Evening Star Newspaper, March 4, 1856, Page 2

EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON CITY: TUESDSY....... +++. March 4, 1856, hk Agate should be handed in by until the next day. liege —_+=-—__ UF" Acznts ror tux Star.—The following Tamed persons are authorized to contract for the Publication of advertisements in Tu Star: Philadelpata—V. B. Pater, northwest cor- ner of Fifth and Chestnut streets. New York—S. M. Pxtrineity & Co., Nassau Boston—V. B. PatmeR, Scollay’s Building. ————_— U7 Jos Paintine.—Our friends and patrons Bre notified that we are a ye, der of Jos PRINTING With despatch and in best manner, at prices as low as in any —— Wi 5 Job Printers are also Botified we are prepared every descri tion of press- work that can be executed on dou! cylinder and Adams’ ‘presses. So, also, bas the Star offices Book Bindery connected with it, be pe in Its capacity to turn out book of descripttions to any other in the District Columbia. SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PREsS The Union continues its discussion with the Intelligencer upon the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, chiding the conductors of that journal for re- sorting to remarks of Senators Cass, Seward, and others, on the subject before they were in possession of all the facts involved and igno- ring their counter views, expressed when they had mastered the subject through further and fall information upon it. The Intelligencer says of Senator Pugh’s first speech in Washington, delivered yester- day upon the Illinois contested senatorial eleatidn case : “Mr. Pugh rose in reply, and resisted most of the points argued by tg Senator from Ken- tucky. It is needless Yor us to say that the argument of the latter gentleman was char- acterized by imposing legal acumen and abil- ity, as his arguments alwaysare But, as the Senator from Obio is a new member, we may say that he was listened to with marked at- tention, and the impression on all sides seemed to be concurrent as to the force of his reason- ing and his statesmanlike mode cf addressing so distinguished a body. To those who are gratified to listen to a calm, searching, and able discussion on questions of wide import- auce, undisturbed ty any admixture of par- tizan heat or ad capiandum appeals, this de- bate must have afforded lively. enjoyment, and such persons will be apt to seek for the Fema Te thould they be published, to revive their pleasurable recollections.” ee WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOssIP. The Higher Authority.—We hear that a few days since the Fourth Ward Know Noth- ing Council of this city duly summoned Cap- tain Darling, the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives of the United States, to ap- pear before that august tribunal, for trial on account of the manner in which he bas seen fit to exercise his right to dispense the patron- age of the office he holds under Congress There is no doubt of the fact, we have every reason to believe. We have not the least s5m- pathy, political or otherwise, with the official action of the accased, and do not care the snap of our finger how much his late political friends may rasp him. Yet there is a question far deeper than anything personal to him un- derlaying this assumption of authority on the part of a secret political association unknown to the laws, to try public officers for the man- ner in which they see fitto administer their official duties. We have warred against Know Nothingism, among other reasons, because it sets its secret, oath-bound and prosciptive organisation above the legal tribunals of the land, as in the case of the election frauds plotted in them pre- vious to the last municipal election in this city, and subsequently carried out; and be- cause the tendency of the entire irresponsi- bility ef its members (through the action of unscrupulous and perjured officials and jury- men) to back them in obeying their councils’ injunctions in the teeth of the law, is to place American public affairs wholly under the con- trol of justsuch Jacobinical clubs as deluged France in the blood of hor best citizens dur- ing the times of the original French revolu- tion. We call public attention to the summuna referred to above, as a strong and palpable illustration of the soundness of the objections against the tendency of Know Nothingism so earnestly enforced in the Star’s columns last summer. Captain Darling must, at some time, have come weer some obligation that leads the members of the Fourth Ward Know Nothing lodge of this city to claim that. in the dis- charge of his official duties as an officer of the House of Representatives, he is bound to re- spect and obey their behests, resolved on in the secrecy of the midnight conclave, and under the solemnity of illegal oaths. Ifa Know Nothing lodge can undertake to control the action of one “brother’’ in his official capacity, why can it not also control the ac- tion of Brother Fillmore in the discharge of his official duties if elected to the Presidency of the United States? [ts authority is ident ical in both cases, isit not? The difference is simply, that Captain Darling, having not long since abandoned his connection with “the order,’’ answers the summons served on him with a request that the couneil will go to Tophet and mind their own business, or some- thing of the sort; while Brother Fillmore, ac- cording to Brother Scroggs, of Buffalo, con- tinues to be a member of the order in full communion; and therefore, by its oaths and rules, is Lound to respect what Darling contemns. This summons displays the work- ing of a by no means uninteresting feature of the institution of Know Nothingism. The Virginia Resolutions —The following are the platform resolutions adopted by the Virginia State Democratic Convention, on Sat- urday last: “The Democratic a of Virginia, in convention assembled, following the time honored in declaring