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Died.

Died.
On the 25h instant In the list year of her at the
residence of her No 1876 West Seventeenth street.
Mrs VIM. McApAM.
The funeral will take place from the above address,
this day Mt O'Clock r. M. The friends Of the family
are respectfully invited to attend
On Wednesday morning, of congestion of the brain,
EDWARD OSCAR second son of Thomas and Lettia Law
Ter. aged years, months and days
The friends and acquaintance of the family are
spectfuly invited to attend the funeral from the resi-
dence Of his parents No Ludlow street. this rhurs
day. afternoon, at o'clock, NJ.
At the residence of her father, at New Brunswick
NJ j. MARY, daughter Of John Acken, Esq, and wife OF
George w Littell
he funeral will take place this day. (Thursday) at
O'clock from the house of her father The friends
the family respectfully invited to attend without
further notice
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baltimore, Aug. o6-PM.
Flour There was rather doing, though without
material change In prices We note sales OF 600 bbls
Howard street at So TO- No change In quotations for
City Mills. Wheat-The market was steady, and sales
of 1000 bushels Maryland reds mado at l2 49,
slaj cents family white including some new, was hsld
ct lao lao csnt' corn--Ths stock OF good quality
continued Light, sud tho market hsm sslss Of 1000
tashss AsSylasa white and red we're made d 10 ssAM.
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UNITED STATES SENATOR. - EXECUTIVE ar
po,SrNyNr His Excellency Gov. Brown, mas
appointed Col Jefferson Davis senator Tor tns No
Missi..ppi In the place Of Mr. spegnt, ~ hs
whole state than thi. The ofncia term o. So. ,n ~
under Ills appointment win continue Sl s n ns.
election Of senstos ~ te .!a.ls.' .sss IA
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PHrLApELrHrA, August 25th,

PHrLApELrHIA, August 25th lSA7.
The trial Of Professor McCntock and thirty others
interfering with the arrest Of three fugitive slaves
in June last commenced this morning at Carlisle, Pa
The indictment charged them with riot, breach Of the
peace rotousy assembling for purpose of rssouing
slaves and for assault and battery
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Married

On the 2lst instant Chrstievie, Canada East, by
tho Rev. Mr.. w. Thompson, GEoRoE RILEY, Esq, Of
New York to MARY, eldest daughter of j. H. Reynolds
ESQ., OF Montreal, C. +.
On the 18th instant, by the Rev. Mr.. Smith, Mr..
JAMES BIoELY, Of Brooklyn to Miss ANN McCArrERrY,
Of New York
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Provisions exhibited change In prices, while sales
were limited Whisky was again rather quiet, while
quotations remained the same.
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TMPORTANT-The highly celebrated Nine. and Mons
L MONPL AISR, first dancers of the reputed Theatre La
Scala of Milan hrough the medium of Mr. L. Martini their
before the American public etainnent which will
~ IN nanr n,;mc Nons Camnos ar and n;
OF the Ballots Mons Corby the comic dncer of
the principal cities of France and the first dancers Mile An
Bulan, aud Mons. Grossi.
llsppcatons for engagements to be made to Mr. L. Mar
tn the sole for the Barholomn aud Mopplasr Com.
p'ny for the United States his residence 800 Broadway
lIotel de PARIS. au26 Th1a Sui Tniw
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Second Board.
-
CITY TRADE. REPORT.

New YoRK, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON Ava as
The -four market exhibited little or no change from
yesterdays quotations Sales Gsnesee were made at
So rs; Of Oswego at So 62 of hoop Ohio at S. 56
so 62h; and Of round do at So 6s SIS TO- Sales of
inferior Western red wheat made ut ST. 05 Other
descriptions remained about the same Sales of West
ern mixed corn were made at Tic. a 72c; round was
held no. and 7oc offered 7Oc was offered for lot of
white, little heated Sales Of fair to good Western
New York meal were made at 50 62x q 81 s7X Rive
continued in good demand and sales were made at 9Oc
a92c Oats In the wholesale way were not quite so nrm
and sales OF two cargoes wers made at &C. q SIC. In
provisions there was rather doing, for particulars
OF which we refer to Statements below Groceries we're
steady in prices, with moderate sales.
