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Fog re ee een et AMERICAN DIPLOMATS ABROAD. LETTMR FROM J. G SCHWARTZ TO MR. M’CURDY, CHARGE AT VIENNA. Viena, December 7, 1851. Howonance Six—lt will always afford me great ; OA bre v grrreh cape respecting the can fat ive at this penmega ah Ae To Ta, ee with your wish in some wpect, I what qould suffice for the - tative of a republican goveroment, who may be al- lowed to be more economical than that of a court, St ae cles of furniture per year from 8,000 t0 7,000 florins coyey tata per ay 3,650 to 14,000 constant apd from seventy. five ux one hun: dred florins 900 to 1200 « 500 to 1,000 *« +» 1,000to 2000 “ Tray q it of the oity during the summer. &e.... 1000to 3,000 Expenses for pee books, reading rooms. &c........... -« «200t0 500 Amusements, theatre. (a box one 3 pethgorand florins) ois S00to 1600 « ncidental, . mes Senet 1000t0 2000 « new year's presents, &c..... ‘Totel amount... sseees 14,150 to 39.800 © Which, the floria at forty-eight and a half conte, ia equal to $6.862-3 4. 19, No cular amount can be fixed, as, for instance, the Russian minister pays for his house sixteen thousand florins—-English, eleven thousand florins, exolusive of furniture. An American minister at this court paid for one entertainment four thousand florins; nearly all the foreiga ministers reside out of the city during the summer. I have no hesitation in saying that a residence in Vienna, though not so expeusive as London or St. Petersburg, juite as dear as in P, onerally, since the year 1843; and to give si idea, I put down the prices of several articles reckoned in American weight and money:— Beef is 8 cents per English pound. Ham is 18 $e %, Flour from 4 to 6 cents Tea from $1 to $3 Coffee from 19 to 30 cents xe Refinedsugarfromlitol7o “ Wood is from $12 10 $12 50 per oord. Clothing is about the same as at Paris, and house rentsashigh asat London. — I trust that this information will be sufficient for your purpose, and remain with great respect, honor- i : EvERgEE we fet E EgEERE in AG Hi ei opinion of the people of these republics, and that | they should not be confounded with agents of other | ing thi countries holding virtually a lower rank. I submit these egg ibe aan ct mal cone sideration, and remain, sir, your mos! vant, J. Ranpoiegs Ciay. LETTER FROM ED¥ ARD JOY MORRIS. The firat and second, probably, were his commission L&c ATION oF THB Unirep States OF AMERICA, 2 | and letter of credence; the bird, probably his in- Narizs, December 18, 1851. _. | structions about a treaty, which in his (Mr. E,’s Sir—I have the honor to acknowledge the re- | letter to Ten Eyok he said be had negotiated wit! ceipt of despatch No. 12, relative to the expenses in- Dr. Judd at San Francisco ; of that treaty poking cident to my official residence at this court; and I is on record here that [oan find. P. he di leave to submit the following statement in | not forward it, for the reason that his treaty was su- reply. wing to the rise of rents, and the greater influx | of strangers, the expenses of residence at Naples within the last two years have been so mush aug- | mented, that. it must now be considered one of the | most extravagant cities of continental Europe. The price of apartments ranges from one hundred and twenty-five to two hundred dollars per month. At the former rate, my house rentamountsto $1,500 per apnum ; the wages of the three servants, at | thirty-five dollars per month, four hundred and | twenty dollars per annum; cook and kitchen ex- penses at one hundred dollars per month, $1 200 per annum. Carriage hire per month at sixty dollars, amounts to seven hundred and twenty dollars por annum. Incidental and teeter | expenses of the household, at least three hundred dollars per annum. Clothing stuffs, particularly those of female appa- rel, exceed by one fourth, if not one-half, the pies of similar articles in the United States, Eng- land and France. The court and diplomatic society of Naplos, being very gay and showy, expenses are much larger here than at smaller and less frequented and less impor- tant political capitals. The present salary of this mission is not adequate to the support of a family, except upon an almost entirely private scale, regulated by the strictest economy. The interchange of diplomatic civilities, | such a8 dinners and balis, of course cannot be in- eluded within the existing official income. | This mission being the ey one located immedi- ately on the Mediterranean shores; in tho metropolis of the largest Italian kingdom, with which we have an extensive and constantly increasing commerce, almost equi distant between the Lavant and Western Europe, with developing facilities of communication between the Mahommedan and Christian extremitios of one of the most important seas of the world, can- | not but be ky arr as of a superior character and significance, both for its actual, and its probably future, more extended relations. The ports of the two Sicilies offar excellent har- bers for the winter anchorage of the United States } squadron, and they are especially Naples, also visit- ed by great numbers of American travellors. Hon. “a penses, as commalsal 1850, being, I mont, 60 hat a week or two past. ble sir, your most obedicat servant, x ‘ 75 G Scuwaniz, Unired States Consul. LETTER FROM J KANDOLPH CLAY. LEGation OF 746 UNITED STATES, | Lina Febraary 5, 1852. | Sre+I have the honor io ackno vledge the receipt | of your circular, dated Washington, November 4, 1851, transmitting » resolution of tae Sonate of the United States, (adopted on the Slst January, 1951,) and requesting me to furnish the department | with a statement of the expenses incident to my residence, in my official character,in Lima. In | compliance therewitn, I submit the following note | of my yearly house expenses since I have resided in this capital /— Houee rent, por annum......... Servants’ wages. per annum... Marketing, inclucing bread, coffee, sugar, &c.. peranuam Lights, oil and candles Wood and coal + $1,200 00 1,250 00 Washing, at $50 per month 600 00 | Water, at $2 per week.. 104 00 Mule and horses........ 