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From the Philadelphia Keystone.
WAR-WAR!!

IL Is really pliltul TO behold the lachrymose
tone IN which some American prints discourse
upon the bare probability of a war, while others
' In very sincerity Of fear and cold heart" exhaust
all the arguments their ingenuity can suggest, TO
prove To the people that there will be no war
mat there can be no war! These blind guides are
perhaps not aware that if, in this crisis, the Anne.
rIcan press can have any influence upon The deter
'nInation of Great Britain, their ieremaids and
Their timTd increduliiy, will tend much more 10
confirm that proud nation into a warlike attitude
than The bold expression Of a noble resolve To re-.
sist entertainment and repel aggression in a spirit
becoming the American people. A war with
England would certainly entail upon our country
many temporary evils, such as a partial suspension
OF orr foreign cOmmerce-increased taxatiOn-a
National debt, and the loss of many valuable lives.
which, on the other hand, would find a compen.
satlon IN the final expulsion Of British p1ejudices
British PafIiaIties-British influence, and Bri
tlsl power from this continent, so inimical to our
Tree nstltulions-so blighiing to the growth Of
Democracy.
"A hve years war might cost the country $500.
oOO'OUO ahd 5U,CUO lives! AT The termination of
that war, the American fig would proudly wave
over the batllements of Quebec, Montreal and
Hallfax-the territory of Oregon, entire, would
be secured. and from the Atlantic TO the Pacific
from the sunny shores Of Florida To- the Crjoid
chimes OF Canada, a vast and grow ing population
would march onward, under the fostering infu-
ence OF Liberty, to The accomplishment of the
great destinies reserved 10 the American people
We Imagine we hear some fastidious philan-
throPist protest with horror against the coolness
with which we kill off $4,000 men in our esti
n'ateo The cost of The war and yet this sensitive
gentleman no doubt, reads with perfect nouehn
lance, the weekly bills Of mortality published in
Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore.
oy SDinIng up which he will find that. in those
iour citIss alone, mortality amounts, in five wears.
TO lE1,UUO individuals, ore half of whom owe
their death, directly or indirectly. to their CoIlv or
'heIt vices. But whatthen2 Our philanthropisl
can look on quietly upon the poor bloat in the last
agonIes OF deIrium tremens , he can behold the
ravages Of the small pox, and If consumption bnt
he can't bear to see blood, if even shed in defence
OF the rights and the honor Of his country he can
not abide the sight Of blood, were it only to stain
the sword OF the defender Of our soil and our Ii.
bertyi 0" "
But here comes a Bank Director. vocireratino
loudly against a debt Of two hundred mlllions n
dollars incurred during the war. Sir. beGofe Won
get INTO a passion, look at home and see what
your banks have cost the country. In the five
years between 81 and Al, inclusive, thew robbed
the people Of twice that amount! And what isl
worse' hey have demorslized the peopIe-defal
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THE PETITION FOR INCORPORATION

ms subject, one of great importance, and de
cidedly imperative. for the prosperity of Ports
mouth, has been received with much more favor
for a few days past. than it was at first, and it
VIII continue to grow in favor, as men bring a
candid and impartial judgment To bear upon it,
We do hope that all parties will throw aside
petty Jeaionsies, and political calculations, and
VIII lake the matter up as becomes those who
have interests to promote, other than personal or
immediate pressing upon them. Let them re-.
collect that they have families who are to be
benefited in the future-that while they will
reap a rich harvest themselves, their children
Will by this act be far advanced to wha, thew
would be 1t the town is permitted to go on in the
downward career which is now reducing the
value OF property one half. It is an admitted fac,
that the citizens of Portsmouth pay at least three
htIhs of The revenue OF the county-by rinht that
portion of the revenue should enure to The beneft
OF the town. Does it do so Every one will
answer NO. Were we Incorporated, every cent
that was drawn from our citizens. in the way of
taxes would be directed TO our own use, and for
the liquidation of our liabilities.
There is another reason why we should be in
corPorated. The County Ferry in name, but the
Town Ferry in fact, draws the greater portion of
It's income from our citizens. Where does that
large sum 60 to2 Into the golfers of the county
Treasury, from whence it is drawn for the benefit
OF the county alone. What expenditure has been
made, 1t we except the causeway TO the NAVY
Yard, for the benefit or our citizens? Absolutely
none The Court House and Jail, are pointed
to by some, as having been executed for the bene.
mt OF our citizens, but it was for the interest of
the country people thaAit was located here, and
they are now both under the control of the Board
OF Magistrates, and The town authorities have no
right of authority in them. 1t is, then, our dutr
to place ourselves in such a situation as to control
Our own revenues, and we can only do il by in.
corporation. Be Incorporated, and at least one
half the revenue Of the Ferry, will fall into your
Treasury, which will more than pay all ex penses
OF your corporate government-be Incorporated.
and your interests will be consolidated and identi.
hed-business will receive a new impetus. and
the best energies of all your citizens will be call.
ed into active exercise.
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OUR RELATIONS WITH ENGLAND.

