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We must believe God fully, or we sha profit little by belief of him in part.
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"My lad," said schoomaster, "what IS a member of Congressr' "A member of Congress is common substantive, agreeing with self-interest, and is governed by eight dollars day, understood.
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The Poor Boy's Colege.-"The print ing office," says the Nea0 York Globe, "has has indeed proved a better college 10 many poor boys, has graduated more useful and conspicuous members of society-has ma tured more intellect and turned it into prac- tica, useful channels; awakened more mind, created more active and elevated thought, than any of the literary colleges of the day"
 JARs.--Somebody says there are two kinds of family jars; into one you put your sweet meats, and into the other you put-your foot.
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FALL 2 WINTER.
rEsHE undersigned are now prepared to offer RI large supply of
 DRY GOODS.

suited to the above seasons, at prices reduced from any previously offered in this market, and would only say, any person wishing any thing in our stock, shall be pleased in GooDs, and better still in PRICES.
 A large lot of Boofs g. Shoes, Hats g. Cups, Ready-made Clothes, Hard-ware s. Queens acare, Iron g. Nails; Sugar, Co6ee, and 1Io- lasses,-all or any part of which we will sell as low for Cash, or its equivalent, as any house in the South or West.
 N. B.-Bagging g. Rope are deposited by R. H. FRASER & Co.,, for the benefit of their customers, at Louisville prices, with freight and charges added on cost and carriage. As the approaching season foreshadows short prices and short crops, we are resolved to re- duce our profits so as 10 enable the purchaser of Goods to get the most we can afford for the smallest amount of money, thus carrying out mutual benefit system.
 MYRTLE & FRASER.
 Front RoW, Helena, Arks. August 30, 1851.
 ty Cotton shipped by us for Planters ap- plying.
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LETTERS FROM THE NORTHWEST.
Winter IN Minnesota. Lumber BusineS.-Ra
pidity Of Standardization for more.

W,nter IN Minnesota. Lumber Business.-Rd
pidiiy of Settiement-Ro for more.
ST. ANTHONY, MIN. TER, FEB. II, 1852.
To the Editor of The National Era.
Will it crafty you and your readers to hear
few words rs to how matters move with us in
the far Northwest this winter! Some may sup
pose, from it, latitude, that Minnesota must
wear sort Of Laplandsh aspect in the winter,
and that, with the world of insects and reptiles,
we are all locked up in icy torpor, to be only
reused to active life by the warm breath OF
spring and the genial rays OF vernal sun But
not exactly 80. In winter. ~ in summer. Min
nesOta teens with life and industry in our
villages, tbs true, business is less brisk than
when navigation is open, and oar male popula-
ton all here but hundreds OF hardy woodmen
are making the pine forests, around the head
waters of Rum and st. Croix rivers, ring with
their strong strokes; and the many acres Of logs
which will float upon the bosom OF the streams
when the ice disappears, will bear testimony 10
pioneer enterprise, and will also furnish lumber
TO construct houses for the thousands OF immi-
grants who will crowd in among US during the
next season.
There have been, this winter, several very
cold days, and once the mercury sunk so de-
grees below zero; but the weather has gener-
ally been steady and agreeable. There has
been but little snow, never over iour inches,
and no rain, | think, has fallen since the mid.
die of November. Think Of these things! ye
who YEARLY drag through the mud OF Ohio or
stinc amid the snow-drifts Of New England.
You will be able to Judge Of the rapidly with
which this Territory is becoming settled, by
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ARRIVAL OF THE DANIEL WEBsTER.-TW0
WEEKS LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
NEw YoRK. March I5. lS52

