expocfeJ no move mercy from him than was J Fijown by his illustrious predecessors to- I ward Jesu Chrift. I entered into a long ! correspondence with the specimen of ei piriiig humanity, but from mercy or for getful ncs on their part, 1 was permitted to depart with all my documents in my valise, which I hope to publish at no dis tant day. Gentlemen, when I started oa my perilou journey, I was sore distressed in mind, and exceedingly so in body Uut the moment my eyes encountered the pickets of the Federal army my depression decreased, and returning health seemed mddcnly to invigorate my physical con stitution. Gentlemen, Secession is played out the dog is dead the child is born, and his name is Jeff. lVivis. Jr. Mv throat distresses me to Each au extent that I must decline further remarks this evening but shall make" myself heard upon the next Convenient occasion, which will prob ably be ere the termination of the present week. IIollin's Steam Ram. The following ilescription of Holliu's steam raui, which Tins been remodeled and rebuilt since the engagement at the mouth ot the Missis sippi, we take from the St. - Louis Re-publican : I have seen a rough sketch of IIollin's celebrated gunboat the Mauussas, or Turtle taken from the descriptions of intelligent persons in Columbus who have seen her. She is about one hundred feet long and twenty feet team, and draws from nine to twelve fVct -water. Her shape above water is nearly that of half a sharply pointed egg Ehell, so that a fehot will glance from her no matter where it strikes. Her back i3 formed of twelve inch oak, covered with one and a half inch bar iron. She has two chimneys, so ar ranged as to slide down in time of action. The pilot house is in the stern of the boat. She is worked by a powerful propelior, but cannot eiem a strong current. She carries only one gun, a GS-pounder, right in her bow. "The secessionists of Columbus say that at one time she would have come up here to test the metal of our forts if the water had not been too low. There was no time however, while she was at Columbus, when there was not water enough to float her. She is said to be now at Island Xo. 10, and it is reported that she would come up and engage our boat3 if she could stem the current. There are too many 'ifs' about the institution. "There is only one entrance to her, through a trap door in her back. Her port hole is furnished with a heavy pla ted trap, which springs up when the gan is run out, and falls down when it is run back. How the crew get their light and air I can't pretend to say. "This Turtle is certainly a formidable affair, a second Merrimac in its way, and appears capable of doing much damage, while receiving but little. It would be impossible to board her, as there is only one entrance, and she is supplied with hose for throwing hot water. "If the Turtle is all the secesh fancy paints her, why does'nt she try the bat teries of Point Pleasant oiid Smith's Landing '" Anniversary, ok Fort Sumter. The Charlestouians, it seems, are lookiog for ward with fearful forebodings to the 15th of April the anniversary of the rebel assault on Fort Sumter. They have come to the conclusion that the National Power is reserving till that da' the taking of its revenge on the original home of the se cession treason. Accordingly the valiant Fons of chivalry, born "iusensiblo to fear," according to the last account we had from there were making preparations for .a vig orous flight, in what direction it shall be, however, it is really difficult to see. Their favorite haunts anions the sea is lands of Port lloyal are now in the hands cf the hated Yankees ; Savannah is im minently menaced by a great military and naval force. Northward, their avenue is stopped by Durnside; while the hills of Fast Tennessee are in the possession of the arms of the Union. What General Hunter's purposes may be in regard to this matter we do not know, but the an ticipstions of the Charlestouians. prompt ed by their consciousness of -guilt, may not be altogether unfounded. It would certainly be fitting and just that the flag should be proudly restored to Fort Sumter on the very anniversary (if the day on which it was ignomiiuously lowered to armed traitors. Soldier's Lkttlrs. The Post OSk-e Department deems it advisable that all letters addressed to the officers and eoI eiicra of the army of the Potomac whether now at "Washington or moviug South, should be mailed to Washington City. From that office they will be properly forwarded in separate packages to the re spective corps and divisions, and their delivery facilitated. Commanders of di visions are requested, as movements occur, to cause notice to be given to the post master at Yashington to what convenient point such packages, destined to the regi ments uudcr their command, shall be fcent. A Press for Parson liRowxrrvr. Among the many testimonials of kind feelings- toward- the patriot martyr of .nasi asnnessce, u is