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>.uu/iv Ifie scattered anj hostile trag-
f fifty# s<-( )Tf I)¥' CISION.
I yjrJialijp -vmvgratulate you upon the
foal st-nfriuent by eke Supreme Court of
*r e States of fbfrtfwestioH ofoSlav
t-ty iu jtlie Territories, which had present
ed an >pet ko Jruly form ida We at the
in of my administration,
i he rjuht has been establjihod of every
firh.&rf tu take his property of av feintf,
riicludiiij slaves, iu'o the goruinon Terri
tories belonging equally to ajl ttie States
itf *b# Uwiifeiiej-apy, and to have it pro
tected there under the Federal Coustitu-j
/ion. Neither Congress ncr a Territorial
fr jgi.-lature, nor any human power has any !
hoii/y to annul or impair this vested
Yizbt. The supreme judicial tribunal ol |
• i be poynt iv, which is a coordinate braucli:
t-JT fhe Government, has sanctioned and
>jlh. tnci'? thfs.e principles of constitutional
law, so Hjaiitfaitly just in themselves, and
£ i well .uiicnlatevi to promote peace and
harmony among the Ft?te3. It is a strik-.
ing proof of the sense of itjstiee which is:
inherent in ojur people, that th/r property i
in slaves has never been disturbed, to my
it in w ledge. in ijy of the X t>r] itorie3.
'Xiveii throughout the late troubles in Kan
sas th(he has nut been any attempt, as I
"^3in /?ii4fWv informed, to interfere, in a
jiingle instance, with the right of the ma
tor. Hal any such attempt, been made,
i li- judici try w< p'd doubtless have afford
<<f #£ /..dupiate remedy. Should they
fail to do <h;s hereafter, it will then be
time enough to e/rengtfien their hands by
further !< gislutiou. Had it been decided
that either Congress or the Territorial
legislature possess the power to et/nul or
ifppair the right to property in slaves,'
the evil would be intolerable. In the;
fatter event, there igould be a struggle for
a majority of the members of the frcgis
! l?ure at each successive electiou, and the
t-acred rights of property hold under the
Federal Constitution would depend foi
the time being on the result. Theagita
thill w ttld thus be rendered incessant
while the territorial condition remained, 1
and its baneful influence would keep alive
u dangerous excitement among the peo
ple of the several Spates.
Thus has the status of a Territory, dur
ing tliu intermediate period from its flirt
settlement until it shall become a State,
be n irrevocably fixed by the final decis
ion of the Supreme Court. Fortunate ha. k
thin been for the prosperity of the Terri
tories, as Weil 83 the tranquility of the'
Stales. Now, emigrants fiom the North
. * C t
and South, the East and Ihe West, will
jneet fn €ho Territories un a common plat-1
form, having brought with them that spe j
, cios of property best adapted, in their own :
'opinion, to promote their welfare. From;
initura! causes, the Slavery question wiil,'
in each case, soon virtually settle itself ;
and before the Tcriitory is prepared for;
'admission as a State into the Union, this,
decision, one way or the other, will have
beeu % foregone conclusion. Meanwhile,
the settle-men£ uf the new Territory will
proceed \yithout serious interruption, and'
its progress and prosperity will not be en-J
daggered by violent political struggles.
Wlien, iu the progress of events, the
Inhabitants of any Territory sha!! have
reimbed the number required to form a'
£?tate, they will tlieq proceed, in a regu-'
Jar manner, and in the exercise of the
tights of popular Sovereignty, o form a
Constitution preparatory to admission in
to the Union. After this has been done,
to employ the language cf the Kansas and j
Nebraska act, they t'shall be received iuto
the Union with or without Slavery, as
*
their Constitution tnay presetibe' at tlu
time of their admission." This sound
principle has happily been recognised, in
some form or other, by au almost unani- i
mous vote of both Houses of the last
Congress.
AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE.
