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The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-11-04

A Coon BooK-A good book is thing as
separate ard distinct from all other creations
as q bird is from flower, or jewel from stone.
Books are at once our masters and our ser.
wants. They have silent Independence, an
urctauging voice, q calm declaration OF truth,
az they will. But they are unobhusive. They
wait for our moods and our leisure. They
are never Jealous if we neglect them, nor quar-
rslsome when We are familiar. They wait upon
us in youth, il manhood, and in old age, with
G vivacity that time never chills, and an in
structiveness that repetition never wesries
Men grow old, ard children are the only re-
prints allowed The same volume ia never re-
produced. Bat books come again, in succes.
sive editions with the same life, the same dis
position, the same Offices of love and goodness.
Their Joints never stiffen. Their heads never
grow gray. Ali hinges but book hinges, at
times CRATE. But the unoiled pages turn
smoothly forever. Books gradually lose their
inert and dead form, and become to US like
persons that have pulse and articulate voice
We feel more intimately acquainted with au-
thors. two hundred years dead, than we do with
our daily companions. We never let living
creatures enter into our soul with such univer
sal liberty authors assume. And q scholar
is never alone among books, nor is he ever
lonesome, except among crowds of talking,
trading, triling men. A book is better for
WEAKNESS than sleep; better for cheerfnlness
than wine. 1t will hold out with the longest
night that watcher ever cav. II often is a bet
ter physician than the doctor, better preacher
than the minister, better sanctuary than the
drowsy church.
1t is no wonder, then, that men love to have
good books fine. Paper smooth as ivory, but of
that rich creamy tint that leaves the eye undaz-
zled; type, whose face is as sharply defined as the
edge Of crystal; and ink, clear, unaduterated
black, without one drop of white blood; with a
margin broad as the aisles of q cathedral on
either side of the page; and cover, if calf.
skin, from calf that sucked all cream from its
silk-hsired mother or. if of morocco, of that
graduated Turkey morocco that is as full OF
hill and dale as ia map of Switzerland; or IT,
best ST all, of Russia leather, then of q color
like country msiden's cheek, in which the
brown and vermilion contend-the sun and
the heart striving for the mastery of color; and
Of a fragrance like whole forest of birch trees
after herds Of browsing deer have filed the ali
with the perfume of their broken branches
~ ~ RrecheT
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16 The New York Times contains an able
leader upon the State election, predicting the
success of the Republican Ticket. In the
course of its article, the Times discusses Ns-
tionsl politics, and remarks:
The whole country, for the moment at
least, is tired of running platforms and will insist
upon men, for political candidates. Both par
ties are likely to nominate prominent and rec
ognised leaders as their standard bearers IN
the coming contest. The Republican party, OF
all events, seems inclined TO act upon this prin'
ciple, and viii in all probability make Seward,
Chase, or some equally prominent and in6uen-
tial statesman, its candidate for 1862
This disposition upon the part of the people
to abandon the old policy Of nominating for
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could not stand it-but squirting water over
them, taking possession of their rooms, and
compelling them to submit to insults and VIC
lence that were not consistent with gentleman
" dignity. Reports, good deal exaggerated
Of what was quite bad enough in itself, reach
e. The parents and friends of the boys Who had
been subjected this treatment, and serious of
FIRE was given. Teachers have also com
pisi,ed, and have hesitated to recommend Their
paPils to enter the College on this account
Last year, some friendly efforts were made BY
the government of the College to induce the
Sophomore to give up the custom, but not
Nth much effect; snd this year, the class
formally resolved, in class meeting, that they
would pat their successors through in the same
way that they had been put through themselves.
And they did. 1t became necessary to make o
serious matter of il, not for the punishment OF
the past, but to arrest the growing evil. Dr.
