Evening Star Newspaper, August 21, 1857, Page 2

nture to asse! among all the rejected uspended claims in the Pension Office, ther are not twenty suspended or rejected for want of surviving chfldren, in which there are grand- children living. "76. A Batcu or Corrections.—We learn from the Nicaraguan Minister, Mr. Irissari, that the story that Niearagua has confirmed the cession of the Nicaragua Transit route to Messrs. Mor- gan, Harris, Webster & Co., has no foundation whateverin truth. And further, that that Gov- ernment will not approve any contract of the sort except such as may be made by its Minister here. Indeed, we may add that Messrs. Mor- gan, Harris, Webster & Co. in a statement pub- lished in the New York Times of yesterday, avowed to be from them directly, admit that the story referred to above is without founda- tion in truth. We are also authorized to say that the story published in the same journal that Mr. T. Par- raga, ex-Secretary ot the New Granadian Lega- tion, was sent by Commodore Vanderbilt on any mission whatever to Central America, is wholly destitute of truth. We are further authorized to say that another aspersion published in the New York Times of the same date, saying ‘that the Guatemala Minister is supposed to be in the pay of Commo- marines. Af-er @ severe engagement, the Fort surrendered, after between 100 and 200 of the enemy's junks were destroyed. The English loss was 9 killed and 28 wounded. That of the Chinese is estimated to be very large. The American slogp-of-war Levant went into dock at Shanghae on May 20th last, and was to leave that port for Foo Chow on the 15th Jane. Commander Foote, U. S. Navy, had gone in the Portsmouth to Bang Kok, Siam, with our Consul to Ningho, Mr. Bradley, who carried with him the treaty between the United States and Siam. Mr. B. was to leave Bang Kok for Siam a few days thereafter. EVENING STAR, |"“0N¢70N NEW WASHINGTON CITY: FRIDAY August 21, 1857. Tar Pension Laws.—Under a senso of jus tice, though at the risk of wearying the Star's readers, we publish the two following commu- nications. In according to them a place in our columns, we will barely remark that we cannot perceive that the views we presented a few days ago on the subject discussed by them. have been at all controverted. Itis admitted by “76° that arrearages of pension, or, more properly speaking, unclaimed pensions, due a soldier at the time of his death, have never been allowed his “ grand children,” eo nomine, and this is precisely what we contended was the fact. In truth, grand children have only been awarded such arrears, or unclaimed pensions, in cases where, if there had been no widow: children or grand-children, the amount due would have been equally recoverable, by the practice of the Pension Bureau, at times through an executor or administrator, by collateral re- lations, or even creditors. With respect to what the Supreme Court has really decided in this matter, we still adhere to the opinion that, insomuch as the question of the legality of the payment by the Government to the administrator of the money in contro- &PIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS. The Intelligencer adds the testimony of Mr. Bartlett, of Rhode Island, the former commis- sioner to run our boundary line with Mexico, > sustain the entire propriety of the selection he Gila river route for that of the overland mail from the Mississippi to California. It Will be remembered that some six years ago Mr. B. was long employed in discharging sci- @ntific duties in that quarter, and knows well fcom personal observation, all that portion of the route, the feasibility of which has been questioned. In the course of its remarks on the subject, the Intelligencer says: ** Indeed. it appears that Mr. Bartlett, six years 2 go, in a dispatch to the Secretary of the Interior, under date of Santa Cruz, September 27, 155), and thus, while actualiy engaged in bis survey, com- muunicated to our Government the same views ‘with regard to the superior advantazes possessed. by this southerly route which, in the present pa- per, he recites with greater elaboration and mi- hhuteness of geographical detail. When we con- sider the re Se must have attended the the derision o! ostmaster General in select- ing any route whatever through this partially ex- Tne Weatuer.—The following report of the weather for this morning is made from the Morse Telegraph line to the Smithsonian Institution. The time of observation is about 7 o'clock a. m.: Avevst 21, 1857. New York, N. Y. Philadelphia, Pa. Baltimore, Md.. Raleigh, N.C Wilmington, N. Columbia, 8S. C. Charleston, 8. C Savannah, G plored country, where all the lines that came into | versy was not only not before the Court, but | dore Vanderbilt,’ is from beginning to end Macon, Ga. competition and com Soctngcnvanten esas ea admitted in the pleadings, the Court cannot | untrue. Though hypothetically worded, there Montane ree properly be regarded as having decided more than the isolated point in issue, namely—the relative rights of the parties to the suit. The amount of money involved in this matter appears to be regarded by both writers, al- though for very different reasons, as of little consequence to the Government; but even to them the question in controversy will assume an aspect of some moment, when it is considered that if their views shall be carried out, a re- adjustment of many claims already adjudicated would become necessary, in which portions of the money already paid to the children of de- ceased soldiers must be again paid to their grand-children. We here dismiss this subject, and for obvious reasons close our columns to further communi- cations upon it. If the « epee | moked question” you commented on recently be worth stating at all, it is worth stating correctly. dum { submitted to you I did not attempt to fix “On one point I have been grossly misrepre- | blame on any one. I did not point out the incon- sented. It is as to who, in my judgment, should | *!stency of an administration which demands, vote upon the ratification of the constitution. [ | and rigatfully demands, the obedience of sover- have been represented as desiring that every man | ¢ig@ States to a political opinion of the Supreme should yote who happened to be in the Territory | Court, aud yet itself refuses to obey a judyment on the day of that election. ‘This. indeed. would | of that body ona paltry matter of dolfars and cents. be desirable if there were conclusive evidence that Idia hot point to the disreputable fact that that all such persons