OtROTTLA Ca F. READ 1. E. IrRAZIER, EDITORS F. E.LOOMIb',COIiRIi f p'PON.DING EDITOI EL10NT23:03 9 TA24 C7ZtFda ic6-g y, , J Ur The large quantity!of 4ciccted matter which we desire to inseri -in clip Ritribtican this week, leaves little room for ediMrials. • • . . Editor's 'able. - sitter ginvolvs, Preached in. ' the Broadway Church: By Rov-.E? 11- Chapin, D-130. Now Yolk Publish ed by Henry Lyon, No. 91, Blecker street. 1959. Tbeiauthor of these sermons is well known as a popubir lecturer and a' eloquent. preacher. In the opinion of manyieven of thciie wbO do not agree with him In doctrine, he is one o the most eloquent and effeetivef4liespeakers living. lie is a - Universal ist, and his Sermons of course teach the doctrines of his•eltnrch 7 4niong -the topics treated of in this vol ume are—" Providential Adjustnier.ts;9` Chances in - `; Divine Providence,"," Growth and-Advance ment," Home," Workin,g and Wailing," "The Epicuresn's Maxim." , . _ SOO' or rns Deans: Tite,gtory of * a Wo:flan's Life; "Throughout the New; rind_iir many parts of the .Old Testament, runs ORO clear doctrine ' namely, that any sin, however great,lbeing repent ed of and forsaken; is by God, and ought to be.b4iniul, alto gether pardoned, blotted out, and done, away."— , Miss Make/. - .New York: W. A. Townsend & CO. We have copied the title page of this book, in full, as giving some idea of its character. It purports-to be the autobiography of 'a woman, at one time sunk to about the lowest depths of degradation and infa my in London life, but who afterwards reformed, and became a virtuous and cxer9lary I member of coin, munity: The author has shown pp Entail 'degree of skids in the attempt to carry -on the narrative so asin avoid pandering to the evil that it is souOitlo Niue `Ay ; •but whether the publication of such a story at all is desirable, wili be questioned by many. 'The publication of this work—anonymous and power ' fully written—has produced considerable sensation both in England and the United States. ST. - RONAN t S WILLI.. TUE MONASTERT. THE 'PIRATE. For these tinier; volumes Of the Waverley novels,by Sir2 - nlier SdoU, we are indebted to T. B. Peterson tißniultrs, of Philadelphia,sto whose cheap edition of Scott 'Works we have so often.called attention, It will be re timbered that: thewhole series are now published c plete in twenty-sla volumes, and will be sent anyw — h In the United States,.by the pub lishera, free of e, for five dollars, or any separ ate volume for twenty- e cents. ljr The Kaittrul Slate Record, published at To- Peka, is a handsoMe, welr conducted Republican, pa- per, which we gladlytwelcome to our exchange It is edited by Ediunnd G. , Ross, and William W. Ross. Terms,' tWo dollars a year, in Advance. By the way, we-ob Serve in the first number we , open a confirmation of our statement that the Herald of Freedom is an enemy of Republicanism and an ally •- of the sham Democracy. Says the Shztc, " , Thr HerCild ef Freedom, is taking up the stupid ,bowl of its co-laboreri,tie -Demoriitcy, that member.. of the Republican party were inleagnc with Brown in the recent attempt at at Harper's Ferry, and singles out H. F. Conway, - the Republican candidate for Representative to Congress, as the vic tim of its spleenarging him with direct complicity in the treasohatdb plot!' The State Record publish es a letter from Mr. Conway to the Herald of Fr. , e dont pronormoing the Charge; made by that- paper against him wholly falsi; and unfounded. However, the pnrjose of G.V. Brown will be accomplished if he can make capital against 'tile Republican party, either in Kansas or out' ofit. • 'Western c orrespondence., DALLAS CSIT, 111., Nov. 21, 1'859: PRELIMINARY REM4RKS-7-WESTERti CROPS TUE HARD TISIEO—NEWS ITEMS —.- POLITIC 1 left old Susquehanna on the 12th of Oc tcrber, the day following the Stateelection. 