Sears demonstrated with the offenders, but vii
ling, in consequence of the laxity that had been
shown il such cases before, and In considera'
lion of the cuetom that has grown mp, to over
lo5k The past, be only exacied promise that
the offence should not be repeated. This they
refused to dc, individually, and by resolutions
"a class meeting. The question then became
skesher the President or the Sophomore Class
shou.d rule in the College; whether Brown
University should be an institution for the edu-
cation Of young men, or for smoking out Fresh.
men The students who refused were dis
missed"
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Oi carrying COuFeulcntiy IOur passengers, Win
their baggage, and from five to six hundred
pounds of mail matter. Permanent stations
have been, or are being, established at all the
places mentioned in the memorandum before
referred to and where, in consequence of the
scarcity of water, these are placed far apart,
relays of horses and spare drivers are sent for.
ward with the stage, to insure its prompt arrival
The various difficulties of the roulette ecant
supply of water-the long sand deserts-tbe
Inconvenience of keeping up stations hundreds
of miles from the points from which their sup.
plies are furnished-all these, and the many
minor obstacles naturally presented to the sue.
cessful management of so long line of stage
communication, have been met and overcome
by the energy, the enterprise, and the determi.
nation of the contractors. Thus far the exper.
iment has proved successful. Whether this
success is to be permanent, whether this great
artery between the Atlantic and Pacific States
is to pulsste regularly and uninterruptedly,
does not, however, depend entirely upon the
Overland Mail Company. They have conquer.
ed the natural difficulties of the route, but they
have yet to encounter an enemy with whom
of course, to the tribes Of hostile Indians,
through whose Territory they necessarily pass.
Their stations in Arizona are at the mercy OF
the Apache, and the Camanche may at his
pleasure bar their passage through Texas.
"The deep interest you have always mani
Tested in this great enterprise renders it unne-
cessary for me to argue the Importance OF
taking proper measures to guaranty its perma-
nent success. What those measures should be,
it is not my province to suggest. My duty is
ended with laying the facts before you, and add
ing my testimony to that already in your pos.
session as to the necessity which exi sts for q
prompt and efsctuel intervention on the part
of Government for the protection of the route.
"With great respect your obedient servant,
g. BAILEY, Special agent, dc.
"Hon. a. Y. Broom,
p. n. General, Washington, D. c."
In striking contrast with the apologetic pic
ture above given by Government agent of the
extreme Southern route, we place the following
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pie OF the same sort OF tactics in the case Of
Sir Henry Bulwer, but the Bourbons who are
now in power differ from those whom Talley.
rand knew, inasmuch that they forget everything,
and learn nothing"
From the same writer, we clip the subjoined
piece of gossip respecting the future:
Unless the President marches squarely up
to the English BILL and goes even little further
Mr.. Toombs and his followers are determined
upon hostile separation. They have got sl
they expected, and more, and having sqaeezed
the orange, are ready to throw away the riDd.
Such was their gratitude to General Taylor,
after imposing the only member of the Cabinet
upon him who cast a shadow upon the Admin
istration, and having pensioned their friends 10
all the best Offices at home and abroad. Their
support is nearly as fatal as that Of certain
notorious print in New York, which ia death to
whatever or whoever it touches.
The agitation will have an issue, and if
Kansas is dead, as the Administration would
have the country believes discovery yet to
be msde-they will manufacture another. The
next game is to demand Federal legislation for
the protection Of Slavery in the Territories
carried there by the Constitution, as the Drsd
Scott dictum maintains. That is to be the
card of the coming Presidential struggle, and
the expectsnts had better be preparing their
nerves. Mr.. Buchanan is ready. After Penn.
sylvsnia, he is incapable of receiving any other
shock"
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native spplicsnts The enormous inequality
that exists In this latter respect Is crying re-
proach against the present system. There is no
rational motive that can be alleged for the con-
tinuance of the principle of protection in mat
tiers of discovery or invention. The existing
law itself provides against scientific or mechani-
cal plagiarismAby exscting an oath from the
inventor; and the exactien Of higher fees from
foreigners than from citizens is a measure of
jealousy se useless and absurd that it is won
der that it has remained so long on the statute
book. The inventive genius of the country has
long since shown that it needs no such protec-
ton against competition, and 1t is to be hoped
that Congress will now remove this foolish bar
rier against foreign improvements and discove-
ries
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CINCINNATI. Feb. @. 1sks


FROM the Washington Star, Feb 81
We have already heard several OF the 6sf
which occurred in the House of REPRESENTATIVE lss1
night but the following Is the best authenca account
we have been able 70 gather. appears that House
was continued In session until about two o'clock, by q
series OF parliamentary stratgems avoid yoto
on the resolutions relative referring the Prcsdepts
Message which accompanied the Lecompton Constitute
These srateees consisted in raising TO adjourn
10 excuse members from voting 70 call the House. &c
Finally Mr.. Quitman, of Miss attempted 10 introduoe
Resolution, which will be found in the repor, of the pro
ceedings IN another column OF course unanimous con
sent was necessary for its submission to the house.