the principles which bind them together as a party, do re- solve— ‘‘Pirst. That the true relations between the States and the Federal Government, and the true ru ‘or the constructing of the constitu- tion, are correctly set forth in the resolutions and a rt of 1798 and 1799 of the General Assembly of Virginia; and the doctrines therein expounded are hereby adopted and re-affirmed. . “Second That Congress has no power to Sppropriaate directly or indirectly, the pro- ceeds of t! jesof public lands, or to grant directly or in rectly, the public lands to the Purpose of internal improvement. “Third. That specific duties, taxing as they do the low priced necessaries of the poor as heavily as the costly luxuries of the rich, are unequal, unjust and odious; that duties, desigued for the protection, foster one branch of industry and cherish one section of the country at the expense of others, and are ut- terly incousistent with justice, sou: polic; and demceratic principles, and a we ~_ opposed to any increase of the duties on im. ports, especially on articles of general and necessary consumption, such a iron, coal, eugar, salt and coarse cotton. “Fourth. That the Federal Govermment ought to adhere, in its fo policy, to the maxims inculeated by the Father of his Coun- try, and by the Father of Democracy. “Fifth. That we re-affirm the resolutions of the Baltimore Convention of 1852 as far as applicable to the present condition of the country. “Sixth. That the vote of the State in the Cincinnati Convention ought to be given for such candidates as will command the greatest strength in the democratic party throughout the Union, and whose principles are known to conform most strictly to the cardinal tenets of the democratic republican faith. “Seventh. That this Convention teel that they could not more emphatically express their condemnation of the obnoxious tencts and Practices of the Know Nothing party, than was done by the democracy of Virginia at the Polls, on the 24th day of Me: » 1855 “Eighth. That we approve of the act known as the Kansas-Nebraska act, repealing, as it did, the Missouri restriction, which was un- just te the South, and in conflict with the con- stitution and the equality of the States. “Ninth. That this Convention approves fully and endorses cordially the principle con- tained inthe aforesaid act, which secures to the citizens of a Territory, in applying for ad- mission into the Union as a State, the right to establish their own form of government, with such powers, limitations aud restrictions as they may think Proper, subject only to the constitution of the United States, which re- quires the form of government to be republi- ean. ‘Tenth. That while this Convention dis- claims any knowledge of preference of the democracy of this State among the distinguish- ed gentleman who may be presented for the Cincinnati nomination, they have no hesitation in declaring they cordially approve of the cardinal measures and the bold and able state apers of President Pierce, by which the indamental principles of the democratic faith have been illustrated. It will beseen that they fully bear out what we on that day said they would certain- ly be. 74 Richmond correspondent of the New York Herald says of them, (the action of the Con- vention and the sentiment of the State:) “General Pierce is dead in Virginia, and Mr. Buchanan is the first choice of most, and the second choice of all the democrats in the State Gen. Gordon, of Albemarle, made a rally for Pierce, but it fell still-born. though the veteran General is always popular. The rerolution which was offered for the Adminis- tration could not pass until the Committee ex- plained to the Convention that it was not to be construed into an endorsement or recommen- dation of Pierce. Sic transit gloria mundt. Virginia is sure for Old Buck.” We left Richmond on Friday night last, and on Saturday explained that the Convention would adhere to their time-honored custom of refraining from meddling direetly or indi- rectly with the question of the nomination. In Virginie, all the delegates to a Democratic National Convention are eleoted by delegates to electoral district conventions chosen direct- ly by the people thereof for that especial pur- pose. Hence comes the habit in that State of refraining from any expression of preference on the part of the State Convention chosen only to select electors and to lay down a plat- form, We have to say, further. that the Hera/d’s correspondent, if inclined to tell the truth, cannot see an inch beyond his nose, or he would never have been bitten with the idea that Mr. Buchanan will receive the vote of Virginia at Cincinnati We draw this con- clusion from finding that (wo may write with perfect safety) nearly every one of the old party etagers in the convention who were for Mr. Bachanan’s nomination when similarly gathered in Richmond four years ago, are now quite as emphatically for the re-nomina- tion of President Pierce, if Virginia can bring that event about by her action. We do not design taking part in the ques tion of the Cincinnati nomination for or against any one. Yet our business being to correct misstatements of facts bearing on pub- lic affairs, made by stupid or interested par- ties writing for the press, we feel compelled to say, from what we saw and heard in Rich- mond, that, so far as Virginia is,concerned, the Democracy of the whole country may rest aseufed that her vote in the National Conven- tion will be given for the renomination of the present Chief Magistrate as a point of honor. General Gordon’s movement, to which the Herald's correspondent refers, was not to ob- tain an expression of the convention in favor of the renomination of Pierce. It was simply meant as an eulogy from the lips of the Patri- arch of the party in the convention and in the State, upon the fidelity of the Administra- tion to its political and public trusts. As