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SALEM, OREGON TERErtDRt JULY 21, 1 857.'
VOLUME 7.
NUMBER 19.
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Tnta4tMM4 weekly, at Ave doTUm per annwn,
if mi paid villus : tow dollar r """
If plilMnsii mor -Mf three dolUm per anum.
'1::-, Wa4ta. attach-.
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bit sa wrivrta 1 .iatSc lau.ridB-iat
twe-a when it r T?J? L!T
Si TaaUiTetl tediTMaal wha J muy aa'.wes christians, witiont the njt BhwNtoniac!i, in' lielpinj
Kjin irt - ? Jot raoayar paraide oravfSfc.TheTVHwrtiich had hecamn
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""V'W 3 S0 apjUJVO KEW TIMES.
aj itacBAKic. ,-
boM tanMr,ay lads,nnr necftanlr1 tool. .
Ym K-nd JUr Tar I,amm'r9
Brin yrMalleta and PUnes. yonr LeTel and
Lia,
Ant plenty f Tins of American Pin. ,,
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be
" 4 povernsseat firm, and onr citizens free.
Cw, np wuh the Plates lay them firm on the
wall;
Ul the people at large, they're the ground-work
- efaU
Examine them well, and see th.nt they're ronnd.
Let ne rotten parts ia oar building be found
For roots, -c., A.c
Now hand Tip the tSTrders lay each in its place ;
Between them the Joints mnst divide ail the ynaee ;
T.ika 'intrreaa men these should lie level aloiir.
Like Girdt-rs onr Senate prove loyal and stron
For onr roof, &o Jtc..
The Eaftera now frame, year King-Post and Jtra- j Sniper presented publicly a new pair of pant
ces. . ...... aloons to replace those torn by the misera-
AaJ drive your Tins home te kcepall.ntlicirpla- b,e wretchf Bni, OHr dear cler?yinan mme-
Lt wiXm and stwn-th in the fabric combine, ! dintely put them on, thanking the devout
And vonr Tins all be made of American Pine. donor at the same time in a neat and race-
For rar own roofs we raise, and onr son; Mill j
still i
. shall be
A government strong and onr citizens free.
Our Kinjr-rosts and Judges how upright they
stand.
Supporting the Brae? the laws of the land ;
The Itws of tha land, which divide right from
wronp.
And strengthen the weak, by weak'ning the
tron?.
For onr roof, Ac..
Laws equal and jnst for a people all free.
lp np with the Rafters, each frame is a State:
I low nobly they rise ! their span, too, how prvat '
From the north to the south, o'er the w holo they
extend.
And rest on the Wails while the wall they defend.
For onr roof, Ac-,
Combined in strength yet a citizen free.
Xow
enter the
Furlins, and drive yonr Fins
thronrh.
" And mtSU yoa Joint a aro drawn Ixmwo
andoU
trite;
The Pnrlins will bind all the rafters together
The strength of the whole shall defy wind and
weather:
For onr roof, A.c,
United, as States, and as citizens free.
Come, rise np onr dome, now onr glory and priJe
In the centre that stands, o'er the whole to pre
side ;
Then-Mis of C'oi.rw BI t eball view with delipht
Its riLLARand AKCHE.S.aud towering height.
For our roof, Ac
' A national Head o'er a people all free.
Hnzx. bit brave boys ! onr work is complete
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Its streug-th against tempests and
i n worm saaiiAumirei "i.i woi i. ,
time shall
be
proof.
And millions shall come to dwell under our Roif,
. Whilst we drain the deep bowl, onr toast still
shall be,
Our government firm, and onr citizens free.
IxMklnx Stack.
Over tha moor the wailing wind
Was floating like a knell
Its mournful cansie on the sea
Like solemn dirges fell ;
Then to the sonl 'twould gently waft
A mnsieal refrain,
-. That tonehed a eord like that of some
Almost forgotten strain.
Althonph the wintcry wind without
Was wailing ronnd the door.
The welcome firelight bright within
Was dancing on the floor ;
In silence deep an old man sat
Before the tire alone.
He noticed not the cheerfnl light.
Heard not the wild wind's moan.
But with a deeply mournful heart,
lie wanderea o'er the past,
' Xnd many olden memories
Came thronging thick and fast ;
Before the altar now he stood,
A loved one by his side.
And vowed to love and cherish her,
His young and happy bride.
. He felt her hand within his own.
Her kiss upon his cheek.
Until he almost lost his breath.
To hear his loved one speak ;
He saw the lovelight of her eye,
Like that of Heaven's blue.
The love of one pure heart was his,
A heart sincere and tme.
With spirit bowed the poor old man.
Looked back throngh blinding tears
To other days that long had slept
S. Within the tomb of years;
fie saw the old familiar house
' ' . That stood beneath the hill.
And o'er the windows low it seemed
The woodbine clambered stilL
' He listened, and he thought he heard
The music of the stream.
. Along whose bank his children lovod
To wander and to dream ;
And then be went his homeward way,
The toils of the day were o'er,
- His children met kirn at the gate.
His wife was ia the door.
The old clock struck the charm had gone,
The old man's dream had flown.
He found he still mast journey on
Life's weary way alone ;
. He felt he'd meet his " loved and lost,
With them would wear a crown.
