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A RAD lO A Ml»AKCM>
Yon wiked bind sucker, why doant
You tun yuie livin s<>. .*• >'■•* • *:de
l. -i m: or. people and insurten j*Gtur
L m2 in : it bluff, litm on
Foalkses noses, aud when they git mad an
Begin to slap, leave! Haint yorf got uo feelinks?
Great seezor! how yude git noohvd if vu was
As largo as sum tu legged bind suckers as is
Bound here, wot wares kloas. Whi doant you
Lite dow n sli, as tha do, and bloed era foar
Tha know iiwithew t boll erin all the wile?
Yur akanable! yu do a big bizznis on a
Smawl skail; yu suck more blud out ot a
Feller than a Eleffant can, an yure smeller
Ain’t half so long. You w alk up folks
When tha are sleepin, an tha swair
Vengens. How du yu wurk it to keep
Yure bill sow sharp withowt gnndini \t hi
Doan’tyu pek wurmsowt of treas,
& ete iusex, jui long legged cuss?
What tewn is it yu syng so much,
Going rown with yur fetthers shot! opli,
Seakiu wlioomyu ma devower- Yu
S<*am to be a kon ten tid burd from yur
Singin, and syng loudis wen yur
Hungryist. I shud thynk yud want on
Boots or nanty b-tts to keep yure long
Legs from bein koald this wether.
Inseek, j-ursusalis; yu kan’t cliaw, butt
Yuresumm on suckin, knus yu uevir
Git weaned. Inseck, adew!
The Baffle.
Nae shoon to bide her tiny tae,
Nae stocking on her feet;
Her supple ankles white as snaw,
Or early blossoms sweet.
Her simple dress of sprinkled pink,
Her double, dimpled chin;
Her puc! er'd lip and bauray inou,
With nae one tooth between.
Her een, sae like her mither’seen,
Twa gentle, liquid things;
Her face is like an angel’s face—
We’re glad she has no wings.
She’s the budding o’ our love,
A giftie God gie d us;
We mnnna love the gift ow’rwcel,
’Twad be nae blessing thus.
Ai.armi.no gross or Sickness—A Prediction or
a Sickev Summer.—We refer ourreaders to the follow
ing extract from a medical Journal known as the Mov
ing World., published by Railway -V Co., the inventors
of the celebrated R. R. R. remedies. Dr. Radway b
experience in the treatment of malaiiousaml infectious
diseases not only in our own country, but in South
America and the West Indies, and the wonderful
achievements of his Ready Hcbef, both as a preventive
and cure of Yellow Fever, Cholera, and other diseases
of violent character, entitles his prediction to the
serious consideration ot the people. It is well known
in this city that in 1849 Radwav’s Ready Relief was
the most successful remedy employed in the treatment
Cholera, aud that in 1853, when Yellow I ever raged in
its most violent form iu the Slate ot Miss Hr. I 1 red
B. Page, with the use of the remedy, gamed a com
plete victory over the pestilence*. We therefore re
commend our readers U> the perusal of the following
article from the May number of the Muring World:
AN Ai.aiim—Foreshadowing or Teruibi e Sick-
SESS— Prevalence of Mah.auiois Diseases.—As
Guardians of the public health, it is out du!\ to giv*
the alarm when we discover the approach ot dangerous
maladies,calculated to give the alarm when we discov
er the approach of dangerous maladies, calculated to
create a general panic by the production ot universal
sickness, disease and death. We are convinced trial
dangers of the most terrible character, in tie- form ot
sickness and diaeuse, will visit the greater port ion oi
our couutrv tin* coming «tinuf*cr ami tali, in the turni ox
Flux, Yellow Fever, Dysentery, Ei;ver ami A^ut*,
Cholera, Ship Fever, Diarrhoea, Typhoid I ever, Billmus
Fever, (Tiolera Morbus, Congestive Fevers, and sick
ness of a more mild and less malignant character,
such as Billiousuess, Cramps, sudden attacks of \ oimt-
ing, Headaches, Looseness of the Bowels, Rush of
Blood to the Head, Chills aud Fever, Dumb Ague, Re-
mitt on t and Intermittent Ft-vers. Rheumatism, Neural
^ia. Croup, Whooping Cough, will run riot throughout
the length ami breadth of the laud.
Persons who are unfortunately tormented with
Sorer, LI cert. Breaking out, Prickly Heat, Boils, Scur
vy, and Chronic Disease, wiil suffer greatly the coining
season.
The past Mild winter, succeed as it has been by two
frightful oveiflowing of the rivers, creeks, streams ami
bayous iu the Southern and Western States, deluging
the face of the country for thousands of square miies,
together with the heavy rains which drenched the
earth the past spring, followed, as we predict by a hot
scorching summer, cannot fail to create a general sick
ness, and quicken into existence, malarious diseases of
the most mulignaiit and violent character. The hut
ravs of the absorbing sun will summon from its marshy
bed the noxious vapors and poisonous exhalations of
decaved vegetable and decomposed matter, planted in
the soil, aud nourished by the deluge of the waters and
drenchings of the rain. ...
In giving this warning of the sure visitation of these j
maladies, we likewise point out to the public the
means of protection against attacks. and*the method ot
cure. In Radwav’s Ready Relief and Regulators, you
have a Preventive. If any or either of the diseases
above-named visit your community, as epidemics or
otherwise, Rtzdway & Heady RelitJ, taken as# drink in
some water three or four times per day, will fortify the
stomach against the action of any poisi< *nous.or mala
rious elements inhaled. The system thus fortified, the
malarious exhalation of gases enhaled loses its power,
aud health reigns througnout every ramification of the
body. In all cases, when there are any diseases or
siekness prevailing, the bowels, liver, Ace., should be
regulated with Railway’s Regulators. The highest
medical authorities in the world endorse Radway s
Readv Relief as the best disinfectant in use. If af
flicted with any of these maladies above-named. Rad-
way’s Relief and Regulators should be freely used; in
a few hours the patient will be out of danger. ^
For the Sores, Breaking out, Ate., Rad way s Reno- |
vating Resolvent should be used. Provide yourself
with these remedies, and however terribly these dis
eases may rage, yoa are safe. Le‘ every planter,
farmer, householder, take warning, aud secure a sup
ply of Radway’* Ready Relief and Regulators, for in
such an hour you think notof, these maladies may visit
you. With the Ready Relief to use the moment you
feel their approach, you can quickly arrest their ^ pro
gress and tree your syetenufrom their presence, hi ht.
JOT TO TBS WORLD!
PEllRY DAVIS'S
Vegetable Pain Killer!
Internal and External Remedy.
Shelby villc, Tumi, Out. Id, 1856.
Messrs. Pony Davis & Son :
Sirs—Gratitude to you, and duty to suffering human
ity, require that I should make known the great benefit
1 have derived .from the use of your truly valuable
Vegetable Pain Killer;and if byseeing this, any suffer
er wilt be induced, as I was, to give it a trial mid be
healed, I shall be compensated a thousand fold.
In June, 1855, after a protracted illness of seve ral
months, I was severely attacked with drowsiness, ver
tigo, when attempting to walk, dimness of sight, ac
companied by fever, difficulty of breathing, i'c. My
physician pronounced my case pneumonia, bordering
on the first stage of consumption and after exhausting
his skill, declared positively that I had the consumption
that he could do nothing for me and that I must die.
However, he advised me towse * * * * as the
best thing 1 could do, which I did, with no effect. I
then made use of four bottles of * * ' * *
which proved inefficient.
By* this time my symptoms were, pain in the head,
morning, evening, ami during the night, darting pains
through the chest, burning in the palms of the hands,
quick pulse, night sweat, difficulty s*f breathing. A* (.,
when fortunately I got hold of the People's Pamphlet
in which I saw the eases of Messrs. Blinn, Cone, am
others, which iuduced me try Ferry Davis a V «-g‘* L
Pain Killer, and strange aa it may appear, I 11 '
more benefit from the,use of one 2*> cent botth , t ian
bad done from alt other medicines. I have U- vu
bottles of the Pain Killer, abd am hearty, and enjoy
better heaiin than I have heretofore done for a.mmber
of years. I remain yours,
5, 4t GLSTAVLS a. CELOA.
gSoSaJ^Tci
V ■ Troth Cleon.—Microscopical exaiuin-
AtSiafe been made of the matter deposited on
the teeth and gums of more than forty individuals
select'd from all classes of society, in every variety
of bodily condition, and in nearly every ease
animal And vegetable parasites in great numbers
have fcenP .discovered. Of the animal parasites
there were three or fonr species, and of t lie vega-
table one or two. In fact, the only persons whoso
mouths were found to be completely free from
them, cleansed their teeth four times daily, using
soap once. Oue or two of these individuals also
passed a thread between the teeth to clease them
more effectually. In all cases,the number of the
parasites was greater in proportion to the neglect
of cleanliness. The effect of the application of
various agents was also notic' d. Tobacco juice
and smoke did not injure their vitality in the least.
