Vittshurgil 6qt.tit. 7. 7. In 7 7tati,—.D.s. zoos sinzaz--arsscrs 'awn . S. 1“Di)1.11 & szirrorN aad PEOPRIZTOBB Prx-rs - strE.a-mr.: WEDNESDAY MORNING, AtO. 5,1857 READ . 0 MATTER OX RACE PAGE OF TOM PAPER. Ell Thayer In the "Old Dominion." &tine few months since, when it was an flounced that Eli Thayer, and other Northern capitalists, had in contemplation the purchase of. large portion of the worn-out lands of Vir ginia; for the laudable purpose of converting them into good and productive farms, the Yankee bating "chivalry" of that State were all up in arms at the contemplated "Northern invasion." The Enquirer and the South--the pro-slavery journals of Richmond—fairly boiled over with indignation, and no languageseemed sufficiently violent to express the wrath occasioned by this really excellent proposition, which had for its object the future wealth and prosperity of the, • ancient Commonwealth: - Subsequent move !merits; however, have convinced us that these habitual agitors and professional Hotspurs did not represent the entire sentiment of Virginia. There are a large number of influencial citizens in this State-L"native and to the manor born," and entirely free from the charge of abolition ism—whose vision is not bounded by the dark horixon of Slavery, and who yet harbor in their hearts some of that old fashioned patriotism and love of country, which in other times, made ' Virginia an object of reverence and respect to all classes of the American people. • They love their State and its cherished interests more than they love the institution of slavery, and are therefore not prepared to reject well-intended and whole some aid, even nt the bidding of Sectionalists who too long have been permitted to wield their iron sceptre to the serious injury . of those whose interests they profess to guard. Eli Thayer, we arerpleased to state, has appeared in Virginia, and instead of having been Objected to the treatment - blandly promised hid by the Rich- Mond newspapers, he has been received with open arms and courteous encouragement. The Guyandotte Unionist, of the 26th ultimo, contains `the proceedings of a public meeting composed of highly respectable and influential citizens of that neighborhood, at which Mr. Thayer was present by invitation, and addressed the audience on his land project. He was listened tcr,Fith marked attention, and succeeded in making a very favorable impression on his hearers. The committee appointed to draft a'preamble and resolutions "expressive of the ,sense of the miteting," reported the following, which it does one's heart good to read in these times of prejudice -.and'virdenee,.when brute force frequently takes the place of rational argument and sound tea -. coning. Dr. Buffington, the chairman of the Committee, reported these resolutions, and !Oley were adopted unanimously. They read • thus: Wheneew: The Legislator° of Mew York bee char - Aered a company that design, as we have been in tended by the lion- Eli Thayer, the President of that comPany, purelassing land in Virginia, and settling Mantua with intelligent, indostrious and enterpris ing agriculturists, mechanics and miners: and, whereas, a few leading men, influenced, as we be bare, by a wrong conception of the objects of this enterprise, have sought to array -the citizen. of the - State against' Mr. Thayer and` hit company, which • we, an at present advised, believe to be an act of In justice towards them, calculated to militate against ' the intereat of Western Virginia, and give to citizens - of other States an incorrect impression of the opin ions of the people of this State on that subject, - therefore • Mew/ved, That we .are in favor of, and wal en ••••:eourage,every well-founded eaterprise that has for • its object the cultivation of the wild and uncultivated portions of Western Virginia, the development of oar mineral resources, the establishment of manufatt tories.„or anything else thattends in any manner to =Akan, an independent, self-rellant people. Bcsolml, That we sill welcome to our State the good, law-abiding citizens of any and all the other- States of the Union, or the world, who may choose • to east-their lot with us, to aid ns in making 'Wester* Virginia Gee of the wealthiest sections of the Unioe j . and raising the Old Dominion, the mother of States and `statesmen. to the dignified and commanding -- -;..;!