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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25,1^81.
A GROSS QHZSSIOI9.
It . will be a matter of wonder to the
readers of the Tsmussthat in the speech
es at the Wigwam and at the Briggs pouse
on Washington’s Birth Day, nptthe Slight
est reference was made to then anti-slavery
sentiments entertained by theYatherj of his
Country, nor to the emancipating clause in
his Will, by which he rounded opt and
completed the reputation which makes him
the foremost of men. This omission on
such an occasion, when eulogists were tor
turing their memories for incident* upon
which th.y might hang laudatory senten
ces, shows how Slavery has corrupted and
debauched the public mind of the North'.
The lime was iu .Virginia, nay, in jSouth
Carolina even, when allusions to Washing
ton’s anti-Slavery opinions orto the settled
principles upon which he gave freedom to
bondsmen, would have called; forth
storms of applause. Now, modem|Dem
ocracy has wrought such unwholesome
-changes that, any where in the
Southern Stales, praisebestowed upon the
opinions or the act, would subject the
speaker to a coat of tar and feathers’; and
in the North, men whose hearts are in the
right place, beating responsively to the
impulses of the Washingtonian era, are
forced to put a padlock on their lips for
fear that repetition uf Washington’s words,
or commendation of one of his most glori
ous acts, would subject them to the charge
of fanaticism, and the chances of popular
contempt How L ’ and | how
mournful the that of all the great
- deeds in Washington’s career, that which
more than his resignation of military and
civil power and his retirement from the
cares findburdens Of state, proved the sin
cerity of his love for' mankind; should be
the only one omitted in the recapitulation of
histltles to the gratitudeandadmiration of
future ages; and how more mournful the
excuse for the omission—that the individu
als of a great party professedly founded
upon the Democratic principles which
Washington practised anil Jefferson taught,
would be shocked, by recalling, in pub
lic, recollection, of the deed they would
fain forget - Modem Democracy, and the
priests of tlie new Theology—Paganism re
■rived —hare much t* answer for. Seces
sion is their bantling, and Buchanan, Cobh,
Floyd and that worshipful company are of
their family. But in so emasculating the
Liberty-loving sentiment of the country,
that in this free city of Chicago, the fact
that Washington loathe! the buying and
selling of men, must be strenuously con
cealed-on Washington’s Birth Day, lest it
give offence; they have committed a crime
against Liberty compared to which the
buzzing of the secessionists and the iniqui
ties of Buchanan and his Cabinet, are tri
fling. What, from » party that has such
. an influence in the brief time -that has
elapsed since its organization upon its
present basis, need we expect? Can we
be surprised that they hare become active
sympathisers and tacit friends of that Slave
Power that has laid its sacrilegious hands
upon the Government, with the determina
tion to it a slavery propagating ma
chine, or to break it into fragments ?
NAVIGATION OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
We arc informed that the Montgomery
Convention, Congress, conclave, cabal, or
what not, have adopted something which
secures the free navigation of the Missis
sippi According to our notions the treaty
of cession by which Louisiana Territory
was purchased from France, together with
the Constitution of the United Stales, have
already secured that boon. Nothing which
these two instruments fail to secure in that
regard, will ever be sought by the North
west through any other paper guarantees.
But there is a question yet unanswered by
the Montgomery cabal, and that relates to
the manner of discharging and receiv
ing cargoes at New Orleans. The free
navigation of the Mississippi is a sham,
if eveiy pound of flour and meat which
seeks an outlet through the Gulf of Mexi
co is required to pass through Custom
House and pay duties at New Orleans—if
every invoice of foreign goods is subjected
to the same courtesy before passing onward
to St. Louis, Cincinnati, Galena and St
Paul The main object had in view by the
United States Government In purchasing
,Louisiana, was to secure that important
depot of transhipment Under the law of
nations, all States inhabiting a navigable
stream are entitled to the right of free
transit from its source to its mouth. But
they arc not entitled, to the important priv
ilege of holding a city in foreign territory
wherein they may unload and reload. This
Is the point... Let us Hear a word or two in
explanation before we are treated to any
more chaff about the free navigation of the
Mississippi—as though that were something
of the utmost consequence in itself con
sidered.
The Montgomery men need not, howev
er, cudgel tbeir brains very much about it.
The free navigation of the Mississippi will
never become the subject of treaty between
the people of the Northwest and any other
people whatsoever. It will never be ac
cepted as a gratuity. It is their right, and
they will assert it to the extremity of blot
ting Louisiana out of the map. 44 You may
“ overrun us, you may exterminate but
“ you can never subdue us,” said Mr. Bed*
jiimin when he vacated his seat in the Sen
ate and announced the departure of Louis
iana from the Union which bought her
from France. "Very well! This overrun
ning and exterminating may be a shocking
thing, but if it becomes necessary to put an
entirely new race of men possession of
Louisiana,Td secure the great national right
for which Louisiana was first obtained,
the thing will bo done. Call it by what
name you choose; it will be done. Said Mr.
Clay in 1850; “I hope there is no one here
“.before whose imagination is flitting the
"idea of a great Southern Confederacy to
"take possession of the Belize and the
•“ mouth of the Mississippi I say in my
“.places, never, never, ngver, shall we ; who
“ occupy the broad waters of tbe Missis
“slppiand its upper tributaries, consent
“that any foreign, flag shall float at the
“Balize or vjthe turret* of the Crescent
« NEVER So says the
Northwest to-day.
me kew pibaci.
So, the “ Confederated States” are going
into privateering, for the purpose of prey
ing bn Northern commerce. They are,
says the telegraph, negotiating for steam
ers in New Yorlr, and have concluded their
arrangements and fully prepared for ac
tion on the Pacific Coast 1
In a week from to-day, Mr. Lincoln Trill
be inaugurated in Washington, and will
take the government into his hands. He
is a fool who supposes, that the President
,will recognize the legality of Secession, or
that he will treat the navy of the Confede
rated States in any other way than as so
znany vessels belonging to the United States -
rnqrinp On the basis of his action', then,
' these privateers, of which wo just how
hear so much, will .he pirates j and we are
■ xnistaken when one of them is taken,
' the officers and men are not, instead of be
ing treated as prisoners of war, put bn trial
. for piracy* The execution of the second car
/ .go of these ardent sons of the Bouth,who, af
t. ter having stolen all there is to steal in their
_ States, venture to practice free
booling opvthe high seas, Trill squelch the
' remainder,-AO-d vre shall hear no more of
' • privatwmg.’ A short rope and a quick
. shriftfor the buccaneers \
—Postkjls tees. —Capt.-O. H. P. Bailey Teas
choaea thccandidate for Plymouth, Indiana,
byjtte Bepnblican; Sectoral .of that; town ca
the 16th inst He received 186 votes out of
-i'T. 'W cast.... WIllL&m B. T&yJbr, ; of Goshen, In
* tbe rcgttlorly elected Republican can
• - - that -towri.' : 5e re*
celvedlO? oasi * Michael
J»:
. «ohe »,and remainder scattedD^r
The Thornton Lotn Bill* | '
The Thornton Loan hUI which passed the j
Legislature at its recent session provide* for } j
the payment to certain canal contractors of :
the difference of exchange on $1,600,000, which i
said contractors negotiated in London during ;
too progreM of too work on toe HUnol» and
Michigan Canal, but which vra, placed to tie
Treasury of toe State. While toe work on toe
canal was at a standstill for want'of money,
toe' State offered Ita bonds to toe contractors
as an inducement to them to continue the
labor on toelr respective divisions. The con
tractors accepted the honda as a literal com
pensation for toelr work, and sent Gen. _
F. Thornton to England to negotiate them.
Gen. Tfiorhtoh’ sold 'them and returned with
the proceeds,'paying' the moneyto the con
tractors, minta the; premium on the exchange,
which was then, owing to extraordinary causes,
about 16 per cent ThisjaortJou of the loan *
he placed in the State Treasxuy,-where it has
remained ever since.' The contractors held,
that having accepted the honda in payment for
their work, they were entitled to the whole
amount of the proceeds, and they have pre
sented their at the door of the Legisla
ture at almost every session. The Legislature
of 1855 referred the question to three Com
missioners—Messrs. 8. H. Treat, John D. Caton
and Walter B. then comprised
the Supreme Court The Commissioners re
ported that the claim was a just one and ought
to he paid. The Legislature has accordingly
. paid it by providing that the Governor shal 1
execute and deliver to the claimants men
. tioned in the hill, six per cent Interest-paying
bonds of the State for the several sums due
each and stipulating that no more
such claims, except those designated in the
bill, Bfifdi ever be paid. The whole amount of
bonds to be drawn In favor of the claimants
will amount to $184,376.90, divided as follows: |
To John Lonergan $2,885 S
To Peter Stewart and Robert Kline 8,098 97
To Julia A. and John F.'Lamb, exe
cutrix and executor of Bonj. F. Lamb,
•deceased.. 967 47
To John V. Linger, Hri Osgood and Ed
ward P00r.... 977 95
To John V. Linger. Gustarns H. Cazrine,
XTrl Osgood and Edward Poor 2,058 63
To Hiram Norton and George Steel..... 8,541.49
To William Oebom and H. I. Stewart 2,615 42
To George Barnett 4,878 48
To Charles Kerr 8-398 68
To William Byrne 1,722 68
To Benjamin V. Pish and the estate of E. -
B.Hnrlbnt LSS9 32
i To William B. Ogden and Geo: A. D01e... 2,760 07
' To Charles Hannon, Horatio G. Loomis
andßenj.W. Raymond 1,738 44
To Hart L. Stewart and Alanspn C. Stew
art, LP. Sanger and John S. Wallace.. 3.84128
To James E. Biahbp
To Orrin P. R00t.... *s® it
ToThomasß. Armstrong...., .......... TO 55
To John T. Roberts and JO. L. Roberta... 5.005 85
To John Green and Wm. L. Danovan— 2,826 42
To George W.“ Armstrong and James
Clark, snirivors of Samuel C. Dickin
son, deceased 2,867 82
To Richard S. Wilson and John Mclntosh,
survivors of Jas. Brodie. deceased. 1,218 96
To James T. Sanger andL. P. Sanger, aor
vivors of David Sanger, deceased 5,422 41
To George Steel, survivor of Philip Ar
mour, deceased 1,659 02
To John T. Roberts and D. L. Roberts.... 1,188 68
To martin C. Myers, O. P. Root and heirs
of John Beach, deceased 2,618 56
To John B. Irwin, John Eitterlng, John
Cany. Mace.Gay and J. A. Gooding.... 2,905 34
To B. wilder, survivor of Daniel Linch.. 1,351 85
To Lewis G. Osbomandleaac Strail 1,503 55
To John Clifford and David Ballentine 8,857 63
To William Smith and E. Granger 2,748 86
To Isaac Hardy 9,23128
To John B. Preston nndGeo.Armonx, sur
vivors of Aoam Lamb, deceased 1,453 84
To & Company 1,41)6 65
To Jeremiah Cratty 3,284 25
To D. Ballanllne and John Clifford, sur
vivors of A. J. Douglas, deceased 1,165 83
To Geo. Armour, survivor of A. Lamb— 2.237 23
To J. L.-Alexander 2815 76
To Merrill Coburn and E. W. Herrick 5,439 07
To Isaac Negus 4,W8 87
To L. P. Sanger. 1,854 75
To Wm. ATChatfield 15 20
To John Yarw00d........... 1,248 91
To 'VVm. Crawford and Jaa. Earvejr. 7,8C0 91
To John A. Hendricka and Johnßußh.... 2,537 83
To Ezra Dnrgan 183 08
ToL. P. Sanger . 659 79
To E. Gay, Mace Gay and I). G0u1d....... 945 54
To B. B. Reynolds and the estate of W.E.