~ Receipts t>sOn the Hudson kiver, Aug. "a.
rio1i 09b2 barrels
60 Il. ....... 40 barrels
Corn Internationally $50 bushels
AsHH' Of about 100 bbls were made, including
po1s' &c So %, and pearls Mt So.
<EswAx-sales of 1000 lbs. Northern yellow
r<ade ut 24c.
see were made at SIS IS 2l0O 1900 bbls Oswego. at
So 621l 600 100 do Ohio fat hoop sold ut IS 62x
and 2oo do SIS 5eA. There change in Michigan
worth SO 25 Wheat--We have only to note sales O,
25p0 bushels inferior Western red at 81 O5. Fair
good do remained unchanged. Corn-sales Of 4oOt
bushels we're made at Tic About 1000 do sold at nc
~; round yellow held at 77c. while Toe offered
For lot OF white little heated zoe offered and 6sc
for lot of mixed do Meai-Sa of 200 bbls Western
New York made at 81 62N, and 1875 do at 81 SIX
Ry.-rbe market was firm, and sales of 5000 4V0O
The last sales made at 81 u.s. OatsSales of 1000
5000 bushels made at Soc 67c. By retail the,
were said TO be held at Cos.
CAnpLEs.-salxs of sperm were making at 3lc
COFFEE The market was quiet. Prices remained
about the anne
Corr9s, THE sales to-day amount to 1000 bales, at
yesterdays prices, and taken chiefly by manuac
Tiers, We continue to quote steady market at the
following quotations -
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will be performed the
Mrs; Shaw; huon, Mr. Clarke;
ssrs f%s With NH ,b ss ss BIZ f sVfs:
Fagin, Mr. Stevens; Nancy Sykes. Mrs. Greene; -fl9
' Boxes H ssnss Pit and Gallery lax
quarter !; Performance 70 commence at hnIt.na.t 7
sIsTH nm aSS @
Which, Enc.sn and Holland and snel
tsliI " Barnes, viii appear in their e1a0rdi-
ss"saZ
ciRiiNELLsS.Fassh. Sig Ssri. ..,.
cpea a Ssas s. % at h.ep
wiz, well = :esssy Sc sS s
Sever; Cgoveso sg l. Basglin; Esvo. Sig Fs 'sIeo
soa ysss
Tomorrow evening Last night Of the Lehman Family and
Dools open q eSI; Performances to eommenc. ats.
DALMU's OPERA HOUsE.-I thursday Ev.n,ng, Aug. %.
YELL S be gsr0,msd sHs sSmsdy Of M
Paisso% vsehe ssm Paede ms "a''' sr LuI
R Ssi s SGs as sen On the TIGHT ROPE
TO 30 useeedsd 6y the spanish Pas de Qua,re Ia Jc Ar
Henri Wells, aud if Fnn sS Rs sss MAO martin '''s NJ
S.aa Of VOL
TI Of Il. 10 SSas
MI the original vikGiNiA sERENAD Eas. whose con.
fashion Of city pres, IN general who have uasni,
mousiy expressed that this without exception the
The 81, 70, this week viii found rich and
' the whole '0l'adsF rG r oS?'''aa' opera Of
sasms svsr
oh Eae It, to an 1dm,r,ns pab ds
Doors open at 7o'cock-Perormance to commence at
A MEXICAN MUSEUM, corner Broadway and Ann street.
onrHES a5E III SSSSEsrs
| Moving PANORAMA q the City Of London
Mad re W&EE ss ss: Ss:Isa. i.s Venus
Admiration Is cents-Chldren under Ten, shilling als
RkoApWAy THEATRE.[IThis :asb,hment,
sie or about The 6, Il ssp.Db.r asdsr Is.
Person. n en, wishing ,,qato.: for III:
III. s nay b sdde Nd . b.
BROADWAY THEATRE, ALBANY This estab.