**onmercial position which sho once occupied among - &atm of the Union. Betrayed, That we will defend, in the possession - of equal rights with ourselves, the peaceable, law r...lSl/Midlegeitizens of other States who may settle le our conform to the laws of the State. The last.resolution refers no doubt to the 'threats of violence made in the Richmond pa pare; . and shows that the men who composed *this meeting know their true interests, and are • determined to guard them with becoming spirit - • and energy. Thernaarks of Mr. Thayer before the meeting are plain and practical, and are characterized with becoming moderation and forbearance. In the course of his remarks he said:— "It was not his purpose to address them on meta. physics, religion or 'polities, but their mutual want.. Ile represented the liamestesul Aid Society, and they couldiememod capital, and iildllooCo the concentra tion o ekillful operators, while in Cabe-11l and Wayne coon she found ecountrfinore capable of making its population independent of all other sections than any other portion or. the country he had noticed. lie found here fine agrieralusral districts unoccupied. a rich mineral nation undeveloped, and the people im porting from other States their a^riculturel imple snouts and furniture, when the wood and the iron in •its crude, state, and the coal for fuel, are here in abendence. In Massachusetts an immense sum is produced from the work-shops and manufactories, but this is not ell - clear profit; from It mast be de - dotted the cost of the raw material, which generally has to be transport.' from the South or the West.— You, then, want ekillfol men end.eipital to build up your country, mud we want land and the raw mete - rig. Von can supply our wants—we can supply yours. If we purchase land here, it will be divided into small farms, which will be cultivated so as to be made to produce as much per acre es possible. It is a cane to any country to hare but few landhold ers: England wria mined when she had but one landholder—William the Conqueror—less cursed when eho had more landholders under the aristoc racy, and still cursed by having bet few. Wo are charged with a design of buying op fictltions land titles by the Kanawha Valley Star, sod come other papers is theJState. As. yet, we have per chased no land, and shall not, unless we can obtain for it clear and indisputable title, such as Mr. taidlY, or tome one as competent to decide, will say is aneeceptionable." Ili reply . tO the questions why he addressed the.p . eopleon this subject, and why be did not proceed st once, as as he had alegal right to do,_ - rand purchaee all the hind desired for the com inencement of operations—he replied, "We * "Waist something more than our legal rights; we 'Want friendship, a fraternal feeling; to secure that, we desire an opportunity to explain to our fellosfaititens and neighbors, the object of our • .enterprise, that they may entertain - no false concordats thereof." He. spoke of t the advaci -1- tagem ofVirginia with its great, thwigh now tieg lege& resources, over the nee territories where the emigrant won shivering with chills and fevers and is compelled to endure all the hardships of a slew country ; and declared the object of the company of which ho is at the head, to be that of purely a business association. lie closed with the following remarks: It ii absurd to suppose that we would tome here and bring our wives and children to get into cpur- Ms and difflcultiee—steal your slaves—or violate your laws to any respect. We do not hart' your glace—we can do better without them; w&like en gine power better than negro power, because that kind of servants don't run olf--don't sulk nor tire— it will Work night and day without murmuring, re quires no Nod, and costs less; yet, if you should ' prefer negro power, we have no right to and never will interfere with your right to employ it. There are two classes of politicians ho never admired— those who desired and those who feared *dissolution of the Union; he did not believe it poulble, and did not, desire it; but if there is danger of such an event, this enterprise is -more calculated to diminish than • augment that danger, as the commingling and inter , twining-in the - social and pecuniary relations of the : - people etthe two sections itcalctilitted to , unite them more'firnaly together as onelsople. In eonelusion, Mr. - . Thayer requested that there - t should be no local jualousies excited in reference to tfie site , the/might hereafter he selected, upon which to commence their operations and demanded to be inikirined of the wear point, if spy, in this policy, and thenw of the hue and cry against them. In answer laWqiustion from the Rev..L 0. Rue, as to how the Steckel the Company was raised, he replied, as bank steek:le usually ratsel. -The charter au thorized them to raise a capital Mock of $200,000 to 85,000,000. They met at m e in Rouse, Raw Y o rk, the week wastak ,30 minutes—silty thousand by Virgi*iane i .