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Washington sentinel., 1856-08-09
WORDS OF WISDOM AND PATRIOTISM

"The agitation on the question Of domestic
Slavery has too long distracted and divided the
people Of the Union and alicnated their afTec.
ions from each other.
"Most happy would il be for the country, if
this long agitation were ri an end. During
its whole progress it has produced no practical
good to any human being, whilst il has been
the source Of great and dangerous evils. 1t
has alienated and estranged one portion Of the
Union from the other, and has even seriously
threatened its existence To my own personal
knowledge it has produced the impression
among foreign nations that our great and glo-
rious confederacy is in constant danger Of dis.
solution. This does us}serious injury, because
acknowledged power and stability always com.
mand respect among nations, and are among
the best securities against unjust aggres,ions.
and in favor Of the maintenance OF honorable
peace.
"Undcr these circumstances, / must cheer.
fully pledge myself, should the nomination OF
the convention be ratified by the people, that
all the power and influence, constitutionally
possessed by the Executive, shall be exerted
in firm but conciliatory spirit during the sin
gle term shall remain in Office, to restore the
same harmony among sister States which pre-
vailed before this apple Of dscord, in the form
Of Slavery agitation, had been cast into their
BUcHAxAss LFTTER or Ac
cEPTANCE
Washington sentinel., 1856-08-09
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OPENED BY II. III. STOCKTON, for
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Not a single member Of Gen. Harrison's
Cabinet supports Fremont, and but one of Gen.
Taylor's. All the ex-Presidents Of the Republic
are against Fremont. The adopted son and
heir of jackson is defending Buchanan. The
son and son.in.law Of Harrison, the sons Of
Henry Clay and Daniel Webster, are also for
Buchanan. And so is Gen. Leslie Combs of
Kentucky, the noted Whig orator and bosom
friend of Clay.
The Herald thought it the "most amusing
thing in the world" to see half dozen or more
old Wing Senators advocating the election Of
Mr.. Buchanan. We told him we hoped to keep
him amused for several weeks. We trust the
above will cause him to laugh again. We have
many, many more amusing facts, but we shall
deal them out gently for fear of the effect upon
his diaphragm.--N \. NeUs.
Washington sentinel., 1856-08-09

NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE RooMs,
July 5, 1856.
State executive committees, county and city
clubs and associations, organized TO promote
the election Of the Democratic nominees for
the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the
United States, will address their communion
tons to Hon. CHARLES j. FAULKNER, of Vir-
ginia, Chairman Of tie National Democratic
Resident Committee, Washington city, D. c.
Democratic papers throughout the United
States are requested to copy the above notice.
By orler Of the Committee.
Washington sentinel., 1856-08-09
PROSPECTUS
For Publishing at Concord, New Hampshire.
A weekly Newspaper TO be entitled,
THE DEMOCRATIC STANDARD,
H"i M hiI'''HSeI
TI,HE Subscriber will, Immediately after
DEVOTED TO PoLIr1os, LITERATURE, AND CINE