IL u
Persons Of acknowl talent wishing situations for the
season. will please address him, prepaid No 70 Division
The Captain Of Chinese Junk Is Induced from the
% = ~ ss'S %
Sa E s & ~beh .
Other
than three inches length richly worth seeing LIE!
Empire. avail themselves Of this treat
| al3 ,4trrc
| ~ ANGLING ACADEMY.-No so Canal street, East =
- Of Broadway-Mr SARAC, o. Professor, Inventor,
and first introducer Of the nces United States
having his lessons several Young Ladies
from 2 to 10 oage whom he will teach gratis, all
Of the Salons and after shall them monthly, saac
tory order dance with his pupils thu modern dances
IRsyd wait. the r0
particularly the German Cotllon aud Mazurka Qnades.
| au2, l4tsrrc
| r NPORTA NT-Th. b,yhIv caIeh,a,ad Nina ana Moo.
MONPL AISlR, first dancers of the rep9ted Theatre La
Scala of Man hrough the medium Of Mr. L. Martini
agent) the houor that they will produce
before the American public which will
consist of Dramatic Historical Baets with the
Of the eminent mimic Mons B,rh,lomin Composer and d.
the principal cities Of France and the first dancers Mile An
| ma Bulan, aud Mons. Grossi.
for enga tn he 10 Mr. L. Mar
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SO that including the army alone We have force ope-
rating against the enemy of $4,000 men and including
the navy teamste and the reinforcements to the
army gong down have aggregate force under pay,
employed this with Mexico Of 40 900 men, say
nothing Of the down. wagon tent
makers ship builders, makers Of clothing cartridges,
gunpowder, bombs, guns drums, and batteriesn 80,
which which would increase the entire force under pay
of the United states government account Of the
listing war, to $4,000 persons.
Then we have the of horses, and mules, and
gonr and depots, and provisions, and medicines and
munitions, and Implements and iron, and ships and
steamboats, and surf boats and houses and stores and
cattle, and the sick and the wounded 30 that We can
estimate ut the economy Of peace whsn treaty
would reduce this establishment Of 70
10000, army and navy included. W.
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- OF Broadway-Mr SARACt o, Professor Inventor,
aud first ntroducer of the dances United States
from to 10 ofage whom he will teach gratis all dnees
Of the Salons and after shall them monthly, satsac
tory sum- ia order to dance with his pills
which he only in America operly teach the Polka
particularly the German Cotllon and Mazuka Qnadres.
IAtSrr
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WAsHIreror. Aug, %, ls47.


The Force employed against Mereo.
There are now scattered the vast territories Of
Mexico from the Brazos the Pacrihc and from Santa
Fe in New Mexico, down to Puebla, from Point Isabel
to Vera Cruz thence to the second city Of the
public along the Pacific coast and along the line Of the
rio Grande Sierra Madre all together about 80 900
men, distributed, nearly as we can come ut It, s fol-
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M UoiC TAUGHT, on moderate tcrm., by lady who
IVA has had considerable experience In teaching. She
teaches s LogsEsa sy.ts which greatly approved ~
"a Ealcps,. Terms, Three .polan per moplh
headed w IyD totsA u
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'V'HE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY give
nouce thaf the Directors prepared 10 Treat with
Nanwsotursfs tor RAILROAD Iron, dsIyeabs ia 1873 aud 1917
w aia0nnI pot exceeding Ftssa ThQpeand Tons Fer w
' sa a is''' 'H 'a SMEAEcE..if ..assi
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WIN. w. sHlRLEY,
CROCKERY SALE-By j. NJ BS<
~ trnu~day,) August 2sth, 10 oclock, ,tlsy
lar and choice assortment o. China. Glass snd1[Ys
from the shelves. ia lots to suit retailers and roce
months credit Also GO barrels Tumbers pressed and huts
au26 itsrc
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INFANTS AND CHlLDREN'S MAGA,IN DIES
L MODES, established in l835.-Miss JACOBS Qate OF
57 Broadway begs leave her sincere thanks for
the liberal patronage she has received since opening
Broadway door from Houston street, and takes this
o. STRANGERS and tne aaes OF tn cry ana VI
