The New York Herald Newspaper, June 23, 1854, Page 2

THE TARIFF. THIRD PLAN FOR REDUCING THE DUTIES. The Bill of the Secretary of the Trea- sury, a8 Revised and Corrected May 1, 1854, A BILL IN ALTERATION OF “AN ACT REDUCING THE DUTY OW IMPORTS, AND FO: OTHER PURPOSES,” APPROVED THIRTIBTH OF JULY, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-Six. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- pentatives of the United States of America in Con- aa assembled, That there shall be levied, col- jected, and paid, on all goods, wares and merchan- dise mentioned in schedule A, and imported from foreign countries, on and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, , @ duty of ene hundred per centum ad valorem. Seo. 2. And be it further enacted, That all ger wares and merchandise mentioned in schedule , aad imported from foreign counties, on an after the first day of January, one thousand eight hun- dred and fifty-five, shull be exempt from duty, ex- cept as provided in section 4. Seo. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be levied, collected, and paid, on all goods, wares and merchandise not mentioned in either of the schedules A and B, or C, und imported from foreign scountries, on and after the first day of January, one ‘thousand eight hundred and fitty-tive, a duty of twenty-five per centum ad valorem. Seo. 4. And be it further enacted, That there shall be levied, collected, and paid, on all goods, wares and merchandise mentioned in schedule B, imported from foreign countries, on and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fi'ty-five, in ships or vessels not oi the United States, a duty of ten per centum ad valorem; and 4a addition of ten per centum shall be made to the rates of duty im) by this act, in respect to all merchandise not mentioned in schedule B, which shail be import- ed from foreign count: on and a‘ter the first day of January aforesai p8 or vessels not of the United States; Provided, That neither the duty of ten per centum, nor the addition of tea per centum to rates of duty aforesaid, shall be imposed on any goods, wares, and merchandise imported, on and after the first day of January aforesaid, in any Fhips or vessels not of the Unitted States, eatitled by treaty, or by any act or asts of Congress, to be exempt from discriminuting duties, tonnage, and other charges. Bec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all goods, ‘Wares and merchancise, which shall be imported from foreign countries ufter the passage of this act, and be in the public stores on the first day of January aforesaid, shall be subject, on entry thereof for con. sumption, to no other duty tuan if the same had eon iny d respectively, after that day. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That on the entry of any goods, wares and merchandise, im- ported on and after the tirst dayof January afore- éaid, the decision of tne collector of the customs at the port of importation and entry, as to their liabili- ty to duty or exemption therefrom, shall be final and Conclasive against the owner, importer, consignee, or agent of any such goods, wares, and merchandise, ualess the owner, importer, consignee, or agent shall forthwith give notice to the collector, in writing, of his dissatisfaction with such decision, Setting forth therein distinctly and specifically his — of objection thereto; and shall, within ten lays after the date of such decision, appeal there- from te the Secretary of the Treasury, whose de- 7 cision on such appeal sball be final and conclusive; and the said goods, wares, and merchandise shall be liable to duty or exempted therefrom accordingly, any act of Congress to the contrary notwithsiand- . 7. And be it farther enacted, That neither drawback nor bounty shall be allowed on salted on ickled fish exported on and after the first day of anuary aforesaid; and on and after that day, all provisions of existing laws which other rates of duty on imports than are im; by this act, or wi exempt from duty imports not exempted frome void. duty by this act, shall be inoperative and SCHEDULE A. (One hundred per centwm ad valorem.) Brandyyand other spirits distilled from grain or Other materials; cordials, absynthe, arrack, curacoa, Kirsohenwasser, liqueurs, maraschino, ratafia, and all other spirituous beverages of a similar character. SCHEDULE 3. (Ex from Duty) All articles whatever imported for the use of the United States: Provided, That when such articles are im; , under contract for the United States, they eball not be exempt from duty unless it is so expressed in the contract, and so certified by the Secre' of the Treasury. All ‘pillovophical apparatas, instruments, books, Statues, statuary, busts and casts of marble, bronze, , or plaster of paris, paintings, drawings, etchings, imens of sculpture, cabinets of coins, medals, and all collections of antiquities. Acids—benzoic, beracic, oxalic, citric, tartaric, ‘and all vegetable acids. Alves, Ambergris. Anchovies. ‘ Angora, Thibet, and other goats’ hair, or mohair, unmanufactured. Animal carbon. Animals, living. Anatto, rancon, or Orleans. Antimony, metallic or regulus, crude and ore. Argols, crude or refined. Arrowroot. Arsenic, metallic, white arsenic and the sulphates. Asphaltum, or mineral pitch or tar. Barilla. nn used for medicines, dyeing, tanning, or er purposes. tes, sulphate of. Bells when ‘old, and bell metal fit only to be re- to a country, and brought the United States in the ‘same condi- exported, u; which no drawback or een allowed: Provided, that all the | scribed by existing laws, eater dasha Gini by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall be complied Green turtle. Guano, and all other substances used exclusivel; for manure. | Gum Copal. Gum Tate. “ Gum Senegal. Gum substitute, or burnt starch. Gum Tragacanth. Gutta percha, unmanufactured. Hair of all kinds, ancleaned and unmannufactured. Horns, horn-tips, bones, bone-tips, hoofs, and teeth, unmanufactured. Household and personal effects of persons or families from fore! countries, if used abroad by them, and not intended for any other person or per- sons, or for sale. India rubber, unmanufactured. India rubber, milk of. Indigo. Tridium. Ivory, unmanufactured. Ivory nuts, or vegetable ivory. Jalap. Junk, old. Kelp. Kermes. Lac dye. Lac spirits. Lastings, suitable for shoes, slippers, boots, bootees, or buttons, exclusively. Leeches. Lemon-juice, Limejuice. Linseed. Liquorice-root. Lithographic stones. Machinery, exclusively designed and expressly | Sg for the manufacture of flax and linen roods. * Mad¢er, ground, aud madder-root. Manganese. Manufactures of mohair cloth, silk twist, or other manufactures of cloth, suitable for manufactare of t By