The steamer Daniel Webster arrived here
this morning from Chagres. She brings four
hundred thousand dollars worth of gold dust.
and large number of passengers. Her dates
from San Francisco are to the llth of Febru-
AIRY.
The country generally was quiet, and bust
ness of all kinds prosperous. The state of So
ciety gradually improving, and crime dimin.
ishing.
Mining operations are prosperous, and the
WELD of gold fully equal to expectations
The small pox had broken out at the mines
and some few cases proved fatal
The Legislative Assembly has passed the Flu.
Ctiye Slave Law.
There was no special change to notice in the
market Flour was in fair demand at the
prices quoted by the previous steamer Pro-
visions and groceries steady, and in good sup.
DIV. The market was well stored with all
kinds of produce. Money easier
Judge left. a well-known citizen, has died
Good health generally prevails
A large number of persons were on the 18TH
mus, waiting passage. Provisions scarce and
high. Good health prevails.
Advces had reached San Francisco from
| Chill. stating that Gen. Cruz had been defeat
| ca ut LduSOuiliO, Ou IiC cAl vi DcNcluDtG, Nv
| Gen Bulas. The conflict was bloody and san.
| culinary, and lasted several hours There was
| terrible slaughtering on both sides IL was
supposed that this defeat would put an end to
| further hostilities
There had been some depredations by the
Indians in the interior, but nothing very seri
| Gus.
Improvements were rapidly progressing in
San Francisco and the principal cities in Cali
forna Business generally throughout the
country was prosperous.
The tide of immigration continues undated
The passage of the Fugitive Slave Bill by
the Legislature has given general satisfaction
and the people will abide by it.
The political and general news by this arr
val possesses very little general interest.
The Daniel Webster brings three hundred
and twenty-five passengers.
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But further that the reason presented by
Judge Pratt why he would have Professor Whe-
don removed, was not the reason why the Board
removed the three Professors, is quite obvious
from the fact that one Of these three Professors
was rs ardent an advocate for obedience TO the
Fugitive Slave Law as Professor Whedon was
an Opposer of ia Professor who in presence
of the students, has more than once earnestly
cOntended that obedience tO the Fugitive
Slave Law is required by the spirit Of the
Bible" Is it, then, credible that opposition on
the part of the Board of Regents to the doctrine
of the Higher Lar would lead them to remove
such Professor
Again Of the three Professors whose term,
of service have been determined one is a Wing
one Free-Soiler, and one is said to be Dem.
ocrat The meeting of the Board Of Regents
comprised nine members-two of whom, both
Democrats voted against the resolutions to re.
move the Professors OF the seven who voted
for these resolutions three are Democrats, two
Wings. one Free-Soil Democrat and one a
pre-eminent Higher Lar man. Now it is sim
ply absurd to suppose that this vote was given
on the ground of opposition to the doctrine as
cribed TO Professor Whedon.
The preamble and resolution of Judge Pratt.
in respect to which am sure should not differ
from you in opinion, have obtained a notoriety
altogether beyond their Importance They
neither contributed to the removal of the three
Professors, nor do they disclose the reason of
their removal: nor do they indicate the aus
pices II" under which the University is conducted
And trust that your candor will be very far
from attributing the act of the Board of Re-
gents, by which the terms of service of the three
Professors have been terminated, to a DISPOSE
ton to prescribe men for conscience's sake ;
and the more especially since such a notion
has not a particle of evidence to support it.
Allow me to ask the New York Times and
the Albany Journal, in whose columns remarks
upon this subject have appeared, injurious to
the University and unjust to the late Board Of
Regents, to copy this article, as an act of JUS
tlce l.. >.
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ton Of the work on the two wings Of the Cap
itol
Mr.. Wilcox resumed the remarks which he
commenced yesterday, and during which the
difficulty occurred between him and Mr. Brown.
He INDICATED his course az n Union Democrat,
and ztigmatized the State Rights doctrine, as
practiced in Mississippi and elsewhere in the
South. as "A curse.
Mcssrs Brale. Duncan. Wallace Stanton Of
Kentucky Chandler Carter, Walsh, and others,
continued the debate Their remarks were
confined h. the manner in which the walls Of
the Capitol have been built Mr. Duncan
said. as a member of the select committee, that
II there Is any reliance to be placed upon i'm
partial testimony the foundation Of the wings
Is capable Of sustaining much more weight
| than is proposed to be- placed upon it; that
! the foundation is better than any Of the other
! public buildings or that Of any building ever
erected in the country.
| The Committee adopted the amendment of
Mr.. Stanton, appropriating five hundred thou
sand dollars, to be expended on the wings up
to the both Of June, 1853.
When the Committee rose, this was concur
red in, and after an Intellectual motion to Law
the joint resolution upon the table-yeas 43,
nays Pit was passed, and the House ad-
ourned.
MONDAY, MARCH IS
Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, offered resolu-
ton authorizing the Doorkeeper, with the con-
sent of the Speaker, to appoint three addition
al pages on the floor of this House, making the
entire number fifteen. This was rejected, when
the gentleman moved n reconsideration OF the
vote: and after debate the question was dec-
ded in the afhrmative-ycas 81, nays 81. And
the resolution was modified to two instead Of
three pages, aud IN that form passed
The memorial Of A. w. Reynolds, of New
Mexico contesting the seat of II. n. Weight
lnan, the delegate from that Territory, was
taken up when
Mr. Phelps proceeded to sustain the charges
in the memorial against Governor Calhoun.
Mr. Weightman defended the Governor,
when the memorial was referred to the Com
mittce on Elections.
And the House adjourned
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THE MAIDENs SONG.
BY ANNA IL. PHILLIPS.

