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STILL MORE CIVIL WAR IN ILLINOIS

From the Chicago Democrat of the 2lst inst.
we learn that the counties of johnson, Massac
and Pope are all in commotion in consequence of
some disorder growing out of attempts 10 drive a
gang OF olack-legs,c ounterfeiters and horse thieves
out OF the State. The lynchers are said to he
confscating The property and taking the the lives
OF all persons who may be The least suspected
Gov. Ford has ordered Brigadier General John
/. Davis, of Williamson, TO repair to Massac
with his Briuade.
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MAINE.

Two democrats and one wing. are elected to
Congressman in four Districts there is no choice.
To the Senate, the democrats have elected eight,
ana The wings three. To the House, there are
elected already 46 democrats, 40 wings and |
abolitionisi. There are 81 towns which have
made no choice, or have not been heard from
The wings have thus far only made a net gain Of
tour members from last year, when the democrats
mao a majority OF % over all. IF The remaining
towns came In as last year, there will be a demo-
cratic majority Of at least ID over all. In three
strong towns in Lincoln County, democratic Rep.
reseniatIves were lost in consequence of personal
aDerences-beiDg more than the whip gain thus
Ir IN ihe-whoIe State! The present prospect is,
mat The democratic candidate for governor will
lack about $500 votes Of an election-leading The
whig, however, some 7 or 5000 votes. There
are 20 vacancies in the Senate, to be filled by the
tiouse before the Legislature goes into The cleo
'lon ct STATE Officers. We feel no spprehensioos
about the final result in Maine-W Fl. Reg,
Sept. 2sM.
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I. the several transports. that the vessels would
put 10 sea on Saturday morning. SO that if men
were permitted to be absent beyond that ,ims :,
must have been the fault Of the commanding oa;
GERS of the vessels. or else the men ,hemselyes
must have overstaid their passes.
"lnstruciions have been given by the depart.
meh,, 10 cause the officers and men left on shore
To he quartered on Governors island, where they
will be subsisted and provided for until a trans
port, which is now being ft,ed out with stores,
Sc, can take them to their place Of destination. -
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than before. but nearly sustained their previous
value.
Superior Western brands in bond, however,
C n,lnued to nee, good inquiry, and several thu
sand barrels changed hands at 27s. to 2Ss. The
trade closing at about 27s. cd. per barrel. Indian
Corn exciting much less attention than hereto
fore barely upheld its previous value.
LIVERPOOL CorToN MARKEr.-Sert. a
There was a large demand to day and fully TO-.
600 bales changed hands, the market closing firm
". Sales for the week ending ON the llth of
Sept.:-The quotation Of prices are much the
same this week as last. In some instances they
might, perhaps, be placed a point higher. There
has, however, been a much narrower market, and
a more critical examination Of the qualities on the
part OF the buyer than during the hustle of the
previous week.
We close the week with our quotations s,eadi.
~ supported, but without much animation, and
looking with considerable interes, to the next &C
counts from the United States as to The promise
OF the crop In that country. $500 American, 5 0
Surat and 500 Egyptian have been taken for
speculation: and 2050 American, 100 Pernam-
huco; so Bahia. 1910 Surat, and 800 Smyrna
tor export. Sales o-day 6 to 1000 bales. The
sales for the week are ID $40 bales.
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EDITORIAL WITHDRAWAL.