We feel aggrieved, in common with the Anne.
rlcan people at large, 10 see the Fanueil Hall
speech ofN1r. Webster adopted by the almost en-
tire Ministerial press of England, as the best text.
1t not the true ground, of the Oregon question.
1t Is a sad contamination for an American states.
man, IN closing. for all The purposes of usefulness,
an eventiul public life, 10 be recognized at home
and abroad. as the British advocate upon all great
questions between his own country and her un-
natural mother. Offensive as is the popular sen.
tIment IN England against us, as expressed in
their official press, it is still more mortry inc TO
our national pride that the cOntemners of the
country should find for its expression and text the
speech OF an American statesman, delivered i'm
the Cradle of American Liberty.
We could well ~enIighten the English people.
and tell them why Mr.. Webster is so much more
to their taste than he can ever he Ia that of his
own counlrymen. Sad must he the weakness of
morale which renders such a man SO utterly now.
erless, not 10 say insignificant, in the Urea, labor
OF directing and controlling the destinies of his
own counITymen. We do not fear the effect of
his Faneuil Hall speech-we have no apprehen-
sion that any great or good man of either party
VIII enlist IN such an insidious surrender of our
national rights and honor, as is suggested in it,
whether The scheme of an independent Govern.
ment IN Oregon originate in London or Boston
IT VIII matter little in the final adjustment of this
question. The vote two days ago in the Senate.
on The Texas question, places the influence of
Mr.. Webster, for good or for evil, upon its real
footing. The day and hour is yet TO come when
he will ever represent the national spirit of his
own and Constitution.
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From simms's Monthly Magazine.
SPRING. NJ

VAiNLy thou tcnd'st thy bower,
Vainiy thou deck'st the vine.
And boast'st of the richest flower,
That doth upon Ashley shine;
Thou nigh, though spring advances.
Who asks for her sunny train?
We do but glow in thy glanccs,
And the garden blossoms in vain.
Spring is in thee, bright creature,
Thou bringcr of songster and rose.
In thine is the blossoming nature,
Where the life that is lovelincss flows.
Aglimpsc of the bow descending,
The purple light on the sea.
A wing with the sunset blending
Oh! these have spoken for thee.
And thus, when the grey-footed morning.
First beats up the fleecy plain,
Ere the stars have had their warning.
TO give place to a brighter train
My heart grows glad in the promise,
OF a ~lovelier reign to be,
And seeking the soul hid from us,
find its flower in thee
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The SMALL POX.

we regret to state, says the Baltimore sun,
That the small pox in this city is evidently on the
increase, a. il is also in Philadelphia and New
York. In Philadelphia during the past two weeks
there has been fnr,y six deaths from tin New
York twenty three, and in Baltimore twenty six.
AS this is a disease on which The cold weather has
a contrary effect from what it generally has on
contagious affections, there is but one course for
our citizens 10 pursue in order to suppress its "a
wages, and that is a general vaccination. 1t should
be the duty of every head of a family to acl
promptly IN The matter, not only as TO his children.
but 10 the older members of his household. Let
all whu have not been vaccinated for twelve or ff-
teen years. be re- vaccinated, as it is an ascertained
tact that vaccination in manv persons loses its
power within that period. When persons are re-
vaccIna,ed, and it does not take, they have the
assurance that they are exempt from The disease
and 1t 1t does take, The same result is secured
Inc physicians appointed by the city will per
t"rm the operation gratis, for those who are un-
able to pay, which is accompanied with neither
pain nor Inconvenience. no more than that attend
ing the pricking Of the arm with a needle.
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A FOOLISH MIS- STATEMENT

