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M...W.. ...Bro.'.W. l.. Cleveland. Grand Master.
R..W... '' Alfred Price, Deputy q. Master.
Wv. +" j.. TIaycr, Senior G. Warden.
Wv. J. a. Gylc>, Junior G. Warden.
MR.. +. B. Hort, Grand Chaplain.
W.. J. II. Honour, Grand Treasurer.
w. A.G. Mackry, Grand Secretary.
w. f. Honour, Asst G. Treasurer.
II. Y. Simans. Jr., Asst &. Scc'y.
G. G. +; Er!tEssu, ii"''; Sen. G. Dsaso"s.
J. J. {. A''1s"H; nsSH;nnnn, Jr. G. Donvos.
J. i. Fraser, Grand Marshal.
l.. Crane, Grand Pnr,uivant.
II. w. Schroeder, r: s,cw,rd.
Il. w. Seymour,
Samuel Srylc Grand Tyler.
UASDsoME DWlDgSD.-lt will be seen, on
reference 10 our advertising columns to-day,
that the Bank of Hamburg has declared Il Divi-
drnd nf -Four Dollars upon the share (nf 500
of lis stock, being al The rate of Sixteen per
cent. per misunderstanding Republican.
VINO BouGmI THE Sil.,D The Savannah
News has the following item. What we want
ln know now is, who bought that >lad without
telling us of it
Coop pnrE FOR y SuAp.-A slad caught in
the Oycchrc River, by Patrick C"dy, and which
weighed lbs, WIS sold in our market Yesterday
morning to the proprietor Of Il hotel in Cuunl-
bia, ). e., Tor hiriy.six dollars!
We understand that the purchaser waS in tie
market brI"rc il was fairly light, and spying the
sial, asked Mr.. Cudy thu price Of il. Being
ini"rmcL that it WAS valued nj $40, he closed
nj once nj that price. In making The change it
WIS nronvcnirnl ut that hour 10 get at the
precise sum, and the owner of l;lc shad in Il
spirit of Iihrmlity accepted $36. He sold the
balanrr of his sIiad ut one dollar piece. it is
IN old saying that "lIIe early lid gets the
worm In this ca>r, we think, lie got The bug,
that is To say, tho bug va, put OH him in the
Ii,l transaction.
lmmrrASr QrE,TIoS--We learn from onr
exchanges That the Wheeling bridge all::ir is
likely 10 create Il triangular efficiently between
thu judicial, legislative aud executive powers.
The Supreme Court, at the last term, decided
that The bridge WAS nuisance and must come
down. Congress Immediately after declared
tho bridge TO bca pnsI-ruuic, and that it must
therefore stand. The Court will now UNDER
Iukc Ia enforce its decree, and the President
will Of course see that the act of Congress is
carried out. Here's ali important question to
be settled.
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rVNlIE Subscriber will Ssr for sale to the hghes,
i bidder, on the Fir>tSsstonay in February next
Twenty Likely Negroes,
Amongst them is an excellent Blacksmith These
Negroes. will compare iav"rab!y with any similar
number Of Negroes in the State.
will also sell at private sale, my PLAN'rA-
TION, situated on the Lower Columbia Road. one
and half miles from the Pine House. consisting Of
Four Hundred Acres. Two hundred acres Of the
above tract, has been recently cleared. and is in
g""d condition for planting. The remainder is in
woods.
TERMs-Thc Negroes will he sold on credit
until the lst january next. with interest from date
and two approved securities. The Land will be dis
posed Of ON terms To suit the purchaser.
JOHN X. WEEER.
Ian : St 81
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Notice !!

WILL. be let ns Eige6e.d G.. H., on Saturday,
w 18th inst, at IL o'clock, NJ the building
Bridge across Log Creek, ON tha road leading from
EjgrIi.ld e. H., To Cambridge
GEO. \. ADDISON, Comm.
Jana ~ 81
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CONNER CIAL.
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Corrrspondenee OF the Advertiser.

