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BE TR " E-BE FIRM.

The friends Of Mr.. Tyler have no cause
whatever 10 despond for their position, at this
juncure, is justly regarded b. all rejecting
men as an extremely advantageous one and
come what may hereafter. this Administration
has air ady accomplished more good for the
country Than any other ever did in the same
length Of time. Therefore the friends of Presi-
deaf Tyler, if there be any justice in the brea Is
of the People, will see the day when they wi
be triumphanty sustained.
he Baltimore Patriot may heap vulgar cpl
thets on The President to It's hearts content, bu,
IT may be well assured that the People will not
be satisfied with mere vulgar epnhets. To Gre
ate or maintain prejudice against the Chief
Magistral" something mere than empty exple-
lives will be necessary. Bad motives and bad
acts mus, be cited to satisfy the People that the
President is unworthy to discharge the Execu-
tive functions. And this cannot be done. be-
cause every interest in The country (save lha, OF
the blood-sucking srock-j bber) has been pro-
NOTED Hence all the false and vile charges
made by The Bank Federalisis against the Pre-
sldent, are destined to vanish in thin air-fur
Truth, crushed 10 earth, will rise again"
Therefore we are impressed with the conyic-
tion-and We would impress it on orhers-hat
the friends Of Mr.. Tyler have never had better
cause to be Of good cheer than at the present
moment. They have only to be TRUE and
FIRM to win the cause now being tried before the
People. The People will surely render a
righteous verdict and, be the faithful band few
or many, let them look their sccusers full in the
face, supported by a consciousness of rectitude
II their cause be just, they will prevail, not
outstanding all the abuse hesped upon them
therefore let them determine that il shall be
just
The friends Of the Administration occupy a
high and strong central position while the con-
tending factions are struggling all around them in
the plain. Thousands and tens OF thousands {
the combatanrs are raIlying 10 the centre under
the old Republican flag. Then, rather than run
the risk Of doing mischief 10 friend as well as
foe, as may have been The case IN one or two
precipitate sorties, we are inclined 10 believe
that the most prudent course will be for the
friends Of the Administration TO seek recruits
by kind words and friendly acts, from all quar-
tiers, instead Of firing indiscriminalely on tie
contending factions.
Let them watch the course of events, and re-
serve their fire for the common enemy. If any
man, who has enrolled his name among the
friends OF John Tyler, is doubtful Of success or
iaInthearted, give him passport and let him
go. IL any one be found insincere in his pro
fessions, let him be drummed out Of the camp
The position, alone, occupied by the friends of
the Admins ration, is equal, at this crisis, to
hall million votes. And it will be a.certained
that he who overthrow the Bank, is the most
proper chief to overthrow the Bank candidate
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Dreadful Explosion. 90 The Albany Eve Pei.
Journal contains an account Of TERRIBLE eNplosiu .
powder mill at High Flls. shout seven mite, 10.
CabkilL IL occurred on Wednesday aftcrnoaH 20
about 1o'clock There were six persons in &C. ..-
ding at the time OF the explosion al OF whom V,r
biotcn 10 ofems! Some three hundred key. ut .os-
der are said TO have been In the mill when te s,.-
dent occurred. The foreman Was indispo.rd, aU.
the person having charge OF the packing aud dI $3.50
house Is supposed 10 have been Intoxicated TIE Dr..
port OF the explosion excited consider able alarm o..
Catskill, many persons taking u Tor an eartiqusk.
similar accident occurred at this place three l.,
Tour years ago, when four persons were killed n.
Argus adds the names Of tie persons killed, as .
lows John Cash, H. Norcuti, Nfg Lown, -
iotchkl>s, son Of Charles Cash, II years IT ....
a. d swiss, whose name is not learned The ar. f
part OF body that has been found Is the Ie- t
man from the foot TO The knee.
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From the Columbia ga spy & Democrat