Armstrong.. 841 82
To Thomas Williams and H. L. Stewart.. 8,275 63
To TTir flm Blanchard, Ira Blanchard and
JoelA.Matteson.- 56
To E. Newton and Wo. A. Baldwin 2,06113
To John T. Temple 1,029 23
To Nathaniel J. Brown 5,57110
To Wm. L. Pearce 2,663 26
To James Stont, administrator of James
Bran, deceased ... 249 46
To Edward McSweeney 1,795 20
ToA.P.’McDonald 47 W
To James H. Brooks, administrator of -
James Brooks, deceased 8,825 78
To Erastns Newton 715 66
To John H. McFarran 2,93415
With interest Added to the said several sums
above particularly specified from March let, 1857;
the gftid same having been severally awarded to
the said individuals, and affirmed by the Commis
sioners aforesaid.
Population and tlie Conans.
The figures of the late census exhibit some
results not dearly visible at the first glance.
The general statement is as follows;
States. Free. Slave. Total.
Maine 619,658 S2* 9 JS
Now Hampshire .... 826,073 . 226,072
Vermont.:. 815,827 815,827
Massachusetts
Ehode Island.• 174,621
Connect! ent 460,670
New York 8,851,663 . 8 851,663
New Jersey. 676,084 676.084
Pennsylvania. 3,916,018 8,916,018
DeUwareT“ 110.548 1,805 112,853
Hrolnd 646,183 85.882 , T0,565
Vlnfc£.: 1,09X873 495,826 1,593,199
North Carolina ’679.965 828,877 1,008.842
South Carolina 808,186 407,185 715,371
FI<SSS: 81,885 63,809 145,694
Alabami , . 520 444 485.473 955,917
MlbbLbTppl . 407,651 470,507 8g,163
Louisiana 854,245 813,186 666,481
Arkansas Ssfoo 109,065 440,775
TannesVee 859.628 287,112 1,146,040
wgM«
uwii
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Coo,pija .... 884,770 884,770
_ Total ~07,541,794 3,999,368 31,541,144
But let ub look a little teliind Ike curtain.
Without Inspecting tie details, the general re
ault shows an increase in the free States, sines
JBSO, of 5,580,650; In the slave States, of free
whites, 8,030,422, and of slaves, 799,08 a
How Is this Increase distributed? The fig
ures show that the addition to the population
Tin, keen about ono-fonrtb, erelusive »f Immi
gration. Applying this ratio to tbe sevaai
States, we have tbe following, (The first col
umn 'shows what tbe increase to the State
would be by natural increment, without any
immigration; the second, tbs setup} increase;
tbe third, tbe deficiency resulting to the State
by the loss of its emigration; and tbe fourth,
tbe gain by immigration over its natural in
crease.)
EcUtire tree ■STi””
proportion of Actual illative Uye
Increase, lacrosse, deficiency, gain
no,, 445,795 86,789 109,003
lISSiKi '79.493 8,056 d*
Vermont..; 78,647 W?«J ft/gra
lUwachu'ts 348.628 883,* a) •”! 61,858
R. Island...' 86,638 27.067 9,Ml
Connecticut 03.693 90,878 li®S) ••• • :
New York;.. 774,843 . 754,174..
New Jersey 122,833 186,751 04?g8
Penn’a 577,946 604,233 ? 6 ' 286
Ohio 495.107 897.491 9T.C16 •
Michigan... T0,413 356,637 •••• 257,884
Indiana 247.104
Illinois 212,867 819,763 .... C 38.901
lowa 48,053 489.788 .... 441,785
Wisconsin.. 76.848 473,094 .... 01.748
SW.; ii "" f-|
SSSS::::: *?•
Total 8,863,656 6,613,614 882,871* 2,692,7551
,0r 898,819-tOr 2.606.407,
TBEfi FOFnXJkTXOH 07 6LA.VB fITXTES.
True ralatire _ , 8*1.6*
proportion of Actual KelatlT* ti*a
' : ‘ Increase, Increase. deficiency. gain
Delaware.. 22,310 21,806 1,004
Maryland.. 123,166 163,517 •
Yinrlnla.... 227,283 143,240 89.043
NTcSollna. 1«&» 09.464 45.659
8. Carolina. 70,681 24.663 45,218
OeSSl!r. 181.126 91, MS 89.5Q3 ....
Florida 12,034 33,750
Alabama... 107,195 91,6© 15,530
Mississippi. 74,162 110,403 ••••
Louisiana.. 63,233 81,293 ... J££>4
Teraa. 38.608 . 261,6© .... 222,990
Arkansas... 40,699 168,913 _ 126.214
Tennessee. 190.T8S 96,874 104,414 ....
Kentucky., 192,856 148.653 44,203 • ••
Klesouri... 148,656 490,873 ....
T0ta1....,1,675,184 3.021,484 884,854 W,TP*
inavn POl-ULATIOS or siavx states.
Trna relative , . E®!*"
proportion of Actnnf Eelatir* tlye
increase, increase, deficiency, gain
Delaware... 572 485 IJJST ••••
Maryland... 25.802 4,988 27,678
ViitrUUa.... 118,182 23,998 94,834 ....
N. Carolina. 73,134 r 39,739. 83,406 . . ....
8 Carolina. 98,346 23,201 73.045
Georgia ...*. 95,420 85.779 9,641
F105a..... 9.827 34,600 14,618
VOst-tm AS «
gg*±. BS-AB - 41
AIiWUM.- S'|S? 12J1S 60190
SSSSfr.-.838:. «**»•
Toui.r..-.. 800,097.. mw. mm*.
These results are of great significance. Tfe
first table shows—what is also shown by the
rt&fitica of immigraUonr-4hat the number
aided to population of the Free States in
thelaatiWyo^byfpreign^ Immigration is
over 2,000,000; while that addfi# to (he Slave
States, by immigration from afl <ja artery
only some 400,000. Of the industrious laborers
from other lands —Allowing that the increase
in the Slave States comes from foreign ad
ditions—five have settled in the Free North
where one has settled in the Slave South. But
the proportion ts pj»&ab)ymnch larger—being
at least ten to one.
New Englahd haa lost about 200,000,
the six Northwestern States have gained 2/»V
POO, over and above the natural increase. There
is where the
countries are earth yield—eome 20,.
Bome6o,’e6melo6'T6l4.\Blx f
State*— Carolina, Bopth Caro
lina, Georgia, Tennessee, lost
-.920,0(9; wfilleihe four State* «f4Dßslßslppii
Az)E|nm and Texas havegained a
Suxyliuicl^:
which, by the extent of her manufactureß,\hßi
gained a littiemore than her natural increase, 1
and Missouri which has gained 350,000— large
ly foreign, and imbued with free principles— I
and the loss in the Atlantic States of the South I
almost exactly "balances the - gain in the Gulf
Btatear There-has really been no such thing |
as Immigration Into the Southern States in the
last tehjears.: A paltry 5,000 a year ha* l>eea
added to increase by outsiders—• :
hardly enough to deserve notice.
The table of slave population tells another
story. Slaves never migrate of their own will
—except toward the North and Freedom. All
:Ihelr..nonlhem movahmts"are compulsory.
In Delaware and Maryland there has been an
actual decrease of 5,600. Slavery Is slowly and
surely dying out in those States. But 290,000
slaves have been transported from the seven
. borderland Atlantic States to the six south*
western ah Gulf States; From Virginia alone,*
05.000 slaves have been transported—whither ?
Is there an Inter-State slave trade? Yliginia
has lost 05,000 slaves, Mississippi ha* gained
03.000. North and South Carolina have lost
107.000, Texas has gained 112,000. Kentucky
and Tennessee have lost 50,000, Arkansas has
gained that number. If we reckon their value
at SBOO per head, Virginia has received, as the
price of slaves transported farther south, $76,*
000,000 in the last ten years; $7,600,000 per
year—-more by $2,000,000 than the whole
amount of wages paid in the manufactories of
that State. If “nigger breeding” yields a dear
income of $7,600,000 a year, and the wages
paid to manufacturing operatives amounts
only to $5,400,000, should not Congress recog
nize and protect the former, branch of w home
industry,” as wdl as the latter?
Missouri tells a hopefnl story. “While the
free white population shows a gain of some
350.000 over Its natural increase, there has only
been an addition, by immigration, of 6,000
slaye*.-‘ That must soon take its rank, also,
among the Free States. Meantime, the “ Con
federate States of America” are shown to be in
the condition of the family that sustained and
supported itself during the year on a single
sixpence, by alternately buying and selling to
one another the contents of the whisky bar
rel. South Carolina and Georgia have been
receiving their share of the sixpence by selling
their negroes to the other members of the
family. By and by, their turn will come to
give np the sixpence. Will they want to re
ceive back their negroes, to square the ac
count?
