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Its flirty cniumns of Tending matter per week constitute nn unparalleled ' , • 'VON ili:1:V.1.111 4 o1OT 'Or nod its NOtiels„Mise,elaneous Tales, Beauties of Verse;.Gossip, Fauilletous, Broadsides 'of Ha truiti-tind' polished Ellitoriah, eombine.•to opi toinize 'all the, charrria. of • . • WIT AND SENTIMENT! the•busband reads it to his. wifei the mother to her children, the lover i to his.sveet.hearti the aeddier to MS comrades, - and the villige scheOl,master to;:the circle arourul the •stove.— It is familiar to the Fight ofevery man, woman • and child iu otti, country; and has regular sub qteribers in several.Countrtes itlkw .1791tK.• MF.ACI.)ItY is also identified with 'the grandest petrtotisin .of . the., age, for several members of its•brilliant Staff hold. high.rauk in OUr'nettld army,: and have Made themselves '4 'famous witlft.he, Sword as, with • the Pen.; , The great illustrating, artiiCof :Toe New Yeas Mancuit,y, the inimitable . Darley, gives the .paper,` the higheit artribetes of Fine Alt ; : Anti : yet this largestliterary weekly of the,day pro. 'mists to surpass itself in•all these respects 'dn. • ring the . Newt Year I , • .•r • . • • . . Thefirst 2 NF.vi - Yous MERCIfRY Novelette for ,the Nei)? Year, to be 'commenced , tn 'the issue 'of Janbary 3,1863,1 is called • • castlo CliiTh . . . . ~ , . • ~- 41 , oposiN MAY CARTAVTON.,.. '. ALIMOU oi. "mat ..00wfut, ,, ! , g5r01t..0AN1P13151.1.," !:ER - ' MINIII,i , "LAVoQIIIty! &C., &c. . . . . The productioas of this . distinguished authoress .'ne‘d.to eulOgy..• Public Opinio n. has long since pronOtineed, therri superior to any, other noe :elettes ,published on this Oile,of the _Atlantic ; ~and the true test of their ii'found in the fact 'that. they are eagerly reproduced, niter. their: .publication, 'in the ' MERCURY, by the :'English' press. We may add that the new.tale • “Victoria," is•fully equal , in interest and depth •• of plot .:to "either.of those, which have secured ,',Scilarge•ii share of public apProval,:and we can earnestly'recommend it. to all Story-readers. • . .•Toa Naw.YORIC igsaolitor is sold.bY•all 'news men and periodical 'dealers, in. , ; America. To :a,lihscsibers;it•is regularly. ailed every day mprning, for s2.it year; three, copies, (or *5; six copies for $9; eight copies for $l2, Vvith extraicOpy,:fred, to the the getey up of the club, ! ,six tponths' subscriptions received. write, plainly tke itirme of 71 641i:-Past.o,llice, • 4y take Ana. nateiof all solvent, banks at par. , Payment must invariably be 'in Iq7 Specimen Coril'ei gent free to all ; appli ! /1 • ;• 1 1dresit•alllefters 4ptl remittances,. post paid to ~! 2CAIJ.T.AVNFLL & WHITNEY, •• • •' . .Proirhiters '9l the. IYelit' York .. , • .113 Fulton street,' NeW.Yoik THE. NATION'S.GRAVES, ‘lllr s tiOLlGL . i . tS A. Therois ,nspot In jilt Virglnin, 7 dear . to. every. IMeets Whbro• the'Sation's. balatod Hire in bls 'glory at In the lisping on Childhood - Its familiar name • Is Round that spot -a POople's•heartstings, with, IdeOundy , L And ii-World bows down In..homage at Mount -Vernon's It ,is freedonila renered.. birth-right! and shall-Treason's - -Pare to, strike It from -the Unioni Let the Nathinthun • v• ' . 535 00 . 00 .. 12 00 . 20 00 12 00 1 50 l'ltere , si a Sprit pf einfet, beauty in U1(3141641( TenneSsee.' Where'the.nons of patriot sires bare'the )ind bend la the Nation's hour of peril, when the-storm klug rulen the sky, And the angry 'wnfeauf faction slink° their Posey emits • on high— In that dread and gloomy hour, doubly halltiweri to the grave Of the lion hearted kern, to the l'and he laved to..save! 'And shall treason tear it • from us? 