When be had passed away from earth,
"His life star bad gone down.
Unes. f
As distant lands beyond the sea.
When friends go thence, draw nigh,
8o Heaven, when friends have thither gone.
Draws nearer from the sky.
Anl as those lands the dearer grow,
When friends arc long away,
So Heaven itself, through loved ones dead,
Grows dearer day by day.
' Heaven is not far from those who see
With the pure spirits sight.
But near, and in the very heart
Of those who see aright.
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we do not see the snn himself.
It is bnt the light about him, like a ring
Of glory 'round the forehead of a eaint.
From lW St.IimbItpKiUti-aB. v
: Aaikrr Clergs-SMSin la Tmblr.
We hare been furnished with a', copy of
the foflowiriir letter from worthy fend re
spected resident tf Boston ts kit Lrothei -in
law la this city; which, as dn Illustration of
the h urn moral and social nrirtleffet entered
in the Modern' Athens, may he worthy of
preservation: -' : i
: Bormx.'Maifc, April B, 185). ,
Dr.AafBitnTitF.Ri A Rloom Itka Jimm at
over anr cietj, religions and ineiiri,' br a
most fndancholj and distrctsrj 'casMJtj
vKfch has occurred to bar dearly lorad nas-
tar-and teacher in the Word. Raw Abel lial-
tfcia haial (f thera aa oaa on earth. 1
nas tn arrestea ana maicica oyxoe urand
finrrforan attempt at rape on .a child It
:an. This
, ,M bew, ritrateU k a bodr of
i meiJaoasa of whom rWass arlVall thW
six pamMs who pretend to hare witness-
.. td tjie ottnrrcnee-, though the cracks of the
j board fence around Lamb's woodjard, are,
1 0f course, utterly unworthy of credence.
One of them actually committed highway
j robbery in demanding of Mr. Bailochs to
j give him fifty cents, ami treat the crowd,
' which oor poor minister was compelled to
ii n ruthnr llifin ItiHxcr nftnrin rvn tlm ,-hi.roli
luo child, Mary Cnllnghnn, is a robust heal
thy Irish girl, and perfectly capable of de
fending lirrsell. It griert-s me to state that
in the contest she not only tore onr reverend
pastor's pantaloons, bnt with fiendish malice
bit a large piece ont of the rnif his precious
leg-. .
Of coarse the sympathies of our congre
gation are most deeply excited. An over
whelming meeting took place in the vestry
last erenin;. ami resolutions of n hiirhlv
j complimentary character to Mr. Hnllochs
; were unanimonsly passed. Miss. Lctctia
ful siH-ct'h. Trulv. " the born of the ri.rlit.
I c
icous shall be exalted." It was resolved that
a large fair and tea-party shall immediately
be given for the benefit of Mr. Bailochs,
and a contribution was taken np for him on
the sH)t, amounting to $1,25S 62. Mrs.
Bailochs was present with the pastor; she
is a very lovely and intelligent lady; also
brother Callaghan, the father of the child,
who walked up and down the vestry, arm-in-arm
with the minister, to show his una
bated confidence in his virtue ami integrity.
Mr. Bailochs' speech on receiving the unani
mous resolution of the society requesting
hitn to continue his spiritual charge and to
preach "on the ensuing iSablmth, was replete
with humor and good taste, and was receiv
ed with continued and reiterated acclama
tion. Since the event, the sympathy of Mr.
Bailochs' friends has shown itself in many
substantial proofs. Besides largo sunn of
money, among which was a check for $10,-
000 from Bro. Greene of the Post, (which
1 regret to say proved a forgery, but which
will of course be made tip by friends,) be
has roccived several hundred dozen fresh
eggs from the country, more than fifty bar
rels of oysters, and a box, from an admiring
sister, containing six dozen of ' Dr. Web
ber's Invigorating Cordial." We have the
utmost confidence in the result of his ap
proaching trial, but should the ungodly pre
vail and he be convicted, a unanimous vote
of the Society has decided that the congre
gation shall meet every Sabbath at the
Charlestown State prison, during the term
of his martyrdom", and listen there to the
words of grace that shall fall from his lips.
Mr. Bailochs will preach nest Sabbath, at
the brick meeting-house, as usnal, in the
forenoon. Text: "Go thou and do like
wise." Adieu, dear brother.
Ever yours, .
COrV OFTIIE RE KM.tTIOXS.
At a meeting of the church of St. Jo
seph the Patriarch, at their brick meeting
house, April 28, 1857, the following pream
ble and resolutions were unanimously adopt
ed, to-wit:
Whereas, We learn with mingled cmotious
of grief and indignation that an indict
ment has been procured against our be
loved Pastor, Ucv. Abel Bailochs, on a
charge of attempt at rape, which indict
. raei.t wc believe fraudulent, scandalous
and malicious; now be it
Resolved, That our love and confidence in
our pastor is highly increased by this cir
cumstance, that he is rcqnested to continue
with us in the ministry, and that considering
the trouble and expense that be has been
occasioned, his salary be and it hereby is
doubled.
Resolved, That a fair and tea-party be
held immediately for the licucfit of oar pas
tor; admittance oue dollar, childrcu half
price.
