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JOHN S. MANN,
IITOR.VEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Coudersport. Pa., will attend the several
Dims in Potter and M'Kean Counties. All
tusiners entrusted in his care will receive
prompt attention. - Office on Main et., oppo
ite the Court House. 10:1
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F. W. KINTOX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will
ngularly attend the Courts in Potter and
the adjoining Counties. 10:1
ARTHUR G. OL3ISTED,
eI'ORNEY do COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Coudersport, Pa., will attend to all business
tutruited to his care, with protnptnes and
flelity. nice in Temperance Block, see
col foor, Main St. 10:1
. ISAAC BENSON. .
ITTORNEY AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will
cend to all business entrusted to him, with
ars - Ind promptness. Office corner of West
isd Third sts. 10:1
L. P. WILLISTON,
4iTORNEV AT LAW; Wellsboro'. Tioga Co.,
PL. rill attend the Courts in Potter and
11Tean Counties. 9:13
It. W. BENTON,
STEYOR AND CONVEYANCER, Ray-
Ind P. 0., (Allegany Tp:,) Potter Co., Pa.,
will attend to all business in his line, ;vitt')
aire snd dispatch. . 9:33
W. K. KING,
SrP.VEYOR, DRAFTSMAN AND CONVEY
ANCER; Smethport, EKean Co., Pa: will
meal to business for non-resident Pa.,
upon reasonable terms. Referen-
CEI giren if required. P. S.—Maps of any
lot of the County made to order. 9:13
0. T. ELLISON,
P.ACTICING PHYSICIAN, Coudersport, Pa.,
rispectfully informs the citizens of the vil
-4e lad vicinity that he will promply re
amid to all calls for professional services.
(ace on Main st., in building formerly oc
upled by C. W. Ellis, Esq. 9:22
COLLIS! oxirß
SMITH it JONES,
IN'DRUGS, MEDICINES. PAINTS,
Oils, Fancy Articles, Stationery, Dry Goods,
Gm:cries, kc., Main it, Coudersport, Pa.
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11 1 , E11+ IN DRY GOODS, READY-MADE
ClGthing Crockery, Groceries, &c., Main st.,
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M. W. MANN,
F''•ALER IN BOOKS k STATIONERY, MAG
AZINES and Music, N. W. corner of Main
lad Third att., Coudersport, Pa. 10:1
E. R. lIARRINGTON,
RNELLER, Coudersport, Pa., having engar
Ela window in Schoomaker &. Jackson's
flera will roary on the Watch and Jewelry
issieeps there. A fine assortment of Jew
-1,4 constantly on band. Watches and
revelry carefully repaired, in the best style,
al the shortest notice—all work warranted.
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HENRY J. OLMSTED,
*TOMOS TO JAMES W. SMITU,)
kLEII IN STOVES TIN & SHEET IRON
WARE, Main st., nearly opposite the Cloud
I°l4 e, Coudersport,Pa. Tin . and Sheet
Gen Ware made too rder, in good style, on
short notice. i -10:1
COUDERSPORT HOTEL, •
F. GLASSMIRE, Proprietor, Corner of
klin and Seidud Streets, Coudersport, Pot
kr Co P
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ALLEGANY HOUSE,
947..„ L MILLS, Proprietor, Colesburg
riNtr Co., Pa., seven miles north of -Cou
611Port, on the Wellsville Road. 9:44
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THE BLESSED DEAD.
Oh, happy Childhood I-tender buds of spring,
Touched in the ..11aytime by a wandering
frost,
Ye have escaped the summer's sultry wing;.
No drouth have parched you,, and no wind
bath bossed,
Shaking the pearl of morning from your breast;
Ye have been gathered ere your swees were
-lost.
Ere winged passions stole into your rest, -
To rob the heart of all its dewy store.
.Now in the endless Alaytime overhead,
In . k.airri gardens of the azure shore,
Ye bloom in light, and are ror evermore
, • The blessed dead. .
Ye youo and maidens, dear to joy and love,
But fallen midway bet Ween morn and noon;
Or bird-like flown, as if some longing dove
Should seek a better time while yet -'tis
: June, .
Leaving: our fields forlorn I_ Oh, happy flightl
Gone while your hearts are full of summer
tune, .
And ignorant of the autumnal blight— ,
Ere yet a leaf hath withered-oh the bough,
:,
r innocent rose bath drooped its dying head;
Come with virgin lilies on your brow ;,
e, singing in immortal youth, are now
: The blessed dead.. . I
And ye, who in the harvest of your years,
Were stricken when the sun was in
And left the earth bedewed at noon with tears,
• Ye have known all of life that is most fair,
The laugh of April and - the summer bloom.
