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BY Q. B. GOODLANDER & CO.
VOL. XXXI. WHOLE NO.
From the Journal of Commerce.
. The danger which overhangs the coun
Irjr at the present moment U at last uui-
'versally acknowledged. The day when it
.could be treated as the imagination of
' Union i&vorg," as a " disunion bugaboo"
.at "bullying, 'or in any similar manner,
(we quote these expressiona from distin
guished editors at the North,) has passed
away. All acknowledge the imminent
danger.
But it is more imminent, and the
prospect darker, bocause of the constant
determination of men to shut their eyes
to it. The leaders of the Republican
party, for some days past, have been in a
state of pitiable doubt. One day they
steal willing to do anything, and the
next day, when they imagine their peac
.able expressiens of yesterday may be lak
sn m yielding too much, they withdraw
tbeir implied promises, and threaten
fiercely.
The public mind is misled by the leath
ers, and the state of feeling in the mass oT
the popu'ation is changeable. Thin all
results from a misapprehension of the
stale of affairs at the South. Men will
will not look the truth in the face. Re
publicans, especially, shrink from it, bo
cause tho future is to them especially
dark and threatening,
let us state the facts .'n a few words, and
look straight at them. The American
Union will be dissolved unless ibeRupub -lieacs
will agree to amend the Constitu
tion by allowing Southern men to take
their sluves into the common Territories
and hold them there as property. It may
be that the South would be satisfied with
that portion of tho Territories south of
Missouri lino. But unless the Republi
cans at once agree to this, the Union is
gone
Ve do not say that oven this will now
be in time to save it. But this is tho
only chanco. It is idle to stop rot re
criminations ; for settling who is to blame;
for disputing on old issues. The Union
is now in danger, the country is
lost, unless the dominant party at o.ico
and forovcr sacrifice what they claim as a
principle under the Constitution, by mak
ing tho converse of their principle a con.
stitutional right.
We have not heard tho position of of,
fairs better discussed than in a conversa
tion which wo ovcrhcurd between nn ar
dent Democrat and " Union saver," find
an equally ardent Republican. We con
dense the conversation for tho sake of lay
ing before cur leaders a succinct state
ment of the necessitccs of tho times.
The discussion began with the accusa
tion that the Bepublicans had been mis
represented at the South by tho Journal of
Commerce and other Democratic papers, '
and that tho trouble arose from these mis
rcprensetations. Democrat. If wo had told the people at
the South that you Republicans were in
favor of enforcing or, not opposed to the
Fugitive Slate Law, and were not Abolit
ionists, would they have believed us ?
BiriBLiCAS. Yes, I think bo. Why
not?
Dem. They would have laughed nt us.
When tho Abolitionists atlackod tho
American Tract Society and endeavored
to uso its engines to carry tho anti-slav-try
war into tho South, did not every
Republican newspaper in Now York and
-elsewhere, as far as you know, aluse and
Tillify the conservative men of tho Tract
Society? When John Brown invaded
Virginia, did nol tho Ropubliojn newspa
pers of New York call him a " brove old
hero," a " martyr ;"and did they not evi
dently sympathise with him ?
Rep. That docs not show that the Ro-
publican party, as a party, have any such
tyaipathici I
; Dr.. It is hard to seperate a party from
tbeir leaders. But who passed the Pcrso.
nol Liberty bills ic Maine, Vermont,
Massachusetts, and clscwhore ?
Bep. The Republican party undoubtedly
did that in each Stato. But the Personal
Liberty bills are null and void, for they
tre unconstitutional J and they don't hurt
ny one.
Dim. I am not sure thdy are unconsti
tutional. That in Connecticut certainly
i lot. But because a law is constitution
litis not necessarily right. You Re
publicans are afflicted with nn insane no
tion that what ii constitutional, is noccs
Wrily right. You claim that electing a
president constitutionally is all right and
cannot be found fault with. Supposo the
Rouse of Representatives should rofmo
to pass any Supply Kill for his Adminis
tration. It would be constitutional, but
ould it bo right ? There is no tyranny
n earth so notoriously oppressive as tho
tyranny of constitutional majorities have
beeu. But 1 am not now discussing con-
1633.
Tell me frankly
wuai was the uesign, the intent, tho
mut, with which the Personal Liberty
bills were passed Wern they not des
igned to impede the free execution of the
Fugitive Slave Law.
