Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 22, Number 52, 15 December 1852 — Page 2

From DeJMW Wett thlbuque to L.ni|lJ' tycurgu., in A#intke* ( to Froin LaWdng by India* Mission to Fed Atkin,on, in J Winne,hick county; ~1 Marysville, I From Cent,, Bl.ck Hawk county, | 55SoSe&.jh?aisu - c-~* w ’•fijssdi ■ tsu mlvJrtTt Post Office, in Brsmer county, Coder ro From Dufosq&e, vie ffionAn* it it DSkorrah, to Saint P *Frr>nrtnfiti*>tflMcc. via Mentrsl Pott office nd Bradford Post oir, in Uhieksssw county, to Old Muuon. From Dubuque, by Independence, through the countiee of Slack HsA, Oriiniy, Hsrdlu, end ifieley, to Fort Dodge, in Yell county. IN FLORIDA. From Homes see, vie Chryetel river end TVekuve, to Lon Pond, in Levy county. ’ From Kenning vie Cook’, Hemmeck, VVerrioT, Fonhel. loirey. JEconfence, end Rocky Ford to Merion, In Jdforson “’From Heir (liver to Middloburg, In Duvel county, beins en extension of the route from Alligator From Key West Vie Ced.r Keys. Temp. Bev. St Marks, Apalachicola, end Peneecole.to New Orleans, Louisians. FromSopchopry to Welker, on the Oclochny river, in Wekuli* county, being • continuenee of the route from Telleheseee. IN TEXAS. From Gelveeton vie Gelveeton bey end up the Trinity, to Liberty, by wetet. From Liberty vie Woodville, te Nacogdoches. From Perie to Oreenville, In Hunt county. From Gilmer vie Quitman, to Keufman, From Tyler vie Centon, to Athene. From Gainesville vie Alton end Wenle-hetche, teCoreiana. From Clarksville to Jefferson, in Tee, county. From Livingeton vie Trinity Court ilonee, to Crock**Worn Houston vie San Felipe, Cateprlng, Poet Oak Point and Fayetteville, to Lsgren.e, From Houston via Chambers, Heberts, Greenwood, sad Grimes PreWe, to Anderson in Grimes county. From Houston vie Richmond, Columbus, end Oonzales, to San Antonie. . . „ . From Sen Jacinto to Smithfleld, on the Trinity river. From Sen Antonie vie Goliad, Csrabajul’s crossing of the Cibola, to Lamer, in Refugio county. From Anderson vis Sulphur Springe. Fleeter,, Mltchele and Leone, to C'entrevllle, being r.n extension of the *°From Centrevllle vie Hell's Bluf ,to Crocket, in Ileus ton cftuttWc From HuntirilU to Mitchell**, in Wlk county, tl Leona, to Centrevllle, being sn extension of the route. From Lynchbtirgh vie prairies between Sen Jacinto toil Trinity, Washington crossing, at the Cuahstta village neat Smlthfield, to Ssn Agustine. j From Sen Antonio, west bank Sen Antonio river, vh Goliad, Refugio, to Capon, In Refugio county. From Austin via Georgetown, Belton, Waco vllligl, Springfield, Fairfield, Palestine, Rusk, Henderson, s/d Marshall, to Bhrerepott, Louisiana. From McKinney to Sherman. From McKinney, through Alton, to the county ton of Tarraht oounty. From Mount Vernon via Quitman, to Tyler, In Imlth county. j From Laredo via Roma and Rio Grande city, to B/owne?il4#* From Houston via Anderson, Uoouvllie, Wioelock, Merlin end Waco to Corsicana. J From Breuhsm vie Oakgrove, Stony Point, Alexander, end Young's Prairie to Austin. From Weehlngton to Colo Spring. From Anehnec to Woodville vie Sour LskJ. F'roin Buena Vista to Mount Enterprise/ Rnsk county via talsdodia From Palaatlne to Magnolia. / - From Houston to Hodges vln Clear Lake and J. Littie**. From Henderson to Gum Springs vU Bunker Hill and mestown. From Livingston to Woodville. From New Orleans by sea to Sabine Pass, Taxae. From Sabine Pass to Wiese Blufi'. From Wless Blufi - to Nacogdoches. IN CALIFORNIA. From Santa Rarbary to Los Angulos. From San Pedro to Lot Angelos From Sacramento city, daily, via Marysville, Hamilton city,Chico, to Shaataclty. From Shasta city via Weaveriviila, Weekly, to Yraka, In Siskiyou county. From Maryavilie, weekly, via Ophir, RidweU’e bar, Bodly’a Ranch, Onion Valley to Nelsons creek. From Onion Valley, woekly, to Washington end Seven-ty-six. From Trinidad to Yreka via Thompkln’s ferry, Orleans bsr, Happy Camp, and Scott's bar. IN ORF.OON TERRITORY. ‘j"!” Oregon CW-, .YoMcslli., n * . W,)j.lia/npttl* frftram 1, tIL-a Front 'Port Orford to Shasta Ruto city. From Gray’s Harbor, mouth of the Chihalle river, to