All lawful means at my command have;
been employed, and shall continue to be 1
employed, to execute the laws against the
African slave-trade, Altera most care-:
ful aud rigorous examination of cur coasts j
and a thorough investigation of the sub-j
ject, we have not been able to discover
• that anv slaves have been imported iuto I
the United States except the cargo by the
Wanderer, numbering between three and
four hundred. Those engaged in this'
unlawful enterprise have been ligorouslv
prosecuted ; but not with as much success j
a-, their crimes have deserved. A uuiu
b-r of them are still under prosecution. I
Qqr history proves that the Fathers of
the Republic, in advance of all other na-j
4 tions, condemned the African slave-trade, j
It was, notwithstanding, daemed expedi-i
ent by the framers of the Constitution to
deprive Congress of the power to prohibit;
"the migration or importation of such
persons as auy of the States now existing
shall think proper to admit" "prior toi
the year oue thousaud eight hundred and
night."
it will be seen that this restriction on
tho power of Congress was confined to!
such {States only as might think proper to j
admit the importation of slaves. It did j
not xtend to other .States or to the trade i
carried on abroad. Accordingly, we find
that so early as the 2'Zii of March, 1794,!
Uongr-vs passed au act imposing severe {
penalties and punishments upon citizens!
and residents of the baited States who;
fliould engage in this trade between for-;
cigu nations. The provisions of this act j
were extended and enforced bv the act of!
llftli Mty, WOO. * * * *
ltebpen the trade, and it would be dif
ficult to determine whether the effect
voulJ bo more deleterious on the iutc-r
-'ts of the master or those of the native-|
burn slave. Of the evils to the master,
tjie one most to be dreaded would be the
introduction of wild, heathen, and igno
rant bai banaus among the sober, orderly.'
<IIIIIW r .a—■ II II m r >4l— —
and quiet slaves, whose ancestors have
b p en on the soil for several generations.
This might tend to barbarize, demoralize,
and exasperate, flic whole raais, aud pro
dice most deplortiHc oonseqaenees.
The effect upon the existing slave
would, if possible, be still iiw* *epf<ia
ble. At present he is treated wifh kind
ness aud humanity. He is well fed, vvell
clothed, and not overworked. His con
dition ia incomparably better than that of
the coolies which modern nations of high
i eiviliaafctiß have employed as a substitute
for African slaves. Both the philanthro
i py and th self- jn-uerest of the master have
emnbiued to* protluee this humane result.
' Buf lef this trade be reopened, and what
will be thsr effect'! The lean, to a con
siderable extent, as t> a neighboring isl
and—the only spot bow ow earth where
the African slave-trade is - openly tolerat
ed ; and this in defiance of solemn treaties
with a power abundantly able at any mo-
I iiicnt to enforce their execution. There
the master, iutent upoti present gain, cx
| torts from the slave as much labor as his
physical powers are capable of enduring
•—knowing that, when death comes to his
relief, his place can be supplied at a price
reduced to the lowest p*.int by the com
petition of the African slave-traders.
Should this ever be the casein our coun
ty —which I do not deem possible —the
present useful eh a raster of the domestic
institution, wherein those too old or too
young to work are provided for with care
and humanity, and those capable of labor
are not overtasked, would undergo an un
fortunate change. The feeling of recip
rocal dependence and attachment which
now exists between master and slave
would be converted into mutual distrust
and hostility.
But we are obliged, as a Christian and
moral nation, to consider what would be
the effect upon unhappy Africa itself if
we should reopen the slave trade. This
would give the trade an impulse and ex
tension which it has never had even in
its palmiest days. The numerous victims
required to supply it would convert the
whole slave coast into a perfect Uandomo-:
nium, for which this country would be
held responsible in the eyes both of God
and man. Its petty tribes would then be
constantly engaged in predatory wars
against each other for the purpose of seiz
ing slaves to supply tho American mar-'
ket. AH hope? of African civilization
wou'd thus be ended.
