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DAILY NATIONAL ERA. G. BAILEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. VOL. I. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1854. NO. 72. TEBMB. ' The DoU? National ?r? i. published every evon_ Ing, and contains the report* of tho proceeding* ot C^o*0?oe of 'puULofctioa ia on Seventh street, be tween D and K. Daily paper, for term of oight inontha - ? - f? u Hairs of Advertiting in Daily. One sonare, (ton lines,) one insertion - ? - ?? ?[ Do. do. throe insertions ? - J *? Do. do. one week - - - - ' ? Do. ' ? do. two weeks - * ? * * ? Do. do. one month . - ? - ?? Do. do. two month! - ? - * Do. do. three month* - * * ? A liberal discount for long advertisements, an those who advertise for a longer time WASHINGTON, D. C. PfUWKTOi Off ll? XIOHTH VOLUME 0* THE HATIOHAL MA. u haILEY editor and proprietor. JOHN 1!. WHITTIItR, CORRESPONDING EDITOR. WASHINGTON, D C. The National Era w aweekly newspaper, devoted to Literature and Politios. In Literature, it aims to unite the with the True, and to uiake both immediately subservient to the practical purposes of every it advocates the Kighteof Man, and the Equality of Righto, and opposes what ever violates or tends to violate them, whether this be Involuntary Personal \Servitude, Civil Despotism, Spiritual Absolutism, Class Legis iSTihe iXhness of Capital the Tyranny of Combination, the Oppression of a Majority, or the Exactions of Party. It holds no fellowship with the Whig Democratic organize*,?, believing that the main issues on which they have been arrayed against each other are obsolete or settled, and J?t they are now chiefly used by the Sertwjb Interest of Slavery, to impair the love of Lib ertv natural to the American mind, andI to subjugate tho American People to its rule. Dis claiming all connection with *bem, i ^?. ^ pathizes with those of their adherents who arc honestly seeking through them to advance the substantial interests of the county, although it must believe that they havo not chosen the b? I tTs Supporter of the Independent Democ racy, whioh holds that tho Trutlisof the Dec laration of Independence are praxiiad, that in their licht the Constitution of tho United States is to be interpreted, that to thorn the laws and institutions and usages of tho ooun try should' bo conformed?a I arty, whose motto is, Vrtion, not for the sake of Union, hut for the sake of Freedom and Progress, and Law, not for the sake of Law, but for the Protection of Human Righte and Interests? the only sure foundation of order and ooncora. In no sense is it the organ of a Party, or a mere Party Paper, but absolutely " free and independent," claiming to SDcak br author ity''h?r nobody exoept its editor, and recogni sing no authority in any quarter to prescribe ite course and polioy. . The Eighth Volume of the Era will ooui menco on the first of January ensuing and be enlarged by the addition of four oolumns. We havo noglected no means that could promise to make it an agreeable companion for the House hold, and an efficient eo-adjutor to the enlight ?d Politician. It has secured able correspond ents at home and abroad, and no journal in the fountry oan surpass tho Era as it rospeets contributors to its Literary Department. The Era publishes condensed reports of the proceedings of Congress, explains movements in that body, tho causes of whioh do not always lie upon the surface, and from its position is enabled to keep a constant wateh upon the ap tion of the Federal Government in relation to ail questions at issue between Liberty and Th?only journal at the seat of the Federal Government, representing the Anti-Slavery Sentimont of the Republio, while the Pro Sla very Sentiment is represented here by four daily papers, noarly all of them being liberally sustained by Governmental patronage, it asks the support of all who believe, in smoenty, that the Union was formed to secure tho blessings of Liberty, and not to perpetuate the curse of ' 'payment in advance is invariably required. .To prevent annoyance and loss to ourselves and reader*, to preserve their files unbroken, and to enable us to know how large an edi tion of the paper to issue, all subscriptions should be renewed beforo thoy oxpire. 