slippers, boots, bootees, or buttons, excla- sively. Maps and charts. Marble, in the rough, slab or block, unmanufac- tured. Marble, manufactures of. Marine coral, unmanufaotured. Medicinal roots, leaves, gums, resins, balsam3, and all other parts of plants, in a crude state, Mineral blue. Models of inventions, and other improvements in the arts: Provided, That no article or articles shall | be deemed a model or improvement which can be | fitted for use. ‘ Moss, and other vegetable substances used for mattresses. Musio, and music paper, with lines, bound or un- und. Nickel, ore and metal. Nut-galls. Reecoee Nuts, viz.: almonds, Brazil nuts, cocoanuts, Ma- deira nuts, pecan nuts, peanuts, filberts,: walnuts, hazelnuts, pistachio, and all other nuta wsed for bey thc for medicinal or manufacturing purposes. um. Ochres, and ochrey earths, used in the com- peo of painters’ colors, whether dry or ground oil. 2 Oil, spermaceti, whale, or other fish, of American Seeness and all other articles the produce of such ries. Oils, palm, cocoanut, nut, rapeseed, Colza, and olive—olive when td Ga not otherwise. ; Opium. As Orange a lemon peel. Orpiment Oster, or willow, for basketmakers’ use, prepared or unpre) le Palm feat, unmanufactured. Pateht mordant. Paving stones, paving and roofing tiles, and P = wheat, and apicen ot all Liste e) ento, iced Of Pertonal and household effects (not merchandise) of citizens of the United States abroad. Pewter, when old and fit only to be remanufac- Plaster of Paris, unground, Platina, manufactured or otherwise. Piambago or graphite. Polishing stones. Prussiate of potash. Pumice and pumicestone. Quicksilver and its ores. Quinine, sulphate, and all other salts of it. Regs, of whatever material. Rattans and reeds, unmanufactured. Rotten-stone. Safflower. Baie and saffron cake. 00 . Saf ammoniao, and other ammoniacal salts. sikne soda, (chloride of sodium,) and salts of all ‘Inds. Saltpetre, (or nitrate of soda or potash,) refined or crude. Suite, Epsom, glauber, and Rochelle. it or oil. Sardines, in Seedlac. Sheathing metal. Shellac. © Pe ellac. Seeds, viz : Hem , rapeseed, grass, mustard, clover, canary, Ca! um, cummin, caraway, cori- ander, and seeds of all kinds for agricultural, horti- cultural, medicinal, and manufacturing purposes. Silk, raw, with or without the gam, imported in the condition in which it comes from the cocoon, not being double, twisted, or advanced in manufac- ture in any way. Silver and ite ores, Skins and hides, raw, of all kinds, whether dried, salted, or pickled, or in the hair, except sheep skins with the wool on, manufactured or un- Manufactured. Berries, ae, ree Go Geeg Peg yer and tables, used exclusively Composing dyes; but no article shall be classed as euch that Pett ce any manufacture. aa and chromate of potash. Bismuth. Bleaching powder, or chloride of lime. Blue or ed vitriol, or sulphate of copper. Bolting cloths. manufactured. Slates and slate pencils. Smalts. Soda ash. J imens of natural history, mineralogy, or botany. eee eB. unk. el in bars, shear or German, and in plates or Books, magazines, pamphlets, periodicals, and il- lustrated newspapers, bound or unbound. Borax and tineal, crude and refined. Brass, in or bars. Brass, vi old and fit only to be remanu- factared. Brazil paste. . Brazil wood, braziletto, and all other dyewoods in 6ticks. Breccia. Brimstone. Bristle 8. Bronee liquor. Bullion, gold and silver. Barrstones, wrought or unwrought. Cabinets of coins, medals, and collections of an- Viquities. m. ja) ‘ine. Sane and mosaics, and imitations thereof, not PGamphor. Gantharides. Castorum. balk. ‘ Chronometers, box or ship, and parts thereof. Ciay, wrought or unwrought, Cobalt, ore, and metal. 2: i Codilla, or tow of hemp or flax. , trom hatever, country imported. Coins, gold, silver, and copper. Copper and yellow metal, for sheathing of vessels- ‘Copper in pigs or bars. ‘Gopber, when imported for the United States Mint. when old and fit only tebe re-manufac- ; Cork tree bark, unmanufactcred: Scone of tartar. Diamonds, germs, pears, ries, and other precious ee Niaonte, glesters! set or not set. e Fa and ‘other articles and materials com) ren. oo lump, pulver! le wings, , wood or plate, bound or un- Extraot and decoctions of logwood and other dyo- "wroods. Extract of indigo. Extract and other preparations of madder. Felt, adhesive, for sheathing vessels, Flax, unmanufactured, of the value in the foreign port at the period of exportation of fifteen cents or aa follows, viz :—Bananas, currants, citron, dates, figs, grapes, lemons, limes, oranges, | antains, prunes, pineapples, raisins, shaddocks, dimers, Naried, wad ot rae ickled, except fruits a + 5 rved or pic! jy OX creacres | in brandy, alcohol, As other spirits. Follers’ earth. Yara, dressed or undreased, when on the skin. Fars, hatters’, dressed or undressed, not on the pkin. er, green, ripe, or preserved, G. theaters’ skin. yoda, wares, and merchandize, or manufacture of the U: the growth, nited States whatever, whether | sheets. Stolle’s arcanum, used in the manufacture of sugar. fallow, marrow, and all other grease, and soap stocks and aoap stuffs. Tapioca. Tea, from whatever country imported. Terne tin plates. Terra, + glia or catechue Tin foil. Tin, in pigs, bars, or blocks, and ore. Tin, in plates, or sheets, Tin-plates, galvanized. Tobacco, unmanufactured. Tortoise and other shells, unmanufactured. Trees, shrubs, bulbs, plants, and roots. ‘Turmeric. ‘Type metals, and old types fit only te be remanu- factured. Vanilla beans. Vegetables, fresh, of all kinds. Waste, or shoddy. Watches and parts of watches, Watch materiale of all kinds. Wearing apparel in actual use, and other personal effects not merchandise, professional books, imple- ments, instruments, and tvols of trade, occupation, or employment, of persons arriving in the United States, and all materials of instruction importe i for learned societies and seminaries of learning: Pro- vided, That this exemption shall not be construed to include machinery or other articles imported for ue “peng hg establishments, or for sale. eld. “Whiting, or Paris white. Wines of all kinds, except imitations of wines, and adulterated wines, Woad, or L, Woods, viz.:—Cedar, lignumvite, ebony, box, la, mahogany, rose and satin weod, and all cabinet woods, unmanufactured, and fire-wood. Wool, unmanufactured, washed, assorted, and in bales, , OF were ‘of the value in the foreign port at the period exportation of sixteen cents per pound, or less. Zinc, spelter, or teuteneque, in sheets or pigs, and ore. Destructive Fire at Urica—At about eleven o’clock last night a fire broke out in the clothing store of E. L. Robbins & Brother, No. 128 Genesee street. The flames spread with rapidity, and