Resolved, That the fiendish conduct of
the miscreant who attacked our beloved
Pastor, and tore his trowscrs, meets our se
verest reprehension, and that the sik per
sons who pretend to have witnessed the oc
currence, were not in the vicinity, at the
lime, and have conspired together to throw
scandal on our pastor aud injure his good
name.
Resolved,That should our beloved pastor
be convicted, and sent to the State's Prison
at Charlestown, that this society obtain per
mission from the Warden of that institution
to meet there and attend his ministry every
Sabbath during bis martyrdom.
Resolved, That a committee of twelve of
our fairest sisters be appoiutcd to wait on
the Rev. Abel Bailochs, one at a time, with
a copy of these resolutions. .
On motion, adjourned.
JAS. R. SWALLOWIT,
Vestry Clerk.
Tub Finances of Spaix. The Spanish
Budget for 1857, makes some startling dis
closures. The estimates for the year arc
pat down at not less than 1,803,000,000
reals, 173,000,000 more than last year. The
deficit will be abont 240.000,000, to be pro
vided for by loans and other financial cxpe
dinnte nf Kf nor Mires, into which we need
not enter. Of the 173,000,000 increased
expenditure nearly 52,000,000 are charged
I tn tho mililin oct o t .lislimont 11 flOft 000 to
tbe royal household.
I Papal concordot has
The execution of the
cost the government
something over 2,000,000.
Saxtiau, Crrr, O. T., June 25, 1831.
"Mil Busii Vear Xir : Will you suffer
ine to say a few things through the States
man, relative to the course taken by, Mr,
Peerne, editor of 1. C. A., and his corres
ldelit1 " Citizen ' of Marion,". After
that paper had attacked mo in an nnJeserv
cdlyV not to ay mhliuious manner) I endeav-
orau iQ reply turougli the same medium,
after however knowing thnt they had sought
the opportunity of advantage, in not giving
me time to answer before the election. ; As
I bay thought thus to affect me, X hastened
tamiy, which communication of mine had
to'lay iu the office some two weeks and un
dergo a thorough investigation by the fra
ternity nt last, by clipping and mangling,
they condescended to place" it before their
readers, with some editorial remarks, which
were "tnUicr funny. I had prepared accord-
lnir to order of Citizen of Marion" a no-
ition whicq I tuonglit miglu bo good for his
g hUa 'ccst off tfrcbtle
lated there,1 and It a pi
pears that Air. I earne thought proper to
divide tho dose, and take a portion of it
himself. I fancied I could see him frown
Up his face and quiver, and exclaim, that it
was ; " rather spill" and brinirinsr his lips
together, say, " U tma&t f parfw." Well,
it was his own fault, for he might have let fidelity; sagacious indeed. But if the Si
" Citizen of Marion' have it nil :' bnt I ' mon pure's were the only ones that obtained
suppose he thought like old mother Eve, it the office, all would be right, I suppose;
might 0en his eyts, and make him wite.
But ho was mistaken again, for it set him
to kicking and frettimr, and, poor fellow,
he is in rather a bad way jut now, and
seems to want consolation ; probably I can
hilp hint by referring to a case I heard of
once. A gentleman who was trelting over
much disappointment, said he received great
consolation by referring to a certain passage
of Scripture which read " Do not fret thy
gizzard out." lu tints garbling my commu
nication, he acted very nngentlemauly ; for,
if he could not publish all of said card, ho
would have done better not to have publish
ed any, aud to have handed it over to the
Statesman, as I had requested him But he
seems to have thought that " Citizeu of
Marion" was not sufficient, of himself, and
be unites with him, and comes up to battle
donblc handed against my airred and "-iir-bltd
communication as they have it ; but I
do not allow those champions of law-religion
to set in judgment on my case. I
stand before n better Umpire, before whose
judgment seat I am not ofraid to appear.
I entered the arena with due caution, know
ing that all I had was at stake, the inlrrtst
of tay bdvrttl connfry. I have no official
station to seek, and so do not fear their
their frowns. 1 was well aware of the na
ture of the beast, that hia horns were yet
tender and could not hurt ; but if we suffer
thrm to grow and to become hard spikes,
they will do, and always have done, harm.
But let a candidate touch them, and the
Inmost being sensible of the tenderness of his
horns, tarns instantly his heels as you see
tunuifested in the case before us, not aware
that by so doing they show their depravity.
" Citizen of Marion," in his last, thinks
that I aiu in a mending way, which is more
than I can say for him; yet it is not common
for doctors to discourage their patients, nei
ther would I only in tuis case; the disease
called the big head cannot Iks treated suc
cessfully in any other way. He again con
cludes that in my case there is some shame
left, aud may consequently be some virtue;
better so than to be so hardened that 6Uauie
doth not appear. If the priests of the pres
ent day were not so past feeling to the sense
of shame, they would not " love the upper
most rooms at lea-sts. (,at the public crib,)
and chief seats in the synagogues," (cha
laincics, Arc.,) and to be called of men
" Babbi, Babbi;" (Bev. D. D.'a.) Our Sa
vior disturbed a similar gang at a certaiu
time, when he cast them out of the temple,
and said unto them, " It is written, my
house shall be called the house of prayer,
but ye have made it a den of thieves;" and
instead of showing any sense of shame they
said unto the Savior, " by what authority
docst thou these things, aud who gave thee
this authority."