Olympia. From Astoria viz • line running west to Hillsborough, Washington county, Tualitin, in laid county, North Yum Hill, st Smith's bridge, StewsriTs, Yem Hill county, South Yam Mill, in laid county, at Hampton'*, Nesmith's Mills, l'olk county, Klng'a Valley, In laid county, Oalapooe (lap, Benton county, Youcalta, L’mpqua county, Shuts Alinas, in said county, to Sacramento citv, CaUrotula. From Portland city via Harris’ Ferry, Chnhulan, in Yam Hill comity, Lafayette ill naid county, Nathaniel Ford’ll, polk county, 11. Lnvilte’a atom, In said county, Meryaville, Ilcuton county, Bkiniler’a in mid county, Toucslla, Umpqun county, Scottsvilla in aald county, Umpqu city, to Unrdiner, in Umpqun county. From Oregon city to Lafayette. From Salem yin Cincinnati, Polk county, Nathaniel Ford’* to Neoiniih’a mllla in Polk Couuly. From San Frunciaco to Pareto Bound. IN UTAH TERRITORY. From Orent Rail Lake city via American Fork, Provo city, Springfield, Puyaou’a, Summit creek. Nephi city, Fillmore city, Rail creek, Puroyan, Johnson'* Springs, and Cold creek, te Santa Clara, in the Territory of Utah, and thouco, Via Saa Bernardino, to San Diego, in California. From Great Suit Lnko city, to Tooele city, in the couuly of Tooele, in the Territory of Ultdt. IN NEIV MEXICOFrom Oainevi|!o, in Texai, via Fori Belknap, to Donand. IN MINNESOTA TERRITORY. From St. Paul via Redwing and Roed’e Landing, in Wabnahaw county, to Lansing,in the Btate of lovra. From Dacorrah via Brownsville, Montezuma, aud Minnesota city, to Wabashnw. From St. Paul Via Decorrahaud Elkader, to Dubuque State of lowa. From St Paul via Mendota,Shacopee, Little Rapid*, Le Sueur, aud Traverse dee Sieuz, lo Maekale. From St. Paul to Canon river. p rom St. Pent to Littlo Canada. From Little Canada via White Bear Lake lo Blill-

Vrater, From Little Canado to the Fade of St. Anthony. From Fort Snellingto the Falla or St. Anthony. From Fort Ripley to Craw Wing, From Crow Wing via Casa Lake and Red Lake, to Pembina. From Crow Wing via Sandy Lake te Fond da Lac. From Minnesota city to Traverse des Sioux. From Dubuque, lowa, to Mankata. IN KENTUCKY;

I'mn Ctotowts Colombia via Hampton Jones's south Ibrk or l.iille Barren riser. Prom Kininenrelo IreoonVVi Xrrv Ca-lle. Prom Itasel Green via Swittuvllle amt Knell's Steam Punsare, to trsfne. In BOetleonnl.v. Prom tioonvillevis Rock Sprint, Urey Hawk, snrt Pond Creek, to lemdnn, hr the county of I .ntirel. Prom Hopkinsville via Trenton, to Springfield, Robertson eqnnty, Tennessee. Prom Madiennville via Daniel Sisk end Ony V Store, to Prince

ton. Prom llurlflrm vis SeifTsvllV, m Pmrtor, In Owsley ronnty. thorn P tn'ethtown to Senmel WmyanSV In llstdlo ronnty. Pmm HliraiieUiMtvn lo Buena Vista, In Manila ronnty, on Die Rollins Pork. From Warsaw via Bpnrls.ro New Liberty, In Uses ronnlv. Prom Owenton via Stlmpmtesn, Bassett'S Store. I.re’s Mil's, Beatty'S Mills, and Griffey's OBlre.mGeniverotrn, In Brott county. Prom Vrrsaillesto Cillton.on the Kentnrky rivrr. Pmm Bawnsat via lirep W. Hume's, Brawner and Keilev'i store.and Joaeplt Dihherh Mom. to William,berg, in Whitley

county. Pmm Moans WeJcrmi* port office via Flat Llefc, Itr , lo Boston, lo Whitley ronnty. From Boonviilrto Haselßmon, to Morgan ronnty. Prom Contains via Jefferson town. Ftsherville, Reed's Store, and Btonmde'd.toChapitne, in Kelson county. From Sememes lo r'rab Orchard Fmm Mavsvllle to Springdale, at the month of Cahin rreek From Riiaaheititotva via Big Spring, to HardhnUirg, Brrrken ridse ronnty. From Brandenhnrg via ConMantfne, Flint Island, Cedar Strove, Union Star, and Stevenspoit, to thoversport, Brerkenriri-e montv. From Owetanwn via MrCormtrh's Store Livermore. and WnrtMngMn and Sooth Carroho.i, to Greenville, Mnhlenhncg county. Fmm ItawVeaville via to Veiiville, Daviem county FmmWsmetisvl’le via Mead vine to Biz Hpriwu. From Braodenhntg via Mradvtlle and Itatsonviße to l.ltrMleld. Fmm flamemW via Smkb’e ferry, on the Cornier land river, try tbs new vet want rood le Praia's ferry, thence to RocklioM's, In 'VlSthy yoanty. ITT TENNESSEE.

Fmm Newport via George MrXafchV op Corley's rreek to Shoalrs’s and Jones's nose to Be v lei vine, in Sevier ronnty. Fmm Tavtorsvifls vln Laurel Fork of the RoMen and Sharp's Cron Roads to Ahinydou, Virginia. From Marshall's ferry on Mm HoUten, to HayiV ferry an the French road. Fmm Sycamore via ENaha Onrkh aod Brewer’s, to Boerdville. lo Baoroek eonnty. From tVoodhoarae via Academia, to Stmwborry PJatvs, Jeffer eon ronnty. From firm's’ Store to Washington, in the former of Rhea, ream Bikers Gan to Daggers fern, in Carter mnnty. ***** OcmlooA via CoHatlah ffprirofM, to £l,jh, Siate of KlgrtlA. Fft*f* ffyVft so Fimry Wn. Warray rmmTv,<3dv*nriik. FVMM Ifcrnh* fhjwlncM via Kqnamy. JierlaTtd an 4 Mont Gran o Cnarfi, in Yh*<vwiuv<*f Fnm Sm*hv>. in b* commty of War cm. Cal la'.m via l.eSnnn, Murfrccßborongli, la Ratberford From FayotvifV*rt Tnllahoma, hi lha ronnty of Orffce. Prom fiholh yvfflrvia Fnlwfti m 4 lamrmm&mrrn. to Wunift. trwff, in ffit ronfrfj of Wmrm.

