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T. S. CHASE, > VOL. IX. Business Cards ~F.W~K®o£, Stto ncd at Ha id , Ceudcrsport, Pa., will regularly attend the Courts in Potter county. ARTHUR G. OLMSTED, attouiUD at Ha to, foudcrsport, Pa., will attend to all business eatrustod to his care, with promptness and fidelity. Utile*—in '.he Temperance Block, up stairs, ilain-ataeet. I3AAO BENSON attornr at IL a to, COL'DERSPOUT, PI. OtHce vomer of West and Third streets. h. P. WILIiISTON, 3tt 0 r i i at & a to, Weilsbor ', Tiogi Co., Pa., will a.tend toe /Jeans in Potter and M'Keun Counties. A. P. CONE, attorn t£ at IL a UJ , •A ilnliortiugU, Tioga comity, I'M. w ,;i r.-; u •. ;y attend tue courts of Potter count v . June 3. 1343. •TGrlCsf 3. i.IA , of, attoc nc - • r couusclor atlLa to , t.'sudct-poir , i'a , will ..i.e.il .lit s-.ral CoU&'vft 4U i X isli k \i CVt.A 1 c . ijjll' > Ai ousiMo.-s v. trux.. d in kts care, w.h receive pro.upt siu'utuiii. Oihe.. u Maiu-s'rcc- opposite he Faint Home, Co i.ierspori. Pa. i; o u i) li usp oKT ti u r t: L . 3aairl iF. vGiass ntrc PKUPRI KTt) . C'oraer of .tin ..ud . econJ rec s, Con dor.pur , t'oLier Co., Pa ti. it. rV . —> -J lil A | 4&uvucor a.id (£uitu;oanm\ R Yusond P. U. {A! tg.iny ; p.) i'n.er Co. I'a will it tend .o ,ti bus.tu-ss i .it i; ne .vi.u t re and disp .tch £. • J*) - Jy. W. K. KXr-MCr, Surufjjor, Draftsman, anu (f onueDauccr, titan Co., fa.. Will attend to business for nun res dent mil h*,dsrs, upon reisou ib e terms. Reference |,im f required. f 3 Maps of any par of he Co in \ iad t# sriisr. 'J RS K. K H.AHK N(I 1 ON. a W imitnv i ; >i , ii...ri.;i ksr tk Jackson's B.ore, wiilcirry on hc WAICH AND JE •> I'LRV BUSI ike.e Watches and Jewelry careful./ re psifsd, in the best siyla, and ou iheshar.es UTAH work wan an.ed. l oudern r , Oct. 29. 135ti. —9:24. BENJAMIN KENNELS, BLACKSMITH. All work in his line, done to order and with d spattu. (Ja \Ve*t s.reat, beiow Th.rd Cesdsrsport, Pa. B M I T H & J I) N l<; S . Bea'ers in fry Goods, Groceries, Siatioue ty. Drags & Medicines, i aims, Oiis, Fancy •rtic'os, .Ac Af.iin Ciiree., Couchrsport la. JUNES MANTT& JON ES Genorai Grocery and i ruvision Ueaieri — Ate m L)ry Goods, Hardware, Boot* and Soe, and wha.cver men want to buy. Main itreet, Coudertport Tu. O. T. YLLISON, i\l. I)., ESPbCT ir L LL\ iulot m> the t-ni- A.V sens of Coudersport and vicinity that he w ill be fou.d feg u.irijr a his office, over the Drug Store of Smith & Jo es. randy 10 attend tualt calls in his t rofesa.ou. i.ov. —ly D. £ OLMSTED Dealer in Dry Goods, Ready-made Cloth.ng sftcrias, Crockery, *c Coudersport, la. „ A H Buttsrworta \\ ILL furnish the People with fresh Beet " * ad JfcTToe, on Tuesdays aud Fridays during he season. Cash will be paid for heei tatite at ail tur.es. L'oudarapar , Ju.y IT, it>s6. M W. MANN, Dealer in Books & Sta ionerv, >lus c. and ""I 4 * nea. fi, net ojiposi.e N. W. corner he pub.ie squ ire, Couderspor;, Pa. DAY' il> b. brown, Fendryasan and Dealer in Ploughs. Lp f r end o: Ma a * raet, Coudersport Pa., A, 3. <LxOODbx2lili, Lb NS.MlTH,Coudersport, Pa. Fire Arms ""muftcmred and repaired at his shop.on no.ice. 4 rch o, 184 H. J. W, HARDING^ **h:oaabie Tailor. AH work entrusted to " #,r * w 'l' he done w;th neatness, comfort durab uty. Shop over Lewis Mann's •tere. ~ AUTeoA.W tioU.-£, CLf, M. M i LLS, Proprietor. •J" the kV. lievillero-d, savej .serto THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL. THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING. Terms—in Advance On* copy ptr annum, $1.25 TERMS OF ADVERTISING. 1 square 10 Li .es 1 or 3 insertions $ 1,50 Each subseq ent iuseriion less tban 13 25 1 Squ re, 3 months, ... 2,50 1 " 6 months, ... 3,50 1 " 9 months. - - • 5,00 1 '• 1 year, - . 6,00 Rule and figure work, per q., 3 insertions, 3,00 Every subsequent insertion, 50 1 eeiutuu, six uiou.hs, 20,00 } " " " 9.00 h " " " 1200 One-h .It*column per ye ir . - 20,00 'me column . . . 