'The' the Nutlet:Oft • blond Should- flow,: . -• . • • .. Crimsoning river, lake and ocean, lot her People answer In the heart af:buld lientuekikentuclry -that le.a flock-like unshaken 'by the ~irtrvi, s or fierce 'Heeennionn Ilond 'Where thn'tvillow - drpope in Barron', 'and . the; pine..to heaven uprciarn , • . In a grare but newly. %opteimi"by . ri -ireeliing Nation's 04! gentle an gushing• love.that •In iroll:liA 4 in tfie lore that'warms..tlie Nation'a befirt, tar Harry or the West! AO quill the Nation yiefit bin to any . . threatening' - Noel • I:of ill her Patrint'Sons arise and nhnut her answer; No i• See ! gleaming in the. Western sun'Lseo , flushing 'from A million bristling bayonets rlitea mill ion swortle leap fortL L . They're borne by 'yeoinan siciwn l7to . crush 'the tiiniert's. hatea,foee, • 'rho' warmed beneath Snutheru enn or cooled by . North- Nen tucky . sliall not' pleadin wain—VirCinla fiee; And once again the starry flag shall, ware. o'er Tennee, Back: Tiaititrst trniu . tlie Hallowed Grouna by Patriots' footstep:, pressed - •-• • • •, , Within their • Linton,. let, lio Hero& ashes reet t • Abolition Blasphemy The •leni)ing : : spirits- ip:.Presi4e . nf, Lincoln's unebnstitutinnal crurle at, , ainst slavery ar o. the, radical, infidels of the air., 'blaspheming .Wretches who neither loye, fear, nor respect the Majesty of Henlien, 'and seize Upon all ctlicins to dishonor : the name . .of Jehovah; and shock. the moral feelints of •Matikind" by the most profane and impious exgresStonS. schirilof devils, incarnate Henry Ward Reedier occupies the•pid.- pit and the. press:to . propagatebiS . pernieious • and revoltitt ideas. Heds no more,. inreality, 'than Greeley, Philips,.Pillsbury;.LovejoY; Sum= ner, Wade and others, lint he is. more amili ,tinuspf notoriety, end hence'morei frequently, obtrUde his demortiliiing doCtriries upon the public; A late number of paper;the . HeVrYorit. Independent; contains Atte ,fellOWint,..offiensi.ve and • shOcking i .tirticle: • .• • • • • Trig. ONLY SALVATION FOR . .TIIE VI • Goii Ann Tttk . l`Zicito—The interval between' the • destruction and: the salvatiuU uf the Rep ublic. is measured by. two . eman— riP.ltiont ;the. other, military stmesS.. The 'first is taken; the oilier How is*.it to, be achieved? . . Therais but cue answer; by Ihe' negro! ' They .(the neorne') are the forlorn 'hope of the Republic.. They nre the last safe keepers of the'good. ,cause. must . rialte - allinnce .with them, orour final.success is imperiled: Congress is in, dispute'over a bill to arm and equip 15Q,000 negroes, to ;serve in the..war. 7 -;- Let it stop. the :debate! The case is settled; the, problem is -solved; the argument, isdone: tet,. Or . recruitidg sergeants beat their drums!.. The next levy.of troops must not-he made' 'in the North, but. on 'the plantations. Marshal'them intoline by regiments and brtg rides I The men.that have picked Cotton meat .now hick Iliritst 'Gather the great third army For two years.,the government has, been' searching- in an enemy's ,cpuutrY, for. a , path, 'for victory; only the negro can . find it GiVe him gun and. bayonet„ . and let hitt-point the way I Thelnture is fair; God, and. : tha negro are to save -the Republic.;-• •'.. 1' What could be more herrible'than; thii? is it nOrclear r palpable, lie yond.question or,douht; that.: Abolitionism - ;infidelty ,run mad, and that to . it we owe the tremendous - evilsWhiab efilict•and are destroYing the nation 1 0, , that t he people would open their eyes in time, and crush this curse which will otherwise certainly c rush • them! - • • . • • • . . The Negrp Tax,:, . . The legitimate ~expenSes of war are: heavy enough,witheut adding to 'them millions upon million's for the 'purpose of emancipating, and supporting the riegro . slaVes of the South... We Protest against Congress voting a [Jolley for this unwise and unconstitutional purpose':.:We protest against the payment, of any 'tax. that may, be. levied to Pay' principal or' interest on, anfloan thatrnay ,he contracted by' gevern 7 meat' for ;such , a purpose—and we urge upon the Legislature the 'duty und Policy, of passing at once a - joint resolution declaratory of the intention.of the General Assembly 'and 'people of the State to resist the,payment of any tax levied for the purporie' of negro emancipation, or:for any•other uaconstitutional purpose. The following resolution; adopted at a receni De • Mocratjesipeeting,"SPringfield, •Resolved, . That the general government hail 'no poweg under tbaconstitittlon to tax': the people of the State of Illinois for,the purpese 01 raising meney 'with which to buy:the slaves of , Southern States, and:we :now 'deClake, in entice; debts contracted, .or bonds which may bp issued, for the purpoie of paying for. anyi:Such ,tilaves;,ive; hold to be utterly void, for want of authority to issue the 'same; and 'the State, of Illinois will never "consent' 'that -her be taied r .lo(..ttny such • ' The:•isseneo . or . M>olitionism isi as 1 tlO;'o . r yktu.'ira,a cuned traitur." ' • NAT •., . , • R • 4 ., . (1.1 14, I t 1 4 1 t: ty , 4 *;;,1 fV, , t tWIINWW. Wait SgETHPOWL,. , 31. KEAN •,.1J .DAY. ..,„t ...A. .N t o EOYER'S STATEMENT. „ . . To ite. tori' F f the;Peitriul and Union As many rumors Oren-float Inin-tiansnetionwhieh t'ookpliteeliettivepVOen-: eral Cameron andmysellon:seieral'Oceasiehs. preViOns to ,the late election of quited ~ Statec Senator, 1 think it 'Tr duty, tO Unvarnished statement of the faCts;:so that there' may he'hereafteine misuedrebtanding - .'or2mis , - , .. .representation. :PplieVing . that there 'would be atterrips.tebribe.niernbers in orderto tjefeat4he• eleetiennf,al).etnocrat,,,l. conceived the. roject' of initting myself in the way . of . thei:operatorir and try inghow far ihey:were.disposed te' go in' the Matter. Once conceived; I:determined itel act tquiri it, anit . e.ainmtinieeted.tny intention 'several _friends.'The , ,first. opportunity, that , offered I embraced—and berejsthe - tesille, .1 had been to Philadelphia, nail oniny return; merlieps• a wr.ek,or more • before . the';,.eleetinn, - '1 'met Mr.• Wini •probst, ,of LewiSburg,„ With. whom I, wag Vespal*(l, at the. Pennsylvania, Houie, in fiarrishiirg, for the Ilr'st time this - winter; and noticed 'some. imusital:hervotistiess' oh 'his - part, antlfrorn 'conduct Was 5e0n. , 10 . 1 - . ao suspect t is, usiness at.. Harrisburg was. riot'of a very ,public character. In the after noon he curneto - me . nnd,askell to' 'sue privntelk; -and we. proceeded ot 011CO:to:.my he very .soon - commenced disparging the; several prominent DerriociatiC . . Candidates , for Illnited ,States Sena tar; .and • coneluded. by 'expressing his deeided.preference tor. Gen. SinionCeirieron. Thie, of coirrse,left me nä doubt, as to the ohjert 'of 'his visit JO the State Capital and to me, and I 'atonee asked him whether that ivas 'the , oh, jeCt..Of his visit. He said it. wit'S; Irpreply-.10 -mfrpiestion,whether General Caincrop ruithor: ., dud hintto conic 'to.mq in this wey...he said . he was . ntithorized. by Caineron.to see - n 4 Heino crat of the house or Senate, and ehter into.the I. preliminitry.tirrangetrientS .: to secure vete for cumeron.....f herrnsked him: in' what 'mariner they: qxpeeted.to-secure the efection,of \yei:ed ' , by getting :three Demo- , crate to absent , themselves on the Aar , of the` election'.” 1, then askedhim what they . , Would . pay. He-said he was authorized' by ,Cameroni to offer $5,000: told him the figures 'WeiO too low, and desired him to tell me. who. the other members Thii herefused to. do at 'the . tiine i ,hut wrinlii try and ' vet permission of his principal to themleft,arid finilyetarn. ed in 'a short time, and said that General Cum- . ofoti Wanted to sec'tne, perSounily, at his r esid once, out of Om city that ,evening. 'I told. him, .I, could not .mnlie.the engagement; • but would .answerrini in one hour, and if I coulilget clear 'Of another ertgagemient - I.had would go . with In the meantime I .consulted With . 'Or. Earley; oftlie Hbuse of ReriresentativesOny colleague, to whom .I related the foregoing facts„ I;then saw Probst' ag:nin'antiteld him 1: would ,go. He told me he mould . have ncarrigeready in front•of Herr's Hotel at 7 'O'.clock; was Miami ized by Cdinertm to get ti.earringe at any time. When the time arrived Dr.l.-Earley and myself N:valked doWn to Herr's anti saw the carriage and 131.01)0. there... I then' made same , eXcusu , to arid ....told :him- it woulid : lie 'hest riot• to'go.' (I deemed it prudent stoie of the Proceedings not to 4.manifiSt ::too much eagetness,least'l,might'defeat the object in 'view.)',..Tlio.next diry . he (13r,flisOlerilded.Ond said Cameron wanted to: see me State e'upital Bank; `.l called, and was, ushard into a . back seam Of the bank; and . found ,Cameron there alone,.. .He.- addressed rule "Topir,' thi. you think you . : entilil.linve ceerage plioughlo.vdte for MeV! , ...II answered , C h it - was a very . b.usiness-liked question, anditliat' it Would depend very: much on euroStancear , - He then siiiil,"“srippose the circumstances ire nil right." LOSked , him ho.w he 'meant «all right." He answered, i.. , thtinaticinl considernr two; in short, the dollars anti cents . • .:1 him,