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! Ti '& Twer's-tfo. -pfeSi £* Pw.llew Bitfflr. off Ike Teensnu .irer, * ...... ®nk„‘t"lin comity. ... - - . - neoirMfe, msaWrociirty. Pom Mehafi'a Perry to Hay's Perry. __ . From lln aturviile via llermUage ami Swallow Bluff, Vi Sevenalt, in llsrilln county. Iff OHIO,

Prom Ksfkta via ffew Asrerta, Napoleon, West Berre.(os T.ft'e corner.) Essex. Onto, Etna, Lyons, and Baker’s corners, to Adrian, M irliigsn. From Lima to St. Jolt's, In Anylsise county. Prom Pur fifty vi Benton, Wtster, FnnUeton, Plensent, Vsurlmelhe, Oorner. Delghos, end Venwsrt cotfft fnnrsc, to Port VVevite. Indiana. Prom Clinton township, Fulton county, to Bryant Williams From Toltdo tie Bryan etrd Meckevltls, So Port Wayne, Indiana. Prom Bryan via A mesa ShsfTcr'*, West Buffa’o John Luke's and Spring l ake, to Nettle Lake Poet Office. Proui Powliattan via Armstrong's Mills, Deetlsrllle, Ceptlr e, Pilcher, Jerusalem. In Malaga. From Bryton SO Wadsworth, In Medinacminty. Prom Patnsville via Bloomfield,to Wist Urtenville, In Pennsylvania, on the plank road Prom Somerset to Jackson, In the enuhlr of Licking. Prom Eaton via Sugar Valley, to (Vest Florence, In Preble county. Prom Xenia via New Jasper, JamoiUmn, Jeffersonville, to Washington, Irt Payette county. From Da, ton via Bellhmoke, to Sprint Valley, In Green county. Prom Carrolton via Kossuth, Morses, Magnate, te Rear, in 'Puwarora county, and return via BuimiieriuanV, Scon's Mills, Koesulli, lu Carrolion. Prom Bncyrnsvla Osteole, Upper Sandusky. Whdrtenshurg, to Wlllismatown. prom Stoner Post Ollles via nisdou, Brown's Comma, via townships of Perry. Bloom, and Henry, to Woodbury Post Offics, In " Front kl/oont oilerd via SniHhl'a Mills and Whetatone, wcorsle, In Morrow county. nifi r Y“y£i}ft!‘/'* Cor aka, MeEwen's Cross Roads, to Lexington, FvomKsrrlsoncllletogiaphen Alklns's, In Vlhlon county, Via derrcii.iglt Carpenter'* and William Towsend's. Fruit Canton via North Industry,Sparta, Sanilyvlllc. Zosr, and Canal Hover, to New Philadelphia, In Tnscarora county. Frinu Coolvllle via Lotlrlilge, Hull'a Garden Shade, and Pleasant, In Illlilrardsvlltc. F/oui CoslKH-lun Via Slmen's Ran, Mohawk Valley, to New Cad'e. in Cnehoclon county. from Canto vis Rlehvllle. Navarre, Preaae's Store Post Office, Wfineehqrg.emt Berlin,to Mlllcnhtirg, In Holmes county. Prom Port Clinton toOtiawaClly, inOlUwaronnty. From Galllpolls via WllksVille and McKlnslot'a, to Lee, In Alliens rnnmy. / From Oreenville Via Balias anti Saint llenry,to Celine, Mercer

connty. j From Jacksonville via Ortehwood Post Office, to Lomaras Poet Office, Shclhy county. Prom Gettysburg via Welarter, to Jacksonville, llarkc county. Prom Oreenville via Abbnlsvllle, Vittel ursh, Ih Daike county, New Lebanon, In Union, in Montgomery county, Prom Elyria via Import, Ransonville. Graltmt, Litchfield, Chatham, Lodi, and Burbank, to Wooster. In Wayne rounty. Prom Willlaineburg via Sardinia, Flnctstle, In Scolt Poat Office, Adorns rounty, Prom Rltlloy via Riissotlvllte, Aahhrldge, Flneaatle, New Market, tn Hlllsl.nruugh,Highland county Proin Williamsburg via Mount Hureli, Bransns, Sardinia, and Pluciulle.tO WlurllcsteMu Adams county. From Cleveland via Rora'lou, Hlncklav,Granger, and Sharon, to Wadsworth, In Medina county. Prom Charlllou via South Klrlland Poat Office, Pleasant Va'lay, to Eticlld.lu ihecountv of Cuyahoga. From Ashland via Hiyesville, Moltlcan, and McKay, to Londonvllle. In Ashland sauutr. Prom Newton's Falla to Milton, In Mahoning county, at Price's Mills. From Warren via I.ordttnwn, North Jackaon, and Elltwortb, 10 Salmi, lit Coiiiinhlana county. Proto Troy via Ilia Turnpike road, to Springfield, In Clarke Prom Poland via EsstLe.vlalotvn, to Columbiana. Prom Greenville via AhboUav llle. Arcanum, P.ttaburgli, New Lei anon. Center, and Clavlon, lo Bay ton. From Cnluntbiia via Harrisburg, Palestine, Mount Sterling, Rlfloiiilnsburg, to Weshlogtoti Court House, Payette rounty. Fidtt Atiatln .via Good Hope, to Washington Couit House, In Favtltn county. Prom Carrolton In Bayard, In Columbiana county. From fiallueavllle via Merbanlraville, ScrigMrille, Hartaem, Klteu e,Garntano, Unpedalo, lo Cadle, In Hamilton eottntv, Prom Cnrrollon via AlgomtulH. Palermo, New Hagerstown, Franklin. Brownsville West Chester, Mllnersvllle, and New Salem, ' to Cambridge. Prom McConnelavlllr via HonlCs Beit Works and N. Coburn's, lo Prlstey's ferry, on the Muskingum. Prom New Market via Jaekan T.iornvllla and SomerMt.to New Letlngtmi, hi Perry eouutv, From l.ttcaaville via D W. MeJeiiklne'e, Janies Beotl'l, and Galena, Ac., to Locust Grove, hi Adams eouutv. Prom Balnbrldge Via Mount Latham, to Waverly. Pike rntihty. From Clillimthe vlu Yellotv Bird, Clarksburg, to New liolletid, in IMckaway county. From Tnppnr's Plains via Long lluttom, to Chester, Meigs county. Prom Newton's Falla to Milton, In Mahuutng county at Price's mills.

