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LITEKJIY NVKH.
mniiaii' l?. rmrn or Tnmimt. Vol. II. i'ubtiahrJ
by Harper k Brotber* Kgr >!< by Fruck Taylor,
Waibii|Uial I). C.
This posthumous publication and reprint, after
bo many voluminous editions of Dr. Chalmers'
writings, is a remarkable testimony to the excellence
and power of the tnan?among the noblest
of the generation that have passed. Of the present
volume we have read with most care his argu- ,
gnment on Necessity and Predestination, which
we consider to be far more valuable as a protest
against the moral consequences that follow from
the doctrine, and therefore an involuntiuy testimony
in favor of free-will, than as an intellectual
disonurse. Only the most thorough sincerity of
conviction in the man could muke him commit
himself to so loose and inconsistent reasoning, in
trying to distinguish Necessity from Fatalism
The religious merit of the book we rate much before
its logical merit But to do justice, one should
vj^w it in connection with the whole system, of
which it forms a part. *
l.irc and Correspondence of Korert Southey. No. I.
Put>H*b?l tnil for ?*l? m tb? above.
We are sorry that the biography of a literary
man should be ho voluminous, in this voluminous
age. as to comp?l its republication in these crowded
double columns of minion and brevier. Having
once takrn a vow against small typf- except in
extreme caRes, we seriously fear we shall be deprived
of the enjoyment of knowing so frnitful
and various a life as that of Southey. We are
aorry, too, to find this, and the-volume previously
noticed, disfigured by such vile mis-spellings as
41 mold," 4' theater," and 44 creatur." We trust
they are all misprints.
The beginning of this 41 Lifo" ia a very entertaining,
agreeable, and rather gossiping autobiography,
in which we have noticed Southey s interesting
account of his strong taste for dramatic
romance at the sge of seven. Sixteen letters
(58 pages) bring the acconnt down to his sixteenth
year. The remainder is largely made up from
his correspondence that it cannot fail to give a
very full view of his bebits of thought and the
history of his mind. - *
1 ODEUM* Qt'ARTEitr y Kktikw. October, I8t!>.
2 Methodist Qi aktkri.v Kevibw. Jauunry, 1850.
pp tra
We have placed these two together, for con-I
trust, rather than similitude. Each seems to be
excellent in its way. The first is fresh, earnest,
and practical throughout?a most hopeful
feature in our Western religious literature.
?Even the ultimate remedy proposed for "modern
infidelity n is not so much polemic as practical?
, v tw* u?it\vi(iment of CLtft>At.a?w.~
trine in the line of social reform. When we say
that the main articles are on " Woman's rights and
duties,'' " Religious organizations and Slavery,''
' Bible, war, and peace," " education of the Sensibility,"
and that all appear to proceed on the
pure moral principle of the thing, and nre progressive,
not to say ultra, in their tone, we have
given the best idea we can of the quality of the
Review.
The " Mttkodist Quarterly " is, on the whole, we
think, the most critical review that ever fell into
ourhands. Everything in it must pass a bona fide
scrutiny, and there is not a single shuttling generalization,
so far as we see, in its notice of a single
book. If in this its great denomination is
fairly represented, it has come to a very interesting
period in its growth. Such indefatigable inquiry
must lead to something, though as yet it is
directed to men, and books, and single thoughts,
rather than subjects of larger compass. The
first article is a very scholarly one on Plutarch,
" the Christian philosopher of Pagan antiquity."
Another administers some well-earned rebuke to
It be Singular lil-urcruiug ui wruiiu jrii-nn^ro ill
Powell's " Living Authors of England." One
goes somewhat (incidentally) into the question of
free-agency ; another reviews Dr. Hawke's " Egypt
and its Monuments."
There arc fifty-three short notices, severs'
brief essays, and ten pages of religious and other
intelligence. At two dollars a year, we have
no doubt that this journal is cheaper than any
other of the kind now issued. *
A Universal Pbonooiiciiio Gazetteer. Hj Thomas
Baldwin, assisted by other Gentlemen. Eighth
edition, with a Supplement. Pp. &1S end fi6.
The claims of the title-page, of which we have
copied only a small portion, seem to be abundantly
sustained in the execution of the work. It
is a very valuable book, to all appearance very
carefully and thoroughly executed A well written
preface states its design and principles ; a list
of authorities begets confidence; and an elaborate
Introduction,of twenty pages, gives, besides
a full account with reasons for its plan, the rules
of pronunciation for fourteen languages We
might, perhaps, take exception, on the score of familiar
habit, to the author accenting the last a
in Alexandria and Philadelphia, as names of uncvnt
cities in*the former case, particularly, it
would be difficult to draw the line; for ex .mple,
if one should speak of Amru's burning of the library
there. With this exception, we like the
author s principle; though in application it requires
the author's hook, which we shall esteem
and consult accordingly. It is unquestion ibly far
more melodious and easy to give the native sounds
to most of those ungainly names that daunt us in
maps and newspapers Our old acquaintance,
Amlwch, turns out to be quite gentle to the ear ;
and so with the author's instances of Szegedin,
Ljusne, Ike. The geographical information seems
I to l>e well gathered and compacted. The pronouncing
system is easy as any. The poetical
authorities make it something of a literary curiosity
to hoot. The supplement is a manual for the
convenience of teachers, containing a list of some
two thousand names occurring on school maps,
a.. m a r\f wkick <.?<<> nn.l us\wv> a wv.a unt in (|,n nbS ni
Inal Gnictteer. Unless done up separately fur
cheapness. we still think that this, as well aa the
" Appendii," or American Guietteer, hud hetter
he incorporated with the first part. A single alphabetical
list of one hundred, thousand names is
far easier to use than three of five thousand each.
Some curiosities of sound and spelling are contained
in a page of " mispronunciations" The
hook, or one like it, ought, very decidedly, to l>e
on every teacher's desk. *
Tub Pcsiic Education or tub I'sori.b, as Obation.
By Theodore Parker. Pp. 09. Buxton. I?00.
Mr Parker spoaks, by way of introduction, of
the military education of ancient Home, the
priestly education of modern Home, and the arlato?::.?tic
education of England?all at the state's
eipense?and then of the State, Business, the
Church, and the Press, as the educational influences
in this country, where "the Government is
a Democracy, the government of all, by all, for
all. and in the name of all.1' lie speaks of the
Northern States ; for u Slavery and education of
the people are incommensurable quantities. No
amount of violence can he their common measure.
The Hepuhlic, where master and slave were
equally educated, would soon be a red Republic.
* k* shive-master knows this, and accordingly
puts education to the ban, and glories in keeping
?. three million barbarians in the land, and of
course suffers the necessary degradation which
comes thereof." the four elements spoken of have
reasonably fair justice done them as they are, but
undergo somewhat of Mr. Parker's trenchant
criticism, judging them by what they should be
tk- i.?. i. * .l- ? 1.?i .
. ..< ? uuuui ui iuc irstutr i proieamon ia m.
pecially and amply vindicited
Rkahaii'j February,
Contains nine emliellishments, among thorn Pulo
></t?.|which ' pronounced an exquisite illustration
of the first of a series of Ballads of the Mexican
Campaign The contributions are numerous,
of rarious excellence, and adapted to many
tastes
Tms K mick bulks a, f?r February,
Is Just received, so that we have not yet had time
to reed it, as we always do. It presents, however
a very attractive table of contents. It is published
S' York, by Hateuel llueeton. at 15 perann
TI
I MIMES OF OHIO.