Ye with the orange-blossoms in your hair,
Who sleep in the bridal chambers of the tomb ;
Or ye, who with the sickle in your hand, •
Have bowed amid the sheaves the manly head,
And left the sod unto a mournful band—
Ye are all numbered in your resting land,
The blessed dead.
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And ye, who like the stately upland oak,
Breasted the full allotted storms of time,,
And took new strength from every gusty
stroke—
And ye who, like a vine long taught to climb
And weigh its native branches with ripe frolv—
Much have ye suffered 'neath the frosty time
- hichautumnbringsand winters loud di:Tete !
But now: transplanted in the fields aur,
YOur age is like a withered foliage shed—
And where youth's fountain sparkles like a
star,
This have ye learned : they oniy,live who, are
The blessed dead.
GENUINE AFFECTION
Give me thy heart, though cold ;
I ask no more
Give to others gems and gold;
But leaCe me poor.
Give to whom thou wilt thy smiles ;
Cast o'er others all thy wiles ;
But let thy , tears flow fast and free,
For me,—with me!
Giv'st thou but one look, sweet heart!
A .aord—no morel
It is Music's sweetest part,
When lips run o'er
'Tis a part - I fain wouldlenrn,
So pr'ythee. here thy lesSons turn, -
And teach me, to the close,
All Love's pleasures—all its woes I
BARRY CORNWALL
grifttf Esalt.
A FEW SCENES FROM A TRUE lIISTORY
Late in the afternoon, Mr. Grossman
wade his appearance. "Well; my beau
ty," said he, "are you tired of the cala
boose? Dor't you think you should like
my house rather better ? "
She yawned listlessly, and without look
ing up, answered, "I am very tired of
staying here."
"I thought so," rejoined her master,
with'a chuckling laugh. "I reckoned 1
should Wring you to terms. So you've
made up your mind not to be cruel to a
poor fellow so despe'rately in love with
you —haVen't you? "
ihe made no answer, and he continued:
"You're ready to go hothe with we,—are
you?"
"Yes, Sir" she replied, faintly.
"Well, then look up' in my face, and.
let me have a peep at those devilish hand
some eyes."
He chucked .her under the chin, and
raised.her blushing face. She wanted to
push him from her, he was , so hateful;
but she remembered:, the mysterious_ or
ange, and looked him
,in the eye, with
passive obedience. - -Overjoyed at his suc
cess, he paid the jailor' his fee, drew her
arm within his, and hurried to the car
riage.
How many humiliations were crowded
into that short ride! Ho* she shrank
from the touch of his"soft swabby hand I
How she loathed the gloating looks of the
old Satyr! But she remembered' the 'or
ange, and endured it all - stoical.ly.
Arrived at his stylish hOuse, he escort
ed her to a large chamber elegantly fur
nished.
E. A. JONES.
"I told you I would treat you like a
princess," he said; "and I will keep my
rd." •
. e would have seated himself; but she
ilrevented him saying, "I have one faVor
to ask, and I shall be very grateful to you,
if you will 'please to grant-it." -
"What is it, my charmer?" he inquir-
e,botza to -tile -of aqa Elie @issehffintioit of 4110614; qita tfews•
From the Atlantic Monthly
1,00 LOO.
[Concluded.]
COUDERSPORT, POTTER
_COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 18 38
will consent to anything- reason- 4
able."
Sbe answered, I could not get a wink
of sleep in that filthy prison; and . I.am
extremely. tired . ; please leave me till to
morrow"
"Ah, why did you compel me to send
you to that abominable place? It griev
ed me-to cast such a pearl among swine.
Well, I want to convince you that I am a
kind master; , so I suppose I must con
sent. But you must reward me with a
kiss before I go."
This was the hardest trial of all ; but
she recollected the danger of exciting his
suspicions, and Complied. He returned
it with so much . ardor, that she pushed
him away impetuously; but softening her
manner immediately, she said, in plead
ing tones, "I am exceedingly tired ; in
deed I am I"
He'lingered, and seemed Very'..ieliie
tant to go; but when she again urged her
request, he said; '"Good night. my beau-',
ty! I will send up some refreshments
for you,-before you sleep." •
He went away, and she had a very un
comfortable sensation when she heard
him lock the door behind, him. A pris
oner with sucka jailor ! With a quick
mimenient of disgust, ehe rushed to the
water-basin and wash'ed her lips and her
hands; but she felt-that the stain was one
no ablution could, remove. The sense of
degradation was so cruolly bitter, that it
seemed to her as if she should die for
very shame. •
Ina short time; an elderly mulatto wo
man, with a pleasant face, entered, bear
ing a tray of cakes, ices, and lemonade.
