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From The Buffalo advertiser, NocembU 8.
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The Democratic President elect 10 likely to find
the distribution of the spells. which the late cleo.
ton has secured to his party, one Of the hardest
tasks It has ever yet been his fate to undertake.
From every quarter we hear of the prompt At.
tempts making by members Of tho party to secure
to themselves some good share Of the pickinrs.
and already are Hunkers and Barnburners in THE
State cycling each other with jealous Chances, and
endeavoring to steal march in advance i'm the
race Tor ofhce. The trouble will not be confined
alone to the choice Of cabinet; IL will extend
down to the appointment OF a postmaster at Crack
er hollow Every place will have its host greedy
Do fought Tor with all the energy of hungry Demo.
Gratis. We understand that no less t.- :
pos =: nave aire- 10y been made for tbs Boz,
'nis city, while at lenst donble that nun.
Der OF applicants are engaged Ia preparing their
claims ior presentation TO headqtsr,ers. The office
is also being sought alter with uncommon avidity,
the applications Of Mr. G. Bryan and boat OF
other sterling Democrats for the appointment bav-
ing been already forwarded to the proper quar-
| ters.
In other cities the fight for the spoils has also
commenced In earnest. The Hartford Oos,yant
says that the contest 10 raging furiously In that
neighborhood, and promises 70 be very violent
one II adds: "The funniest thing of the whole
10, that the Hartford leaders of the party imagine
they are the country, and that their wants must
be first satisfied. AZ for the Connecticut Offices
under the General Government, they must, il is
neio up, OF course all DC given 70 HARTFORD men.
How the party In the rect of the State will relish
this remaips to be One thing 10 settled how.
ever, all the aspirants at Hartford are to have
something. Our city 10 to be honored with mem.
Der OF the cabinet, foreign minister, secretaries
clerkships, solicitorshps. &c. in the estimation oil
| the Democratic leaders," When it 10 remember.
ed that every little village containing twenty five
hundred inhabitants is ia this respect Hartford
that promises have been scattered broadcast over
the entire breadth of the Union, and that every
Democrat wants some snug appointment ON his
own hook, il will be readily conceived that in the
general scramble much fun will be afoat, and not
little disappoint ment will be experienced by
those who are compelled to 60 unrewarded. In
view Of the rapacity evinced by the hungry in
corners, prudent men may well exclaim, "Alas,
for the Treasury"
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article. Imported goods may go through the
United States to the western ports in bond
same terms as at present."
Meanwhile the journals of Rochester and
Buffalo are advocating reciprocity with great
zeal. Some Of them use rather extraordinary
arguments. The Buffalo Republic for ex,
ample, cannot see why Canada should be
treated differently from Ohio or Michigan.
Here is Its reasoning:
1.-THE important question -is. Why should not the
parties be allow ed thus trade with each other
Ii II ia beneficial TO the people Of New York and
Ohio TO exchange their products and merchandise
without restraint Limitation, why 10 it not recip
rocally beneficial! to the people of Canada and the
States to do likewise II free trade with Canada
will be iniurioas TO the interests of our farmers by
overs,ocking our markets with Canadian products,
does not free trade with Ohio injure New York
farmers in b.miar manner, II is true that ohio,
when prohibited from sending her surplus products
TO the great mart Of this State could send them to
Philadelphia, and they would reach the same for
egn markets that our New York merchants would
send them to; but the philosophy Of those who i'll
have Canadian produce shut out to favor the in
terests OF our farmers, refuses to give any weight
TO that circumstance, and favors the exclusion Of
Ohio corn and wheat. Indeed, according to the
philosophy Of the opponents of free trade with
Canada, New York would do web to eecede from
the Union, and refuse ali Intercourse with the
other States"
The answer is that New York and Ohio
are connected by relationship which does not
subsist between New York and Canada. The
two States are parts Of the Union. having a
common interest in its prosperity, and sharing
alike the burden Of its responsibilities. Cana
da. ON the contrary, desires 10 realize full
proportion Of the commercial advantages of the
States, and yet to be exempted from their bur
dens. The argument of our Buffalo namssake
is an absurdity.