and Chidens clothing, comprising rich silk velvet and
no Sar Goats and Coaks braided aud plain and
cle in the Chdrens department Ladies' silk Opera Dress,
Hoods Sun Hats Of sl desert ptons Hair Grass Cloth Mo-
and Houghs Patent Skirts. Ladies' Chidren's
Dresses, and Gentlemens Vests, braided to order
NIB. Ladies materials made up. aui5 got sm
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nR lNRlSTikS GALVANlC hINGs,r bELIo'
~ BHACELkTS AND MAGNETIC tLUlpi-SttnuS
e are respectfully niamsd a the only place ON
to obsn these celebrated srtices genuine isz DroawV
between John street and NADER IL al c,ses 81 ner
vo.s d,scrses the efficacy Of Chrt-s Oalysnc hnses
he coant,Iecd BY needy Jesgh who ?nef .ruonc nna
snsrded No JrgT or drug store ~ New York VIII ever
30 allowed 10 se Dr. Cbr.stte ARTICLES, lhe sye ana es
elusive agsaey u Al one hHssIss ADO e1aAVfwo sfosawAy
spel fisU
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TNREEN TURTLE SOUP AND sTEAKs-A very
" fac Green Turtle will be we'd Soup and Ste
his day. AID during th- week at the Bank Coffee House No
Pine street between Broadway and Nassau Aso stew
Terrspins evsry day this week Families supplied The
Iarle supplied with all the delicaces Of the season
,uot n JAMES FOSSETT
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TINHE CHEAPEST STORE IN THE CITY I6t1S kuE
~ ton street, for French and American Paper Hangings,
Window Sh'dcs, Curtain Materials, Ornaments, &c-The
subscriber has constantly hand large Of the
above arcles also. Of galvanized Spring
Mattress which, for comfort aud durability be esceed
Pure hair aud other Gather Beds with every
ARTICLE In the Upholstery line, at the lowest possible prices
B-Steamboat and ship cabins and hotels fitted and
furnished. r. DAVIES
aus ,0tsrc Upholsferer. iGaK Fulton IT.
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Nesy-Hamrshire

We are Indebted 10 Mr Cloyes Of the New Ha
ven Line. and to oar friend Mr.. Willard Of the
Astor House. for copies Of the Boston Atlas, Pos.
Wing and Courier. There Is little information K
be extracted from them.
The Atlas virtually comedies the House OF Rep
resentatiyes in New Hampshire 70 the Loco ocos
So our last plank is gone
II gives the Allies al. aad the LocoFocos 100
but as unless we are mistaken, there are some
half dozen towns 70 be heard from, always repre-
scented by Loeo-Fooos. our opponents must have a
majority. We have lost the House by the defeo-
ton OF Portsmouth, detection. as we learn Who'll.
ly Attributable TO the capsble indifference Of few
Wings
No matter; the contestis not ended. Another
year we lope a different result
Nearly. if not quite, $1,000 votes were thrown at
this election-a thousand more than on any pre-
vious occasion. In 1870. about 1000 votes were
given. and Mr. Van Buren, had majority Of nearly
seven thousand. Mr.. Williams, Loco oco candi
date for Governor has now about one thousand ma
jority. This is what Loco Focos are happy to call
a rictoryl And no wonder-ior small as it is. it is
the largest they have achieved since the commence
ment Of this war with Mexico
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New. from New-Mcsico.

The news Of the Mexican insurecton Al Taos,
ia NeuMexioo, ftrue furnishes but another proof
OF the lsnoensable inbeciiity with which our Gov
es.asen. has conducted the present war The force
sen. into Mexico from the commencement Of the
war til the present moment, inadequate even If
concentrated for purposes Of conquest and re'eu-
tioa, becomes easily asssilabe and overcome rom
its great extension aud diffusion Our troops have
been sent there Is ii on holiday excursion as #
sbe soaDd Of the trumpe. or bes. Of the dram were
sufficient 70 subd1e the chicken-hesrted Mexicsns
--n il they would swear al egisnce 70 the Tag with
the stars and stripes the moment it were displayed
To conquer large territories with bot few con-
bred men is an achievement WORTHY Of Romance
70 hold sued territories would be an aet Of more
practical utility. We fear the cobtemptnoos assar-
aace Of our troops may have provoked their own
extinction. Countries subjected by procla1istioIs,
mnay be necessary to retain BY ssyersr measures.
