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!. GEORGE S. RAY, a
.fttor1iey at Lac, AMI
Agent for the Collection Of Claims,
Procuring OF Pensions,
Bounty Lands, DC.

'MORGANTQWN, virginia,
WILL attend to the collecting ofelaim' IN
w the GJgntes OIL. 3ioHOaglLia, Preston 7
SiaTiOa, and also NJ procuring Of pfnsiops for
service in the Revolutionary War, the War OF
ISLE, OF any indian War Sincel7e0, and the
Mexican Wat; OF Bounty Lands uHdsf the ie''
eruI acts Of Congress granting the same.
lie has made arrangements lor he Pto'eea'
,ion Of Pension claims with al able and eIpe.
rieuced Arent at Washington City; who has
been engaged for more than ten years past in
inyestiVSting claims before Congress aud the
several Departments, and has in his possession
and access .o.a vast amount Of old Hollis, Rec
ards aud Documents, aaording proof Of service
| i, The Revolutionary War, DC. where else 10 be
found. ~
O- No fee whatever 10 charged unless the
claimant Is benefited.
August 10, 1851. 100 ono.
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~Aay cope, of "Dr. L. TOu'ey' cuit
ron cOssus. nos, LryER COMPLAINT, Ee'"('d'
verii'ed IN o. eolunasl may be had on early
application u he Miner cGse. y" SA'
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A Jewellers Composition.

~J. K. SHEAN would respectful
" invite thu attention Of ihr ei,izrns Of
Alorgantown and its vicinity 10 his
splendid assortment Of Variety Goods,
Just received from the Eastern Cities,
such as
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MORGANTOWN BOOK STORE.

',.twiiiiam Derblnl & Co.'S. h.l--ts.
l. EEp constantly on hand at their store, ~
IN High street, opposite Carr, Smith = Cos, q
5reneral assortment Of BOOKS, including b:
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Religious ,MedlcRl and Historical works, To-
gother Win alargc assortment ofsehOVl boo.AS'
Novels, Gc., &c. - 49," .,'',
blank Do6ssi Stationery, Steel.pens, Ee,f :
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E'iiiSbHrg .Mnrkef.
Dee %.
Wheat FLous, u, s2,90as3,25.
Oars. 26 tts. per busheI,
WnEAr 90"
palrp NIPPLES. Sale at l?Sr per bu.
DaIrp PEACHES, sale 2 % Sush.
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c,rn. Wheat, Hay, &c. wanted, Ia
lST pspsn and ad'sfuling SseOSn'"
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Eni.tu,ore Market.

0rFlcsvs TINS AMERICAN,
D~. IS. 1851.
Catt,c.Frice, ranged from 50 26los3.
75"n tl,u hm'i. rqadI 10 S5aS4, SO aet,aud
averaging s3ie rrnss.
iIcgs-Ready sale al 5000.
Fiour-peI barrel $500.
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ing eminent names;
F. II. Robinson. P.tersbpteh.
S. NJ. Caper, EmtMsilr.
Z s. CaIpeE, Big Lick.
w. n. White. Frederick bursh.
I. 2. Hsiman,. Winchester
Dr. A. R, Mott, Lae.butg.-. -.
MrNemera & Co., Richmond,
Spillmsn & James, WaIIrntown,
Cook & Peel, Alexandra.
Alfred Reid, RectnTtUwn,
Hall, Scott 4 Co., Salem,
Todd & H0nsir, Limestone. w..
&C Sterling & Son, llarfiso"borr.
Dr. Evan. Carmseh, Weston. Lswis. Co..,
II. H. Carr, Mrsgsniown.
H Hoffman, slIingi'd, liamp.Co.
J. Il. Clarke, AlIllwOnd.
J. SIMS. GAINESVILLE,
Gilbert Robertson, Norfolk,
J. 4. Brown, SIepllrnsburrh,
Rob,. Allisnn. Fairfax. c. H..
Whaley & Croker, crntRvills, =
p.iiazlriine, ..,.,t Alaninsbursh.
Thomas P. Curtis, Of Randolph county, the
county wherein tiesComnrtsioner made thist
fosTish, unwiSs and uBtair itteapt to injure rs;
Mr.. Castis is extensively kh5wi7in this section
oeihe State, add enjoys he confidence Of tho
people 10 an unlimited extent. M. Curtis is =
inn friend Of Radway's Ready Reiief, for Il
saved I'll lis !sntining children from the brink
Of death as he iniOIns ui their disease VAS
scarlet fever b. q
! Citizens Of Randolph county, Va. can learn
further bf this incident BY referring 10 MI. Cur.
tis personally. -.
Commenting our Ready Relief, and other
medicines Of our manufacture, 70 the people,
we remain the publie's servants,
RAILWAY & co.
ilsH 1862 Fulton st. New York.
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i T.. Kalb, highly respectable merchant Of
RuShyiile, Fairfield county, Ohio, sent Us the
following voluntary tribute 10 cdr. Hisidr's
BdisGHI Of via Cherry"
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References In Virginia.