But Citizeu of Mariou accedes with
iuc that there is an abuse of these things,
yet he cannot see how that tends to infideli
ty. Astonishing! what would it tend to?
Certainly not to establish Christianity: who
is so blind as he that will uotsce. , We find
that he docs not try to produce any argu
ments in favor of chaplaincies, and I defy
him or Mr. Pearne, to produce a divine war
rant for it. But oh, it is their Christianity,
and Mr. Pearne says, "I have aimed a death
blow at Christianity;" if such is his Chris
tianity, I wonder where he would have stood
in those days that tried men s souls and pro
fessions too; when they had to suffer at the
stake, or the rack ; would he have been for
hiring men to pray for him, or assisting
those in power to crush out tho poor saiuts.
Alas ! alas! we hear him now say lug that
he will not keep silent, vci men put forth
principles subversive of Christianity, and
every social blessing. 'Then chapluincies,
Sunday laws, and special legislation for the
protection of a certain kind ot , meeting, is
what Mr. Pearne calls all bis social enjoy
mcut or blessiugs, and if our Constitution
should be so just as to give to each and ev
ery niau his inalienable rights, both political
aud religious, and withholding from tho
clergy the power of being lordlings over
God's heritage, be will speak right, out, I
suppose, and cry aloud like Baal's prophets,
who cut themselves with lancets, but could
effect nothing more. How inconsistent is
the man; how long has it been since he iin
pled that if the Catholics and Mormons were
more numerous, they might seek for exclu
sive legislation? That would be very wick
ed, would it not, Mr. Pearne? Yet how
long since yon stuck close to legislative heels
to get a special law passed for the protec
tion of camp-meetings? Why did yon not
hare it cmbraco all religious meetings?
But now you would try to make yonr ; read
ers believe that it did embraco all such. I
quote your own language, as found in the
No. of P. C. A. of May 25t;h, uuder the
head ot " Camp Meetings." " Fortunately,
thero is a good and stringent law npon our
statute books protective of religious meetings,
including cainp-mectings." Why did you
say religious meetings? You knew well that
that was not the fact. : The law to which you
allude includes no other meetings than
camp-meetings, and was only a sheer device
of yours to escape tne just ceusuro mat yon
would willingly heap npon the Catholics and
Mormons. And after all this yon say that
M onr rights as citizens of this great nod
glorious republic are estcemeu too precious
to be thns put iri jeopsray," tad then if I
am rightly infurmed, did get upon the stand
in the face of aa orderly tmtH intelligent con
gregation, and rend atotaiWhe" UwV that if
cud law, that they must cfeT.7gr: or llie
conscqueuccs would follosf.) tfXJi la one
of his great and gloriour,snrBtra, no won
der that he found faulkr jailWjoar linaible
servant., ,j ? . v,
! But again to chaplautcics UiUng to Dnu
support from .the scrij)treij I Wul licxt call
their attention to the OeCil3on of the
United Htates, artk--lo H.'iCBttoit 3,, which
says, " that uo religious teat altU ever be
required as a qualification Ip Jwy ofRce or
public trust under the UuHetl fitstes."
Kon', sir,' do not eliaplaiuelis feet fcp sncli a
fest? Must Viot the SiridKlttefca profes
sor of. the rhrbian.IIgi(M4ir -i
at that? , Would omjret, r m aon-
pcofessor, or liitUUXZ. .1 r" , i. r
absWilily,' .jet those i.o a' rteets 1 taost
belp to support the tuio; aua tinrjrbenere
to be a wrong, 'Or tarn christian minister,
and seek the office themselves. - Probably
that some do, and abuse the place, is the
reason why " Citizen of Mariou", admits
that there is abuse or corruption in the
, camp: but he says this does not tend to In
yes, " these would be as honest and patriot
; ic as legislators themselves."
Bnt where is their law for such, or the
justice of taking the public money to pay
I those hireling priests? Titer -would not
j make good soldiers, for the Scripture saith
j of them, the hireling lleeth because lie is a
hireling, and caret li not for the sheep ; this
is their general character ; and they arc
willing to take the public money for services
which are in violation of the Constitution.