in a few minutes the entire front part of the building was one fiery mass. It is, of course, im; ble now to ascertain the segregate loss. The building was owned ae? ee was insured to an amount ni covering begen Messrs. Robbins saved nothing except a part of their books in a fragmentary shape. Their stock was valued at from $5,000 to $6,000. On this there was an in- surance of $4,500 in the following companies :— Hadson River, $1,500; Knickerbocker, $1,500, and the remainder in toe Granite, Hartford. The third story was occupied by the Brothers Pease as a da Grae gallery. Their loss is estir ated at from 100 to $600, nearly covered by insurance. Lewis’ barber shop was also destroyed. The extent of his lose we could not ascertain. ‘Tho law oilice of H. Harlburt Tite tivo partially destroyed. The stove adjoining thd? of the Messrs. Robbing, on the first story, was occupied by Mr. Crump, hatter. He saved his books anda small portion of hia stock, | corporated, and pleasant promenades are to be had | fathers,” or have sought a home in that western | timental or the admirers of nature in her happiest | and a lovelier piece of water never graced the land- x ‘The Watering Places. OUB AVON GPRINGS CORRESPONDENCE. Avon, Jane 19, 1854. Incorporation of the Village—Beauty of the Sur” rounding Scenery—Conesus Lake—Opportunities for the Sportsman—Routes from New York—Ho- tels, Boardinghouses, &c. ‘ Sojourning for atime at this delightful watering place, I have concluded to inform the public through your estimable sheet, of the inducements in and about Avon, The village, since I was last here, has become in- on all the principal streets. The valley of the Gong esee is more beautiful than ever, with flowing grain’ and summer foliage. This spot, sacred to her na- tive landlords, the Senecas, is worthy of the natural taste of ita primeval inheritors, who have long since passed to “the happy hunting grounds of their land, where their council fires are burning fainter at each annual revolution. But I must come back to Avon, lovely Avon, with its smiling fields and flowery meads. There the chilling war cry of the dusky warrior has changed for the curfew's knell and the voice of the hus- bandman, as he toils his weary way amid his fiocks and fields, There are many inducements to visit this.beautiful spot, and some I will name. In every direction good roads and pleasant rides, for the sen- loveliness. Conesus Lake is only five miles distant, scape, where a sail, a row, or fishing excursion will be ‘ound delightful. Perch, with their sunny sides, abound; there are also bubbling fountains, where the speckled trout abound, and where the de- scendants of the venerable Walton can enjo} their pastime to their hearts content. Fowl- ug can also be readily obtained, where the woodcook, quail and pigeon can easily be found, in their proper season. ihe Conhocton Railroad is now completed to Batavia, and leaving your tumult- uous city in the morning, ere daylight soarce has fled, you find yourself Rixiiovete smoking your Havana at Avon, which you had pocketed for your midday enjoyment in Gotham. At Corning, on the New York and Erie, you will find a train of cara and a road not excelled, where you leave for Avgn. Soon the Valley Railroad will be Eanes to Roclfts- ter (18 miles north), to be completed Ist of Au- gust, and then the accommodations of this iron age will leave no excuse to the pleasure seeker or invalid for having gone farther and fared worse. The Avon Hotel and the Knickerbocker at the Springs, (one mile from the village,) are already beginning to feel the benefits of the iron norse, who has taken the place of the venerable pioneer, “Old Dobbin.” Agents are ready at the call of that | shrill whistle, “which would almost awake the dead,” whenever that announcement is made. The Pavilion, Honghton’s, National, Marsh's and Comstock’s are all prepared to give such accommo- dation as they are able. Avon now takes stand among the favorite resorts ne sone and Iam aig mistaken ee perp ‘ime can be more ly or pleasantly spent atthis delightful ibe . Warne. OUR VERMONT CORRESPONDENCE. Brarriesoro, Vr., June 20, 1854. The Hydropathic System of Treatment—Its Intro- duction in America—Brattleboro the Scene of the First Experiments—The Different Water Cure Establishments—Beauty of the Surrounding Scenery—Hotels, §c. Among the many agreeable letters which fill your colomns, at once affording amusement and instruc- tion to the reader, I have been surprised to see no mention of the fair town of Brattleboro, a place now attracting much notice, not alone from ita in- trinsic beauty, but as being the great seat of the hydropathic’ system of treatment, where so many have been restored to health and happiness. Be- lieving, therefore, that a few lines may not be un- acceptable to that public which is at once curious | and impartial, 1 make your paper the medium, not of spirit-rappings, but of realities, which though seemingly portrayed with a glowing and partial pen, may find excuse in the conviction that truth is often stranger than fiction. » Some nine years ince, a well known German phy- sician believing that in America he would finda fair field for the bydropathic mode of treatment, travelled through many portions of the northern sections of our country to find a desirable location for the establishment, which he designed founding. Brattleboro presenting fine water privileges and charming walks and drives, at once attracted him, and in 1846, by the aid of friends, was for the first time opened in America a resort for invalids de- sirous of trying this new treatment, which in Ru- rope had been productive of such wonderful results, Success crowned the e: iment, and year after year saw in Brattleboro the same miracles perform- edashad been completed in Graffenburg, and in the literal sense of Scripture, ‘the lame took up his bed and walked,” for he has found a balm in Gi- lead, in the and refreshing waters of the mountains. Since, many have been opened in va- rious parts of the country, yet none—the writer hav- ing visited and being conversant with all—possess- ing equal advantages to those of Brattleboro. Two | ma since, the introducer of the system died, and | ‘is then assistant physician, associated himself with two other gentlemen and opened an establishment. under the name of the “ Lawrence Water Cure.” | Improving on the tere ebaetl naatl pees an ing appearance e stranger, and vei inviting to the invalid, ay 4 Standing directly opposite, is the original estab- lishment, which has mn re-opened this summer | under the superintendence of the widow of the first | hydropathist practitioner; it detracts, perhaps, | from its appearance, being a large house surround- | ed on all