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itician would be reused by such atrocities to
something like spirit; the most corrupt men,
Der of Congress from the free States would be
ashamed to vote for the application" Not if
the platform of Tammany is to become the
platform of the Northern Democracy. "Nation-
atty" will make them all craven.
The reader will understand that the remarks
enclosed in brackets are our own.
Now, the obvious fault of the Post, and pa
pers of like character, is, that they do not rec
ognise Slavery as the paramount Question,
while the Shareholders do. The idea of exclu-
ding it from the sphere of political action is as
absurd as would be proposition to exclude
action upon the Civil and Diplomatic bill. Sla-
very has possession of the Federal Government,
and is determined to retain possession. 1t
claims to be national, has resolved to national
ize itself, and is steadily pursuing this policy
without looking to the right hand or to the left.
One aggression opens the way for another
each victory is made the basis of new demands.
Such was the policy in general way, adopted
by the British Crown in regard to these Colo
MES. There were "National" men in those
days-men, decided enough in condemning the
ill-advised course of the Crown, but just as de-
cided in maintaining the union between the
Mother Country and the Colonies. Doctrinally,
they opposed oppression, practically, by their
acts, they ignored the subject, anxious for the
maintenance of the union on any terms.
There is but one way to manage the Question
of Slavery. The Slavery Party has definite
creed, method, and purpose, essentially Pro-Sla-
very Its opponents must confront it with a
definite creed, method, and purpose, thorough
ly Anti-Slavery. The Slavery Party never has
ignored the Question, never will. Its opponents
must not ignore it. The man or party at the
North, who favors or advocates such a policy,
is, in fact, no matter what his intention may be-
practical Pro-Slavery man, an alder and abet
tor of the whole scheme of Slavery Misrule and
Usurpation.
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CORRECTION. In a communication from
Michigan, in the Peoples Department, printed
in the Era of the 18th inst, towards the close
the writer said" the members of the lodges
mostly, perhaps unanimously, voted the Demo
cratic or Locofoco ticket" He meant, as he
informs us, to write, that the members of
some Of" the lodges did so and so.
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A GREAT OVERSIGHT. "The Rainbow
printed on the first page of the last Era, APP
peared as if original, when everybody knows
that it is a good deal older than the Era, and
is perhaps more familiar to the public than
any other poem of Mrs. Welby. 1t was printed
in our paper at the request of an old subscri-
Der, but we forgot to state the fact.
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LET EVERY SUBSCRIBER REMEMBER that no
letter can now be forwarded to its place of des-
tination, which is not prepaid. If any one
should put letter in the post Office, containing
money to renew a subscription, and forget to
prepay it, it would not reach us, and of course
we should not be held responsible.
Remember, then, to prepay all your letters,
as the law directs
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FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE.

A correspondent, whose opportunities for OBJ.
serving the character and tone of the issues Of
the Press are not equal to our own, intimated
some time since that cheap publications devo
ted specially to the Question of Slavery were
no longer needed, as the subject has become so
general n topic of discussion. Were he in the
habit of examining as many newspapers every
day, as we examine, he would reconsider this
opinion. With the exception of the Tribune
| and Past, of New York, and very few like
them, IN some of our cities, the Question OF
Slavery is but little discussed by the Press, out
side of the circle of the Anti-Slavery papers,
Indeed, there is nothing in the issues of the
general Press to keep alive the convictions and
purposes aroused in the Public Mind by the
late Nebraska outrage. At no time has there
been a greater need of the active dissemination
through cheap publications, circulated gratui
tousy, or almost so, of thorough, uncompromi-
sing, intelligent Anti-Slavery sentiment. The
Facts tor The People is intended to supply this
want. One dollar will procure six copies
which may be circulated widely, and SOW seed
WHICH shall bring forth fruit abundanlly.
We have concluded TO send specimen mum
Der to every subscriber, so as to give all a
| chance to do something. A large edition was
sent out last week; a still larger we send this
Read, subscribe, and circulate. The following
| are the Terms:
Six copies TO one address -Sl.OO
Fourteen copies to one address 200
Fifty copies to one address 600
b6s- Postage pre- paid at the Office of deliv
cry, single copies sac cents a year, or lire
cents halfyearly.
N. p. Willis, having elected sundry pre-
obituary notices of a character to suit his taste
announces his entire restoration TO health bu
is no doubt prepared to sing, with Bombastes
that
" Ii the good folks please,
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NAVAL OFFIcERs.-A naval officer, who
writes to the New York Post, states that there
are 10 lieutenants in our navy unfit to take
command Of a ship, and IS of these unfit to be
trusted as watch-officers.
A person, whom we fully believe, assures rs
that in a conversation with a Lieutenant of the
United States Navy, few months since, he as
certained that that officer did not know all the
ropes Of a ship, and could not multiply frae,
ton by a fraction, though he was splendid
fellow at dinner party or in ballroom
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WASHINGTON, d. c..
THURSDAY, APRIL &c, 1855.