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Territorial Government for Plke’a
Peak—Nevada and Dacotab—Tlie
" Tariff—The peace Conferences etc*
[From Our Own Correspondent].
■Washington, Feb. 19,1861.
The House passed two important bills yes
terday. One of these, the bill organizing the
Territorial Government of Colorado (Pike’s
Peak) passed by ayes 02, noes 42 —Democrats
in the negative. The proposed Territoiy of
Colorado includes what remains after the erec
tion of Kansas as a State, and a small slip of
New Mexico and Nebraska, making about one
hundred and foursquare miles, with somewhat
betweeh forty-five and fifty thousand inhabi
tants, as many as Oregon had when she was ajl
mittedasa State. /The bill had
passed the Senate against the opposition £of
Douglas. It will he signed to-day or to-mor
row by the President and become a law.
There is pressing necessity for a government,
as the people there at present have no other
protection than that afforded by the bowie
knife or revolver. In less than two years Col
orado will be a free State in the Union. The
Senate and House Committees have agreed on
bills for the establishment /of territorial gov
ernments of Nevada and Paco tab. The for-'
mer embraces the western portion of Utah,
and the latter the northern portion of Nebras
ka Territory, lying west of the old Dacotah Ter
ritory. Upon the passage of these bills all
Territories willbe provided with governments.
In a few days Lincoln will have the appointing
of Governors and Federal officers for seven
Territories, viz:—Nebraska, Colorado, Dacp
tah, New Mexico (including Arizona), Utah,
Nebraska and 'Washington.*
The other important bill which passed the
House yesterday, was offered by the Chairman
of the Committee of Ways and Means—John
Sherman. It provides that in place of any
part of the twenty million loan now author
ized by law the President is authorized to is
sue bonds of the United States of denomina
tions of fifty dollars, - bearing interest not ex
ceding six per centum, payable annually or
semi-annually at the discretion of the Secreta
ry of the Treasury, and running to a period
not exceeding twenty*years. Coupons for the
interest thereon to he attached, and to apply
such bonds at par ,to the payment of such
creditors as .may receive them. Of coarse
every creditor will gladly receive them In pay. i
ment of what the government owes him. The I
peculiar feature of the bill is tbe sige of the !
bonds. Heretofore (1,000 has been the small. ■
est denomination issued* And of course they I
were only taken by bankers and capitalists, :
and never fell intodtbe hands of the common
people. But since these money lords have |
given out that they wpl not subscribe to |
the Government loan, unless the Republicans
shall sacrifice their principles and submit to !
the dictation of- parties, -the Republicans 1
concluded that they would.show these sordid,
unprincipled men that the new Adnmrstration 1
was not beholden to them for money, and that
they and their. secession allies!combined can
not dragoon the people of tbe Free States into
accepting the Breckinridge platform. These
SSO Treasury notes will ben very convenient
and popular kind of currency, and like wine,
the older they grow the better they become.
If a man keeps one of them a week it will be
worth six cents more than when begot it,and
if he lays it by fbrfour months it will have ap
preciated one dollar in value. It will be a very
safe sort of money to “ salt down ” for future
pse. The greatest objection to the new cur- j
rencywiil be the scarcity of It. If the denom
inations were sl6, S2O, ssp and SIOO notes in
equal amounts, the wants ofthe country would
absorb one hundred millions of dollars. The
tory capitalists find themselves euchred in
their little game of “coercion.” The two
millions pf intelligent men who elected
Old Abe are able and willing to provide his
administration with what funds it may need,
until by means of a revised tariff and economy,
Its income shall equal its expenditures, The
robberies and peculations committed by the
present administration have reduced the finan
ces of the Government to a deplorable condi
tion. Some years ago Mr. Old Buck found
p> overflowing revenue and eighteen millions
ofsiu-pme jjoin in tbe Treasury, and the Gov
ernment credit high frbgve par. He leaves the
government bankrupt, its’ ~creui£ 'destroyed,
the surplus eighteen millions squandered,-&n£
a national debt of one hundred million j be
ancsthctt to his successor as a love token. So
much fjw the flnandal history of the last four
years of the late Demotic party.
The Senate has been 1} nelly employed for ten
days past on a revision of tbp tariff The
.whole subteat is being very carefully con|id
ered. The Morrill bill, which piased the
Home last session, forms thp bapis of the
Senate bill But It his been jnapy
particulars. The warehouse system causes
the most dispute and contention. The present
law allows foreign goods to remain bonded for
three years without paying duties, which by
many is claimed to be altogether too heavy,
mE not only deprives the government for all
the Ume of he knifes,but it enables the foreign
dealer to take undueedyajitege of the markets,
and to cripple and damage tne man
ufacturer, who cannot afford to hold his ’com
modoties three yearsjjwatchlng the fluctua
tions of the market The . importing interest
is fierce fpr toe retention of the three years
danse', and] Mf- Beword if their champion.
The House w|U not agree to bo tong an
extension. Tbe Morrill bill £xedl£ at $0 nays.
The House may compromise with tlj® oenatp
on one year, but hardly a longer, period thap
that,which is all that government can afibrd or
American manufacturers can stand, and should
be satisfactory to foreign merchants. It they
are not content with one year, let them take
their goods to some other market where they
can better tnemsejye*.
The sugar duties is another subject enlist
ing much attention. The duties would be
stricken off did the necessities of the govern- j
meoijfdmit it. But there-is toe rob. • The |
Senate yesterday'agreed on an amendment;
“ To levy of t Cppt a pound on
raw'or Muscovado sugar; two cents oh'
sugari on sugar candy; per pound;
onmojaesas, fwp cents per pound; on confection
ery. thirty per cent, (jd falqftm: on coffee, one and
• a half cents per pound; teabeyaudCape of Good
Hope at four cents per pound and ten per cant, ad
valorem; and that when the Treasurynotcs issued
under acta between .the 4th of March, 1657, and tho
4th of March, 1661. shall have- been returned to the
Government, then the President of the United
States shall be empowered to remit the farther col
lection of duty on tea and coffee.” V?..
These rates on sugar am shout -half the pres
ent ddtlhS, pn molasses -about the same,
for the purpose o? encouraging the growth of
sorghum in the West. A light doty If levied
on tea and coffee. .to make np the loss of Yev
enne on sugar, which, however, it is not sup
posed will need to be kept on for more than
iwQortbreeyears. By which timetheTreasnir
fabterf specified In toe bills will be .paid off
men toot dehtis tip duties on tea
and coffee, and perhaps shgoriffiso? panto re
moved. The revenue derived frofii dgtfes op
sugar averages six millions a year,
Xt is estimated that the Tariff bill, as it now
stands before the Senate, will yield the gov
ernment about sixty-two millions of dollars,
and may go as high as sixty-five. On less than
that, gum the government cannot be conduct
ed If the interest on the large public debt Is
to prided for, and the principal kept
from increasing. Tbe enactment, or the bill
willnoVonly make the self-sus
taining, but will impart s wonderful impetus
American industry.- It will
restbreNational credit, now so terribly shat
tered, and ftt toCj same time give employment
to-tens offhoassnds of idle hands.: The farmer
as weilss the mechanic and laborer will epjoy
its beneficial-effects, Tbe bIH cohld npt.
We "be6fi piwd .had; toe tyrelvcfreo trade
disunion Senators lerdaiaed In their
80,351
ae&iaT - *- -But having absconded, the friends
of the public good will be able to pass
this, most beneficent measure. •. The bene
fits that will fiowlrom its enactment will re
concile most people to the withdrawal of the
pestiferous demagogues representing the mal
contents !bf r the Cotton States. It is to be.
i hoped they may stay away until several other
i tuefol ana Important measures shall become
■ tors. For instance, Hr. Lovej oy*s Homestead
bill, and the Pacific Eailrcadbill on the Cen
tral route—on a line from Chicago to Son
ruvanrieco via Salt Lake and the vicinity of
Pike’s Peak. It would be a national blessing
to be rid of the Fire-Eaters in Congress for a
few years, so as to enable that body to legislate
for the good of the people. While the dis
unionists are present they keep both houses in
:* turmoil ahcTraging fever, and-will tolerate
uo discussion or legislation on any.-pther. sub
ject save the everlasting ‘‘ nigger.”. ' The quiet
and satisfactory organization of the 'unorgan
ized Territories, is due to the absence from
Congress of the worst andnolalest Fire-Eaters.
The admission of Kansas into the Union os a
State is due to the same cause. The defeat of
the McCormick, ‘reaper monopoly must be
credited to the same valuable absence—a'mat
ter in which-Western farmers feel a pretty -
deep interest : Buchanan promptly signed
the bill giving the opponents of the monopo
ly ninety days more time to file testimony
againsflt in the meanwhile, the cat’s paw*,
Sfiugert, Acting Commissioner, will get his
•walkingpapers, and a better man will be ap
pointed to fill his place, who will probably ar
rive at the condusion, that when a man has
madetwo millions of profit out of a monopo
ly, he ought to be choked oSi ifhe will notlet
go willingly.
The reports are so conflicting In regard to
what the.Peace Conference is likely to do, that
it were useless to speculate on them. I am
still firmly of opinion that nothing can be
agreed upon exceptto call a National Conven
tion, and refer the whole matter to the peo
ple for adjustment in the mode provided by
the Constitution. The Commissioners from
the Border States insist on a territorial slave
code, not only for all present territory on
which slavery can exist, hut for all future
acquisitions dear down to Panama or Cape
Horn. They will getbath these concessions—
in abom. At the same time, they take ground
that the laws not be executed nor the
revenues collected in any State that may se
cede, and they also assert the right of a State
- to walk out of the Union whenever it pleases.
Under such , state of facts, how much pros
pect Is there of a satisfactory compromise be
mg agreed upon?
In last Saturday’s issue of the Chicago
i. Tbibuhe, I find the following item of nexM in
telegraphic dispatches;
Washington, Feb. 15. —The Committee appoint
ed to prepare matter for the Peace Conference to
day reported a plan of pacification. It Is under
stood to be compounded from Crittenden's and
Guthrie’s propositions and the Border State reso
lutions. It applies the principle of the Missouri
Compromise north of 88 deg. SO min., and Popu
lar Sovereignty south of it. Every effort will bo
made to carry thls'plan through this week.