Correspondence OF the Advertiser
HAMBURG, JAM l, 1859.
CorroS-On Monday last our market opened
dull, and ut decline Of J 10 3c. on the current
prices Of the week previous, in consequence Of the
unG.vorubIe adviccs that WAS received on Saturday,
from I.ivcrpool, showing decline in that market
of / 10 I'd. Our market toward the middle and
latter part Of the week almost recovered the de-
cline, owing to the light offering stock, and the
corresponding improvements in prices, of our sca
ports. We arc only able to sustain ourselves here
in prices. by the circumstance Of there being so
little Offering. occ;,sioncd by Christmas holidays,
aud the bad condition Of the roads. which renders
it difficult r planters to get their cotton to market
We do MT expect 10 see prices keep up, unless
favorable accounts from Liverpool Reaches us soon,
~ there seems to bca great want Of confidence.
We quote II To &c. ID.
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lsy" The Friends Of Capt. PRESTON 8.
BROOKS, announce him as candidate TO rep
resent this Congressional District in the next
Congress. Mr.. BUrr having positively declined
4 reelection.
This nomination, like another which appears
in this paper, was made by the friends Of Capt.
D. purely of their own accord, without reference
to his wi.Acs on the subject and without the
remotest design of forestalng public opinion
II his favor against any individual.
s5H- TIE Friends Of the Hon. J. FOSTER
MARSHALL, announce him as a Candidate, to
represent this Congressional District in the
next Congress.
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Notice.
office.

A IL persons indebted 10 the subscriber si.ller by
~ note or open account, that are not paid by
the first Of February next, will have I" pay co,t
j. l.. DOBEY.
Jan 5 1T 5l
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Notice
Positive Notice.

A II. Persons having demands against the estase
I n Of Luke 5. Bland, decd, will render them in
duly altcstrl, and those indebted by note or open
account viii make payment. by the hrrt Of Frbruary
next, as the heirs are a Of age, and am deter
mined to close up the estate.
WM. MOBLEY, Admir-.
Jan At OIL
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1853 is at Hand!

COME. GENTLEMEN. walk up to the Cap
V tain, Ohcc, No. /, PARK Row, square. up
your arrears, aud enter your nanles for another
twelve month voyage.
All Notes aud open bills due ME contracted
prior to the lst "f Ianrary. S52 must b. cancelled
by the 10th Of February, those that not will be
sued on indiscriminatcly.
W. p. BUTLER.
Jan 1 If 81
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SOUTH CAROLINA iYG
TIE MP ERAN G e ADVOCATE!
'JNIIlS Paper having been removed 10 Camden,
Il and placed under tic management and c",l-
troll Of the Subscriber, will be published regularly
every week on and after the Glib of january
The paper is designed as the OrG.S OF rnx
CAUSE OF TEMPERANCE, embracing erery OxDEk
and ORGANIZATION. 1t will be a "a
Miscellaneous Family Journal
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Sale of Jacks.

'gNIlE Subscriber will sell at his Plantation OH
Il Saiula River on the 9th Of February, 1858.
five and half miles West Of Grcenyillc Court
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CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION,

In accordance with the new Census, the Leg
islaturc has divided the State into six Congress
sional Districts, and appointed the fourth Mon
day in February next for the election. Most
Of the old delegation, we believe, will be cam
ddates for reelection, and will probably be
chosen withort opposition.
MIR. BoET, it is undcrstoud ret;res. and we
observe in the last Abbevlle Bannc7 that the
Hon. F. w. prcKESs is brought forward for the
Vacancy. He has also been nominated in Edge
field the District of his residence We are far
from wishing to interfere in such matters, but
We cannot help rejoicing at seeing this dislin-
guished Carolinian named for 4 seat in Congress,
where he has in former years shone among the
most brilliant and able defenders Of the princi-
pies and cause of the State. We hope this call
to re-enter the public service, will be favorably
responded to by Col, PscKESs. His long cx-
perience in politics, and his long. service at
Washington, would give weight t"",sF telega-
ton, and gill the void occasioneI by the re-
,ircmeut of Mr.. BURT.
The circumstance that, more than any other,
has lowered the dignity and undermined the au.
thorty of the House Of Representatives, is the
practice, especially 1T the North, OF pcrpetually
changing their Representatives so that each
EcW SOHkI IL SoHpVoEu W. q e'~PiOP'isio'''
ate number of men who understand neither the
rules of Legislation nor the politics of the coun-
try, and whose whole course is devoted to OBJ.
j.cts as ephcmersl rs their tenure of office 1t
is devou,ly to be hoped that this principle OF
rotation" will never be introduced into South
Carolina, and that the time may never come when
any portion of her citizens shall consider it m
objection to candidate, that he has been al
ready crowned with distinction, and has gone
through = course Of long, faithful and arduous
public service.
Col PlckEys would go back to Congress un.
der great advantages. He left it voluntarily,
and with high reputation. Whatever of en-
perieuce remains in The House of Represents,
lives, would at once recognise him us part OF
themselves The new President was his fellow
member many years ago. And it will not be
forgotten that on the inauguration of Mr.
PoLK's Administration, he declined one of the
most brilliant appointments in the gift of the
President, on the express ground that the poll
cy of that Administration on question which
he considered vital and fundamental, was still
undetermined Charleston Mercury.
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Religious Notice.
TIE Members of the Mission Board and Book
Depository will meet at EdgrIirld G. H., On We'd
nesday after the first Sabbath in January.
y punctual atcndanc. is requested.
BY Order Of the Board,
JOHN IlUlET, Sec'ry.
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Jan 3
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Valuable PROPERTY for Sale.