such it was spoken, and as such it was re- sponded to with unexampled unanimity from the bottom of the hearts of the six hundred and fifty Democratic party leaders congre- gated in Richmond, from every county in the Old Dominion. The Deficiency Bill—as it came out of Com- mittee to the House yesterday, involves some $1,800,000. By the time it finally passes the House, after having been acted on by the Senate, we expect to see it swelled to perhaps $4,000,000. The truth is, it has been found utterly im- possible to induce a majority of Congress in original financial legislation to look squarely in the tace the rapidly increasing develop- ment of the country’s resources, and the, consequently, as rapidly inereasing demands for increased governwental expenses of all de- scriptions. The now annual deficiency bills are provisions to make up for the shortsight- edness of the national legislature the year before. here is no earthly remedy for them #0 long as we continue to expand in all ele- ments of nationa] prosperity and vastness, and honorable representatives also continue to be afraid, io original legislation, of what Mrs. Grundy may say. So they go. The Alexandria Municipal Election —An election takes place to-day in the neighboring city of Alexandria, Va.,for municipal offi- cers. The Know Nothings have a fully or- ganized ticket in the field. Their majority atthe late Virginia gubernatorial election was more than 600. The vote of the town is #0 small, as that this majority is overwhelm- ing. The consequence can hardly fail to be that the opponents of Know Nothingism can- not be brought out in theirfull strength as in June last when their vote went to swell the aggregate strength of the Democratic party in the State, and thus to effect something be- yond their own immediate local boundaries. We shail, under such cireumstances, not be surprised therefore, if the Know Nothing par- ty at least seem to hold their own in this clec- tion, though their opponents anticipate that their majority will be somewhat less than in June last. Land Warrants.—The following number of land warrants were issued during the month of February, 1856 : 2,586 160 acre warrante, making 418,760 7,250 120-aere do. a 70,200 den” . 200 do. 3,612 80 acre do. do. 288,060 de. 21 60 acre do. do. 1,260 do 44 40-acre do. do. 1,760 do, 1 10-acre do. do. 1 do. The whole number of warrants issued under the act of March 3, 1855, is 100,853, The Current Operations of the Treasury .—On yesterday, 3d of March, there were of Treasury warrants entered on the books of the Department— For the redemption of Stocks.... se = | <r For the Treasury Department... For the Interior Department. 42,949 66 For Customs. . 117,334 22 of this Chu: Odd Fellows’ Hall every night du commencing on Th =< the oa — ‘The ey receive not! for themselves will Py voc Boy the vocal performances. UARTETTE will sing at the week, ht, for the benefit the Fair there MPHION Washington ty. day ni; ifort rely holding Sa Sr aRiAN ch Be Soa oy apes rc! ee it the room over Farnham’s Bookstore, comer t street and Pa. avenue, on TURSDAY EVEN ING, March 4th. Donations may be sent to that To-m or to the store of Messrs. owler & Odd Fellows’ Hall, 7th street. mar 2—3t CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. In the Senate, yesterday, after we went to press, the bill for the construction of ten ad- ditional sloops of war, reported some time since from their Naval Affairs Committee by Mr. Mallory was debated by Messrs. Mallory, Hunter, Seward, Bell and Reid, in its favor, and Messrs Adams and Hale against it: when it was passed—yeas 35, nays 8. Day Joun 8. Devin, H. A. Willard. six months will take to be punctual in the! c.W.C DU » that will applied fora ibe call on mar 3—2t FIFTH WARD DEMOCRATIC as- Re soci rion —The will be held at Cas: VENING, March 4th, at 7 o’clock. Asan election of officers to serve for the next lace, members are requested. NNINGTON, Presid Py eaident. Secretary * mar 3-20 THE MECHANIC, CHARLES CAL~ | teeth Situation at Willards’ Hotel ‘ular mont *s Hotel on TUE! The L[ilinois contested case was then taken up and debated by Mr. Crittenden in favor of Mr. Trumbull’s title to it, and Mr. Pugh on the other side. They adjourned without making any final disposition of it. ‘will be brought before the m-eting. In the House, considerable debate ocourred | BY order: 508. ee tain i Site in Committee of the Whole on the state of the MONTGOMERY GUARDS, ATTEN~ Union on a clause in the deficiency bill su- Adee —Yon are hereby notified to attend. a * regular monthly meeting of the C thorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to on WEDNESDAY EVENING ‘the st change the present system of providing relief for sick and disabled seamen, by dismissing pee hair Ah at) jon !—A regul: will be held at the A: DAY NIGAM, at 7 instant. Punctual attendance MOUNTED GUARD, jar mduthly meet! Prine oO a attendance ts requested, as Sedans of interest is called for, as busi of fi | from service the employesof the Government, By order a a) a bes mis and leasing the marine hospitals, at such | mar3—3t HOS. McENIRY, Seoretary. points as in his judgment the publ interest requires a change, to private individuals, city or town authorities, or private associations, on terms Laabfenes | for the necessary attention to seamen entitled to relief. Messrs. Washburne of [1l., Taylor and San- didge opposed the clause, and Messra Letcher, Campbell of Ohio, and Phelps urged its pro- priety. Tho debate was then resumed and con- ness to transact. By order: _mar 3—8t ‘ular mon V Will be held at AY EVENING, March 4th, at 7: It 1s earnestly requested that eve: attend this meeting, as the quarterly report of the Treasurer becomes due and other important busi- JAMES eee A meeting of the Com- eir Armory on TU ES- mem W &. ATTENTION, UNION GUARDS— dc cluded on the item relating to the salary of the Governor of New Mexico; after which the