LIGHT AND DARKNESS, by new Contributor,
must attract general attention. Such poetry
does not often greet us among the hard reali-
ties of newspapers. For condensed though,
exquisite imagery, and manly pathos, it has
rarely been equalled.
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LEONARD WRAY.-Subscribers inquire why
the concluding chapters of Leonard Wray are
withheld. We cannot say. Our London cor
respondent We have considered punctual
man, but he is certainly impairing the interest
of his story, by delaying its denouement. We
hope he will attend to the matter.
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E. FoxToN

CoSNEcrIcUr ELEcrIoS.-The Hartford Cou-
rant publishes the official returns of the late
election In Connecticut for Governor, members
OF Congress, and State Senators. 1t appears
that the whole vote for Governor is 64,55I, and
that there is no choice by the people. William
II. Minor tx. N. has 2s,078 Samuel Ingham
lDem.) q, 290, and Henry Dutton Whig) 9,l6l.
Messrs. Minor and Ingham will be the two can
didates before the Legislature. We append the
vote Of each county
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DEArm OF "CURRER BELL."-The LONDON : !,
Nescs announces the death of "Currer Ben, ),
Charlotte Bronti,) author of "Jane Eyre,
'.Shirley," and villette." She was the ia's
survivor of three wonderful girls, the daughters
of a clergyman who, now very aged and inhr"'
survives his wife and all his many children.
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ly, and to those of Germany especially, made
by the famous Congress of Vienna, which was
brought to a premature close, as already init
mated, by the terrible news that Napoleon had
again mounted the throne of France.
To BE Continued
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IL thr goo" ioihS picac,
Wen die again Tomorrow

BREAD AND BUTTER are hard to get, -four
being fourteen dollars a barrel, and butter for
ty-iour cents a pound. Yet the yield of the
earth is as good as ever. What is wrong? Are
there SO few Industrious and frugal men and
women, to till the soil and labor in the dairy
Slave labor makes cotton and tobacco, not -four
and butter; and free white labor looks to gold
in the earth, to foreign conquests, to commerce,
and to speculation, not for comfort and happi-
ness, but for speedily acquired wealth.
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A PLEA FOR THE HOMESTEAD Lam we
have always regarded with favor the propose
ton to exempt the home of every tamil y NOT
exceeding reasonable amount in valueJ iroih
legal process of attachment
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The wife Of the U. S. Senator Hamlin died a
their residence in Hampden, Maine, on the l I'll
instant.
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Anthracite coal is abundant in Nebraska
Some of very good quality has been found along
the Platte river.
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9,l6l 27,2s

9,l6l 27,29O 2s,07s
The aggregate majority in the State against
the Administration on the Congressional vote
is 1902.
The Democrats of the tenth district of Ken
tucky have nominated Gen. William o. Butler
for Congress.
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formation may not be derived from the same
sources from whence the Gazette draws, but the
following, we presume, is the method in which
it is to ho brought about, which, we think, ex
hibits more craft and cunning than wisdom Oh
honesty.
The Executive State Council of the Know
Nothing Order of Ohio consists of twenty one
persons, one from each Congressional district
Sixteen members of this body met few weeks
ago at the Capital to cut out work for the
members. They first resolved that the Order
should make separate and secret nominations
| ID. That it should pack the Republican State
Convention, and foist upon it those nominees
The mode of proceeding is to be this: Some
time in May, all the subordinate Councils are
to express their respective choice for State
candidates, the voice of each Council to be
| counted according as the majority shall vote
| The expressions thus obtained are to be for
| warded to the State President at Cincinnati
During the fore part of June, grand State
conclave is to be held in Cleveland of delegates
| from as many of the subordinate Councils as
will attend. AT that Convention, the candidates
suggested by the subordinate Councils will be
balloted for, until the choice is reduced between
three for each office. These are to be referred
back to the subordinates, to be voted for during
the first week in July, and the persons receiving
1 the most VOteS 10 De ueciareu Tie nOWineeS D
| the Order. The next step will then be, to sc
cure the delegates to the Republican Conven
| ton, or a majority of them, and compel tina
| Convention to re-nominate the candidates O
| the Order.
| In our humble judgment, this patent RICH
continuance will not work. Screws will ge
loose, and cogs will break, and the whole ma
chine will smash to pieces. Some of our rea
sons are these: LIST. The proposed plan il
| neither fair nor honest. I'd. If successful, tn,
Convention would not be a Republican, but
Know Nothing body, and the ticket nominated
would be simply Know Nothing ticket. Sd
| The method contemplated will destroy tn,
| Anti-Slavery and State Reform issues, ant
cause the election to turn on nativistic pro
| scription, with the re-enactment of the Cincin
natl scenes over the State. 4th. The efec
viii be, to drive the whole Protestant NATURAL
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-10-27
Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.
GauEs Of the Country