were actual, de settlers; b administration is mow inquiring who are right- Gh: Gaby aMAcicad cat Gril Cee eee a not | Taltyentitiedtaturbenchtet nes ed twenty- would be some previous 1 On this ears azo, nine-tenths of the claimants under point. which is ove of detail, I have never pro- have already been paid, and, through you, posed to make suggestions to the convention, al- ling on bern hig cecal: Makeaeaes Sor marie though. when asked my opinion by members of shalt be paid in the same manner. I wish, that body, I have indicated a previous residence souly to state the facts, not the aigu- of three or six months, and that the same qualiti- cations should be adopted in the constitution in regard not only to that but to all future elections; and, in my judgment, one or other of these terms of residence will be adopted by the co: ntion, from whom I anticipate a cordial co-operation “It is somewhat extraordivary that, while this Zecusation of letting every man vote whom: y happen to be in the Territory on the day of the elec tion has been preferred in the South as indicating | 2. Upon whatever grounds, Mr. Cushing did a desire on my part to let in abolition vagrants | decide that children should continue to receive and interlopers to control the result, the Rrpub- | * a's, and every predecessor, except one, had licans of Kansas have drawn an entirely different | decided that the ‘law entitled uot only children, conelusion—viz: that I designed in this manner | Yat personal representatives, to bring many thousand Missourians into the | 3- The twenty-fifth section of the acueat Territory to decide the contest.” wet, cited by th me Court in the decision _ ted to, giants a right of appeal to that body ee ee from State courts wheie the rig’t arose under any The Atlantic Telegraph. statute of the United States. If any body will On Wednesday, the Sth inst., the Lord Lieu- eet eon this cgi constitutes the Court a tenant of Ireland, as stated yeste: Der PRR & oard of arbitrators in cases where there never pres pote oe nGny, lakh the ead. | ea ay vight at alk under the catnte ioe é “graph cable on the mainland, | him to enjoy his improved ideas of the office of near Valentia. amidst great rejoicing. that august tribunal. The sbips were visited in the course of the eve- Aen Nor os any more concur with your idea 5 then Ainchacie tall athews inianeeten : , | that it is the duty of an executive otticer to inter- parecendiraa ass sore others intere: ted in the | tore between Congress and claimant, where he is i es Tangements were imme- afraid the latter will vet more money than he diately commenced on board the Niagara for pay- | thinks he onght to have. I know it is proverbial ing out the shore rope for conveyance tothe main- | bere that some of the officers estimate a case more land. These arrangements were fully perfected | by the amount involved than by the evidence ad- by Wednesday morning. but for some hours the | duced; but I believe this is the first time I have state of the weather rendered it doubtful whether | heard the practice commended. operations could be safely proceeded with. To-| 5. If it is the intention to dally with this ques- wards the afternoon the breeze calined dow tion until Congress shall meet, it would be a at two o'clock it was decided that au etfort sh be made to land the cable at once. Th of uncoiling into the small beats commenced at geeat relief to many, myself among the number, to state the fact candidly. ‘The same thing was 2%. and the scene at this period was grand and exciting in the highest degree can be no doubt of the impression it was de- signed to convey. While almost too ridiculous to deserve serious notice at the hands of the high-toned and scrupulous gentleman at whom it is aimed by its avowed originators—Messrs. Morgan, Harris, Webster & Co.—it is deemed best thus at once to set it at rest. The public can judge of the desperation of the steamship speculation in which its originators are engaged, from the fact that one day last week they took occasion to manufacture the story that Nicar- agua had confirmed the bogus grant of Costa Rica of the former's transit route, and on the day before yesterday were compelled to admit publicly in print, that that statement is untrue; and then, to induce the public to continue to believe that Nicaragua is about to do what they at first published as having been done by her, they undertake to slander personally the Gua- temalian Minister and the ex-Secretary of the New Granadian Legation at Washington, by way of breaking the force of the contradiction of their original story, which, they knew well: the former would soon be enabled to. make’ through the receipt of despatchesfrom the Gov- ernment of Nicaragua. advantages, it is the more gratifying to find this independent, and, as we believe, reliable evidence in proof that the determination of the Department was the best that could have been made under the circumstances.” The same journal contains a correspondence, in which Mr. G. W. P. Custis substantiates the fact that, in the Revolutionary days of Franee, Washington was made a Field Marshal (hon- orary) of that country The Union again discusses the Kansas ques- tion, in reviewing the recent letters of ex-Sen- ator Atchison against Governor Walker. In the course of the article, the editor publishes the following extract from a despatch from Governor Walker to the State Department, dated July 20th, ultimo. which will doubtless Prove sufficient to satisfy all at the South who have been complaining of his course in the Ter- ritory, whose complaints are not the result of a fixed desire to pick holes in it. The extract in question is as follows : Lowe; Peach Tree, Ala Mobile, Ala ... Gainesville, New O:leans, La. From tue West. The following reports have been furnished by the National Telegraph line: At Washing on, yesterday, 9 P- m., the barom- eter was 30.231, thermometer t=°. ‘This morning, at 7 o’clock, the barometer was 30.250, thermome- ter 61. a eo — The Race for the Goodwoed Cup. Gillpatrick’s own statement—The reasons why the American horses were beaten—Their condition— Where the blame rests—Either would have won under proper management. New York, Aug. 17. 