„ , This' movement at Guyeadette, - nithough to the Ittareat, it ie now "a cloud. • not larger .. . thanLl'qan's haod,'' may in the cotmse of time . exercise • great influence on the social and polity • foal condition of Virginia. -The Homestead AeZ m i s thtlapoorm . the =dens of a power that, w aYeatoit r aalbc subcutute Lases sole . 8 4 . *:* i y,-„o4ll4sta eft the peace f ul emaocipaz replied dot *tate from the worst of evils. That Bitch may ; be the result of iheir.efforts should be thatirayer_of ever" patriot and phit n!ropist. MM=3ll9 Potrricsx COWAIIDICE.—The political coward ezcites as much contempt as any other coward. A poltroon is a despicable object, no matter on what field be displays the white feather. Renee we lire not surprised to learn that the pusillan imity-shown by Gen. Packer, through the loiotb co., State Committee, in refusing to accept Wil molls challenge to stump the State, has much mortified the rank and file of the party, and ex cited their ire to think that they have to be led by one who has at the very outset turned tail upon the enemy. Among them be it. Certainly his own party cannot „despise the dastard any more than his opponents do. This cock who wont fight had better have his spurs taken off and be sent to the dunghill at once. The democratic party professes to be a nation al party, a permanent piirty, an old partya party, in fact, with a settled creed and welles tablished principles, upon which it relies for success. Why, then, is it afraid to discuss those principles before the people? Is it because its professions are hollow and its creed a lie that it shrinks from a challenge to defend them? Does it fear the revelations which • such a discussion would bring to the ears of the people? It would :ear so. Either it is a weak party, devoid of ability to sustain its creed in discussion, or it is a hollow-hearted, hypocritical, canting party , depending alone upon trick and chicanery; for success, and hence cannot bear to have its pol icy and measures made the subject of popular inquiry. But, the committee says, the challenge, if accepted, would lead to a discussion of the slavery:question. And what of it did,— Is not the slavery question a proper one for discussion? Is it not the question before the people? if it is not, why does the party in Pa presses make it the main staple of their pat- ical diatribes? And if the Squatter Sovereignty doctrine is so impregnable and unanswerable as they pretend, why ele.uld they dread a dis cussion of it, and pill in that plea as a conclu sive one for-not going into the fight? Either the party should cease harping upon the Slavery question or discuss it when challenged to. But the committee could not get along, in giving an iftswer, without violating the truth of history. It says: nA joint canvass by candidates for the Guberna torial office has never been conducted in this State. nor, I believe, in any other Northern one, and may well be questioned on groands of public policy." This is not true. Indiana was canvassed last year in this way, and frequently before. Ohio and other western States have also frequently been canvassed in this way. Even in Pennsylva nia the democratic and Whig candidates in 1851 and 1854 canvassed the State separately; and it will require a very nice degree of hair-splitting to show the difference, in principle, between candidates canvassing a State separately and jointly. If it was right for a democratic can didate to canvass the SLAW in 1851 and 1854 how can it be wrong to do So in 18571' The Committee, speaking of the practice of &tamping, nays • "A rule of party action which would prevent suck men as Benjamin Franklin, Simon Snyder, and 'Francis R. Shank from filling the Executive Chair 'of this 