On the other hand, when a market for'
| African slaves shall no longer be furnish
ed in Cuba, and t lifts ail tho world be
i closed against this trade, we may then >
j indulge a reasonable hope for the gradual
improvement of Africa. Ihe chief mo
tive of war among the tribes will cease
whenever there is no longer any demand
for slaves. The resources of that miser-'
able country might then be developed by
the hard of industry and afford subjects'
for legitimate foreign and domestic com
merce. Iu this manner Christianity and
civilization may gradually penetrate the
1 existing gloom,
CUBA.
I need not repeat the argument which ;
I urged iu my iast annual message iu fa
vor of the acquisition of Cuba by fair pur
chase. Mv opinions on that measure re-:
' main unchanged. I therefore again iu- 1
vite the scJous attention of Congress to,
this important sui.,ect. itnout a rec
agnition of this policy on their part, it
will be almost impossible to institute ne ;
. gotiatious with any yewonable prosper
f of success.
MEXICAN AFFAIRS,
j The wrongs xhigh we hpve suffered
j from Mexico arc before the world, and
must deeply impress every American cit-1
,'izeu. A govornuieut which is cither un
able or unwilling to redress such wrongs'
is derelict to highest duties. The ditli
culty consists in selecting and enforcing.
| the remedy. We may iu vain apply to
j constitutional government at Vera Cruz,
although it is well disposed to do us jus-;
\ tice, for alequate redress. Whilst itF
i authority is acknowledged in all the iiu
; portaut ports and throughout the sea
coasts of the republic, its power does not
extend fo the city of Mexico and the
States in its vicinity, where nearly all the j
recent outrages have been committed on 1
American citizens. We must penetrate'
the interior before we cau reach the of
fenders, and this can only be dune by'
passing through the territory iu thcoccu-l
I patiou of the Constitutional Government.!
The most acceptable and least difficult
, mode of accomplishing the object wdl bej
to act in concept with that Government.
Their consent aud their aid might, I be
lieve, be obtained ; but if not, our obii
: gation to protect our own citizens in their
just rights, secured by treaty, would not
be the less imperative. For these reasons
II recommend to Cougress to pass a law
j authorizing the President, under such,
iGunditiomi as they may deeui expedient,
to emplov u sufficient force to enter Mex
j ico for the purpose of obtaining indemni
ty for the past and security for the fu
ture. I purposely refrain from any sue
j gestion as to whether this force ahull con
sist of regular troops or volunteers, or
; both. This quos ion may be most ap
propriately left to the decision ol Cou
! gress. I would merely observe that,should
volunteers be selected, such a force could
ibeeasi'y raised in this country amoug
! those who sympathize with die sufferings
I of our unfortunate fellow-citizens in Mex
| ico, aud with the unhappy condition of
that Republic. Such an accession to the ;
forces of the Constitutional Government
would enable it soon to reach the City ot
(Mexico, and extend its powea over the,
whole Ilepublio. In that event there is.
no reason to doubt that the just claims of!
our citizens would be satisfied and ade
quate redress obtained for the injuries
TinfiiuleA upon then. The Consttiutionui
Government have ever evinced a strong
, desire to do us justice, and this might be
secured iu advauce by a p-erlimiuary
itreaty.
! j POWER TO DECLARE WAR.
I wouki also again recommend that
' authority he given to the President to em
ploy the naval force to protect American
uicrofacntf vessels, their crews, and car
' , gotw, against violent and lawless seizure
, and contiscation in the ports of Mexico,
and theSpauish American States, when
[ these countries may in a disturbed aud .
i revolutionary coudition. The mere
'thowledge tfmt such an aiAhorvtv had
been conferred, as I have already staged,,
would of itself, in a great degree, pre
vent the evil. Neither would this re-'
quire any additional appropriation for the
naval service. .