WASHINGTON, OCTOBER 22.-Tho reror. oil
the Secretary Of the Treasury Oh tho condition
OF the banks throughout ia C CnIon, is more
favorable 10 tho credit and ssseiy of those in
sti,utions than was anticipated year or two
ago. The great expansion Of The paper curfen.
ey in consequence VI he influx Of gold la 4
caused some alarm, and The drain OF our gold
TO pay Tor large impor,ations was, as man,
Thought, likely to Lead to collapse OF The
banks. But tiom this calamity We have esca.
ped, and The banks generally are as sound as a,
ANY former time, hilo they yet greatly assis,
in the conduct OF the business concerns of the
country.
The reported bank api,al is now about three
hundred and thirty three millions. while then
specie amounts 10 iiity.thlce millions and their
circulation TO one hundred and eighty six mil
lions-ln seine OF the States IA few banks fell
into such discred.l that their notes were worth.
ess, bur generally the bank paper has SCI we'd
ne purpose OF circulating medium. 1t would
he Wei II the Secretary, In his next report
won.d give Us statement OF the amount of the
lasslo The community through broken bank ia.
per. lhe sum VIII be found very considsra-
bic; but this Is an evil that Is insepafable from
the SYSTEM. which we must continue to endure
even should II be attended with occasional in
con venienees.
"A New York paper expresses the spprehen-
sion thai The pressure for gold will become so
great IN England iha. a suspension Of specie,
+ avn en,s viii follow. as in the war growing
OFT oil The French revolution. Shoud ,hls oc.
cur, It's effects will NJ. be 10 Increase, bu,
ma oh 10 diminish, the drain Of gold IRON this
coa ntIy- lmporialions are swelling I'D the
'aaa 'mum OF the flush times Of 1858, in conse.
quence Of Our having become again able to
pay Tor them. Every thing wears au appeas-
ance OF remarkable prosperity. Tbs revenue
for the nexl year will te, as some estimate, no,
less III an eighty five millions, including ten
from tia lands. Congress must be industrious
and ing enions also TO find ways 10 expend all
this NOR ey They will DO assisted by nutner.
Gus outsl lie advisers IN their ardnoas TASK.
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The New Mail Arrangement

The new arrangement for carrying III E
northern mail over the Manassas Gan
Railroad, so faI, has given universal sat.
istaction to e,tiz.ns Of the Valley, at least
from Strasburg 20 Staunton. Letters and
papers, which were delivered here for.
merly between nine and ten o'clock at
night now reach IFS by two o'clock in the
afternoon. About Z hours earlier than by
the old arrangement. So far, therefore. as
we are concerned. the new arrangement
is decidedly better than the old i, seems
however that our nelighbors Of Wincbes--
ter are very much dissatisfied with the
change, and think the Post Master Gener.
al has done them great injustice by the
change in the schedule for this route OF
course they are the best judges the eff
teet the change has had upon them; but " e
should think that III can make but little
difference in the delivery ofthe northern
mail for Winchester, and not great deal
OF difference to the section between that
point and strasbufs. The mere transition
OF the Valley mail from Winchester TO
srasburs, could be Of no practical ,mpor.
lance to the former. The only difference
that we can see. affecting Winchester, in
the new arrangement, is, that the mail
from that place is now earned in two
horse instead Of a tour-horse coach. This
Is TO be regretted, bnt cannot be bclped.-
Tenth Legion.
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County Court.