1 . delayed my long-ititebdcd , tour West fur the - purpose of castingrmy vote as usual for the -Republican ticket., That ticket, both C,otiti• . ty and State, as I have learned since my ar• rival,'has proved eminently successful, much to my pleasure and satisfaction. I trust that the old Keystone 4fthi -Federal Arch will ever remain true nd steadfast to the great political principlo that she ' has so heartily endorsed. I - On my.route through Ohio I found the ut . most enthusiasm - inanifested over the suexess . of the Republican's of, that great and enter. prising_State. The result was highly honor able to the ze.alouli Republicans who so great ly distinguis h ed tlfecuselves in the last mil Via& I reached Dallali City; my point of destin alien, on the J. 4thi and,shali probably remain here ter some-t o n h to come. We have'hao - some of the most' delightful weather imag. ''table, till within.bout a week. liithanSum mer has made us iiiiist agretlaii . le'visti, with quit warm, glad au,Eshitie and , -.. t3Vlt autunthai .' beauty. • -I • . ..._ • - ' Steaniers are pas:ing up and down the -' great .Father of Waters, ligichi.g and unload ing their rich frt:ighi ut various points on this noble river. A. large amount of businesi is being dune in shipping produce to St. Louis . and New Orleans, • -.- '.- • '. • And now in reference to tbe farniproducts • of this section of Illinois: • ~ • . The wheat crop has proved'almost an en _ tire failure . ; not near half a crop being raised in this portion of= the valley. The conse• quences of this failure to thoge deeply in volved in debt cab be better• imagined than realized. It the .wheat producr 'lied been a good one, the farmers could have ~ met their •• liabilities, and the country v.,4*.itild s snot have rung with the echo of hard tithes, as is now( - ' the case. The corn crop is a good one; and could'theproducer obtain near • what it is worth, it would be of immense benefit in his present emergency._ The market prices of • corn raiige at twenty-two cents cash-to twer.- - ty l aix in trade, or payment• of oldindebt ' ednesai... The farmer is in most cases com pelledstb.sell at these prices, or auffer - a more ruinous sacrifice of alorced LeVy and sale un der-an execution. lOf two evils he must ehoosie the least, and of course be sells bis corn at the above prices ;_ when, were it not' ''. for his debts,he would hold onto his. produce until the grain speculator would be cornpeleed k. , fi to advance his_prices, and then the produce sold would place him on terra Patti again. The Pork product is about 11U average one. A great many fanners lost nearly all their • hugs by lioirke tatal disease, and un that ac count theproduct will. not be so large 0.1 had • been' iuificipated. Pork -will command, I think; fair prices, and to those wbo ale- so • fortuuate as to possess this valuable coinmod ity will prove a great benefit.. The West, and We saction,in particular, is - at present boring under the greet financial pressure; and it is difficult tuforeSee When it is to come /ft a termination. Tkill!words, "hard times!' aro on every pngue.. ;Some ere nearly ruin,* others are greatlY2 ti4pledAhltieir reeoureittf, Every, brnnch oftirade induitiy feel!' the effect likewise,'otnd the whele'thlng med up amounts tp en more nor .I*,t4ri'-ik general slagnatloWer the vital eleniehta-ref presperity. Another year may bring around a different result.. ; 4 ,,1 fervently hope it will. Dallas City andthe surrounding country have been throwainto a• great excitement by event.that has ;lately occurred,. in -which one of the parties.was a person of , the highest respectability befere-the occurrence of what we areabout.to relate took place. The nan - es of the partici we Will net meatiOn, but suffice it to say that one,was a merchant doing a large business, an'd• in whom the people re-• posed great cotifidOoe, so much so that many a wealthy tarmee) had loaned- hint several, thousatid dollars a' - The merchant at this time was livitig with-his second wife, the sister of his first pne, who departed this life, Sono three yearsiage, leaving • four or five, ehildren, - one . of whom, t daughter, has sinee., married i and settled in Dallas,` but a. short' distance from theresidence of her faiher.