proposed DY ms ;cw York friends to give him a "Hoe's last fast," with which to uproot the last ves tige of secession at his old home. He has been invited to make the Astor K- -v' i ii-, t it ISpw lurk. Ilia notes or the rise and de-t cline of secession in Tennessee, wi'l take the name of ,'DrOw:j!ou s Hook." . ft- jL!t23.0 -3i-XXo y' Si' f HEX RIGHT, TO BE KEPT KIOHT, VTUKN WRONG, TO BE PUT RIGHT. THURSDAY ::::::::::::::::::::::::: A P1UL 10. Euiuutiiiadon Measures. We recently called the attention of our readers to the proclamation of President Lincoln, recommending the adoption by Congress of a resolution pledging the Fed eral government to co-operate with any State which might take initiatory steps to free itself from Slavery. It gives us much pleasure to note that Congress has responded to this most wise and most sal utary proposition, in a manner becoming the representatives of a great people. Having previously passed the House, it was adopted by the Senate on Wednes day, the 2d inst., receiving the support of every Republican Senator, of coarse. Rut a most gratifying fact is, that it received the votes also of Mr.' Davis, of Kentucky, Mr. Yilley, of Virginia, and Mr. Hen derson, of Missouri three Union mem bers rcpreseutiug Slave States and the Yote of Mr. Tuomi'SON, a Democrat from New Jersey. Than this there could bo no better evidence of the conservative and conciliatory character of the measure. The action taken strictly accords with the suggestion of the Presideut, end is certainly free from all constitutional ob jections. The responsibility for the ex istence of Slavery is left precisely where the Constitution ha9 left it that is, with the people of the States wheroiu the insti tution is tolerated but tho idea is, that, when these peoplo wish to rid themselves of the evil, the Federal government will lend them a helping Land, and furnish means to assist them in bearing the bur dens imposed by the change of system. The passage of this measuro will, we doubt not, be followed by most important re sults. Ou Thursday last, the Senate also pas sed the bill for the abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia, with pecuniary compensation to loyal owners. The an nouncement cf the result was followed by much applause in the galleries. The fi nal vote on the bill was as follows : TEAS. Howe (Rep.) King (Rep.) Lane (Rep.) Ind. Lauc (Rep ) Kan. Morrill (Rep.) Pomer'oy (Rep. J Sherman (Rep.) Sumner (Rep. Ten Eyck (Rep.) . Trumbull (Rep.) Wade (Rep.) Wilkinson (Rep.) Wiiiuot (Rep.) Wilson (It.) Mass. Anthony (Rep.) Browning (lie p.) Chandler (Rep.) Clark (Rep.) Collamer (Rep.) Dixon (Rep:) Doolittle (Rep-) Fessendeu (Kep.) Foot (Rep.) Foster (Rep.) Grimes (Rep.) Hale (Rep.) Harlan (Rep-). Harris (Rep.). Howard (Rep ) n a rfi. Nesrairb Dem. Powell Dem.1 Bayard (Dew.) Carlile ( Union.) Davis (Union.) Henderson (Union.) Kennedy (Union.) Latham (Dem.) McDougal (Dew.) This till will Saulsbury Dem. . Starke Dem. Willey Union. Wilson U. Mo. Wright Union. secure the immediate emancipation of about fifteen hundred or two thousand negroes, whom our law-makers have already too long suffered to be held in bondage at the very portals of the Capitol. Asking our readers to scan the vofe, we express our heartfelt delight that not a solitary Republican Senator has permitted his name to bo recorded against thi. humane and righteous measure. The nays, it will be seen, are composed whollv of Union men and Democrats. These lat ter very generally admitted that CongreB has the exclusive right to legislate for the District of Columbia, and admitted al.-o the right to pass the bill in question ; and yet, after all this, when the bill is put upon its passage, thc?e gentlemen all manage to record their votes against it. Why is this ? Is it because these gen tlemen still cling to Slavery as one of the bulwarks of our frer institutions ? Or, are they only playing a hand in the big game now going on to rally the scattered fiagmeats cf Democracy for the coming campaign ? r5S livery ticking of the wire from c West is fraught with exeat interest. .i The decisive battle cf Corinth is near at hand. Duell, with his well trained and chivalric legions, was, at last accounts, within fifteen iiles of Ueauregard. Gen. ( rant cannot be much farther off rne 'rcat um assurccll7 is near at hand. si, 7 S WK A Z . - ..... General War XciTS. From Island No. 10, to which point great attention is paid by Coiiiuio dore Foote, we have the intelligeace that the rebels have erected en entrenched camp o& the bend of the Jlisawiippi, di rectly opposite, our gunboats, an embank ment having been thrown up along the shore for a distance of half a mile. Sev eral of their batteries are visible, but ma uy others being masked, we have no meau3 of ascertaining their effectiveness. Tin entrenehmuts extend from the center of the bend to the upper extremity of the Island, and are constantly being fortified. Our mortars fire at