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u THOMAS LOMNG, Editor and EieprieUr: TWODOLMRS- Per Annum, invariably in Advance-Pablislier of. the Orders, Resolutions and Laws of Congress 1 1 1 T , - M 1 Ml Mi VOL. 6. f Ts'pablished every FRIDAY, at S3 per, J"ar; a r .milv newspaper, containing the state of the i'rtct on the preceding Thursday, 1 sar 1 insertion, $ v 50 . . tfc - Kft I 1 nr 1 months. 1 sqr2 months, $2 00 1 - S " 3 50 5 i oo 4 tt i lYinnth. . 1 2a c 6 12 4 00 1C 6 00 i ' Ten lines or less fiu" , " . jmed ten lines, the price will be mpro- AVladvertisements are payable at the ; time of tnadvertisements inserted in the Weekly Commercial, are entitled to one insertion in the ri- Weekly, free of charge. ; ' . , ; BY AUTHORITY. By the President of the United States of Am- A PROCLAMATION. Whcrkas, a Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between the United States of America and :he Republic of Costarica was concluded and signed in the city of Washington, ty their respective Plenipotentiaries, oa the tenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, the original of which Treaty, being in the English and Spanish languages, is, word for word, ' as follows:- - ' -A- V; , v v TREATY. : nf Friendship. Commerce and Navigation, between ' the United Stales of America and the Republic of In the name cf the Most lloly Trinity. ' Commeicial intercourse having been for some time established between the Uniied Sttates and the Re public of Costarica, it seems goodfor the security as well as the encouragement of such commercial intercourse, and for the maintenance of good under? standing between the United States and the said Re public, that the relations now ; subsisting between them should be regularly acknowledged and confir med by the signature of a treaty of airdiy, commerce 1 and navigation. ' ' r y Vs . " ' ' For this purpose they have named their respective Plenipotentiaries, that is to say : V The President of the United Stajes, Daniel Web ster, Secretary of. State;- ; And his Excellency the President of the Republic of Costarica, Senor Don Felipe Molina. 'Envoy F.x jtraordinary and.Minister Plenipotentiary of that Re public to tle United States; : , Who, after having communicate Jo each other their full powers, found to be in c)ue and proper form have agreed upon and concluded; flip' following arti cles: - .." : -Vi '. ' - ' V; r 1 ABTICfB I. ; There shall beperpetual ahirty between ie United States and their citizens on (tie one part, arid the go vernment of the Republic of Costarica and its citi zens on the other. .. Article II. There shall be, betyyeeh all the territories of the United States, and the t rritdries of the' Republic of Costarica, a reciprocal freedom of "commerce. The subjects and citizens of the two countries, respective ly shall have -ttUerty, freely and' s'eeuf el y'tp" c6ihe with their ships and cargoes to all places; ports.and rivers is the territories aforesaid, to which other for eigners are or may be permitted to come, to 'enter into the same, and to remain and reside 'in any part thereof, respectively; also to hire and occupy'houses and warehouses for the purposes of their cornmerce; ' 'and, generally, the merchants and traders of each nation, respectively, shall, enjoy the most -complete Erotection and security for their commerce ; subject, lways, to the laws and statutes gf the two coun tries respectively. . '' . 1 s ; la like manner, the respective ships of war and (oat-office packets of the two countries shall have ibertv. freely and secun ly, to come to all harbors, . rivers, and Places to which other foreign ships of War and packets'are, or may b6 permitted to come, ib enter into the same', to anchor, '"and" to remain a' ere and refit ; subject, always, to the laws andstat cs of the two countries respectively. - v ' ' : ' ' " tfy the' right of entering the places, ports, and riv prn mentioned in this article, the privilege of carrv Ing on the coasting trade is not unaef stood ; in which track, national vessels only of the cotihtr'y vyhere the trade is carried on are permuted to engage. It beinsr the intention of the two high cociractin Dirties to bind themselves, by tho preceding articles. ia treat each other on the footins ol the most favor ed nation, it is hereby agreed ' between Jhem, that any lavor, priYMcc, ui (aimuuity nuaicjii, ju mai lers of commerce and navigation, wiiich either Con tracting party has actualljrgran.ted, or may hereafter gram lO lUO suojetas ui uutcus vi auy unvr eiaie, shall be extended to the subjects or'citizens of the other high contracting party gratufto'usly.if thecon cession in favor of t ha Cot her nation shall have been gratuitous; or in return for a compensation as near ly as possible of proportionate value and effect, to be amuaieu uy aiuiudi u1' i cv men l, it iuc tuuceosiuns shall have been conditional.' : f Articub IV. No higher nor other duties shall be imposed on the importation into the territories of the United States, of any article being of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the Republic of Costarica, and no higher nor other duties shall be imposed on the im portation into the territories of the Republic of Cos tarica, of any articles being the growth, produce, or manufacture of the territoriesof the United States. than