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THE WASHINGTON UJUUA,
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At Ike L'VWV MJIUWUS, I*., ked. Iftk aarf 111
THE DAILY I'NION elU be pubUahrd eerry norm g, (M- *
neaped.) and delivered n> dry at lt)( n la |e
afk pay able tu Ike eadrelor. To aulecrlb.r. by Mil, a te a
uioaai, W fiw !? Biuuila Ukcer* af ike jeeereeml, ant yey?
* ?Jraace, wlH be charged ft per annum
I'HK tKU-WUCItLV I MtWM. Mil ke pwkltok.d emi
ive<lii?aday end daturiiay, at *4 per annum tor dm oopy ; !? f
three oopfc*, M>1 *?? >' ?? copied
THK ivr.WtLl UKHNI, e rery l.r|, paper for mtoi
Hruilaueo. "ill be pubkaknd eeerp Saturday ii.urnu.g .1 Ike to!
Inwldd prtcae 1 fbr ??? ?wy, ?* per annum , tkrec u.ptae ?ur kt , iv.
,,11,10* fur It ; nn topic* for fit ; laenl) uuptie, tmt te Mu add, a*a
Uj BubecripHMW ?*> lommeuc* at any lime. I
travellers' directory.
From Washington imrhtt to all parts
OF THK WWT, WUTlltBfr, AND NORTH* tyr?HAITI
MuKK AMI OHIO MAIUUIAH, WIN IKK AKKANIJI-IMKVIV
TWO tbrougfc I tin* are now randally, ezoepl Sunday, from Waab
,0.10a far lk? Waat, *a tolkm* ;
1,1. Mall train atari* al 7.4t, a. m., (Sunday excepted,) cunnectin,
ck?ely at Wa*hiuirt?n litbilion, for Cumberland nod IVdniont
Vl. Tko Hw laaetl W Untie, aad Cfctcapo Kxpram Omaacltuii Inarm
n'wtuafdoa at I tu, p. m., reaching aurlnaaU at It SO, p. ., oai> day,
,od ouuuaotlii* 4lr> ? ily with npr-*? train fur IumUvlllo, Cairo, aadihe
and Ibrdl. lamia, Keneae, Ac.
r_ riae ita araad BatoMi dd?ry uf ike read la davMtototoa
rllher Uie 7.44, * p., or 1.40, P- train from Waahlngton, and lie
?m U Cumberland or Piedmont
For Pnrker.burg and ?11 Hatlona on the Norihweatcm Virginia rood
mo ihe 3 40, p. m., troln. I'or Marietta oinl Cincinnati Railroad take
Through Mitt and baggage checka to oil quarters, and erary
.qher poorlble fuellily, will be found upon U>ih route.
Way paaacngeri for the uielu otem of tb? Itoltlmore and Ohio Roll
rood will leave Waahlngton u follow ? :
Fur all petuta between WoabUigtou Junction and Piedmont lake the
7.44,0. la., train.
For all tattona between Piedmont and Wheeling, take the S.40,
p. m., train. To connect w ith the Frederick train,take the S.dn, p. m.,
train. '*
FUR BAI.TIMOllK AM) TIIK EAST :
leave Waahlagton for Baltimore at <1.16 and 7.44, a. m., and 3 40
and 4.34, p. m Ifo Sunday at 8.40, p. m , only.
leave Baltimore id 4.34and (.40, n. in., and 3.30 and 4.30, p. m.
(hi -uadey at 4.30, a. m., only.
The 7.44 and 4.34 Irabu only will atop at way alattona and for Anoa|iolle
ivmneetlean.
It* 7.44, a. m., and 8.40, p. m are the chief connecting trnlna fur
the Weat, and th?. 4.10, 7.44, and 3.40 tratoui for I he Kaat.
For farther information inquire at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Ticket Office, of TMOti H. 1'AltBONst, Agent, Waahlngton.
W. P. SMITH,
llet Master of Tranaporlation, Baltimore.
pBHASdKMKSr.
<;HKAT SOUTHWESTERN WUTK via ORANGE AND ALEXANDRIA
KAJ1JHOAD.
from WASHINGTON CITY to Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama,
MIkh L :>ippi, IxmUlftUA, Arkansas, and Texas.
Through Tlokehi mu be obtained at the groat Southwestern Rallr.ili.-.
fori nr of lYunsylvAiti.t avenue and .Sixth Mtrrel, Washing
; i i-l tin* Steaui V'-rry Rout George or ,tf tin* ?>i!!
the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, at Alexandria.
To Richmond, Danville, Lynchburg, Bristol. Knoxvlllo, Dalton,
Atlanta,Chattanooga, Naahville, Huntsvllle, Grand Junction,
Memphis, Montgomery, and New Orleans.
Rv K Direct Hnute and Continuous Railway Connexions to Memphis,
tfov.^lnn wrunlAr ErtkatdliiLriii jAinl ('iiinffirt jajiiI ht-iiiir over 200 miles
borttt t'uin by any other route.
The ntwini f*rry boat Heorge Page leavoa tho foot of Seventh Mrovt
?t?\ o'clock,a. m , for Alexandria, where pueneiigcra toko the cars for
Richmond, CharhHIeovllle. Staunton, Wlilto Sulphur Springe, Wood?tock,
he., and at 7'., |>. m., for Rli Innond and all |miula Suuthweet,
nuking sure and clone connexlona to Meiiipht*.
Baggage wngona and umulbtuw leave tliu office, Pa. avenue, at #
o'clock, a. iu., aud 7, p. p.
JAMES A. EVANS, Agent,
June 13?If Washington.
OUMMER A R R A N C, B M E N TTlie Ktearuer
IO ttEUBOK 1'AtiE will run a* follows:
Leave Alexandria *14,8, 10, 12 o'clock, a. m ; 2,4, and A o'clock,
p. m.
heave Washington at 6, A, U o'clock, a. m.; 1, 3, 5, and 7 o'clock,
p. m.
The THOMAS COIJ.YEK, when on tho route, will rnn ? opposite
lioura. Pare 13 route.
VVbaley'a omnibneea connecting wilb the l'ugo and Collyer, will
leave tho Capitol, and corner of 12th street and IVmisylvunio avenue,
lie tame time the Iwata leave Alexandria.
June &?eod?tf RICIIAHD WALI.ACH, Prealdent.
Notice to tra\ kllers.?nkw arrange.went,
with greatly improved schedule.?from wash
ixiiran direct to aix tarts of the south and southwest,
via POTOMAC STEAMERS AND RICHMOND AND POTOMAC RAIL
HO.VD LINE.?Two faftt daily lines from Wa?hington for tho South
and Southwest. It?>atH leave their bertha, foot of 6th street, at 6^,
n m., and 7>^,p. m. Paiwtngers by Sbe morning boat canobtaina lino
breakfast on board aiwt enjoy a pleasant sail of 3)i hours down the
beautiful Potomac, pruning in full view of Mount Ve rnon. By tho
evening boat they injure a good ?upper and a reH of four hours in
f imfrMrtahle berths or Mtate rooms, ami arrive in Richmond in time to
" nncct with all ttie trains for the South and Southwest.
The great southern mail \* convoyed over thin route, It being 44
nulis horter aud 100 miles Ions railroading than by any other route,
/nuking certain connexion* to
i unik.kiek.snrno, Richmond, and ivrensm no, Virginia ; Wici.no.v and
wilmington, n. c.; Charlkstox, r. c.; Aigikta, ga. ; Montgomery
avd morilk, Ala., dirkct to New Orleans and am. soithmrx oitikr
and town*.
Also, connect at Richmond with the Danville, Sotithxtde, Virginia,
| Tenne8?4?ot and Rut Tennessee railroads
| FOR THE 801THWEOT TO
] Vin v ille, llrUUil. Pullon,
I IntOllxwn*, lluliUviHo, Momphii,
Lynchburg, KnoxvUle, Atlanla,
N*?hvllle, Oraad JaMttm, Moutgumery,
ml Now OrtMH.
For through Ikkots ?n<l further InRtrmatton of the route, loquiro ?t
the southern ticket ofllce, No. 372 Penr?ylv?tti? avenue, mto door
cant of Browns' Hotel, or on board the boat*, foot of flth street.
GEO. K. M ATT1N1.Y.
August 17?ly Ticket Agent.