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When money b sent, notea on the Binii of Bonton, New Vork, 'J1 adelphia or Baltimore, are preferred New England notes are at less disoount than New York State notes, and these less than Western notes. 0 P. S. Newspapers friendly to our enterprise will please notice or publish our Prospeotns, as they may soe proper. PROSPECTUS OP THE DAILY NATIONAL ERA. I shall issue, on tho 2d day of January en duing, the Daily National Kra, a Political and Literary Newspaper. In Politic*, it will advocate the Rights of Man, and the Equality of Right*, and oppose whatever violate* or tendn to violate them, whether thin he Involuntary Personal Servi tude, Civil Despotism, Spiritual Absolutism, Claws Legislation, the Solfishness of Capital, the Tyranny of Combination, the Oppression of ? a Majority, or the Ki-iotion* of a Party. It will hold no fellowship with tho Whig and Democratic organization*, believing that tho main iiwno* on which they have boen ar rayod against each other are obsolete or settled, and that they are now chiofly used by the Sec tional Interest of Slavery, to impair tho love of Liberty natural to the American mind, and to subingate tho American People to its rule. Dis claiming all oonnoction with them, it will yot ' sympathise with those of their adherents who are honestly seeking through them to advance the substantial interests of the country, although it must believe that they have not chosen the bettor way. It will bo a supporter of tho Independent Democracy, which holds that tho Truth* ol the Declaration of Independence aro practical; that in their light tho Constitution of the United Statoa is to l?e interpretedthat to them the laws and institutions and usages of the oountry should j>e conformed?a Party, whtmo motto is, Uniofi. not for the sake of Union, but for the sake of Freedom and Program; and Law, not for the sake of I.aw, but lor the protection of Human Righto and Interests?the only Buro foundation of order and oonoord. In no bodho will it be the organ of a Party,, of a more Party Paper, but absolutely "free and independent," claiming to speak by " au thority " for nobody except ita eaitor, and rec ognising do authority in any quarter to pre scribe ita course and tiolioy. - In Literature, it will aim to unite the Beau tiful with thn True, and to make both immedi ately subservient to the pfaotdual purposes of every-day life. Able correspondents, at home and abroad, have been sooured, and ample provision has been made for its Literary Miscellany. It will publish condensed reports of the pro ceedings of Congress, explain movements in that body, the cautes of which do not always lie upon the surface, and from ita position be able to koep a constant watch npon the aotion of the Federal Government in relation to all questions at issue between Liberty and Slavery. The extensive subscription of the Weekly Era, which, during the year about to close, has reached the number of twenty-eight thousand, must make it an eligible medium for advertisers. The Daily Era will bo issued on a sheet as large as that of the Daily National Intelligencer, on the 2d day of January, 1854, and daily there after, until the lat of September, 1854, (or long er, should Congress continue in session,) at KIVK DOLLARS FOR THAT PKRIOD; and should Ihe result then warrant, the publicatioo will be resumed on the lat of September following, by the year. Aa but sixteon days intervene between this and