Aro in Itm Ciintl itntmtt anrc Art lt nf
Amendments " Congress shall make no
law respecting an establishment of Religion,
A;c." One of two things they must admit,
either that they have no law for chaplain
cies, or that having such a law establishing
religion, they violate the Constitution : ei
ther dilemma is a bad one. I think the
prophecy of Jeremiah very mnch to the
point v : SO, 3 1st verses. "A wonderful
and horrible thing is committed iu the land ;
tho prophets prophesy falsely, and the
priests bear rule by their means ; and my
people love to have it so, and what will ye
do in the end thereof." ' The answer is
ready that they will have to submit to
their dictation and oppression. Aud so by
compulsory Sabbath laws, or any other
laws touching men's meats and drinks, their
new moons or Sabbath days. These men
who profess to Iks christians and to live by
that rule laid down by the Savior and his
Apostles, violate the plain injunctions there
of. Paul to tho Culossiaua, ii : 16, says,
" Let no man therefore, judge you in meat,
or iu drink, or in respect to an holy day. or
of the new moon" or of the Sabbath ddys,
yet this is one of Mr. Pearue'a glerioks
blessings for which he will not keep silent,
to try to judge his fellow man, ajd to put
burthens on the necks of others, grievous to
be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders,
but they themselves will not move them
with one of their fingers. It is nut aston
ishing that iu the face of divine testimony,
they will try to euforeo compulsory Sab
bath laws, while they themselves are living
from the income of their own labor on that
day, acd yet have no divine command for
the strict observance of the first day of the
week ? I contend that all that is necessary
ts a general law, protecting each citizen iu
his political and religious rights from any
interference, and that what day soever he
or they believe conscientiously to be the
christian Sabbath, let them observe it. Or,
if they believe all days alike, let them cu-
joy their belief ; ami if Mr. Pearne, or
Citizen of Marion, ' or others, wknt exclu
sive privileges, eay to then we will 'not
grant them all men are equal, aud wo will
deal out even-handed justice to all. . Vet,
sec further, how industrious they are ; the
executive committee of the tempcrauce soci
ety arc instructed to draw up and circulate
a petition to the Convention to form a Con
stitution, asking them to make it constitu
tional for the Legislature, at any time, to
refer a prohibitory law to the people, and
that the same shall lie constitutional if ap
proved by them. Pinl says' let no man
judge yon in meat or in driuk. These men
want to judge you in drink, at least. Which
arc rijriit, they or the Apostle. I Tear that
I have wearied you, and will close, thank
ing you for the favor. Yours, to serve,
JOHN T. CROOKS.
In a Loir. Elder Jones was not remark
able for his eloquence, nor was he a very
good reader, especially among the hard
names. But he said that all Scripture is
prgGtablc," and therefore he ucver selected
any portion, but read the first chapter he
opened to after he took the stand to preach.
One day he stumbled iu this way ppou a chap
ter in Chronicles, and read " ISuazor begat
Phiucas, aud Phineas begat Abishua, uud
Abishua begat Bukkie, and Bukkio begat
Uzzie," and stumbling worse and' worse as
he proceeded, he stopped, and running his
eye ahead, and seeing nothing better in
prospect, he cut the matter short, by saying,
" Aud so they went ou and begat one an
other to the end of the chapter."
: Forced PouTEXiias. Spanish robbers are
very polite. An Englishman was once ac
costed on a lonely road by a rufliau. Said
he, " Sir, you have my coat on, may I
trouble yon for it?" Tho Englishman drew
out a pistol aud told the fellow, he was mis
taken. " Sir," said the robber, I perceive
that I am. Wilt you do me tho houor to
communicate your uame, that I may remem
ber it in my prayers."
Too Xatcral. At a Sunday School ex
amination the teacher asked a boy whether
he could forgive those who wronged him.
" Could you,'.' said the teacher, " forgive a
boy, for example, who has insulted or struck
yon?" " Yc-e-s, sir," replied the lad, very
slowly, "I think I could, if he was
bigger than 1 am." . . . ,
t& " Prof. Squizzins," the Boston Post,
thinks the poet,' Cowpcr, must have died in
debt, as he -.!-;; .
. Oh'd tor a lodge in some vast wilderness." ,
3T It is an error to think that a long
face is .essential to good morals, or that
laughing is an unpardonable crime, .
- ' ! ; BT AOTHOBlTr. s ' ;
LATS OF TilEUXItED STATES.
THIRTT-FltTH COKORE3S TII1RB "E88H!f.
AN ACTJ reducing the duty on Imports, and
j . , , lor oiner purposes. t. .
t Be ft1 enacted by the Senate and House
of 'IWpsederttatlrea of the United States -of
America in Congress assembled, 1 bat on
and after the first' day of July? eighteen
hundred and fifty-seven, ad valorem dotlefe
shall be Imposed, In lien of those now Impo-"
- I -.1 . ..j ' ..I....J: ;
svu u--m. guuus, iTuxii uuu iiiitcubiiuuhi im
ported Greta abroad into the United btates,
as foilows t ' -
i Uboh the articles enumerated In rrh"1ule
A and B, of tbe tariff act of eightec hun-
dr-i 'x- a duty fit.- thirty tr ceii-
w , , . t-ose enumerated in senca-
' j ; i; 0, aud JIt of said act', tlie
,,... .-eu1J-.4'.ir per centum, nineteen
i pea-eMt-am fifteen per ccntnm, twelve-per
centumfright er centum, and four per cen-
turn, respectively, with . such exceptions as
hereinafter made; and all articles so impor
ted as aforesaid , an not enumerated in the
said schedules, nor In schedule I, shall pay
a duty of fifteen per centum. .