Among the most influential druggiStS & mer-
chants 10 virginia, who have been eye witness
es 10 the quick efficacy OF Railways Ready Re-
lief, we refer our Virginia friends to the i6llow.
mn aminsnt namas.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-05-31
Nay 20, 1852

nay 20. 1892.
DEAR SIR: Your letter Of the 18th instant
reached me by the post this afternoon, and the
very kind terms which you are good enough to
apply 10 my conduct and character public
man impose upon me the duty of replying al
once with candor and expIicitness.
Although the contingency on which your in
quifies are based be one not regarded by mo as
at all likely to occur--as one which. in sober
truth, have thought it just and wise in myself
rather to shun than -eek-yet my high personal
respect for yourself, and my Discrimination to
seem for an instant to suppress my matured
convictions on the creates; of national questions,
oblige me to adopt your suppositon SO that may
answer exactly to what is propounded:
"Should you be nominated by the conven-
ton, and elected to the Presidency by the PEG.
Pile, in your administration of the government
would you sustain, and BY every means within
your power enforce and have executed in all
their parts, the various acts Of Congress, con-
shutting what is known as the compromise, and
especially the eaactments of that law relating
to the recapure by their owners of fugitive
slaves And again, whether, should you be
elected President of the United States, you
would discountenance by every proper means.
all attempts to disturb or change the provisions
OF that law, whereby those provisions might be
made less effectual for securing to the people of
The South their constitutional rights in The pos
session and enjoyment of their slave property !!
And should, unfortunately, bill be passed by
Congress modifying or changing the law re-
ferred to, SO as to impair its present valuable
enac:ments, would you AS President of the re
public, veto any such bill :"
To each and all Of these iaterrog atories, |
give you the only answer which my mind recon
Giles with sense of Executive duty-the only
answer which can assure the rights and peace OF
the States, and the permanency of their Union
the only answer which a chief magistrate,
were he about to swear that he will support the
Constitution, could give; ! mean sincere, posi-
tive, uneqlivocal, Yes! could" | Civ
you this answer the more decidedly because ite
is not the birth Of the moment but conform
with sentiments which have long entertained
and openly avowed which have no desire TO
conceal or to qualify on any occasion or for any
purpose; and which, in my humble but firm
judgment, if our noble and beniicent structure
of government is to be preserved, must animate
the breasts and regulate the conduct Of all its
iunctionaries from The highest to the humblest.
have the honor 10 be, dear sir, truly and re-.
spectfully, yours, g. NJ. DALLAS.
To ROBERT g. SCOTT, esq.
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Letter from Linn Boud, ESQ.