sides by wide airy piazzas, and ranning | back to the brow of the hill, commanding a view which is truly magnificent. And as regards its in- terior arrangements, the guest is not disappointed, finding at once all perfect and complete. Its baths cannot be » and one who has been at Preisenitz, reclined on the narrow ledges in those cheerless rooms, is disposed to think himself | surrounded by too much luxury for the water cure; & few days dispels this illusion; a few jerks, lunges, and dips, under the skilfal hand of the | bot ing assistant, convinces him that comfort and health may be combined. His ing sceereed an invitation to dine at one of these blishments, I expected, of course, tho meagre fare-of a water cure; my palate was unex- pectedly Cena ate a sine oer salad, n peas, and chickens, forming part o! re- past, and in conversation with one of the Indien jomiciled there, she informed me, when strawber- ries were a rare, the superintendent had them brought from Boston to tempt his guests. The society of these establishments is most agreea- ble, friends being permitted to be with their fami- lies. This arrangement naturally attracts many here,and thus a charming circle is often formed around the water cure board. Every amusement calculated to interest and give pleasure to the pa- tients ie provided, as, for instance, billiard tables, and 4 fine bowling alley, which, to evade the rigor of the law prohibiting such in Vermont, has been wilt om the confines of the two States, gives ealthy exercise, and is Bee erage al the physi- cians to those able to participate inthis delightful recreation. Brattleboro, independent of its water cure estab- lishments, has much in itself to entice the stranger. There can be found a quiet and rural retreat for the summer, a few hours by railroad from New York or Boston, transporting the tired inmate ofa dusty city to this natural paradise. To the artist, also, this country presents rare attractions; the scenery is sublime and mgr not even to be surpassed by the far-renowned Alps, and needs only a glowing ncil to transfer its beauties to canvass, The be- older at once is wrapt in delicious reverie, being held, as it were, spell-bound, by the serene, peaceful quiet which surrounds him; nature smiles and reigns supreme. No rat sportsman is here, no crack of gun or rifle is heard; the birds in fearless securit; Fachle forth their sweet melodious melodies, and the moun- tains above ring with their new born harmony; the air perfumed and redolent with sweet from the lively parterres, the fountains ef pure water gush- m the rocks, combine to render this a most charming spot. The drives are exquisite, and here no tame monotony is heard, (if to the beach, the fort, or the lake,) but a constant diversity. Nature in her gayest attire, rewards at each tarn, each bend, the equestrian with some new beauty, a sun- ny éell, a rustic cottage, nestled down in its rural home; or onward, a miniature Niagara, tossing its spray sportively around, and seeming to laugh with happiness and glee, so free of fetters and trammels, a ald of joy and light. Then the darksome glade is also to be found, with its mass of towering rock, bidding defiance to time, and showing more won- derfully the power of Him who ruleth all. Return- ing to the realities of life, we must not forget mine host of the Revere, whose countenance is a guaran- tee of his well kept hotel. Those resorting alone to Brattleboro for pleasure may here pass weeks, nay, months, agreeably; the chambers are large ant cool, the fare such as to tempt the most fastidious, | being supplied with the best the market can afford, | as wellas the early vegetables and fraits of the | neighboring cities. Bellows Falls and Keene, adja- conclusion, the writer can only say that the tired | Bold and Ingenious Hramds on the Fenston feshionist of Barat or Newport would do well to try the refreshing air of this place before crossing the Atlantic, as many do, for variety and hones PERT. [From the Newport (1) News, June 20.) e Ney rt a fews, June 20. The last two or three days have been quite sum- mer like and warm, and have fairly set the wheels in motion in this city. The hotels are now all open, everything is in order; on the arrival of every steamer, carriages are going up the hilldilled with passengers and loaded down with baggage. Very many private houses have been engaged forthe | season and are already occupied; at tie hotels there isan eg of lite and motion, and everything looks pleasant and cheerful. All our hotels were | never in such excellent order before, as they are this season, The bathing houses are ail in readiness, and soon the glorious ocean at the beach will present its accustomed scene of life, pleasure and excite- ment. Thus it will be seen that Newport is in rea- diness to accommodate all who desire health aud happiness. [From the Providence Journal.] We are informed that a prize of $500 will be of- fered by the New York Yacht Club, to be sailed for at Newport about the middie of August, which will be open to all veasels. THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. [From the Coos Democrat. } Hall, Spaulding & Co., having purchased and con- | nected’ the “Tip Top” and “Summit” houses, situated within a few feet of the highest peak of Mt. Washington, and six thousand two hundred and eighty-five feet above the level of the sea, will be Ae to accommodate visitors on and after thes, 5th of the present month. Our Albany Correspondence. Axsany, June 20, 1854 State Officers Invitmg Proposals for Canal Work —A small portion only wanted to be done—No Regard to Lowest Bidders—Indefinite period for their Completion—Eighteon Millions Estimated Expense, §c. After a delay of some five months, the Canal Board of this State has at length issued proposals inviting contractors to bid for certain portions of the work for completing the canals. Why this pro- tracted consultation—why defer the matter to this day, when the power and the means have been in their hands so long—are questions not readily an- swered now, but easily will be, long before another batch of proposals are promnigated. It is perfectly evident, however, that the canal managers ia power now are determined to take their own time, and to proceed with the work with jast so much speed aa will suit certain contingencies. It will be recol- lected that the men now in power, and their friends who placed them there, made the welkin ring in 1850 and ’51, because of the “incapacity of the canals,” and that if the completion of those works | were not accomplished in the course of three or four years from that period, then the current of | trade would most assuredly be diverted down the Mississippi, or through the Ohio and