The same was true of the Caroline tooth wash, of
pulverized bark, of soda, ammonia, and various
other popular detergents. The application of soap,
however, appeared to destroy them instantly.—
We mav hence infer that this is the best and most
proper specific for cleansing the teeth. In all
cases wh„re it hes been tried it receives unquali
fied commendation. It may also be proper to add
that none but the purest white soap, free from dis
coloration , should be used.
Holloway’s-OtiUmeiU and Pills.—Ulcers and sores
drain the system of its vital etiergV. Thair deceased
action is kept up by virulent matter in the vessels of the
glands and skins. This matter is neutralized by the
disinfecting operation of the Ointment The Pills cure
indigestion in all its forms, Purchasers are hereby in
formed of a certain test as to the genuineness of these
remedies; it is necessary to see that each leaf of the
directions around eaeti pot and box shows the words
“Hollowayy, Kew York and London,” as a Water
mark, in semirtrausparent letters. All not thus authen
ticated #re frauds.
(.IT 'UV the Ch irLstou AI ivury j
Brunswick, ha.
Messrs. Editors; Kansas nud the TTtnh question
having in a measure disappeared from the stage,
1 trust you will give Tne sufficient space in your
columns to call attention to the beautiful and
rapidly increasing place that heads this communi
cation. A short sketch of its past history may
not be inappropriate. Upwards of an hundred
years since the British Government selected
Brunswick as the site of a city, and the Provin
cial Governor, Oglethorpe, under instructions from
the (then) reigning monarch, George II, caused
the city to be laid out. From various causes to
us unknown, no progress was made in the settle
ment of Brunswick until sometime in the year 18-
36; a company of Northern gentlemen, who had
purchased a considerable portion of tin* old town
of Brunswick, and most oft.be land immediately
adjoining, procured an Act of Incorporation trom
the Legislature of Georgia, and proceeded to lay
out their lands and sell the same for tow n lots
tinder their corporate name of The Proprietors of
the Citv of Brunswick. The commercial crisis of
dormant until within the last two years
owing to the United States Government having
selected this port as a site for a naval depot, new life
now lias been infused, and it now bids fair to be one
of the most important seaports intue South. Bruns
wick is situated on a beautiful bluff of close sand,
extending nearly three miles in length, at an ele
vation from ten to twenty feet above high water,
on the north shore of a great inlet or arm of the
sea, as Turtle River, and at a distance of about
eight miles from t be ocean. Eighteen feel water
can hi found at the bar at low water, and the
average rise of the tide is between six and a half
and seven feet. About the time of the orignal lo
cation by Oglethorpe a British seventy-four gun-
ship entered the harbor, and lav at anchor oft the
town for a whole year. A fine sea air, abun
dance of pure water, and salubrity of climate at
all seasons of the year, combined with the deep
water, bold shore, and facility of approach to the
harbor—no pilotage being required, there being
no current to contend against—are some of the nat
ural advantages of Brunswick, and must render it
the cheapest commercial port in the United States.
Qno drawback upon the prosperity of Bruns
wick hitherto, has .been the want of communica
tion with the interior. This, however, will be
remedied by the Brunswick and Florida Railroad,
now in course of construction The annul meet
ing of the stockholders took place on the loth May
and from the President’s report, a copy of which
1 have sent you, presents a highly filtering state
ment of the condition of the Company. This road
is intended to run trom Brunswick to the port
of St. Marks, on the Gulf of Mexico, via Talla-
hasse, Fla , with a brauek to Albany, on the Flint
River.
I will quote to j*ou a portion of the President's
(Col. Henry G. Wheeler)report as follows:
“We present to you a Company having about
thirty-one miles of road in daily operation, not a
single trip having been lost since it was opened—
and carrj ing the II. S. mail—with thirty miles be
yond the present running point graded, about
eighteen ot which are cross-tied: a floating debt ot
000—entirely within the control ot the Com
pany, and against, which we have assets aud
available means, and cash to the amount of .13,
009; and with a total mortgage debt of eight
thousand live hundred dollars.”
The steamers between Florida and Savannah
pass here three times a week, audit would be a
very pleasant trip to run down here from Charles
ton—far better than going to Sullivan's Island, tor
we have as much of the sea'breeze and none ol
the mosquitoes. We have every inducement for ail
idle man in Summer,and you should come down
and see us. Capital fishing and bunting, and the
finest kind of oysters all the year round.
Tom 1 liliier. formely of the City Hotel in your
city, and lately of the Rantowles House, has the
Oglethorpe House in bis blaee. lie has leased the
establishment for seven years and is keeping a
first rate house. The Hotel is a large four-story
building, with piazzas running all around up to
the third story, with awing attached, aud is situ
ated oil the bank of Turtle River. Here we never
fail to have a breeze, and the nights are deliciously
cool. 1 have been living at the hotel some fifteen
months, and,have only known two legitimately hot
days. There lias been a great improvement in the
hotel since it has passed into Mr. Miller’s hands.—
His fare is capital—the very best that can be bad
iu Savannah or Charleston—and everything that
the country affords are to be found there. Car
riages, horses, capital servants, a billiard saloon
and bar. and last, though not least, a yacht fur
sailing excursions, can always be found at the
Oglethorpe. Messrs. Editors, it would add ten
years to your life to leave dear old dusty Charleston
for a week, and enjoy a sail over the beautiful baj*
upon which Brnswick is situated.
My paper does not afford me space to say anj*
more about tbis.imy new home. My thoughts, as
those of every 'Carolinian, still revert to the State
that gave me birth; but I must say that I have
never met a place with greater natural advanta
ges. It only wants people; not “the people”such
as Carlyle terms
Tins tact is huo.vn to Mayor 1 u ur.i.u 1 iu> o
tempt is made to injure me politically'.as well as
to advance the interests of a member of Congress
from n;., distn **. The facts of this case, and a
full expose ol the motives and the reasons which
induced Mr. Cobb to mix himself up with the
matter, will hereafter bo explained, and the pub
lic satisfied that the Sparta Academy Lottery is
neither illegal nor the Managers irresponsible : but
that the object of the attack is purely a political
oue; else why not take measures against the lot
teries of Delaware aud Maryland? * __
BENJAMIN WOOD.
New York, May 21,1858.
From the Nashville Union & American, May 29.
Stanton in .fleropUis.
Frederick P. Stanton, the late Secretary of
State in Kansas, who betrayed the South aud sold
out his principles to the Black Republicans tor
the prospect of a seat in the U. S. Senate, has re
cently visited Memphis—his former home, r orty-
three of the citizens of Memphis sigued a com
munication iuviting Mr. Stanton to deliver a
■m v — „ ... sm-ecli iii that citv upon Kausas affairs. Among
the next year had its effect, and Brunswick lay name9 wfi r - cogIlize many know Nothings,
" n.enjv !)|lt not om . single Democrat—not one man who
aided in elevating Mr. Stanton to the position
which he occupied in Congress. It is a singular
fact that our opponents never recognizes a man s
merits until lie begins to make war upon the
rights and institutions of the South. Why don’t
these forty-three gentlemen invite Seward or Wil
son to come down aud address them? They both
entertain the same views that Stanton does, and
will no doubt he glad to reciprocate Stanton’s
kindness iu delivering freesoii speeches through
the North by advocating the same doctrines at the
South. ...
Mr. Stanton declines accepting the invitation of
his forty-three new friends. He cannot obtain “a
suitable hall to address them. Was the city jail
too lull to accommodate him and his forty-three
admirers? It would bare been an appropriate
place lor utterance of treason.