We do not say that in certain circumstances
1t may not be expedient to grant reciprocity to
the Canadians. We have opposed it strenu-
cus'y SO far, because the Canadian proposition
has uniformly been one-sided in its advantages.
We have been asked to concede every thing,
and to receive a wooden nutmeg in exchange.
Our people are not to be entrapped in that
way. We are prepared to "tlade," but we
insist that fair quota Of the profits shall fall
to our share. We p,u rsceire all that Canada
produces, be it rap or manufactured, If Cana
da ,riu receire all the ra,D or manufactured
products Of the United States. The PROPOSE
ton is reasonable aud just, and none else will
pass muster with the American people. If
Canada cannot accede to this, she must aban-
don all hope of reciprocity.
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Fyou fbp Nee York TSrur>s,

EInrn tho N.s~ York Errr.s,.
The Massachusetts election discioses to US once
more that General Scott has not been actually run.
ming for the Presidency, but the ''magn infu
ences" some people f,ncied would surround him.
II impossible, in this stad, we'll. informed,
reading State, to remove the wrongful impression
and belief that stuff was TO surround and govern
General Scott, and that General Scott himself was
not before the people. How else can we account
for the fact that November ID General Scott had
plurality OF only 900 in that, State, and Novem.
Der 9Th MIR. Clifford for Governor, had plurality
of 81, 900?
Now Mr.. Clifford is a very rrspec table and ex-
cellent man, and doubt. if made Governor of
Massachusetts,, viii make very good Governor;
but he has done no such service TO bis State or to
his country as General Scott has done Even TO Mas.
sachusetts iseli. one single civil service rendered
by General Scott, III the matter of the Northeast
ern Boundary, was Of more importance and more
service than Mr. Clifford ia likely to have an Cd.
portunity to render in his whole life.
Now here are Ii 900 votea apparently gained to
the Wing party in one week, in the single State of
Massachusetts,, where nobody believes that the
Wing party is any stronger than it week
ago. The great difference only be accounted
for by the great fact that the Wings have not been
running General Scott for the Presidency but
| were drawn off on false scent
We have no doubt that If In New York we had
State officers to elect and city oficers
and our members Of Congr' Sc, New York would do
just exactly as Massachusetts has done. Our Gov
| ernor Hunt would be re-elec ted, and with him his
canal policy; for il is the interest and the policy of
the State, and the Democratic party have got to go
for it, go under it. Nearly all our city off
GERS, too, would have been chosen and worthy con
stables and assessors would not have been made the
| victims Of great mistake. The blighted and the
blasted hopes of hundreds Of worthy Wings in the
city employ all come from this confusion of the
Presidential with the State and city elections.
General Scott has not done all this. General
Scott is dear In the hearts of the American people,
and they will henceforth take greater opportuni
ties than to show him 30; but the General no
conquered even Brirish, Mexicans, and indiana,
| could not conquer the membranes of this cleo
| ton. Him whom an enemy could never kill nor
cripple, the membranes sunk down. For Mister
Clifford 81 900! for the Conqueror of Mexico, 900!
What q tale, .r. a..
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New IRoN STEAMBoAr.-On Saturday afternoon
the new iron steamboat, constructed at Whining
ton, Del FOR the Camden and Amboy Railroad
Company, was brought up to Camden. Her hull
is constructed something after the Aida, on the
Hudson river Her cabins finished and arrang
ed in the most gorgeous and convenient manner;
and, when completed che will be the finest steam.
boat that ever hoated on the waters of the Della
ware. 1t will be week two before she is en-.
tirey completed, and IN all probability will not be
placed upon the river before next spring.
~ 49, Nstcark Adpertiser.