Sec. 2. 'And be it further enacted. That i
all manufactures composed wholly of cotton,
which are bleached, printed, painted, or dy
ed, and de laines, snail be transferred to
schedule C, Japanued leather or skins of all
kinds, shall be transferred to schedule D,
ginger green, rive, dried, preserved or pick
led, ochers and ochery earth; medicinal
roots, leaves, gums and resins in a crude
state not otherwise provided for; wares.
chemical, carthern or pottery of a capacity
exceeding ten gallons, shall be transferred
to schedule E. Borate of lime and codella
or two of hemp or flax shall be transferred
to scheduler. Autimouy, crude or rejru-
Ins of; barks of all kinds not otherwise pro
v; ''d for; ' camphor, - crude; cantharides;
ft. donate of soda, emery. In Inmn or pul-
veriiied; fruits, green, ripe or dried; gums,
Arabic, Barbaro, copal. East India. Jeddo,
Senegal, snbetitute, tragacanth, and all
other gums and resins, in a crude state; ma
chinery exclusively designed and expressly
imported for the manufacture of flax and lin
en goods; sponges; tin in pales or sheets.
galvanized or nngalrauized; woods; name
ly clear, ligndtnvtville, ebo-iy, box, grandil
la, mahogony, rosewood, staten wood, aud
all cabinet woods, shall be transferred to
scbednte O. Acids, acetic, benzoic, boracic.
muritiaticf white and yellow, oxalic, pyro
ligenous and tartarice, and all other acids
of every description used for chemical or
manufacturing purposes not otherwise pro
vided for; aloes; amber; ambergris; anni-
seed, amiato, roueou or Orleans; arsenic; ar
ticles not in a crude state used in djiuir or
tanning not otherwise provided for, assafoe-
dita; asplialtum; barilla; bleaching powder,
or chilbtidge of lime; borax-crude; boucho
leaves; brimstone crude in bulk, cameos,
molasses, diamonds', gems, pearls, rubies.
and other precious stones (not set;) chalk ;
clay cochineal; cocoa, cocoanuts, and cocoa
shells; cork tree bark; cream of tartar; ex
tract of indigo, extracts and decoctions of
logwood and other dye woods not otherwise
provided for; extract of madder; flint;
ground; gi indstones; gulta perch a unmanu
factured; ludia rubber lit bottles; slabs or
sheet.'', unmanufactured; India rubber, milk
of ; indigo; lac spirits; lac sulphur; tast
ings cut nt stripes or patterns of the size
and shape for shoes, slippers, boots, boot
ees, gaiters, or buttons exclusively, not com
bined with India rubber; manufactures of
moliair cloth, silk twist, or other manufac
tures of cloth, suitable for the manufacture
of shoes, cut iu slips or patterns of the size
and shao for shoes, slippers, boots, bootees,
gaiters or buttons exclusively, not combined
with India robber; music printed with lines.
bound or unbound; oils, palm, tea and co
coannt; prussian blue; soda ash; spices of
all kinds; watch materials and unfinished
tiarts of watches and wood, or pastel, shall
c transferred to schedule II. .
Sec. 3. , And be it further enacted, That
on aud after the first day of July, eighteen
hundred and fifty-seven, the goods, wares,
and merchandise mentioned iu schedule I,
made part thereof, shall be exempt from
duty, aud entitled to free entry : ..
Schedule I.
All books, maps, charts, mathematical,
nautical instruments, philosophical appara-
tns and all other articles whatever imiorted
for the nse of the United States; nil philo
sophical apparatus, instruments, books maps
oud charts, statutes, statuary, busts aud
casts of marble, bronze alabaster or plaster
of paris,' paintings and drawings, 1 etchings.
specimens of sculpture, cabinets of coins.
medals, gems, and all collections ot antiqui
ties: Provided, the 6aine be speciallyjmpor-
tcd in good faith for tho use of any society
incorporated or established for philosophical
or literary purposes, or for tho encourage
ment of the fine arts, or or the use or by
the order of any college, academy, school,
or seminary of learning in the United States;
animal carbon (bone black ;) animals liv
ing of all kinds; argol or crude tartar, arti
cles in a crndo state nscd in dying or tan
ning not otherwise provided for; bark, Pe
ruvian; bells, old, aud bell metal; berries,
nuts, flowers, plants and vegetables used ex
clusively iu dyeing or composing dyes, but
no article shall be classed as sucn mat nas
undergone any manufacture; bismuth bitter
apples; bolting cloths; bones burnt, and
bone dust; books, maps and charts impor
ted by authority of tho joint library com
mittee of Congress, for the use of the library
of Congress ; Provided, That if, iu any case
a contract shall have been mrde with any
bookseller, importer, or other person, for
books, maps, or charts, iu which contract
the bookseller, importer, or other person
aforesaid, shall have paid the duty, or inclu
ded the duty iu said contract, in sach case
the duty shall not be remitted; brass, in
bars and pigs, or' when old and fit only to
be rcmanufactured; brazil wood, braziletto,
and all other dye woods iu stuffs; bullion,
sold and silver: burr stodes. wrought or un-
wronght, but unmanufactured; cabinets of
enins- medals, and all other collections ; of
antinuities: coffee and tea when imported
direct from the place of their growth or
production in American vessels, or " in for
eign vessels entitled by reciprocal treaties
to he exeinDt from discriminating duties,
tonnaee and other charges; coffee the
growth or production of the possessions of
tho Netherlands, lmporteu trum me rewier
lands in tho same manner; coins, gold, sil-
, nnd copper; copper; copper ore; cop-
when imported from the United States
per
mint; copper in pigs or bars, or when old
and fit only to be retnanufactnred; cotton
catch; dragons blood; felt, adhesive for
sheathing vessels; flax unmanufactured; gar
den seeds and all other seeds for agncultu
ver,
rat, horticultural, medicinal and tnanrtfnctnr-' would have occupied bad be not been reti
ing purposes not otherwise provided for; ! red under the action of. the late naval
glass, wheu old and fit only to be rernanu-
factured; goods, warts aud merchandise the
growth back to the United Slates in the j cording to the Coding of the court, as ap
sane condition as when exported upon which j proved by the President : Provided, That
which no drawhaek or bounty has been al-
lowed : Provided, That all regulations . to
ascertain the identity thereof, prescribed by
existing laws, or which may be prescribed
by existing laws, or which may be prescrib