"Pdon't wish - for anything to eat,"
said Loo Loo, despondingly.
"Oh, don't be givin' up, in dat ar way,"
said the mulatto, in kind, motherly tones.
"De Lord a'•n't a gwiue to forsake ye.
Ye 'may jus' breve What Aunt Debby
tells yer. rse a poor old nigger; but I
hab ‘sarved dat de darkest tiwe is allers
jus afore de light come. Eat some ob
dese yer goodies. Ye onghter keep your
self strong fur de sake ob yer friends."
Loo Loo looked at her earnestly, and
repeated. "Friends ? How do you know
I have any friends ?"
"Oh, rse poor old nigger," rejoined
the mulatto. "I don't knows nottin "
The captive looked wistfully after her,
as she left the room. She felt disap
pointed ; for something in the woman's
ways and tones bad excited a hope within
her. Again the key turned on the out
side ; but it was not long before Debby
reappeared with a bouquet.
"Massa sent young Missis dose yer fow
ers," she said.
"Put them down," rejoined Loo Loo,
languidly.
“Whnsr shall I put 'em ?.” inquired-the
servant..
"Anywhere, out of my way," was the
curt reply.
Debby cautioned her by a shake of her
finger, and whispered, 'Massa's out -dar,
waitin' fur de key. Dar's. writin' on dem
ar towers." She lighted the lamps, and,
after inquiring if anything else was want
ed, she went out, saying, "Good night,
missis. De Lord send ye pleasant dreams."
Again the kev turned, and the sound
of foot-steps died away. Loo Loo eagerly
untwisted - the• paper round the bouquet
and read these words : "Be ready for
travelling. About midnight your door
will be unlocked. Follow. Aunt Debby
with your shoes in your hand, and speak
no word. Destroy this paper." To this
Madame Labalfse had added, "Ne craigner
rien, ma there."
Loo .Loo's heart palpitated violently,
and the blood rushed to her cheeks. Wea
ry as she was, she felt no inclination to
sleep, As she sat there, longing for mid
night, she had ample leisure to survey
the apartment, It was, indeed, a bower
tit fOr a princess. The chairs, tables, and
French bedstead were all ornamented with
roses and lilies c:recefully intertWined on
a delicate fai; colored ground. The :
tent-like canopy, that partially veiled the
couch, was formed of pink.and white stri
ped muslin, draped on either side in
' am-
ple folds, and fastened with garlands
_ofd
roses. The pillow-eases were embroid
ered, perfumed - and edged with frills:
gailled as neatly as the petals of a dahlia.
In one corner stood
_a small table, decora
ted with a very elegant Parisian tea-ser
vice for two. -Lamps of cut glass
mined the face of a large Pysche mirror,
and on thei toilet before it a diamond neck
lace and. epings
_sparkled in their crim
son velvet case. LooLoo looked at them
with a half-acorptul smile; and repeated
to herself:
lie bought me somewhat high :
Since -with me came-a heart he_ could not
buy."
She lowered the lamps to twilight soft
nes, and tried to wait with patience. How
long the hours seemed ! What if Aunt
Debby had been detected in her plot ?
What if the. master should come in her
stead ? Full of that fear, she tried to
open the windows, and found them fas
tened on 'the outside. H.er heart sank
Within her; for she had resolved in the
last emergency' to leap out and be crush-
ed on the pavement. Susperise became
almost intolerable. She listened, and lis
tened. There was no sound, except a
loud snoring in the next apartment. Was
it her tyrant, who was sleeping so near?
She sat with her shoes in hea hand, her
eyes fastened on the door. .At last it
opened, and Debby's brown face peeped
in..-...They.passea out together,--the mu
latto taking the precaution to lock the
door and put the key in her pocket
Softly they went down stairs through the
kitchen, out into the adjoining alley, Two
gentlemen with a carriage werein attend
ance. They sprang in, and were whirled
away. After riding some miles the 'car
riage was stopped ; one of the gentlemen
alighted and handed the women out.
