North Carolina Newspapers

Published every Saturday by ' tV JI. E. HI A IV JY ; Editor and Proprietor. 1 ' 1 TERMSPER ANNUM. To those who have to pay postage on the ' 3Z.VU paper, o tin To those who do not, j . 25 Payahie in six months after subscnb,nf or f r nrwill be charged if Payment wde Dtionoftheyear. layed m;"LlUntU all arreages are paid up, : AtlfnSi of proprietor. , ; Ad vcrti mt-i cn continuance. first i"rrtIonanii3tCte marked with the number Advertisements must be marR .of insertions ordered out, 1.0. 0. F. The Wloiving odes were composed and ' ' .t nrcasion of the late grand .ungon the ocraswi 'ur f out rih. Wfae ? ,er of Ldd -Fellows in the City of .New York on the 4th inst: ; . Uplifting to tifi auspicious skic a,', . i. pbr-FnVndship, Love, and Truth a home, BcioM the stately fabric rjso, Finished whole from base to uome. 'Asitepby step, and stone by stone, Our temple rose toward the sky, The work of Fellowship sped on To reach that dome outspread on high. Lon2 celebrated be this day, . And be our Hall, when old and gray, The honored temple as in youth, The home of Friendship, Love, and Truth! Rejoice the finished type reveals , To love-born hope a glorious sight; Let anthems sound in peari peals The dawn has broken on the ni ht ..... Our temple stands the type confess'd Of work in Fellowship complete, "When cv'ry heart with Friendship bless'd, Each hand a brother's hand shall greet. ; Long celebrated ic. this day, ! And be our Hall, when old and gray, The honored temple as in youth, - . The home of Friendship, Love, and Truth. Along th' eternal path of time, We sec the fame not made with hands," . Where Truth enshrined in might sublime, - O'er sin and self triumphant stands-, ' Her altar built of deeds had birth -In myriads of halls like this, -All stars of hope encircling earth t To gem the cup of grief 'with bliss. j Long celebrated be this day, When other honored fanes, and gray, Shall, ages hence, as tins in youth, Be homes of Friendshib, Love and Truth.' Joy, brothers joy, let each face beam with gladness, Heaven smiles propitious, our efforts to crown; Our path is victorious, then banishes all sadness Our deeds and alms-giving h ive met with renown. We hail with delight, this our day for uniting, For rendering praises, and glory and power, To him who alone gives the means so inviting, Each brother to cherish when darkness may Mower.,- . ' !, T ' Mark, brothers mark, the distressed of all nations, Wending their way to Odd Fellows' Hall; whate'er once their lot, or whate'er their stations, The Odd-Fellows' heart is-alive to their call. He feels 'tis a brother who seeks his protection Whate'er be his d jctrine, religion or creed, - A brother's regard and a brother's affection, Is instantly yielded, in thought, word and deed. Sec , brothers see, the lone Orphan's eye beaming, . Tho' memory tear will, bedew that soft eye; The heart feels assured, and bright visions are glca v ming ; : I , ' The Odd - Fellows heaven, their refuge, is nigh. Then hail brothers hail, with delight hail the mor- ning. Whose dawn rose in Friendship, in . Love, and in Truth, Cementing, uniting each "other adorning, A solace for age a bulwark tor youth. Advancing in splendor, unshackled and fearless, Onward and upward,and proud our career; Ne'er may the sick or the feeble be cheerless, But find in Odd Fellows that comfort is near. Wronger and broader, and wider our borders Boundless and free be our inarch through the land; ! - Graceful and peacful and free from marauders. Till Faith Hope and Charity join hand in hand. The restless wing of time hath brought The parting moment near, And soon an evening pleasure fraught, Will be with those that were; The Ldl that tolls the midnight chime Will knee la glorious day The memory of whose pleasant time 1 Shall never fade away. ; Fare well, warm hearts, and eyes of light,' We part; but memory yet "Will turn with ever now delight, I To bless the hour we met; When Friendship waive the grip so true, And Truth from Heaven above, O'er all the vast assembly threw . The gorgeous light j of Love. Farewell, ye Brothers true ard bold! J This day to you shall be, ,. J O'er Prejudice and Slander old, : The day of Victory; And they who barr'd our infant way . (Shall cheer our mighty youth, " And own the noble power to-day, Of Friendship Love and Truth. Farewell? yon Temple long shal 1 tell, , In ars crowding on, j Our still increasing sons how well i Their f ithers' work Was done. Pare well, ye fair, whose; presence here , Hath made our festal To Mother Mother Maiden dear, Good night a sweet good niht! NO RETREtVT, Among the prisoners taken r.aptire at theattJc of WtcrWo, was a Highland '' " 1 ' ':1 ": T- : A, V 1 Vol 9. : piper. Napoleon, struck with his appear ance, asked him to play on his instrument, which is said to sound delightfully, in4he mountains and glens of-Scotland. "Play abiproch, said Napoleon, and the High land played it. "Play a march' It was done. "Play a retreat." 