Prom Warren via Lorrislnwn, North Jackson, and Ellsworth, to Salem, In Columbiana rounty. Prom Troy via tin Turnpike Road, lo Bprlngfleid, in Clarke rounty. E-om Poland via East LewMowtt. m Columbiana. , .Tygpt Marysville via the tVen turn,,lke l„ tlirhmnml In Vinton Prom MaryaviNe via the Geo turnpike, Id kentnn, In Hardin Prom Lancaster, In Pklrlleld roHnty, thmugli Carrol, Canal, Winchester, and Urovesport, in Cohnntua, In Ptaiikllu county. IN INDIANA. From Lafayette via Rennsa'aer and Morocco, to Mnmence, till, uol*. From Logansport via “the proposed new oiSrc," to Camden, Carroll ctlUHty. From Crawfordavllle via Independence and Pine Village, to Ok tbrd, Benton county. ” 1 Prom Lafayette via Fay tin, Wlnslilp'a mills, Jefibraon, and Frankfort, tu Mli-hicantown, in Clhitnri rnunly. From Frankfhrt viaßocse'f mills, Lebanon, and Jamestown,lo Danville, llendrleks rounty. From Colltmbtia via Jottesrllle, to Roeknml, In Jackson rounty tJKSP Muneletown via Jsy'a Court House, New Corydon.io Hilsbirc, In Van Wert county. Front Al bion via Luke N. Clemens’s, to Swan Post Office, In INOMe county. From M.nitlrrtlo to Otfortl. In Renton rounty. From Nww Cast!* via Cadlv., MerlianlesbtiVg, HunterVlMe. and New Ooltttnbus, to Pen lletnn, In Madi-nu county iv,,nl" X'SCHliton PostOffire, Ahington, Centrevllle, cm!WK;dnfk'r“ , '''* ~ort' ‘ J VVlUrhr *" r ' ll * "'***"' erowßoml-, u, Prom Geeucawtle viaGniHh*n Mil!*, to Port tarn) Mitt*. From nrownatnwii via Uoimton, to Rtoomitiffton, county. Prom Winlinae, tn Pulatkl comity, via MetUryvllle, to Salltlllo. In Jasper eounty. ’ From New lUrmnop to Mayer title, Illinois. Green’and Barmtl'riversl* 0 *I*"* 1 *"* ° r ”“' K# "* orty ,h * ° hte ' |

Stc. a And be it further euected, Thut the Port Master Oennl be and lie is hereby authorised to enter into a contract for the tretteporUtion of the U.Stntre mail on bonrd of Ibo steam vessels which at present ply regularly between Boston, in tho State of Mamcliu. eette, end Halifax, iu Nava Beotia, upon auch tertna aa may appaar lo him reasoueblet Provided, That tho eontrade authorized by thia aeclion shall be let to the lowed bidder, according to tho provieion of existing law*: And provided farther, That the amount paid shall in no caas exceed the amount of pottage derived from Ihe miM mails.

Stc 3. And be it farther enacted, That if any persou thall deal, purloin, embeitle, or obtain by eny false pretence, or thall aid or assist in stealing, purloining, vmbvxzling or obtaining by any false pretence, or ahall knowingly or nnlawfally make, forge, or counterfeit, or canee to be nnlawfally mads, forged,or counterfeited, or knowingly aid or assist in folauTy and unlawfully making, forging nr counterfeiting any key •uited to any lock which has bean or shall be adopted far ate by the Poet Office Department of llio United State*, and which shall be in nee on any of the mails

or mall bags ortho add Poet Office Department, or I shall have in hie poasesuion any auch mail key, or any such mail lock, With the intent unlawfully or impressrrly to une, toll, or otherwise dispose of the same, or 1 to canee the tame to be improperly er nnlawfally seed, sold or otherwise disposed or, or who, being employed in the menulartnre of the locks er keys, for Ihe ese of the said Pod Office Department, whether ae contractor or otherwise, ahall deliver, or cause to be delivered, and finished, or unfinished kry or lock used or designed by the said Pest Office Department, ar the interior part of any snch mail lock, lo any person not dnly authorized under the hand or tho Podmader General of the United States and the seal of tha Pod Office Department, to receive the tame, (unless auch person *o receiving the same ahall be the contractor for furnishing such locks and koyi, or engaged in Ihe menu- | facto re thereof in the manner authorized by the contract, or the agent foreuch manufacturer,) each person so offending shell be deemed gailty of felony, and, on conviction thereof, ahall be imprieened for a period aot exceeding ten years.

Sue. 4. And be it farther enacted, That if env person shall deal, purloia, er embezzle any mail bags in nee by, or belonging to tho Pod Office Department of tho United States or aay other property ia use by or belonging to tho said Poat Office Department, or shall, for any lucre, gain, or convenience, appropriate any auch property to his own or any other than iu proper am, or for eny lucre or gain shall conrsy away any auch property to tho hindrance or detriment of the public service of tho United States, the person so offending, his cooocellors, aiders and abettors, (knowing of and privy to any offence aforesaid,) shall, on coavktioa thereof, if the value of snch property shall ex- j eeed twenty-five dollars, be deemed gailty of felony, and shall be imprisoned for a period not exceeding three years; or if the value of such property shall be less thaa twenty-five dollar*, shall be imprisoned not more than one year, or bo fined not less than fen dol- I lars nor mote than two hundred dollars for every such offence.

Sec. 5. And ba it farther enacted, That no collector or other officer of the esuams shall permit any ship or vessel, arriving within any poit or collection district of the United States, te make entry or break balk until all letters oa board the same shall be delivered into the post office at or neatest the said port or place, nor until the captain or commander of snch ship or vessel shall have signed aad sworn to a declaration before snch collector or officers of the cn-toms, in the form and to the effect following, that is to say;

eommaodef of (ha (state lh Sr-TsSSwS fiSfficajs!

