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TsR KsrcxxaDccxsa. New York Sama,l HuestOn.
Decsnoer, 1919.
The December number Constants its usual vari.
ETY. of gay and grave, comic and instructive mat
ter. "Bunkum Flag Staff has lost some of its
humor, and some Of the poems are little too
"lengthyn
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Tas RosE oP SHARoN. Religious Souvenir for lSlO
Edited by Mrs. G. N. sawyer. Boston: A. TOmpkns and
u. b. Massey g. Ia. lsl9.
This beautiful annual has made its appearance
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though another name than thaii7 which we have
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upon the. tille;pags. Yet, as a contributor the
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qssat esatribuhons to its pages in former year,,
q vsii - thseukh her well earned-reputatiOn W
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The PLoUOH. THE LOOM AND THE ANVIL Philadelphia
December, 1912
Such is the expressive title of the able month
ly of J. s. Skinner, devoted TO Agriculture, Man
ufactures, and the Arts 1t abounds in carefully
prepared statistics and instructive discussions al
beitEe must disclaim sympathy with its Protec.
tive theories.
The number BEFORE Gy contains % pagsa#-the
terms are, $751; year for sisgle copy, s. for two
cspisss 81 to olubs II Eve.
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AGNES GREY BY the author Of Jane Eyre" Shirley"
&c, &C. Philadelphia: Petersen K Co. For sale by
Shilington y Co., Washington.
We confess we are unable to see the peculiar
merits of this hook. 1t is a very quiet story of a
very quiet little goveruess, who falls in love with
quiet curate. The heroine, it is true, from her
peculiar situation, has opportunities for the obser-
walton of character, of which she makes good use.
But the characters developed are by no means
original or striking. Following so soon in the
wake of "Shirley" it seems to us to fall far short
of the authors acknowledged ability. la the de-
lineation Of 50 quiet character as Agnes Grey,
the author is not so much at home as in the more
spirited creations Of Shirley and Jane Eyre and
if We had not seen the name on the title-page, we
should never have suspected that they were the
productions of the same pen
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.4sSSs M.s.vAf esoss .ss r. ~ Che
Is and Colissss. ~ 4eaaes AnfAaay III d.
"a New York. nHsvss = 1be11sA &c.
No Que win dlspnte Dr.. 4u1Aalls pso ious
| industry. which rsnfkds oas ~ whstsep said of
the brass bowellsdo Atgsa -<slnt ~ wrote ~ re
books than any one else could read The present
is volume of $50 pages texa and 20 Of index j;
containing, as appears, digest in brief Of the
heads Of information respecting cities and regions,
changes in name and race with such other iDfor
nation as is looked for in a Gazetteer. For our
Sseves, we prefer the Gazetteer or Dictionary
form for consultation and for reading, our bow
els as we have above intimated are not of such
stuff as to xpectOr require it Ofmau or boy We
should think it would be an admirable book of
reference for teacher, seeming to be most labo-
riously compiled.
HIsroRY oP SPANISH LITERArURR. BY George Teknor
3vols 8yo. New York Harper Il Brothers.
Spanish Literature, from our slight clippings
at that fountain. has always seemed to us reading
for play-days-which never come or else for TO
mancers and historians, which we do not claim TO
be. We should not seek it for its own sake, as
we would German-at least while We have Long
fellow and Lockhart to interpret it for us. This
much in simple honesty. Perhaps it is a further
reason for welcoming these beautiful and careful
ly.prepared volumes, which seem TO be both an
admirable guide to those who have leisure for the
study of that tongue, and to contain enough,
blended with apt notices of the Spanish Religion,
History. and State. to make it interesting and
valuable to the general reader. 1t is precisely
one of those books in which, as we have intimated,
we prefer to get what is best in that literature at
second hand The historical notices of the Arab
invasion the ballads and romances, the age OF
Spanish glory, and the Reformation, all in their
relation to the national mind and culture, open
fields which cannot fail TO be both fair and fra
grant and fruitful.