j his paper, which IN times past has devoted one
hall ITS space ~ usffeoi0n OF those very act, OF
Gov. Porter which IT now c,ndemns-still continues
its attacks upon the Executive and his friends fl
they have really the good Of the democratic party At
heart, do they imagine tbey bepefing II by abuse
on ITS most prominent members. at a time when ALI
minor differences should be submerged in love of
principleS Or are the editors OF that sheet com
PEELED by the terms Of agreement with their federal
partners TO exert their supposed influence to the de
iriment OF the democracy Such a supposition TO
many may seem unreasoisble-but we ak all stieb
TO look at the facts Of the caseto scan the
and past course OF that paper and then say whether
The inference IS altogether groundless. We too
have hid our minor differences, but anxious for The
predomlnancy Of true principles, we have RETAINED
IRON all illusions which might possibly be produc.
i've OF bad consequences, even Nv limited sphere
Feeling IN this manner, we look upon the course of
the Unlon aud other prints a. hi hly detrimental
TO the welrbeng Of the cause, at this junoture.
As for the Union and its conductors we believe We
speak the sentiments Of the democracy Of ,h, county
IN saying that they not considered as pos.ess,no
The confidence OF The party throughout the State and
that the action Of the members returned 10 the next
legislature, will sustain this assertion For our own
ouniy, We claim 10 speak know ingly No oandi
date protesting 10 advocate the cause of the Uno,
hrm, could receive 1000 votes ia Lancaster county
1t IS enough, perhaps, TO say that no democratic
nominee has limited IA the remotest degree any pre
ference for the disorgsnzlng clique but IL any one
mould so Tar have concealed his real sentiment. upon
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OFFICIAL.
DEPARTMENT oF STATE,
Washington, October 7lh, ls4.

Washington, October 7lh, ls43.
The following laws bearing upon our commerce,
recently enacted by the Government Of Hayt, to take
effect the lth day Of September, lS43, were this
day received from the u. s Commercial Agent at
Cape Hayden, viz
The tonnage duty heretofore exacted on foreign
vessels at one dollar Spanish er ton, increased to
two dollars Spanish per ton consequently American
vessels pay two dollars and twenty cents per TOM
All foreign vessels going from port to another,
in this Island, will pay for each port visited, addi-
lional duty of one hundred dollars Hayen currency
on vessels under one hundred and fifty tons.
Vessels from one hundred and fifty to two hundred
tons, pay one hundred and fifty dollars.
Vessels of two hundred tons and upwards, pay two
hundred Haytien dollars
The duties on wharfage, and w,ighage on merchan-
ose tD.po,ard iuu,sasoL ~ lv-bi. thsi- former
rates.
The Territorial" duty exports is still in force
but the duty Of expectation reduced, which reduces
the export duty coffee from twenty dollars Hay
ten currency, per one thousand pounds, to twelve
dollars.
Cocoa from ten dollar. to four per one thousand
pounds.
Tobacco in leaf, from fifteen dollars per one thou
sand pounds to FIVE dollars. Logwood from seven
dollars per one thousand pounds to two dollars.
Mahogany from twenty-five dollars to twelve dol
lars per thousand feet Hides Of all kinds are free
Of export duty.
The wharfage and the weighage and measuring are
TO be added to the foregoing quantities as follows
On coffee, one dollar Hayden currency. Cocoa, one
dollar Tobacco, one dollar. Logwood, one dollar
Mahogany, one dollar. Hides are charged one cent,
Hayden, each.
The present value of Hayten dollar is two-fiihs
q 5ths) Of Spanish or American silver dollar, or
sixty per cent. below their par.
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DOR SALE At PUBLIC AUCTION. N'.-
bile thrcc.story Brick House, one oi the 81
Buldings, with the lot OF ground on which t ..a.
This property Is that which was occupied p, '.
Hon. VI Van Buten, during biz Vice rfo.t..'
Is next East OF the residence Of Captain Forrest
). Navy, ahd IN very desirable ueIghborhUa.
will be sold on Monday the 23d inst st4 GOO. nd.
p m. The terms Of sale will be onc-thrd Oh. g.
chase money TO Ne paid IN band ard The rcui.. ..
two equal annual instruments with interest u.'I o.
from ihe Gay OF sale. The credit payments must
cured By sdeed Of trust on the premises, to be- s o
IN some other manner Tat may be acceptable .''..
vender The tile 10 Ills property is unque'u.NS
good ROBERT w DYER & 90.
oct 9-eodtds AucuorcsH.
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NAPOLEON AND BYRON.

