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By .1...8 tYO.I:ATT;
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t'rr:s3tr!rtip'OhT.,.: PA
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or
t..coli#t4l.o . v rlinLrc'sQuAliri
;' MINS: - - $ 1•50 'in 4141vanco
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Rates of. Advertising. • . • ;'•
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ijoroin# 'one —s3s p 0
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• 12 00
One sonire of l2lidea ~ or lasi, 7 .100
;,11ach,:subsequent ,
'''ll'uSinehs 'Cards, with paper,....". . ' ... 5-00
ado, of figure work will-.be double the, above rates.
lines .tirerier typo,. or eight lines nonpareil, is
' • rated a Square. • . • . .•
• „7 These Terms wilt ho strictly-adhered f0..;n1..
po . ol.o.:so:: : .4l;litutot',
BENNETT .401178 E,
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1 ' ,Sowothport.3l , Keun Co:, Pa. ....E'. 9 : MABoN„ Proprietorp
-.:ippoelte tlie'Couit.llouse. - A ne)r, large, conunodi,
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•• oui and well. furnished how ..
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• •, •. •r - GEO: IL . MASON, . •
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I Dealer ... in Stoves., Tin Ware, Jannitned Ware: az e., Neat
. ..sidefor. th e Public .Snuarei - Stnatliport, "Pa. CIIfIiOTII
• ivirkAane - tourdar on.theshoitest notice, and In the
, -I"niont substantial manner:'... . • . .• . .
DENTISTRY
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) titt, M,.,• A.:Sri:Anus iveulit respeetnilly .aminence to the
Citizens Of Stnetlipoyt and vicinity, that ho has,. fitted'
"up,in olfieeoind is:pyepared to attend to all, business
1 In his' profession.. Artificial teeth inserted upon Bei
''"Aiitifie principles, and so as to preserve the natnral es
." I'lihiitifeil of the face , • MI operations in Dental Surgery
0 .4044 Id a'skilifiii nmper..
A. lunritsE
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Dealer in Stereo, Tin' Ware, 'Jannened Ware; are:, treat
' ender the Public Senare,.Smethpori, Ptt.. ensiorn
~workdone to order matte aborted nntiee, and in-the
meat substantial manner."
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OLEAN HOUSE,
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Bifin,'lquprietot, Olean, N.:Y Omnibus runs
•to and from ' the New . York and Eau Buil : Road. .Stages
forametliport and .Ceres • • •.. ••• -• :
HYDE' HOUSE,
.
J 3. 03000 D .P .
Ridgway: Pa. 1/118 - 'llotel is
new atuY furaislakii in modern style, has ample aecom
'nuldtions. in9is, in all respects; a First Class Hotel.
• Iti4pray; Elk Oa. Pa. May 24„ . 1e611. , •
ELDEED HOTEL,
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-J,cant
, * Wata, Proprietar• • This 'housel;i• Atlanta/1' half
way between. Snietlypart and Oleafi.
.• A convenient
an commodious hank:, attentive and obliging, attenth..
' apti . ,•atal lair prices. • • • •*' '•• .-"
• Eldred, May 17,1860. ' • • • ,
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4. D. 'NATIILI DI,
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Saryeyer, Canroyaacer... and
,Ital • Egtate
. .Aaant, Stnutltport, 1 , 1"( e tivailty,,P44. • , • •
WILLIAM WILKI'N,
'Prnettenl Brilke-bollter,
Port Allugheny,
.3Plio:yterounty; Y.y.• 1• . ' •
J. Blowy,
91.711VEY(11(. DRAFTSMAN. IYONV A N'efiltand Itral .
EgtAte Flg4fitj , yeun'a
;.ChApin 1;nyil!. Y.•q'•so,
Thomal .6f ruthors,
%V, -S.•
1.
.IVileox.,
' H CARVER"HOUSE, , ''. - • .. .
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Joir; it: tivi.t. Prirpri.q.pr.•oriltsr Of 'll'ofoi• and Ingkory
.:StycotA . ,;Wari-ori:Pa.. '(limeril'::4ago 011i'ce •-• . . •
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.FOBES.IIOI7SA
PrtottinX the. Public Square. Olean: 3.1:4 M.
TheAtobesll..Ospi.i eyttirelY natl.
-and punt oftbrielt. atol 14. fortiiShe d in e'ulernn style.
.Tha . proptieltry clatters liltroolf that his"aystonavola
flans 04r tint stliliai4.ll.y s uyllotel in.kVeNteri)
Toth. (ltryiaLtes rd'n to and frouttb..t Nett York and
Road— • • t." .•
BYRQN BAMTIN,
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..A.:TTORNRY AT' TA kW; ,51111q11port,• 'Al'Roan ; Ciratity...it.,
A,rent . for' , 3foriiir.i. Ke•itint: & CCl'lt 1,11. , .1,14 • Attenfit
o.ipesillity tO the Colleotion ortlitims-, ltinniinntion of
' timid Tittioi; l'a-iiiiiiit of Irroteq,••iiit Cott litisincsa retit.,
''',.ting'tii Ilea! litsitit.o. ()pito in Ifitinlin Block. • ,
4..,80t . 1RRT0N ELDRED,
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Attorney and .ooutteellor . at Lair. Smethport.;:iltEenn
ihei
' County, Pa.. lneirs parustecl tn. hie 'care for the
comitiei nr-M , li",4.t4ti r Potter anit'..Elk. will liti promptly
• Attended to 'AMIlee. in the Overt : Hoene, • tircenit floor.
' ' • DR. LR. wrsNtit •
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rlsrolcian nn ‘l Surgoon, Sinethport. Pii,, will attend to
-• nit prol'easiun.il•call'a with - promiittons... Wine in
aecnnd_llnor:• - ' . .•
THING . & MILLER„
W 110164116 and Retal - Denten: 4o"Staide and Fan6y. Dry
OmPla,,garpoting, Ready Mints Cln thine, and .lieneral
Fernishing Goode. Rants and Shoes, Wall and Window
tiookink(fleSses tn. At:Olean, N.
JOHN C. ,BACKUS,
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Attorney and Cooliseller ni 11.asr, Smothport, M'Kenn CO
:PIC.' Wlll atten.l.to . all beeinees'in his prnfeseinoin the
'. rou,ntireof 31 , 1Zonn, Potter and Elk. Office over 0. K.
. Sartivell & Ilrotltors' Store.... ~'. .
H'ACKNE'Y HOUSE,
r.Corn'er nrSecoiirl'aiat Liberty atroef s, Wrirrrio.' - Pa.
; A; listinan,.Proprietor. Troveltir+ will 1111 . .1'0(0 lie
commodistions neat ritalionnblb charges.— • • '..
