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old Rssrrem.

Our friends in this county are active, and at
work. We have several letters from them-all
breathing the right spirit, and full of ardor in
the cause. One SAYS:
1.-The friends are well pleased with your pa
per, and think ii must prosper. We will add TO
its list of names here considerably"
Again:
a" fear our public men will not come out with
their real thoughts. If they could-if such men
as Nicholas, Graues, Bullock, URdsrtcood, More.
head, Crintnden, &c, &c, would but avow
themselves, what prospect would open before
us, And yet more. if that man among men
would end, he begun, his life. in consec ration
10 the cause of human freedom - if Henry
CLAY would only lead in it--how would the
country honor, and the world adore, him
And vet another:
Il was much pleased with your editorial
who would be first Many, who are for
emancipation, are ,raifing for the proper time
10 act
Waiting for the proper time TO act. Nop is
that time. The truth is ripe ever. Ii needs on
ly, that the hand should be stretched forth TO
pluck ii. and to eat, and to give to others an
abundance. Let it be SO stretched forth, Lee,
no man daily let the fruit fall from its very ripe
hess, and leave him without honor in nurtur-
ing il.
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Hanover Csllexe. uudt.u,.

The Annual Commencement of this Instl;l-
ton Will be held on THURSDAY, August 18th.
The annual Address before the Societies Il tn
College will be delivered on "Wednesday and
Thursday evenings, August 18th and 18th
The Union Literary Society will he addressed
on that occasion by WV. c. ALLAN. ESQ, the
artist of this city; the PhiIaethean Society by
JOHN c. VAUGHAN, and the Society of Alumni
by Rev. JAMES Brown. of Madison, Indiana
The genius and promise of our already distin-
guished young towns-msn, ALLAN, are too well
known TO be dwelt upon. Those who know
him best believe he will not prove less capable
with the pen than the pencil. A solid and val
liable address may be expected from our FRIEND
Mr.. BRowN. a number of other addresses will
be delivered by former graduates of the College,
as well as the usual ones by the graduating
class. The College examination will commence
on Monday morning previous, August 10th, and
continue three DAYS.
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We are at loss what to say about our unfor-
tunaie war with this country One day we
have the promise of peace; another, promises
continued hostility.
II we Were TO reason from our feelings-,hat
is, say, what as Americans we would do. if our
soil were invaded, We should declare, at once
that peace never could be established while
hillock was left on which to plant a foot. or
muske; remained to defend it. Mexicans are
less resolved. Yet they have pride of character.
and love of country, and these are qualities
which do not yield even when the storm blast
Of war blows most furiously against them.
Certain it is, that Government, are pushing on
supplies and men as fast as it can Upon Mon
terey and Pueblo. We suppose the plan is. to
secure a junction of the forces of Genl's Scott
and Taylor at San Luis. If so, we shall hear of
bloody battles, or the possession of the Halls of
the Nouiezumas with OF without them
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July 18th. The first eighteen miles Of the
Eastern division of the railway from PhiIsdel-
Phia to Pittsburgh. including a bridge, $500
feet long, over the Slsquehanna. were "let''
according to notice. Two hundred proposals
were put in
July Is. The work was allotted to fourteen
companies. and the contractors names are given.
The cost of grading. masonry. &c, will Be
less than $4,000 per mile.
On the Did lettings were to be made at Pitts
burgh. The ground is more favorable at the
Western end, and the road will cost less per
mile.
But on the railway comes, Soon We shall
hear the snort Of his fiery ceurser as he dashes
ahead! Let us be preparing to meet him, and,
in turn, send him further on, westward and
southwark.
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Wags aud Water.