committee rose and reported the bill to the House The bill was then placed in a position that would make it the first business in order this morning, and the House adjourned. Proceedings ef Te-Day. ton Infirm: mar—3t HOMA: cre rt ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT of the National Medical Coll take place In the Amphitbeatre of the , on E street, on WEDNESDAY, the Sth March, at 12 m. The Valedictory will be delivered by Profeesor Grartox TrLEx,M D The public generally are invited to attend. MILLER, M.D., In the Senate, to-day, Mr. Rusk intro- duce'l a bill appropriating $80,000 for fortify- ing Galveston (Texas) harbor; after a short debate it was duly passed. The bill establishing the collection districts of the United States, and designating the sev- eral ports of entry and delivery therein, was next taken up and geveral amendments (most- ly reported by the chairman of the Commerce Committee, Mr. Hamlin,) were agreed to. The said bill was next postponed, and the oe bill as amended, was ordered to be print- e DAY, will be provid evening. | The Senate then took up the Lilinois con- tested election case, where on they were ad- dressed by Mr. Stuart against the right of Mr. Trambull to the seatin the Senate in question. In the House, after the introduction and reference of a few bills, resolutions, &c., the question came up on agreeing to the pending motion to recommit the deficiency bill; which was not agreed to The question was then put on agreeing to the amendment from the Committee of the Whole, striking out the clause appropriating $1,929 for extra pay for the Governor of New Mexico, for certain extra services rendered by him in the year 1854; not agreed to The House then proceeded to consider the various other amendments to this bill. patronage. ‘without board. GEORGETOWN CORRESPONDENCE. Grorcrtown, March 4, 1856 The members elect of our City Councils as- sembled last night in the chamber of the Board of Common Council, Recorder Ould in the chair. A coramunication was received from the Corporation Clerk covering the returns of the judges of election Tne members elect were duly cesneed by Justice Henry Reaver, and the Aldermen retired to their own chamber. The Council thea organized by electing Dr. Grafton Tyler, President, Edward S. Wright, Secretary, and Thomas Donaldson, messenger. Ord of 15th mar 4—eolw Port Wine do On taking the chair Dr. Tyler returned thanks Champagne do to the Board for the honorconferred upon him Brandy do -in a brief but chaste and lpetraaery address, Meco A Mise D which was loudly applauded by the large vcme crowd of persons in the lobby. Ghrystalized Fig Paste On motion of Mr. Orme, a mesfage was trans- mitted to the Aldermen informing them that the Council had organized by the election of the before mentioned officers, and was ready to proceed to business A message was received from the Aldermen in response to the above, proposing that the joint rules of the former Boards be adopted for the government of the present ; appoint- ing, on their part, George Waters on the joint committee on change, and Messrs Beail and Mix on the joint committee on accounts; and popes that when the Boards adjourned it to meet on Friday night next, and that the future meetings be on Friday nights at 7+ o'clock. A resolution passed both Boards authorising Thomas Jewell, Esq , one of the executors of the late tax collector to complete the collec- tion of the taxes for the year 1855 On motion the Secretary was directed to furnish the members with a copy of the rules of order, and the President with a list of the standing committees. On motion of Mr. White. a message was then transmitted to the Aldermen informing them that the Council bad agreed to the pro- panne contained in their message. Both ards then adjourned to meet again on Fri- day night at 74 o'clock. ‘ ranite stone of a very superior quality has been discovered on the farm belonging to the estate of the late John H. King, near our city. It is believed by good juiizes to be fully equal in quality to the very best now being used in the construction of the Government buildings. The quantity is supposed to be almost inexhaustible. E. 8. Wright sold at public sale erhe dered house and lot near the Poor-house, belonging to the estate of Jacob Custard, for $1.275. Henry M. Hurdle was the purchaser. This property was offered for sale three years since at $600, and could not find a purchaser. Our fish wharf was leased yesterday by Mr. Jacob Poor for $725 for th Date Paste and and extra nice ICE CREAM FRENCH C Office De until W. 4am Nottla, to Come one, come all. pure ani eft with Hen’ id G streets, Cash on delivery or cash settlement every ten days. kim Milk 20 cents a ‘allo: 5808 From Ashville, meny Creek, ” ROMA back, twice a week. N yr pril, LADIES FAIR FOR THE BENEFIT of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, corner of H and Eleventh streets, will be held every evening during the week, commencing on MON- ‘arch 3d, at Odd Fellows’ Hall, 7th st As usual a accommodation usual at Pairs A Band of Music will be in attendance every feb 38—dt7mar SMITHSONIAN LECTURES—A ‘ourse of Lecturea will be delivered by the Rev. Jonn Lorp on the Grandeur and Fall of the French Bourbon Monareby, commencing on Wednesday Evening, February 27th. SUBIBCTS. Lecture 3. Tuesday, March 4. ‘‘Louis XV and the causes which undermined the Monarchy.”’ Lecture 4. Wednesday, March 5. ‘‘ Mirebeau and the developments of the French revolution.”” Lecture 5. Thursday, March 6. ‘‘Naj napaite and the results of the revolution.”