500 00 Total....seve0eeees eeece cece $6,354 00 The above statement as only those items of expenditure which do not vary with circumatances, anddoea not include clothing, wiaes, medical at- tendance, repairs of houre, and a number of minor expenses incidental to housekeeping, which it is im- possible to specify, but which, at a moderate esti t Mount to uowards of $1 600 per annum.. ill be seen thas the priacipal and indispensa- ble items in housekeeping are far more expensive in Lima than they are in any part of the United Btates. The single item of servants is enormous ; and, beeides the high wages paid to them, the num- | ber required in a Lima house is doable to that in the United States or Europe; because, ove domestic with us will do treble the work of a Peruvian ser- vaat—the climate naturally rendering the latter en- ervated and indolent ; aud lazy people in that class of society, are in all countries the, dearest. The same observation will apply to the washing. Ia Lima all house repairs are at the exponse of the tenant, the lanclord does nothing; and whena house is rented, the lessee usually finds it necessary to expend from one to three thousand dollars to make it habitable All this serves to swell the amount of house expenses, and it falls much heavier on foreigners than natives Even with this outlay, it is impossible to show to citizens of the United Statestbat hospitality which they havo aright to | expect from the representative of the nation, and which is eo seceptable to tho stranger. Nor have I been able to make a return to the President, the ministers and others fur the many civilities shown by them to myself and fawily. i ; “T have neither wish nor taste for display, but it has alwaxs been my aim to place the legation upon 2 footing of propriety avd moderation, befitting the dignity of the country I have the honor to {repro- sent. "Following this priuciple. I have formed my ablishment upon an economical scale. And that 0 will appear by a refer to tne annexed f the United States who have arsin Lima, andare well ac- Quainted with the cost of housekeeping in this ctty. My establishment, as well as ny ealary, is inferior to those of wycolleegu:s For instauce: the Bri- tish Consul Gen Charge d’Affairs receives a to $l1 46 60, and fo 6 (£150) for a secretary psul Gen and Charge d’Affairs eight thousand collars, with an allowance for a ohanceiJor (chanccher) and one or two clerks ‘The Chilian Charge d' Affaires reoeives seven or eight thousand dollars, with an allowance fora se- | et ai a aie wlan of s charge d’affsires of the United Btates being $4,500. and the expense of my official | residence $7.804, it follows thas 1 serve the govern- ment at a cost to myself of sbout three thoasand dollars per anpem. This causes cue embarrassment at times, and unless the salary or the rank of this legation should »e raised, 1 would much prefer ve- Ing transferred co a post of at least eqaal rank in Europe. Lima is one of the most expensive cities in the world, and the salaries given by osher govern- ments to their diplomatic agents here, show that they are aware of the fact 4 making, therefore, the ‘ graduated scale of diplomatic ealaries, bused upon the combined con- siderations of the importance of the mission and the expenses of residevce,” mie oats by the re- solution of the Senate, the salary of the diplomatic agent at Lima should be at least $9,000, with a corresponding outfir; under whica sum no represen- tative, who is married. can live in @ proper manner. The influence of a foreign agent in Peru is pro- | rtionate with the rank hoe bears and the way he apie tolive Thi b adduced to show that the United States represented in Pera by an envoy extraordil minister plenipotentiary, instead of a charge | affaires . The revolution which the annexation of Upper | California to the United States has caused in the affairs ef the countries bordering on the Pacific ocean, by which their comercial rolations has | been further advanced within the last three years than during a cencury before. has had its effect on Lima being the most central capital, and omee in Callao the tafest aud best harbor on io , is daily increasing in commercial im or- , population, avéiofueace It hat advantages position over Valvaraise; and in the inoxhausti- deposits of guuco and the fertility of the pro- east of the Cordillera, Peru possesses sources th and prosperity beyond any republic of America These have. been gradually de- Rotwiib*tending the ropeated revolutions bave distracted the country and the systema- tio mal-administration of tuccessive rulers. From its having been the residence of the Spanish vice- Poys, there isaiso a prestige and a-tificial reputation attached to the city of Lima, which cause it to be. pe ined With eepecial reapect by the inhabitants peighboring repubhics; and although Mg n0 longer reovive the decegee of Pte trae rom bint heanoeforth. yet the impression of ite former gran- a éd sway, aod carries ® certain in- vableiafinance wichit Lin herefore, still Toe ae ee, are t repub ie of TY ‘eetern es aod model fr beng case merica have co their ut . | to tbe United States thas they would look for were their political existence threatened | a power, and from whose example yr } te advance in the oareer of improvement an: sation. A sound policy would therefore scom demand that tne roprosentative of tho United bold the highest reak in this capital reason for # change in the Cin ed wither the government nor ourte be oman of the distinotion grades of foreign agents below that of glnisver, Ths has been onused by the appoint. | ponion is regarde | outfit, I do not think he can live respectably. day. | fst directed to transmit to the department “a As an evidence of the consideration in which this by the English government, I eg to refer to thd fact, that an Hoglish plenipo- tentiary is maintained at this court, who is allowed a salary of $28,000 per annum. Ihave the honor to be, with great respect, your obedient servant, Epwarp Joy Morais. Hon. Danie, Wesster, Secretary of State. LETTER FROM J. NEVITT STEELE LEGATION OF THE Usirep Spare Cakacas, Feb 2, 1 Sm—I havo the hénor wacknowledge tho receipt of your communication of the 4th of November last, requesting me to transmit to the Department of State a statement of the expenses incident to my residence as charge Q’aflaires at Caracas. lent. more. fiom the 1» 1850 . Clayton is-No. 4 from the de- oa I do not find the numbers 1, 2 and3; y should be in the box left by Mr. Ten Eyck. Bar most obedient servant, | porseded by another, negotiated at Washi m by Er Clayton and Mr. Jeers; the last is ti which was ratified. \ Ihave the honor to be, with great respect, your Luruer SsvERaNcs Dante, Westen, Secretary of State, P. Bul seo that by tho civil and diplomatic ap- ropriation bill for 1850, Mr. Se fe ‘Oo 1 for lary and o1 a rs con ite the Sandwich Islands, for the . Ten Eyck and Mr. year ending December 31, 1849, $3 922 87. | ” *To Charles Eames, as additional com ‘tion as late commissioner to the Sandwich Islands. the recommendation of the Depar:ment of State. $3,000.” Mr Eames’s resignation took effect 12th February, euppose, one year after his appoint- there appears to have beon paid for commissioners to these islands for 1849, nearly ten thousand dollars, if I understand the matter. I shall bo satisfied with much less for 1850, but feel confident I ought to have more than three thousand. If I do not, I apprehend I shall have to borrow money to'pay my passage homo _ -drawa upon my private means, which are gt great. | AMBASSADORS OF FRANCE. 