VOL. 3
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I,.i!',iiieclii.. - ,iciojiv - :'.o : zoto . ciqt.
.EVERY . TiUOpAY MORNING,
By j. B; OVIATT, • ,•
.SME'rHPORT; M'KEAN COUNTY, PA
coltNE4 01 0 P17131,T,C SQUARE
sl . so:in Advauce
TEEMS
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'3 Column one
One square of 12 'ince or leas,.B icksartiOns,
1-oaell
fleshless Card*, with ' • .600
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:Bale or.Bgare work will .be double the above 'rittes.
.Twelve Boos 'Brasier type,• oe eight •4ines. nonpareil,
07" These Tories Will ho otrigtly adhered to. ,cll
Busittais IBirectorp.
:BENNEtr HOUSE,
Sulethport,:hf!Jr.enn C 0.,; Pa.. 1E:8. M.6oN, Proprietor
—opposite the. Court House... A now, larke,..eonnuodi
oni and Well furnished house. :•
.OEO. H. MASON,
`Dialirin Sto'vem, - Tin. Ware, Tappaned Ware; &e. west
'side-of the Publie.Eil. Smethort; Pa. .thistoto
work:done to order ontlie shortest notice; and in the
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. most substantial mariner,: . • ,
DENTISTRY
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Dn. M. A . Sen AGM: would.respectrully emulation to the
citizens elSmetliporfand vicinity,. thnt ho has fitted
' .up sizolTite, and is prepared to attend .to nil business
• in ills profession. • Artiliclal.teeth • inserted, upon 'HO
entifte princlples,.and so ns.to preserve the natural o'ic-•
' prossion of the taco MI oporationitin Dental•Surgerit
done in a skillful manner. • '• .. "-Mt,.
NOUNSE.
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Dealer hi Stove's, Tio Ware, Jiippaned We're; dr.o•; went
end of 'the Pithlie Square, flinethport.. Pa. Custom
work done. to orderonthe shortest notice, and to the
most substantial monk% . -, . '. - .- '
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-"- ' • ' OLEAN HOUSE, '. ' •
P. panel, P.roprietor. Olean; N. Y . .. ' . Omnibus ryes
to swill.= the New Tors - and Erie ftail*Road. Stages
. for Sinethport and Ceres : • • •
HYDE HOUSE,
S. J, °spoon Proprietor. • Ridgway, pa. 'lbis • notel is
new and flirainlied. in modernstyle, -has ample accoin,
modations; and is, in all respects, a First Class Hotel.
Ridiway, Elk Co. Pa. May . 2 4 ., 1660 • , • • .
EI o DRED „HOTEL,
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Jens. Witta,Treprietorf This liousn is nitnited bnl
way between , 9 inethport. and Olean.: A ennvenien
an commodious hoesi, attentive and obliging attend
• ants,. and low•p r rieent .
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• - ,ltldrsd, May 17, 1800. • ' • . .' : • -
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. • ~• • • • 'A. D. HAMLIN, . • -.. '
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sirteyor i : DmflAnizn, ConioyanCer,. arid qte.al psta S
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. .Aient. ,Sme,thp.ort., M'Kean ccutity,„Pit.. '. ' ..
A. N• •TAYLOR,
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Vasle'r In Dry Goods, Groceries; Pork, Flour, Salt, Fifi
Rescry-lltado Clothing, Boots ail Shoes, Emethport
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.Iv4LTA . g..wqaus„.
Pri,cticia 'Mechanic, Millwright, ."Bridge-builder{ •
Port.AMegheny, M'Kean county, Pa. '
J. L., 'BROWN;
doNVEYANQI4Ifand Reel
Agent; • Office, 'Williamsville, Elk Co., Penn'a.
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-11gFfiftENQR9—
Chapin & Boylo
Lion; ThomilY Struthers,
W. 'S•.. Brownell, Esq . .,
Roil. A. f Wilcox
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' CARvgli. .110IISE, ..'• • ; • "
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/ow;U.Mita. Proprietor. 'cornier of Writer' andliorr
• Streete .Warren, •Pit, Otenerel.Stag_e 01116 e •
roBEs HOUSE,
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!"rooting Alio. Public Square,. Olean. N. Y. JAMF:9. M.
• - Mitamt. Proprietor. The Pobes Melia krfhtirely new
end built brick, 'and la' hirpishod in - modern style.
proprimpr, fluters lfimself that his accOninmila
thins are. not surpassed by any hotel in IVestern Nar
York. darriagea:run-to and from the New. York and
Prie . Rall Road. .• • •, • • . •
BYRON D.;HAIIILIN,
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ATTORNRY AT Lowi. Smetliport, 111,'Kean C.ounty..• Pa.,
.Agent for Itlassrs. Ch's Lands Attends
eipecially to the ColleOtion of Claims; EZs.ntiriation of
.Land Titles; • Pa7rneut of 'Taxes,• and all
.buidnesir rela
ting to Real Esiate.. Once in TLitnlin Block. •
E• DOUGHTON ELDRED,
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Attorney and pouniiellor at Laiit. •Smethonit, Ill'Heito
.-' County,. Pa'.' Pug'ne , iii .entrusted to his' care foralie
enuntiec of 1,V1 , KF1311, Potter and dllk mill he promptly
.attended to '.olllee in the Court House, second floor.
'DR. L.. 11. NISNER,'
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Physician. and iiurgoon,. Sinothport, Pa, will attend to
illdirofassional Iloilo with. promptneas. ()Moo in &tn.
well Blook, second floor: , • •.:
THING :&-MILLERi
Whalenle anditetal Dealarm in.3taplo and Fancy Dry
' Goode, Carpeting, Ready Made Clothhie,- and - General
,Farnigning Ontle,.llolite etnd Shoes, Well and Window
Paper, Looking'Glassee &c.'—At Olean:
JOHN . C. 'NACHOS,
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Attorney and Counsellor at Law; Smethport, at'ltean Oa
Pa;.. Will attend to'allbusinesainhis profession in the
connties of Itt'llear, Potter and Elk. Mee over U.K.
