, , , v . I I t WE OO WHERE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES POINT THE WAY; WHEN THEY CEASE TO LEAD, WE CEASE TO FOLLOW." BY 1 JULY 3, 185L i I : I !- 38. -- r If Iff nil? xvv, . 11 ' -i r 'I! - 4 IU1U CITY ADVERTISEMENTS. mM HOTEL Chestnut Street, opposite the State House, PHILADELPHIA PA- AMBROSE J. WHITE, ' PROPRIETOR. April 10, 1851. ly HARRIU1LE & 11 WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, No. 201 Mar ket Stret, one door abovft Fifth, north side, PHILADELPHIA. Importers and Wholesale Dealers U Drucs. Medicines, Chemicals, Patent Med- ines, Surgical ana vosie---- ifuggists Glassware, Window Glass, Taints, OUs, Dyes, Perfumery, &c. &c, John Harris, M. D. John M Hale. J. Sharswood. E- Orbison. April 24th 1851. ly J. B. MILES, AT M1CIIETTE & RAIGUEL. Importers and dealers in Foreign and Domestic HARDWARE and CUTLERY, No. 124 North Third Street, above Race, PHILADELPHIA. E. V. MACHETTE, ABM. H. RAIGUEL. April 24th 1851. ly . Wholesale .Grocers mid LIQUOR MERCHANTS, So. 41 North Water Street, PHILADELPHIA. April 2ith 1851. ly GEO. RHET, LEVI MATTHEWS, 'H. EBBS. RHEY, MATTHEWS & CO. WHOLESALE GROCERS and Commission Merchants, Dealers in all kinds of Produce and Pittsburg Manufactures, No. 77 and 79 Water Street, PITTSBURG. Pi. April 3, 1851. Cm CHEAP hardware: M. BlIEIILER & BRO. No. 105 Market Street, Philadelphia, two doore ..low 5th Street, offer for tale HARDWARE, i nil its varktes, at loic prices. Call and see before you buy ! tfi. Look for Vie Red Lettered Mill-Saw. February 27th 1851. Cm Y. Wholesale dealer in Queensware, Chinaware, 'Haztware, c, No. 24o Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. April 10, 1851. ly ISAAC OEM Wholesale dealer in HA TS and CAfS, No- 172 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. April 10, 1851. ly Wholesale dealers in Hardware, Cutlery, Xails, $r., No. 203 Market Street, above 5th, PHILADELPHIA, PA. April 10, 1851. ly JAMES NEWELL, AT C.J. Wholesale dealer in Boots, Shoes, Bonnfls, ind Palm Leaf Hats, No. 13G North Third Street (opposite the Eagle Hotel,) . PHILADELPHIA, PA. April 17. 1851. ly . y ID DEB. Wholesale and Retail dealer in Books and Stationary, Matonk and Odd-Fellows Regalia, No. 18 South 41h Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. April 10, 1851. ly WILSON & WEST, Successors to Rodneys' Wholesale dealers in Boots and Shoes, Bonnets md Straw Goods, No. 17, North 3d Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Ayril 10, 1861.ly W. J. KEALSII, AT 'fflflUHEEilEIl&.CO., Wholesale dealers in Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods, No. 110, North 3d Street, S. E, corn.tr of Race, . . PHILADELPHIA, PA. April 10, l&5Wly Manufacturer of English, Italian and American Straw Goods, Palm Leaf Hats, Artificial Flowers, t, No. 155, Market Street, -PHILADELPHIA, PA. April 10, 1851. ly - IS PMIORBACIL Ratifying Distiller, and dealer in Foreign and UMutic Wines, Liquors, Cigars, Jc, $c. No. Liberty Street, corner of Barker's' Alley, PITTSBURG, PA. March 13, 1851. ly Wanted Immediately. 1 00,000 lbs of ,Wool wanted by JOHNSTON MOOKL MICHAEL WARTMAS & HQ . WTir1fsn1 Tobacco. Snuff. and'Scaar Manufac tory, No. 173, North Third Street, three doors above ine, PHILADELPHIA, PA. M. WARTMAN, JOSEPH D. SORVER. April 24, 1851. ly" - ' ' J. II, EGNER, Wholesale dealer in Wines and Liquors, which he is prepared to furnish cheap to merchants and hotel keepers. Warehouse 208 Market St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. March 6, 1851. ly HART & COWAN, Dealers in Hosiery, Trimmings ', Looking Glas ses, and Fancy Goods, N. E. corner of Market and Fifth Streets, PHILADELPHIA, PA. April 10, 1851. ly WASHINGTON HOUSE, Chestnut 6treet, between 7th and 8th streets, . PHILADELPHIA, PA. A. F. GLASS PROPRIETOR. April 10, 1851. ly DR. THOMAS C. BUNTING, South-west corner of 7th and Race streets, PHILADELPHIA, PA. April 2G, 1849. tf CITY HOTEL Nos. 41 & 41 North Third Street, Philadelphia. . The undersigned respectfully bees leave to state that he has thoroughly refitted and impro ved the above Establishment in a manner unsur passed by any Hotel in the country. ine location of the City Hotel is undoubtedly the most desirable in the City, for Merchants and business men generally, being in the centre of the great mercantile trade, and convenient to the Banks and other public Institutions. lie pledges himself to spare no pains to merit the approbation of his guests, and desires that he may receive a share of public patronage. A. U. HIRST. April 24th 1851. ly DUFFS MERCANTILE COLLEGE. Pittsburg, Pa. N. E. Corner of Third and Market streets. Established in 1840. Now Incorporated