1 The Chinese Dramatic Troupe, The following account of these novel performers, | who are now in California, is from a San Francisco | correspondent of the St Louis Intelligencer :— One of the most curious exhibitions ever witnessed by « outside barbarians,” has been going on in this oity for About a fortnight since, there ar. rived here a Chinese theatrical troupe, consisting of 123 | Loudoun. actors, male and female, and embracing. as [ learn, some of the most distinguished ot the Celestial. histrionic ta- Indeed, it is raid that several of them are to the Chinese what, Kemble and Garrick and Siddons are, or | rather were, to us ‘‘outsiders.”” Some days ago it was announced that they would make their first appearance | at the “ American Theatre,’ and I confess I felt a very | Mathews... great curiosity to see how such exhioitions were con- ducted in China—a conntry of which we now know so little, but are destined very soon to know a great deal I was present at thetr firs exhibition, and would endeaver to describe it, if I were not conscious that it is utterly imposible to convey any intelligible idea of it. Hefore the curtain was raised, we were favored with music hinese orchestra. if tha’ can be called music which was 8 combination of the most unearthly sounds that ever saluted mortal ears, struments from which these sounds proceeded, except that one of them was an Smmense gong. whilst several | Norfo)lc. I cannot describe the in- one Doddridge. . Biizabeth City. Eseox.... . in pursuance of I have already | 1852, 40 | a 4,000 | a id 8, | Hardy.. 18'000 | Harrison, 4,800 | Hancock = | ae of waht, lames Cit; Peo Tefferson.7. Jackson........ King and Quee: King George... King William. . , Kanawha Lancaster Logan. Lee. Mecklenburg . Madicon... Middlesex Monongalia Nansemond. As it has not been my habit to keep an account | others, were very diminutive one-stringed fiddles, of a Norfolk Oi of my expenditures, I cannot give you satisfactory peculiar shape They bad also a pair of cymbals and a Not a specific information in reference to them. I can | large oval stone. clevated above the floor ona frame-work, | Nottaway state, however, with certainty, that during the two nd on which they beat time with a couple of sticks Al- Nelson ears of my residence here my expenses have slight- ly excecded my svlary This has occurred without any special or extraordinary causes of expouditure, and without the slightest attempt at oxtravagance or display in my mode of living. Oa the contrary, making some allowance for the tmpositions to which ali foreigners in o 1 positiens are subjected, here as elsewhere, I believe my housshold could not have been maintained en a respectable footing at a leas cost. It may be proper to add that my family is very small, and that the character end habits of the men who now usually fill the high offices of this government have, ina great measure, dene away with the custom of giving costly entertainments in Caracas, and have rendered it unnecessary that I should incur expense in that particalar. To aid you in forming an opinion as to the proper and necessary scale of expenditure here, I give the following details derived from my own experience:— A house fit for tho residence of the representative of the United States cavnot be obtained for less than seventy or eighty dollars ofthis currency per month. Carringes are scarcely used hero a: all, but it is abso- lutely necessary to keep one or two saddie horses, and the expenses of these is nearly as mach agaia as in the United States. Tho hire of servants who have apy knowledge of their business is aboyt the same as in the United States, but the custom of the coun- ty makes it necessary to employ a greater number ofthem As to the supplies of a family, such as wines, groceries, clothing. &c , they are all very high in the shops here; and even to one who imports thom for his own use, free of duty, as I gesecally do, they cost about one-third more than they do in the United States I find it absolutely necessary, as I believe my predecessors have also done, to employ & competent person to copy and record the corres- endence, Kc , of the legation; and for this service pay between four and tive hundred dollars of this currency Upon tho whole, the result of my experience hero is, that a charge d’affaires of the United States, who docs not remain longer than three or four years, may, by the exercise of strict economy, live respoct- ably, though in a very plain manner, on his outfit and salary. To accowplish this, it will be necessa- ry that he should abstiia from giving large or fre- quent entertainments, and sbouid limit oimself to such plain hospitality as may be rendered absolute- ly necessary by the presence of his countrymen, and the social relations he may have formed in this city. Upon the salary alone, without some aid from his squalling of a cat the biils :-— Chine, aecompan! Great Minister,” Defeated Revenge.” Genii, whose | bim, and Tsow. teow | and gave him a robo th. Ihave the honor to be, with high respect, your obedient servant, J. Neverr STEELE. Hon. Danie. Wenater, Secretary of State. P S.—Isend herewith my quarterly account for the quartér ending December 3 1851 LETTER FROM YELVERTON P Lroat gallery, $2.” a dery, Bocora, Jan. 29, 1852 Sin—I have the honor to acknowledge the res of your circular of the 4th November last, wh did not come to hand until the day before yoster- there. blended colors. statoment of the expenses incident to my residenca in my official character at Bogota” I cannot bet last. , On the 23d of this month I drew a draft in favor of John A Bennet, Hay , for $500 in part of salary, leaving me duc $625. Thave the honor to be, very rerpectfally, your obedient servant, Yerverron P Kina. To the Hon. Dane, Wenster, Secrejary of State, Wasbington LETTER "ROM LUTHER SEVERANCE Unirep States Commission, Hoxotutc, Novémber 7, 1851 Sin—That I have the requisite quatifoations, I have not the vanity to pretend, but I am happy to believe I am-on excellent terms with all those who have the most ivfluen e in the government here, the King and chiefs included. From tho allowance of am additional $3,000 to Mr. Eames, my imme diate predecertor, in the approprietion-bill of 1850, ard payment of Mr, Ten Kyck for nearly all the | wn Conrier, Dec 92 mnuch damage. ' The Kagle made much | Bewe thit Lau po was with Part 1. Yuen- made a Pp On eget underneath one given bim by La 2 ‘Tsow asked him the reason. he replied, ‘* A man of tronor never forgets his old friends, but remembers the impor- tance of the relations between Prince and Minister.” 