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' . - au franwut adeUieiU mat be pre-paid to b iwrtioet. ... , ar Notice to partiea litijrant, hem. dirorre, attach- meat, and aH Iciral otter. if aot pre-paid, will be charj e4 to tb aturaay ordrrinc tbc same robtiahr. : , mr in tbia paper are pnUiabed the Lawa.BewlntioB ad Treaties of tbe United States, and the Lav aad lwlatiea of the Temtorr el Orejron , by authority. lVi. 1 - f llbay of tlte Hrfriff will weep otct the mem- ef loss sosier Drexner, pcrcnance a ooMmi a- a fetter, Mdiac the followine; briBiaat an j toSKWc lines. - -5r-r , , ; .,; For The Kew York. Dailylfew. , , Ucs , .' . . ., OX THB RE-CtTKBlIEtT T1IE CE3IKTERT AT 'nUHKTOKr, Y-, T Trie SKATS w.EXTt'C 1 lajrat tfWO FfUX AT THl BATTLS OT Bl'CXA 1HT. ?f ' - ,!.MCofctaasMiuBiUonutRitr,iT. - , Th aanffled dmm'ajwd roll has best , " ' Tto soWier's Issl tattoo ; . . Ko more oil life's parade shall meet. That brare and fallen few. On Fame's eternal camping ground. . ; ... Their silent tents are spread j And flory raards with solemn round f " The hironac of the dead. til .-. - - ' " s" Kernasor of the foe's advance" ' Kow swells wpon the winds tronbled thonrht at midnight haunts Of loved ones left behind; So vision of the morrow's strife ; 1 i . The warrior' dream alarma r Kor brayios; horn, nor screaming fife, ! -At dawn shall call to arms, , . Their shirer'd words are red with rust. Their plumed heads are bowed, ' ' - : Their naughty banner trailed in dust, . Is Mr their martial shroud - . jiad plenteeos raneral tear hare washed " . The red stains from each brow, ' And the proud forms by battle gashed, ' Are free from anguish now. . ' ' ' . Tbe neighina; troop, the gashing blade,' The trumpet's stirrms; blast . . The charge, the dreadful cannonade, . ' The din and shost are past. Xor war's wild note, nor glory's peal Shall thrill with fierce de&cnt.. k: Those breasts that nerer more may feel - The rapture of the fight. - . ' Like the dread Northern hurricane, ' That sweeps his broad plateau. --. . Flushed with the triumph yet to gain, Came down the serried foe. Who heard the thunder of the frar, ' Break o'er the 6eld beneath. " . -,- Kaew well the watchword of that day . , Was ".Victory or Death." ; Twas in that hour our chiefs command Called to a martyr's rrare, - The flower ef his own jov'd land, . - The nation's fiar to ssre. . By rivers of their father's gore, '"' His first born laurels grew, And well he deemed the sons would pour , t Their lires for glory too. . Fall many a norther's breath has swept. O'er Angnstnra's plain; r " And long the pitying sky hath wept, -; Abore its moulder d slain. The raven's scream, or eagle's flight. Or shepherd's pensive lay, Alone awakes each sullen hight, ' " That frowned o'er that dread fray. '.. Sod of the dark and bloody ground, ' . Te must aot slumber there. Where stranger steps and tongues resound, ' ' Along the heedless air. Your own proud land's heroic soil, ' ' i. Shall be your fitter.gTave; ', She e'a'i" from War his richest spoil. The ashes of bet brave. , Bo "neaih their parent turf they rest. Far from the gory field, . -. Borne to a Spartan mother's breast, ; - 7 f On many a bloody shield. ... ' The sunshine of their native sky, Smiles sadly on them here, ' ' . And kindred hearts and eyes watch by The hero's sepulcher. ,: , . ' Rest on embalmed and sainted dead. Dear as the blood ve gave; Xo impious footstep here shall tread . "' The herbage of your grave. . , . Nor shall your glory be forgot, .. While Fame her record keeps, ' ' Or Honor points the hallowed spot, ' : .1 Where Valor proudly sleeps. ; Ton marble minstrels voiceful stone, J ' " ; In deathless sonps shall tell, -' " - - When many a vanished age hath Sown ' ; The story how ye f elL . ' ' - '."Nor wreck, nor change, nor Winter's blight, t Nor Time's remorseless doom, ..'.'. ' Shall dim one ray of holy Kgbt, ' r. i .That gilds your glorious tomb. - WbaT wa DIK. It appears from the rebort wf Seeretarv Guthrie, of the Treasarv Department, that during the year ending June 30. lfcifi, b,S43. 370 gallons of wine, spirits, and malt liquor have been imported into this country. The total value of these drinkables is $6.176,939 a snug liquor bill for Uncle Sam to foot up. Brandy, we regret to say. forms the largest item in the bill ; 115,- 717 gallons have been consumed, at a cost of near ly 3,000,000. The grain spirits imported fall a Uttle-below brandy in quantity, (1,532,132 gal lons,) but much below in value, $772,276.). ii'ear ly a million of other spirits" besides are consum ed, at an expense of 2t8,0O0.' On tbe other hand, we are glad to see that claret and other wines Now in a wholsoroe stream thus indicating a growi lng Mifh nation for continental beverages and con tinental temperance. Over a million and a half fallens f claret and nearly 700.000 callons of other red wines were imported, at an average cost of about 960,000. We havo drank also 1,100,000 iraUdns of English and Scotch ale, which is another encouraging symptom as shewing appetite for malt liquors in preference to pernicious spirits. The importations of Maderia, Port, and Sicily wines have fallen off ; the supply of sherry, how . ever, has increased from 44.6t gallons in 1843. to 400.000 gallons in 1856. The recent modifications in the tariff will undoubtedly increase Uncle Sam's oonsnmntion of imported drinkables. It is to be reoretted. we think, that all duties on light wines ale, dee, had not been removed. Ae York Mxrrmr. WTom Thumb, whose miniature body made half of tbe monster fortune which Barnnm flour ished with for a while, was a passenger in the Per sia, for Europe, on her last trip ont. correspond- -nt, writing