'Na. na," said the Highlander, "I never learned to plar a retreat?" i No retreat should be the motto emblazoned on the standard of every Christian warrior, as he goes forth to battle i- -;. Correspondence oj the New, Jersey State Gazette's I Reporter. "Six Weeks on the Wing." Passing many thriving towns, we reach ed Wheeling; 100 miles below Pittsburgh. This place has its name from the circum stance of some Indians cutting off a white man's head and putting it on a . pole, to prevent other white men from coming there, Wheeling signify ing "the place of a head'- It is the great terminus of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-road; arid is a thriving place with 10,000 inhabitants. A wiresuspen sion bridge over the Qhio is building here which will pe the greatest suspension bridge in the!! world. It is to be 97 feet above low .vater mark, and supported by 12 wire cables, each one thousand three hundred and eighty feet long. It will cost 220,000 dollars. At Wheeling, was thesite of old Fort Henry, the heroine defence of which in 1777, against 500 Ind ans, is almost un paralled in warfare. The garrison con sisted of 42 mien and boys, which was re duced by twobtories ti 12. They main tained the battle until their ammunition was nearly exhausted and it became ne cessary to golto a house some distance from the fort for a kes of powder known to be there, jtt was an expedition of ex treme hazard, and the Colonel unwilling to order any one to d it, inquired who would volunteer. A qumber stepped for ward, and among thema young woman of great intrepidity, named Elizabeth Zane, who insisted that her life was less valuable than a warrior's, and she should be allowed to go. With great reluctance to her (entreaties, and she they yielded; returned with the powder amid a storm of balls, unharmed. The battlelcontinuel all day and night; when the Indians withdrew, Major Mc Cullough, while endeavoring to throw succor into the fort, was separated from his men, and surrounded by Indians. They could have killed him on the spot, but they wished to take hitn alive. He was the greatest hunter of his time, known personally. from his wonderful exploits to almost every Indian,.1 and so great was their terror- and hatred of him, that any Wyandot chief would have given the lives of twenty warriors to take him alive. Finding himself surrounded, he turned his horse's pead, and flew to "Wheeling hill." Reaching the itop, he found him self hemmejd in on three sides bv advanc ing Indians, while on the fourth was a precipice, 150 feet high, terminating in Wheeling creek. Not a moment was to spare, and jlifting his rifle in one hand and gathering the reins in i the other, he urged his horse to the leap the noble steed and daring rider reached the water un harmed, and dashed away to the fort safe- iy- - - J - What incalculable benefits would result to tfie race) if. such intrepidity as Major McCulloucli's and EIizabeth2ane' would now ascend to the higjier heroism of this age, and expend itself on the fields of moral warfare. Between Wheeling and Cincinnati (400 miles nearly) 70 flourishing towns adorn the banks of the River of Beauty, while every one is connected with some stirring history of the 'olden time" or has some pec ut lar present interest. Passinp; the ''Great Indian moynd" at liig trrave Creek, which mound is about 40 rods in circumference at its base, and 72 feet high, and covered fith old trees, and which has been profaned by an observa- lory, we nqaieu aiong lO iVianetta at the mouth of ttie Muskingum, the capital of Washington county, Ohio, having 3000 inhabitants, settlement It was tne hrst permanent ii uiiiu, aim aa HameU in ria Antoinette, Queen of Lou , was the site of Fort Harmar r r ami t 1 ; - honor of Ma isXLV. I and is celebrated as heing the first place where a court was established, and also for the faiiious 'race for life" between Gov. Meigsljand the Indians Jnlvjhich the Governor escaped. . Farther down is Blennerhasset's Island rendered almost clasfic ground bv the eloquence oj! Wirt, on the trial of Burr. Seventv miles below.