The cheif objection urged against the
grant of this authority i s , that Congress,
by conferring it. Would the Con
'sutußon —that it would be a transfer of
the war-making, or,strictly speaking, the
■ 1 war-declaring power to the. Executive. —
If th-'is were welt founded, it would, of
course, be cotvelmuve. A very brief ex
amination, however, will place this ob
jection at rest.
Congress possesses the sole and exclu
sive power, und f the Consti'** "todcel r
war." They atone can "raisu aud sup
port armies," and "provide and- maintain j
a navy." But after Cungress shall- have
declared war, and provided the three nec
essarv to carry it on, the President, as
] Commander-in-Chief of the Army and
Navy, can alone employ tlus force in rusk-,
ing war against the enemy. This is the
! plain language, and history proves that it
was the well-known intention of the fram
ere of the Constitution.
It will not be denied that the general
"power to declare war" is without liit.ita
! tion, and embraces within itself not only
what writers on the law of nations term a
1 public or perfect war, bu: also an impcr
i feet vvai-—;'t>d, in short every species of
hostility, however confined or limited.—
Without the authority of Co ogress the
'President cannot fire a hostile gun in
'any case, except to repel the attacks of an
' enemy.
It will not be doubted tb*t under this
' power Congress could, if tbey thought
f proper, authorize the President to employ
the force at his command to seize a ves- j
sel belonging to an American citizen,!
which had been illegally and unjustly
'captured in a foreign port and restore it ;
to its owner. But can Concres ; only act
I after the fact —after the mischief has
been done? Have they no power to
confer upon the President the authority
•in advance to furnish instant redress
should such a case afterward occur?—
! Must they wait until the mischief has
beon done, and can they apply the reme
dy only when it is too late ? To confer
this authority to meet future cases under i
'circumstances strictly specified, is as
clearly within the war-declaring power as
such an authority conferred upon the Pres
ident by act of Congress after the deed
has been dune. In the nrogrcss of a
great nation many exigencies must arise
imperatively requiring that Congress
| should authorize the President to act
i promptly on certain conditions which may
or may not afterward arise. Our history
has already presented a number of such ,
1 eases.
AN INSURRECTION of slaves is report-'
ijd in Bol'Var, a town of some 500 inliab
i itauts, in Polk County, Missouri. I his |
! county is about 150 mica south-west of
Jefferson City, the cap.'tal oi 'he State.
In lbso the whole population y- 'he co'in- j
ty was 6,180, of whom only 3G'J were
, slaves. The circumstances of the pros- *
' ent difficulty are not very cleariy stated,
and it is uot easy to decide whether the
whites acted from real cause, or from pan- .
ie. It is said that a gang of negroes at
t.ckcd a few white men in the public
' square, but that the latter were soon re-1
! enforced, and drove the negroes out into
the woods. The negroes threatened to
burn the town, but, says the dispatch, a
vigilant watch was kept, and all their at-j
tempts failed. Several blacks wee ar
rested and imprisoned, and some wee
severely punished; a Vigilance Commit
tee was formed; everybody armed him
self; and finally the excitement was sub
Uidmg. It dues uot appear that any white
! man was injured; and, indeed, the whole
affair wears the aspect ol exaggeration
i aud groundless alarm. But, whatever it
may have been, it was apparently a move-
I merit of the negroes aluue, without the
promptings or aid of any Abolitionist.
I No John Brown is mentioned as having
j been concerned in it. — -Tribune, Dec. 30.,
; Li- .JJ_.JU.-A 1 'U.,H. ■■.JL. -
Clif Hotter Journal.
COIII>ER£I*OHT, PC.,
j JjJ'Miiijcj, fyn. o, IStfO.
. L S. CHASE. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER,
r ~H- -
CsaJfTbe distinguished statesmen, Hon.
iWoi. H. Seward, returned to New York
from Europe, iu the Steamer Arage, a
week ago last Wednesday, when his friends
gave him a well-deserved reception —the
Democratic Board of Aldermen giving
'them the use of their chamber for that
purpose. He proceeded to his home in
' Auburn the nrxt day, where he also met
a hearty public reception, and where he
will remain a tew days and then take his
seat in the Senate at Washington.