by the Legislature of Pennsylvania with Collegiate Pawers and Privileges. Faculty. President, P. DUFF, Professor of Book-keeping and Commercial Sciences. N. B. HATCH, Esq., Professor of Mercantile Law. JOHN D. WILLIAMS, the most accomplish ed penman west of the mountains, Professor of Penmanship. Upwards of 18 years experience in the most extensive foreign and domestic shipping busi ness gives the proprietor of this establishment an experience in training others for the count ing-house possessed by but few teachers of Book-keeping in the country, and all who as pire to the highest rank as accountants are re quested to call and examine his credentials from upwards of onehundred Bankers, Merchants and Accountants in this city, as also the emphatic recommendations of the American Institute, the Chamber of Commerce and many of the leading Merchants, Bankers and Bank Officers of the city of New York, appended to his North American Accountant, and Western .Steamboat Accountant. For terms apply to P. Duff at the College. May29, 1851 33-ly. ST. CLAIR HOTEL, ( FORMERL T THE EXCHA NGE, ) Comer Perm and St. Clair Streets, PITTSBURG, PA. This spacious, central, and conveniently lo cated Hotel, having been completely remodeled ana tnoroughly repaired and improved, IS NOW OPENED FOR THE ACCOMMODATION OF THE PUBLIC. The subscriber, Lessee and Proprietor of the bt. Clair Hotel, respectfully informs the public, that he has furnished it in the most elegant and comfortable style, and employs competent as sistants and attentive and faithful servants, and that he will spare no exertions to make it equal to any house in the country. The well known oentral location of the House, and convenience of its arrangement, rendering it the most desirable cither to travellers or per manent boarders, induces him to solicit and hope for it a liberal share of patronage. C. W. BENNETT. May 22, 1851 32-3m Duncannon nails, ghiss 8 by 10 and 10 by 12, salmon and mackeral at J. MOORE'S. Pine lumber, joint and lap shin gles at the lumber yard of J. Moore. 200 yards carpet for sale very low at J- MUWRt a. TI7ILOUR. A lot of prime flour, for sale at u J. u. vJeiu s. BO Barrels of Mackeral for sale by J. IVORY $ Co. 0TAR, Snerni and Mould Can- u dies for sale at the Rrick Store nf J. MOO HE. MISCELLANEOUS. A THRILLING SKETCH. NAPOLEON AT MOSCOW. . ,We subjoin from Headlcy's work apoleon and his Marshals" a brilliant account of the burning of Moscow, which is well spoken of in the American Whig Review as superior even to Croly's picture in "Salathiel" of the confla gration of Rome. Ileadley's descriptive powers have rarely if ever been surpassed : "At length Moscow, with its domes, and towers, and palaces, appeared in ' sight, and Napoleon, who had joined the advanced guard, gazed long and thoughtfully on that goal of Tiis wishes. Murat went forward and entered the gates with his splendid cavalry, but as he passed through the streets he was struck with the solitude that surrounded him. Nothing was heard but the heavy tramp of his squadron as he passed along, for a deserted and abandoned city was the meagre prize for which such un paralleled efTorta had been made. As. night drew its curtain over the splendid capital, Napoleon entered the gates, and immediately appointed Mortier governor. In his directions, he commanded him to abstain from all pillage. 'For this,' said he, 'you shall be answerable with your life. Defend Moscow against all, whether friend or foe. "The bright moon rose over the mighty city, tipping with silver the domes of more than two hundred churches, and pouring a flood of light over a thousand palaces and the dwellings of three hundred thousand inhabitants. The weary army sunk to rest; but there was no sleep to Mortier's eyes. . Not the gorgeous and variega ted places and their rich ornaments, nor the parks and gardens and oriental magnificence that every where surrounded him, kept him wakeful, but the ominous foreboding that some dire calamity was hanging over the silent capi tal. When he entered it, scarce a living soul met his gaze as he looked down the long streets; and when he broke open tho buildings he found parlors, and bedrooms, and chambers all furn ished and la order; bat no occupants. The sudden abandonment of their homes betokened some secret purpose yet to be fulfilled. The midnight moon was sailing over the city, when the cry of 'fire' reached the ears of Mortier; and the first light over Napoleon's fallen empire was kindled, and that most wondrous scene in mod ern times commenced the burning of Moscow. "Mortier, as governor of the city, immediate ly issued his orders, and was putting forth eve ry