Both the above are for sale at Franck Taylor's
Pennsylvania Avenue,
ROLAND CAsRsL Part III. New York Harper Brothers
We have the third and concluding part Of
Charles Levers last work, Roland Cashel. The
book will entertain an idle hour, but we know sc
little of the life it portrays that we are not, per-
haps. a good Judge of its merits as a picture Of
society. Far distant be the day when We shall
have in our own midst materials for such bitter
satire upon human nature. We have no doubt
the author understands his subject, and knows his
readers, and skilfuly enough adapts them to each
other.
For sale as above
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THs SEASIDE AND TIRE PRESIDE BY Henry W. Long
fellow Boston Tcknor, Reed, * Fields. 1850 PIP. li
We welcome With real pleasure another vol
ume of poems from the pen Of one of the sweet
est poets of our time. The pieces in this collec-
ton have the careful moulding and patient polish
by which Art attains the graceful ease and chaste
simplicity of nature. There are no rugged lines
nor uncouth rhymes, to break the harmony Of
these felictous numbers All whose ears have
been tortured by BrOwnings burlesque Of rhythm,
should resort at to the healing influences Of
ne tseaside and + iftss;se 7isiass5S'5' 2css.
fellow.
There are two poems in this little volume which
\ viii iiSs, FOR the common heart Of humanity to
which they address themselves will not willing
Y ~ esthsn di~ "The Fire of Drft-wood shines
k-y so1e Of the dark problems Of life, and Res
Alton 10 full of that tender sympathy and
christian consolation, which, in the language Of
Scrietsre gives the oil of JOY for mourning, and
Kihsg arnestef praise for the spirit of heaviness"
4 teasiderable portion Of the volume is occupied
- spirited translation Of a poem by Jasmin,
<4As Barber-poet of Gascony, which will excite
sthe curiosity of the reader to know more of the
author. JG.W.
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CINCINylTI CORRESPONDENCE.

CINCINNATI, Dc. 6, 1919.
To Tie Editor of The National Era:
One of the most useful institutions of our cit =,
though not attracting as much notice as some of
higher pretensions, is the
YOUNG MEMS BIBLE SOCIETY
In this day of political excitement and CONNER
cial enterprise this excellent Society has been
pursuing its way unobtrusively, but surely.
spreading the Sacred Volume, without note or
comment just where it is most needed On our
Western canals and rivers. and among the imni-
grant popumrion 80 rapidly pouring IN upon US,
its agents are busy. On every steamboat regis
tered at our port, may be seen a neatly bound oc-
tavo Bible, stamped on the cover, in gilt letters
Steamboat -, Presented By tie T. Meals B1is
SOepty Of Caeummr-one copy in the gentlemcn's,
and one in the ladies' cabin In each room in al
our city hotels may be seen neat Bible, present
ed by the same Society. From the lith annual
report made to the Society two weeks since it APP
pears that the receipts for the last year were
From Church Collections, 81 $3.50
Collections by Directors, ] O0l
" " Schools and Branches, l2O
Donations, llC
Sales from Depository, 1000
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LETTER TO LADIES in favor of Female Physicians By
Samuel Gregory A. Nj Secretary of the American Nledi-
cal Education Society Boston.
This letter should be in the hands of every
American woman. 1t is upon subject in which
she is deeply interested - the education and
employment Of her own sex in the practice OF
midwifery Women are fully capable of perform
ing all the duties of this practice, and with far
more propriety than the rougher sex
The letter before us so fully and ably presents
the weighty reasons which should govern our
wives and mothers on this subject that there is
NJ need or our adding nCra.- 1ye are confident
that every candid physician must fully concur in
the propriety of the proposed change, and lend it
his hearty support
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TuE CHRIsr1AN PAR1oR MAGAZINE for Deem
Der contains beautiful portrait of Walter Savage
Landor. Publisher, George Pratt, New York.
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TIE LADIES REPOSITORY for January contains
good reading, and the usual embellishments. 1t
is edited by the Rev. b. F Teft, and published by
Swarmstedt < Power, Cincinnati, o.
