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DLATED TEA SETs.-I have just re-
JIG ceived some styles Albata and Silver
Plated Ware that offer at manufacturers prices !;
also, large assortment Of Spesiacles, of every
description; together with good assortment OF
pure Silver Ware, of my own manufacture which
| will retail at wholesale prices
III. o. HOOD,
AIS Penn. avenue, bet. 1t and 9th SITS,
Sign Of the Large Spread Eagle.
Feb 25-d1wif
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issDOOR's RAILROAD MAP OF THE
UNITED STATES,'--This celebra-
ted Map, recently eulogized by Lieutenant Mau-
ry in his Virginia Letters" is on sale at
0e fn TAYLOR & MAURY'S
Dec i Bookstore, near Ninth street.
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@ ATTIRE AND SATIRISTS, BY JAMES
- Hannay, author of Singleton Fonteroy, &c.
Cosas de Espana, or Going TO Madrid, via Bar
celona.
Just published and for sale al
TAYLOR N MAURYS
March 6 Bookstore, near 9th street
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March 17-1aw2m
TREBLE PATENT IMPROVED EYE
LET Machine.


First patent combined on one stock.
Second patent, selffeeding 10 the eyelets.
Third patent, patent improved fastener, rivetng
both sides ~ rts4 "a .sfs.tsat
All parties in want Of good Eyelet Machine
are strongly recommended 10 use none but g Lip
mans Patent Improved which is decidedly the
best ever brought before the public, possessing
numerous advantages, viz:
It's strong, durable, and not liable to get out OF
order. 3 a19
Ii punches the hole well and to 6t the Eyelet,
and in operation clinches the Eyelet on both
sides.
Il saves time, as the papers, &C., need not be
reversed or turned over to clinch the Eyelet
second time, as is the case with all other ma
chimes.
II is useful to the merchant in filing away
papers, as well as TO the attorney or conveyancer,
the shoemaker, tailor, miliner, and numerous
others, and is very labor-saving machine.
Agents for Washington,
TAYLOR IL MAURY,
Book and Stationery Store, near 9th st.
Nav "a
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Upward LYCETT, sem, hook Binder,

EDWARD LYCETT, Sem, Book Binder,
IL Potomac Hall, corner OF Eleventh street and
Maryland avenue, over Clafke's Drug store, Wash
ington ID. c. FtF - NeHi
Every style Of book-bhding cxscuted either in
velvet Turkey Morocco. Russia, or fancy colors
calfr + baA f#84.fef ETntf3 n tHTIeI HIV
p.rodcaIs and Music neatly half bound
Mr. LrcKrr respectfully snggests to his friends
that while much has been done TO tran smlt family
records little care has been taken 10 preserve pa
rental ikenesses. He takos this inethod 10 iuf,rm
his friends and those desiroos Of perpctnatns per
sonal rcmembrances that dsguerreotype ike
nesses can be nlaid on the inside covers of fsmi-
bibles, prcsentation-books, or keepsakes. speci.
mems of which can be Al his binderv. or he
can be addressed bve,tet, whichwill be pyomr,lv
attended 10 AflI1 f*'t n T,ff'
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READY MADE CLOTHING

A T REDUCED PRICES.--As the season
IA is advanced, we have determined 10 sell of
the remaining portion OF our winter stock al
greatly reduced prices therefore gentleman wish
ing TO consult economy in purchasing fine Over
coats, Talmas Dress, Frock, and Business Goats !;
Black and Fancy Cashmere Pants; Velvet, Silk,
Satin, and Merino Vests; Under Shirts and
Drawers, and all other ready made garments of
fine quality will find our present variety 10 be as
well assorted in the beginning OF the season,
with the advantage of much lower prices.
WALL az STEPHENS,
322 Pa. avenue, next to Iron Hall
Feb "a
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THE SONS OF THE sIREs, A HIS