LEONARD SCOTT A CO.'S
Reprint of the British Renews and BlnckirootV s Magazine.
L SCOTT k CO., New York, continue to publish
the following leading British periosteal** viz :
l lill! LONDON gLAKTKRLY, (ooMervativc.)
i. THE KIUNBUIloil REVIEW, (whig.)
3. THK NORTH BRITISH REVIEW, (free Church )
4. THK WESTMINSTKR REVIEW, (Uber.il,}
?. HLACKW0UD*8 EDINBURGH MAtiAZINE, <b>ry.)
These periodical* ably represent the three g.out political parties of
iin: i. ii v. r.ir\ . .ii,'! ' ! >, , I" r n 1 o:,!y <?:. it'.i
<>r their cliar.o-tcr. A- ort:-i:i tie- ; ' w! wriLt
on scjvnec, literature, morality, uml religion, they stand, as they ever
liave *tood, unrivalled In the world ol letter*, being considered indispensable
to llut scholar and the proles-hum I mail, while to the Uib'lllid
re "! . ol ? vor> * 1 i they lui m-1. a inon unit and m
t"i ) record of the current literature of flu day throughout the world
than Can bo poseibly obtained from any other witireo.
KARI/Y COPIES.
The receipt of advance sheet* from the British pubHslicrs gives additional
value to these reprint*, inasmuch a* tin y can now be placed
hi the hands of tftibaoriber* about a* soon a* the original editions.
TERMS.
For all four of the Review* $8 00
lor lllackwood'* Magazine # 00
For Blackwood and one Review 5 00
For Mack wood and two Reviews 7 00
For Blackwood and three Reviews 9 00
For Blackwood and the four Reviews 10 00
TAYLOR k MAURY, BookalUera,
Agent* lor Washington,
Jan 8 No. 3&4 Ponn. avenue.
STEREOSCOPIC PICTURES.
"Mo*t Wondrrful and Il?au(tfuL>'
WE have now on hand otic of tho largest and
most vurlod M.orlnwnts of STKKKi WK11TC ITt'TITIKS offered
? ity. ?>u k'' h? i r |i.i|?'T. p! tiu an I ' I
prim ip.ll place- <>1 the I 'lute ' St it?
We have, ii ho, in great variety, Ellbrtt'* celebrated group* of parlor
and dome<tie scene*, weddings, christening*, pic nic*, tie., kr.
\Y? iln oiler a line collection of etaronacogrtc Instrument?,?
Mylaa, manufactured to our own order. These instrument* and picture*
form the prettiest and moat interceding present thut can he oflerad
to old or yonng.
TAYIjDH k. MAURY, Rnntawltera,
334 Pennsylvania avenue, agent* Ibr Washington of the Atnafteaa
Sterooseopk Company. Jan 30
?\ A. CAI!DWELL, Host Estate and General
.1/# (Nunmhsioii Broker, lm the
lli,i V.llll vl I he i 1:'' ' ' t" n 1 ' ll'V ?? ;
buying real estate anywhere hi the Uni'iti, reining out and collecting
rent*,and procuring hou-vs on rent or b ase, or any booties* appertaining
to real to Lite, with unexceptional legal aid.
The settlement tkf claims t?f any description on the executive dopartments
and bureaus uf government and CVmgfea*, ami mi'tnlwri
"f t ongres* ; especially claims of ttio dl-fant ami adjacent! antvspapor
press A?r subset i pilot i* and advertising, his t'lperlt iMo bring aucti a*
to enable him to furnish the nuccsMary form-- and instruction* to pur.
he* having audi, a* well as attending to having ad verthemeitl* in -
rted 111 -i 11 v or ulaf !.. ... IV ?l....
-I here; on application by letter or otherwise to linn ; thus , - mg the
expense oC u Irip lo the city, unitprompt returns made.
Alto, the nt|[otiutloit of loan* on petal sctoirtUr, and oH detcrlptbilia
of biukMNM which may property be riuHl under tile lioad of a
p-noral commission brokcrape.
Itrntmoti: Hon. Win. A Harris, (formerly of Missouri,) Dr. A. V.
I' (iaru. tl, Col. Jo. iicrr.t, mat or ; Hntlmril Wnlhcli, o'i|., end I
llie proprietors of the newspaper press pom-rally of Washing* *i,
M"-srs. J. & ti. U. Duruii|a?rt ami Hon. J. if. Cttskle, Kiclinmsd, Va ;
Mov Win. K I'lumur, Alloylinny I'liy, \'? ; Col. V T Hurnloy, Crank
fort, Ky , anil John (I, Mir-eut, esq., New York city. lice. 1?dtf
WM. T. DOVE A 00. are now prepared to execute
any orders with which tliuy may be favored In the
rititiiblDK, tiaa, or Thinm-filting ho mean
(itortmMA tlcrt, n/c? ilvori luirtK vf /'mntyhvlnia a rnut,)
a hare may b? fonml a complete aasorloiuul of c hands-lien-, ami otba
faa, atoani, ami water lixturea. Jan 4
> Q. ? laiua. C. n. mrrr ?.Ht "v.
LAM Ml, MOTT, & AUT11Y, Attorneys-at-Law,
Holly hprltips, will practice In the Hiph Court id Krrnra
Ippi-al- il l i- k.- ii Hi, I . .h-r.il Court it IVnl.ile. , tin. Cottrlr
tile 7tli Judicial IM-lrl.-tol Ml. I .jppl ; and will attend to the colcotton
of Claims llirouplimit North Mississippi. Sept 1??dtf
T APAN ANI> HER PEOPLE?Hy Andrew Stein?I
io. tr, naq. 1 >1 25.
the I'malium of YoMune ; nr. Itrltl.h Ih-r i s In Foreign Warn, hy
Uniee (Irani ; I rot. (I Jh.
I opt, h Country life, onnalslinp of desn iptiona af rural h?MW, ennn
try sc..i,cry, and the seasons, hy Diorna* Miller ; 1 yat.
How to Karm rredtahly , or, The .-fayings and Doings of Mr. Alder
itiso Merhl
Jnat recetred and Ihr sale by
Feb 4 Pt.ANOHAJti) A MOWN.
VOL IIV. NO. W. WA
FOR SALE AND RENT.
CV>ri RENT, either furnished or unfurnished, slid
F hy till- year ar *w a shorter ported, ay house, on the lorur of
C and Third street*, occupied during the hut saaatoo of Congress by
Hw Mr. lUmmoad, tarted sulu trulur mat South Carolina Inquire
of DAV1H A. HA1A,
Not ? eodtf No 408 C struct. '
T*OR RENT.?'The Front i'arler, and Red-Room at- v
X laebed, ocef Ktdweli A lAurenoo'. ftrug Mora. The newt
desirable nanus 'a the arrnua, oa aocouat uf the nearacaa to the do
puittaeals sad WlUard't llol Alto, two bed rooms In third story; '
?n furnished Apply to KitHJ. A f.At'KKNCE, >
Nor W?Sfewtf K, naar kith straai. *
fTV) LET?The three-story brick house, No. 423
x Fifth strc-t, between E and F Has hath room and gas. Brut, 1
?TBl. Inquire oa the premise*. Nor SO?If *
The only article unrivalled in marVet,
with Immense Home and European IVmsnd
'fhe reason why, is that bv nuturo'a own process It restores the ,
natural color perm tiieutly alter the hair become, gray ; supplies the
natural llulds, and thus makes 11 grow on bald heads, retnores all j
dandruff, Itching, and heut from the scalp, quiets and tones up the '
norTitu, and thu- curea all nervous heaSache, and may he relied n|a.n a
lulling ufl ; makes R -oft, f lossy , healthy, and beautiful, ami. If wM
by the young two or throe times * week, it will never fall or hMQIM
gray , then, reader, read the following and Judge for yourselves :
Naw York, Jan. It, l*?M.
Mnwih. O. J. Wtwnki'n ttenfftemoa : Hiring heard a Rood deal
about l*rote?JK?r Wood's Hair Restorative, ami my hair being quit*'
gray, I made u|? my mind to lay aside the prejudice* which 1, In comRMH
with a great many person*, had against all manner of patent
medicine*, aud a short time ago 1 commenced using year article to
teat It Aw myself.