Oovernor Ford, of Ohio, in bin unnual message
tain the reci ipt* in the SUte Treasury, during
the yesr 1849, at $2,511,119.3?, the disbursement*
at $2,176,OH 1 04. Of thia auiount, the nun of
$1,022,358 96 wis appropriated fo the payment of
the Interest on Foreign Debt. The total amount
of the Domestic Bonds redeemed and cancelled in
the year is, $199,38625 ; and there remained in
the Tr.-asury a halanoe applicable to the )>ayiiient
of the State Debt, of $433,365 16.
The receipt# from the canals and
public works, during the year ending
November 15, 1848, were - $773 554 37
From the same, for the year 1849 - 731,173 50
Decrease .... $42,380.87
Thia decrease was caused by the prevalence of
the Cholera, ami by the extrusive failure of the
wheat crop.
(JOVERMR FORII A!ID RLAYERY.
There is nothing fishy in the reference to
Slavery in the Message of Governor Ford, of
Ohio. After avowing the deepest attachment
to the Union of the States, and asserting fot; each
State the power of exclusive legislation over its
own internal concerns, he proceeds :
" While all the rightsof theslaveholdiug States,
rectsrmstd hi/ the Convention, should he rigidly nnd
j in good faith maintained, it is equally the right
j and the desire of the free States to be exempted
from all the evils aud burdens which that iuslitution
imposes.
"Consequently, the General Government should
be clear from all responsibility for the existence
or maintenance of Slavery, or any traffic therein.
The subject of the extension of Slavery into the
new Territories is onf jjt interest, and. has for
I some time past agitated the whole country. The
j interests of the free States, yea, the general in;
terests of the whole nation?that higher motive,
j the love of liberty, and the yet holier claims of
humanity and justice, all demand that these Ter1
ritories, wither they remain as such, or be admitted
ns States into the Union, shall forever remain
nneontnminsted with the blight of slavery.
That Congress has the power to prohibit slavery
from being introduced into the Territories of the
United States, where it does not now exist, there
can be no rational doubt. I would therefore recommend
the passage of resolutions, pressing upon
our delegation in Congress the propriety nnd
necessity of passing an ordinance forever excluding
slavery from every foot of territory owned by
the United States, before any portion thereof
shall be organized and admitted as a State.
" I would also invite your attention to the subject
of the slave trade in the District of Columbia.
That there should even be tolerated at, or
near, the Capital of this boasted free Republic, a
otfol nm nf ?? A'i *% in kiimnn Hi.oli ami KI/ia^ n ewn
P I Ut li tWiti. ut MVitatvaas iirru nnu i?iwm <a f j r?tern
po revolting that it cannot.be permitted,
within the borders of the slave States themr-'rcs^i***
" * * . upon out
escutcheon, and ought forthwith to be wiped out.
1 would therefore recommend the passage of resolutions
requesting our delegation to use their exertions
and influence to have the slave trade in
the District of Columbia immediately abolished."
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE ERA.
CINCINNATI CORRESPONDENCE.
Cincinnati, January 22, 1850.
To lli' Eilitor of thf National Era:
Within a few days, some most interesting statistics
have been published in our city papers,
which show to some extent the comparative
strength of the various religious bodies in this
community. And, first, the
roman catholic church in cincinnati
Has been accustomed for some years to keep a register
of the marriages, births, and deaths, in its
communion, which is published annually. The
official table for le19 has just been published in
the "Catholic Telegraph," which gives the numbers
under the nbove heads in each of the churches
These are ten in number, including one small
one in Fulton, and one in Covington. The totals
for the year are ? inuriiages, 1,134; baptisms,
5,069; deaths, 4.018. To show the progress of
this church among us, it may be well to give the
register for four years past, so far as relates to
this city;
In 1846 In 1847. In 1848. In 1849.
Marriages - 600 735 959 1,154
Baptisms - - 1,676 1,839 2,674 3.069
Deaths - - 904 1,041 1,433 4,018
Of the deaths for 1849, thrrr-fifths may he placed
to account of the cholera, by which this church
has suffered more in proportion than any of the
Protestants, as the great body of the recent immi
grants from Germany and Ireland, among whom
it was most fatal, are Roman Catholics. The
other two fifths, say 1,610, would exhibit an increase
corresponding with the former part of the
table. These registers and other data lead to the
opiniou expressed by Mr. Cist, (the best authority
in matters of this kind.) "that the Roman
Catholics constitute thirty five in every hundred
of the entire population of Cincinnati and its adjacencies
and that "this is the proportion they
f have born*. Sere for (be last two years." The example
of this communion in keeping such records
might with advantage be followed by Protestant
chuiches, but we know it is not done?at least, if
at all, to a very limited extent. A document of a
kind entirely new here, and of a somewhat curious
character, has, however, been lately given to
the public, which throws font' light on the strength
of the various
KKUUIOITS UK NOMINA'I IONS IN CINCINNATI.
It seems that, soon after the settlement of this
oe, a section of land was set a pert in the township,
the proceeds of w hich w ere to be appropriated
to the support of the ministry of the Gospel.
At that time, theie worfbut two or three societies
with their ministers here; and the worthy
men of that period never anticipated that in less
than half a century, and before the fund was appropriated,
there would he in the township over
one hundred clergymen. For some reason, not
ruuy expiameu to me puottc, trie matter wrut
neglected, until ut the lust spring election for the
first time three trustees for the "ministerial section,-'
fts it is called, were chosen by the people.
This board h ive attended to the duties assigned
them, and lately declared a dividend of the funds
iu their hands amounting to the t uortnouiMium of
four hundred and fire dollars! To distribute
this impartially, notice was given to all religious
societies to re|>ort the number of their communicants.
Thirty-nine sent in their claims, reporting
in all thirteen thousand fire hundred members,
which entitled them to three cents per head. Not
one-half the churches hare reported, and those
which hare embrace a part of those only in each
denomination. Thus, not one-half cither of the
liaptist or Presbyterian rhurches hare chosen to
report. The German Catholics seem to hare
arailed themselres most generally of the privilege.
In the published table, the nnme of each
church and the number of its memtiers Bre giren
in full. Five of the largest German Catholic
churches report 6,637 communicants Two others
and the Cathedral (Knglish) made no report Kstimnting
these to embrace 2,f?00 more, we hare
9,100 as the total nutnhrishiy in this communion
within the hounds of our city. This of course
does not include the whole population attending
their worship nnd under their influence, which,
as shown shore, is much greater. It need hardly
be observed that almost the entire incn ase of the
Catholic population is from immigration. There
are no conrert* here, eren from nomuuil Protest
nts. If there were one now and theD. of any
consequence, we would be sure to hear of it.
rorri.ATios or thk city.
I see thst Cist, in remarking upon an article in
the 8t. Louis Directory, lately published, which
makes their population (by calculation) 71,009,
est incites that ours will be, within the corporate
limits >lone, 129,700, snd in the suburbs 10 000
more, wben the census shall be taken the present
year. This is considerably higher than the estimates
I gave yon some months since Time will
soon show how nearly they approach the truth.
stkaMHOat disastkks is ihf wkst.