DEVOTED TO PoLIT1cs, LITERATURE, AND GENE
RAJ iNTELIIeENcE.
TISHE Subscriber will, Immediately after
a the nomination of candidate for the Office
Of President OF the United Slates by tde National
Democratic Convention about TO assemble at Gin
cinnati, commence the publication Of weekly
newspaper under the title above named. While
he does not propose at the present time TO go into
a full detail OF the course which his contemplated
paper will pursue. he will take this occasion 10
say that will be devoted 10 earnest faithful,
and he trusts, efficient advocacy of Democratic
principles as expounded and illustrated by those
Two great fathers and apostles OF Democracy,
Thomas JEFFERSON, and ANDREW JACKSON The
principles and examples OF thos. two illustrious
men inculcate the duty of mana aiming with in
flexible fidelity the CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF
THE STATES, and The SOVEREIGN AND INALIENABLE
RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE, as the corner stones of
our republican system OF government. Those
great conservative ideas will always find express
sion in the columns of the journal which the un-
dersigned is about TO establish.
II will also support with zeal and fidelity all
nominations Of the Democratic party, fairly and
honorably made. While, on the other hand, it
will resoluiely oppose every attempt to snbyert the
Democratic organization into mere machine for
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of individuals or factions
Under the flag of Democracy all have equal rights
and privileges. None should be prescribed, and
none ostracized from the party, for refusing to
bow 10 the dctation Of selfish cliqucs within the
Democratic organization who attempt 10 WELD il
for the promotion Of their own interests, or for
The qualification Of their dslikes and passions.
In the columns of the "STANDARD' all interests of
the party, and all who recognize its principles,
will be canddly heard, and kindly and impartially
treated. And, he will further add, that its tone
and language in the discussion of the principles
TO which it will be devoted, will be dignifed and
becoming.
With such views and purposes in the conduct
of his proposed paper, the undersigned hopes for
success. He believes public sentiment in this
State demands the establishment at the
Capital, of such journal as he proposes 10 pub
lisb. .
The DEMOCRATIC STANDARD will be published on
a sheet of the size of the Con gregatioaal Jour
mar which is SO by 25 inches, and is of the
largest and iairest papers in the State. 1t will be
printed on new type, and its editorial columns
will be enriched by contributions from the pens
of some Of the ablest writer's of the Democratic
party in the Slate.
TERMs-sl so in advance. So at the end Of the
year.
IL II is desirable that the friends of this new
enterprise should be active I'm procuring subscri-
bers whose names should be sent in soon
possible, as the paper will be commenced the first
OF June
JOHN B. PALMER,
CoNcoRD, N. H., June g. Publisher.
Washington sentinel., 1856-08-09

II their is anything calculated TO ruin the
youth Of our country from Divine things, and to
disregard all religious teachings, it is the low,
canting profanity Of the teachers themselves.
Here is a specimen of Black "Republican
profanity, written by the Rev. John Pierpont,
which we copy from the Abolition Tribune, a
mass Of doggerel which he puts into the mouths
Of what he calls "Border Ruflians:"
Alabama! Carolina
Our dear sister Arkansas
Send your ruilians; help us twine
Rope TO throttle freedoms Jaw
For five don't stop her clamor'
She'll dissolve the Union, damn her
String up on the nearest tree
The damned Abolitionist,
Pratng here Of liberty
Give his cursed neck twist!
Never fear; they darent attack us
We have Uncle Sam 10 back us!
We refrain from copying more-deeming
this quite sufficient for any sensible man. We
have seen COMMANDMENT somewhere, 10
. Swear not at adj" Wonder IL this Rec. ever
heard Of it7--M Y Ne,cs
Washington sentinel., 1856-08-09

rzy' Doctress Lydia Sayer, the well.k known
Bloomer who lectured in this city last winter,
was last week married to Mr.. J. W. Has.
brouck, editor of the Whig Press. The cere-
mony was performed by the parties, without
the aid Of a minister, at the residence of the
brides father, in Orange county, New York.
Washington sentinel., 1856-08-09

EES- Mr.. Pryor, Of the Richmond Enquirer,
and Mr.. Ridgeway, Of the Richmond Whig,
fought duel on Wednesday last near Silver
Spring, Montgomery county, Maryland. After
harmless exchange Of shots, the misunder
standing was, il is said, amicably settled.
Washington sentinel., 1856-08-09
UNITED STATES COURT OF CLAIMS.


CARD.
YNHE undersigned, John G. Dovereux, OF
i New York city, and M. Thompson, Of Wash
Ington, d. c., attorneys and counsellors-a
are associated for the legal prosecution Of claims
for creditors of government, in the Court OF
Claims.
They will cooperate in immediate and careful
attention 10 business matters at Washington
which may be intrusted 10 their care by gentle
men of the profession and claimants, in the city OF
New York, or elsewhere in any part OF the
Union.
They may be consulted al any time, personally
or by letter, either nj New York or Washington
Particular information 10 claims which have
been at any time before Congress or Departments
can be furnished at once upon application, by the
parties interested.
JOHN G. DEVEREUX,
No. 90 Broadway, corner of Wall street,
New York city.
Nj. THOMPSON
Washington city.
N. b. @. Devereux is Commissioner Of the
Court of Claims.
Feb 7-3awtGf
Washington sentinel., 1856-08-09