intervals of fifteen minutes, the shells all being thrown upon the Island. Significant movements of our forces have taken place ia 'that quar ter lately. Several boats have been sent down to General Pope, at New Madrid, with which he is expected to cress the river and cut off the retreat of the rebels by land. Their retreat by water w aa iai p03sibilitv, so long us our troops hold pos- ess ion 01 New Madrid end Point Pleas ant. On Friday last three of our gun boats and three mortar boats opened fire ou the rebel floating battery. After an hour's bombardment, the battery broke loose from its 2uoorir.g, and Coated down the river considerably injured. Commo dore i'fccle is confident that Le cau, iu three hours, drive the rebels from l11 of their butteriw, as ecou a? thv proper time shall arrive Everything betokens a des perate conilict at Island No. 10, uud any moment r.;ay bring U3 news of another Federal victory. From Kentucky we have news of anoth er victory by the Federals. Col. Uuibrd accompanied by two regiments of infan try, cud a dethchment of cavalry und ar tiiliry, made a descent upon Unicu City, und, after a forced rosreh of thirty miles, fell upoc a rebel tTiettiupment at seven o'clock in the morning. They dispersed the entire force, tstarioned there under Clay King, both cavahy and infantry. The rebels tied ia every direction, Beveral being killed, aud a number taken priso ners. A largo amount of spoil was cap tured, including 150 horses, eommit-sary and quartermaster stores, etc. Our loss was one killed from an explosion in a burning tent. The rebel force numbered 700 infantry and between 700 uud 800 cavalry. Late news from Gen. Bank's division, show that he i3 bravely finishing the work which has been assigned to him. Siaee the victory at Winchester he has pursued tho rebels, as far as Woodstock. When approaching the town, Col. Ash by, with hb cavalry, supported by a force of infantry and a battery, disputed tho pas sage of the Uuited Statcs"forccs, but our troops passed onward through the town, tho rebels frequently stopping and throw ing fchells, to which the United States force3 responded with effect. A beauti ful gray stallion, eaid by contrabands to belong to Col. Ashby, wag shot near the town of Woodstock. The ball must have wounded tho rider in the thigh. The re port, however, that Ashby was killed, is not credited at headquarters. An inter cepted letter of a recent date, from a reb el line ofHcer, speaks significantly of an anticipated open rebellion in Marylaud, but this is regarded as .one-of tho means resorted to by the Secession leaders to dupe their followers into continued resis tance. From information received from For tress Monroe, the following intelligence concerning the injuries which the Merri mac received iu the ever-memorable encounter with the Monitor, can be relied ou : When she run for Norfolk on Sunday, March Sth, in. the evening, she had seven feet of water in her hold. One shot from the Cumberland had riddled her, and one shot from the Monitor thro' her port hole, dismounted two guns. The Monitor put a ball through the Patrick Henry, which killed two men,, and seri ously wounded many others. Tho tele graph from Fortress 31onroe reports im portant movements of troops towards 1'oiktown, and there is every iudieatiou of an impending conflict between the two contending foice. As yet there ore no signs of tho Merriicac. Every prepara tion has been made to give her a warm reception, aud no doubt are entertained but tUat the Monitor will come off victo- nous. From South Carolina we have the in telligence of the surprise und capture of a company, on picket duty, belonging to tire Fifty-fifth Penmyhanir Kegiment, Col. White. It appears that while the company was guarding Little Edisto Is land, they were surrounded by the rebels w ho commanded them to surrender. This they refused to do, thereupon the rebels fired upon them, killing five, and wound ing twelve. The balance, seiag the over whelming force of their onponeuts, threw down their arms and 'surrendered. It is .but a few days since that the Lieut. Col. (Kennett,) of this regiment was taken prisoner, along with a companion, while taking a buggy ride into the countrv. Ne;; from the advancing columns of Generals Buell aud Grant, confirm the report of their being within a few hour's march of the enemy, who is strongly en trenched at Corinth. The rebels are con gregating there iu great numbers, and their available fighting force is estimated at between G0,000 and 70,000. The force that will be brought against them is deemed adequate for the achievement of the most glorious and decisive victory of the campaign. Advice.? Irom Western Virginia state that tho rebels are abandoning that coun try and retreating to Stanton, from which they can escape by railroad. One Year Ago. One year ago we were tremblingly hanging on the verge of rebellion, yet htill in doubt that there were any parties &o desperate