exertion, when at daylight Napoleon hasten ed to him. Affectine to disbelieve the reports that the inhabitants were firing their own city, he put more "rigid commands on Mortier to keep the soldiers from the work of destruction. The Marshal simply pointed to some iron-covered houses that had not yet been opened, from eve ry crevice of which smoke was issuing like steam from the sides of a pent-up volcano. Sad and thoughtful, tfapoleon turned towards the Krem lin, the ancient palace of the Czars, whose huge structure rose high above the surrounding edi fices. "In the evening, Mortier, by great exertions, was enabled to subdue the fire. The next night (September 15) at midnight, the sentinels on watch upon the lofty Kremlin saw below them the flames bursting through the houses and palaces, and the cry of fire, fire, fire,' passed through the city. The dread scene had now fairly opened. Fiery balloons were seen Ocp- ping from the air and lighting upon the houses; dull explosions were heard on every side from me snui aweuings, ana tno next moment a bright light burst forth, and the flames were raging through the apartments. AU was uproar and confusion. , The 6crcne air and moonlight of the night before, had given way to driving clouds and wild tempests, that swept with, the roar of the sea over the city. Flames arose on every side, blazing and cracking in the storm, while cloudjs of smoke and sparks, in an inccs sant shower, went driving towards the Kremlin. The clouds themselves seemed turned into fire, rolling in wrath over devoted Moscow. Mortier, crushed with responsibility thus thrown upon his shoulders, moved his Young Guard amid this desolation, blowing up the houses and fa cing the tempest and the flames struggling nobly to arrest the conflagration. "He hastened from place to place amid the blazing ruins, his face blackened with smoke, and his hair and eyebrows singed with the fierce heat. At length the day dawned, a day of tempest and flame, and Mortier, who -' Lad strained every nerve for thirty-six hours, en tcrcd a palace and dropped from fatigue. The manly form and stalwart arm that so often car ried death into the ranks of the enemy at length gave way, and the gloomy Marshal lay and panted in utter exhaustion. But the night of tempest had been succeeded by a broad flame. waving to and fro in the blast The wind hac incraascd to a perfect hurricane, and shifted from quarter to quarter as if on purpose to swell the sea of fire, and extinguish the last hope. The fire was approaching the Kremlin and already the roar of the flames, and the craih of the fallm5 bouses, and the crackling of hum in T 1imlui m i . ... 1 e tikiv uvme vo me-cars ox the startle! Emperor. He arose and walked to and fro, stopping convulsively and gazing on the terrific scene. Murat, Eugene, and Berthicr rushed into his presence, and on their knees I bought him tt-fle, but-hu feUli hxmS to iWt uuugui um, m ii id mere iiig empire. "But at length the shout, 'the Kremlin is on fire!', was heard above the roar of the conflagra tion, and Napoleon reluctantly consented to leave. He descended to the. street with his staff, and looked about for a way of egress, but the flames blockaded every passage. At length they discovered a postern gate leading to the Moskwa and entered it, but they had only en tered still further into the danger. As Napo leon cast his eyes around the open space, girded and arched with fire, smoke, and cinders, he saw" one singlo street yet open, but all on fire. Into this he rushed, and, amid the crash of falling houses, and raging of the flames, over burning ruins, through clouds of rolling smoke, and between walls of fire, he pressed on, and at length, half suffocated, emerged in safety in the imperial palace of Petrowsky, nearly three miles distant. Mortier, relieved of his anxiety for the Emperor, redoubled his efforts to arrest the conflagration. His men cheerfully rushed into every danger. Breathing nothing but smoke and ashes canopied by flame, smoke and cin ders surrounded by walls of fire that rocked to and fro, and fell with a crash amid the blazing ruins, carrying down with them red-hot .roofs of iron, he struggled against an enemy that no boldness could awe, or courage overcome. These brave troops had heard the tramp of thousands of cavalry sweeping to battle without fear; but now they stood in terror before the march of conflagration, under whose burning footsteps was heard the incessant crash of fal ling houses, and palaces, and churches. The continuous roar of the flames was more terri ble than the roar of the artillery,- and before this new foe, in the midst of the elements, the