The Lowell poD PoIuli, noticing a sta,emeo,
in the Rev. ii. A. Miles's work on Lowell, thar
the average number of hours of female labor in
that place is ten and a half, says that the ,rra
time is between thirteen and fourteen honrs.
There is no use [says the Vox Populi1 in
mystifying this matter-it is a subject too poiori
aus with the citizens Of Lowell. 1t may sound
well at a distance to talk about the ten hour su,.
lem being in force in the Lowell factories: but +, IN
within hearing OF those men of brass with toncur.
ct IRON, that measure time for the factory, il ia
well known that ten, nor eleven, nor f,ceIpe hours
per day don't suffice for the rich capitalist 10
draw the sweat from the poor mans brow, while
with him in luxury slowly drags The time"
Thousands upon thousands in our cities arc
compelled by want or the fear of it TO toll even a
greater number of hours than the factory peonle
As machinery improves and the lapdless popaIa-
'ion increases. labor OF course cheapens, and those
who are SO fortunate as To find masters mus, A.
more and more to keep life in their bodies
There should be no landless.-Young american
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periods of our national existence. From 1915 Ia
1873, u period of about s years, there were rs
Captains whose average time of service. during
this peri"d, was less than t,co years thirty Com,
mandants, a little over two years one hundred
and seventy. two Lieu,enauts, less than three and
a halt; and eight Chaplains, less than one and a
half year. In the Naval Register for lS45, il,
VIII be seen that, of 1881 naval officers under
pay "i the government, THREE AND
siXTY-NiNE were railing ordersi! Their sale
RES, at the fixed allowance for officers thus wait
ing orders, amounted To SAP. l70!i Add TO this
the salaries Of s Marine officers and ENGINEERS.
waiting orders the same year, we have the sum
OF s44S,336 paid To The non-etectire officers of
our navy. Now the sum paid in lS4S TO 27S
members of Congress and to 80 Judges of the Su
Preme and District Courts of the United States,
was S443. 800, less than the amount received by
these naval officers while waiting orders. Ii would
be easy To prove that the non. effective men in this
department alone receive annually more pay than
Is allowed to all the members of the Senate and
House of Representatives and to all the Judges
OF the Supreme and District Courts of the United
States.
" Is not this fac, worthy The consideration OF
our national LIE islature and Judiciary? f.. b.
" Worcester, u. s. II. Dec. 8, 1886"
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THE LADIES' FErE AT THE TOWN
HALL,