? The Lectures will commenceat 80’clock. The public are respectfully invited. INFANT SCHOOL, N RS M.G RAWLINGS TAKES THIS method of informing her friends and the pub- lic generally, that she has opened an INFANT SCHOUL at her residence on K, between 7th and 8th streets, Ne. £3, for which she solicits their feb 25-10t Also, Koons to let, furnished or unfurnished, mar 4—e03:# MILK—PURE MILK. E TAKE THIS METHOD OF INFORM- ing our customers and others who desire a good article of MILK that we intend to continve the Dairy business, The following will be the prices for the month of March, viz: One gallon or more.. Douglas, Florist, corner ill be attended to n. GLAS & SMITH. Ss a ee NEW CONFECTIONERY, Ne. 304, HAVE JUST RECEIVED A FINE LOT ef FRENCH CANDIES, viz: Soft Gum Drops, best quality ream Dates, something new Also, a variety of CAKES, fresh every day. PUNCH, CHAR- LOT CES. JELLIES, all made at short notice All the above are the best quality, and made of the best material. to wi ich we invite-the public to call and we will try aud give satisfaction. Also. the original BOSTON CREAM CAKES, EAM CAKES, &c. Don’t mistake the place, at H. RIDENOUR & CO.’S, renue, between 9th and 10th sts. UNITED STATES MAIL, Post Orvice DaraRTMEnt, March 3, pRorosats FOR CONVEYL mails of the United States fro: July, 1856, to the 30th da sive, in the State of NOR from the Ist day of July, 1856, to the 30t! 1858, inclusive, in the State of TENNESSEE, will be received at the Contract Office of the Post ment, in the cit nesday, tbe 30th of m., (to be decided by the 7th May fo! 1858. NG of ble ats, p. lowing )’ NORTH CAROLINA. Sulphur S ‘igeon River, , Waynesville, Peru, Scotts Creek, Franklin, Skench, Tennessee River, Aquone, Head Tennessee, Valleytown, and Tomatla, to Murphy, 128% miles and , in two horse coaches_ Leave Asheville Monday and Thursday at Arrive at Murphy next days by 12 pm Leave Murphy Saturday and Tuesday at 4 m a Arrive at Ashville next days by 12 pm TENNESSEE 8548 From Cleveland, Tenn., by Chataly, Wans- ville, Benton, Pelton, Springtown, Towee Falls, Coker Creek, ‘urtle Town, Laurel Valley, Persimmon Creek. urphy, 77 miles and back, twice a week, in two-horse coaches. Leave Cleveland Thursday and Sunday at THE m the ist day of of June, 1859, inclu- 'H CAROLINA, and h of June, Hom- of THE REDITO ¥F LIC OF TEXAS. Treascny DerartMext February 27, isle. } REAS, ON THE th DAY OF FEB- Tuary, 1855, Se orapeosel the nope act upon the subject of the let due to the creai- tors of the late Republic of “exes : N ACT to provide for the payment of such gore of the late Repub.ic of Texas as are comprehended in the act of Congress of Sep- tember nine, eighteen hundred and fifty Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R resentatives of the Umi 3 of Ameri Congres assembled, That in lieu of the of five millions of dollars, payable to the State of Texas, in five tone stock _—_ —— by the net entitled ‘-An act posing of Texas the establishment rot ber northern and western boundaries, the relirquishment by the said State of all territory claimed by ber ex to said boundaries, and of all her claims upon the United States, and to establish a territorial gov- ge for caigeed ape ai soaeow gee) ninth, eighteen hundred > uing which stock the first iso to es on in the first section of said y of the Treasury te and he is aon roles noe phe direeted to pa to the creditors of the late R ic of Texas who hold von agonal ; of debt for which Tevenues io vane poedaes Ss ions of the reported to be within the pro’ maid’ of September ninth, ¢ and fi ty, by the report of the late y of the Treasury to the Piesident of the United States and approved Bat on the thirteenth day of September, eigh' hundred and fifty one, or which come within the provisions of sa{d act ac- cording to the opinion the Texas com of the present Attorney General of the United States, addressed to the Secretary of the Treas ury under date of Se; ber (wenty-tixth, eight- een bundred and -three, the sum of seven mi/lions seven hundred and fifty thousand dol lars, to be apportioned among the said holéers prorata: Frovided, That the interest on the debt embraced in this act shall be determined by the existing laws of the State of Texas. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where the S ate of Texas may have paid an rtton of the debt described in this act, the sai retary shall refund to the proper officer of raid te the amoun:. actually *o paid by the State, upon the presentation at the Treasury Departmen of the Gences of said deb: cn which the sald State may have made such payment: Provided. The sald sum sxall not exceed the proporticn which would have been allowed to tha cr dito or creditors if such paym nt on said evidences cf debt had not been made by the State of Texas; and where the said sum that may be refunéed to the State of Texas by the ions of this sec- tion is less than the pro: jon which woul' bave been allowed under this act to the holders of such evidences of dvbt had such payment not been ma tet em, such holders shall be entitled to re- ceive the d:fference betweon said sum end the Proportion they would have received under this act if no payment had been made them; and where any origina certificates or other evidences of debt have been surrendered to the authority 02 the State of Texas, avd new certificates issued therefor by sa'd State of Texas, such new certif- cates s] be received as evid: nces of the original amount of the claim. Sec.3. Amd be it further emacted, That no pry- mont shall be made under this act toany holder of said securities or evidences of debt unless the said holder shall first execute to the United * Breceipt for the said payment, in which holder shall forever release all claim egainst tle United States for or on arcount of the said stcu- ritles or evidences of debt; also similar re’eases toseid State of Texas; and the said certificates or otber evidences of debt shall then be deposited with the Treasury Department See.4 And be it further enacted, That, before paymentot the moneys aforesaid, the Secretary of the Treasury stall give notice, by public ad vertisemen: forthe space of ninety days, of the time at which said payment wiil be made, and no payment shall be made on any bond, certifi- cate, or evidence