—' The other party iii !, this strange affair is - a! young apil beautiful woman, whose Husband; left the city about' two ,years'ag,o, on' account of some crime thht he was charged _with,'andi has not since bee:ii heard 'from. Now this:. ON, 2328. merchant ; who had bbrrowed_ of his. frien6 so tunny thousand) of dollar; and who WO' -thought to' be a +del of .a gentlernan;• left the city clandettnely on the pretence ofpun: chasing goods; aiidgM•e his creditors the Slip, leaving hardly property enough to pay: theni twenty cents on th dollar. Not lung after, the beautiful gyred, the one 'who had estrang: ed him trout. his Wife and -children, 'followed him: -The tlhit'was heard of them they ware at lialvestoni Texas, where the -incr. chant called on the brother of a' citizen of this cofand borrowed two hund red dollars, and ;,f ,torn there has sloped tip parts'unknowp, Xearin; , l his-wife and children here in a destitOtelcondition., • ; . ,The pepubliciln a have carried this county, a 'ling they . neVer have done befiLre. ; The county generally; goes four hundred • to 4iie. hundcedPetno4atie. Illinois ydo may . 11. down as Safe in 111560, and no mistake. The great West greients one united front .to the foes of a true liberal Democracy. Its culunins aro in Marching order, ready for tli . e great contest toOxhich we . are daily aliproach- I . ,trust foilic;ne that no firebrand will be thrown - atn'ong4 di by some fooliSh extreme. ist,,but'allleeVtirrie to the Music of thel7li jun ; and,* triumph, of the doctrines preceptsioo:thClirnmorttil Jefferson will be inevitable, MCre 'molt, F. E. Loohis.., John Brdivn: . .Was - hung at ~.t2harlestowu, Virginia, on F,ridy, December 2d, at .about, half pasteleven ; 'o'clock, a. In. _The military.asembled at 9. o'clock,' and were posted onjhe field leaditig to the . scaf fold, and also atiartous other points, incon formity with thk general vrders. , Everything i ; vfas 'entkducteti. under the strictest . milita4 idiscipline„ as, if - the to - Wn . were in a state',oesiege, triounted guards lie mg stationed iii:the woods, to the left of the --cafrold, anepii.4Let guards, toward the Shen andoah MOuntgrti, in the rear. -That part of the military-Which kept the field was fOrnied into two hollow siluares,-onk within the oth er. „ i In the center°X these stood the scaffold.' Bet Ween the Miler and outer lines of troops •pectators were freely adaiitted, tit•,none were allowed * toiremain outside - the outer Execution of John Brown. Retore leaViiidlhe jail, Brown _bade adie co his fellow 'l4)risoners, and • was very a . . fectionate to i;'1.11.,1 except Coak, Whorn , .ihtt charged With !haring deceived and misled him in relation'to the •suppoit he was ; to .re ceive from thelares ', he-was led -to believe that-they wereirlza for insurreciion, - and had fotind that his.; representati,as . : were false.— Cook denied - t) 'charge,' but, made little 're •t i , - • • PI.F. ' -t . - • The prisoner. was then taken to Stevens's cell, and they kit'dly - interchanged greetings. Stevens-" Gi434 bye t iCaptain ; I know you are going to setter land.' Brown replied, " I know 1 (Inf": ; Brown; told --him 'to -bear up, and not be;tray his friends. He did pot visit Ifazlitt, fits he has alWayi persisted', in denying any iptciwledge'of -him, The prisoner, with his arms .pinidned,- was brought outKi -jail -at eleven o'clock. lie was accompanied from the- jail- to 'the- Scaf fold by Sheriff Campbell and his assistants, and Capt.:.AvO, she jailorohe procession i be ing escorted BY a laxly of military, consisting of six compaf..deS of infantry, one rifle corps, and a conipaP4 of horse. There was - nu clergyman peesent, Brown. having declined all religious airertionies.leither in the jail: or on the scatll4 , il.l . Bro'vrik was taken ' to; the 1 seatlold in it smitll curt, ih,:whiett - was , plieed Aso his - etitliti. 