°s'”':'...n A mi officer of the customs j at every wort, withenk eepecinl insirwctions, anil every special agent of the Post Offioa Deportment, when I** atriicted by tha Poalmasler Oene/hl te make examnliuus and eeizurea, shall csrsfuljf aenrcli evsry vessel lot letters lhat may be on bone, or huso boon carried or transported contrary to law! and each arid sffery of each officers and agenla, ond ekery marshal of Ihe Uniled Stnlee and bis deputies, Ahull t nil time* have power to seize all letters, aifl pacltdgfi, and parcele, containing letters which bate Seen sest or couvoyod contrary to law on board air ship or seaael, or on of over any post route in the United Stales, and to convey snch letters to Ihe nenreet poat oficoj at mar; " the Poatmaeter General and iho Breretary of tha Treaimry rhall ao direct, detain the MM letter*, of any part thereof, until Iwo monihaafley tm trial and final determination of all *uila and proceeding which may at any lima within six months after iifcn aeizure, he brought agaluat any person for senditjg, Os Carrying or transporting any such letter* ecuf/ary to any provisions of any act Os Cortgret*) and /olio half of any penalties that may be recovered (bf lho Illegal ootiding, carrying or lran*portHtion *f auy aHch letlera shall ho paid to the officer ao aeitlng, and tha other half to the use of the Poet Office department! and every package or parcel so seized, In which any letter shall ba concealed, shall be forfeited to the United Stales, and the eame proceedings may had to enforce such forfeiture as ere authorized In respect lo nonOf.l. wares, and ,nc,cl..dl~ f.efelted by reajon of anv violation of the revenue lew* of the United Biiile*} and *H laUr* for tha benefit *l*d protection of officer* of tha cutem*. aeizlng good*, ware*, or marchandiae, for a siolalion of any revenae lew of the United Stale*, ehall apply to the officer* and agent* making leisure* by virtue of this act. Sec. 0. And be It further enacted, That the Postmaster General may from time to time, bp and with the advice and consent of the President, make any arrangemente which may be deemed just and expedient for allowing the mails of Oaneda, or bf nnV Other province, State es country adjoining the United State*, to he carried of transported at the **penae of tha profince* StatCg or country to which ruch mails belong, over any part or portion of the territory of the L nited Slates, from one point In the province, State, or country to Which auch malts belong, to any other point in Ihe tame, upon obtaining the sninn privileges for the transporlatlou of tha malls of the Untied States thro’ the province. Slate or country te Which such piivlleg* shall be granted: Provided, That euch privileges may at kny time be annulled by Ihe President of the United States, or by joint resolution of Ihe two (louse* of Cungreas, from" and after the expiration of one month aucceoding the dny on which Ihe notice of the net of the President nr the joint resolution of the two Houses ■hall be given to Ihe chief executive officer, or head of the Poat Office Department, es tbn provlnoe, Stale, or country whoso privilege Is lo be thereby annulled. Sxc. 7. And be it further enacted, that every mall of any province, State or country, haviug the privilege authorized to be granted in and by the next proceeding section, shall, while In the territories of the United States, be deemed and taken to be n mail of tho United Stolen, so far ns to make any violation thereof, or any depredation thereon, or nny act or offence in tospect thereto or nny port thereof, Which would be | puuUliable under the existing laws nf the United Staten, in cnee the eame had been n mail or perl of n mail or tha United Btntes, nn offence of the eame grade and punishable in the seme manner and tn Ihe umo extent ns though the said mails were those of the United Slate*,' atid in any indictment for such act or i offence, the eame matla es any part thereof may be I alleged to Ue, and on Ihe trini of any such indictment, I they shall be deemed and held la be mail* or part* or limits of the United States. Sec. 8. And belt further enacted, That the Postmas-

ter General shall be, aud he is hereby, authorised to provide and furnish lonll postmasters and other persons applying nnd paying therefor, auitnble letter envelopes, with such water-marks or other guards against counterfeits ns he may daem expedient, with one or more suitable postage stamps, with such device and oT such denominations and value as he may direct, printed or impressed thereouj which envelope* shall be sold nt the cast of procuring and furnishing Ikfl BFtYHpWHVfi'iflfMafiV oV“t{KMetf'YnP(WA l, yk StoV'jsaidj end letters when enclosed in such envelopes, wiih postage stamps printed or impressed thereon, (the postage stamps or stamps in every such case being of the value, denoniinatiun or amount required tu prepay the poetsge which would be chargeable on ouch letters and envelopes, if sent by mail to the pises of theirdesliimtien, under the provisions of the tawe then in force, and auch elanipa and envelopes not having been used before,) ehall pass in the mails as prepaid letters; and all letters enclosed in such envelopes ae shell be provided ard furnished by the Postmaster General, ns first in this section prescribed, end with postage Stamps thereon as aforesaid, (and such postage

stamps on euch envelope* beii g equal iu value and amount to Ihe rate* of postage to which such letters would he liable, if sent by mail, uud euch postage stamps and envelope* not having been before used,) mßy bo eent, conveyed, and delivered otherwise than by post or mail, notwithstanding nnd prohibition thereof under any rxisting law: Provided, That etid en velope shell be duly sealed, or otherwise firmly end securely closed, ao that such letter cannot be taken therefrom without teariug or destroying euch envelope, and the same duly directed nnd addressed; and the date of inch letter, or or the receipt or transmission thereof, to ho written or damped, orotherwi e ap-

penr on such envrlope. Bee. 9. And be it farther enneted, That the Auditor or the Treasury for the Post Office Department inny, under auch regulations and restrictions as tha Pnstmastvr Geuarni shall prescribe, allow to every postmaster whose office was not established until after the Oral day or July, one thousand eight hundred slid fifty, or whose commissions, in consequence of the increase ol labor aud business at hit office, shall hare equalled or exceeded the commissions allowed at such office for the yenrending on the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, snch compensation in addition to his legal commissions aa will, in ihe judgment of snch Auditor, make (he compensation of other postmasters in Ihe tame section of Iho country whose labors are the asms aa his, and who are entitled to additional allowance under the sixth arelion of the act entitled "An act to reduce and modify the rates of postage in the United States, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and under orders of the Postmaster General, made in pursuance of tha provisions of said ! •ixth aectioa of the act aforesaid.

