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VOLUME 7,
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NUMBER 15.
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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. , ,
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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, ; -
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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. .