-is the celebrated coal region From the Ohio hills three millions of bushels are dug annually. Point Pleasant, 20 miles further, at the mouth of the Great Kanawha River, was the scene of another oi the desperate con flicts of the fplden time. Passing Galli poles and other places! we near the mouth ERROR IS HARMLESS, WHEN" TRUTI1 ELIZABETH CITY, N CATURaAY, JUNE 30,49. i i)f the Biff Sand v R j J ----- j w V IIU III" makes its most southern sweep, and ap proaches the climate of-the cane. The difference in vegetation in very percepti ble. Thirty or forty miles fiom the mouth of Big Sandy River, car.e once grew, but has disappeared. About- the sources of this river, was the greatest hunting ground in America, especially for bears. In 1805, 6,-and 7, eight thousand bear skins were taken in this region. Think of that,, ye sportsmen wKof warle knee deep in marsh on the Delaware for a few reed birds, or lie whole days shivering with cold, in mud and : rater for the poor privilege of missing wild fowl, and buying them of gun ners. The war in Europe caused a great demand for bear skins to decorate the soldiers of the hostile armies, and they often lirought four dollars each, j Thirteen miles below on the Ohio sfde is theHanging Rock; so called from a cliff about 400 feet high, in the rear of the t)wn. T;his is the great depot of the iron business in this region, which is carried on extensively. Portsmouth, at the mouth of Scioti Riv er, is the terminus of the Ohio Canal, ex tending to Lake Erie, 307 miles through the Scioli valley, the paradise of the west. ! At this point I sought the "shell" des ned to be my lodging place, and passed be night in the most determined, efforts to sleep. ' l It rained heavily all the night and part of the next day, confining us to the saloon in which were Amos Kendall and other distinguished people. I was so happy as to make the acquain tance of some very agreeable persons from Cincinnatti, whose society increased tpe pleasure of the trip, and in whose home circle I have spent some delightful hours. ' j Passing May sville, and the mouth of the Little Miami, we reached Cincinnati! at 10 1-2 A. Al., glad to escape from the boat o n which three cases of cholera occurred during our passage. From here I shall write to you of the " Queen City " of the west, of whose growth and importance so few eastern peopie nave ajusi conception. ! 1 I A. . B. R. P. MOIVTREAL. The Rev. Mr. Chiniquy is really leav ing nothing for Father Mathew to do in Montreal. 1 he first four days of April ere? days of amazing excitement in that qty. Night after night, says the Canada Advocate, the immense Cathedral was filled with crowds anxious to hear him; and night after night, thousands came for ward to take the pledge. The following lst has been sent to us, of the numbers ho took the pledge at the several meet ings: bunday afternon, Parish Church, 4070 24GG 847 2250 Monday evening do. 4 Tuesday morning, Str P'r's Church Tuesday aftemif. Parish Cnuwrii Tuesday evein. ;. . do 1900 liouii do 4413 2056 Wednesday .t.tM ' r . Wednesday evei.aitf do. Total, 18000 The population in Montreal is, in round rjumbers, 45,000. To the above sum of 18,000, we; may safely add 10,000 fit to represent the various Temperance associ ations both Protestant and Catholic, that were in existence before Mr. Gliniquy commenced his labors here; and perhaps 2000 more, for such as act upon the prin ciple of Total Abstinence, but do not join any Society, nor take any pledge. This will give thirty thousand abstainers in the city; or two-thirds of the population. We are satisfied that this is not far from the truth. And'we would call the attention to it of those, especially, who still take their wine, because it is fashionable, and would not, for the world, commit any thing so vulgar as to join a Temperance Society. It shows them that thev will soon become old-fashioned people the solitary suppor- icrs oi a custom mat has Decome oosoiete For a lady to take wine at a table, will soon as infallibly stamp her old-fashioned as if she were to appear in a dress, or a peruke of the reign of Queen Anne. It is not only in Montreal, however, tjiat Mr. Chiniquy pursues his labors; he has held meetings in almost all the "sur rounding parishes, and has met with the same success indeed, his progress is a continued triumph. Journal. VIRGINIANS IN OFFICE AT - WASHINGTON. It is a subject of reproach and jealousy With other Slates that Virginia, in all de partmnts of the public service, has an ijndue representation. We pass over the army and uavy, in both of which, partic ularly the latter, she has more than her proportion of commissions. In the pub lic offices in Washington, it appears from tfie Blue Book, according to the Rich mond Whig, that, ori the 4th of March IS . LEFT' FREE TO COMBAT IT.' last-5-and there has been few changes since there fwere ninety-five Virgin-ians--nearly one-fifth of the whole num-berV-Of these 63 were Democrats, and 27 VVhigs, all of whom, except four, hail from East of the Ridge. Of the many midshipmen in the navy from Virginia, we learn there is not one from West of the Blue Ridge. Some of the Bureaus at Washington are-managed altogether by