1- On his way to : the scaffold, Mrs Sadler', in imdertaker, who was ; in i the wagon with film, remarked, " Capt., , LltOsvii;. vou ate a•gatiOclitian." was answered, " Yes, i was so :ranted up ;. kt . was one of th e i l es : sons of my itiblielr ; but it is bard ,to part -- from fi-itaidst . ihough newly' -made." i Ile then remarktd, I" This ;s a beautiful.country . i I never-pad tale pleasure of sf..ieir.g, it beftire." On re.:4J;liiiiikt.the field where the gallows Has ereeted4,ll4e prisoner. said, " Why: are untie but inititarry allowed in the enclosure? lam sorry - /tizens hard bet-n kept; our.:-."— On reachingplicgallows, he obserred Mr. Flutiteriti . d - v4y ,, r Green Aanditig-!r.cat;, to whom he Sal, . 4..ntletnen, good bye," his , vont lint f u lterilig. f- i . ''‘, t hile oti?ithe 'scaffold, Sheriff Camp ell asked him idhei would take a handkerchief in his hand iii.drop as -- n -Agnal when he ! was ready. Ileiieplied, " No, Ido not want it ; but do not t — lain •e any longer than is' ab- - t m solutely nee: sari." .--. • , : The prisoner! walked up the steps • firmly, and was thdffirSt matt on the galiows. Avis and -Sheriff Vatilpbell stzod by his side,'. and bidding- aniallectionate'4 adieu, he ; thanked thcm for- thgir kindness, when, Abe cap. ; ': was put over hligface and the- rfipe around his neck. Aricasked him to -step forward. -on the -trap. •;13,e rep.l'vsd; " You must lead ; me ; I-capnot seer' i„The rope was adjusted,: and, the militaryMrder given," - Not -ready .yet." The soldierfiniirched, countermat-ehed,l and took positiOp a's ifan enemy were . in . Sight,' and were tlktis Occupied fur nearly ' . tett !min utes. • The 'PriSoLer, standing all the lime,. Avis holt:it-CI if he. was not, 'tired, -Brown said, " - No, ,riot. tired -, -but don't 'keefi, me . waiting longer '!than is necessary." '. • ,'-' -, ---=‘ . 'Then the ipris . oner . suing -silent - . men t, Ife.!theritiftered a few: - werds.of fare. well to Ciipittia Avis and Sheriff Campbell, when, et I 'W . - o'clock,lfie trap of the scaffold was pullecTitway, and with a few slight strug gles; John Brown yielded. up his- spirit; - The, boditwita several times..exatnined and the pulse diII not eease• until thirty,fivel Min. ates had pai4ed. , The - body. was thee *cut, down,..pljtcod iii a - coffin:4nd conveyed iind4r military esS;-;ri,..to the'depot, When it was put in - a car to he Carried -to the I.Ferry I-by a spa- Oaf train at4;o'clock, to be - delivered op . 'to 1 -Mrs. '13row0"; , ho had Matted her taisbitild the day preced e ibis execution. „- ' .- . ~- " . ar-T6t Pupe•'► . s sai,A to iie prep_alng a Buil agaitist.oo King of Sardinia. His got.. lug is notail l fe j ightful as it used to Va. ; • • 00413.:patolina -- iegistature . —A Proposition : . Pi: for Geoesaion. .. , ~,,.,., e-; \\ C, I ..„.-4 1 . ougualA, . ~ ON ~ 30, j eay. • 1 I The foilOrioiresplAtio,na wgo%offered)n :the House to4itiy,t _ , .-1 ' ''.=: ' , • "' - . 4.: "Resolved, That,the Siate-orlionii Caro la ready tiOentektogither i4 , ith the oth. lett4ttiveheldidt_Statte,\??„, nth'. as 'desire 'present acQon, into the formation. of a South: ern-Confederacy. - • " Resolved„ That the Gi),Vetrbef request-. ,ed tolforward,this resolution .to th various Southern Executives.” . -- Another re4a!titiort as offered, askin offi einl information `a s a to the condition of 11 e State tirsenals, - arms, ammunition, number o men enrolled in the State militia. , the State of their tirtne;dtc. . '..._ ' : : • - r#r As - another illustration of the despot: ism of Slavery, not merely ever :slaves, but white, men, we give the following diabolical statement from a Western . Virginia papa,— We find the paragraph in the Richmond ~Enl air&l %Imre it is copied without a word , of rebrike, and we may Iherefore . canclude that it meets,the - approbation of the organ of Uov: Wise - - " IThe teay.Abaletioh emissaries are treat ed tit Soutkwestern Virg . • philan thropic pilgrim from the'land.of wooden nut- . megs, supposed to be an agent of some Abo._ litiott Aid society or underground, railroad, was arrested the other day in the neighbor ing county -of Pulaski, and dea4 with in. the most