Sartitell Sr.',llothera' . Store. , • , . . • • •
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HACKNEY. HOUSE,
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'Corner of Seeork te;nd:.l.lberty, streets, Warren, Pa: R.
• A, BiRllOll,, Proprintor.• Traielers will: find good ac-'
conimedationi and reasonablenlOarges.: •
LAR.ABEE'S HOTEL,
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11. .411VillEle.' Propriotor,Alleglien'y 'Midge, 301tenn
CO, 'Pa. Tlar houee In situated about nlne'lnilea froin
t'Sruetbport'•on.the road to Olean, and oill, be found A
convenient stopping-place .
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FARMERS' VALLEY HOTEL,
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Aly T. Gonowt!!.• Thia home is aituatod abont fvo mile
from Smethport on the road to Olean. Pleasur,a paetie
and ottny, oan beaccommodatod on the ahorteatnotice
W. S. BROWNELL,
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Dealer in... Dry .Goods, Groceries, Crockery,
Boots, Shoes, Eats, Caps, Glessi . Nalls. OHS; & a,, &c.
East, side'ol the Public Bquare,'Sreethport, Ph.
EMPQRIIIM /1017.8E,A
81i1pnen, .M'Kenn Co., Pe.. : L: 'DM% Proprietor
A commodiouscommodiousand. well-furn(Blml linnße. ' Strange ts
And taayelers will find, goodacComnindationß, , _
.:- . .:... PORT ALLEGANY...ROUSE, ..
Eancie hi IN '
O,Ler ...Tionrietnri at Port , Allegany i. dile-
Hean.Clonnty, P.a. This Hotel issituated atthe Juno
. tion.Of the Smethport and Allegany River sonde, nine
. ladles east of SmethpOrt..
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AgTOR-' - 'llOll E,-'-
.• 01. 1 P4111POR*, *KEA& 'Co., Pa.
WI:. HASKELL • •. ... " Proprieto r.
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• This 11011111! is,Vreli Calculated for' the accommodation
Orthe Travelling Peblie; haiiing recently been repaired
,a rn
nd ! reodeleid. :Good.Barns and Stables. Charges 'roil.
soOOt!le. ' Stages tor.Oltiani ehippen"andßidgw ay,•*-
• Stnethport, Jaly 2, '1866,.. -- • • .•• - • .• •. - •
To These Interested-in Mining And:
. Mineral Lands. • _
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N. flitliN/18 offers Ida .liergfees for the examine,
• • lion of Mineral Lands, inlit'Keett and Elk COlll2-
• ilea,' and will give hie, opinion '49',to - the VALIiE OB
k,,. Thane engaging hJe services will receive
alI emeeineryand reliable informatioh; Reildenee at the
Bunker EMI Mince. •
/Sergeant, llrfluen•go., Tune 30, 7859.
MEI
Hon. theme's Seymbur• of . Connecticut,
addressed. a . Meeting -at HartfOtd, on the 24th
of Novembers: I•tie • •.following are; the. closing
PortiOns of the apeerJr;
A 'few inore'iv,iids . and I shall cease . to tres
pass'on your patjenee. In the 'Autumn of 1.82
happened - to be,on the borderi.of the.Caspian'
Sea, it a place called Baltu,.not far from*Per:
sla.' Whilst' there, .the Captain of.the'Porf in
vited 'me - to take a.seat sin . his barge One even
ing;end go With htin down the. bay, the. distance
Of four dr five . There Was
.a . place below
he said, a 'half a 'mile froth share, whei'e the
surface:of the water was covered with 'naphtha,
which could be easily. ignited. This naphtha,
was thrown.. up, front- a subteratienn spring at
the bottom 'of the ba,y...Muclideeiring to wit-.
noon
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neas so interesting : a sight as that describedto
me, I. readily :accepted .the invitation *to. ac
company him:: The night was dark, hut there
was a •clear sky overhead._ The same , stars
that shone over us shone over you, The monn
had just gone down behinduthe Caucasian hills:
.13ut.in the.north-west, a.tevir.ilegrees ahove the
horiZon, the wiercl cornet., :of that :"year, , like
sOtrie r'ebelangel cast out of heaven, streamed.
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downward towards the enrth.• - The still;ni.ht;
'the - liinely . ..shote; the 'sudden apparition of en
ot her world whirled 'through the realms of
space . deeply iinpreSsed Me at the time.
. •' Pursuing our. course,:dovvn the solitary : bay,.
we came,..: after' a: • while, to: that part of it
where
,We expected:to find; the Silting we were
in, search proofs of ion the surface.—
In, another, • momept;' ait . ithueuel.appearance cif
.the sea, something "cannot describe, a, change
of color perhaps showed: we had' touched the
edge of the 'resirious waves. • A few • rapid
stroltes'of the oars forced-out..barge into.the•
Midst of the dark :Waters• by 'which we.were•
'surround?:, This •being done,..ene of the Men
'Seized a brinch of,iAikum, end setting it on fire:
cast it overboard. •. Immedidtely a .sea of flame
spread, out on' rill sidds us,. and rotted.. up
round the barge: Hasteriing . to make. our, es
cape, from 'so 'threatening. tt. locality, the boat- .
Man 'pulled rapidly away, their Oarblades
dripping with liquid firett stream of lite swept
along in our :wake, whilst little drigry waves,
'like temp:leg:Of: eerpents,...Shot - out. under: our
bow . ; or struck - spitefully astern, as it vexed to
'lose their prey: lld.yina . . - :leared the space so,
fearfully lit up by, the blazing naphtha, we, laid
Our boat side ways• to• the. crimson 'flood and .
turned to,behold,a strange arnlinarveloisspr!c . -
ticle-literally the.sea 6f Ifire! : 'But, : beneath
that -sheetsof flgme; that; rolled with the' rolling .
waves, the currents of .the flawed:
calmly otr undisturbed , the fter.Y. billows
that swept over.. itS.surface.