are or shall be payable on the like - articles, be ing the growth, produce, or manufacture of any oth er foreign country; nor shall any other or higher duties or charges be imposed in the territories of ei ther of the high contracting parlies, bn the expo rta tion of any articles to ' the territories of the : other, man sucn as are or may oe payapie on ine exporta tion of the lite'arficles o any oilier foreign country; )ior shall any prohibition be imposed upon the ex portation or importation of any articles, the growth. produce, or manufacture of the territoriesof the Uni ted States, or of . the RepuoKc :of Costarica, to or from the said territories of the' United State?, or to br from the Republic of Costarica, which shall not equally extend to ad other nations. V Articl Y.' No higher nor other duties- or payments on ac count of tonnage, of iight.or harbor dues, of pilotage, of salvage, in case eitheY of damage or shipwreck, or on account of any other local charges, shall be impo sed in any of the ports of the itepubuc ot Costarica, bn vessels of the United States, than those payable In the same ports bv Costarican vessels ; not in any Of the ports of the United States, bn Costarican vetf eels than shU be payable in the fame ports on ves 'sels of the United States. . T - - The aame duties shall be paid' on the importation into the territories of the Republic of Costarica, of uv rucio ueing oi me growth, produce or manu facture of the territories of the United States, whe ther such importat,on shail be made In Costarica, or in vessels of the United States ; and the same duties shill be paid en the importation into the territories of the Unired States of any article, being the growth, 'produce, or manufacture of the Republic of Costari ica. whether such importation shall be made in Uni ted States or in Costarican vessels. I ; V - : t The same duties shall be paid, and the same boun ties and drawbacks allowed, on the exportation to the Republic of Costarica, of any articles: being the growth, produce, or manufacture of the territories of the United States, whether such exportatioas shall ,le made in Costarican or in United States vessels ; T'- t 'Z. Tj uuea 8Ia o paid, and the same if!0, yoacks allowed on the export tion uLfl9 produce, or manu- &,k!tt fiS 5eDttblJ ofCostarica; to the territories of the United States whether such exportation shall e made in United States or in Costarican vessels. . ' . ; Abticle VII. r gu mercnanis, commanders of ships, and others, fi n? of United' States shall have full liberty, ,ln aU the territories of the Republic of Costarica, to J "r""uc own anairs themselves, or to commit xnem to the tnanagement of whomsoever they piease, OrOKer. faCtOr. man t nrtnlamratn.l nn Kn. be obllsred to employ any other persons in those ca pacifies than those employed oy oostaricans, nor 10 . . ..I , - . 3 V . M pay mem any omer salary ir rraiuuciauuu wau uvu as is paid in like' cases by Costarican citizens ; and. absolute freed6m shall be allowed' in all cases to the buyer and, seller 'to bargain and fix the price of any oaa&L waies' or merchandise imported into or ex ported from, the Republic of Costarica, as. they shall see gqod, observing the laws ahd'established dustoiris- of the cointry. The same privileges suaii dc eujoy d in the territories of the United States by the citi zens of the Repuojic 6. Costarica under the safne conditiens, - . . , ' The citizens of the high contracting paruea shall reciprocally: riselve and enjoy inn ana pen?ei pro tection for their nersens and property, and shall have free and open access to the courts of justice in the said countries respectively, mr tne prosecution, and -defence ot their rights ; and they shall be at liberty to employ, in all cases, the advocates, attor neys, or agents of whatever description, whom they may think proper, and they shall enioy in this re spect the fia(rhe' rights and privileges therein as nar tive citizens. : -'r', ' , ' . . , ' .' ' "ARTICLE VIII. ' ; -Tn wnatever relates to -the DOliceof the DortsJ the lading1 and unladin? of ships, the safety of ' merchant t dise; goods, and effects, the succession to personal estates oy.wm or oinerwise, auu me Luausaj-i per sonal property of every sort and denomination, by sale, donation, exchansre, testament, or in any other manner whatsoever, as also the administtation of justice ; the citizens of the two high contracting par ties shall reciprocally enjoy the same privileges, lib erties, and rights as native citizens, and they shall not be charged in any of these jespects with any higher imposts or duties than those which are paid or may be paid by native citizens; submitting of course to the local laws and regulations ot eacu country respectitely. . - - " ;.. ; ' If any citizen of either of the two high contracting parties shall die without will or testament in any of the territories ot the otner.tne consui-generat orcoiu sul of the nation to which the deceased' belonged, or the representative of such consul-getieral'or consul in his absence, shall have the right to nominate cu rators to take charge of the property of the deceased, so far as the laws of the country will permit, for the benefit of the lawful heirs and creditors of the de ceased, giving proper notice of such nomination to the authorities of the country. : - -; Article IX. .".'