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Of their conduct certain members OF Congress were 70
call upon him and report al future meetns " ~ neu
ior the purpose OF hearing lheI f.Ius ,ha, Ia ave
called upon .he President and reported Una. ne eA-
pressed willingness TO confer Win suCn sehhomen ae
might ft 10 call upon him heinue's y na sonn'ess
then called upon him. and meeting MAS caiieu AZ
another place TO hear their repor. fnis meeting
was on the evening prior to the introduction Oh the
resolnfion anthorzIng the creation of this COM
m,ttoe Their report that the parties who had
represented the President as desirons OF finding
some common ground which he and Congress could
ocrnny on The subject reconstruction than
iustded BY his position as communicated TO them The
rreenliaton OF events in Congress prevented other
estlnss Members attended one OF the meetings who
Md not attend the other, and members invited 10 each
attended neither Such is substantially the testimony
of the two persons who claimed that they originated
movement They declined to give names, and the
committee did not insist upon IT, because they could be
called should further developments render necessary
Fho committee had proceeded further when called
upon report and the witnesses have had oppor
iany 10 revise their testimony since written out BY the
shorthand reporter, and there portions Of il
that ought TO be suppressed II the examination Is TO 60
further, the committee have deemed it prudent not
10 bring the testimony before the House. Indeed
Of IL s not written out and the committee have not
been able TO Obtain the least knowledge OF
the reported propositions for reconciliation TO
be discussed between the President and members
Of Congress attending the meetings have they rela
Bile expectations Of obtaining such knowledge from other
Witnesses 1t appears that only the disposition Of the
parties 10 reconciliation asserted at the last
Ing and that but the Friday evening before the
ed by the opponents OF the PRESIDENTS policy in the
House No testimony has been given rejecting In the
least upon the integrity OF the RESIDENT nor has there
been the least testimony rejecting upon the In
tegray OF any member Of this House The har-
monous vote OF the majority upon the last recon-
strucon bil compared with their earliest votes
upon matters Of difference with the President,
show iuroads upon their rights while the
NO member of the democratic minority invited to
these private meetings by the professed friends OF the
Preside mt outside Of Congress is testimonial to their
hrmness of purpose and principle.
Reerettng their inability to make more elaborate
report in the short space Of time allotted them and
feeling confident that whatever originally the
arrangements for the bringing the House hsr-
monioue action with the President they effect
uaiy interrupted and the committee ask be discharged
from the further consideration of the subject
JOHN WENTWORTH, Chairman.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 1856

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 1851
Record W. Mead, <d~inisfrator, dc. me Unssed
Siaf This s the old and familiar Spanish clam OF
X w. Meade deceased the father Of General Meade, and
The present claimant Commodore Meade Of the navy
The deceased had claims against tho Spanish govern
ment in lsia for supplies frnished during the invasion
hat country by the French, under Napoleon, and tho
question be tried is whether under the treaty with
Spain 1872 the United States assumed the settlement
Of this claim The Court OF Claims once decided tho case
adversely 70 the claim but Congress referred IL back with
view OF having taken thence 70 the supreme Court
the Jurisdiction OF thai court having beon extended TO
such cases from this Joseph II. Bradley and Caleb
Gushing appear FOR the claim. and the government ~
represented by Solicitor Norton and Assistant solicitor
Msad
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FtSlAM STATE CONVENTION.


Uncs, n. ", Feb % 1861.
The Nor York STATE Convention Of the Fenian Brother
hood held . morning session here to-day. President
Roocr,s and numerous other prominent and Influential
members Of the organzason were present The attend
aDce Of delegates large, representing naarlv
every portion of the State, and the delegates
themselves are men OF high character and known
respectsbiIity The Convention s In session this
evening and nothing positive q known as 70 The nature
III the proceedings IL 10 believed, however that
nothing has been done except the delivery Of President
Rnbers address which occupied about three hours The
adress IL sad bear topics highly important tie
Brotbsrbosd and the objects they have in view There
will be q public meeting to-morrcw evening, when
Trcs jdent Roberts will deliver an addrAss.
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CAs CAsrxIrr--A late hour yesterday afternoon
Bernard Finland found lying In slate OF insensi-
si,y under the srchway through which the tsrs pass
between Barclay and vesey streeta The uuforiunate
vhc had evidently fallen upon the track while IN state
Of nsorcafion bad sustained severe fracture OF me
left leg the limb having been crushed by the Thees Oh
one Of the care. fhe AnTerer removed W Bellevue
Hospital by We Third precinct police
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ccHENcK's ruLxoNIc sysur. sEAwEED TONIC

