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'',' ' 't ", r, ', i' :,- -. :.,-* '::.' ' i ''' - ''': ' ''' -.• '-' ...ft .', ' .1 .. • . . .. _6, ... . • 6 - ' ; •-•... ' ''' ; f 7 f ' -4 '' • , , , . . ... . 4-., . L •'.. '' 'i. - ' • - 4), . . ..... • . , '-'-...' .....-i- . .--. , ~,. -..:5, i ,,, Y •.,-,, .. .. . BY D. A. '34DEALER VOLUME xxvm. PUBLIC SALE. on Mondai Ilith of March, THE subscriber_ will sell at Public Sale, at his: residence in Heifer township, near Arendtsville, and about I of a mile froin Beeehersville, the following personal Property, to wit : • ',* ZFIKHZ/22 9 yearling Colt., Cows, Young Cattle, VhCad a hugs, I - , two horse Wagon ,1 one _horse Wag. on,Tloughs, Harrows, I Sleigh, Winnowing Cruting•box, (Train in the ground, a lot ofliorse,Gears, Shovel,Forks, Wheelbarrow•- .4110, Tattles, Chairs, Bedsteads and bedding. Coolistove, 1 ten-plate • Stove and pipe, Bacon, Lard, Applehutter, a loiof excel.. lent Viiiegar,.,Trunks, Barrels, 3 Copper Ket tles, 1 Iron kettle, Ad a great vuribty of liousehol4 and kitelten Furniture. ILTAttClidance will be given and terms mode known by . JACOB KEOKLER Feb. 20..-3 t, PUBLIC SALE. On Tuesday Me 2411 i of March, al '9 o'clock, A: M., IT HE undersingned, intending to remove to A. the Welt, will dell at Public Sale, at his residence in Bader township, about midway between Bendersville and IdiddletoWn, the following valuable Personal Property, to wit: 2 HI4D OF WORM HORSES, 1 two year old Colt, heal of %IA COWS, a number of Young Cattle, U . Shoats,- a four. horse narrow tread Wagon, Lime•bed, Hay and Wood Ladders a good Carriage, Sleigh, Harness, Gears, dhains, Ploughs, Barrows, Cultivators,Winnowing Mill, Cutting•bos, Grain Crales, Scythes, Forks ' Rakes, and a variety of other farming utensils. Also. .Tt6les, Chairs, Bedsteads, Bureaus, Corner Cupboard, Mirrors, Carpeting, two ten) plate and one parlor Stove, Barrels. Tubs, Kettles, Meat Vessels, and a variety of Ilousehold and Kitchen Furniture. Also, Corn and Oats by the bushel, a lot of Potatoes, Lumber, four Soaps of Bees. Sarlf the above are not sold'" in ono day the Sale will be continued ou the succeeding tiny until all are sold. • Star Attendance will be given and terms made known by Feb. N E:W FIRM" - Ilits,Capi, Boots and Shyer,. under,ii g ned having purchased from T„rl. WM. W. Paxton, Esq., his entinti Stock Ohods; till contAnuotholunincym tit he old in'Chui9liernhVgAjf*ti.,a,fiiw anon, ii6d.of tin dihniOnti tahGethe'firM of BRING /1A g & AUG 111 toil 80 Wit the Ntronagu of thitir fri.mdm mid Ow public gen orally' Wu hay., made anltilgi . llll2lltS.largely to increaie our , toe , of Mats, Caps, Boots and dhars, and wiii nlrv.y l ko.tpoit h.unl a 11111 miortwitt, of a•'l tito to tliu iclwon, whielt will 0;4 at iho price;. mention to boiiiiess, t I inorit a lib ce.ll in II ir 11140 to call nn•l it , : autiite our goods be. lurk, purchasing eli:•where. (.0:(). BRINGMAN, Gettysburg, Juu. 9, 1957.—t0f BIGGEST STOCII, And the Chrapest WI If undersigned would inform the good pei, l do of Adams county and the rest of the world, that he has received an extra large upply ofall kinds of MEN'S I BOYS' CLO THING, Hoots, Shte.s, Hats, Caps. litdrido .te., from New York ; and although goods h a v e advanced in price, he is aide mid determined to 5911 at a less price than hereto• fore. Conntrc Merchants are incitotl to cull—he will sell them hoods lower than they can hue in the city. No one can compete with him, unless he buys his Goods as he'd that is to glly, go to NeW York and stay two, three or four months. and watch the chances. A word to' the wise is sufficient. IT you nee d such ("nods as he keeps, go to him and make your purchases, to save motley. MARCUS SAMSON. Oct. 31, 1856. .NEW F.I.IIILY GWEN!. E. kt. .AILAWIaIr 11)ESPEGTFULLY informs the citizens of 14 Gettysburg and the public generally, that lie has opened a tww Grocery and Confectionary Store. on the Northwest corner of the Diamond, for merly occupied by A. B. Kurtz. where he win have constantly on hand a choice variety of GROCERIES. CONFECTIONARIES, and CEDAR WARE, and everything in his line. Every article that the Eastern Market can at ford will he kept. on head or supplied at the shortest notice. A share of public patronage is eespectfully solicited. All kinds of country produce taken in ex change fur Goods. Feb. 20, 1857.— , 1f G 0 RE' 13411N1E ALM Timm W •Airti An.arer WITH the hundsomest and cheapest Stock of NEW GOODS to he found in this piece. All the newest •styles are to ho seen in the assortment, and many of them are really magnificent, without being costly: No time for particulars... Call in and ace for yourselves , • L.'SCIHOK'S 'Oct. 81, 1850 OA Me ligblic Square asra STILL MUM COME. TUST received. at HOKE'S Sot o , . a , l arge 10 supply of: IVinter Goods,' the. cheapest ever. offered in igarkot. Call.,nud see holm purchasing elsewhere, as he is determined to sell very cheap for Cash. ,Al-so,:very cheap -.Millinery. Gooils. - All (londa cut free of charge. !Ready-untde Clothing on. hand, which -wilt be sold low. . JOHN HOKE. Ailestrahurg, Dee. 19, 1856. • ~4 .I.IA l_ ___ . a_WAßkiattliPr. largo: Caine and make money by buying at low priana from cam well selected stock. • FALINI4STOCK 1111()T11Ell.S. - Sivas of Red Front. • . A - maths, Oh ! rrlrE Election it DOW over and you can get the belt article of SAUSAGE CUT TELLS at the cheap etari• of JUN HOKE. MOST BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT OF AIIILINERN AND - FANCY 6 D , MISS 31'CLEL ALNS HAS ad4li fo-her already large stock a flow tindidegintiesort*Ont of MILLINERY ANA ANDY GOODS, to which shdigpi theattontion of her friends and the public", believing that an. es aminitqott will satisfy, themthat.hpr G oods are, the nest selected and Mostfashionable as the cheapest ever offered in this pia* The asswtment comprisei' CaShMores, Silks, -De Lanes, Ginghatnaetlicoes, De Badge, Coburg Cloths', Mus lin, bintien. Back Flannels, Bon nets and Bonnet Trimmings, Satins, Ladies' DressVimmings, Velvet; Artift cials, Black Vell; Blue do., Gloves, Hosiery Handkerchiefs. French ,Worked collars, Catobrie,JitekonetaudSwiss.l4kings, Inserting; Muslin; Sleeves; Mo. hair and Silk Mils, 'Black Lace and Embroider. 'ed Handkerchiefs. Braids, Fans, 1106.Ca1l and exaMine for yourselves. Gettysburg, Nov. 14, 1856,, BOOKS ) STATIONERYi vtnis ez MEDICINES. Entreaoci) 2/00ortmtnt. D. BUEHLER hat adde i d ti his former 1 . 1 • stock of Cciolinin anushelle large a.,. s ortment of Classical, School and Miscella• neoue • vi agt lECIIEIIO NED IEIC. PIP embracing all the text Books used in the Col lege, Common Schools, and standard Classic authors, with the recent popular publications, constituting n larger assortment than, ever be- fore opened in Gettysburg. Alsq atratt• 1,14.) 021 M IP of all kinds; Cap, Letter%rid Note Paper, o the best gliality, Etivelopta,' Gold Pens and Pencils, Pen,Kttivesi, with large assort, meat of WM. H. WRIGHT to which ho invites attention, being prepared to sell at unusually low prices. tulle has also largely increased his stock of— Drugs n►►il which can he relied upon as the best in the • "4 tiingemottta have bent effected by which any article in his line of business can be promptly ordered rrondlthe city. ' Gettysburg, Nov. 2, 185,5,. Come this way, if you want to sore at least 20 Ther .of your money. COT3E AN A: PAX TON have just received and are now opening the largest and best selected stock of GOOlig, in their line of bus iness, ever offerad in Gettysburg, to wit: flats, Caps, Boots, Shoes. therShoem and socks, Umbrellas, Trunks, Carpet 800, I'uacy Window Blinds, Station. err, Perfumery. and a variety of Notions ; al !it/ the largelt stack of QUE SRL G 1.985, Stone and Earthen Ware. ever offered in Adams county—all of which they are determ ined to sell lower than they can be had at any other Establishment in the County.— Call at COBEAN S rAxTos.s, south east Corner of the Diamond. No trouble to show (loads. Oct. 10, 1856 ►PILE undersigned, Auditor appointed by the -IL Orphans Court or Adams Count•, to make distribution of the balance remaining in the hands of Jolts SMALL, Administrator dr b‘ln is non, with the will annexed, of .luau MILLER, late of Conowago township, Adams' county. tieveasad, to and among the parties legally entitled to receive the Caine, tnke testi mony , C., hereby gives notice that he will sit in the discharge of said duty, at his aim° in thu Borough of Gettysburg on Honda!, the Itith day of March 4. D. 1857, at 10 o'clock A. M., of said day. W. L. CAMPBELL, Aar. Feb. 27,1857.-3 t N E W GOODS. TU: Cash System-35 years experience in the Credit husiness has satisfied me that it will not do, And I have stow determined to a• dept the Cash System—and offer the following Goods fur Cash or produce only : Blue, Black, Brown, Green, Olive, &e. Fan cy Over coatings, Beaver Cloths, Peter Shams, Cansimers, black and every variety of fancy colors, Cassinotta, Velvet Cords, Jeans and pantaloon stuffs generally. Coburg cloths, Merinoes, Debage, Muslin Delanes, Alpaccas Calicoes, Ginghams, &e., with every variety of Ladies dress goods. Ready made Clothing in great variety, well made and cheap. Domestics. Fresh Groceries, Queensw are, &c. Please call, examine, and judge for youtselves. All will he *whim, the lowest Cash prices. GEORGE ARNOLD. Oct. 3, 1856. • . , IF you want a good lintavl of TIM call at HOKE'S STORE, na he has made arrange. meats to , ho:vo alwaya'tlio beat, which -he Will sell at, '25 cents advance. - Div; 2,;,1.85 you railt a pretty areas, ban ahitwl, or any Dior► style ribbons, sr, timea in bur line P If so you can find the In . test'styles; and , most approved patterns at the I,eheisti !dor° of. FAHNESTOCK'S. , :...... kali digoTaillo • . 3 . , At1y.„..„....--(4, ; curge b y an e4P,.. • 1 - mi c ods c 4 free '-• ,' : ioneed 4116r * . - "• - z - v Oet. 103-1856.. Cgassimers, Vestings, and Shawls IL/ a largo supply, to which the filtration o, nil is lurked. lfyou desire to save moue} buy at FAH NESTOCKS. VESTr.::';'`V.CTSt. • A N unufmally large aftsiitriment, of every aoseriptiou just reiwired ut • , • i't v , : Fancy Goods, 'su' azou. NOTICE. CHEAP CLOTHS Flour ror Sale. JOHN HOKE, , SAMSON'S, ' " - .. . . ... . •t , • :.., . - 13 ; 1351 '''"'' ' ' ~.,,,,... ;, ;,,. ,:.; ; ; * , :x f,....