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. So; my - friends, •in our' . eoitntrY, there have
been times when we have•seen the flames of
diS'cord. lit up aro.und:u.; threatening . to :envel
ope in•a blaze.of ruin" the• good, Ship - of state
that bears our . --
fettunes.and put an end. forev :
:er•to constitutional liberty:- Something of: thie.
'we see now.' , Sin
oethingT, Nay; more and
worse than. anything 'we-have ever SeerthefOre.•
The great cri'si's of our fate as a Nation-'--long
dreaded, yet .not whollY,Pnezp'ected'hecause
daringly - proceked—has at last,, come', and the
whole, -surface of thingS is' au inflamed : sea.
IVbether there is-any . escarie'M not froth' the
.evils with
. ..Which - We' :are just .now menaced
none can len.. • Neveitheless let us .hope that'
heheath aIF this'Whirl and agitatinii . of the sur
j-nce;.eonservative influences,' muted: by that
deep,love'M conntry; which: underlies: eSery
tbing tre s uquil and steadily ono
like the - currents of tbe Caspian' beneath , .the.
fiery, billows above:them . ,- ina.y, .eustain,- after
all„.instewg of.cOnsuining . the - thingS that repose
@n their bosom.
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111 - could speak to the. North. 1 wOuld'• say.
repeal,your'inicptitous Personnt•Llberty Bills
give ear to the . precePt Of the Constitution and'
.the WO rnines of Washington., If I could speak
to the South I would say ' wale-do not dash to
the : ground the noblest •strucrure of- free 'goy
ernmenrever reared by the hand pfrd i en—that•
which, it once brolon s :voti ..pun no more recon-
'siruct than you can make a' world! But- 'my-,
vOicejs not- one to' reach :elther . •pectina- .1
speak for niyselland hope for the :hest." 'We
are of :painful ' doubts land
uncertainty, which,' like-a - night of stotoi -at,
.O . IIV make us all wish for the comir i
Let ea pray - lhat it may not be long in coming.
Ridgway,' Pa
Viiren,. -Pa
Stneillaiort i Pat
'ltuenn Vista. 'Pp.
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THE Faurf.-L-In ths.; event'of the se
cescion of flu . . Southern States,.ni..ariy.portion
of them; the Republicans • say•the slaves will
rise—:.that there will be a servile insurrktion---
and some even gloat over this prospect with 11
dernisn•ljke satisfaction Which is truly terrilds.
lent th•e.•Sotitherti people. do not, seem to; fear .
thiS f and there is. talk there of arming, the
slaves in ease a•milita.rx force should be - sent
against them. • "..
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Thit is there Orydanger. of..an insurrection in
the North? • If. secession takes place,and the
'country begothpainvelved in civil war, trade
will hean'r,,ihilated.--,—rnanufacturit;e• cease
money will become fearfully. 'scarce—And mad
titudes of men and women will 'be •thrown.mit
of 'employment; and driven to , the verge of
starvation, Wildbecome a dang,ernos element to
control in the North'. Riots may be expected
.in our. large 'cities and. townsresistenCe to
taxation—refusal: .to perform military duty
ri.ainst men of th'eir own...blood and kindred;
all'these - evils, and many more will sweep over
the North, if secession takes 'place. Piscoe=
tent and rebellion would soon become as•rife in
the North as in the South: There would he no
business done, and capital weidathri'unsafe.: If
the Southern States' geout,the Confederacy
will he destroyed;. and what. remains would not
be ri'Union, forits component parts would quar
rel. ninon.' themselveS, and we should have ,a,
number of petty Republiciwaging a. fierce and
,bloody!Warfare. upon each other. •
Unless all the States remain in the IThion as
it now exists,'there no safety either for 'the
North Or the South, and the interests,-prosper..
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ity'.and happiness•of the people north of' Ma
son & tkixon!s.iine yrovvisl• be . damaged by thri
disruptivin quite As much, and perhaps
,more
than those South of•it. •
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• A young. scapegrace, recently • took up hts
residence in si rural Pennsylvania town,
.an
flouncing hinoSelf as an author, which hie shab
by appearance seemed to warrant. "Getting in
to debt for board, and'on being dunned, he re
plied to thsi question as to what he WEIS author
of, (Ns own misfortiine.” • •
Hen. Thomas 'H. Seymour, of eonnpoti
eut.'on the Present'
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&VIETH - 06'kt IVI'KE,AN CeinNTY PA' TIIURSDAY JANUARY 3 IS6I
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.AS .generaFthing it will be found, ether
hinge being equal, that he• who 'IS the Most
dberal• is most ' '
successful' in business.', or
eititiSe•We do not Mean it tObe• inferred that: a
man should.bi, prodigal; in, his • 'expenditores,
but that ho shOttld show, to; his costomerS, if he
is a traderoir to those;whom . he May be doing
any kind of httiness With, that in all his trans
a ions as well ns sociarrelations, tie ackneWl
- s.the e•verlasting fart, that there tan be no
Prima nt.prosp •f or goodieeling•in a
.colo
tnunity VI ere bene 1 are riot recipmeal..' We
know . of in, noes-where traders h•ave etijoYed
the profits. of undred. .or dollars' .worth of
trade, and 'yet b to not eihiliited•the:slightest
disposition to rect och e even to. the smallest
amount,• •Now,. whit . must necessarily folloW
from .such`a coarse?.Why, sitnply the Joes of '
large annual profits, in the loss of tratle;Which,
under a mare liberal systeW, mightheve.been
retained... The practice of some menseerns to ,
be to make as little show in the way of busi,
ness as possible. Such, an one, if a trader,
Jokes no. Pains with the nppearance.nf hiS store?.,
Everything arotiod him , is' in a worn...out; (Map,
'hinted, dirty condition.: To haye it otherwise
would cost a dollar for,whitewash, and perhaps
five for paioting,:and a.feW dollars besides•fOr
cleaning up- and putting things.in 'order.Anil.