It does no such thing as apply the principle
of Popular Sovereignty south of 36 deg; SO
min,, and the author of the dispatch was well
aware of the fact when he penned the false
hood. The scheme reported by a majority of
the Committee, establishes Slavery south ot the
line, and protects it there; and it is since claim
ed by its authors ♦bat, it establishes Slavery in
all future acquisitions of territory from Mexi
co and Central America; and they stoutly re
sist striking out this latter construction of
their proposition. The agent of thejAsaociat
ed Press m this city is aSouthemer, and apro
slavery compromiser, and conld hardly tell
the truth if he tried, in relation to anything
where a falsehood would benefit the Secession
ists or damage the Republicans. This expla
nation is necessary to give the reason why dis
patches to the Associated Press sent out from
this city always bear a pro-slavery coloring.
, Chicago.
FUOM WISCONSIN.
Correction—Doings of tho-Legislature
~A Eecets—Legal Holidays—County
Commissioners—Tlio> Farm HKort«
gage Bill—Exemptions—Printers’
Fees—Commissioners Again—Xlio
Judgeship— Celebration of the Day*
[Correspondence ofthe Chicago Tribune.]
aiADiEOK, Wia., Feb. 23,1861.
Small difference&in types make large differ
ences in statement. Our Supreme Judges
hold their office six years, and so the term of
. one expires every two years, not “ ten,” as I
was made to say in my last letter.
This Legislature can be hardly called a very
active working body. An adjournment was
effected yesterday, after a short session, to
Tuesday afternoon, and little business is likely
to be done till "Wednesday. Free passes to
members, enabling a majority of them to go
home every week at the loss of a day or two,
greatly retard legislation and cost the State
thousands of dollars annually. Forty-three
days of the session ore gone, and less than
forty laws have been published, not a fourth
of them of general application. In the Assem
bly, 220 bills have heenintroduced, and in the
Senate IXS. Last year at this time there were
339 in the Assembly and 183 in the Senate.
The general laws finally passed since Mon
day are, one requiring the knuckle joints to
tumbling rods of all threshing machines to be
securely enclosed in a box; one providing SOO
Webster’s Dictionaries for- deficient school
districts, and that defining the residence of
panpers. The Senate has passed a bill provid
ing for the publication of general laws in
count? papers, at the same rates os paid to the
State paper.
The hill making February 23da legal holiday
passed the Assembly and was amended in the
Senate by adding the 4th of July, and ordered
to a third reading. "With our hurrying, bust
ling, ; 4riving character as a people, there is
little danger that wc shall have too many days
: of release from business and for recreation,
and the disposition to honor all national days
Is worthy of cultivation. A committee has
been appointed to investigate the matter of
the geological survey, which has been going on
ffcr §ome years past. On Tuesday there was
.considerable discussion in the Senate on a bill
to change the present system of county gov
ernment, from Supervisors, representing each
town, to three Commissioners. Several Sena
tors wonted exceptions made in favor of their
counties, and it was urged that, as the laws of
the State were framed expressly to meet our
present system, it would be difficult to moke
so radical a change without working mischief.
Thin County Commissioner plan has been
urged in the Legislature for several years past,
and with good prospect of passing at the out
set, but heretofore there have always been
found- too many difficulties in the way.
Though there sgemed—by a vote of 14 to 8
against striking out the'vital section.' ofthp
bni_a majority in its favor, it was finally re
ferred to the Judicial? Committee.
The Farm Mortgage hill came up on Tues
day, when an amendment was proposed, with
fell intent, making its provisions apply to all
dasset of mortgagors. Its friends then with
drew their pet into the sheltering arms of the
Judiciary Committee. It was reported back
Wednesday, with some amendments not ina-*
terially changing its character. A debate oc
curring on a motion to print the amendments,
which was aimed by a vote of 42' to 41, and
so action is deferred till after the recess. By
foilure to rush It through without examination,
opportunity bea been given for careful study
of the bill, and the chances of ;U passage
have been considerably diminished by the com
ments of the prees on It, as substantially re
pudiation, and the sober second thought of
members prompts them to reject its odious
features." Some even of the warmest friends
of such legislation think it is a w little too
steep.”
7he bill limiting homestead exemption has
been** ftnrthej discussed, and referred to a
select committee,” 'The bill exempting seed
grain was finally indefinitely postponed in the
Senate. A hill exempting to publishers of
newspapers $1,200 ot printing material, on the
(»vTr»ft ground that mechanic’s tools are ex
empt, was recommended to passage in Com
mittee of the Whole, in the Assembly, by a
large majority.” Propositions were made for
large exemptions or property employed ip
mann&ctures. Tiie amount of printers’ ex
emption may'bp hut something of the
kind is likely to pass,
A bill was introduced some time ago reduc
ing materially printers’ fees for advertising
tax lists. The present rates of 25 and SO cents
a tract are none too high in most counties.
The Committee on Priming yesterday report
ed in favor of rates but a few cents less than the
bsisiing ones, and their report was adopted,
and tiie but thus amended ordered to a third
reading. 1 1 ’
The matter of sending Commissioners to
Washington has been up again. A' Republi
can caucus was held Tuesday evening, when
Carl Schura and others urged that the anti-
Compromise feeding should be strengthened in
every way* Mr. Qflhdfjuiged th%t the delega
tion m Congress be empowered to act forth?
State. A motion was made to send Mr, Scours
and Gov. Randall In addition, and after long
debate,the sending of Commissioners was voted
dtUfH. The next day a resolution was offered
by a Democrat, in the Senate, requesting the
Governor to telegraph and inquire-whether
Commissioners selected by aMass Convention
of friends of the Union would he admitted to
the Peace, Congress, This was .of course
promptly rejected.
Wednesday evening tiie Democrats held a
gaucus on the subject,- and as a' result, a coll is
published for a “ Union meeting at the Asscni
bfy Hall Tuesday evening, regardless of party,
to elect Commissioners to the Peace • Con
gress.” Qf ,course the project to send men
thus ejected at that late bout, when they could
only arrive a day or two before Congress ad
journs, is utterly absurd, and its only object
is mischief It will hardly avail even for that.
What else the meeting may. try to do, remains
to be seen. The Republicans held a caucus
with reference to the judgshlp Wednesday eve
. ning. It was decided not to call a party con
vention, and the feeling was against the nomi
nation of any party candidate. The prefer
ence oi th£ jnembers seemed, to be almost
unanimous foF'TiiSge COI4, on whose indus
try, ability and impartial admlniktr&tiou of
justice high encomiums were passed. He will
undoubtedly be called out as an independent!
candidate.
’• Washington’s birthday is celebrated here by
$ federal i>lute at sunrise, a national salute at
noon, a parade by tna’ fchxch the
weather is very unpropUlouß—and the delivery
of an address on Washington by Prof. J. D,
Butler of the State University.
By the way the Spring term of that institu
tion has opened very favorably. The resigna
tion of Prof. Carr was withdrawn. Plus.
Populxtionlo? Montreal.—The late census
of Montreal, shows a population of
101,662. In 1850 it was 57,TJ5—increase 43,837
—or 75per cent. -
|gy Rev. J. B.' Henderson, President of the
Mendota Collegiate Institute, andpastor ofthe
First Presbyteriaa church of that: town, died a
few days since.
THECBISIS,
Facts and Speculations from Va
rious Sources.
BOULIGNT SUSTAINED BY HB~CONSrii'U‘
ENTB.-
TheWashliigtoa com*pond«nt of the Phil
adelphia Prm, give* important iattUlgeiiM of
a reaction" in favorofthoHdoii which bas al
ready occurred in Louisiana. It appears that
the of tiie secessionists is undergo log
a severe condemnation at the hands of the peo
ple of that State:
“ I send yon the following copy of_an Inter-_
estliig letter which waS'yesferdiiy received by
Hon. John E. Bouligny, .distinguished
and influential citizen ofjNew Orleans; --
New OBLBA2reiFes.ll,*lß6l.
♦‘l send yen a slip tom one of onr papers,
which I assure yon, gives your numerous
friends here great’pieasnre:
• “Mb, Bouuokt—Under date* of-the sth, the
Washington correspondent oi the Hew Tork 2fcr
old says:
The speech of Hr. Bouligny of Louisiana, In
refusing to accede to the request of his legislature
to withdraw tom the House, not only .produced a
tremendous sensation at the time among the mem
bers and spectators, but bas won - for him the
praises of conservative Union-loving men every
where. Af.er the House adjourned, Mr. ritten
den met Mr. Bouligny, and grasping him with both
hands, invoked Goa’sblessing upon him, assuring
him that however much he might he cursed now
by those who are disloyal to their country, he
(Bouligny) would outlive them all in the affection
ate memory of a glorious. Union-loving, law-abi
ding people. The gallant old Kentuckian was very
impressive in his manner and speech, and wept as
he spoke.*
- “I will also say, that your speech and comae
in not resigning yonr seat In Congress, unless
the people yon represent ofder it, meets with
the approbation of your iriencU.
“Oar Secession Convention has been in ses
sion near a month; and the pOpnlar vote of
the State has never, been published. It is now
ascertained that that the popular vote has gone
for the Union or co-operation ticket by S2O
majority.
“ The Convention as yet has done no good
bat to vote down Slidell and Benjamin, which
was a glorious triumph!
“If the vote was 4a be taken to-day in this
State, I really think the dlsunlonists would be
defeated. - ' . ' -
u Stand no to the old flag, the stars and
stripes. God knows the people here, for fear
of being taken for-Abolitionists, are afraid to
raise the old flag, and not one is now to be
seen In this city or among our vessels at the
levee. It makes me sod*. Every attempt is
being made, after two fail nr es, to get up an
Olnmination, which the Mayor and Council
have recommended on the 22d—the birthday
of Washington. This is a dodge to get our
people to have a rejoicing over the downfall
of onr Union on the day Washington was born,
which won’t take—many will not join in.
“An old friend has just stepped in while I
lam writing. He says: ‘ God bless yon for
-standing up for the Union.* ”
THE FEELING IN TENNESSEE.
[From the New York Evening Post.]
As a Specimen of the letters which come to
us from the border States, we subjoin one
from the eastern; part 'of Tennessee. .It was
written, as the reader will.at once discern, by
a slaveholder, and a man of someprominence:
“ To the Editors of the Evening Post; •
“ Ton will, no doubt, be surprised at the re
sult of the vote in this State on the9th Instant.