LARABEE'S HOTEL,
11: T. in %nate, 'Propriotar,—Alleghony Midge, liPlicab
Co., l'a„, This Imam) ix situated abowt nine mifos from
StnothiWirt on
,th e road ltiOlean,ind befound a
convenient. stopping-place . . .
` EAkrifERS'..VALLEY HOTEL
;Hy Goo owtm. This lirmao la mitnated abnnt live. mile
from Sateth port on the road to Olean. Pleagnre partie,
and othelacan be accOmmodated on the ithoriesdaotice
W. S. 'BROWNELL;
.1)0alor in Cry Grinds, •Groceries,,Croelcer.v. -Ilardyitro
"Boots, Sbne3, Hats., Caps. Claim, Nails. &c.,.&e
Ride of Life Public Square, Sniethport,
EMPORIUM HOUSE,
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:Ship )I'Kenn N. L. DYKE, Proprip!or
catennndiotte met i1011P.O.• Strange rn
ttlavelprq,will lint gfar.l acapntnnulationa.
POHT ALLEGANY 'HOUSE,
j 1 rnr u.ll DALEV:. Proprietor, Itt Pori Allegany,
Konii thiiinty Thin Trete! 'hoiitiitil tttlle , Pine,
' tion or- the ilmeilin - ert 'And :111.egnity !tivtir Jeadli, nine
inane east's)? Sinethnort, : 7 '
:,Y ,-- 45T0R......1{0.U5E .- • •
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•;•:-.. • .SMEIIIPORT, •
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AA:WELL' ::•:: • Proprigtot
- •Thloi MAIO id 11 . 011 calculated for I.be accolnarndatlmi
of. , the Trivellitig 1 , 011 a; havintr ruunnt : ly tow)! repaired
and rotrioOle4. flood Harm; nail Sfahlem. Cliargos
Stave fur Munn, Shlpriou•swallldgway.
, Sioetlipnrt, July .1;1860. , • •
•,' Inteiested -
• • . • liinitral -Lands: •
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vir • H., iIARNE3 olTerm torflin rxamiiirk,
• ' Lion 'of Mineral•fiAmix and Elk noun
tine, 'and 'wilt (rive 111•1opleion no .to 'the VALUE,•OF
MINE 3, en;ac:ine,- eorvice• will receive
nil noiCiiarvitc4 roll - 11,111a inrOcriation.. .Ito4.lence et,the .
Bucker 11111 Marc • , •
•• zief , eunk, 31 , Kucc'en:, Attu, )
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• .1•;' MOM ; 'S. •
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There was
,:rt Ishiewd,;robbet , ,...somewhere.—
The farrri-houses Were. robbed;.shons Were rob'.
bed ;:thd,tills, of •thehars at.the waYside,inne
.were robbed; : and the people had„ their prickets
nicked'. A happened . ' in the . ..region of
country between Sidney and,LoWestone-:—not a.
field of vast . extentr,und Yet the rob,her, 'or, rob-.
ben could not be,fOund.' Officers hritheearthed
in every direction, and 'severaVstibrncions-Itiok- .
ing individuals had.beerhapprehended ; bui-Ahe
real culprit 'remained daythe
meit,was fobbed: and on the - next.rt .mate had'
his pocket nicked Of ffve htindiedphunds while
riding in, .the Stage. coach ;.foc,my narrative'
dates baCk to, ther t ald coaching days. The.
'moneyhe hatfcarried.in his poCket, and
,he knew it 'was stolen'from. him while' he. Was
enjoying a bit of a dfiie on the road.
I. had been confined,tO.rny'.hbitieby &severe
cold fat .. several days,.end was net:fit to - go Out
now, but as, the matter 'Was. tiOcirning SQ.seri
'ous,l fell . it :my- .duty tO - en;the Move, and ae:-
- cording)) , I . fortified my throat and :breast , With
';:varMflannel,.and set forth:'. I died no .settled
plan in my mind; :for Ihatinnt yet
,been 'upon
Theroad, and was not' thoroughly i ?'posted A. ride oLfive. , :triiles.broirght me - to . Sitiney,-and .
thencel. Meant .to AakeCoach. te.T - .,oWestone;
where Sant Stickney, one:of:the shrewdest: of.
men, lived:: Stickney had already been iOn . , .the
a atit ll
earchi' wished to consult himbeforerna;
decidedMoveMent. I. reitched,Sidney
at half.paat five in the: morning, end
,the Coach
leftet cis. ;Loivestorie Was 'sikty''Miles dis
tant;se it, had: a good ride befiire 'During
•the early part 'of 'the day..l: rode Upon 'the box
With the'driver,'and from him T gained consid.
erable information tOtfching.the,Variees 'robber
iea hat. had .been eneirnitted. forced
to admit that 'severalpeoplehad been roliblid
his-atige; though . he declared; fie couldn't.see
into . it,- for he:had not 'the m ost -remate-idea . of
even who the robber cotild,be.. •
• We reached . 13minivilic at. 'noon, where :we:
stopned • to'dine, and when - we left this. plaCe I
was the . only. passenger. "At the distance of
twelve miles,' at a.' little village called- paw,
thorn, we stonned: to change , hnrseir, and :here,
another passenger got up,'" tilled been occupy
ing. the.forward seat, .as that happened to - be
wider-Ain the - other,.und gaVe me a:better op'
Port - unity .frir lying down; and - when.the. new-.
comerentered he took the back - ivat:
YOung'man,'l judged, and . not very •tall in
stattire, , lnit-se..cempletely . bundled. up.,Was•he
iti,shawls and rnuffiers,.-that his size of frame
was not so-easily 'determined.. -1-le .was very'
pale; end coughed, badly; and ratCnce made
rip my mind that -he was far leak fit to travel
than I yeas. After we had got Inirly'. - ori our:
way, I remarked to.hirn that Thad been suffer'.
ids frome sevcre . cold, endthat.this 1 :61,3 'the
'first time 4
had ventured, out for.quite a nunn
her of days. Nc looked at me. out of n pair of
liiight eyes; andwhen he seemed to have
deterrnitn:;,.l what manner of 'man I was he said':
rha t-e something war=e than a
fie. broke intoa lit of
. conghing :which Fasted a'
Minute or - so, and:then : added : ;;.lt won't. be
a great:Ns:tide:before shalt take My.last ride."