i Sec. I*. And be it farther enacted, That all finra and penalties imposed for any violation of any law relating to the Poat Office Department rliall, when collected or recovered, be paid into the Treasury to the credit of the United States, for tho use of tho Post j Office Department, excepting, however, snch part thereof aa ntny by law belong to the party informing j or prosecuting for the same. i feec. 10 [II] And be fl farther enacted, That it ahall be the ditty of the Postmaster General to issue proposals and contracts) for the transporlntion of a daily mail between Lonisville and Cairo, St Louis and Cairo, Cairo and Memphis, and Memphis and New Orleaus, and to supply such intermediate points as he may order from time to time, on suitable and safe steamboats. (Signed) LINN BOYD. Speaker of ihe tloaseof Representatives. (Signed) WILLIAM R. KING, President of ilia Seaate. pro. tempore. Approved Vngnst SI, IHW. ’ (Signed) Millard fillmore. From Havana.

Seven or eight slve ships were expected on [ ; ihe Havana coast, and all the British vessels of! war were cruising off the Island awaiting them; this is the reason why so many British war vessels are collected at Havana. The Emperor iff Rassia and the Japan Expedition.

A letter from St. Petcrsbureh states that the Emperor has started a Japan Expedition, consisting of a Frigate and a tender. The frigate had already started, and the tender, which was 1 anew steamer would soon follow. It is supposed that the object is to watch the expedition ; from this country. Measures are being taken to import a large number of Chinese laborers into Cuba, to be employed in the ordinary labors of the plantation. Latest advices from Havana state that the first cargo is daily expected. Three men were fatally injured and several others badly bruised in New York City, on Tuesday last, by the falling of anew brick F wilding.

THE PALLADIUM. RICHMOND, IND.. WEDNESDAY MORNING, DBG. 19, 1899. MWWW , M ,,| ~vw close ©e the ixii volume. The present number closes the twenty-second volume of (he Palladium. It is not oor pises to speak of the past; nor are wo disposed to make promises as to the future. Our patrons, and many of them have retained that relation for 82 years, know the course we hate pursued —the principle* and measures of political economy we hare advocated, and those we hare condemned. No important change will be made in the course of the Palladium. It will continue to advocate, in Its humble way, the policy of the Whig party; and such other measures as we may deem beat calculated to advance the interests of the people and the country. We shall endeavor to make the Palladium in-

teresting sot its local intelligence and home matters; and make it acceptable as a family paper by devoting a considerable portion of it to miscellaneous matters, news, dec, Now is the time to subscribe for it, and to renew old subscriptions. Recollect the terms are #I,BO per annum when paid in advance, in cash or it* equivalent. #2, if not paid in advance, and #2,60 if payment be delayed until the expiration of the year. To these prices we shall closely adhere, There will be no variation from them. #2 is low enough for the paper, but those who have the cash can make fifty cents by paying in advance, In clubs of twenty but no less number, and cash in advance, the paper will be put at one dot lar per year, Several clubs of the past year expire with this number, and we respectfully request our friends to renew the same.

Change of Publication Day. —The Palladium will hereafter be published on Saturday morning instead of Wednesday. The change is made to suit our own convenience, and we trust not to the inconvenience of others. The next number, and the first of the new volume, wilt be issued on Saturday, the 26th inst. The paper will not be published on Wednesday next. We shall endeavor to have the mails made up qn Friday evening. All communica tions, advertisements, Ate., must be brought in on Friday morning. Free Soil Party Vote. —Our types made us say a short time since, that the free soil party vote was about 75,000 votes. We then, intended to say 176,000; but full returns show that we would have been in error had we said what we intended to say. The New York Journal of Commerce says,"theannexed is a nearapproximation to the Abolition vote in the United States 8t the recent Presidential election, compared with 1848:” 1868 1848 Maine, 8,000 12,174 New Hampshire, 6,608 7,560 Rhode Island, 628 730 Connecticut, 3,100 5,005 £few York, 20,000 120,519 New Jersey, 443 828 Pennsylvania, 8,524 11 268 Delaware, 02 80 85,000 40,347 "d'ana, 5,000 8> 642 V,. i< Vr* 10,000 18,804 Michigan, 0,000 Io.OCO ” isconsin, 7,000 10,418 M . 1.000 1,126 Maryland, Virginia, 197,433 292,828 137,432

Abolition loss in four year*, 155,396 Elder, a Critic. —Bro. Elder object* to a quotation made by us in a late article, a* horribly inappropriate; and forthwith proceed* to such an application as he, in hi* wise discrimination, deem* proper. It suited our purpose very well, and we take the liberty of making the following quotation, and respectfully ask I Bro. Elder to put on his most sagacious specs, : and give* us his views thereon: | "Old Mother Hubbard, I Went to the cupboard, To get her poor dog a bone, But when she got there The cupboard was .bare, And so the poor dog had none.**

! fsow ' ,f Bro - E,(ler should apply for the Post j office and find someone had got that bone before him, could he make an application of the above graphic description of a circumstance which we suppose actually took place years ago* The last line, -And the poor dog had none,” is specially commended to his criticism. •er James G. Birney has recently published a letter in favor or Colonization, and in which letter he alludes to the pamphlet which j he issued last year on the same subject. He l says: “Some years ago, with many others, 11 thought that the emancipation or the Slaves a-’ mongus would be aided by the free people of color remaining in this country—that their increasing privileges and consideration in the free States—for then I supposed that they all were favorable to cmancipation-would elevate the Slave, give him a higher self-respect, and in the end contribute to his liberation. In these expectations, I am free to confess, I have been altogether disappointed.”

