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PAUL PRIMROSE.

The SLAVE OF TIE LAMp;'-is the
title OF book abou, to be issued from
the press Of II. LONG & BRorRsRs. Thi.
is the last production of the late WV.
NosrH. author Of 'Anti.Coningsby,' and
various ether novels, which attained
grea. popularity in England, and also
frequent and esteemed contributor to the
periodical literature CT this country.
The painful circumstances attending
the death OF Ma. Noara, are well known.
tie presented, in his own person, another
sad example OF the fate of genius, when
ITS wild iancies are engeudered BY
plan common sense. In many respects
there was similarty-no, onl, in char.
seseF andtemperament bu, in genius like.
wise,-io the ate EDGAR f. Poe, in Ms,
MoRTH. THE SLAVE OF THE
LAMP is jus, the style of book ,ha, Poe
himself nigh. have written.
Those who have read the work in
have expressed q high opn'
ion Of Its me ri,s as literary production
One gentleman. who is connected as a
literary critic with the Press, wri,es-l
have read pour North s book never
was so fascinated with any work in my
'''e' opened it after dinner, and the
CLOCK struck tn e hour OF midnish, before
la'd 1t aside. have finished its perus'
a. publishers price, Beautifully bound
cloth, 81,
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Cooley for April in its appalling beau.
~ lies open before US. This is one oil
the periodicals. which somblne in an EN-.
lnens degree, the Useful, Ornamental,
and Instructive.
We will furnish Cooley and the Amer.
lean one year Tor 50. in advance.
Mr. Nourse has i, for sale.
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SASH LOCKS. We invite attention 10
the advertisement OF } W Osgood, whose
Sash Locks are the most simple, the
cheapest and most durable of anything
OF the kind eyer yet invented.
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h's an old saying tina, Time waits "a,
no man-oal the fair sex would hay. us
believe that he is gallan, enough to wal,
Tor the ladies. "'
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U Edwards & Cos Express will
please accept our thanks for late Boston
papers in advance Of the mail.
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the Republican candidate. The soon.
CT tie American party OF Name ana
ever, where else, in fact, cat loose lta"
such connections as that, and all other
coalitions. the better. TIE AMERl-
CAN PARTY MUST STAND A.
LONE OR IT WILL NOT STAND
AT ALL. This is as true as the gospel
IN which is founded our hopes Of eternal
life. Let every true American write tins
lndelbl, on the tablets OF his memory,
and shape his course accordingly.
Mr. A. z. Clark OF Franklin will
please accept our ,hanFs flr hi present OF
tina, basket OF Apples. They were rood
IN pie-not pi-and made excellent
Sauce. for which we forgot 10 sauce hlm
last week. The man who's kindly re-
mebers the American editor, must be
Jus, what Mr.. c. is-a good American.
GoprY. In our notice OF this beauii-
full Magazine for March, we casulIy re-
marked that the February number had
missed US. Yesterday we received II,
being of the fifth edition, which proves
its great demand. We always said that
GoDEY was more polite to his exchanges
than any other publisher, and this kind.
" attention confirms US in our opinion.
We would no, be without Cooley, even il
we did not get i, in exchange.
THE MONTHLY INSTRUCTOR for April
continues the Story Of Paccahontas,
illustrated with beautiful cut OF this
fores: maiden Warning Smith 1t also
contains many other interesting and IN
s,ructlve articles.
HARrEK for April opens with very H.
leresting article entitled, Visits TO the
Dead in the Catacombs of Rome Bat
We were much charmed with The Dog
Described aud Illustrated Either o.
these Articles is worth the price asked
for this number by Mr.. NouRsE
J he following notice OF HARPER whci
appeared IN the London Publisher
Circular, shows the esteem in which 4
is he'd in England:
Perhaps the most extraordinary serla
publication OF the world is Harper's 70
New York Monthly Magazine; stand
ing distinct from others in It's popula
character, BY price, typographical appear
ance, aud ludicious selection OF The artic
les at lis command, comprising the bes
works oil the bes, authors OF the day.
u Ii Is stated that Ned BuntIine, tn
! founder OF hno"nothngs, has WITHDRAW
from ,hem He i. somewhere dow
east Boston Posi-. Shouldn't wnudr
# he had We heard he had been kiete'
IRON them" more than year ago
Lowell Citizen.