35,00 Administrators' or Executors' Notices, 2,00 Auditors'notices each, 1,50 SheritTs Sales, per tract, 1,50 Marriage not ces 1,00 Professional, or Business Cards, net exceeding six lines, per year 5,00 Merchan s adver ising by theyeir, ot exceeding j squares with occasion si uo.ee-., It c ses co .fined io the ois nets,) 10,00 VVhe e .he payer is sent to the Adver tiser, aspect illy for reason of his dver Dement being in it, the sine wid tie -lr trged .u .he re f $ i , er n.i uui V%f~ -Ail .e .ers on business, to secure a en. ton, should be addressed (pos: paid) to the u dersigned. I. S. I'IIABE, Pub isher —sclcctcXi 0 or t r A PA Oi> >.\" aTaIIGDY^^ [WI g ve, a couple of wee s since a Paro dy ci i a r oe;n eu il.ed ' Tell me ye winded winds," in which .he o d bache.ors had heir itof , iqued ram.y .it the c,a* s yled an iqu i tad nam rried ladies; and in order hi. we in iy ob chrged .vih a. ia i y o horn tie "piiicks, ' we n w gire our fair friends .he beiii-ii of the fo iowiug defe ce. which some n ga- otnded WO.m U it .a cautiioa.ed to the Geneva Gazette : J To;, tue, ye winged winds iLi si round my p hwuy r ar, iJo ye no ku '.v is ue sot v' hero biche ors come no more, Some .one -nd p e sui. deii, Wb.-re no mousi che is seen vVhe; e long-sared U ndt -s net er co ne, Udise ves . no tan between T I here c una .uurmu from dis an ea— A ;bwsaJ una vhicu whis ered. "AO.- r Tell me .h u mis.y dee , Whose oi iow* round me lay, AUu.i - hoti some l.vored spo , butna i* oid f r away, vV'tieie wear/ gir * .nay fiod A r~* LIOUI auf dough-laces. And hear .he use .e. e . ed ic men, or i.keued to .he graces ? Soon did the .nit. .t dee i.a answer give. By mur.n.iruig. "no whi e braney smashes live.'' And th m. serenes, mooa, What langu ge dos: ihou Utter, \Y Kile gazing on the gentlemen. Whose bed is in .ho gu.ter, 8 ty, hast thou in thy round Gazed on none favored spot, Wlurc hats knaw nott.e weight of bricks, An i where cig rs arc not ? Behind a cloud (he moon wi hdrew in woe, But ill italics auswo ed,' No, no, no ! i ell ma, my se ret soul— t>h! tell inc. Hope and Faith, Is ihero no re*ti g- I .ce From fops, and beaux, and de th 1 la '.hero no happv spot Where wom iiikind are b'easod, Wberu una rn .v never come, A d where the girls may real T Faith, Tru hand llope - best boon to mortal* given Wav'd ihoir brig .1 wings, and whispered, •' Fts, in Heaven." A Fact \ you ijj L ly in Brooklyn, Netv Y- tk. nas recently had her le" amp itutcd midway Let ween the hip and k iet- in consequence of a wound caused by a ptokeu h..p. The hoop wa ..f steel, and in M-me unaccounta ble manner a broken point peuetiuted to he bii e. The wound IvncHine in flate' d. a . putation WHS tlius made neees-s: We have the story from a u ></ ludy who js a fti. tid of tjie now c t; ( .ed for.lit* victim : fa hi n, and - tin vouch for its autiiefitKMtv.-r Winstead liera'd. Miss Sally Mat tin, daughter of the late l)r* Mat tin, who is woriii $7O 000 ini er own i iij lit, aiul had been brought up by two old maid aunts in seclusion ft nm " the World," eloped last week from Xenia, O tin, with a bad fellow named Boyd, with whom she had been acquainted but two or three week-, by means of stolen interviews. —MH riage is a desperate thing; the frogs in AS >op wore extremely wise ; they had a gteat mind so some waller, but t iey would not leap into the *eil, becau-e they could not get ut again.