* ~1,„ iLii . ii GETTYSBURG, P.,k,,; FRIDAY . - YENDIG, M... 1[110 1 1.- ,•.,!. .::. , i. •- . • ..?•..... ~. - ... .. ,.. .'N.2...::.,..... . ,...;.'z.i.:...t.L....e.U...14.6.-,•.:: - ,' 4, - 4 -i , : , -4."--4. .L 2 ll. GO.DtS 511PP0.12.7' .41X4GT7D41111(CLI. • • Ta4.213 . 4TXD r4om,yitaL6ipt*Ly! Forsake me not; my God I l'idu dodo finy W 14101011! Give me thy likhr, tri be.- Idy sure eluminatiom.. . t. My soul to folly turns, a= Seeking She knows not what 4 ' • Ohl lead her to , • My God, rtirsake mu not Forsake me not, my .God Take not thltiPtrit front mei, Aintsuffer nut the might Of sin to 'overcome 'me. A father pitieth • The children he begot; • My father, pity me; • My God, forsake me notl Forsake me not, my God I , • Thou God of life and power, Enliven, strengthen me, In every evil hour; _ And when the sinfutftre Within toy heart is hot, Be not thou far from me ; My God, forsake me not! Forsake me not, my God! Uphold me in going ; That evermore I may PleaseeThee in 'all well doing, And that thy will, 0 Lord, May never be forgot, In all my works and ways, My God, forsake the not.l Forsake me not, my God ! 1 would be thine forever Confirm me mightily In every right endeavor. • Mid when my hour is come, Cleansed from all stain and spot Of sin, receive my soul My God, forsake me not! "1 MUST GO." A common word, yet how full of meaning "The school-bell is ringing," says the inno- cent little prtitticr, at play ; "I , Must go."— "The hour of labor has come," says the man of toil, "and I must go." "A dying parishion er has sent for me," says the clAgYman, "and I must go." "Anothebt Wea.i`cheerlesS,thault r less day calls me to •the . sanctum," says, the editor, "and I must go," "Lhave a ;weighty case on hand to-day, demanding allAjkire and attention," says thelawyer, Mutt go !" and the universal motto of the 'kik is echoed on every side, by old and young;iiigh and low, rich and poor, happy and miserable.' .411 must go, all are going, and . yet the 7St less, heaving, surging tide of humanity itt flav or gone. We inigherhaps, iinroduerithis . m sc expressive phrase enes of greater length, and of inore . than ordinary interest p , but hay Mg other thoughts and other duties to look after, we, too, "must go," and be content to sketch one or two. "Tie getting late," says the lover to the loved one, "and I must go ; must h'bl farewell, for a 1 time, to those charmed, blissful hours, once more to mingle in the cares anil perplexities of a busy world." Then clasping her fondly to his bosom, and passionately pressing those sweet lips to his own, he is gone till those hap• ! py days May return, or perchance till he may lead the gentle charmer of his life a - willing captive to the hymeneal altar. One short year rolls round, and how chang ed the svelte ! Again, as then, it is night.— ; A wan, pale being, or emancipated and fragile form, is lying on her dying couch. The long weary days and weary nights have passed away. Her hours of anguish are no Inure.— 'he insidious destroyer has done its work.— ' Friends near and dear are around her—a Me -1 der husband bends over her—but these cannot arrest the hand of disease, or postpone the parting hour. "Hark I the angels are whis• paring "come I" and I must go: - countless shining ones in white 'are waiting for me. I must gu ! Farewell till we meet in heaven !" The snowy hand falls lifeless, tier% chess by her side ; a smile of ineffable sweetness and beauty rests on those palid, marble features, and she is gone—gone forever 1 !Gentle reader, like her, when the last of earthe shall come, may you hear the welcomE, ingot whispering angels—rlike her respond, "1 must go 1" SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF DR. KANE. This noble spirit breathed his last on the 13th ult. at Havana, just in the zenith of his fame, with the laure:lB of a whole world's ap probation yet green upon his bmws. The lbllowing sketch of his life. will be reld with interest at this moment. Dr. Elisha Kent Kane was born in Philadel phia in 1822. Nearly a third of his life was consumed in travel out of the limits of the United States. No man of his years, hOwever; ' was more thoroughly acquainted with the geographical features of his own country. 2 : lle was educated at the University of Virgin; is and Pennsylvania, graduating us a.doctor of medicinein 1843. His , graduation 'thesis ' tm "Keystine" was crowned by the faculty, . 1 and is still cited as authoritY'in the books' of the profession. Immediately after receiving • his degree; he was'appente4 upon' the dii?la ! matic star as surgeon to the A:rattrican sin- bassY to China, He tivSili.4 himself, of the facilitiesationled I.iy his, Position to esplore the phillipines, Amit travel, inclu ding Carmarines and Mindoro, was uttule ua foot. I ts are still . preirei-ved, but 'we bo, lietrii hive not been publistoid. J3is associate duriag 4oi.qop of this eipier , atices,.the Vitifeh ted young : baron Los, of Pro.isia, saok under the effects of it, and diorf in, Java. 11r. , Kau deioted much attention .to.tho volcanic region. of " 34 1 expecting. to conne,et his,observations with subsequent. • travels , in Boritbava.. His sojourn 'autong thicic'egritOs and. A iattnit:s'sias one of romantic interest, lie was the ficdt who descended the cotter of the• Teel, tqinff which occasion ho effected a topographical sketch of the interior of this great voleand.