WASHINGTON, May 20, 1852.
SIR: Your letter of the 18th instant /, before
me, in which, after assuming that am candl
date for the Presidency, you proceed, in sub
stance, to inquire whether, if elected to thai
office, would endeavor to maintain and execute
the series If measures passed by the last Con
gross, known MS the compromise" and. especi
ally, whether would veto any bill passed by
Congress to repeal, or in any way change, the
existing fugitive slave law, as to weaken its
efficiency as means of securing to the South
ern people the RIGHT, under the Constitution, to
secure their slaves escaping to other States.
These are certainly very important questions
to each and all of which hope every candi.
date for Presidential honors will give an ExPLI.
CIT affirmative answer. The public necessity
which induced the adoption of those measures
may be appealed to with even greater force in
behalf of their maintenance and faithful execu.
ton.
In assuming, however, that am candidate
for the Presidency, it is proper for me to say
you greatly mistake my position. certainly
am not a candidate, nor can readily conceive a
state of things in which any such use of my
name is likely to be made in convention.
/ have the honor to be, most respectfully,
your obedient servant, LINN BOYD.
r. G. ScoTT, esq
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predicted the very session the Compromise
passed, that this measure would succeed.

predicted the very session the Compromise
passed. that this measure would succeed.
And here again we witness the same misera-
bic sort of defence repeated, which the Sou'h
made before. Then the border States deserted
the common cause of territorial rights to get
better paper security for the restitution of their
fugitive slaves. Much good has it done them
Now, the newer Southwestern States DESERT Tor
they have public lands within their llmlts' ana
they are eager to acquire popuatlon-even
population of lazaron. Thus treachery begets
treachery, and the bad faith of Virginia and
Kentucky in 1850 is retorted by Alabama, Mis-
sissippi and Arkansas in 1852.
The progress of the republic is pretty fast
Let this bill pass, and it will require but few
more steps to bring us to the necessity OF de
Gliding between system of class and sectional
plundering, carried on through the convenient
fundamentally of Congress and coup detat
by some vigorous despot, who will have sense
enough to know that not only the property, but
the patriotism of country would prefer the
preservation of society even by II standing army
to the ruin of civilization by the action OF all
the lower appetites of people through the bal
lot box in the name of liberty, equality and fra
tprnitv
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further regarded them as constitutional, and
deserving the strictest adherence to the pFinci-
Piles which they contain. Such are my views
and opinions when acting under the obligations
of official duty enforced by an oath. have
seen no reason to change them, but desire to
see them executed as whole, and maintained
in their full and entire extent, whether occupy
private or an official station.
After having, as believe, answered your two
first Undergraduates, it only remains for me to
say, if should be placed in aposition, by
the will of the American people, where It would
be rendered necessary for me to act in the con-
tingency presented, | would not hesitate to
"veto any bill" impairing the laws for the pro-
lection of 'the constitutional rights" which
guarantee to the people ofthe South "the posses
sion and enjoyment of their slave property"
You are " liberty to use this letter as you
may deem proper for in this matter as well as
all others which concern the national veal, !
hold no concealed opinions
am, truly, your obedent servant.
SAM HOUSTON,
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the triumph Of Democrats principles u sassnlial
not only 70 tbs prosperity Of oas Usies, bat
even to the preservation Of the Constitution,
ought recprocally to forget and, il need be. to
forgive the past, and cordially unite With our
political brethren IN sustaining fvs the fuiu
the good old cause of Democracy. II mat \.
a source Of deep and lasting pleasure to .ysr-
patriotic heart that our beloved countrv h.. -
happily passed through the late irving add -,
gerous crisis. The volcano has been sxtinoni.l.d
trust, forever; and the man who would ami, !
hrcbrand at the present moment to the comh,,
sble materials which still remain, NAV produ..
an eruption to overwhem both the Constitu,ior
and the Union"
IN my opinion, the contingency to which Won
reier Is remote and highly improbable. hat
Congress will ever pass bin .modifvino 49,
changing the fugitive slave law, 30 as to imnair
its present valuable enactments." Tbi. Ia,v
consummated the bond Of peace between n =
slayeholdlng and the non. slayehold;no St.tas -
the late very critical period Of our history. Had
IL not passed, the remaining measures Of nd.
Justment, however wise in themselves. would
not have deserved tho name OF comnron,;'s
between these two classes of States Il /, ,hs
single messure ofthe whole series in which ,hs
slaveholding States, with The exception of Trx.
as, have any peculiar interest. Il f. the oniv
compensation which they have received for ths
great sacrifices which many, perhaps msiovi,v
OF their citizens believe they have suffered ~
sides, nearly all the other measures Of ths con,.
promise, certainly the most important Of then,
are IN their very nnture final, and cannot be :,
peaed by Congress- Under these circumstance.
It would not only be unjust, but ia bad faith ~
deprive these States Of the benefits secured n,
them by the fugitive slave law, especially whe"
law OF this character is not only authorized.
but absolutely required, by the express man,
date of the Constitution.
In what estimation would the civiiizad wo,,.,
hold the conduct of one of the parties te n snI.
emn treaty Of peace between independent mn
tlons who, whilst himself in the enjoyment ~
all the benefits stipulated in his favor. and IN
which he knows he can never be disturhea
should then turn round, and, merely because he
possesses the power, deprive the other partv =
the only equivalent he had received under mi,
very treaty?
But forbear to pursue this subject. Tn NV
opinion, the harmony Of the States and the BROS.
perity-It may be the preservation-of the
Union depend upon the maintenance and faith.
iul execution of all the compromise measures.
1t IS now too late in the day to 90 behind the
record and discuss the original merits
Yours, very respectfully,
JAMES BUCHANAN.
ROBERT q. SCOTT, esq.
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Letter from Le,cis Cass, ESQ.