We imagine that Mr. Stanton has no disposition
to renew his personal acquaintance with the peo
ple who have honored him and whom he lias
basely deceived.
He, however, transmits to liis correspondents a
copy of oue of his speeches delivered in tin* north
ern eities and hopes that they will “find it con
venient to publish it to the people through some
It is very strange that some people will endure Rheu
matic pains for days and nights, while a few applica
tions of Perry Davis’ Pain Killer, which can be pro
cured at any store, willentircly relieve them. 51 41.
appropriate channel." They have not yet “found
it convenient” to publish it. Perhaps they can
not find the “appropriate channel.” We advise
them to resort to the answers ot the city or the
columns of the Louisville Journal.
Mr. Stanton was compelled reluctantly, it would
seem, to tear himself away from his forty-three
friends in Memphis and “start up river.”
lie cannot stay away any longer from his Black
Republican brethren at the North, fie must bur
ry back to the embraces of Fred. Douglas and
Greeley. Even his forty-three Know Nothing al
lies cannot console him in their absence.
The Memphis Eagle and Ent/uircr commenting
on this letter of Mr. Stanton's says that “he asks
no further preferment at (the) hands ’ ot his old
constituents. This is a key to his late conduct.
This explains its treachery, lie has nothing
more to ask of the southern geople. His hopes of
preferment are fixed upon tlio tavor of the freesoil-
ers. His sentiments immediately accommodated
themselves to liis interests with a facility that
astonished even his new friends at the North, and
lie is as thoroughly devoted to the freesoii party as
he ever was to anything, except himself. He has
no further use for southern supporters, and we are
verrv happy to inform him that we have no further
use for him.
The Ail toe r in of llic SteeaUfasi Table.
The following beautiful and original thoughts
aud expressions are taken from an article in the
Atlantic Monthly, by O. W. Holmes.
Our brains arc seventy-years clocks. The
Angel of Life winds them up once for all, then
cl jses the case, and gives the key into the hand
of the Angel of the Resurrection.
Tic-tac! lie-tae! go the wheels of thought; our
will cannot stop them; they cannot stop them
selves; sleep cannot still them; madness only
makes them go faster; death alone can break into
tlie case, and, seizing the ever-swinging pendulum,
which we call the heart, silence at hist the click
ing of the terrible escapement we have carried so
long heiieath ourriukled foreheads.
If we could only get at them, as we lie on our
pillow s and count the dead heats of thought after
thought and image after image jarring through the
overtired organ! Will nobody bioek tnose wheels,
uncouple that pinion, cut the string that holds
those weights, Llow up the infernal machine with
gunpowder? What a passion comes over us some
times tor silence and rest!—that tins dreadful
mechanism, unwinding the endless tapestry of
time, embroidered with spectral figures of life and
death, could have hut oue brief holiday! Who
can w onder that men sw ing themselves off from
beams in hempen lassos?—that they jump off from
parapets into the swift and gurgling waters
the. great tilltea shed ; but poo-{ beneath? that they take counsel ot the grim
improve them. Such | fiend who has hut to utter his one peremptory
‘ monosyllabic and the restless machine is shivered
as a vase that is dashed upon a marble floor.’ Un
der that building w hich we pass every day there
are strong dungeons, where neither hook, nor bar,
nor bed cord, nor drinking-vessel from which a
sharp fragment may he shattered, shall by any
Ihauce be seen. 1 here is nothing for it, w hen the
brain is on tire w ith the whirling of its w heels,
but to spring against the stone w all and silence
them w ith one crash. Ah, they remembered that,
—the kind city fathers,-—and the wall.- are nicely
padded, so that one can take such exercise as he
likes without damaging himself on the very plain
and servicable upholstery. It anybody would
only contrive some kind of a lover that one could
thrust in among tie w orks ot this inn rid automaton
and check them, or alter their rate of going, what
would the world give lor the discovery?
I trust. w*e will soon have, and when we do,
Brunswick will have a proper place in the picture.
We have many Carolinians here already, and I
trust that the State that supported and assisted
Oglethorpe in the settlement of Georgia, will cher
ish and build up this favorite location. W. B. F.
From the New York Atlas.
The Georgia Lottery of S. Snail A To.
Considerable excitement lias been created dur
ing the past two days, by the announcement that
Mayor Tiemann had succeeded in obtaining the
indictment of Benjamin Wood, of our city by a
special jury, at Augusta, Georgia, as one of the
owners of the “Sparta Academy Lottery.”
With questions ot the legality, or otlie; wise, of
the “Sparta Academy Lottery,” as it exists in
Georgia, we don't propose to meddle; but when
one of our rather prominent citizens is indicted for
a eiiminal offense, we, as public journalists, deem
it our duty to lay such facts or allegations as bear
upon his case, before our readers.
From statements made to us, and for the cor
rectness of which we are satisfied, it appears that
the -State of Georgia granted to the “Sparta Acad
emy, ' iu the year 1.-26, the light to raise five
thousand dollars hv lottery, for educational pur
poses. This grant laj* for many years inert and
useless for the purpose intended, inconsequence
of the inamlity of its corporators to carry out the
objecteoiiftiiiplnted.
Some time ago Mr. Wood, in connection with
parties iu Georgia, purchased from the existing
trustees the privilege of drawing this lottery, and
contracted to pay the “Sparta Academy the
nOunt designated by the act, in certain equal
annual installments. These installments Have
been punctually paid : and it is imUier stated that
all of the prizes which were drawn by anj pin-
chasers of tickets, from time to tune, have been
promptly met. aud the parties concerned as own
ers and managers are responsible. I bus much
of our information.
A perusal of the act of incorporation certainly
shows that the “trustees,” or their “successors m
office,” had a right to raise the sum of five thons-
nd dollars by lottery, aud the question as to
whether a subsequent change of the State Con
stitution, declaring all lotteries to he illegal, could
destroy a vested right, is oue which the Courts
alona can decide. It certainly seems to us, that
our worthy Mayor is adopting the ‘largest liberty’
idea, in extending his investigation of Statutory
aud Constitutional provisions into other baili
wicks than his own. We are prepared to cooper
ate heartily with him inall homo reforms which he
mav attempt, if they he stoppages of leaks at the
hung rather than the spiggot; hut we honestly
think he has all lie can do here, in suppressing
tin* vice which is so rife ill our midst, without go
ing to Georgia to reform its abuses.
There’s a deal of liumhug in this world hidden
under the mask of reform, and we are sometimes
inclined to think that even lottery schemes are no
worse than stocking, or any one of the thousand
speculations into which men enter lor the chances
of making money.
We learn that this “Sparta Academy Lottery”
is still drawing, notwithstanding the indictment,
and that its legality is to he tested belore the
courts. Instead of breaking up the lottery con
cern, we think tlie measures taken to effect that
object, will only serve to increase the sale of tick
ets; and we doubt if $50,Will invested iii the ad
vertising, would have conduced so much to the
interest of the managers as the publicity which
has been given to the fact of their indictment
People who spend their monej’ in lottery tickets
don't much care whether the game is legalized or
outlawed. All gambling is illegal, and yet gamb
ling is a passion that wiil seek gratification in de
fiance of all laws. The attention of the whole
“sporting” world is now directed lo Swan & Go's
lotteries, through the tree advertising which they
have obtained from the movements of Mayor
Tiemann tu suppress them.
From what we have read, there certainly appears
to he two sides to the matter, which will give rise
to nice questions of law, notwithstanding the
stimmarj’ action of the Georgia jury. Mr. Wood
has published a card which we insert in justice to
him, that he may have the benefit of his own ver
sion of this matter.
A G’akk.—My attention has bean called to a
correspondence between Mayor Tiemaiui, Howell
Cobh, and the authorities of Georgia, upon the
subject of Sparta Academy Lottery. My name is
mentioned as one of the owners of the Lottery.
I am one of the owners, have paid the franchise,
and the Lottery has been created and sanctioned
by the Legislature of Georgia, and is legal. All
my transactions with rel'eience to the said Lotterj*
are consequently legitimate, and the money has
been promptly paid to the trustees of tin Sparta
Aeadetuj*, who are well-known, honorable men.
