intervening
any niioustering expedition that might attempt to
ana there with the view Of forcing its way into
The Wabash was still at AspinwaIl and the
decatur at Panama. The Saratoga was at Grew
town. The Varina, Lieutenant COMMANDING
raven, with the Atrato surveying expedition
reached Carthagena about the eth The United
states siooP Of war st. Mary's was at Honolulu
about September o5
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49, "a HAAlLIoN In regard to the loss OF
Cenefal Hamilton, Mr. Wood states that a rescn-
ed lady passenger told him that as she Wa, leay
Ing the cabin just before the ship sunk. an elder
~ gentleman came out Of staterooIn with a
Hlt-prrsefsef IN his hand, and begged her To
help him put IL on, one OF his hand. xers
crooked and useless She Tep!icd that .be bad
her child 10 look after, and could not ston H.
then said, go, madam, for God y sake and Save
yourself and child From the de>crintion -
lady gave Of the old man Mr.. W God 10 consd.nt
II was the General, and that the woods addres,ed
by him 70 the lady Were bis last on earth
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u The Sumter Gaia DemOc at says,that the
annual tide Of emigration 20 the IVES, has fairly
set ia. Hardly day passes that we do not see
perfect caravans Of wagons, men, women and
Oh .ldfen, and frequently cons iderable numbers
OF neg Oes, going through our streets on iher way
10 seek new homes. Some 20 10 Texas others
70 Louisiana, and others stll 10 Arkansas. while
.omr Of them stoPin our neighborin2 state Mis-
sissppi.
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SPTRTrOF THE MORNING PRESS

SPIRIT or THE MORNING PRESS
The Union, noticing the tempest in tea pot
which the Chicago Timss has Of late been en-
deavsring to raise by misconstruing one Of Its
recent articles, blows that mares nest sky high
in brief explanatory paragraph.
The same paper shows that the Northern
Democracy, with few exceptions indeed, are
sound upon the present phase of the Kansas
imbroglio; quoting from a large number Of
Northern Democratic journals, earnest and
able articles in favor of the immediate fsreclos-
urs Of the Kansas question-which is the gist
OF the present issue-by admitting Kansas
promptly on the constitution soon to be pre-
sented to Congress.
The Intsiiigencer devotes three columns to-
day to the work Of defeating the reception by
Congress Of the Kansas State constitution.
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circulation saying that the change was not to
be made, after all.

SENATOR DOUGLAS is expected to reach this
city in the course Of the current week. perbaps
tomorrow or next day. Great interest Ia felt
here in his probable position on the question of
the reception of the Kansas Constitution: the
course of the Chicago Times upon it having
inclined many to believe that he is disposed to
take grounds upon it hostile to that of the
Democratic party at large. We have heard
nothing in which we cOnfde, to justify any
such impression.
CALIFORNIA SURvEYs.-Plats of Larkip:s
childrsn's rancho, containing nearly A, 900
acres; Caymus rancho, Of IL 800 acres; Ojo
de Aqua de la Choche, of 5000 acres ; and La
Laguna SEGA rancho, Of about 90, 600 acres,
were received at the General Land Office to-
day They have been confirmed, and patents
will soon be issued for them If found all correct
NOT CASDIDArEs.-Among the distinguished
gentlemen mentioned in the newspapers as
candidates for the Speakership, we End Messrs
J. CLANCY Jones, of Pennsylvania, George W.
Jones, of Tennessee, Thos. L. Harris, of Illinois,
and Alex. II. Stephens, of Georgia, neither one
Of whom stands in any such position
TIE ST.. MAnY's.-The Navy Department
received advices from the commander of this
Z. 5. sloop-of-war, at Honolulu, by the Pacific
side mail, received this morning He reports
that he caused a survey to be made of Baker
and Jarvis's islands, and found no guano on
them whatever.
DEATH OF AN ARMY OFPICRR.-Second Lieut
John Nuger, 4th infantry, died at Fort Stella
COON, Washington Territory, October %, 1857.
THE WEATHER The following report of TIE
weatherfor this morning is made from the Morse
Telegraph line to the Smithsonian Institution
The time Of observation is about O, clock a m :.
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Dr Late dates from Japan state that several
American whalers had touched at Hakodadi and
the masters Were well pleased with the port and
reception. The Governor had had sailing YES.
sel built after an American model, and had con-
traeted for a steamer. No preference was shown
In trade to the Dutch or Chinese, but there was
large native trade with Hong Kong The sale of
ardent spirits on shore to sailors was forbidden
By law
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ID A drunken man, named Hughes, was fro
zen to death in Worcester county, Md, Thurs
day night, and another named Adkins the same
night
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II The Virginia Legislature assemblies at
Richmond on Monday next, the eth inst Choice
ola U s. Senator will probably take place at an
early day thereafter.
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TREAsURRR's STATEMENT,