"My name is Dinsmore,"
he said. - "I ,
am uncle to your friend, Frank- Helper.
You are to pass for my daughter, and
Debby is our servant." •-. •
"And Alfred, Mr. Noble, I mean,—
were is he?" asked " oo Loo.
"He will-follow in good time. Ask no
more questions now."
The carriage rolled away; and the par
tyrit had conveyed were soon on their way
to! the. North by an express train.
It would be impossible to describe the
anxiety Alfred had endured from the time
Loo Loo became the property of the cot
ton-broker until he heard of her escape.
From motives of policy he was kept in
ignorance of the person employed, and of
the measures they intended to take. In
this state of suspense,. his reason might
have been endangered, had not Madame
Labasse brJught cheering mes.sages, from
time to time, assuring him that all was
carefully arranged, and success nearly,
certain.
When Mr. Grossman, late in the day,
discovered that his prey had escaped, his. '
rage knew no bounds. He offered one
thousand dollari fur her apprehension, and
another .thousand for the detection of any
one who had aided her. He made suc
cessive attempts to - obtain an indictment
against Mr Noble ; but he was Troved to
have been distant from the scene of action,
and there was no evidence that he had
any connection with the mysterious affair.
Failing in this, the exasperated cotton
broker swore" that he would have his
heart's blood, for he knew the sly, smooth
spoken. Yankee - 3ms at the, bottom of it.
He challenged him; but Mr. Noble, not
-withstanding the arguments of Frank
Helper, refused, on the ground that he
held New England opinions on the sub
ject of duelling. The Kentuckian could I
not understand that it required a far high-1
er kind of courage to refuse than it would I
have done to accept. The bully proclaim
ed him a coward, and shot at him in the,
street, but without inflicting a very seri
ous wound. Thenceforth he went armed,
and his friends kept him in sight. But
he probably owed his life to the fact that
Mr. Grossman was compelled to go to New
Orleans suddenly, on urgent business.
Before leaving, the latter sent messengers
to Savannah, Charleston, Louisville, and
elsewhere; exact descriptions of the fugi
tives were posted in all public places, and
the offers of reward were doubled; but
the activity thus excited proved all in
vain. The runaways had travelled night
and day, and were in Canada before their
pursuers reached New York. A few lines
from 111 r. Dinsmore announced this - to
Frank Helper, in phraseology that could
not be understood, in case the letter
should be inspected at the Post-office. He
wrote: "I told you we intended to visit
31ontreal ; and by the date of this you will
see that I have carried my plan into exe
cution. My daughter likes the ,place so
much that I think I. shall leave her here
awhile in charge of our truity servant,
whilel go home to look after my affairs."
After the excitement
,had somewhat
subsided, Mr. Noble ascertained the pro
cess by which his friends had succeeded
in effecting the rescue.. Aunt Debby owed
her master agrudge for having repeatedly
sold her children; and just at that hue a
fresh wound was rankling in her heart,
because her only son a bright lad of eight , ,
een, of whom Mr. Grossman was the re
puted father, had been sold to a slave-tra- '
der to help raise the large sum he had
given for Loo Loo.- Frank Helper's
friends, having discovered this state of
affairs, opened a negotiation with the mu
latto woman, promising to send both her
and her son into Canada, if she would as
sist them in their plans. Aunt Debby!
chuckled over the idea of her waste;
disappointment', and was eager to seize
the opportunity of being reunited to her,
last remaining child. The lad was accord
ingly purchased by the gentleman who
distributed oranges in the prison; and was
sent to Canada aecording.to promise. Mr.
Grossman was addicted to strong drink,
and Aunt Debby had lono. i' been in the
habit of preparing a potion for him before,
he retired to rest. "I mixed, it, powerful,
dat ar night," said the laughing mulatto;
"and I put in someting dat de gemmen
guv to me: I reckon he waked up Myna
late." Mr. Dinsmore, a maternal uncle
of Frank Helper's, had keen visiting the
South, and was then.!about to return to
New York.' then th
him, he said nothing
more than to take the
own protection.
SCENE
Mr. Noble arranged be wreck of bis
affairs as speedily as po sible, eager to be
on the way to. Montre h The evening
before he started, Frank. Helper waited'!
upon Mr. Grossman 'and said : "That
badsome slave' you haVel been trying so
hard to catch is doubtless beyond your
reach, and will take goodlcare_notto come
within your power. Under these circum
stances sheds worth-nothing to you; but
for the sake of quieting 'the uneasiness of
my friend Noble, I will give you eight
hur'dred-dollars to relinq ish all claim to
' her." ,
" I'll see you both damned first," he
replied. " I shall trip 'n up yet I'll
keep the sword hanging'over their cursed
heads as long as I live.. 'll wouldn't mind
spending ten thousand dollars to be re
venged on that infernal Yankee."