These de@crvedy celebrated and popular medicines have
lacy Of several maxms which have for many years
that IL ncurable' deterrcd physicians from
attempting 10 nnd that dsease and patients
adicted with reconciied themselves 70 death without
making any effort 10 from doom which they sup
poeed 10 unavoidable Il In proved however, that
onsunption can be cured and that has been cured IN
very great number Of them apparently des
perate BY schencks Pulmonc Syrup alone and, In
other by the same medicine In connection with
Schencks seawced Tonic and Mandrake Pills one both,
acoDrdInR 70 the the Dr. Schcnck
himself who has enjoyed uninterrupted good health for
moro twenty Ave supposed time be
q the very gate Of deah, his physicians having
hs hopeless and abandoned him 10 his fate He
cured by the aforesaid Syrup his recovery many
thousands similarly sctcd have used Dr. schencks med
with the remarkable Full directions
the use of them accompany each bottle.
Dr. sChENCK will be at his rooms No "a Bond street.
New York. every Tuesday, from A. NJ 70 r. NJ full
suuuv Of medicines NAV be obtained ~ ali houra -
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TTENRY A. DANIELS, NJ D.. SURGEON, NO. 2 UNION
III square.Ab.ou,e radical cure without knife saus,ic
or from business Tor piles structure hstua dis
eases OF pelvic Deformes Of nose face and
person once hours from 3 TO Il
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psuspH u TIVE supasst couaT Of TENNESSEE.

NASHVILLE, Feb 20, 1851
Ihe supreme Court OF Tennessee has decided that tn
hoeos o e Bank Tennessee could not be received ID
payment o. Axes due to the State Tue decision causes
q ceciine OF the notes Of the hank to rs cents
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THE GovERMuRsHIp or MARYLAND.