lis all nonsense To say that wit ana wine are
inseparable. We are led 10 think IL is so. BE-
cause, now and then, We have gems produced
over the eonvivial board Is, the majority, by
far the greatest number of Jovial gatherings are
palpable failures, and if those who get them NJ
and carry them on. could only have faithful
representation of their sayings and doings,"s
daguerreotyPe map Of them, they would star;
back ashamed of their folly, and literally d.
gus,ed at their stupidity.
Not so when rater, sparkling water, is the
beverage. That is prepared by God himself 70
nourish and invigorite. Its countless drops
unite and blend into one. typical of the mann-r
We should blend together, inscparable. Aaa
when. at social parties. and convivial meetings,
we drink it, the head being clear. and the bloOG
quickened by healthful excitement, We should
no more think of saying a poor thing, or Of
hearing it, than We would Of flying. Wit flow,
out then naturally, plrely. 1t sparkles. The
pun is Pithy; the play upon words, apt We
are wits, or wags, and so good naiured wttzl,
that laughter has TO old both his sides, am g.-e
give vent to its merriInent in JOYOUS outbrrla.
with catching enthusiasm.
We have case in point. There l. a Wa;---
cure establishment al SyOsset, Long LlAHl,
New York. The inmates celebrated the Fourth,
and of course had nothing but water, pure. cod
water. to stimulate their blood, and stir Their ia-
teilects, and yet wit sParkled over their cups.
and merriment reigned at their social board.
Let US try cold water. Ii is the beverage, a.
| ter all
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TIE Fallen A<enIuck in ne.

The in;erment, at Frankfort, of the Young
soldiers who had fallen at Buena Vista was
solemn and imposing, and, Mr. BREcKENmpcE's
funeral address, opposite and eloquent.
And mouraers We're there. HENRY CLAs.
with the young children of his dead son, Mrs.
MCKEE, the noble wife of a brave husband, and
Mas. VAUGHAN, the young bride of the intrepid
Adjutant, wept, amid the show of pageaniry, as
the remains, of lhe loved and lost, were put in
their narrow, earthly bed 1t was a sad sight,
Age, and young childhood, and woman's tender
ness, were bowed down, that day, they gazed
with wet eyes, and worn hearts. for the last
time, upon all that remained of father, husband,
son. May heaven temper their loss, and make
them feel that there is no consolation except
that which cometh from above,
AS one may have gazed over the beautiful
burial ground, and seen the mighty throng
witnessed its sympathy as the orator spoke OF
their virtues and their deeds, and it's expressive
silence when the clods of earth, sounding clear
yet hollow, fell upon their cothns,-could he
have helped turning toward that bitter curse o.
nations, rar, and realizing, then and there, thai
the living Cd never decreed, that man shoulc
shed the blood of man. The fathers sorrow
the widows anguish, young childhood's tears
must have told him this! His own heart,
true sympathy made him knon it.
Yet, thus these kindred mourned, thou,
sands ike them have mourned in our own land
ana Mexico. Ave, tens Of thousands And i,
il for this that Governments are established
Was IL for these bloody deeds that society is or
ganized7 Can the gospel be preached to sprea,
hi. human butcheryl No. no. There wa
not human heart, at Frankfort, that would no
have SAID, all Mexico was not worth one of tn,
lives Of our brave citizens, and that no victor,
could compensate for their loss, or the bleeding
anguish of kindred snd friends over il.
Let our voice, then, be for peace. Let III
learn TO love our neighbor as ourselves.
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The Era under this head relates the following
circumstances: A preacher in this State, with
little property, redeemed slave belonging TO
his father In a letter to h friend he says;
This woman sustained to me relation diff
ferent from all Others of her people. She had
labored for my food, clothing, and education,
from my very childhood. To redeem her was
to give up some land which | owned that was
purchased partly by her labor. Ii was TO give
into her hands liberty for her toll for me. This
would like her To have done for me, had ],
slave labored for her, and was still subjected 10
the wrongs of a slave. Her posterity will ever
after be free also To do il, ! mortgaged the
last piece of land | owned. | am now at the
bottom of my purse, and shall still hold on 10
Kentucky, with more hope of final success
through the blessing of God than ever. gave
the woman passport to 60 free Immediately,
and am making arrangements TO have her record
ed free at the first sitting of the county court"
The first act is right noble; the determination
TO hold on to ksntueky glorious. Let us stand
by our principles, and God will stand by us.
Let us act them out, and our neighbors will sus-
tain Emancipation deeds are becoming
more and more frequent; We hear of their be-
inc made IN all parts Of the State.
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Mr. G. w. Noble of this city, will publish in
few days. map Of Mexico. prepared by George
Steady, Civil Engineer. and Autographed in the
best manner by Bauer. Mr.. Steady has carefully
collated the authorities old and new. and res
idence of eighteen mor,hs::in Mexico. has en-
abled him to correct the errors into which pre-
vious compilers had fallen. Hitherto. though
often visited since his day, Humboldt's has been
the only reliable map Of Mexico; but the Polit-
ical changes which have occurred since its sep
aration from Spain. and the intense interest
which at present attaches to every locality with
in its limits, make new map of easy and cor
rect reference, most desirable. We doubt not.
that in the forthcoming publication, this want
will be supplied, and tina, the Publisher will de-
serve and receive liberal recompenss for his
industry and enterprize.
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New English bishops.