- : The citizens of the United State's residing in' the Republic of Costarica, and the citizens of the Repub lip of Costarica residing in the United States, shall be exempted from all compulsory military service whatsoever," eftfter by sea or by land, and from all forced loans or military exaetionsorrcqnisitions, and they shall not be cornpelltd, under any pretext what soever, to pay other ordinary :fchaVges, requisitions, or taxes greater than those that are paid by native Citizens of the contracting parties respectively;' " '' ; ' ' " . Article X. " -: . ' It shall be free for each of the two high contract ing parties to appoint consuls for the protection of trade, to reside in any of thetemtories'of .the other party; but before any consul shall act as such, he shall, in the usual form, be approved antl admitted by the government to which he is sent ; end either of the h'gh contracting parties may except from the residence of consuls such particular places as! they judge fit to be excepted. The Costarican dipldmat tc agents and consuls shall enjoy in the territories of the United States whatever privileges, exemptions, and immunities are or shall be granted to agents of the same rank bedngfngo the most favored nation; and in like manner the dipIqhVatiij agtJtfti and con suls of the United States in the'Costarican terfitp lies, shall enjoy according to the strictest reciprocity whatever privileges, exemptions, arid immunitiesare or may be granted in the Republic of Costarica to the diploraatip'agents and consuls of the most favor ed nation;r;v 'V--?: ' tV ' I" '-' , . . Article XI. :..:i :..-4" ,;.;' , f Fbrthe'beueT security of commerce'benyeen rhe ; citizens of the United States and the citizens of the Republic of Costarica, it is agreed, that if at any time any interruption pf friendly intercourse, or any rup tuie should unfortunately take place between the two high contracting parties, the citizens of either of the two high contracting parties who may be with in any of the territories of the other, shall,u residing upon the coast, be allowed six months, and if in the interior, whole year to wind up their accounts arid dispose of their property ; and a safe conduct shall be given them to embark . at' the port whieh they themselves shall select ; ana even in tne event of a rapture." ad such citizens of either of the two high contracting parties who are established in ariy of tpe territories of the otHer, In the exercise of! arii trade or special employment, shall have the privilege of re maining and of continuing such trade abd employ ment thereitt without any manner of interruption, n tne fuU emjbyinent'of their liberty and property as long as they behave peaceably',' and commit no of fence against the laws; and their goods and effects of whatever description, they may be, whether in their own custody or intrusted to individuals or to ihA State, shall hot be liable to seizure or seauestrn. tion. nqr to any other charges or demands than those which xnay oe maqe upon tne UKe ejects or proper ty belonging tohe hative citistensof the country in whicj) fiuchi:itizena may reside. In the same case debts between individuals, property in public funds, and shares of companies, shall never be confiscated, sequestered, nor detained. - Article XII. . The titlzens of the United States and the citizens of the Republic of Costarica respectively.residing in any of the territories ot the other party, shall enjoy in their houses, persons, and properties, the protec tion of the government, and shall continue in posses sion of the guaranties whieh they now enjoy. They shall not be disturbed, molested, or annoyed in any manner on account of their religious .belief, nor in the proper exercise of their religion, either within their own nrivatc houses or in the places of worship destined for that purpose, agreeably to the system of tolerance established in the territories of the two high contracting parties ; provided they respect the reli gion of the nation in which they reside, as well as the constitution, laws, and customs of the country. Liberty shall also be granted to bury the citizens of ... . -1 . s t . . r i either Ol xne two uign tuniracuog parties who may die in the territories aforesaid, in burial places of their ownV which In the same manner may be freely established and maintained ; nor shall the funerals or eepulchres of the dead be disturbed in ny wayor upon any account. .- - : " - ' l?- ! 11 ' - : t-; t-S:-" ;Artici.e'XII1. - rln order that the two high contracting parties may have the opportunity of hereafter treating and agree ing upon such other arrangements as may tend still further to the improvement of their mutual inter course, and to the auvancetnent of the interests of their respective citizens, it is agreed that at any time after the expiration of seven years from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the present trea ty, either of the high contracting parties shall have the right of giving to the other party notice of its in tention to terthinate Articles I Vn V. and VI. of the present Treaty t and that at the expiration of twelve months after such notice shall have been received by either party from the other, the said articles, and all the-stipulaiidhs contained therein, shall cease to be binding en "the two high contracting parties. ; ; ; . : : "" " . Article XIV. , -V : The present treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifi cations shall be exchanged at Washington or at San Jose de Costarica within the space 4f one year, or sooner if possible. ; : -' In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentia ries have signed the same and have affixed thereto their respective seals . - -. Dona at Washington this tenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousandreight hundred and fiftyae.' vJ ' : - ' - ; " ; y DANIEL WEBSTER, ft. "s.l -: ; , Z . ; : . ' T: MOLINA, v ; ; , s j "And whereas the said Treaty has been duly ratified on both parts, and the respective ratifications of the I L.J - . UT..I..'