Pennsylvania canals, leaving our Erie a “desert waste ot waters.” | But now there appears to be sufficient capacity and | facilities, though the trade and tonnage has increased to a mighty extent during the last three years. Instead of undertaking to complete the works, within anything like the period they so strongly urged it should be done three years since, it now sppeere from the first instalment of the programme at an indefinite period of time is to be consumed in the work. 8: portions only are to be put under contract, as will be seen by referring to the pub- lished notice of the letting . On the easter division of the Erie Canal, only fourteen sections are required to be constructed, bridge abutments | on twelve sections, culverts on seven sections, and | two waste weirs. On the middle division, only six sections are to be done, one aqueduct, culverts on eight sections, and bridge abutments on six sections. On the western division, Sal nine sections are to be built, and neither aqueducts, bridges, culverts, waste weirs, abutments or anything else. Two years’ time is given the contractors to finish the work thus assigned. Under this system, it will con- sume the time of at least ten years to finish the public works. In the proposals issued by the board there is not word said, nor an intimation given, that the con- tracts will assigned to the “lowest responsible bidder.” This leaves a lee way, a discretion, a power in the hands of the letting board, which the law of the last session of the Legislature never contemplated. It was imagined that the State cers, having the matter in charge, would look to the interests of the State by alloting work to reliable, competent con- tractors, who should pe a their contracts, under the specifications, for the least amount of mo- ney. The great complaint against those who awarded the contracts in 1851 was, that they gave sections of work, locks and bridges to persons whose bids overun the “lowest responsible bidder” many thousands of dollars. And there is no doubt that this fact—this reckless disregard of the interests of the State—had more effect in brin: ng the work to a dead halt, by the Court of Appeals, than any other complaint against the unconstitutionality of that law. Reasons for allowing competition and compel- ling the pen of Colles which existed seg 1, are strong an iperative now; and the ne- glect of the pe State officers to place this safe- | guard upon the expense of the canals seems to jus- tify the belief that a system of favoritism is to be adopted, more prejudicial to the State, more expen- sive to the eanal funds, more speculative in its re- sults, than anything ever yet anticipated or expe- rienced in the State. From the fact that so small a quantity of work is | “to be performed at this time, and that no competi- tion is to be allowed, so that the lowest bidders | shall be secure in their offers, it is perfectly appa- | rent that the present managers huve so arranged | their programme as to select their own contractors, | Who, when they shall have nigh completed the work in'their hands, some two or three years hence, will be assigned other sections, culverts, bridge abut- + ments, &c., under new VP eterno in 1856. Another two years’ job will ensue, and 8o continue on from time to time for an indefinite period. The amended constitution provides for borrowing | ten millions. The men and the party now in power, | those who have been extravagantly clamorous for | speedy action, have uniformly declared this sum to be amply sufficient. Their late State Engineer, Mr. Seymour, had every inch surveyed by his subordi- nates, previous to the passage of the law of 1851, made estimates for eve’ , every structure con- | nected with all the unfinished works, and the above ‘was the amount in , and all that would be re- juired to complete the whole in less than three years. ‘hat engineer was a silver gray. His mates | were relied on by Gov. Hunt, Uanal Commisgjoner Cook, and all the State officers. But now, Mr. Clark, a woolly engineer, believes that it will re- quire the sum of ei eee millions to perform the work—a sum nearly double the amount required three years ago. A Rochester paper makes this as- sertion. The State papers enter a denial, by stating that the present Engineer never made such an asser- tion. It is not likely that he has, directly, thoagh from a report which he submitted to the last Leg’ lature, he ran up to something like thirteen millions. There is no doubt, however, that the contracts which are now advertised for, will form a basis of twenty millions. It will be a curiosity to compare the new lettings of the same work with those of 1351. As the canals are now the only hobby ia the State which unprincipled demagogues can mount, those upon the summit now are laying their plans for a wa profitable journey. With tea millions in their bands, which, as they now declare is barely half enough, they have other schemes in view ‘or con- tinuing their incursions upon the Treasury. And doring all this time the forwarders and navigators of the canals utter no complaints of their incapaci- Ki but all agree that the facilities are abundant for manner of transportation. The croakers, three years since, made t Vt ad believe that there was an utter impossibility to carry the freight offered on the canals, that the Erie must be enla within two years, otherwise the produce of the West would find its way to the sea coast throngh other channels of transportation. Now, three years afterwards, when at least ten per cent has been added to the Soanage on the canals, the internal waters of our artificial works are deep and broad enongh to con- vey on their bosoms all the merchandise and freight collected at Buffalo, Oswego, or New York. Had Archimides nepeee & political lever, he might have moved the world. Severe Hart Storu m New Hamrsniee.