of the voyage says: : ' ' ' : V e. Everything has passed off harmoniously with oar pleasant and numerous passengers, among whom General Tom Thumb has ngnred most reanspicuensly ; free from the annoyance of Mai dt mer, no has been on deck in all weathers, and with .his litdia-raubeT coat, cloth cap, and thick boots, -haa played the part of a miniature sea captain .often with a eigar nearly as long as himself in his month, which some f the full grown smokers ha.ve often knelt upon the deck to afford the im- . portant personage a light not a meal has the Gea- rlypBiea, tu turn uiaaer ne sips nis wine .wit), u much cmsto as aav m rawac. Kor iku tha onl v sttcosnplislrments of which the tinv 4anc can boast ; he plays an excellent hand ataay nnw f cards, in which amusement he nasses much of his time, and apeaks of his losings and innim with a air ot a mas of the world, and avs as only drinks brandy ecasionaU. Hear in. anrlnv has bronarht us to the conclusion that Gen. Tom Thumb i fast specimen of Young 'America, who has afforded h fawweiigers a -vast fmd of amnsement. Ii is a nitv that . his nrnd - could not have better cultivation for it is not with I'? kSAHKi. BOSH, 1 tVbat la Ufc, and How to Bajoy It. ;. " WhatUlife! 'tl. botavapor, . , Soon It vanishes away , ' ' t Life is like a dyins; taper, - '.' O, my souL whs wish toaUv' ? So sejtb tbe poet; but is it so? . Many indeed, viewing this life in comparison witb another, do seem, to think it is nil vanity.- nn iucn is not trie case, I woqld not wish to be understood to saj, that this life is all w Dave to five. : It is rather a preparation for another. A pilgrimage it has been call- ea. in going through this pilgrimage, we should always keep tbe end in view. We are to. take a straight path. .We know, when We "wish to make a straight track through the snow, ire will be more likely to do it by keeping some object in view which lies at tbe end of it. So it is with life. We must, to enjoy life, hare a knowjaJjiygr-it author a4 n- wmtcrm6slTn oar tKoughTs. ' Enjoying life 'does not consist in eating," drinking and ' being merry. . This should not constitute; the life of a human being. ' He was made for a higher end than to be a mere animaL lie has faculties to be improved. lie has two natures; the one physical, the other spiritual. ' Tbe one is the support of the other.' The exercise of all the faculties peculiar to one of these natures could not keep up life. If a man takes rare of his body ouly, all his higher powers will wither. Oa the other hand, if he improves his mind, neglecting hU body, . his physical frame will soon perish. ... ' Man's spiritual nature. I conceive to be formed of tbe intellectnal, the moral, and the emotional . To enlov life these must be blended together. One "does not need riches to enjoy life. Neither, indeed, does he need high intellectual endowments. One greatest thing we need is a disposition to make things j appear in their, most favorable light. " In order to do this perfectly, we must have faith that to God's people everything must work for good. - We. can all be of his peo ple, if we wish.- He has revealed to us the way. A man with a cheerful disposition, one disposed to take everything as it comes, may enjoy life. This enjoyment, however, is not to be compared to that of one who has had raauy afflictions, which affected him deeply, but who is soothed by the thought that tbey came from Uod, for accomplishing some design for oar future good. If you wish to enjoy life to the end, you must, in deed, keep the end in view. J. S., in Crit ic antcM.) Seeletos' of a Fashionable Srrhos. The following, from the Knickerbocker, is a well merited burlesqne on the style of dis courses too common in these days of dandy jack graduates, anxious to show off their slight smattering of superficial learning, without knowing bow to apply it: Text "And he killed the Fatted Calf." Introduction Not necessary to say much about the Prodigal Son, for nearly every weal my family nas a specimen of its own, and needs no enlightenment on the subject. Divide the subject into fire beads. 1st Speak of the calf, and inform vour hearers how a calf should bo fatted. Give him all tbe milk of two cows, except a tin cup full now and then for the baby. Ilere you can make some learned remarks about the milky-way, the belt l Jupiter, and Lora Ross' telescope. 2J He killed the fatted calf, but not ou ly the Scriptures, but Joscphns and the Fa thers are profoundly silent on the question how he killed it. As this was more than a thousand years before the invention of fire arms or gunpowder, the presumption is that the old roan didn't shoot the critter, bat pitched into him with a club for elubs are very ancient institutions. '' 3d Explain why the old gentleman, in stead of calf, did'nt kill a shoat make a one-horse barbacne and have a real time of it. 4th Inform your hearers what the word calf means when used iu Greek, Latic, Choctaw or Lockjaw.' 