the 2d of January, it ia important that subscriptions be forwarded at once. Payment in advance will be invariably re quired. G. BAILfJY. Washington, December 15, 1853. INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. ADOPTED AT PITTSBURGH, AUGUST 12,1852. Having assembled in National Conven tion as the delegates of the Free Democra cy of the United States, united J>y a com mon resolve to maintain right against wrongs, and freedom against slavery; con fiding in the intelligence, patriotism, and the discriminating justice of the American people; putting our trust in God for the triumph of our cause, and invoking his guidance in our endeavors to advance it, we now submit to the candid judgment of all men the following declaration of prin ciples and measures: I. That Governments, deriving their just powers from the consent of the. governed, are instituted among men to secure to all, those inalienable rights' of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, witji which they were endowed by their Creator, and of which none can be deprived by valid legis lation, except for crime. II. That the true mission of American Democracy is to maintain the liberties of the people, the sovereignty of the States, and the perpetuity of the Union, by the impartial application to public affairs, with out sectional discriminations, of the fun damental principles of equal rights, strict justice, and economical administration. III. That the Federal Government is one of limited powers, derived solely from the Constitution ; and the grants of power therein ought to be strictly construed by all the departments and agents of the Gov ernment, and it is inexpedient and dan gerous to exercise doubtful constitutional powers. IV. That the Constitution of the United States, ordained to form a more perfect union; to establish justice, and secure the blessings of liberty, expressly denies to the General Government all power to de prive any person of life, liberty, or prop erty, without due process of law; and, therefore, the Government, having no more I power to make a slave than to make a king, and no more power.to establish sla very than to establish monarchy, should at once proceed to 'relieve itself from all re sponsibility for the existence of slavery wherever it possesses constitutional power to legislate for its extinction. V. That, to the persevering and impor tunate demands of the Slave Power for more slave States, new slave Territories, and the nationalization of Slavery, our dis tinct and final answer is?no more slave States, no slave Territory, no nationalized Slavery, and no national legislation for the extradition of slaves. VI. That Slavery is a sin against God and a crime against man, which no human enactment nor usage can make right; and that Christianity, humanity, and patriotism, alike demand its abolition. VII. That the fugitive Slave Act of 18.50 is repugnant to the Constitution, to the principles of the common law, to the spirit of Christianity, arid to the senti ments of Ihe civilized world. We there lore deny its binding force upon the American People, and demand its imme diate and total repeal. VIII. That the doctrine that any human law is a finality, ami not subject to modi fication or repeal, is not in accordance with the creed of the founders of our Gov ernment, ami is dangerous to the liberties of the people. IX. That the acts of^Congress known as the Compromise Measures of 1850, by making the admission of a sovereign State contingent upon the adoption of other measures demanded by the special inter est of Slavery; by their omission to guar anty freedom in free Territories ; by their attempt to impose unconstitutional limit' ations on the power of Congress and the people to admit new States ; by their pro visions for the assumption of five millions of the State debt of Texas, and for the payment of five