• Again he-Was.seized ivith a spasm of cougW
itig, and When tie recovered frorr ;t, he continu
ed, .;The disease ie eating. me ,up. and shaking
me to pieceset the sante' . .
lle fartherlnformed that he:hail started On:a
tour for • his . healfh. but that ,he had:giveri ',it by
.and was now on his' way home, which plaCe he
was anxious torort . ch'a..4 'soon'as passible; An
other-paroxysm seized him'. at 'this -paint,
he intimated-that. he; wa's unable' tO converse,
as the effort brotteliCeti his 'cough.' Thad .no•
Heed this,-end: had Made up my mind totrouble
birn no More, even before heft:given me the
hint
.
Hate"
Wkirrert. Pa
5tn.,1113.111.,.
Uurp:l.Wkla;•
After this he drew% his' outer shawl : more
relosely about his' neck' end face ; he closed
his eyes,. and,l Wai-not long followin.' hie P:t
ample. Toward
.the middle 61 the tornoon the
coach stopped at.' a small . village., :where. - we
changedherses 'again, and `Where, fear paseit 7
leers .: gat bp: - This, broke up the arrangertiehti
of 'my friend and self.'for. rest, as he. he hail) ii.,
take : one of the strlngfns on. his. sent, ivht el
took another 'Minn,' mine,lhe pthers'occupying
the muldle.seat . . : Tlie'new centers son'" binticn;
ed.the, Object of the. fobberieS which 6;itt be'en'
erntimitit:in rt hat' region, !bi I listened•teget
,
inforthation, • if .possible; but they' kriew •- :no
.
'more than,anYene.elie ker. - iv.. They'had.heard
all about it, and were. inflated -with, wonder.' ..:'
' One—an old farinertisked me :if I knew
anything of the robber: 1 told. him I.knevi,hut
little of the affair in.anytyey; hei , .ini been dick
and unable AO . hi nut among folks. Then he
as.ked .my eonsumptiVe friend if. fie? knew any.,
thing about it. •The,latter raised hishead from'
Its reclining positiOni and 'was on . the point-et
answering, when : we . heard our driver; in - quick.
abrupt tones, ordering some one to get out , of
the road. I instinctively put.my ..head, out of
the window '. te,See. what was the trouble; 'and
my eye was jest c!iick enough to . detect a load
of .faggots in time-to dodge,, back mid escape
them. The ,
road was quit e nerrOw ut this
• .
posnt,• and as the f aggots --were 'l nailed very
widely; . it Was impoisible. for the.driver ivholly'
to avoid them; and the side ot, the coach .'was
swept by them quite sntartly.. l'esCaped.with-
Out being - touched i. hut' not ,ao...rny friend. .1
heard an exclamation . Lt.bought a ..rather pro
'lane, ..;.--
ohefrorn 'hia lip s;' and on • ldbking to.
awards him [ saw that one of the' faggots .had
struck',hlm'ever the left eye..making . qnite a
mark open .the pale skin.., 'This - incident turn.
ed-the.conVereation !loth the'rebheries, and' it
wai.not again alluded to diving the day..." ..
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.We•reitehetlit i oWestone shertiy after dark,
and . l.Went at .ance, to . .the, residence 'of Aft.
Stiektey, w hOm
,1 fonhd]. ec. hon e.''
. He' had
been otit all day, and had . made.every effort 'ln
obtain - inmeclue ta'hie perOettators of : the rob.
kleries lhat were being' committed, but without
effect: ''lle said he Nita(' hear.nOthing4n,Which
. .
tehang a Suspicion. , Twe , shops hed,been rob
. beillic.hia town, hift she, could gain no do
,:to
the.nerpetrators:'.
.Vifre .tensidted 'together, and .
finally:agreed 'to go in,the therning.and see an
other detective, named', Gambit,, who . resided.
serge tWelVo.Miles distanti..in the tOwn of !Or
ten. ' This'.. met the views of tny'host, and se
We left - ..the, tiipfter.fnr . the. f Wen i n f.f... .On the
following 'meriting we. Were up early, and as'
th.ceach eepOtt take us directly to Gamblitt's
hoi
se; we 'ch'ose-that 'Mode of conveyance, and
re aired . at. a' itisonable beim TO the 'ta'vern for
th t imirP)ge.:•,When.we reached the inn,..We:
A 'MINT ON. THE . HIGHWAY.
4 .4VAIt..ItATIVB By.AN.ENCLiStiTOLICE3I4IV
. .
ETA RY.
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found the old farmer,.who had been one of my.
fellow 'passengers the night . bet*,
.steppiug
about the door Im'a Wgit' state : of, exeiteinetir- . -
He had beeia robbed hundred . pounds;
and,he was sure it must hpy;e • been' done:. in Oa
stage, for he..had shipt with ,his pocket hook
ander, his pillow. He hadnot.thoug,ht to look
into it when - he retired hurtle found it empty
that.rnorning , When be sget ' Ile , snid the
wallet had been.taken.lront hia,POoket, and put
back again -he knew it; :.;As scion as he saw.
roe he was nexlottii_i should be'searched. Of
course I alloWed the operation•te be performed;
•willingly.. After the excitenrietit4us' allayed,
ask'ed where the" Pale..Yeting man was who
cameo in the coach. and - was - toid by the
'that he %Vent assay' soon after the coach
. .
Ily.first a im Wes to. satisfy-myself ; that the
old 'marl had' been robbed in 'the .stage coach,' ,
:and of this he '
."succeeded In imiviricing'
After this,my auspicioas'rested
. upon 'the, con
sumptive, .and I believed, if I.conld find him,
should find the rogue.L.'Sit I bade the larnlord
to keep a sharp look.oititand also spoke to't he
driver who' had rine from , Sidney,-,and
Who. was ..noW on 'the re ttirning, ,re
(Nes iing him.'if, he saw anything or the pale
man, to sea.
doe's individual 'had Only' remained at the inn
feiv minutes' on_ the. previous evening, arid had
then gone away ,in a nin,.which had come' for
him ; bat no .one Cotild l'what 'direction he
,The'conch fer Orton. soon came to. the door,
and Stickney and myself tooltpunseats • inside,
the farmer hal.ling determinedto remain where
he. was 'until he heard 'something •about the
money. "There.were two . Other passengers
Side, andtwo oithree outside, but. they Wete
strangers so Me. We had gone two' 'or three
:miles; Whorl the driver Pulled up before a small
farm house, where a Wornan 'and trunk .vvere
N ' iv lilting by'. the garden gate; The lady was
handed into . the.coaCh, and tdolt a seat facing
me, and as she turned to give the driver Sorne•
:directions concerning. ' the. baggage, threw ,her
veil odes her: bonnet.'' She Was !pretty—very
pree l s , --With - rosy cheeks and :sparkling e.ye t s.
Her hair hung. in glossy.brnwn ringlets over
her : -neck• and .S.houlders; :.and . was a type of
beauty in itself.: I,looked at the rosy cheeks .
again and into her dark lustrous. 'eyes...