5th Dwell pathetically upon the melan choly degeneracy of the present age, evinced by tbe fact that fatners now-a-days, instead of treating a runaway son to a " fatted calf," are pretty apt 1 to treat him to a hasty plate of soup," made from the hide of the calf maternal progenitor. Conclusion Throw, in a little geology; talk learnedly about '"grapewade".. and transition conglomerate." Wind up the discourse with a most eloqueut, affecting ap peal to the consciences of your bearers on the Durham breed ot cattle. . Carrying Home Bcxdles. Many people hare a contemptible fear of being seen to carry any bundle, however small, having the absurd idea that there is a social degrada tion in the act. The most trifling as well as the most weighty packages must be sent home to them, no matter how much . to the inconvenience of others. There is a pride that is higher, that arises from a conscious ness of there being something . in 'the indi vidual not to be affected by such accidents worth 'id weight -of character.' This latter pride was exhibited by the son of Je rome Napoleon Bonaparte. While he was iii college he was one day carrying to his room a broom he hart just purcnasca, wucu he met a friend, wfljo noticing the broom, with surprise exclaimed, " Why do you not have it sent home!" "I am not ashamed tocarry; anything which belongs to me.f was the sensible reply of young Bonaparte. Lord Utanlfy. Red Hair. It is a pity that girl has red hair; said a thoughtless, ignorant woman, as she -looked upon a bcantilul gin. upon which the Portland Tribune says: . 7 A pity, hey? Where's the pity? With her beautiful skin, bright eyes, and rosy cheeks, what is so becoming as the hair na ture gate berr . Ton seldom see a person with red hair who has not a fiue complexion, and yet you condemn it. . Did you know that many of Our talented women had sandy hair? Who will not say that red hair is prevalent among men of genius and talents? Shakespeare and MiUoo bad red hair, ana so had LAfavette. Jeai ana uongienow have sandy hair, .and so have Greeley Sev erance, aud Greene: three of our distin- c-nLshed editors e of whom is in Con gress. - If we mar believe the account of historians, the Savior of the World had red hair, which flowed over his shoulders. . Who then will despise red hair? '. If there u a person who lacks wisdom and discre tion, it is. the iudividual who jvil make such a remark as the one above. In Debt and Out of Debt; Of what a hideous progeny of ill is debt me laineri wriat, meanness,, wuat inva sions oft self-respect, what cares, what double dealing! .. '.How, in due season, it "will carve me :ranK, open face into wriukles; how, like a amie, 'twill stab the honest heart. And then its transformations! '. How it has been known to chancre a eoocHf face into a mask or brass; how. with the damned custom of debt, has the true man, become a callous trickster! A freedom from debt, aud what nourishing sweetness may be found in cold' water; what toothsomeness in a dry crust; what ambrosial nourishment in a hard esrc! Be sure of it, he who dines out of debt. though his meal be a biscnit and an onion. dines in " The. .W'- ,f " "" IT'i, the tailor's receipt be in your pocket; what Tyrian purple in the faded waistcoat, the vest not owed for; how glossy the well-worn bat if it cover not the aching'head of a debt or! Next the home-sweets, the out-door re creation of the free man. The street door falls not a knell on kis heart; the foot ou the staircase, though he live on the third pair, sends no spasms through his anatomy; at the rap of his door he can crow forth " come in," and his pulse stilt beat health fully, his heart sink not in his bowels.. See him abroad. How be returns look for look with any passenger; how he saunters; how, mectiug an acquaintance, he stands and gos sips! But then, this man knows not debt; debt, that casts a drug into the richest wine ; that makes the food of the gods unwhole- fsoulc indigestible; that sprinkles the ban quets of a Lucullu3 with ashes, and drops soot in the soup of an emperor; debt that like the moth, makes valueless furs and vel vets, enclosing the wearer in a festering prison, (the shirt bf Xessus was a shirt not paid for;) debt, that writes upon frescoed-! balls tbe handwriting of tbe attorney; that puts a voice of terror iu the knocker, that makes the heart quake at the haunted fire side; debt, the invisible demon that walks abroad with a man, now quickening his steps, now m'aking him look ou all sides like a hunted beast and now bringing to his face the ashy hue of death, as tbe unconscious passenger looks glanciugly upon him? Pov erty is a bitter draught, yet ruay, and some times may, with advantage, be gulped down. Though the drinker make wry faces, there may after all be a wholesome goodness in the cup. But debt however courteously it may be offered, is tbe cup of a Syren, aud the wine, spiced and delicious though it be, is poison. The man out of debt, though with a flaw in his jerken, a crack in his shoe leather, and a hole in his hat, is still tbe son of liberty, free as the singing lark above him; but the debtor, though clothed in the utmost bravery, what is he but a serf out upon a holiday a slave to be reclaimed at any instant by his owner, the creditorf My son, if poor, see wine in tbe running spring; let thy mouth water at a last week's roll; thiuk a threadbare coat the "only wear;" and acknowledge a whitewashed garret the fittest housing-place for a gentleman; do this, and flee debt. So shall thy heart be at peace and 'the sheriff be confounded. Douglass Jerrcld. Table Maxxers. The following extract from " The Widow Bedott Papers" satirizes tbe fashionable practice of guests flattering the entertainment of their hostess, while she on her part disparages it: " hat delightful biscuit, says Miss Grimes. " They are so," soys Miss Skin ner, " but Miss Gipson never ha3 poor' bis cuit." " Oh shawl" says Miss Oipson, "you aint in earnest; my biscuit is miserable not nigh so good as common. I don't think the flour's first-rate." " Miss Gipson, bow dew you make crackers?" says Miss Still- man ; " I never tasted none so gOou. 1 can make good crackers, but them's very poor; the oven wa'nt jest right when I put 'em in." "I must havo a piece of this cheese, it's so good," says Miss Lippincott. Where did you get it?" " Well, I got it of Old Daddy Sharpe; he ginnerally makes excellent cheese. 