Vireinians. Thus, Win. Selden, Treasurer of the U. States formerly of Richmond, has, in his office, nine Virginians, and all, but one, Democrats. Mr, Auditor Collins, former ly of Portsmouth, on the 4th of March, had five clerks in his Bureau all Virgin ians and all Democrats. Facts like these are well calculated to excite jealousy and to bring the Old Do minion under the reproach of rapacity for office. -Lynchburg Virginian, Whig. The Hungarian Leader. KOSSUTH, the hero of the Hunga rian war, is just now tin object of much curiosity and interest. The Philadelphia Ledger furnishes the following sketch of his life : Louis Kossuth, the President of Hunr gary, just declared an independent afid sovereign State, is described as one of the most remarkable men of the age. He has certainly shown talents of the most rare and extraordinary kind. Not only is he an orator of the most surprising power, but he proves to be a statesman of consummate foresight, and a chief, civil and military, both bold and prudent. He was born in a little ! village of the north of Hungary, 'April 27, 1806, of a poor but noble family, at Sclavonic oTigin. The application and talents of the son, found him friends, who not only enabled him to finish his studies, but also con tinued to assist him subsequently. In 1835, when a strong opposition existed against the Austrian government in the Hungarian Diet, Kossuth was employed to conduct aft opposition paper, and he learned stenography for the purpose of giving true reports of the Diet, which had been discouraged by the government, and issued them, with immense labor, in manuscript, to escape the censorship. A great number of persons were employed to copy, and the report was sent litho graphed to every part of the country. This extraordinary manner of proceeding surprised the government. Kossuth was subsequently secretly seized and confined in prison for three years. 1 his unjust imprisonment rendered him very popular and a year afterwards, assuming the edi torship of a paper published in Peslh, its circulation rose to 16,000 copies. Be sides opposing the Austrian Government on general questions, it brought to light manv abuses of administration, both local and general, which, when known, sur prised the people. It was very soon after its establishment to be seen in the hands of almost every peasant.- It did more. also, for the spread and general use of the Hungarian language, than all the laws of the Diet together. Germans and Schla voniahs who had formerly paid little at tention to that language, now learned it, to be able to read a paper that excited so much the public mind. The government, not being able to suppress it, bribed the publisher to discharge him from the edi- Ltorial control. i He then turned his attention to found ing societies for establishing and encour aging domestic manufactures, and for constructing public roads, and in six months after the founding of the "pro tection" by Kossuth, more than half of the Hungarian people were pledged to wear only articles of domestic manufac ture, by which they were rendered inde pendent of Austria for these necessary articles. In the Hungarian Diet which met at Presburg, Nov. 11, 1847, Kossuth was elected deputy from Pesth to the lower house, in which he took from that moment a leading part in the great and liberal reforms that were going on in Hungarv, and of which the world at large seems to have been known but little. He was at the head of the deputation, which, the 16th March, demanded and obtained from the Emperor a separate Hungarian Ministry. From this time forth he was the soul of the Hungarian Diet. As dangers and difficulty came, his influence increased. On the 1 1 th of June, he be came the finance minister. June 17th broke out the war with the Servians. August 25th withCroatia. September 20th Jhe was , president of the ministry. September 26th, appears j the 'Imperial Manifest,1 which produced the open rup ture between Hungary and Austria. At the head of the committee of safety, Kossuth now conducted Hungarian af fairs. His history since is that of Hun gary itself. ' Such is the extraordinary man who is now playing so conspicuous a part in the , drama of Jburopean affairs. , ' No. 19. A SINGULAR PHENOMENON. The New York Courier says : A gentleman who has resided along time in San Antonio, and who witnessed the late epidemic in that place, states that the water of the San Antonio river, which is celebrated for its purity, and could at any other time be used after standing several days, was unfit for use during the prevalence of the cholera, when kept a iew nours. in less than hall a day a vesselfilled with water from the stream emitted an offensive smell, similar to bilge water. The rain water, too, that collected in pools in