We believe that Ned is snmewher
back OF Bangor, frustrating; he occasion
+ ally amuses himself by writing article
for the Jack Catholic press. He assume
the pairlarchy Of the American party
and orumbles because the million and
half III American ireenlen who have en-
listed IN the cause, will no, prof, by hi
advice. He should comfort hmseIf b
rejecting that "Repub.iean. are ever IN
grateful
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Il is fac, tia, tall men stand higher
in the community than short ones.
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or Argo arrived with Melbourne dates Of
Jan 8. All was again quiet. Several
failures had occurred.
FsAScE.-The Enperor's visi, TO the
CT inca continues doubtful.
WarIike preparations are active as
ever.
Orders are given Ia prepare transport,
from Tnulon for 50, Oh men and 5000
hafSes
Gen WedeIl, Pru>sian Envoy, has re-
turned 10 Parls.
The Meniteur officially con,rsdicis the
caun,ny circulated aGains, Gen Forey.
iha, he Vas IN correspondence w'h the
enemy. fures is, however. recalled.
BELGigN-The Ministerial cri>is con-
Thurs.
Nj Them is charged 10 form CABIN
ct.
SPAlN-Madfld correspondence cive>
details Of The recent conspiracy IN Cuts
and SAYS government has received Conn
Dental messages from Gen COncha. The
soidHIon OF tGhi inspired Ala, with coH-
siderable uuea>sHcSs.
He recommends that concession. be
made to the Colony. and that Cuban D.
pnies lie >enI tn the Spanish Cc:IrZ -
lie Brgs the government nGt 10 t:nancr
pc ..e saws. winch he sass wrUld be
a fatal measure, and would cause Cubs
20 seek admission iaio the United STATE.
Il the cuhan> he no, pachrd by con-
tes-ion>, lie SAYS 2l.03o troops c"a.l ne:
refali. Cub to Spain.
On March Sub. the government said N
the Corisz. that tranquility was re>'ored
II, Cuba, aud the government would d.,
IL utlaos: Ia prevent lGT,her difficulties.
\ vote Of sai .sfaction was agreed &c
unanimously; BY the Chambers.
l-,tr Funeral ob>eqlies cf me Duke
efGeaaea, @efe celebrated al Turjn, CT
H., 70 E.
TIE ntw B yarian Loan OF $500 Q
tnaiers al ! - PET cent. IS anunucei.
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THE MONTHLY INSTRUCTOR for April
continues the Story Of Paccahontas,
illustrated with beautiful cut OF this
fores. maiden Warning Smith 1t also
contains many other interesting and m
siruc,ive articles.
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al lesson to be learned from that proceed
ing, and the Republicans might have
pro6ted by it. Bu, we are glad to be
able to state tina. very many of the legis.
la,ors who were deceived into signing
the call, themselves repudiated its &C.
ton when Morrill, was nominated.
If there are any Republicans in this
county who wish to defend themselves or
Morrill,, upon the points here raised, We
say to them come on" Our columns
are open to Jon.
We cannot better close this article
which is already much longer than we "a,
first intended. than by copying the fol-
lowing from the American Patriol, than
which there is not published paper
more true to the American party:
The efforts that are being made to
ama.ganate the American party with the
other polite alisms in various sections OF
the country. ore proving but TOO success.
full. In Maine. we notice by a late mum.
Der Of the Kennebec Journal, the Amer.
can party has already become los, 10 a
great degree in the mazes OF odd line
partyism. Tha, paper heads the recent
municipal sriumphs in tina, State. Of the
American party, Republican triunphs,
and says those elections have generally
gone in favor Of Temperance and Free
dom, leaving Americanism entirely ont
Of the question. l. also places Arson p.
Morrill, IN nomination for Governor n, the
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NOTHING VENTURE NOTHING HAVE By Cousin Alice
New York; D. Appleton & Co. For sale by Taylor &
Maury, Washington, D. c.
One of those charming little stories for which
Cousin Alice is SO famous-simple, natural,
graceful, interesting without effort full of pathos,
and teaching, in a manner not to be forgotten,
what marvels may be accomplished by selfde.