The warmest friends of the Union here did not
even dare to hope that the Convention would
be killed by so large a majority. Many
thousands voted for the Convention who are
opposed to secession. The vote in this county
was almost unanimous.' No Convention,
1,055; Convention, 55. You see there Isone
county which has but few traitors within its
bounds. I thought 1 would let yon know on
what principles the great battle was fought in
this county. Of course lam writing for your
private ear, and not lor the public. About the
drat of January we began to fear that the wave
of disunion would certainly roll over this
State, Our people were greatly alarmed.
Some of oar leading citizens openly avowed
themselves for secession. The people took
the matter in their own hands, and. called a
mass meeting for the 7th of January.
“Although my opinions arc well known
throughout East Tennessee, 1 was invited to
address the meeting.~l met the issue Curly,
andwithont dodging. I began by announcing
the great historical tact' that the founders of
this government were freesoUers. I defended
the Republicans, and Mr. Lincoln also, against
the abominable-charges with which this conn
try has been flooded. I Insisted that even if
the Republicans carry out their policy it could
afford no ground for a dissolution of our gov
ernment. I.warned my friends against a
Southern Confederacy, the ‘central idea-* of
which is to bo African slavery. Since this
meeting I'have again and again addressed
many oi the people of this county, speaking
just os many hard things about slavery os suit
ed me. Yon may be surprised that such things
are allowed. lam surprised myself; bat in
these days of excitement and trouble, when all
we hold dear is on the verge of ruin, ourpeople
will listen in spite, of this slaveholding aristoc
racy; and, being one of the largest slavehold
ers in the county, I generally express my
sentiments without asking that privilege from
any of my neighbors.
“ You can thus see how the victory has been
gained in this county. The truth is, that there
are tens of thousands of voteraln this State
who would even agree with you if your Re-
Sublican do&tines were correctly stated to
lem." f
PANId IN NORTHERN TEXAS.
A correspondent of the St. Louis Democrat,
writing fromtitb Red Biver Valley under date
of February 9ch, says:
Yesterday, In conversation with a gentleman
from the town of McKinney, Texas, I learned
that the recent crazy action of that State has
already created qnitc a panic in many portions
of the State. Thousands of families are
anxious to sell off their property and emigrate
to California. Many of the most enterprising
farmers, formerly. irom the Northern States,
have determined to go back to their old homes;
44 Valuable farms and tpwn lots,” said my in
formant, “can now be bought for a mere song.
Negroes will scarcely sell for half as much as
they would bring eight months ago. And I
will venture the prediction,” he continued,
“ that not more than a year wQI elapse before
whole sections in Texas, now seemingly pros
perous and flourishing, will be entirely depop
ulated, unless this mad attempt at secession
is speedily stopped.”
But what care the leaders of this treasona
ble rebellion for all these things ? They have
selfish apd wicked ends to accomplish, and
have determined to rush wildly on, without
stopping to count the cost, from fanaticism to
fratricide and final suicide. They do not wish
the people to have time to reflect, to take the
sober second thought, lest they see them (the
leaders) in their true character—as a fanatical
set of hot-headed, hard-hearted, rash and reck
less demagogues who would plunge this coun
try into the horrors of on intestine war, re
gardless of bonsequences, and in yam hope of
self-aggrandizement real monarchists at
heart, who know, that while the Constitution,
the Union," and Republican integrity lasts, they
can never attain the high'political position to
which their vaulting ambition leads them to
aspire.
AN INSIDE VIEW,
The Pittsburgh Ghronide publishes a long
and very interesting letter from a resident at
Atlanta, 6a. It places the responsibility of
the secession movement on Southern politi
cians; states that the wealthier merchants
there are going to protest; that negroes which
were worth. $1,500 a year ago, now sell , for
$S00; that hands which could not he hired for
slso,are no w easily had for $75; that there is
not com enough in Georgia or Alabama to last
q month, while the poor have not money to
purchase it with, The writer of the letter pro
tests against Northern men offering any com
promises, as concession will only tend to pro
duce anarchy, while it will increase the con
tempt with which they are regarded in that
section. He saySV ,
“ It is time the Northern people threw aside
all party feeling in dealing with the South,and
on the question of the preservation of the
Union, they should let' the Bahd-hillers of
South Carolina, the Georgia Crackers and the
Alabama Boosters know they are in earnest,
and not (o be bullied out of their position by
threats ofbloqd; civil war, starvation &c.,with
which their representatives in Congress are so
fond of interlarding'their speeches. - A' firm
and dignified course will be more apt to insure
their respect, and to bring peace add harmony
to our distracted country, than &U the con
cessions they can make.
AN ESOITINQ SCENE IN THE VIRGINIA
CONVENTION.
Ex-Gov, Wise is determined to distinguish
himself In the Virginia Convention. On the
16th'ho had quite a spirited altercation with
Mr. Moore of Rockbridge, a conservative del
gate. In reply to..some conciliatory remarks
made by the latter, the doughty Governor de-.
clared that he would havehis own way first or
last, ‘J «o help me God,” and that' way he de
fined to be to fight the real disunidnlsts, whom
he did not think were the statesmen in the
South who hadbeen driven to do what some
called ttrong. The Republicans and Abolition
ists aye tiie Disunion! sts, and they are
inarching oh the Capital. implored Yir
gmjaha* hot to 'wrangle among themselves, If
they did cheap lands would lib open in the
State for the Goths and Vandals of New Eng
land to rush down and occupy. He had been
accustomed to hear the sun-rise gun at Fort
ress Monroe, when peace dwelt upon their
shores and smiled within their homes. Now
• at every hour of the day he heard the booming
thunder of practicing artillery—practicing ar
tillery for excellence to drink their blood. Be
■fero long, said be, they might expect to have
a Black Republican garrison at Gosport to rob
their ben-rooats and steal their peculiar insti
tutions. .In reaching this climax the Gover
nor had so wrought miiteelf ppthat hid geb
tufed assumed rather a personal direction, in
the opinion of Mr."Moore; so that gentleman
requested him potto be quite so' fierce, as he
did not admire that style ofgesture, This had
tbeefject of modifying Gov. Wise’s enthusi
asm, and he proceeded to explain his position
.with less emphasis. : Mr. Moore followed in a
few conciliatory remarks, and, if the reports
be not impartial, rather got the better of his
fiery antagonist. " " , V
TROUBLE BREWING IN GEORGIA.*
A few days since, the Augusta (Ga.) CTironi
eU and Sentinel spoke of the result in Virginia
as a glorious victory for Union men, and m its
iasueof Feb. I<6 it 1 plainly says that.for this
and other have Openly been
made to destroy the character and business of
the paper. These things have not been men
tioned before, but now the. Chronicle says it
feels ft has been farh fearing long enough. ;' Un?
restrained popular passion, personal ambition
and party excesses have produced disunion, as
itbuleves. And, unless these be checked, Its
fears are that they will Anally result in civil
war, loss of liberty and the establishment of .a
military despotism. Against a state of affairs
leading to these results the Chronicle utters u
voice of warning.lt reitcratcsJthe opinions
expressed in the article which. has created so
Ttwifth filing; is~glftd that jhe.Dongfoa
Bell men triumph edln Ylrghda; sihce I Kkndwß _
that there are novobmisaloniSts among them;;
, calls the attention of-those;who threaten Jt to
the Suit thatthe hew goyerument ofthe South
' erh Confederacy h&S not been Binned feline t;
Inasmuch as the State Convention of-€re6igia
has not yet recognised it, and promises to He
dare its opinions and utter its warnings just
as freely In the future aa it has in the past.
miscellaneous.
A Prospective Peril. —Prentice says:
“If there should be a Cotton-States govern
ment, we think it would do well to he a little
careful about expending money and la
.borfor furnishing its; States with forts, and
arsenals, and mints, and munitions of war.
It couldn’t tell how soon some of them might
seize upon all the’ pnbllc property within their
borders and secede.” ■
TJsion Sentiment in Ymoim—The Lynch
burg Virginian has this sensible view of . the
duties of Union men in the South: ‘'
. “.What hoota.it to the. mosses of .the people,
who owe allegiance to the Republic,-not to
Sorties -or men, whether this or that party is
i power for,the time being? The Republic Is
worth more than parties, and its integrity
should be the paramount consideration, with
the exhibition of party veualty and corruption
that has just been'presented to the people,
who is not convinced that all mere party or
ganizations-are to be deprecated? that the
people' can only protect their interests by
holding their servants to a strict accountabil
ity, and not vainly expect, by a partition of
the Confederacy, that will give onr section to
the exclusive domination of the party which
first promulgated the demoralizing doctrine
that Ho the victors belong the spoils,* and will
include, and retain amongst ns, those who
have outraged all public and private morality
—to promote our welfare.”
The same paper speaks of Floyd as “the
great criminal.”
Mr*
Committees of New York*
At 7 o’clock Mr. Lincoln received the vari
ous Republican committees, which had been
appointed to wait on him, at the Astor House.
Mr. E. Dels field Smith, Chairman of the Cen
tral Committee, as follows:
“Mb. Lincoln: On behalf of the Republi
cans of the city-of New York, numbering
thirty thousand, and swelled from the Demo
cratic and Union ranks, as we firrbly believe,
to forty dr fifty thousand, we present you our
heartfelt greeting. It is a remarkable incident
that there should have been but two recep
tions until to-night In this room. One was to
Daniel Webster, and the other to Henry Clay,
and a third is now to Abraham Lincoln. [Great
cheers, waving xf hats and hondkercnlefs.]
But, Mr. President, wc meet you to-night, not
as partisans, but as Americans, and os citizens
of the greatest and most glorious republic of
the earth. We greet you, we hope, as patriots,
with a firm trust and unwavering reliance.
“ Our country is in a condition that calls for
the anxiety of all who love it. Our faith must
be in the wise few and in the honest many.
[Applause.] We greet you earnestly and cor
dially, and ask that we may hear your voice in
response to the welcome we offer yon,” [Loud
cheers.]
MB. LINCOLN’S SPEECH.