of debt whic’ sball not, thirty days before the time lim'ted by said notice, be pre-ented at the Treasury Depariment. Bec.5 And be it fur her enacted, Thatthesum of seven willions seven hundred and fifty thous and dollars be and the same fs hereby appropri ate1, out ofany moneys in the T) net oth- erwise appropriated, for the purpose of carrying into effect the Taio nart of this act. Sec.6 And be it further enacted, That this act shall not take effect until it shall be assented to by an act of the Legislature of the State of Texas, and « copy of the act of the said State, duly au- thenticated, d-pcsited in the T; Department at Washington, nor until the Legislature of the State of Texas sbail pzss an act withdrawing and abandoning all claims and demands against the United States growing out of Indian depredations or otherwise (Approved, February 28, 155. And whereas on the Ist day of February "s5*, the State of Texas passed the following act, giv ing the assent of that State to the aforesaid act of Congress, and specifying the several debts of the late Republic of Texas, amongst the holders of which the $7,750,000 ge adapery by said act of Congress is to he divided, pro rata, in discharge of the principal and interest due on said debt, ac- cording to the laws of Texas: AN ACT giving the assent of the State of Texas to-- An act to provide for al omnes such creditors of the late Republic ‘exas as are comprehended in the act of Co tember nine, eighteen hundr which was at the second session of the Thirly third Congress of the United States, and approved February twenty-eighth, elgh- teen hundred and fifty-five. Woereas at the second session of the Thirty- third © of the United States an act was passed entitled +: An act to provide forthe pay- ment of such creditors of the late Repubile of ‘lexas as are comprehended in the act of Con- ress of September nine, eighteen hundred and tty. »? which act was ene February twenty- elgnth. eighteen hundred and fifty-five, and pio- vides that »n licu of the sum of five mfllions of five percent. stock ef the United States still due to Texas under the provisions of the act of Congress of the ninth of September. eighteen hundred and fifty, the United States will pay to the creditors of the late Republic of Texas who hold such bends or otber evidence of debi for which the revenues of that Republic were p! ed as were re; to be witbin the pro- visions of the said act of September the ninth. eighteen hundred and fifty, by the report of the late Secretary of the Treasury to the Presi- dent of the United States, and approved by him on the thirteenth day of September, eigh- teen hundred and fifty-one, or which come with- in the provisions of said act, according to the opinion upon the Texas compact of the present Attorney General of the United States addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury under date of Sep- tember twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and fifty three. the sum of seven millions seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be Fie ag among the said holders pro rata; the interest on the sald debt to be determined by the existing ws of the State of Texas : And whereas by the erms of the said act of the twenty-elghth February, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, it is not to take t until itshall be assented to by anact ofthe Legislatureof Texas, nor until the Legislature of said State shall pass au act withdrawing and abandoning ail claims aad demands against the United States growing out of Indian depredations or otherwise: Now. therefore— Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Lezislatur+ of the State of Texas, That the said State hereby con- rents and agrees that In lieu of the five millions of five per cent. stock still due to said State under the act of Con; of the ninth of Sep*ember eighteen hundred and fifty, the United States shall pay to the said descri/ creditors, whose debts ostensibly amount, with interest thereon according to the laws of Texas, to the sum of ten ess of Sep- and fifty.”? year. lpm millions seventy-eight thousand reven hundred There is but very little doing in the flour Airlve at sete? next days by 9pm and three dollars twenty-one cents, of which and wheat markets. Sales of cach are upon Leave Murphy Wednesday and Saturday at | five millions five hundred and two thousand nine avery small scale, The former is held at 4am bundred and sixteen dollars and thirty-four cents $7.25 and the latter at $140a$1 45 for red and ES Neseeneed eres phy a ewe Lothrop eng ener herp in — white. Spucrator. vited. % en aullaze and ninety-four cents interest on said PERSONAL +++» Barney Williams and wife have been very successful at Louisville. ++s«Guenther Schnapp, formerly leader of the German Serenade Band, died last week at +... Levi Chatfield Esq., ox-Attorney Gene- | Hon for the trip is sul ral of the State of New York, is in ashing- promptly an satisfactorily ton. cates of +++ Paine’s opera troupe isin Philadelphia, | itable persons for neglectin; but Didiee and La Grange do not “draw” there as they did in Boston. «+++ Montplaisir d Ciocca have been dancing at St. Louis, and the latter has been scolded at for scanty skirts and “‘startling at- titudes.” ++++ The Duke of Wellington has tendered his resignation as Master of the Horse to Queen Victoria, not fanoying heroreation of parvenu ‘cers. bly laws alter the eee J. W. Bryce, writing from this city to suifer of service on the route by rata increase on the curtail or discontinue the NOTES. No pay will be made for trips not nd for each of such omissions not seplained thee times the pay of the ted failures to run contract vervic ice in whole or in iat satisfactorily jucted. For arrivals so far behind break connexion with de; sufficiently excused, one-fourth of the compensa- the uency asters oF the 2@ddvits of ollie cred ‘ers OF - a pes or into a post office; for