NAL sef-reliance, and trust in God.
nm i-fk LINES, AND CHARACTERISTICS OF JouN BuNyAN.
by robert Philip With an Introduction by s Dryden
rheps, d. d. New Haven: H. Mansfield For sale
by Gray Ballanyne, Washington D. C.
The life OF such man as John Bunvan. the
profane boy and the pious man, the obscure
tinker OF Elstowe, and the author of a book
that has thrown its destinations alike over the
learned and the ignorant, finding its way into
numerous languages, until at last embalmed in
the language of Homer-a man, pronounced
by Macaulay, to be as decidedly the first of al
iegorsts, as Demosthenes is the first of orators,
or Shakespeare the first of dramatists, must
possess peculiar interest to student of human
nature. MIR. Philip has been at pains to collect
the most ample materials respecting the Incl
dents and events of his early career, his gradual
growth and changes, and his works, which he
has embodied in large octave, interesting, of
course, but, we apprehend, somewhat overload
ed with details and inferential comments, that
might as well be left to the imagination of the
reader
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almost necessarily be the scions of gentlemen
| that is, of men in high position and of aristo-
cratic connections-the improvement will be
but moderate. We would have hopes of the
service, if it were established that officers must
necessarily pass through this school, that the
pupils of this school must necessarily pass
through at least two years of actual service as
apprentices, and be advanced, at any period
under twenty-five, to the school, because OF
their welltried worth and suitableness for the
service. The apprentice system will be a good
system to produce sailors and officers when thus
managed; but we shall have little faith in it,
without such stimulus as that here suggested.
Under Secretary Paulding, schools were es-
tablished on shipboard for the boys; and these
might of course be resumed, as preparatory to
the existing naval school, As the hope of ad-
vancement and incentive to labor for improve
ment would animate each sailor up to the age
of twenty-five, the service would always pos
sess enough of both officers and men, bound
together by fraternal feeling, yet not regard
less of proper distinctions and discipline, to
control the character of the service, and SUBJ
due and give tone to all auxiliary aid required.
There are now but few officers in the navy who
do not boast their relationship to distinguished
and aristocratic families throughout the land.
Under the proposed order of affairs, there
would be many to boast their relationship to
worthy and honored men in the naval service
of their country.
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PENNSYLVANIA YEARLY MEETING OF PRO
GRESSIVE FRIENDS.

Again this religious body sends fraternal sal.
utations to the friends of Truth, Purity, and
Progress, in every part of the land, without dis
tinction of sex, sect, party, or color, earnestly
inviting their presence at its Third Annual Con-
vocation, to be held in the new meeting house
at Longwood, situated between the villages of
Kennett Square and Hamorton, Chester county,
Pa, commencing at 10 o'clock A. NJ, on first
day, the Goth of fifth month, 1855, and contin-
uing as long as the business claiming attention
may require.
The chief characteristic Of the Progressive
Friends, by which they are distinguished from
nearly every other Religious Society, is seen in
the fact, that they prescribe no system of theo-
logical belief as a test of membership, but in
vite to equal cooperation all who regard man
kind as one Brotherhood, and who acknowledge
the duty of showing their faith in God not by
asserting to the lifeless propositions of man.
made creed, but by lives of personal purity and
Il hearty devotion to the welfare of their fellow
men. Slavery, Intemperance, War, Capital
Punishment, the denial of the Equal Rights of
Woman, Oppression in all its forms, Ignorance,
Superstition, Priestcraf, and Ecclesiastical
Domination these, and such as these, are the
evils and sins, which they feel constrained to
assail by every rightful and legitimate weapon;
while they seek to promote every virtue that
can adorn humanity, and to foster those immu-
table principles of justice, mercy, and love,
which alone can secure the peace, progress,
and happiness, of all the children of God To
all whose hearts incline them to engage in a
work so transcendently important and sublime,
we say, come and aid us by your sympathes,
aspirations, and counsels, and by the consecra-
ton thereto of your noblest powers.