.11Ty
.gazewits fixed,m . pon the latterpoint, when. she
caught my glance, and quickly dreppedher veil.
At fit-St I felt a,litlle ashained,at dinving, been
Chnght sttiring . So boldlyt'hut as the face Was
hidden, from.sight; and I had.oppOrtunitY for re,
flection, it struck. me.-tbat had seen these
fentures'before.- • '
.Here . was study:, for:thei and I was,..buriecl
in at once.' Where had! seen that face""? I.
whispered . to Stickney, and asked him if he had
ever seen her before...4e said he had not, and
joitedmefor being so cautious about pretty
face.
.
stepped :et :a. place ;called l'ayne'r's
\fills; in the edgn, dr Orton , toexchange,.rnails,
and here h, jitmrel'out,try See the pctstmnstCr,
Wh'mwns an old , friend'of ,mineand as 'l' was
veturning•to:the'-coach' the :thought 'struck me
to look at. the trntik which. had 'been hist put on;
and seeif riny.narne . .wriS on, if. It was marlfed
'with.' the. simple 'initials, A. that
wai:all 1 from that sonfer;...As.l. Mime
'to the roach door.l approached. from 'behind,
andn's Least my eyes,nrl.founti.that the beau
ty:hail. her veil raised,..nnil, was looking . in' nt
the post-nffice,- as though' anxious for the
emne, that we:might be off.: 'The .expres
sion of an'xiety detracted E.ome.rhat , her
beauty, its I looked 'npon her now,....seeing her .
feenin a•dilletent liffitr:;,l,was .. .struck with 'a
snalo!':like, s cact, whirh'was - perceptible , in • the'
whale ,cFaracter, 'of,•tentures';' • I . .vra's•Mti ''the
point of withdrawing my ger.t, fest she should
catch' me a.second time, when a. - slight motion
of her. hend rolled. her curie over.. her temple :
and.l:saw.n faintline, something like vein,
river her left- eye. Was a mark--:-a
scratch—where .snmething had. struck '.hnr,—
!t. might' have been-the stroke.of a whip.
—no ; quickly glitied,nback behintrt he coach,
And .there': IH.rellestied..,•.Sltch-,k. Mark •as that
co'ul'd' beMitln like a faugut: . • •
• When I. raturned tn.:by seat in the 6 - tech.:he
fair pa4snirger's veil was' clown again. Could 'it
be possible:l7that my>suspicions correct,
and that chance 'hat) thrown in my way A-in
-2;
nt.'the.. problem which . .haiLvexed 'toy
deputies 'sn • math Yes, .1 : was' Mire of 'if ;
:arfilAlie:mnre I compared : 'the tt‘li flicei,in my
mind the,Morell saw tho.reseMblittice. Either
these cheeks hod been' painted red to-day, or
they C
been, paintewltite., yesterday. l'he
eyes.. were 'the. snine, the'
,centour, sarne,
and, that brow, with ,its tell-tale mark,.not. to
be.'miitaken
. .
.
%Ve soon stopped at. the 'door of the inn at
Orton: ....TheAriv . er antianneed that they ivoold
stop .theie..l . s or 20 minutes 'to". exehanze hor
'eq and wait' for' the . mail,' . .and. also informed
the that they ivoidd find 'plenty of
accommodations:in the,lionse if they chose to
' Tha.lady at 'first did not • het out, but at
lengthihe did so and Went into •the hotel. I
determined• now. tofind out .who she was. I
left my de puty at the door of the room she en
tered,-haying ordered him' to rush in. in ease he
should hear anythim, , that warranted hisintra-
Sion'. - tin going, into the apartment h found' the
beauty- was sitting -by. a . ..winqnw.,':gnsitia. ou t .
between the blinds. ;She- slatted up - as I en
tered, end let; her Veil. fall.- •
6{T. thotiglt this wa . 4 n, priyatn rOnm, sir,"
she.snid. Irer . yoic.e trarnbled and soundad
. . .
c It .may be,...'.lryt.nyned.i hot. that dors not
e'Nerudn'tbaso who have busine.s . s, 1 Catlin on
purpose tn 5e.0.y0u. 3 ! ' . ' . ..
.
.
.
' • There-Was a momentary ' straggle , Mal then
she appeared as, Calm as could be.
• cd,W,hat rife. you T" . . ; . . •, . ~..
•
.4 , 1 am,an officer froth •Itow street." 1, 're:
pliedfii I want to know who you are."' •
• tc,.stop- r one moment," she'said t. aritlas . she
spoke she.carried her hand beneath her cloak: .
Et was quickty withdrawrt,' arid., In' it was a
pistol; but she hid ,grasped a portion 'of. het
dross with it, and .before she
her
it, );.had
inning' upon her and 'seized her hrthe
But it was a: her no longer: T more•
Muselein that:slight body than I hid bargain
ed for. linwever, mr.man' Pepped in the Mo
ment lie heard : the scuffle, and the beautk , was
soon secured. ,Theglossy broWn tresses fell,
oltduring the scuffl e, and shine' of the', paint
was removed from her cheeks.
As soon us the prisoner was..securesl, I had;
hie Itiken: - offrand hrinight Mon
oiferhanling,its contents disgaisei• of
esorts,•nud .01p? mdney-,.idea,
]ot?il-je:tyelry:
.°Made.
• ; frOper.: Male attire; Intl When he
stood forth in propria penanna; : :llfound. that he'
hail not only used red- paint: fer•.the 'lildshing
Iwiuty o f tn-llny; • :but that. he had •aprilied.,
more,catini•prens tolering Matter . Tor. the • con-
stimpti.t;e•;indiillual of yesterday: As he.stood
now., he Was lithe.huilt,'•; intelligent-looking
youth, i• not more than :five-and-twenty ;. but
With U.eold-blooded expression icapon his Marble
faeo . ,' and an•eilit Irinkin-"his dark eyes..• .
. .
We.c:arritql him back to - Lowes!one, where
. .
w.e.imititi•the !ropey' of 'the . : Old: farmer :tMeti,
Mn, besides other tron - 6 , tha.hatlbeetr•lost by
• different indieldusie. At 'first he told'sFrango
stOries•of himself, •blit' - finally When hg knew
'that the worst roust reme,.he confessed the
was froM London,•and had. donne.
into the.nettntry on'..ntirpose to:*lob. He had:
two corifederatee With him, Who
from plane to place.:. One of 'them had '.taken
him ttwq;froM.tho inn the. night liefore,' and'
the •othen had brought'him nntl...- , set him down
at the farmer's 'gate:that TneortMig: . ."•Wr; Made'
search' for these.cOnfeilerates,. but they idtd got
wind"..6f.their mineiliars arrest, and were,not to
Howe~er~; we had got. the aide( shiner, 'ind
had brOkeb,np the Lamp he had
..I)f4n .