The English papers say they 10 have an
increase Of Bishops in the Church there We
observe that such is the intention of the English
Government. The Bishop of Oxford says they
will not be allowed TO become members of the
House of Lords Blu, the Press is very severe
upon the act. and scores all parties who press it,
One says, it is another tax upon taxed TO death
people; another, that il is TO take care of PEN
nyless Of noble families; and yet another,
that it is TO put money into purses for political
jobs. We quote from leading journal:
Upon the demise of these holy men, (Bish-
ops it will be found that they have accumua-
ted fortunes. No class of professional men die
so wealthy. They eat their cake with their
clergy, and yet have their cake laid by for their
families in a most miraculous manner. Their
feasts must have remnants like that of the loaves
and fishes
Behind this, at the bottom of all of il, lies
the question of Church and State. On this
hinges the great issue.
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GOvingt0u-D. Ouisville.

The increase Of Covington, and the rapid FL
ling up Of Kenton, must give pleasure to all
Kentuckians. Yet the citizens Of Louisville
mus, look well 10 the causes which are produc-
Ing it, else viii the ''vilsge opposite Cincinna-
H." out strip our city in growth, and catch up TO
and pass it in population.
Let us dot down few facts for reflection
now, and for fuller comment hereafter. The
Auditors report for 1916 shows these results:
K.nlon. jefferson.
1876 i-s5 1856 Is45
White ms y q. e.1q 22aI VIE N. O. 81. 7.545 7,7s3
chirn b. 10, 203l 2I:e Ch'n bis %, $40 6s57
Agsv. pr acre, slss5 Il.63 $2s.l2 27.lI
INCREASE. s332 Increase. 81 OF.
Louisville is far ahead now. But Covington
has advantages which we may not conceal, and
which no one should overlook. The figures
above show them, in part.
]. She has q much smaller number of non
producers. Every citizen, almost, helps to
swell the general wealth Nearly all are
producers.
z She is near a populous city. As il becomes
fuller, and the lands around il are taken up,
population will push into Kentucky. II is
this cause that is opening the country back
Of Covington. She has had no such sup
port as we enjoy-a well cultivated region
all around us-snd is only beginning now
to feel the good effects of it.
>. This population, being free, will drive out
the blacks, and purchase up the lands of
the idle or poor. And, In turn, will help to
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A.. mot taught to read How can :ervants fni-
fl, the law, or masters do their duty unless TINS
he done DR.. YoUsG continues In answer ~
this class Of arguments, which We com'a''
"Ta. first assumption 10, that our system 81
s~rr;fud, is inconsistent, tcifA eren sue" a de-
g,.. or ;nt,ilicrnee, on the part Of serpa"fs' as
,riU ,aabl. them to read the Bits. why az.
slaves 10 he prohibited from reading the D'p'e
The answer il, because such instruction WIN
unfit them for bondage. ii this assunP'o"
were true, il would be the most powerful argu-
ment AGAINST the system; for what Pious, or even
,b;lanthropjc heat, could countenance, even ioi
| ,mo,neut the existence Of a system whose eA-
is,ence depended Oh excluding its subjects ioi
ever from obey ing the Divine command, search
the Scriptures in which alone We have eternai
life
| ..The second false assumption on when must
be rested the exclusion Of servants from iearh-
inc to read is that for the sake Of perpefu6hng
system uhieh rrs imaciae to be gainfuf, IRE hdre
| a right 10 keep irhote race Of our teiaon m>n !"
such state Of degradation, as to debar mem from
all d,,,cf access 10 God holy rord, and thus fear-
| fuUs multiply The chances Of their eternal per
hfios. II we have no such right, they must be
allowed to read. But can any Christian imagine
| we have such a right, II so, he must believe,
that, for an increase Of gain, We might rightiui-
f. increase still more their chances Of perdition'
and that, TO secure large amount, he would De
justified in insuring the destruction OF their
souls But il is not necessary, IN addressing
| you that I should occupy time IN showing ina,
| all human beings ought To be permitted 10 read
| Gods word. No Ubiquitous or Heaven-ihsuit-
| ing laws have ever been framed among us, max
ing il penal 10 teach any of Gods creatures to
/ read the messages which liz himself has sent IL
| them
This is eloquent, full, explicit Yet Dr
YoUNG goes farther. lie says, # an attempt
were made TO enforce such law, we should resis
lit-resst il as we would Il law forbiddng US Il
feed the hungry, or clcthe the naked. Int
| Christian rule is paramount. Masters" IT says
"r1ve unto your servants that which is Just AM
equal knowing that ye, also, have master II
Heaven" We must obey it,
We close our defence of kentucky, and Of TIM
religious men Of Kentucky, here. We hav'
shown what the churches have done, and wha
they are endeavoring To DO, for the colored race
Their task is not vet finished; they have more
much more, yet TO accomplish. But is Their
anything in the past present. which woul'
justify the language of the missionary 10 tn
State, or to them Have they not done enough
are they not doing enough-to command tn
kindly regard and warm sympathy of religion
men everywhere Let those who are doin!
more, cast at them stone. This was the ties
our Savior applied, when certain Of the Jews &C
cused the woman, and they were all silent. W.
are certain the "American Missionary" will b
reader TO publish glad tidings, than il is to Civ
wing to gloomy iniquity and wrong. The on
is pleasant. the other painful duty.
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The contest is begun in Prussia. The Diet
makes issues which will bring on tests between
supreme royal sway, and popular rights
Government laid before this body, proposal
to build railway from Stcttin TO Koningsburgh
and Dantzic. 1t was vetoed-ayes 10, noes 500
And yet all parties acknowledge the importance
Of the time, and every body is in favor of it,
Wherefore, then, the opposition Thus it is
explained: sd
The object of the hostile vote this day is to
compel the Government to recognise the rights
guaranteed TO the (future) General Diet, by the
law of January ls2O, and, consequently, to give
it greater, and, above all, more certain con-
troll over the public finances than it enjoys by
virtue of the patent royal of February ). The
members of the Government spoke several times
during the day, in order to impress upon the
Diet the evil Of making the question before it a
political one All was in vain; the Diet remain
ed true to its principles, and. il may be added
true TO itself; and the result was, that the Gov,
crnment plan was rejected. on purely political
grounds, by majority Of Isl.
Well. what followed Why, ministers began
TO persuade, promise, hold out great things fol
the Diet and for the people. They should have
liberty of speech. The Cologne Gazette states
that the minister of Foreign Affairs in Prussi'
has already assured several deputies that thu
Government has determined on abolishing thu
censorship, and on establishing, on defined bases
the laws relative to the press.
| Said we not truly the other day, that the mrs
step had been taken by the King, in grantin!
the constitution, and the second would soon fol
low The educated mind of Prussia demand
| freedom, and it will have il.
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h CSuses! h Cert