The result htm l?een ao very MititfrolDry lhat I am very glad I did so,
and In Justice to yidt, as well ,?? for the encouragement of others who
may be as gray a* 1 was, but who having my prcjudico without my
; reason* lor setting It aside, are unwilling to give your Restorative a
trial till they have further Dimf, and the best* pr?*>f being ocular dcj
in-instration, I write you tail letter, which you may show to any
inch, and also direct them to mo tor further proof, who am in and out
i of the V. Y. Wire Railing establishment every day.
My hair la now its uaturai color, and much improved in appearance
?v?r Mav, being glossier and thicker, and much more heullhy
looking. I am yours, respectfully,
HKNUY JHNIM.
Corner Columbia and Carroll a is., Brooklyn.
IjviMisTox, Ala., Feb. 14, 1858.
Taor. Wood?Dear i*lr : Your Hair Restorative has done much good
in this part of the country. My hair has been slightly diminishing
lor several years, caused, I suppose, from a slight burn when 1 was
1 quite an Infant. 1 have been using your Hair Reiterative for nix
I w eeks and I 8ml that 1 have a fine head of hair now growing, after having
1 used all other remedies known to uoellhct. 1 think it lira most valnaI
lib remedy now uxluut, and advise all who are afflicted that w ay to
J nan your remedy.
You can publish this if you think proper. Yours, kr.
a. w. MiDnijrroN.
PlULADSirillA, Sept. I, 1857.
I 1'Kor. WoW Dear tfir : Your llair Restorative is proving itself
beu lici.il to m". The trout, and also the hack part of uiy head al
newt lost lis covering?w as in fact bald. I have uaed hut two hair
I pint bottles of your Restorative, and now the top of my head la well !
; studded with a promising crop of young hair, and the front is also
receiving its benefit. I have tried other preparations without any
I benefit whatowr. I think, from my own personal reecommeudulion,
' lean induce many others to try It. Youra, restiedfully,
I). R THOMAS, M. D.
No. 464 Vine street,
j Tl?e Restoratives is put tip in bottles of throe sixes, via : large, me*
' diuin, and small; the small holds half a pint, and retails fur ou? dolj
lar por buttle; the medium holds at least twenty per cent more in
proportion than the small, refills for two dollars per bottle ; the
1 largo holds a quart, 40 per cent, more in proportion, and retails for
i $3 a bottle.
u I H'nnii Jh CO Pmnrietors 312 ItroadwAV. New York, riii the
I great Jtow York Wire Rattling Establishment,) ?ii<1 114 Market street, I
j St. lsmls, M<>. |
; Ami sold by all good Druggist* and Fancy flood* Dealers.
I Nov Id?dam
COLUM BU X ~C(jiLWJK SCHbLARSH 11' FOR I
sal* .?A acholarsWp In the Columbian College. for tha whole j
j lerin of four year*, will bo void for a llttlo more lliau half prion lo
| any peraon w tailing Hi purchase one. The scholarship pay (? room 1
I rout and tuition, which la par year, 1 will aoll for tl.SO li, aa
llin original In worth 4250 or $2*0 |
I Address CATAI.1NK, rare of T. B. J., Washington P. O., P. C. .
j Pec #- -dtf
J. BAUMUARTEN,
Mo. 207 C Street, between #IA and lOtA Street*, <
IjWGRAYER and doaipner in general, inantifac- j
J tnror and Inventor of the now, Improved soal pre***., watch- \
I cute engraver, wood engraver, music puncher, stencil cutter, copper I
plate engraver, and lithographer, la prepared to execute engravings I
on any metal?on gold, silver, brass, copper, steel, Ac., In as good a ,
| workmanship manner as by any other establishment in the United ,
State*. The subscriber feels confident that all orders entrusted to '
I him will give perfect satisfaction, or no charge* made. I
I SKA I. PREfMRS, I
Ot FILIAL HANI) AND HLDCK SEALS, ]
WATCH CARE EXtlRAVra, ,
WISH) KNtiKA VEK,
mi.'ak: puncher, 1
STENCIL CUTTER, I
COPPER PLATE E.WRAVKlt, |
Jaa&?lyd AC., AC., AC. ,
A VAN CAMI', DENTIST, lion returned to the '
city and returned his practice,
operating room1* and residence 407 F atr<o*t, between 0th and 7th ?
itreeU, 4 doors from Post Office. Oct 14?dtf j
QION OF TUB GOLD EAGL?.?EncriiiB|i?A ]
splendid lot of which is lor sale at Wagner1*, '2ft,r> Pennsylvania '
avenue. opposite Kirk wood House. Framed or otherwise. i
Also, all kind of gilt picture frames. Dec ft?tf i
TUJASHINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY. (
YY
GtpUal $200,000 !
STOCK HOLDKR8 INDIVIDUALLY LIABLE.
The only company in Wellington having such a clause in its charlet.
Kinks on buildings, merchandise, furniture, Ac., taken at the lowest
raise.
Besides the actual capital of the company, the individual li ability
clause of the charter renders the private fortune of each stockholdci
liable for loflMM.
Office?Corner of Pennsylvania avenue and Tenth street.
D1RKCTOK* :
Wm. F. Bayly, BbdJ. Beall, Francis Mohun,
James F. Haliday, Hudson Taylor, Wm. Oman,
Samuel Bacon, Joseph Bryan, M. W. (iall.
N. 11.?No charge made for policies.
JAMES C. MoGUlKK, President.
Ghaiton D. IUxsox, Secretary. June 27?ly
CARPETING, FLOOR OIL-CLOTH, RUGS, MATtings,
Druggets, Curtain Materials, and House furnishing Dry
Goods,such as?
Velvet tapestry carpotlngs, new designs
Tapestry Brussels do in great variety
New styles Brussels do super quality
Extra-heavy 3-ply do very rich
Extra-super Ingrain do new patterns
Very heavy all-wool Dutch carpi-tings
Twilled Verdi inn carpeting for halls and steps
Velvet and Hrusacln do do do
Full sheets extra heavy and very rich floor oil cloths, cut to At
any size or *ha|w? room, hall,or passage
Mosaic, velvet, and tufted rugs and mats
Cocoa and Canton mattings
12-4, 14-4, lfl-4 drugget crumb cloths
English druggets, all widths, by the yard
Very richly-embroidered lace curtains
flatin laine*, brocateta, and rep* for curtains
White, bull', blue, and green shade linens
Stair rods, curtain fixtures, Ac.
Having attended IIADAN A 00.'H great Carpet Auction, which took
place in New York on the 4th and Atli lust., we are now prepared to
oiler greater inducement* than can 1h? allbrded under ordinary circumstances.
Purchasers are respectfully invited to jin examination of our
HtHIE BKO A rn
Aug 18?dlf
T) IJ. GILLET, Counaellor at Law. has removed
JLtn hit office Ui his residence in Franklin Row, corner of K and
Thirteenth streets. lie will continue to devote his attention principally
to c:,ser in the i 'nd?'.| i ?r< - -iipreiue Court.
Oct 28?dtf
44 DINNER PARTUS
DINNER PAKTIK8 will Iw furtiifilic?<l to ffcintlfr*
at ?3, $1, and $A per hud; or. If they prefer, a first das*
French cook can In* sent to their rr?l lence to projmre dinner for tln-in
at the moderate charge of $'J for hia service*.
Thux) wtablng U> iraM IIh trmibl ??l marketing mil have tl>? beat (
the market nlbirdn ?ent ? ihotr Imwn ?l out price.