4 The King and (Queen of the Or pe. ttung country, while ona hunting expedition, shot a spi the form of a deer and wounded it in the leg. The spirit becoming avgry, passed with the spirit of a fox into the of the father and daughter, making the futher offer nghter a3 a concubine to the King and intending, ugh her, to ruin the throve of the latter. | hist: Priest. named fong-som chong. who was on his way | to the Western Heavens, in order to get his prayer bocks, happened to pass by, and pacifying the anger of the spl- rit, secured peace to the King. Prices of admission Private boxes, $6; dress circle, $4; parquet, $4; pit $3; together the noire was about such as would be produced New K by 8 dozen tin pans of different eizos, ahaifdozenoracked | Northawp’ fiddies, a steamboat bell, the filing of @ saw, aad tho ‘The musicians were placed on the af- ter part of the stage, instead of in front of it, and kept up thedin during the most of the performance readers may form an idea of the play, Isend you one of “American Theatre, under the management of a joint stock company. The mxnagement respestfudy aanouace to their patrons that they have made an arrangement with the celebrated Chinese artists. for their appearance | Pittsylvania at this theatre. First night of the great Ohinese Dramatic — Company of Tung ‘Hook Long. consisting of 123 perform- | ers, and giving representations of the ancient manners of Fea by Chinese music. ement of Mr. Likoon, Normen Assing Tong Achfek. | fonday evening. October 18. ‘The entertainments of the evening will open with a favorite farce, in which the Ame- rican company will appear. After which will be presented the four pieces of “ The Kight Genii Oifering their Con- gratulations,” ‘The Six States making Soo Tsin their * The Parting at ?ar-Kew,’’ and“The On the birth day of Yuh- twang, the High Ruler and Ieaven'y Majesty. the boy ex names are [Han chung-le, Nan-tsoi ho, Chavi-ke-lo, Li-shun-yang. Tawa kwok kan, Le techkwi, Hansiang-tsy,and Ho-sie-koo, come to congratulate him. | Rockingham. Part 2. During the civil wars, B. 0 600, the Seven States were at war. of which the State of Tsin was the strongest, | Roanoke. Soo tein went around among the other six States of Csi, | Ruseell . Tsao, Hon, Ngai avd Tsew to induce them to unive together and attack Tsin. This they did, and thus defeated Tsin, Yor it they made Soo Trin their great Minister, and (ien- eralismo of their united forces | dynasty, and the wars of the three States, A.D, 222 Kwan- | Southampton... wan-chang. (a famous warrior.) and Lau-pe, were de- feated by Teow-Tsow The conqueror sent an officerto | Sussex urge Kwan to submit; but the latter refused to come un- der bis rule, saying, “ At present I can only dwe!l tem- orarily in your tent; when L have learned Whore Lau pe Fei mast upbold the rightful majesty.” Part 3. Duriog the Han hew. Kwan went to join arting feast at Par-Kew, | it, Kwan put it on n pe. it which had assumed Of source I do not understand 8 word that was spoken on the stage; but { was completely amazed at the magni- ficence of their dresses, which were all of silic or satin, avd covered with the most besu:ifnl and costly embrot- No company in the United States can at all vie with this in the splendor of its wardrobe. formed no conception previously of the immense labor and expense expended in China upon such fabrics as ‘The embroidery {s wrought into the most be tiful figures, representing birds. flowers, leaves, &c.. endless variety, and in the brightest aud most tastefully ‘The men. for the mos; part. wore on their heads a sort of helmet. of unique shape, and beau- | tifully wrought. whilst the women had a profusion of | brilliant ornaments about the head. with the hair done Fmers 1x Troy.—Two fires occurred onrly this morning--ove in this city and one in West oo The brewery of Messrs Cleary & Murphy, corner of Fifth and Liberty streets, wae discovered to o'clock this morning. but it was extinguished without Gow the fire originated is not known, tel in Weet Troy. situated on the corfter of Union and Broad streets, wos found to be on fire about half past one o'cl totally destroyed the hotel ~~ Troy Budget, Dec, 2, Fine ix Prospect —A large factory for making | mateh stieke, situated in Prospect. and | W. Hotchkiss. Keq. of this city, was destroyed by fre on Ir was insured at the ¥toa office. ‘edo not hear how the fra originated —Now Ma- on fire about three s+. Northumberland That your Petersburg..... Prince George. Patrick... Be Edward. ‘owhatan. e Under the man | Doge Pendleton .. Pocahontas Pulaski. Pleasants. Putnum. | Preston.... Richmond City. Richmond..... Rockbridge. Raleigh. Ritchie. Randolph Burzy. Spotteybvania. .. Stoford.. Shenandoah Having learned When Tsow- ‘art Williamsburg... Westmoreland Warren.... A Bud- Indeed, I had 01 Total vote came witbin h owne! by Thomas rt, cotton pin wae rei in 1848. Tnereage in four yea A Drernvcrive F ger on the L.M Kennett, informs as ‘ fire oceurred at the plantation of Mr, Wilssn, + below Napoleon. Several houres belongl negro quarters”? were and Jered useless. and we understand that te exored $40,600, of SESELILERRSEISAE BESBESZSSeS83: 8328 = 5 57,132 Dem. majority... ok 0 vote of bein ballot. the wigs withdrew Mr. Woodfin, who reosived seventy ut — eighty for Mr. Dobbin. —— 1618 Cass. 619 413 576 * «(G44 295 145 163 193 192 190 322 784 639 225 1,674 1, 723 03 104 149 187 213 3387 438 344 361 1,189 836 634 ‘751 = «USCA 167 152 124 17 63 128 421 462 683 324 287 434 387 191 1l4 281 227 276 + 221 794 554 337 200 303 256 235 162 409 296 505 176 142 58 443 367 425 447 354 318 263 209 201 213 179 267 451 287 233 92 — _ 319 285 223 86 23 137 156 133 120 273 186 135 620 608 606 440 271 190 608 489 320 928 685 503, 1,024 7958334 384 271 225 265, 257 134 67 7 130 87 63 270 195 168 254 267 185 197 287 274 312 644 658 303 222 193 200 114 77 * 178 405 395 843 330 315 251 450 410 427 616 592 393 649 581 657 170 101 238 858 525 271 601 443 6u1 241 161 216 m1 105 393, 97 99 37 958 738 504 439 239 233 169 224 258 132 149 112 99 93° 234 1,226 742 272 159 169 272 356 307 441 136 137 107 1,813 1,458 420 173 99 117 463 324 521 224 331 522 304 342, 497 107 69 486 1i7 136 139 95 116 125 270 183 201 268 191 1s4 497 488 469 501 342 306 560 743 688 500 921 767 122 591 174 298 208 252 290 1,452 409 51d 91 489 S64 227 122 190 110 375 116 174 152 348 7 1,854 234 331 575 1,031 0 208 183 294 301 482 316 58 new county. 