An elaborate and well-prepared table wm published
in the 8t. Louis Republican last week, of
the accidents which have occurred to steamboa's
on the Western waters during the past year. The
name of each boat la given; the nature of the iliaaster
which destroyed it; the date, place, and estimated
value. The number totally deetroyed is
njcuiy-mrM. Total estimated loaa, ?1,W)0,400.
Thin, it ia thought, don not include quite all
three ooourrenoee, bat it cannot be much below
> the mark, aa great care wm taken to reoord all
, that came to knowledge through the newepapere
I There ia, alao, appended a catalogue of thoee aunk
; or injured, which were aflerwarda rained and repaired.
These are twenty-eight in number. Moot
IE NATIONAL ERA,
of these disasters hare occurred on the MissiseipEi,
Missouri, and Illinois rivers, and on the Ohio
clow the Kails. I notice but fonr or five as oc- j
curring between our city snd Pittsburg. Twenty
of the number in the drat table were burnt at St.
Louis. This, it will be seen, is nearly one-fourth
I of the whole number. The St Louis w riter thinks
that if every loss connected with Western xMatn{
boat navigation could be kuowu, including rollis1
ions, collapsing of boilers and Hues, damaging
i of cargoes, &c, it would swell the amount to the
j enormous sum of $200,000,000 or more ; and that
the accidents to Hat and keel boats, and other
; species of water craft, might be set dow n at
$.WO,000 more.
These estimates 1 regard as trnnfrral'd; but
I still it is evident that great losses are sustained
j to Western Commerce by the d mgers of navigation?
many of them, (after making all suitable
allowances for the carelessness of pilots and engineers,)
unnvoidublf, as long as the obstructions
which exist are not removed The improvement
of our Western River Navigation demands the
| attention of our Government; and if the present
Congress and Cabinet do anything efficiently for
us, they will deserve, for this at least the 'hanks
of the West* rn people If left to individual or
State enterprise, nothing will be done, as past ex
perience h?s shown 1 he right and expediency |
w. v/v.? ^ ?u- Vlinijfr UI llIIJirOTr- I
tiiPDfH on our lakes and rivers, is really true Democratic
doctrine, however the would-be exclusive
Democracy of the present day may disown it, or
try to evade it.
ih( hcai.th or Tin: city
is as good as usual at this uesson. with the exception
of the Small Pox, which has be. n unusually
prevalent for some Months. The Trustees of the
Township have had from forty to sixty patients
constantly under their care, with this disease, for
three months past. Owing to tlie difficulty of
young men and stmngers who are suffering with
it getting l>oar<ling. though well able to pay their
expenses, the Board of Health are about erecting
a commodious hospital for their reception The
hoard report the doteL ?x; ?udUu**?d*rStog Vhe f
prevalence of the Cholera and Small Pox, from
June 5, 18-19, to Jannary f>, lNr>0, to have lieeu j
$9,371. Of this. $3,700 were paid to physicians, .
and $3 996 for the various expenses of the Cholera
Hospital, Yours, P.
?? BOSTON
CORRESPONIIKM'E.
Boston, January 2C, lS.IO.
To t)?r Eilitor of th'1 Sal tonal Em.
Another trial took place. Inst Monday, for the
election of Member of Congress in the fourth
district of this State, which ended, however, in
the same unsatisfactory result that has oharac- j
teru"d former attempts in this district The
votes stood as follows: Palfrey, 3.8SS; Thompson.
4,11 ; Robinson, 1,79ft.
At the trial in November last, the result stood?
Palfrey, 4 978; Thompson, 5 229; Robinson,
3.994.
The ehiv? ftx/'tui ?i* interest iruder consideration
at UiU^imejs *;?>. fhr proposed
amendment in the Constitution on the subject of
the election of Representatives in districts by j
plurality of votes intead of a majority. An order !
to that effect was introduced in the Senate on
Thursday, providing that in all cases where Senators
are not elected by the people on the second
Monday in November, by a majority, the deficiency
shall be supplied, as follows, vii: on the
ensuing fourth Monday in November, the qualified
voters shall vote for the persons who shall be
found to have the highest number of votes in such
districts, and not elected, amounting to twice the
number of Senators wanting, if there be so many
voted for, and the requisite number having the
largest number of votes shall be declared elected ;
and no votes for any other candidate than those
specified shall be counted. The final action on
this question is still doubtful, but there is a
strong probability that the modification will be
adopted.
Decidedly the greatest literary lion here at the
present time is Miss Predrika Bremer, the distinguished
Swedish authoress, who is spending
the winter in Boston and its vicinity among her
numerous friends. On Wednesday last, Miss
Bremer visited the two Houses of the Legislature
at the State House, in company with Charles
Sumner. Esq , of this city.
Tbe oia Aiitt-siavery organisation hare been
celebrating their anniversary in a series of meetings,
continued through Wednesday, Thursday, j
and Priday. The meetings were pretty well attended,
and were held in Faneuil llall through
the day and evening. The principal speakers
were Kdmund Quincy, William L Garrison, P.
Pillabury, and Wendell Phillips Much ammunition
was eipended on the Free Soil party, and
denunnciatory invectives were hurled forth with
a real nnd fury worthy of South Carolina herself
The young slave girl, who recently escaped to
this city, concealed on board a vessel, was present
at the meetings, and received at the close, from
the hands of Miss Bremer, who was also there,
a pretty bouquet of flowers, as a token of sympathy.
Animnl Magnetism seems quite to have taken
our good eity by storm this winter, and under the
names of Patbetism, Electro-biology, &c, attracts
nightly crowds in no less than three different
partR of the town?such is the popular itching
for the marvellous and wonderful.
Rev Erra Gannett, D P , delivered an admirable
lecture before the Mercantile Library Association.
on Wednesday evening. His theine was
"Conversation;" and the effor' was replete with
beauty, grace, and instruction. The next lecture
of the course will be given by Rev G. W. Rethune,
of Brooklyn, New York. G. F. R.
CONGRESS.
THIRTY-FIRST CONfiRESR ? FIRST SESSION.
Tnv.ntv lim iiv 00 lM.r,0
SENATE.
Tli?* only thing worthy of nolo in to-day's proceedingn,
beside Iho speech of Genera) Ciush, was
the following resolution introduced by Mr. Webstar
:
R'solvrdj That provision ought to bo made by
law that every male citizen of the United Slates,
and every male person who has declared his intention
of becoming a citizen according to the
provisions of law, of twenty-one years of age or
upwards, shall be entitled to enter upon and take
any one-quarter section of the public lands which
may he open to entry at private sale, for the purposes
of residence and cultivation , and that when
such citizen shall have resided on the Miime land
for three years, and cultivated the same, or if dying
in the mean time, the residence and cultivation
shall be held and carried on by his widow or
his heirs, or devisees, for the apace of full three
years from and after making entry of such land,
such residence and cultivation for the said three
years to l>e completed within four years from the
time of such entry, then a patent to issue for the
same to the person making entry, if living, or
otherwise to his heirs or devisees, as the case may
require ProtuUd, ntvtrthil'ti, That sach person
so entering and taking the quarter section as
aforesaid shall not have, nor shall his devisee or
heirs have, any power to alienate such land,
nor creatv any title thereto in law or equity,
by deed, transfer, lease, or any oth<r conveyance
except by devise by will.