the street would be covered with a green scum the day after it fell. In addition to this singular phe nomenon, the air was filled with a light substance similar to the down of a thistle, which could easily be discerned with the naked eye by lookivg towards the sun. The particles, when examined,' disclosed minute green specs, covered, like the seeds of some plants, with a substance that gives them buoyancy. These facts. however strange they may appear, are from reliable authority; and however effectually the animalcula? doctrine mav have exploded, there is, in this instance, a seeming connexion between the cholera and the phenomenon alluded to, which ments investigation. AN AFFECTING INCIDENT. It is long since a funeral in New Or leans has occasioned more sincere and general sympathy than did that of the lamented Gaines on Thursday. Many a heart felt the secret pangs of grief, and bled with unaffected sorrow, all unknown to the outward world -unnoticed by the vulgar gaze! Ah incident of an affecting character occurred while the body was being taken to the lake, going to demon strate that under the rough exterior the finest feelings of our nature he conceal ed. When the coffin, with its sable drapery, was placed on one of the cars, an old man approached it, and laying his hand 1 npon it, exclaimed, with much emotion: "farewell, old friend! I was with you at Fort Erie!" and, turning away, wept j like a child. This example was followed by one Twho wore the habih ments of the laborer in humble life. Lay ing his brawny hand upon the coffin, he. too, with feeling said: "rare well, old friend!" while the tears of grief coursed down his sun-burned cheek. Who can tell what these hearts felt? A' O. Picayune A GOOD EXAMPLE. Our readers will recollect (says the Richmond Republican) that not long since a quarrel occurred between two o the members of the French National As sembly, in which one struck the other in the face. This affair, so common in our House of Congress as to create but slight sensation, and never to be visited by any thing but a formal reproof, and rarely ever by that, produced a great ex citement in the National Assembly. Pro ceedings were at once institued to inquire into the facts, to punish the guilty party, and avenge the violated dignity of the legislative body. We now see, by the Paris correspondent of the National In telligencer, that the tribunal before whom Eugene Raspael, the representative who struck another was tried, has sentenced him to a fine and two years imprisonment for the public outrage and private violence! We venture to say that. there will be no more rowdy scenes in the National Assembly. Let our own Congress imitate this dignified example.- Raleigh Star. So say we. i IRON STORES. Five iron stores, says the N. Y. "Sci entific American," have been erected on the corner of Murray and Washington streets, in this city, by Mr. E. II. Lang. Each store is 20 by 56 feet long, and they have been erectea wunoui airi, ousue, bricks or mortar, the usual attendants of brick I houses, which incommode our streets more than any other thing we know of. Each slory is. supported b rows of fluted pilasters, the courses be tween which are completely bolted, and the seams of pannels completely covered and concealed from the view by an orna mental cornice. Thus the walls are in fact one solid iron block, capable of supporting an immense weight. There are about 150 tons of iron in the buildings. The first row of pillars and pannels was cast at the West Point Foundry, the 3d and 6th at the Novelty Works, and Jame's Works, and the 2d and 4th at Burdon's Works in Brooklvn. The cornice and ornaments are made by W. L. Miller, 40 Eldridffe street. The mason work requi red was done by Messrs. A. & J. White, and the carpenter work by Samuel martin. The entire cost is stated to be about 20,000. They have been put up in the course of two months. The only danger hnildinir8 is the appiKlll-uuvu " rp, . nvnn.;o ntiiro nf the metal Ibis should be guarded against as well is pos sible. : M . ...,V CUTTING ADCURING CLOVER. Clover should be cut as soon as it comes into blossom; and after laying in the svtarth until it wilts, it should be put into eU, to complete the curing. In stacking it away, a peck of wZt should be sprinkled over each ton of the hay, as it is being, formed into stacks If thus cured, and this precaution of salting be observed, the hay will be greener, more fragrant, and less liable to loose its" leaves on being subse quently handled, in being fed out to the stock, and, withal, 'will be much more grateful to their palates. If the further precaution were taken to stack, layer and layer about, straw with the clover hay, the former would imbibe the fragrance of the latter, and be as