Mr. Lincoln said in response:
“ Mr. Ghaxemak : lam rather an old man
to avail myself of snch excuses as I am now
about to offer; yet the truth is so distinct, and
presses so distinctly upon me, that I cannot
well avoid it—that is, that I did not under
stand, when I was brought into this room,
that I was to make a speech. It was not inti
mated to me that 1 was brought into a room
where Daniel Webster and Henry Clay had
made speeches, and where I, In my position,
am expected to do something like those men,
or at least say something worthy of myself
I, therefore, beg you to make allowance for
the circumstances under which I have been by
surprise brought before you. I have been
very much in the habit of thinking, and some
times speaking, on the questions that have
agitated the people. If I were disposed to do
so, and we were to take cp some of the Issues,
and 1 was called upon to make an argument; I
could do it without much deliberation. But
that is not what you desire to have done here
to-night I have been occupying the position,
since the election, of silence—ofavoiding pub
lic speaking. I have been doing so because I
thought, upon due consideration, that was the
f roper course for me to lake. [Applause.]
am brought before you now to make a
speech, while you all approve, more than any
thing else, that I have been keeping silence.
[Great laughter and renewed cheering, the
audience taking the full humor of the thing.]
It seems to me the response you give to that
remark ought to justify me in closing just
here. [More laughter.]
“ I have not kept silence since the Presiden
tial election from any party craftiness or for
anyindlfferencetothe anxieties that'pervade
the minds of men in this country. I have kept
silence for the reason that it was peculiarly
proper for me to wait until the time should
come when, according to the custom of the
country, I would speak officially. [Applause.]
I hear some one say: ‘ According lo the cus
tom of the country ?’ I allude to the custom,
on the President’s taking the oath of olfice, of
his declaring what course he thinks should be
pursued. That is what I mean. The political
drama acting before the country at this
time is rapidly shifting its scenes. It was
eminently fitting that I should wait till the
last minute, so that I could choose a position
from which I should not be obliged to deviate.
I have said several times on this journey, and
now repeat to you, I shall then take the ground
that! think is right—the ground that 1 shall
then thlnkright tor the North, the South, the
East, the West and the whole country. [Cries
of good, good, and great cheering.] And in
doing so, 1 hope to feel no necessity pressing
upon mo to say anything in conflict with the.
Constitution, in conflict with the continued
Union of these United States, in conflict with
the liberty of the people, nor anything in con*
flict with anything whatever I have given you
reason to expect from me. [Hearty and long
continued applause.] Now, my friend?, have
I not said enough ? [Applause, which, as the
humor of the thing was fully perceived, broke
forth in Now, my friends, there
is a difference of opinion between you and me,
and I Insist on deciding the question.”
Prolonged applause lollowed Mr., Lincoln’s
speech. Introductions and hand-shaking en
sued, and at ten o’clock Mr. Lincoln retired. A
large crowd lingered about the hotel until at*
ter midnight,
Mr* Lincoln at New York—Avalanche
of Visitors ac the City Ball.
[From the N. T. Times Feb. Slet.]
At length the order was given to open the
door, and with the aid of a platoon of police
that difficult feat was accomplished. It was
like turning on the Croton, or tapping a new
barrel of ale, or of champagne.
The crowd gushed in' with an effervescence,
and a pop somewhat ludicrlons to behold
though a very serious matter to undergo.
They shouted and crowded and swelled. Now
& dozen or so would shoot into the room os if
discharged from a piece of ordnance; now
they would drip through like lumps from a
coagulated mass; now they poured in like an
avalanche, to the great discomfiture of of the
abrosed policemen, against whom oil who en
tered were obliged to brush.
Merciless reporters stood by and watched
the agony of the occasion, making outrageous
puns, such as, “fliey are members of the Press”
“Jam satis.”
Mayor Wood considerately informed Mr.
Lincoln that he could please himself about
shaking hands, and also that the crowd could
be stopped at any moment if desired, (as one
would shut off the gas or the Croton.) Mr.
Lincoln, however, said he would stand it a lit
tle while, and the tide continued to pour in.
It was amusing to see the bewildered look
of the injected visitors suddenly emerging as
from the compressions of a pop-gun to the
comfortable quarters between lines of police.
Some looked wildly about, wondering where
was the President; some stopped to pin up
sundered garments, smooth their wrinkled at
tire, recover the equilibrium of their collars or
stretch cramped limbs, or cry “Whew I” and
feel cooL All were huddled along as rapidly
as possible, despite the efforts to slide off
among the privileged permanent tenants of the
room.
WHAT TUB PEOPLE SAID, AKD WHAT MB. LI2T-
COLK REPLIED.
Nearly every man had a word for Mr. Lin
coln’s ear. “God bless you,” “Stand firm,”
“Glad to see yon,” <fcc., were the favorite
greetings, but there was an occasional greet
ing, “Mow d'ye do, Uncle Abraham,” said a
frigky youthj “I qm glad to see a President
who has some reverence for the laws of God,”
said a gentleman in a white cravat; “It's %
hard day’s work you have, Mr. Lincoln,” said
another. One stout old lady, who bad braved
thp thickest of the crowd and lost her hna
band in the mdee, but found him again, took
an especial long look, and informed Mr. Lin
coln that her husband was a member of the
Legislature,
Ex-Mayor Harper was introduced by Mr,
Kennedy, and told Mr. Lincoln that the nation
needed his best efforts.
For nearly an hour the crowd ponred in at
the rate of over three thousand per hour, and
still there was no abatement; and at the sug
festion of Mayor Wood and intimate friends,
Ir. Lincoln stopped shaking hands, saying to
such as offered. They won’t let me shake handg
anymore.” He still, however, made excep
tions in Ciyor of the ladles and' the veneraabio
gentlemen.
Thirty of the Yeterans of ISI3, headed by
Col Raymond, came in a body, and after shak
ing'hap ds, presented a scries of complimentary
resolutions which Hr. Lincoln put in bis left
coat-tail pocketi Shortly afterwards another
of the Tcterans came along, and sold, “ We are
the old hoys, and yon must not forget us when
you get into your station,”
Commodore Breeae, Capt- Foote and Capt.
Gansevoort received special welcome, the
President conversing with them several
minutes, and making an appointment to see
them again.
To one visitor who announced himself from
Canada, Air. Lincoln said, “I suppose I must
shake hands with the representatives of foreign
nations.”
A gentleman from Illinois insisted upon
shaking bands, hut Mayor Wood said, we have
forbidden the President to shake hands.
A TALL CUSTOHEE.
Much merriment was occasioned among nil
in the room as a remarkably tali man stalked
up to pay his respects to the President, evi
dently thinking that he could tower up to tho
six feet four of the Mr. Lincoln
good-naturedly turned round to try his stature,
back to back, and brought down the house
when it was seen that he was at least two
inches the taller. Mr. H. Dewey, the tall
gentleman referred to, who is, by the way, a
Qreen Mountain Boy, laughingly said; “Well,
X will give in.” Mr. Lincoln'subsequently re*
marked; w I saw he if as stretching himself
to iuake the question, so I thought I would
try ft.*’
A LONG JOURNEY.
Among the crowd that passed in was one
gentleman who did not attempt to shake
Hands, although he said, “I came forty miles
to do. it, but - never mind. 1 ' Aft*. Line*ln
reached out after him and gave him a cordial
grasp. ' “
TALLER THAN THE TALLEST—GQQH FOR JERSEY.
Another general burst of merriment was oc
casionedas a huge man was seen, making his
way toward : Mr.-Lincoln; and: was
obligedtb'say he wouldgiverlh this time, for.
his rival .measured six feet and c
weighed nearly 860 HCjprbvedtq he |
Capt. Astor, of New Jersey, who, for the
nonce, divided the honors with the President. *
Kellogg and wit Constituents.
In the Porla County Republican Convention
held on the 21st Inst., the following resolu
tions were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That we do not maintain two rets of
principles: one to be used before an election, and
the other after; that we gave onr support to the
principles enunciated In the Chicago platform, be
cause we believe that they were rlgnt, and the exi
gencies of the times requited their expression and
ascendency; fiat subsequent events uave but con
firmed this opinion, and we believe that the perma
nent peace sod prosperity of the country will be
best secured by carrying out those principles in the
administration of tne government.
Resolved, That In onr opinion the late attempt In
Congress by our Representative, Hon. Wm. Kel
logg, to Ingraft the Brefklnridge platform upon the
.Constitution of the United States, is Anti-Repub
lican, and that wo regard the conduct of onr Rep
resentative, in this respect, aa flagrantly violative
of tiie principles upon which he was elected, and
by it that he has forfeited all claim to the confi
dence of hia constituents, and ought not to be con
sidered aa the Representative of Republican prin
ciples, (and It is the sense of this Convention, that
he ought to resign his trust into the hands of the
people by whom he was elected.]
The Republicans of Fulton county adopted
the following:
Sesd red. That while willing to forego in the
present crisis any question of mere party interest,
benefit or pride, yec believing that the principles
which were endorsed. In a constitutional maimer,
by the American people in the recent Presidential
election, are right and proper in themselves, and
Identified with the highest and best interests of the
whole nation; sound policy and enlightened patri
otism alike demand qf the Bepudlican party a firm
adherence to those principles ; and that any depart
ure therefrom in the face of menaces and threats,
would be demoralizing to tho government; sub
versive of the moat sacred rights guaranteed by
the Constitution; and calculated to -undermine
and destroy the very basis upon which free institu
tions rest.
The following is the action of the Republi
can Convention of Tazewell County; -
Resolved, That while we would offer to our
Southern brethren the olive branch of peace and
pledge them our hearty co-operation in all consti
tutional measures for their benefit, which are not to
the prejudice of the interests of the wbole Union,
—we would earnestly declare that this Union must
be preserved, our Constitution and Government
must be maintained, and the laws executed; and
to this end we pledge.our Uvea, our fortunes, and
our sacred honor. ‘ . ,
Resolved, That we view with profound regret the
position of our Representative in Congress, and
warn him as he values the approbation andsupporc
of his constituents against any act of suicidal poli
cy at a time when our country needs every patriot
to stand linn for the constitutional liberty our fath
ers left ns.
J. M. Hanna offered the following:
Sesolted, That we repudiate iu toto the compro
mise offered iu Congress by our Representative,
Wm. Kellogg.
An Appeal for Manhood,
[From the New York World.]