16;itill:gnitt'K'and.senteneeil; he. teemed,' en,
joy hiinself Kn.:rely in. telling.hom' he lind'. de
coilred thq gdcfirroplii of - piir.roinitry.
he Woold.turn bitnsetr the old.
Man iyhri
. htiagie:en the sdrivers intieb.trouble
about her •bandbox... Then he : would' br the
meek-browed minister,. 'who had, distributed
tract, . - . to the passengers, and picked their pock.
etsWhilo. 11ft.y rend. Then - ha 'would ' draw
himself up into the little homp:britked old man,
wilt) berii lifted into and otit.if'-the eciaeh, -
and robhed his . he.lpera they-. - fixed his.
erotehes-for It win fanny--,yery:-anci
perhaps we Might ite - ver:bava .^entight lii.ni but .
for the areident or the fagot. That was not.
SO formy'roi.'him ; and doubt . if he found much.
fun in.working.iit . oitr hard . stone—hanimering
early and int*—with an inexnrable'maNtei over'
him to spur himflp le* he thigiied... .
. . . . .
Pt.f EMIG I"".'N't'l3lF.it Notcrii•ANh'Sottrit.---That
.the beonle : olthe :cool] are in • ‘ earnest in the
stentfl talren..by them dn resist ance of . Nprth
cin• seetionaliern . must be' 'coeceded.' lbere
may ha n•dilfe.renee of opinion as:to the mode
in which Southern rights are to be maintained,
but.noneas-to the neeessity : .:'noW: or never ',Of
vindicnting; them . One %tinenitrous
. voine
'comes up •from eery•Stati:., mid it brcUithea re•'
siStance to interference , ---the .reckte . ss- dash . of
South Carolina inte'Oistinion is followed- bythe I
'more (I.elb . erat s e tread ofiter sister 'States in the
saMe'direction. • It'isthe: of. freemen
itirlefense of tilt they hold dearest.
In Contrast, with this - efithnsiaStie determina
tion of the Sont h. therapathy of the,gorthis stir
prisine, 'The rtimbling.of the •polkie..l.
eaeth
quake is not heeded, as •rniebt havb heen ex
pected. Some, indae'll;.still. sneer; at the.
ports of the artion'of'ithe Sinitherri Statos;...and
btu: t hemselves iti!the deltiSinti,.. that • all . these
demonstration's are mere blitster and braVadm
'Why. ...cannot : the, -conservative . mind of the.
North speak ()prat - this cakia'in the hiatory .of
th.e..cOuntrvi „Hai :struggle:just
ended;eshauated s.ll the hepe end, - quenched
the enerlry ; of the loi;ers of -the Ilnion? . . To
save that Pnion.regnires'noralcotiruge end
detnrmintrtion . .to.dojastire. The : interests 'at
itakii Would. justify the atiandontniint of every
. .
nther'pti!spir to join 'in retinittin4. the several
bonds pf.ll,asinofq,.. The electric . 11.1 - rne of pi-,
trioti9m is not quenched, bet. it Inc,lcs.the pop.
meiliorrf to tlevelopeAte power.? Who
cell it : into, eCtivity? : Whet . , meglc voice
will . alone° it •to nevelife and 'effort.' .•
For the first time since the lone ,strOgio .01
seetioMilistW : eommeraut, -'the 'clergy - of - tliet
South .speak on their , toriva. As lonir to the
conte4 was confin! , ll. to lhO 'sphere 'of :riolitiCs.
and party iSsiies,,,lhe pulpit:th.re:ga ve • no ye
stionie.to ithrl Ettlininatiens of New
NoW,.when'tbe.division is„ widening, - :and two
nations appelir Amit to form, evi;ry 'element Is
~ t irred by-the nascent revolritinn. 'All..thre. re
ligloint,Synndsk apt! (lnnventions recently,
at the Suit ft e pßgsed sesollitinits solemnly
pledging themselves tie abide by the deteirnina
tien of their rtinr embodying
ibeirapproval.of resistai w O
any one
„ note ..tif oil;t t, the' Smith-is - earn:-
earn
est, :When religious .feeling ',is added'' to the
swelling popular entha,iiiiim? :: pi not flat. :
tnr rairselvesdbetth:reats of eneii , inp Gill opr,
rate to. turn back. this stern and tinaninfous'res
While the South is united we •pre , idea', and
if such. were not the Nisi., what cotild.ceereion
accomplish except -. to precipitate us • into war?
And thisls to be:ilie,fital I c..Vmination of Un
ion of which the beginning WWI no full 0f hope.
and thecontintinece so markorl With ble,,, s i r i zs ,
It is treason still'to give the Union'tip for lost,
Stirelyle thiadismal crisis wisdom .and petri 7
otim will rise and find not' the means of ,reeon..
ciliation and pence. %3 We.. ague e reluctance
at the South' t, dissolve•the'beintisofimity
and it will be •Oaly. - the Indifference . of. the
North v . hich.wlll'at length enatirtn the' liner
docisiim that sanders them irravocaLly
N. Y.. Pai Iy. Neme. •
Tite
T Volt/. Trr'horte gravely ad trisestr rte.
toild leans i>l enfe rprrse,lnea Os and ha ra a
to en!nnitte,flehtiVaie; rrsOniler:riir. xecaloris,t ,
and make het. r;rear..".' It edys that it•ean
enaiiy. be - done, if orte Ihen , tand Itopithlicans
rrennibine. to igeir;tly ni) jitrina''.',l4l
- county, Ahere,Anting in thaCertirntk :one.
thousand eight.trufirked anti fire arrives. , •
They ar inatrueted to "SI*D OPE .• FIIE
rinottS " The impudence of this; sugpstion is
a , dittely nmatting;'..A t' o this in.ried. of exeit e
meet, 'wheri alloatriots ore, theturbed, and Jilt
elacies.ami
.snifering fioto• anti-Aldvery agita
tion, the leading Lincoln organ.' of the, United
States propoees that Delaware, theonly.islorth
ern Ala cc State, shall tio outraged by' b eing col
onized by 13Iacls: Reptiblici6s, who are 'directed ,
in in vance . to'ci,ond thr.'negroes"-:- . lhe
eity of, tfittold families•of Delawar:o. This is
the boldest and most.lormidablSentrrprisi yet
committed to the under ground 4crailroad. All
opedfday. Does - Mr: Lincoln eneoui
organi in such defiant villrinieS and. sg,-
.