TeasH
Gnd s l and Branhss
fomD
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q A X I's SA l. OON.
FRIDAY, December 4.
First appearance this season Of
NJ L L T. TER ESAPd RODI

Grand Concert by
HENRY VIEUXTEMPS.
MILE TERESA PARODI.
MISS MI NER, the new English Prima Donna.
NIX. PERRiNG, the new English Tenor.
tboth great artists, having been engaged in LON
don, hy the directors Of TIE Academy of Muse
New \ ork. expressly for the production OF English
Operas and Grand Ora toriosD
Sonductor-SI.NOR PERUGINI,
gla. Trovatore, Sonnamhula
MISS MILNER will sing with Verdure Cad -
KING. A "' "
HENRY vIEUXTEMPS will play Introduction
OF Venice. e'
MR.. rt RRING will sinS Adelaide from Be.
hIi.NER.. ~
admission, to all parts or the Hal. 81.
No extra charge for reserved so;.ts
seats car be secured. beginning On Tuesday a. the
rott ~
Doors open at =. Concert commences na
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LOST AND FOUND.

E,RUIT.-New Eleme FIGS; new RAISINS,
U II quarter, hall and whole boxes; new CUR
RANTS. CRANBERRlES: fresh CHERRIES,
GOOSEBERRIES, PEACHES WHURTI e
BERRIES, TOMATOES, ct ostera.
For sale by KING & BURCHELL
nl2 corner 18th street and Vermont ave-
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10 Washington, resolved, in the last monthly
meeting, to buy lot of ground, IN the City Of
Washington, to build q Sy na.ogue.
The lot has 20 he situated from lIth to Sd street.
west, about IS feet front and 100 back. All owners
having la dispose OF such lot are requested to com
municatc with MIR. LEOPOLD OPPENHEtN-
FIR, north side Pa. avenue, between 9th pnd 10Th
Streets no. 80. nG-2wr
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NJ GRAND CONCERT
w ILL BE- GIVEN BY WlTHERs' BAND.
Tor the benefit of the new Ebenezer NJ r. Church
on MONDAY EVENING, the 7th inst, al odd
Fele1s Hall, Navy Yard.
IL Is the intention Of Prof. Withers 10 make this
one of tho richest entertainments of the Kind ever
g1yn IN WashIngt.n.
The assistance OF Choir of young Geutlemsu
AID also. q ski iful performer on the Piano. hsy.
be- engaged for the occasion.
Tickets 25 cfnts-to be had of the Ladies' of tbs
Church, or at the door on the evening of the Con
cert. n 1T Tn AN
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WOOD FOR SALE 600 cords OAK WOOD
w tstandIngl within two miles OF the Navy Yard
Bridge. Terms easy, aud price 10 suit tn. times.
E"r further particulars, address Fox 593 City rost
oucr. d ST.
G100 REWARD will be given for the arrest
CsOo ard conviction of the person who set ire
TO and destroy ed the Frame House on the corner OF
= street south and Union Alley, on the morning Of
sd Now 1857.
d l-eO2w CRAS WILLS
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w EBER'S
~ F. TED COTIi.LON BAND
take pleasure IN announcing to the public thst they
are prepared 10 furnish FIRST class PARTIES ~,
and BALLS with MUSIC for the coming SklaS
season. 10y
The latest and most fashionable OusdrIIes
WaItzes, Polkss, Schottlshcs. Gallops Nsxurkas
and kedowas have been Tshearsed, and also the
b, tins Band only, with great success