Jan (
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rVNllE Subscriber will 6sr for SALE to the highest
i bidder. on the Fir<ttsthnlay in February ncXt
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-09-22
THE POST ON THE SYRACUSE RESOLUTIONS.

The New York Evening Pest, which con-
demned the Baltimore platform while accept
ing its candidates, thus speaks Of
The Syracuse ResoldiorS-We copy below
the resolutions passed by the two divisions Oh Oh
the Democratic party, at the Conventions heio
in Syracuse We have been careful TO desig-
nate each series by the names OF the parties 70
which they belong in order to enable the read
er to discover the difference. 1t will be seen,
however, that those Of the Unionists are vastly
superior in one respect to the other set--they
give in their adherence, in general terms, 70 u
Fugitive Slave Law, rather than to the Fugitive
Law.
The reasoning of the Post is defective The
superior resolutions are those which say what
they mean, and mean what they say, without
shutting ambiguity, or evasion. The quiboie
that the resolutions of the "Softs" "glve IN
their adherence, in general terms, to Fugitive
Slave Law, rather than to the Fugitive Law"
is unworthy of the Post. 1t gives the word OF
promise to the ear but breaks it to the hope"
The Post had better sink the partisan, and ad-
here to it's manliness. Its friends will love 1t
the better. Political platforms should use un-
mistakeable language, 80 that he who runs
NAV read. Reason. no less than Scripture en-
joins, Let your yea be yea, andyour nay, nay"
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711r NATONAI ERA WASHINGTON D. C., SEPTEMBER g. 1853

But it, from terrible necessity, he should fall
crushed beneath the old, relentless Patriot dy-
nasty-then there will be an end Of Edmund
Burke with the Democracy of this State.
And when he is accommodated, if he is to be,
he will take rather a large slice of tho sumter
rifedn with him. The contest is to be very
terrible one, or very silly one. The assailants
are to fight on to the very death" or they
must very speedily snake up" bury the Ratchet,
and make themselves supremely ridiculous,
1t is amusing to witness the dubious faces oil
the Democracy" in regard to this contest,
now apparently personal Both the principals
are equally confident equally determined and
seemingly implacablc. There is no calculating
the result especially while there ID so much
fog in the horizon, and 50 many trembling COW
ards who dare not avow their attachments
either way. There is a mighty company of
fence men just now among the N. IL. Democrats
in regard to the controversy They know not
which way to jump, although they are very
anxious to leap somelohere They are afraid,
if they do jump, of breaking their ot0n necks
It is difficult to decide which is the greater,
their terror or their quandary. But when the
scale does appear to tip and the result becomes
clearly apparent there will very soon be an
ominous manifestation of brauery, and terri
BILE scrambling from the fence! These valiant
fence-riders will forthwith como out red-hot
dyed -in-the-wool Burke men, or Patriot men,
as the case may be. Brave Democrats, these !!
As it is, we are having fine exhibition OF
the omnipOtence of Baltimore edicts against
agitation "a delightful specimen of faality
"long drawn out" The old purifying carcass
of Hunkerism seems to be in state Of rapid
decomposition. And when once dissolved, may
its elements never again be gathered together
into such monster to the disgrace of ciyiliza
ton, the trampling of Human Rights, and the
hindrance of Human Progress. This little
pitched battle in New Hampshire is only one
of the Signs of the Times. In making so long
a "note of it." trust am not attributipg to
it an undue significance. GRANITE.
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ORGANS.