WASHINGTON, May 25, 1852.
SIR II received your letter of The l7rb inst
on Friday last, and shall proceed to sn.ver n
frankly and explicitly. . -
consider the series of legislative measures
known as the compromise, including the fugitive
save law as the final adjustment Of a dangerous
ag.toh' which threatened the stability of the
Union; and this view, which presented to ths
Senate on the 2lst Of December last. in somo 70
marks upon the subject, has been fortified by sub,
segment events; and hereafter, whether in public
or ~ private station, shall advocate their in,
t.egrity and their observance. And should ibA
taVor OF my fellow.citizens II me to the presj4
tdency, should use all the constitutional and
legal means within my power to cause tboas,
laws, as well as all others, to be enforced fnlva
fairly, and without exception And 40 far a ~
might be proper, | should discountenanca .li
attempts to disturb or change the provisions OF
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scomPvomiss," imbodied into the federal Consti.
tuition ITSELF and making part Of it. The
laws of 1893 and 1850 are but legal enactm tents
to carry it into effect. You inquire again
aWhsther. should you be elected President Of
the United States you would discountenance
by every proper means, all attempts 10 dis.
turb or change the provisions OF that law, where
by these provisions might be made less effectual
for securing to the people OF the South their con-
stitutonal rights in the possession and enjoy
ment of their slave property, and should, un-
fortunately, bill be passed by Congress modi-
flying or changing the law referred to, SOFAS to
impair its present valuable enactments, would
you, as President Of the republic veto any such
bill I"
Without entering into the inquiry, or making
the assertion, vet it is possible that some of the
details of the fugitive slave law are defective,
even to carry out the intention of it's friends
but, because it was an important feature in a
compromise, and now the only part, of a practi.
cal character, that is susceptible Of modification
or repeal, aud, above all, because would dep.
recate and depore a renewal of agitation upon
that dangerous question. would feel il my duty
to resist all attempts to reopen that subject of
legislation; and if, as President Of the United
States, bill should, unfortunately, be passed
by Congress modifying or changing the law re-
ferrcd TO, so to impair its present valuable
enactments," should promptly veto it.
In conclusion, allow me to add, however, that
my opposition to interference, executive or legis.
lalive on the part Of the federal government,
concerning the institution of slavery, further
than to carry out the compromises of the Con-
stituton on that subject, did not commence with
either the conception or passage of the mess-
ures embraced in the compromise to which
you allude, but is general In its character, and
of date coevsl with my earliest entrance into
public life, (not now short one,) as the Jour
nails of the legislature of Indiana will testify.
The events of the last three years have but
tended to ripen into settled conviction an
opinion long entertained, that if the subject OF
slavery is allowed to enter the halls of Con-
gress, and form element in the general poll
tics of the country, it must, sooner or later
prove fatal to the peace, harmony, and integrity
of the Union.
an, sir, with great respect, your obedient
servant JOSEPH LANE.
ROBERT G. ScoTr, esq.
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ROBERT G. ScoTT, esq,
Letter from General Joseph Lane.