Possponement OF the Inauguration Of LIsu-
tenant Governor C0x-sOvernor Swann,s
Probable Dcclination Of His United States
SenntOrship.
Quite sensation produced here o-day by . brief
announcements from Annapolis Of . postponement Of
the Inauguration OF Lieutenant Governor Cox. h Is
stated that Governor Swami will not resign but
will decline the United States Scnatorship TO which he
recently elected and will assign the for his
action TO the Legislature In a day or two.
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Died.
CLEvnASD.-On Tuesday, February %, MARY GsR-
TRUpE, only daughter Of William H. and Charlotte H.
Cleveland aged months and 10 days "a fa
Notice Of funeral IN to-morrow's papers.
For Other Ded,hs See Eighth Pdgel
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land and vegetation began 70 be extensive We have the
nsec And here let call your attention 10 another
point II because nature has undergone successive
Ss SSsb "ss ss
changes taken plaos and been directed in such manner
q TO prepare homo which living beings can be dis
tributed Tbs question simply tks-hss the physical
world In all ~ changes been productive Of the organic
world or has there besn an intellectual power saperin
conditions should b brought about BY which the living
beings should ind appropriate home for growth
J. sss our $ n:a 1ns vn s's @
the earth been prepared for man that he might develop
and unfold his c.pactes in the most appropriate man
ner upon its surfaced Nov look At the order OF
succession vertebrates find answer 10 this cues.
ton We nud FIRST that fishes have existed as long as
durinS which ali these aquatic animals ''sUIs eoud
exist Then reptiles have been called into ex.
istence just 1t the time when the earth had
become extensive enough, or the land above the sea
had become extensive enough to form an appropriate
abode for these large marsh reptiles Of the earliest De-
tne time when he atmosphere had been dspr,veS ~ ~ ,s
gases which had until this time rendered IL impos-
sible for them 20 exist in H. The accumulation Of
frcsd the air Of all those elements which which
accumulated IL In the earlier period and with which
the existence Of warm blocded higher animals would be
impossible. There physical fact which prccedes the
introduction OF those living asimals which require
purrr atmosphere. Now the question is, again, has the
freeing OF the atmosphere Of that carbon been the cause
OF the coming In Of birds and mammalia, or have the
processes Of nature been directed by
supervising intellect that at certain time the
atmosphere should be freed Of these impure elements
that higher forms Of being might be called into exist
encsf And when We that there is such grsdaiion
between all, and whom We find no intermediate forms
from one 70 another ssems hardly possible that
and Influences which ere ever acting in the same way
should have produced those different rssuts wish
had VINE 70 enter upon an elaborate argument
upon this point l will only sum up my
evidence in q few sentences The physical causes
are the same now a. they were before, and chemical
and physical agencies act now ~ they acted In the
bssinnna We have The evidence Of II the identical
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affirmed that they are the remains OF nshee And have
based assertion upon this the structure OF the spnes
the characters of the substances which forms the shield
OF the crustacea The spnes in fishes have the charsc
easily dut,neuished nom .eyery Other structure Now
those pncs OF these oldest deposits have the character
stc structure Of bone therefore again that these
spnss the spines OF fishes and that am mot wrong
when say that hshes have existed asseary other
KIND Of animals !Applause) But this 10 no place for
evenings lecture and consider with you the question Of
the relation which exists between monkeys and
S snd
any more, specifically, than than they compared men
with other animala The works OF Aristotle, Ia which
we have the earliest comparisons Of this kind, two
thousand syears ago, discuss the structure Of
compared with animals, but he does not fnd special
etwecn man and the other vertsbraies the other warm
booded vertebrates And tho reason 10 very obvioas
In those days the only monkeys known were ihreethe
pythecus - Aristotle calls him; the common monkey
OF Northern Africa, which Was frequently, doubs
brought TO Gfcecc nowadays 10 frequently brought
q sosseus soe cs The red monkey Of North HIcs
which . quite commoa on the coast Of Barbary
and which e long.ssed mo %wonnsy Of reddish color with
obtain from South America bet different from them In
respects IN the pecuiaree o s fAcs Of rs tceth
10 the ancIenss IVES the baboon Of which
ars 10 be sen Ia the ancient Egyptian monumental
Now neither q tssss Ieaksys hss ssy'nnE ~
or on account cf that peculiar constuon Of
its head. But aftsr the peesaGe 70 the East Indies
around the Cape Of Good Hope nad been discovered
nauralists became acqusintsd with several kinds Of
monkeys from the Eass Indies md from the west coast
Of Africa which extend fr above thoss known - the
anciens and among them ars mors striking snen
we ouranG ouang OF BoFnso Java and Snmaen ana tne
chmpanSee Of Senegal and The coas Of Guinea Tbese
swo monkeys excited the curiosity Of snatoltss ana
called forth ~ comparisons with man IN ccnse-
Sssncs o. the higher form Of the head and me pscvias
ueveopment Of the face Of these apes And from tAs
nme comparisons betweea monkeys and man have bssh
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VENl'E DE sYNDICs.

Succession de Madame Desir6e Hertzog
I'm vertu dun ordre de Honorable Cour de
~ District dams ct pour Ia paroisse des Natchi-
toches j'oflrirai en- vente a lencau publique au
plus haut ct derner encherisseur, a la porte de la
maison de Cour dams la vile des Natchitoches a
Iumdi, be GHne sour de Janyier, 1868,
midi la prorriete c-apres decrite, npparte-
nant a la dite succession,
SAVIOR: Tn certain moroccan de terre dams Ia
par 2issc dcs Natchitoches la rive gauche de Ia
Petite RiviGre en- descendant a l6 miles en- des-
de la vile DIES Natchitoches. connu CONNIE la
place CompGre, borne haut par les terres de
we b. Mctoyer en- bas par moroccan dc terre
indivise appartenant SUGGESTIONS de Nine
DESIRED Hertzog ct dEme Hertzog, contenant
deux cents acres plus GU moins.
Aussi Ia Motto indivise d'interets daps M
autre moroccan de terre posssde en- commun avec
Emile Uertzog dams la meme paroisse sur la rive
gauche de la Petite Biviere borne en- haut par lie
moroccan de terre ci-dessus mentionne ct en- bias
par la terre appartenant Ia succession de Emile
Hertzog contcnant tout deux cents arpents
plus on noins
Aussi la place de residence dams la meme Pa
roisse Ia ri7e droite de la Petite Riviere avec
toutes les ameliorations qui sy rouvent consistent
en- une maison de residence, un moulin a cotton,
ecuries, cabanes nGgres ct autres bdtisses borne
en- bias par Ia terre appartenant autrefOi5 Jerome
Sarpy, ct Gu haut par la terre appartenant autre-
fos II Compere, contenant quatre cents arpents
plus moins.
Aussi I'M autre moroccan dc terre conuu CONNIE
Ia terre de Compere, borne en- bas par Ia dernere
place ci-de nominee ct en- haut BAR des terre
appartcnant autrefos d Francois Roubieu ct situe
la rive droite de Ia Petite Riyi5re contenant
quatre cents arpents plus on moins
TERMEs EFT CONDITIONS DE Ia vENTE;
La vente sc fera sujctte destination qui reste
d faire.
I'm tiers du prix compliant la balance payable a
du jour dc IL vcnte, portant pour cent par
an d'int6rets du jour dc la vente. Lachcteur ii
credit fournira son billet solitaire Sufiisament
guaranti, payable q rordrc dcs Syndics d nm an
du jour de la vente ct portant s pour cent par an
dinterets du jour de vente avec lie privilege de
vendeur ct hypotheque speciale retcnue sur la
propriets atm dassurer lie Placement du billet ct
pour plus de guarantee la clause de non alienation
au preiudice de lhypoth6qae ct du privilege re,
tenus.
ST Ia propritt5 ne raporte pas en- plen lie prix de
destination qui en- sera fate, ellie sera Immediate
meut meme endroit ct a la meme heure offerte
louer plus haut encherisseur pour lann6e fnis-
SAINT lie 81 Decembre S6S, lie preneur fournira son
billet solitaire suffsament guarranti, pcrtant in
t69ets &c sa date raison dc poui cent PAR an.
avec lie privilege dI bailieur retenu ct payable a
Respiration du bail lordre des Syndcs. Les
Syndics Sc reseryent lie droit de refueer dis
erection toute enchere pour lie loyer
JIG. HUGHES,
dec5 st Sheriff
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SUCCESSION SALE.