..lnn . 8a me were exenangcu hi iia&iuugiuu jw mr mea ty-sixth day of May, eighteen hundred and fifty-two. by V illjam UrNTER, Acting oecrerary ot otaie ot the United States of America,aria 'enor Don Fe Mnuvi. Enyo Kxtraordinarv and (Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Costirica on the part of their respective government. ; Now. therefere, ba it known, that I, MILLARD FILLMORE, President oi tne unuea otaies-oi America, have caused the said Treaty to be made public, to the end that the same, and eery clause and article thereof, may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United states and the citi zens thereof. "' - .- 'W . ."". - . ' In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the stal of the United States to be affixed.- r .. : ': I-;'? . ' --X: - - : 'l -V - r Done at the city of Washington this twenty- It. s.l sixth day of May, in the year of our Lord one inousana eigui uuuurcu uu juiiy-m u, WILMINGTQN. FRIDAY MORNIN, DECEMBER 17,- 18S?. end of the independence of the United States Of 'America the-seVenty-sixth. . MILLARD FILLLMpRE. Bv the President: ' '- ' ' -V HUNTER; -Acting Secretary of State. i LAWS QF TOE UNITED STATES '. f Pjassed during the fXrst Session of the Thir - v v ',' . ly-second Congress. - ' f '; - . No. 1.1 A Resolution qfYlCflme to Lou . - is Kossuth; . "; . - Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the United States of America in : Congress nssei&bled. That Congress in the narpe and ; behal f of the People ol ;. the United Spates, give to Liouis Kossuth a cor dial welcorQft tq the Capital arid the country; and that a copy of this rdsotqtion be trans mitted to hioa by the President df the United Approved, Dee. 15. 851.' , v. . ' ;- No2. A' Joint R"esolion provdingQr (he PrinXing.'bf Additional Copies ' of the Journals and public DaciLthentsj - . i Resolved by the Seriate kn '& IIouse of Rep resentatives of lh$ IJnifed Sttitei of America in Congress -assembled,- That there shall hereafter: be printed, one hundred copies ol tfre 'public "journals and, documents of the H6'u3e"or.Represent'ativest, in addition -to the ritirnb'er. maw printed, Which shall be deposi ted, with the Secretary of State for diVtribn tion ddcording to law. ' ' Approved, Dec. 23, 1851. v .. f ' V TNn: 3.1 Jnint Resolution to authorize the Postmaster-General to legalize certain Con tracts for the Transportation nf the Mail in California and Oregon. ' Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster General be. and he is hereby authorized to ac cept and confirm as permanent contracts, lor the residue of the present contract term in the south-western ana north-western sections, en ding tne thirtieth of June,'qne thousand eight hundred and HlVy-R)r,ihe several contracts for mail transportation' in California and Oregon, mad e 13 n d e r the ad y e r t ise In e n t fo r proposals for such mail contracts, as communicated ' in the last annual report of the Postmasler-Geh-eral j and th'at whe'nlhe e.tid contracts shall have been s6: accepted and confirmed, tbey shall be yafitl, legal, and binding for the pur pose thefeitv rpehtjoned. - " ' ' ? Approved January I3;;1852. ' , No. 4.J Joint Resolution providing for the Binding of certain Documents. - Resolved by the Senate and IJouse of Rep resentatives of . the United States Of America fn Congress Assembled, That all the- execu tive1 document?, 'the : printing, off addttloaa) copies df which have been ordered during the present eession. or may, during either session of the present Congress Je ordered by either Hoitse of ConoTPsa. and ,?th size of which shall not be less than two hundred and fifty pages, sucn aauiuonai cnjit- muii ue uuuim under the direction oi the Joint Comihitfee an Printincr; Provided. That the cost auall not exceed twelve antfa hajf cents per vo1ume,fbr the whole numoer oraereo. : Approved January' 27, 1832. . , I Nn. fi. I A Rp. oliLtinn ejetendinsr the Time of the Commission under the Convention with Brazil. , 7 ' '." . - , " Resolved bv the Senate and House ofRev- resenlatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled u Arict ' in' dairy i nto effect the Convention beiwejen the United States and the Emperor jf Brazil, "of the twenty-seventh day of Jan uary, in the year eighteen hundred and for-, ty-nine," approved March twentieth, twenty-ninth. eighteon hundred and fifty, shall be, and the same is hereby, continued inJbrce for the period of four months from and after the first day of March, in th year eighteen hundred and fifty-two. , Approved, February 27, 1852. I No. 