ORDERS left at the music store of Mr.. Metzerott,
residence, No. 5 q street, Navy Yard] will meet
d l-2w LOUIS WEBER, Leader
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ho" uhu tHcH, spite Oh EFFORTS 10 conceal II.
NAVAL COURTS OF IyQUIRY.-This mornino
the case Of Ex-Passed Midshipman Pearco was
closed in Court No. l. That of Ex-Com'r
Zachariah F. Johnson is to be taken I'D next
by this Court
Before Court No 2, the case of Lieut.. j. ].
Boyle was concluded by the examination of
Surgeon Tinsler and Mr.. Gregson, purssr's
clerk on the North Carolina, and the submis.
sion OF documentary testimony in the appli-
cant's behalf. This Court then organized in
the case of Lieut. Jas. j. Doyle, (furloughed.)
Before Court No. 3, in the case of ex.Capt.
Levy, Capt. DelaRoche, Commodore SaIter.
Commander Glynn, and A. S. s. Levy, ESQ,
of New York, were examined In the applicants
behalf.
PAYING Orr ~ SILvER.-Yesterday, the
employees Of the Government were paid their
months wages and salaries in half dollars.
This is the first time, We apprehend, when such
thing has been done. The result was, that
the brokers Immediately put on considerable
rate OF premium when called on to exchange
gold for silver. The effect Of thus paying off
the public employees must be greatly to increase
the quantity Of specie circulating in business
here, for silver to-day on the street is not worth
anything more than the currency of the banks
Of the District Of Columbia
An IMPORTANT ARREST.-Ths Post Office
Department have advices by telegraph Of the
arrest, through agent Holbrook, of the indi-
vidual who, for some time past, has been en-
gagged in perpetrating q series of bold, extern
sive and ingenious mail robberies between
Philadelphia and Boston abstracting whole
pouches usually. a.. .....
The rObber, whose name is not given in the
despatch, is said to have been a railroad trea-
surer, and to occupy very fair position in So
eiety. He is secured in prison at New Haven,
Conn
The CHANGE OF THE MAIL-The contem-
plated change in the route of the great South
ern mail between this city and Richmond went
into operation yesterday morning 1t is now
transported on the Potomac river and the Fred
ericksburg Railroad instead of OF, the Orange
and Alexandria and Central Railroads. We
mention the fact, ss We perceive q statement 10
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ITO THE PASTORS OF EACH OF THE
~ CHURCHES or WASHINGTON.-wIth
view tn its greater efficiency, and To enlarge their
resources, an adjourned meeting of the Ladies
Union Benevolent and Employ ment Society Will be
held IN the = street Baptist Church. at II a. m on
WEDNESDAY next. when the Pastors Of all the
Churches and such other persons as are willing TO
AID these objects, are requested to attend.
BY order of THE SOCIETY,"
MA 81 ITronS Initial
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THE WEATHER The following report of tt
weatherfor this morning is made from the Morse
Telegraph line to the Smithsonian Institution
The time OF observation is about o CLOCK a. m
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-11-05