Succession of Henry Hertzog, deceased.
DIV virtue of an order of the Honorable District
ID Court, in and for the Parish of Natchitoches.
will offer for sale at tie door of the Court House
in the town of Natchitoches, to the last and high
est bidder, ut IL o'clock, NJ, on
Monday 9th day, or January, 1865.
the following property. belonging to the Success
sion of Henry Hertzog, deceased, viz:
A tract of Land, with all the improvements
thereon, situated ON Old River, in the parish of
Natchitoches, lying in Township Z, range 6, being
lots and in section 3d. and lot number 2 in sec
ton So township Z, range 6, containing about
800 $500 acres, acquired by the deceased at the
Succession sale of q. n Reques, on the 18th March,
1860; with the exception of the quantity sold by
Henry Hertzog to j B. Melancon, which will be
shown and explained on the day of sale.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE:
Cash-sunject to ar?raisement. Ii the ar
prasement is not bid, it will be Immediately re Of
fercd. at the same time and place, on credit of
twelve months Purchaser on the credit terms to
give his promssory note, satisfactorily secured,
solido, bearing eight per bent. per annum interest
from the day of snle, and further secured by ven
doris privilege and special mortgage retained on
the land. j. g. HUGHES,
dec5 st Sheriff.
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YENTE DE sUCCEsMnN

Succession d'Hen.i Hertzog deced6.
I'm vertu dun ordre de Honorable Cour de
II District dams ct pour la paroisse DIES Natchi-
toches, i'offrira, veGte a la porte dc Ia maiscn
de Cour dams Ia vile DIES Natchitochcs au plus
haut ct denier encberisseur midi;
LuHsdi lie 6me jOnr de Janvier, 1865,
Ia propriete capres dectite appartenant a la sue
cession d'Henri Hertzog decide. savor:
Un morcelu de terre avec les ameliorations qui
sy trouvept situe sur Ia viile Rivi6re, etant les
dots ct dams Ia section 80 du township Z. dc la
Ranged ct lie lot No2 dams la section Sc du
Township de Ia Rangee contenant trois cent
soixante acres ct SS-lO0 acqais par lie defunt In
vente de Ia succession de g. n. Roques lie Mars
1860. a Exception dc ia quantte vendue par
Henri Hertzog j. B. Meancon, qui sera montree
ct expliquee le jour de la vente.
TERMEs EFT CONDITIONS DE LA VENTE,
Au compliant suiette destination. ST la pro-
priete ne rapporte pas lie prix destination ellie
scra de nouveau ct immediatement oferte vente
an meme temps ct lieux credit de oouze mois;
Lacheteur credit onrnira son billet solid, ire
sufiisament guaranei, portant HUT pour cent din
terets par a partir du jour de la vente; ct de
plus guaranti par lie privilege de vendeur ct hypo-
tLeque speciale retenue sur la prOpriete.
J. G. HUGHES
dec5 st. Sheriff
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THE STEWART COOKING SToYE.