acceptable, if not as nutricious, to the cattle as the clover hay itself. ' This might' occasion a little: exfos trouble, but when one is securing a winter supply of provender for his stock, that consideration should not be permitted to weigh a grain in the balance; lor, inde pendent of the pecuniary benefit which is sure to enure to the careful husbandman who may encounter .this additionable trouble, that higher and more ennobling sentiment, arising from the humanity of the thing, should, and will, more than compensate him, as there is nothing which brings a richer reward to the virtuous breast than the consciousnes of its pos sessor having performed his whole duty. A PEEP AT FASHIONABLE LIFE. A couple of lawyers who do not circu late among the 'upper ten desirous of penetrating into the secrets of fashionable life, adopted the singular experiment of mounting upon one anothers shoulders. and peeping into windows. Several ladies in a fashionable mansion on Fourth street the other night, were assembled in their parlor around a work table, chatting and conversing gailv. when a man tumbled heels over head into their midst. One of the two lawyers mentioned above had mounted upon the other s shoulders, in a kind of craw-fish fashion, and was luxuri ating in the loveliness of the fair one's there assembled, when theother, througu treak onvhim, gave a sudden lurch, and sentrhis colleague headlong into the room. The master of the house, alarmed at the cries of the ladies, came into therootn and rejected the gentleman as suddenly as he had entered. So much (or ghmp. ses of fashionable life. Cincinnatti Nonpareil. A TRUE CHRISTIAN: A man to be a true Christian must be perfectly contented with his situation in life. Reader, if you should see a mart who is forever repining at his lot, is bad tempered, and frequently speaks ill of his neighbor, no difference what may be his professions, or to what Church he may be attached, upon our authority doubt his sincerity. When we see such characters we all at once conclude they are wolves in sheep's clothing. . Correspondence of the IfyUimore Patriot Washington, June 16, 1849. I send you for publication an important re port, just made by Professor Bache, Superin tendent of the Coast Survey. It will be found to give important information in regard to tha most dangerous point of navigation on our coast Cape Hatteras; and will be useful to all engaged in navigation : OFFICIAL. Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey to the Secretary of the Treasury, relating to Hatteras cove, Hatteras inlet ami BulVs bay9 on the coast of North and South Carolina. Coast Survey Station, Near Annapolis, Maryland, June 11, 1849. Sir': I have received from Lieutenant Commanding J.-N. Maffit, U. S. N., assistant in the Coast Survey, information in regard to the results of reconnoisances made bv him, which are of considerable importance to nav igators, and which I have the honor to lay before you, with a view to their publication. They relate to a cove which has been formed since 1845, by the extension of Capo Hatteras to the inlet southward and westward of Cape Hatteras. formed in 1846, and to the use of Bull's bay, on the coast of South Carolina as a-harbor of refuge. Sketches of these recon noisances will be at once published. 1. Hatteras cove lies to the westward of the extreme point of Cape Hatteras, is sheltered from the north east and affords good anchor age in four of five fathoms water, with a bot tom of "soft blue mud." From the anchorage Hatteras light bears NNE., distant about one mile and a half. Since 1845 the SW., spit of Hatteras has made out nearly three-eights of a mile. 2. Hatteras inlet is twelve miles to south ward and westward of the cape. Twelve feet can be carried over the bar on the ocean side, and there is secure anchorage in five fathoms water. The entrance -with a pilot is easy. Lt. Maffits statements refer only to the use of the inlet as a harbor of refuge. 3. Bull's Bay is about twenty three miles North of Charleston, on the coast of South Carolina. Thirteen feet can be carried across the bar at low water spring tides, ue rise and fall of which is six and three quarters feet To efiter, "bring the NR. bluff, a point of Bull's island to bear NW: by W., (by com pass,) and run far it When within three quarters of a mile of the point, steer N. three quarters W., until it passed. Then follow around the ehore and anchor at pleasure in soft bottom." '.'In leaving the bay, keep away until the outer spit is cleared, which bears SE. by S. from the bluff part of Bull's island, distant three and a quarter miles." - Very respectfully, vours. tew w w - V- a n T A. D, BACHE, Superintendent U. S. Coast Survey. ? Hon. W. M. Meredith, Sec'y of the Treasury. in- A 1 1