1857. To the Editor of Porter's Spirit of the Times: My dear sir: As I am met here by a great de- sire to know the particulars of the Goodwood Cup Race, and as I find there is an inclination evinced by some parties to censure me therein, I shall beg the favor of your columns, as a general and final answer to them all. I left New York June 20, engaged by Mr. Ten Broeck to ride either one or other of his horses in the Goodwood Cup. | arrived at Southampton on the 30th of June, and immediately departed for our training stable at Stockbridge, which I reached the following day. I saw the horses Pryor and Prioress. The former had just recov- ered froma lung fever, and had been galloped, Mr. Palmer told me, if f recollect right, but three times previous to nty arrival. Prioress had also been ailing, but seemed in better condition than Pryor, who, though he looked pretty enough to the eye of an ordinary spectator, was in no racing trim whatever. I immediately set to work exer- cising Pryor, whom I found incapable of extend- ing himself; in fact, the horse seemed tied up; which facts I forthwith communicated to Mr.Ten Broeck. He did not seem to listen to my com- ments, and made me no satisfactory reply. Mat- ters remained in this state until about the 16th of July, when our first trial took place; the distance was one mile and ahalf. I rode Prioress alone for the first half mile, when Pryor, ridden by Lit- tlefield, joined in—he beat the mare to the stand, she tiring badly, aud showing signs of leg weari- ness. Things went on in the same way up to the next trial, which took place on the 25th of July, over the same track. I again rode the mare; the trial was two miles; Pryor running the entire distance, aud Prioress joining in for the last mile and a half. The mare beat Pryor about two lengths in this trial, but exhibited the same symptoms of leg weariness as on the previous oc- casion. On the following Saturday we left for Good. wood. Mr. Ten Broeck stopped with the horse: there was much talk among ourselves about the rospects of the horses, but nothing transpired of nterest to the public. J On Monday morning we commenced galloping on the Goodwood course, which gallops we re- ted every morning until that of the race. Mr. ‘en Broeck walked round the Cup course with us, and some conversation took place as to the best ground for us to run on, especially the mare, as she was such a long strider that he wanted to obtain the smoothest possible place for her to run on In the memoran- An Ivportaxt Mat, ARRANGEMENT.—We find in the Washington correspondence of the New York Express of the day before yesterday an interesting notice of the additional contract lately made by the Postmaster General with the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, with which, by the by, if we are correctly informed, the relations of the Department have always been most pleasant—quite an original feature in the history of the transactions of such corpo- rations with the Government. We mean of corporations who derive their rights, in dealing with this Government, directly trom Congress, and are therefore. in part, at least, above and beyond the obligations of the laws and regula- tions that apply to all others baving similar transactions with the Departments here. The north Pacific portion of our territory is hourly becoming of increased importance—do- ing a greater share for the common benefit, and consequently justly entitled to a greater share of such facilities and safe-guards as the General Government can accord. The contract de- scribed in this extract is in keeping not only with the actual requirements of the region it is designed to supply with the mails, but with that spirit of improvement which should actu- ate the Post Office Department in these go- ahead times : “The Postmaster General has recently added an important and valuable link to the mail facili- ties on the Pacific, by a contract for four years with the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, for the iegular transportation of the mails semi- ments. 1. From 1928 to 1815, both grandchildren and children were paid arrears. In IM5, Mr Marey decided that grandchildren were not entitled. In I-49, Mr. Ewing, after elaborate investigation. nuitted their claims. In I-33, Mr. MeCielland tin unsettled the practice, and rejected their slaimas. No one in the Pension Burean, who knows anything on the subject, will deny this. done in Virginia commutation cases. to the re- demption of which the faith of the Government was pledved; and then, because C. ress did not | monthly from San Francisco to Oly inpia, on our " h Valeatia Bay was studded with innumerable | 2¢t at all, the Department openly repudiated the : tal ge ‘| Mr. Ten Broeck pointed out to me those por- small craft, decked with the yayest bunting— | Obligation, and hus never paid ove stuce. py | extreme northern boundary, touching at Huin- | tions of the track he thought best suited to the boldt Bay, Trinidad. Crescent and Tampiqua cities, Astoria, Shoalwater, and our intermediate territories e advantages to all those settle- small boats flitted hither and thither, their oceu- pants cheering enthusiastically as the work sue- cessfully progressed. ‘The mare, as the smoothest and most free from undu- lations, Which might throw her out of her stride, : bie boats were man- | int ments, and to our territories generally in thet | 4nd acrerdingly. on the swinwater ine erat aged by the sailors of the Niagara and Susque- | tion; quarter will be very great, and will materially | path, followed by the uiher hursea, in order toob- Lanna, and it was a well-designed compliment, | ing befor assist in developing their resources aud adding | [iy round more suitable to the mare's peculiar: and indicative of the future fraterniz correspondent to their prosperity and population. ‘The Post- ‘Sepcees ° nations that the shore-rope was 2 is ity of stride On the morning of the race, my orders were, to make a slow, or wha’ English jockies call “a watting race of 1f—farther. not to take the lead, or foree the running, if | could help it, with Pri- oress. The start took place; we all went at a bad pace “He is probably mistaken in the belief that there is a settled precedent for the payment of ar- rearage to grand children. Such is not the un- derstanding of the Pension Burean.”* Now, although it may be true that there is no settled precedent for paying arrearages of pen. sions to + id ehildien master General is entitled to great eredit for ihe prompiness with which he bas carried this im- portant measure into effect, as it was only autho: - ized by Congress late in the last session.”” presented at this side the Atla sentative of the Queen. by the officers and men of the United States navy, and that at the other side British officers and sailors should make a similar resentation to the President of the great repub- 1 A Correction.