no objection being made the Speaker proceeded 10 pSt
the resolution To vote. AT this stage OF preceedins
MI Grow, OF Pa from position the opposite aide OF
the house from whore his seat situated and while pass
ing down the aisle, objected 10 tho resolution. Mr. Kei
OF T. c. said 10 Mr. Crow Go on your own ri e of tbe
house and ebjectl" Mr. g replied III object where 7
please, and report says he added without being In
Inundated by any southern negro driver"
But few words passed before these gentlemen were en-
gagged pitched battle but TO which OF them oom-
menced we cannot say In the pt their friends
and the officers Of the House 10 separate them, Mr. X
was pushed down. out both the backgrounds were carried
from the scene OF action In very short time and before
they had received any injuries In the meantime
how ever, large number OF Mr. Grow friends headed
u II SAID by M Potter Of Wisconsin, poured into the
arena Immediately In front Of the Speakers stand Here
they were met by nearly equal force Of the opposioa
ana here occurred
The shock OF the two con,ending hosts
regular free fight" ragged n few minutes but was
finally broken MP by the prompt lnervent,n OF the on
Of the ouse and many Of the more thoughtful and
conservative members. Nobody hurt any exteai
worth noticing.
To say the best OF the affair il was disgraccful but II
Prom what We Can learn, not than ten twelve
members were really engaged in II beligerents-the
others having crowded the purpose of queng the
disturbance ts principal result IA deep modification 10
the most active participants.
After the termination Of the ARRAY the session was con
Quoted with quiet and order until adjournment
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The Late Passage-as-Arms Between SENATOR
seward and Hale-The Curtain Lifted

Seward and Hale-The Curtain Lifted,
We publish to-day, in full the interesting,
curious and suggestive debate in the Senate on
Tuesday last, between W. Ii. Seward and John
P. Hale, on the army bill, prefaced by an ex-
planatory letter from Washington correspon-
dent Much to the astonishment and morti-
fcaton' of the New Hampshire Senator, Mr..
Seward, it will be seen came out decidedly in
favor of an increase of the army. Nor can the
novel and unexpected course of Mr.. Seward
upon this bill be explained satisfactorily upon
any other theory than that of our correspondent
to wit-the theory that Mr.. Seward has made
up his mind to be our next President and desires,
accordingly, the "police force" of good sub
standal standing army to keep the turbulent
Southern fire-eaters in proper state Of sub
mission and decorum.
Our correspondent sets down the "pain" and
" modification" of Mr.. Hale to the presumption
of our selfcomplacent Senator in reference to
the succession and from what is thus fore
Swallowed there may be some trouble before
long among the several Northern anti-slavery
aspirants for the White House, and the enor-
nous spells and plumber of /" this great Empire"
Mr.. Seward, also may he mistaken in reference
to the breaking down of the administration and
the smash-up of the democracy upon the Lee
compton constitution. The Southern democra.
cy are unit in its support; and should they
secure aid and comfort " enough from the
party of the North, the result will doubtless be
the reunion of the whole party, North and
South, upon new issues, and practical and popu-
lar measures, outside of the slavery question
upon which Northern and Southern men may
cordially unite.
Mr.. Seward, from the drift of his remarks is
perfectly sure, and perfectly Indifferent about
the Lecompton constitution, adopted or reject
ed. He would perhaps prefer, if he has any
preference in the case, that the constitution
should be adopted, under the impression that it
will at once clear the track of the remaining
fragments Of the Northern democracy. But let
not the Northern democracy be led astray by
any such delusion; for the only hope of the
party North and South is the solid nucleus of
the administration. If they stick to that, they
may recover all that they have lost; if they
abandon the President, they are at once scat
tered to the winds
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Chs New York REHABILITATION for Europe.