Mr. Rusk moved that the resolution be printed
The resolution lies over under the rule, and the
motion to print was laid over also.
Mr Cass resumed and finished his remarks on
the Territorial Question |We present on our
fourth page a synopsis of the speech ]
At the close of his speech, the resolution of
Mr. Footc was laid upon the table, with the understanding
that it could he called up at any
time.
The bill muking an appropriation for the repair
and improvement of the dam at the head of
Cumber land Island, on the Ohio, was read a third
time and passed.
On motion of Mr Douglas, the Senate took up
the memorial of the Legislative Council of Deseret,
asking admission into the Union as a Territory
or Slate. Mr. Douglaa moved thai the me
mortal be referred to the Committee < u the Territories.
[A debute *j rung up on this '.>otioo, Mr. Butler
and other Southern mimhtrs claiming that
the memorial should go to the Committee on the
Judiciary, of whirh he was chairman, and which
ia supposed to be more unfavorable in ita construetion
to the interrata of Fretdom than theCora1
mittee on the Territories. At last the question
1 waa decided in the affirmative on the motion to
refer to the Committee on the Territories, as
follows |
Yeas? Meaars Badger, Benton, Bradbury,
Bright, Chaee, Clarke, Cooper, Davis of Massachusetts,
Dickinson, Dodge of Iowa, Dodge of
Wisconsin, Douglas, Feloh, Foote, Oreene, Hamlin,
Houston, Jones, Mangum, Miller, Norris.
Rusk, Seward, Shields, Sturgeon, Underwood
Uphum, Wales, Walker, Whitoomb.? 30.
Nays- Messrs. Atchison, Berrien, Borland, I
, WASHINGTON, J). <
Bmler, Clay, Clemens Corwin, Davis of Missis- I
Dawson, Dayton, Hunter, King. Mason,
Morton, Pearce, Phelps, Sebastian, Spruance,
Turney, Yulee? 20.
So the resolution and memorial were referred
to the Committee on the Territories
Mr. Douglas then moved to take up the I?tll
submitted by Mr. Koote, for the government of
Deseret, New Mexico, and California, and the
erection of the State of Jacinto, and refer it to
the ('ommittee on the Territories, a motion having ,
been previously made to refer to the Committee
on the Judiciary.
The latter motion was lost?yens 19, nays 23. j
The former motion prevailed?yeas 25, nays 22, j
as follows:
Yfas? Messrs. Baldwin, Bradbury, Bright,
Chase, Clarke, Cooper, Corwin. Dayton, Dickinson,
Dodge of lows. Dodge of Wisconsin, Douglas,
Felrh, Greene, Hamlin. Jones, Miller, Norris,
Seward, Spruance. Underwood, Upham
Wales, Walker, and Whitcomb?25.
Nays?Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Bell, Benton,
Berrien, Borland, Butler, Clay, Clemens,
Davis of Mississippi, Dawson, Koote. Houston,
Hunter, King, Mungum. Mason, Morion, Pearce,
Rusk, Turney, and Yulee?22.
So the bill was referred to the Committee on
Ik.
[It nitty be supposed that all those voting ip the
aihrmaiivc will sustain the admission of California
as a State, but not that all who voted in the
negative will resist its admission ]
The Senate adjourned
HOI'IIE O* IMEPRBtESiTATIVIV
The House passed a resolution authorizing the
Clerk to supply each number with a copy of Joel
B. Sutherland's Congressional Manual except
tbose already supplitd.
* The ilouRc resolved itfteif into Committee of
the Whole on the state of the Union, and Mr. |
Bayly of Virginia, as ( hail man of the Commit- j
tee of Ways and Means made the usual motion
for the reference of the President's Message to
the appropriate Committees.
Mr. Clingtnttn then obtained the floor, and delivert
d a eperch of an hour s length on the subject
of Slavery, denouncing the claims of the
North, and attempting to show how the South
would gain by a Dissolution. |See synopsis of
speech on 4th page |
WrninKRDAY, January 24, lh.r?0.
SEVATK
Among the petitions presented to-day were the
following by Mr. Chase :
One in favor of cheap postage, one asking for
the adoption of measures for the settlement of
all international ditliculties in an jnnicable manner.
~~A tfcVtiiuTiai lYom ureen Plains Yearly
Meeting, asking for the abolition of the army, the
navy, West Point Military Academy and all for
tificutiouH ; also cue from ihe same body, asking
an ei.actment to prohibit the snip of the public
lands, eicept to actual settlers, in limitrd ijunntities.
Mr. Hunter of Virginia introduced a hill to
repeal the law authorising the Itepartment of the
Interior.
The Senate then took up the motion to priut
the Vermont resolutions, on which Mr. Phelps
addressed the Senate at some length. As it was |
late, the motion was laid on the table, to nllow Mr
Butler an opportunity to call up his bill relating
to fugitives from labor, which was then made the
special order for to-morrow
noi st. OK REPRENKKTATIVFS.
Mr. Strong, from the Committee on Elections, j
reported n resolution in relation to the contested i
election from Iowa, which, after much debate was
recommitted.
The House, then | roceedfd to take up the business
on the Speaker's table, the first in Older
being the motion of Mr. Vtnable to refer the
President's Mcaaace in relation to California to
the Committee on the Territories.
Mr. Seddon of Virginia addressed the House
in opposition to the policy recommended by the
President in the ?|i Mr. McCUrnnnd
moved to refer it the Committee of the Whole oti
the state of the Union ; pending which, the House
adjourned.
Thursday, January 24, 1850.
SENATE.
After the reception of resolutions, memorials,
and reports of committees, Mr. Clay asked the
Senate to take up a resolution submitted by him
yesterday, for the purchase of the manuscript
of the Fan well Address of General Washington.
It was taken up, and Mr Clay addressed
the Senate.
Mr. Foote nn.de a few remarks, with a view to
show that Mr Clay's remarks in regard to Disunion
were applicable chiefly to the friends of the
Wilmot Proviso.
After remarks from other Senators, the r<solution
was read the third time and passed
It directs the Committee on the Library to
purchase the manuscript copy of the Farewell
Address of Washington, if it can be purchnsed
on reasonable terms.
The Senate went into Committee of the Whole
on the bill reported by Mr. Rutler in relation to
fugitives from service cr labor
Mr. Rutler Raid, the evil this hill was intended
to remedy, was increasing It was estimated that
the South sustained a loss annually of ?200,0111)
from slaves ruuning away, and this he attributed
to the interference of persons in the ftee States !
H?' had little faith, however, in the efficacy of the
hill. The federal Legislature had too little
|Mtwer to carry out the eonittitutionnl provision on
the subject. lie held that the States were hound
under the Constitution to cooperate in the arrest
and delivery of fugitive slaves, and so they felt
for many years after the adoption of the Consti- i
tution Hut times had changed He reviewed j
the legislation of the several States, attempting
to show that it was intended to defraud ti e owners
of slaves of their rights.
lie found fault with no much of the derision
of the Supreme Court in the Prigg case, as pronounced
any legislation hy the States in aid of
the claims ^^he master, unconstitutional That
judgmrnM4^B^>t within its scope subjects that
were not in iwue, and which ought not to he nffected
hy it. He was especially severe on New
York, nnd directed some of his denunciations
against one of its Senators. (Mr. Seward ) personally.