Rep. I cannot deny that such was the
intent, but I think they may bo excusod
as retaliatory laws. South Carolina pas
sed her law imprisoning free blacks, long
before a Personal Liberty bill was passed
at the North ; and under that she impris
oned colored citizens of . Massachusettr
coming there on ships, and does to this
'lay. Let her first repeal that aot. be
fore she asks us to repeal our Personal
Liberty bills.
Dem. My friend, you and your party
have harped on that string long enough.
The Tribune, tho Post, and all your press,
have boon stultifying themsolves about it
till it is time it was stopped. Do you
know that Connecticut does tho ramo
thing, and always did it T And I believe
Massachusetts, Vermont ond Rhode Is
land, and in fact every New Kngland
Stato does it every day.
Iter-. I don't understand you. I am a
Connecticut man and know no such law
on her statute books.
Dem. Then I know her better than you.
Tell me, if a free white citizen of New
York State, poor and s;ckly, but willing
to labor, goes on tho Plymouth Rock to
night to Stoningtou, and lands there to
morrow morning with uothing in his
pocket, and with tho protection of the
American flag over him and the immuni
ties from arrost and disturbance which
that Constitution guarantees around him
toll mo, if he begins to look around for
work, what are tho chances that Stoning
ton wiil let him do it T How soon will
tho selectmen have him by tho shoulder?
Much good then may it do him to plead
the immunities of an American citizen.
Ilia adversary will haul him up before tho
judge, and the judge will ship him back
to New York that night. Why, sir, I,
with my own eyes, once saw an old black
man, very old they called him eighty
then with his old wife, feeble, worn out,
dying old folk, who had lived in Connec
ticut for sixty years, in charge of a con-
stable from North Stoning'on, shipped at
Grot n Bank for Long Island weeping,
begging not to be exiled, but forced in
ago and poverty into what was to
them literally a foreign land. I know
tho old man well; a gentlemen with me
had k nown him in New London county
forty odd years ! I oskod old Jim where
he was going; his reply was the depth of
pathos. They mro shipping him and
the old woman to Southold, because he
was born there 1 "Have you any relations
or friends there, Jim?" " My uister was
nlivo their forty years ago." Well, sir,
they sh.pKd him ; and they do that
same sort of thing every month m tho
Ncw Lngland States, whero a man is guil-
ly of the crimo of being poor! If. no
single occurrence. I have seen the thing
done myself a dozen times ; and who ov-
er thought of tho Constitution of H-e
United States ? Now I usdcrtak
to say that when Connecticut stops
arrestmg and exihng white and black
citizens for tho criiro or poverty ;
when Ill.no.s stops the absolute exclusion
of " black citizens of Massachusetts" from
her soil; then South Carolina will give
up excluding the samo blacks from her
territory. But let us have dono with re
criminations. Tho present danger to tho
country is, that men wilt wasto precious
hours in disputing as to the causo of tho
difficulty and who got us into it. Lot us
bo patiiots and dovise a way to get out of
it that shall satisfy us all.
Rep. Where is the poiut of danger, in
your opinion?
Dem. In this : Southern disunionitts are
determined to leave tho Union. Ith use
loss now to discuss whether they aro jus
tifiable, or not. They aro Absolutely de
termined, and ill break up tho country
if they can. No concessions will reach
them. They aro not "bullying," but ac
ting. They don't want you to compro
mise; they don't ask any yielding. But
you uepuuncaus nave it in your power to '
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the South. You may save tho Union by
making conservative men enough in Sou
thern States to savo them. If, as ycu say,
we Democrats hare belied you, show tho
South at once in what we havo belied
yon.
Rep. How?
Dem, Are you in favor of enforcing the
Fugitive Slave Law ?
l?-t I am nn1 nWnva nnB I'.nl Ti1,.'t'
i nm, i."- . v - " '
liko the obnoxious feature of making me
help the Marshal to catch slaves
Dem. Bah t Almost every law of the
land has the samo feature. If a Lorso is
stolen and lire thitf resists, you arc bound J
PRINCIPLES,
CLEARFIELD, PA. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 16, 1861.
( to aid the Sheriff. If a pocket is picked
onu a sweii moo attempts a rescue, you
i 1. ...
must help convey a pickpocket to jail.