WASHINGTON, May 81, 1852.
SIR: The letter you did me the honor to ad-
dress me, ofthe 18th inst, is received If my name
is before the people for the first Office in their
gift, it has been by their action, and not mine.
neither solicit political preferment nor shrink
from duty, nor have | any concealments, but ac-
knowledge the right that all have who would
elevate me to place of high trust to know my
political opinions
You inquire "Should you be nominated by
the convention, and elected to the Presidency
by the people, in your administration of the
government will you sustain, and by any means
within your power enforce and have executed
in all their parts, the various acts of Congress,
continuing what is known as the compromise,
and especially the enactments of that law relat-
ing to the recapture by their owners of fugitive
slaves!" | answer unhesitatingly, yes
| presume you allude to the fugitive slave
law especially" because it is now the only
measure of the series to which there appears to
be any serious opposition, as indeed it is the
only one, with a single other exception, sus-
ceptibe of alteration or repeal. The subject
of the rendition of fugitive slaves was an obsta.
Gle at the period of the formation of the Consti.
tuition. The recognition of the power to re-
claim them was pre- requisite to the establish
ment of the Union, and was, and is, an existing
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RICHMOND, May "a, 1852.
| GENTLEMEN 1t was the pleasure Of the Demo
cratic convention of this State, held here on
the 24th Of March last, to nominate me as one
of the electors to be voted for by the people OF
the State at the approaching Presidential elec.
ton. | was absent at the time this nomination
was made, attending TO an important and inter
esting professional engagement; ana sincerely
grateful as am for this second honorable DIS
tinction of like character bestowed on me by
nv political friends, have not been unmindful
of the responsibilities attending the faithful and
diligent performance of the duties which attend
this selection. TO my friends and associates |
have frankly explained my views and wishes in
reference to the selection OF him who ought to
be chosen as the candidate Of the Democratic
party for the Presidency We have many good,
able, faithful, and distinguished men in our
party, to whose WISDOM craftsmanship, and pa
trotism, the direction of the governm mt might
be safely confded. For many of these, | could
most cheerfully vote and render aid with all
hearty good will to promote their election But
our country has been seriously and sadly agl
tated by great and disturbing questiori-one
which, unless now and forever settled, must, as
painfully apprehend, at no distant day rend in
twain The Union of our people and destroy our
existing government.
To know, then, openly and distinctly, and to
have on the RECORD, for reference hereafter the
opinions on this subject of those who stand by
the favor of their friends prominently before the
nation as competitors for the Baltimore nomi
nation, very early it occurred to me to be not
only most desirable, but demanded by every con-
sideration of frankness public duty, and patriot
ism, to have these opinions. | had sincerely
hoped that some one better known to the
country, and having higher claims to institute
this inquiry, would have undertaken the task OF
making it, Perceiving that this was not done,
and that the Baltimore convention would as
scmble in few days, have proceeded to adj
dress the enclosed letter to Messrs. Rusk, But
Ier Pierce, Marcy, Dickinson, Buchanan, Dallas
King, Houston, Stockton, Douglas Cass, Lane,
Boyd, and Wool.
have received the accompanying replies
Other answers may yet be received, and, when
they reach me, will be furnished for publication.
For the present ask that you will insert in
your paper, at the earliest moment, those now
transmitted
| am, gentlemen, most cordially and truly
yours, ROBERT G. SCOTT.