The Mayor of this city, iu his mistaken zeal to
reform the morals of the people of Georgia, and
inform them that they do not know what laws are
binding and in force iu their State, despatched as
his agent for that purpose, a convicted thief, who
had heed on the tread-mill in England, and as his
associate iu the embassy, a man who refused to
answer the question as to whether he had been
accused of crime in Boston ; and by giving them
the sanction of his name, the Mayor lots introduc
ed these characters into the society of gentlemen.
One of these men receives $20u per month from
an opposition lottery concern to protect their in
terest in Now York, aud to destroy rival concerns
Do you think men of true genius are apt to
indulge in the use of inebriating fluids?—said tlie
divinity-student.
If you think you are strong enough to hear u hat
1 am going to say,—I replied,—I will talk to you
about this. But luiud, now; those are the things
that some foolish people call dangerous subjects,
—as if these vices which burrow into people's
souls, as tin; Guinea-worm burrows into the naked
feet of West-lndian slaves would h * inoie
mischievous when seen than out of sight. Now
the true way to deal with those obstinate animals,
which are a dozen feet long, some ot them, and no
bigger than a horse hair, is to get a piece of silk
round tin-ir lieai/s, and pull them out very cautious
ly. If you only bteak them off, they grow worse
than over, and sometimes kill the person that has
the misfortune of harboring one of them. Whence
it is plain that the first thing to do is to find out
where the head lies.
Just so ot all the vices, and particularly of this
viceot intemperance. What is the head of it, and
where tines it lie? For you may depend upon it,
there is not one of these vices that has not a head
of its own,—an intelligence,—a meaning,—a
certain virtue, I was going to say,—lint that might,
perhaps, sound paradoxical. I have heard an
immense number of moral physicians lay down
the treatment of moral Guinea-worms, and the
vast majority of them would always insist that
the creature had no head at all, but was all body
and tail. So I have found a very common result
of their method to be that the string slipped, or
that a piece only of the creature was broken off,
and the worm soon grew again, as bad as ever.
The truth is, if the Devil could only appear iu
church bv attorney, and make the best statement
that the facts would bear him out in doing oil
behalf of his special virtues, (what we commonly
call vices,) the influence of good teachers would
he much greater than it is. For the arguments
by which the Devil prevails are piecisely the ones
that the Devil-quellers most rarely answer. The
I way to argue down a vice is not to tell lies about
it,—to say that it lias no attractions, when every
body knows that it has,—hut rather to let it make
out its case just as it certainly will in the moment
of temptation, and then meet it with the weapons
furnished by the Divine armory. Ithuriel did not
spit the tciad on liis spear, you remember, hut
touched him with it, and the blasted angel took the
sad glories of his true shape. If he had shown
light then, the fair spirits would have known how
to deal with him.
That all spasmodic and cerebral action is an
evil is not perfectly clear. Men get fairly intoxi
cated withjnusic, with poetry, with religious ex
citement,—oftenest with love. Ninon de l’Enclos
stud she was so easily excited that her soup intoxi
cated her, and convalescents have been made tipsy
by a beef-steak. * * * * *
Among the gentlemen that I have known, few,
if any, were runied by drinking. My few drunken
acquaintances were generally ruined before they
became drunkards. The habit of drinking is often
a vice, no doubt,—sometimes a misfortune.—as
when an almost irresistible hereditary propensity
exists to indulge in it,—but oftenest of all a punish
ment.
Empty heads,—heads without ideas in whole
some variety and sufficient number to furnish food
for the mental clockwork,—ill regulated heads,
where the faculties are not under the control of
the will,— these are the ones that hold the brains
which their owners are so apt to tamper with, by
introducing the appliances we have been talking
about. Now, when a gentleman's brain is empty
or ill-regulated, it is, to a great extent, his own
fault: mid so it is simple retribution, that, while
he lies slothfnlly sleeping or aimlessly dreaming,
the fatal habit settles on him like a vampyre, and
sucks his blood, fanning him all the while with its
hot wings into deeper skimber or idler dreams! I
am not such a hard-sonled being as to apply this
to the neglected poor, who have had no chance to
fill their heads with wholesome idas, and to be
taught the lesson of self-government. I trust the
tariff of Heaven has an ad valorem scale for them,
—and all of us. *****
There is another unfortunate way of look
ing, which is peculiar to that amiable sex we do
not like to find fault with. There aie some very
pretty, but, unhappily, very ill-bred women, who
don’t understand the law of tlie road with regard
to handsome faces. Nature and custom would,
no doubt, agree in conceding to all males the right
of at least two distinct looks at every comely
female countenance, without any infraction of the
rules of courtesy or the sentiment of respect. Thu
first look is necessary to define the person of the
individual cue meets so as to avoid it in passing
•hi.' u- i-.i ii .iltinclijudotoctei it. ati.st glance K
a sufficient apology for a second,—mot a prolonged
and inipertiineuts f are hut. an apppreciating homage
ofrlieeyes.su*!! asa.stranger may inoffensive!?
yield to a passing image. It is astonishing how
morbidly sensitive some vulgar beauties are to
the slightest demonstration of this kind. When a
lady walks the streets, she leaves,her virtuous-
indignation countenance at home; she knows well
enough that the street is a picture-gallery where
pretty faces framed in pretty bonnets are meant to
be seen, aud everybody has a right to see them.
The Right of Nrarrh Debate ia the Senate
The following interesting discussion took place
in tlie U. S. Senate, on the report of Mr. Mason from
the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Mr. MASON remarked that there could be no
question but that the international law denied
absolutely any right of visitation upon the high
seas in time of peace. This right had been
frequently claimed by foreign nations in time of
war . for one purpose only; and that was to see if
there were any articles on board that were contra
band. We were led to the last war with Great
Britain by the extension of this right on her part;
fur she claimed that having the right to come on
board our vessels to look for contraband articles,
beiijg there she could look to see if any of her
subjects were on hoard. Blit we contend that she
has no right of visitation in time of peace for any
purpose. Mr. M. quoted in support of this view
an opinion delivered in 1826, by Judge Story,
before the United Stales Supreme Court, that a
ship intended to he visited by another on the Itigl
seas could only he visited by her own consent, and
’va.s not hound to heave to for any such purpose.
Lord Stowell had also decided in a similar manner,
in the British courts. But he would not debate
the .subject at length, fur it was a very plain case,
and tlie matter ought to be acted upon at once.
Mr. MALLORY moved to amend the resolution
by striking out all after the word “resolved” and
inserting a substitute, to the effect that the recent
proceedings of the British naval officers in the
Gulf of Mexico and upon the high seas, iu forcibly
arresting and examining vessels of the United
States, owned and navigated by American citizens,
and engaged in lawful trade, are without justifi
cation or palliation. and an aggression upon the
i igilts of the A merican people which they can never
suffer to be infringed; and the President of the
United States is authorized to adopt immediate
measures to arrest at ouce the continuance of such
outrages.
u ui.d aa loruially auj solemnly as it tli uoiyei
of oue nation to inform another, that this invasion
of our rights must t iase. and if not, that we shall
resist •- f iree. What good has it done? England
had violated this right thirty- f hrce times, he
believed, within tlie last four weeks; and now shad
■ve sav that if she does it a dozen times niore^, or
thirty-three times more, wo shall not like it.—
What goodwill it do now, to resolve again that it is
a violation of our rights—that it is offensive to us,
and we shall not submit to it? He believed that
thero was a more direct way of getttiug at it, and
that Was to clothe the President.with the power to
put an end to this course of proceeding: and then
whenever our rights shall bo again violated, let
him instantly avenge the wrong oil the spot.
It is said that the Executive has now exerted
the whole power of the government, by ordering
all our disposable naval force to tlio Gulf of Mex
ico, with instructions to protect American citizens
and commerce there. Mr. D- commended and ad
mired the promptness with which the President
had exercised that power, hut was that power suf
ficient to put an effectual stop to these outrages?
