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The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1847-12-24
GentIemen's Fall and Winter Wear.
yVNf, n. JENNINGS q CO.,

w MI ~. bENNlNGS a. co..,
DIAPERS AND TAiLoRs, importers of Cloths Cassimetes
Neslngs, Fancy Dress Articles, &c 2al Broadwuy Anne
rcan Hoel offer for inspection extensive assortment OF
aud fashionable goods for Fall and Winter wear, se
lected viii, rendering their mock rich In quail
~ and variety as can be found in the city,
FOR OGERCOATS, Blue, black, brown olive, and
greer mled cloths; shades Beaver do drab and
blue Devonshre Kersey; Canada grey do drab blue and
black Plot Cotl brown black, blue, and drsb Mohar
WINTER FRocK,s, SACKS, &c Beaver and mlll~i
cf R f& Rs% aiee ia, sssi olive
brown green and Adelaide Cloths Of Bioly'ss Simonis,
II BUSINEsS AND TRAYELLMd C0ATs-Piaid
CASHMERE, Tweeds, and other goods
HUNTING Goa 1S'--oiye, brown, and drab Moles-
p4N7ALoo JOINS French Ensish, German and Ams.
viii lisrrnee 10 The various tastes of our numerous pa
in this n 10 which such attention has been directed
10 enable us to insure tit combining eaae aud elegance
FESTS-- Black silks and sntns fancy do woollen and
velvet plas figured Mernos, white and buff Caaaimsres
and Alaseits rich SILK snd Sans, for Hall and Parties,
ARMYAND VA Y. Experience enables Us 70 6lrnisl,
always on hand te material necessary to the different
FIRST QUALITY READYMADE GARMENTS
Equal 10 The best custom work
OlERC0AI.s;- Brown. olive, green, black, and blue
proved styles Sacks including bue black, brown and drao
Mohar crab and blue Pilot olive and brown Tweeds &c.
sness and Travelling Coats Olive, brown green, and
blue Cloths plaid cassmeres 1weeds &C Dress Frock
akslue and Black Cloths full and three quarter cir
cles panaloons- Black, blue, Mixed and fancy CsssI-
merea plain and ribbed yeyeteens for riding, travelling
&c, Vesings Black Silk SATIN Bombazne, and Casa
mere fancy SILK Satin, and Valencia; agnersd and plain
DE LANES, Merno and figured Muslin, in great variety.
Hunting Coats, in various styes.
FANG YDRESS ARTICLE&4 sTagion, Jenny Lind,
Mazrka and other styles fcy Cravas English, French,
and Italian black sill. Cravais extra and medium quality
black satin Cravats superior black silk and Satin Scarfs;
style fancy do; Merio Starts Muies for travel
ling, .&c tSilled and plain English, French, and India
black white and coored kid also Merlno, Bucksin lined
Berlin Linen Cotton, &c Suspenders All ihe various
Rty les and qualities. Un,leryess and DIawss-Merino,
Silk and Bickskin Wool and Cotton Flannel Half Hose,
White and Mixed Mrno, and Cotton various grades Shirts,
Bosoms, and Collars Umbrellas, Silk, and Cotton
#pjECE GOODS-Clohs Cassmeres vestngs, &c,
be found in the country,
which will he sold by the piece yard, low prices a.
they he bought, with the obvious advantage oil selec
ton from what ran be relied upon the most fashionable
goods. @W #&r@N
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No. Burng slip, New York
liE highest market prices pad, CASH, tor Rags
i ras, tagging, Grass Rope, ThiTed Rope, Hemp Ioye,
Rope Cuttings, Cotton Waste Gnnay Bagging and ali
other kind OF Paper Makers Stock ut their Rag Warehouse,
IL Plat street, New York. oct Sly Z
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Paper Hangings, Window Shades md Up
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Paper Hangings, Window Shades and Up-
- hOlstery Goods.
SOLOMON a. HART, 2i3 broadway, are now receiving
u per the various packet ships from england and France
The largest and best assortment Of the above Goods III the
city, all Of whichthey offer in any quantity Wholesale or
RETAIL at lower prices than can be found any other STA
blishment a#h
Country merchants and others will find large assert.
meni OF Window Shades and Paper Hangings the va
rous styles and prices and which they requested
cali and examine. a,f7#a
This establishment is always closed on Saturday
SOLOMON d. HART.
oct 1y' lphosierers and Importers. 23 broadway.
HiberMiR Sealing Wax.
IE subscribers have Just received full supply Of the
LIBERATED Hibernia Purest Sealing Wax, Manufactured
expressly TO their order, by Messrs Thos Rhoads Sons
London and warranted TO be Of the most superior quality
II is distinguished for its fine color burning freely with.
out dropping much, and consumes itself but little cats.
ing waste or inability 10 drop before reaching the proper
place for the seal. -
The above article has been very extensively in banks
public Offices and counting in this city, and has
given very general satisfaction for which reason and
cure uniformly good quality they have ordered the Wax
directly from the factory each sold BY then. bears
their name impressed upon the end is warranted
fully equal as represented. gH K
For sale, together with extensive assortment Of Pa
d. D. CLAYTON 4 SONS,
oct i #h..s 81 Wall street.
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s.oosi cheer.