Mr. Noble reached Mqntreal in safety,
and found his Loo Loo well, and cheerful.
Words are inadequate to describe the emo
tions excited by reunion,ifter such dread-
Ail perils and hair - breads escapes. Their
marriage was solemnized as sown as possi
ble; but the wife being an article of pro
perty. according to American, law,_ they
did nut venture to return to the States.
Alfred obtained some writing to do for a
commercial house, while Loo Loo instruc
ted little girls in" dancing'and embroidery.
Her character had strengthened under
the severe ordeals through which she had
passed. She began to question the right
, fulness of living so indolently as she had
done. Those painful scenes in the slave
1-prison made her reflect', that sympathy'
with the actual miseries 'O . life was better, ,
than* weeping over romtnees. She was
rising above the deleterious influences of,
her early edncation, and beginning to feel
the dignity of usefulness. ' She said to her
husband, " I shall not be sorry, if we are
always poor. It is so i) easant to help
you, who have done so inuch for me I
And Alfred, dear, I ' l watit to give some of
my earning to Aunt Debby. The poor
old , Soul is trying to lay . UP money to pay
that friend of yours' whd Pought her son'
and sent him to Canada' _ Surely, I, of
all people in the world, ought to be will
ing to help slaves who have been less for
tunate than I have. Sometimes, when I
lie awake in the night, P have very sol
emn thoughts come over me. It was.tru
ly a wonderful Providence that twice saved
the from that dreadful fate that awaited"'
me. I can never be grateful enough to
God for sending me such a blessed friend
as my good Alfred."
They were living thus contented with
their humble lot, when a letter froth Frank.
Hel per announced that the extensive house'
of Grossman & Co. had stopped.payment.
Their human chattels had been put up at
auction, and amoiig them was the title to
our beautiful fugitive. The chance of
capture was considered so hopeless, that,
when Mr. -Helper bid sixty-two dollars, no
one bid over him ; and she became his
property, until there was time to transfer
thn leanl claim to his friend.
Feeling that they could now be safe'
under their own vine and 6g-tree, Alfred
returned to the - United States, where he,
became first a clerk, and afterward a i pros-,
perous merchant. His natural or.aaniza
tion unfitted him for conflict, and though
.hia peculiar experiences had imbued hun
with a thorough abhorrence of slavery, he
stood aloof from the ever-increasing agi-
cation on that subject; but every New
Year's day, one of the Vigilance Commit
tees for the relief of fmkitive slaves re
ceived one hundred dollars from an " un-
known. friend." As his pecuniary means
increased, he purchased several slaves,
who had been in his employ at Mobile,
and established them as servants in North
ern hotels. Madame Labasse was invited
to spend the remainder of her days under
his roof; but she came only in the sum
mers, being unable to conquer her shiver.
ing dread of snow storms.
Loo Loo's personal charms attracted
attention wherever she made her appear
ance. At church, and other public Oa
ees people pointed her out to strangers,
saying, ‘. That is the wife of Mr. Alfred
Noble. She was the orphan daughter of
a rich planter at the South, and had a
great inheritance left td her; but Mr.
I Noble lost it all in the financial crisis of
1837." Her real .history remained a se.
cret, locked within their onn breasts.
Of their three children, the youngest was
named . Lon Loo, and greatly resembled
her beautiful mother. -When she was six
years old, bee portrait was taken in az • •
sy hat garlanded with red berries: tr . 4
was dancing round a little whitedog, - -a.e:
long streamers of ribbon were floating
hind. her. Her-father had it framed - in
an arched environment of vine -work, and
presented it to his wife on, her thirtieth
birth-day. Her eyes moistened as she
gazed upon it; then kissing his hands,
she looked up in the oktway, and said,
"I TiIANK:YOti, SIN 2-011:-.BUYING:_ME."