millions more, ami the cession of a large territory to the same State iHuler menace, as an inducement to the relinquishment of a groundless claim, and by their invasion of the sovereignly of the Mates and the liberties of the peo ple, through the enactment of an unjust, oppressive, and unconstitutional Fugitive Slave Law, are proved to be inconsistent with all the principles ami maxims of De mocracy, and wholly inadequate to the ' settlement of the questions of which they are claimed to he an adjustment. X. Thai no permanent settlement of the Slavery question can be looked for, except in the practical recognition ol the truth that Slavery is sectional, and Free dom national; by the total separation ol the General Government from Slavery, and the exercise of its legitimate and consti tutional influence on the side of Freedom; and by Icaviug to the States the whole bubjecl of Slavery and the extradition ol fugitives from service. XI. That all men have a natural right to a portion of the soil; and that, as the use of the soil is indispensable to life, the right of all men to the soil is as sacred as their right to life itself. XII. That the public lands of the Uni ted States belong to the people, and should not be sold to individuals uor granted to coi/porations, but should be held as a sa cred trust for the benefit of the people, and should be granted in limited quanti ties, free of cost, to landless settlers. XIII. That a due regard for the Federal Constitution, and sound administrative policy, demand that the funds of the Gen eral Government be kept separtite from banking institutions; that inland and ocean postage should be reduced to the lowest possible point; that no more reve nue should be raided than is required to defray the strictly necessary expenses of the public service, and to pay off the pub lic debt; and that the power and patron* age of the Government should be dimin ished by the abolition of all unnecessary offices, salaries, and privileges, and by the election by the people of all civil officers iu the service of the United States, so far as may be consistent with the prompt ami efficient transaction of the public business. XIV. That river and harbor improve ments, when necessary to the safety and convenience of commerce with foreign nations or among the several Slates, are objects of national concern, and it is the duty *)f Congress, iu the - exercise of its constitutional powers, to provide for the same. % XV. That emigrants and exiles from the" Old World should find a cordial wel come to homes of comfort and fields of enterprise in the New ; and every attempt to abridge their privilege of becoming citizens and owners of the soil among us ought to be resisted with inflexible deter mination. XVI. That every nation has a clear right to alter or change its own Govern ment, and to admiuister its own concerns in such manner as may best secure the rights and promote the happiness of the people, and foreign interference wiih that right is a dangerous violation of the law of nations, against which all independ ent Governments should protest, and en deavor by all proper means to prevent; and especially is it the duty of the Ameri can Government, representing the chief Republic of the world, to protest against, and by all proper means to prevent, the intervention of Kings and Emperors I against nations seeking to establish for ! themselves republican or constitutional Governments. XVII. That the independence of Hayti ought to be recognised by mir Govern ment, and our commercial relations with it placed on the footing of the most favor ed nations. XVIII. That as, by the Constitution, " the citizens of each State shall be en titled to all privileges and immunities of citizens of the several %States," the prac tice of imprisoning colored seamen of other States, while the vessels to which they belong