so lie plods on,.loses hundreds of dollars! worth'
9f custom for the W•nnt ps,. attention tothese
'matters, while his more sagacious neighbor;
keeping up with . the times and having an eye
to. appearances, does a prosperOus business.—
Another will spend. no triOney 'in . any way, to
,make besines's for.fear he seouldnot get it back
again. Consequently. hg. sends no - .circulars,
diStribute,s no handbills,. publishes no. adver-'
tisethents, - but sits .croalting about herd times;
mourning oi•er rho future proSpeetsof note . s to
pay, no, miir.ey, and. no trade, and comes - out
just where he might expect .to come—short;
while hi. • neighbor, following in a .ilifferent
track, doing all - that is necessary to be done to
make busrneis, has 'business, and isnotshort,•
but has: tneneY to - loan; add- it would be just
like him to get twelve per cent:, perhatis more,
for the u'se of it, and'We should not blame him
for so doing., The time Shave Changed and the
manner Of• doing business nowls•differeni ' (min.
What it used to be.. It ivould bepstjts foolish
to insist on doinghtisiness now in thc.old fash—
ioned. way as it:would he to insist bpon.trayel
ing with' an ox-team instead •of a railroad;• to
get news by 'old; fashioned stages *ieVend of
.having it brought by telegraph. • '
The times demand 'men of enlarged ? liberal',
energetic souls, men.who will keep up with the
world as •it goei—men.OP hearts, too, who not
oaly• desire to go , abeadthemselves, but take
pleasure in seeing others . . succaed, and:Who
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hai , e • public spiiit.encitigh 'to do :something for;
and rejoice in "the 'prosperity; of the peopleiL--
We cannot, have too'. many such men, and the
result of their,intlUence will be felt, throughout
the whole, community. Their sueess.,witl be
obserVed and. emulated. 'Not: OnlY •
own 'business be flourishing, but that of their
neighbors' will be sensibly' affeefed... By their
very liheralify they, be incite4 . toe;ctend
wider and wide,r theic‘Sphe're or action, and
they be :met ivith a•Cotresp9nding aeiion
on the part of those with .whoip..tlfey havv.
deeliluts. As. the world!,nes.,nclw-n-iinys, the,
libernl ;main is, fast itniiiititf the first ;Once.—
People very soon . floc] 'out' the :man ivim
dia
plays meanness ih, Aitisiness,•nnci they sel-.
doM ,iliVe• him .21.: second , call. • On. - tho 'other .
and; '.they an . . iendilynseertnin:the man 'ivhn is
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noted for diberelit3cin !feelings, and'the'y
do :tint forget:tocfre . ulete the fact.'' Their calls
unen, him '
.are :frequent; rirur,they' induce their
arcitiaintanCes•to calf also. As a matter'of
course,'the "'therel rna'n alway 9 findS•his huni
ness healthy:.and 'nrofitablei' and when he hioks
around, upon - those lessfortunate than himself,
'he: has abundant cause foricongrettilation that
he has., fuund out. the secret, .that liberality in
busincss ir an.all.-imitortant aid towards . aChiriv;
lnETtltat Fu c c,es s which . .isnever won by him
'who though industriOui and ,prudent, ,has 'hot . .
learned that. meanness , buiinesS..hever
yet resulted favorably to the. foitunes. hr. him'
who might be justly. charged, with it..
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GWAIN& 0F •Ttlii NORTH .- VEST.-.01.1r rift'
tional.de'velopment within The past few' years
bas been ...extraordinary; but • that particular
phase of it, 'which hoe been going on in the
northwestern .range of States, is something re
tilly.aaarvellous. se'areely Credit
their rapidity of -g r owth a'nd
of power I,o!•chihitacc'omp - iinied their wander-.
ful expensinn.•,..The•seven
,States of • Ohio, fn•
diana, Illinois, MiehiganyWisconsin, lowa, and
Minnesota kold,sto , day,.nearly one-third of the
country's entire population. The censtts,;;;ives•
tilem.betweett.Night and•nine.'miltions, and their
.increase is so...(astas to .soen rendereven that
liberal computation below the'actual mark.
This greet ',North'West the producing, re;
gion—the granery of the - land—froth 'when'ce
we draw, the chief 'necessaries of= our oWn sup :
port, besides receiving.ii surplus for the tine of
foteign-countries, which give us in return their
spare. capital to help us on (CI further enter
prise and progress. .This yenr's: stattsties..of
the'port of Chicago alone seem alrilost incredi- .
: Since .January last the receipts there
amount to thirty-two tveo•.hundred
.and eleven thotisand bushels of various kinds
of grain, an increase over last yenr or more
than twenty inilliOns.. They will foot up fo'rty'
millions before the yearis through.. And this
is thecredit 'account of a . single port. It is
true Chicago is - the chief. of our great. depots;
but nottly.any means insiginifiCant places are
Cleveland, Milwaukie, Waukegan, Racine, De
troit,.Toledo, ,Fremont, Milan, Sandusky, and
n dozennothers that in the aggregate do an im
mense businesS.
The incalculable resources of the northwest;
her magnificent' lakek , her long navigable, riv
ers;' Her fertile fields of boundless acres--all
these Must eleVate hey to a,pitch of wealth anit.
po'werthat will evehtuOy control the .desti
nies of the-trnion,., :Jn.a short time•no city bat
New YOrk wilt be able.t9 compote with, her
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splendid Capitals;.. and our .stmerMrity will be
more socielly metropolitan' than politically in-
tineptiol. .So ret it be; An-, agricultural pOpll
latiOrl is, of, all otWers;• the most virtuous and
patriotic; and, it our Star of 'Empire must
tbe,stin,'i,ve • ivould not, IVislilt.to rest in
better hands than those of our fellow-country.
men who.oVrn and: till•the soil that •gives.us
food and bringStlM nittionsiof:t4e Old World
to'our doors, tts;peedy customers:—N. Y. Daily
I,lleatinees.n Buisitess..
Cobb's . . Letter of Renignatidn—
The President's Reply, .
. . . . „ .