ed by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall
be complied with ; guano ; i household ef-
fects, old, and in use, of persons or . families
from foreign' coontries,- if osed abroad br
them and not intended for any person or
persons, or for sale; loer ivory unmanufac
tured; junk, old; linseed but not embrac
ing flax seed; madder root; madder gronnd
or prepared; maps and charts; models of
inventions and other improvements in the
arts; Provided that no other article or ar
ticles shall be deemed a model or imnrove-
ment which can befitted for nse; oakum;
oil spermaceti, whale aud other fish of Amer
ican fisheries and all other articles the pro
duce of such fisheries; paiutings and statu
ary; palm leaf unmanufactured; personal
and household effects, (not merchandise) of
citizens of the United States dying abroad;
plaster of Paris or sulphate of lime nn
grouud; platina unmanufactured; rags of
whatever material except wool; rattans and
reeds unmanufactured; sheathing copper,
but no copper to be considered sach, and
admitted free, except in sheets of forty tight
inches long aud fonrteeu wide and weighing
from fourteen to thirty-four ounces to the
the square foot; sheathing metal, not whol
ly, or in part of iron ungalvanized; shingle
bolts and stave bolts; silk, raw, or as reel
ed from the cocoon, uot ,being doubled,
twisted, or advanced in manufacture in any
way; specimens of natural history, mineral
og y, or botany ; substances expressly nsed
for manures; tin in pigs, bars or blocks;
trees; shrubs, bdlbs, plants, and roots not
otherwise provided for; wearing apparel in
actual nse and other personal effects, (not
merchandise;) professional books, imple
ments, instruments, and tools of trade, oc
cupation or employment, ofpersous arriv
ing in the United States: Provided, That
this exemption shall not be construed to in
clude machinery, or other articles imported
for nse in any manufacturing establishment,
or for sale; sheeps' wool unmanufactured
of the value of twenty cents per pound or
less at the port of exportation, and hair of
the alpacca, the goat, and other like aui
mals, unmanufactured: Provided, That any
wool of the sheep, or hair of the alpacca,
the goat, aud other like animals, which
shall be imported, in any other than the or
dinary condition, as now aud heretofore
practiced, or which shall be changed in its
character, for tbe purpose of evading tbe
duty, or which shall be red need iu value by
tbe iutentional admixture of dirt or any for
eign substance to twenty cents per pound or
less, shall be subject to pay a duty of twenty-four
per centum advalorem, anything in
this act to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 5. Aud be it farther enacted, TJiat
all goods, wares aud merchandise which
shall be in the public stores on the first day
of July aforesaid, shall be subject, on entry
thereof for consumption, to no other duty
thau if tho same had been imported, re
spectively, after that day.
Sec. 5. Aud be it inrtuer enacted, lliat
on the entry of any goods, wares and mer
chandise imported on and after the first day
of July aforesaid, the decision of the collec
tor of tbe customs at the port of importa
tion and entry, as to their iiabilitr to duty
or exemption therefrom,, shall be final and
conclusive against the owner, importer, con
signee, or agent shall, within ten days after
such entry, give notice to the collector, in
writing, of bis dissatisfactiou with such de
cision, setting forth, and spcciucaliy las
grouud of objection thereto, and shall, with-
n thirty days after the date ot such decis
ion, appeal tnereirom to the secretary or
the Treasury, whose decision on such apieal
shall be final aud conclusive; and the said
goods,' wares, aud merchandise shall be lia
ble to duty or exempted therefrom accord
ingly; any act of Cougress to the contrary
notwithstanding, unless suit shall be brought
withiu thirty days after such decision for
any duties that may have been paid, or may
hereafter bo paid, on said gcods, or within
thirty days after the duties shall haxe been
paid iu cases where such goods shall be in
bond. .
Approved March 3, 1S57.
AX ACT to amend an Act entitled " An
act to promote the efficiency of the navy.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, that, npon
the written request, made within ninety days
after the passage hereof, or within thirty
days after the passage of this act, provided
lie shall return within one year after the
passage of this act, by any officer of the
navy who was dropped, furlonghcd, or re
tired, by the operation of tho act of the
twenty-eighth of , February, eighteen hun
dred ami fifty-five, entitled "An act to pro
mote the efhcieucy of the navy," the Secre
tary of the navy shall cause the physical,
mdital, professional, and moral fitness of
such officer for the naval service to be in
vestigated by a court of inquiry, which
shall be governed by the laws and regula
tions which now govern courts of inquiry ;
and the said court shall in their finding - re
port whether the said officer, if he has been
dropped from the rolls of the navy, onght
to be restored, whether to the active list or
the reserved list, and if to the latter wheth
er on leave of absence or furlough pay; and
in case the officer making the written re
quest, as aforesaid, shall bare been placed
on wie rarrveu uw court, me.r
finding shall report whether tbe said offi-
cer ought to be restored to the active list, t
or, if not restored, whether he ought to re
main on tbe retired list oa leave of absence
or furlough pay; and the finding of the
court shall, in all cases, be submitted to the
President of the United States, and, if ap
proved by him, in the case of a dropped of
ficer, where restoration has been recommen
ded, such officer may be nominated by the
President to the Senate for restoration to
the
the
case of a retired officer, the finding of the
conrt when . approved by the 1 resident,
shall be conclusive; and such officer shall be
restored to the active list, to ocenpy that
position and rank in the nary which be
board; or he shall remain npon the, retired
j list on leave of absence or furlough pay ac-
i lue tiicers so restored br placed on the re-
j served list, shall be appointed to their places
j respectively, by the President of the United
, states by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate.