awe-struck army stood powerless and affrighted. "When-night again descended on tbe uy it presented a spectacle th ttse or wnioii was nevci1 seen before, and which baffles all descrip tion.'' The streets 'were streets of fire, the heavens a canopy of fire, and the entire body of the city a mass of fire, fed by the hurricane that whirled the blazing fragments in a constant stream through the air. Incessant explosions from the blowing up of stores of oil, tar, and spirits, shook the very foundation of the city, and 6cnt vast volumes of smoke rolling furi ously towards the sky. Huge sheets of canvass on. fire came floating like messengers of death through the flames the fowers and domes of the churches and palaces glowed with red-not heat over the wild sea below, then tottering a moment on their basis were hurled by the temp est into, the common ruin. Thousands of wretches before unseen were driven by the heat from the cellars, and streamed in an incessant throne in the street. Children were seen car rying their parents the strong the weak, while thousands more were staggering under tne loads of plunder they had snatched from the flames. This, too, would frequently taKe nrc in the falling shower, and the miserable crea tures would bo compelled to drop it, and flee .1 for their lives. Oh ! it was a scene oi icar mu wo, inconceivable and indescribable ! A mighty and close packed city of houses, and churches, and palaces, wrapped from limit to limit in flames which arc fed by a whirling hurricane is a sight this world will seldom see. "But th)s was all within the city. To Napo leon without the spectacle was still more sublime and terrific. When the flames had overcome all obstacles, and had wrapped every thing in their red mantle, that great city looked like a sea of rolling fire swept by a tempest tnat aroe n into vast billows. - Huge domes and towers throwing off sparks like blazing fire brands, now towered above the waves, and now disap peared in their maddening flow as they broke high over their tops, scattering their spray of fire against the clouds. The heavens mcmscivcs seemed to have caught the conflagration, aud V ....nmr vacna ti.f aurpnt. it rolled OVCr ft bosom of fire. Columns of flame would rise and sink along the surface of this sea, and huge volumes of black smoke suddenly shoot into the air. as if volcanoes were working below. The Hack form of the Kremlin alone towered above the chaos, now wrapped in flame and .irn on.i tkn ifTon niprffinc into view standine amid the scene of desolation and ter ror like virtue in the midst of a burning world, enveloped but unscathed by the devouring ele ments. -Napoleon stood and gazed on this scene in silent awe. Though nearly three miles dist ant," the windows and walls of his apartment were so hot that he could scarcely bear his hand against them.- Said he, years afterwards It was the spectacle of a sea and billows of n . -i. i i...ia nr flome. mountains of 11 1 V , CV D1VJT tXLl'A w. F red rolling Jame, like immense waves of the sea. alternately bursting forth, and elevating themselves to- skies of fire, and then sinking Oh! it was the most ,-t-a h tc cnhiimr nd the most terrific UUl VU V DU-itiuv sight the world ever beheld.' " 8Thc present population of Oregon is cs timatcd at fifteen thousand Governor Johnston. The Pcnnsylvanian says the following article is from the pen of a very learned and intelligent Whig of the city of rSiUdelphia. It was pub lished on Monday last as a kind of Whig adnio- ttiiion. to tb iVliigB wha aaovmMed La State Con vention on Tuesday in Lancaster. " ' We go to press before hearing whether John- is nominated or not, but we think there is no room to doubt his nomination. Governor Johnston and the Whig Convention. The time is fast approaching, when the citi zens of Pennsylvania must determine by their ballots who shall be their Governor for the next three years. The candidate of the Democratic party has been fixed upon, and as he is a gen tleman of good character, of respectable talents, and popular withal, he may be expected to re ceive the undivided vote of his party. The Whigs are to select their candidate to-morrow, and from present appearances, Governor John ston will be chosen as standard bearer, and supported by his three hundred military aids, located in different parts of the State, he will in all probability enter into the contest sanguine of success. His plans have been well laid to secure his nomination, and connecting his name with the anticipated popularity of Gen. Scott, as a candidate for the next Presidency, and re lying upon the Abolition vote of the State, he no doubt calculates upon the certainty of a