—Yesterday, in publishing i i » yet there i i i 3. | for the first half mile; Prioress, unlike ordinary From the main land tie operations were looked | Was a long settled py aaiees certain recent executive appointments, C. E. 3 os y upon with intense interest. For several hours the | Yoon far tife he a mes I ing sui arrear- lat lector at S Ped ali . horses, when put to @ gallop, fom her length of Teed iieueenene stood on thee beach, surrounded | 2#°% £4 the benefit of grand children, in default | Carr, late Collect an Pedro, California, stride, cannot go slow, and the pace was so bad with the others, that, in spite of myself, 1 was forced to take the lead. which I maintained tothe second turn going out, up to which time I had kept the inside of the track, the others taking the outside. J then gradually bent across the track, as had been agreed upon, which brought me a little outside of the others, who retained their original position. We ran in this way, ata bad pace, to the top of the hills when we arrived here, the mare appeared to be very fresh, and 1 pecs, fie would make a good runhome. The pace now be- in to increase. I kept with them to the turn into the straight run in, when a still greater improve- ment in speed took place. At the half distance they began to quit me, and when within a hun- dred and fifty yards of the stand, } found the mare give way, aad in a few strides more she was ‘‘yone all to pieces,” which I imagine every body present perceived. Here was an end of the race—the mare being physically incapable, from want of condition, of doing any better. As to Pryor, with neither speed nor bottom, he had not the ghost of a chance in any part of the race. of a widow or children to claim them ‘The earliest of the series of revolutionary pen- sion acts now in force, ix the act of May 15, 1528. Immediately after the passage of this act, the Secretary of the Treasury, to whom its execution was committed, issued his instructions, directing that in case of the death of a person entitled tothe benetit of said act, without having received his pension, the arrears should be paid, first, to the widow, next to the children, and, in default of both widow and children. to the executor or ad- ministrator. So that, under this construction of the law, not ouly were grand children entitled to the arrears, in default of widow and children. but even collateral heirs were entitled, in default of grand children. And such continued to be the construction given, not only to the act of 1525, but to the supplemental act of 1332, and to the various widows’ acts, from that time down to the 21st of April, 1545, when Mr. Marey, Secretary of War, decided, that ‘there being no child or children of the deceased, the payment cannot be made to the executar.’* was printed as ‘deceased,”’ when it should have been “ resigned;’’ and R. B. Willis, late Collector at Oxford. Maryland, “ resigued,”’ when it should have been “ deceased.’’ by bis staff and the directors of the railway and telegraph companies. waiting the arrival of the je, and when at length the American sailors jumped through the surge with the hawser to which it was attached. hisexcellency was among the first to lay hold of it and pull it lustily to the shore. Indeed every one present seemed desirous of baving a hand inthe great work; and never before. perhaps, were there so many willing as- sistants at ‘-the jong pui!l, the strong pull, and the pull altogether. Atl oclock the cable was hauled on shore, and formal presentation was made of jt to the the Lord Lieutenant by Captain Pinnock, of the Susquebanna, bis excellency expressing a hope that the work so well begun would be carried to @ satisfactory completion Rev. Mr. Day, of Kenmove, then advanced and Pronounced a prayer. Addresses were then made by his excellency, by Mr. Brooking and Cyrus Field, Esq. of New York, after which the ships got under way with the expectation of reaching New Foundland in Tae Paciric Wagon Roavs.—The Interior Department have advices from Superintendent Magraw, (of the Fort Kearney, South Pass and Honey Lake road.) at Fort K. on the 3lst ult. The party reached there on the previous day, traveling on the trail of Captain Alexander's command, on their way to Utah. They were to leave there on the 3d instant. The health of the expedition had been good, with slight ex- ceptions. The advance party, under Mr. Lan- der, Chief Engineer, left Independence on the 15th June, to reconnoitre between the summit The London Times. speaking of theexperiments | old construction, in favor of paying the arrears to | Tiver. According to his letters, ke was BrO-ditne suas Seas ooeee tic rate asec the race was over; bat I learned that while we were running Mr. Morris observed (when he saw me leading, as 1 was forced to do fora short time) that I was disobeying orders in taking the lead, and that he would settle up with me in the morn- ing and send me home. Nothing was said to me then, but my mind was previously made up to come hone anvhow, whether I won or Lost. Next morning Mr. Ten Broeck sent Pryor and made in the harbor of Cork previous to the sail- ing of the above vessels, says : _ One end of each cable was carried to the oppo- site ship, and so joined upas to form a continuous length of 2.500 miles, both ends of which were rd the Agamemnon. One end was then connected with the apparatus for transmitting the electric current, and on a sensitive ga! vanometer the personal representatives, in detault of widow and children. Some two years afterwards, how- ever, the practice was again changed—by whose authority 1 am unable to say—and payments to executors aud adiministrators, where no widow orchildren survived, were discontinued. From the foregoing brief history it will be that during nineteen out of the twenty-nine gressing forty miles per dicm, and reached La- ramie on the 3d July. On the 4th, a quarrey oceurred between an infantry soldier (drunk) and some of Mr. Lander’s men, ending in the soldier's wounding Edward Williamson slight- ly, und a boy eleven years old, nained Kelly, a en ars 2 ‘ that have elapsed since the pre: revolutionary 8 . ; . | Prioress back to the trainin, table at” Stock- _ Sop akehisls pleat 2 boas oe. cable Pension system was inaugurated, arrearages have Cearenee 5 Serarey) mURRE ee thigh. Tho of brid, ty After they had pous, ‘he said to me, perg » and found to be per- | been paid for the benefit of grand children, in deg | fender was secured and delivered to the com. | yw , [thought you had gone with the horses?” ‘As these operations had worn far into the