aa to seiiously contemplate the dismembermentof the American Uaion. The secession of South Carolina and her eiater rebel states had in a manner dem onstrated the determined purpose of the traitors, and yet the loyal, free states were filled by men who persisted iu urging that tuch acts of Eeccrision were not the result of any sincere deliberation oa the part of the rebels, und that if tho government would act discreetly and wisely, the slates thus in revolt would bo brought back to their allegiance, and the authority they forcibly renounced, would be at one-? uiore peaceably recognized. And in this spirit the government treated tho rebe'a so f:tr as any demonstration was concerned. Its authority was asserted, but not enforced, because the enforcement might aggravate instead of allay rebellion, and thereby a band cf bravo men were exposed to the fire ol a gang of rebels, aud tho national honor so long pent up in Forts Moultrie Sumter, was at last violated by tho most dastardly attack that ever was inado oa any military force ia the hittory of the world. In one year this nation has accomplished the most t-tupeudou3 work of the ago. Oar resource:, were unknown, and iu many instances, vuere developed, they were depreciated, aud the superiority of tho south extolled by the very mcu from whom tho government and tho loyal states had a right to expect ulhcr conduct and EjKJcches. One year ago, the then Secre tary of War, Gen. Siuiou Cameron, was left iu a dilemma fcucli as would have ap palled au ordinary man. The other De partments of the govern uient, as it were, stood idle and demanded of the Depart ment over which ho presided, the means aud the material with, which to restore the nation to peace. The e3'cs of the na tioa were directed to the War Department while the head of Miat Department could scarcely trust a single oiiicer of the regu lar army then ia Washington, from the ciaiplc fact that treason first showed itself with mere effrontery in the army and iiavy than in any other branch of tho govern ment. Ofiiceis were resigning who had passed their lives in idleness, drawing the money of the government for their tup port; while the proud capital of the nation was Wit defenceless, beseeching succor and protection from the liberality and promptness of the War Department. The experience of another year, if it maintain a like character of the year that is past, will place this government in a very strong position before the nations cf tho world, in one yeai we recruited, armed and disciplined au army of six hun dred tuoummTvic n. Iu oneyear we coun teracted the labors of the ablest and shrewdest villaiu3 in tho . world, as they contemplated the destruction of this gov ernment. There never has been any thing to equal it in the past, aud there never will bo anything to compare to it ia the future, unless we excel the past in the coming year, by an achievement of immortal magnitude. Oue condition of aSairs is certain. After we have conquer ed the. rebellion, put an end co its mis chievous jealousies, aud re-ettab!i&hed the federal authority iu all the States and Territories of the Union, we will either have tho world at our throats or our lect. Our war with traitors is as likely to end in a war with foreign nations as it is cer tain that foreigu carious hope for our de struction, and ere ready at any time to srrike a blow to hurry ou such a conclu sion. Let us then look forward to anoth er yeai with hope and coble resolution to meet every other e-mergency that may arise as we met rebellion. With luore than a half a million of well-trained, har dy and intelligent fighting nieu in the field ; with a navy that is daily growiug in force and effectiveness, the worst thing that can possibly happen for our jealous neighbors over the waters, will be the ter mination of this rebellion. Let those who doubt this, wait a Year, and then expose our sophistries- if the assertion proves false,. JIarrisburj I'civjraph. A Cu.rious Development. The Com mercial Bulletin, ii reierring to a recent letter of Donald M'Kay, publishes the following statement : Would the nation believe it, that the very plans and specifi cations by which the rebel steamer Mer rimac was rendered shot proof, were fur nished by Mr. M'ivay to our own Navy Department, nearly a year ago, to be ap plied to ourown vessels for harbor defence? l'et such is the fact. How did the rebels obtain them ? Mr. M'Kay says that when he. produced his plans to build au iron clad vessel of war, the Secretary of the Navy and the President were anxious that such a vessel as he proposed should be built without delay ; but tho chief na val constructor, when tho plans were sub mitted to him, would not even tura his back to look at them, but answered Mr. M'Kay, over his shoulder, that irou prating was a humbug. Finding that it was time thrown away to remaiu in Washington, Mr. M'Kay left to look after his own business at home." Capture of Island