lie in port, and refusing to I exercise the right to bring such cases be fore the Supreme Court of the United : States, to test the legality of such pro ceedings, is a flagrant violation of the Constitution, and an invasion of the rights of the citizens of otther States, utterly in consistent wiih the professions made by the slaveholders, that they wish the pro visions of the Constitution faithfully ob served by every State in the Union. XIX. That we recommend the intro- i duction into all treaties, hereafter to be i negotiated between the United States and | foreign nations, of some provision for the amicable settlement of difficulties by a re sort to decisive arbitration. XX. That the Free Democratic party is not organized to aid either the Whig or Democratic wing of the great Slave Com promise party of the nation, but to defeat thrm both ; and that repudiating and re nouncing both, as hopelessly corrupt, and utterly unworthy of confidence, the pur- I pose of the Free Democracy is to take possession of the Federal Government, and administer it for the better protection of the rights and interests of the whole people. XXI. That wo inscribe' on our banner, Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor, and Free Men, and under it will fight on aiid fight ever, until a triumphant victory shall reward our exertion*. XXII. That upon this Platform the Con vention presents to ihe American People, as a candidate for the office of President ?of the United States, John P. Hale, of New Hampshire, and as a candidate for the office of Vice President of the United States, George W. Julian, of Indiana, and earnestly commends them to the sup port of all fieeinen and parties. T. A. ARTHUR'S HOMR MAO AKIN K ("1IVKS over 90(1 largo, <li>nMr-column octavo page* JT of choice reading mutter in a your Alto, from 12 to 15 uteol engraving*, of a high order of excel lence, beaide* from 150 to 2oo wood engraving*, all for '#1.25, in club* of four subscriber*. Tho cheapest Monthly Magnrine in the World! The Third Vol ume begin* in January, 1854, and will contain a new atory, or nouvellctte, by Mr. Arthur, entitled "Thk Ahhmi. or Tiift HouaitiioLP " Term*, in advance, $2 a year; 4 oopie*. one year. $.'? t 12 copie*. one year, $15, and one to getter np of club. Specimen ?um Ur.i fnrnithjif frrrof rh/irgr. Lady'* Book and Home Mneatine, one year, |t .Ml. Addrem, poet paid, T. 8. ARTII11H, Jan. 2rt?eow 107 Walnut *t., Philadelphia. OIKTHOimtNO AM KNIT* wantvi). 1"MNK chance for young men thi* winter. Addrem 4 Nov. St. M. J. OOOK, Crawfordaville, Ind LIST OP MEMBERS OF THE liU C0NGRE88. SENATE The Senate ooniiati ol two Senators froiu each State. There aro thirty-one States, represented by sixty two Senator*. Whig*, in luUie; Old Line Democrat*, in Roman. Those marked I. D., Independent Democrat*; U., those elected a* Union roenj S. It., those elected a* Southern or State Right* men. President - - David K. Atchison Secretary ? ? A*bury Die,kins. Term exjrins. Term rxpir,* Alabama. Mississippi. Boni KiUpatrick - - 18WJ Stephen Adam*, (U.) 1857 0 C Clay ----- 1859 A. G. Brown .... 185V ARKANSAS. * MISSOURI. H W. Johnson* - - 1855 David H. Atchison - 1855 Win. K. Sebastian - 1859 lltnry S. Gey,# - - 185V CONNECTICUT. NKW HAMPSHIRE. Truvum Smith - - 1855 Mow* Norris.jr - - 1855 Isaac Touccy - - - 1857 Jared W.William*- 185V calipornia. n*w vork. William M. Gwin - 1856 Wm. U. Seward - - 1855 John B. Welter - - 1857 Hamilton Fish ? - 1857 DELAWARE. . NEW JERSEY. James A. Bayard - 1857 J. R. Thompson ?- 1857 JoJiu.M- Clayton - 185V William Wright - - 185V fLOKlDA. NORTH CAROLINA. Jackson Morton - - 1855 Gtorgt E. UaUger - 1855 Stephen H. Mallory 1.857 Vacancy 1859 (IKOROIA. OHIO. IKv C. Dawson ? - 1855 S. P.Chase (I D.) - UJ55 llohert Toombs (U.) 185V limynn in h\ Wade lhl>7 INDIANA. PENNSYLVANIA. John Petit 1855 Janus Cooper - - - 1855 Jesse D. Bright - - 1857 Rioh'd Brodhead, jr. 1857 ILLINOIS. RHODE ISLAND. James Shields - - - 1855 Charles I. James - 1857 Stephen A. Douglas 185V Philip Allen - - - - 1809 IOWA. SOll'lIll CAROLINA. Augustus C. Dodge - 1855 A. P. Buller (h. K.) - 1855 George W. Jones - 185V Jo.iiah J. Evaus - - 185V KENTUCKY. 