night, ow of a widow or children to assert a prior | mander at the post. The wounded boy is} 1 replied No, I wish to go home,’’ on which the arrangements for attaching the recording in- n your comments aforesaid, kindly cared for in the hospital. Mr. Lander’s | (if, femarked he thought perhaps it pears you take the ground that because the case decided by the Su- preme Court was a case in which money had been obtained from the Government, and the question Wes merely one as to the distcibution of said mo- ney, the question of the right of grand children to recover, as against the Government, was not con- sidered or decided This, | apprehend, was the struments to indicate signals were left to be com- pleted in the morning. The amount of electric power developed at the further end, and exhibit- ed by Mr. Whitehouse magneto-electrometer amounted to an attractive force of twenty-five grains. As three grains are a suiticient force to record intelligible signals upon the receiving ap- paratus, it will be perceived that a considerable surplus of electric power remains—a convincing the horses were not fit to run, and he did not know if he should run them again this Fall. He then Hee up with me and I left England, and here an. I have been accused of losing ground in the race. If I did so, it was in compliance with Mr. Ten Broeck’s directions as to those portions of the track to be taken to suit the mare, and what- party were to have left Laramie on the 7th. Mr. Megraw also details the particulars of the loss of Russell & Waddell’s (army beef con- tractors) animals by an attack of the Cheyennes near Fort Kearney. It appears that some of the Cheyennes entered the camp of the men in result of a very hasty consideration of the ti Tr ever ground I may have — bade wa 3 more proof, if any were needed, at once of the pethet | seen ie sax ae Hee re he case | charge of the cattle, as friends. They refused than made up subsequent y- he simple fact is, integrity of the cable. no less of the careful | jad been paid over to her aden i intrator. "There | to eat, but commenced getting into the wagons; Lic pores were ota eat itt! eng amd eerie There the lat- n. The should be paid adaptation of scientitic ject. On resuming the operations on Friday it was found that all communication was and after under running the portions of cable Jaid out Letween the two ships It was ascertained that one bad been completely severed by entangle- ment with the mooring chains during the time emmnon Was swinging with the tide, and ther portion was so injured from the sume cause ar to be unfit for use During Friday the officers of the company were engaged in reieosing the broken wires end ne necting the conductors On re-establishin; Munication between ship and ship, the transm * of electric telegraph messayes throngh the pocmict ig mi 08 0 cation was immediately com- need. and proceede ae! i <whaha atime uae ‘dd sutisfactorily during the this out, each terminal station or able was separately connected to the ¢arth—as is usual in lines Jaid ont in actual length, and the electrician noted that a considerable in- terval of time elapsed during the passage of the current, the arpount of retardation being equal to a second and three-quarters upon each electiic wave or signal. Yet. notwithstandins thin, i ‘was found that three si of ‘i cans to the desired ob- kind of work. During nearly a twelvemonth Previously, they had never even had a sweat (so the boys told me) from the time they landed, un- til I arrived in England. ‘The consequences may be imagined—namely, want of all condition, and absolute need of rest—they were full of fat— burnt up inside—leg weary—and had no vitality in them. In conelnsion, I have no hesitation in asserting that had our horses been lee 6 taken care of from the commencement—caiefuly trained, and bronght to the post in anything like the condition We have seen them exhibit at home—that either of them could and would have won the Goodwood Cup Fore At the time of ai were both children and gra hildry ter being children of deceased child. children claimed that the mone: over to then, to the exclusion of the yrand-chil- dren. The grand-children claimed the ‘ight to a distributive share. Thus the question was brought directly before the court, wuether grand- children are entitled, under the law, toarrearazes of pensions. If not entitled to recover from the Government, how could they be entitled to re- cover fromthe adiministrator? Was the adinin- istrator bound to pay over to parties having no rights under the law? But perhaps the idea intended to be advanced was, (hat the money having been obtained from the Government, and being in the hands of the administrator, the court was not called upon to decide that either children or graud-children were entitled. as against the Government. If so, this is an equally erroneous view of the case. If the administrator had received money from the Government, which neither the children orgrand- children bad any legal right to, it is clear that the court could have rendered no judyinent in favor of either the children or grand-children, ‘This, as a legal proposition, is too plain for argu- ment being forbid, they commenced firing, killing Mr. Sanford, of Kentucky, and badly wound- ing Wm. Robb. The rest of the men escaped, bearing off Robb. R. & W. lost $24 head of cattle and 20 mules and horses by the foray. Part of them took flight in the sand hills, and the rest were shot down by the savages. The retreating whites saw what they supposed to be the burning of their wagons. Reports from reliable gentlemen and fugitive Mormons say that Brigham Young is preparing to resist Gen. Harney. The Government of the United States is held up to supreme contempt by the ‘ Saints.”” Dr. Cooper, surgeon to Magraw’s expedition, has forwarded to the Smithsonian Institution a collection of the natural history around Inde- pendence and ex route. , leaving there was no proba- bility of either of the horses—Pryor, Prioress, or Lecomte, running at Brighton or Lewes. Indeed, I think it doubtful if the American horses will appear again prior to the four mile race over the eacon course, at the Newmarket Houghton meet- ing in October. make the foregoing statement in justice to myself, and in order to be freed from the blame which has unjustly been cast upon ime. I have faults enough of my own, without being burdened with those of other people. Had I had my own - - nals could be prac tically I think you labor under a misapprehension tay Says or tam DeLawane Taver Laxns phe pitprathe aes iy wan Tomopped, aad did and intelligibly transtuitted in two sec: ’ gel tt SIOR as i i i i i: ; | seelng the horses; as it was, I sto; an eondirms the accuracy of the previous ctperimnets to the effect “drafts upon the Treasury,” according to advices this morning received aj the beat I'could under the most 7 verse circum- Hence, I do not choose to incur the odium merited by others. made upon shor which the execution of the law, as construed by had been demonstra’ the Indian Bureau, amounted to $587,337.35— th Supreme Cou:t, would have. Toadmit grand- every tract put up being sold. Good order pre. nits of wire, by which it stances. d that sev l waves of elec- tric furee can coexist in along, und * children to share with children, in the receipt of | — Yours, respectful GILLPATRicK. Teach their terminal destination with safiicivat | ff instances) increase the amount to be drawn Tus Sciextivic Convention.