II is MacauIay, we believe, who speaks Of the fa5
that two of the greatest # not the two greatest mr.
of the nineteenth century, Napoleon and Byron, ht4
achieved their glory and lain down to rest at an age
when other men are just beginning to discover tlIg
powers. The remark was brought strongly L, mi 4
by reading the following record of events m the life
Of Napoleon, which IS 10 be ascrlbed on h, Iui5 be-
meath the giIttering dome of the lnvalrie-
"Rorn on the 18th of August, 1863 csptain Of q,
squadron OF artillery at the siege of Touon, Do l5l3
al the age OF - commander Of artillery, 90 Z t,.
IN 1894, at 25 general in chief of the army iu l.,,.
in 1886, at 81 general CHIEF of the exp-d.u .l
Egypt IN l79s, at - first consul in l7gl ~ 3..
consul for life after battle of Marengo IN l~IU. 70
81 Emperor Of the French in 1904, al - a....
Gated the throne after the battle Of Waterloo June
u, 1915, at 46; died in exile at ST. Helena. NJ, o.
ls2l, at 81"
Byron died al &c Napoleon's life was over p &c.
though his existence continued few wear, lln-. IT,.
small disputes with the bearish and boorsh NJ .
Lowe, and IN confectionery sports with Bct-s. % ..
connie and ic petit Las Casds. But perhaps one ,. -
" career - not 10 be measured in this wsy Dt
Parr dozed through a century and half bot 10 4.
question whether his extended soourn on car,t u D..
worthy of the name Of hviug--ceilainy not j. .. -
true that
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PorAro CHErsE -Select good white potatar. Do l
them, and when. cold, peel and reduce them 10 I..p
with rssp or mortar to five pounds Of tiu. r.,.
which must be very uniform and bomogeuoou', aa. 4,
punt OF sour milk, and the requisite portion ct SOD.
knead The whole well, cover 1t, and let IL rcr 20
three or four days, according 10 the season ''..
knead italrcsh, and place the checscs IN small ...
cts, when they will part with asuperGlou. % ..u..
dry them in the shade, AID place them m ayrr
large Pots OF kegs, where they remain fortnight
N5-CArrroL lluL lNsrfrurr The Annual no.
ing OF the Capitol lill Institute will be holden s
room over tie Engine house, on New jersey ay,.I..
Capitol Hill, tomorrow Tuesday evening li a..
pat seven O'Clock. punctual attendance of
me members . requested, as officers are D bc e,,.
Tor the ensuing year, aud other business transact.
relative 10 rc-opening the Institute
SIMON BROWN Ssettirru
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" \ Gay, an hour Of glorious lie,
j. worth an age without name I'd

Our calendar should be computation by actuu-.
aoheVemenis, and thoughts, not estimate b., 4s,,
and years lie Who IS the same now q, he ~ %, i
i"eNemonth ago, has not lived, at lcas, NOT 10 u..
purpose, during the intervening space snn,.rr
man.
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houn delegates must be repudattd. IL is quite
likely the Van Buren, men in Georgia 'oiH dd-
rocafe he election Of delegates by districts.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1843-12-08

if | tried to--but didn't say no,hn.
Bimeby they all come runnin out.
MY Lord, VIVA. is it ? ses Miss Ma
ry.
'Oh, it's alive = ses Miss Kesiah Il
seed II move
'Call Cato, and make him cut the
rope,' ses Miss Carline, and let's see
what it is. Come here Cato, and git this
bag down.
Cato united the rope that was round
the lcc, and let the bag down easy on
the floor, and tumbled out all covered
with corn meal, from head to foot.
Goodness gracious SEES Miss Mary,
If it amt the Majer himsc!fr
Yes SEES |, and you know you prom
ised to keep my Crsmus present as long
as You lived
The gals laughed themselves almost to
death, and went to brushen of the meal
as fast as they could, sayin they was
gwine to hang that bag up every Crismus
till they got husbands too. Miss Mary
bless her bright eyes, she blushed as beau
tiful as a mornin-glory, and sed she'd
stick to her word. She was rite out O.
bed, and her hair as'nt combed and her
he'd wasn't fXt at all, bu, the way she
looked pretty was raIe distraclin. | do
believe if was lroze stiff, one look at her
charmin face. as she stood lookin down
to the floor with her rogish eyes, and her
bright curls faIlin all over her snowy neck,
would fotch'd me too. tell YOU what,
it was worth hangn in a meal bag from
one Crismus to another TO feel SO happy
as have ever since.
went home after we had the laugh
out, and set by the fire ill | had thawed.
In the forenoon all the StalHonscs come
over to our house, and we had one of the
greatest Crismus dinners that ever was
seed in Georgia, and don't believe "A
happier company ever sot down at the
same table. Old Miss Stations and
mother settled the match, and talked over
every lhing that ever happened IN their
families, and laughed at me and Mary,
and cried bout their dead husbands, cause
they wasn't alive to see their childrin
married.
1t is all settled now, cept we haint sot
the weddln day. Id like to have it all
over at once, but young gals always like
to be engaged a while, you know, so
spose ! must waite month or so. Mary
(she says | must call her Miss Mary now
has been good deal of trouble and both
erashun to me, but if you gould see her,
you wouldn't think that ! ought TO grudge
little sulern to git SIGH sweet little
wife.
You must come TO the wcddin if YOU
kin. I'll let you know. No more from
your friend till death. JOS. JONES'.
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From the Buffalo Commercial.
a EriGc.