"A (lovernor of that State," he said, ^perhaps
a politician consulting popularity, or one
who had a conscience that took refuge in a morality
that was ubove that of other men, and ahove ,
ihe obligation of the Constitution of hi* country, I
as I would sty?openly assumed the ground that 1
he would not deliver up n fugitive from justice, I
upon the application of another .State, if it should .
only Appear that he h&d heen charged with stool- j
ing or inveigling a slave from bis owner?hold- |
ing, as 1 understand, that he would not regard
anything a felony that wits not so regarded hy
her own laws. I believe his course whs repudiated
by his own Legislature, and from the high
est judge to the lowest tipstaff, he has no couutcnance
for his sage opinion."
Further on be remarked?
With r'gard to the State of New York, of
which I now propose to speak, it may be safely
-aid that hei^leglslation h is been cumulatively
unconstitutional. Her own courts have so decided
; and. becoming tired of this kind of wsr on
the slsveholding States, she seems to think it
most eipedient, or her demagogues think so, to
give herself up to agitation, i believe one of her
Senators (not my friend who sits near me, Mr
Dickinson) owes his seat here, in some measure,
to this species of sgitation?sn agitation whose
waves are always heating at the base of, I fear a
crumbling <'oristitution? an agitation as unwise
as it is criminal?an sgitation that requires firmness
to resist it There are but few men in any
republic who have firmness to resist lb tee popular >
tendencies; but their charaHer is preserved in
history, snd impartial posterity delights to contrast
them with popular demagogues, who are
satisfied if they csn stand, for the time, on the
wreck of their country The latter are like the
reed that reproached the prostrate oak with the
imprudeuce of breasting the storm
I hold popular agitators the worst kind of men ;
they preserve a mean life frequently at the eipense
of a whole nation
[We may remark, that Mr. Butler Is in the
D., JANUARY 31, 18
habit of dealing in these coarse personalities
toward* certain Senators from the Free Stater
Whether he doe* more injury to them or himself
by such a course, the reader of good taste
will be at no loaa to decide J
Proceeding in his comments upon the Legislation
of the States individually, he nt last name I
Ohio.
She had ? black code. I believe. It has been so
often mollified, that it is eitremely difficult to understand
it at this time. Hut her public men are
her exponents, or some of them One?a Senator
on this floor?has openly said, in a resolution said
to have been proposed l.y him at a meeting of
Free Soilers. that, under an oath to support the
Constitution of the United States, he would feel
at liberty, under a mental reservation, to regard
this article as null and void.
Mr. Chase of Ohio rose, and, with much emphasis,
demanded?
44To whom does the Senator allude?"
Mr. Butler. I allude to the Senator himself,
and to a resolution introduced by him in a convention
held in 1M3.
rvir t;b ise Mr President, 1 never proposed
such a resolution?never voted for any such resolution
; 1 never would propose or vote for such a
resolution.
Mr Butler It is attributed to the Senator
who has just token hia sent. if the accounts in the
newspapers ate to he relied upon.
Mr. Chase. When a Senator brings a serious
charge against a fellow-Senator, he should have
gome better authority than a newspaper paragraph.
|Sensntion )
Mr. Butler. 1 should hardly have supposed
that such a remark would come from one connected
with newspnpers himself' (Loud laughter | When
an honorable Senator arises upon this lhs>r, and
disavows Anything publicly charged to htm. I shall
give him eredit for if, and not contradict him. 1
can say that heretofore this opinion haa been attributed
to both himself and one of the Senators
from New- i'ork, ("Mr Seward | They have been
thought to be turn-constitutional. They have
been thought to take ?u nua view of this sutject
altoget her.
Mr Hntler said that the fate of the bill deponded
upon the action of a fixed majority, w hich
was with the North, a majority secured through
the operation of the ballot Imii.
it t. fr, i ? :i i. i
? in in' v?.?||^iiuihu ? UVII I HJfj II IMTII
the hallot-l>ox which has, in some measure. produced
the mischiefs which some have supposed
could he removed through it It has been through
the ballot-box that the sections have been arr ayed
ngftini-t each other. Mr President, it is worse
ihmi Pandora's box; for there was hope at the
bottom of that, but there is no hope in this. You
have a majority in the North. This majority is
destined to increase ; yes, sir, it is destined to increase
You hnve a high responsibility attached
to you as a majority
The reply to complaint is. that a majority must
govern ; a proposition that involves in it unlimited
power?apower onstme '/.ml a power to enforce
the Constitution. Well sir, the power of a tnaxists.
t.ow 'vi will helmed is to he determined.
It carries with it its power, and ought to
have associated with it its responsibilities.
The destiny of this republic depends upon this
increasing and aggressive majority. Kven if it
were to assign limits to itself to-day, I fear it
would pHSs them to morrow. It is supposing that
selfishness will respect theprescriptions of justice
This majority will increase under the influence
of a common interest Miunesota. Nebraska. California.
Peseref, and New Mexico, are in a political
condition to become States. They will have
to he admitted by the votea of the South ? and
these votes will he given under an honorable obligation
to observe the compromises of the past;
hut they surely should look to some security for
the future. They can have no indemnity for the
past?that has been absorbed in the elements o(
their ruin; it is beyoud the power of revocation or
remedy ; we must consult the counsels of prudence
to prevent further mischief.
Sir, the time for hearing t he forms and pretences
of aigument has passed Kvery d ty's proceedings
here show the temptations to further advance in
ranking majorities, with a view of reaping the
friiiiM-of the measures devised?either in rmniil?r
funio or a chmior for office Thin in the theatre
for demonstration, and we have many actors?nil
looking to the magical intluence of majority, and
especially a majority by looking to foreign accession.
The resolution introduced the other day hy the
diatinguiahed Senator from Massachusetts is an
illustration of this , and, air, there are other resolutions
to the same intent. They nil profess a great
love for coming foreigners?to incrrasea majority.
Mr. Ilutler proceeded to speak in general terms
on the Territorial Gnestion the Mexican War,
the conduct of the American Soldiery in Mexico,
I '
and the wonderful magnanimity of General Scott
( in laying down the command in the moment ol
triumph, when Mexico was under his feet ll<
repudiated the doctrines announced hy General
Cuss in relation to the right of the People of a
Territory to govern iLeiuealvaa.
Surely, when the cession was made, it was
made to those who had declared the war; and
who were they 7 They were the People of the
different sovereign States, through their representative
trustee ? the Congress of the United States
And. as a trustee, Congress took, and as such,
intuit hold, li is a resulting consequence of the
war-power, clearly conferred hy the Constitution,
thai Congress must take care of and govern the
'I errilories that have been surrendered to its dominion
?snhjivt only to the limitations and eontrolling
influence of ?i|ii ility and right among the
partners who achieved the conquest.
After some general remarks upon the relations
of the States, Mr Duller closed his speech.
Mr Chase. I do not propose, now, Mr. President,
to enter into the general question which
i .. l I... (I,.. I.Ill I r ?i. -
IiHN ri?M-n |tnTriimi >y i uc inn irjiuncu I mm j in*
.1 udiciary ('ommittce, but I have been myself individually
referral to, m a manner which niiikc'N it
proper for me to any a word or two.