'ITCNNESSKE. Archibald Dixon- - 1855k James (|. Jones - - J857 John H. Thompson 185V John JMl? 185V u>i;isiana. TEXAS. John Slidell - - - - 1855 Thomas J. ltusk - - 1857 J. J'. Benjamin - - 185V Sam. Houston - - 185V MAINE. VERMONT. Hannibal Hamlin - 1857 Vacanoy 1855 Wiu. P. Kessenden - 1859 Solomon Foot - - - 1857 MASSACHUSETTS. VIRGINIA. Chs.Suiliner (I. D.) 1857 J. M. Ma*m (S. R.) 1857 lint nurd Everett - - 1859 R. M. T. Uu liter " 1859 MARYLAND. WISCONSIN. James A. I'rarre - - 1855 Isaac IV Walker - - 1855 Thomas ti. Pratt - 1857 Henry Dodge - - - 1857 MICHIUAN. Lewis Cass ----- 1857 Chas. E. Stuart - - - 1859 * By Governor's appointment. 'Hio Legislature of Alabama will have two United Stales Senators to elect during the coming session HOUSE' OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House consists of two hundred and thirty-four Members and five Territorial Dele gates, ono now Territory having lately been formed. ??: Washington. Tne Delegate*, however, have do vote. ALABAMA. - Old Line Democrats.?Philip Philips, S. W. Harris, Wm. R. Smith, George S. Houghton, W. R. W. Cobb, James K. Dowdell. ? Whig.?James Aberorombio. ARKANSAS. Old Line Democrats.?A. B. (Jreenwood, K. A. Warren. ? CONNECTICUT. Old Line Democrats.?James T. Pratt, Colin M. lugersoll, Nathan Belcher, Origen S. Sey mour. CALIFORNIA. Old Line Democrats.?J. A. MoDougall Milton S. Latham. DELAWARE. Old Line Democrat.?George R. Riddle. FLORIDA. Old Line Democrat.?Augustas R. Maxwell. GEORGIA. Old Line Democrats.?J. L. Seward, A. H. Colquit, David J. Bailey, Wm. B. W. Bent, E. W. Cbastain. Junius Hillyer. Whigs.?David A. Roeae, Alex. H. Stephen#. ?IOWA. Old Line Democrat.?Bernhardt Henn. Whig?John P. Cook. INDIANA. Oltl Line Democrats.?S. Miller, W. H. Eng lish, C. L. Dunham, James A. I^ano, Thos. A. Hen ricks, John G. Davis, Daniel Mace, Nor man Eddy, E. M. Chamberlain. Andrew J. Harlan. Whig.?Samuel W. Parker. ILLINOIS. Old Line Democrats.?John Wentworth, W. A. Richardson. James Allen, William H. Bis sell. Willis Allen. Whigs.?E. B. Washburne, J. C. Norton, James Kuox, Richard Yates. KENTUCKT. Old Line Democrats.~lAiin Boyd, James S. Chrisman. J. M. Elliott, J. C. Breckenridgo, R. H. Stanton. Whigt.?Benj. E. Gra? Presley Ewing, Clement S. Hill, Wm. Preston, Leander M. Co*. LOUISIANA. Old Line Democrats?Wm Dunbar, John Perkins, jr. Whigs.?Theodore G. Hunt, John B. Smith. MASSACHUSETTS Old Line Democrat.?Nathahicl P. Hank*. IVktgx.?Zeno Scudder, Samuel L Crocker, J. Wiley Kdmunda, Samuel H. VValley, Wil liam Appleton. C'harle* W. Uphara, Tappao Wcntworth, Kdward Diokinaon, John Z. Good rich. Independent Democrat.?Alrx. Do Witt. MICHIGAN. Old Line Democrat*?David Stuart, David A. Noble, Samuel (Nark, Ho* tor I.. Stephen*. MAINK Old Line Democrats.?Moat* McDonald, Sam uel Mayftll, T. J. D. Fuller. Wkigt.?K. Wilder Farley, Samuel P. Ben- : koo, Israel Wanhburn, jr. MISSISSIPPI. Old Line Democrats ? Daniel B. Wright, Win. S. Barry, 0 R. Singlp&wi, Wiley P. Har- j riM, Wm Barkndale. MARYI.AND Old Line Democrats.?Jacob Shower, Jotdiua Yannant, Henry May. Wm. T. Hamilton. If'A/gv?John R Franklin, A. R. Soller* MISSOIRI. Old Line Democrat*. ? Thoman H. Benton, Alfred W. I.anib, John S. Phelp*. WAig*.?John It. I.mdloy, John (J, Miller, Mordocai Oliver, Sam. CarutherH. ? MINNESOTA. Old Line Democrat.?Henry M. Rioo. NEW YORK. * ' Old Line Democrat*.?Jh^. Maurioe, The W. Cumming. Hiram Walhridge, Mike Waleh. William M. Tweed, John Wheeler, William A. Walker, Franoif* B Cutting, Jared V, Peek, William Murray, T. R. Woetbrook, (Gilbert