summary trimmer, by hiscaptors;' one of the most worthy and influential citizens of the county acting as judge, jury, and .cxecu doner. After ordering bitri'to be hung by the heck,.he very . coolly prodeeded to exe cute the sentence. • Having hung hith up until the spark' was nearly ettinct, he cut him dowp and gave him a breathing . spell. - When sufficiently restored to under go another swinging ; he ; was ,again haltered and ( suspended for a few Moments. After having undeigone -this proCeSs five times, (once each for old' Brown, Coppic, CO"oh, Stevens ; and Ilazlitt,) he was kindly-permit ted to retrace bis.steps to a more. congenial clime, but not till he had been'fairly adnion• isbed , that ifTever &night in Virginia ntgitin, he hive to take. the sixth and filth) leap: It said by those who witnessed the whelk proceeding, hat when the fellow got loose he ran like aluarter nag. The treat• . meat received by this scamp is but an ear, nest of the manner in . whieh. the people, of Sonthwestern yirginin intend to deal with all Upon whom suspicion of tampering with negroes and -peddling treason rests', Par . people have no .tolerance 'for -the thieving, treasonable, murderous crew, and if caught lurking aboutiour fields or negro quarters, weiwill.have the execution of old Brown and his; .confedefates repeatedly . , re.enticted. Wylherilk Tekgraph."... State 'Politics We are glad to observe that a 'very gen eral dispoSition exists- among the. Republi 7 cans of the State, to confine the action of the coming State Convention to -the transaction, of its legitimate duties. - *hasp 'duties corn prise thE. nomination of a candidate - for Goxr .ernor;the election - of two delegates at, large to the National Convention, and the Settling of the electoral ticket.- The prospect.now is that the dictumdf .the State Committee re quiring an expression of the-choice of Penn qylvania (or the Presidency will be - totally disregarded by the Convention—the m'em beri thereof not haviug been, chosen for any such purpose. As to the appolutmentW delegates to 'the. Natiopel °invention by. - the Har risburg gathering, that game is out of the question.,, Many of - the ' most .influen tial paPers of the State have arrayed themselves against the measure, and _if an attempt is Made to carry it into. effect, the indications are that it will hq uncereMonitms ly quashed. The Republicans of PenrialAva-. nia, in the,ir resuctive districts ' are 'perftly competent to el - loose their own delegates,' and when the proper time .comes.they w , ll do so With- the right to elect, they clairn_ the right-4.d instruct their delegates as, they see fit upon the question of 'the Bresidency;re gardless of the dietation of political mangos and wire pullers.--Backs County ititelliyin cer. •• . If there is a .eapitalist in the East who would immortalize his memory . among the people, let him donate nit less than one million of.dollars to the worthy poor of,Kal. setting 4s down for ten thousand dollars. oh, wouldn't we write'columus his' praise?, Of cours'e) . 4 would. —lferald Freedom.. See the luu 9ovettiment advertisement,! with aecompanying.i:ditorials, / puhlished in' the - lien:ad of Frterki4 about/a..year Popeka Stale Record. / • • A Western lady' writes to the Ru ral Sew Yorker : • ' •• , "Times are hard, in a financial way,. and; the people do not feel able to spend much for : luxurie3, conseqnently they cannot give ent! tertaininebt to large,partieeip a fashionabki way, or such is . are expected in the Eastj where money is more plenty.: But we have} social gatherings that are pleasant and "prop)t , l , er under present . circurostanees,..althonglt somelashionable people might think- differ..!' ently-and we are quite willing they shouldj i as.-long as their opinion does not - cause_ any,: ; interference-with our social arrangemeats.