No Speaker has been elected yet
■ —the Democrats still persisting in tak
ing up the time of the House with the
agitatiou of the slavery question. Hon.
.J, T.Hale, our Member, writes to us in
a private letter—We shall now stand
where we ana ti'N the end. That is the
unanimous decision of the whole foree of
!
tire Republican party." We assure our
representative that this is the unanimous
wish of his constituents here, so far as we
have talked with (hem ; and the course
'of Republican members seems to be ap
proved throughout the North. Stand by
your colors—whether you win or or lose
8©"" The citizens of Louisa county, Vir
ginia, held a "large meeting" at their
Court House, on tlie 12th ult., and* —
i "Re so! red, That the election of Wil
liam If. Seward or of anymewber of the
lilac 1: fu-pytblicon party, to the I'resi
dency of the rVrted States, ought to be
: immediately followed 1 by the secession of
all the slaveholding Stat'cf? from this Con- j
federacy, and the prevention A any or
ganization of-a Federal Administration
under such a President."
We meet with such things every day.
and yet hear no word of rebuke from
Union savers. Is it to be supposed that
the Republican sentiment—nay, any sen
timent worthy to be free—iu the North
will be repressed—will simply "back
iout," and let this impudent minority of
slave-holders have the control of the Gov
ernment, because of these threats ! Why
, it seems to as that the blustering in Con
gress and through the South, in this fash
ion, must drive every dees&E, independ
ent man to east his vote so- fhat these
braggarts may hare a* trirff of their pow-;
er to crush all who - oppose them.
.*i its**
fejr We flvis week make copious ex-1
tracts from the Presid'enf's Verbose and
repetitious third address before
the unconvoned Charleston Convention.-
We have uot more space to devote to the
Message, giving as wo do those portions
of it which our readers generally will take
most interest in reading. The whole of
it would cover nearly our entire sheet.!
Our brief abstract of it in last week's pa-;
per, comprehends our views of what the
President has expressed ; but we beg to
briefly notice the fact that what he did
not express - , was looked for with most in
terest by two thirds of chose who will read j
the message. We allude to his total neg
lect of the Kansas organic convention stud
election, under which it now proposes to
apply for admission into the Union. So
long as there was a hope that Slavery
would predominate in that Territory j
through the aid of all the rower the ad
ministration could brine to bear upon it,
the President continued to make the dis
cussion of Kansas affairs the subject of
his regular, and one or two special mes
sages. But when the indomitable will of
°
the People has succeeded in overcoming j
the combined influences of Slavery and •
the corrupt federal government which ;
lent f to the damnable purpose of
crashing otit Freedom in the tefrhoties,
■the President finds the subject entirely
unworthy of notice. He passes it over 1
to demand of Congress 'the power to in
vade and make war upon a poor, weak,
neighboring country, as indemnity for;
i wrongs inflicted by bauditti, embracing
the banished subjects of our own and all :
otlict' nations.
We couiu say much more upon this
subject, but have space now to do so.
There are manv other feaiuros of the;
Message —omissions as well as eotnffiis-'
sions—which we will discu?s from time
to time, a3 we get opportuny.
The Sectionalism or Slavery*
Every person who has kept his eyes
open is aware by this time that Slavery j
has eomjilete control of the Supreme
Court of the United States, of the Nation- -
al Administration, aud of the United'
States Senate. It. not only lias control 1 '
of their bodies, it has sectionalized them.
For instance, the Senate Committees
...
which control the entire legislation of the;
country, are in the hands of tho Slave
holders. Mason of Virginia, is Chair
man of the Committee of Foreign Affairs,
and all the other important Committees
are officered by Slave-holders.