For higher honors. The Philadelphia Times
in noticing the withdrawal of Col. Florence from
the editorial charge of the Keystone observes, that
" he has done so in order TO devote himself more
assiduously 10 his duty, as the choice of the
Democratic party for Congress, from the lst Dis
trict. With his ability and popularity, he should
distance all competilion"
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Hon. George Bancroft. recently Secretary of
the Navy, has been appointed minister TO Eng.
land. in the place of Hon. Louis McL.ane, who
has lately returned to the United States. MIR.
Bancroft Is enc of the ripest scholars of the age.
and his History of America has gained him a
world wide reputation as a historian of the hinh.
est order. He is now engaged in compiling a
work which will treat of the diplomatic history
OF the Revolution and his present situation will
enable him to obtain such Information as is neces
sary to a full understanding of that interesting
and important subject.
Mr.. Bancroft has always been a prominent
member OF the democratic party and he is one of
the great men of our country. As Secretary of
the Navy he introduced many wholesome reforms.
and corrected many of the abuses existing in that
arm of the national defence. His appointment,
will give general satisfaction. The office he has
vacated will be filed by Judge Mason, at present
Attorney General which office he will also re-.
tam until the appointment of a SUCCESSFUL
Harrodsburg (Pa.) Dem.
We should like to know if il is 10 enable Mr.
Bancroft to complete The compilation of his
Diplomatic History of the Revolution, that he
has been sent as Minister to England-and il it
is, will the profits of his new compilation 90 into
the Treasury of the United States, or into his
own pockets? We have yet to learn whether
his appointment q will give general satisfaction
he has to pass the ordeal of the Senate
| .Ne,o Era
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ease and expedition, if the connection had been
complete between here and Weldon. which would
yield a quarterly profit of SIS, 376-,hese same
passengers, will. no doubt. return, which set
down fo' anoiher quarter, and we have for six
months. not including way travel, freight. mail
service, &C., the sum of Sl0.752. allowing only
S3, tor a passenger. between this paint and Wei.
don-'hen let us take only one half of this trave,
for the other six months, and we have upwarbs
of si1teen thousand dollars per annum. clear pro.
tit, which the Alexandria Road could never cal.
culate upon. This We know is far below a fair
estimate OF what would be the profits of that ira
vel, but we like 10 he under the mark.
Our Road has returned receipts of upwards of
SII ,O0o per annum, and that too when there was
no such helping chains as have since been laid.
Witness the following:
"RML ROADS IN SoUrH CAROLINA AND
GEoRGIA.-The Macon Messenger gives the fol-.
lowing statement Of the Rail Roads now in ope.
taoon IN ,hese Two States, viz: miles.
Central Railroad. from Savannah to Macon 100
Macon and Western, from Macon to Alta
lanta lOl
Stale. or Atlantic and Western so
Georgia, from Augusta TO ATLANTA III
Athens branch 40
Augusta Ia Charleston lag
branch road To Culumbia So
Making a grand chain of communication of 776
These Roads must all find an end at Charles
Ton, Petersburg or Portsmouth,. Charleston and
wilmington will most assuredly connect, as will
Raleigh and Cheraw-rhen if we connect with
Castor and Weldon, we do not believe that we
put 1t over the mark when we estimate that the
receipts Of our Road will amount TO $l50,OOO
per annun.
People of Portsmouth, look at these things dis
Passionately-say whether you will suffer this
glorious harvest to pass by your door without an
effort to secure the advantages that must flow
from it2 Whether you will suffer vonr town.
with all its astonishing natural advantages, to
become a barren waste, or make il, as YOU easily
can, one of the most thriving. prosperous CONNER.
cial towns south Of Mason g. Dixon's line 2 The
means are in your own power, and the result will
prove your wisdom or folly.
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693 seats"

UD3 otdIH.
1t is fair to calculate that tho whole number
which took passage in the River boats would have
passed over our Road, and that one half Of those
that went by the Rail Road to Washington.
would also have taken this route, for the sake Of
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"THR Vine LINE IN MoTtoN. We are
happy to be able to inform our readers. that By the
latest intelligence received from head quarters, the
whole Wing line is once more in motion, and they
are expected to arrive at the point Of efnba rkation
on Salt River, about the second Tuesday Of Octo-
6er Boats of the swifest class will then be in
readiness and they may have the assurance OF
her Democratic friends Of a speedy passage tots
head waters.-PhI Kevstops.
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Santa Anna now says =" My functions will
cease,-when | may be able to lay at the feet of
the national representatives,, laurels plucked on
the banks Of the Sabine" He will keep his
y functions" a long time then.
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d. MARVIN HOYT-

This gentleman who received several shots
which were thought TO be mortal, is yet alive, and
We presume will recover, as the crisis feared by
the Surgeons is passed.
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OUR FLAGI

FREE TRADE-LOw D~UTIEs-NO DEBT-SE-
FROM BANKS-ECONOMY-RE-
TRENCHMENT-AND STRICT ADHERENCE
TO II CONSTITUTION.
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MISSOURI.