Graham's Magazine for January.—-We are J indebted to Graham for an early copy of this work. It is the most beautiful number ever issued from the press. The beautiful steel engraving, “the hearts misgivings,” is certainly an honor to American art. W. E. Tucker, is second to no artist in America in this line. The l frontice P'cce, “the coming of Flora,” cannot be | excelled. But we have not room to specify all its beauties. All who wish to subscribe for it, will please call and see the number for January. We are ready to take subscribers at the lowes* club rates. Call and seo it. The Ohio Slate Board of Agriculture have determined to hold their next State Fair at Bavton.

•jg- W h are nnder obligations to Bon. ft W, Parker, fora mos* beautifully printed volume, containing Eulogies Ron the lamented Henry Clay, delivered in the Senate and House of Repfeaentiiivea, The Blacksmiths of Indianapolis have increased the price of horse shoeing from one dollarand a quarter to one dollar and a half per set. This has been done, says the Locomotive,: on account of the sudden rise in the price of I Iron.

Consolidation. —It la reported in the streets that the Eaton and Hamilton, Richmond and Miami and the Richmond and Now Castle Railroads, have bean consolidated, a an arrangement made for the running of the same in connection. The precise terms of the arrangement have not been communicated to u>, therefore lor fear of mistakes,we shall not attempt to give the terms of arrangement. Be they however, what they may, having confidenca that it is right, we regard the consolidation as a good one for all interested. It will give confidence and character to the entire line us the road, and thus enable the company to prosecute the work to the northwest with greater energy and efficiency. An entire line of road from Cincinnati to Chicago, would be one of the roads of the west—as a paying

road to the stockholders, and as a road to develops the resources of a rich and fertile country that cannot be reached so well by any 6ther means. ' We trust the arrangement Is a permanent one, and one which wilt have the desired effect of making this road of such a character as to command the confidence of capitalists.— Nothing can so effectually secure thlt as the direct connection of two such great commercial points as Cincinnati and Chicago, and the unbounded resources on the entire line. Atafirein Centre street, New York, on Tuesday evening of last week, there were two hapless colored children burned to death, many parts of their bodies being left a crisp, bo as to render them almost beyond recognition. Their screams were heard, but all efforts to find them proved unavailing, and the poor little creatures suffered a shocking death.

A Strange Declaration. —Congress called upon the Pie.ddent for such correspondence as was on file in the State Department, in relation to the purchase of Cuba. In compliance therewith, the President transmitted the correspondence of Polk’s administration, wherein it appears that #100,000,000 was offered to Spain by him, for Cuba. The Union, at Washington, thinks it all wrong to let the people know what is going on. We ask the people to read the following and to remember that the Union is the recognized organ of the Locofoco party in the United States. Agßin we ask, why keep the light from the people? Speaking of the correspondence, it says: "These papers are of exceeding interest and importance, and will doubtless arrest the attention, not of this country only, but of Spain and the chief powers of Europe. It strikes us that their publication af this juncture should not have itm maSc'iffion condition of eomfMiiUtUy the public interest; and we can hardly conceive that any well informed persons ran fail to regard them but at extremely prejudicial to the public interests. Their tendancy is to embarrass our already complicated and entangled relations with Spain, and to throw obstacles in the Way of a peaceful adjustment of the and jficultics between that power and the governmeut of the United States.

VMinwtaMl. Washington, Dec. 13. Senate— Mr. King being ill, Mr. Atchison took the chair. Mr. Bright moved to suspend the rules requiring the Committies to be chosen by ballot. Mr. Hale said he understood that Mr. Bright had the list of Committees in his possession, and desired to know the manner of their appointment. House —The bill introduced to organise the Territory of Platte was rcfcred to the Commute on Territories.

Mr. Huston, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported a Navy Pension appropriation bill for the year ending Ist January, 1854; it was referred to the Committee of the" Whole! Mr. Wilcox introduced a resolution providing that our Representatives at foreign Courts be required to urge such amendments to the existing treaties, between the United States and foreign Powers, and will secure the same re ligious liberty to all Americans, residing under i foreign flags, which is granted to all subjects of ! foreign Powers residing under the flag of the United States; also, providing, that all com- i missioneers,hereafter negotiating treaties, shall if possible secure such a provision in all our treaties. After some debate,the resolution was referred.

! Purser Smith and the Havana Authorites. — An extra from the Charleston Courier of the 3rd instant, confirms the intelligence by telegraph, that the Captain General of Cuba is satisfied with the affidavit of Purser Smith, and will interpose no further obstacles to his entrance or that of the steamer Crescent City into the port of Havana. The Philadelphia Bulletin, in chronicling this result, remarks: j “So ends this vexatious business, which was I sought to be made a casus belli by the unscrup- : ulous speculators of New York. That a war would have arisen out of, had our Government lent the slightest countenance to the machinations of the prime movers, we have very little doubt. But the administration, by taking a i decided stand in opposition to them, has satisfi. 1 ed the Spanish authorities of the integrity of! the United States, and thus predisposed them to accept the concessions which we have the pleasure of announcing. What will now be the next move of the fillibnsturs?” We are pleased to notice that the effort* to crowd Purser Smith into Havana against the will of the Island authorities, is ridiculed by the Charleston Mercury and other Southern papers of high credit, and that they denounce as discreditable to the nation the efforts of sundry attaehees of "Young America” to Irick up a row with Spain to secure the sale or surrender of Cuba, and its annexation to the Lnited States. Even annexation itself finds little favor in that quarter—no more than open fiilhbustienng does.—[Cin. Gaz,

A correspondent of the Boston Journal, 1 wntmg from London, Nov. 11th, speaking of Kossuth, says he is living so quietly here, or, as his enemies express it, has sunk down into •mch total obscurity that it was only with con-s-derablc difficulty I could obtain his address; exery body believed that he was living some-j wt-ere in Bayswater, hut uo body knew or seem-1 ed to care where.