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The ouestioh Of Ire sie6r,t 1. nest to,,ch ii M
Recommended 10 their tonsIdcratiOn fke free
dom OF the press n th,,s ar,nLcn m
There 10 anu,her canceroua sore which ipnocu
Iates with iu virulent matter every artery AM
even the most deIcate Abre of our socictx. per
hitting nothing TO be raised DESTROYING all /,
bllshed, weakens every branch uf government
and menaces the very existence of the republic ar
nation through the discredit il COWS within aDd
without" -
HestvIe. ,bs la. Id a. n lbs n....I, .;,.,l.r,
And rlus.s "a in,iows -
.sThc E,acn,;va ha, ,,A,,
Of th, m,s ;mror,sns pn,ssas;,;. ~ tha r.,,,h,;,
confin;n~ h;",s.if 80 .,.s,. st,so,. LII;
vonr cobs,dsrs,;ah Thna. uhch .viii ,a,s o,.,,,,n
yonr stsens;on 40 v,,sI ,Sa. .hs ,,,s, h. hl,y
"a nrel;,n;nsru 10 ,Iosa t;at aJs;, go, s.,.,
session. ior n9tbuS can ,h.n - done ;,,h1,, que,
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[Neto Orleans Bulletin.

THB New YopK SAVE CASE The case OF the
eight slaves resumed yesterday in the supreme
court room before Judge Payne. large crowd
OF persons, of all colors, were gathered in and
around the courtroom. The proceedings we're
opened by Mr.. Lapaugh, who read return to the
writ of habas corpus in which the main facts upon
which the writ was obtained were denied--that
they were brought here simply in transitu on the
route to Texas, and that instead OF being the pro-
property Of the claimant, J Lennon Mr.. Cul-
yer then replied to the writ, In which he argued
that the nomen they touched upon the soil of New
York they were free by the statutes of the State,
and quoted several in support Of his position.
He was followed by Messrs Lapaugh and Clinton,
who ably presented a variety Of reasons, founded
upon decisions upon the statutes, by which it would
seem that the owners of the slaves had right to
convey them from Virginia TO Texas, by way OF
New York, the same as any other property. The
case was then further continued till to day.
New York Democrat.
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NAvAL.-The United States ship Vermont, one
Of the beet specimens of naval architecture, ia
now being fully rugged and fitted out for sea ser
vice at the dry dock in Charlestovn navy yard
A large number of workmen are employed, and
destination has not transpired -Boston Trans
We learn from the Norfolk Herald that q nnva
general court martial assembled at the Gospor
navy yard on Monday, consisting of the following
members: Commander c. l.. Pendergrast, Presi
dent; Comma nder j. l.. Saunders. Comm ander
William Green, Commander H. Y. Purviance
Lieutenant Murray Mason, Lieutenant G G.. Will
liameon, Lieutenant Overton Carr; and Thomas G
Tabb, esq, Judge Advocate
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Coat IN MISSISSIPPI "A bitumnous mineral, re-
sembiing coal in every respect, easily ignited, and
giving out great heat and blaze has been found in
large quantities upon ttse plantation of General w
H. Miles, in Yazoo county. Several tcsts have been
made of it, and with uniform success. More ex.
tensve explorations about TO be undertak ken
and il 10 to be hoped that they will prove that our
soil can furnish the Southwest with this exceed
worth more to Mississippi than n gold one W.
shall await with some impotence to hear Of the
result OF General Milcs's further researches.
Natchex Courier, Oct 81
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Isc,pEsrs OF THE ELEcTIoS.--The New Orl, ans
Pjcnyune Of the 9Th instant seys: ..
friend of ours saunteripg along yesterday.
said in quaint, insinuating way: II say, old fel.
low, they tell Inc tn man what's his name--ab.
Purse--no, mean Parse, has been elected. Il it
go, chr"
Another remarked, owe Democrats voted ON the
I'D met The Wings are going to turn out TO NOR
row or next day, and then look out for snakes,'
And another remarked, "GeneraI Scott has not
run we'll this election The fact is, the cd man
never did run. Ask the British and the Mexi.
cans -
We left lust about that time. ...s..
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THE REPU BIIC.
WASH GTON:
FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER -. 1855
Death or Hon. David Henshaxy.

A telegraphc despatch apprizes us that The
Hon. DAVID HESsHAw died yesterday At his
residence in Leicester, Massachusetts. Mr.