—' Ile was lowered morn than a hundred feet by ' a bamboo rope Irvin an overhanging clif, and clambering thrum some seven hundred feet . through use scorits, was dragged up senseless, =ME eiIiEARLESS ANI)*LEE." • wtitlkthil interesting specimer* whichlie had colleefed:' Among these viele betties-Of BO phurous acid from the very mouth' of tire crater. 'After this Dr. Bane trlTersa:d India, spen ding s considerable tiros singing . the mono. lithic structures of Arufigubad, (which . would seem to htire particularly :attracted hisr.no ticei).yisited'Oeylon, the Upper Nile, the sites bf Jupiter, Ammon, &c., anti, various classic iinee'be.conce the trodden groandMt Etnwpeatt tourists` A portion of tide trivet introduced hini to \ the learned I.!ep alui. 'who 'was 'then prosecuting his researchee in;',Egipt. Returning, however, Dr. Kane was ao unfortunate as to , lose; his gatieitA ht a quicksand above . E'Sloot, and i seitfi it his entire 1 papers and journals of.yeati of interesting tra*eli, -Taping a profound intetsestin the workings of the slave trade, Dr. Kanenext sailed from . home in the frigate United States for the coast of Africa. Ile'visited the Slava factories from Cape. Mount to the river Bonny, and had free access to the baracoons of Datomey, through ttlit the influence of the info no be Sowzit. An excursion which*be planned! ilmmey,'favor ed liy the Portuguese , failed . 1 rough a severe attack of the coast fever, film 'the effects of which Dr. Kane's constitutiM was never en tirely recovered. , , .!,.... c • Dr. Kane's personal adventures in Mexico are a part of the history offils country. His wounds on the field of Napolubai which were of a very serious nature, opined to him. the hospitalities of his prisone4: Major General Gauna, the defender of SM. Juan d'Ulloti, against the French, told tiecti4i hiM the grad. tilde of other Mexican cilizeis ,of the highest distinction. We believe, .however, that hie travels through the Republic of the Cactus carried him little outside tholinea of military operations. After his brilliant, performance of the duty of carrying President Polk's dis. patches to General Scott, hetras still bemoan. ily trammeled by the movensslnts of the Amer ican forces. His barometlicaraltitudes of Popocatapetl, however,. are / tif value. • , On the return of petite he'iss• assigned to the Coast Survey, under Prof. : flache, and at work in the Gulf of Heide(); when the liber ality of Mr. Grinnell ted the govern went of the United' S(atei to Pte,first Arueri can eapeditiott in search of giirJt i F . muklite Kane immediately v,oluttlosn4his services, ad waspaccepted as - the4nior - Surgeols of the Squadron. His "Personal, Narrative" of that cruise was published in 1852. Before it was completed for , the press. be had effected his arrangements for the last Arc tic ExpeclitiOtL appropriating to this cherished object his own pecuniary resources, as well as drawing largely on those of Mr. Grinnell and several of the scientific institutions of the conu• I The history of that expediflob and the re tuatimble discoveries to which it led, are noir belore the country. Thoyconstitute in them selves an imperishable monument to Dr. Katie's (pine. CASTIA'G BREAD UPON: THE "Cast thy bread upon the wate'M for thou shalt find it alter many daysi—Eceleziasfes xt. 1. A good illustration of this . passage of Scrip ture came tinder our notice a,short time since which. in this selfish world, is as)refresbing as the sight of an oasis to the thirsty traveller up. co, the desert. A nunthervears ago a gen tleman front 'uvia Scotia put. up at one of the public housed, in Newliryilt, cud while there was taken very sick, will continued for several months. The landlord did everything in his power to alleviate his sufferings, and made him us comfortable as though he had been his own son. This expression of Chris tian feeling manifested by the landlord to his stranger friend, it seems was never 'forgotten. Some months since, a gentleman from that city, while travelling through Nova Scotia, wade the acquaintance of a gentleman at a place where he vas awl ping, who, on ascertaining where. he 'belonged, made inquiries unicerniug different individuals re siding in that city, and particularly of &public house. lie was told that the last individual he referred to had met with a reverse of for tune; and then was .a wanderer about 'the States, with no roof to shelter him; and no frieiids to take hint by tho hand, and to . en-' courage him to abstain 'from his 'evil practices. atyl.,,lreeme a better citiz en. pp gentlemen then stated to his informant the circumstances of his sickticis, and the ten dekeare and solicitude manifested by ,thi" two outeast in society fur his welfare,. and he tie, daubt ; owned his recovery to the . hind treat: tuelit. he there 'received' "'A letterireS binned ' lately penned to the