The result of the late elections in this State.
says the Missouri Enquirer. has been one of Sly
nal victory TO the democracy. In every Congress
sional district The democratic marty have elec,ed
a memher tn Congress by an increasing majority
over The vote cast in the same counties for Presi-
dent in 1874. Although the district sysiem in
this State was gotten up principally by the WING
party, yet they have failed in the election of a
single member to Congress. and at the same time
the Wing vote has diminished very considerable.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1846-06-26
PASSAGE IN HUMAN LIFE.

In my daily walks into the country, I was
accustomed to pass a certain cottage. 1t was
no cottage Of romance. 1t had nothing par.
ticuarly picturesque about it. 1t had its lii
tie garden, and its vines spreading over its
front but beyond these h possessed no fea-
ture likely to fix it in the mind of poet, or
novel writer, and which might induce him to
people il with beings of his own fancy. In
fact it appeared to be Inhabited witt, persons
as little extraordinary as itself. A good man
of the house it might possess, but he was new
er visible. The only inmates, ever saw,
were young woman, and another female in
in the wane of life, no doubt the mo,hcr.-
The damsel was a comely, fresh, mIld-look-
ing girl enough, always seated in one spot,
near the window, intent on the needle. The
old dame was as regularly busted to and fro.
in household affairs. She appeared one of
those good house wives, who never dream
If rest except in sleep. The cottages stood
so near the road. that the fire at the farther
end of The room, showed you, without being
rudely inqusilive, the whole interior in the
single moment Of passing. a clean hearth
and cheerful fire, shining upon homely, but
neat furniture, but whether the dame ENJOY.
ed, or only diilused the comfort, was prob
lem.
passed the house many successive days.
II was always alike,-the fire shining bright.
" and cheerfully the girl seated at her post
by the window, the housewife going to and
fro, catering and conIriving. busting and
managing. One morning as went by there
was a change the dame was seated near her
daughter, her arms laid up the table, and her
head reclined upon her arms. was sure il
was sickness, which had compelled her TO that
attitude Of repos e nothing less could have
done il. felt that knew exactly the poor
wooman's feeling. She had felt WEAKNESS
stealing upon her, and borne up, hoping il
would pass by till loa,h as she was to yield,
il had forced submission.
The next day, when | passed, the room
appeared as usual the fire burning pleas
niIy,-,he girl a, her needle bu, her moth
err was not to be seen; and CHANGING my eyes
upwards, | perceived the blind close drawn
in the window above. Ii is so said to my
self, disease is in its progress. Perhaps il
occasions no gloomy fear of consequence. nc
extreme concern and yet who knows how
it may end i, is thus that begin those chan.
ges thu, draw out the central bolt that hold
together families which steal our Gresde
faces, and lay waste our affections.
passed by, day after day-,he scene va,
the same the fire burning clean and cheer,
full but the mother was not to be seen -
| the blind was drawn above. At hng,l'
missed the girl and in her place appeared
: another woman, bearing considerable resem
! blance to the mother, bu, of qnieter habit
/ Il was easy to in,erprc, this change. Dis
: ease had assumed an alarming aspect ;-,h
6 daughter was occupied in intense watching
n and caring for the suffering mother and III
r good woman's sister had been summoned 4
her bedside, perhaps from her family care
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GREAT BRIrAIN.-She holds G. bcraltar, Malta
and the Indian Islands, BY which she commands
the whole coast Of the Mediterranean and the
commun cation with the Back Sea the Cape
of Good Hope and the island of ST IIeela, b.
which she command the way To India the
Maurlius,ihe island Of Ceylon,& other important
positions in the East, which give her the com
mand OF all southern Asia, as well as of the ter.
rltorles and commerce of the Pacific. APP
preaching our own continent she no DIS Bermu,
da, strong castle in our front, commanding our
whole Southern trade. including that OF the
Gulf of Mexico; Trinidad, at the mouth Of the
Oronoco, and to the windward of the principa
West India Islands which gives her the com
mand of the Caribbean Sea, and with the Falk
land Islands, which she has recently taken, OF
the whole front of South America and the way