It is understood that this authority extends simply
to prevent the search of our vessels while the act
is being done. In order to prevent the act in this
manner, we should be under the necessity of s' ud-
iug a ship-of war by the side of every merchant
man, so as to bo constantly proseut; fortiiey would
onlymako the search when onr war-ship was not
present. But the moment our armed vessels was
out of sight the merchantman would be stopped,
and made to submit to such inspection aud search
as the British government might require Mr. D.
also thought our naval force to he sent thero was
inadequate; for the British would have three guns
in the Gulf of Mexico to our one, after our vessels
arrive which are now on the way. The better
mode would bo for one of our ships-of-war to get
upon the track of the “Styx,” or any other British
vessel that has been committing these outrages,
follow her. capture her. make prisoners of all on
board, and to bring the yessel into an American
port, to answer for the offence. If the British
government avows that act, it becomes ail interna
tional question between this country and Great
Britain; and if she disavows it, it is for us to say
what punishment shall he inflicted upon those
lawless persons who are then abandoned by their
own government as pirates. It would bo impos
sible for the “Wabash” to catch tne “Styx” in tho
act, because she would never do it while the “Wi-
bash” was in sight; and if the President has not
j ower to do more than he has doue, the power
ought to b<* conferred at once. It might be said
Mr. M. thought the time had arrived for some1 that this would be giving the President power to
action upon this matter. In these proceedings, make war, whereas the war power is vested in
the British officers had frequently exhibited less | Congress alone
frequently
civility than many highway robbers. He believed
the proceedings were without justification or
palliation, and he desired that the Senate should
say so. If this right was now sought to lie exer
cised forthefi’st time, the case would he different;
hut it was done in the face of repeated remon
But to that he would reply that
the President could at any time involve the coun
try in war in ninety days. When the country
elects a President, they are compelled to confide
iu him, for tlie reason that the office vests in his
hands such power as is safe only when exercised
vitli wisdom, discretion, aud justice. Mr. D. said
strances and arguments from our public men, and ho would act in this matter without reference to
upon waters which were in a peculiar sense our political parties; ho would confer that power
own, as lying contiguous to our owii territory, which the Chief Magistrate ought to have, in order
Such conduct as tin-, he thought, required someth-1 to enable him to protect American citizens wiiere-
ing morn than mere remonstrance. Lord Stowell ever they may go. He had no apprehension that
had laid down unequivocally that this pretendedi sui li a power would he abused by the. present
right of visitation, which was nothing more nor Executive, or by any other who may succeed him.
less than tho right of search in its broadest sense,
could not he exercised in time of peace. Mr.
Webster and General Cass had also avowed the
same doctrine, in their capacity as officers of the
governin' lit, and it was somewhat remarkable that
this exercise of such a right, for the first time on a
general scale since the last war, .should have fol
lowed so soon after a distinct refusal upon the part
of this government to entertain such a proposition
It was idle to say that these British officers acti d j
upon tlu ir own responsibility; they always receive I
With these views lie had iutroduci d a hill to elutho
th i Executive with power to protect our citizens
and our commerce outside the limits of th United
-States h.v summary process wherever there might
la* a cast* that, does not admit ofd day, but requires
instant action. Such practical legislation would
do some good, and lie hoped that hill might he
passed instantly, unanimously, and without de
bate. Tt tit would he more effectual iu preventing
these out!ages than all the arms and navies that
can he mustered in aid of resolutions which confer
their instructions from the Admiralty Office, and I no legislative authority to act. The time for dis-
through that from th" home government, and wo | mission of this question lias gone by; let us now
have a right tu presume that they act according have* action.
to their instructions. As calamitous as a war; Mr. IIAYNE thought the resolutions were wise,
between the Unit'd States and Great Britain would J dignified, manly and proper. !!•* approved the
hi—united by such ties as they are, aud equally i promptness that characterized the conduct of
cherishing the liberties of Magna Charia and the Oliver Cromwell and Andrew Jackson, and ex-
religion of Christ—yet he would be willing to j piessed the opinion that our interests and our hon-
assume the responsibility of checking these out-1 m* would he safe iu the hands of our gallant
rages immediately, if for no other motive, In* navy,
would take such a course lor the motive of policy; J Mr. WILSON moved to amend the amendment
for there was more danger iu suffering aggie
sinus tamely than there was in promptly resenting
them He rejoiced that tin: Secretary of the Navy
had so promptly responded to the general senti
ment of the country by sending all the disposable (
force of the navy to those waters. No British s
cruiser would attempt to exercise this right ot j |
search in the presence of an American armed ves
sel, as ttiey w ould regard the fact of that presence
as a guarantee that the vessel to be searched was
engaged in lawful commerce; but that did not go
far enough. If the Secretary of the Navy had
given orders for our ships to find out who had fired
into American vessels, and to bring the offenders
into our ports, it would have been something
tangible. And lie also regretted that the force sent
there was so inferior; it was almost ridiculously
inadequate to right a wrong of this character
Mr. HALE moved to amend the resolution that
was proposed to he stricken out by inserting a
clause declaring that these acts are belligerent in
their character, and should be resisted at all
hazards, and by all the power of the country
Mr II. remarked that thi:' was not a solitary case
of aggression, hut here was a continuous seri.s ot
ssious upon onr commerce, as decided by the
of Mr. Hale by adding the following,
“And the I’resideut is hereby authorized and em
powered to employ the naval force of the United
States, and send the same to the scenes of the re
cent Outrages, with instructions to capture the
ps which hive committed or which may commit
se belligerent acts.”
Mr. W. said that these acts were outrages that
must not he siibmit'od to by the country; hut it
was our duty to see to it that our flag should not be
prostituted by men engaged in the crime of the
slave trade. He was ready to take the most
prompt action to redress these wrongs upon our
commerce; but he hoped that measures would also
h" taken so that onr flag should not he used by
pirates on the coasts of Africa and Cuba, and the
nation thereby dishonored and disgraced.
Founder in Horsts —Take a table-spoonful of
pulverised alum, pull the horse's tongue out of his
mouth as far as possible, and throw the alum
down Ids throat. Let go liis tongue and hold up
hi* head till he swallows. In six hours time—no
matter liow had the founder—he will be fit for mod
erate service. 1 have seen this remedy tested so
Iten, with perfect success, that 1 would not make
| live dollars difference in a horse foundered, if done
one that is not. E. L. PkRIA.M.
highest j'uheial tribunals of this country ;
cheat Britain. Wliat did such conduct requite- , 01lC t |, at is not . jv j
argument? He thought not. 1 he matior had |
been diseased long enough; and if the facts stated
in the report of the committee on Foreign Rela
tions he correct and their reasoning sound, as lie
this government
To Destroy Flics.—Take one pint of Milk add a
quarter of a pound of raw sugar aud two ounces
, "l g:omul H. ppor. Simmer them together for
t.gnl to ; pjf/j,’. ( , r i ( ,„ m imi;es. and place it about in shallow*
th lies.
believed they w
tali" a decid' d position, and characterize tlmse j jLhes. The flies titlark it greedily, and iu a few
net- as they deserve. The report and resolutions | ,tes are suffocated. By this method, kitchens,
say that these acts require an unequivocal anti I e tc., may he kept clear of flies all the summer,
Inal disposition of tie* subject by the govern* | without the danger attending poison.—Fxrhange.
meiitsof Hri-a? Britain and the United States, j 'I lire can at least be no danger attending this
1!" disM'iited from that iqiinion. It was not a ease I experiment, as no poisonous substance is used:
for tla* action ol < treat Britain: it was a ease tor the j . IM ,j as the ingredients are all handy and cheap, it
action of this government alone. lie thought, we | ; s w „.*th a trial, now that “fly time’' has returned
had o'tter not ash the government of Great Britain | with its annnyaiict s.
whether they wore ready to apologize, but we had
better ]iii : 'mr.-clvet; in a position for them to ask , time la o'‘P
us to apologize, if they feel aggrieved at "in* ac- j American
t!"U The only position which tins country could
| wit
low la Kiti> our Houses Cool.—The Scientific
the following directions tor the
securing of cool houses in warm w rath, r;
“The first necessity is a thorough draft. This
canal wins he obtained by opening every door
and window* in the basement, the top ot every
w indow above, and by throwing each door w ida
stoutly with dignity and honor, was t>
treat ttiis as an act of war, and meet it as such
with force against force. Then there will he i
negotiation, and we shall know for all coming timi
whether tin* right of search is to bo insisted upon | open ; hut above all, be sure that the trap door in
liy the government of Great Britain. While be I the roof is open, and there is plenty of air room
should look upon a war with Great Britain as oue f.r it down the stairs, so that which ever be tho
of the I'reatest calamities that could befall the civi- direction of the wind, there will he at least one
lizcd world, lid should regard the lowering of tin | ascending current of air in the house. Another
national dignity, and submission to such an requisite is shade. Our common slat shutters
assumption as this upon the part of Gn at Britain, answer well for the windows, but the most cheap
as a ereater calamity than war itself. The way to ■ and convenient shelter fertile roof is to cover it
maintain our rights inviolate is to let Great Britain j thickly with straw, dried reeds or rushes. These
know that upon this subject w e have no argument
ake and ns remonstrance to utter. Her offi
cials have committed acts of war upon our com
merce. Let us meet them as such; and if it
avows them, it is a case demanding tie* action
of this government, and not argument or remon
strance. He, therefore, simply asked the Senate
to declare what every man knows to be true, that
these acts are belligerent iu their character; unit
that being admitted, it follows as a matter oi
course that belligerent acts ought to ho resisted
by th.! power, and refuted by the logic ol the coun
try.