--;p A few,nflotir : leaders in society get togethei,, and agree to Meet al a . friend's house on a certain evening, (after ascertaining that they will be welcome,) and then word is seht , sround (not invitations) to all the neighbors, informing them of the tune agreeci•upon, that all who feel 'dispiised. may. meet witli the eiympaily.. All who attencVthese partiell take some proviiion from hovie for the tab/01 pic tar fashion, so that we get.e great vane ty of good and nice, things to eat in aburii dance, and-have . basketayfull left.. The lady of the houscwhere , tl4Y . meet usually full. nishes butter,. tea, - Coffee, sugar and creain.l-, Those who do not believe.We have gOod sup pets, and tt.sdelightful social. time,' ma ' come and see.'" ' DICKENS AND THE PAP,ISTS.-Mr. Dickens has bad a controversy with an. UltramOntatie citizen of Cork, said .to be an M. P. Thil; gentleman; aggrieved by one or two articleS exposing excesses in Italy, which appearA some time ago in All the Fear Round,wrqe to hit. Dickenson the sdbject. Mr. Dickena, in. reply, denied that the complaint was reli sonable; deehared that he had. never . dered to-any aeritnoniou. or intolerant. fie). ing" against the' nomad Catholic Church, and added the. following. well-merited thrust Let me, in all good humor ' recommend y(in to ,obierve Whether its (the Church) accredit ed organs 4re- as considerate towards Prtitea. tants, and to give your judgment of me the beneirt o fihe comparison." - THE Poarrt ov-Sciasi.E.-LiVe take the following .from. an-.exchange : —" A les have been discovered so small 'that. title :pillionwould not e *ceed a grain .of sand; and fivehundred milliens . would apart in la drop of water.. Yet eactrof these must have. blood-vessels i iierveti, mucclea circulating 114- Ids,, eta, like:large animals.—The circuinfei dnca of the "earthis twentifive thousaqd miles..A railway train, traveling inexasalt Fy, night and day * ! , t, kbe, rate - of tweiltYsix miles an hour, would require sia,weeks to go round ; ,4 tunnelihrough-the j earth, from England to Zealand, .-would W.nassly eightihousand romps long" 4 ..- - Hon. Salmon P.' Chase. It hfroras pfb - ti . able• eniploynnent to read the sOeckeirand! correspondence of lending statesmen, .when time has 4eveloped, their . , true chareeteti,'lind parties reCon strOcted,' their platforms that. none' of .the original timbers remain in theii strtioture: And : When f itus,engaied, one finds urimitttak itb*evidetiee — orpure patriotism, tried:and I . true statesmanship, the heart naturally turns si with patriotic.devotion 'to the honest .man, ti And it as . tiaturally recoils Irog,,the painful in evidence of a time-serving politician, and re- Ir volts from any' association with the name.—; Of; the eve of an important political cam- Si pain especially,.are -opportunities furnished n Ita study of character,.. and an -intelligent thsOrimination between the stateiman And the , po~itl an. Otiereaders. Will better apprecif.; ate, the 'suggestions we have niade, when - we tell them that seventeen years ago, - the ,emil 8, richt etafetith,ko whose name. heads this article, thentiDernoctht made a speech in .which is ii traced - the exact sition: of the Republican a paity•to-day. - The k eech referred to was e , reported in substancot . the Ohio Statesman. hi then, a leading. Democrat ~p aper, and it wilt it scarcely be doubted as relia e authority on I subject: The paper from W . lll- we Make the following extract, is dated . December 31, 1812: . - Chase:said, "that sLivery was pnrely loaf in its character. The principle ofAls... pottstn, which is the fundamental 'principle slavery, had no• lodgmentin the Constitution of `the United States. That Constitution left the States which then permitted slavery, to continue or abolish it at their disCretiou, but ethderreci no authority on Congresstto estab• lial.or continue it beyond State limits._ The authority of Madison and otheri i was. full to . ' :9e. also said that "he did not COnsider unanimity on questions of money and' trade a eissentiat .Establish juitice and liberty—, restore the government ,to - iti true sphere. of l action—deliver it from the slave • power— :and there would be little difficUlty in settling t,lt'ese_questions.i' 'The great question in cur 'rency seemed to be;whether credit could .be made to serve the . purpoSes of money. if-it could—if the paper could-be made the-actual -representative of the specie dUllar, always exchangeable. fdr it at the Will of the holder, without loss or considerable inconvenience— he had no objection to a mixed.