188 124 339, 301 201 213 498, 338 307 147 4 153 107 82 273 440 413 405 269 230 255 291 176, 1,404 354 296 452 434 326 309 243 215 518 358 266 247 840 524 290 B24 new county 66 62 15 37 47 Bt 230 249 60 169 122 285 715 485 679 333 37 336 225 105 1” 222 122 130 615 430 325, 102 89 317 42 ia es 129 118 86 67,132 rR lone was esti | was without any Insurance, —St. Lorie Union Deo, ter comply with this requisition, than hy giving a up in the most singular style They all wore immense ee ae pips statement of my expenses from New York to this | trousers. of silk or ratin, and with long, loose, robes, | Counties, Pierce. Scott, ae ee ea) lace, including those incurred since my arrival, so | reaching below the knes, and having enormously large | 4ii/gan, 682 (BAT m4 80 Reast kavebsen acts to assertain thant, ‘Taking | Sette Shalt shines Bad women sales, Stove Sie mactiae 652 478 «9107S 2438 3 this data you will be able to form some opinion of thick, and turned up at the toe The play appearay 1934 1015 41953 ddT 108 ‘asi be a ‘sort of opera; or at all events, a lnrge portion of it 2 665 108% 400 the, anaual expenses tholdent to tile mission. consisted of singing. ifthat oan be termed singing which Serie ee Rae tae 4 bd rent in Bogota ranges packed to Lad eleg is romething between a screech. # wail. anda negro me- | ph 0 « 783—=S«ORSs«*Q 'y dollars per month, according to the size, comfort, jody, sung inthe most drawlipg mesal tone, They ap- 469 146 213 340 131 and locality & the dwelling I pay sixty dollars pear to have but one tune, and thet with scarcely one of 637 ‘225 386 34628, r month for the one in which I reside. In its se- | the elements of music, Their voices have little or no 1221 301 876 823 315 ection I bad reference not only to my own comfort | compass, and it is imposefbie to conceive of more harsh 1497 «= 801.1027 «1,200 482 and convenience, but to the safety of the archives, | and grating eounds than they ewit. rf 786 128 473 602-382 | books, and effects ofthe legation, two apartmonts | PR gsr pent ate ah ped a of which are appropriated exslusively to this pur | gi ‘above medicerity, i new county. . y. in this respect, whilst, for the ‘Kalamasoo1257 1,074 411 1,010 880493 : t part, th far below our third rate acters. On fame ’ 7. Owing to the inaccessibility of this place, and the thew ae it wean xi ingly unique affair, and {pre- | Kent...... 2 4 tt re tf io rf high rate of transportation, I had to pay for self, sume a parallel to it bas never before been witnesred out- “e857 2418 640 1,886 2171 795 wife and son, from New York here, about tho sum | rideof China, It is raid that the troupe has been encaged | iyi noeton 1.419 ‘931 133 764 1128 2330 of seven hundred dollars, in addition to which I paid | to make the tour of the United States, and will then go | 1 PBROn ‘poo 38 - 61197 - Sea iat ee rd froight oa | to Eurepe. Macomb “ 4 a0 2 cd te 204 articles purchased in New York, making in the ag- | Ml ‘oproe,.., 1/ plz = gre ate the ‘sum of one ound doltarse | Tur ApyAnce IN Frourn —The Rochester UVaion Montcalm. 156 120 6 new county. y expenses for living, in which ato included | *¥8 the recent rise in flour of some two or three shillings Newaygo... 104 | 40 = not organized. house rent, servant hire, fuel, &c., &2 , & per Darrel, wil Insure » email fortune to some of its ott Oakland... 378 | UF 1ole 2781 508 4 > %, rf zens who have large quantities in store ia e eas Ott . o to about the sum of two hundred and ton | markets. ‘The Union ininformed that one milling esta faginew.., 00 967 «73118 rd month. | blishment of that city has over 49.090 barrels, another Shiawassee 534 519 52-931 426192 Furpiture of all kinds is exceedingly dear, and | 25,000, a third 16.000, in New York, or now on the way | gt. Clair.. 1110 862 68065 (At but little is gained by its purchase in New York, there. and others have smaller qnantities. An nce St Joseph 1.260 1,164 252 963 1,011 418 owing to the high rates of transportation. To fur- | of two ehillings per barrel would amount to the snug | Sanilac.... 266 109 — new county, nish @ house pee atd comfortably, not ex- _ little fortune of $10,000 to the holder of 40,000 batrelt, Tuscola... _ 62 80 34 = new county. travagantly, it would require from $1,500, to | The season has been @ prosperous one for the Rochester Van Buren 771 618 87 Ee 509 17 go” a ens | suitters. | Washtenaw 2004 2.974 603 2020 208) 017 “There are, of course, many other expenses inci- pr C: Buanr fo Daatn —About eight | W#72e---- £000 PRY Sues vataae ater dae s me—Cnrep Burn —About o' ni pec ech x cin nS dent to the ‘mission, (and which are not included ia o'cleck this morning. fire occurred ina three storied Total ...41.842 33,860 7,207 23,949 30,687 10,389 the above statement,) such, for instance, as wines, | brick house in Oariton street, betworn Schuylkill Seventh 38,860 940 &e , which one is obligei to provide entertai pert gs streets. The renee. ees i aaa or i‘ ii 7 jouse, were confined to the third stories Lt j ments; thee, owing to breakage and the high rato | sijoning suas, Nore conteed ic thedlura one’ pe | Dem. mal. 7 Rages gt eye bes few 4 damage was immaterial but a melcacholy result followed. em. gain ——~ J have thus answered, a succisetly as I can, your om ; , , The houses were ocoupled by colored people, A child, — singe 1848 1,596 letter, which I hops may be satisfactory to the de- (nistern months old. was burnt to death anda woman qgotal vote in 1852. 82,939 partment, jvmped from a third story window, and was dangerously Total vote in 1848 65,016 L avail myself of this opportunity to transmit you ‘hort. A man was also injured.—Philadelphia Bulletin, | my account for salary up to the 3lat of Decomber | Lec, 20. | Increase in four years, veveoe 17,018 Two counties, Jloughton and Chippewa, from which no returns were received, are not contained in the above. Nortn Carorina U_S. Stnaron —Another bal- lot wae had for a United States Senator In the Legisiature of North Carolina. on the 17th inst,. when Mr. Dobbin | elected. Previous to the ir. Rayner and nominated | 8 y-six votes, against A gentleman, who came that a few ing to ie mated Wilson 3 | the administration of Washington. With him’ she re- | under Napoleon, bir. Van Pol | land, and having witnessed tke creation of the kingdom | of the Netherlands, they retmrned to America, made New | York their home, and resided during the summer at | Poughkroprie, N: ¥., or at Princeton, Now Jersey. | where, in September, 1833, Mr. | members sleep under gorgeous mausoleums | time of her decease, the oldest resident but one in Cam- | cations erected for the troops then sent for the protec- honored grave. lives, in death ‘ere not Bi. tate Soul the pilot of hanes, an Yorn im Fale ing Marconi eos semen sua German fasuilee of the Mohawk region. Mi early S$ soe tons on the baie oe ‘ol. nN ©, but one toL asan offloer of theo, about the time Louisians was transferre4*, tne Ynitel Btates. Having been sent with * “etachment of tnearmy =-a¢ehitoches, he married im that Died, at his residence at Codar Grove, ia Berkeley coun- ty. Va., om the 6thinet. Dr. John Hedges, in 14th year of his age. He was one of the oldest, most wealthy and highly stable citizens of the county—wasa son of Capt. Jos. Hedges, of revolutionary memory, and a descendant of the brave Col. Rawlings—was a talented man, and one of theablest political writers in Virginia. Mr. Geo. W. Addison, proprietor snd editor of the Ope- lousas Gozette, died most suddenly in Opelousas,on Wed- nesday. the lst inst. For about twenty-three years, Mr, Addison was the publisher of the Gazette, being, in all peobstility, te father of the Louisiana press. He ‘was univerrally