What comes Why, not any big bug l..
to alarm brave men. but something real although
there be wire drawing and wire pulling and pos
ting, and all that. Mem. IL is said, b. wae-
gish fellow, that Virginia never will have the
Telegraph, because she has been so long secus-
toned to wire drawing that she will account il
common affair. But what comes. IT
comes - 1T comes."-you say, as if some
thing very important were at hand. and vet
don't tell Us what il is.
Well, reader just think Of il. In less than
three months from this date, the whole East and
West will be wire-khit-so that Chicago can
communicate with Boston Milwaukee and
81. Louis with Louisville. Louisville with Gin
the Telegraph new and glorious Thoughts
executor Itis
Like the tightening, which doth cease 10 be
Ere one can say,-it lightens-
speed on the work ? Let us be knit toseshaI
closer and closer BY every tie Of affection -
intelligence, and by every means that vii sx
press the one or extend the other. This =
give union OF heart, and do more
any war-battery to perpetuate forever. n
peace, our growth and happiness
Mr.. HENRY O'RuLLY, writes the CT
Gazette, as follows:
'rhe undersigned has the satisf,ctio
ncuncing that the Great Central Lind
graph which he is now constructing
the Eastern and Western States, will be
peted as far west as Cincinnati, on the
| August; and that the LAKE Erie Teleyr5
which his associates constructing in con
ion with it, will b- in operation at Cerelss1
about the same time the work on that roue
continuing thereafter steadily towards Detroit
&c-) Arrangement mad. bv the under
signed for continuing this Atlantic, Lake, an
Mississippi Line, 50 As quickly to bring Chicae
and Milwaukee, we'll a. -. Louis, into con
nexion with the cities Of the Atlantic seaboard
The speed with which the line is advancing q
Cincinnati and Louisville, indicates the rapidit
with which it will lie extended 10 Lake Michi
gan well as the Mississippi"
HENRY O'REILLY.
Philadelphia, July, Io47.
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Travel.