(hie ur mere <21. lire w 111 tie *cut to awy pert ?if the vttf ftir ftiw
wki may rtcmlrn M. I guaranty u> furnlnh ? better dinner lliuii any 1
ot IT xltWltoilK tn the <Hy, at a mvtng Of -Jh |>er cent. t
C. WAt riKK, JM IVuo. ?*., j
l>oc 16?im?viif hotwoou l'Jth and l.'ith stroeta. j
I/" IMMKLL HOU8K.?This nice mid ootuiuodioM '
|V h?*u?o l?*f Jum boon cimiplctwi, mid *111 be open for the ro- *'
option of g?X>U mi the 23J i?mt. This house will abound with coin I
equal iu every rc*poit to any bouMt iu thU or nny other city, i;
The bar will be iui^M with the bent of liquors at all time*. I liavo ^
\fr i ' Mini ' " I ?utl - II|K r lilt.. Ill l 'If I. llo
In w?ll ku?>?* a to th? truvclltiiK rofiinnifiH) Til Kimmell Hou?? U 0
, mtu.ti-d on <C atroet, between 4>a and 1Mb ?trcett, hi the Immediate I
vUhnty of the National Hold, ami ne.ir the railroad depot. H,
A V. KIM MUX, tTnprtctor. f
Nov 19?lye K. V. CA M I'llKIX, .^iiporlnteii-lent. *
. t
MANSION HOUSK,
FORMKRI.Y TWO FIIHHT IIOtlSK, c
Near . rner of K n?6 l"?nrt' nth ctreei., J|
rw r tf WAWiN'nToN, n. f u
? I
WANTKO.?A Spaninh RPntlPinan wlnhni to rivp
pnvtiral !? *<?? In dpnni.h in eiehanre f-T ?atn? In Italian n
and <Wm?n with any gentleman or gentlemen nonreraaait with ItiMM R
langnagea. Ifla nddr??? nut he aarwrUlned at the T>len "dice.
Jan id dtf If
Basijtn
"UHIKTT, THR UNION.
lSHINGTON CITY, FKII
NATURALIZED VOTERS IN MASSACHUSETTS
SPEECH OF MR. JOHN C. TUCK KR,
or nosroN.
In the Manachu?itts house of representative*, on JTrii?y.
February , there wag a on the question of
adoring to a thiol rustling the following resolve pro.
iding for an amendment of the constitution :
No pun** of foreign blrlb *b*U bo tmUtlsd U> yuUe. H shall b?
ligibloto otttrr, onio n ho -hull have rorlded witbln the jurisdiction of
he United Htote. fhr two y?ar* onli ni|?n> to hi' nsluntiimbw, and
lull be oUwrwfs-' <|u*iift"<tl snconilng to the eounlituLon sod i*.? uf
bin C'uHuiioaiwoallh . J'rvnded, Ttiol lino aineintiBoni 'hull not
the i the rights w hich any p?r?ou of foreign birth possessed at llw
line of the adoption thereof A n>l pro- ided further, that If "ball not
Serf lb" rights of nnjr ?hlld of a rtll/on horn during the temporary
tuenoe if the parent abroad.
Mr. John C. Tuckkh, of lloaton, spoke as follows :
Mr. Sjieaker: I expected, sir, to hear Irom the coiunitlee,
who reported this amendment, some substantial
easomt why suclt an imjiortant provision should he imtodled
in the constitution of Massachusetts. Bat wh it
Ingle weighty reason luts been given to this house for
tnlMxIylng in the constitution of Massachusetts an aaoendnaat
so proscriptive, m> unjust, and so persecuting to a
arge portiou of your own Hush and blood, notwithstanding
that you so often boost of your Anglo-Saxon descent ?
am astonished to hear the puny and pretended reasons
vhicli have been given for this wanton innovation ; but,
ilr, as long as tlu> gentleman (Mr. llicc, of Worcester) has,
for the want of better, assigned such reasons, the house
will excuse me If 1 follow hiui and comment a little upon
hem.
1 wish the house to bear in mind that this amendment
,s here in u peculiar tmtnucr. Why is it introduced ? It
s the business of the committee to show the necessity of
t. How have they shown it ? Why, the gentleman
lulls vou. that if vou look into one of vour courts a few
111 Ilonton thirty-throe year* ; I have a family here, and
xpect to live here the remainder of my day*, if 1 am not
liiven out of it by such bigotry and persecution as this
proponed meaauro. I have some small prO|>orty here ;
though I am taxed enough for that, [hnughtcr] lint I
must confess tlint I never expected to see the elective
franchise abused as it was in the last election. What 1
Mtv I know ; and I mint thank the gentleman for affording
me an opportunity to tell it. Talk about abuses of
the elective franchise! Why, air, I have seen men?native-born
Americans?dragged from gambling-house* ; I
have seen men?no, boys nineteen years of age?go up
to the polls and vote ; I have seen the filth of North
itreet, the gambling-rooms, and the lewd dance-halls,
(craped together, to elevate a certain person to the position
of rncrnlicr of Congress. 1 say I have seen this ; I
(ay 1 know it. Was it the "ignorant adopted dUscn"
who was found there? Not nt nil.
Why, sir?though I regret to say it?I have also heard,
an good authority, what will make this house almost
diudder?and I refer to tlie public press of Boaton to
l>ear me out in the statement?that the very judge on the
trench did leave a court of justice, and go down?down
.veil to Clash's Saloon in North street?to make political
apirai Mr hik tavorit-c cnncliuatc lor congress. |Bensation.J
If it had been a poor adopted citizen who did
that, what a hoc and cry there would l>c ! But I defy
my man on this floor to show mo where a foreigner
ilaiscd tho voting privilege in the last election, I was
there, and know all ahout it. I could go further. I have
?aid that the lowest places were raked anil scraped for
roterH to elect a certain republican leader to Congress.
More than thut ; those very men were bought and
paid fur to go to the jaills and answer to names upon
the check-list of some who were dead, and others who
were serving out their sentence in our criminal institutions.
It happened to be my good or had luck to he
present at one of the votiug place* ; and I had to send
For eight additional policemen, because the design beanie
apparent that these men were going to snateh the
ballot-boxes in the probable event of the democratic canlidate
being elected. [Sensation.] The ollicers of that
ward can certify to the truth of what I say. Now, will
the gentleman show me when and where, in the history
if Massachusetts, frauds like these wero perpetrated, or
the integrity of the ballot-box threatened by adopted citizens
? It cannot In; done. In view of these facts, I
think, Sir. Speaker, it ill becomes the gentleman from
Worcester to charge abuses of tlie elective franchise ujxm
dopted citizens, while tlie conduct of supporters of this
measure, in attaining their own party ends, hns sounded
the lowest depths of political degradation and infamy,
lot them, sir. come before this house with clean hands,
liefore attempting, 011 the miserable plea of abuse of prerogative,
to disfranchise or abridge the political rights of
iny class of their fellow-citizens.
Having said so much, sir, upon the arguments ndluccd
from the purity of elections, 1 think tire burden of
proof is still upon the gentleman to show the abuses that
idoptcd citizens have committed upon the right of sufrage.
Having signally failed to show this, why insist
ipon this amendment 1 I think 1 speak to commonlense
men, and I trust T s|wak to charitable men ;?and
f I did not think so, I would not have the confidence to
ipouk here, situated as 1 am, and in the party that 1 lrcong
to. I know tho republican party in this house are
ill powerful ; but that is no reason why they should not
le just. Where, sir, Is the danger to lie apprehended
roui this ingress of adopted citizens f lot us examine
lie matter. I-ook at the history of Massachusetts, and
vtiat do you And 1 1 think I will start with a few sta.istics
for the benefit of members who have not read the
itate census, and I will show you how the matter stands
vtth reference to the proportion of native to the foreignjorn
population The census of 18.15 gives the number
if native -born at 888,579 ; the foreign population as
141,203. The gentleman allodial to Boston. By the
ame census the native population of Boston was 76,922,
he foreign imputation- don't lie alarmed?86,507, nut
ncludirig the children of foreigners over 21 years of age.
M not the gentleman who reported this hill alarmed at
lratf And yet these 24.1,000 foreigners are represent
u un iuc iiuui ui hi in uuuw uj iiuv ib niugiu hiciiiim-i .
''roio bin oxeellency down to the very bum blent mreepur
ii thin building, my life upon it, you will not tind a [mton
of foreign birtli in the pay of the Massachusetts govrauient.
And out of a population of bo,000 foreigners
11 Boston to 75,000 natives, hut one of the former has a
eat on this floor. h uut that/ni/ht/nlf [Laughter ] Does
hat ?how an intention on the part of the adopted citizens
o mono|H>Uaa the political power? If there ivaa such un
ntention. would not the 215,000 adopted citizens In the
bite avail themselves of their numerical strength to Retire
a I otter representation in the State government f
ind yet you arc alarmed about their suffrage It is an
inr-oinmnn thing to sou a foreign citizen on a jury. Why,
lien, is this apprehension? I nan see no reason for it,
rid no rational one has been given. And if therein
one, what Is the necessity of poisoning the mind* of
hont 300,000 indirkiwols- of insulting, persecuting, ami
rneeribing the"-. in ttila eo*r?rdly manner? In four
leys before election, you will nee a body of men getting
>ut their naturalization pajH-rs. But what of thatIt
it the right which the law and the constitution have givsn
them. It In for the committee to show that the right
'ias been tihusnl; ami that Is the question, una the only
me, for tills hoiiHo to consider. These men huve mi
mdoubtod riyht to l>e naturalized, uod the only question
Is, hue this tight been perverted from its pro|>er use or
icsign if And what does the gentleman show in tlds connection
That on the eve of un election these alleged
very ignorant men are culled up to vote (or some favorite
'uudidatc under the direction of some favorite leader.