7.1 A Resolution to authorize the Con tinuance of the- Work upon the two Wings of Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the United Qtates of? America in Congress assembled, tyfiki 'there be and hereby is appropriated, on of nymoneyin the treasury not otherwise apptifprifited, for the period between the passage. !6f rthis reso lution and the eni dthfc iical year termina ting June thirtieth, ighteeri hundred and fif-ty-three, the sum of five hundred thousand dollars: fpr the continuance of the work on the jtwb Wings of the' Capitol : Provided, No thing': herein contained shall toe; o construed as 6 authorize any, oflicer or agont of the United' States to bind the United States by contract beyond the amount appropriated by Congress, or, to sanction any -such contract heretofore made. , - Approved, APrl'l 252. a , ' - - ' fNo. 8.J A Joint Resolution approving and confirming an act of the Legislative Assem bly of the Territory of Oregon entitled " Ah act to provide for the Selection of Places for Location and Erection of the Public Build ings of the Territory of- Oregon,1? and for other Purposes. . , Whereas, By the first section of an act of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Oregon, passed by'the pouse of Representa tives of said Territory on the thirtieth day ol January, eighteen hundred and fifty-one", and by the Councij of sard territory, on the first day of February, eighteen hundred and fifty one, entitled-'1 An act to provide for the se lection of places for location aljd "erection of ihe public buildings of thei Xei'ri to ry of Ore gon'Mt was enacted that the seat ol govern ment of aid Territory be 'established and lo cated at Salem, in the county of Marion, in said Territory, and that each and every ses sion, either general or special, of the Legisla tive Assembly of said Territory,! thereafter convened, shall be held at Salem in said Ter ritory ; and whereas doubts' have arisen as to the valjdiiy of said aM Be ft therefore resolcecf by the Senate and Hous4 of Representatives of the United States if America in Congress 'assembled, That said' act pT: the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Oregon establishing and locating the seat of government of said Territory at Salem, in the County of Marian, in said Ter ritory, be and the same i3 hereby ratified, ap proved and confirmed. . . . . . . : i S ec. 2. And be it further resolved, That the late session of the Legislative Assembly of said Territory, held at Salem, in conform ity with the provisions of the act above referr ed to. be, and the same ia hereby declared to j have been held in conformity; to the provi sions of law. , Approved May 4, 1852. : Tio'. 9. A Resolution Authorizing the Purchase of the Ninth Volume of the Laws of lhe uiiiteliSlates. - Resolved by the Senate aud Blouse of Rep resentatives of the Un ited Stales of America Lin Uongress assembled, ; mat the aeeretary ol Stale, in com oliance witlihis reauest made to the Committee on the Judiciary; Ueu- thrized lo purchase of the publishers bf the Statutes at large, one tKousantfcbpie of voir ume nine of said Sta tutefVit Large, ftovvust published, and cause the same to be distribu ted 'as the first eight volumes - were distribu ted by-ordef'bf Congress, under the act of Augost 'eighth, eighteen hundred and -Ibfty- six. r - ym-'yZ: Aprrroed May 10, 1852. ; ; ;',.,J- V No, 12-j -Joint-Resolution changing the Name of St. Peter's Iiivertin Minnesota Ter ritory.' tv -:t-'H$y ' : ; ;;r-' , f -; r;-- -; ;f :-v Resolved by the Senate and Howe of Rep resentatives of the - United States of America in Congress assembled. That from and after the passage of this act the river in the TerrK tory of Minnesota heretofore known as the Saint Peter's shall be known and designated on the publjc records as the Minnesota River. ' Approved June 19. 1853. : WHAT WAS IT CUT WITH? A party, ol friends haa assembled one evening, and after discussing the various top- - a t ...... ics oi tne aay, one or mem remarKea, Well, buys,' I svtppbe' youVe heard of Dave Dunconib's maVriage l' '' , Some of them had heard cfitand some had not. - --.. " Well,' continued the speaker, 'he is mar ried, y and I - was at the wedding. A, right merry time we had of if. too, I assure you ; but there wa3 one thing that sut prised me very much, and that was the manner in,which they: cut the wedding-cake I can't help thinking on iu Novy, what do you suppose they cut it with?' 1 'The wedding-wring,' said one. No, answered the first speaker; 'you must guess again.' " - " ; 'A string,' said another;' , - ' v;tNo. . . ' . ;. ; . -, - 'A stick, whtlle4 to ftn cd,g,' suggested a third. - - No. " - I A piece of tin,' ventured a fourth, thnkjng he hud it. ' "' 1 ' No:'- - - '. , " . ' ., .''Wejl. what wns it V exclaimed.lhejv all in one breath, after guessing every1 imagina ble .article they could think of. except-'the right one,' that cpiild ehher.possiblydr idipos 8ibly be put through sue ji a cake. ' ' t '. Whv.' said the Qoiz.jthev cut it with a kmie, to be sure fp tr h finrft." . - li- ' Loss of the Pilot BoitVi juikee Four persons --, ' drbn Ae'dj i . i We are pained to report that the pjlotboat Yan kee, with a crew of nine Wn, was lost on Friday night last, -while laying to under double reefed mkfpsiil,' thirty-five miles east of