But enough. You agrco to enforce a fu
gitive slave law ?
Rip, Willingly. Tell the South that.
Dem, I will. Now as to tho Personal
Liberty bills. They amount to nothing,
you say, but is not their animus bad, and
ought they not to be repealed ?
Rep. I nover was in favor of them.
They were tho measures of ultra mon,
and I nm decidedly in favor of repealing
them, and so are a majority of our party.
For, you must understand that there is a
division in our party. 1 belong to the
conservative wing, and I cluim Mr. Lin
coln as belonging to that wing. Wo can
and wo will repeal the Personal Liberty
bills. You may tell the South that.
Dem. Nothing remains but tho Territo
ries. Can wo ngrcc as to that ?
Rep, I think not. I will never surren
der an inch of soil to become slave terri
tory. Dem, Then you expect to get rid of sla
very 1y walling it in tho South.
Rep. I have nothing to do with getting
rid of it. I only say that into tho Terri
tories, whero I have a voico about it, it
shall never come. The States may take
care of it within their borders.
Dem. But, my friend, you and 1 must
not close our eyes to tho futuro of our
country. Suppose tho Union to survive,
and your principle of fee Territories to
prevail, do you, dare you, closo your eyes
to that nation of black that is increasing
so rapidly ir. the Southern States ? The
patriot who looks to tho future shudders
at the idea of closing slnveiy within the
present limits. What will, in twenty, or
fifty, or a huudrod years, become of thoso
millions of slaves ? Which race will out
grow, overpower tho other ? How soon
will you have empire of blacks in tho
South ? These are the questions that aro
vastly more important than tho abstract
question of tho right of Southern men to
carry slaves into the Territories.
. Have not tho Republicans, over and
over again, declared that they had no
fear of the Dred Scott decision ? That
you know tho immigration into tho Ter
ritories will take care of that question ?
That tho whole dispute has been one of
abstract principle, and not of practical
importance ?
Rep. Sol believe; but it is principle,
nevertheless.
Dem. Well, then, has it not been a
question of princklo under tho Constitu
tion? in point of fact, a purely legal
question, whether under the Constitution
slavery can exist in a Territory or any
where, except by express legislation ?
Rep. Yes, Constitution and common
lflW
Dem. Well, then, let us go back ofthat,
nnden l tho question. I claim that sla-
vcry is lawful in evcry t of Ul0 Tem
torio3i You ciailn lhftt lt is ,ftwful no.
Ucro in the Ten.itoriv,. Lot us draw
the Missouri lin0 nnJ agrc0 that it s,mH
be Uwfui South of that lin0f a:jd n3t law
ful North of it. aUvny8 ,eaving ,ho
orni)jpD,ent power of a Stato to legislate
U inlo jl5 Territory North, or out of it
Soutll( wLcnover a Stato arises. That will
bo no 8,crilko of j.our principle. Besides
wImt i it u ,ho sacti(iuQ of ft principM
What is your principlo worth? What is
its .,;.. 0l,ict. basis' I. it not tl. IT,,:.
- t ' " - w
I tod States? their good, their benefit,
their futuro interests? Well; it is plain
as daylight now, that ypu can't havo both
tho country and tho principle. You
must yield tho principlo, or you loso tho
country, for whoso good you uphold it.
Tuko your choice, then. You . muy have
tho country without your principle, or
you may have your priuciplo rvilhout tho
country !
Hep. lias it come to that?
Dem. It has come to just that. The re
sponsibility or tho crisis is on you and
your party. We and our party aro pow
erless in this emergency. Wo fought
with you to the end, and aro beaten. We
foresaw the result, and it has come as we
anticipated. With us and our party at
1
ne North
the South will not, cannot
troat ; for they regard us as conquered
and powerless. If wo offer thorn terms,
they deny our ability to fulfil our promi
ses. Tho secessionists among them abhor
tho Union. They tell us that they will
go, whatever is dono. Rut you may save
tho Union now by showing Georgia and
Alabama conservative men that you aro
not Abolitionists ; that there is a strong
conservative party, even in tho RepublU
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.cuu ruiins , iiiuijuu ore willing to give
them all the privileges of copartners in
the Union. At least, try this last resort
of peaceful mon ; and when you have
in ado to the South a fair cfl'cr li this kind
when you have offered to acpval the
not MEN
Personal Liberty bills, to enforco the Fu
gitive Slave law, to make an equitable di
vision of the Territorios then, if the
Southern disunionists insist on leaving
the Union, it will be time for you to talk
with a clear conscience about having dono
your duty, j.