10 the Pacific. To the northeast she holds No
va Scotia and Cape Breton. which secure the
Canadas from maritime attack, commands the
Newfoundland and the Gull of 81. Lawrence
fisheries, and exercise the same controlling in
huence upon our Atlantic coast which the has
lions OF fortress have upon It's curtains. Those
important positions, held by a comparative small
force, enable her 10 exercise military influence
over the affairs OF nations equal to I'VE millions
OF men under arms. Those positions are grea'
outworks, whence she projects her missiles
(ships OF war; upon the wings Of every wind
and maintains. il NAV be allowed the express
sion, a cross fire upon The surface of the whole
globe To complete the eutlre military com
mand of the whole globe, she requires only the
island of Cbiloe, and good naval station at OF
near the mouth of the Columbia, at tue norm
! west coast Of our continent. Memoir az nyg'
Gen. .ksup 10 The Secretary Of War, Msrch
i 1889.
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TANNING A recent discovery in the ar,
Of tanning leather has been made by DR..
Turnbull, of London, winch is said in "A
French paper 'to eclipse every thing that has
been discovered in The practical arts for three
hundred years. The process Is described in
a communication TO the Academy of Scien.
ces. When "A membrane intervenes between
two liquids of different densiles, they pro.
duce two currents, the one outward called
extosmosis and the other inward called en-.
dosmosis. By this new physical law the
currents interchange until they become of til,
same specific gravity; thus DR.. Turnbull
by sewing up the hide filled with one liquid
of a certain specific gravity, and then i'm
merslng the hide in another liquid of greater
or lesser density, keeps up this reciprocal &C.
ton until such Time as the hide is thoroughly
tanned. By the ordinary process of tanning
it requires eighteen months to tan an OK hide,
and four hundred pOundsof bark. DR. Turn,
bull tans the hide in fourteen days, and with
only one hundred pounds of bark. This
process gives an extra weight o. leather, va.
rying from fifteen TO twenty-five pounds per
cent. Calves skins, which under the old
process require IN immersion in the watts five,
six and seven months, are bv the new pro-
cess tanned in two DAYS. This rapidly OF
execution is by no means attended with in
fcriori,y TO the lie ,lhcr produced. On the
contrary, it is said to become much better,
all salurallon required for the production of
good leather being as fully effected by the new
as the old process.
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A CORRESPONDENT of the n. o. Tropic writes
from the West bank OF the Rio Grande very
interesting letter.
There have just stopped in Col. Twiggs' pre-,
sence three or four MexicanS, who are Just from
Non'ery, bringing the latest news. They are
dressed IN large palmetto hats covered with
glazed cloth, and ornamened by bands Of most
TREMENDOUS q. and silver 'fyens on the side
that resemble the knob of an cd fashioned bu-
reau. Their waists are encrcled with gay belts,
and their pan'aloons tanned deerskins, and open
on the outside seam from the hip down, expos.
ing their white linen drawers altogether they
are very Mexican and very picturesque.
Ampuda, so the Meyicaus heard, had gained
the ascendancy in the army, and had Arista as
prisoner, This was Ampudja's effort from The
instant he reached Ma'amoras. After the bait
tie Of the 9th,he being the first man 10 leave the
battle field in the retreat. and before any one
rived at his duck heels, reported that Ars'a
had behaved the Army 10 the Am 7rcans. This
report he spread along the road toward Monte
~, and no doubs the troops have gladly taken
advantage Of such an idea 10 save themselves
from the shame of defeat. Alter sixty miles in.
land, says one OF the Mexicans, plenty of corn
can be found IN the country, on the road to Mon.
tiry. and seattle enough to feed million i wan.
ted"
"Will the Mexican army come back here :"
asked Col. Twiggs. mo never come back"
The report of the latest news from the inte-
rior OF MXelco is that parades is not at the head
of an army approaching this place, and that Am.
pudla is not, as has been re ported one hundred
miles from here 'en,renched :" on he contrary,
he is flying into the interior, and will most Likes
y paral ze the people AS he progresses, by The
news of the defeat Of 1.-THE grand army of the
int,
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men,un,il my wages amounted to $3.50, whom