Bat, let come what may, the Northern peo
ple will be eternally disgraced If they barter
away one jot of their manhood. Whether they
save the Union or not, their self-respect most
be saved. Whether a nation has larger #r
smaller limits matters little; butitdoea mat
ter that it should have a character—it does
matter that it should have a soul. For all the
efforts of high-minded and true-hearted men
to bring back peace, we are properly grateful
—men who loyally labor to remove passion
and prejudice and misconception, and, as they
are men of principle themselves, ere as incapa
ble of asking as they are of making any base
compliance. We say, God speed their noble
work. But there ore other spirits in the field —
northemmenwithoutaaerious purpose or con
viction—wretched creatures whose very nature
it is to cringe and to beg, who have always had
a Southern master and know not how to live
without him—the same tribe that Webster
spoke of: “Dough faces, with dough heads,
and dough hearts, and dough souls; they arc
all dough; the coarsest potter may mould
them to vessels of hinor or dishonor—most
readily to vessels of dw-honor.” These people
are for propitiating the South at all costs.
There is no degradation they are not prepared
to stoop to, if so be they may keep the border
States in and get the cottou states hack. They
go for compromise, os they say; but the com
promise they go lor is simply the sheerest sur
render. Slavery makes no claim they arc not
willing to grant, imposes no engagement they
are not ready to make. Many or them, beyond
all question, would willingly consent even to
the most infamous of infamies—the reopening
of the African slave trade itself—if slavery
were yet prepared to demand it. To call these
soulless cowards peacemakers is the grossest
abuse of the word. Peace is a blessing for
freemen; it rests on law; it finds its guaran
tees in justice. Submission to arbitrary de
mands is not peace, nor docs it bring the traits
of peace. It is vaasalazc, and its end is death.
We say, then, the Union if possible, but
Union of no Union, manhood first and man
hood always. How much, not involving ab
solute moral wrong, it may be meet to "yield
to relieve the present complication of affairs;
how long it will be wise, under the new ad
ministration, to continue to enforce the laws
upon an unwilling people, must be deter
mined by shapes and aspects yet to come; but
never, never , under any circumstances, in any
extremity, must the North humiliate itself by
a surrender which its conscience and its sense
of honor cannot approve. In these last years
a change hus come over the southern mind, so
that what they once contested an evil, they
now boast to be their supremo social good.
That change, attribute it to what we please, is
an accomplished fact. Wc have no power, and
want no power over It. But we do have the
power of preventing its being forced upon us,
and it Is our duly to exercise it. We do have
the power of preventing its turning our
glorious constitutional mgis, which was con
secrated to freedom by our fathers, into an
infernal device .for the perpetuation and
extension of bondage; and ‘every considera
tion of honor, every mandate of conscience,
every sentiment of respect for those who have
gone before us, every aspiratiou for influence
among the nations, every interest of civiliza
tion, and every dictate of humanity, obligato
us to .thwart this unhallowed business, We
must not nationalize slavery. We must not con
sent that its sole interests shall shape the pol
icy of the country. Not yielding this, the
Union may end. So be it. Fifty Unions would
not be worth the sacrifice of honest conviction and
the prostration qf manly spirit involved in giving
in to such behests as tee have heard, and are yet
daily hearing . No honorable effort is to be
spared to maintain the government on its old
basis. Whatever just authority can do, or
generous conciliation can do, to secure that,
let it be done to the full. Bat when it comes
to betraying our and belying our princi
ples, there iqoat be a stop; consequences must
cease to be regarded; we must stand firm, and,
trusting to the God above us, take what fol
lows. Nothing can rain us if we only hold
fast to our Integrity.
The New Republic In Soatli Carolina*
[Correspondence of the N. Y. Tribune.]
Charleston, Feb. 20th, ISGO.
In this connection I will mention the letter,
published in the Mercury a few days since, by
the Hon. L. W, Spratt, a distinguished and
very able member of the South Carolina Con
vention, and Commissioner on the part of that
State to expound the objects of secession to
Florida, addressed to the Hon. Mr. Perkins of
Louisiana. He proclaims at the outset that the
object of the secession movement was to pro
tect Slavery where It existed, and to strength
en. and expand the eystem by the revival of
the foreign slave trade. He discusses at great
length and with much ability the philosophi
cal aspects of the question, and contends that
the number of slaves should at least equal the
number of whites; and for that reason he de
precates the introduction of free mechanics
[mainly from the North) into Charleston os a
calamity threatening the worst of consequen
ces. South Carolina, he thinks, nearer right
than any other State or community, where
there is “no appeal to the mass, because there
is no mass to appeal to; there ore no dema
gogues, because there is no populace to need
them.” To secure this happy state of things
against the possibility of danger, the slave
system must be strengthened and extended by
direct slave trade, instead of sutfering the in
troduction of free laborers, who, says Mr.
Spratt,
** Will question the right of masters to employ
their slaves in any work tbat they may wish lor;
they will uso the elective franchise to th.it end;
thev may acquire the power to determine our mu
nicipal elections, sped they will inexorably use ill
and thus this town of Charleston, at the very hem
of Slavery,'may become the fortress of Democratic
power against it."
•. Beaten in their grand purpose by the Mont
§ ornery Convention, it is but natural that the
outh Carolinians should declare that it the
edict should “be carried irto the permanent
Government, our toTioie movement is defeated,”
Says Mr. Spratt:
“It will abolitionlzc the Border States—it will
brand our institution. Slavery cannot share a gov
ernment with Democracy; It cannot bear a brand
upon It; thence another revolution. It may be
painful , but ice must bear it. The Constitution
cannot be changed without IC. It U doubtful if
another movement t ßill be so peaceful, but no matter;
no power but the Convention can avert the neces
sity,"
Again, Mr. S- proclaims
“ That Slavery, as set forth by the Southern Con*
gess, like the Thracian horse returning from the
Id of victory, still bears a master on his hack,
and; caving achieved ono revolution to escape De
mocracy at the North, it must stUl'achiess another
to escape it at the South.”
This is the key-note, accepted and taken np
by the men who dared to become Rebels, who
will insist on their Idea, and who, as Mr.
Spratt assures us, if balked, will revolutionize
again, and persevere till the slave system shall
** Stand serene, erect, aloft, unquestioned as to
its rights or its integrity, at some point within the
present limits of the Sonthetn States. And, such
being the case,” adds ITr. Spratt, “ it Is only f»*r
the present actors to determine whether they will
contribute or be crushed to that result.”
These are not the utterances of a single in
dividual ; they are the accepted views of the
people of South Carolina, of those without
whom she is as nothing, and in •new of which
tho forthcoming session of the Convention
will be very important
marine.
Fibst Boat op the Season. —The Detroit
Tribune says; .The little steamer Clara has
commenced running regularly between this
city, Sandwich, Wyandotte, Gross Isle and Mal
den. The Clara is the first boat of the sea
son.
SiT.n of A Schooner. — Captain F. Jackman,
loti of the Schooner Omar Pacha, in connec
tion with TV. Boss'* Co., of Toronto, baa
purchased the schooner Mary Grover. She is
a fine standard vessel, with carrying capacity
of 10,000 bushels of grain.
Geneses Harbor.— The Rochester Union
states'that the Harbor of Genesee is as clear of
fee as in' midsummer, so far as it relates to
navigation. Prom the lake to a mile above the
Charlotte docks there is no ice. The steam
boats and vessels are clear, and will hardly ba
made fast again by ice this winter. The indi
cations are now favorable to an early com
mencement of navigation. If business Inter-'
eats demanded it, the Lake Ontario steamers
might resume their trips on the Ist of March.
The St. Lawrence is still closed, and may re
main so for a month yet.
Nq Coercion.—'We are told that the boys
in the grammar schools of this dty, are talking
of the formation of an anti-coercion society. It
is no coercion for them to spit in the master’s
face, stickpins In hia chair, put burdock burs
In his hair, coopa rooster in his desk,' aad pin
placards upon hia back; but for him to refuse
itq be kLßnlted,.aod to the observ
ance-el order hnd proper obedience,!* coercion,
which can never be tolerated by the sons of
freemen l~~£cUh Time*. & - ■
A mistake,
Editors Chicago Tribune:
The correspondent of the Times has made
the wonderful discovery that Mack’s bill “to
provide. for the interest on the State debt/*
brings back the old rate of taxation, and
therefore no relief will be experienced from
the bill reducing the rate of taxation for 1861
and 1863. This wise correspondent is either
very ignorant, op T«y regardless of the troth.
The bill referred to is simply for the purpose
of enabling the auditor to make an assessment
in 1863, for the purpose of collecting in 1863
the interest tax, and it does not add a penny
to the taxes of 1861 or 1863. Under our Reve
nne Laws the taxes collected in one year must
be assessed in the preceding year. With the
half mill tax for *6l and *63 and the means on
hand there will be enough to pay everything,
including‘the interest'bn the State debt in
Jan., 18C3, and also, if the railroad fund is
used, in July, 1863; but, in order to provide
for the interest due Jan. 1,1861, it is necessary
that the assessment should be made in 1563,
and for this purpose the bill was introduced.
The Times correspondent, then, is wholly
mistaken in his position, for this bill does not
increase the taxes for 1861 or 1863, at all, and
if it were in force now, it would not do what
is alleged, for the taxes would still be reduced
by one-third from the amount of former years.
Any person acquainted with our revenue sys
tem will see the necessity for this bill, and
will also see that it does not add to the tax to
be collected for the next two years a single
dollar, but only provides for an assessment in
time to meet the interest due Jan. Ist, 1564.
The relief obtained by the original finance
bill of Mack’s is absolute and unconditional,
and is not Impaired by the last bilk
Finance.
A Bcath-Bed Repentance*
Tho Washington Inidligencer publishes the
letter written by Gen. Dix, last October, in
reply to a request from the Chairman of the
Democratic General Committee for permis
sion to assess the clerks in the Post-office in
this city for election expenses. The General
condemns the praetice in question os degrad
ing, fays that he cannot allow the office to be
so dishonored, and positively declines to allow
any forced contribution to be levied on the
clerks, whose salaries are barely adequate to
the support of their families.
The Union and the Constitution. —The
two engines which conveyed Mr. Lincoln over
the Hudson River Railroad were the “ Union”
and the “ Constitution.” He started from Al
bany with the u Union” and reached New York
with the “ Constitution.”