—Tho Exeter News Letter gives the following account of @ severe hail atorm in that section:—On Thursday afternoon last, a heavy thunder storm visited this vicinity, and along the centre of its Pie eapecial- yy in Brentwood, a jarte coaesity hail fell. Mr. ‘ae Thing, of this place, had seventy panes of cs broken out of the windows of his house in rentwood, and nearly all his crops were cut down even with the ground. Others in that neighbor- hood suffered nearly as much. A considerable quan- tity of glass in the Congregational meeting house was broken out. Trees, in some inatances, were nearly stripped of their fruit and foliage. At'night, the hail stones—some of which were unusually large—lay & foot deep by, the side of fences, and on Friday, at noon, one stone was picked up which measured three inches in circumference. Some hail fell in this town, and asmall quantity of giass was broken in the houses in the western part, but the grenter part of it waa nearly epoiled by the | water. He had no insurance—Utiea Herald, | 1 June 20, | cent towns, are agreeable also, and pegsendy Te- sorted to by the pleasure-seeking tonrist, bat neither possess the many advantages of Brattledoro, which | Offers acoommodation to all tastes and ages. In | Abou’ 60,000 regara, and some other articles were seized at Portland, by the Custom House officers, on Baturcay night, They were brought in @ vessel just ar: rived from Cuba. | date of the widow's (From the Cincinnati Gazette, June bag David W. McNulty, who was arrested on Wednes- day last, on a charge of forgery, and who had been relingd on bail in $5,000, for his appearance before U. 8. Commissioner Newhall, at nine o'clock, Satar- day morning, failed to appear,aud his bond was dcclared forfeited. The examination, if the defendant had appeared, would have disclosed an interesting series of bold and ingenious frauds upon {the Pension Department. We pve, from the best authority,a few leading facts in regard to the matter. | In January last the Commissioner of Pensions re- ceived, through the mail, certain papers, purportia, to be the declaration of Catharine Swan, widow o| Jease Swan, late of Clermont county, Ohio, deceased, who was in his lifetime a revolutionary pensioner,and claiming @ pension in her own right as his widow. ‘This declaration purported to have been made in opea court, before the Court of Common Pleas of Clermont county, onthe 17h of January last, and to be duly testified by Jobn 3. Griffith, the clerk of said Court, with a @ stinct impression of the seal of said Court. Accompanying said declaration, were papers pur- porting to be the depositions of Thos, Manu: 1B Alex. Blair, John Hulick and Thomas Anderson, setting forth the necessary and appropriate ‘acts to establish said claim, all of which purported to be | duly authenticated by the seal and certificate of the clerk of Clermont Common Pleas. Also, a certifi- cate of the clerk of the County Court of Bourbon county, Ky., proving the marriage of the pretended claimant to Jease Swan, in 1789. When the papers came to be examined at the Pen- sion Office, certain discrepancies between their statements and the statements made by Jesse Swan in his declaration, in 1820, led to the suspicion that the claim was fraudulent. About a month ago, J. J. Coombs, Esq., an attorney at law of Washington, having occasion to visit this State, ‘was requested by the Commissioner of Pensions to go into Cler- mont county and investigate the matter. Up to this time all cor ndence with the Pension Office in relation to this claim had been carried on in the ne of Catharine Swan, through the Post office a: joshen. 5 When Mr. Coombs visited Clermont county, he ascertained that said papers, purporting to have been made out before the Court of Common Pleas of Clermont county, were all forgeries, und all; that there was no court ir 17th of January last; that Jesse Sw: tno wir dow surviving him, and said witnesses, Tuomas Manning, Alexander Blair and John Hulick, were all dead—two of them having been dead many years, After his return to Wasiington, on an ex- umination of the files in the Pension Office, it was ciscovered that several large claims had been ad- mitted within the last eighteen months, ayd the money paid thereon to the Louisville agency, amounting to over six thousand dollars, in which the papers were drawn up in the same hand writing as in the Swan case. On further investigation the department became satisfied that these cases were all frauduicnt, and made out by forged papers, similar to those above described. The papers, in some of these last men- tioned cases, had been filed by a resident agent at Washington, who received the certiticates from the Pension Office, when issued. On inquiry being made of this gentleman, it appears that the papers had been forwarded to him from Cincinnati and Newport, Ky., by a person signing his name C. J. | McNulty, Jr. Previous, however, to the receipt of | any of these papers, a man had called upon said agent in Washington, about two waste ago, intro- ducing himself by the name of C. J. McNulty, and had engaged said agent to asaist him in the prose- cution of certain claims to be forwarded on his re- turn to the West. About a year ago, it was ascertained at the Pen- sion Office that one of the claims thus presented had been allowed upon false = 1D: on to the 5 ant e fact was apaeneeant who had re- ceived the certificate, with a demand for refunding the money which had been improperly pawl. On his communicating the facts to his correspondent, C.J. sobiahe aad he received an answer, full of virtuous indignation, that he (McNulty,) should have been made the victim of such an impoature, and promising to see that the money (about $800,) a be refunded. This letter was filed in the Pension Office, and (the money being shortly after refunded,) no intentional fraud on the part of McNulty was suspected. Before the money was refunded, the Washington agent received a letter signed W. W. McNulty, an- nouncing the sudden di of his brother, the said C.J, McNulty, Jr., on the 21st of June last, accom- panied by three city papers, containing an oeeanry. notice, and annot g that funeral services woul take place at the residence of his brother, on Front street, between Elm and Plum. He soon afterwards received other letters to the same effect, signed D. W. McNulty, calling himself also the brother of said C.J. McNulty, Jr. and selene xecei nts from the [eyors nt, at Louisville, for the money which he ad refunded, on bebalf of his said deceased brother, in the case above referred to. Having possession of these facts and others which we have no time to mention, Mr. Coombs arrived in the oy on Monday evening last, with authority from the government to investigate the matters, and to institute ay proceedings which he might deem necessary. Through the assistance of Mfr. Roffin, the city marshal, he ascertained that there had been no death or funeral of a man named Cc. J. Mona at the time and place meation- ed in the obituary notice, and came to the con- clusion that the letters signed C.J. McNalty, Jr., W. W. McNulty, and D. W. McNulty, were all writ- ten by the same hand, saat Ey the said D. W. Mo- Nulty. He also became sat |, by inspection of some records in the clerk’s office of this county, communicated to the | written by said D. W. McNulty, while temporari ago, that said forged and counterfeit papers, in all the above mentioned cases, were written by the same hand. He got out a war- rant, upon which said D. W. McNulty was arrested on Wednesday evening, and on Thursday evening he was admitted to