• currency.- I,lut-lie was utterly opposed to a mere paper money system—to all bank frauds—to all bank suspensions on their issues or deposits -r-to all basele..s hank expansions." II- Herds° said that " it.seemed to hith that the-,Creator of all designed that the different .tlatioris of the earth•should,.live 'together in harmony and mutual intercourse,. supplying reciprocally the ,wants kof. each. other; • and that all unnecessary restrictions upon ither- Course and mutual supply are wrong in ciple. and impolitic in practice. But that in asniuch q duties' and imports were the most Contienient sources of revenue, and • the SET hEI? POLICY OF 4 111 E GOVEENMENT WUB to raise the nationakrevenue in that manner, he could ire no objection to so, ARRANGING , TIIEgE DU TIES 'AS TO 'ENCOURAieE ANY' lIRANCGES .0Y Pith litleri6N oa mixtr_aciTais which would, in a - reasonable time, Leconte so established as to 'maintain themselves without protection." Since the publication of the above th ey •• journal. from which we take 'U r - that - paper, , like its party, has changed in everything but iiutnie, while Governor Chase is the /same pure and devoted statesman to-day, Avocet !jog the same principle's, and: we need scarce ily-add that he is allepublican.;.mirthe Re publican party rejoicei.in-the services of men dike him; whose principles are'pure, integrity inndoubted, and abilities unsurpassed. In :connection .with the foregoing, we are glad to have an opportunity Of / rnaking the full swing i'extraet from a letter / addressed by- Governor Chase to . Hon. T. U. Stanley, October 25, !IMP: , !.Surely there / should be.no disagrees ent between Repu,blicaus as to the Tariff. W hat ever may beiny man's theoretical views .of ',Free Trade, we are agreed that there is ;Mi•prospect of:the adoption of the' policy of unrestricted cornmercial intercourse by civil- Lized nations during thelifetime of any of us; 'and no 'one, I believe, prpposes the adoption of that policy by the United States without ,4ho concurrence of other: nations. Certainly ,I do not. lam a practical than, and wish to 'Anita\ practical views--of this :Tariff question, every other,,,avoiding ultraism in every direction. 1 know `that we have always had a tariff. I know that'we have never had a horizontal tariff, unless'the Compromise act of 1833 may be called such. .1 know that for a long time to come, arid perhaps as long as our Union shalLendure -we, shall have a ttir!iff. - Now, - these things being so, I - am• clearly of. Opinion' that tariff laws, like, all. other law* should' be so framed as \to 416 as much good and as little harm as pciasibler; and I am, therefore, in favor of such discrith 'nations as will best secure and promote .the interests of labor—of our own_ labor—and the general well-being of our own peuple.-,\ Nuinan, in my judgment, des2rves thenaine of an American statesman who would.nut so shape Aideriean legislation and administra tion as to protect- American industry,. and rjuard impartially all American rights arth interests.' TILLIMPLICATED SECRETAKY TIM - IVAN , BOARD.—Boston, Nov. 30.