The Cunsrd mail steamship Canada, Capt. Lang, will
leave Boston Wednesday, at noon, for Liverpool.
The European mails will close in this city
row. 60 by railroad, and at half past two O'Clock P. H.
10 60 by steamboat.
The European edition OF the HERALD, printed In French
and English viii be published at ten O'Clock In the
ing. Single copies, In wrappers, six cents
Subscriptions advertisements for any edition Of the
NV yoax HERALD viii be received ~ the following
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The Of the European edition Of the HsRALD will
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fourteen gunbosts from England and France ere
expected in the Brsxils in April. and an army of
1000 troops is TO be collected TO invade Paraguay
The Psrsgusns have 800 guns in position on diff
ferent points Of the river. From Montevideo We
hear of the death Of Orbe. The social and political
aspect of affairs at Buenos Ayres was improving.
DIR. Alsina has assumed an independent position.
The Indians on the frontier were kept in check.
Trade was generally dull.
We have news from the Amazon river dated at
Para, Brazil, on the 9TH Of January. Our cores
pondent states that trade was quite dull owing to
the iahng on OF shipments of sirnga, Tor crude In
dia rubber) which was quite drug in the market.
Many trading houses which had formerly met their
payments promptly. owing to the demand for this
article in the United States would have il feared
to suspend. The Amazon River Steam Navigation
Company had, in an attempt to curtail expenses,
impaired its own usefulness materially. Only one
round trip each month, instead of weekly commu-
nicaton, was had from Para to the Barra do Rio Ne
gro river. Saw mills and small steamboats, built for
the transport of cattle, were much wanted. Para
city was healthy. There were few vessels-only two
American brigs--in port
The value of foreign goods imported at the port of
Boston during the week ending 5th inst, amounted
to s4O2 500. showing decrease of 1896 525 as COM
pared with the corresponding week last year.
The sales Of cotton Saturday embraced about 900
bales The stock light and the market closed firm
at lie for mddlng uplands The -four was active
and the common and medium grades Of extra State and
Western were frmer, and in advanced about
&C. per barrcl The transactions embraced parcels
for export Wheat continued firm, with of Chicago
red at 81 o. and small lots prime Southern red 81
and choice white at 81 IS 81 40 Corn was active al
SIC CSC for yellow, and al Csc &C. for white Pork
was without change Of moment while the sales embraced
including transactions made the previous afternoon
about 900 bbls of mess, chiefly at SIS go SIS g.
Sugars were rm and transactions at full prices.
Coffee WAS &c. per h. better the lower grades The
sales embraced about 4 500 bags of Rio at &C. lie.
Freghs to Liverpool quite steady though engage
mens were some less in amount than the previous
day To other ports they were quiet and unchanged.
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The GROCERY Of Martin Dowd situated at No liza Fast
Twenty fifth street. the OF SHOCKING homocids
on Saturday night The victim old man, named
John Doocy, who was cruelty slaughtered whle endea-
vorng, IKE agod Samaritan, to do good by putting step
To a quarrel which was going between a couple OF
drunken men. Dowd, appears, kept a low tIppllng
saloon In the first floor OF the building contrary 10 the ex
prcss desire Of the landlord Of the premises while pooley
occupied bedroom the floor above. On Saturday
night Dowd and one Of hrs customers named Thomas
Conway, became engaged in quarrel which resulted In
free eight, in which number Of men, women and boys
participated. Dooey about retiring for the nighA
when the occurred. He was attracted by the NOISE
and with other object view than that Of making
peace he visited tn Of the disturbance and endsa-
vored TO quiet the bellgerene.