How true the saying, and yet how little
realized, that, one half of the world knows
not how the other half lives. The rich,
surrounded by all the Injuries that wealth
can purchase, have but too little inclination
to wander in the by-ways of the world,
where squald poverty and unprctcnding
humble wretchedness make their abode
The poor, oppressed with the ever present
necessity of providing for the wants of ma
ture, know but little of the lavish eXpendi-
turc Of tlle rich, True, at intervals, they
catch glimpse of the wealth and comfort
that almost ostle them in their daily round
and to which they may hope to aspire
Luxury is not for them. It's like the gold
which unts the irlnged clouds at sunset,
beautiful 10 behold, but mortal hands NAV
not gather it. They see in Others what
they might have wished for themselves,
and they turn away from its splcndor with
the slckening sensation, that, for them to
strive for it, is in vain.
A few days since, while passing along
one of our streets, met a woman of appa.
rendy forty-iive years of age. Her frame
was bowed, ard her step feeble and uncer-
tain. Upon her countenance was traced,
as with legible lines, sorrowlul but re-
signed melancholy. 1t was such an ex-
preston as have never seen but once be.
fore. Upon the eastern plane of the mon
ument Standing over the remains of the
venerable Thomas ApDIs EMMETT, in the
yard of ST Paul's Church in New York,
there is a likeness, in basso-relievo, of
that patriot and sage. There is calm
and solemn majesty in the features, but
the expression, which cut itself, as il were,
into my mind, was one of soul-sricken
saGness-not that sadness flowing from
some Sigh, disappointmcnt--tha tran
sient cloud upon the heart which the first
passing semblance of Joy might dissipa,e-
but the sadness Of long years of grief, in
which tie spirit had struggled for the
mastery, unit! at last, resignation had Ia
ken the place of hope, leaving the coun.
tenance without a smile. No petuent
grief, no feeling of vindictive misanthro.
py, mars the serene repose whi,h rests
upon that countenance. |, is the sorrow
which disdaips the common sympathy of
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NO. 25.

| believe no nation bury with SO much
haste as the Americans. The ancents
took many precautions. They washed
and anointed the body many successive
times before it was carried 10 the burial
The Romans cut OH joint of the fin
GER, to make sure ,ha, life was extinct,
before they lighted the funeral pile.
Doubtless it is very unusual for the body
to remain apparently liGeIess for several
hours, unless it be really dead; but the
mere possibility Of such a case should
make friends careful to observe undoubted
symptoms of dissolution before the interi
ment.-MrS. /. ". CkUR.
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THE SUCCESSFUL GOING ON OF MA
JOR JONES COURCSHlP.
PINEvILLE, Dec. 81, 1912.