—This body, jutervaly between them to record fom the feasury a single dime. It would only indications they are intended to convey cause the money to be distributed among a more The forin of the instrument at preseut used for | BUMCTous class of heirs. There would be a few developing signal« by the Atlantic Telegraph (and very few) cases in which the children of the Company ‘is oditication of the well-known | [*'Y te Whom the pension accrued are all dead, mazking instrument invented by Prof. Morse. bat grandehildren still survive; and in thes: ge cayen the money, Wuich would otherwise remain in the Treasury, would be paid over tothe grand- child-en. But as, up to the year 1851, all claims established by the evidence were paid, whether there were survivipg children or not, caves of the above description would be very rare, Indeed. J Tax Evauisn Ficut ar Fuasuaw Crerx— Tur Levant—Tne Treaty with Siam, &e.— A dispatch from Commodore Armstrong. gives an interesting account of the attack of the English on the Chinese at the point mentioned above, on the Istof Sune. Admiral Seymour was in command, and had a large force of steamers, gunboats, and launches, and boats of the squad- ron, his force amuunting to 2,500 seamen and Poche tare which has jnst closed its deliberations at Mon- igibly the treal, elected the following officers for the enst- ing year: President—Pri « Jeff. ies Wyman, M. > Cambridge. Vice President—Professor John E. Holbrook, M.4D. of Charleston, 8. C. Se ond ag yeoeae! W.-M. Chauvenet, M. D., of Anna) . Treasurer—A. A. Elwyn, M. D., of Philadelphia. It was determined to hold the next annual meeting in Baltimore, commencing on the last Wedn y of April next, and recom- mended that the meeting two years hence should be in St. Louis. iF Tiere were twenty-four deaths in New Vouk last week from vivlent causes. U> Io character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence js simplicity. SST ——_— Te PERSONAL. -++. Justice R. C. Grier, Pa., is at Browns’. «soe Mr. Peabody has taken $50,000 worth of ‘Atlantis Telegraph stock. .--.Hon_F.\Ward, M,C. elect, and fon John Wheeler, Col Daniel Ruzgi s and J. McAllister, U.S. A., ave at Willards’. :-;+ The Alexandria Sentinel of yesterday says: “ We regret to learn that the Hon. Wm. Smitb, of Virginia, is suffering with a very painful swelling of throat, which almost deprives him of inteiligent articulation and prevents bim from chewing. We sincerely hope his affliction will be 5 ‘ily » and that he may be to his usual good health.”? +... Santa Anna announces that he is engaged in the preparation of a narrative, not only of w! he “has himself done for his country, but of the acts of those who have controlled her destiny, on the three several occasions on which he was com- led, by unfortunate circumstances, to #eparate imself from her;"? in other words a history of the three most important revolutions of the Re- public 3 .--. A gentleman who came from Europe, by last week’s steamer to New York, had in his portmanteau a number of valuable manu- scripts for the new Boston mayazine, of Phillips & Sampson, but unfortunately lost it, and though vigornus search bas been made, it cannot any- where be found. The manuscrips thus lost were from the pens of Ruskin, Mrs. Gaskell, Rufini ‘author of Doctor Antonfo,) and other celebrated fnelga writers. --.- Napoleon once said, rather disrespectfully of his father in law, the Emperor of Austria, “Francis is an old granny.”’ Some friend repeat- ed the remark to Maria Louise. The Tens sought an explanation from Talleyrand. --Mon- sieur Talleyrand, what does that mean, an old ranny?” The cunning diplomatist, more polite an conscientious, answered with his seri- ous air—It means, inadame, it means a venera- ble sage.” ‘ --.. Elder Hyde, ex-Mormon Prophet, lectured on Mormonism in New York on Sunday, and, in telling some queer stories of Brigham Youngs power among the saints, said that, of his style of oratory, Henry Ward Beecher was a wonderfal counterpart. “He expressed the opinion that the steps taken by the Government, in sending out soldiers and judges, will be of little utility in pressing Mormonism, as the Mormons will m more recruits than the soldiers. and the judges wil! have no causes brought before them to try. VOCAL MUS| many thauks to his mi patrons for favors during the past winter and spring, and announe’s his Vs Music classes st Vonmper- ance Hall closed anti! TUESDAY EVENING Sep- tember Ist,at# o'clock, at which time and place, Evening and Night Classes for ladies and geutlemen will be organized. Those desiring a th rough knowledge of the elementary _ ciples «rof prac- ticing upon Glees, Choruses, &c., can be gratified by uniting with these classes, Terms, 2 lessons, £5. Vocal instructions giving to Schools and Acade- mie also, private instructions in Singing and upon @ Piano, Application can be made to Mr. I. through the post office or at the music stores of Messrs. Ellis or Metzerotte. au 15 tSepti* » IRVING returns ue loving friends and ry best ICE CREAM 31.50 per gallon, deliv any tofthe city. Also, on hand 64 different kinds of Cakes, and finest in the city, whch I will sell 8 for 5 cents. Come one, come all and give me a call. Furnishes Parties, bh a Excursions, &c. JOSEP. SHAF FIELD, Late Foreman at Weaver's, iy 27-1m* Opposite Browns’ Hotel. ICE CREAM AND WATER ICES, of the IF test quality, deli to families, parties, irs, . excursionists, at $'.5) per gallon, at the PHILADELPHIA ICE CREAM DEPOT, corner 12th and F streets. an 10-1m* COLLECTOR’S OFFICE, City at uly 15, 1857. NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS.-D EDUC TION FOR PROMPT PAY MENT—No- tice is hereby given that the Taxes for the year 1857 are now due, and payable at this ofhee, and thata deduction of 10 per cent. js allowed by law for the current year paid on or before the 15th day of Sep- tember next. RLS JAS. F. HALIDAY, y 25-eotf Collector. [eg aa am credibly informed that a oung man has been imposing upon citizens inthe Northern Cities, by procuring money on the representation that he is my son. J take this means to caution the public against the impostor. I have but one son living, who resides in Cal;fornia. ISAAC HOLLAND, Assistant Door-Keeper U.S. Senate. ington, lath August, 1857. au 17 v NOTICE.—The President and Directors of 1G Georgetown College hereby warn all persons not to trespass on any of the College walks or rounds,on pain of being deait with according to w. By order of the Presiéent : aud im JAMES CLARK, Treasurer. SS WAGGAMAN’S M' BAMAN'S ELECT ST HOUL © No, 443 12th street, between Gand H streets. Will re-open on Tuesday, September Ist. fu 21-2w* UsT RECEIVED, > pares Fume SEIOUE MOLASSES, an excellent article for ers. auzi-est BARBOUR & SEMMES. | RITTENHOUSE ACADEMY, Indiana avenue, near Sd strert. ademic year will commence Septem r O.C. Wao T. Principal. _ ¢OR BOSTON —The snperior fast-sailing Cup- per Schooner Searsville, Berry Master, ~, has arrived and wil! have quick dispatch for. the above port. For freight or passage apply to HARTLEY & BROTHER, 101 Water street, G -orgetown. D.C. au 2i-lw ME®: BELL'S 5 ARY FOR YOUNG LAD! 5 Corner of L and 0th streets. The next session of this Institution will commence on the Ist of September, 1857. Competent and efficient Professors will, as hereto~ fore, be engaged in every department. . Further particulars can be obtained appli at the Seminary. 2 an 2i-dtkecsw LOCKS! CLOCKS! CLOCKS! A good BRASS CLOCK for $!. I have just re- ceived and opened al! the new style Clocks from $1 up to $25. trade ep as usual) at wholesale prices. Also, Cle terials, such as Cords, Keys, is. Wires, Oils, &c., at the Clock and Waten Store of J. ROBINSON, au2i-2m Sasa ony | Browns’ hotel, Geen AND. SILVER W. ES, JEWEL- RY, AND Sign Large Gilt Wato). CHE: ANCY ARTICLES. I have just recei’ nether addition to my large stock of Gold and Silver WATCHES, of the best makers in Europe. Also, Gold Chains of every style und price, Jewelry in sets and sin- le pieces. Perfumery and Faney Articles, Si plated Baskets, Spoons, Castors. &c., at J. ROBINSON'S, 349, Oppgsite Browas! hotel. Sign Large Gilt Watch. N. B—WATCH REPAIRING « NG done tn the best manner by a skilful Watchmaker, and warranted. a pt STYLE FOR 1357, Now ready at STINEMETZ’S, 2° Penneylvania avenue, near§the corner of Thir- teenth. the most popular F: tyies of Dress, or Moleckin HATS, to which he invites purticnlar attention. ne establixhed the cash sys tem. and finding it to work weil, he will continue to make a discount of 124g per cent. upon the actnal market price, making the hat sold for $4 (ard not unfrequentiy for #5) for the low price of $3.59; a slight variation uality for $3, and for $2.5)a8 superior quality for the money. good assortment of FELT HATS. CAPS. &c always on hind, B. H. sTIN aug 21-tf 236 Penn. ave. near !5ch stre HE REASON WHY—A Careful Collection of many Hundreds of Reasons for things which, igh believed, are imperfectly understood. Cop: rect illustrated: English edition; price 80 cents; free by mail on receipt of 96 cents in stamps. Light inthe Valley. My Experience of Spiritual- ism. By Mrs. Newton Crosland; illustrated, $1.25 Violet, or the Danseuse, 33 cents Biographical and Historical Sketches, By Macau- ly; Appleton’s eg ty Library, 3 cents Panch’s Pocket Book of Fur, do. do., 0 cents, The raphical History of rhilosophy, from its origin in Greece down to the present day ; by George Henry sees Lvol., $2.75. The same in two vul- ures, & Just published, and for sale at PUOTAY LOR & MAURY’S Bookstoro. au 2!—3t near 9th street. RECENT. DISCOVERIES LN GEOLOGY, By Sir Charles Lyell. Loudon, 1857; 37e. Metrogolitan ant Town Sewage, Drei.sge, Sewer- ‘age,and Water Supply, by A. Sayer, at. D.,Lon- lon, 1857; Ste. Veza’s Logaritumic Tables, Lon‘on, 1857; $2.75, Binn’s Orthozraphie Projection and Mechanical and Engineermg Drawing, london, 1857; $3.5 '. Oswald's ees gg of Seeny goood aud Paronymes of the English Language, London, 1857; 5’. Whist at the Portland Club, Londoh, 1857; 1. Vertot’s Revolutions of Swedan, literally trans- lated for the use of Candidates missions, Londoa, 1857; T5e. 2 Francis’s Opinionsand Policy of Lord Palmerston for forty years, | vol., Loudon; $2.27. Capt. Crawford, Royal Navy, 1 Reminiscences of vol., London: §: 2 FRANCK TAYLC HINA, GLASS, AND EARTHEN WARE. an R. If. MILLER, SON & CO., IMPORTERS, hee lies from the English itera tho inue to receive accessions to Afuiten, Sow Co cuuenarethei farnds So 0. ners that their etock shall be of the most — le Laney pe me that a romper ard javorabl ith thase a Pinay other market inthe Untied States. Re Hi. Mitier, Son & Co. have selves to oifer te merohants Reh make thelr Pur TS DO. GUAgS. diassea accuse ey ‘ re! 5 Erelimpotiad 1 jersuch clroumatanbes as toenable them to 8 superior article at very METS OPQLITAN CONCERT WE ln ¥ EVFRY EVENT til further rotice. mre cod ON, AvRRS oun my a - i SSES BERGERS The acgomplisned Dangucscseun! Vocalis Formerly of Christy's Miusirels will give some Imitations of Af-ican Life. a Prof. ROESNER, Punnisi, mission . conte. V2 WULTER & EXCURSIONS, &c. EXctasion AND CONCERT TO BE OIVEN BY The Washington Orpheon Quartette, TO THE WHITE HOUSE PAVILION, On MONDAY, August St, 1887, The Orenrow QuaRtettE, composed of four gen tlemen of Washington, take jeasure in announoing, at the se ™ friends, that EXCURSION and © Bovss Pavitioy rey when no pains wi si most agreeable Exeu: ‘The comfort and — perticular attentio; re of their patrons will re ay e Concert will consist of Choice Glees, Quar- tettes, Solos, & The fine steamer Geo. WastING tox, under the c. command of Capt. Job Corson, bs vi ig been chart »r he ree will leave her whart as follows. rigs te ws po yay (cave st ¢0.m.and 2 - ™.: returning at 6 p.m. " nate eens " has engng ‘Tables will be abundantly su with ail thedelicacies of the season. furnished by Mr. Spe Semone attention has been paid to the Bui! ©! 