— Sc den- DEVOTED TO THE PRINCIPLES OF DEMOC iACV, AN ) THE DISSEMINATION OF MO tALII'V, LITERATURE, AND NEWS COUDERSPORT. POTTER COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, MAY :'.l, 1857. THE GOVERNORSHIP. Candidate of the Freemen of Pennsylvania. JI DGI: WILNOTVS LETI ET. ACCEP TANCE OF THE NOMINA TION. TH WAND*, April 22J, 1857. Gentlemen: On my rutin n home, after an a Usenet* two wei k>. I found your commuuicatioii iufoiini rm* f rov t.omiiiation as u amiidatr for the office of Goveriio , lv a Convention of the Freemen of Peeuiplv i ia oj> [ioj<eil to the 'eadi m uea-uiies of the late and present National Administra tion*, which assembled at tue State Capitol on the 2otli ultim , togethei with a Copy of the declaration of the pritic : pleB promulgated hy tnat C>n- Yentlon. I accept the position to which 1 am called hy the unsoiirited suffrage of tu- i>i-dy wno e rgau y<u : e; :i • • u id y g ateful t >i so di-.ti uui he-i* r. ;t k of the c > fiJence of my ct'.iZc*!; yet nainiii I, .■ ;*ih*e of •/ i.iahditv pi <j'-ilv to rn> et it. ie aioie .. oli gat i ons loe a pi oaciiiug election i- one ol no rdinaiyi i rapo. t.nPtpies Hons <l. >tate policy, ntfectmg t<:c pu'i iic welian: and pi sp ritv. are not alone involved in til ••* issue* presented. A* one ot I t- Jaigcst a d ino.it pow erful ol tin* fovt ieigu Slates *f our cord, delate Uepuhlic, the hutiec and iuteics.s of Peu"sy vania ai e deeply concerned it: the ptiuci; les tiiat ani mate out National Government. .Siie cannot, with -afety to her iudepen ence and tile li tet ties of ui people, be indiffeient to the rn in nitou ■ i|ue.- tioi >. ; Naii-nial import in progiess o| .-je v., ri .t—(piestl us t iuc'iiny ihe crn t; u ;/IJ1 powers of tne Federal • .tine it, and vtialiy aff-c i g the dig. its aid fights f- I < r ca *Vl'ii ut dl -hi ii j w: a et *le*t ag it isi the w. ~ > ; !t; t e Up I!l IS •■ 1 I H.l*L it lII' Ito tv. uudoi tie* license oi Federal un til n uy. The dearest rig its ii fiee nen, ae cure<i uy psain coiiititutio. . guaiau tea. are i utnle.-isly violate.! on the ail of our national domain. American citizens ate made trie vicii m of atyr anny unknown in the deap nisin* i the old w*old. The spinal* civilized and Christian nations lurnisu no ex amples ol cruelty and mirage on the oart of a goveintnetit towards its peo ple, such as have heen endured hy the people of K insas; utiles* tiiey be found in tne persecutions of the Hu guenots under L ui.s the Fourteenth, of France, and of ttie Protestant* ol the Netherlands, hy ttie Duke of Alva, under Phillip Second, King of p.iin. Indeed, the barbarities to w lieu the people of Kau-as have been xp -scd, were of a character so inhuman as to provoke incredulity in * hi- mind* >f a lai ge poition ot oui citizens. Tnou sands have been deceived in o itie lie lief, that, for paili*au purpos***, fic tions were suh.titute I f#r tacts, al though no event i i American 'list oy at>- better .intheiiticuted, tha i are the murders, robberies, arsons, and law less lapacitv inflicted upon the bee settlers of Kansas. These outrages lad t r tlieii object tlie subj igation of i hat Ten tory to the curse of Siavei v. We .-.peak of quiet beii.g restored to Kansas, bvcause a* n> d bands of lawless men do riot to-day infest her highways Hd pi indei her j>• pie because < ; er towns are not acked aid tne cabins of her settiers MI FLAMES.— This peace is deceptive a- d insecuir. it will ;>e biokeii, the moment tnat t;;e people ot Kansas make a vig uojs f lort t- lecovet tbo.-e rights, of which they have been fraudulently and vio lently deprived. Thepilrpo,e o| hei enslavement isi , x<rub:v timed for ward. A .system ot i. gtiiiou.-dyde vised fraud, kindred to that employed in the usui pati m under wnicu she now groans, >s being ciniel ut for the consummation of this great WIUI*. — To this end also, tn power of the Federal Government ' l>a*eu ros tituted. We ar ; given words .f lair nesa, but persistence la support of tue wrong. Kvery appointee of tlie Pres ident an Kansas is an active co-wo i ker it the scheme for her enslavement. Piiticiples of eternal truth anjj i* lice, w! i( h lie at the foin.dation of a Christian civHizati -n, a id upon which repose ihe iiylit* of liurnai.it v. ate de fiantly a-sailed hy tliu power that con trols in ut National Government.