Rep. The Fugitive Law and the Per
sonal Liberty bills I can agree to. I don't
know about yielding as to Territories.
That is, in foot, our party principle; the
only principlaVeail hadin common.
Your idea, that we don't yield a principle
if we put it into the Constitution, is nil
very well, but it hurts one's self-respect
to give up.
Dem. That's the point, after all, then.
The Union is to bo lost, and it might be
saved but for the solf-respct of politi"'
cians. God save us, then
THE WIFE'S IIUSE.
Don't sit up for me tc-night, Bertha,'
said Philip Graham ono pleasant cveniug
as he wentjto bestow a parting on his wife's
sweet lips. 'I hayo engaged to take Mrs.
Mortimer and Miss Ellen to the opera to
night, and may return lato.'
'To hear Vostill. Oh, how deligLtful,
I had forgotten that she was to Bing to
night. Why may I not bo ono of tho
party ?'
'You might, I suppose, but I really
you go so little I did not mention it to
them '
'Never mind, I can go 6omo other time
I dare say.'
'Oh, yes, go to-morrow right. If you
like.'
'Very well, that will do.'
'Good-night, then, my love," and with
another kiss Bertha was lyft alone.
'Dear, hnudsomo follow,' sho sighed,
throwing herself down on tho low loun
ging chair by the fireside, 'so good and so
kind, if ho didn't care so much for socie
ty ; and if that gny widow ond her bold
daughter would let him alone. The third
evening this week that he has spent in
company with them. True, I was nt that
stupid parly, but I am sure they engrossed
much more of his attention than I did;
and others tioticcd it too. One prim maid
asked mo if I was not jealous, and that
lachrymose Mrs. Pryuni, who is always
groaning, cast up her eyes and pressed
my hand in token of sympathy, whon I
b.i'Seher good night. No, I am not jeal
ous ; but I wonder how ho would like to
have me Uii t so. I have half a mind to
try it, if I only knew any ono 1 liked well
enough.'
A sharp tinklo of tho door bell startled
her, and a moment after a tall gentleman,
moustachod and whiskoied almost alarm
ingly, cntcrod tho room. Bortha mani
fested a littlo surprise, half of terror, but
the words :
'My dear Bertha, Lave you forgotten
mo,' hud not entirely passed the stranger's
lips, cro she was iu his arms, exclaim
ing:
'Loonard I dear Leonard ! Welcomo
homo 1'
'But whore is your husband, dearest?1
no asKeu, nun an nour later, wiion se
had asked and answered many a rapid
question. 'I wonder ho can be tempted
to loavo this pleasant home and sweet
wife a single evening.'
'Ho has gone to tho opera,' sho answer
ed hesitating slightly.
'Without you ? But I suppose you have
some littlo whim to exeuso you tired of
tho prima dona, nr something of the kind,
I prcsumo. You should spend a winter
in tho California mining districts in order
to apprcciato your privileges,' he said
laughingly.
Is it too lato yet ? Will you go with me?
Let me be your cavalier onco more as in
old time.'
An idea occurred to Bertha ; hero was
an excellent opportunity to put into ex
ecution the plan which she was thinking
of when he arrived What would prevent
her? Nothing sho resolved, und her an
swer was :
'I shall bo delighted I'm sure. I will
bo ready in a fe?r moments.'
Resting gracefully upon the crimson
cushions sat tho fair Mrs. Mortimer and
her fairer duughter. Helen Mortimer,
dressad with regal magnificence, ar.d her
gorgeous attire suited well the dark style
of her beauty. A tmilo of triumph shone
in her flashing eyes us sho listened to the
flattering remarks of Philip Gnham,
whose very distinguished appearance
and polishod mancors mado him a most
agreeable companion, and to whose good
offices she trusted for admittance to cir
cles from which her bold gayoty and free
dom of manner might otherwise debar
her.
As for Philip Graham, though ho never
would havo dreamed of such a woman for
the quiet otmosphoio of homo , yet he ly v
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ed to while away on hour in her society,
little dreaming that pain or anxiety was
causod by his conduct, since no word or
act of Bertha's hinted as much.