rave you ALL been once 10 that pleasant and
agreeable room? If you have, there is no use for
US to say any thing to induce you to 90 again, To
spend an hour with The lovely and the good
lhere you meet age, youth, and beauty, in a hap
py re union, where all reserve is thrown off. and
mlrth, pleasure. and good feeling $. presides DER
the scene" There is something in these parties
which affords to us a qualification that we can
meet no where else, and joyousness will steal
into the bosom of the most confirmed melnncholic
1.-The Will only go there and witness the happiness
that prevails, and note the interchangeable efforts
made by all to please ALL.
We could not get our contemporaries. in Mr..
folk. to accept the Ladies invitation to dine with
them yesterday, but we suppose they were eating
their own turkey" at home tina, day, and that
they Will take advantage of another night to " give
ms d cali" If they will let US know when they
are coming over, we, that is the Ladies'. will
see that there is a crowded house to welcome
them. DO you like music 90 and hear the
angels sing. Do you like fun. go and spend an
hour with our mischievous and lovely maidens.
do you like sentiment, 90 and enjoy the cnnyersa-
ton OF our mairons and old mss+*-" no we
dldn't"-fur we've got none of The last kind
they are always too handsome to get old. But po
TO tho Fete where bright eyes and happy faces
Will give you a Joyous welcome.
Young and old, the grave and cav.
Merry and sad will find the way.
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cations, torgeries, populations, nsury, counterfeit
ing, fraudulent insolvency, have been lpgitimatcd
by them. The proverbial hunesiy and honor of
our ioreiaihers has shrunk beneath their balefnl
influence. They have poisoned the very fountain
OF Legislation; by their of repeated, bareiaced
violations of law and honor, they have rendered
The public feeling callous 10 the enormities which.
in the days of our fathers, would have made The
very stones to cry out with Indignation. They
have cursed the conniry with more lasting evils,
than the horrors of a ten years war could entail
upon the nation And still, SIT, you are for Banks
and opposed To war!
If war has its evils, it has also its redeeminp
advantages Ii brings into activity those hioh
feelings of patriotism, that deep sense of hunor,
and that spirit of chivalry, which promp, the noble
deed. immorialize the hero. give a tone To Nation
al character, and shed a halo Of glory over the an.
nails OF a people. Such sentiments glowed in the
hearts ct Washington and jackson, and the host
OF Revolutionary heroes whose virtues we still in.
woke, though some are slpw to practice them. IL
then, the honor of our country, or her rights, can
not he protected without recourse To arms. le, ms
rally under her flag and cheerfully risk our lives
in her defence. Those who fall will die in The
noblest OF causes-those who survive will enioy
the proud consciousness of having performed their
duty as true American citizens. They will share
the glory and the prosperity of their country and
long after the alarms uf war shall have ceased.
when they descend To the grave, pus,erity will
shed a tear of gratitude over the noble examines
set for her imitation.
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II THOMAS CASE

The Richmond Enquirer of Tuesday, says that
on Monday before Judge Nicholas Superior Court.
came on the application of Mrs. Thomas for a di.
vorce from EN- Governor Thomas of MARYLAND.
The Eek Governor, by his Counsel, Messrs, John
Il. Cooke and w. Fl. mcfarland, objected to the
jurisdiction of the Court. Messrs. James LYONS
and Samuel Taylor, on behalf of Mrs. r.. sus-
tanned The full and proper jurisdiction under the
law of lS4l. The Judge will decide this moro
ing. If the jurisdiction be sustained. a inrv will
Try the iac's' which will be laid before the Legis-
la'ure as evidence for granting a complete di-
vorce.
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THE FUNERAL OF CON-. ELLIOTT

The funeral Of Commodore Elliott, on Saturday.
was attended by an immense concourse of citizens.
and The military. under General Cadwalader,
made a brilliant appearance. The body of the
deceased commodore, in undress uniform. and wrap.
ped in an American ensign, was laid in state du-
ring The morning of the day, and visited by a
large number of his personal friends, and seamen
and others who had served under him during his
long professional career.
The pall-hearers were Commodore Stewart,
Captains Mccall and McGruder. Commanders
Nlarsden, Gannt, Byrne, and Hunter, of the navy,
and General Roumfnrt. Following the hearse,
were officers OF the army and navy, representa-
tives OF foreign governments, members of the
Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati, the mayor,
recorder. and, aldermen of the city, the United
States marshal, the sheriff of The county. Sc.
AT The gate leading to the Naval Asylum The
procession was met by Commodore Morgan and
Lieut.. Stellwagon, at the head of the veterans of
that establishment. and conducted tn the cemetery,
beside The SchuylkilI where the body was placed
In lis final place of rest.-PhilG. North .Ameri-
can.
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CONGRESSIONAL.

WAsH1NeToN, Dec. %.
In the Senate, the bill in relation to Texas was
ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, and
passed. The Presidents signature is now only
necessary TO make it The law Of the land. Mr..
Webster, however, presented the remonstrance of
certain citizens Of Massachusetts against the ad
mission Of Texas as a slave slate; which, as he
remarked, being " too late, would answer in the
case Of the admission Of Cuba ;'' which elected
considerable laughter, in which the honorable SEN
sior joined. The protracted and exciting debates
on this now settled question, have thus terminated
in good hurnor, and our citizens will hail The adj
mission Of their new born sister State into the
Union with feelings Of profound satisfaction. AZ.
ter the election Of a chaplain, (the Rev. Mr..
TUsToN) the Senate went into executive ses.
sion.
In The House, no business Of importance was
done.
B,tb houses stand adjourned over 10 Saturday.
stf2 o'clock, when they viii probably meet Dyo
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THE REFORMER.
The true Rcformcr, like the Pioneer