addresls the . iridividual, offdringhitii a home at his house as long as he sishittio reniain infbrtning, hitt at the Saint' time that ho was most hakti c in batik 'llll OppOrtUTty to reptly e debt ofgratitnde, the tecolleetion ,of whiclnevor would he ,effaced fronatiti memory, The fetief , contained ant:. pie -funds for. his passage! and expenses, ,and the proposition wee'reedily accepted I. and, we site happy to state that the kraditess thus dist played, in tho.darkest hour of, the recipient's Listery, when lifesetireeti , ilmost siifierdew and everythinglooked dree'ry;:itioched'a eyes pot: *chord, 'the 'l:l:tintßOOPit *hieh'ieeah' ea to awaken new hrtoi sears bad lawn ho had 'trawl Who really , ab4A.SI4I LIT ~gloom Was dispelled, and ailj cgs eonehiue ; what. before loolted.:dtuit:anij'pheetiess,.-now, Booked bright and, chtterful,i;And, • on blipg domiciled in his friend's houleate . forsook ins cups „and; we trust, will yet.:teiohia former position, sad be au, oraament4eieociat.y.-- , Bogr I 4/4 Trarekr. 11119.-Wlll, is a amactily t like bottaxl Itecao.se tai i# sore to Ni when Upoaed. •to two. IrATERS. lIIn RUSS Fdlote , zin4 appear 'htiforeyom this da.t ; to take the,solinnn t oath "that will faith fully execute the office of President of the United Stites, and'ivill ni the bitSt of my ebil ity, preserve ; proteot 'Mid if o fend Ihe Constitu tion of the, United. States.'!. t In entering upon .thie great Uffice; I must butribly iniroketlie'God of our fathers for dont and firmuescto exeitute its high and re sponsible duties , in, a t manner t ea to restore harmony find-annieit friendship among' bide people of tho several Stated, audio preserve our free inoi t tutionii threughout many ,gotutr-1 itions. Convinced that I owe my elecueft tto the, inheriintlove for theConstitutioMdfid, the Union which stillAttituato the hearty uf, the 4ntprican people, let me earnestly ask, their powerful Support in Juse'inetti eretucelonlated:to perpettutte those, the, ricli est pulitjenl hjessipg! which{ Iligtvea has over binitovred upon a mann': Having determined not 'feticide a' Candidate flit. shall have.no motive to intineuce.my eouttutit in administering the guyermnent exce pt' the desire ably faithfully to serve iny conlitry, and to live' in the'grateffil:kueMory of my owns try men. : We have recently passed through.a ,prest denkisl tfouteit the passant tie our: fell6w4itizeils" were exolted to the highest de gree by questions of deep and vital hillier- Linea ; tUt when the pinion proclaimed timir will, the tempest at once, subdued uutt all was calm. The Foie() of the majority, speak i ng ins the titininer , presiniffell by the Culiatitution;wits heard,and lestant sutimissicht followed.' Our own country could Mune have ttililbited 8I) 'grand' and, mnkilig a spectacle of the ca pacity of Walt fur sult-goverumeut. .Wrotta happy ' , cum:option, then, was It for Congress to, apply this simple the will of, the unkjurity shalt*uverito the Set tlenient of the 'tfdestion ••Ord:Albeit° 'Bl:it'ery in the territdrids I at:Ogre:di iiicfieitlir'"tu legislate - tilaiery into tiuy Territory-'or Stile nor • to exelude a theretrunt- but to leave the' people thereof, perfectly frim to form autl'reg ulate their donieBtie institutions, in, their owe way, siibject.unlY to the constitution of the United States?' ' As ablinAdquffuee, Congress has also. prescribed .that',when the Territory of nusua.pu,tll be :admitted Its .11 Suite, it '"Stfall received into' the Whin with or without Slavery; 'as,'tlisir Lion ma?: .prescribe„ot the, time tit' their .tid- A different opinion tins arisen in 'regal*, to the point ultimo 'when 'the 'peoploof ter ritory shall decide. the question kus themselves. This is, happily,:a :meter of Out little prim deal importance, "lksidek it iii‘` a `judicial question, which. logitimittely belongs ~..t.0.-•,the Supr,eme ,Cuurt tif the Utiited .4 1 . 0 f 9r° whom it is etiii pending, and At is underl Stood, speedilyiiiiit Hnnity'tt4t4ed!, , tVo theirdetiski.t.4 --oott noun .wjtif, semi, I shallelieerially, subniit, w 'stover this may bri,'thougb itr bas ever beeti,!niy ual opinion that under the liebritoka-li..insus act the appropriate period . will be whewtho number ,of actual residents in `the territory shall 'justify the formation of ia comititutiew with. a view to its adniiiision as. it State jetu the Union. But be this is it may, it is did imperative and indispensable duty' bf , the "-ga eminent of the United Skates to secure ut evdry resident inhabitant the free and independent expression of his opinion by his Vote. This sacred right of 'each individual must be 'pre served. That being accomplished, nothing can be fairer than to leave the , people of a territory, free from all foreign interim-elide, to decide their own destiny tar theufselves, subject only to the constitutiotiof the United States. The whole te, Itoriat question being thou settled upon lhe principle of popular Surer eigtity—a principle as ancient, us the genera;_ went itself—everything of n practical nature' has been decided. :No other question reuittins fur adjustment; because all agree that c wider. the