Xo. lO! Wc have just received tho glorious in telligence that, at midnight on Monday, the rebeb at Island No. 10 -surrendered their position, men, guns, transports aud all, to Commodore Foote. Gen. Pope captured three Generals, six thousand prisonere, ono hundred soige guns, several field batteries, email arms, tents, et. Corindi, Hiss. The whole nation is now awaiting, in almost breathless expectation, the inevita ble conflict to take place near Corinth in Mississippi. The thought of it is in all minds aud hearts, and speculations in re gard to it are upon all lips. Ordinary events aiid even second-rate victories of our arms seem to have little or uo power to exoite men's attention. For our own part, we anticipate a vic tory at Corinth, a viciory great enough to crush all gcuiblanee of life out of the re bellion, but it would uot be hottest to deny that we have apprehensions as to tho re sult. Most assuredly there are grounds for very grave apprehensions, and ours would be infinitely greater than they are but for our deep confidence in the skill of our Generals and the glorious spirit of the armies they lead, und our trust, almost a religious truat, in the justice of our country's cause and the justice of heaven. If our armies win this victory, they must win it against great md fearful odds. All the advantages are against them. Beyond question thcif euemies much out number them. Gen. Gustavua W. Smith is said to have gone there with sixty thousand men, tho siuew ot tho rebel army of the Potomac, and the last intelligence is that Gen. Price, strongly reinforc&d, has been ordered there with thirty-five or forty thousand men, the bulk ot the rebel fighting material of Arkansas, Mis Kouri, and Texas. The rebel hosts at Corinth, and within striking distance of it, are believed by the best informed to number now, of to be curtain to uumber withia two or three days, a huudred and seventy-five or two hundred thousand men, the flower and strength of the rebel Con federacy. Moreover, thi3 prodigious host is under the command of Gen. Ueauregard reputed ou all hands to bo the gieatest of all the chieftains of the South, and he ht the immediate aid aud support of at least nine other Generals, the most distinguished that he, in looking abroad throughout the whole Confederacy, could sumuioa around him. And, besides, ho has had an op portunity, for many week9, to fortify his position, naturally one of the strongest iu the whole country, by throwing up breastworks, constructing casements, dig ging trenches, and adopting every othr means of defence, which, ia the exercise of his a!uiosi uurivallod science and tact as a military engineer, he could devise. Add to all this, that he has just &3 many and just as big pieces of artillery as he desired, planting them by hundreds in positions for raking with terrible effect every approach. To encounter this mighty army posses sing Fuch immense advantages, we have aa army much inferior in numbers, with out fortification?, an'd with no artillery to compare at all in magnitude with the huge siege-guns of the enemy. Therefore we have spoken of odds ou the enemy's side as great and fearful, and therefore we have said that we are not without anxiety and spprehensiou, deep and even painful anxiety and apprehension, bo as to the result. Still our hopes are greater than our fears. Our confidence is in the invin cibility of the armies of the Union, uerved iu heart aud strengthened in arm by the thought, that, by one grand blow, they can cleave down the bloody monster of rebellion aud give peace and joy and prosperity to the greatest nation of all the earth. The Tax Dill. The House of Rep resentatives is busily engaged in consid ering the tax bill. A subject of consid erable interest to newspaper proprietors and to'the business community was under consideration yesterday. Mr. Colfax pro posed to strike out the tax ou advertise ments. After some discussion it was de cided that all journals which have a cir culation of less than two thousand copies or an advertising patronage of less than SI, 000 per annum, fhall be exempt from taxation. Thus, nearly all country news papers will escape the proposed duty. Three per. cent, of the advertioing receipts of all journals not thus exonerated is to be paid to the Govern incut. 