i tory of the Rise, Progress, and Destiny OF
he American Party, and It's probable influence
the next Presidential election, TO which is
added Review of the Letter of the Hon. Henry
A. Wise against the Know-nothings, by an Ame-
rcan. sFea t4f binsr8 4a<It 1851 a4gf1t.s = f
The History OF Mason and Dixon's Line, con-
tanned in Address delivered by John H. B.
Latrobe of Maryland before the Historical So.
.ciety of Pennsylvania, November s, 1854
Mirana Elliot, or the Voice of the Spirit, by s.
M H. t6tto. M f1 -ll4 Ebleasllsi.
Autobiography of Charles Caldwell, M. D., with
Preface, Notes, and Appendix, by Harriet W..
Warner gItt 3 v4agIt.
Jnst received and for sale by 4t W
,as Fs X II. FARNHAM, tf,
Corner of Penn. avenue and llth street.
Feb Is iaipE st ts.gf f f,ag8 .M
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MORNING COwNs.--A large and I'm
1Nl assortment, nj all prices, for sale by
WALL " STEPHENS,
From the Baltimore Sun OF Yesterday
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lust RECEIVED AT TAYLOR & MAU

u ry's Bookstore, near 9th street.
The Plurality of Worlds, with an Introduction
by Edward Hitchcock, d. d.
Lamp 10 the PATH or the Bible in the Heart,
the Home, and the Market Place, by the Rev. w
K. Tweedie, ID. d.
The Caiacombs of Rome, by the Right Rev. w.
]. Kip, ID. d.
Narrative of Voyage to the Northwest Coas
ofAmerica, by Gabriel Franchere.
Corinne by Madame De Stael, new edition
Vathck, by Beckford, do
Female Poets of Great Britain, do
Western Scenes and Adventures, illustrated.
Life of Napoleon, by Haziitt, do
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INCEST OF FEXCHEQUER REPORTs

nIGEsT OF EXCHEQUER REPORTS,
IL from 1924 10 1854, inclusive, l volume.
Williams on Personal Property, with American
notes, vol
The Reporters Chronologcally Arranged, by
John VIM. Wallace, vol
The Creed of Christendom, by w. X. Greg.
Habits and Men, by DIR. Doran.
Guy Rivers, by William Gilmore Simms vol,
new edition
Bits Of Barney, by II. Shelton Mackenzie,
volume.
Bartey's Poems, volume.
Lippencous Pronouncing Dictionary of the
World, vol, svo. FRANCK TAYLOR
Sept Is
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CTRAYED OR STOLEN from the Festi-
~ val at Badensburg, the night OF Tuesday
last, DARK BROWN MARE, with her fore
feet bare, white star in the forehead, and marked
on the back with saddle pinch the said mare had
a saddle on. Whoever will return said mare,
give information where she be found, will
receive many thanks and Five Dollars re-
ward. JOSEPH JONES, Manager tor
CHARLES b. CALVERT,
Rossburg Prince Georges Co, MARYLAND
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NEW hooks RECEIVED AT sHII.-
IN LINGTON'S bookstore
The Dodd Family, by Charles Lever, author Of
Charles O'Malley. i@9 NhF ef#
Behind the Scenes, by Lady BuIwer Lytton.
The Lamplighicr, one offhe mos, fascinating
books ever written. t.tfH f.t .fp.,sf
Everything in The Book, Newspaper, and Sta
emery line for sale at ...t..s t.....
JOE SHILLINGTON'S
Bookstore Odeon Bhiding, corner "A
. Il a9s3@ t@ street and Pa. avenue
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M ATER-C COLOR PICTU II + S.
w Messrs TAYLOR & MAURY beg to an
nounce that, at the suggestion OF several Of our
citizens, the pictures now on exhibition at their
store will be raffled for.
Eleven prizes sixty chances, at SIS.
April IL Bookstore, near Ninth street
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The New York and Liverpool United states
Mail Steamers.
The Atlantic. Captain West
The Pacific c........... Captain Nye.