constitution, slavery in tae States is be , yond the reach of any huthati peiver; except that of the respective States themselves wherein it exists May. we nut, then, hope that the long agitation of thiti subject is ap proaching its end, and that the geographical partite to which it has given birth so dreaded by the Father of his' Country will , speedily become extinct I Most happy will• fit. be for the country When the public mind shall be diverted from'this question to other of noire pressing and practical importance. ThroUgh out the whole progress of this agitation, which has scarcely known a n y intermissiOn for More than twonty rirs,•wtailst•it has been produc tive of no positive good to any bunion being, it has been the nrolitie source of great evil to the' itimiter; to die slave Mid to tho try. It has alienated mid estranged the people tit the sister States from eimh.other, and has even seriously endangered the very existence of the Union. Nor lies the danger,yet entirely ceased. Under our system tale /A a .remody for rill mere political evils hi the sound sense and so her judgment of the people. 'time is a great corrective. Political suhjeets which but a few years ago excited and exasperated the public mind have passed away and arc now nearly forgotten. :But this question of domes tic slavery is of fur graver ithportinitie than any mere pendent question, because'. Afield the agitation continue, dainty tweidually me ; danger the personal safety of a large portion of our conntrymen where the intititutniW lets. that event no form ut government, however admirable in itself, and however pro diictive of Material' benefits: can c9iiilensitto fur the hiss of peace • and dincestie !security around the family altar. Let every Uniott luviiig exert hit best iiithionee to suppress this agitation„which, since the to. cent .legliilation ut CUitgreSS, to without any legitiiunte object: • • ;• '‘.! • • .11 omen of ,the.tinics,•that .nieo ' have, undertnken to calculate the mere mater ial ;:altietif the Craton. lleaditnied'estiiiiituis' have,:heen presented of the pecuniary profits and local, / advantages, which would:result to different local,/ 'and sections fioM' thin; and of the comparative ;injuries' whiek such au,'event ou other pilules. and 'sections. .p.ven, descending ,to this low and' narrow viewlit the mighty'lpieiiitiii, 'nil such calculations are, at 'fault. !Mut: bare rel 7 ., eroticp to, a single ,tionsideration will, fie 99p- , elusive on this "We at present etijOy free trade throughonVour extensrietti f id ex.? pandlug country; ouch -asap wneldnever missed. _Die trade is conducted en railroads, and canals—en noblei - riCeri and arnitint the' sea—which bind together the Nortk,and the Soith; thiEist and the Wiltit. of our coated- 49011)110e t tltie-trade: nrxest . its .free,,pro griss` by 'thimeugiiinfileitilinFfTlifjeiiiiiiiii end' hbatile Stapitittand you leatkoy ttie prosperity runi onward, ninveh.of' pie :wfictie end ' . every , part, and involve all in One corineen ruin. Ilia such considerations, important as they are in themselves, sink into insignificance when Artfretfect on the -terriflo:ovile result front disunion to every ,portiou of the confeileracy—to the North not more than to the South ..the'East nut' more than' to the West. Phut 1 shall nut uttuniptAti portray,: t. ~ , •U.'':l r Irr:. .:A ; ;I i bapausel fool humble ronlitleoge .thit a t the kind:rrovisletice whieli inspirit!' our fathers' `wisdomto t?itildif-the sn'obt , perfectforth - of .government; and Union, exec devisetLby snaft, will not eutfer,At,to perish it shad have be6il in , eh mox tehnion niot religiotut liberty throagboot the, worltl.: r. Nast in iMpprtnnee to the, maintenance of the einietitlitioti tin& tlitillniole Di the diitylof preserving the Overhinent from tho ,t4int4, or ,e'veu ;MI*1,40011;11, of corruption. Lublin le% the vital spirit' of 13putilleet and o ry 'this has .51bettyed'onti - thb love of mope) , :is usurpedits plebe. ilthough the lona of free government may remote for it gelioliih, the'imbitailve lOW departed for , ever. • ;; Po‘E.F9Acut Antticiatitiog,ia.-)11111out a parallei in history.. Nu nitro., has ever , befoFir ' ; hetin Iran hid leittifli•d•ritiil'aitin Au; trernsury.b‘ Third rilindst ....odiqeeshril;ll idled birth:4A, sztravagnat legislation, It produces rielteifins orAmpeildithrir, andliegVtilit•rahe ; iifkpeettlatore`indjobberd,"W•tiose:ingenttiiy oke i ttod in, pontriving and, proittotit%; outs to obtain public gone ' . The .purity of 30h6ther'rig,rtfritty , filly; id suspected; and. thasoharaeter of ;the' govarament riqffera,in the ,cshirilation of the people.!flair ti; itself a very grintt' l lWil,', "ti `• The ntitir no e relief fr din this;titbar '• rassment is toa ppropriLitel thd Iltyylus ill the ..treasurtto greakiianonitiohjecti, tyhich a ; elear ; trurrititt can ,bu maid • the ,censditi- ; thd eX• tinguislituent of the I.pablio, dairy a, rintsopahie ' increase of the ram which isat;present equitir to the ' dl' our •Arildt.; Vntitit4o c.rithitit,:tiow.groateii than :that of any .othht Am .14014.5a weft osl-tite c1uf 4 140. 