I want to know if the gentlrmun himself does not sail
under a leader. lit does uot originate anything himself;
not even this amendment; but he follows hie |mrty and
liis party leaders both in and out of the house. I doubt,
llr. Speaker, whether the gentleman would dure to express
an inde]iendent opinion upon any subject would
rentute even to change his hoarding-house, his parson,
ris tailor, or his barber, without consulting his party
leaders. Don't tbey instruct hiiu what tradesmen, wluit
;burchcs, and what theatres to patronize .' and dou't he
lo as they tell him, like a faithful, docile, and obedient
party drudge, us ho is! I appeal to the shrewd theatrical
manager and member from Boston to say if this is not
the literal fact. And yet lie tinds fault with the "ignorant
Irish" because thti/ follow the lead of designing men ! I
ink the gcutleiiinu to prove to this house the ubuse of
I hat constitutional privilege on their port more thuu on
liis. lias he attempted itf No, sir, he dare not.
Mr. Speaker, the gentleman has drawn from me, or
nill draw from me, the use of some strong language ;
but every word I say will be true. Everything which
1 lei! you of hiut been witnessed by myself and many
ttbrri.
The gentleman has gone into the elections for argument
; well, let me follow him, nnd let us see the comparative
abuses by this foreign population. I have lived
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AW "* TMB CONSTITUTION."
)AY, FEBRUARY 18, 181
| rmiU of Ux>hit t)k iuki|4?d rltium Imto (be win
power in their hands. They might hare aeut eight re
nMMitativtn t<> tlil* hotter. They have returned one.
! that au abuse of the iraU'kiae I How ie it in the oomim
; oounoil of IVebni f 'l'hey could have elected eiateen met
{ ben there ; hut hew luauy have they chowrn from Hit
own rank* f Tiiey haw breu content to take only tbi
of the sixUwu to which they were rutitled, i* not th
I rtting tbi. hotiM- an example of generowity and forbra
; anoe f I am Kind that thi* apn it animate# the adept,
citizen*, and i trust it will always do *o ; and in retur
and when this iiomte *ecs> how the matter stand*, 1 tru
it will not press this amendment.
Hen will go to tlie pill* and vote lor Homebody , au<
I air, the choiee of tlie adopted citizen, when he come*
j tbh country, is limited to two parties. He ia forceti
I take one able <>r the other ; and he hold* 011 to the o
| faith, the g'*?l obi democratic faith. Why, air, from tl
j Very first 1 "resident, Washington, down to the promt
I the adopted citl?eiia alwaya gave their zutVragc fordeui
eratlc principle* and democratic men And what reum
liave they lit regret it ! It the gentleman from Woroe
ter can ah aw why they ahould regret it, or why tl
country should regret It, then there muy lie a roaaon f
tiiU amendment. They have alwaya espoused the can
of democratic men and measures, nnd what elae h
brought thl* country to the proud poaition that it ore
plea?-the wonder and admiration of the civllisi*! world
but dctuocratie men and democratic principlu* Arc >
I indebted to tlie pdii y <>I the elder Adam* for any it
1 proveraeut in tlie government, or increase in the pre
I pority of thin country ? Had the alien aud sedition ho
I of lii* administration been eurried out and perpetuated
i tlie spirit wf that day, I would like to aak whore ne
| would lie our patriotic pride and national progress ? I r
l>eat, that from Washington down to the present udmi
Utrution, the adopted citizen is always found in our p
litical annals closely allied with democratic principles ai
democratic men. Aud would you persecute them for tliu
for making this country what it is to day f
Hut let us reverse the picture, and in sober cuuiestnr
1 put this cuestion to the heart of every honest repu
licun here?if you could but cajole tlie adopted citlzi
to vote for republican leaders and republican principle
would you put this proposed amendment into the co
stitution' Is there u man of you licre who, in thut caj
would for a moment tolerate it ' Then, Mr. Speaker, t
low me to say, that notwithstanding the strength of t
1 republican party in this house, 1 cannot believe them
; dishonest a* to be guilty of putting that uuiendiuent up
| the cuiistitutiou of Ma-suchuactts when it cotues to
Vote. What would be its effect? It Would poison t
minds aud alienate the hearts of those three hitndr
thousand adopted citizens of Massachusetts, without d
I ing oue particle ot good.
Has not the constitution already hem tinkered enoug
without piling more useless rubbish upon its uufortunn
[ sliouidcrs! A year ago a needless innovation in tlie slia
' Of an amendment was piled on its hack, viz : that t
citizen should lie able to write his name and read t
constitution before lie was entitled to vote. Now aiiotli
political disahility must be heaped on the adopted ci
j zcn, 0oui|*?lHug lii in to reside in the Stuto two years <tj
he becomes 4 Citizen before lie can vote. When laws a
made the supposition is that they are not only to
obeyed, but also to lie respected. Does this house 1
one moment (latter itself thut tlie 300,000 ]>cnple in tl
Shite, which this amendment is intended to insult, ci
; be forced to respect her constitution with sucli a pr
| vision engrafted upon it t If it does, permit trie to si
they may tind themselves mistaken. The legislature
Massachusetts has already set the example to the adopt
I citizens, of despising and disrespecting such portions
the laws and constitution of the United States as a
i found disagreeable and unpalatable to the political at
religious taste of New England. In the face of these n
toriotls facts, what right has Massachusetts to cull up
adopted citizens to respect hot"own unjust and tyrannic
laws, while she herselt spits upon the laws and eonstit
tion of the Orrlted State*' Does she forget that It is
| poor rule that don't work both ways f I* consistency
blind to the madness and mcnrinor* of party drill ?
Sir, you characterize the fugitive slave law as ai Intra
and oppressive, though it lias the sanction of the bight
constitutional authority. You do not scruple to spit
ami spit upon it, to practically nullify it by your loglri
tion, and by putting every possible impediment in tl
way of its execution, because, you Ray, it Involve* i
unwarrantable and unnecessary infringement of the righ
of those who sock protection and freedom |>enenth tl
broad .d'igis of Massachusetts' sheltering sovercignt
Hut if, with sacrilegious hands, you commit tins outra;
upon the constitution of Massachusetts, nml upon tl
rights of those who arc protected by it in the onjoymei
of the most precious privilege of citizenship, will you 11
give them the same ground of complaint, the same pi
for resistance and ap|>caling to a "higher law,'' that y
now make use of to repudiate this offensive act of tl
federal legislature ? Is it so criminal, so wicked, to r
claim a negro fugitive from labor, and yet no hnrdshi
no oppression, to disfranchise a white man?one of yo
own blood nml race, and a naturalized citizen of the
United States f Sir, if you proceed to consummate tl
great wrong, hike core that your victims do not steal
loaf from your own favorite hook of nullification !
Mr. Speaker, 1 regret the zeal manifested by Govern
Hanks ami his partisans in pressing this infamous amen
ment, the more because it revives a foul stain alrcai
fixiol upon the escutcheon of Massachusetts which mig
otherwise be overlooked or forgotten. It is an endors
ment of another act of acknowledged infamy. Sir, the
is within sight of Bunker Hill another famous emincn
I (Mount Benedict,) crowned by the mouldering ruins of
once-flourishing religious seminary?the one bearing tl
I proud monument of our country's civil and religious frc
dom ; the other, alas ! of her worse than southern cliai
| urid slavery?giving the lie direct to her boasted eiviliz
[ tion, Christianity, and liberal principles. Would it n
| have been more worthy and becoming in his exeellenc
i instead of proposing to rekindle sectarian feuds anil n
j lionul prejudiced, had he suggested to the legislature tl
I propriety of adopting soiim measure whereby that fir
and damning stain upon the character and history
Massachusetts' might be removed Could he not pe
ceive yonder majestic shaft of his country's pride ai
honor tremble and totter from its base to its apex wil
shame, sorrow, and humiliation, when it bcliolda, ulmo
I by its side, and in solemn mockery, that horrid spectre
Massachusetts bigotry and intolerance' Mr. Speaker, the
are wounds that can never tie healed ; nut charit
and patriotism, at. least, should allow them to fester
i silence without tearing theiu open and pouring in tl
pi.i- a nf reiterated Injury and insult. Let his exccllcni
taae timely warning by the fate of his illustrious prod
j censor. He, too, took pride and pleasure in proscribe
the adopted citizen. What lias the Commonwealth, wh
[ has Governor Gardiner himself, gained by this dastard
conduct ? He has received, and he has merited, tlieco:
tempt of every liberal and high-minded citizen, whoth
native or adopted. At this moment even his former sa
ellitos distrust, hate, and despise him. And if man
black ingratitude lie so hateful among nun, and so od
j ous in the sight of Heaven as to make the angels hi us
J his excellency should have paused and considered th?
facts liefoie recommending this amendment.