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IToLpEN's MAGAZINE for December contains
variety of interesting articles. This Magazine is
publishing series of well-written sketches, en-
titled Pulpit Portraits The subject in this num-
her is the Reverend George Peck.
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WSt Bridger@er, Mass.
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TIE WHIGS OF OHIO.

The indications are that the Wings of Ohio
have determined to carry that State at the next
election by adopting the faith Of the Free-Solers;
and the false position in which the Democracy Of
Ohio has been placed by its Convention Of JAN
uary sth will aid them greatly in this policy.
The Wing meeting at Columbia, on the 4th,
was called under the auspices of the leading poll
ticians Of the party, and was doubtless intended
to give an impulse to the party throughout the
State Mr. Auditor Woods addressed the meet
ing in long speech, the character of which may
be inferred from the following account OF 1t by
the Columbus correspondent Of the Western Re-
serve Chronicle:
He began his speech by saying the crisis had
come Ererv man ought 10 act, not for party merely,
bat for principle He said he disapproved utterly
and entirely with the non-inerueniion doctrine
AVOWED BY THE PRESlDENT. He could
not submit to the doctrine, that the President
ought to govern the vast Territories Of this Union,
through his military power instead Of the civil.
Mr.. Woods wanted Territorial Governments, so
that the true principle Of the Constitution OF the
United States may be applied That the maaary
should always In time Of peace be subordinate to
the GIRL power He said the Presidents recon-
mendstion to Congress- In his message, looked to
aSUBvERSlON Of that great principle Mr..
Woods said he had labored for the election Of
General Taylor, and cherished devotion TO and
admiration for Heary Clay as profound as any
man, but, thank God, (said Mr., Woods) ! am free
TO oPPosE BOTH on these questions, 90 vital, and
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BUCHANAN vs.. WILM0T.

Mr. Buchanan and his creatures are laboring
hard to overthrow Mr.. Wilmot, whom they seem
to regard as the most formidable obstacle to the
hopes of that Presidential aspirant in Pennsylva-
MIA They have succeeded thus far in getting up
a few pro.slavery meetings in that State, and in
arresting the action of its Legislature on the Sla-
very Question but, Wilmot still sits in the gate,
and nothing can satisfy them till he shall be hung
as high as Haman intended to hang Mordecai the
Jew Their hearts desire viii not be fulfilled !;
Mr. Buchanan is in fair way to put the rope
round his own neck, but Wilmot was never made
to be hung by traitors to the cause of Freedom.
His course in relation to the election of Speaker
and Clerk, meets with the appreciation of his con-
stituents, who do not seem to have been greatly
moyed by the maledictions of the amiable and for
giving Forney.
A County Convention of " the party " in Brad
ford county was held ut T6wapda on the 9th. to
elect delegates to the next DemocraticState Con-
vention, when resolutions thoroughly approving
MIR. Wilmots course and condemning his assail,
ants were passed by vote of 46 to 5. The fol-
lowing is one of them:
"a. Resolusd, That the frmness with which
the Hon ID. Wilmot adheres to the principles of
the Jeffersonian Ordinance, and the unfinching
boldness with which he advocates the preserva-
ton of free Territories from the establishment
of slavery therein, justly entities. him to the
thanks of the Democracy of this county, whose
views he reflects"
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GRAVE CONSIDERATION.

9Had Mr. Clay, in so nobly rendering the
olive-branch been authorized or enabled to speak
for the South, his plan would have been entitled
10 the gravest consideration on the side Of the
Northn-New York Tribune.