Inc snlps comprising this line are
The Atlantic. Captain West.
The Pacific. captain Nye.
The Baltic. Captain Comstock.
EEA These ships having been built by
xKZD&& contract, expressly for government
- service, every care has been taken
in their construction, also in their engines, 10
insure strength and speed, and their accommo-
dations for passengers are unequaled for ele-
gance and comfort.
Price of passage from New York 10 Liverpool,
In second cabin, $75. Exclusive use of extra sized
From Liverpool to New York 80 and 90 guineas
An experienced Surgeon attached to each ship.
No berth secured until paid for.
PROPOSED DATES SAILING.
From New York. From Liverpool.
Wed'day. Dec. 81 1854 Saturday. Dec. 10, 1854
Wed'day. Jan. 10, 1856 Saturday. Dec. so, 1854
Wede ay. Jan. "a, 1855 Saturday. Jan 13, 1855
Wedda' Feb. 7, 1855 Saturday. jan 81, 1855
Wed'daJ. Feb. 81, 1855 Saturday. Feb. 10, 1855
Wed'day. Mar. 7, 1855 Saturday. Feb "a, 1855
For fre gh, or pa sage, apply to
EDWARD X. COLLINS,
No. Sc Wall street, N. Y
BROWN, SHIPLEY & Co.,
Liverpool
R. G. ROBERTS & Co.,
l3 Kings Arms Yard, London.
B. G. WAINWRlGHT& & Co..
Paris
GEO. H. DRAPER, Havre.
The owners Of these ships will not be accounta
BILE for gold, silver, bullion, specie, jewelry, pre-
cious stones, metals, unless bills of lading are
signed therefor, and the value thereof therein ex-
pressed, .a.@a # f1Itsts Jan 3-dff
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TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND
A q

Il a N
STRAIN GERS.
VIZ ATCH ES.-Mcmbers of Congress and
wv others in want of perfect tmekeepers would
do well 10 make their selections al once, in order
10 test their quality before leaving the city.
Our assortment for both Ladies and Gentlemen
was never so complete at present, embracing
very description, which we offer unusually low.
M. w GAIT IL BROTHER,
Penn. avenue, between 9th and 10th streets.
Ian tS
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GONSERVE and Preserved Ginger and
" Chew-Chow, Attea and Choong Loong, Can
ton, fresh importation. For sale by
SHEKELL BROTHERS,
No. 40 opposite the Centre Market
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VNHE AMERICAN SPORTSMAN, Con-
4 tanning Hints to Sportsmen, Notes on Sport.
ng, and the Habits of the Game Birds and Wild
Fowl OF America, by Elisha J. Lewis, M d., with
numerous illustrations, For sale al
TAYLOR 81 MAURY'S
jan. a Book Store, near Ninth street.
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nANIEL WEBSTER.--Messrs Taylor
H. ~ MAURY have few of the original sub
scribers copies OF the works Of Daniel Webster,
printed on very fine imperial paper, in which Mr..
Webster Inscribed his name. Six volumes !;
price $50.
L. S M. are the only booksellers in the United
States who have anycopes in their possession.
Mar IL Bookstore near 9th st.
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HINE WATCHIIS q KICH J EW ELRHs
III -. HOOD, Pennsylvania avenue, between
FL AZ and 9th streets, has just returned from
he north with good assortment Of the most rich
and fashionable Jewelry in the market, which he
purchased for cash at very low prices, and now OF
ers Tor sale the same, at wholesale or retail much
cheaper than goods Of like quality have ever been
sold for in this section Of country. Please call al
his store. sign ofthe large spread eagle. tt
N. b. Special attention paid to the repairing of
watches by w. w. Hollingsworth.
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WAsHINeToN. Nov. 26, 1854.

nH- DEBows INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES, three
handsomely bound volumes upon the Progress
and Wealth Of the United States, 500 pages royal
octave, double columns, clear print, library edi-
tion, may still be ordered. Price Sc delivered
at the expense OF the author
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NOMMENTARIES ON the JurisdictiOn
u Practice, and Peculiar Jurisprudence of the
Courts of the United States, vol. I, by George
Ticknor Curtis.
History Of the Crusades, their Rise, Progress,
aud Results, by Major Proctor of the Royal
Military Academy.
Cummings Lectures on the Seven Churches
On sale at 81 ga tssttaftsgT
TAYLOR IL MAURY'S Bookstore,
Nov l6 near 9th street.
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WESTERN VIRGINIA