The pro|Hisition before the house, Mr. Speaker, remim
me of a countryman of mine, who was going down
market ; and, seeing a very gixxl-natured dog, he lool
ed at him, and took up a cleaver and killed him. Tl
butcher who owned the animal says, '"Von scoundrel
why did you kill luy dog * L>id he bite you ?" "No,
replied the man. "Hid he snarl nt you f" "No ; Is
then^ you know, perhap. he might 1" [laughter.] Y(
have not shown that the adopted citizens have done yt
any injury, or ever threatened any. On the oontrar;
they have hel|xxl to make the country what is is. lh
yet you would kill them, because you pretend to 1
afraid they will harm you.
I would not engender bitter feelings upon this (jnestic
in the breasts of adopted citizens. Hut. suppose they ri
move entirely out of the State. The native horn an
II... f..reien iumiil.itInn in <l.. ir in.liwtii.il miniums in
precisely like oil and wausr in a tumbler ; the native-bor
being tbu oil, and the foreign tb? water. Take away tl
water, and wlint. becomes of the. oil It falls to the 1k>
torn, of couTae. Ami in that cvont the untive-liorn cit
ai'iih would be found carrying the hod, digging the drain
doing all the hard work, and sacrificing not ouly the
ease and comfort, but their health and constitution
When the foreigners were gone, you would not have 1
complain so much of your alms-houses and asylums i
now. Why J ltecause they had to do the drudgery, an
by hard lalmr have broken down their constitutions, t
that as a last, resort after a weary life of ill-requited to
for the public benefit, they must go to the alms-house \
die. Their oitiaenRMp is a benefit to you more than I
them. II they should leave the State in oomeqoenee <
Union,
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59. TWO CENTO.
j in
ie bring disfranchised, not only your induatrhl interests J
j>- would suffer, bat your physical <-onstitutions would be i
J* broken dowu, mul you would l? the p,a|xn tboi.
>u Without intending to depreciate the genius and talents j
a- of any memtier of ibis house, you will allow me to tug
;ir gml that the Commonwealth would Ire n< ne the loser, It
ee some of us should take the plaee of those humble hodat
i-artier* who daily contribute to its substantial wealth and !
#- prosperity. [laughter]
m1 1 have hnaid flattering allusions to his excellency's ivin,
dress. When I heard the gentleman froiu Ncwburyport
si speak of it as he dill, iu the the highest terms, I did not j
compare it to the play of Hamlet with the part of Hamlet 1
d, left out, but it reminded me of a famous painter who
to was once engaged to jaunt a jricture for a church. The l
to subject assigned by the elders of the church was the Red j
Id sea, witli tits Israelites passing over, aud the Kgypthms i
He in full pursuit. The picture was painted , the elders ot
t, the church and the congregation ware called together to
o- examine it. It was hung up in its place covered with a
>n thin veil, and all was ready. Tho veil was drawn, but
is- on the picture was represented nothing hut the water,
lie They asked him, "Where are the Israelites V "O," says
or he, "they are passes 1 over." "Then," says the shrewd Re
est of the ciders, "where ore the Egyptian* ?" "Oh,
as they are all drowned." [Much merriment.] Well, sir,
u- in rending that address, I could not help thinking his
? excellency passed over the republicans, and that the
re Americans, with Governor Gardner at their head, were
n- all drowned. [Great laughter.] That, sir, was the way
w- I reasoned, flow the poor know-nothings will get out of
as it, I don't know ; but I suppose, in all iris excellency's
in charity, he thought he would do something for them, if
iw any of them happened to escape and reach the shore,
e- And so he recommends this amendment to the oonstitun
tion, and he thought if they hadn't a most awful appeo
tite, that ought to satisfy theui. [Renewed laughter.]
id Me says, "I res[>ectfully but earnestly recommend your
it, concurrence In this amendment, so that it may l>e submitted
to the people for their upproval or rtjtdion." If
m that ninuiicr of endorsement be any comfort to them, I
b- am glad of it.
en 1 remember, sir, when John Randolph was minister to
is, Russia, that in his absence a Mr. Everett, a representan
live in Congress from Vermont, took it upon himself to
ie, charge Mr. Randolph with being unkind and unfriendly
it- to the Irish adopt d citizens. When Mr. Randolph re- j
be turned and took ins place ujion the tioor of the House of
so Representatives, he took Mr. Everett to task for charging
an him with that of which he was never guilty ; and 1 rea
member the fatuous words he used on that occasion :
lie " Mr. Speaker, I have seen strange and wonderful tilings
ed in my day ; 1 have even seen a black swan and a white
lo- crow ; but I have never seen an Irish tory."
1, too, sir, llave lived to see as strange things us Mr.
h, | Randolph , I have lived to sue il young ipau, a few yeurs
>te ago, ail aspirant for political fame, go from cabin to cabin ,
pe amongst the poor, unsophisticated Irisli?not a thousand
lie miles from Boston ami solicit votes from house to house j
be to help him to ride into political power. In the absence j
er of the po- r husband, at his day's labor, he would occa- j
ti- sioually take advantage of his absence, and sit in converter
sation with the wife of the poor man. He would even
re condescend, in all his kindness, to take upon his knee j
lie tiie liuhe of the elector. He was not very particular, j
or either, whether the face was well cleaned, but was sure |
lis I to plant u kiss upon bis cheek [Laughter.] If it was n '
mi boy, this young liiuti would always wind up by saying, j
w- " How inuch like your father you look !" If it was a lit- j
?y tie girl?how much like the mother ! He would depart, i
of The husband who had a vote would come home. The j
ed wife would say : " Do you know who was here t" "No, 1
of who was it?" " Oh, such a nice young man !" "What 1
.re did he want?" "He wants your vote to-morrow." 1
id j "My vote to-morrow f" "Ves," Bays the wife, i
o- J " didn't he kiss little Mickey on the cheek, and say he j
in | was like his father t" [Laughter.] I don't know, Mr.
ml ! Speaker, what profound logic was in that, hut at all
u- j events he would lie sure to get the vote to-morrow. I I '
a don't know whether the gentleman from Worcester ,
so would say that was an abuse of the franchise. [Laugh- i
i ter.] Now, this Is what 1 would come at : Suppose it
ry were possible for that young man to rise step by step,
st , and that he should become governor of some of our dism
tant Slates. [laughter ] Suppose he were to recommend
a- to his legislature the passage of a measure like this,
be would it not bo as strange a thing as ever .lolin Randolph
in saw ? 1 think it would. I do know that our good govits
ernor of this State would blush at the idea of that. God 1 '
be forbid that be should be capable of meanness like that! I
y. He knows better ! It isn't in him. [Great merrimont.] 1
|e But, sir, T suppose I lmvc lived to see stranger tilings
ho ! than that. I have regrotted to see what I have seen. I
nt | have regretted to see it for the sake of humanity. If j
ot there lie one crlinc in the catalogue of criminality, the
ea worst of all, and the meanest of all, I hold it to lie black >
on | ingratitude.
ie i Airain I ask this house if tliev have nnv reasons fur
c- engrafting this amendment on the constitution, and tie- j
p, grading and insulting ho many good and loyal citizens ?
ur You scarcely know who or how many people you do thus
se insult, or upon what devoted heads this sweeping thunds
derbolt may fall. Talk about the Anglo-Saxon race. It
a is an exploded fiction. At this day there is no such
thing. Again I ask, why put this s igma on so many I
or citirons! Does not the Commonwealth nocd the g<x>d (
d- will and the good offices, the social and political oo-ope- I
ly ration of all her children, native and adopted f Can she I
ht afford to make enemies of any class of them ? Mr. Speak- ,
ie- cr, 1 would remind this house that the Irish adopted eiti- ' i
re zens have strong interests and attachments in this free
cc country. The English government has I teen in the habit
a j of persecuting the Irish race ; but, however the latter
he ] may have suffered, their persecutors have gained nothing
e- by it. The Irish will hide their time ; and then they (
ns will strike a blow that England can never recover from,
a- I trust that time is not far distant. Years ago they were
ot driven from England to France, Germany, and Spain hy
y, the foulest persecution. In France they formed thuma
selves Into military companies, regiments, and brigades,
he well versed in the scienco of arms ; and I suppose no- '
ul i body here wi|l hesitate to give them the credit of knowof
i ing at least how to fight when duty called. I think the
:r- gentleman from Newbury port will bear me out in that
id claim. Well, iicing thus organized in the armies of
th France, in 1745 the battle of Fontenoy took place.