'State, must be a had one, and to be donna, 'cod rather than adopted." This is a libel upon both Franklin and Shunk. Franklin was not a dumb statesman. If he was not a voluminous speaker, ho was always ready to give a reason for his political faith, and it is well known that he was not merely capable of public speaking, but that ho did, more than once, make public speeches. The same is true of Shank. In 1844 ho was frequently upon the stump, and the files of the Gazate contain the record of some if his speeches. If Gen. Packer is incapable (as we suppose be is.) of meeting Judge Wilmot on the stump. and shrinks from it in sheer cowardice, let his party confess his incapacity, at once, and , pnt forward some substitute for him. Let them. say. they will, for the purpose of deluding their followers, "Gen. Packer is an able man .and statesman; but he is no speaker. We will, how ever, meet you with Sunsence," or any other windbag, of which the party contains an abundance. There would be some manliness in that; but there is none in Win denial of the propriety of stumping after the party has so often and so lately engaged in it. The fact Is, the locofoco party dare not go before the people upon present issue•_. They knoW that their frauds and corruption in Phila delphia, the course of Walker in Kansas, and the many political developments growing out of the relation which the President holds to the South will not bear to bp talked about. Their only hope is in keeping quiet and closing the public ear as much as possible to the voice of truth. The watchword to their partizans, is, •lie low and keep dark." In this way they may achieve success this fall, but in no other way. Discussion is the one, thing most to be dreaded; and hence they must decline it at all.. hazards, even though they make acraven of their candidate and subject the whole party to the reproach of cowardice. _ EXTOIITION.—Not long since the Associated Press added a heavy sum to the annual contri bution of the Pittsburgh pre,* for telegraphic dispatches, without any perceptible increase in the value of the service rendered; and now we are notified that unless we give the operators at the telegraphic office fifty cents an hour, we can receive no reports after ten o'clock at night. This attempt at extortion we will not submit to. We It'ave no bargain with telegraphic operators, nor have we anything to do with them. Our bargain is with the New York Associated Press; and if the Operators want pay for their extra labors they must look there (or it; not here.— We are too severely taxed now, considering the little we get. We do not say anything about the rightfulness of the operator? claim.— We only say they have no claim upon eta. We pay the Associated Press a high price for our dispatches; and it is for the Associated Press not only to furnisiPthem, per contract, but to pay all the expenses of furnishing them. PENN RYLVANIA SOUTHERN RAILROAD. —The Philadelphia Nara American refers very-favora bly and encouragingly 'to the project of con structing a railroad from Chambersbnrg to Meyer's Mill, on the Pittsburgh & Connellaville railroad This would give us a new through route toThliadelphia by way of Chambersburg and Harrisburg, which is but little longer and on more favorable grides than the Pennsylvania road. The link between Chambersburg and Meyer's Mill is only 88 miles, and Philadelphia will be abort-sighted if she does not build it.— It will open to her the rich coal resources of the Youghiogheny Valley, and enable her more ef fectoally to compete with Baltimore. It cannot injure the Pennsylvania road; but, by furnish ing a competing line, it will serve to prevent anything like monopoly by that road, and so benefit the carrying trade. Tint proceedings in Parliament the week end ing the 18th, owe their interest to the debates which hove taken place in both Houses.respect ing the present perilous state of our Indian empire. The Government is putting forth su perhuman power for the despatch of troops to that part of the world. Recruiting has com menced vigorously, and 2000 more seamen are to be enrolled. It is intended to strenghten the Bengal army,* least 25,000 men. The force which had been opportioned by Ching has been intercepted at Point de Gallo by Lord Canning, with the approval of the home authorities. To fill up the vacuum, a battalion of marines will be despatched to Hong Kong without delay. The Persian war at an end, will enable the troops which took port in that !service to be thrown into Upper India. and 5000 soldiers will be sent from the Cape to the same destination forthwith. The task of reconquering and reconstructing Critish India, as It is now regarded has been set about with extraordinary vigoi and energy. WEALTH or Ottosa-Gataness.