tls an interesting fact, that the portion of
Virginia lying west of the Allegheny Mount
aims is almost free from the institution of Sla.
very. In 1850, it contained population of
25O,798 inhabitants, of whom only IL 377 were
slaves. Only two counties, Kanawha and
Tazewell, had so many as one thousand slaves
while no less than fifteen contain less than one
hundred each These fifteen coufsies, with a
population Of about $4,000, have only $50
slaves If the principle of Popular Sever
eighty" shall ever DO practically adopted in
the Old Dominion, we have strong present..
ment hat these counties will rid themselves OF
the stigma of Slavery. In fact, the whole
western district of Virginia would undoubted.
ly abolish Slavery, if it had the legislative
power over the subject which is frequently
extended to counties in the case of liouo,
licenses
We are gratiied to observe that the ratio Of
the increase of free population in the whole o.
Western Virginia is double that of the slaves
while in the northern counties, bordering on
Pennsylvania and Ohio, there has been dimi
mutton of the number of slaves within tho ter
years preceding 1850. In the four counties
which constitute what is called the "Pan
handle" there were only PAT slaves, the mos
northern of which, Hancock, having only
three!
There are probably not more than twelve
hundred Shareholders in all of Western Vir
ginia; and yet, to crafty the caprice and the
prejudice of this handful of men, district O.
country as large as Maine, with some 100000
free white men upon it, is cursed with the in
stitutiOn Of Slavery, and its prosperity and thu
happiness of its people essentially injured
They have it in their power to throw off tn,
incubus-why do they not do it!
Middle Virginia, or the Valley, which il
embraced between the Blue Ridge and the AL
lcghany contained, in 1850, population o
SOs,79S, of which 5l,6ss were slaves Th'
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DOR 10 General LAFAYETTE /:

"Or 70 General LuI3yebto.
"To set the slaves free at once, would, in
NV opinion, lead to many difficulties and dissd-
yantsges. But it can and certainly ought to
be carried out by degrees, through legislative
authority
"From this point of view alone, and apart
from the shameful violation of truth and faith
which WAS perpetrated by the adoption of the
Nebraska bill, we had to oppose the extension
of Slavery into the new Territories; for the
extension of Slavery is the perpetuation of
Slavery. Slavery is a real pestilence for the
State of Missouri. No ono disputes this, and
no one can be in doubt but that creation of
now slave States on our Western borders will
make the abolition of Slavery in our State
more difficult, if not impossible. We are for
the abolition of Slavery in Missouri, of course
in legal manner, and in way which will do
iustice TO all citizens of the State. When this
measure should be taken up, and what steps
should be taken to prepare for it, we will not
investigate now. But we repeat it Is our
opinion, (of course only our personal opinion)
that Slavery must cease sooner or later, IN
Missouri, and therefore, as free rejecting Mis-
souriaps and honest friends of tho welfare of
our State we raise our voice most loudly against
the law which is calculated to create new slave
States on our borders; and therefore we request
of the Northern States, to our own interest,
that henocforth they will dispute every inch
of ground which it has not yet acquired, with
all constitutional rights If the Washington
Union wants TO tenn these principles Adolf
tionism in its most destructive form, we can
have nothing against it; it is that AbOlitionism
which Washington openly professed, and which
every rejecting man and every friend of lib
erty PROCESSES"
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Flo.
The ELECTIONS.

In NORTH CAROLINA, the so-called Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor is elected by q
majority much less than his party has of late
commanded; and the Legislature is so decided
ly of the same complexion in each branch, that
it may be regarded as certain that two ardent
Pro-Slavery Democrats will be elected to the
United States Senate, to fill the places of
Messrs. Mangum and Badger. We cannot say
that we regret this in the least. From Mr..
Mangum we never had anything to hope, and
Mr. Badger, during the past session, possessed
the confidence of no party, and did not appear
to be very confident of himself. When it is
remembered that two Wings of that State
Messrs Rogers and Puryear-voted manfully
against the Nebraska iniquity, and that the
majority against their party has nevertheless
been diminished, it does not appear that the
people have any great love for that pertidious
measure, nor any adherence Of those who
voted against it.
In Missouri, Mr.. Benton has been defeated
by means Of the joint efforts and influence of
the Wings and Atchison or Administration
men. If there is any Democracy in that State,
Mr.. Benton is and ever has been its chief and
dgedrepresentatiye The present con-
trollers of the General Government, however,
have preferred a Nebraska-Whig triumph to
the presence of Mr.. Benton in the House of
Representatives. But the Wings in the Legis-
lature can coalesce with either branch of their
opponents; and as there is no bond of principle
uniting them with the Administration division
they may yet concur in the election of Mr.
Benton to the Senate. John S. Phelps, an in
tolerant Pro-Slavery man, is the only person
favorable to the present Administration, chosen
for the next National House of Representatives.
The other six members chosen are all called
Wings, We know not why
In Iowa, Liberty has triumphed! This State
is redeemed from the yoke of Dodge and Sla-
very. Tho elements of Freedom have rallied
and triumphed. The Governor, Legislature,
and both members of Congress, are foes to the
Nebraska-Kansas pe16dy, and to those by
whom it was perpetrsted.
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THE NUMBER OF SHAREHOLDERS.