Have we an organ among us is yet an I'M
decided question. The Union is almost uni
versally regarded as q wind.broken instrument,
and it's music as harsh and discordant. Since
the appearance of the Russian article in its col
umns-which article the Union has not con-
tradicted-the Democracy look with disfavor
upon the Union and its music. 1t is true that
its author MIR. Pryor, was sent back to Old
Virginny," but he had to use the columns of
the Inteligencer to explain the circumstances
Of its publication, while the Union remained
silent under the exposure.
The Evening Star, new penny paper start
ed in this city, is by some regarded as aspiring
to the character of an organ 1t publishes the
decisions of the Government officers the reno.
walls and appointments Of clerks, and-receives
the printing of the Departments 1t was es-
tabEshed as an Independent paper but can see
no wrong in the Administration.
Beverly fuckers Washington Sentinel, which
is yet in embryo it is said will be an organ
but whether of the President or of the steam.
ship monopoly, doth not yet appear. 1t will
make its appearance next month, when we may
judge of the character of its music.
The Administration, it is said, is about to g.
tablish an organ in New York, with Col. For.
ney, formerly of the Pcnnsyluanian, as CHIEF
musician. The purpose was we understand
to purchase the National Democrat for Colonel
Forney, and transform it into an organ but
from some cause, the negotiation failed It is
somewhat remarkable that the Democratic city
OF New York il now without Democratic news
paper The Union has read the Eucning Pos
out OF the party, and tho other day it perform
cd the same service for the National Democrat
Under these circumstances, it is highly import
ant Tor the President to have an organ in New
York, to restore harmony to the unterri6ed
Democracy Of that benghted city Indeed, W,
may say the whole State needs some powerfu
organism to cause the people to conquer thei,
prejudccs" and hunt fugitive slaves with alac
rity The music of Col Forney's organ ma,
be sufficiently powerful to secure this result
but we must DO permitted to doubt until W,
soc the proof of its potent power.
The Scripture says, that {" In multitude O
councillors there is safety "-probably tn
President thinks the same remark will ami,
to multitude Of organs 1t has certainly on
advantago-thas different tunes may DO playo
on tho different instruments, without holdin
the Administration accountable for them.
the music should prove to be distasteful to tn
popular ear, the organist may be compelled
endorse it as his own if otherwise, the Admir-
stration will have the honor and credit Of il
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THE ADMINISTRATION.

The New York EUening Post makes the
most of tho crumb of comfort contained in our
article of week before last, declaring that the
clerks and heads of departments are attentive
to the duties of their Offices. Since that article
was written, we have been informed Of some
facts which indicate that our statement must
be received with some grains Of allowance. An
Illinois correspondent of that print compliments
the Post Office Department on the great reg
ularity and despatch" of the mails in that
State since the advent of the new Administra-
ton. This may be true of Illinois, but there
is great room for improvement in this respect
in other States. The Virginia papers complain
greatly of the mail irregularities in the Old
Dominion, and there is abundant evidence to
show that great number of postmasters in
that State are VIGOROUSLY derelict Of their duty
in refusing to deliver, and in some instances
actually destroy, the papers addressed to sub
scribers at their offices. We do not know
whether any of the subscribers to the Post have
suffered in this way, but subscribers to other
papers have, and it behoovos tho Administration
to enforce the laws against them. The mis-
conduct of these officials calls loudly for rebuke,
and we trust the Postmaster General will have
sufficient nerve to compel his employees to re-
spect the laws under which they are appoint
ed 1t is intolerable that petty dospots in Vir-
ginia should be permitted to perform the part
of spies while holding appointments from the
Government Of the United States. The Ad-
ministration should place the seal of its disap-
probation upon all those who practice the spy
system, and put better men in their places
men who will respect their oaths, and faithfully
perform the duties Of their appointment. We
trust the Post will shortly have occasion to
compliment tho Administration upon reform
in this particular, which is SO greatly needed.
In some instances, We learn, competent and
attentive clerks have been displaced to make
room for others who were without qoalifca.
tions, and with no recommendation but their
partisan character This policy the Era never
defended, and the Administration would do
well to act upon Jetierson's requirements Of fit
ness for public Office: as he honest !-Is he
capable - before removing good men to make
places for brawling partsans
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EX-SENATOR DANIEL s DICKINSON.