JosEPH A. DUGDALE,
MARTHA CHAMBERS,
SIDNEY PIERCE CURTIS,
THOMAS CURTIS,
WILLIAM BARNARD,
OLIVER JOHNSON,
THOMAS HAMILTON,
HANNAH NJ. DARLINGTON,
Committee Of arrangements.
Communications intended for the Meeting,
whether from individuals or associations, should
be addressed to either or both Of the Clerks viz
Joseph A. Dugdale and Sidney Pierce Curtis,
Hamorton, Chester county, Pa.
Friends in the vicinity will be hospitable to
strangers to the extent of their ability
A Dedicatory Meeting will be held on the
day previous to the Yearly Meeting, the / 9th of
5th month, (May,) at 10 o'clock A. NJ Theo-
dore Parker, of Boston, and Professor Harvey,
of Philadelphia, have given assurances that
they will be present and address the Meeting.
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6eueraI Wens.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.

The steamer Nashville, chartered by the Col
Inns Company in place of the steamer Pacific,
arrived at New York at noon on Sunday, April
%, bringing Liverpool and London papers Of
the It'll
The second day out from New York, on her
outward passage, Mrs. Rose Riley, one of the
passengers, suddenly disappeared and is sup
posed to have thrown herself overheard
The Vienna Conference having adjourned till
the 9Th there is no news of importance from
that point. The consideration of the third
point was to be the first subject before the Con
ference on reassembling. Public opinion is
about equally divided as to the final result.
The adjournment of the Conference till the 9th
was to await the Russian ultimatum and the
arrival of the French and Turkish Ministers of
Foreign Affairs at Vienna.
Ali Pasha arrived at Vienna on Friday, and
would take part in the future discussions of the
Conference.
A despatch from Berlin, dated Friday, April
9th, states that the Russian party there is pre-
dominant and that Prussia will likely throw
herself into the arms of the Car in case Of an
uufavorable result of the Conference.
Political affairs are just where they were at
the period of the closing of previous accounts,
except that the feeling becomes stronger that
nothing is left but to fight out the difficulty.
General WedePs return as Prussian Envoy
to Paris has been countermanded; and Colonel
Olserg, an attache of the Prussian Legation
has also been recalled, indicating that the nego
tiations are closed.
There had been a succession of sanguinary
conflicts between the French and Russians be-
fore Sebastopol, for the possession of rifle am
buscade pits with varying success and much
loss of life. The latest battle which took place
on the night of the 25th ultimo, put 5000 men
hors du combat. There are no details.
Both Russians and Allies are strengthening
their respective positions in the Crimea.
A council of war was held on the 18th oil
March. Omer Pasha desired the assistance OF
the Allies, which could not be granted. The
Turks are only expected to hold Eupatoria.
General Canrobert states that in the affairs
| of the 22d and 23d, the Russians lost 2,O0C
men, and the Allies 600.
A portion of the Baltic feet sailed on the
afternoon of the 4th.
The Russians had established two fortified
| camps, of 10000 men each, for the defence o.
| the Baltic provinces, and had blocked up al
the ports by sunken vessels.
| liverpool, april Prices of cotton have
| slightly advanced, and the market is buoyant
| Orleans fair sgd, middling std, Upland fail
o4u., OPlauu mluullhg o'I-lou. MancneStel
| advices are more favorable.
The breadstuff market is generally unchang
ed. Western Canal -four (old) AS, new 39s.
Ohio ass. Corn, white and yellow, 43s., mixed
AS. 3D. Wheat, white, LIS. 3D., red Is. Sd.
Provisions: The market is generally unchang
ed. Prices are sitter, but not quotably higher
Lard had advanced Is.
The money market is easier. The bank ha:
| reduced its rates to al per cent Consols TO
money are quoted at 92s (0 923.
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THE LIVER PILLS.

The Liver Pills OF DR. McLane were first used by him
exclusively his practice 80 efhcac'ous were they
an all Of Liver Complaint that they became hmouS
and attracting the attention Of the medical faculty. passed
general They act with great certainty and frE-
ularH the patient almost Immediately feels the dsPer-
sion OF his disease and is gradually restored 10 health
With some the effect is almost miraculous, frequently
perencing immediate relief after having for months
sorted drugs and medicines Of another description, "a
Diseases OF the Liver very common an ihs
country, and often frightfa in character. Those who
experience any the premotory symptoms Of this dan
gerous and complicated disease should at procure
box of DIR MeIanes Pills. aud perhaps thereby be saved
a world OF misery.