re election. However sanguine the Governor may be on this subjeoi, ve think we see signs of a storm in the horizon, and although to him the . cloud may appear no bigger than a man's hand, yet to us it seems like a dark and heavy pall upon his future prospects. We think we already hear the muttering sound of distant thuudcr which portend a storm, and unless the signs of the times greatly mislead us, it will in the end burst in torrents upon his head. Governor Johnston occupies a position at present, which, remaining unchanged, will cause him the loss of many thousand Totes of the Whig party, and which must result in his en tire defeat He has stepped off the Whig Na tional platform on the solid foundation of which he ' might have stood secure, and has erected for himself a ricketty sort of stage affording him no sure support, and from which he will most certainly fall. Abafluoning the great compromise measures upon which de pends the preservation of the Union, he has forsaken the companionship of such men as Webster, Clay, Fillmore, and other distinguish ed Whigs, and has thrown himself into the arms of the Abolitionists of Pennsylvania. Affect ing to disbelieve there ia any danger of the dis solution of the Union, whether the compromise measures be fully adhered to or not, he has by his course in refusing to rign the repeal of the fugitive slslve obstruction biU, . abandoned the great landmarks of the National Whig party separated himself from the friends of the Union arrayed himself in an attitude ef hostility to the feelings and wishes of the South and pla-- ced himself in the ranks of Seward, Sumner, and the other Abolitionists of the day. Disre garding the opinions so unanimously expressed at the great Union Meeting of both parties, held some months ago in this city, as to the im portance of the great compromise measures as connected with the preservation of the Union, he has insisted that it has been in no danger; and relying upon his own wisdom and foresight, he has treated the solemn warnings of Webster, Cass, Clay, Foote, and others as idle tales. For proof of this, we quote from his epcecli, re cently made in Spring Garden and reported in his own paper, the North American. - "He held the opinion that this Government could never be dissolved. He had never met a citizen of Pennsylvania who could conscientiously say he had been in fear of the safety of this glorious Union. ; He did not care wkjror for purpose the. cry of danger to the Union bad been raised. He did not care who was put in or out of office it was a dangerous opinion that you can dissolve the Union at any time, or un dcr any possible circumstances. These excerpts- from Governor Johnston's speech may serve to show us clearly the ground upon which he stands. . He would take no pains to conciliate the South, because the Union, in hi estimation, is in no danger. He cares not whether tho fugitive slave law is obeyed or not, and therefore carries the bill which would fac iltite its operations unsigned in his pocket The course which Gov. Johnston is thus pur suing is unquestionably in direct opposition to the feelings and wishes of the great body of the Whig party. It is their object to conciliate, not to exasperate the South. They deem it ef paramount importance that the Compromise measures be carried out and adhered to, to the very letter. Their proceedings and resolutions, adopted at their various County Meetings throughout the State, show this, and under these circumstances it must - be evident that Gov. Johnston holding such contrary scnthncts and pursuing so opposite a course, cannot pos sibly receive their undivided support. The sta bility and the preservation of tho Union, wnh them, over rides oil other fomidcralioits, and whether Johnston or i'izler be Oovcmor, 13 a matter of no moment compared with an adhc -rence to the Constitution and Laws. These are considerations which certainly niuil impress themselves with full force on the mind:; Of the members of tho Whig Convention, which will assemble at Lancaster - to-morrow; and if they have due weight, will cause to hesitate be fore they may select'Johnston for the ensuing campaign.' With him as their leader they will inevitably lose the State by - fifteen or twenty thousand votes, and their incohsistancy in se lecting such a man as their candidate, who ia opposed to the -compromise, will preclude all spmpathy for their defeat - How much more noble will it be for them to fall if they arc to fall in going into, a eon test- under a leader whose sentiments, feelings and principles arc congenial with their own, and iri whose sup port they could cordially and consistently unite with at least some hope of success. .7 A. WHIG. THE YVIIIG COrELVTIOX. Thi3 body assembled in the city of Lancaster, on Monday last,' and nominated Gov. Johkstos by acclamation for re-election.