They tell me that the buds have burst,
That Summers feet on the hills,
Her joy is flushing all the heaven,
And sparkling from thousand rills.
They say the grass is moist and green
And king-cups golden all the dell,
And swings amid its tempting leaves
The silent, silvery lily-bell.
Ny feet are on the upland path,
The morning light around me lies
But can deem the Summer here
Without the sunshine of thine eyes
The light leafshadows gnily dance,
But not as when in morns ago
They wayered on thine upturned brow
And died amid thy locks dark Aow
The murmuring pine the South wind stirs,
In mOckery sounds the olden tone
That filed the pauses of thy voice,
When loves low utterance claimed mine owl
And what are all the wilding flowers
To those once twined about my hair
The withered buds thy lips have pressed
Bloom in my memory thrice as fair
The orioles music harshly jars
The song, that soft with folded wings,
The nightingale within my heart
Through all this night Of absence sings
Within my heart The light and bloom
A score of morns like this may wear,
Were pale as days of dawnins Spring
Before the tropic Summer there
Where dreamy airs Hopes blossoms stir
And Memory golden fruit disclose,
While folding all its waiting world
Thy love like tropic moonlight CLOVIS
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THE UNIVERSITY or MICHIGAN
ANN ARBoR, March s, 1852.

ANN ARDoR, March s, 1852.
To the Editor Of The National Era:
DEAR SIR: In your paper of February 5th
find an article entitled I" The Higher Law
Nullifed in Michigan" After giving the reso-
Regents have made clean sweep Of their Pro-
fessors' you proceed to say, these resolutions
were adopted rs substitute for the following
resolutions, submitted by Judge Pratt, which
disclose the reasons for the change" Then fol.
low Judge Pratts preamble and resolution, set
ting forth Professor Whedon's advocacy of the
Higher Law, and his proposal that on that ac-
count the Professor should be removed.
Now, | object to your saying that the paper
submitted by Judge Pratt "discloses The reason
of The CHANGE 1t is certainly not true. Judge
Pratt designated one Professor, and offered a
reason for his removal The Judges paper dis
closes nothing more than has opn reason for
the removal of that one Professor. Could tho
Board of Regents become responsible for the
sentiments contained in Judge Pratts paper or
for the action proposed in it, or for the reason
upon which such action was urged, from the
mere fact of its introduction into their meeting
The Board did not adopt it, There is no evil
dence that single member, besides ts author,
approved it. They did nothing with it, except
to discard it by the adoption OF substitute.
And this substitute had been previously pre-
pared and would have been introduced as an
original resolution, had not Judge Pratt's paper
been offered first Now, this substitute, which
was adopted by the Board, designated three of
the Professors, being all that remained Of those
known as resident Professors one having been
previously removed and assigned as reason
for the removal, nothing which necessarily i'm
piled any want Of competency or any derelc-
ton Of duty on the part Of the Professors, but
the eXpcdiency Of facilitating the performance
by the nep Board Of Regents, Of the duty de-
yolving upon them, Of recognizing the Faculty
Of Arts in the University and Of appointing
President. II should be observed too, that this
act did not require the terms of service of these
Professors to close for period Of nearly seven
months During this time the nep Board
might, il they saw fit, reappoint to the same or
other professorsbips all or a part Of these Pro-
fessors twas deemed highly important, how
ever, 10 have the new Board quite unrestricted
and at liberty, without embarrassment 70 APP
point Gf they judged the interest of the Univer-
sity to require III nm entirely new set of officers
This was the obvious intention and effect of the
action Of the retiring Board Why then, not
admit the reason for their act, which they as-
sign! Why attribute TO Tie Board reason
for their act, which was only the reason as-
signed by an individual why the Board should
perform u different acti
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
EpInIy MADcu 10