Recollect-"his plan" proposes to pass more
rigid laws for the reclamation Of fugitives from
labor, though they are already denied jary trial
and the h0beas corpus; to perpetuate slavery
in the District of Columbia indefinitely and
to give Territorial Governments to New Mex
leo and Deseret without the Wilmot Provi-
so-precsely what the Shareholders have con-
stantly demanded, and the nor. Shareholders as
constantly refused. Why, sir, this is the plan
which the South has proposed all along, Why
have you not taken it into your grave considera-
ton before7 Perhaps you may say it differs in
ths-that it recognises the fact that slavery does
not exist now in the Territories by law, and is
not likely to be introduced there. Moths is
in the resolutions, but is not intended to be incor-
porated in the bill If the resolutions be adopt
ed, the declaration will amount to a mere express
sion of opinion as to the present condition Of the
Territories, bat will have no binding force
against the introduction of slavery. Let the ex-
preston Of the opinion, that slareyy does no ezsi
ia the Territories BY Ian, be inserted in the prsam'
bic Of bill for the establishment of Territorial
Governments, with this addition" and oS~ne ca
ia therein saue by pOsaue LAM" then the plan mish'
be worthy Of the grave consideration the 1r'Ss"'
talks Of
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HEARING FROM THEIR CONSTITUENTS.

We published few weeks ago extracts from
newspapers in the districts of Messrs Duer and
Clarke, rebuking them for their votes to lay the
resolution of Mr.. Root on the table, when it was
first introduced.
Mr.. Gilmore of Pennsylvania, who pursued a
similar course, is thus noticed in the BlairSrRtc
PA appalachian of January 23d:
OUR REPRESENTATIVE IN CosGKESS.
Messrs. Editors of the ApaIachiQR:
- gee by The last Natippa Fra that Nj, Gil
more, the Representative in Congress from this
district has proved recreant to Democratic prln-
ciples and his pledge to the Free Soil men Of the
district He voted with the South to lay Mr.
Roots resolution on the tablet beinga test vote
on the Wilmot Proviso AS you have supported
him and assisted in getting him elected, think 1t
your duty to call on him for an explanation of his
vote on this occasion He certainly could not have
been elected in this district if we had known that
he was opposed to the Wilmot Provfso being APP
piled to our free Territories and call upon you
as honest men to let the Democracy Of this dis
trict see how Gilmore votes-how he fulfls his
pledge
Alexander Irwin took the Southern hook when
there was good fat bait on it, but Gilmore has
taken the hook without any bait. A.
The editor of the ApQlaehiaa remarks
cMr Glmore's vote in this case taken in con-
necton with his answer to the interrogatories of
the Free Soil committee, when he was candidate
for Congress, places him in an unenviable posi-
ton Justice to himself, as well as his constitu-
ents, would seem to require some explanation of
his reasons for casting vote so much at variance
with the views he expressed previous to the cleo
tionn
The explanation, we presume, is to be found in
the fact, that Mr.. Buchanan, who wishes to be
the next Presidential candidate of the Democratic
party, and is looking to Shareholders for success
has been here for several weeks, s-s-cis;-s S..7
ternal supervision over the Pennsylvania delega-
ton, striving we suppose, to persuade them to
support his favorite compromise-the extension
of the Missouri line of 800 80 to the Pacific.
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POLITICAL CONVENTIONS In CONNECTICUT.

The Free Soil men of Connecticut at their re-
cent State Convention, put in nomination the fol-
lowing ticket
For Governor, John Boyd Lieutenant Gov
ernOr, julius Clarke; Secretary, Joseph W.
White; Treasurer, George Reed Comptroller,
William Alexander.
The Old Line Democrats held their Conven-
ton at Middletown yesterday week, and nomi-
mated the following ticket:
For Governor, Thomas II. Seymour Lieuten-
ant Governor, Charles III. Pond; Secretary, Hi
ram Weed Treasurer, Henry D. Smith Comp
troller, Rufus G. Pinney.
The Democrats at the last election carried the
States by adopting substantially the creed of the
Buffalo platform. They have gone back this time
to the "beggarly elements" of old Hunkerism.
Their Convention last week refused to give any
expression of opinion at all on the Slavery Cues
ton
The Wing Convention was to be held yester-
day. We doubt not that it will take strong
ground on the subject of slavery, and the result
will be the overthrow of the Democratic party.