PFSDIS.--$1.25' . 1 3 ER ANNUM
• story was told to
would please him
ugitives under his
Speech of Lion. 4ohn
Mr. COVOtin: I object to the
ment of the gentleman from - Keilintliyi
which limits the war !steamers to tw lye
hundred tons bitrden ;each, becanle I Con:
Sider that they , are tolbe used, if *4- at
all, against those of.he enemy of tWelity
five hundred or threelthousand tons 'hue
den. Although I vo ted for these 'steam
ers to-day, and voted for the four for 'tbst
lakes, ',was not influenced to do. se '45
Cause I had the remotest idea that thern •
was any probability of a war, but becauie ,
our naval force is inefficient, and - will_lie: :
so long as we rely upon • oar: vessels. X
voted for them that We might have a Moro
efficient Navy. , _
Mr. Chairman; I stated some days agii
that we were .far behind the English:in
the atrength of our naval force. - I hti;VO
been at some pains to look at the compat!
ative naval power of , the several nations
of the world, and here are the facts I have
collected; England had, at the - close, 4.,
the Crimean war, As:it five hundred wet;
steamers. She had two years ago ninety:;,
one lines of ocean mail steamers running'
direct from England 'to foreign ports, em-
ploying about four hUndred steamers ; , atid -
she had twenty-five lines running between
foreign ports in connexion with them, em-
ploying one hundred and five steamers ;
making five hundred and five ocean mail..:
steamers which receive large sums direct'
from the governmetit as an inducement
for their several companies to establish
and run them. These are all subject to'
the orders of the government whenever
1 the exigencies of war render it necessary
rfor her to use them, 'either as war steam
ers or transport vessels. Thus it will be'.
I
I seen that she has a war force at her Com
mand of about one thousand ateamirs, he=
sides nearly the same number of Mercan-
tile steamers, making a grand
/ total of
total of nearly two thousa d ocean '
t
steamers. Sir, she has alread'taken a
large share of our carrying tide,- and
nearly the whole of the most [valuable'
;portion of it. There are now forty-four
English; five Belgian, five - French, - and,
four Hamburg steamers runnink in the
American: trade, while there are ut eight
American—fifty-eight to eight. , No won
der that seventy hundredths of qur cow;
coerce was, last year, in the hand of for
r eigners ; and they will soon have a\monop
-1
l oly - of it if we go on much longer' ,in the
blundering way we have been going, un-'
der Democratic rule, for five years past.
France though not a first class\ com
mercial Power, has gone'far ahead of us
in building ocean steamers. She his one
hundred and thirty war steamers on the ,
Mediterranean Levant, Black, North,\and
Baltic seas.
Austria, not a commercial nation at all;
has one hundred and ten steamers on thee'
same seas • and Russia has over one km
dred, and is constantly increasing het
steam power.
The United States has only twenty,
eight of which only carry from one to six:'S
guns; some of them not fit to be sent
outside of a harbor.
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of war steamers, I do not wish to be/un-'
derstood as countenancing the idea that
„we are at all in danger of having a war :
with England at this time or at any other•
time near at hand. * * * - " --
* * No, no, sir; we noNV
have no apprehensions of "a war,, nor need
we "prepare the hearts of the-people'for
war." The only mat we are: to have is ,s;
continuance of the war we have had slice;
18113, - upon American industry and home`
manufactures. That is a cruel, unnatural;
relentless war; it talls by starving, and'
its victims are powerless.
* *• * * * *
No, Mr. Chairman, you need not alarm!
yourself or the country about a war with
England. Iristeld - of that it would—be
well for Ili to turn our attention to the:
state of our finances, our general trade,
and manufactures; and see if anything
can be done to benefit the country.
This Administration found some twen-1
ty millions in the Treasury; it has beenl
in power , a little 'more than a year, ,aral l
what is the condition of the Treasury now? ;
Bankrupt. And, although , we have &lei
digging gold at the rate of more than fbiirl
and a half millions a month, still the gov
ernment has been obliged to resort to whati
the party`used to call "the rag-money cur=
rency," to the issuance of Treasury netesi
formerlyl.claisically denominated "Tring4
ury shinplasters." . What a beatitiful State,
of thiegs I- What statesmansliij it Fovea
the President and his Administration to
possess I What wisdow, sagacity,
ism ! And yet, bankrupt as the Governs
ent 14- it obstinately pursues. a polloyt
calculated not only to impoYerhili it still
more, and
,-compel the Secretary 0614
Treasury to heap debt upon. debt; biberr
rowing, but it is also calculated tadeprost
Ariiericen-
_enterprise, cripple Anieneaii,
industry, destroy American mannfaatlti*
and to reduce to the lowest price .4k.esii,
...•
FOUR CENTS.
latititaL
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Mr. Chairman, advocating the buildini
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