it to 5 destroyed, robbed ‘ar lost; and for refusing, after demand, to convey the mail as frequently as the contractor runs, or is concerned in running, ve hicles cn the route. The Postmaster General may annul the contract for re) contract, or for dis post instructions of the department, orfor assigning the contract without the assent of the Postmaster General. The Postmaster General may ule. He may also orderan increase therefor a pro y- He may also principal, are evidenced by the certificates of the Auditor and Comptroller of the State of Texas, issued under the provisions of ‘+ An act to provide for ascertaining the debt of the late Republic of March twentieth, eighteen Texas,’ aj gt Mag dh pamdtbhaud Satnetgetnca era: said mails, and not State passed su’ uent thereto; ninety-eight thousand five h and forty-five doliars and sixty-six cents of may one hundred and three thousand two hu: and ninety-nine dol- lars and twenty seven cents of interest on said Feinginel, are evidenced by ten per cent. bonds of e Republic of Texas, issued under au act of Congress of said Republic of the seventh — hundred dollars of interest on said principal, are evidenced by a ten per cent. bond, issued by the Republic of Texas to Frederick Dawson for naval vessels, dated the thirteenth of September, eigh- teen hundred and thirty eight; forty-onethousand tests agai e at pre rate of pay, if he allow one | Sioms of an act of Congress of said Republic en- det hkl gr “0 reoed to the spit Bronth etry compensation non the amount of ser- tied \ An ect to provide for the redemption of and tater of the constitution of our order’ — edto the Second Assistant Postmaster ee: glredlaton and ae ee ee Tl nig bed ‘Mai! Preposais for North Carc. | Government,” a) ‘ebruary, “ , i ; hundred diliars of ...» Among the distinguished strangers now | Jina or Tennessee.” The contracts to be executed | ‘een hundred and forty; three a in Washington we saa the Hon. G@. W. | and returned tothe department by or before the fetastpel, ena cure besdoes ond er. cix deltess Th of Wheeling Va, @ 7th of May, 856. For further as to interest on oth ape ge ‘said’ Republic member of tho Thirty-second Congres end | Gozaions fe incrported ine contracts Bd | gn eect of Congres of te now s Judge of the Superior Court of his the ‘alla in Kentnesy ‘Tennessee, Dat, | said Republic last before named; twenty-four State. oa Towasoeaian . % ‘and one hundred dollars of principal, i hundred and six +++ Mr. Motley, @ talented Bostonian, has & JAMES CAMPBELL, sad agen eee ree uw — teen sind finden ae ‘ if a H ——. | by eight per cent. treasiry of said Repub- = 3 # soe press of the Hapere, §¢ wt ING-—WILL BE VACANT TRE ist le, under the aio se nef alg ake a by. itled fail to . octaves; panes, ne cor. wh = e for nine epee pce . ipal, and eight bundred ninety-one dol. ,eeatpaes oe yee oF mia a > evidenced by the issue of promis. sane of said Repebhe under the provisions of an act of Congrevs of the said Republic of the seventh June, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven sixteen thousand five bundred and (hirty-seven doliars of principal, ard three thousand six bun dred and = Peppa tem po nen of nterest on said principal, are the meee nr of the promissory notes of the said blic, under the islor s of the act of Con. meeeer teas Republic last before named; and ree hundred and thirty-four thousand eigh: bendred and sixty-six do! of princi of said planed four omnts } are evidenced by the promissory notes groin eet enti emcee an act of Co of pu Y of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, the sum of seven mame seven wanes carte thousand dollars, to portioned a1 ni pre rata; and the said State bereby assents to said act of Congress of the twenty eighth of February, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, with the forego- Ing declaration of the debts that she understands to be embraced in its provisions, and armong which the said sum of seven millions seven hun- dred snd fifty thousand dollars are to be eppor- oned ata. oo "Be it further enccted, That the State of Texas hereby withdraws and abardons al! eS gee nated on or before the twenty - bth day of February, eighteen hundred and fifty Sve: Provided, This abandonment shal! not apply toclaims of individuals for losses of : t the enemy. ? Piece 3 je at further enacted, That this act — shall take effect and be In force fromandafierthe P roved Ist February, 1856 wid :: E. M. PEASK DeraxtMent or Stars, Avs Texas, February 2. 1655 I, Kdwerd Clark. Secretary of State of the State of Texas, do kereby certify that the foregoing e'ght hereto ancexed is a true and correct copy of the original act entitled “ An act givin, the assent of the State cf Texas to ‘An act to pro- vide for the pryment of such creditors of the late Republic of Texas as are comprebended inthe | act of C) of September nine. eighteen bun dred and filty,’ which was passed at the se ond session of the Thirty-third gress of the Uni ted States, and meeps February twenty-eigbth hteen hondred and fifty-five.”’ itness my eg tame a oe of - deper. L] meat the day and year af: resaid. ile EDWARD CLARK } Secretary of State Executive Drenarturnr E. M. Pease, Governor of the State of Texas, I do hered certify that Edwerd Clark, who signed the cer’ ite on the precedi ny eas 8 cretary of State, is and was at the date of said certificar Secretary of State for the State of Texas; and he is, by law, the keeper of the original st tute laws of said State, and that his attestation isi. due form. In testimony wherecf | hereunto s' Beme and cause the great weal of the Biate to be effixed, at the city of Austin, this the (sear) sa pb greg A. D. 1856, and the —- the of the United the eighticth, and of Tex- ~as the twentieth year. E. M. PEASE And whereas the creditors referred to in said 2-t of Congress are deemed identical with the bold- ers of the debt described in the said act«f the State of Texas; and whereas it is alleged thet there exist f celtificates of said debt, the holders of whic ay aasertto be gen ine and claim payment of; and whereas the 3: section of the seid act of Congress requires the boldera of the certificates and other evidences of said d-bt shall execute releasis to the United States asoto the State of Texas before payment, the 4th section of said sct requires that pub!! tice should be given for the tpsce of ninety dx of the time when said payment will be med: ; and whereas the Treasury Derartment has a¢op ed the form A of a release to the United States, and the form B ofa release to the State of Texas. nc- tice is bereby given to said creditors that pay- ment, preva a, will be made at the Treesury of the United States, by means of treasury drafts on some of the stant treasurers or.public depos!’ | taries of the United States, on and after the ist cf June, 1856, to such of the holders of the genuire cert ficates or other evidences of said debt. in ac cordance with the provisions sball have assigned ‘heir said certificates or o:her evidences of said debt to the United States, executed the release in the form A to the Uni j S'ates, and the release in the form Btothe State _ of Texas, and filed the same with the Serretary 4 —- : Pree oor artewen se yd watt ' next, the thirty days being requ to the genuineness ®, for tment is ad pvrpose, Texas will send an agent Dossesses knowledee of tbe debt as it was created and the handwriting of the offc'als whose signatures are attached to them tis desirable that all the certificates and evi- dences of debt should be fi ed thirty days before the L tof June, and the holders wilitekenotice thet * ° ll certificetes and evidences not filed before that time will be retetned for examination and Invest - gation until the Department shall be fully satisfied =| of the genuineness of the certificates and evidenc:s preduced. The = and release may be ex ecuted and acknow'edged in the presence of the Assistant Secretary or chief clerk and notary. and be certified by the notary under his notarial s+ a); i but when the holders desire to meke the assign- | ment and execute the releases out of the city of ’ ag & = 3 4 Wesbington it may be done in the presence of au sesistant treasurer or collector or survever and (he notary public, and be witnessed by the collector or surveyor and the notary public. and be certified by the no‘ary under b's noiarial senl; and if be no collector or surveyor of the customs ‘ place where the party resides. the essigninent ¢ and releases mey be executed before any court of record, in the mee of the judge and clerk thereof. and be witnessed by them. and certified by the clerk under his seal of office; end if the holder be out of the United States the assignm: and releases may be executed before any t nite States consul. and be witnessed and cer ified by ' him under his consular seal. Ail persons exe cuting such assignments and releases must also declare. under oath before the notary. clerk. or consul, as the case may be. that they are the real owners of the certificates or ether evidences of debt, or that the same have ben a-signed tothe, bona fide, for collection. and the notary. clerk, @ or consul must include the fect of that deciara- tion in their certificate of acknowledgment The prorata dividend, when allowrd by the accounting officors, will be remitted to the parties in accordance with their directions, or the drafis i banded to their regulariy-constituted agen's for transmission. JAMES GUTHRIE, Secretary of the Treasury Form A Know all pe these presents that bas re! gent hereby releases, the | ni- ted States of America from all further Liability or claim for the payment of certificate or evidence of debt number . for the sum of S——. issued by the late Republie of Texss, and redeemed the United States in accordance with the pr sions of an act of Congress entitled «* An ac provide for the payment of such credi'ors of (he late Republ'c of Texas as are comprebended in the act of Cai of hundred and mber nine, — ifty.’? approved the twenty eich! day of February. 1855 and an act of tre Sisie of | Texas ap the Ist of February, 185. As witness my hand and seal. | ‘ { Ki eee B. «= now all persons by these presents that —— has released, and Lereby releares, tht State of Texas from all further lisbility or claim for the payment of certificete or evidence of deb! number for the sum of $———., issned by the late Republic of Texas, and redeemed by tbe United Si in accordance with the provisions of an act of Ci entitled *+An act to provide for the payment of such creditors of the lete Re- public of Texas as are comprebended in the a of Congre s of September nine, eighteen bundrd | and fifty,’ approved the 2=th day of Februsry, 1855, and an act of the Stste of Texas approved the Ist of F. » 1856. ths witnees ey eed onal ceil. f Fn eS nA mar4—lawiw L?2 A a ey one weeks between ( cademy site tion and Capitol Hill, a gold Gross Breastpi”, ' witha wire twisted around the cross BY leaving it at this office the finder will accep! (be thanks of the loser. and a pecuniary reward if ¢ sired, as she prizes it as the gift of a deceased friend. mar 1-3" —A PAIR OF PLAIN GOLD EAR ogs, on High or Bi street, Geor, ; The jer Will be liberally rewarded by leavi! § them at this office or at Mr. J. L. CATHCART on High street, directly opposite F ourth. mar 3-lw® STRAY DOG.—CAME TO THE SUB- scriber, residing on 8th street, second door from G, which the owner can bave by proving property and pay vertise mi: nt ing for this a. cnt. Fs ‘ GEOBGE SIEBERT mar 3-31# CASH !—CASH!!—CASH I! wis —AGENTLEMAN WILL $20,000. in Wasbington Wednesds Thursday, and Fridry, Sch, 6th and 7th <= and will purchase BOOKS, PICTURES, Ae Ni TURE, CLOTHING, ‘ke , and will gin jh price forthe same Those brving ** 488) of aa day — nay Bist Ofce, and it will be attendee rebels hovees may now esl them to ers