The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-02-01

uOI Cldlineuy anu the WnOie power OI utpOSluS
rested upon the consent, not merely of the
Kings, but of the deposed Princes themselves.
REMAINDER NEXT WEEK.
WASHINGTON, d. c..
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY /, 1856.
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of the subscribers who began with the first
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pressed with the conviction of the necessity of
being up and doing" in these days of defec-
ton. An old friend i'll Burlington, VT, finding
one of the earliest subscribers of the Era
| about to discontinue, on account of the "hard
| times" represented to him the peculiar claims
of the Anti-Slavery press at such crisis as
this, and soon convinced him of the duty of
sustaining it. he remarks: "This incident
admonishes me of the necessity that every
| friend of the principles you advocate, should
not only stir himself up, but his friends and
neighbors, whenever and wherever opportunity
offers. How else can it be known who the
true friends of Liberty in these days SO
trying to the political integrity of man ?"
RSr We are under special obligations to our
voluntary agents and friends for their hearty
efforts in endeavoring to renew and extend our
list during the present year, which has required
more than usual zeal on their part, owing to
the "hard times " and other causes operating
against them; and we are fearful that during
the heavy press of business in our Office we may
have unintentionally treated some of them I'M
justly, by striking their names from our list
when they were entitled to a copy of the paper
under our club terms, and have not waited
to complete the requisite number to form
club, but have sent in the names of subscribers
at various times, and just as they obtained
them. If any who have been thus sighted will
advise us of the fact, it will afford us pleasure
to restore their names to our list or enter those
of them who have not heretofore received the
paper.
CoRREsPONDENTs.- letters reach us,
written in so cramped and minute hand, or in
ink so pale, that we cannot find time to read
them through. Propositions for correspond
ence, too, are repeatedly made to us but our
pigeon-holes are full to overlooking. We re-
ceive inquiries sometimes from writers, what
has become Of their communications Alas
we are unable to accommodate all. From the
great mass of good things, we have only room
for specimens.
BETTER LATE THAN NEvER.-The excellent
Department some weeks ago, credited to
Isaac Sterens, should have been credited to
Isaac Stearns, Mansfield, Massachusetts.
The NEw HEAD.-Many of our readers, we
find, with all their ideas of progress, have a
streak of conservatism about them. Such do
not like our new head. They protest against
changing anything in the former appearance of
the National Era. 1t is an old. friend, they
say, and they want their old friend to wear for
ever the same features. So earnest are their
expostulatons, we apprehend we must go
back to the old head.
OssIAN's BARDs.-This superior company of
vocalists, under the leadership Of the celebrated
Ossian L. Dodge, of Boston, favored our citi
zens with two of their interesting concerts on
the evenings of Monday and Tuesday of this
week; and, notwithstanding the various places
of amusement and attraction open in our city
at this time, we were pleased to find the hall
well filled with apparently delighted audi
enoe. Among the pieces sung the first even
ing, which We considered particularly fine, were
the CHILEAN War Song" "The Old Mountain
Tree" and "The Rover's Grave" The words
and music of these three pieces are by James
G. Clark, one of the company, who is ranked
among our best composers. The company will
proceed from here on an Eastern tour, and our
friends in that section will have an opportunity
of Judging Of their merits for themselves.
CHANGE OF THE REPRESENTATIVE RATIo.-A
friend, writing from Newton, Mass, says of the
Know Nothing movement, Everything iadi-
Gates that it will become proslavery. The fact
that the Central Council at Washington has so
changed the National Council, that each State,
regardless Of its population, shall have the
same number of votes in the National Conven-
ton, shows that the Powers that be are deter
mined to give the power into the hands of
SHAREHOLDERS. The basis upon which, as |
learn, the National Council was established, a
representation according to the representation
in the Federal House of Representatives, has
been changed, as / have stated above Who
so blind as not to see that the North is again
| to be sold for the success of Party?"
SCENE IN THE HOUSE.
Tuesday, while the House was in Committee
of the Whole on the state of the Union, on the
Subterranean Telegraph bill, Mr.. Farley of
Name having yielded the floor for moment