esteemed. He leaves a large family to deplore their irreparable logs. The Essex County Freeman announces the death of Judge Elisha Mack, of Salem, Mass., on the 9th inst., at the age of 69 years. Judge Mack was born in Middlefield, and has resided in Salem for the last boat ; has represented that city in the Legislature, and for many eer has held the office of Judge of the Police Court of jalem. Mr A. Moise, Jr., died at Augusta, Ga, on the 30th ult., amd Mr. A. Moise, , his father, died at Charles- ton, 8.C., ‘7th inst , just one week after. The Cincinnati Gazette annountes the death of John Anderson, in that city, on the llth inst. He was born in Ireland in January, 1651, fought in the Irish re- bellion, landed in Cincinnati in 1800, and at the time of his death was nearly 101 years of age, Miss Mary Merriman died at Hurlow, in Cambridge, on the 28th day of November, aged nearly 89 years. Bhe taught the first school established in Cambridgeport, which was very thinly settled at time.. Her school numbered, the first season, twelve scholars. Two or three of these pupils are still living. She was, at the bridge. Mr. William Wilson, a soldier under the Duke of Wel- lington. died at Louisvi'le, Kentucky. on the 8th instant, Mr. William Wilson, a revolutionary soldier, died at Anderson, South Carolina on the 28th November, aged 90 years. Curious coincidence. The remain: of Hon. D. F. Burthe were, on the 13th {nst.. at New Urleans, borne to their last resting place, Mr. Burthe was born in Metz, France, in 1785, amd was, conrequently, sixty-seven years of age. He entered the army when very young, and was soon promoted to a Heutenancy of cavalry. In 1803 he accompanied his cousin, Adjutvnt General Burthe, in the capacity of aid de-camp. when the former was sent by Napoleon Bonaparte. then First Consul, to superintend the fortifl. tion of the province ot Louisiana. The cession of Louis- fana to the United States having taken place some time afterwards, Mr, Burthe became a citizen of the State, under the stipulations of the treaty of cession. Before the division of the city of New Orleans into municipali- ties. he represented the district of St. Mary in the Coun- cil, and ho was afterwards sent to the Legislature to ro- present the parish of Orleans. He was member of tho Lower House when the Legislature sat at Donaldsonville, and labored strenuously to remove the seat of govern. ment back to New Orleans. Afterwards, he was elected to the Senate for two consecutive terms, and was again returned to the House of Representatives. Since then, Mr, Burthe has resided in the country, applying his gnergies Lo the(developement of the resources of bis plan- ation. Elizabeth Job, aged ninety two years, died in Cecil county, Md., a few days ago. On the 19th inst., public funeral gervicoa were per- formed at the Unitarian Church ia Lexington, Muss, over the remains of the late Abijeh Huntington, a ravo- lutionary veteran and pensioner, who was one of the last survivors of those who witnessed the battle of Loxtng- ton, on the 19th of April, 1775, He-lived to the ad- vanced age of ninety two years. Mrs. Lucy Prescott, relict of the Hon Timothy Bige- low, daughter of the late Hon. Oliver Prescott, of Groton, died at Medford, Maes , on the 15th inst , in the eighty- second year of her age. Dr Jonathan Chase, says the Lockport Journal of Dec. 17, was found dead in his room to-day, about 12 o'clock. Dr_Cha:e was among the earliest citizens of our village, and oxe of the oldest and most distinguished of practical physicians, He had shared the fortunes of the place, and leaves a large number, both of relatives and friends, to mourn his loss. Dr. Jobn Thompson, of New Lisbon, Ohio, for many years a member of the Legislature of the State, and for six years a Representative in Congross, died at his resi- dence on the 2d inst., aged seventy-five years MADAME BERNADINA ADELAIDE YAN DOORNINGK VAN POLANEN. We take from the Bridgeport Standard the follow. ing obituary of this lady :—Bernadina Adelaide Van Doorninck, widow of Roger Gerard Van Polsnen, was born (3, on in the city of Derenter, in the Nethoriand: the 17th November, 1779, and emigrated to this country with her parents in'1793.’ After a residence of about two years in America they returned to Holland, principally to provide for the four faithful domesties of the family, who had emigrated with them, and longed to retarn to their home in thelr native land. On their arrival in Hol- land, the political views of the French revolution of 1793 had been epread throughout the land—ths Ba: fovian republic “had been proclaimed, sod the Prince of Orange with his family had left th» coun- try. Mr. Van Doorninck, who was an admirer ot repub- lican institutions in Holland. and with ths Orange fomily as stadholders at the head of the government, did not embrace the political opinion: tren so generally entertained by his countrymen, and sein returned with bis family to this country, where he established bii at Belleville, New Jorcey, He was a gentleman o} highest respectability and social posi ion in bis native land, and his children soon became the associates of many of the best families in the State One of these compan ions of her youth, for whom she always ebcrished feelings of true friendship. and with whom, in afver li tinued a most friendly intercouree, yet remai spected and unfvervally esteemed late Chief New Jersey, the Hon, Joseph C. Hornblower. Her futher died in this country. and she afterwards married the Hon Roger Gerard Van Polanen, minister rerident of the Batavian republic to this country under sided in various parta of the globe. where he oscupied the highest judicial ¢fices in the service of his country. | Hollend Laving become part of the French empire, lazen refused to take ths cath of office. and lef: Java fer the United St resided in this city (Bridgeport, Ct ) until the revolution of 1815. “In Holland, when the Dutch nation recalled the Prince of Orange to the administration of the government, they left for their nstive and. and ar- rived in Holland the day before the battle of Waterloo, in June, 1815 After a ‘residence of two years in Hol: Afterwerds they purchased a summer retreat on Golden Hill, (now the residence of William P. Burral, Esq.) Van Polanen, di He was the last male descendant of the most nol | and ancient house of the Barons of Polanen, | in Holland~a house married to princes, and meny of its He sleeps under the simple monument erected by his widow, in our Gq, yardin Division street, She has joined the hus and ot her youth, and now rests with him from a life of it activeness and kind benevolence. She leaves no indred in this country—their infant daughter. born on the great Indian Ocean, sleeps at Princeton, N the marble erected by parental love, Both buy wife, although allied to wealth and all that is great and | noble in their native