Sandy IIook.i Almost ' instantly after she struck what the pilots on board considered a wreck, the Yankee settled by the head and went down. - The persons on board had barely time to launch their yawls before she disappeared. One boat, containing four of the crew, kept con stantly with the other for about an hour, but af ter that she was neither Iseen nor heard of any more. s The terrible conclusion is, that the boat swamped and all have perished. " - The other boat's crew, after laboring at .lieir oars eleven hours, were discovered by tho pilot boat IL K. Collins,- which rendered every assist ance and comfort to the five unfortunate survivors " - - N.IT. Herald. MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR OF'LpRIDA. Gov. Brown, of Florida, in his annual message to the Legislature, urges that provision be made for the'forcibleremoVal of the Seminoles, in case Billy Bowlegs does not fulfill his promise to emi grate. A re-organization' of the niilitia, and the establishment of a public school1 system, are re commended, as is also an efficient system of inter nal improvement, in order to stimulate enterprise, invite immigration, and develope the State's varied resources ' Its flounces are now in a ; fionrishing condition and its people' prosperous and happy. -v- ' - c ' " Wreck of a Ship from Liverpool Her Passen ," ' g'ers and Crew SAved. Philadelphia, Dec. 7. A letter from Tucker ton,5 New Jersey,- giVes the particulars of the wreck"5 of the ship Georgia, of Savannah, from Li verpool for New York, on Long Beach, near Tuck ertoh', on Friday5 hight'last. She came ashore in a fog, and has since broken in two. . She has S50 passengers on board, all of whom were landedin safety, through the apparatus provided by' the:Gb vernment for saving life from' wrecks. "' Tlib ship caaie ashore-aboUt two hundred yards from land near the'station house. The surf was So " heavy that no common' boat could have lived through it. A ball was thrown with a line attached from - the rhortar;tb some distance beyon'd" the ship, passing over her 'fore-yard. This gave 'a . communication with the shot e, and the life car'was put into ope ration, landing all the passetlgers without'an acci dent. . " ;;'" , Among the passengers are from fifty to sixty females, of all hges;' One' of th'e'ui ik a yoimg En glish lady, on her way' to Californii iV search1 .of , her brother. . - 1 - - YIRGINI A LEGISLATURE. ? The Virsinia House of Delegates, on Monday, ftassed a bill increasing the capital stock 'of tlie Virginid and Tennessee Railroad Company SJ,500y 000 aTso a bill lnc'reasing the stock pf the Ma nassa Gap poad $160,000. The bill concerning the Antwerp line of steamers was taken up." Mr. Anderson offered a substitute, and then the bill was made the order of the day for the 14th. In the Senate resolutions of- respect to Messrs. Clay and XTebster were adopted. ' - " . ' BURGLARY. " Charlrston, Dec. 9. The apothecary's store of Mr. R. S. Oakeley, situated in King-street a few doors above Queen, was entered late on Monday night, or early Tuesday morning, and t:S0or 40 in cash, a silver cup and some spoons abstracted therefrom. The thieves, wisely eschewing to have anything lo do with medical compounds, of the virtues of which they were !gnbi'ant,left' the stock untouched, being satisfied with the raord solid af- tices they found so convenient to carry-v'ith them rytn tnem. j f I. LATER FR011I CALIFftPlli. ARRIVAL OF THE ST'MER PIliLAB.EtPHIA. .-, , ; -v -.-i.v ' v. - v Cilv of Saa-cntnto in A.sne9 Large Fires at San FraiuOio'Zha Alary striae Two and a Quarter ' v3ljU&?fiaold Coming California Qowjor ;Nfew Orleaks. Dec. '9. The steamship Phila delphia :t arrived here this morning, with dates from San Francisco to the lGth of November, two weeks later, and most important intelligence from all parts of California, , ?Sfkz ?- The Philadelphia sailed in company with the Illinois, : for New York with' two and a aubter millions of gold on board. ; '.. :. A destructive fire brokq out in the Cy of Sa cramento, (dato pot given,) which it was fonnd imnossible to clieck. and, with the exceptfou'of f few houses the entire J Qea-:- My lives were lost in the efbrt to check the flames, and the loss of propertyMs Statecl . to be immense. - Destructive fires harl also cfred kt San Fran cisco andlj4rysviilet which were finally checked by the 'fireepartm.ent-O'l? The Presidential election had passed off qniet- ly, and had resulted in a majority ot abbufe fifteen' tVinnsnnd for Pierce r ana ,Ji.in. XMOMiine .was known in California, at the latest dates, of the re- salt in the other States of the Union. -, The steam propeller City of Pittsburg, : owned by the Philadeiphla and Liverpool Steamship Co., was burnt to the w'atcrlS. "edge at Valparaiso on the 20th October. The clipper-ship Sovereign pf the Seas, which sailed from New York on the 4th of August, had arrived, after a passage of little over 100 days. ARRIVAL OF TIIE NIAGARA. SE VEN DA YS LA TER FIZ OM E UR OPE. English and French Affairs---Decline in Cotton Advanee in Breadstufs, Qrc. r IIllipax, Dec. 10. The steamer Niagara reach ed here this morning, bringing Jjiverpool dates of the 27th ultimo. , -,... The Niagara brings 59 passengers. She arrived out bn the morning of the 22d inst. . - ! The1 Arctic arrived at Liverpool at midnight on the24fh'ult. The steamer Washington was off Cowes on the morning of the 21st. ' - . The Franklin's repairs were not completed when the JUiagara sailed. Lord Derby stated in the Houso of Lords, in answer to a quest;pn from the Earl of Clanricarde, that the objept in caiiwg tpe jiouse togeiner prior to Christmas was to close forever the controvprsy on protection and free tradeJ V - D'Israell said in the ' House that the Adminis tration violated no pledge by remaining in office with a House opposed to protection; :or mey nev er intended to repeal apy measures of the free traders. 