In one of the prisons of Algeria a poor
captive, who was confined in one of the
cells, believing in the saying "who would
be free, himself must strike the blow
determined to make last effort to escape
With part of a broken fork, he ehiselied
hole in the wall, and worked for months
lighted only by the rays of hope, with
this feeble tool but at length there re.
manned only one stone to be removed
Think how his heart must have beaten
as he paused, before completing his work
Carefully he removed this last barrier
between him and freedom, expecting to
find impenetrable darkness, when his
prison dimmed eyes were blinded by q
burst of sunshine. Fancy his horror up
on discovering that he had opened a way
into the courtyard, amid a company Of
soldiers. Terror and despair were toe
much for him, and he stabbed himself
with the unfortunate accomplice of his
fatal mistake.
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fot tBt fmnet.
Protecting Grain


There is an immense loss to the farmers
Of the West, caused By exposure Of grain
in the shock after harvest. No one who
does not travel much, can form an idea
of the quantity that is then exposed to
the weather, many of the shocks having
lost their caps by the wind, or being
otherwise deranged, so that large portion
of the grain is exposed to every rain that
comes, which will finally result in a total
loss of considerable portion of it, and
the quality of the remainder will be
greatly impaired. We have recently
Travelled through several hundred miles
of the best wheat growing sections of the
West and find thousands of acres of grain
thus exposed. While in Buffalo, N. Y,
the inquiry was several times made, why
is it that so much of the wheat from
Kentucky and other Western States, then
coming into that market, is sprouted
A number Of samples Of otherwise beau
tiful grain, were shown us that were con-
siderably grown. Besides what is lost
in the field, that which is shipped to
market in this condition, will not bring
the full market price, and the loss in the
aggregate, to the country the present sea-
son, will be many thousands of dollars.
Two years ago the complaint of sprout-
ed wheat was almost universal, and in
some sections the evil was SO great that
many farmers could not procure sufficient
sound wheat to sow. The present season
has not been SO wet but that wheat gener.
ally could have been secured in good
condition, had proper precautions been
taken.
This evil is increasing to a great extent
every year, when the season proves q wet
one. The old eastern farmers generally
secure their grain in much better condi.
ton. When not threshed Immediately
after harvest, it is either put into barn;
or stacked, The difficulties attending
the Western settler, and the small value
in former years placed upon the grain
crop, have led to many neglectful habits
which, from the present price of grain, and
its increasing value, should lead to an
immediate reform in this respect. When
grain is not to be threShed Immediately
it should either be stored into barns, OF
it should be stacked as soon as its condi.
tion will warrant its safety. The labor
of this is but small, while the saving
would be great. The loss sustained
throughout the country in 1856 by wheat
exposed to the weather after harvest, wa,
sufficient to pay the cost of thousand,
of barns that would last for generations
True economy requires an Improvement
in this respect,
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The LEANING Tower AT PIsA.-The
Leaning Tower was still there, and it
certainly leans more, or at least more
appreeiably, than the pictures represent.
This curiosity of architecture is, perhaps
better known than any other to persons
who have never travelled, and yet not one
ont of hundred, to whom the Leaning
Tower of Pisa is familiar by name, can
tell for what purpose it was built. Ii
is nothing in the world but the belfry Of
the Cathedral, by whose side it stands,
and from which it is separated by road.
The ancient system was to make two
separate constructions of the church and
the bell-tower. The moderns have i'm:
proved upon this plan, by clapping the
spire on the top of the edifice to which il
belongs. The whole mission of the tall
Campanille of Pisa is accomplished when
a couple of ropes are carried up by it to
the chime which swings at the summit
1t is entirely hollow and cylindrical, the
walls being just thick enough to admit a
winding staircase. The topis as dangerous
a place as l remember to have ever seen,
and l doubt whether a person of any
disposition to giddiness could get safely
around the exterior edge, unprotected as
it is by railing or balustrade.-Dick Isnto
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LOOKING Dowx DAsDY.-'I was d.
ming at hotel in Philadelphia, writes
. gentleman of Knoxville, Tenn, "and
sitting nearly opposite Gideon Hender-
son, ofthis city, well known merchant,
who was on semi-annRal tour to the
North to buy goods. He had two young
ladies from this State under his charge,
and one of them was sitting on each side
OF Mr.. Henderson at table. Directly in
front Of him sat a dandy, who, having
finished his soup, raised his eye glass and
stared steadily, first at one and then at
the other of the ladies. Mr.. Henderson
seized heavy glass tumbler, and
thought was going to spoil the fellows
profile by hurting it at his head but in
stead of that, he brought it to his own eye
and looked deliberately through the bot.
tom of it at the top of the scamp in front
of him. The attention of the company
was fixed upon the fellow general gig
gle began and grew, till he was compel
led to gait the table and the room, in the
midst of the jeers of the guests.
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ANEODoTE.-A newspaper printed in
Boston, fifty odd years ago, stated that
a crow had been caught by a person in
London, New Hampshire, and learned to
speak number of words. Having stray
ed from home, he lit on the corner of a
barr, where a girl was milking beneath
Upon seeing Miss, he bawlei out, al am
coming, I am coming" The girl, sup
posing she had been sold to the "old
one" scampercd off and reported what
she had seen. The elders of certain
religious society assembled and adjured
the crow to depart, who happened to be
in the humor of saying, "I'u, going, Tn
going" This caused general shout o.
Joy, hnt their merriment was considerably
dampened by his crowship's declaring,
"I'Hc0H as Icone back" to avert which
they ordained three weeks of fasting and
prayer. -....
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Storing Potatoes for Winter