Mr Butler, (interpoi-ing) The atatement to
whieb I referred enmefromnn Ohio paper. That
it toy authority. I will h.nul it. to the gentleman
before lie begins his remarks, in order that lie
may know U|On what I hitsed the remarks that I
made in relation to him
Mr Chase. I know no reason, Mr. President,
why a particular Senator should he singled out
upon this Hoor for a special exhibition of his personal
opinions nnd views It may, perhaps, lie
thought somewhat safer to attack a Senator whoso
supposed positions may separate him in political
action from thetwo leading parties of the country,
than other Senators who have the advantage of
prompt and powerful party support The Senator
from South Carolina thought proper the other day
to tiring before the Senate a letter written by
myself, and now the same Senator has seen fit to
introduce here a newspaper paragraph, attributing
to me a rertain resolution.
Mr President, I wrote the letter attributed to
me. I wrote that letter to the late Speaker of the
I louse of Representatives of my State. I did not
expeel its publication If I bad, a phrase or two
perhaps might have been made less obnoxious to
verbal criticism lint, sir, tbegeneml propositions
maintained in that letter, I would maintain in
public, as I have maintained them in private I
linvc no sentiments for private communication
which I am not ready to avow on proper occasions
everywhere My opinions Mr President, all men
may know, and these opinions I am ready to defend.
They are not sectional opinions I was
made to say, in the report of some remarks which
I uttered ill the Senate the other day, that the
Free Democracy?the party with which I have
acted?was " sometimes sectional" in its character.
I did not say that. It is not so. I hold no
views which I deem sectional. Nor are they sectinnal,
unless the opinions of Washington, and
Jefferson, and Madison, were sectional also; for
every position which I maintain is fortified hy their
authority?by Southern authority. Not,sir, that
I feel the need of Rout hern authority . it is
o.mtinli fnp nm ( l???t fmiltimm Vl iiipli I inuiiitnin urn
commended to the approval of my own judgment
l>y the force of reason?enough that I uin myself
satisfied that those opinions are sound, just, nnd
constitutional. Such opinions I shall imiiiiluin
fearlessly, and maintain everywhere ? always,
however, with entire respect, for the opinions of
those who differ from me Why, sir, we are in a
Senate?n Senate of < 'I'lala, perfect equals; and
while I respect the opinion* of every Senator upon
thia door, and desire that he should utter them
with entire freedom. I shall claim the like respect
for opinions which I utter?the reaulta of consideration,
reflection, and an honest judgment.
F.nongh, air, for the letter. Now, in regard to
this newspaper paragraph. I am not sorry that
the Senator from South Carolina has deemed my
humble life worthy of his biographical investigations
He will find nothing in the history of that
life which I am unwilling to have known?nothing
iu any opinions advanced by me which I sin not
ready to avow. But, sir, I do not choose to he
held responsible for opinions not mine This
newspaper scrap ascribes to me the paternity of a
resolution supposed to reeognise the propriety of
mental reservation In a certain case
I have only to say I never proponed the resolution
, never voted for tho resolution ; I never
would propose or vote for such a resolution I
hold no doctrine of mental reservation. Kvery
man, in my judgment, should say precisely what
he means?keeping nothing hack, here or elsewhere.
I should like, sir. to see every man maintain
here the same positions which he maintains
at home?bold enough and resolute enough to ad
>50.
vocate in the Senate the measures which he advocates
before hie constituents.
1 have nothing further to ssy, Mr. President. I
regret that I have hern constrained to speak at all
of matters personal to myself Hut, under the
circumstances, I felt it my duty to say what I
have said.
Mr. Butler. I hope the paragraph which has
, been referred to will he read
Mr Chase. Let it be real. I sent it to the
| Clerk for that purpose.
Mr. Mason. I wish to nsk the Senator, if he
will answer one or two questions, for my informs- !
tion, an>l (he information of the country ? 1 un- I
derstand him to state that he did not offer that
; resolution; that he never voted for it, and never |
] would vote for it. I g it her from the same news- ]
paper publication, that that resolution was offered
at a meeting of the friends of that gentleman, conI
vened by his influence and at which I take it for
granted he was present. Now. I ask hiiu to inform
me and the country, whether, by whoms-?ever
I it was offered, that resolution was uot passed in
j his presence ? I hope, also, that the extract will
be read
The Secretary read the extract as follows
"In 1S-13, Messrs Chase nod Lewis published
a call for an Abolition Convention at Columbus.
The Convention met; and among its doings, it
adopted the following resolution, which was proposed
by Mr. Chase, i? jirojmi ftrrsonu ;
" ' R'.sohvif. That we hereby give it to he distinctly
understood by this nation and the world,
that the Abolit limit.'. considering that the strength
j of our cause li~s in its righteousness, and our hopes
for it in our conformity to the laws of God. and
our support for the rights of man. we owe to the
sovereign iluler of the Universe, as a proof of our
sllegiance to Him, in all our civil relations ami
offices, w hether as friends, citiiens. or as public
functionaries, sworn to support the Constitution
of the United .States, to regard and tr-at the. third
clause of the iHflrvminf, wlsaetvr ajt/di-d in the case
of a fugitive slur*, as i ti i hi.v ni i.i. isn void, and
C'iM^"/nrnlli/ at fanning no jhiii of the Constitution of
;hr ffustrf suw. w'HEMKV I k WE \kk ( aLI.ED f PoN
AS SWOKN TO MIPIOIT IT.' ''
Mr. Cbnse I do not know that I understaud
correctly the inquiry of the Senator from Virginia.
| V4r Mv?nn |
Mr. Mason. My inquiry is, whether the honorable
.Senator know* ami can inform tne whether
that resolution was offered and passed at a meeting
convened at his Inst 1 nee
Mr. Chase. I do not know, Mr PrAident, how
I far it is deemed proper to go into subjects of this
character here. Certainly an investigation of
this sort, in the Senate, strikes me as somewhat
out of place ; hut | will state, for the information
of the honorable Senator, that the resolution in
question was not proposed and adopted at any
convention held or convened at my instance in
the State of Ohio. It was not proposed or adopted
at the convention referred to in the newspaper
scrap brought here It was. however, introduced
nml passed in a convention held at Buffalo,in the
State of New York I have forgotten the year. |
I hut I thiuk in IKtU. I have answered ibjt specific j
inquiry of the Senator, ami might leave the subject
here ; hut jierliaps it would he vyjjll. since thy.
j iimner uas necn Drought neioro uh, to si ?te lur|
ihrr what in within my knowledge in reference
I to it. The resolution was presented nf a Mass
Convention of what was called the Liberty Party.
I was present, and was a member of the ComniitI
tee on Hesolutions. The resolution in tjuesfion
I was sutimitted to this Committee, who declined
i to report it for the action of the Convention. It
I was opposed by tne in the committee room, hut 1
| cannot say how far the action of the Committtee
was Attributable to that. It was afterwards introduced
to the Convention, when i was not present,
by its author, and was adopted, after a speech
from hitn, as often happens in such cases, without
discussion or examination. It did not express, in
| my judgment, the sense of the Convention or of
j the party Is the Senator satisfied ?
j Mr. Mason. Perfectly, sir.
Mr. Chase. Having referred to the political orj
gnnix ition known as the Liberty Party, I will
take occasion to add, that, in my judgment, a
body of purer men was never associated in political
action. They were men who had honesty
enough to speak as they meant, nnd courage
enough to act as they resolved.