The following Mr. colii?'s.riettr.r terider,
resign . dtipn;al)d the Tiet•yent'o .reply:
W . A§ . ![ ii . G.i.cir. : L . CgiY,, 00
. .. . . , .
My,Dear'Sir: ) A•senSe of duty to 'the
,Stnt'e,
.nf . Georgill'ifipiiros ma to'talre-:a step *bleb
makes it prOper,that I.should no longer.reinain
a member of yo . ur Cabinet. : ' : -,., ' •
In o
.
the trould,esf the consequent copseent up-,
•
on thelate:Presidential election, the lionor.and
safetyormy.,state are involved. •Iler . people
sore.ard it and in their.opinionl.fully concur:
• .
, Therare.enprag,ed in a strtiegle.where the issue
is life , or death. •Itly friends ask-for my view
*nd counsel. 'Not to respinul . woald.be degie:
.. . . _ .
... . .
.
didg to myself,nrl'uniust•to . .them: - . I have ao.
eo'nfirigly prepared; ..and, mosChOw. issue .to
!Hem on athtiesS which.e . ontaifis :the enhyt arid
n icilemnecinvictions of ply 'hOort otui.jOdemelt.
..' ThO . vie . wo . :ivhich I shicerely,ent*iteiO, , :miti
sVhichoherefore, I. aro hound to.oxpie4, differ
in snipe respects from your pwri !. . The exist
a nee et this difference.would. expose .Ine;lf.
should'rephlin in my present - place, to - unjuit
suiPiciona and put yOd•in a false positions, The
.first.of these cortsequeryees I -.could :well
, :ennugh,- but I Nom
.pot,iobloot,y. o u to . toot.:
. My ,withdraWal• has pot .heen Oceasiopcsl„.bY
apythingiyeu have said . or . done... While darer ,
froinyourMesgage in : some- of its - .theoretical
doctrines, as-well as. from Ilie.:hope.•that .the
Union; ran 'yet be . preserved,--there was , no
practical result likely.te.:(ollow.which required
.me.to retire from. your 'artministrittinP. '.That
necessity is created -bk-what 1 feel it my'. duty
fia;.and the reeponSibilitk of the' act,' there
fore, rests upon myself., :
.•
.
To say that.. .I' regret-deeply 'regret—thi s
necessity, but feebly expresi:the :feeling :with
• Whichll 'pan; this communication.'..For nearly'
foUr years I have beensassociatedwith
one of your Cabinet
.officars,...and. a during.that
period nothing haeocotirred'fo 'mar; even for a
moment, our personal and .oflicial • relaiiens.--.
In tho Policy and measures ot your adrhinistra.:
tion I.,hayecordially conctirietli and shell ever
feel' pr oud of the humble place which rnY.name
may occtipy hi its history. It your wise, coun
sels and patriotic warnini,ts had been heeded .by
yoiir countrymen, 4th' 11Iarch.WOuld have
found' our , country, liappy; prespermes and
' That . it wilt .nor, be. so 'is.' nik.,fault
.
' The. evil has now. passed beyond control, and
must be met by each and all of 'Us' under our
responsibility; to Grid and. dor rountrY , .* If; "es
I.believe, hiStorY . vvill have to' 'record Yenta as
the last ailMllljStrlitioll of our present Union, it
place it side by
,side *Rh' the pores&
and siblest of those.thar'preceded It.. s •
With the kindest regards for yOurself and
the rnembers . of your Cabinet,-vvith whom II
have beea'so pleasantly associated, ••
I :an) - mostly' truly and/ sincerely, your
friend... • • 7 '.• tlovinrt. Conn
. - •Te the President.. • • : •
.1...
16..1g0d
c4.Nly Dear Sir.—l - have received . .Your 'corn,
munica flan . of Saturday eveninW.liesittnint ., ,
position of Secletary of 'the Treasury.. which
'you have helilsinee .the commencement of my
administration.'. 'Whilst b.-deeply :regret :that
you have'delermitied'to . separate yotirself from
•us . at : the present critical Mon - lent, althouulf f
admit : that.. the qiiestien was one for yotirown
deciSiOn, I could have iv.rslied!tha t lyouhail At:
-rived at a different eonelpOori, hecause..our Te r ;
lotions both. of ,and' personal, have .ever
been in the most friendly-and Confidential char
acter. ;I:rcoy add that; I have been entirely.
satisfied with•..the and.zeal which you
have displayed in performing the duties of your
important office . . •• • •
. ,
Cordial,ly .reeiOrnating your . 4entimenta of
persorial regard, 'I remain, vcry, respe.ctfolly,
•nor friend, JAMES BliCliANAti: •
Hon.-Howell Cobb..' .•. .4"
Dispatch of .:11r.
. Aniies, , tl is ihn dispatch sent froiri-Vashitig
tOrii by Sendtok- footys bs," to Soifthern•ciiies:'
•
TO TOE kf:OPI.11'01,.(71:ORG1-11.:
I came yre to secure your constitutional
rights, or to iteroohstlifto to }'au 'that you'. can
got no gunrantees.for thore - tightsi from North
.erti Coutederatei: • ' •
. . .
. .
The, whole nutji get .was referred to a Con,
.mittee 'of. thirteen in the. • 5enate.... 1 .1 . . was 'ail.
pointed on that,.COrrirnitttie and. accepteiythe
trust.. 1 iiihn-tittril a • fitoposi.titiii, which', .. go .
Tor frnm 'receiving, derided
.siipport . .from : ft sin
member. of the Reintblican . .riatty: the.