Our friends IA the Green River country are
beginning 10 stir themselves, and from other
counties Ne are getting warm ANA hearty cheer.
A new subscriber writes:
al am well pleased with the manner il The
Examiner, j. conducieo; [ am not ashamed for
any sisyehoi3er 10 read il; | am sure it will do
COOS, ana open the eyes Of those that will read
H."
Two others s;d:
"The Examiner is ali / desire, and, giving
fan sslisi cioa 10 non slaveholders il is READ
with Interest BY shareholders. One of nv
n-ighbors SAYS, the article in No. 10 woula
Convince him that can De convinced.'
81 send NY subscription, and will send Others
ss aE1a re igliel win your valu able paper, and
beiieve there /. mons ike il for Kentucky. The
Rev. Mr. B. says it Vii. 90 the work where il
g-is SHiong the people"
Aa: on honest hec-tel fellow we are sure he
issuoh, fem Richmon5, Va, saws:
"lt {. ell right. The Northern sboli,ionists
may think Il tiIne, anl not rdcy enough. but to
my AHA ~ Is e~itel la the proper spirit to con-
vince the "a gHeIi, rather ,han abuse the mas
ts.."
An5 a native kentuckan, whose heart is in
the right place, an4 whose efforts for emancipa-
ton are open aai deciies, writes:
"Eact0.e- you will find two articles for the
Enaniiarr, BY Rev. Baptist minister
u -, nv. he writes that lac has latei,
seen tbe hvv- Of county.
NY, who las determined TO take the paper, ant
enclose YOU The money for il. Send it from.
No. i. laiso enclose you two dollars for
The gooi seed is sogn. Clergymer and
lsymen are working for it. Only let them toll
s'ea-ily ans patiently, and it will grow up and
bear such fruit ss 10 give strength TO the State,
ana power and ability to the church
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fasarr assre-.a'rei nd See.

We continue the publication Of Father Rice's
great speech in the Kentucky Convention 1892
Let every one read il.
Said friend to US last week, swell, you are
coming on finely see you are printing some
Abolitionist's speech on your first page"
"Hold," We replied. That speech was de-
livereJ in the Kentucky Convention, and the
man who maie is, lived and died here, as much
loved while he lived, and as deeply iamentec
when lac died, as any being that ever trod the
soil"
"Is that So" rejoined our friend. Then
must real the speech"
What will not prejudice do No one has kind
er heart than our friend none would go farther
10 do generous deed. Yet, on this subject
he (as co thousands Of others has allowed pre-
JUDGE TO blind him. Is not the truth TO be vim.
dicated-eOnsIdeced, al asi,-whenever, and b,
whom ever spoken Are We not bound in JUS
tice 10 ourselves, ana Others, to hear before We
condemn, to Jutge fairly before We punish
Can there be any true liberty Of speech, or O
thought. without thus acting We appeal I,
our friend, AM to all jusi-ininded men, for a re
ply 10 these questions.
Let every keniuckian, ''then" read Davi,
Rice's speech. He was one Of our great men
an viii live in gool mems memories whel
most Of US are forgotten.
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Gov Bebb, of Ohio. refused TO advance money
for the subsistence OF the nited States troops
called out by the United States. Thereupon the
Telegraph was put in requisiticn, and in II day
all matters were arranged. We copy the cor
respondence from the W sshington Union.
BIZ the Nsc York and Washington Telegraph
The following was received at the office at
o'cock, dated CINCINNATI, Aug. %.
Our Governor refuses 10 furnish subsistence
for volunteer companies of Col. Twins regi-
ment. Ii the United States Government does
not authorize the captains to contract for it, the
troops must dsband on the spot, Answer i'm
mediately. l.. ID. DISNEY.
FOR AdIutant General JONES.
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furnishes us the following statistics:

Now, in these fourteen counties of old V;rc;
mia, slavery is nominal, and there is the new
county of Richie, above Wood, but one slave
Dur correspondent takes the Census of 1870 a.
his gnide IL -I---
"By sale, death. &c, &c, slaves are d.creas.
ing in the counties named. | was teld nv an
intelligent citizen of Wood. yesterday, that il
had not more than one kSndred. IL this be IN.
TACT, and the other counties have fallen off in
the same proportion, there can be very lii,l.
interest felt In slave property in any Of these
counties"
Dur correspondent likes the idea Of a proposed
change in the fundamental law, giving to each
county, or to Western Virginia, the right, by
majority vote. TO say whether such county, or
such portion Of the State, shall be free. II is
certainly nothing but sheer justice. If Wood
county is oppressed, by slavery, why should
Halifax insis, upon Wood suffering from slave.
ry, because she is benefited The proposition
we make interferes with no rights. 1t leaves
counties-and portions of u State--to do what
ever the interest Of such counties, or portions
OF a State. may seem TO demand.
We shall be happy to hear from our CORES.
Pondent often, and thank him, 30 far, for his
generous aid and sympathy.
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better. By their lMstrss5sat ali,y NY equals
the conditions of meg, make neighbors Of -,
and prepare the way for the fuller realization =
higher phianthrophy. and pursr social cor
dition. -
And where are our great men, our capitalists
our people1 Do we see among them the same
activity Hear VIC the same cry for improve
ment, for education, for whatever will build W
wide prosperity, and secure the general hapPi'
nessl See We the same energy busy, night
and day, at any cost, to develoPe home resource.
and add to our home power, and make universal
home intelligence? We do not. But We hays
made, or will soon make, beginning, and, a
the elements of power are around us, and in MS
let us work them up, and make old kentuck,
AS marked State, in these respects, as an!
other.
Como ON, friends. Let our ears DO familia
with the thunder of tho railway engine, an
the scream of the steam hisilc.
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TIE Towu, Or She Peorer srox. a. r..

Childhood is not apt 10 make distinctions
and will lean upon, or look up to, whoever will
glsaden its young heart.
Could We carry out the simple feelings which
thea animate as, and love those who love us, a.
children always DO. we know not how crime
could exist, or the blacker ils of social life be
felt. The lad asks not, whether his plavmate's
father has houses or lands; If he be like him
and they sport together, and their boyish
hearts beat in sympathy, they are one II is in
after life, when the young man learns, that
there are artificial distinctions and that he mus,
do or have certain things ere he can have place
or prominence. that the idea Of caste or position
comes in, and thst new and false and irreligious
divisions are created. which sarrifee ehiidi.vvds
simplicity, and make its disiuterestedness a
memory only of the past.
But though childhood is thus disinierested,
and can move in the streets in company with
any companion it loves, or ssunter in groves, or
run over hill-iops drinking in the melody Of ma
ture, as, in unearthly harmony, she sweeps the
strings OF her -Eoian harp, yet there are occa-
sions when IFS young mind catches quickly
enough the public tone, and becomes early
warped with contempt or hate towards interiors
We may see this, We suppose, in greater or
less degree, all the and--in all places, land
where should we find an excepton7) certainly,
where social wrong Is prscilsed. Yet, as such
results are often brought out, with more fearful
distinctness. where slavery exists in its extrcm-
est power, we would illustrate their banefuI ef-
fects by referring to a far-off-Southern town.
and the poorer boys, who were reared in il.
The hrst thing we recollect, as an event. after
going to school, Was, the settled public opinion
OF our fellows, that there was to be no associa
ton whatever with certain poor boys. These
numbered some eighteen or twenty. Their
fathers and mothers lived in very small tene.
ments; many Of them were bad people: som.
drank to excess; but their children, wheth.,
gooi or BAG were looked upon as exceedingly,
common, and unfit to be associated with.
These poorer boys were placed under the strict. |
est social ban.
The con sequence was, that our play grounds |
were oisiiuci, ana il al ball, or shiny, il wa,
harI 10 make even sijes, or get the requisite
number, We never askei, or permitted them. 10
Join U.s. Naturally, ana necessarily, hate wa.
eHgsnssrej. ana fights ensued. which aunov.o
the neighbsTnoos, ana somstimes alarmed our
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letter from this distinguished public officer
to the Democracy Of Berks, Pa. has Just been
published. and attracts no little attention Slave
ry does not escape his attention. He says:
Northern Democrats are not expected to ap-
prove slavery in the abstract: but they owe Il to
themselves, they value the Union, and al the
political blessings which bountifuy flow from
il, to abide by compromises of the constitution,
and leave the question. where that ins'-.-.-.-,
mas lett II. 10 the states wherein slavery exists.
Such have been my Individual opinions, open.
ly and freely expressed, ever since the COM
mencement Of the present unfortunate agita.
ton and Of all places in the world, prefer to
put them on record before the incorruptible
Democracy Of Berks. /. therefore beg Icav. 20
offer You the following sentiment ff.
TBE Missouri CoMPRoNIsE--lts adoption in
1920 saved the Union from threatened convul.
sion. It's extension in ls4S 10 any new terrific.
ry which We may acquire, will secure the like
happy result. -as.f
The Charleston Mercury endorses fully the
Orthodoxy" Of Judge WOODBURY., and AYERS
''the South could support him for any Office"
We shall see what II will say 10 the Secretary's
letter. and how it will receive him. t...I
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The Pcrpesuali.ss o..