1 tell Mr. f ipson Old Sharpe's failed for once that's what I call poor cheese." " uew taste oi tuis pmm sass, Miss Peabody; they're delmous. It s a mystery to me how Miss U ipson always has such luck with her preserves. I never dew, and I always take pound for pound. tew." " " Ttiis apple jers the clearest I ever see," says old Mrs! Parker. " IIow did you make it. Miss Gipson? ' Didn't you do it in the sun? I'm sure it don't look as if it had been nigh the fire." " Now don't, Caroline, I was ashamed o' my - jel after seeing Mrs. Parker's, and I was a'most sorry I'd made any presar res since l u cat some ot Miss Peabody 8 and Miss bkmners, their n was so much nicer." ' '. . . i So they went on. The whipt cream and custard had to be gone over; Miss Gipsou had to tell jest how 'twas made what fla vorin she used, and all that though' she declared she was ashamed on't. The cake was praised up; they must know how much butter there was in this, bow many eggs it took for , that. &c. Miss Gipsou run it dowu; she could mako good cake, but some how 6he failed that . time. , a. person tnai didn't know how wimmen always go ou at such a place,' would a' tuought that Miss Gipson had ' tried to have everything the miscrablest she possioiy.couia, ana tue . rest of them had never had anything to hum but what was miserablcr yet. , ' Tarson Brownlow and his Patrons. The clerical dignitary who presides over the editorial columns of the Knoxville.Whig, a Black Republican Knownothing paper, has about as hard a set of patrons as any poor editor in the country.1 Iu one ' of the late, numbers of his paper, after a very affectiug anneal to their pockets, he makes the fol lowing propositions to induce .them to "call at the captains office and settle." Jle says: " Persons wishing to square up with us can now do bo. If, however, they : wish to get off at a cheaper rate, they cau withhold even these bills, aud we promise during the cominr vear to receipt them in full, through the paper forever, hud file our claims against them iu the High Chancery of Heaven, and Let them settle with their God in the world to come5. And to leave all , without excuse, we further agree to take Shanghai chickens, hoop-skirts, boot-jacks fcroom-corn, baby- jumpers, fishing-tackle, patent , medicines, BUWfc, ft,, o-. J i I Colt's revolvers, second hand tooth brushes, eincer-cakes, parched com,: circus tickets, or any other article found in a country retail store. '7.-.!'' . Death) la She Grcsn Room. . - .. On Saturday evening, while, one of , the largest and most" brilliant audiences ever seen in America was enjoying the splendid performance of Lindd sft Chamouni in the Philadelphia Academy of Mnsic; there was a scene of startling contrast behind tbe cur tain. .A very wortbt member of the female ch6ru., whose services, from her long expe rience, were rery valuable," died suddenly in the green robin, just as the opera was about to begin, of disease of the heart. It was a shocking and solemn incident, and created a great deal of agitation arudOg the perform ers, especially- among tbe tcnoristers, wbo bad so long been avsoeiat-i with her and It was soma time before fAe singers could recover their composure sufficiently to. ena ble them to go on. But the vast audience before the curtain knew nothing of tbe sad tragedy that bad occurred, and it was not deemed advisable to inform them of it. There was a delay of ten or fifteen minutes in the -commencement of tr.e performance; but then the curtain rose, aud tbe Swiss vil lagers appeared, smiling aid gay in their rustic costume, and no on$ thought that within a few yards of them lay the corpse of one of their number arrared like them in the bright dress of the canton. The prima donna aud all forced down thv emotions that the tragedy excited, and weni through with their parts with apparent -composure. The audience were more than usually enthusias tic and gay. Cheers aud braios greeted the prima douna, and bright boqiits were show ered at her feet. To the fewVho had heard of the grim intrusion of tuul King of Ter rors into the Temple of mirth and festivity, the scene before the curtain had in it some thing of tbe awful. It is not oten that a festal and a funeral scene are brought into such close contact. Philadefpkia Bulletin. Scandal The devil has a wouderful pen chant for rebuking sis. Eyes which are full of beams bare an unaccountable clearness of vision in detecting mote: in other's eyes. Some people are brought into the world to accomplish a marvelous mission, and that mission is to ferret out obliquities in others. Of course it is not expected that these apostles have any business with themselves; ' their mission is violeut, and does not admit of time to scrutinize their own position. What profit is it that they should stop to j consider their own pccadilloes, wheu the j enormities of their neighbors loom up like mountains. j So gbes' it the world over. Everybody minds everybody's business, but everybody I neglects his own. What sort of a world would this be, if we were without each oth er to feed upon? Men have eyes and ears for some purpose, and wbat else conld they find for them to do, if not to bear and see each other's failiugs, derelictions, ' errors, transgressions and enormities? They bare tongues which must stand uselessly idle, if not employed in giving currency to such de linquencies. So it is with man. Tbe obli quities of his offended brother furnish the chief staple of conversational ioterest. Hu man error is the current coin of intercourse, and too often the coin comes from the miut of the speaker's brain. Exchange. American Life. American life is but the agony of a fever. There