Comniittee, were all treatedwith .either deri
sion' or row l'he . vote was then lakenin:
tne Commirtec on. the.anfvnilinents to the
itntion, proposed. by [hit lion. J:. J. Criften..
den, and etiele and ak' thentornli tiolq aininst
nnaninkoyily by . Ifni ,lilLietr . gen/Mil:can ..me.ni.irers
of the Can.nntlio. • • .. •
.In addition to these facts, a majority of the
Black Ili.Publican Members of
had
declared distinctly that they had nogfiar'antee:: -
to offer, which - was silently acquiet.ced in by
the other: . .membere. The .Black . 13eptiblican'
members ... of 'this - Committee 'of Thirtoen
yopresentatives of the nart y 'and ~;eetion, and,
to the extent' of nay informa tine,
,truly repro=
sent • the Conamittee • 'of Thirty-three. The
Cammit tee:has oak arced fo,r a week; 'without
coming to any cote on ell the propesitidos 'then
.before them on that day:: It is'
. controlled by
the... Black Republicans—your enenaieswhe
only seek to - ensnare you with delusive hopes
until your election, that . yen may
. tlefeit. the
.friends'of. secession: '. • . • . • .
.
If you are deceive,d'bk them,- it shall. not .be
my fault,: Ihave put the test (Orly:and frank:
ly. It,is decisive ugeinit you,',and I tioyv, tell
you, upon the faith (if a:true:man, that all far
therloaking•to tbe'Noith. fur,
...warily fir` yoti•
constitirtioniil rthlet.i pt.thei Union ovg4t: . to• fir
ifistantly•iibondomq. It Jris (taught with, noth
ing - but ruin toyouraelyes and your posterity.
Secession, by the fourth 'day of ,March
should .be thundered from•th'e . balldt Nix I . )k . the'
linantrious' voice of Georgia on ..the-,11. day of
Jantialy'neict.''Suchrt'voje. will be' your, best
gliarantee,for liberty, Secutity';frariquility,-and
glory: ' • • • R.%Toomits
TITifa!ATSV WET AND TUE .
Weed, , of 'the
. Alhany Evening JOurmal,
been one - Of the few - Republicans who, has en•.
deavored' to urouse'his party. to the irnpending
danger of the country. For this; .i!e has. met
the reproaches of nearly rhe entire •Republican
preen, but he continues at his good work •earn,
•• • •
• • r•••• - • ;--
•-••j •
04 et
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r ; ittt ‘
kz
ex14:454 r,:,•••.
r.„. •
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.• • , ..• • ••• „,
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• 1;;•- j4ll`..t'. tlk',*l4V
• .•
•
•• 4 f ,!Ass' ~:ffixklat.4l . ,,,. 4
eltly, end Nvith.grant . ' power: . ".!ln.it recent nurrl
ber of lON. piper, he•piopogeg.thci.roll . bwiatg'tiii, t
settletnentolexifitifig.trouias: •
The.pasitign °ran elliitent
• s..l'he repeal of!
• .
...3..N0n-intpive . ittion 11..'opg,relia''.Vifti 01 , 2
vni.y 'in ihe 'rerritorles. , • , •
'the 'actinission of
.Tefrirerien as . ' gtato,i,
with
,or tyithout:slayelyleer may, ..decide .
whnneyer.thei have n population en titlinittlieni
.to a Congressman.,..- •
. .
5..0r, if th.e.last two . :pro . risitioßs 'aro :jrind
misOble, - tben the rbstor4tronbt the Sii4eottr
. . .
, . • thi .
'Revolution is no lupg' , r a.tnreat,but a stern,
palpal.de South Carotirian.has Aitken
the filet step, unit -inaugurated .a Witt. *hie!),
every .wise,and :prudent matt was desirons•-:to.
. •
Yesterilay •tlp,.!Atilitfa• of ..entarl.6:st.on::iop)c
,pitsse'sslort or Moultreand Castle.. Piekney,' and
billeted the Palm , tto dag--ttrns Sdat . h.
Carolina in
,oneManti...a , iovved '1165014y to the
Federal Government,. ' . • •
in Pittsburg, where p•Ople'hava c.tenotirk:
cell. In the most unmeasured termi, secession
irl.all: its various ihaites; 'and hOstility to' .the
Federal Governments,..
. ,
• Irv - Pittsburg; whore the people. haVe'dennuti-.
ced in the most- unmeasured terrns; 'secession .
in all its - various ahanes, 'land' hostility
,tS the ;
aoVernment .every form; they have • inter
fered:with the . regular discharge' of iits duties;
and While depouncing-the. Gavernment; for not
.strengtheriingthe forts at one . poirit,:haVe .ep.•
posed•thethe.shiptrient of arms• to another"' by
these melna provoking Southern •.hostility;,and
bolding alit an inducement' to • New Orleans, by .
say - of renris4l;.to•selie the . .first richly, laden
eamboat that; might itrrive•at that port frorn
rebelliona . P.ittsbUre: • .7 • '' • '' •
.• The Spate Conimittee has,,not • been able to
agree, upon a. plan of compromise,`. and the
fines° CoMmittee, as we predicted, bes becorr4.
•tr failure throtsgh ,the':obstiancy of 13iack R.
publican' members of ,the Moat Ultra abolitintV
tendencieS, blaced' :thereon' by; Spenker Pen
ningfonoyho well. knew and foresaw' the result
yhen'he.cOnstitnted the committee,
• In the. meantime,: Hale, Wade, Doolittle;
Sumner, and leading . Republicans;, refuge 'all
concession;. end openly ovolv' 'by. 'all their
peeeirs.and - aCts, that they desire the triumph
of-the Republican party, and' to that endi.they
are• willing and yeady, to sactifi CP . the
. country
to produce an internectne . wer, dtintroy . the in
dustry nt 'our people, and drench their hearth.;
stones in blood.- . ' ' ..• .". •
Dien. the philotiofthern(thfi 'Pribitnet hn's be
comer belicose ar a safe.distenee, •and 'with
VVrixte, of the Ettquirsi-,•is iftlay . for . War with
all its ititendant.horrers; • "
. .
The evil is .upon Theice is broken.--
W4r is at the door. and Congress must no lOn.;
el.r waste its time in :ignoble dalliance.. The
wiadom of its members should be . hrought into
prompt end efffeient action,' The (ranger which
.wise counsels and energetic action might have
averted is come.upon up; and. nothine• but the
mos't, decisivemel.pres' will prove potertt ;0
stay it. Tt is pot-South .Carolina merely which
is to be dealt with. The power at the dispo•
sal of 'the genf•ial eoveromerit might - alone set.
tie question with her.-• But it is •the whole
South, whirh roar follow her.examnie,.that
to be. met and. treated with. ' , lf it werl'altneS.
tirn•of physiesil • friree 'with. the singie
• •
. . .