5 Parliament finally fully confirmed the dpctrines of free tra4c,ap4 bos the question may be con-1 sidered as settled. - - ' - FRANCE.. The great change in the Gover nmeflt of France Vas progressing quietly, and the Empire was con sidered as fully established, with the exception of the ceremonials to attend the prpclars'a'tjon and coronation of the Emjier'or,adihWputting'oaof royalty by the subordinate's of the Emperor. , ' " - .t. ".- t r--.' From the N. C. Standard of Saturday. NORTH "CAROLINA RAILROAD.' ' The Directors of "ihis Road met in this City on Wedne'yst;; j, We learn tnat the certificate of the Treasurer of the Company was laid before tlie Board of-In-terpai Improvements, showing that; the subscri-, bers to the work had paid in $513,845, something more than the amount required by the charter; whereupon the Board subscribed, oh the part of the State, two millions of dollars. Five hundred thousand dollars arei therefore, now due' by the State on her' subscription ; but yre learn that only one hundred thousand 'Ipllars will be askeld for at this time, and .'the Legislature will' be 'applied - to to appropriate this sum Immediat'ely from the Treasury, bo as to give the Treasurer time to : dis pose of Stte" bonds the amount thus appropri ated to le refunded, of course, to the Treasury as soon as the bonds are' sold.1 '. V , Rio pe Janeiro, ISth Pet., 1852: We are now having mnch Tainy " weathdr, '.but with ifittte"br: fab sickTress., " , J, On Suday;iak th American flags in the har bor were at balf-njasl.'cased t news ofthe wreck of btErily-Jinte,- ahof the death of Capt: Fox well, her commander, well known and mnch es teenied as arr old trader to this port. " ' ' An aw'ful tragedy oc(Ct;rred lero last night a father mUrdered his danghter, b6n, and 'an En glishman. "'The young girP had been wronged. The father discovered her shame; swore death to her seducer, the Englishman found him with his daughter?; drove a bullet through -his : heart and dashed madly at his daughter with a knife. 4 Tlie son and brother placed himself befofe her and re ceived the blade of the knife inhis side. The fa "fher, seemnJg almost a paniacj wanted more blood to wash out thestalrri p!pon is daughter's honor, and, with another plunge, stabbed her in the heart. The Englishman died, immediately ; the son lived three hours, and the daughter still breathes, but will not live. The father, a highly respectable Brazilian, gave himself immediately up to the au thorities. : : '; SOUTH CAROLINA. LEGISLATURE. r Columbia, Dec. 8. T. W. ? Glover, Eq., . has been elected Judge, vice E vans elected U . S. Sen ator.. . ;:-?-'Aj--'C-'' The Bill providing that the Mun:cipal Elections shall take place biennially, in Charleston; instead of annually, as heretofore, hai passed;" The appropriation fbr the South Cdrolina Insti tute, has also been agreed " to: ' - .- : '; The Joint Com thjiteo appointed to nominate Di rectors for the Bank of the State,' havnomfnated the present Board with the exception of Mr. War law in the place bf Mr. IlillJ ' ; " : K : " A discussion took place in the House of Repre sentatives to-day, on the "qnestiori of giving the election of Electors' of Presideiit and Vice; ' presi dent to the people; iff which MeScr$'. Cishawand Keitt' spoke. The! further dsideratlon of the subject lia'poned unin next session. .NO 18 u " ' 11 OCSE OF "REPRESENTATIVES. 5 T,bo speaker, under the order passed on the 8th inst., appointed the following gentlemen to cohsti-' tute the Standing Committees of the House: ; Of Elections. Messrs. Ashe, Williams, Hamil ton, Scbermerhorn, Caskie, Ewing, Davis.of Mas sachusetts, Gamble, and Strattonj.. ".v-'.iv . ' Of Ways diid AZeciis.--Messrs. Houston, Jones of Tennessee, Stanly-, llibbard,- Brooks, Jones of, Pennsylvania, Appletoh of ! Massachusetts, Dun ham, and rbelps. - . . , v . Of Claims-. Messrs. Daniel, Edgerton, Bowio, SeymooiP'ot: Connecticut, .Cleveland, Sackettj.Cur- tis.'.Poriter, ;apd Mace.. '- , v . .'OA1 CTrtntrrO-Mossrs. Seymour of Ifew York, JohB5on" of Tennessee, Stepnens ot ueorgia, x un fir of Maine, Duncan, Bobbins, Martiuf, Aiken.'and Walsh- : .- ' ." : ' ... SS'O Pnblie Lands Messrs. Hall, Cobb, Bennott, Orf,Watkins, Freeman, Moore of. Pennsylvania, Henn, and McCoxkleVr lj. ,..,. , ' Post Offices' and Post Roads. Messrs. OMs, lPei-. Gullom. Powell. Schoolcraft. Scurry.Urey. W 1 . - - I m 0 - Marshall, ana uianc. -rr -, For we District of Columbia. 'Jlcssrs. Ficklin, setts, Hillyer, Bell, Buell, and M&c& ; ' , On the Judiciary.