rEShe undersigned offers this STOVE to the
IL public, the superior qualities of which have
been satisfactorily tested for many years. with
the full assurance that its peculiar merits render
it the most complete and perfect cooking al paratus
now in use.
Its advantages which are all the requirements
of good stove, ore enumerated below:
ITS DURABILITY.
1t is so constructed that the parts liable to be
burned out can be replaced, and the Stove thus
renovated, rendered rs perfect in its operation
us when FIRST used, NJ but comparatively trifing
cost.
ITS ECONOMY IN FUEL.
The Stove IS air-tight, and with ether coutri-
vances apperraining to it, a great degree of heat
is retained within the Stove; and thereby less
fuel is reqisite Tor its various culinary purposes.
THE DRAFT DAMPER
Is perfect regulator of the heat in the fire-box
and oven, so that heat may be increased or moder-
ated, as the occasion may require.
vESTILArrNe PROPERTIES,
BY which different kinds of meat may be cook
ed in the simultaneously. without imparting
the peculiar favor of to the other; thus secu-
ring the full benefits OF the old style OF cooking
by an open fireplace.
The Stove possesses may other advantages--
such as the HOT WATER RESERV OR, fur
WARMING CLOSET, where articles ready for
the table may be kept warm, bread set 20 rise,
ETC. etc.
EVERY STOVE FULLY GUARANTEED.
Always on hand, large assortment of COOK
ING and HEATING STOVES.
SAMUEL LOCKE,
Importcr of Foreign and Domestic Hardware,
81 49, Al and 43 Peters ST., (late Front Levee)
between Customhouse and BieEvlle, New Orleans.
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SYNnICs, SALE

Succession OF Madame Desire Hertzog.
Dy virtue of an order of the Honorable District
Id Court in and for the Parish of Natchitoches,
will offer for sale at public auction, to the last
and highest bidder. at the door OF the Court House
in the own of Natchtoches, on
Monday, 9Th day of January. .IS6S
at 20 CLOCK. m., the following property belonging
IL said Success sion, viz
a certain tact of land in the Parish of Match
itoches on the left bank descending Little River,
] 6 miles below the town of Natchitoches, known
as the Compere tract, bounded above by the lands
of widow b. Metoyer, below by an undivided tract
of land belonging to the SUGGESTIONS of Nine
Desire Hertzog and Emile Hertzog, containing
two hundred acres, more or less.
Also, an undivided half interest ir another tract
of land owned ia common with Emile Hertzog in
The same parish On the left bank of Little River,
bounded above by the tra-t above mentioned, and
below by land belonging to the Succession of Emile
lIertzog, containing in all two hundred arpents,
more less.
on the right bank of Little River. with all the i'm
provements thereon, consisting of Dwelling
House Gin House, Stables, negro cabins and other
out-houses; bounded below by land formerly be
longing TO jerome Sarpy, and above by land for
mcrlv berpging to Compere, containing fo1r hun,
dred arpents, more or less.
Also, another tract of land, known rs the Com
pere tract, bounded below by the last mentioned
tract, and above by lands formerly belonging to
Francois Roubieu and situated on the right bank
of Little River, containing four hundred arpents
more or less.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE
The sale to be made subject to the appraisement
TO be made.
One-third Cash, the balance payable in one year
from the day of sale; with eight per cent. interest
per annum from day of sale. The purchaser for
the credi; term to give his note payable one year
from day of sale to the ORDER of the Syndics bear
ing eight per cent interest from date Of sale, sat
isfac.orily secured, in solido, with veadors priv
lege and special mortgage retained to secure the
payment of the note, and the lands to be sold with
the clause of nonalienacn to the prejudice of the
privilege and mortgage retained
If the property does not bring the full appraise-
ment to be made, it will be Immediately offered, nj
the time and place, to be leased to the high
est bidder fot the year ending December 3lst, S6S;
the lessor TO give his note satisfactorily secured in
soiido, bearing eight per cent. per interest
from date, payable at the termination of the lease
to the order of the Syndics TO be further secured
by the lessons privilege. The Syndics reserving
the right to reject all bids for the lease, according
TO their discretion.
j. G. HUGHES.
dec5 st Sheriff.