bail on a $5,000 bond, for his snpearence on Saturday morning, at 9 o’clock. mm Friday, Mr. Coombs visited Batavia and Go- shen, in Clermont county, where he found witnesses by whom he could identify the defendant with the fraudulent papers in the Swan case, in the most conclusive manner. Among other things, he was prepared to prove by the postmaster at Goshen, and a young man who stays in the post office there, that the defendant had called for and received the letters addressed to Catharine Swan, from the Pen- sion Office. He d at Goshen by the name of Newkirk. Also, by a gentleman of Batavia, that some year or more since the defendant was at his tavern-house in Batavia, making particular inqui- ries in relation to the family of said Jesse Swan, deceased. He there went by the name of McNalty. Saturday morning, at nine ©’clock, Mr. Coom)a ar- rived from Clermont, with four witnesses, fal!y pre- pared to enter uj an examination of the case, but employed there not long | Soon learned that‘his labors were cut short hy the escape of the defendant. Exrerant Arp Company.—An adjourned meet- ing of this company was held last evening at Uhap- man Hall, presided over by Amos A. Lawrence, Esq. Addresses were made by the President, Eli Thayer of Worcester, Otis Clapp, George S, Hillard, Rev. Dr. Gannett, Rev. Dr. Lymun Beecher, a Meth- odist Missionary to the Western States, whose name we did not learn, and others, all in encouragment of the objects of the society, which were stuted to be to secure certain and everlasting freedom to Kansas territory. It was announced thatthe trustees are just now sendin; the country, and make some preparation for the ar- rival of emigrants, and that the first detachment of 300 or 400 are to leave on the 17th of next month, accompanied by Eli Thayer of Worcester, one of the trustees, and are to be followed by other detach- ments, within a week or two. Subscribers were forewarned that they may be called upon to pay the full amount subscribed within a twelvemonth, as the trustees have advertised for proposals for carrying from 20,000 to 150, rsons from the Mastern States to Kansas this fall. Throvghout the West the warmest sympathy is evinced in the movement; numbers will join the trains of emigrants as they pass through the various localities. ihe citizens of Rochester, having sent a delegation to inquire into the affairs of the company, are ready to take $150,- 000 of the stock, and having heard that Stephen Arnold Douglas is about to establish a pro-slavery paper there, offer to set up a paper in the Territory, be edited by Frederick Dongle pring Doaglass agaidst iglas. The citizens of Phila- delphia are also taking hold of the enterprise. A letter was read from the editor of a paper in the in- terior of Pennsylvania, proposing to join the enter- ie, and establish a first class weekly paper in Kansas. The letter also anys that twenty men, farmersand mechanics of that neighborhood, are about going there, and have resolved that “ slaver shall never desecrate the virgin plains of Kansas, if the strong arms of Northern freecmen can prevent it.” Hon. Moses H. Grinnell, of New ‘York has ace cepted the office of trustee, and the New York branch of the company is represented to be fall of hope and enthusiasm— Boston Atlas, June 20, Bap Starz or Morars—The New Orleans Delta makes the ae melancholy confession of the condition of affairs in that ‘—Although the mur- ders in New Orleans will average one in ever twelve hours, this (the conviction of Frank Smit! for the murder of his wife) is the second conviction, without qualification, for eight years. There isa fault somewhere, and it should he remedied. So many murders, assassinations, fights, drowning, and “found dead,” should lead to some eudeavors for their page. As it is, no one is over found guilty of murder here, and those who are convicted of manslanghter are only sent to Baton Rouge for a term of years. We hope the wrong will be reme- died, but have no reason to suppose that it will be. pt cannot be alae ar ad in New Orleans who will find any man guilty of murder if they can he'p it. The univer judgment is—‘Every man take care of himself.” Ss on men to study the resources of | | | + we in the eyes of Delta. stranger Rot ele ae elevate a fellow-citizens, yet it we (From the New Orleans low One of those truths which are tion, has recently come to our thi the details ma; i] than fic- well that the story should be told. On a fashionable street in this goodly of the Crescent, lives a purse-proud libertine, w! eumptuously every day, and fattens on licentious- ness. His great boast is, the number of the fair and young, whose ruin he passed by a ange of falsehood and deceit, anda profuse e: enditure of corrupting gold. And on nothing else ut this base peculiarity can he depend for even a notoriety, as much lower than the lowest note of fame, as bell is lower than the heavens, In order to procure fresh aliment for his corrupt desires, it is the wont of Mr. F—— to visit New York every fow months, and advertise for a governess to take araee ofa little child. This, of course, in such a city ag Gotham, is answered by numerous appligations for a situation s0 desirable, and he makes a selection which he imagines will please him. He then re- turns with his victim to the South, but before he arrives at the land of the cane, the or: and the vine, the character of the governess is blasted, aud too frequently, she becomes a willing sa- crifice, bowing to her fate even as the ithfal | Israelites of old bowed in worship to “ the golden | i if.” calf. The lastof Mr. F.’s conquests, was recorded b; “the accusing angle” but little more than a mon’ ago, and bis victim has but a day or two since been released from his licentious clutch. The girl is a fair weak, gentle, and confiding creature, scarce seven- teen years of age, whose beauty, till recently, has Leen her greatest fault. Her employer brought her to Cincinnati, and took her to one of those houses of infamous character, to be found in all large cities, under pretence that it was a boarding house. There, after the employment of corrupt arts and agencies, among which even force was not wanting, he suo- ceeded in accomplishing his worst designs. When reason returned to the poor deluded and abused one, she was all conpadey and felt inclined to shut out recollection by a plunge into the abyss of death; but her seducer then promised to marry her, wd on that promise hope clung as the drowning would to a broken reed. She next was brought to this city, but instead of the solemnization of the pro- mised marriage, the wealthy Mr. F. took her to such a place as might be expected, where she, for a week or 80, was kept a close prisoner, and