—The Bev. S. L. Pomroy, D. D., Secretary of the. American Board 'of Foreign Missions, is im plieated by the card of the Prudential Com mittee of the Board, published this morning. ; During the temPorarialisenee of Dr. Pom my, letters addressed to'him at the Mission: house wereopened, making developments! which induced him to appear before the Com.' mittee and make a confession, which in 'sub stance was to - the " following "effect :—" That - some months ago he was walking out, in. the evening, and was accosted by . k well-dressed Jemale, and at her request accompanied' . het -to her While in the parlor, in .con: versation with her, a man came in, and under the threat of exposure, forced him to- sign a note 'of $5OO, which he did, and subsequent; ly paid it. Simi, that he was enticed by and other female into another .house, and there two men - assailed himr, and forced him to sign another note for ssoo= which he subseq'nenti. ly paid: Another woman, by the represent!. -ation that she was suffering with a dissipate husband and destitute children, enlisted hi feelings; and he 'opened a correspondence with her, and subsequently, by advice of Mi.. Choate, paid $5OO to get his letters - back, which he did and destroyed them!" These statements Dr. Pomroy admits to be true, but nothing further. " ' WHAT' is FstrEl—Clerks in post-oflice are generally pretty well poited . in political matters, but a case happened recently which was rather' amusing.' ExTresident Fillmore was stopping at a small place, and had OCOltr. , S 101) to send a letter by hie servant to the village.post-ofri‘v. It . was franked--all ex, Presidentaliavinig that privilege. • The bear er dropped it hi, but the official caught it up and glancing at the frank, exclaimed: " Who the deuce -is Mr. ! Fillmore'?" " Why, be the - ex-President,}' replied the niefieenger.- 1 - " P'rapa_be is, m} friend ;' . hut Tye voted , fUr 411 the presidents since Jackson; and I'll be hanged if 1 Tenoned, any such .nam,2.11 guess you =will . bane toR try it on at 60 .0 1 8 oth er plane, forwe read history dovrryhero f ,we do," . . , _ , 1 Death of Washington Ili - lag. , Died at. his -residence on the Hudson, - at Irvitaton ' ott t ille evening of Nov. 28-, WACII INOWNIstiIiiiii, in the- 701,year of hiti• age. Iliiifollrlitins'notieb-riallim,thea....r. - E , . liks ;Post:: ',. -, - .- '' .. , : 1 Mr. Irtibtg; was bornl,a this . ,olty on the 301f.0f April, 1783'.- Atter receiving acorn itni school editeatiOii, Ile began'-it the 04e , 0f tl ix en•the study of the law, but he Was'eviti hr a - dabbler in literature., To the Matt a° Chronicle, of which his brOther, Peter rvi tg, was editor , he contributed a series of lap rs.under the signature of Jopathan Old tyl . These juvenile essays attraCted so nuclipublic attention that they were after , raid gathered in a b00k, ,. In 1804,in eonse. quegee of ill healtb, , Mr. Irving made his fi rst visitto Europe, where he 'resided for twu 'eats, making the. usual journey through, the outh of France to Italy. In Rome, it is said; he met Allston, the artist, then . jua t tleisz iglinta fame, whOqadVised him to.devofe his ,bilities to art. • Mr.,lrvinglp instincts, how. Ater, were a better gutde than the' advice rislfriend, and on his return to New York he toOk part, in preparing" the series.of whimsi call papers which appeared under tbknanie'nf •`Salamagundt." His co - adjut'ors' were ',James .IPaulding, and -a brother named, we be. teye, William' Irving. This'serial was -con 7 Mired during4he whole of the year 1807. -- I In 1808;11r. Irving made a more' (leafed impression by his 'htimorous - History, of N. irk, purporting to be from thepen of Die irtch . Knickerbocker. The mock-heroic gray: ityl W-th which . it travesties the leading incl. der ofur'early history i the.aniusing sketch es of earlythiteli customs, or still _mere of theschara_cteraf early Dutch Governors, and the sly' allUsione to the political - humors-of the day in whiehit was published,,gsve it at. once a large - populatty—a populdity which has been, preserved to"the present hour. ••- In 1819, Mr. Irving's .biothersi are said to. ha .e given him'an interest \m. the large and lufrative trade in which they`were engaged with Liverpool. in order that .height 'de-. vote himself the &ore exclusive Rem, ry, 'pursuits. ' At that time it wasahaztrd o-ils thing for an author -to rely upon•tc4rp eeeds o in f h lBl2, he O is pen for Isup ited ort the An . Dur alectii..3lo.9ing the Wkr bgun allure, which; hoWetkr,i did not. prevent him wearing the ePaiiiet as'Colonel and Aide de gimp' in the military smile( the Suite of A prk, At the close of the