land. were devoted a:mirers of the | | | Lieutenant Alien. was killed. In other positions, a « republican institutions of this count ted them by their simple habits and many noble ments. She died on Friday, December 3, 1852, a’ threo o’clock P, M., at her residence in State street, next to the Polanean Chapel, which was erected by her muni fleence for the Unitarian Bociety of this city. COMMANDER DALE. The death of Commander John Montgomery Dale, of the United States Navy, says the Philadelphia Ledger of December 20th, which occurred on the 1ith inst., deserves more than the brief passing notice it bas received. For some years past, an infirm state of health has prevented Captain Dale from taking an ac- tive part in the stirring duties of his profession ; but ¥ &@ decided course of efficient, gallant and honor- able conduct, he bad alresdy wona high place in the confidense and regard of his brother officers, and of the Geewan In the war of 1812, he nobly performed is duty as a midshipman, acquiring 4 sound knowiedge say Le! 1 geo gr I one cruises rar ee enemy, enjoying. too, the gratifying opportunity of displayin, bis youthful heroism, by ‘pulelpetiog in the c an the Britieh sloop-of- war rvier after @ severe action with the Peacock. under 1 ant Warrington, Sub- sequently, as a midshipman or lieutenant. u1 Commo- dore Chauncey, in the Mediterranean, and Commodore Henly. in the East Indies, he est sblished his character a3 an able and intelligent officer, and at a later period onthe ‘West India station. was greatly distinguished as second in command. in a desperate action with a large piratical force, on which oeeasion some of his clothing was perfo- rated with musket balis, and his immediate commander, r, and hay Fe rentl- nd on shore, he has since rendered efiolont ‘ervi: Captain Dale poseessed in an eminent degrees, tho tree | taching to himself the good will and esteem of with whom it was his fortune to associate, and many a gallant spirit will regret his death, 5 involving the de- parture of a brave and generous gompanion, Luspen in Bangor, Mt —A stetomont of the nmount of lumber surveyed in 1852, compared with the | survey of 1861:— 3 1851, 1852 Green Pine... sees 116,176 783 102,445,405 | Dry do. 28 409,417 21,966.271 uee 6 47,607 682 63,859 920 Hemlock, Hard Wood, &c... 10,861,948 11,129,767 | Total... ss eee 202,005 880 199 380,478 From the ro statement, furnished from the Bur- veyor General's Office. it will be seen that the detiolt of lumber this year js not so a9 WAS Ox) boing not quite 3.000.000 feet juantity of spruce hes Increased this year over 16,000,000 fost. Spouce amd bemlcck lwnber may be expected to shows great in- crease in the fature while pine lumber must decreare. Bangor Mereury, Dee ¥8 standing a consideral aeltand to tak the whole. for’ tho. grost 0 take ments which it contains over the constitu depending upon the amending power to oer- 1845, root its faults. The ‘chief ground of objection is the representative basis; and to that the repugnance in this pert of the ae oleate is been Nig voce » The effort to ame! . eapest, wil made and with good prompect of succoss, The majorive nati ution for the in this city wes sixteen hundred votes, but against this clause te Tately Would nave shown mit 38 . . The Sy opinion, and it is evident, that no member can be elected to the Legislature, in any district, who is not unequivooally pledged to the shangt: Both ties have upon that. The effort must made in the first Legislature, before the total population basis goes into operation. Fortunately hope of amendment, the now constitution deelares that until a new census can be taken, as therein provided, and a new a tionment made there upon, the representation in both houses of the Legislature shall remain as now os tablisbed by law It is further provided that the first enumeration shall be made the year 1853, and the apportionment made accordingly at the next session of the Legislature, which will be in January, 1854. The clause establishing the “total population” basis cannot, therefore, go inte effeot until the elections held in November, 1854. The Legislature to be elected next month, upon the pre- eent basis, will have the power to amend the con- stitution, in all respects, as provided by the instru- ment itself, That qnestion will be made at the polls, and raised in the Legislature, and we believe with overy prospect of success. All the other chan- ges of the constitution take place from the date e the proclamation of the Governor announcingfits acceptance by the people. ‘The time prescribed forthe return and of the final counting of the vote at the seat of government, is limited to the fifth Monday of the present month, which will be the 29ch. On that day, or previously if the returns are all received, it is made the duty of the Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General and State Treasurer, to compare the votes and an- nounce the result; upon which the Governor is te issue his proclamation of the ratification of the con- stitution, and also directing elections to be held en the fourth Monday thereafter, the 27th day of De- cember next, for all the officers made elective by the new contitution, except the Judges, viz : Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Senators and Representatives, Secretary of State, Attornoy General, Treasurer, and Supérintendent of Public Education. The election for Judges of the Supreme Court will be held on the first Monday of April next. There is no doubt whatever about the number of soeeorea ton which the parish of Orleans is en- titled to elect in December, bu’ with regard to the number of Senators to be voted for, there i¢ an am- biguity in the wording of the constitution which is likely to cause some embarrassment. By the sixth clause of the eighth article the limit of the parish of Orleans are declared to embrase whole of Lafayette, now the fourth district of the consolidated city. But in apportioning the manner in which that new part of the parish shall vote, the constitution says:— Until a new apportionment shall be made according to the first census to be taken under this constitution, all that part of the city of New Orleans which was comprised within the former limits of the city of Latayeite shall vete for Senators, fiom the parish of Orleans, and from the tenth representative district, and shall elect two out of the three representatives now spportioned by law to the parish of Jefferson. The question arises, what does this mean? [t is explicit enough that the people of the Fourth dis trict shall vote inthe parish ot Orleans for Senators. No additional Senator is given by express enact- ment to the parish of Orleans, and the district of Jefferson and St. Charles is left in possession of the right to vote fortwo Senators. It contains, with- out Lafayette about as many hundreds of voters ag the city of