Mr. MALLORY withdrew Ijis amendment. He
had offered it under tie* impression that these were
joint resolutions taking action; hut inasmuch as
they were not, bui merely an expression of opin
ion, his amendment would he out of place here.
Mr. TOOMBS said that this government wanted
something more than pledges or securities that
belligerent acts should not be committed in future
— *.ve want satisfaction for what has been done al
ready’. If these proceedings have taken place, un
der the sanction of Britsh authority, we should re
sist them hy force, and d<» it without delay. It
they are without the sanction of that government,
we should punish the offenders. Therefore, he
would vote for a resolution, not only to send onr
force there to prevent these things in future, !mt t"
seize these vessels, with or without the autlnwily
of the, British government. He believed the xiil-
itary force of the country should be placed at the
disposal of the Executive, and that we should eith
er sink these aggressors upon our rights, or seize
them and bring them to condign punishment. He
would he satisfied widi nothing short of that.
Mr. SEWARD expressed his entire concurrence
with the general sentiment which is pervading the
Senate, Congress, and the country with regaid to
these outrages which have been committed upon
our commerce in the Gulf of Mexico. The Com
mittee on Foreign Relations, as had already been
stated, were unanimous iu the adoption of these
will resist the influence of the noonday sun. and
keep the garret almost as cool as the basement.
One of the most simple methods, and at the same
time cheapest means, of lowering the temperature
of a room, is to wet a cloth of any size, the larger
the hotter, aud suspend it in tlie place you want
cooled: let the room lie well Vi-n! ; ated. and the
temperature will sink from ten to twenty degrees
m less than an hour. Tlie above hints will ho
useful to many ; and, as a last suggestion, we will
info! m the reader that, in summer ii is well to keep
a solution of chloride of lime in the house, and
occasionally sprinkle it in the more frequented
parts, as the passages and stairs.”
Hot liread —The follow ing is from Dr. John G.
Bunting, who has been experimenting with Alexis
St. Miirtin, the man wiih a hole in his stomach,
made hy a bullet, through which can he seen all
the process' s or stages through which the differ
ent articles of food must pass in the act of diges
th n:
“Hot bread never digests Bear this in mind,
reader, if you are accustomed to eat the light, and
tempting biscuit at tea, or the warm loaf which
looks so appetizing upon your dinner tabic. Hut
bread never digests; after a long season of tumb
ling and wi rking about in the stomach, it w ill Lie-
gin to feiti" nf, and will ev< utually he passed out
of the stomach as ail unwelcome tenant of that
delicate organ, hut never digests, never la conics
assimilati d to, or absorbed by, the organs that ap
propriate nutrition to the body. It is a first rate
dyspepsia producer. The above is truth as it has
been repeatedly proved from actual observation
through tin side of Alexis St. Martin."
Great Southern Mail to be Change,l lo the South
western I oute.—Washington, May 26.—The Rail
road Convention here adjourned to-day, after a
session of about two, wei ks, during which impor
tant results wi re accomplished.
The I’os’master General has given orders to
- , convey the. great Southern Mail, leaving New
resolutions. L or himselt, ho needed no law-books j yi.rk in the morning, over the Central route,
or judicial decisions to instruct his mind in regaru | diverging from the seaboard at Richmond, and
to the rights of nations upon the gie.it puhne I y H . ne(J v j. L Virginia and Tennessee Railroad
highways. A nation was to be governed by . f ’ ltm * ! through Knoxville, and Dalton, Georgia to the
lar rules that would be applied to an iiiuii idu;n. i unuffi Junction, fifty miles East of Memphis,
If, because there are thieves and robbers in socle-1 t |„, nCi , vm ,| ;lt; kseri to New (Means,
ty, a private citizen can be stopped and searched in Yj.jg service commences on the 1st July and coii-
the street by every person who may choose to ex- t( , tll0 :t)l , flu „ N 1*59 The time from New
erase the right ol police, then it is true, tliat one 11a-j York to New Orleans is four days and seventeen
tion has right to constitute itself a police upon the j | llf . )rg . t . OI1 itiensation $260 per mile; distance
high seas for the purpose of asccrtaing the honesty, j j q-if,
integrity, and good conduct of other nations; hut f ter t lj e 1st July, 1859. both of the great
there is no such right any wdiere. It is a claim foun-1 Soat ; ;em n ,.,j t Si paving New York morning and
.1 a .„ e 1 ’* c’**' 1 -•■*■* ' evening, will be in connection with this great
route, as double daily service lias been ordered by
tin; Postoffi.■*. Department, to commence at that
time. This is dull" in view of the expected comple
tion of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad to
Lynchburg This it is confidently believed will
_ shorten the time between New York and New
rims person may either arrest or detain him; but he j 0r!calis t0 t ] llx( . j ays and twelve hour ; at a enm-
does it at his peril. If the person proves to ho a , !e .j s .. lt ion for double daily
culprit he is abandoned to the hands of justice; hut
if he turns out to he innocent, then the person ar-
resting him is an aggressor, and is bound to give
satisfaction. This principle is applicable to 11a-
ti-ns as wi 11 as individuals; and on this principle
we might to demand satisfaction from the govern
in'! t of Great Britain.
Mi*. DOUGLAS stated that he eouncurred in the
general tone of the report, but he would make
one reservation. Instead of contenting ourselves
with the expression that this thing must stop, hi
believed we should bring forward some practical
legislation, and authorize and empower the Pres
ident to stop it. He could see no use in these re
solves. We resolved upon the subject forty years
ago, and wc have resolved ever since, when those
rights have been violated. England lias been in-
d in force, and not in right. The United States has
never recognised this right, and never will,audit has
been practically abandoned by Great Britain ever
since the close of the last war. The true priuei-
p ! c is this: as there may he pirates at sea, as well
as culprits on land, any person who may choose to
challenge another as being an unjust and dange-
nensation tor uouuie uuuy service of $39'l per mile.
Full through airangements have also been com-
sh ted for tlie conveyance of passengers hy tills
route at ,f 48. It is also understood that arrange
ments have been perfected in connection with the
above for a semi-monthly California mail via N «*
Orleans. Tehuantepec and Acapulco, and thence
hv the Pacific mail steamers to 8an Francisco,
which, it is believed, will shorten the present time
ten days fro tin New York to California.
Affairs in the tint/.—It was a current rumor in
New Yoik, on 8aturday, that Lord Napier has dis
patched a vessel from that city ordering the Brit
ish Admiral in the Gulf of Mexico to abstain from
further interference with American ships until ad
vices are received from England; hut those best
informed look upon the report as unreliable
BUT AUTHORITY.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
Pub: 25—
AN ACT to authorize the Vestry of Washington
Parish to take and enclose certain parts of
streets in the city of Washington for the pur
pose of extending the Washington cementry,
and for other pu>*psses.
lie itenattctl by the Si uate and House of liepresen-
tatires of tlie United States of America in Con
or ess assembled, That the vestry of Washington
parish shall be and are hereby authorized, with the
censent of tho corporation of the city of Wash
ington, to take, enclose, and use forever those
parts of Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets East
which lie between the North side of G street South
and the North side of Water street, and also those
parts of South G and South H streets which lie
between the Seventeenth and Twentieth streets
East, for the purpose of enlarging the Washing
ton cemetery: Provided That the power hereby
conferred shall not be exercised as regards such
particular portion of either of the aforesaid streets
as may pass iu front ot any lot of ground not
owned by the said vestry, until the said vestry
shall become the owners of such lot of ground:
Aud provided further, That the said vestry shall
not soil for any purpose whatever any ot the
aforesaid parts of streets, but the United States
shall retain and hold such parts thereof as may be
laid out for burial purposes for interment of
members of Congress or such officers ot the Gov
ernment as nmy die in Washington
Section 2. And be it further enacted. That no
canal, railroad,street, or alley shall ever be laid
out or opened into or through the Washington
cemetery, except such avenues or walks as may
he laid out hy the vestry of Washington parish,
for tho use and purposes of the said cemetery.