gle;z•siotis; - • :
SPECIAL MESSAGE:
W 6 the &irate 'olftlfeni,le Repiyontolive.v.:.:-.;
.Aktho. tit . Your .present se h'
,calletryour attention to . ..the. 'dangers Whirl,:
threatened the.existenee'of the
pressed mY.orpinion -freely ioncertiing . the orig
inal. co useS. of t hese . ;dangers i • a tot reeortrtnehil
ed 'such meosures as.l believed would - have thri,
effect of tranquilizing thO - Country ' egging
it from the peril in whic h-it had been needless
ly and moat unfortunately involved. ' 'Those
oniniOns . and recommendationtado not Repose'
now. to. repeat.- My own convictions' upon thit •
whoie,suliject... remain iinchatige* , The 'fart
that grgat.pilamity'• was linpending•oVer. the"
nation was eyett at.that time•acknowledged by
.everYintellisOnt citizen. lt•fintLalready . uonde'
itself felt-throughout thedength and.breadthiof
The necessary ctins•miruncei;of the lslarm
thus produced' were tnitil• - ileplerablP..Theirr. l
ports.felt off. with, n: rapiu'ity- never knoiv'be- 1
torelek , cept.in time•of - .war; in . .the history-.of mtr
fo,teign•cornmerem The, 'realm : Ty 'Wes'ell•
cxpecledly leftovit hoot the menns which it lied
reitsona,bly counted apron. to' meet its ..public
engagements, trade - Was.psettlyierl,':
tiires wete stopPed, the publico securities:add.
•denly sunk in . the - market, every. Specles' ; pf
property deprectoted : more Or . less, and then;
,sands of poor:men;.whe depended en their tlailY
labor' for 'their . breed, Were turned out. of
employment. deeply revel:that - I- am,
iii Ic to give you piny information epen the 'state
of the Union •which is more setinfactorY Abort
whnt Twee then obliged te,cOrriontniente. On . : 1
the
.centraryi'Matters . are
,fitip . *orseat the
:present time than they Were.„ .When Cgii
met. a strong hope pervaded the public •
mind that. some amicable' tidjustMent of •the
auhject Would be speedily made: the : Ttepre , ••
l'sentatives: of the States, arid' of 'the 'People,
Which might 'restore. pence •hetWeeti the ctio...
flirting sections Of the country. • .
'That hope has been diminished by evory hour
gf: delay, intros the. 'prospectnf bloodleti.
settlement
,fades away, the. pUbJietlistiees be ;
'comes more and, more aggrerynted... nn evi
dance of, ;hie; itis only neeesiqrt to say. that
the Trraeuryticitei atithorizedsby the act of . tlitf
17th of-December last, were advertizetrac'cor.
ding to lady, and that no responsible 'Wilde:OP.
fered to' take any considerable sum arpar,'et a
tower rate of interestlhanlf.l PO Fretn.
these fariti it appear' that inn go,verritnentor-;
ganizeil like , ours; domestic strife: br even• a
well grentided fear . . 4. civil " hostilities; is more
diStructive.to our public,. rind private :interests
than' the mime formidable. foreignwar. . , •
To• my'annual•tnessage'l .expressed the cen-
Viction whichlhaVe fiery . held,
•anil which recent reflection tended.to
deepemand confirm, that no Statehas the: right;
:by its own. tact, to secede ''the 'OniOn or
throw off its ,F,ederal obligations'ot pleasure.
I Olso,declared my opinion.to : be,•that even - if
that right existed, rind .shoulii be . .exercised
§tnte of ;he COnferkerney; the .ExecittiVe
'Deportment -ofthis GoverUment 'hair . no author
ity under . the Constitution to re,tognize its.vn
-I.itlity by ,acknowkilging; the ibilep. ntlenc r e of
surhStote.'T'his left me no . alternative„ ns the
Ch ief. ENeen rive 'officer, 'under.. the Coristitu•
tinn.of'the'United '.stutes, but sn'eollek , the
public revenue and protect the' public firriperty,
as. far as this , might be prortirable under 'the
existing laws. . Ithelongs to Congress . exclu
sively to repeal, modify; or enforce their pro:
.viiions to meet exigiencies ;ifs -they occur.: I
;possess no ilkponsing poWer. .certainly haul
no right to
.mrike .nn rig,gressiv,e.war upon ;any
sroto t nod I am perfectly.'sntistiedt hat the toe
..stiNtinn has wisely Withheld that power even
But the right and the.duty to use' the milks,:
ry. force
,defensively egains
„these who. resist
the Federal officers irt the. execution -of their
legal functions, and against. those: who Assail
.th * e'tite p ertY
. of the:. Federal, Geverrrnent,
'btear But the dangerous nnil
hostile 'alt oolf! of Stlites towardi; 'enehiother
has nlresuly for transcended. and 'cost itite..the
shade he 'ordirin7 • Execur iveirtf . •aireouly
nrovjiled for. by, law, and hums as..turreur such
vast and plarming.. proportions nsi to place the
sUbject entirely aboveand beyond the.EK.PCII..
ti %%0 colltrol. .The fact cannot he ilisgnised that
ivnare•iri the midst of great ievoltitipit. In
various bearings'. therefore, I coMinend
the
,niiestion to' Congress, • [IS the onl'it' human
tribunal tinder Pidvidence possessive the power
to meet the e.eliting emergency. :To them e,x
chislvely belongs the . poWer to declare war or
nuthr:zelhe empinyment of. the militarY . force
in'all caseti'contomplated hi the Constitittion;
„rind' they . alone • possess the power.' to rerriove
the. grievances which might lend to ; war, and'
to see ore' peace and onion te this - dig - trolled'
country. On them; and on them alone, rests
the responsibilityi,
The Union is
,a sacred, tenet left by our , rev.,
olutienary fathers. to their descendants • and
never did any other people inlierit• so rich n
legacy . . rendered us.nrosperous in penen ,
and triumphant in war. 'rhe national flag has
floated. With izlrpy over every sea. . 'trotter its '
shadow American citizens-hive 'found,,.protec
tion'and respect in nil, binds' heneat h the: sun;
If we descend to com-itleratilmi of purely te
rinl- interest, when, in the,.history, : of oil' titne,
has- a confederney -been bound together with'
gulch strong ties, of mutual. i,rtterest ? Each pot.
tine of it in dependent 'on ell; and all' rib each
portion, for. prosperity soul domestic Feetiiity:
A. free. . I rode throughout the whole. supplies the
.Wants of obe•portions from' the 'productiens of
aaoth«r, end scatters wealth every wherel - Th e ,'
oreitt Planting had farming Steles:.-require, and
corntnereial navi,geting States semi their pro,
dtct ions to domestic and foreign . trinkets; 1/111
naval power to .render. their !a.lma
portatinn seriireagnitist all hostile•ntte c ks . .. 7 ,-,.