—The tribe of Street musicians who daily grind , .that endless barcarole of 'Poor Dog Tray,"' although often receiving snore maledictions than pennies, nev ertheless contrive to make a very respectable saving . from their earnings. Many of them manifest a commendable frugality, and-put their money . , out at interest. The Sicilian consul at thin port, Mr. .Regg.io, has now _ upwards of $16,000 entrusted to him by that portion.of his Countrymen resident in Boston who gain their lifillhood by street musio—and for which he allows them interest at the legal rate.—Barton ,idverther. .A Szu-ficinma Caor.—A farmer in Illinois who had a quantity of Chinese Sugar . Cello in hislield last year,. was surprised, this summer to see enothei crop growing although he had planted none: It mast hare come from the seed which felllkora the stalk last fall. . ' Tait Superior Court of Ohio has decided is the case Of the UniotiMutual Iran:trance Compa ny of New York agt. the Indianapolis and Cin cinnati Railroad, that the defendants were liable for goodndestroyed upon their trains by fire, of which the cause was not known. The- Court ruled that, tailing to show that the fire was unavoidable, the defendants were liable. CAN'T iipEEP.—The Thibodeaux (La) Miner- TO of the 4.11 inst., says :—"People hereabouts complain much from want of sleep, caused by , the rapid growth of the cane and corn crops, keeping np such a noise and s confusion as to render the closing of the eyes the nest thing to. an impossibility. The health of the country is distressing—to doctors." ,Sproat AOtttTS Dyspeptin. end Debility Cured.—Thlore Frank. Yeq.. or POt.hurgh and Stet bctoble nailmaci Office "For years I have been ati invalid froim Dysperia. With a hope of relief, I resorted to tunny adverthed remedies. bat failed In deriving the Petted t sought for. until I trit.d your llum-urn Ifmt.., the happy effeets of ;which evils the di gestive ffrgana atii iu riatoring a debilitated system. muse, ma to recommend it confidently to all suffering from Dy. 4ST-Solil at it per bottle, or nix bottles for $5, by the pro prietors, BENJ. PAGE, Jt. k W.. lianufactitring Pharma- Cetalst• mud Chemed. Pittsburgh, Pt, and Druggists gaff orally. ffee adverticoment. Exchange Bank at stbraskn, FLORENCE, N. T. GEO. MCLAIR, Pre.rt 11. FEEDER, & General Land Agents A, Dealer in Land Warrants, Florence, N. T., Will give their {lemma attention to kluyitig anti Felling Real Estate. Entering Lands, Loaning Money end Paying Tate., to Nobrarlta, lorra.and Kamm. Exchange Bank, Plttaltnrgh, Pa. C. 0. Hussey Co., " E. Patrick k Co. Bankers, Pittsburgh, Pa. Lce k Co- Morchanta. It. F. Raley, Ranker. Philadelphia. Winslow, !Ant, A Co- Nev. 1 ork. Lucas k n'imonds. Banker, St. Loons. Cllev k Ntetrhanta. " of Commerce, elevelA n 41,, Ohio. J. U. PR. HENRY ANDER'S lODINE WATER INFALLIBLE SPVIFIC FUR FEVER AND AGUE CER IC EVE() 1' Fali scirt)FrLA. Da. litany ANDERS having at length succeeded in effoct ing what has long been eonidotorol the great desideratum lu iedirine, PERFECFSOI.UTION OF lODINE IN WATER, otters it to the Faculty and Public ton remedy fora multi. tulle of complaints hitherto pronounced ta.)ond all radical cure In all atom...us affections. whore the arrourulons taint :scatter hereditary or acquired. the lODINE WATER ERADICATES TILE I.:LENIENT:4 of thedisease. In FEVER AND AGUE It perteco a TID/Itolltill end PERNIANENT removal from the st ...mut the morbid CAUSeI of the dis order. The beneficial n.sults Are inonedtately I,lt in LIV ER Co3IPLAINT, BILLIOUS E.kSE.S. and other U EMOItILAG ES, TUMORS, If EAIIT DISEASES, DER.A MI EM ENT OF T 111.: UV ER, ElltN ETA and BLAD DER. ft Ito P S Y II E C 11 A T I S M. N E U It A L- K A, II,01.11ItIlttIDS,NEItV01:8 AFFELTIONS. and all FEMALE DISEASES. together tritb kIfONCIIITI,I. NMI the entire range 01 PULII. IN A ItY COMPLAINTS. Dr. Iltairy Anders' lodine Water has been atddyged by Dr. Janie. It. Chilton. the celebrated chemels, and elm, by Professor James C. B.mtli, of the U. S. Mint, of Philadelphia, and loth p 0.0001.00 It to be just what II It typresented. For circulars, furnishing full of the legitimate character of this ronarkable medicine. en Well 01 for certificates vol untarily green by tinme who have been cured by its use public are incind to gall moon UIt.O ED. 11. KEYSER, 140 Wool stimet, Wbolemie and Retail Agent. mum DR. K EYSER'S SIIOI.7I.DER BILACES--From Pittsburgh Pintatch,'April 10th, IRs3.