The House resolved itself into n Committee
of the Whole on the state of the Union, and
proceeded to the consideration of the joint res.
olution authorizing the continuation of the
work on the two wings of the Capitol
Mr.. Stanton, of Kentucky, by request of the
Committee ON Public Buildings, of which he is
Chairman, moved an amendment, appropria-
ting $500 900 for the continuation of the work
Mr. Woodward inquired of the Select Com
mittee, appointed to examine into the founda-
ton walls OF the wings, when report might
be expected and what the character of the re-
! port would be.
Mr. McNair, the Chairman, replied that the
| rcport would be made next week and took oc-
cason to say that the walls were badly con-
struced, and not suited 10 sustain the super
structure.
Mr. Stanton, of Kentucky, replied to this,
showing that the work is admirably done, and,
ny a practical man, gave the Committee much
valuable information upon the sub ect Of build
ings and materials made use of for such pur.
poses
Mr.. Brown, of Mississippi obtained the floor
and made speech in justification OF the course
of the State Rights men of the South. claiming
that the "old liners" and not the Union men,
were the true Democrats.
MIR. Wilcox his colleague, rose TO answer
him, expressing his surprise that Mr.. Brown
should say that secession party existed rs a
chimera. and that there was no party in favor
of secession He had thought the gentleman
had too high regard for truth to make u re-
mark 80 baseless of truth.
Mr.. Brown. Do you mean to say that have
been guilty of a falsehOod? The inference
may be left on the minds of some gentlemen
Mr.. Wilcox | have spoken boldly. My
language cannot be misunderstood on this
point.
Mr.. Brown you mean to say that what
have stated is false
Mr.. Wilcox IL you mean to say that there
is nobody in Mississippi in favor of secession, it
is false.
MIR. Brown. who was near Mr.. Wilcox Mt
the time, drew of and struck the last
gentleman in the face with his fist. Mr.. VIII
cox returned the blow. The parties clenchcd
Immediately there was a crowd flew TO the
belligerents, who were separated Calls were
made for the officers of the House, but they
were not forthcoming The excitement was
intense; during which, the Speaker rushed in
and took the chair and raped and banged
until order was restored
Mr.. CIingnan moved n resolution to close
the debate in one hour after the House again
20 into Committee
After further proceedings Mr.. Brown apollo
gized to the House for violating the rules and
decorum, regretting from his heart the occur
renee of to-day.
Mr.. Wilcox also made an apology.
The resolution to close the debate in an hour
after it shall again be considered in Committee,
was passed.
And the House adjourned.
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CONGREN SIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
rrnRrY-sEcoND coNGsrss-rRsr SESSION.
SENATE.
FRIDAY, MARCH -.

The private calendar was taken up, and the
following bills disposed of bill for the relief
of Nancy Wright; bill for the relief of Robert
Jemison and Benjamin williamson; bill for the
relief OF Nathaniel Kuykea3&u hill for the re-
y ain -. G....,.-.>L.-, !. --l. * <. <, g
itcI III ull,,uts. ,>.s.s.xodt, iid,snvy a.. a.
for the relief of James Ferguson, surviving
partner of the firm Of Ferguson & Milhado bill
to provide compensation to w. Woodbridge
and Henry Chapman, for services in adjusting
titles to lands in Michigan, and for other pur-
poses bill for the relief of Sarah Finn; bill for
the relief of David Osborn bill for the relief
of Thomas d. jennings bill for the relief OF
John McReynolds an act for the relief of
Philip Miller; bill for the relief of Samuel
Bray bill for the relief of Thomas Rhoades
The Senate then adjourned till Monday.
SATURDAY, MARCH 49,
The Senate was not in session today.
MONDAY, MARCH Is
Mr.. Seward presented the resolutions of the
Legislature of New York, against the extension
of Woodworth's patent Numerous other pc
titions and remonstrances against the extension
of the same patent were also presented
Mr. Underwood presented the petition of cit
liens of Carson Valley, Utah, complaining of
the present Government of the Territory, and
asking the establishment of a separate one.
Mr. Sumner presented memorials from Mas
sachusetts, asking additional aid for the Col
Inns line.
Mr. Rhett presented similar petitions from
Charleston, South Carolina
Mr.. Brodhead presented the joint resolutions
of the Legislature of Pennsylvania in favor of
ntercesson in behalf of the Irish cxiles.
On motion of Mr. Shields the joint resolu-
ton for the extension of the Capitol, which had
been returned from the House of Representa-
tives with an amendment increasing the appro-
priaton to half million of dollars was taken
up.
Mr.. Borland opposed the appropriation, and
made speech upon the extrayagant expcndi
lures of the Wing Administration.
Mr.. Mangum replied, and the subject wa
postponed till tomorrow
The Iowa land bill was then considered.
Mr.. Cass addressed the Senate in supper
of it.
Mr. Downs followed on the same side.
Mr.. Brodhead also addressed the Senat,
upon the subject
After which, the Senate adjourned
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POLITICAL MOVEMENTS IN LoUIsIASA-The
vote OF the Democratic State Convention of
Louisiana, in expressing the choice of the party
in that State Tor the Presidency, was, for Gen.
eral Cas- lOl and for Mr.. Douglass 72. The
name OF MIR, Buchanan was also placed before
the Convention, aud afterwards withdrawn,
when his friends united with those of General
Cass. A resolution was passed, pledging the
Democracy OF Louisiana to the support Of any
candidate who shall be nominated by the Bal
tmorc Convention, and a resolution declaring
Mr.. Douglas the second choice Of the Demo-
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WATER CURE ISrABLIsHMENT, BRATTLE-
BOROuGH. NERMONT.

THE proprietor Dr.. II. WESShLHOEtT begs TO inform
the public that be has recovered from his severe sick
ne aud able again 70 attend TO his professional duties
Former aud new patients therefore, depend upon his
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