IL Purchasers WIN be careful TO ask for DIR MeLSne'z
celebrated Liver Pills, and take else. There
other Pills purPoring TO be Liver Phls, before the
public Dr. McLane's Liver Pills, also his celebrated
Venifuge he had al all respectable Drug Stores
in the United States and Canada .
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could be bound only until they arrived at the
age OF Il years. They expressed their deter
mination, however, to serve their mistress for
10 years. One is 20, and the other l8 years of
age.-Batimore Sun, april 20.
There is so much to admire and commend in
the character of Mr.. and Mrs. Brewer, and of
this family Of negroes, as indicated by the above
statement, that we would not wantonly impair
the favorable impression it may well produce !;
but our experience is very ample on this subject,
and we have so uniformly observed vague and
ill-defned consciousness of social depression
and civil disability, and consequent helplessness,
weighing upon the mind of the negro eman-
cipated from literal Slavery, that We marvel not
at his faint-heartedness in coming out upon the
world of competition and selfreliance, 80 sud-
denly opened before him.
Washington Irving, whose life has been con-
sidered in danger, from injuries received by q
recent fall from his carriage, is pronounced
convaleScent.
A LAND OF PLEYTY.-The Omaha City Ne
braskaian Of the 18th Of April notices the
gloomy accounts of agriculture in some of the
older States and says:
In winter, your cattle die of cold and star
walton; in summer, they are obliged to drink
from pools of stagnant water. Here in Ne
braska, cattle quench their thirst from never
failing springs and streams Of pure water, and
keep fat all the year on the rich grass and nu-
! tricious pea and rushes which grow in wild
luxuriance on our broad prairies and in our
fertile valleys. Much of our winter weather
resembles the mild and bright September days
| of the East"
LECTURES BY Mn. SuNNER.-The Secretary of
the New York Anti-Slavery Society states that
Hon. Charles Sumner has made arrangements
to lecture on the subject of Slavery, at Albany,
Rochester, Canandaigua, Auburn, Skaneateles,
Syracuse, Utica, Fulton, and New York city,
during this month.
The colOred Baptist Church in Richmond,
Va, numbers about twenty-seven hundred
COMMITMENTS. 1t is believed to be the largest
number Of any church in the United States.
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In investigating the subject, the Chairman OF
the Nunnery Committee had declined giving the
full reasons for the introduction of the order
until their report should have been made.
To the question as to "Why the visit was
made?" the reply in the investigation has
been, some from curiosity, others for other OBJ.
jects, but none to any important point
The principal charges of impropriety, being
made against Mr.. Hiss, have been referred to
a special committee, and no opinion should
here be uttered that would seem like prejudg-
ing his case.
In conclusion, they "suggest no action ~
| They were appointed to investigate, and having
| performed their unwelcome duty, without fear,
| favor, or hope of reward, they leave the matter
| in the hands of the House.
| Hon. r. c. Puryear, of North Carolina, who
voted against the Nebraska iniquity, has been
renominated by his constituents, and will be
elected, beyond doubt Honor to the old
| North State.
The St. Louis MO- Pilot of April l4th says
ave greatlytear that those of our friends in
the western counties, who imagine that the
question of Slavery or No Slavery in Kansas
has been settled by the result of the late cleo
ton, are doomed to sore disappointment On
subject of such vital interest to them and to
the counties on the western border, it is impor
tant that they should not be deceived. They
should know the worst, and prepare themselves
for it."
The editor then alludes to the emigration
from New England and New York, in proof Of
what he says. We hope he is right. Kan
sas may be peopled by freemen; but if by
slave-owners, there would be no chance of her
admission into the Union with Slavery. The
game is up.
| WIscoNsIY.-Hon. Orsamus Cole has beer
elected Judge of the Supreme Court of Wiscon
sin, on the issue Of the of the
Fugitive Slave Law. This makes the whole
Court unit on that question. Three cheers
for Wisconsin, Concord ~. H) Iadependen
| De,1Ocrnf