The interference OF Dooey exsperated Dowd TO such
extent tina, he Mcame quite Wild and made a savage
tack upon Doolcy catching him by the throat and esdea
voring 10 choke him. The old cried out loudly for
assistance, when his son, young man, about sixteen
years old jumped Of bed and FASTENED 10 the rescue
payne boue and struck deceas.d heavy blow in the
head, Telling him 10 the ground Amer great deal Of
hard lighting old Dooiey managed 70 make his escape
from the room, and about entering his own apart
ment, when he was grossly nsulted by lad who lived
the floor above. Feeling much aggrieved, Dooey
70 his parents On his way down stairs, and whom
about going into his room, Dooley, a. ~ alleged, was
heart with sword cane fcoley never spoke after being
stabbed Dowd Immediately retreated down stairs, and
entering his place locked himself up
The alarm was Promptly raised, when information Of
sent W the Eighteenth precinct station
house. Policemen Young and o0onnor Immediately
despatched the Of NE homicide Upon Knocking
al powds the policemen unable get Any an
swer Believing thaA the accused was conceded a the
Apartment they broke open the door, upon searching
the they discovered the prsoses and Immediately
took him isto custody.
within few feet Of the body OF Dooley was found tho
instrument with which the death wound had boea infected
In trunk IN the prisoners room discovered tho
sheath or cane part OF the sword belonging 10 the pr
scncr which he had hurriediy but ineneosary endea-
vored N conceal
Coroner Gamble we noased Of the case Yesterday
morning. when he proceeded 70 the residence Of decoased
and made All the preliminary arrangements Cor holding
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ACCOMMODATION FOR THE CorRrs-MEErNa or
THE BAR--In another column will be found q
report of the proceedings of the bar meeting
held to call upon the Board of Supervisors to
provide adequate accommodation for the trans
action of the business of the Superior Court. 1t
il time that some active steps should be taken
to enforce upon the city authorities the necessi-
ty of attending to the wants of the public in
this respect Nothing can be more inconve-
inert, ncthing can be more expensive, than the
present scattered manner in which the legal
business Of the city is carried on. Instead Of
being concentrated in one locality as is the
case in most other cities, our public tribunals
are spread over large circuit which entails
great loss Of time upon both lawyers and suit
Ors. As the demand for accommodation in
ereases, the Board Of Supervisors are compelled
to hunt about for space, and having to take it
Us they can find it in the most crowded part of
the city, they are obliged to pay heavily for it,
Thus the public and the bar have to pay
through the nose for insufficient accommoda-
ton, and to put up with the discomfort and loss
of time to which 1t necessarily leads 1t is to
be hoped that the steps taken by the bar to
bring their grievances in formal manner
under the notice of the Board of Supervisors,
will induce the latter to take into immediate
consideration the destitute condition of our
courts. 1t is really too bad that liberal as it is
in the way of jobs with the money of the tax
payers, the Corporation cannot find means to
provide for the legitimate wants Of the city.
The money that is annually pilfered from the
public revenues would, if capitalized, have
long since provided amply for the accommoda-
tion of the courts and the Post Office Depart
ment.
AS the question of providing new accom-
modations for the courts will probably be
soon forced on the attention Of the Board
of Supervisors, it is necessary that we
should again impress upon them the fact that
no plan will be considered satisfactory which
does not bring the business of the courts and
city departments within one area. The only
site in the lower part Of the city that will afford
space for such an arrangement, and that can be
procured at anything like reasonable price is
that of the Five Points. The opportunity of
securing it should not be lost while the value of
real estate in that locality remains at its pre-
sent deteriOrated value.
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extract his Jokes under oath. II will serve =
enliven the debates, and in due time some ofsSe
members may fit themselves for the cap s.S
bells they Aem 80 anxious to wear.
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NKw ORLEANS Feb. 6, 1853.
DO Mees pork $l4 SO SIS. Lard in bbls &c. O<hsr
articles unchanged Exports Of cotton TO Liverpool 10
day 20 900 bales.
CISCrSSAr, Feb Q, 1853.
The provision market is excited. Sales OF q million
pounds OF bulk meat at NC for shoulders and 7c for
sides Bacon-sales OF 800 hhds exc for shoulders
SEC for sides, and $40. for hams. Mess pork STA Lard
advanced 70 S1ac. Hogs &C. Receipts light Flour IS To-