The Cleveland Plaindea/er, heretofore
one of the most pliant tools of the Slave- 1
Power, is disgusted at the treatment of
I'ugh of Ohio, and rebels against this ac
tion of the Senate iu the following indig-:
nant terms :
"So far as the organization of that
body [the Seuate] is couseruod, there "is
no North, no East, no West." It is all
J South, SOUTH, SOUTH ! Sectionaiized, I
ttie Committee stands thus
Foreign Affairs—\lison, of Va. SOUTH.
Commerce— Ciay, of Ala. SOUTH.!
Post offices —Yulee, of Fla. SOUTH.'
, Te.ritories—Green, of Mo. SUUTR. j
Naval Affairs—Mallory, of Fla, SOUTH, j
Judiciary.—Bayard, of Del. SOUTH
Dist. of Columbia—Brown, of Miss. SOUTH.
This makes a pretty showing up to the
, country of Southern clanuiahness and sec-'
tioualism. By cottuning aud sugaring
i together in Congress and Conventions, the ;
South by a unity of action, incited by a
unity of interests, have so far controlled'
! * " • *
i; Presidents ami jKiny is-sees, as to- put the
Democracy of the North, K*t ttvtd West
i in false positions before the The
.! result has been to dhive the Ihjuioerats
from the tree States out of Congress, uot
' being able to stand on Southern platfortns
t and 1 eope with Northern Opposkiow. Ev
, lery loin of the Southern thumb screws
( upon ibe Northern Democracy has deci
mated their tiinbers, until now, so far as
the Democratic party is concerned, the
South have control in both
branches of Congreas. * * The
little State of Florida, tfhreb has not onc
balf as many voters as Hamilton county,
i is Iror.ored with the Chairmanship of two
! Senatorial- Committees, Post Otliees and
Nava! Affairs, while Ohio, with more vo
ters than Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Texas jm-d Georgia, put to
gether, lias nothing. And yet it is the
J South who are continually rauvmg against
sectionalism.
" O that some power the g'ft would give us.
To s. e ourselves as others sec us.''
It is in vain to look to Congress ful
fil* correction of this most glaring and
most dtuing evil. The Press and the
PcopiV mSfrf apply the correcti. n. The
Charleston Convention is the tribunal be
fore which such question* mcM come and
be tried. There, the people who make
President*, Cabinets and Conrc."run-en-,
speak directly through their Delegates.
Let the country press, too, throughout
the Northwest and throughout the free
I States, be heard on this subject, and the
sooner the better. Unless this sectional
;ism is done away wiih, the Democratic ,
party might as well disband at once. The
people of the North will stand no such
i vassalage as this."
So far as Pugh, BigJer and Douglas,
arc concerned, we say "served them
right." They have, for the sake of office
and 1 the hope of promotion, sold them
s Ives to the Slave-holders, and haVc re
ceived just such treatment as those who
betray the interests of their constituents,
deserve. Dart we agree with the asser
tion of the Pla in dealer, fhst w the
people of She Norsk will stand no,
such vassalage a? slViw." They will find
a better remedy however, than sending
delegates to Charleston. They wilt re
pudiate at the polls all the candidates of
! that party which has encouraged the;
Slave-holders by sustaining all their ag.
gressions to sectioiuilize the Senate Coin
• mil tees. If Bocock. the nominee of their
parly for Speaker had bieu elected, the
Comnfcte.s of the House would have
bce sectionalizcd in the same way, as
they were in the last Congress. The only
way to put a stop to this supreme control!
;of the Slave-power in the formation oi
Senate and House Committees, is to put
the Republican party into power in every
department of government.
More Irrepressible Conflict a!
W ushington.