Nobody likes to stay at home, if they can get
away. Trips TO Lakes and Cities, to Sea:board,
or to the far West, are easily and cheaply made
Every body, therefore, is curious to see one or all
may do Nor do we wonder that SO many 20
Our July has been scorching hot. We have
melted away, almost, in its heat. We may look,
we suppose, for cool Autumn by way of re-
turn for the fiery air Of July. For one, We shall
have no objection.
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Niscountess Sundon has published a book un-
der this title. The critics don't spare the lady
She can put Stephen Duck before Pope, or BY
the side of Swift.
The Niscountess was mistress Of the Robes
to Queen Caroline, consort of George ID. She
was noted for her love of stephen Duck, and
her meanness to Gay. Swift hit off her char
acter in the following squib:
From Dublin soon to London spread.
lis told at Court, the Dean is dead:
And Lady Suffolk, in the spleen,
Runs laughing up to tell the Queen.
The Queen, so gracious, mild and good.
Cries, Is he gomez IT'S TINE HE SHOULD
She was, we take it, one of those creatures,
without opinion or reflection, and acted upon
by people around her, possessing pretension, but
no merit-good nature. but no principle.
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Fever and Famine.

There seems TO be great suffering from f-yers
at various points. They prevail almost as an
EPedemic. AT Montreal. Liverpool, Glasgow,
&c, the mortality las been fearful. Fsminl
has been the cause of much Of tbs SUFFERING
and Death SO it is God Furnishes US for our
iniquiti-s. Ireland has been reduced to famin.
by the neglect, ano oppression Of the English
government, and fevers produced BY that famine
are sweeping off hunireds of English people far
away from the seen. Of want
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Opening, accidentally, the report Of the mana
gers Of an Orphan Asylum Of a neighborng
city, as We lay listlessly upon the settee of a
steamer, our eye rested upon this entry, in the
list Of Donations:
"A Mexican, who had children in the insti,u-
iion-si,0O.
Waf RACES between his country anu ours.
Death has Leon busy in his bloody work, as rank
uiicr rank Of friend and foe was Trimmed out by
nurdcrous shot, or piercing lance, or the sharp
havonet. Yet here has one whose heart was far
away in his native land receiving the benefits Of
one of our Orphan Asylums and, in turn, doing
what he could to help it.
Which shall We most cherish The hands
that wound or the hands that heal. Which
iuost uphold The bloody deeds of war, or the
sweet deeds Of charity II was beautiful in
thought to woman, in her loneliness, minis
tering to the infants of the stranger nor less 50
to observe their father, struggling amid poverty,
TO help support them The Orphan home had
made him forget that he was foreigner. Kind.
ness here had won his heart There is beauty
and moral goodness in all this. But where the
moral grandeur, or the beauty, in Mexican, and
American striking each other down, and, ere
God summons them 10 his bar, sending each
other reeking in each others blood We dwell
long on the deed of charity and of manlines' Sc
briefly chronicled above: We turned TO il, al
some relief for the sorrow we felt, as We remem'
|
Mexican blood, and prayed that the hour might
be. when war should cease, and when, annie
peace, the nations should know each other onl,
by kindred affection, and like generous actions
| of kindness and confidence.
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Foreign papers speak highly of this young
man. He is said to have combined all the gifts
and qualities of his remarkable famiy-wit,
beauty, accomplishments, the graces of manner,
and the charm of cordiality the most sincere and
genial. The premature death of one so young
and gifted bears out the thought, says the wri-
ter that "heaven sends its favorites early doom.
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Dauiel O,Couuell.

The remains Of the Irish hero are to be depos-
TIED in the Glassnevn Cemetery. His life was
insured. He leaves his family, not wealthy, but
in independent circumstances. His landed es-
tate goes to Maurice O'Connell, NJ. P.
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Whipped In.

The Gar has consented that the Poles exied
in Siberia shall return to their homes, and take
possession again Of their property. We should
like to hear their story of this despotic wilder
-Prson-house. 1t is said that Nicholas
had TO yield to European public opinion.