We never have believed ia bloodess Bulletins.
country 10 DO quietly submissive 70 invaders, rust
fret be denadod Of It's nstaral defenders Our
swords our bsyonets and FIRE arms. must prepare
NC semicisilized Mexican for our CONSTITUTIONS
and our religion
Therefore We shall await with much anxiety
farther intelligence from unprotected force st
Santa re. The blank cartridge war, in which It
has previously INDUCED. may have been convert
I'd into seriou. conflict. A Of protocols. Pro
elamations and Constitutions. however correspond
eDt with the spirit Of this Administrator may not
have satisfied she untutored minds Of rowing ran
eA<ros. incapable Of approaching progressive De
naoeracy' The Noodless annexation Of Texas may
find appropriate place in Mr. PoIk's Message for
there truth has not been invited TO enter history,
however will derive from sources Of less doubtful
authenticity its character oftbst anocioas measure.
There is one thing more reprehensIbie, more
dsmnstory. than the curse Ct the present war it
b the manner in which il has been carried on
What was commenced in reckless folly has been
continued in disgusting imbeciity
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Railroad Direct 10 Boston.

There are now pending before toe Massachusetts,
Isyss.re two projects Tor rival rsi.ro-5 ro1.es both
,eekns authority 10 establish railroad leading more
directly than either OF the existing railroads toward
New York One OF the proposed routes begins 81 South
Boston or the South Cove. passing through Mount
Plsssspt in Rox5ury. DedhAm snd &edvry 70 Black
stone and thence through Rhode Island ana Coarecncr
bywsy Of MdGlsozn 70 New Haven, and thence oy way
Of the New.Hsven Railroad which il already begun, and
the Harlem Rsrc I'D which already in operation TO the
City Of hev.YOrk.
The cher route begins st Chsrlesst ths Toll
House passes through Brooine the south part Of New
ton and Midway % WoOnsockst and thence By Raj
roads TO be built through The States Of Rhode Isand and
Connecticut By way OF Middletown 70 EevHsven, sad
snd there 70 ziie with tie New Haven Railroad already
begun as above stared The two projects are substsn-
rally the excerpt IS REGARDS that part Of Toe ice
which lies through part Of Massachusetts the distance
by each route being from IS 10 IS miles and the sDgih
OF Railroad be built FOR his special object in
the States Of Rhode Island sza conneeeat being
tning over hundred miles.
The Directors Of the Boston and Worcester Railroad
hsve presented long and able reonssnee against the
grant Of CHARTER Tor either Of these routes. The
grounds OF the rernonsrsnee are ihe, new route 10
New YORK Is net wsnssd-thst the public travel s a.
ready well Accommodated By several routes a.
Any iine OF communication in the United states snd a.
chsspe. rates of fsrethst t1e whole travel present
rates Of fare would no. srppor, new route and much
less part Of ii reduced fares 10 be produced hy
creased com petuon-and that 10 grant, charter tie se
sign OF which produce farther subdivision OF this
business al Of which passes over Or more Of
four Railroads each established At cost OF than
100000. under grants from the same Legislature,
without any well founded pretextof public utility would
be TO interfere with interests which the Legislature Is
bound 70 protsct The remonsusnee suggests also
that the works proposed from Boston to the Rhode sl
and border Of too costly character to be main
maintained ~ the Of business route
that this local Accommodation can be afforded in
cheaper wsy, by branches leading 10 the neehboring
Railroads already established tsTminsudg in Boston
The decision Of the Legislature will be locked for
with deep interest For our own part IL seems 70
that the objections against The scheme for Direct
Route between Boston and New York more plaus
Bile than those formerly urged sgsnst all railroads
The Companies already chartered must not look for
smpuOn from the competition ths, attends ell other
business
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shough be ovsran the eounty-thoash no spprc
priated its most important PROVINCES and esPtarsd
Madrid.