5 ickets, admittmy a gent! “YE oe u Concert, &0, Tickets may be stores obn F. Ellis, J W. G. Metzerott : bookstores of Messrs. Taylor & Niav and A. Adamson; at the drug stores of J.B. +H. Stone, and J. Cruit's Jewriry S 7th at-cer, Washington and @. B, Barnard’: k C Georgetown ; M. Arth, Navy Yard. or ofany of the Quartette, Most positively no ticks ts will = sold at the Boat, therefore it ix requested that ril will procure them at the above named pinces. wire those who have not received cards of invitation wil please leave their names,and they wi'l be attended Orpheon Quartette and H streets, nt 7% lock. and will bem waitine when the By at re'urns to convey passsengers hack. ‘The Orpheon Quartetie are composed of the fo.- lowing named gentlemen: Wm. Edgar Morgan, EF. W. W. Griffin, a Mast. H. M. Teasda! au 21-7t* GPann CIVIC & MILITARY EXCURSION oF THE Washington Yagers, TO THE WHITE HOUSE PAVILION, On MONDAY, August 2sth, 1887, The Committee of Arrangements respretfully beg leave to inform their friends and the pubhe that the EXCURSE will take piace as above stated. The fine steamer Grorce Wasntxerox, the command of Capt. Corson, having been cher- tered for the occasion, will leave her wharf as f lows, making two trips exch way: leave at8a.m.and2.p.m. Returning at 6 p.m. é The 2 a. m. boat wiii stop at the Navy yard wh Withers’ Brass and String Band has been en- aged, *Tokets ONE DOLLAR for a gentleman and oe to be had of any of the committee and at the "Music, furnished — furnishes Committee of Arrane>m->+e. Lieut. N. Hi Corp. J. Wi Serts J. Sehu'n? Sort 3. Stns * J. Kilian, r[MIRD PLEASURE EXCURSION To OLD POINT, PORTSMOUTH, & NORFOL. ‘The steamer MaryLaxp will jeave Washington upon an Excursion totheabove piaces on SATURDAY. August 21. au 9 o'clock a. m., arriving at Norfolk! early next morning, and leave again at W o'clock Old Point. where she wiil remain until 6 o'clock Spreng rey (mee time to visit Hampton,Fortress Menroe. the Hygeia Hotcl. to enjoy the Sea Breeze, to Fish and Bathe. The next day can be agreenhiy spent in visiting Norfolk and Portsmouth, the Navy Yard. Dry Deck. Naval Hospital. &c. Returning, the Maryland will leave Norfolk for Washington Monday afternoon at 40’elock. ‘ —_ ep yd be abandently ou -! spun all the lelicacies of the Washington a orfolk markets. Good Music will be in attendance. Passage, including meais, for the round trip, 86 z for a centieman and lady §10, 17-5t WM. MITCHE ener _——_—_—_—_—_—— Fo: ND—FIVE DOL! ARSat Gautier hoe which theowner can have bv calling at the fice,*proving property, and payirg he. x.enseof advertisement. au 21 = REWARD.—Stared orstolen on Wednesday °F morning last.% White Buffaio COW, with red neck and hes. and low over the loins; is expected to calfin.a few dare. The: above reward wil! be pad for her delivery to JOHN HORREGA roar Alley between 6th and 2th «ts., near the Northern Market. au 21-31" 5 REWARD.—Ranawav from the subser! WeF this morning, the Mth instant, a Nerro joy named THOMAS MOODY. This is to warn ne peeonee from parboring him ns the law will he enforced acainst them. and | will give the above reward to any one brine ing hum to me at the corner of 14th and F, etreets, SOLOMON HUBRARD. an 2-3 Ss REWARE M2) scriber’s res hetween 7th anid lat stant, large RED COW, bran neck with the letter ©; he bad ons me tied en her horns. The above reward wil! pope for H YHAW, her retnrn to me. R an 19-3t ~) REW AR D.—Karaway teen tee subscrt $200 ber, ving near Upper tla: lovrong rT George's county, Md., on the 29 2GRO MAN. DAVY GREE 27 years of age,5 feet, 6 mches high—a dark mulatto—has a large busiy nead, wit whiskers round hes face, medi size look. He may hire himseifin the Distriet, where he has relatives, or make his way to some free State, as he lef without any provocation, 1 will 7 Hundred Doilars, if taken out of the State—S)iw if taken in the District, or any other psrt of Maryland, and $5 if taken in this county, In either case lie must be secured so that J eet num. je 9-1f WILLIAM J. BERRY. WANTS. WANTED-—A good WAITER. Good war i bea given. Apply at thi sottice, it” V [ANT RDB te pm MAR RIL MAN. si 1on 98 eral Farm . ' 18 & good Seamstres: a8 wellas Housekeepe os @ herse:f generally useful. Can breng «: ommendations, i m 2,8 meneuaetions. Address Box No. 12, Star Ww intend Sth street. ree ANTED.—A LADY (good work:nan jas Sup at the Washington Sewin: K Also. three or four good PLAIN SEWERS. and ve. a BON torun errands, Apply ummediatels ag a! ORSE WANTED.—1_ will sell handsome, iron-gray MARE, fi and perfectly sound and true, change fora Horse or Mare of suitable fora family. Her only is tw Inquire at this office, or at Mr. HAZ tn In Georgetown. aul SHI) CT.—Wanted 0 W the Washington Aqueduct—1 00 MEN. 7 > steady Workmen, Laborers, Drillers, Blasters. xn! Masons, good wages and steady employment wii be xiven by the United States, and by Coutractors. he works now going'on embrace tgneeilinc, masonry in stone and brick, exesvaty id em bankment. page on the line or at the Office in Gporrtows. 1. C. - M.C. MEIos, jy S!-eolm Captain of Engineers in charce. V ANTED.—Six or eight HOD-CARRIERS. tut steady men, Apps fo Wistek CALA HAS ly men. iy & 5 SALI. AN, No. 10S $59 street. 4 and see arr nf ANTED IMMEDIATELY.—A COLORED W WOMAN, who is a good = nd Ironer, Good wages will be given. Apply » street, corner of 1ith. ii sidemeel ie™ i WANTED In the family of a centionin TON AQUEDIL two miles from the etty. a good p COOkK. One whe can bring recommendations for skill, ten esty, and cleanliness will find a good situ ids, regular wages. “Apply toJ. P.CRUTCHETI ner of 6th and D streets. S10 MACH tS, in good order. As the no use for them they will be sold iow. C 386 7th street, near 1. au 2" 3t OGS FOR SALE —A lot of HOGS will) a ington Asylum, on F RI- R. QUE! TRAL Corner of The exercises of th September ist, The nu and each will receive ACADEMY, nd Ts astitution will commence ber of studeuts is |inited, ieular attention. \r ‘aur SITAS'MERCHANT, Prin ROPOSALS WILL Sh RECEIVED Pitt Saturday, the 22d, at 12 0'clock, grading the back -yards ‘of the three new houses situated at 'he corner of [aud 2d ts. The bidders will state the price per cubie y There will be fromm 2.08 to 3.000 yards to move. 1 will want 350 yards of (he dirt a short distance from the pince. ‘The tads will be lef with Mr. James Lewis. at the busidius. au 2) St THOMAS LEWIS._ OSIERY, GLOVES, &e. The subseriber rexpectfully informs o~ per sons wishing to purchase HOSIERY, GLOVES, MALL WARES, &e., that, /\\ Wii Gud a large and weil selected stock, St hia store: and as he isdoing exclusive lyn cash busi: © se, he offers grest inlucoment« to purcha: ers to call and examine fur themselves before ~ pu ‘lounge out his stock of SUMMER DS at cost m order to make room fur & fore those w! C.F, PERRIE, $75 7th street, near |, ty wt 3 o'clock p.m . ,