HENsHAw has occupied various posts of dis
tincron, and was prominent member of the
Democratic party. He had lately caught 4
severe cold, during which he was attacked
with the govt, and his death soon followed
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The BuTTRR TRADE OF CiNcINNArI.-Cincinnat
is great distributing point for butter and cheeee
for the South and Southwest, and the annual re-
ceipts of butter by public conveyance alone, for
ten years past, amounted to nearly half million
o. dollars. The exports are large, the city con
surners depending mainly upon private convey
ances for their supplies. During the year ending
September !, 1852. the receipts and exports were
follows, in pounds:
Imports. .3,4l2, 600
Expo,ts.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS g, 1871 $50
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THE WEATHER asp THE CHoLERA.--Of late we
have return to fro-ty nights and beautiful sunny
days, with which we rejoice to be able to announce
the disappearance Of the cholera. The disease made
it's first appearance in this city on the 2sth Sep.
TENDER, since which time, according TO the official
returns the total number of deaths ascribed to il
has been one hundred and thirty six, more than
two thirds Of that number being non residents
and many of those transient emigrants of the low
est class Qutbtc Mercury, November q.
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New ORLEAks CcNrhIBUrIoNs TO THE WASH
IrnToN MoHUMENT.-Below we civ" y! onoo,nt
o. the received at the respective cleo
uon precincts, OF the first, second, and third dis
obtain the sums received in the fourth. but shall
submit them at future time, as soon as posi-.
BILE. The amount contributed 10 very respectable;
and would have been much larger if voters had not
neglected and forgot, in the excitement Of the day
that all could cordially contribute and aid Ger
tain objec.--all cast ballots into one boz:
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SAaDINEs.-The editor of the Manchester Mirror
says from personal knowledge that the bay Of
Monterey. California, lie literally filled with this
delicious fab. They are aad TO be found there in
greater abundance than in any other part of the
world. They are TO be found. not only at Monte
reg, but in all the stili waters on the COAT from
Panama to Oregon.
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Professor C. &. FELToS, Of Cambridge Univer.
sity, is about TO lecture at the Tabernacle in New
York. IL is stated that the Comedies Of Ari.to.
planes have furnished him with the princpa matter
Of his discourse, in the hints which they give of
thu existence of a school OF female political philo.
sophersin Athens, who held similar doctrines on the
subject Of "Woman's Rights" with those OF which
we hear 30 much at present. Professor FELTON,
(ssys the Post) has a vein of bumor in his compo
sition, and will no doubt treat the subject as anu.
singly az iearnedly.
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Ma. Misunderstanding Of this distinguished
man. the Toronto Globe saws:


man, the Toronto Globe says:
''He wac undoubtedly a mind among a mi lion.
He was the incarnation of thought. In his ad-
dresscs, ideas followed each other logically IA
mathematician proves his problem He was a man
Of facts, likewise, with extensive knowledge, and
the power Of clear calculation. When he consider
cd a subject be exhausted it, On public questions,
involving far. reaching and contending interests,
his speeoh has told all that could be known upon
them; every fact was mentioned, and the smaiies,
as keenly and closely diss,cted the greatest.
Join to this the force Of strong will, confidence
in bis own power which was justified by his great
ness, and you have the man who has been regard
ed as The greatest American Of the age, the mos
powerful plcader, the most profound lawyer. the
best expoundcr Of constitutional questions, and tht
greatest diplomatist of the nation"
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SCOTT AFTER THs CoABAr.-General Twiggs,
OF the army, who since the election sat on Mil
itary Board at Washington at which scvtt pre-
sided, told friend of pars that the old General
looked and felt as we'll as ever. General r. added
that no one could possibly imagine by the manner
and department Of General Scott that there had
been such thing as a Presidential election in
which he had been in the least Interested
This lie like Scett. He IL always greatest in
great emergencies and depressing difficulties,
before which common men recoil.