is no repose for us. We push on in frenzied excitement tbrongh the crowds, the noise, the hot glare and dust of the highways, without turning for a moment to refresh ourselves in the quiet and shade of the by-paths of life. We have bat one object in onr rapid journey, and that is to get the start of our fellow-travelers. Our political equality, offering to all a chance for the prize of life, and thus encour aging every one to try his speed in the race, is no doubt a spur to the characteristic hur ry of Americans. Our institutions, how ever, arc not responsible for the prize we choose to strive for. There is no reason that we know of why a republican should hare uo other aim in life but to get richer than his neigh bor; but there are a thousand good reasons, t we value health and happi ness, why we should pursue other and high er objects. When the pursuit of wealth is tbe great purpose of life in so rapidly a pro gressive state of material prosperity as ex ists in our commercial communities, it re quires excln'sive devotion and the. highest strain of the faculties to succeed. J A fair competence, hdwever, is easily reached ;'and it we uau to care lor better tbuigs.'we would not strive for more. Bitter daEAsi. It 'is generally' known that cream becomes bitter from standing too long ou the milk. This is often the, case, but not unfrequeutly becomes so wheu allowed to remain 24 hours. Ibe best preventive is to place the milk : on the stove in a pan as soon as it is strained, ana let it almost boil. tnis win not prevent tue cream rising. Milk thus partially scalded will keep much longer than otherwiiwv , When tlio whole milk is. to be used without skimming, it is always preferable to scald' it when first re ceived from the milkman. The only excep tion to this plan is, when the milk will not bear , heating without curdling, a circnm stance ; not unfreqnent, as , those, who buy city milk cau aououatiuy testily. , . : bice headache. i nave Known the se verest headache to be helped, and the ner vous headache cured by some sympathizing person rubbing with the hands from the top of the head down, aud off tho shoulders, af- tcr uie uiuMuci iu uitu.uci . . auc most intense pain can' be soothed iu a few minutes by this simple remedy, remembering 'to carry the hands further away from the head when the downward pass is made. This will also help the toothache nine cases out of ten. Ohio Cultivator. V ': - ' t&" "Madam," said a doctor one day to the mother of a sweet healthy babe, "the ladies have deputed me to inquire what you do to have such a lovely, happy, uniformly good child?" The mother mused for a mo ment over the' strangeuess of the question, and then replied, simply and beautifully: M Why, God has given me a healthy -child, and I let it alone." .t.i ; - JQr " Youare .writing' my. bill 'oa very rough paper," fla'uj a client to bis Attorney. "Never mind," said the lawyer, " it bos to bo filed- before it comes iota ourt." ' " - 1 Stff Ex-President .Pierce has bought a sixty acre lot at Concord,! N7 H.i and will build a splendid residence, j-.-- i vc; " , . . BY AUfHQBlTT.. ; LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. THIMT-TIFTH C0SGRE3S THIRD SESSION. AN ACT L to authorise the i people of tbe Territory of Minnesota to form a consti tution and State government, preparatory to their admission in the, Union on an equal footing with the original States. : v Be it enacted bt the Senate and Hons of Representatives of .tbe United States of America, iu Conines assembled. That the inhabitants of that nnrtian of tin. Turrilnr. of Minsiessota which is embraced within tbe ftwgea-arfrttntic brtnnuaTfi CBannel" bf i tbe Red River of the North," where the boundary line between the United States ann the British possessions crosses tbe same thence up the mam channel of said river to that of the Boix des Sionx river ; thence the . main channel of said river, to Lake T ravers ; tbeuce up the centre of said Lake to tbe southern extremity thereof ; thence in a direct line to the head of Big Stone lake ; thence through its centre to its out let ; thence by a dne south line to the north line of tbe State of Iowa ; thence east along tbe northern boundary of said btate to tbe main channel of said State to the main chan nel of the Mississippi river ; thence up tbe main channel of said river, aud following the boundary line'of the State of Wiscon sin, untitl tbe same intersects tbe dividing between the United States and the British possessions ; thence up Pigeon river, and following such dividing line, to the place of beginning, and following such dividing line, to the place of beginning, be, and they ase hereby authorized to form for themselves a constitution and State government, by the name of the State of Minnesota, aud to come iu to tbe Union on an equal footins of the original State, according tu the fed eral constitution. . i ' Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That the said State of Minnesota shall have con current jurisdiction on the Mississippi and all other rivers and waters bordering on the said State of Minnesota, so far as the same shall form a common boundary to said State and any other State or States now or here after to be formed or bounded by the same; dnd said river and waters, and the navica- ble waters leading iuto the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of ssid State as to all other citizeus of the United States, without any tax, duty, impost, or interest toll there of. Sec. 3, And be it further.enacted, That on the first Monday iu June uext, the legal voters in each representative district, tbeo exisiting within 'the limits of the proposed State, are hereby