New Orleans contains thousands. It is manifest tbat it was not the intention of the conven- tion to authorize the voters of Lafayette to vote im both districts, or to continue two Senators to the diminished district. The intelligible purpose was to give the addi- tional Senator, with the additional voters, to this parish, as the additional representatives were given, separated from what is left of the popula- tion cf Jefferson This wasa great over-ight in the convention We have alluded to this point before, suggesting that the difficulty might have arisen from @ typographical error on the copy of the constitution, which idea is supported by the context; for the article in all other points treats only of representation in the House of Represanta- tives. If the word ‘* senators’? were changed to “* reprerontatives,” the whole would be clear. Two of the Jefferson members would be chosen’in the parish of Orleans, and the senatorial districts would remain unaltered. But all the copies wa have been able to find, in both languages, in the official paper, in the pamphlet copy published by authority, and in the journals of the Convertion, French and E: lich, contain the same words, that the voters in tl Fourth district of this city, ‘‘ shall vote for senators from the parish of New Orleans,”.until the next ap- portionment. It is past our skill to discover a 90- ution to this knotty point. a Two had hogyties hers. correspondent of the Newburyport Daily Union writing from Ryegate, Vermont, describes two old ladios, whom we will introduce to our readers through extracts from his letter :— Among the old persons now residing hero, I meta Mrs. Whitelaw. formerly Mrs, Harvey, the mother of Po- ter Harvey. of Boston. wh has eo often been be- fore the public as the confidential friend of Daniel Web- She is now eighty-five yoars of age, and has in her day been a remarkable woman. As she came into the place when it was an entire wilderness, she must also have witnessed many remarkable events. Her first hus- band was the egent of a Scottish company who purchased and settled Ryegate She thus has been the wife of the two first men. of what are now two wealthy and populous towns, The first hurband was nearly forty years old when they married ; yet she was ro young that the united ages of her first three children. combined with het o#n. made but sixteen years, and when her young acquaintances called to see her the husband would tell her that she might “ get tho babies to sleep, and go ou! to play! She afterwards was the mother of twelve other childrem, of whom she cails Peter “ ry baby.” Another lady. a Mrs Brock, now ninety years old, was among the first settlers. Being in good health and re- taining the powers of her mind, she remembers the whole history of the country around, with great distinctness, She seems to have been equally as well adapted to living in, and peopling a new placo. a4 the one named above, and has now living no leas than five generations of her descendants She can say to her daughter, what but few could ever say—“ Arise, my daughter, and go to tl | daughter, for thy daughter's danghter has gota oie ter.” Tue Removan or THe Menowiners.— Woe learn from a friend. who has just returned from tho U, Wolf river. that this tribe ot Indians, numbering 2,900, has Jately been removed to the land seleoted for them on the Woif river, in thiq State. They wore very desirous to be located on their prevent tracts, and hailed the an- nouncement of their removal with joy; they dresded being rent west of the Mississippi to an’ inhospitable region on the Crow Wing, among their ancient enemios, the Sioux, No sickness or accident occurred to them while on their journey, avd every thing necessary was provided for their comfort, Owing to the early setting in of cold weather, a large amount of provisions. designed for their subsistence the present winter, was unfortunately frozen up in the river come twenty five or thirty miles below their opty ing ground; this will. however, not be felt so much by Indians as by tho contractors, as the country abounds im game, and the provisions oan bo taken up by land. The annual payment was most satisfactorily made by ths subd. agent, George W. Lawe: the amount of [nian goods for sale was ample for their wants, and everything went off quietly and pleseantly to all conoarned.—Sheboyzan ( Wis.) Mercury, Dec 4. ExtEenstvE ConrLaGRATION in LOvrsvinim — Last night, about 10 o'clock, « fire breka out ins barber shop adjoining the Fulton Ho the river, occupied by Jasob Ari cated to the Fulton House, on the corner of Taird street, which was ary, destroyed. ‘Ihe dames then spread to four adjoining buildings toward Main street, occupied by John Arnold. segar maker. Jagob ‘Arnold. barber, John A. Block, Union Hall coffee (hours, aud Ernest Kinsel, bakery, which were allconsumed, The Fuiton House was ocoupied by John Trautman, coffee house, Strat Goins, barber, Mrs Johnson eating house Frank Moore. oikery, Poter Winter, ee. man turer, Dr Coffee, and some eight or ten families in the upper stories. The Fulton House, and all the adjoining buildings whieh were de- stroyed, belonged to Samu+l R. Page. |. and were par- tilly invured. Frauk Smith, Director of the Unton ¥ire Company, was sev: injured by the friling of » wall, We could not secertain the loss by the fire. pot ages will not fall far chort of $25,000 or $30,060,—Loudsui Democrat, Dec. 18, Bvrcipg-at Newark —Stephon I’. Lawrence, « tallor. committed enicide last might about ef in front of his wife's resideneo. corner of I streets by booting through his temple o five barrel revolver. He died almost immediately, Tho ‘body was carried into the house, when Mre Lawrenoe re- jognised it, and the wound was discovered to be the effects of arhot; the pistol was searched forandfound, The man breathed for # rhort time but was senselees About ‘8 year sinee Jawrence bad rome diifleulty with his wife, on necount of jralous rurpicions on hia ‘aud beat her roverely, for which he was confined a short timo im jail: sinoe that time they have lived separate he resi- ding In New York. In his pooket was found a letter, mating that the act was premeditated and determinedom, a by his family ‘aimioulties. He gave some account: of bis property,wbich he directed shoutd be divided among Tot owned by hima hy 54 Presbyterian burytog ground, own y him in the resby terian buryipg grow Ng Soa of some of his children. — Newark “Advertiser, Paice or Lanp 131 Missourt —The Secretary of State of Mirsouri recently old at public auction five hundred thourand ores of internal improvemont lands, ‘under an aot of the Legislatare, Most of the land has been fold at the minimum price of $2 per acte bat in some sinatances tracts have beon sold at prices bri ae high as $10 20 and $1? 60 per acre The unsold lan is now rubject to entry at the minimam price, fact, no difference of