A Special meeting of the Board of ptors of the Four Mile Valley Haiiroad c* pany, Was held at the Sloan House, j n r? mood, pn the 14th day of December, 1852 There were in attendance quite a Urge n ber of delegates from the counties of R.,.,] 0 ?' Jay and Well*. After a thorough and full consulted,, i„ gard to a connection of the Four Mile V n Road, and the Road from Richmond to Wayne, the following resolution of Dr g”" Wyman, Was unanimously adopted: t0 '

Whereas, The President and Director. r Four Mile Valley Railroad Company, of a connection or consolidation with a pany proposed to be organized for the purl?' of constructing a Railroad from Fort * in Allen county, to Richmond in Wavn ty, Indiana; do hereby, r " eco “- Resolve, That so soon aa said propose,! - Els legally organized, the President :tOr* of the Fpur Mile Valley Rail?! Company hereby pledge the faith of sii<] pany to such proposed Company, that they ?i connect or consolidate said Companies " UD fair and equitable terms, and in conformity the general law of the States of Indian* 7 Ohio, for the purpose of making a thronah from Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Cincinnati ; Ohio, by way of the Four Mile Valiev and!). ton Short line Road.

JAMES ELLIOTT, />,„-( G. WtMAir, Sec'y. * U At a meeting of the delegates from the com. ties of Randotph, Jay and Walls, after the id. journment of the Board of Directors, Datid Heaston was called to the chair, and Isaac U n . derwood was appointed secretary, when the fl. lowing resolution was adopted on motion of Mr. Stone:

Resolved, That we, the delegates present frog the counties of Allen, Walla, Jay dr Randolph at the meeting of the Board of Dir,,.,, ore of the Four Mile Valley Railroad, at Rich, mond, December 14th, 1868, do not feel lib separating from said Board without expreesier our best feelings for the gentlemanly conduct and cordial reception we received, and theamicable arrangements made with them in reference to a through connection with said road to Fort Wayne. It being, in our opinion,the■ ry connection desired by the citizens north o( Richmond, and that we will individually ok our influence and exertions to procure the Mod necessary to build the road. The following Telegraphic dispatch waneceived to-day during the setting of the Board. Fort Wayne, Dec. 13th, 1852.—At ameetine of the citizens of Fort Wayne, it wasresolved that the city would take stock to the amount of thirty thousand dollars, besides individual subscriptions, to aid in constructing the road to Bluffton. We are with you in feeling and interest. Sam. Haknah, Titos. Tioea, Wm. Kockhill.

Baltimore an Ohio Railway. At a meeting of the Board of Directors ol this road, held in Wheeling, on the 7th inst. the subject ol opening the road to that city vu introduced by Mr. Swan, who announcedthit it was his intention to run a train through from Ualtimorc to Wheeling on at st inn. The cars are to leave Baltimore on the evening of the 31 st, so ss to reach Wheeling on the following evening, according to the pledge heretofore given. We learn from the report that the gross rc ceipts of the Company for the month of No. vember, on the Main stem and the Wasliingtn Branch, was #140,949, being an increased #26,919 over tho|e of the same month last year. In view of these facts the bonds of the cootpi ny have advanced above par, and the stock has also advanced.

from the W incheater Patriot Oar Knllroaff. The committee deputed last week to visit Ft. Wayne and other northern points on our tontemplated Railroad, returned to our placeon Saturday last and brought the most cheering intelligence of the spirit exhibited by the citizens of Jay, Wells and Allen, in reference to this enterprise. A meeting was held at Messrs. Rush and Kixer’s Drug Store on Saturday evening, and the gentlemen who were appoint*) solicitors of stock on the evening of the 27th of November, reported f subscription of upwards of (10,000, which had been procured in this place and the immediate vicinity. We learn that the citizens of Camden are subscribing liberally, and that Bluffton and Fort Wayne will co-operate with us in pressing die enterprise to a speedy end&hucccssful completion.

the Fort Wayne Sentinel of the 4th inst., and the Bluffton Banner of last week suggest* that inasmuch as Bluffton is a point on the Ft. ' Wayne and Muncie road, and also on the Richmond, Winchester and Fort Wayne , road, it would be expedient to connect the roads ! at that point, and have but one road between Blulfton and Fort Wayne. We conceive this arrangement to be a most desirable one, an t hope it may be effected. A general Railroad meeting is to be held at Richmond on Tuesday, the 14th inst., at which we hope to see the different counties along the line of the road Ml?’ represented. A proposition will be submitted at that time for a consolidation of the Companies, so that there will be but one company from Cincinnati to Fort Wayne. Our citizens, we believe, with but few exc*p tions, have gone into the enterprise with com | inend able zeal. They appear to realize the importance of a road that will afford a more direct communication with Cincinnati, than any now in course of construction from this They begin to feel that there is (or ought to be) a nearer way tp that point than by the way Greenville and Dayton.

This road will not only give ns an outlet to 1 the Ohio river at the south, but it will make a connection by railroad with the city of Chicago and the Lakes of the north. It runs thro a country peculiarly favorable to its co*stm f ' tion. Its grades will be low and consequently cheap; it crosses but few streams of imports'"' that will require extensive bridges, it will P* w through a country that possesses the mean*and will employ them liberally in its construction.

The road will certainly be a profitable one and will induce capitalists to make extensive investments in it. It mast be profitable, ss ' j w-ill be the only direct through route from nor them Indiana to Cincinnati. It will offer' 8 cil i ties for the transportation of the surplus jpt°. duce of the north, that will defy the competi}' 01 :of other and longer routes. Oor country > highly fertile and productive one, adapted n only to purposes of tillage, but to that®' zing, and it only needs to possess the means getting its productions to market, to make it ly devclope its resources, A* '* s resources