'See, Graham,' exclaimed Miss Morti
mer, 'is not that your wife in the box opi
posuo us 7
uernia, i doclare! How came she
1 a a ...
norer ana with a stranger too !' a iid Phi
lip, looking in the direction ' indica
ted. 'Thon you dou't' know him?' said
Miss Mortimer. 'Very elegant in at,
pearaneo, and vcry much devoted to his
tair lady, I should say ; some old lover I
presume.'
'Kxcuso me, Miss Mortimer, my wife is
too ladylike for indelicacy,' ho answered
sternly. ,
'Ofl'ondcd, Philip ? and with me ?' she
said, turning her eyes pleadingly toward
him. 'Pardon mo, I did but jest.'
Sho laid her ungloved hand upon hi
rm. But the arts which had charmed
and dazzled the young husband had lost
their power, and ho only answered polite,
ly her expression of regret.
Bertha met his gaze of surprise smiling,
but soon seemed absorbed in the music,
and tho romarks ot her companion whoso
interest iu her comfort was .sufficiently
apparent. Jleseemcd well known, among
the Budiencf, too ; for tho watchful Philip
noticed many bows and smilos of recogni
tion. Thoro is Mr. Golding, who knows every
body ; I will ask him the name of your
wifo's attendant,' said Mrs. Mortimer,
who had marked with surpriso the dis
composure of Graham, whom as shit told
her daughter afterwards, she had sunno.
sed too much a'maa of tho world to care
for his wife.
'Mr. Golding, pray tell mo the namo of
the gent eman opposite the one with tho
magnifrcicnt beard and dark eyes ?'
Who 1 Why, I declare ! it is my old
fried, Leonard Torcy. He must hove ar
rived today. He has boen four years ab
sorot. I must go round and see him. I
see ho has found Mrs. Graham ulready. 1
congratulate you, sir, ho continued, turn
ing to Fhillp.
'Congratulate mo! For what?' mutter
ed Philip in surprise, a dim idea entering
his brain that Mr. Golding meant to insult
him.
Tiie opera was over at last, nnd resisting
Helen's alluring glaneos, and Mrs, Morti
mer's earnest invitation to come in and
spend an hour at cards, Thilip hastened
homeward in time to tee a carriage drive
away from tho door. Bertha was already
unbinding her tresses when ho entered
her chnti her, and in reply to his questions
she only answered carelessly.'
'Yes, I had an opportunity, and thought
I would improve it. Y'ou know it looks
so stupid for married peoplo to bo always
togolher in public. Leonard is an old
friend of mine, nnd I am glad ho has re
turnod. I shall enjoy his society very
much.'
She was only repeating words which
Philip had used many a lime when prais
ing tho beauty und gruco of some nowac
quaiLtancc; but they did not seem very
satisfactory now, for ho only .muttered
'humph,' in a discontented way, and was
silent. .
Bertha snw the success of her scheme,
and laughed mischievously as sho laid
down to slumber, and dream, perchance,
of tho sloighride she was to enjoy with her
friend on tho morrow. Philip had en
gaged to ride, too, with Mrs. nnd Miss
Mortimer ; and so it chanced (hut tho two
partiis met on the cio vded tho oughfaro,
ond ho had just lime to catch a laughing
glance and a wave of the little hand from
his wife as tho sleighs dashed past each
other. He spent that evening at home,
but not alone with his wife; Percy was
there, and Bertha chatted witn him,
played for him, and they sang together
songs riplcto with love and sentiment
songs which he reminded her they hod
sung so often together in the 'olden
time.' At last, angry with himself, his
wife, and his guest, Philip left the room,
excusing himself on tho plea of business,
but adding, ' that two such old friends
must have so much to say to each other,
that a third person would be almost an
intruder.' Mr. Percy looked surprised,
but Bertha answered smilingly :'
Oh, yes, Leonard, and I have jlcn(y of
subjects of conversation.'
Leonard, indeed,' growled Thilip, on
his way to tho library. 'Confound the
fellow, what doos he mean with his old
songs ?'
He remained alone till tho visitor do
parted, and could hardly believe his own
eves when he saw through the half open
door Percy imprint a kiss upon the brow
of his wifo, which she received as quite a
matter of course,
25 per Annum, if paid in advance.