.
Should ihe'Onion perish . in
.jhe . midst of ths
'Present excitement; we.have elreadY.lid a sad
foretaste of the`universal
. sutiering.whieh woulil
resnle, 'from Its : destruction. .Tbe
would be Severe in every . portion of the . Dition
. ,
and-would he mute es greet,- to,sey . :the least;
in the Southern as in the north ern States;:,
. .
• :The gri , n!est a'zerilvaticm - of the: evil; 'rnd
the t:whieh place Us in amoitunfa
,vorablelitht,
both befrire r the:world'and.'postnrity; as•l
firmly. eon trineed. that the
.aeediaiori inoveMent
.has been chiefly biseithpert n nilee'rpreheiteicln
at the SOlatkor the Sentiments'of the .majority.
in : Levee' 'or.tlliti : Npithitrn: States. .Let the
niteitien be transferidirimi
to the: ballot-box., a nit:the people.
,:-. •c,,..,....4.-,-,ft,, ~r,
' •,. , .1.,:,:.,,,.;',,3,..:19,P3,11'1)' :.,4,-,.,..f
-,, *,%::,,-
rpr
. it,S, ~t,,i
..,. :„.,.A', 4iiir :,•;,
';','.' 1:1,, '1•.. - 41",i0h+i:111 ? -:,'..:y ,
Si'';' ,,, ;) , ,r•Fidiii i'!:ritl't ...: •;•::
v''', ••'- '' ~-.r'.',..%-:•,i''',,,...
•:',.‘: ,' 'r. , . ":-.- ..'' rv.,
, •sif *A
vvould tipeettily-Yedres4 I
hi.:. efloi,tjtro,t
*hi ,. h .l heSriltlh.fpi 4.l frit.b•Pll s p lloiilit - tpiN.,
ryatrs tie,- Jet , the iif4l' Welii;teorgiile;tr , . , =
otunotii,ec'-e0 n:rWii'i i cifiCt' iikyi'•llli:l•Aieterl
asslipt . On'thit
tit l e re' i•l•,riO 'filtler],•alisliiiii . ive.; :
Timels 'IP 4erat,"'''eni4PV3Sitiiir phii•l•er."' Let .. .
119 allke attils TOtle/I , 6liiagnina k i raS
ipe'r l l!.ViiYird,
the rnobf i iirf,•SO4,lksf
op. •
port unity' fur retieetikr."."-irrifiioloiii girie;ih‘.4.'or-,
°now had t.e - va'-iroliv Weep . or", thW'fiqii" before ,-
her ' Priselplia red ::•iictirtii:'}i:T"'iltoi4iire:,'lll4#ll?;'
t h rotig hi ynn ,' id,' t lie piibple• 'Of 'Ole' . ,
.1.'0rt1f , ,T.,,' -!, to
deebt rein 'their' iniihr 'lief' v ii'ffi'gViiil)ll. idust '
aridahell be pres'erved" . lif'isli 't r ifiiiiitlftif Omit
merins:• • ",', ":' . : - , , ''" . • .
• I nithit ettin , ;iitlV rek.btrifrihtl',l4;4 4 ,A (Ont„
yourselOeiteirloSlvel y
‘ tti:thit'il'O'eslitorr FM Um
can' b'e neComplishitd in , 04Ce/ 'VI i ciiiii-iliee.-„-
itlons. when i citimPired . ',Ain' nifikiloili :'in
i t
'signtilcunciel ilTlitkyle4•ent lilhti.tiiiiittsii ' 11i''..,.
ation. • A etiiini protritit'ic'ilon;W:Oeciliti' s ''. :A,_
;delay in Congress. • to titeieriboryijilf tetilitithiientl: '
•e distinct and i peeetiditrh'riii!ckitikii4liii '631111. '
otinmMay•drive iss. bill' polnt firinV'latlifi. It',
Will' be almnit itripoklibf i r 'tri . cid . eldit:,'' , ','Ngiitn- i
'mon rohnfl on wb ieh c • ohOititiorf'Aito ,l l , iyttim ! . .
• . nY may.be prollticed Is sarelk , not hnetiainitfile.
The propositiOn I• to` s edriiptoilise!' : hY'ffeSt`ting'
the North ha Ve. excltPdve cubit:ill of theiterijto::
'l7 abe ee' Ai - eel:trait .'-iltie;."tind '4i V Mk' ' Skiletlit.r tor
in.stitutiontroniertitiM belOW"thiti 'llrig;i i ‘ioifiht
to' receive itolivetier epPritl3kt,lbh: 9 ;iiiiiiit%ln;
deed; it- mat' dot , . be •entire'llieftilliiktit,'•Ant: •
when the alterhative is I,ervi/Py f ilr'soll.Ti lie ip
conetirslion on but h 'sides, arid . ' i'lfe, l lll4eriktjort S.
Of tilt! thloth'lt - hi:tiff iMptitetinir t ifi'ili Phi- •
otisni or coniti49,oiiiil'otrf filit ' t,is'''fili:myere
will hesitate Cllr" emfeti*tit!''':''.'- 1 '''','' *" '•'
if;rai•
Even now 't he dang.l4l , fit 044 ii ii,? ';! 6" 93441 '
Sfittei which have not'ttiel 4 e., ll( l'iiiii 9 Mitits - •11 0-
nals,iand'ittsgazlfiles'Of r ,ilk . a"Utilteif 'Oftii i iill re - •
be'en•seited( •• thisi is'i.b 4 o inif.h. lo ti'to!tlii'sel quit - •
Step Whicth . bis been . titCrn sinei t)in,litiVtii • eii'it.
-ment roffilhe trotibiPi.'llila, l iitiVll 'iiiiigity
has !Ong btfelnlefitivitttaat'kaiqadia4r&iPs'
for its prefaitittn; 4 :locWaiiei4tis t tliilitsbii", jOiteit .
its securliftsbdei•thei,llitg'grihitl6tVlieri'ltilill'
the'Stittes' ol•ther ttrilotO lifiellte.C.Votte'till
army-het iteircelyotik4ri'stifflileiti 't . W . ijilid ur
ln
reote frobitie're'iteniiiist.'ificlied:*iii'cilitsiptiii'—
The halcui./S:or thia jeofretii;liolo` rgr ` ol ol 4 fii - . '
ances;,haS'been',puretiP aggrealilVe,iacieriolln •
reslstanOiti nny.nitlenipti - td'etieretk A' Stab'-'or
States to r'etUhin re:ilie tfniOil," '''' •I' - '*" ' ' 2 ' '
A t.the h'e e,i niS mg of ;three it nhovfli.,,ay)l..