8ic. 2. And be it further enacted. That
th operation' of the present law limiting tbe
number . of officers of the navy shall be sus-
pended so far as to anthorjie the restora
tion, within one year from the passage of
this act, br the President, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, of officers
reserved or dropped under the operation of
the act of the twenty-eighth of February,
eighteen hundred and fifty-five, entitled
" An act to promote the efficiency of the
nary." Provided, That there shall be no
farther promotions or appointments in any
grade, after said restorations shall bare been
made thereto, until such grade ia tbe active
service shall be reduced to the limit now
prescribed by law. - That when any sue!
officer shall be restored to the nary, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate,
the officer so restored shall ocenpy that posi
tion and rank in the navy which he would
hold bad he not been retired, furlonghed, or
dropped, by the order of the President, on
the reitort of the naval board: Provided. -
further, That any dropped officer who may
be, in the opinion of said court, entitled to
be placed on the retired or furlonghed list,
may be thus placed by the President of the
United States, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
officers who were dropped, S3 aforesaid, aud
who shall not be restored to the naval ser
vice within one year from the passage hereof,
shall be entitled to receive one year's duty
pay for their grades, respectively; and the
President shall be, and he is hereby, au
thorized, with the advice and consent of
the Senate to transfer auy officer from the
furlough to tha reserved pay list, and that
so much of the act of February twenty
eighth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, en
titled " An act to promote tbe efficiency of
the navy,' as renders reserved officers inel
igible to promotion, be and the same is
hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. And be it farther enacted, That
reserved officers may be promoted on tbe
reserved list, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, but no such promo
tion shall entitle them to any pay beyond
that to which tbey were entitled when so
reserved, nor shall they, by snch promotion,
take auy higher rauk than they would
have taken bad tbey been retained in tbe
active service of the navy; and nothing in
the act to which this is an amendment,
shall b j so construed as to preclude officers
on the reserved list from wearing the uni
form of their grades respectively.
; Sec. 5. And be it farther enacted, That
captains in command of squadrons shall be
denominated flag officers.
Sec 6. And be it further enacted. That
ail officers who may be restored to active
service, under the provisions of this act,
shall be entitled to draw the same pay they
were drawing at the time they were retired
or dropped, for and daring the time of such -retirement
or suspension from the active
service aforesaid. - -
Approved January 1 6, 1857.
AN ACT providing for the compulsory .
Prepayment of Postage on all transient
printed matter.
Be if enacted by the Senate aid House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That tbe
provision in the "act approved August thir
ty, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, entitled ,
"An act to amend the act entitled an act
to reduce and modify the rates of postage
in tbe United States, and for other purpo
ses, passed March three, eighteen hundred
and fifty-one," permitting transient printed
matter to be sent through the mail of the
United States without prepayment of post
age, be and the same is hereby repealed.
And the postage on all snch transient mat- '
ter shall be prepaid by stamps or otherwise,
as the Postmaster General may direct.
AN ACT making a Keappropriation from
the Surplus Fund for the Relief of Lieut
enant John Guest, United States Navy,
and others. -Be
it enacted by the Senate and Ilouse of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
sum of one thousand seven hundred aud six
ty dollars and forty-nine cents, being the
balance remaining of the appropriations
made by Congress in the years eighteen bun-.
dred and forty-owe for the survey of the
coast from Apalachicola bay to the mouth
of the Mississippi River, for the ascertain
ment of the practicability of establishing a
navy yard and naval station which should
best subserve the protection of tbe com
merce of the Gulf of Mexico, which balance
has been carried to the credit of the surplus
fund, be aud the same is hereby reappropria
tcd, for the payment of the sum due Lieu
tenant John Guest, Utited States Navy,
(six hundred and seventeen dollars,) for
services rendered iu such survey, and for
other lawful claims of officers who were em
ployed in that survey.
Approved Jan. 26, 1857.
AN ACT to procure a bast, in marble, of
the late Chief Justice John Rutledge.
Be it enacted by the Senate and I House ot
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the .
joint committee of tbe two houses of Con
gress on the Library be and they are bere
i. onthorixed and required to contract with
for the execnti0n, in mar-
a iu the r00D1 of the Sn.
We. an" . tt; s . k, r
preme vv vu v.
tbe late Chief Justice John Rutledge.
Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That
for the purpose of carrying this act into ef
fect, there be and hereby ia appropriated,eight
hundred dollars, to be paid ont of any mon
ey in the treasury not otherwise appropria
ted. Approved Jan. 3, 185T.
the flertice, according to the finding of
court when approved by him; and in
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