authorized to elect two delegates for each representative to which said district may be entitled according to tbe apportionment for representatives to tbe Territorial legislature, which election for delegates shall be held aud and conduct ed, and the returns made, in all respects in conformity with tbe laws of said Territory regulating tbe election of representatives ; and the delegates so elected shall assemble at the capitol of said Territory on the sec ond Monday in July next, and first deter mine, by a vote, whether it is the wi6h of the people of the proposed State to be' ad mitted into the Union at that time ; and if so, shall proceed to form a constitution, and take all necessary steps for the estab lishment of a State government, in conform ity witb the federal constitution, subject to the approval and ratification of the people of the proposed State. . .. . .- ; Sec. 4. And be it further enacted. That in the evcut said convention shall decide in favor of the immediate admission of the proposed State iuto the Union, it shall be the duty of the United States marshal for the said Territory to proceed to take a cen sus or enumeration of the inhabitants with- iu the limits of the proposed State, nnder such rules and regulations as shall be pre scribed by the' Secretary of the Interior, with the view of ascertaining the number of representatives to w ich said State may, be entitled in the Congress of the United States and said Statc'shall be entitled to one rep resentative end such additional represents' lives as the population of the State shall, according to the census, show ; it would be entitled to according to the present ratio of representation. , - . , i .. - Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the following propositions be, aod the same is hereby,, offered to the .said convention of the people ot Minnesota lor- tneir tree ac ceptance or rejection, which, if ' accepted by the convention, shall bo obligatory on the United States aud upon the said State of Minnesota, to wit : . ,: i .., ., First.' That section . numbered sixteen and thirty-six in every township of public lands iu said State, and where either of said sections, or iu any part thereof, has been sold or otherwise disposed - of other lands, equivelant thereto and as contiguous as may be, shall be granted to said Stato for tbe use of schools. ' ' ' ' ' ' Second, i That seventy-two sections of laud shall be set apart and reserved ' for the use aud support of a State university, to be selected by the governor of said State, sub ject to the udproval of the Commissioner of the Geueral Land Office, and to be appro priated and applied in such manner as the legislature of said State may prescribe for the purpose aforesaid, but for uo other pur-nose..-; :.'!' i ii' .?:;;;.-- I:-1'.' i '' Third. -That ten entire sections of land,' to be se ected by the governor of said State in legal subdivisions, shall be granted to said State,' for the" purpose of completing the public buildings,-or for tbe erection of others at the seat of government, uudcr the direction of the legislature thereof. Fourth. ' '' That, all salt spriugs within That. the' said Stale, not exceeding twelve , in number,' with six sections of land adjoining, or as contiguous as may be to each, shall be granted to said State for its use ; the same to be selected by the governor thereof with in one yeor after the admission of said state and when so selected, ; 1o be used or dispo sed of on such j terms, and when so selected .conditions, and' regulations as the' egislar ture , shall direct : Provided, 'Ibat no sail snrinV or land, the rieht whereof is now vested in any individual or - individuals,' or P which may be hereaiter connrmca or aa- iudtred to any individual or individuals, snai by this article, oe grautea to saia oaie, t -Fifth. ""That five per centum of thV net proceeds of 6ales of 'all- public 'lands" lying withiu said State, which shall be sold by Congress after the' ndmission of said State into, the - Union, aftes deducting all the ex yeuses incident to the same, shall be paid to said State lot tbe purpose of making pub-. lie roads and internal improvements, as the legislature may direct : Provided, That the foregoing propositions herein offered are on the condition, that the said convention which Shall form the' constitution of said State shall provide, by a clause in said con stitution, or an ordinance, irrevocable with out the consent of the United States, that said State shall never interfere without the primary disposal of the soil wjthiB-thsasra ro.f-tK!giess may nuu necessary lor secur ing the title in said soil to bona fide purcha sers theredr ; and that no tax shall be im posed - on lands belonging to the United States,' aad that in no ease shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents Approved Feb. 26, 1857. ; , ; , - j AN ACT to divide the State of Texas into " two judicial districts; 7 Be it enacted bv the Senate and House of, Representatives of the United States of: America in Congress assembled. That the btate of lexas be, and the same is hereby, divided iuto two judicial districts, in the following manner, to wit : All the territory of tbe State of Texas embraced in the coun ties of Newton, Jasper, Jefferson, Orange. Tyler, Polk, Liberty, Galveston, Harris, Montgomery, Austin, Fort Bend, Brazoria, Coloradol WhartOD, Matagorda, Lavacca, Jackson, Calhonn, Sau Patricio, Nueces, Cameron, Starr, Dewitt, V ictoria. Goliad, Refugio,. Webb, and Hidalgo, as they exis ted in eighteen hundred and fifty-two, shall compose one district, to be called the east ern district of Texas ; and all the remain ing piut of the territory of tho said State shall compose another district, to be called the western district of lexas. . Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That there shall be held in each year four terms of the district eourt of the eastern district of Texas, two of which terms shall be be gun aud held at Galveston on tbe first Mon days in December and May, respectively ; and the other two shall be begun and held at Brownsville on the first Mondays of March aud October, respectively ; and four terms of the district court bf the western district of Texas shall be held in each year. two of which terms shall be begun and held at Anstin on the first Moudays of January and June, respectively ; and tbe other two shall be bejrun and held at Tvler on the first Moudays of March and November, res pectively ; aud the said courts are hereby authorized to hold adjourned terms wheu the business of said courts shall, in the opiniou of the judge or judges,' inay require- u. . - Sec 3. And be it further enacted. That all suits and proceedings of whatever name, or nature pending in tbe district conrt of Texas, at any of tbe places at which terms of the 6aid courts were enjoined to be held, ond which said places may be within the eastern district of Texas, shall be ' transfer red to the district court of tbe eastern dis trict of Texas, and such terms of the said district court were enjoined to be held, and which 6aid place's shall be transferred to the district court of the western district of Texas ; and this act shall not produce a discoutinuaucd of any snch suit or proceed- j iog, or of any ordfcr, issue, or process there in ; and jurisdiction is here given to the! said district courts respectively and perform 1 all duties appertaining to the said suits and procaedings, and to proceed to try and dis pose of the same as fully as the district court of Texas was authorized to do ; and all process, mesne or final, which may have issued, and shall be of as full force and ef fect as if the said district had not been di vided into two districts ; and all process which may bare issued from; any of the courts of Texas, iu any cause pending there in, or any penal or other process which may hereafter issne from any of the said courts to enforce any order, judgment, or decree; in any cause heretofore ended and determin ed therein shall be issued from aud . made returnable to the court in which, the said cause or the record thereof maybe, and may issue aud be executed by the marshal of the district from which issued in any part of the State., :' :. 7- ,-t -l . Sec., i, . And be it further enacted, That either of the. said district courts may,, ou application 6f , the parties defendant, , and for good cause shown, order any suit now pending,- and transferred to such court by this act, to be removed to the proper court of the other district for further proceedings; and thereupon the. clerk shall transmit all the papers iu the cause, with a transcript of all tbe proceeding and orders in. relation thereto, to the clerk of. the conrt to which the suit had been proceeding originally com menced therein. Sec. 5." And be it fnrther enacted, That the present jndge of tbe district of Texas be, and ' he is hereby, assigned to hold said courts, in tbe eastern district of Texas, and shall exercise the same jurisdiction and per form, the same duties within the said dis trict as he now exercises and performs with in his present district. - There ehall be ap pointed a district judge for the western dis trict of Texas, who shall possess the- same powers, aud do and perm all such duties in his district as. are now enjoyed, .or, in , any manner ascertain to , the preseut district jndge; for the district of 'Texas. And the district Judge of each district shall be enti tled to the same compensation as by law is provided for the preseut judge of . the dis trict of Texas! 7 ;.f ...... ',. ; Sec' 6.' And be it further enacted, That there be ' appointed one person as district attorney, and one person as marshal, for said western district, whose-terms of ap pointment and service, as wvll as. duties and emoluments, shall be the same . with those respectfully appertaining to the said offices in the district of Texas ; ' and ' said marshal shall giro the same bond that other marshals are required to give, to be approv ed and recorded as now,, directed by . law ; Provided, That the present district attor ney for the eastern district; bnt shall retain charge of all suits already commenced! until the final termination, unless the President of the United States shall otherwise direct ; &jid the nreseut marshal of the eastern - disH trict : during their respective and official . terms i - Set -T v- And be lt further enacted. 4.bat 'all suits, hereafter tobe brought in either of Eaid eourts, not of a local nature 'shall be' brought lu the court of the district where ' the defendant resides ;' but if there be more7 than one defendant, and they reside in dif-;: ferent districts, the plaintiff may issue iri" either, and send a duplicate writ against' the defendants, directed to thf marshal of ; the other district ; on which writ an'eri- dorsement shall be made, that the writ thus' sent ir' a c'opy ofa writ sued oaf of the court of the proper district ; and said writs? when executed aud retunrned into the of fice " from vh-nni tec. 1 1 . .mwj ..-ouvil, 0111 tUUBU- lute one suit, and be proceeded irf accord' Ingly - ' ' - - - : - - AN ACT more effectually to enforce the at- tendence of witnesses on tbe summons of : either House of Congress, and to compel 7 them to discover testimony. , - ; ; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of. Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person summoned as a witness by the author--ity of either Honse of Congress, to give tes timony or to produce papers upon any mat-, ter before either House, or any committee ; of either House of Congress, who shall wil- ; fully make default, or who, appearing, shall refuse to answer any question pertinent to the matter of inquiry in consideration before the House or committee by which he shall t be examined, shall, in addition to the pains and penalties now existing, be liable to ia- dictment as and for a misdemeanor in any court of tbe United States having jurisdic tion thereof, and, on conviction, shall pay a . fine not exceeding one thousand dollars and not less than one hundred dollars, and suffer t imprisonment in the common jail net less than one mouth nor more than twelve . months.- . Sec 2: And be it further enacted. That no person examined and testifying before " either House of Congress, or any committee of either House, shall be held to answer crim inally in any court of justice, or subject to any penalty or forfeiture for any fact or act touching which he shall be required to testi fy before either House of Congress or any committee of either House as to which be. -" shall have testified, whether before or after the date of this act; and that no statement made or paper produced by any witness be-. -fore either House, shall be competent testi- . mony in any criminal proceeding against such -witness in any court of justice; and no wit ness shall hereafter be allowed to refuse to testify to any fact or to produce any paper touching which he shall be examined by ei ther House of Congress, or any committee of either house, for the reason that his testi mony touching f uch fact or the production of such paper may tend to disgrace him or . otherwise render him infamous: Provided, -That nothing in this act shall be construed . to exempt any witness from, prosecolioa and punishment for perjury committed by him in . testifying s& aforesaid. Sec. 3. And be it farther enacted. That when a witness shall fail to testify, as pro- vided in the previous sections of this act, i and the facts shall be reported to tbe Honse it shall be the duty of the Speaker of the House or the President of the Senate, to cer tify the fact, nnder tbe seal of the House or Senate, to the distriet attorney for the Dis trict of Columbia, whose duty it shell be to bring the matter before the grand jury for their action. -' 1 ' Approred March 3, IS57. AN ACT relating to foreign coins and' tt tbe coinage of cents at the mint of the United States. ' Be it enacted by the Sente and House of Representatives : of the United States of America in ' Congress assembled. That the pieces commonly Known as the quarter, eigtb, and sixteenth of the Spanish pillar1 dollar, and of the Mexican dollar, shall be ' receivable at the treasury of. the United' States, and its several office?, and at the ! several post offices and land offices, at the ! rates of valuation following, that is to asy, the fourth of ai dollar, or piece bf two reals, at twenty cents ; the eighth of a dollar, or ' piece bf one real, at ten cents, and the six teenth of a dollar, or half of a real, at five cents. " .' . . Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said coins, when so. received,, shall not again be paid out, or put in circulation, but shall be re-coined at the mint.. And it shall be the duty of the director of the .mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to prescribe such regulations as may be necessarry aud , proper, to secure the transmission to the mint for re-coinage,' and the return or distribntion of the pro-, cccds thereof, when deemed expedient, and to prescribe such forms of account as may be appropriate and applicable to the cir cumstances : Provided, That the expenses, incident to such transmission or distribu-. tion, ; and of re-coinage, shall be charged against the account of silver profit and loss, and the net profits, if any, shall be paid, from time to time into , the treasury of the United States. . - Sec. ,3. And be It farther enacted. That all former acts authorizing the currency of; foreign gold or silver coin, and declaring the same a legal tender la payment for debt are hereby repealed ; but it . shall be the duty of the director of the mint to. cause assays to be made, from time to time, of, such foreign coins as may be kaown to our commerce, tj determine their average weigt gnencss, and value, and to embrace in bis annual report a statement, of the results thereof.' . 7 . Sec. 4. And be it further enacted. That from and after the passage of this act, the standard weight of the cent coined at the -mint shall '., beseventy-two grains, or three-, twentieths of one ounce troy, with no great er deviation Iban four grains in each piece j and said eent shall be composed of eighty eight per centum of copper aud twelve per centum of nickel, of such shape and device , as may be fixed by the director of the mint, with tho approbation of the the Secretary of the Treasury ; and the coinage of the' half cent shall cease. t Sec 5. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer of the mint, nnder the instruct , tion of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall, from time time, purchase of the bullion fund of the mint tbe materials necessary for the coinage of snch cent piece, and trans fer the Game to the .roper operative officers of tbe mint to be tnanafactcred and return- in eoia,7 And the laws in force relating to ta-rxunthnd tbe coiuace of the prceiotBS ' I metals; and ini iregard. to ibe saJe and" dis- tnbutiou ot taw eeppw ceias, scan, ao uk- l I out considerable capacity. .