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$300,000 Saved in Herring’s Safes.
MiLwArx-x, Jan. 22,1300.
Mr. Lansing Bosxxli, Agent tor Herring’s Safes.
Dxab Sib:—lathe recent tire.which destroyed the
Milwaukee City Offices, were two of Herring's Safes;
one large one In the City Clerk’s Office.located In the
fourth story, and a smaller one, in the School Commit
•loner's room, la third story.
We arc happy to say, notwithstanding the Safes fell
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preservation. The oalj* injury received, was the curl.
Ingof the leather binding of the books by steam.
We think, if the reputation of Herring’s Safes was
sot fully established before this fire, that aU must now
be satisfied tbat they ore what they claim to be—
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The castors on one, and the plates on the otter were
melted offi
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Acting Mayor.
KELSOH WEBSTER,
President Board of CoundHara,
GEO. I>. DOEJSMAX.
JONATHAN FORD,
Superintendent of Schools.
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Bovland’s Odonto,
Peleteer’s Odontine,
' Odontalgic Ellxer,
Bazin’s Odontine,
Bazin’s Charcoal Tootn Paste)
Bazin’s Balsamic £llzer,
Bazin’s Balsamic Powder,
■ Boyce Sc Esterlej’s Dentifrice,
Br* AUporf s Dentifrice,
Barnett’s Oriental Tootn Wash,
Thurston’* Tootn Powder,
Tootn Soap,
Tootn lirnsnes,
Lasse stock of best Paris and London Brushes.
SMITH * Dft x£K, Apothecaries,
Ko. M Lake street, opposite Tremont House.
JP> O TT R T H
D, B. COOKE i CO.’S CITY DIRECTORY!
IHB CHICAGO (n DIRECTORY,
For the Year-1861,
™ berKtfy for delivery about tholsttofjmie. Ho
canvass will be made promptly after the removals and
cnatgesoiMay,by a corps ca Cojctxtxkt, Ejtsbi-
Zscao Mss', under our own immediate supervision. •.
Every paloa win be taken to make, the the present
volume more correct and complete than any of our
previous issues, aad we trust our efforts will be re*
•girded with a liberal patronage. '
ST Out advertising agentwiU call at oooe upoaour
Business Men, Bankers’, toaurauce Cot’s, Manulhctur.
: era, Commldalon Merchants. Express. Co.V,
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CURE^S.
Nervous Headache
Headache.
By the use of these Pills the periodic of 27xx.
voce os Sick HiiDAtiig Day ho prevented;
taken at the commencement of -n attack Immediate
relief from pain and sickness win he obtained. -
They seldom feUlnremovlDglhe SAUszAand Head
ache to which females are so subject.
They act gently upon the towel*—removing Cos
nvzxzss.
Per literary Men, Students, Delicate Females, sad
an persona of sedentary habits, they are valuable aa a
Laxative, Improving the appetite, giving toss and
vinos to the digestive organa, and restoring the na*
tural elasticity and strength of the whole system.
The CEPHALIC PILLS are the result ot long laves*
tlgatlon and carefully conducted experiments. bavin g
been in use many yean, daring which time they hava
prevented and relieved a va%t amount of pain and
suffering from Headache, whether originating in ths
xznvoca system or from a deranged state of the
STOXACIL
They arc entirelyvegetable la tbetr comporltlon, and
nay be taken at all times with perfect safety without
making any change of diet, and Tax absence or axt
DISAQEESaBLE TASTE SENDEES IT EAST TO ADETNIS*
BEWARE OF COCSTEEFEITS!
The genuine have five signatures of EEXBT C.‘
SPALDING on each Box.
Sold by Druggists and ell other Dealers tn Medicine#.
A Box will be sent by mall, prepaid, on receipt o
the
PRICK, S5 CENTS.
AH orders should be addressed to
HENRY O. SPALDING,
No* 43 Cedar Street, New Tork.
Xiao Following Endorsement of
SP&LJDJA'G’S
CEPHALIC PILLS
Will convince all who suffer from*
HEAD ACHE,
SPEEDY AND SURE CURE
IS WITHIN TH3IR BEACH.
As these Testimonials were unsolicited by Hr.
SPALDING, they afford unquestionable
proof of the efficacy of this tralv
scientific discovery.
Maaoxmue, Conn* Feb. Ctb, 1301.
Mb. Spalding,
Siß:—l have tried yoar Cephalic Pills, and I lies
thzm so wzzx that 1 want yon to send mo two dollars
worth more.
Part of these are for tho neighbor?, to whom I gave
a few ont of the first box 1 got tram you.
Send tue Pills by mall, and oblige
Yoar obedient servant
JAMES KENNEDY.
Mb, Spalding.
Sis: I wUh you to send me one more box of your
Cephalic Pill*, I hays BzcsrvßO a qbsat dsal or
BKBJEPIT XBOX TBBB
Yonra respectfully.
MAKY ANN 3TOIKHOUBB.
Spaces Ckeeic. Bgntiogton Co, Pi, >
January ISth. IS6L >
B. C. Spalding,
Sib:—Ton will please send me two boxes of your
Cepoallc Filli. Se-d them Immediately.
Respectfully yours,
JNO. B. SIMONS.
P. B.—l natb used ova sox or vocb Pills, up
rtSD TUXX ZXCKLLZST.
Bells Verhov, Ohio, Jan. 25tta, IS6L
Hrxbt C. Spalding. E-h.
Please find inclosed twenty-five cents, fjrwhlchseml
me another box ot your Ceptiallc Fils. Tbxt abb
txclt thzuxst Pills luavbkvbb TRTZP.
Direct A. STOViiK. P. M,
Belle Vernon. Wyandot County, O,
Bsvrblt, Maes., Dec.llth* ISSO.
H C. Spalding. Esq.
1 wish for some clreularsor large show bills, tobrtag
vour Cephalic Pins more particularly before my cus
tomers. If you have anything of the kind, plcawjcad
to me.
One of my customers, whoia subject to severe Sick
Headache, (usaailycEring two da\ *.) was cunsn op
AN ATTACK IN ONS BOCK BT TOUR PILLS, Which I
sent here.
Rstnoldssubg, Franklin Connty. Ohio, >
January Cto, iSul. >
Hsxbt C Spalding,
No. 48 Cedar street, JT. T,
Dsab Sib:—lac’osed find twentr-five cent?, (23.) for
which send box of ‘Cephalic PUb. dead to address
of Key. Wm. C. Filler, Eeynolihbarg. Franalia Coon*
ty. Ohio. _
Tons Pxxxa 'work ’lixe a cbasjc—cubs Hxao*
ACUZ ALSCO9T IN ST ANTI B,
Mb. Spalding,
Sir*—Not long since I sent to too for a box of Cep
halic Pills for Hie care of the Nervous HeiWacha and
cosUveness. and received tiie same, and tust bad so
GOOD AX ZPPXCT THAT I WAS ISBCCSD TO BSXD FOB
BOR*.
Plea** tend by return mall. Direct to^
[From the Examiner. Norfolk, Va.l
Caphalio Pills accomplish the object for which they
ware made, viz: Core of Headache In all Its forma.
[From the Examiner, Norfolk, Va.]
They have been tested in more than a thousand
eases, with entire success.
[From the Democrat, St Cloud. Mlno.l
If yon are, or have beeatronhlcdwlth the headache,
send for a box. (CephaUc Pills.) eo that jou may have
them In case of an attack.
[From the Advertiser. Providence, It. L]
The Cephalic PtUs are said to be a remarkably effec
tive remedy for the headache, and one of tha very best
for ttmt very frequent complaint which has ever been
discovered.
LOBSTER,
[From the ‘Western E. E. Gazette. Chicago, IU.I
We heartily endorse Mr. Spalding, and hla unrivalled
Cephalic PUls.
HERRING.
[From the Kanawha Valley Star, Kanawha, Va]
We are sure that persocs suffering with the head
ache, who try them. wiU .tick to them.
[Prom the Southern path Finder, New Orleans, La.l
Try them lyou tbat are afflicted, and we are sure
mat your testimony can be addt d to the already numer
ous l»t that has received benefits that no other medi
cine can produce.
[From the St. Louis Democrat.]
The Immense demand for the article (Cephalic PHD)
U rapidly Increasing.
[From the Gazette, Davenport, lowa.]
Mr. Spalding would not connect fals name with an
article he did not xsow to possess real merit.
[From the Advertiser, Providence, R. L]
The testimony in their favor Is strong, from the moat
respectable quarters.
[From the Dally News, Newport, K. L]
Cephalic PUls are taking the place of aU kinds,
City Clerk.
[From the Commercial Bulletin, Boston, Mass J
Said to be very efficacious for the headache.
[Fromthe Commercial, Cincinnati. Ohio.l
Suffering humanity can now be relieved.
IP* A single bottle of SPAULDING’S PREPARED
GLUE win save ten times Us cost annually, -tri
SPALDING’S PREPARED GLEE I
SPALDING’S PREPARED GLEE I
SPALDING’S PREPARED GLEE I
DISPATCH! 11
jy **A STmai nr Tas Satxs
KCOSOITT!!
As secMents wiQ happen* even la Trail regulated
families, it is very have some cheap and.
convenient way for repairing F ornltnre. Toys, Crock
ery, Ac.
SPALDINGS PREPARED GLUE
Meets an such emergencies, and so household can afr
lord to be without U, It Is always ready, and opto
the sticking point.
“USEFUL IS EVERT HOUSE.*
*TT. B.—A Brush accompanies each Bottle.
TEARI
Address
HENRY C. SPAUOTG,
No* 48 Cedar Street, New York,
As certain unprincipled persona are attempting to
off on thswflipectlßS public,, baitattooe ofay
PREPARED HI would caution an persona to
m-r*-rrAnm and see that the fun name.
KVBFALSISa'S PREPARED QT.ttte,
Is on the outside wrapper; aH others are swindling
eounteaMta. oclSdatwly
TEAT A
Bavbbvobd. Px, Feb. 6th. ISO.
Respectfully your*.
W.B. WILKES.
Truly vours,
WM.C. FILLER.
Ypcuiti, Mich., January I4tb, ISCi.
A. K. WHEELRB,
Ypailanli, Mich.
SATE TTTg PIECES.!
PRICE, 25 CENTS*
CAUTION.