Dean, Runts W. Peckham, Charlca Hughe*. Binhop Perkinn, Peter Rowe, Daniel T. Jonce, Andrew Oliver, John J. Taylor, George Hant ing*. Reuben R. Fenton. irAiffs.?Rumel Sage, George A Simmons, George W. Chaee, O. B. MattAxon, Henry Ben nott, Kdwin B. Morgan, David Carpenter, Thoma* F. Flagler, Solomon G Haven, Benja min Pringle. Independent Democrats.?Gerrit Smith, Ca leb I.yon. NRW .IKRSlT. Old Line Democrat*.?Nathan T Stratum, Charles Skelton, Samuel I.illy, Gaorgo Vrail Whig?A. C. M. Pennington. NEW HAMPSHIRE Old Line Democrats.?George W. Kittredge, George W. Mormon, Harry Hibbard. NORTH CAROLINA. (Jltl L'ne Democrats.?H. H. Shaw, Thomas Ruffin, Wm. S. Ashe, Burton S. Creig, Thomas L. Clingman. Whigs.?Sion H. Rogers, Johu Kerr, Rich ard C. Puryear. NEW MEXICO. Old Line Democrat.?Jose Mauuel Gallegos. OHIO. Old Line Democrats.?David T. Diiiuoy, M. H. Nichola, Alfred P. Edgerton, Audrew Ellison, Frederick W. Green, Thomas L. Ritchie, Ed son B. Olda, Wm. D. Lindsey, Harvey H. John son, Wilson Shannon, George Bliss, Andrew Stuart. ' Whigs.?John Scott Harrison, Aaron Har lan, Moses B. Corwin, John L. Taylor, W. R. Sapp, Edward Ball. liulc/tendent Democrats.?L. D. Campbell, Edward Wade, J. R. Giddings. OREGON. ? . Old Line Democrat.?Joseph Lane. PENNSYLVANIA. Old Line Democrats?T. B. Florence, J. Rob ins, jr., Wm. H. Witte, John MoNair, Samuel A. Bridges, Heury A. Muhlenberg, Christian W. Straub, H B. Wright, Asa Packer, Ga lusha A. Grow, Jainea (iambic, Wm. H. Kurtz, Augustus Drum, John L. Dawson, Michael C. Trout, Carlton B. Curtis. Whigs.?Joseph R. Chandler, William Ever hart, Isaac E. Hcister, Nor Middleswarth, Samuel L. Russel, John MvColloch, David Ritchie, Thomas M. Howe, John Dick. RHODE ISLAND* Old. Line Democrats,?Thomas Davis, Ben jamin B. Thurston. SOUTH CAROLINA. State Rights Democrats.?John McQueen, William Aiken, L. M. Km It, P. S. Brooks, Jas. L. Orr, W. W. Boyce. TENNESSEE. Old Line Democrats.?Brookins Campbell, (deceased.) Wm. M. Church well, Samuel A. Smith. Geo. W. Jones, Frederick P. Stanton. ' Whigs.?William Cullom, Charles Ready, R. M. Bugg, Felix K. Zollikoti'er, Emerson Etheridge. TEXAS. Old Line Democrats.?Goo. Y. Smyth, Peter H. Bell. UTAH. Old Line Democrul.?John M. Bernhisel. VIRGINIA. Old Line Democrats.?T. H. Bayly, J. M. Mill sou, John S. ('ankle, William O. Goode, Thos S. Bocock, Paulus Powell, William Smith; | Charles J. Faulkner, H. A. Edmnndson, Jdhn Letcher, Z. Kidwell, J. F. SnodgraMS, Fayette Mo-Mullen. VERMONT. Whigs.?Jamu Meaoham, Andrew Tracy, Alvah Sabin. WISCONSIN. Old Line Democrats.?Daniel Wells, jr., B, C. Eastman, John B. Macy. The following ia a list of,the Free Dem ocratic and Anti-Slavery papers published in tho United States: ? FREE DEMOCRATIC PRESS. Inuuirer, Portland, Mr.; A. Willey ; $2 p?r annum. Jmi. Democrat, Concord, N. H. ; G. G. Fogg; ft. News, Keene, N. 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I.; Crawford A Harris; $1. | Republican, Hartford, Ct.; Bartlett A Hawley; $2. j Herald, Ellington, N. Y,; A. 8. Brown. i Evening Chronicle, Syracuse, N. Y.; H R. Raymond daily $.'<, weokly $1.50. I Spirit of the Age, Norwich. N. Y.; J D Lawyer; $1. Wyoming Co Mirror, Warsaw, N. Y.; A. Holley ; $2 Telegraph, Oneida, N Y.; D. H. Frost; $1.25. Banner of the Times, De Ruyter, N. Y. Free Press. Welhtrille. N. Y.. A. N. Cole; $1.5#. Frederick Douglass Paper, Rochester, N. Y., Fred eriok Douglass. $2. Free Press, Gouverneur, New York , Mitchell A Hal bert, $1. Herald, Jamestown, N. Y. Carton League, Syracuse, N. Y.J J Thomas, $1 50 American Banner, Cherry Valley, Pa.; Jooh B. King Courier, Coneantville, Pa., G. W Brown. Olive Branch, Norristown, Pa.. Joseph Moyer. $1. Saturday Visiter, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Jane G A William Swiashelm; $1.50. Freeman, Mercer, Pa.; W T Clark, $1.50. 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