I (let pritii Oeil that rio act Of iii iipPsh - 011tel it gre se •
thereitilternent imeithk!rtrehtinfi l kilikliqdfiat i t
If the politleill 6oritiiit NVirit' to'intl iteiNfr r; ' •
it was imf., determined. purpose ' Vi iii'q'ii` ..,
menet! it, nor even te l) filitilatt.'an',kA)fliff 'itli'• it
by . any 'art Of ..t his GovernmeSit.'i'litf iii i iiinfoti
remnins - unehariikiitf,•;that--Justicit Us well: as
Soliqu) policy regnirre us still, tti'se , ;4lit , Tionre -
fulsoltition of the,queotiiins at ••issini Iliptstriten
the litiorth and Boiith. • Entertaitittett!!t4iit lion:,
!fiction, 1 refrained even , frofn• shulittO4tsin. : ,
rn
forcepote 'in . Mejor A nderionf•: mho! 'tom. ,
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mantled the, forts in ..Chatiest/In lharlinii; until i.
an absolute necessity for daltitieb shatild m 1 115".
itself apparcnt,ilist,- it -Unightminjost ly• lie' rp- •
;tartlet' as a menace of •milifaryi coercion; and
thus furnish, if not .e.,' pioyo'catitol'i• at 'least ' it
pretext for an outhrealt on the• . !parOnsf; South •
Carolina. • No ,necessityC for these ;reinforce
meats rectned to ekist. :-• ~'---- •••. •,'' : • '
• I . ivo's'assit:ryl by, dist.frtiObbed 'mid 9Ptikht
trentlenhiti, from South ditrolinn'thavino ettsik
on•Maj..:AhOdrSCII II WOR intet(sledi, hut , thee,' on
the con tra ryf -it •Wes the' desire of the Seto& wit.
thoritic.;ns 'much as it wits my 'ourhirromitisid i
the fatal• consequences which omit' ineririthly . .
follow a military. Collision / ',,And
.I,hreqrsteishl
it proper to sithrnit Ihr.yourinforrnatiiihicati3!S
of it comirmnientioti.klut ell iitheitafttlYi:lifttareeth- •
her.. 186 Q.• addrrseed• to, the bi•Ri!,WiP Miry,.
we 11,... . ILA dams And' James. L. • Ort,l , Corst• •
.missioners from: South Carolina, witU at•enen.
ponying documents. and, copies 'of My , InsWer l•
thereto, de ted;the 31st 61.1)./scernherl • ^1•••'i ••
In further explitrietion/,'ot Met: , Anderidints
rernoval..from Fort Moultrie:to. /Fort Sturiyiter;
itis proper to atate.thet•After Myrquiswetitii
the South , Carolina Coritinissionerlic'• thei'Alltor.
I)opart Man t received
~' letter from' ihil.e. gel Ito e t •
offirer, tloteit on the . 27th• of •Decomitrr, ithtp, •`-
(the day after this movement), froth .ivhlott Idle ' ..
following is' an- extracti2— , : •••• li i' '/' i 4.m . !--' ,
.1 , 1 Will addi as my opinion,ithat•many thitle.'s '
convinced tne rhnt the authorities nf • theuSittin , •
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designed to proceed ft* a' hostile mit. - . !fflvoil'ent,
13: referring, to itlie iorderil dated .1/ei4'rnhi.i, I lth,
of the late Secretary p 1 Wp,r.) -.- tildes ''t nisi Ito.
pression I could not • hesitate thot'ir Wis
solemn. thily,ta Move miff ennomantb froth a 'tort
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wit iC h . we•conid not probe hlY•,bn VP hiqd Codger"
than fortyseight• or - sixty.. - ,hours',...to•• this :,en'ec ' '
where' my power of resistance' is Inereaged ••lalti
powerful degree." : ..! .'t ... il '''''' .
It
,wlit ,be i ,recollected that.. the conelndini
part of! ',these' Orders Were. in .Aheifullowltlk •
terrim--“The smallness pf , your tore* viillr l ilitt - •
pprrnit you, pet hops, to occupy moire -thistrbtfe , .
of the, three forts; but an attack on, or an,at•-•
tempt to take possession of either, of [howl, will -.
he re! ANNA as an act of Itostillryolnd god, 'Mei ' • •
then nut your enmmend r , •i . nto "' either nr thiiiit- .
whiCh you tiny deem' most proper •to inersoi'sl • .
its power of reliatnocc. • , You are also- atitlitilrf
ized to talcmsimilar defensive steps whiihsis7 . • ,
you ha'vo tangible evidence °fir design 'td Pie •
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creelto n hro.tilf. act.' ''
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It is said. that asnions appellensientr . atylti
seme extent,entertnieed "that the‘peeee;" . Or
District may be diem bed betnte; resll: 4
le .ehv eveetit wijf hdnikAtity
stnii.this . flottystiall be fierfoemeilo,
• To eeeelesiee,...it may:he, rTieittied , to%ttih. to
I'.hoVereften _mime& ' •
awn of the dantetskwitieb..n'Oti , limireite&
May he tite
'4 l ,4.freti ' I - feel
heel) thellgh - ireOertecilY'
ntol.l9iasever.the
to•mY; grave
,the s t.l.at leait meant
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Fctit Stliuptiii:bt tlitei eh! ,ll?reft. tiFilttll,Mittf.i ' '''
fiom'Cltarle'ititii; alielviif tiney eiihtklb,ll•s4i9iNi ' :` ' -.•
:nit , )lotiltile;ltiele qu'aierrs or fi,irile ,1491i)tft , ;',
tlikroat Idil,o e ppa,,,lh 1, • t.e4t.torki!, 41 1 - ' , '.•, ,
Fort J" ll " , Vit.'"or 4l o ; r o onfP!e,rliOit IMii!lis#4 , -I ) '' :ii
Ca' s tl" i I . e l " 11 4:: : -. 4 . 4 ,1 "" i' n 14 * ( t,„?At ~,.,.,.
mile tl - iiM ' the rowhvitYlli rqrtl, o4, ,P,.,T)Aii , l lit?ii: 3 , , '' , ti
and n qyarter , liilenliii:Oligt,...loWr k , „: „(:l„; vili f y ,v: ~ =';:,.,7,5.
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meatitirerner.te`,o47l e, ieti,:bel,nt 'tilici‘,k,,,o4l;ils,;';..'f-,A'.
the latest stir: ''' 1 1 4t.t,Ite" United: .54.1,,i,04,,1,5e1;;Y:,ip , i
coat surveY , ';' , i ' ,l '"W ,!, '': . =',.`f'.' , ' ir . ' , '''' , : - '''''',.' irli''''''
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