— i hi *e t uths, decla-a o-y of the natu ml ai <1 inalie aliie rights of man, con tained in the G eat Charter of out lib erties. atc ■condemned by our highest judicial authority a unmeaning and false. 1 iie sanctuary of our Umiit* of Justice is closed agai nst an entire race of men. The pool and down tiodden aie not allowed to petition for a redress of their wrongs, in those tiihiinuls of human G<<vei nrnerit that •Jrou'd most nearly represent the he iiefico.it atrihutes of ttie Creator and fi . I judge G • all men. In \iew of these iuconte-tihle facts -I He wiongs perpetrated against t e rig'its of American citizenship, and the di sgers to which our libertie* are <-xj ised thus presented in its true ;.*pcct —the contest before us as stiiui s a lignity larely given to hu miu sfTait , and imposes duties upon out citizens a* and -nit-ran as ev er ippcaled to the hearts and con sciences of men. Uhe q iesti >u i. he lore us—fr nil its dem .mis there is ii<> escape. Decide we nu-t, either for t <e right or fr the wtoug. Sooner o later tne verdict of this great Com moii.vM tir mast he pr< u m iced on the i -sues forced up n he c *utitry fry the advocates of human bondage. Mi-t rv will recor d that verdict to her etiduiing honor, or to her eve. la-ting •Tiaine. Til- repeal of tne Missouri Restiic tio , * id tne attempt to force siaveiy ut) . ivi I'P ty fraud aid violence, -rio.ta ed upon tne cm .try con Act Between ttie a rtag • .i-lic systems ot lit-e and aei vie lab r, I i tin isue >T tiiis c-mflict is involved the demo c.alic c-i.ar aeter ofoui institutions of govei inneHt, and tne independence, digm.y and tiglits <f the tree wnite laooiing an and his posterity. Slavery is the deadly enemy of fiee laboi. The two cannot co-exist on the same field of unterpiiae. Eitiroi la bor will vindicate its right to freedom, or it will sink into dependence and dishonor. Free luboi is clothed with intelligence and power. It stands, erect in tin- dignity of a true manhood. It -ustains ly its energies all the noble institutions of a refined and perfectly developed social lile. It is tile source of out pmsperuy aid uatiotil great ness. Slavery is labor in i 4 ll ranee and chains— a to ntaiizrd humanity, stimulated t > 1 <dutry by toe lash of a ma te.. It in ;kos the laborer a 1 ar ticle of nercna idiz *. wir out aim and Without hope. in hie place of au in tei ig .I citizer, ready to defend with hi- hie the boiioi and inteiesta of his couuti v. -laveiy ive t • the State an ign 1 ant savage to be held in >iil>jet iow It enda ig *rs tlie s >cial fahi tc by converting it* great element of ctiei.glh into an implacable ei niity. Nevi 1. ir the history of puitisan wailute, were men iivue unjustly and per-evcii 11 _ly uitsi opresented than ate the opponents of the extension • 1 sl.i\ e- ry, ami tne vveaj).uis it is necessitated to e U|'ly, ami j artly from tne tact— Hit omnipotent has the -Slave Powci become i>i our govei ninent—-that sup poit fit its every eemand is made the single teat of party fidelity, and the on ly mad t official preferment. The citizen who disso ta in terms of earn est and manly protest against whatev er exactions Siaviy makes, becomes so far as the National Government can impose disabilit e almost as much an alien and outlaw a> is the slave himself. Il the freemen of tlie North consent to occupy men a subordinate position in the govern nieir f tne i countiy, the spirit of manly independence will beciusued out in t eir p isterity. On sons will become a subinis-ive an 1 servile IHC stripped of manhood and of self-r< - spect. The slaveholder, proprietor of tin- *> i! and mater of the g> ere rneiit, will dominate ovei them with Bcaic ly less of at rogar.ee a >d powei th u lie rules net hi- hereditav hood men. T • this condition are the - o slav. h L: tig white* of the S rath a! • e.d i t-diiced. Riev h.ve to d iv. little m re of practical power in t!ie formation of p ihitc opi -ion, and in t e affair* of govcum -it tliari as e -lave. fiie same fate awaits our pos teiity.if slavery r-. l ved to rr.otiop • hze i lie virgin .