3" lion. Edgar Cowan, says the GrrensLmrg Ilmihl, declared while on a recent visit to that borough, that there are not six Senators that are not of one mind, really, in reference to governmen tal policy in this crisis. That- there ap pears to be at any time a great division of sentiment there, ia to be attributed to the horde of lickspittle correspondents of the New York dailies, and other sensa tion journals, the choking and utter sup pression and annihilation of whom and which, would be a great stride towards crushing out the present iniquitous re bellion. Certaiu 6niall-fry secession jour nals in the country being of like ilk. It is stated that Dr. Russell, the correspondent of The London Times, has secured his passage home by a steamer soon to sail, -and that the reason of this somewhat sudden departure is to be found in his recent dismissal from the vessel from Washington to Fortress Monroe. The order of the Secretary of War prohib iting correspondents of the Prena from accompanying the Army of the Potomac has now been rescinded. E&" The insane clamor against. Gen. Fremont last summer led to his removal, and the breaking up of the expedition down the Mississippi. It could then have been accomplished with comparatively lit tle resistance, and these troublesome is lands turned into federal instead of rebel strongholds. We now see the cost ot listening to tender footed Union man aud adherent to the "imtitutiou." Abont Slavery. There is a class of men ho profee, to be opposed to slavery, but their 0D position is of that delectably couJr tive character which opposes thin- C,-V rupt by letting them alone to W0?L their own extinction. Thua, for imt they assert that, if we let slaverv nlm, will abolish itself. Let it ffi " slave driver will give up hi8 business be cause, as these conservatives claim' a' most every slaveholder in th, ; States is now heartily weary cf Lis nrct' erty, and will get rid of it as soon and rapidly as possible, when he caQ without bankrupting himself. This the argumeu?,of conservatism. ut tj13 facts iu the case will not support the gument. This is illustrated in 'thenian'" ner with which the slaveholders of W-sk ington Citj are treating the propositioHV purchase their slave property, tlut tho capital of tho only free governor jn world might be boasted as bein ue.if aj so free. The slaveholders of the DUtrW of Columbia are running their slaves C.q Maryland, rather than g-ll them to tU government, that they may become frcc They will not receive a fair price for their chattel, because the precedence the transaction may effect the prestige of tho institution. They claim, like their co slaveholders all over the earth that slavery must bo perpetuated that iu political franchises must be increased and that in no particular can they recniza a law which ha9 in view -the pre3eu or the prospective abolition of slavery. Ia view of this conduct, wc ask whether freedom and religion should any longer be compelled to share the disgraeecf American slavery ? Are we to be poster ed with its assumptions and threateucd by its cabals for all time ? Will the Union never be rid of its disgrace and dangers? Let the conservative Democ racy answer these questions, aad let those who profess that slavery, if let alone, will extinguish itse lf, please iiifurin us of tho time when thai event will occur. rjjTlI EKN ICKEllDOCKEK rouibo5! In the beginning of the last year, when its present jrurietor3 assumed control cf lie Knickerbocker, they announced minatioa to spare no pains to lace it iu it true position, as the leading literary ilontLir ia America. When rebellion had raistd "a successful front, and its armies threatened the very existence of the Republic, it was im possible to permit a magazine, which in la circulatiou reached the best intellects in iLo laal, to remain insensible or indiifcrtn; to the dagee3 which threatened the Union. The proprietors accordingly gave notice, that it would present in its pnge. t'orcihlj eiposi tiona with regard to the rtat question of the tinuti how to prtsfrve lh United Stattj of America in their intensity and unity. How lax this pledge Las beca rtdeeuied tie public must judge. It wouid, however. K nitre affectation to ignore the seal of appro bation which has been placed on these ef forts. The proprietors gratefully athnowl tdkje this, and it Las led theia to embark iu a fresh- undertaking, aa already announced, the publication of the Continental iiuN t ely, devoted to Literature and iUunitl Poli7 ; iu which magazine, those who hae sympa thized with the political opinions receui'.y se-t forth iu the Knickerbocker, will find the same views more fully enforced nd uiaiu taiae l by the ablest and most energetic mind iuAuveri(a. The Knickerbocker, while it will contin ue firmly pledged to the cause cf the Fr.iuu will henceforth be more earnestly dtvoted to Uttrtuie, und will ltave co effort untried to uttaiuthe highest excellence in those depart ments of letters which it has adopted as pe ciahies. The January number commences its thirti eth year. With such antecedents as it pos sesses, it seems unnecessary to ryfike nay es pecial pledges as to its future, but it mty net be Hiniis to say that it will be the aim of its conductors to make it more ar.d more oeser ving of the liberal support it ha? hitherto re ceived. The sane eminent writers who htive contributed to it during the past year will continue to eniich its pages, f-nd in addition, contributions will appear from others of the highest reputation, as well a3 from many ri sing authors. 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