Sec. 3 And be. it further enacted. That the
Washington cemetery shall he iorever free from
taxation.
Approved May 18, 1858.
Pub:
AN ACT to create a land district iu the Territory
of New Mexico
/!' it enacted hy the. Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembleel, That the public lands ill the
Territory of New Mexico,;to which the Indian ti
tle shall have been extinguished, constitute a
land district to he called the "District of New
Mexico, the office for which shall he established at
such place within said district as the President
of the United States may from time to time di
rect.
SECTION, 2. And be it further enacted, That, for
the purpose of carrying this act into effect, the
the President shall he, and he is hereby, author
ized to appoint, hy and with the advice and con
sent of the Senate, or during tlie recess thereof,
a register and receiver fur the district hereby crea
ted, who shall he required to reside at the sito of
the office, and whose powers, duties, obligations,
and responsibilities shall be the same as are now
prescribed hy law for other land officers, (so far as
they apply to these officers.)
Sir. 3. And be it further enacted. That this act
shall not take effect in less than six mouths after
its passago.
Approved 21th May 1858.
Puli. 3rt.
AN ACT for the relief of Isaac Drew uud other
settlers upon the public muds in tho State of
Wisconsin;
He. it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of the United States of America in Con
gress assembled, That Isaac Drew, and such other
persons as may have settled, in good faith, iu the
State of W isconsin, since the first day of July,
eighteen hundred aud fifty, upon any portion of
1 lie lands that were erroneously selected by said
StaU as a part of the five hundred thousand acre
grant, which selections were not confirmed, and
who were at that date, or since that time have
become, an actual settler and housekeeper, and
made improvements on any tract eintiraced among
said eroneous selections, are hereby entitled to I he
same right of pre-emption, and upon the same
terms and conditions, as are prescribed hy ail act
entitled, “An act to appropriate the proceeds of the
sales of the jiuclic lands and grant pre-emption
rights,” approved September fourteenth, eighteen
hundred and forty-one: Provided, That such
lands shall be paid for by such settlors at tho min
imum price.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That where
persons have eroneously entered any of the lands
named in the first section of this act, and shall
satisfactorily show to the register and receiver
that prior to. or within tiireo mouths after, the
passage of this act, they have made an actual
settlement on the lands mentioned in the first sec
tion, the Commissioner cf the General Land office
is hereby authorized to issue patents therefor: Pro
vided. That it shall be satisfactorily made to ap
pear to him that the entry of the traet or tracts
sought to he patented does not interfere with
the rights or occupancy of any actual settler.
Approved 24 May 1858.
Pub: 31 —
AN ACT to prevent the inconvenient accumula
tion in the Post Office Department of Post
master’s quarterly returns
Re it enacted by the Stnutc and House of Represen
tatives nf the United States of America in Congress
assembled. That the Postmaster general may, from
timet.) time, in his discretion, dispose of any |’ lvi n;r foundation in law or in the comity of na-
e- . . . . . VI 1 . a.
SEIRfli A\l> Mi/tilt: OF AiiEltUiK IVhrtlS.
REPORT OF MR. MASON, OF VIRGINIA
From the committee on Foreign rela ions, made to tht
Senate May IS, 1H5S.
The Committee 011 Foreign Relations, to whom
was referred the resolution of the .Senate in-
' structing them “topnquire whether any legisla
tion is necessary to enable the President of tha
United States to protect American vessels
against British aggression in the Gulf of Mexico
or elsewhere,” and to whom has also been refer-
ed the messago of tho President of the United
States communicating, in4he answer to a reso
lution of the Senate, information concerning tha
recent search or seizure of American vessels by
foreign armed cruisers in the Gulf of Mexico
have had the same uudir consideration, aud
now
REPORT:
The documents accompanying the message of
the President show a series of aggressive acts ou
the commerce of the United States in the Gulf u f
Mexico and off the west India islands, by tho na
val forces of Great Britain, of a character so mark
ed and exiraordinary as to have fixed the atten
tion of the country.
American vessels pursuing the paths of lawful
commerce 011 tho high sens, or passing near tbo
American coast from one domestic port to another
under the flag of their country, have been pur-
sued, tired into, and compelled to stop by the pub
lic force of a foreign power questioned as to their
destination, their cargo, and the character of their
crew; required to submit to an examination of
sea papers, and to a scrutiny into the objects aud
purposes of their voyage.
In other instances, American vessels anchored
in the harbor of a friendly power, at the port of
Sagua !a Grande, in the island of Cuba, have
been subjected to a police inquisition by the same
foreign power, and in liko manner required to ex
hibit tlu ir papers, and to submit to questions as
to their d'-stinatiou, itho cause of th-ir absence
from home, and the number and character of their
crews.
It would appear from tlio letter of the consul
of the United States at Havana, (a document ac
companying tlie message,) that no less than fifteen
American vessels lying iu the harbor, or in port
at Sagua la Grande, were mado to undergo this
humiliating systi-m of espionage; whilst six ves
sels on the high sea in the Gulf of Mexico, hear
ing tlnii country 3 llag were, as above stated, by
actual exhibition and us" of force, endangering
in some instances, the lives of those on hoard,
compelled to stop and submit to detention, until
a hoarding officer was satisfied in such questions
as it was his pleasure to put.
Besides tho instances above cited with tho
President,s message in reply to a call ot tho
Senate, each successive arival from the infested
piarter brings intelligence of new and additional
aggressions of liko character, committed by tlio
same power, on vessels bearing the flag of tho
United States.j
It lias occasionally liapponed heretofore, under
circumstances of misapprehension, or misconstruc
tion of orders, or from other and like causes,
that vessels of the United Suites have been sub
jected hy the armed force of a foreign power to
visitation und search, in violation of international
law. and in derogation of the independence of our
flag, and iu such isolated cases the honor of tho
country may have been sufficiently vindicated by a
disclaimer of intended wrong or hy rebuke of tho
officer offending. But the continuous and perse
vering character of the aggressions now brought
to the notico of the country, coinrnitttcd by a
power with whom we are at peace and almost
within sight of our shores, is sufficient to arouse the
just indignation of the country, and calls, in tho
opinion ot 4i;e committee, for the most prompt
and ofih ieut measures, to arrest at once, and to
end finally and forever, tho comissiunuf like in
dignities to our flag.
The documents accompanying the message dis
close the fact that these acts of visitation and
examination of American vessels were sought to
bo justified under the plea of necessity for the
suppression of the slave trade, supposed to he or
actually carried out, bqjwecu Africa aud tlio
island of Cuba.
The committee will not go into any inquiry ia
reference to such alleged necessity. It is sufficient
for them to know that the assent of the United
ites, altthough often invoked, has never been
yielded to any such system of police on the seas.
They rest on the position, not to he controverted,
that by no principle of international law can a
vessel under the flag of its country be visited or
detained on the high seas in the timo of peace hy
any foreign power under pretext, or for any pur
pose whatever, without the consent of those over
whom the flag wave*.
Without going at large into the questions here
tofore involved as to the rights of independent
nations on that common highway of the world—
the open sea—the committee deem this, never
theless, a tit occasion to declare the principles
always maintained hy the United States as regu
lating the use of the open or high seas in timo of
peace, and fiom which are derived rights to the
people of the United States admitting no restraint
or qualification, and to he maintained at whatever
cost.