-oil of this c mtiuent. It is the inevitable re.ributim of heaven o any prop e that have mt ■ the coinage e.d ii tegiity to ui iint iin l ! eir i i^lit -. It is not true that the defender of the rights of iree labor seek the elevation of the black race to an equaiit with the width. T i.-y d not pt.q>.i*o the emu'-ci pat ion of trie j -iave. Irul I jve tnat tj .e.-tiou, octli as to lime and the mode of acc nDplisii- i ment, with tlie States iu which slave t y exi*ts. U icy wish to deal with mis great ml e nbarra ->i ig evil in a spirit -f friendly forbearance towards those State*; but they cannot cairy their forbearance so far u to virtually bee me slaves the n-elves as to sur i ruder the soil and government of the nation into the hands of ari ar i .tocracy foutnfe I up.m property in slaves Free w ite labor has rigiits in the soil superior to the pretensions of -lavery. Tne slave mlding capitalist claims that his propeity, b ing large ly invested i i -lave-, vvid depreciate, unless the field where m he can em ploy it, be enlarged Ttie white la- Uorei, also, has a fo..p rly iu I*is lab >r, quite u. sacred and asworihy of the care of i ie G iveru oe it ; and whei o is lie fi-id ip rn .v ne i .13 is t n*ke thai latuij profitable t < himself and his family, if slavery shall mo;i p uize thr feiti'e and virgin lauds f t.ie Well Laboi is depies-rd almost to tne stai viug -i it, i i tin- Je isely pop ulated c .iintii -s of tne oi I world, b< cause • i tne narrow fi I 1 up > i which it is impiisoiied. I'ue (f rnand foi !a fror is small, eo.npa ed with tlie thou* sands w.io have labor to sell. So it will be at no distant day iu Uii* favoi* Ed laud, unless we keep our vast pub lic domain as a sacred inheritance for the free white laboring man and his posterity forever. lit the soil of our extended empire, the toiling masses have the only sine guarantee foi their future prosperity and independence. This, tire cupidity of capital would take from tliern ; and here I e.s the re al issue tiiat the Slave Power has foic ed upon the country. It s a struggle for la id. Oit ie one side stand* t;e owuei of slave pr iperiy. <1: n i iJi iga field on which to einpl y 'lis servile (allot— ipon tnt other side stands free boor, claiming the soil a- an iu e it- auce tt a tieo i terity. Control itnl We tern Europe, tee niug wito its milhoiis of'popul iti •1, i. iot asla'ge as tlie domain of the American .-lave lioldei. fi a d iiis n>id ne 1 already occuoy by f'artoe 11 >st le'ttle auu gen ial portion • f this c n ent. Lot him 1 -1 content-with 10 ' rriloiial pus ses*i< lis an < power. We do not seek to di*t>:id him. We neither assail nor deleod his asseited right t hold ttiis oeciibar kind f property. We simply r.ffl m that we l ave nothing to do wi h it, and piopose to b-t ni n ai>*l his -lares aim e wiere they are. We make, ti eiefole, no <pie->tioii ah ui ttie abolition of Slavery in the South. Wo hut stand in defense of Freedom in the North. Kansas is in t:e latitude cf Piiiladel >hia. In geographical po sition it is a Not them rerrttoiy. li was dedicated by solemn compact in IS2O t<i Freedom forever. We claim the fulfillment of the bond. We de fend the integrity >f free N uthern soil against the cupidity that w uld subjugate 't by vioie ice into a planta tion for slaves. Much has Ween s lid of the dangers involved in this controvercv. We are •• 'Uuseled t sub mission and aquies cence in the Wong, becau e th* wi ong doer threiteus greater cal-ouilies if we shall dare to demud our light-. £> cU threats aid unbecoming those < EDITOR A PUBLISHER. who ra ike them, and an insult t< trros# upon whose; feais they a ,- e expected t< operate. Qe it q esti ms of gov < i nine tal p 'icy. involving tli • erf mj b.