—For more than 3 year, past we hare ronetantly Isom the Washington Sus pender UrOCe, manufactored by Dr. tire. 11. Keyser, of No 14i) Wood street, in this city, and Ictittld Leann, totem mend it to fill vim am compelled tq !oilmen serlenktry occu pation. As ice have before remarked. in calling attention to Ate merits. It ansirere for a brace raid suspender.. the weight of the pant/donna being .o placed as to continnally Lend tat bring the shonblere to their natural pdrition and ri pen,' the chest. Women, hundreds of whom areannually Injured by the weight of enermone whould Mao procure there beacon. Ile particular in procurina the kind mentioned, semi.) of the bram-s .old are humbug. Sold at Dr. UEU. R. KEYSER'S, Wholesale I)ruggist. 140 Wood net. sign of the tiolden Stoner. **Best Pills Vac." 14 , rnzeen Hondackin Pint. They will cure the moat vial,. headache . They will m raetive They area ton ire ic as well a.. purgative, If your howl pains you. one Sane will cure you. If you tome they will help ton. If you are elek they will auk. roe well They are the I.e. pill to cure hJ ~ ~ .neae. They axe a ItiMIO pill and a peg! 'dn. No Letter pill can be carnim.untictl. They cut ally cent. a I.av Pout by mall a. all parte at the United Stales. Direct your letters to De. IiEVSEIL No. 14n Wood at: ort, Plttaburgli, Pa- the Whoheath. A,Ut- turfild/wkr How often do we near the inquire made, what ran I get to cure this violent tamp I am nightly nib- Joel tn. I well know the rtes.. to I. shy to.. frequent :addl. pure in eattng the vegetables and fans of the sews, to. Moles taking a dorm: ..0 more glasace oftne.wator dating the day--,maequently, VlCet pay lbe penalty. tau dyke to each wonld be. always to keep a bottle of ll...letter's Celi ebrate.l Stomach Bitten. in the it will ;Of, it In stant rebel to any perwea lusetag Cramps. Sporty, Cholera Mortals. whfelt are plurally the result of overdtkul.. pm, Iti vegetable Dot In fact. when interest Is ~malted no family an *trued to I. without these Diners. They an b., bad td any a 0 .u...1,4W.. for rue dui., Jo,. 1..1, COD- Wealug a tall court. winch will last the season. Sold by all druggiaut and dealers generally. Ji3dawfr? - "14'. S. ct.ii ViCrt'S • Pelee Medal liostey it asp, • MERMSIMMiI V. Si CLRAVER'S PURR OLYCRRINC SIAP, fur the Skin. being • nem- •rtiol... rorcontored.ol hy the Yarnßl.. BROWN WINDSOR. and ey-rty &tett Ohm of FANCY SOAP nod PF121 , 1 - MICP.T to be h.! of All n‘spectahho rend. er• In th. ruins. MgmsfArtnry BM 1.1,1 Mass, INTrA f, the Usited 5c..... 31 and 32 Dry Street, Jy31:332.13tfer J ititY3l3X, IBM VCir Zit C WHEELER & WILBON lIANTVACITREIG MSIPA NY. 13ridaoport. Pltteburgh.OS Plftb Street. MIN 3lachine Stinnes the Finest or Coarsest Fabric, At the platoon, of die Operator. making with M. O. Motu nod bonarlfu/ and thsruLis .Ritcho pre almort nolo. 'cooly. and an Nu - outing indlapeinabla for family nee. Poll information may Oe obtainod by whim/dog Jam. Ewing. or ALEX. IL EKED, Agent, No. Git Fifth Pitoburgh. _ NV - 1%.1. 1-I. & CO. BAN'mr..RS. lEDOD STREET, CORNER THIRD. DEPOSITS rcceitud on turreut accounts UN ntriaL Introst paid only on money a fixed flair. Ail cbot Una onr odke ail] be fold to currency, otherwise market. W. If. Wllllxtlte d Co. blly *all Exchange on tha prier Li:patine. of tha Btu.. and Europe JeT•lm Pittsburgh Variety Works. JONES, NITAI,L.INGrirORI3 &CO.. (Suecemoro in Warwick, Atkrbor) d C 0.,) Manufacturaniof Right and Loft blond Door Locks. Spring, Drop und Thumb batil4.l, Monona and County Scab, Calton Corn and Paint Mills, nod Bono a to Ilar4ware gener ally, corner of Wat, arida:not streets, Pittsburgh, Pa. Joi22ilydfc JOHN TEIONIPSON: - .110 - LIBERTY STREET. European and Intelligence Office, Kew'. •Iwwys for ;wit Unft• on Eurtqw for any amount, and et.wmer and racket Ticketx ta end from Lirorpoyl to New York. NW* for cook• and general hootn.work tarnished to boa•eke