There is 110 right of visitation, far less of
search, to be exercised in time of peace by any
nation on the ships or vessels of other nations,
nor can there be so long as the laws of tho civilized
world touching the freedom of the sea are re
spected by civilized men. Such claim, tli refore.
juarti ily returns of mails sent 01* received, pre-
Serving the accounts current, and all vouchers ac
companying such accounts, and use such portions
of the proceeds thereof as may he necessary to
defray the cost of separating and disposing of the
same: Provided That the accounts shall bo pre-
se* vientire, at least two yeius.
Approved 21 May 1 '58.
Pub: 32
AN ACT for extending the laws east of tho Cas
cade mountains, in Oregon and Washington
Territories.
He it enacted by the Senate and House 0} Repre
sentatives of tin United. Stales 'f America in Con
gress assembled, That the existing laws relating to
the survey and disposal of the public lands in
the Territories of Oregon and Washington, west
of tin* Cascade mountains, he, and the same are
hereby extended and made applicable also to the
lands* lying east of said mountains within said
Territory.
Approved 29th May, 1858.
Pub: 33.
AN ACT to amend the “Act to incorporate tho
Coliimhia lnstitution for the instruction of the
deaf and dumb aud the blind,” approved Feb
ruary sixteenth, eighteen hundred and filty-
seven.
lie i! enacted hy the Senate aud House of Representa
tives of the United States of America in Congress as
sembled, That in addition to the provision made
the above recited act for the maintenance and
tuition of pupils in the said institution, the sum
of three thousand dollars per annum, payable
quarterly, shall be allowed for five years, for the
payment of salaries and incidental expenses of
said institution, and that three thousand dollars
be. and is hereby appropriated for the present
fiscal year, payable out of any moneys iu the
treasury not otherwise appropriated-
See. 2. And be it further enacted, That tlie deaf
and dumb and the blind children ol all p rsous
iu the Military and naval service of the United
States, while such persons art* actually in such
service, shall ho entitled to instruction in said
institution, on tin* same terms as deaf and dumb
and blind children belonging to tha District ol
Columbia.
Sec. 3. And be it farther enacted. That nil re- j try into the mfestcil quarter, with orders
eipls and disbursements under this act shall he
reported to the Secretary of the Interior, as re
quired in the sixth section of the act to which
this is an amendment.
Approved May 29, 1858.
A RESOLUTION to authorize the secretary of | however, thej* will arrest for the present furth
lions, can never he tolerated hy anindependciit
power hut in derogation of her sovereignty. Nei
ther is there any distinction to he drawn iu the claim
of right between \ isitation at sea hy th** aniwd ves
sels ofa foreign powerwlien unattended by examin
ation aud search, and such vsitation when so
attended.
Tho offence and violation of public law con
sists in the visitation, without regard to its pur
pose, when claimed ns a right, against the wiil of
the party subjected to it. Were it other*.*.ise,
there would fill low.!'if course, the correlative right to
arrest and detain the vessel until the visitation is
effected.
The committee find these principles admitted
and enforced by the opinions an 1 the decisions of
the most eminent judicial authorities, both in this
country aud Great Britain.
[The ease of the “Manana Flora,,' in the Su
preme Court of the United States, reported in 11
Wheaton, page 1. And in England, the ease of
“Le Louis.” decided by Lord Stowell in 1817, and
reported iu Dodson’s Admiralty Reports, vol. 2,
page *2U).]
They are founded in two simple elcmcn'al prin
ciples of public law: First, in the equality of all
independent States: and, second, the common use
by all recognized State’s of the sea as a highway in
time of peace.
Such are the rights and immunities of our
citizens navigating the ocean: which have been
flagrantly violat' d anil outraged hy armed vessels
ofa foreign power in time of profound peace, and
in some instances almost within sight of oar
shores.
Indignant as the American people are, and
ought to be, at the character and persistent repe
tition of such aggressions, yet their occurence and
gravity will opportunely supply the occasion, and
to end, now and and forever, all future question
,ie to this right of visitation at sea between tlio
United States and the offending Power. And tho
committee refrain only from recomeinling at onco
such additional legislation as would ho most cili-e-
tnal to protect the commerce of the country from
aggresions of the character thus brought t" tho
notice of the Senate, from the fact that the Presi
dent (as shown by the letter of the Secretary of
tin* Navy aconipniiying the message) has already
ordered all the disposable naval force, of the eoun-
to pro-
n ci all vessels ortho United States on the high
seas from search or detention by the vcsslcs-of-war
of any other nation.” These are preventive
measures only, and temporary in their character,
hut in thejudgment of tho committee, go to tho
full extent of the power of the executive in tho
absence of legislative provision. It is h -Jeved,
the Treasury to audit and settle the accounts of
the contractor for tlio erection of tin: L liited
Status marine hospital at San Francisco, Cali
fornia
Res,,!red by the Senate and House of RipriSenla-
■IS of the United States of America in Congress ns-
sembled. That tho Secretary of the treasury be,
aud he is hereby, authorized and directed to set
tle and adjust the accounts of the contractor tor
the erection of the United States marine hospital
at San Francisco, California, and to pay to said
contractor, out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, the amount that may be
found to he justly due to him under the contracts
made between said contractor and the proper offi
cers of the Government in reference to said build-
ing.
Approved, May 18,1“58.
Pub: 12.
JOINT RESOLUTION, for paying the compen
sation of stenographers employed by! com
mittees of the House of Representatives.
Rcsolred hy the Senate and House of lleprc-
sentatives of the United States of America in Con
gress-assembled, That the Secretary of Treasury
be and lie is hereby authorized and directed to
allow and pay, out of any money In the treasury
not otherwise appropriated, the compensation of
st* nogranhers employed by committees ot the
House ofRcpreaontatives, as audited uuder the
direction uf said House..
Approved 21 May 1H;>8.
Pub: It 13.
JOINT RESOLUTION, making appropriation
to pay the expenses of tho several iuvestign-
tifig committees of the House of Representa
tives.
Ratal, d by Ike Senate and House cf Representatives
of the United Slates of America, ia Congress as
sembled, That the sum of twelve thousand dollars
be and tho same is hereby, appropriated, out of
any moneys in the treasury not otherw ise appro
priated, for the payment, of expenses of tlio sever
al investigating committees, and of the Judiciary*
Committee of the House of Representatives, and
that the same shall be added to the miscellaneous
items of the contingent fund of said House.
Approved 29 May 1858.
like otieuces iu the quarter whence they have pro
ceeded.
It appears further from these documents that
the altered state nf the relations between tho >
United States and Great Britain, which must I
ariae from lids aggressive eoiiductot bet armed
vessels, has been already brought to the notice of
that power, hy communications from the Secre
tary State of addressed both to the British Minister
here and to the Minister of the United Statesal
London.
It cannot he known until the result of tl.es
communications is laid before Congress liow fa
tlie acts in question will he avowed or disclaim*
by the government held responsible. It is th
earnest hope of the committee that the coiirs
that government may adopt will he of a charade
to satisfy the just demands of this governin' n’
and, at tlio same time, to furnish a guarante
against tlie repetition of the offence. Nolhiuj
short ofthis in the opinion of tlie committee, wiil b
compatible with peaceful relations bet weeen tbctw
countries.
In the present posture of the affair, therefore
the committee forbear from recommending an;
additional legislation to enable the President t*
protect American vessels on the high seas tier
ihe aggressions of foreign powers. B it they w i
not fin bear tlie declaration, that such legislatio
must be promptly supplied should the result shos
that it is ueeded to afford instant and full immu
uity to vessels engaged iu lawful commerce 01
the liurii seas from all arrest, mol station, or tie
tentiun, made under any pretext or from any quar
' In conclusion, the committee recommend th
adoption nf th" following resolutions:
P.sdrnd, (asthejudginout of the Senate.) Ilia
American vessels on tho high seas, ill time o
bearing the American flag, remain unJf
the jurisdiction of tho country tu which they bf
long, and therefore any visitation, molestation, j
detention of such vessels by force, on the parti
a foreign Power, is in derogation of the sovereign
ry of tiio Luited states.
Resolved, That the recent and repeated via
tioiis ot this immunity, committed by vessels*
war belonging to the navy of Great Britaiu nit
Gulf ot Mexico, and the adjacent sous, hy tij
into, interrupting, aud otherwise, forcibly detf