-t i iv ot oili 11 bet ti•<. a• d i'jo !j i o •i irss of iein te g<* ierafi ms ne i>t t he -filled !y to tt fears Ii y at ot toe A'He ia . people. >{ •i - >i. a.id t lit- cai ii j oloiiu* at an i^int iiml public ijii ito i. must de tn I' < twee i tie. men— tit eats area i- ii'M t .slivvs* I iutgiu iv dangers • 'C >me realities t* t ie ti m i—to the fur ig • >us I iey va ii-:i on a nearer approacn. So net'e the only danger lie-, t i bee nning domed. lue dau> e is uv re. one tliediy it is met with resolute courage a id detei mined p ir li 'M . 're ligit must p avail, and ie .vro.g net give w iv. Up i iiu oilier ha is can trie q resti :is in issue ever tie per naneirlly settled. It is no impeachment • f the in inly qu dititwi of 0111- Southern trim ids to say that they will and must submit to that which is ju.-t ami rignt, when constitutionally embodied i i the legislation of the gov ernment, Let the freemen of lb* No. tn announce in language hit in and uumi-takealde, their purp •** to resist the spread of -iavery, and, at every Cost, to preserve trie integrity of the Union, and we shall have a lasting peace, sucti as no compro nise. Uavi g its foundation in wrong, can ever &•- cut e to tlie c Minlr y. Tne position taken bv the Convert ti ni. in its resolve touching the duties and ob.igatioiis imposed upon tiros# who seek adoption into our great American family of freemen, nuat meet the approval ol every patriotic citizen. We have a rigeht to expect and i quire a perfect and undivided allegi .rice, from tili who are invested with the high prerogatives of citixau- Ship. As the adopted citizen receives ; in lull measuie all the lig its and im munities of the native nor tr, s ., ought, he to render the like single and unre served dov .ti m to tue country of his ad ipti ni. He should acknowledge no earthly power superior to the con stitution and the sovereignty of the American people. There is no daa- ger that we shall err in our zealous devotion to our c >uutry, and in tho cultivation of an ioUQce American Nationality. I have riot time to speak of the other topics embiaced iti the platform of principles adopted by the Conven tion, in the manner th.er importance deserves. Opertunities will be afford* de me heteafter, to make my views known on some matters of domestic pole ehoely connected, in my judg ment. witn the growt i and prosperity <<t oni great Com no iw -alta. tVhile th ! ut-n <st rare ah-itlM li • bsei veil not t i di ni li tho vast booties- niter ets of a Commonwealth so rich, a d of -nr divio-ifi 'd pursuit sas our own, vet it cannot he denied t iat ours, the t chest Commonwealth °f it-* ea t *ll' i i the w old, his not kept pace io the d velop lent of her tesources, and i i productive industry with some of her sister Stite. We may, the r* tore, with lit the chaige of ra<hneas, inquire if •ur policy c mid not, in some respects, he nud ? more confor mable So the spit it of the ago, and mucin har.nonv with the wants of an ever-active I) i<iuess enterptise. [n eonclu ion, gentlemen, permit •no t< tendei my thanks for the *ery kind and acceptable manner in whicn you ischarged the duty assigned you Vety respectfully, your obedient servant, D. WILMOT. To J- S. Bowen, Win- D. Keliey, John R. E lie. G. Ru h Smith and Russell Knelt, Committee. —An Englishman in Philadelphia, speaking f Pie.>i.leut Washington, was expressing a wish to an American to see bun. \Vi ile this conversation pasaed, "There he goes,'" replied A merican, pointed to a tail, erect digni fied peisonage passing at the other side of the street. "T <at Grueral Washington?" exclaimed the English man—"w me.is his guard?' "Here replie i the American, striking hi* dreast with emphasis. IVO. 49.