In no former season has so large crop
of potatoes been grown in the West, nor
have they ever been of better size and
finer quality. When potatoes mature
late in the season, and the weather'is dry,
they retain their good qualities much lon
ger than when they mature early, and
the summer afterwards proves wet.
When these are dug and put away for
winter, they are injured by heat, germi-
mated in the pile, and they sprout and
become watery and of inferior quality.
The most perfect method of keeping po-
tatoes in winter, is in dry house above
the freezing temperature. In our August
number for 1856, we gave the plan Of a
potato house calculated to preserve the
crop in the most perfect order, and with
much less labor than is required to bury
them in the ordinary way, aud in this
house they are accessible at all times
when the weather will admit of their re-
moYal. .....
When potatoes are to be put away in
pits, care should be taken to keep them
as dry as possible, and to ventilate the
pile SO that no confined air shall remain.
The best method is to select high, dry
ridge, and when the pile is formed, give
it thick covering of straw, grass or
stalks, with sufficient thickness of earth
to render them secure from frost, and then
cover the whole with plank so as to turn
off the water into trenches, which should
surround the heaps. In forming the
pile, tube, or several of them, accord
ing to the length of the pit, should be
extended into the body of the heap, and
reach to the top of the earth, for the
escape of heated air. These may be five
or six inches square, and, in very cold
weather, the opening should be closed
with bundle of straw or hay. without
this precaution, potatoes that are design
ed for seed are as much injured as if they
were intended for the table. Before
planting time they are so much grown
and their strength and vigor are so much
exhausted, that the second growth is
much weaker than the first, causing slen-
der, sickly vines, and greatly dimin-
ished crop.
Except the covering of plank, turnips
and other roots should be stored and ven
tilated in the same manner alley
| Farmer.
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off tml II tBe GBing.
ROOT, HOG, Or DIE.

n tsll yoa Of q sicry, that happened long ago:
Ths EaElsh cane Ansriea--suPpOss yoa al do know;
Esy eOuldsf whp the Yankee bOys III tell yOa the
zen why;
bssIssa@ made .hsn sing. ROOT. HOG. OR DIE!
tehA Ball sent 10 Boston as you shall plainly see,
Rorsy Isigs shPs loaded clear up with tsAi
TAs YaaLsss woaldh pay he tar; III tell you ibs reason
Why:
Ths sboys made them sing, ROOT, HOG, OR DIE!
Thsy hrst met our armies on the top Of Bunker Hill
Bat when thsy got Gghiing. guess they got their ill;
Thsy eoudn uhp the Yankee boys; I'll tel you the rss
y.nl.sseJ san.s. .h.n sing. ROOT, HoG, OBJ DIE,
Tbsa they metour Washington at YorEtOwni
Thss the Yankees moved them down like grsIs from the
ground;
GessrAl Corvallis gave up s 'worI I'll tell you the
esasrai washiuEton made them sing, ROOT, HoG, OR
DEF
Then they went 70 Baltimore, forty ysarI ago;
fhsy tIsd TO taxa Nosh Point bat found it woaldn 20;
The Bstimosssns chased them Off IN tell you the resIou
Why:
Uncls Sam made them sing, ROOT, HOG, OR DIE.
fAsa they marched thsir armies down to New Orleans;
hat the place. think that Jackson gaze them bean,
Thsy eOuldnt take cotton baies III tell yoa the
Why:
Gsnsssl Jask,on msaethsL sing, ROOT, HOG. OR Die
Nov, Johnny Ball has been kicking up q fuss;
Ifhs don't keep quiet, he'll surely have a muSI;
For ws bound have cuba I'll tell you the reason why
OneIs Sam win make them sing, ROOT, HOG, OR DIE
The Kansas ladies, they srs 50 very grand,
With their pretty lirtls feet and their gloves upon the.
haads;
Thsir big hoop Ekirts and thsir bonnstI how they ay
GO II. LADIES-RooT, HOG, OR DIE!
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Cure FOR THE PoTGTo DIsEAsE.-At
the Brooklyn Institute last week, accor-
ding to the Brooklyn Eagle, the potatoe
disease was discussed, and Mr.. Bipelow
who was present Com Hartford, Conn,
detailed the result Of y successful exner;.
ment he had made the present season to
prevent the rot. He stated that he ma
nured about an acre of potatoes with the
common anathracitc COZ ashes. uniting
about half basket in each Hill The
yield from this was very large. and the
crop was OF an uncommon fine quality,
while that part OF the same field upon
which he had used the ordinary compost
yielded little else than diseased potatoes
This is fact worth knowing and if fu-
ture experiments corrobofste il. twill he
a discovery ofgreat practical IMPORTANCE