We publish on first page the ''circular" OF
the Carolina gentlemen, con which we COM
mented last week and ask that it may be read
One thing will crafty all parties. They go in
is manly. No one should be dissatisfied with
this. We had intended saying some thing about
their "rcasons,' but for want of room, We must
defer our remarks until another opportunity
Meantime let Us rejoice that the Carolina lea
ders, says ''let there be liberty of speech, let
slavery, like all other subjects, be thoroughly
canvassed, and let il stand or fall upon lis
merits
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CENTRAL Asaserica.

The President Of the State Of Hons,,-.. -
addressed Central America. by proelsms,..-
on the subject of Mexico. One psrsg-,.l ,
explain his fear and his aim. Speaking Of .,.
MeXicans, he SAYS:
"Th-y are our brethren: their CsBp.,. ..
ours, and their fate awaits u. We shori- j.
maintain neutrality, if We can in any man..
aid them in their honorable struggl-
The proclamation Of JUAx LIMO i, i..,..
with an address TO the army b. f. TlsR,ss-
SANTOS GrsRDIoLa- They affirm j; 10 r. n.
duty of Honduras TO sustain NrNico. "a. ,s.
question is, liberty against conquest. >syi5s-.
"forgotten forever are all tho,e lea. ~.
could divide US. Our interests an. ON a..
sions are secured TO our country He t-is-,-
Is our glory and honor. she d.m,n, Ia.
union, and that suffices TO c,us- us % ,5-....
~ offer ii. Union AMI Liberty is moito, r..
nal oPProbriun to him " no Woul1 prosn..- .-
assist dissensiOns ana cOnqu St
l., PsTRIA intimates that. before Ia. IA
with Mexico. is over, the Unite. STATE. rI
have all the Republics in this Coniia-a, To- s...
tile array against her
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@r01sern sSmalroat,

We insert, on the third page, the celebration
at Grafton, New Hampshire:
Our object in doing this, is not TO give il a.
an tom Of news, but, chiefly, TO stir up oul
citizens, as far an we can, on the general subject
See how these matters are celebrated at the
East. See who uttered them Her great men
her capitalists, her people, all turn out, and, with
Aearf, give new impulse to u great occasion
Rain does not stop them, nor storm. On they
90, and the consequence is, they are growing
faster, becoming moro intelligent, more power
full and happier everyday.
Just look at tho Massachusetts, returns, read.
er, If You would know what Railroads have
done for the Bay State. We condense them,
that you may contrast its past and present, and
kno,r what people can do for themselves when
they arc resolved:
''In 1870, the whole personal property of the
State of Massachusetts was estimated at ga.
02I ,2i1. In 1909, it had increased to S97 49,
GIG. La 1880, it was S205. $50 432, and in SO
it amounted TO 299, ss0,33s. The average in
1910, was $4D5 50 TO each resident Of tho State,
the number Of Inhabitants being more than
100000. From these facts it appears that
wealth increases in Massachusetts three times
faster than the population. Were the whole
property Of the State divided, every family con.
sisting Of five persons would have an estate
worth 50 039."
And now, having COINED over these returns.
read Mr.. Webster's speech, at Grafton--read
and learn, how sterile region may be made
wealthy, and a whole people blessed with
every comfort, simply by doing for themselves
Why, they build railroads among mountains, at
cost of $4,000 per mile, bring the sea to their
1oors, and Invite tho trade of the whole land to
heir cities and towns! They do yet more and
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Mis-. C.r.c,,. ". w.,,cr.