Mr.. Thompson-Dear Sir Girls
mus is over and the things ded. You
know told you in my last letter was
gwine TO bring Miss Mary up to the chalk
Crismus. Well, done i, as slick as a
whistle, tho it came mighty nigh BEN a
serious under,akin. But I'll tell you all
about the whole circumstance.
The fact is, I'd made up my mind
more'n twenty times to est go and come
rite out with whole business, but when
ever got whar she was, and whenever
she looked at me with her witchin eyes,
and kind o blushel at me, | always felt
sort o skeered and faniy, and all what
made up to tell her was forgot, so could.
mt think of it 10 save me. But your a
married man, Mr.. Thompson, SO could
mt tell you nothing about poppin the
question, as they call it, It's mighty
great favor to AK of rite pretty gal
and to people as aint used to it, it goes
monsrous hard, don't itl They say
widders don't mind it no moren nothin
But I'm maxim transgression as the
preacher SEES.
Crlsmus eve put on my new suit and
shaved my face as slick as smooihln
iron and went over to old Miss S,alionses.
AS soon as l went into the parler whar
they was all a set,in round the fire, Miss
Carline and Miss kesiah both laughed
rite our
There, there SEES they, Il told you so,
knew it would be Joseph
whats done Miss Carline 2 ses I.
You come under sisters chicken
bone, and | do believe she knew you
was comm when she put it over the
door.
mo didn't didn't know such thing,
now, ses Miss Mary, and her face blush
ed red all over.
ooh, you needn't deny it, ses Miss
Kesiah, you long to Joseph now, list as
sure as there's any charme in chicken
bones
knowed that was first rate chance
to say somethin, but the dear little Greater
looked so sorry and KEEP bushin so, |
couldn't say nothing zaclly to the pint,
so tuck char and reached up and
tuck down the bone and pvt i, in my
pocket
what are you gwne TO do with tina,
bone now, Majer 2 ses Miss Mary.
I'm gwine to keep it as long as i've
ses |, 'as Crismus present from the hand.
soonest gal in Georgia
When sed that she blushed worse and
worse.
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VOL. w.
nuUsuy nc cuuru nTrrrST;-'

.Vuscu IIIuUoFIy IIO CUIIIVI III1f5Fs .t.--1
10 have additional time at his disposal
should have the benefit of it. The SUI
at which each was valued, at moderat
estimate, was set down against him in III
account book, and every credit gained b
extra labor was duly entered also. |
this way some fifty or sixty achieve
their freedom, by process which mad
it manifest that they knew how to prz
it, and that they were worthy of it-by
process too, which confirmed them in hal
its Of industry and thrift. Mr.. Macdor
ough published statement of the Who'll
affair, and the following extract is frol
the concluding portion of it.-Bah. Pot
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words, and would not babble forth its
woes IN vain regrets, but pent up deep
within, part and parcel of the spirits life,
ever TO be borne about as a memorial that
JOY had departed, telling the beholder that,
though the soul was crushed, il would
struggle on 10 the last. In that one ex-
preston could read the tale of the butch
cry OF his chivalrlc brother, his own BAN
shment to land Of strangers, and his
country's wrongs. But wander.
This deep-scaled sadness rested upon
the countenance of the poor woman
CHANGED TO meet. She bore in her arms a
large bundle of what appeared to be soil
cd clothes, which she was probably en-
ployed 10 wash TO obtain a small pittance
for her daily necessities. Her eye was
bent upon tie earth AS if she was busted
with her own thoughts, and communing
with her own spirit. When my eve
caught the sad expression which rested
upon her features, my sympathy was ex-
cited, ana in moment fancy was busy in
running over her past life. saw her,
the bright and laughing child of poor but
honest parents, the very life and idol OF
their bearthslone. Spring after spring
came, and breathed with her warm breath
upon the chilled earth, and her lips, in
beauleous homage, breathing out their
love in sweetest incense. So each reyol-
wing year brought ont fresh flowers OF
loneliness in this sweet girls heart.
Again saw her, and she had blossomed
into the lovely woman. Her figure, nexi-
bic as an osier wand, was as graceful in
its soft and flowing outlines, as the love
Hest dream that ever Gifted through the
chamber of scuIptor's brain. Her hair
was black and shining, as raven, and her
complexion like I.ucreiia's.
"Now red as roses that on lawn we lay,
Now white as lawn, til: roses ta'en away"
She was wooed and won. Her mother
wept when she chose another's arms for
her protection, and her father besought
Gods blessing on her head, as hand in
hand she and her chosen one began the
journey of the world. They toied and
slrove, hard and long, but success seemed
not to smile upon their endeavors. Little
ones sprang up about their knees, and tho
the world might look cold and cherries
upon them from without, within they were
happy. But disease smote her husband
in the pride of his manhood and strength,
and the staff on which she had leaned, in
her distress was broken. She toiled on
lone and sorrowful for the flowers which
still chung to the parent stem. They too
persisted, and one in the blasts of autumn.
She was alone. She had no heart to com
plain, for her soul was humbIed in the
very dust. Grief became her companion,
and she has struggled on, resigned but
not complaining. And this was the be-
ing saw before! Poor woman, how sad
thy lot and yet thou art but type of a
mighty class. | turned and gave her "a
few shllings, and left her, richer a thou
sand fold than had been before parted
with my treasure. | knew not-l cared
not whether my dream might be true. |
felt glad to give. Man, that seest thy fcl-
low in distress, do likewise.