The Census Bureau will in a few weeks issue
supplementary work, embracing, among
other things, a statement CT the number of
shareholders in the United States. We learn
from the superintendent, MIR De Bow, that,
as nearly as can DO asoertaincd for the pres-
ent that number will be about 375 600. Il is
to be hoped that the several grades of slave
holders will be given as, for instance, how
many own one hundred slaves or more. how
many fifty, &c. We moline to the opinion
that One-tenth of the Shareholders own one-
half Of the slaves; and if tho census returns
are full and satisfactory, we feel confident that
this fact will appear. We are also impressed
with the idea that another tenth of the slave
holders would be found to own half of the re-.
naming half of the slaves; and, if we arc
correct in this opinion, formed from long nc
quaintance with Slavery, it would appear that
one-ffth, or seventy-f five thousand, of tho slave.
holders, own three fourths of the slaves This
is tie ruling class of the South, and of the
nation, before which the American Peonle
North and South, have been constrained II
bow down and pay homage-the homage Of
moral prostitution. G
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POLITICS IN MISSOURI.

TIE Anzsiger des Westens is published at
st. Louis, in German and English, there being
a separate edition in each language. It sup
ported General Pierce for the Presidency and
less than year ago it was pronounced by the
Washington Union to be the "Ieading and
most influential paper in the West" But it
saw proper to take ground against the Ne
braska bill, and that obliquity has effaced all
remembrance of Its virtues from the mind of
the editor of the official organ and the an
zeiger is charged, among other offences, with
preaching Abolition doctrines in their most
destructive form" This charge is denied in
emphatic language, and the Anzeiger goes on
to define It's position, as follows: G.
For more than year we have not said a
word about the question of the Addition of
Slavery, therefore we have neither preached it
in destructive nor any other form: and at
this moment We have enough to do to oppose
the extension Of Slavery. However we will
not hide our views regarding the abolition of
Slavery. We are AbolitiOnists, because we
are men, because we are Republicans; but we
are Abolitionis.s in the same sense as the
founders of the American Republic. and in
that sense in which Washington, for instance,
was an Abolitionist when he wrote to Robert
Morris:
&c l may say there is no man living. whose
wishes are more upright for the abolition of
Slavery, than mine. But there is onlv one
proper and effective manner in which this
abolition can be carried out, and that lie in the
way of legislation and to this my vote, in as
much as 1t can contribute, shall not be want
iDg'
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1874

piled, That is my only conference.-the spirit
Of God within-snd endeavor to center my
thoughts upon this"
Ga the day previous to bis decease, he was
observed to be engaged in fervent prayer, aud
then after an interval of silence, he said, The
conflict is over, and all is ready-all glory and
pesceo On the 18Th Of tenth month, 1853,
being in the 18Th year Of his age, he yielded
up his spirit 10 God who gave it.
His remains were attended to the grave by
very large concOurse, among whom were seen
the ministers and many Of the members CT al
most every congregation in the city. All sects
and all ranks were there, not to swell the
pageantry too often witnessed on such occa-
siOnsb but mingling in the plain and solemn
procession, and evincing, by their serious de-
pertinent, that the community had been called
TO mourn the loss Of one of its most valued citi.
ems.
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For the National Era.
THE TWO RONs.
BY ISAAC II. JULIAN.

Two stout old German Barons-men Of mark
One, from the prestige Of his paltry pelf,
Master Of princes and their secrets dark;
The other, known and valued for himself
And greater far than any crowned king;
For Heaven has crowned him with master mind
genius Of soaring, treess wing,
It's powers devoted all to bless mankind;
His fame as earths o'erloOking mountains grand
Shall rise into the Heaven of Truth serene;
While he whose Golfers swayed the sceDtred band,
Shall die and rot, as he had never bsen.
Thus God and MammOn mark their vOtaries,
And point the contrast unto mortal eyes