We find the following debate among
the proceedings of Congress a week ago
; to-day (Thursday):
| Mr. (J ROW, (Pa.) replied to some for
mer remarks of Mr. Branch (N. C.), de
fending his action of last session in con- j
uection with the defeat of the Post-Office
.appropriation bill. He contended that
according *o the Constitution aud pariia
i uicnttfy usages, the Senate had no right;
to iqfriugeoft the prerogative of the House ;
by attaching a provision to raise revenue
to the Appropriation bill, and by impos
: ing a direct charge on the people as was
i attempted at that time by an increase in
the rates of postage to live and ten cents,;
and doubling the postage on newspapers. 1
He said that Mr. Branch had violated all
parliamentary and gentlemanly courtesy;
jin a deliberative assembly, for no member
! can impeach the motives of another.
MR. BRANCH (rising)—l want to know
whether tin? gentleman means to impute
to me ungcutlemk'ily conduct.
Mr. GROW—" 1 would ask the gentle
man to refer to his own language."
i Mr. BRANCH- - u I again ask you wheth
er you impute to me conduct unbecoming
a gentle.uau ? "
! Mr. gentleman said the
other day that I wished to defeat the bill
in order to induce the President to call an
; extra session. I say this imputation is
not gentlemanly."
Mr. BRANCH — <4 Do you design im
puting to me conduct unbecoming a geu
tleman ? Failing to respond, I shall take
his silence as an affirmative answer." j
Mr. GROW —What I said was in plaiu
j English. There it stands. The gentle
. man impugued my acaou on the Post
i Office Appropriation bill, and every where
this was thought an infringement of par
liamentary law.
Mr. BRANCH —I shall take the gentle-1
man's failure to respond to my inquiry as
an affirmative answer.
Mr. GROW—You can take what you
please. The gentleman said uiy object
was to kill the bill, and thus compel the
President to call au extra session. I take
baok nothing I have said. He proceeded
to give a history of the defeat of the Post
-1 Office x\ppropriation biils, disclaiming for
the Pvepublicausthe responsibility of their ;
defeat.
I The following sequel to the above, we
!find in the dispatches to the daily papers
of the Hist. It no d< übt ends the mat
ter for the present. Mr. Grow deserves
| the thanks of the nation for his firmness
in resisting and thus defeating the arro
ganoo and bullying spirit of the Southern
•Members. A few more such men as Mr.
(Jrow in the Home would soon
distended nerves of Keitt and hi, J
lows.
WASWfNGWS, J>PC 31. 185!.-jJ
Rrauch was arreted' l#te last night o t
warrent issued by J-twrice Douu, on.
charge of being about o make arrars
menPs (o leave the District of Colun/t
for rhe purpose of engaging io a hot
combat with Mr. Grow, and wasluld
bail in the sum of Mve thousand doll)
for his appearance for further exaudna;,
on Tuesday.
Mr. Grow had yesterday engagtj
hack man to call at a 1 place designated
take liim and his hiWpm ty, at 3 this m*
ing >n the direction of Silver Spr
Marylamd. The hackmatv dtd not h
the secret, and henee the arrest,
principal friend of Mr. Branch was 'i|
Winslow, and of Mr. Grow. Mr. Feoti
Mr. Grow was artested thia fore not
and gave bail in Bi>,ooo Polieep the
aud not lea-r* the' District fo light n <it
PR HE R € ■ KRE.Vr.
Corrected every Wednesday. by P. A. STE 1
BINS, wholesale and retail Dealer In Gn,
ceries and Provision*. Main Street
COUDERSPORT, PA.
Apples, green, bush., $75 to 1
do dried, u 1 75
Iteaus. u 125] *
flfcreswa*. 'fl lb., 20 .