This Cour, has been in session since Monday
astAnd is still, al the hour at going 10 press, sill,
ting.
Alcsday and Tuesday were taken up viii
the ordinary rrobat business and the Common
weal.h,s docket. Matthew Edmonds, charged
with..arceny,was sent on 10 the Circuit Court
II. II. Robertson, Esq., counsel for The prisoner
One of The m isdemeanor cases attracted our al
ten,ion for its novelty and exceeding richness
was an Indictment for t.espass of sundry
young gea,lemen, for serenads 10 a young
narued couple The jury brought in verdict
al one ceAt damages. Cheap music, ii ii was
made on a cows horn!
The remainder Of the term has been taken
ND with the usury cases. The Court will adj
jeurn to-day. ,,..5.,, +,
Attorney, has aea.a cleared the Common
xeal,h's docket. Much credi, is due him toI
the energy with which he discharges The duties
Of his place.
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KANSAS PoLITIcs.-The Kansas cores.
oonden. OF the Missouri Democrat saws the
return from Twenty-Five precincts give
lteedcI, for Congress, 1895 votes. There.
were sill twenty-nihe precincts TO hear
from, and it was thought his vote would
exceed 5000. The election passed peace
ably, and no persons were permitted to
vote unless they had been actual residents
OF city OF town for Thirty days preceding
the election.
The free soilers are getting up docu-
ments wheIe-with to contest Whitfield's
seat in Congress. They profess to De able
to prove that there were only four le-
gel Pro-slavery votes at Franklin, while
Whitfield received 81 votes there ;,la. cut
OF upwards of 200 votes cast for Whitseld
Wyandotte, only 80 were legal; tina. out
OF $50 cast Osaw otame. not over fifty were
legal that at Baptist Mission, which gave
Whitfield over 100 votes there were but
II legal voters and only Is Of them cast
ballots; and, in fine, not 1000 legal votes
were cast for Whitfield throughout the
whole Territory.
Delegates TO the Constitutional Conyen-
Eaa been chosen. They will form Safe
constitution tor Kansas aud apply for adj.
mission into the Union. Mr.. Reeder will
be the bearer Of the constitution snd petl-
tion to Washington.
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PENmANsMip, &c.,-We..direct attention
to the advertisement Of Mr. G. Nj. Ligget.
ofSt. Louis, who proposes 10 give lessons.
in Double Entry Book keeping, Penman-
ship and stylographic Card making. We
have examined some Of the specimens OF
Mr.. LIS work on exhibition at the Virginia
Hotel. and we are compelled to say, they
surpass anything of the kind we have ever
seen-foIc,ng US to the belief thai he under.
stands his business. The process by which
lie ,eochcs is very simple, placing it in the
power of all to make at least satisfactory at
ta;nmens in the use Of the pen Mr.. L. will
open on nexs Monday i" the rooms above
the Millinery of AIRS, L. II. Ward and
opposite the aJuion Hall.
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Extensive SALES OF VIRGINIA LANps.-Ths
following auction sa les of Virginia lands took
place in Philadelphia last week
Ten tracts Of land, each 1000 acres, bod
bridge county, Va, 2 cents per acre, five
lfacs of land. SEQ, a,oOo, 1000, 900 and a.
600 acres, Randolph county, II cents per acre
one tract, 1901 acres Gimer county, 214
cents per acre; two tracts, 1900 and 3cOO
acres, washington county, cent per acre;
IA tracts, 1000, $500, $500 and 5000 acres
ash nG ION county; ~ cents per acre; Ole
llael' ~ ooo acres washington county, cent
per acre; one tract, 1880 acres, Brax,oa coun.
y, cents per acre; tract, Q 500 acres,
Mononesl'a county, 1873 cents rer acre;
tract, IA, 600 acres, Gllmef county, 2 is cents
per acre; IL tracts 900 acres each. Mon,aom.
cry and kaye.te counties, | cent per acre.
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90, In New York a coffin desler in q

Co. In New York coffin desler in or
der not TO shock the nerves OF tho Goth.
antics, keeps his merchandise from pub
lie view aud the attention ofthe passer-by
is directed to the establishment BY the large
scresns of rolling curtains elaboyateIv
painted one represents a young girl
weeping al the grave of her mother, and
the other IS hgure-lille Hamlet, graceful
~ reelia'hg on messy bank, With doe
at his ieet, contemplating iu,urity and
thinking OF the departed he has lost
while in the distance is partial view Of o
cemetery. The paintings are no common
dsubs, but works Of artistic beauty.
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sc- nice shoe is very essential article TO
Constitute It neat dress. This is conceded
iact, which iie9 ne disputes. Tie great Difficult
~, however, Is To find such an aIiicle-sihere' S
the fub." We. can tell those in search Of such
necessity, ille very spot Bl:eie to &c, it. +.
a. Davis Co.'S, Boo, and Shoe Store, Union
HAL. We are aware OF the fact that nice
shoe can be had at this establishment, because
our better half. Mrs. Junior, has been presented,
through. Mr.. Junior, with the neatest and ret.
TEST raJ OF black kid Booees,w we have ever seer,
LII f.c. We have never seen anything Of the kind
before. Ihey are very sof. and piable, and
must be a deligh,ful as wei! as handsome snos
to wear. The fact of the business is, since We
received our new beaver, there has been moth.
ing thai pleased rs so well as the shoes, for "
expected TO be dunned for pair before mex,
Sunday so our feelings have been saved and a
wan, Supplied. We only wish our friend Davis
had a wife, and then he would hc able 10 meas.
ure our gratitude, provided somebody wouid
give her pair Of shoes. '''Ts so, and pity It's
so,o he's "solitary and 5loneT III this "unf.enl
ly world" and dol btless ''leels like sne who
sFeads alone soae bangue, hall deser:ed," &c.
But there's no usa moralizing now Business
Is business and if any fair lady wants to or
nameni hey +, oh, her Pedesas, MI Davis has
The article just for the occasion.