Mr. Mason. I desire to be heard upon the hill
1 now before the Senate.
Mr. Chase. I intend to propose, ns the time for
adjournment has nenrly arrived, that the bill be
passed over informally.
Mr. Hamlin. If there is nothing else before
the Senate, I will move that the Senate now go
into I'.xecutive session.
Mr. Mason. I desire that this subject should he
passed over informally.
| Neither House of Congress was in session on
Friday or Saturday |
Moidav, Jani akv Wb, lbfH).
MKNATR.
r The morning hour waa devoted, as is usual, to
the reeeptiou of memorials, reports of ConimitI
tees. &o.
Mr. Seward presented several joint resolutions
of the Legislature of New York, one expressing
spproh'ition of the Lund Reform resolution introduced
by Mr. Webster some time since. Mr
Webster announced his purpose to call up his resolution
so soon as the report of the Commissioner
of the Land Office was published.
Mr. Car.s preseuted u memorial from certain
citizens of Maryland, commending the propositions
made for the relief of (he I (uug.iriuu refugees,
and asking similar relief for many native refugees
in the .State of Maryland, "who are oppressed
by poverty more enduring than Russian barbarity
or Austrian cruelty.'' It was referred to the
Committee on Foreign It el at ions.
Mr. Ihivis, from the Select Committee on the
Census, reported n bill for taking the census.
After some conversation, in which Mr. Foote indicated
his indisposition to act upon the hill or
any other tjuisliou, until the Territorial Unestion
was settled, the bill was made the special order
for Thursday.
A resolution w.is adopted railing upon the President
for information respecting our relations
with the Central Ststes of America.
The Senate then took up the special order, the
fugitive bill, reported by Mr. Hutler of South
Carolina. On this bill, Mr Mason of Virginia
addressed the Senate at length lie charged the
No?thern people with disloyally to the compromises
of the Constitution. 1lo characterized their
legislation on the subject of fugitives from service,
as Intended practically to nullify the Constitution
lie did not believe that this bill or any
other they could procure would be an efiicient
reinedv for the inanv evils eonirilainrd of He
staled Ihat iLerc was l>ut one wiy to obtain redress.
anil that wan by reprisil* by the suffering
States on the commerce and property of the citizens
of the offending Stat en.
Having closed hi* remarks, Mr Seward naked
leave to lay upon the table and hive printed un
amendment, proponing to strike out all after the
euncting clause, and insert five sections, securing
to the alleged fugitive the right of jury trial and
the habeas corpus, and placing claimant and
claimed, in the eye of the law, upon an equal
footing.
Mr Foote objected to the printing, and by
uuauiiuoue consent, at the desire of Mr Seward,
proceeded to assign hie reason a His reasons were
aeationol and personal, and at their clone he withdrew
his objection to the printing of the amendment.
Mr. Sewarl naked that the subject be passed
over informally, for the purpose of giving Mr.
Chnae of Ohio un opportunity to speak ou the
bill. It had heen his intention to udddress the
Senate to-day, but n severe domestic bereavement
(the sudden death of n beloved sister) had
prevented.
The Senate adjourned.
IIOONK Of RKPHMtitimiVM.
Mr. Disney naked leave to submit resolutions
fttlirming the power of Cong res* over the District
of ('ol u in bin, but its obligation to be bound by
the will uf the people in mutter* of domestic concernment?that
there need be uo conflict between
these two things, us Congrcsa m ijr retrucede the
District, and Mlect a? the sent of Government an*
other locality, where no embarrassment shall arise
out of the ((uesiion of .Slavery; that the people
of every separate community, whether they door
do not reside in u Territory of the United States,
have an exclusive right to regulate their own domestic
concerns, &c., fit c.
Leave was not granted.
The rest of the day was consumed in the reception
of petition*. One presented by Mr.
Crowell, from citisens of Ohio, for the establishment
of a Congreaa of Nations to sittls international
controversies, he wished to have referred
to a Select Committee. A motion to lay on the
table, waa loat. Mr^Ntanton moved to refer to
" ~iT I
the Committee on Foreign Relation'* After an
ineffectualattempt to ailjonrn the motion faileJ ? I
jrew nay* 97. The queetion recurring on the M
motion to referto a Select Committee. Mr Th imp- '
son of Mimiaeippi morml to laj upon the table ;
pemling which, the Hon** adjourne<J.
TrriDAtr, J a a t* a r V 2'J. 1S50.
SMATK.
Mr Clay brought forward to-day a plan for
compromising the Slate Uueation, embodied in
eight resolutions
The first proposes to admit California aa a
State, with suitable boundaries, without any
attempt to interfere with her prohibition of slavery
The second, to protide Territorial CJoternments
for the Territories not inrltnl.-d in the
boundaries of such State, without imposing on
them nny restriction in relation to slavery.
The third and fourth, propose to secure the
boundaries of New Mexico, and at the same time
satisfy the claim of Texas by assuming her indebtedness
The fifth affirms that it is inexpedient to abolish
slavery in the District of Columbia, unle-s
with the consent of the people of Maryland, and
of the people of the District, and upon just compensation.
The sixth affirms that Congress ought to abolish
the slave trade in the District?the trade in
slaves imported into if. |
The seventh affirms the duty of Congress to
provide more effectual legislation for the recapture
of fugitive slaves.
The eighth denies the power of Congress to
prohibit the transportation of slaves from one
State to another, or the inter-State slave trade.
Mr Clay accompanied the presentation of the
resolution* with explanations, comments, and a
short speech on the necessity of conciliation. An
irregular debate then sprung up. in which Mcasr*
Koote, Utisk, Mason, Davis of Mississippi, King,
ll/wvno rvra\r mrt oil (liuaontin.* olrnnwltf
...... ?-- r?-I *
from Mr. Clay's position
HtM'aK OF R F.I'K KSENTAT1V r.V.
The House wa* engaged in a further consideration
of the subject of Mileage, nnd subsequent ly
of the joint resolution for the purchase of tho
manuscript of Washington's Farewell Address
NEW AORk.
New York is in a fair way to be disgraced on
the Slavery Question, by her Legislature. Hunker
member* of the Democratic party in the
Assembly 'seem extremely anxious tt *4>g- the
jjrnve of the, tv?rlv We shall watch I, j
! ceedings with some interest, an<l report more
fully next week.
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
New Yoke, January 28, 1850.
Flour is rather quiet, and the market slightly
J in favor of buyers Common State and Michigan,
ft 94 a $.7; (Jenesee, pure. ii.iO's $.7.62;
! Southern. >52.1 n $3.57. live flour, S3. Corn
meal, $2 87 a #2 !?4.
Lard is in better request New, for shipment
to Knglaml. fi'.j a 634 cents; nnd 700 barrels at
,; t8 a "11 Cents per pound.
piiii.aiiri.fiiia, January 28, 1850.
Flour is held at $3 for common brand*, and
j 17 12 for extra ; choice, for city use, $5 50 a$.1.62.
I Corn ineni, 12.7-7 a $2 87. ltye floor. S2 94.