Beef, I
, Beef fifides, " *>? J
lorries, dried, "j 1 tpSni*t JO
Buckwheat. bush.-, -vs
Butter. R)., 20 1
Cliecse, " ~tO'
Corn, bush., iOO ] 1
Corn Meal, per enrt., 225 ;J
Eggs, 1? doz.,
Flour, superfine, bbl., 000 t, I
do double extra, " 650 7(1
! Uauis, lb., 12
Hay, ton. 10 00 ij J
FJoney TP Jb., 10
! Lard. 12
| Maple Sugar, ncr lb., 8
j Ohts, bush., 3*
' OMons, •' 75 ] J
j Pork, ¥ bbl., 10 00 23 J
do lb., 10
do in whole hog, lb., 1
Potatoes, ~gt bilMh., J
Peaches, drierf. ltr., ;|
! Poultry, "p> lb., ft
live, 'B bnsh.y 871 1 J
j Salt, bbl., " 2-1
tier "ft sac It, ;|
Trout, 7W A-Sbl.,- €OO C!j
VTlics-r. ffftusfr., 1 I>J 1J
White? Fish, per: J-bb*., 6 00' el
Wool, per. th. f > * 28 |
! L I I * | I|l
fyj.VH ffpitef.*.
THE USE Of DR. BOSTETTERS STW
ACII BITTERS for Dyspepsia, Flatulc: |
Heaviness of the Stomach, or any other 1
i affections, is second to none in America I
abroad. To be able to state confidently :.|
the " Bitters " arc a certain cure for dvspej|
| aud like diseases,' is to the proprietors a
of unalloyed pleasure. It removes all mo:J
matter from the stomach, purities the bloJ
imparts renewed vitality to the nervous ;fl
torn, giving it that tone and energy so intfl
pensable for the restoration of health. v
numerousaeknowle<)gacits of its suveriorE
cellenee nf beneficent results, have rss:;E
the proprietors that it cawnoi but provtl
1 great cure to 'lie afflicted, a#d iwpaflvifvl
to the thorough system.
advertisement in arret her coltraj
INFLAMMATION OF THE EVES
Lifee all other inflammation, is caused |
impurity of the blood, which causes all err)
i five diseases, as Salt Rheum. Itctlrvr, Hey
Sores. Ulcers, kc. The blood being unheal i
and of an impure nature, also or ?*>ioaFr||
sie<. The blood becoming obaWnsted in $j
veins, the watery part of the blood in coia
quenee is thrown out from their extreuiita
and dropsy is the result. Many time!:!
occasioned by. improper treatment of wa
former disease, and the vessels being f: I
by serous humors instead of blood. Free 0®
I nations by these pills, open the passage E
the bladder and carry off the corrupted E
mors, and renew them with pure and healE
blood, which will drive out of the bod' I
inflammation, together with eruptions of E
>kin, and all dropsical complaints. TheyE
be a sheild to every form of disease to guE
and-keep you from the cold grasping haudH
death, and cause life and strength to reuaß
and the countenance to brighten witli E
bloom of beauty and health.
Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills arc ill
by all dealers in Medicines.
NEW STOCK
OF
JUST RECEIVED BY
C. 11. SIMMONS,
in Oswavo.
Low Prices
AN D *
FAVORABtB TERHS
TO
Cash and Short-Tit fte Buyers.
I AM NOW RECEIVING my Fall ad
. Stock, which embraces everything ui'M
kept bv a Country Merchant—
DRY GOOD*
GROCERIES, I
HARD-WARE,
ROOTS * SHOES,
READY-MADE CLOTHING.
HA T 3 .j- CATS,
CROCKERY, k e.,
all of which will be sold at low figure t
cash or approved credit.
GOOD TEA 3 FOR 45 CENTS,
Laditt tint Conyre*s and other (jaiitrs, f re *
et. to $l,OO.
MENS STOGA BOOTS, st,iO
♦' CALF " 3.65 (
FINE DE LAINES, 2"
GOOD LAWNS. HI J
and all other goods in proportion, for
1 Pay of most kinds.
BssF" Gash paid for GOOD LUMBER *
C. II SIMMONS
Oswayo. Oct. 5, 185D.—43-lr.
lIAV FOli S IIiE
-7 TONS near Brookland. , j
9 Tons near West Pike, S. Brown,
5 Tons or more in Hector, on head***' ,
of Phenix Greek, J. 1,. Wilber, ,
Brookland, Pa.. Nov. 14. 1853. -UB-