| II is well known that since President Pierce
has appointed MIR. Marcy Secretary of State,
| MIR. Dickinson has been making war, through
his friends on the National Administration,
and also on the State Administration of New
York The Union the other day gave hex
back, in the shape of speech Of Mr.. Dickin-
son, made in lS47, or rather quotations from
this speech, in which he admitted the constitu-
tionality of the Wilmot Proviso and announced
himelf as warmlyin favor of the principle of it.
Mr. d. publishes letter in the n Y. Herald,
in which he accuses the Union of garbling his
speech to convict him of entertaining Free-Soil
sentiments. He says:
al was honored with seat in the Senate of
New York State four years, and there intro
duced resolutions upon the subject of Slavery,
and spoke and voted thereon; was President of
the same body two years, and was seven years
Senator in Congress-from the annexation of
Texas until after the passage of the Compromise
measures have, too, for the last twenty years,
often been a member of nyentions-county,
State, and national; have presented resolutions,
made speeches, and proposed addresses; and it
III my WnOie pOHtCul COuTsc) speeCli, Fott, VI
resolution, can be found favoring Free Soil SEN
timents, will consent to occupy position in
the public judgment as degraded as the most
malevolent of that (the Free Soil faction, or
its most convenient accomplish"
There is no doubt but that Mr. Dickinson at
one time announced his determination to vote
for the Wilmot Proviso, instructed or unin-
structed; but he objected to the prohibition
being inserted in an appropriation bill All
who know him, however, will do him the JUS
tice to say that he has always been the sturdy
champion of the Slavery interest. He even
went 80 far as to wish he had been born in
Virginia" The Virginia papers stand up man
fully for him, and indicate their purpose to sus-
tain him. On the other hand, those who wish
to stand well with the "powers that be-" de-
nounce him. The quarrel promises to be very
pretty one. We take no side in the controvcr-
sy but we do like to see fair play.
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VOL. VII.

and, owing to the straight course of its chan.
nel, it is no further from the Gulf of Me,ico .
hence gain of l25 miles for those who % n
the Upper Mississippi by the Plaquemine.o
The YELLOW Fever at New Orleans is soxlu
abatng. A despatch, dated Sept. 10th sa,.
that the interments yesterday were so of wb;ch
so were from fever. Interments Of the waeL
SO, including 449 from fever. Total. since 6,
YER commenced, io,33O, including 1924 from
fever.
The yellow fever was still raging at Tbiho
deaux, Bayou Sara, and Baton Rouge.
Bishop Doane, whose trial we noticed la.,
week, has made confession in which he ad
mits the wrongfulncss of his conduct, and tho,
he may have been led into many errors. IF
scandal to the Church and injury to the cavss
Of Christ have arisen from them, they are III.
cause to him, of modification and repra,
Having made a confession, the charges again,
him were dismissed-a trial not being insis.d
upon. The Court of Bishops adjourned SIN,
die on the 18th instant.
Gen. James ]. Moray, for l6 years a mem.
Der of Congress from the Wilmington IN O.
District, and formerly the able and ei6eieD,
chairman of the Committee of Ways and Mean.
of the House of Representatives, died suddanI,
on Wednesday, at Goldsboro N. c, while on
his return from attending court in Edgeeomba
county. He was seized with bilious or cramn
cholic while in the cars, and was compelled n
stop at Goldsboro, where he died the SAM
evening. On Tuesday says the Wilmington
Journal, be was in excellent health.
Ocean Mail Steamers.-The New York Epen-
ing Post publishes report made to the British
House of Commons, in which the extra allow.
ances made to Mr.. Cunard are set forth in full
and by which it appears that for weekly WOW.
ages, that is ffty-two round voyages year he
was to receive fi73 $40, or about $685., 900 for
3O4,s7s miles travelled, being at the rate of
about 1888 a mile. The Collins line receive.
for twenty-six round voyages, that is, just half
the number made by the Cunard line 1858 600
or more than twice the amount, and averaging
$500 mile.
The Post says that while the project of
granting the appropriation to the Collins line
was under discussion, it was insisted both in
Congress and out of Congress, by the agents of
that line, that it was receiving much less aid
than its British rival and that unless some.
thing was done, they must succumb, not to
British enterprise and skill, but to the all defy
ing power of the British treasury.
Mertco.-Adyices from Mexico to September
4th, and from Vera Cruz to the sth, say that
the Government is making vigorous efforts to
stop robberies-more troops had been sent to
the frontiers, ostensibly to repel the Indians
1t is believed that another revolution would
follow the high-handed measures of Santa
Anna-Mr. Gadsden, United States Minister,
had been well received-passengers by the
Texas, which brought this news, state that
Santa Anna had already raised an army OF
700 Of the finest troops ever known in Mex
leo, and it was believed he had been largely
assisted by Spanish subjects.