The true Rcformcr, like the Pioneer
who news the western forest, must throw nv
All thoughts OF case or resting till he die
Nor in his noble breast admit the fear
Oi Ill, although, through life, he NAV not hear
The voice of friend, nor sec one loving eve
10 cheer him on his way of duty high
And warn him when his foes are lurking near,
Shall rise in loveliness, where now the Gloom
on Error doth the light of Truth withstand;
The lonely wilderness he fells, shall bloom
throughout all after time and those who now
Scowl with mad hate, before his tomb shall how
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Jormd, and adjourn to Monday. The course is
deemed expedlent, in order to meet the provisions
Oh The constitution. which makes it imperative ON
Congress to adjourn at no time during a session
for more than three consecutive DAYS. A latpe
number OF senators and members of Congress have
iett In The evening cars TO spend the festivities Of
this happy season with their families and friends,
which we cordially wish they may fully enjoy
UniOn.
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/" DON'T STAND ON THE PLATFORM

AS the cars from Philadelphia to Baltimore
were passing over the bridge at Bush river, on
Monday night, a gentleman, who was standing
on the platform, had his hat blown off bv the
wind, and in attempting suddenly to catch it.
was preclpitated over into the river, and was
drowned. He is supposed 10 have been a Mr..
Crassous, from New York.
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WASHINGTON RUMORS

That Mr.. Polk has sent into the Senate a LARGO
number OF nominations and among them William
A. Harris, editor Of the = Constitution At Bal
tImoTe, as Charge d'Affaires to Buenos Ayres.
and Romulus VI. Saunders, of North Carolina az
Minister to Spain.
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A WING

A paragraph is going the rounds of the whip
papers, Owe find it in the Vicksburg Intelligent.
cer,) commencing as fnllows:
II RISE OF FLoUR.-The rise in the
price al Hour, naturally a subject of great interest
and importance in this country, saws the phil,
delphia North American, affords an added evil
dence OF The hsalthful influences of The Tariff"
That is 10 say, the failure of the wheat crons
IN Great Britain, Belgium, Russia, and other
European countries, is one of the fruits of the
magical, wonder working Tariff. The whiq To-
g'cIans and stump orators may now make an entry
In their note books in this wise Mem.-Hioh
tarlt taxation of American farmers sure to bro.
duce failure of European farmers crops. Like
Inc quack doctors memoranda Red behring's
cure a Scotchman of fever-but kill a French
man" What next from The political ouacks a
Missi,sippi Democrat.
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Daniel Webster's idea of an independent re-
public IN Oregon, like Mr.. Clay's Independent.
rcepuoiic OF Texas, seems 10 meet with but litle
n'of anywhere out OF Boston, or perhaps Massa-
chusetls. 1t is astonishing what eullibIiity those
boS'onians have. The God like" has only To
mount the rostrum in Fannell Hall upon any
political question and swear il is black or white.
grey or grzzle, and they open their mouth and
swallow every word as greedily as if they were
enjoying clam soup or catfish chowder, clap their
hands and swear an oracle speaks. In this way
Their IDEAS on political subjects are always a CEN
Jury behind the age but no matter for that, they
lake The same as Webster" and are contened
-.Natchez Free Trader.
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a FAcT.-On every occasion where a trial Of
speed has been had between American and Eng
lish ships OF war, or steamers, the. Yankees have
been The vlctors. Within a year two fair trials
nave been made-the first between the Princeton
and Great Western, and the second between the
81: MaTy's and the Enrydice. In both our gallant
ships LETT the crack sailors of Mr.. John Bull astern
in quick time. In case of war, enoagemen,s on The
ocean will surely result ia victory to one of The
parties, Tor our iars will never turn tail to a Briton.
and The latter can't get away from our boys if
they Try.
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MOSES JOHNSON

Inc negro who was convicted Of the murder of
feiIx Ferguson, one of the keepers of the Peniten-
'lary, was hung on Friday last, within The walls of
the prison.