>st George the Second commanded the English. The fortune
of of the day was turned in favor of the French under Mar- <
re shal Saxe, the English being dispersed and awfully heat- 1
y, en. The King said to his aids, "Who are these that
in ! make such inroads upon my army?" "They arc the
lie j Irish, my liogc." He paused, and, after a minute or i
ey | two, exclaimed : "Cursed he the laws that deprived me '
e- of such subjects!"
ig ; Mr. Speaker, I hope the day will lie far distant when
at I Massachusetts will be in a position to need the military
ly assistance of these 300,000, or perhaps 1,000,000 foreign n
ers. Wo hear on all sides the sound of disunion. God
er j forbid that I should live to see that day ; hut supposing
,t- ; it should come, and that Massachusetts stood alone, can
i's she, in the nature of men's feelings, expect that these
li- j men, whom she is now about to proscribe, will rush to
li, | her assistance ? Man is not like the spaniel which licks
se the foot that kicks him. Pass this pros- iipljve law, and
J if there was a possibility of Massachusetts standing alone '
Is in such a crisis, we would he no longer accountable to i
to Massachusetts, lint evorv man of lis would either stand
k- | aloof or light upon his own hook in behalf of political i
ic | justice, equality, and right. Do you suppose, sir, that 1
! would rush to the standard of the State that would put j
" that ignominious mark of political disability and interior- |
it j Ity upon me f It would uot be the impulse of nature, of
>u i honor, or of patriotism. Do that which you will not ;
>u 1 hereafter be ashamed of ; show these uicu that you are j
(\ ] willing they should have the rights and privileges of | 1
it I citizenship ; and iu your hour of need or peril they will
>e 1 not prove ungrateful.
Why should you turn against us when your great in- i
in (crests are identical with ours ! The true policy of Alas- i
e- { aachusetts and the country is to reject ail sucli proacrip- |
id tive legislation. What will you lose by equality and uni- I ,
re i versal sutfnigc f (>>nie party will be down. The adopt- i
n e<l citizens must choose between them. 1 think you will 1
ie agree with inn that the country will be safe whatever *
t- party they may oo-opurute with. I ask you to look again
1- to the necessity of avoiding this persecution of a Urge
s, and influential, as well as honest class, Flits foreign popir
illation of iiostou and the State, ill forty-eight hours from ?.
the time 1 now oocupy ill addressing you on this import- | r
to ant subject, if driven by persecution, oouid liaukrupt this I
is wh?le State. It is true ; the gentleman from Ixiwell (Mr
d Wentworth) admits the fact Do you want thrift pushed
si to that extremity f Pursue a rat, anil, if the reptile
11 baa no hole to get out of, the instinct of liU nature will
! prompt him to turn and Aght his enemy,
to | Mr. Speaker, 1 did not expect to take up anything like
if | the time that I have consumed with my erode and nnpre- j
Ipirlil Hallo* to ?Utrtl?r*
f-?;a>?a| to wj-frtpikfli null * *a*4* Invariably I* *?* **, * .
It* pa v ,il *iw*>. k dtsaootoapd >1 km eipirriiau ?r Ik* p*ri*4
I h or bed to untos ren-wrd Y-uew will be give* to subecrlbar*
<! MM suhaartpMons Mr about to r*yw?.
ltemi Inner* hp nail wilt bo M the rMfc *f *ah***to*a, and Mt
tf tb- publisher of the I'aloa.
iutim or anvnrmrno
square 1 lap . g* MM square I Month# ?*
<l<> I waafc Ill 1 la 1 month*
itn 1 week* I 00 1 do S mouths
1* 1 mouth Hn|i do 1 poor Mto
Klgbt line* or l*aa make a square, longer advertisement* la aaac
wopnrtkm, and all payable In advance. Idvettbtnab utlarad In
vice or thrice a mrok will bochaajail a;>a a**U par n?ata to **oh
Mort on after the drat. Advertisement* onoe a weak In the daily, M
enu per aqoare to each Innortlan. bp octal nntooo ?n*rg*d triable
be foregoing rotor.
|tared remark*, but I hope thin houoo will ghro OM
I he credit of IwJievlog that I do uot nak thuui to role
gainst thi* .amendment for political effect. I am look
log to the future. It lit of but little consequence to moot
>f u< which party in up or down in this Htattc ; but it in
ilway* well to look to it that we do nothing to alienate
rom the State the feeling* and ailoctiona and strength of
i whole population. Let one and all do this : lore and
eapcct the Colon ; do onto other* as you would that
:hcy should do unto you, and God will lore you, and
four fcMow-inen honor and omulate your noble exuiiple.
.
pBOITOAlfi FOR CURBING, RAVING, Ac.
Uxvons Orrto.
Washington, Krbruary "ltftM.
llttnnham wilt lie received at this ofltfl* uplo 11 o'clock, m , on
he Hili day of March iwii, tor grading, trimming, curbing and laying
lie brick hi'I Ha f.sdivay* and paving Uic gutters and alleys In Iho
'It.i ami .-fecund wards .4 lie city,farming une district; to ?h? Third
kud Fourth wards, farming 111'- aecnad district ; and the Fifth, rllxtb,
mil .-fevnuth ward*, farming Uic lliiril district, (each district to lie bid
hr a -paraiely, and lu lie given Ui different oontraolarp,) to llie year
HiRlini-nrjng till. 1st day uT April, 18.MI, agreeably to the fallowing
IH ciiII aUm* :
rhc curbstone lo lie of the lion! New York rlyrr ourtsdon*,
ir tile kril blue ruek, In piece* of not to* than three feet long, ami
lot torn than sixteen Inches wide, and not Ion* than three ami shall'
nchet In Ihlckneat ; thu upp-r Hurfaoe or edge and a aulhcicut depth
herefrom lo receive the brick* to be lire..ell to that thlckne*', ami
'< 1 in and well rammed m 1 In- proper grade, and the joint* well (Mied
Tile brick to lie of the Ileal t|uull1y hard red |Kiving brick, to lie
aid on a bed of sharp river 'and, spread ftmr lucnes deep una bed 01*
hie clean gravel, free icool clay or loafii, IIIrto- luclie* deep, wllh Iwo
*mr.c. on edge next lo the curb, and one course on edge lo the In
aer line where the pavement Is less than the full wldtli. No extra
measurement Mir brick on edge will be uiede.
The alone pavement to lie of cominou quarts, nut exceeding tor
nolle* In diameter, except the atone on the out-lde hue of the gutters,
which must be of six Inches in diameter, laid on a bed of coarse aand
Mul clean grovel free from clay or loam, at leu.I nine inches deep,
uid to bo Iwkto well rammed, the second time after being wrell wet ;
imt after being examluvd, iMid uot before, by the Commt*?luuer,to be
overed w ith Hue clean gravel or coarse sand, and the Interstice* beIw
cen the *taa*> wrell tilled wlUt Ibc same material
The llagglog I* to In: of Ibe best quality blue rock or gneiss, or New
York North river Hugging, lu piece* of not loss than two fool six
Inches long by eighteen Inches wide, and not lea* than three Inches
thick fur th i blue rock or gneiss, and not less than four Inches thick
tor the New York Nin th river stone, to be laid on a bed of Hue ctoen
travel, free from clay or loam, or sharp sand, six Inches deep, with
dose JoiulM.