State of. South Carolina, the diffieulty eotdd she
Combatted; but' theri! is 9 . grave
moral issue involved--that of slaverry,-7vhich
. underiies all this calpmity,.:and ivIII hays.to'be
.settled, and public opinion upon 'that question
disturbed.and'exe:itoid.aS to .rev 97
hit ions:ry point—,mast be. reduced equartion
.i'y and a . rfiCht understanding;. iir nothFdg can
stay the tide or anarchy %%114 is rushing,npon'
:The administration must Rot firmly, linden t•;,.
ly and ptomptly..' . .
In the' meantime, it t to hotied - that the
border Skive ,
ridopt the wiie'nogges
tinn of Mr:. 13rockinridee, .for much is to
.hoped froth their pos:tieo•und from their patri,:
Now itlhe : tirne fo'r •action, and that . nctieri
: thitsrcortie not from the
. Repufilican. party.
whieh re:pres•ents'obthit one fourth;of..the ithte
of the •conntry; n and whlch'.ig titian ,fhe .
destruction of every intereAt of an ,Outtaged ..
crud irivultutl people, but it fn•uitcorne. , froth the
potriotisthantl.thi 'iiitelligence• of the cortser
..
viitive-masses.. ' . .• : • •
T,licre'l*.n minority of onservative•and rint•
riotic men in Concroas; •they.'nttist unite with
out regard . .to sectiOnal interests,• without
gap! to locality, and save the country; cit. all:is.
• 'We repeat - tot there la.ne hone that : the R,...-
publjciii) patty will •retroc, , Ifterq' that
wilt endeavor, io;rettipec.:a shitted Obstacle,
now in-rhc way of a compforniseOf
they ate dominant nud • defiant. -Neither is
ih o p ! ;01' h ol ie from the ,President Occt.ofthal.
party. is evidently unripel to the occa
sion; and . in the midst of all the horrori• that,
surround us, has Scose criough.to
*vice of the•olcl.man to 101 l idiot son, ° hold his.
toritme; and nobody . wilt.k . how r
thah'e is a foul;
The truth is' Lincolo: 'lung:heard that if
:wa3,(iangerentrfor'o m . ,ti ; either-seek ink Orel
evated to, the'hoad o f th e ; r i a ti qi i,i o .. s p,,,,k hi s
sentiments.' ic a man of inferior . abilities,
in the IfCepittg - of Seward and Greeley;; sot _for
their o w n .fanatical purposes ;they, desire-. him
silence. He, therefor . o,, da'reMorapeak.' tie
has neither the
,intelligencriorthe - • patriotism
tOcommatid the waves ro'be still. ''• '
. ,
..• The, hone: of the country is . now opnri the
conservatism of the masses, the patriotism
.Corigresti,;fled the 4jsdnm 'of' the present. 'mit.
direct. (heir councils,
and saye . thitql.einddicl—l'hilattelekia Areas..
•
The ICezi'mt/ec4is announces the'receipt of a
letter; dated.Chicngo the 13th Inst., asdilressei
to the commaudant'of the . Unlted•Statei Arse
nal at Sr. Louis; which details the proceedings
of a repuhlisan melting lor the .purnisse•' of
aiding the Ksnsas sufferers. It then gives an
account Of -a.eecret meeting of , ten persons, du
ring- wlich a committee *of:three was Oiled on;
to report What assi*tanee baen — leit to,
Capt. Montgomery ? sind Whistited,heen;done at
St. Louis, • :The plan developed was to .take
possession of the Unifed Stitealrsenal' at St.
Lodi. and also of Jefferson Barracks; arid re •
move all the property to 'Kansas.. -• The,Corb
ME=
sr. Loins, 1)ec:29;1850:
~K++ ~.
w••
MMIItgMMI
- .
in;ttbe • reported-, they IT've.?ttiOnFaßt! . lantteclik
(
gorne6'.,..and:tba;:fln thenatind.:46llefintad-bein •
143113.R1P, litm , .*ltil,tiik . .cimiliittfut et (St;
,6 1PvzInspt+414r: tpti
fr:'e!;: . :Aet . ',6:o(l ow ng. .•
cent
eiine. from Kenth'e4 : 01r- Op=roo 3 ,- ,,. . 1 7,. - fi c t
which: no otie'won 4lippos0,41:00e;10 know*
edge, anti .
lion to:their.iteek ifatittired.‘.,
,The latter soya
lhe:coliiinitt6e.itipeotralo r
:obi large 'nerither of:fiermip's Oaktiiiig: in , the.
'neighborhood of St. Louis I,' and moo of.
the' Wi ! ir k men, employed ; the,ota,enul, and. a IND.
thin one: hundred'iken are tit tie'sent from, G.hi
cagy to nialat the enterprisi 'otber. •
detaila are .given;diaeloids),ll44-fimikiatity
with the internakariangatoett!:-..::.!
iFOIC,LnicOtr,
. •
.• the' ,
The fri(iti cif'. e electioh nt the trisio9
ter . aro te,Rght.:. . .
. . .... . ..
.
ThOnsa rids (moo thousandso of m!schalled men
bitterly repent the reating „their,' totes for a•
palty yrhose supremaeY "cos(th()‘ , itiirt of the
conotry,.nmma en( n. VI
. ar..• .. —.
'• • I y- ti 'Ol Ivr '*---; • .
....A.NeW,York.Joutnt*estintittc.thit.depreet
ation tfirowkotit. tlitri,eoTi(,y,iti..,ttui , vtlue of
.agrietiltittal Orolice,:,State, book,: od', railroad
rent •eritie arill'other`.ertiliert i y, tit not
less than two Itunitreti.