Or rather their candidates for Congress
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HON. ALFRED GILMORE.

WASHINGTON, Pa, february 10, 1850.
To the Editor of the National Era
see that you speak of the district in this State
represented by Mr.. Alfred Gilmore, as pro
slavery district Allow me to correct you on
that point. His district is composed of the coun-
ties of Butler, Armstrong, Indiana, and Clear
feld-counties which embrace not only large
number Of but some Of the very best anti
slavery men in the State Much anti-sa-
very labor has been expended there and there is
not, probably, district in the State in which
more unanimity prevails in favor Of the Wilmot
Proviso. If you will turn to the columns Of the
Era for lS4S,r you will find, somewhere during
the progress of the Presidential campaign, let
ter from Mr. Gilmore in which he pledges him
self unreservedly to the support of the Proviso.
Ii would be well to republish that letter. and l,t
his constituents be prepared to hold him to reck-
oning.
notice with regret that the member from ths
district, DR. Reed, did not vote on Mr. Roots req
olutions although in his seat few minutes AFTER
wards, voting on Giddngs's resolution when IL
is considered that he is very anxious to sustain
the Administration. and the devoted FRIEND oil
Henry Clay, be will admit, himself, that his not
voting on Roots resolution gives room for sas-
pieioa that he was lodging. 40 not charge MN
with this, but when SO many are proving treach-
uerts DESTROYS Of knowing all about such matters
He stands pledged to the Proviso beyond all nope
Of honorable escape, and we are not disposeo "
release him.
The member from Pittsburgh was also absent
when the vote on Roots resolution was takep'
About the same time, saw letter published IN
the P1tsJmgh Journal written from washington
city, in which the writer urges that IL the Nor,n
insists on the Proviso she will lose the Iarin
and that to save the Tariff the North ought 70 !,
give up the Proviso. This letteris written goco
deal after the style of Mr. Hampton, the wing
member from Pittsburgh. Is il . feeler, put ior'h
to test the safety of abandoning the Proviso
This letter in the Journal assumes the ground
that slavery cinnot possibly be planted "a VIEW
Mexico, and thereby it IL useless 70 inns' uPo"
a nroh;h;iou NJ II hear, also, that letters have
hsen received here from our member, arguing that
,,,,e,,, oo.,o, nv any chance, be erfeadsd to me
Ts,,;,a,,~, and hence IL Ia only exasperating inc
Sorth 10 no purpose, TO enact the Proviso
Th.se thinGs make me afraid that there Is
settled design on the part Of the Whig members
N Give no the Proviso, on the fimsy ground tns'
there is no use for It,
n 10. eli l ask, is, let them show their hsne'
s.irly. at once The sleet,ous for Congrsss ~ veg
Yerf. Ohio, and Pennsylvania, come ne1f tan anu
Tor one do not hesitate to avow that WIZ vo''
ebr sny Democrat who Is reliable on this question
| IN preference to Wing who yields 70 the temp.
or On the 6rst opportunity. Ia saying shis nv
1 no doubt utter the determination Of tens o.
| thousands, who, like me, are watching with ~.
tense anxiety the developments ahst are ps'ns
made ct Washington.
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MASS CONVENTION IN MASSACHUSETTS.

The Free Soil members of the Legislature Of
Massachusetts and other leading men of the par
ty have issued call for State Mass Conven-
tion to be holden at Faneuil Hall, Wednesday,
the 9th of February, at IL o'clock, A. M. The
reason assigned for this gathering of the People
is, the peril in which the cause of Freedom is
placed through the faltering of the Wing and
Democratic parties, Nothing, they say, can Ear
rest the triumph Of the slave propagandists and
save the cause of liberty and humanity but the
instant, prompt and decisive action of the PEorIE
of the free States
Massachusetts, will not be alone. There will
be An uprising Of the People in every State, and
party organizations will be disregarded. Ohio is
already preparing for similar demonstration,
and other States will not be slow to follow.
Traitors in Congress may prove false to their
constituents but speedy rctribution will overtake
them