JUDGE McLEAN's Position. The Cincinnati
GasetSc says it has been requested to say that
the statement that Judge Mclean intends TO
support Mr.. Fillmore, which has been exten-
sively copied by the newspapers, is incorrect.
Washington sentinel., 1856-08-09

NJ EW WORK, by the Author Of the Heir
IN Of Redclyfe.
The Castle Builders, by the author o the Hearts
Ease, IN paper covers; price so cents bound, IS
cents.
lust published and for sale at
TAYLOR ~ MAURYS
Washington sentinel., 1856-08-09

TAYLOR & MAURY have the honor 20
u announce the completion Of preparations for
the festive season. In addition 10 their ordinary
stock, (Which has always been characterized by
elegance and vsriety) they have received
choice selection of beautifully illustrated and
tastefully bound Books.
Articles of" vertu,n in Porcelain, Bronze, and
other manufacture.
Writing Desks, in papier mache and rosewood
Card Baske q, Inkstands, Ladies' Cabas.
Washington sentinel., 1856-08-09
Law NOTICE.

SHALL hereafter have an Office perma-
Il nenty in Washington for the practice Of my
profession and will give careful attention TO any
business entrusted TO my charge in the Supreme
Court, the Court OF Claims, in the Land Patent,
or Pension, Offices, or in any Of the Departments.
Business from the Southwest may be sent 10
me through v. II. Ivy, Attorney at Law, New Or
leans, who has been associated with me in the
practice in that city, and who will continue to at.
tend 10 any business there which may be placed
in my charge.
j. ID. B. DE BOW,
Late Superintendent of Census.
WASHINGTON, ID. O., April 20, 1855.
Apr 2l--1awlm
Washington sentinel., 1856-08-09

rG1- John Griswould, an eminent merchant
Of New York, died on Monday at an advanced
age.
Washington sentinel., 1856-08-09

St1s~ The county tax in ST. Mary's county,
Md, has been fixed at 43 cents on the 800.
Washington sentinel., 1856-08-09

free territory to slavery because we knew the
local laws forbad it, and the law Of nature would
exclude it."
The first reason will not avail. They were
repealed by the supremacy of the Constitution
and the provision Of the acts recognizing the
legal title to slaves as a subject for judicial
decision. The second cannot change the legal
effect Of the act, for, whatever your hope was,
IL could not change the construction Of the
law.
But what shall be said of the dishonesty of
such an answer? Did you hope, though you
voted against the acts of 1850, (which we
proved in former article,) that honest North
ern men were keeping the word of promise to
the ear, but breaking it to the hope2 That,
pretending to a fairness which their hearts re-
pudiated, they intended to cheat their Southern
brethren by keeping free territory free, by a
fraud, and making slave territory free by the
Missouri restriction? How dare you, who had
no part nor lot in the patriotic effort to adjust
this difficulty, who traitorously refused to take
any part but to denounce and repudiate it?
How dare you to put an dishonest interpreta-
ton upon the upright actions of better men
than yourselves, and attribute to them fraud,
which you only have the hearts to perpetrate? ?
The Kansas act vindicated their dishonesty;
their integrity might have been beclouded by
such an imputation, had they retained the Mis-.
sourirestricton, after passing eTerritorialacts
of 1850. All praise and honor to the virtue and
craftsmanship of those who honestly have left
to the people the settlement Of this question,
by the doctrine, SO boldly proclaimed in our
platform, and boldly endorsed by Jane Buch-
anan, of ncninterterence by Congress aoith
slarery IN The States, or the Territories, or IN
tie District Of Columbia"
We have spoken of those who opposed the
acts of 1850 and the act Of 1854. They are
consistent in their violence against the equality
of the South.
What shall be said of that party whose leader
sanctioned the equal acts Of 1850, condemns
the law of 1854, and, claiming to exclude
slavery by the Missouri restriction from the
French territory, only refrained from the proriso
as to the Mexican, because slavery could never
exist there? What shall be said of his claim
to the fair character of compromiser, who
thus seeks by indirection to deceive the South
as to one kind Of territory, and to strike blow
at her rights in another by the unconstitutional
restriction Of 1920?
Let the country in honesty resolve to carry
out the principle Of the Territorial acts of 1850.
1t is fair and just. 1t will give peace to the
country. JAMES BUCHANAN is pledged to it
unequivocally, unreservedly; John c. Fremont
is pledged against it; and Mllard Fillmore
speaks against it. and will leave to Congress
to do the act Of violence, without adverse ad-
vice from him, or the interposition of his veto
to prevent it.
Washington sentinel., 1856-08-09