0 ;tic 94r. uttwtidyd seacoast. It nll`tluesticinvitelerid that no; more.. rtivtaide; ought but ; enlivened front the ottiplc.than thdAtinount necestrary,,to ilefia . y,„the expenses of tidal ettleib nt' fid tut nis trit tion; Of tilir goVerinnetil44 reachh ; t;0f,4, 11 e ai% 4 4lar,/ , to a firodilientign uf the, taritl;'and this has, I hden•adcoultilbiliCditi toildua ;little, injury; rut'Amty .hukt•phdentliraetb cahltlltionrtlytaply (11lIllyrIlql.11435133peCRIly those necessary • to the surmise ut ..theloith tip. Any distritiiiriatiott rtgaindt wportittulhr bnteoh l fop,khppitrporritfif.,lßesintittritig• 4Woried ; corporadrins, individnal a ? or interests, wthild have 'bean ihrit s of• :nod indonhistiiit -tvithi that; trif.fairuels, . . . , rtu d , int,iAtY 10 1 0 1 ,' ° 414 1 4.YIPff a :9 1 0 Itgr e adjustment of a re onus tarot: ' '' 'gut the litpdifidthilik thir"pillilidy:rnoil4 .„. sinks 3[4(4 aomparutivo..itnemotteminn temptation to rcorruptil when ctlinpared j‘ wrrh the spandering of tilt! nblW Mudd. " • •'• tiation'inithdlid Uttlind his evert Brea . bigars.ith,so rich and ruridd an t hlitirittwo psi weteikl9Y.iN pitldr_d binds. In idnittuirter: this riniiikttrit'filllig'irhilst it‘tiliqqielkstae` tb granl.lttartiabd4tiliili!PtuPtite iniPrMietnerit 0r k.i:Takil - ro - 46 - 6;7,kic - wegildril4, , rettrforA 4- ibricit. is our • theke • lantliqui 'much as may , be , :tbriiMai-rsettltirs, arid . tit is at; woderato-prittes.. OV;ealiall thus not 'Only best reliant) the; prosperity of the; new Stated and •ferriunies a:hardy. and independent rat:trier bundst,ind industrunis citizens ? hut 'sliitll slcure Ironies for obi children add Our chiltli:eir's !IA ' whil as for thirst, ekiled from" foreign shores who ; stay ~seek this countryto inipreve, thnir cendiiion, and to enjoy the blessings of Civil., ' and religious liberty, Such einigrantil have Antra to pronypte; rho growth ;and :pros perity of the country. • They haVe proved titithinl both pelted, and in War: ; Aroming i citizens, they; are entitleili under the • staistitution and , laws L tn be ; placed on a., peribeecqualityr . 'With the 'nntive•iiorn ; null thy , this' character' thei should ;river he kindly Fecegnized. Thu SederalcOleititetipe ie Oigrotit; frotn, the qtatee to Congress Of certain specific powers ; nod thellueStio& this' gni lit elsoulllibe ..liberally; or strietly coteitrueit„ has, inure.or hyg r divided, political parties from the beg in. Mug: Without entering info . the'nigliiiteint, - I desire .to suite,: at the ceinnielicement,uf •tqy udmiuisttntjou r adept long : experience ,and, oh. seivation has convineed tee allot a airitit structill& of the' priWers.'ef the. gOvernuitilit 'is the only, true, as well us theory of the , constitution.,Whenever, in our past history,' doubtful powers 'exdre'iiied by Congress; these.' have never.thiled .to !pro , dime injurious and unhappy: colisequoitees.,— Many such instances might behiddeP, if "this were the proper oaenaion. Neither id it needs• . sary.7for the public seryietn,to,lstruid the, lap. ;gauge of , the coostitmion ; ; . I.iecause all the great and iisefelPoWers reituirell for a aueeeeis fuledminiseration of the peneatuid in war, have : been:granted eitber.in express terms or by the Plainest While deeply couvineetlyol these' triithiyi yet consider it clear under he war- Making' Power,' Congress • maf 'aiPProtipßitte, Money 'towards the:constructionsd a military roed„.whii this isAhsolutely necessary, thr the defence oh anYState or 'rerritorj at the Vintni' cOnstitie .tion Congress hits power :."to .ditelare ,witc;" “to . ,rsise • and support,. armies ;''' ••to provide mid a - navy ;" null to p oll rotii, t t ia, wilitis'to''repelittvassislul" haduWed iii .1m ample manner with thcwur-iiskingpower, the "ciiriespiiiidiiig duty is ratpiired'that United States 8411 protect eadll'ut , them it he States) against invasion:. .Now ' bow is slide to a ff ord this protection to California, and our Pacific possuuswou except:by means:Of a military road 'through' the Territories, of the United. States, over which men and. munitions of war may be tipitedily trititsported. frum the Atlantic States to umet , and repelthe in:ruder? lit the event of . a ‘wer..wltut it u 1 0514Y,W4C much stronger than our ewe, we should then have 'another available access t 47 the ;lruoilia conalv beemis6,4l4)ll.power. would histently close the route across ttio„lstimius of Xeutrul America. ,ii is impossible_ to .conceive that, whilst the, constitution iuul expressly,; rtatiliqd Congress to tletetiCalithe Suites, it *lgatild jut d e ny ju. thesj by any thir coustritctien the only- Ponible.: which oue.of : these States can lie defended.,llesitles,,tbe govern,- meat, ever since its has been . in, the ,coustant . practice of cutistructing. • !..• ,It.might , 4 also be ,wise'44l , erinslike,whethei, tjte.loye i fer the Union, hich uoyr, tplituntes„ ourlellnit-citiiens on this NCltic coait"imiy, tiotbeinipalreal by oar neglect , refusal , tii provide,thr trienh.,,a, their remete.aud i isolate 4, condition, the 'unlydueitii by which the ,pewer of the States thts aide of the ittitsky'Zliam:. talus can reach them in sutlicieutlime a pyo-• tact them against invitsien. 