-. That he would meet no opposition for this mark of distinction , in his own party, has been, for some months, a foregone conclusion. Gov. Johnston is popular with three-fourths of his party, and being an able tactician, was able to keep dowa any dis play of opposition to his re-nomination by the other fourth. He is therefore before the people for re-election; opposed by Col. Biglkk the Democratic nominee. ; Both parties are in the field with popular, talented and sagacious lead ers, and we presume that the contest will be conducted by both, with more consummate skill and judgment, than was ever before displayed in a Gubernatorial contest in this Common wealth. With the expression of the belief, that the odds are greatly in favor of the Democratic candidate, we pass to a hasty consideration of the platform laid down by the Whig Conven tion, in connection with its formal nomination of Gen. Scott for the Presidency. We believe that Gov. Johsstox is certain of beirtg defeated this fall, and we also believe that, that defeat will strongly operate against Gen. Scott's nom ination by a National Convention. There is n- reason advanced calculated to convince any one of Gov. Johnstoji being stronger than his party; and upon ordinary occasions we all know that theWhig party is not within ten thousand . votes as" strong as the Democratic. Allowing - the Whig party to be wholly united upon Gov. JomfsTox, which -is not the case, there is no hope for him, this time, unless there is great dissatisfaction synong the Democrats with their nominee. A single item in the composition of the Whig State platform, shows very conclusively fhat the Convention felt the delicacy and importance of the task entrusted to its management- Being anxious to obtain the Abolition vote of the State, much could not be said in favor of the Fugitive Slave Law, and fearing that the Whig friends of President Fillmore would kick in the traces, unless the measures of his adminis tration were endorsed, something had fo be said calculated to, satisfy thai important wing of the party. The Ccvcrc3, accordingly, passed a resolution "me " respect, the adiust- . . ,7 . . This Kid-, x : " - t t3 satisfv the Whig Merc! it. I 12 "i;, whose rnonev ' ; r is C, endwhife is made by c:r v being un:l " t t - pAAnrrf win of .tier -v ' y f ) i-9 Government c.ffi- ccrs I : . Vcaimot put exasperate t "ttiBctive Free-Soi!cr3 the Al ' -' who Vo'. 1 r J 1-2 J-TssTON at the last : ' J of Gen. Scott! a".paign ; he is , e, ftjj qov J0US. tn rribhr-in favor of election. L trouble in C put nomiaalTj 8TON, when- 1 their opponents! wnw .roneral is .here in thia canvass, nominated regularly by State Con vention, and his availability for the Presidency will be involved in, & measured by the issue, of this fall s election, fehould Joiisstos be defeated, an'-event not at all unlikely, it will furnish Un friends of Webster and Fillmorb' and otlicr Whig aspirants for the Presidency, with an un answerable argument against Gen. Scott's availability. The General's recent nomination may help Johsston a little, while it will proba bly be his own political prostration. PUtsbur-i Chronicle. The Turkish Fashion. Bratton, of the Carlisc Volunteer, says: Whilst some ladies decidedly approve the new 6tyle of dress, which is occasionally exhibited, as being much more neat and conducive t healh than the present fushion, others think that it approaches too near the maacul nc dress, and is consequently objectiouable. . Which side will finally prevail wc know not The dross, although it gives a lady an odd appearance, t. certainly neat and comfortable; and, we there fore vote, that those who please, may wear it without censure. It will banish the injurious system of tight-lacing, and prevent the bustle from ever again disfiguring the sex. We do not see why young ladies with pretty feet and anc'.cs should be prohibted from exhibiting fur the admiration of the other sex. If they like to dress a la Turk, who has the right to say to them nay ? We live in a free country, and ia an age when all kinds of isms prevail; and as Wome's Rights Conventions are annually he'ld, we would advise the men to yield with a grace in a matter in which they are sure to be conquered. Fashions vary constantly and, a the ladies now fancy Turkish trousers, ci them be indulged in the humor, leit they finally usurp the coat and -waistcoat too. f : - : -i ! 1 ; ; . - I: r -
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