Mitre will thiti,eitdt.•:; ,'
tillutrah . fur • LineoloP'.. ,f •
•*Poiney . 's • Per's, say.S, ""wit hin the hist litz•
•Weelts, not less tb50..4?....,000,and 0014)3'20;00 . 0 .
iietsons in.T,hilatielphka,wvte unerectedly dis
ch`tirgeti from situations Where .161 . earned'
their britid by the' itvietif
•
:recily anti otribably'lfistless than
depended .the: exertitink , of these
.operatives, lot thla distieis in '
'one city aene, saingle'°a:the condi:
tiorisof the whole of the notthiln Wietitaftteto.
ries. • allurtah for Lincoln'..• ••••', :'• - •
. Our lYnion is on' the brink *of, destraition, but
We ore going 'to have. !;Protectien home in-
Our Workmen ere - enjoying no ^441r...
•ii.pressible conflict!' with 'Sold and hunger, but
we are going lo.get oFreedthn thii• Tertitti
rigs!" There is 'to,be no mote : 4 4/tiothern die
ta • Li nolo jey leotist iNtiona/dy elected,"
and ethicist rirostratit .trade, anarchy and . ruin, .
we Cart have 'the gratihoilthloit of knowing that
we are butchered or fiterved..ticeoiding to law!
•t, is , rentiarkahle lo us . that,' after' rico:Mi
l-dishing so. much, the' Black ILimiblicon,leadot s .
do not tejoice . over . their . .vietory. 'Why have
we mit hitti reititle'ntion'ineetings, bonAres :and
eelebiatione? , . Why not , hairs adane's •among
the rains and some , mote tibelition , haringueor
Why forget the nigger, when Satoh . ° is all that
Is lefl W bete are •the • •Wide7Awakes,.redo
lent of 'coal oil arid tur'pentine-gint : ~They•are
not needed nolo: • •' . The't 'have
. ftccomplisird
their.mission, and : m ore than, tine of *them now'
feels in his own sufferings tho penalty : the
pie must alway s fkay,';Ybe, the lead of
dishentist' and ray pc.l4i,cions..7—Vinangia.
The Deeth of aStitte.
. . .
'no; fullocvinc sateinn_ end. striking . passage
'may be of use in e time itiv,henr,Ro . 1 Many think ;
light! rand sfr tik wentiihlypf:citepart!ical con..
yolt ions, the dying : agonies; at they may prove
•to Int,'of . a4reat natifin:.'.lt ' i !iiii addross • . .by,
ono'of stir . Inos! , lllustriong rebollir of the couh;
I Ary,.Dr.' Tay 10t... Lewis, of VII ion
.college.—Are
•,oThe'filtite," sags the great philesopher of
Rome, , “tintlegoes riq nriturtit detifh;'' that ,119,
no death in-the orilitiary'eotirse.of like'
o man; bht, When taken •awey; . utterly ex
tinguished and blotted pot, • licit a world
had perished--siinite eet . tie of , hie • "mon
dos intereat s et coneidati:eicternal
form is grins; .there is no longer anything
.line its vi(ward or internal 'bininslarii•s,. • 'Ps
people, in that case, are no...longer fellow:citi
zens; or even citizens Of . ;They are
mere men arid' *omen, , with r/0 other relatian
thon•ihnt4f Tete' contignitk.':
limitsvanith or remain only as-enclosing' a no;
litical 'vacuum surrotiptled...hy
../k political death o.ver What : toefore Was
full:oi.eacinl Aire, and Society is decOmpoSed'in
to its triflit'fil9ril elemonts. 'll is: no: . longe r
nonx. tu 4:-/I
tti 31 :MOSS of .putrisfut 'altd fir
meiltin* ezto.wis, . 4 • • •
. . .
% , lioSp.'orr
rriantl „shall. these *Smears
trp...sin rot* toOti;he'ri:Wlip . ,,,by
,saviiihnic,pt•
p9titical . p6wpr; into there
;be breath of
.Gotio.t aStotit or•levtos m ay ii(sqine'Yitermi • limo
44,Te; but etiroteleviiine the tine and
ntantorit; rasterrecAtcpi,'? ; ••••. •• -
Sot : Tive.'attotASa•—rThe genii' Cainlina Con:
edition, in.aCciet.tessien i 7lnia adopted•an (*di.
nano. ntithorizing the Privertibr to receive for
eign
••
.ministers and corisals . , and to appoint . aim . -
iltir
r ngetitcto 'conduct negotiationa .and .make
t reat iris with fdpign -powersortil also all ni h , .
cr: dicers' . whoae appointment pthrrwiie haa
no licen*-proiiirleil. tor •by laic. TN; A rsenri
at Charleston is. sfill..in -the hands of the Unit , . '
States troops;.carbitY liemphry, , oftho army.
being in - commend, The State...forces in For. •
Montt tie io andPastle' Pinckneyarei.natructeil. ti.....
hOld the forts 'peaces tilY ;mit to' protO . C!)hf gc” . .
ortirnent . nropertk, Tliefekeitivnedit"ts: stihsi,. ''
.. . .
ding.• .. .Tlie-eOriduet of lts,jor ' A nd'itrion is ar
proved 1...):- .a il , bill
. 1 lie. ,seies4ipr.iis,. - I n MN'
. .
inington,: Delnwar,,,:: a,
fillote.9l,one•'hundri
guns was ilrecl in his honor: .- -s„ ...• ~ .
Never make use wenum'er;'hatrie in a" ,
itoprepei place, or nt limne, or in .&
'nixed enmy any. Never make . easertinna. a bout
her that you , think erel . .nntreis!,',,nlltistntte:'Oat
- you feel she • herself' . Weitid hltialcto hear.—
yirhen you meet with"men who tki not scruple
to make use of..aswonhaVit name In's . reckless
inatiner„ahun.thani, for:Ahey are lost to - every
sense of honor. . ; ; .
The highest sttaiditbleArito'vviidgs is that
which' is i rightlfibilitioiliiciad,,icorkrellbY 004
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