1 forbear, for dm present, from expressing un opinion as to the' wise.sCand most • ectinoiAical, ,etude hi - which the govisretnent atm lend its isid.in accomplish!'„ ing this great and necessary Work. I believii that many of the difficulties iu the Way which now appear formidable will, iu a greet,ttegree, • vanishes soon ne the nearest and best route snail have been satisthetorily ascertained. It' way be proper that,. on this 7mi:union, 1 should make serum brief reworks in regard to our' rights Mid duties as a member of the great tamilrof notions. In our intercourse with theta thorn are some ylaiu principles, ar_ 1 - , If - , 0; if t 4.:41;41 r:f fA i lt ., TWO DOLT Alt PEI AN ‘ , 1,1 l'llitevedf,by; our own'eloper; etiegii i litin iiill4 NVOt dolieulti ; perer departt ~Wir, wig t,'ito, cut wet° peace„, common-Fe ond,frimidslitp,,,,with All, tie r Booth's and "this soot' nirkely ' nit t lib ihr : it- iiienne etsprinnoting• on rtowo• miaturiabintereils, hat jortispiritpor,gticistine, bet,e r pl enee .,..l o witel a 'but' fellow men, wherever their lot. mar he east. Oar sliplotnatty - should he . riket dill!' *link, • neither!' seekiegith 01-tiiii , mote.ier aticepting i less 'than is our dup. , We ought to thpradi,it iii 3 Orjd'ibgard fur the iiidepilrleiiee of 11l no - ' tirciii, mid:oeveri attempt : t@ interrehP iii t.'6 • o I , Ptlic,p ol l( 2 l!rli i)Caily oitAlvis th iKt Ithilidlie , partitively reciaireir by the great low ottaelf -1 presh'rvotion.• ;24;••." • ' .. ;''' l ' • ' •• ' • 1,, Vo.a ;eel., entanPrig alliances .has ;been ti, mitsito ,of our, policy, eye! inner tlsq„days,•ef 'Washington? and its Wisdom no mot will at 'tempt to dispute: • In aliorr, We 'Might tote° jusutte,tio P. kindly, spirit,. ,to,allinations, add reotitre justice from them tit return. ,'Tr , . Iris Our klory that, whilst other tilitOitis have extended ;theirtloininionii by; the sword, le have throlti,loquired any terr,itory,wept liy 'far infrehdse; or, as inthe ease of texas, lir 'the: soluiluity didlittuitaitirm Or d i biittiy,. ,kindred and-independent people tO.ldettill.thetr destinies with our own,: Even our,nequentionit ' from . .htekico; f ., 4riii thi - extuiptioa. r ll'itriilling to;take itilvanyge of,thgfortune of was gigaltgit i ii sister. IlitpiAlic. we .purchased thetittioutscw - smti.4, under the - treaty of peace. fur a mon width *us' ofoosidero . at the time' a Ink' eqiii"v , alent,, - ; ,Our post, history forbidsitinit we; shall in thin future acquire territory, unless this lis ' Satietimied bj , the laiira 'of : justice:dud honor: I— . Actingitinitbie priiicipleilio nation will hunt a , righttliiinterfere,orjo compluini t if, iii tins pip gress of eV9ii.4, we shall' still further •extend • ourtprittiteshiotis.'•'llitbertO, in..till 'inlet . 116q111- sitipin,jhe pepidOl Under the pridoctieo Of the Aim:vein flag, have enjoyed Cll/111110 I pligiqyni litiertj'as` Well hieef i tittl mid Just latirs. Their • Imile-whir:the rest ,of the world has ..rapidly increased, nod ,th us every ,ceTmerOol i ttatipii bus •sliitri.iil largely bir their odeeesrdirkpro vigm„,•:..! .•11 ...,+ , t ...,•.14.i i , -.,), 1- i •-•:1 -, , i'i it flittill i . pow ) proceed to . tahit tho. ; onth,,ppte - ocribed lir ; the constitution, whilstdinaddyitu li'litiiiik 'thdAileilshig'of'llitide VioSitlinielt 6n 1 thiut* grest•rdpubliel v:, • • i l• i 1; ~.., ~ s t raws 1 ' / ' ' 1 JAIME@ 1)(1P444AN. i v:3 .ok, .t. 0 1 1,, .•,..• . , , • a (r.hprAly o,v !toll Tiltlit7'.oEgf.l I . i,gift 4l ! l 4l; 4 1 q11).tifit'Irwisli!Ju * ll 1 0 4%AnY 'mode' of growing tomatoes. I'ao not Iteets that thri l ls. anything new ahoptiit„ p eti t is pet ,ve i ry common ? ' oral, d9emie , .l.ll? l, his much 1 'nitlr e ionetili; sinc e a dish: of kUrxi .earif i toms ' toile is` - itieh a 'general fri'cin!ile:()Xfy prtigte ' iinslltlittliii fintwdided' in a' littt-Inididr iii i ihe green boatel and grout int piiti'elitil •tli4; 'ire i about a foot totti Toot - and.ri, 'htilf 9 liiilif dna' 'ire dlartlened off 50 as to .bear iterttingbtuttel4o - at ,Sliofie,cond.treek ipt , goy. • I 0140( themiabout thee. fee i t ,4lPg t j'A , Tillf'ir o.4. l 9e.PlP9o4lXilifVe • •few•iltakessix,oret a i t t fatAtjaiwirkkirr ing their aboal four feet high the whole length of theiroir4nd Shia it atilt SlD:ideal-gill 'Along .... flu ,thetap an&tieltwo illtritord idec e se lower OwA , •Owici. tlkeop - ..10 , 0,4t, 4..fimt I nparli tet,;gugito !!"!ith, ti, t i7 ll il ft?th ethine, -.1i414 : a frle... * 6 , t rcilli B -,.„ ,ti t, 1“, , ; tl .. i•dj..‘li. ! Behest iiiiinting TillWoysf dig the ,rAreil; deep, and moire it rich' aii i i"Oiatlitig.',At the tinto'bf'platitiiik; rims iilt.the iitit'lMAteltinte r Ifilio'ut the eimbi, rilmat st ablaspeitafel,,of . . I) ,erevdo ll , gthine to. midi: pinto,, which gives thdill on early , stami. Wltetithey hitie•grown 'suflleientl, long 'tit tiii‘te'llie' trellisl - sole it two • or three of, the strongest :shouts And tie them loosely to the trellis, cutting away ll 1 other '61611 latent's !whirl! tntiY grow' lin the min- bninehes. I let these inaiit firtinciks t ermi Mit'il