Sdpannah Republican,
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THOMAS A KEMPis.-Thc journal DIES Deb0is an-
nounces discovery which, for the present at least,
seems TO set a long agitated literary question at
rest As many Of our readers well know, the au.
thorshp of the famous work commonly Inscribed to
Thomas Kcmpis, De Lmitafions Christi, has been
disputed for nearly four centuries A small library
has been written the theme, especially by French
and Netherland antiquaries; and the tendency OF
opinion in France, at least, has been TO give the
merit of this celebrated production to John Ger
son. Chancellor of the University Of Paris, who
died In 1929 Kempis an excellent copyist;
his copy Of the Bible--thc labor OF fifteen years
was thought n masterpiece OF calgraphic art;
and u has been inferred by M. Barber and NJ
Leroy that he was merely employed in transcribing
the work OF Gcrson. This inference has been drawn
mainly from the name and date of an ancient
manuscript of the DE Imiiatione preserved in the
library mt valenciennes. hut, as we learn from
the Debafs, M. Malou, Bishop of Bruges, has found
manuscript In the library Of Brussels which
bears the name OF Thomas Kempis, ten years
older in date than the one al valenciennes: and
M. Muller, Bishop Of Munster, has discovered
several old MS. COPIES Of which is Of the same
date az the Brussels MS, and also bears the name
OF kemps. "Thus," says our contefn porary, ..tbe
pious recluse Of the fifteenth century Master Tho.
mas, of Mount st. Agnes and Canon Of Utrecht.
called Thomas n kcmpis, from the name Of Kem-
pen, the place Of his birth, 10 now re established
the true nuthor or this celebrated and inimitabe
work." 800
With this decision Belgian antiauarics will, of
course. be satisfied. The controversy was one of
dates and names; and the attempt to cucumber H.
as M Barber did, with comparisons of style and
thought, was Of little use. Almost every writer
has his own best book.-AfAengum.
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RosuLUs NJ. SAuspERs, prominent Democrat
Of the North Carolina L. gslsturc, and formerly
member of Congress, minister to Spain, and Mr..
PoIk's leading friend, has come out in favor Of the
distribution of the public lands among the States,
and was highly applsuded in the body OF which he
IL a member This IL "sign."
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TrnhAeSsee.

All the counties of Tennessee have been
heard from except Fentress, and Suorr's ma
jority is ,S44.
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The price current estimates the consumption OF
Cincinnati and vicinity at about four millions per
about three millions, making millions pounds
az the ready supply Of butter from all sources the
value not less than million Of dollars, or nearly
third the value Of hogs disposed of in the pork
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OwSERsHlP OF PRIvAre LsrTERs-In rcfcrring
to the card recently Issued by the literary execu.
tors Of Mr.. Webster, the New York Times says:
cit will be seen by notice in another column
that Mr.. Webstcrs literary executors requcst that
all persons in possession Of letters or papers from
this illustrious statesmen win place them in their
hands, in order that they may prepare such of
them al may seem adapted to that purpose for
speedy publication Although they have chosen
to accompany this request with n menacing init
nation that their legal rights and property in the
letters will be infringed if they suffered to
reach the public through any other channel, we
trust that it will be complied with"
1t has been repeatedly settled by the decisions Of
eminent judges, both in England and this coun-
try, that private letters belong to the writer his
representatives, il they choose to claim them, and
not to the recipient. The justice Of this decision
is obvious The grossest breaches of confidence
might be pcrpetrated but for this check The
"menacing intima,ion'' of the literary executors
II such il can be rightly characterized, was called
Tor by the appearance in prn, Of letters which OBJ
vonsIy did not belong to the person who cominu,
ncated them 10 the public, and which must have
been procured without authority. Even if he had
been the original recipient of those letters, he
would not, under the law, have been justified in
publishing them. II is to meet cases like this and
enlighten the public to the law in regard TO pri
vate tters that the timely and proper card of tn
literary executors has been Issued.
Boston Transcript.
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YrHE TkLEeRAPH from Louisville reports that
Mr.. Thomas Carmel, son. in law of Governor Foote
was kil' d on Monday last, at Kentucky Bend, by
James Carmel, whose father wounded by Car.
mel some time since.
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FREE NEGaoEs IN NORTH CARoLISA The Fay.
etteviilc North Caroiinian states that in the House
OF Commons of North Carolina, on the 2O,h ult
Mr.. Webb, Of Rutherford, offered a resolution in
structng the Committee on Finance TO inquire
into the most eligible plan for gradually removing
free negroes from the State, and that the resolution
wac adopted That the free negro population ia
an incubus on the body polite lie generally con.
coded; and we believe there are few who do no,
desire their removal, provided il can be done with
out cruelty, and at moderate expepse