alternate- ly threats and gifts were employed to reconcile her to the fate which he destined for her. Two days, however, since, she managed to convey information by letter of the manner in which she had been de- ceived and treated, to some kind and energetis adies, and whose names she accidentally became acquainted, and a prayer for their protection and heaven’s she fervently uttered. The ladies at onoe —unlike what many of the too sensative of their sex would have don: letermined to bravely rescue the fair wanderer and restore her to her parents. And the greater portion of their plan of Christian kind- ness has already been carried. into execution. The girl has been rescued, and her restoration to her parents will be accomplished in due season. It is said that F_—’s test regret is the loss of some babeot with which he had ornamented his victim efore he had compassed his designs. He also con- soles himeelf on the fact that the force employed in order to the accomplishment of his ‘was used in a State over which the laws of Lousiana do not extend. Can such things be, and justice not arise to “Place in every honest hand a whip And lash the rascal naked through the world,’? > New Patents Issued. List of patents issued from the United States Patent Office, for the week ending June 20, 1854, each bearing that date:— Edwin Allen, of South Windham, Conn., for im- proved veneer polisher, John Allender, of New London, Conn., for im- provements in metallic grommets. D.C. Ambler, of New York, N. Y., for improve- ment in penis crushers, D.C. Ambler, of New York, N. Y., for improve- ment in the setting of steam boilers. Gabriel Blondin, of New York, N. Y., forimprove- ment in processes for treating paint. Gabriel Blondin, of New York, N. Y., for improve- ment in paint:com) ions. Frederick M. olomew, ef New York, N. Y., omy method of governing the action of valve cocl Thos. H. Barlow, of Lexington, Ky., for improve- ments in cut nail machines, fi Mark 8. Bassett, of Wilmington, Del., for flour sifter and renovator. neha Bone, of Warrenton, Ohio, for improvement File winnowers. \j. Crawford, of Pittsburg, Pa., for improvement on high pressure steam engines. Thomas C: ey of Boston, Mass., for improved machine for print: veteree and other goods. Pa- pril 5, 1854. ° tented in England, B. Franklin Day, of Philadelphia, Pa., for im- provement in steam engines, Samuel Fay, of Lowell, Mass., for improvement in weaving double cloth. F. A. Gleason, of Rome, N. Y., for improvement in the construction of reed musical instruments. Geo. W. Griswold, of Carbondale, Pa., for im- proved tool handle. Chas. J. Harris, of Holyoke, Mass., for improve- ment in producing continyous circular from recipro- cating rectilinear motion. John Henry, of Lynchburg, Va., for improvement in cast iron car wheels. Frebreica Howes, of Yarmouth, Mass., for extra yard to topsail. Solm. T, Huntington, of Syracuse, N. Y., for im- provement in carriage wpe Nathan Johnson, of Neblesville, Ind., for improve- ment in the mode of mouldin; ick. Chas. C. Lloyd, of West P| lelphia, Pa.,forim- , provement in gas meters and regulators. John 8. Martin, of Boston, -, for improve- ment in painters’ eB. Thos. G. McLaughlin, of Philadelphia, Pa., for improvement in radial arms for car brakes. ncan E. McDougall, of Springfield, Mass., for = Non Mee | f Middletown, Ct., for improve- ; n Merriman, of 1» Ct., for ment it steam engine regulators. Nathan F. Matthewson, of Providence, R. I., for improved watch chain swivel. mund Morris, of Burlington, N. J., for im- proved slate frame. Orwell H. Needham, of New York, N. Y.,forim- » provement in breast pump. James P. Osborn, of Staunton, N.J., improved method of-turning casks, &c,, from solid piece. Charles Parker, of Meriden, Ct., for improvement in cast iron vices. Benj, F. Reimer, of Philadelphia, Pa., for improve- ment in railroad car brakes. ‘ Jesse Reed, of Marshfield, Maas., for improved ar- rangement of ship’s capstan and windlass. . Bi ay Robinson, of Oswego, N. Y., for ma- chine for drying grain. Warren Shaw and Perley G. Green, of Wales, Mass., for improvement in tentering cloth. Adrian R. Terry, of Detroit, Mich., for improve- * ment in contag gas retorts. Charles E., John and Samuel Wethered, of Balti- more, Md., for application of ordinary and super- heated steam, combined for heating purposes. Jos. R. Winchester, of Medina, N. Y., for improved mode of ae and letting fall carriage tops. Wa. C.Wright, of Boston, Mass., for improvement in folding and measuring cloth. Seneca V. Collins, of Charlestown, Mass., bce aed to Wm. O. Hickok, of Harrisburg, ba., for mode of earn and holding pens for paper ruling. Luther Hill, of Stoneham, Mass., asssignor te himself and Lorenzo Stratton, of Fentonville, Mass., Ae improvements in machines for cutting out boot soles. Levy W. Mallory, of Philadelphia, Pa., assignor to” Wm. Morris, of same place, for improvement ia omnibus registers. Stepben ite, Henry C. Jones, of padlocks. ¢ Re-Issvet.—Elisha 8. Snyder, of Charlestown,Va., Le improved millstone dress. Patented Feb. 10, of Newark, N. J., assignor te same place, for improvement in A Svpsect For Gro.ogrsrs—Some singular mineral deposits were discovered by digging ou‘ a foundation for a wire suspension bridge at Mor gantown, Va., a few days ago. In a mass of com- mingled iron ore, mica and sand, were found die tinct impressions of zea shells, varying in size and - shape very considerably, and presenting a stran; contrast with the solid mineral composition which they were so firmly imbedded. Some @f . these rpecfmeus were beautifally curious—the im- pressions being as plain and well defined as made with the original shell in plaster of Paris. the mass was broken into smaller pieces, these shell printa were disclosed ad infinitum, and although ix such a state of decomposition as to render the seem- ing shell inseparable from the ore and sand, yet some few were m out entire; among the rest what seemed to be, in its several prominent featares, 8 petrified turtle, of small size. These curiosities had evidently lain there undisturbed for ages. The Streets, TO THE STRERT INSPROTOR, OR WHOM IT MAY ithe. ide ihened CONCERN. ms me e vile stench arising from Town Twenty-first street, corner of wake eveane’ (south- west corner) is enough to sicken any one who may be compelled to there. The policeman on day there has been spoken to, to my certain kaowl ‘ His reply was, “I have nothing to do with it, officer on Sy ag the day time is the man to talk to,” and that is all the satisfaction we neighbors gs The officer Toes to had just gone on his say 64 P.M. Yours, a sufferer. e Ong our or Many. At Northampton, a young man namod ( Walker, hss beoomne ineane in consequence of aving howe oper.