Grain scarce Uod wheat, $1.01 a ?1 07 ; white,
1 $1 OS a $1 11 Corn sternly?new yellow, 56 a 57
| cents; white, 53 a 51 cents. Oits, 32 a 3-1 ceuta.
| IIye, 02 cents
New mess pork, $11 87 a $12 Lard, 0'^ a 7
! cents, in barrels nnd kegs.
Wool is in active requeat.
Bai.timoee, January 28, 18.70.
Flour.?Sales of 1,200 barrels I low ud Street,
at $1 87 in City Mills there is nothing doing
BOSTON SriWCRIUERSTOTHB NATIONAL ERA
WiO t>e supplied with copies of the ftulrr to Vol. ill, by
ftilHiiir at the Nn 4-V? I'Artiklll
(rj The Km is deliv. red in Ihiston every week, iminedi- rx
Htely on De arriral by (lie Kx press Its occsrional mm arrl
vat till the day after it ka due, will explain tlie occasional
delay in delirery.
|JT The Boston price for the A.'hi, delivered by carriers
free of postage, '? ?ow J- 7'< per year '1 hie is ax low aa the
paper can be afforded with the present expenses of trans
portation and delivery. UBOKUE W. L1UIIT.
I'lUi.MH.HAI'HY WITHtH'f A TKirttKKT
A t'riy jiojnihir x/ui/i/, nnil a wry uuful one.
rjH KKYUODY has heard of the art of Meriting hy Sontul
I i Tbonaumia have learned it, both in hnglaiid and Amer
lea, and their praises of Its tim/Umly, brn-ily and lepibi/i'y,
have been heard the world orer. Hundreds of Intelligent
young men are actively engaged in teaching the system in
various parts of the country, but their numbers are too few
to visit every nelghliorli mi wiife the young and the old are
waiting and anxious to learn Double the number ?t teat h
era might ttnd plot!'aide and pleasant employment In spread
iug a knowledge of this eery useful art
This want of public instruction has Induced the publish
ers of the I'honrlir Ailroinlr. a semi monthly insgs?in?, ot
sixteen pages, issued at <'incinnati, Ohio, to have prepared,
at great expense, acomplets series of rnguirrl illuilrnlnmt
nf the svstem hv means of which they Intend giving a Toorough
' 'uurit Iff huh urtlOH in the art Ihrougii their paper,
commencing ill Ksbruirv, IM.VI. The lessons will lie indue
live, and comprehensible hrsll grades of mln I; the text will
be printed on large and rlear ty|ie; so that the stu lent will
lie enatileil, in a tew months of occasional reading, to master
its principles, and write the system with accur er and sase
A course of less ma of fills It1 ll I fe,m, a faaclittr ..i.l.l ei.a#
life dollar* ; but hm tbi opportunity In offered for receiving
them at tin* Intro euhiorlptlmi prto* of the Phonetic Ait *
vorate?one duller per year Heebie* the le**?n* In phonography,
it contain* a variety of mUeellanemi* mil ecientlft?
reading w?tter, unit Information in regard to the apread of
plionetle principle*
The public will n"ed no corneal aullcitatlon* for patronage
fhr anch a work Tfi"?e wlahinir If will pirate addr***, p of
pal I, (tenua in advance) ?
FONOLEY A HHTrHKK,
Jan. 31?It Cincinnati, Ohio.
UTTUM urufl auk.
(dONTKNTN tlK Ho. wit ? Price, twelve and a half
J cent*.
I I'otltloti of the lirillah Colonic*? Tail't Magotme
2. Thoniat < arlyle on the Negro (Jueattoii.? F'rutgr'i
Afuguime
II Ptrat (^darrein: A Sketch from l.lfe ? f TnunAer-i'j
Journal.
I ! re no h I'edlert In Italy ?Ih.
fi The Jewt In Europe,? Indntetnlrnl
11 (ieographical and Ethnological t'onalderatioue ?I.nut
Mauri/
7, The Alhatroea?Clunnhrri'i Journal.
M. /mo anhatiluted for Whlta I ml In I'aiutlng?JVru>
Y ik Trihunt.
II Now letter* liy Charle* I.anibLitrrury World
III i'aaha of Egypt ft. Hriliah J or key < lull ?Hrll't L{f*
in l.an.lon
11 Th* Publlehlng Hu?inea*.?Literary ll'urhl
12 'Che Arctic Expedition, Search for Sir John Franklln
? Ksuininor.
IT Foul* Napelcm'a Firet Year ?'1'mu* tun1 Frifninr
II The' ape and the < onvloia.?F,'t owti?r?
|j I'urelgn Newa an 1 M lane Many.?Spniolur, 40.
WaaHiHOtiiM, JJeccvn her 27,1846.
(If all the Periodical Journal* devoted to literature and
olenoe, which abound In Euro|ic *nd III thle country, thl*
ha* appearrd to tne to he the moat uaefill. It contain* Indeed
the eapoettioii only of tli* current literature of the
Kngllab language; hut thta, hy I'a Immen * extent and
noinprehetifllon, Include* a portraiture of the human mind In
tha utmoat etpanelbti of the preeenl age
J. <J ADAMS.
PubMahad weekly, at all dollar* a rear, hy
K. LJ TTKLF k.
Corner of Fremont ami Hromttrld itrwlii, Hoelon
tty For *ale hy JOSEPH SHIFI INOTON, comer of
Four and a halfitreet and Penn*) Ivauia avenue, Waehlng
ton.
THE \EH HATER (IRE
REPORTER
IS publtahed monthly, rrntatnln* thlrtr t?i lane octavo
pugee, diriM (<> the diaaeinlnatlon of the principle* of
lift, health, at <1 true im4imI reform It wilt mm to aaplain
clearly. intetllKlt.ly, and eolentltlcelly, the prmc plet aiul
pror ?ir? at HroaupATMV.
Henry Porter, M D, Editor.
Rrgolnr Cotitri/iutors.
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Termt, uliroy t 1/1 ad inner.
due ropy, one year $1 tat
Klve coplee, one year t (?)
Ten ttopie*, one year - 6 (10
Twenty eoplea, one year ID 1*1
Addrexa, miiI imil N HI)INLAND, Publlehar, Utlea,
New Yort. Jau 31?3oi
HENNnrrrn DARK ERR KAN imllehy,
Prnmyli'iHMi Avoir, Watkintftoo CVy, onr door
writ of ijdmnrit l)rui( SlOtr.
THE eltiiene of WeebinRtoo and etratifere rieltln* the
elty are reapeetfully Informed that the eiibaoriber baa
juat opened a fallacy a a abore, wbleb be baa tltud up in ale
??lll IIJIO, wim Ail inf iai?m irainvT'iiiruw,
AN EXTENSIVE SKYLIGHT,
ami U now prepar?<l U take ptcturea of all eltee, alng le or lu
(roup*, which hll long cap rlence ami great aur.eo* tuib >1Jan
btm toaay wilt be pmnmin'cd by competent JoCfnafullr
w|iial Pi any apecliacne of the phun graphic art erar priUu
?l In iba United Matea
Cabinet piriuraa, mean urn* eleven bjr fourteen liu-bra,
lakru at abort notice; alao, rrayou and enamelled Uaguerrem >
'("icturee taken equally wall in cloudy aa In fair weather
f?rfwt aatlafartlon warrant*! In a I aaaaa.
Tba public are reepactfully Inrlled to call an I eaaiu'ne
apeoimrne N N. HKNNb. 1"T.
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