During the seven years that, with alternste sue
cess and reverse. war existed between the two
nations. sir hxrdred thoasazl Frenchmea entered
Spain At different times. Ofthese about two bun
bred and Fifty Thousand retained 10 their country.
Making abundant deduction COR those who were
taken prisoners by the spsniards ard English, and
remained with them TIL peace, the nHHsbtr nat
pevisked during le rGr cannot Be estimated at less
than t,co Hundred and Etty ihSu'aH6 men! Was
not this some partial retrsution for the crime
Our Government has invaded Mexico with equal
guilt: we are now conteDding with q nation de-
soeDded from the same Spaniards who were the
nroxinate cause Of Napolecn's downfall, and. con
seauen,ly, the agents Of Gods justice They have
the same Qualities AZ their ancestors o5.tiRacy,
endurance. vindictiveness; they are equally reck-
less and equally unforgiying Their country is
better defended than Spain from foreign sggres'
sion or. al least from foreign possession Beside
the rocky defes aud almost .nPenetra0le passes
that ward Of foreign invasion from the heart o; the
country, Mexico has an ally that no defensive
amor, or array however formidable, can long resist
II is the Invisible aud irresistible Pestlence which,
day and night, IL ever active and ever consuming.
This makes an armed occupation Of the country an
almost impossibility: the camp or the garrison
would be more fatal than the Observation-Disclosures
sands would perish, stricken down in their very
security
Already we have lost move men than we killed
10 battle in our Late War against the most power
fol nation - the void And our soldiers have not
yet encountered the vou,tO or the yellow fever
those indigenous and unsubsioized allies OF Mexico
volunteers without pay. silently awaiting the
approach Of our armies.
Our victories viii be our losses We may take
Vera Cruz ana the City Of Mexico fortify destroy
them. We shall obtain 10 foothold in the country.
Oar armies viii daily diminish from the Pestiienee'
If encamped in large bodies and, II scattered over
the country will be destroyed il detail by the vsri
Gus guerilla bands or Tarekeros, who will hover
ike dark cloud. over them
Is not the historical parallel complete II not.
the early Future will make it 50.
There is bat one true victory in wa Ike thai
we are now engaged in--a victory over our own
rapacity and lust OF dominion Coald We but
achieve this victory could resolve TO recall oar
armies lberate the subjagatei People Of New
Mexico Tanaulipas, &c prodes peace on the lire
OF toe Nueces, with port or two IN California ~
way Of indemnify for the spoliatons Of our citizens
not yet satisfied, and we would then secure far
more honorable and advantageous Peace than can
ever be conquered, although we were 70 conquer
all Mexico Ia the process.
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ALetter from Hon. Robert Dale Owen.

To I've Editor " The Ir1bHA<;
SIR; 1t not in accordance with your usual can
dor to suffer correspondent to imputs not only
bsseless but absurd motives to public men, in voting
against the introduction into the Three Million bill Of
the Wimot Proviso
The Mission 10 Brazil be sets down az sn object he
supposes aimed al, and the indueement my vote.
IL so happens. that voted. session before last pre-
eisely as did last session II happens farther that
In my life applied for any Office in the gift oithe
Government either directly BY myself or indirectly
through my friends.
little common sense free from that miserable habit
OF looking ever the bssest motive for the simplest
act might have suggested 10 your correspondent that
sincere aud earnest desire TO place in the PresdoDts
hands the probable means OF peace might up
right vote against the introduction into peace
bill, Of clause, which every one knew must, II per
sisted in defeat 1t matter how much opposed that
mi ght be 10 domestic institutions which the pro
gTess Of improvement must soon sweep away.
lie merits not the name OF Statesman, who seeks an
object however just with disregard of all considers
lions Of time or place ROBERT DALE OWEN
Washington Ciy. March l6, ls47