Tho Boston Transcript. edited by this lady,
has been tarorite with all who have read it,
and We regret to say, that Miss Walter has re-
tired from its management. Report intimates
that she Is about to assume new duties! The
good daughter will make good wife, and hun
dreds will wish her, in the change, every hap
piness which mortal may enjoy. Epes Sargent,
a scholar and man Of sense, takes Miss WAL
tcr's place, and will. doubtless, make the Tram
script welcome and useful companion.
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~, ever - sleasin fsrslgnland, rssdsr'
H.s1 ever bssp sick there and under these cir
cumsasnces n not. you have not realized what
iomeIIaess mesns. M
n familiar voice-oh, thar is music In
II sSsa VIC little dream Of 80 Be once away
from it, and let ii fall upon your ear, unexpeet-
edly, aud YOU viii realize this gladly enough.
.Oh he Is sinking-the poor young man.,
said kind nurse TO US, We inquired Of her
how her patient was, ''and then he IL 50 far
away from home Where is he from ?" ''From
the Cxrolinas in the States was the answer.
w, quickly entered the sick chamber, and the
sight Of 9 couniryman, Of one who knew Of his
friends, who could talk about his home, and I'M
dertand him, did more to recover and restore
him, than all the medicine he took, and the
good nurses help beside. Sand but for that y
she said .and he would have died "
We thought Of this scene we read notice
Of the burial Of Mr.. Ballard at the Sho-Karen
Mission, and his wifs's description Of it, There
w.r. those near whom the good man loved fsmil-
| iar voices sounded in his ear. But then he was in
strange land. and, though laboring for his God
he felti it.
| About eight o'clock the brethren Of the mis-.
sion. all more or less unwell, having tenderIy
watched him through the night, were obliged "a
seek fresh air few karens still hung around
| his bed, saving. Now our teacher dies, why
should we live We would die happy and fol
low him." About nine o'clock gurgIing SOUND
was heard-we raised him up-a slight tr~mor
aud nil was over. The funeral hour was aP'
pointed at four O'Clock a large concourse as
sembied, but perceiving little warmth abou
his viials, | could not let them take him, bu
watched beside him. applying restoratives unit
l. At midnight we buried him. Tn,
kind karens carried my two dear fatherles
babes while /, accompanied by Mr.. Ranney an,
dear sister Lilly bridge, followed the coffin thro
the narrow pathway leading to the Mission.
Turning the corner fronting the mission
houses felt my spirit snking-no longer abb
to bear the gloom of that sad funeral night
Through the lanterns dim light we looked witt
eager eye for some kind form-somc soothin
voice-but looked in vain-no voice was hear
I save that of the moaning wind. Where,
where, that dear loved mission band All, som
were far away where my dear husband loved Z
be, sowing precious seed beside wild jungl
I s,reams-three others lay fainting under III
whitening touch Of this most dread disease
Slowly we threaded the narrow streets as towar
the burial ground We bore the form Of him l.
e owed SO well. Arriving near the place, We part
Il ed never more 10 meet
It'll the fond requiem Of the world shall swell.
At midnight we buried him. A sad hour, an
= sad sight for that hour. The moaning win
h was a fit companion for it. But the hour an
: the place Of buriel-what matters the. garb
a., the good man is only of, and the altar-fir'
- which glowed beneath il, transplanted to be fe
Y by a purer blaze, in heaven,
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OrNinnssce Or 1857.

PETER FORCE, Esq. has published in the Ma
tional Inteligencer careful exhibition as to
the authorship of certain important provisions
in this famous ordinance. That clause, espe-
cially, which forever excluded slavery from
tho North West Territory, is particularly traced.
OF this NATHAN DANE is the author. We shall
munication as soon as we complete Rev. DAVID
RicE's Address. 81, .
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The Wtl.see s,r.,,..-

"what is it," asks a correspondent. We
supposed every one knew. Every one who has
vote to give, or deserves to understand nublc
Affairs, certainly, should know il. As attached
to the three million bill, it ran thus:
"Prorided. That there shall be neither Sl,-
very nor involuntary servitude in any territory
On the Continent Of America which shall here.
n.e, oe acquired by or annexed to the United
sa'es, by virtue Of this appropriation or in
my o'ner manner whatsoever, except for crimes
I s,n tne party shall have been duly con.
slc,ea. rroeidrd aiacays, That any person e..
Gaping into that territory, from whom i.hor ~
.er.ice Is lawfully claimed Ia any one Of The
nited States, such person may be lawfully
reclaimed and carried out of such territory 70
he person Ginning his or her service.''
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La Pafria publishes a letter, dated Tan,pico
Aug. 10th, which states
That the Mexicans were to station 10000
men between Perote and Puebla to intercept
trains, and attack endorsements, &c.
That like force should be placed between
Puebla and the City Of Mexico for the same pur.
poses, and. bod.
That the main army should cover the City
itself La Patra believes Santa Anna has Sc.
cret understanding with Gen. Scott and Mr..
Trist.