- Messrs. McLanahan, Meade, Snigg, Parker of Indiana, and King of New York. .. On Revolutionary Claims. Messrs. fJIcDonaldr, Strother. Gavlord. Fnller of Pennsylvania. Letch er, Murphy, Yates, Dean, and McQueen, , , ' On Public- Expenditures. Messrs. -.Sweetser, sylvania, Morehead, Babcock, Campbell-of Illinois, " and Davis of Indiana. , : .. ' Un, Private Lana UMims. Messrs. jenKins, Clemons, Abercronibio, Dawson, Campbell of Ohio, t i v . r-i a'vrxt, ' i xxaDors, iianary, onow bqu miuer. - : On Manvfactiercs.'iless.rs.- Bealo, ' Florence, Reed. Cleveland, .White, Murray, Perkins, Green, and Haft;' . . ; '" -. .. . ' -' . . D' Agriculture. Messrs. Floyd, McMullen, , iocKery, v;aoie oi vnio, dkciioq, , lirenion, new ton, Doty . and McNaiiri . - '"-.' ' -tin Indian A fairs.lesits Johnson of Arkan sas, Howard, Briggs. Jackson, Conger, Fitch, Cald well, Marshall and. Durkeev - r ' , - On Military Affairs Messrs. Blssell, Gentry, Gorman, 'Evans, Hmart, Stevens of Pennsylvania,. tvucox, navca, bdu r mnMyncr. . . . On Militia. r-Messrs Peaslee, Savage, . King of Rhode Island, Davis of Indiana Hunter, lleburd, ' Chastain, Ward, and Gilmore, . - .. . ' On ' Naval Affaits. Messrs. Stanton of Tonnes seeBocock, Burrows, Harris of Alabama. Cabell.- oi Jflorid4, renmman, wiJdncK, tioodenow, and Florence'", if ,u i.' ::' un Mfvrcign Ajjairs.aiefiHTS. liuyiy oi vs., Woodward, Toombs polity Taylor, Appleton of Maine, Ingersoll, CJiandle and Breekenridge. . On the Ten itories.Hc$Tsi.'1 Richardson; Holla day, CJingfnan, Stone, Giddiiogs, Bailey of Geor gia, Scudder, Stnart, and Lockhart.. , . - On Revolutionary PensionMMessn. .Mlllson, . Russell, Tuck, Townsend. Brown of New Jersey, Churchwell, Cottraan, Goodrich, Allen of Illinois: On . Invalid Pen sions Messrs. Harris of Ten nessee, Price, Martin, Molony, Eastman. Moore of T . T iffV T- . . Louisiana, jvuuus,. joucs vi new. 1 one, ana tjnap man. - v ;' .:-'v V- . ! -- : - On Roads and Canals. Messrs. Robhison. Col- . cock,; John W. Howe of Pennsylyania,- Mnson,, Sfaron' pf hlo,71are Fanlkner, Sutherland, and Johnson otUeorgidt; .. - On Patents'. Messrs, Cartter, Dimmick Ward, Thurston; and White.- ' j 4!.' ; , ......r On Public Rwildinss and Qroun4s.,leT. , Stanton; tf Kentucky. Edniunisou, Bowie, Doty, ' aqa iioya oFJieL-ork . : ; ;: , -: On Rciisal and Unfinished ?. Messrs. . Cobb, How of New York, Wbighaus, Busby, and On Accounts'. Messrs. Mason, Morrison, Welch, Robie, and Duncan: :. , , , On Mileage. Messrs. Hendricks! Freeman, Hands. Stenhens of Xew Ym-lr nnil Alltanw. Qn fingravingsi-rllesiirs.' RlddleV Miner, arid Jenkins: . . i - .-. ;,,,..;; ' Qn tkf Library of Congress. Messrs. Chandler, ' Wood ward,, and Mann.", '' "-' - f - On Enrolled' BUls. Messrs. Wildrlck and Bar- On Printing. lletts. Gorman, Haven, and Stantorfftf ITentuokv. . - : .. . . '.: - , ... -.1 , I !;.-. juu7!Jtrrun,u,rti ia toe iwtc ucpa re me nr. iucs srs.etairli Ashe, Wells, Campbell of Illinois, and Harper'" v ,k , . - t u ;; ,' i s , . Messrs.' Thurston, Hendricks, Walbridge, Grow, ' and AlliSonV-i ..i ' , t. ; i; ' On Eipenditures in the War Department Mes- " srs. Dim'mick, Ives. Btfwnef Parker of .Penn.," and Chastain. - .'- " . 'On. jfcjrncn.ditumi.tL th ftfim Tlrnnrimem Xa.m srs'McllIullcn', Harris of Alabama.Horsford, Flor ence,and CaheR'of 'Florida. , i - ; I!,.. 1 On Eocpendituret i& tht Post Office Department. Messrs: Penn, Kurtz, Davis-of Massachusetts, Has callj and Savage. . - : i .. ; . .. ' On' Expenditures on the Public Buildings. Nca srBartlett, Haws, Outlatr; Charchjvell, and Tay-v iur. i ' ' v: ;- . . . . , ; ' , '- INCREASE OF THE SLAVE TRADE IN CUBA. . . All actonats1 represent large increase bt Uie slave trade in Cuba, at which,- iC1s tflleged, the Spanish- officials -wink; A letter from Havana gives a list of nine vessels,-which have landed at diflefent ports of Cuba, during the present year, 4,170 slaves from Africa.' The letter referred to adds : ;" : ' .'. . . . , j. . ; : ,.. "This ,is but the beginning. There Is a tacit understanaing'for the;eitensidn of thisr schema lintii:eH ihopjuid word have been brought hith er,. bpE each eff 'whicli is paid to officials; for wink ing at it,'three ounces, or fifry-wie dollars, making in the aggregate $510,000. : ; v,-":';". TEXAS. . ' : - Dates to the 23d nltimo have jreachad New Or leans ; The Brownaville "Flag" says the Vlctnres of misery on the Rio Grande" are exaggerated that confidence 'had been restored aud business prospering. : ; .' ' .m. . . . ' was Important from. KussI a A Russian- Japan i " : ! KxpedUioii Sailed. - Nr.w York, pec. 9. A letter from El. Peters burg, (hvtel October lh, puhlished iii the Salem Register, says that the Ernperbr of Russia has started a Japan Expedition,1 consisting of the fri gate Pallas; and a tender and screw steamer, un der the cbuimand bf Admiral Poajatine. The frigate left Cronstadt a few weeks previous to stop in the English ehannel, from whence the expedition woold finully prK-eed. The objVct of the expedition is sald'tn be for scientiCc purpo es, but it is almost certaid that it is intended to watch the movements of the ; American expeilitlon, of which'thd E rnpeTor h known to be very jealous. ..TheViverKeffwas full cf Coatis ice, bttt tbcra was fij Artericn;n iliipa tbere. " .; : --. r .'. : . . They have toads at Los Angela, f I , tiat f ..lit liko tigers, and kill erakes with U ai ty The pig population of the Ui.l:;!! 'al!?y h estimated to bo 40,000,000; "t : i v '
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