bay In compliance with the request of the
Senate, the President on Wednesday last com
municated to that body the correspondence
between the Federal Government and the
government of California in regard to the in
surrection at San Francisco. The Governor
asks supply Of arms and ammunition, and
the aid Of the United States military and naval
forces to suppress the insurrection. The At.
torney General, to whom the subject was refer
red by the President is Of opinion that no
obstruction or resistance has been offered to
the Constitution, laws, or official authority Of
the Union that the President should interfere
in State instructions only on the call of the
Legislature, or of the Governor when the Le-
gisature cannot, on account Of forcible resist
ance, be convened; and that, no such case
having yet arisen, and no due call having been
made upon him, the President ought not yet
10 interpose.
Washington sentinel., 1856-08-09

Day There were III deaths, including three
Of cholera, at st. Louis for the week ending
the st instant.
Washington sentinel., 1856-08-09
LETTERS DETAINED FOR POSTAGE.

LETTERS DETAINED FOR POSTAGE.
We learn that, in answer to enquiries from
postmasters as to the ultimate disposition to be
made BY them Of letters held for postage in
their respective offices, they are instructed to
return them quarterly, to the Post Office De
partment, in the same manner as, by its regu-
lations, they are required to return advertised
dead letters.
Previous to theadoption Of the present plan of
notifying persons, TO whom unpaid letters are
addressed, the rule was TO send such letters to
the dead letter Office monthly.
Washington sentinel., 1856-08-09

HDoOR,s RAILROAD MAP OF THE
UNITED STATES.n--Ths ce Zebra
ted Map, recently eulogzed by Lieutenant Mau
ry, in his virginia Letters" is on sale at
TAYLOR 81 MAURYS
bookstore, near Ninth street.
Washington sentinel., 1856-08-09
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
Foe ? RES Sl'D ENT,
j A M L S B U'C Ii A n A N
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
rOR yIsE PREsID DENT,
JOHN c.. BRECKENRIDGE,
OF KENTUCKY.
NOTICE.

NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE RooMs,
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journey, fifty thousand in Bank Of Enolap8
notes; and all along the road Il was BRETT
we'll known that was bringing the needful To-
stop the run. Why, If I had the national
debt in the bags, it wsuld be just as safe as st
present, and there's precious little chance Of
that ever being lost
Heartily concurring in my friends last re-
mark. L resigned myself to my own silent con-
temptations until we reached the inn where
we changed our horse. A moments friendly
chat with the landlady over, and a glass Of
ale despatched, We resumed our journey.
You were speaking Of accidents" / re-
marked, when we had proceeded at fying
pace down a mile of almost perpendiculsr hill
has 1t been your fate TO meet with any ,"
A few" he replied "Broke my leg and
three ribs turning that corner yonder came
against a coal-cart in the middle Of the road
killed the horse on the spot, was laid up for
SIX months Three months back, ran over a
donkey asleep, broke my collar bone, and put
out my right shoulder. Have been split ten
times in four years, but not often very much
hurt for, as L always expect n spiIl. I pre-
pare for it accordingly. Impossible to 20 the
pace over such a road and not be often spilt -
But" | observed, feeling somewhat un-
easy at these reminiscence, "do you not fear
fatal termination from one of these acci-
dents"
CONCLUSION TOMORROW.
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OFFICIAL.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, MAY q, 1856.
Notice is hereby given to the holders of the
stock issued pursuant to the act Of Congress Of
I'D July, 1916, that such stock is redesmable by
It's terms, and will be paid at the Treasury on the
surrender Of the certificates thereof, on the lsth
o. November next, when interest thereon will
cease.
This department will continue to purchase such
stock prior to said day Of redemption and will
pay therefor the following premium, in addition
to the interest accrued to the day Of purchase,
with one days interest for the money to reach
the vendor:
On such stock received at the Treasury between
the LIST day Of June and the 3Ist day Of July, in
elusive, e-hsK Of one per cent. on the amounts
specified In the certificates;
On such stock received between the LIST and 3lst
days Of August, ne-fourth Of one per cent;
And on such stock received after the 3lst day of
August, the interest accrued thereon, and one
days additional interest only will be paid.
Certificates Of such stock transmitted under
this notice must be duly assigned to the United
States by the party entitled to receive the pur-
chase money; and when sent prior to the 1st July
the current half years. interest mu also be as.
signed by the present stakeholder, otherwise such
| interest will be payable as heretofore.
And notice is further given to holders Of other
stocks Of the United States that this department
| will purchase the same between the 1st day of
| June and the lst day OF December next, unless
the sum Of 81 500 600 shall be previously obtained,
and will pay for the same, in addition to the in
terest accrued from the day Of the last dividend
Of interest, aud days additional interest for
the money to reach the vendor the following rates
| Of premium:
On stock Of the loan Of 1912, premium Of 10
| per cent;
On stock Of the loans Of 1857 and Is4s premium
| OF 16 per cent;
And on stock issued under the act Of 9th Sep
tember, 1850, commonly called Texan indemnity
stock, premium of 8 per cent.
Certificates transmitted under this notice should
be duly assigned to the United States by the par
ty entitled to receive the money; and IL sent pre-
vious to the 1st July, the current alf-year's in
tere't must also be assigned by the present stock
holder, otherwise the interest for the half year to
that day will be payable to him as heretofore.
Paymeat for all the foregoing stocks will be
made by drafts the assistant treasurers at Bos-
| ton, New York, or Philadelphia, as the parties
entitled to receive the money may direct
JAMES GUTHRIE,
m29.dtI2Nov Secretary Of the Treasury.
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a YANKEE Pass An old ofici Dutchman
in the valley of the Mohawk, one day stopped
Yankee pedler journeying slowly thraaga
the valley on the Sabbath, and informed hiiC
he must put up Cor the day or " il it wash
neshessary dat he should travel, he must pay
de fine for de pass"
1t was necessary, it seems for be told the
Yankee TO write the pass, and he would sign
it" that he coul3 do, though he didn't much
write nor read writin'."
The pass was written and signed with the
Dutchman's hieroglyphics, and the pedie.
went forth . into the bowels Of the land, with
ont impediment
Some six months afterwards, a brother
Dutchman, who kept a store further down [ q
Mohawk, in settling with the pioas official
brought IN, among other accounts, an order
for twenty-five dollars worth Of goods.
How lsh dat - said the Sunday officer
" never give no Order-let me see him
The order was produced; be put on his
spectacles and examined it. "Yass, d It ish
mine name, sartain-yaas; butt ish dat
id Yankee pass"
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OF, (no other such desirable business stands are
now being offered TO the public They will be
rented separately or together. For terms apply
to GEORGE HILL, PapermakeT, Bridge street,
a few doors west Of the omnibus stand, George
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n. B.-If renters desire TO carry on any business
requiring steam power, they be accommo-
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erful engine Ct the Star Newspaper and Job
Printing Once, manufactured by the Messrs.
Ellis, and arranged so as to furnish ample power,
Hrequired, to renters Of the premises advertised
above. je 20-6
IL The lease on the above property will be
sold.