SERIES VOL. I. NO. 26.
Pray do all your friends take their de
rarture in thai loving manner?' he asked
as sho entered the library.
'Oh, no! but Leonard is a privileged
character, and, besides, I am endeavoring
to bring my notions of propriety to a mora
modern standard. I hope to become ac
customed to thote improvements in timo,
and to take them as easily and gracefully
as some of your favorito ladies do-Miss
Mortimer, for instano.v I have noticed
that you rarely meet or part with her with
out some harmless liberties.'
It was true that in tho fascination for
the bold beauty ho had often praised her
gay manners to his wife, but it was strange
how different these things looked from a
difl'erent point.
' But Miss Mortimer is unmarried j and .
besides it was all a joke, our meeting and
parting in that way,' ho answered.
' Very well, Tercy is unmarried, and we
will call our porting a joke, if you please,'
was the reply.
As you will, but I don't admire such
jokes, I assure you.'
' What, jealous, Philip ? and I have only
been in Percy's company three times.
Let's see- once at tho opera, onco sleigh
riding, ar.d this evening.
' No, I am not jealous, but I don't see
what has come over you. Don't you know
that you will ruin your reputation if you
go on in this way ? With men it is differ,
ent; they aro not expected to be so ex
clusive in their attachments. Society has
chiirns upon gentlemen which they mast
fulfill.'
'True, doubtless; nnd these same 'claim
of society extend lo the ladies, I suppose,
and we ought of course to emulate tho
generous, self-sacrificing examples of Jthe
sterner sex.'
Thilip could not but think, that how
ever willing ho might bo to sacrifice him
self upon tho altar of society, ho did not
wish his wifo to devote herself to its
claims ; but he could not say so with those
mirthful eyes watching him so closely.and
he remained silent.
When ho returnod lo dinner, the next
day, he found his wifo absent, and a noto
informed him that she had gone with
Porcy to spend tho day at her father's
country seat a few miles from tho city, and
that 'if ho pleased,' he might take the
eveuiug cars, spend a few hours at the
' homestead,' and return with them.
' If I pleaso!' Well, I don't pleaso to
do any such thing. How changed she is
since Torcy's coming, to leave mo so, when
she has never visited her old home alone
before during cur two years of married
life.'
But the quiet hour alono in the dining
room was favorablo for meditation, and
he finally resolved to seek his wife, and
confessing the errors his conduct Lad
shown him in their true light, endeavor
to persuade hefto resume once more the
quiet and domestic habits which ho saw
were now necessary lo happiness. He was
warmly welcomed by the family at the
homestead, but Bertha was invisible.
' She has just come in,' said her mother,
in answer to his inquiries. ' Y'ou will find
her ond Loonard in the, south room."
' Here, runaway 1" said he, as he enter
ed tho room, ' why did you not meet m
as you did in the days shcu 1 earn
wooing?'
' I certainly would, had I known of your
arrival ; but Leonard and I were out
watching the skaters on tho lake. I have
never been on tho ice before, since the
day, six years ago, when it proved so
treacherous lo mo, and when (tear Loonard
rescued mo from the chilling wpter,'
' Dear Leonard? I thought it was your
brother who saved you,' exclaimed Philip.
'It was my brother, dear rhilip. Let
mo introduco you to my half brother,
.Frank Leonard Terry. I should have
made you acquaiuted beforo, but I wished
lo try some of tho pleasures of flirting ; no
ono understands it so well os Leonard
except my htibband.'
And'ho will gladly give up all claims
to 'proficiency in the art,' as you call it,
if you will piomiso to let it alono in the
future,' said Thilip, who had been shaking
hands heartily with Percy.
4 Whnt ?' and leave tho claims of society
unfilled, and tho widow and the fatherless
unconsoled in their desolation ?' asked
Bertha, her face radiant with mirth and
triumph.
1 Yes, minx, wit the laughing answer ;
and ho kept his word. . .
Ji-One of the attractions at a lato ag
ricultural fair in California was a camel
race. Fifteen of the animals were on ex.
hibition, exciting gecat curiossty.
Tho population of the Stato of Tennsyl.
vania, as estimated by . the recent census.
is about two millions nine Luudiod thou
I sand.