U1ent until my wages dIlOuuteu W SIoo, W"oH
| renewed my adventures.
have been confined in the same dungeon,
in the Carcal of Buenos Ayres, with Don
Manual Rosas the latter gentleman for trea-
son, and your humble servant for slipping
dirk into the ribs of Goncho who attempt-
ed 10 take his life. | have danced in the
Turtulia, with Madame Col Coe, daughter
of qsnnnBalcarce-and eaten cascade root
with Regroes of the coast of Africa, from
cocoa nj shell. have had an audience
with Gov. Balcarce in the Castle OF Buenos
Ayres, as one of the suite of Commodore W.
Woolsley, then commanding the U. States
squadron on the coast of Brazil. and acting
Charge at the court Of Don Pedro. ] have
built a saw.mil and dam across Bear Lake,
western Michigan, and been in every station
in the printing business, from deyH to the
editor and publisher of city daily.
was elected Vice President of the first
Harrison State Convention ever held in the
United States, at Niblo's Garden, N. York
As editor of the Washington County Posi-
wrote the first editorial in favor of Harrison
for the Presidency.
have slipped malta, and kicked my toes
amidst the giddy throng OF Buenos Ayrear
lasses upon the Pampas Of San Isidro; and
have been dashng along the Passea of the
Alemeda, on the banks of the La Plata, in
company with Mrs. Ha!let, (the accomplish
ed lady of Stephen Hallet, printer to the
Buenos Ayres governmen,,) in his coach and
four, who was at that lime the richest man in
Buenos Ayres.
Printers have been proverbial, in all ages
of tine world. for their notoriety. As an in.
stance of the fluctuations of their fortunes,
might cite the case of that exalted patriot
statesman and philosopher, whose natal da,
we have this evening assembled to common.
crate. speak of BENJAMIN Franklin, q
practical printer, who, by his virtuous life
ard high order of intellect, rose from the
humble condition of an apprentice boy to the
most exalted station in ife."
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YANKEE Doodle IN AUsTRrA.-A Euro
pcan correspondent of the New York Herald
writing from the capital of Austria, furnish.
es The following gratifying scrap of ncws:-
Nieux Temps has been performing for
some time in the Imperial Opera House, and
his popularity in city where music of every
kind is so closely criticised must be highly
hattering to HIM. He Is decidedly a grea,
favorile, and is always warmly received. A
few evenings ago was present at one of his
performances, and witnessed an occurrence
well calculated TO excite the enthusiasm of
an American heart. Vieux Temps had fin
ished series of his pieces with the Carnival
of Venice. He was called out again, when
he struck up Yankee Doodle with variations.
This set the whole audience in perfect up
roar. "Bravo" "Americancr !" cried out
one Of the Aus,rians; "Bravo ~ a hundred
others; and you may well imagine that we
Americans, three or four in number, found
it rather difficult to sit still during the enlhu-
siaslic expression of feeling for our beloved
country. AT the close of the piece the ap-
planse was unbounded. Vieux Temps was
called out three several times before the cur
tam fell, and twice afterwards; the audience
each time receiving him standing, and greet
ing hum with sounds of applause, while near
ly all the ladies in the house were clapping
their hands TO the best of their abilities. -
There is one box in this house, known a,
the English box. | cast my eyes towards it
and found its occupiers silent observers o
the scene, probably rejecting on Bunker Hill
Lexington, &c.
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To WASH Iron AND STEEL WITH Cor
PER. Dissolve sulphate of copper ia water,
in the proportion of one to three wash iron
or steel with it.anJ it will Instantly be cover
ed with reduced copper. This is best per-
formed Ivy applying the solution with brush
which must be followed directly with a
sponge of clear water. In this manner any
letters or figures may be drawn will, camel
hair pencil or pen, d if it BE- on polished
steel, the letters or flowers will assume the
brllliancy of,he steel, and appear like high
~ polished copper. 1t may sometimes be
requisite TO cleanse the metal by washing il
with diluted muriaiic acld. that the copper
may adhere more readily. If the steel thus
ornan,en,ed be held over charcoal fire, the
copper figures become blue first and while
the steel becomes blue, the copper takes a
gold color, but is restored again by diluted
muriaiic acid.-New York Scientific liner
lean.
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PRoTzcTIoN TO DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES
The regular Washington correspondent Of
the n. Y. Courier, usually well informed, makes
the following statement, which would seem ia
show that the Administration is already leaning
to the Protective policy
"A subject Of mcrriment among musical an
ateurs. in an order issued by Secretary Bancroft
to the marine band, requiring them to lay aside
Italian sic, and play only National airs
The poor fellows were sadly puzzled to obey
the edlct, but having exhausted Yankee Doc
die and the Star Spangled Banner, they struck
no jim Grow, and Lucy Long, and ended with,
Will you come to the bower! After this lie
no one impeach the Secretary Of the Navy fl
lack of democratic taste as well as sentiment"