All grading not exceeding one fool, to be rated a* trimming.
The work lo he done in the best maimer and to the sated iction of
llie Mayor, uud to be commenced within ten days after the order le
given to the contractor, and to bo oomph'led within the time named
II the urtb'r directing It to be dune, and warranted to aland twelve
mouths after Its completion. And upon thu failure of the contractor
jt contractor* to commence the work or to complete It wilhm the Uuio
named. or uihjii his or their failure to execute the work or the male
rial*,and in the manuer herein required, tho Mayor to have the right
if employing other per.-on* to do the rami), upon such terms a* ho
may doein expedient ; in which event tho contractor or contractor*
u) tailing nhull pay any loss or damage tho corporation may sustain
in eous<N|uenee thereof.
Auy repairs or relaying which muy be required before the expira
lion of tho time for which the work is warranted to stand to be done
by the contractor free of charge within live days after notice.from
the Commit* ion or of Improvement* of the ward ; and upon failure of
my contractor or contractor* to make any repair* or to relay nay
pavement within live day* after notice aforesaid, tho Mayor I* to have
tho right of employing any other person or person* to do the same on
mcli terms as he may deem expedient; in which event the contractor
r contractors *o failing shall pay any loss or damage the corporation
may sustain in consequence thereof.
Bidder* will also take notice that the contractors will be required to
oinply strictly with the terms of the coutraet and the provisions of
the law.
For the due performance of the work and the furnishing of the ma
ferial* u* herein required bond and security to tho uinonut of tw/o
thousand dollars will be required of the contractor*.
The bidder* will state tho rates at which the curbing, paving, and
lagging will be executed, including materials.
For selling new curb of New York North rivor curbstone, j*r
running foot
For Uotfluy Mv curb of blue rock or gneiAft, per running foot.
For laying now brick pavetneut, i?er square vnrd.
F??f laying now stone pavement, per square yard.
For grading, (whether excavating or lUling,) per cubic yard.
For trimming, per running foot.
For spout guttc, per foot.
For Laying down blue rock flagging, per square foot.
For laying down New York North river flagging, per aquam foot.
For laying live courses of brick on idge, in gutter*, and alloys, per
running loot.
At the ruio< at which the following work, exclusive of materials, ex
opt the gravel and mind which may he require*! :
For setting new curb, including dressing, per running foot.
For laying new brk-k pavement, |*?r square yard.
For taking up and relaying old brick pavement, per square yard.
For taking up and resetting old curb, per running foot.
For taking up and relaying old stone pavomeu^, per square yard.
For t iking tip and relaying old flag footway, per square foot.
No bid will be received which do??s not, include an oH'ir for each
irp ir.Ue item of work and materials.
Contracts will not bo assignable.
By law tho Mayor is prohibited from awarding contracts for the
ilmvo work to any person or persons who are not practical paver*.
JAMF* 0. BER.'tKT,
Feb 10?2awMar8 Mayor.
pilOrOBALB FOR WELLS, PUMPS, &c.
Mayor's Gmos,
Washington, February 8, I860.
I'HACOMa in writing will bo rorelvod at this ofllee up to 12
'clock, m., on tho 8tli day of March next, for making pump*, by
Irnnts, logs for conveying water, ami for sinking wells, including all
leeeasary materials and workmanship, in digging, laying, liXing, and
vimpletlng in lilt' best manner, and for keeping the same in perfect
epalr lor constant use In the first district, oom|>osed of the first and
lecond wards ; and in the sooood district, composed of tlie Third,
fourth, and Seventh wards ; and iu the third district, composed of
he Kirili and Sixth wards, (each district to be bid for separab ly, and
o be given to dlfltercnt contractors,) for the term of one year, commencing
on the llrst day of April, 18.W, agreeably to the following
i peel Oration*. No bid Trom any but a pracooil putnp-iiutKer win oe
:onsid?red, and the contractor will be required to conform rigidly.
FOR WKLLS.
Digging and walling wells, including materials and removing the
lirt, per loot, lineal. The walls to be lour inches thick, of good hard
brick.
Cleaning out wells, each.
Sinking old wells deeper, per foot.
Taking out old well* and putting in same, per foot.
Ones of eight foot length, do
Cases more than eight feet length, do
Covering new wells, lucluding materials ; tho covering lobe of beat
Eastern .Shore joint., not leas than throe Inches thick, laid double.
Paving new wells, including brick and pump-atone.
Opodiig old wells and covering same with old materials, each.
Opening old wells and covering samo with new timber.
FOR PUMPS.
Keeping the pump* in repair, vis : stopping all leaks, Jtc., when M
an bo douo without taking out the pump, each.
Taking out and putting in old pumpe, per log, each.
Making now Joints in old logs.
New logs put in old pump, per foot.
New boxen and spouts iu old pumps, each.
New pumps, per foot.
Boxes and spout* for new pumps, each.
Copper chambers for pumps. J
All top pieces to square 14 inches, clear of sap, of t'te best white
?ak, and fourteen feet long. Lower timber to be 11 inches in dlame
nr. All top plecoi to have three coats of paint.
FOR HYDRANTO.
Keeping the hydrant* iu repair, via : stopping all leaks, kc., all
lew valves and spouts, and repairing the old ones, and repsiring the
?ld iroii< belonging to them, when it can bo done without taking the
Hydrant out, each.
Taking out hydrants and putting in saine, each.
New hydrants, per foot.
Spout* for hydrant*, each.
SjMMit stono*, each.
Ik.itiitlii)C pump?* and hydrant* three rout*, *nrh.
Didfl will he received for hydrant* from practical plumber*.
IRON WORK.
Handles, axle*, spears, phi ten, hinds, and repairs, per pound.
H|K>utatid lower box-Irons for pump*, each.
New joint* to old -pears.
Now spout ami valve-Irons for hydrants.
Tho work and the material* to be nil of the best quality jot their reipoctlve
kind*.
No offer will be received thut Is not made by a practical pump
uaker.
O attract* will not be assignable.
Tlio person or persons whose offer may be accepted will bo required
lo enter into bond for one thouHaml dollars, with two good sureties,
:<niditloned fbr the fnlthftil performance of hi* or tholr contract ; and
ihould any contractor or contractor* hill or refuse to comply with any
if the condition* or term* of hi- or their contract,or to execute any
vork within tho time namiMl in the. order id the ('ommirodoncr direct
ny it to he done, tho Mayor is authorised to employ any nth'-r perion
or peraumi to execute the same or to furnish the materials upon
iih Ii term* a* be may doein expedient ; in which event the contractor
ir oontraotors so failing shall be responsible to this corporation for
my km* or damage l? may sustain thereby, and the Mayor may at bk?
ilacrt tioo annul the rxmtract of such contractor or oontraotors
Keh 10?4a w Mar 8 J AM EH (i. HERRET, Mayor.
Separate proposals will he received for keeping
ho pntnp? in ropair for tho your to tho Mtt-factlon of the Commis
ton or', of ImprovomoBht of tlio novornl districts. Bids will Btoto
no price per rna|> earn uto contractor to lurUIMl DUCT Win at
vary kind which may b? requlrod by nald OnmmlaKiooer* for *11 ro
Mini. both above and below the ?urf*ce, and cleaning out tbu well*,
ud alio paving around the punipa.
JAMKK 6 BKRRKT, Mayor.
A CARD.?TO HOOK BUYKK&?Tb? Hubftcrib?r?
t\_ wiaiUl rettprctfully rail attcntu* lu Hie rtioloc ooBcoMn of book*
> be auld without reserve by catalogue on Thuriiday evening. ?>h
narv 17, at ?>{ o'clock, at the auction ronton. Wo name In pert
Royal (lallery of Itrlliah Art,
Hut.I. II ^ sTimi.tii.iiw laiitnai i.f sli.tltepeare'* Work* Ti
f>Mtnme? of Highland (lane, with Ufl splendid colored en
graving*.
Punch, a complete act from commencement In July, 18ft*.
Rattened** Parliamentary Hietory end Debate* from the commencement
in 10M to 1827, inclusive
Together with many rare and valuable work*.
Ill II MllIHIIBI IHIl. !J
Feb 1*?d Auctioneer*

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