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ner of the Republicans, as a means of carry.
ing out their detestable purposes.
Nor is this strange, when a high priest OF
the party holds out invitations to converts and
recruits to join them, eoen though ii be from
The basest motires"
Thus this Republican party seeks to swell
its ranks to plurality in the northern States,
by allying to itself all the "basest" men of the
country.
This invitation to join the Republican ranks
from the "basest motives can influence only
those who expect to promote their basest mo-
tives' by the power of the Republican party;
and if the invitation to join it from the "basest
motives" does not mean that these basest
motives" are to be gratihed by the enlistment
under the Republican banner, it means moth
ing; for that could be the only reason for men
Of basest motives" to join the Republican
party.
Contrast this with the heightened appeals Of
a lofty patriotism, which summons all honest
men from the purest motives to the support
and defence of the Constitution and the Union,
against the assaults Of this grand combination
Of "meanest motives rallying under a torn
flag Of the Union, under half a flag. Hitherto
our glory has been to add star after star to en-
blazon our armament and to light up to the
world the path and growth Of freedom, but
this conglomerate of "meanest motives" find
pride in striking from the armament of liberty
onehaf the stars with which the honored
fathers of these degenerate children of "mean-
est motives" had SO proudly and joyously
spangled the armament of our Union.
The staple of the Republican canvass is in
low appeals to every baser passion and prejudice.
No man can imbibe the emanations from the
Republican fountains and feel warmer glow
Of charity, of brotherly kindness, of regard for
law, order, and the Constitution or can feel
improved his sense of honesty in maintaining
in good faith the compact and obligations of
truth and justice, of the compacts made by
our fathers, the great benefits Of which we all
enjoy. No one read their appeals without
feeling every prejudice more deeply tinged
ousls blunted.
All these consequences and results are in
full view of all those patriots who are sounding
the tocsn of alarm along the length and
breadth of our country against the designs of
the Republicans.
This party, conscious of its aims and mo-
tives, has fifty selected candidate, under
whose lead all men, actuated by the "meanest
motives" might appropriately array themselves
in warfare upon the peace and treasure Of
the Union.
While there are some who, under unhappy
decisions, have arranged themselves with these
mischief-makers in the belief that somehow or
other it will tend to abolish slavery, which they
honestly believe to be both wrong and inju-
rious, yet they will find that the purposes Of
the leaders Of this party are as corrupt and
dangerous as are their professions insincere
and false. We hope the eyes of all such will
be opened before it be too late.
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THE wAsHINeroN SENTINEL.

"The mastery ability with which this sterling
Democratic journal is conducted, challenges
our warmest admiration. 1t wields ponderous
battle axe, every blow of which tells with over.
towering force upon the odions factions and
reasonable combinations opposed TO the best
interests of the nation. 1t is never governed
by temporising expediency, dishonest policy, or
timd wavering vascillating course, leaving
the public to doubt the sincerity ofits professions
offriendship to the cause it ostensibly advocates
On the contrary it always means what il saws
and always says what it honestly believes. with
out fear or favor. We are inexpressbly grati6ed
to hear of its rapidly increasing prosperity, of
which we see unmistakeable indications. The
able and interchangeable editor need not be told
that our warmest good wishes are enlisted in
his behalf"
The above kind notice of the Sentinel ap-
peared in the Pennsylodnian of the 18th.
1t is tribute to our efforts in behalf of the
great cause in which we are earnestly engaged.
which, five do not deserve, as fully as the kind
ness of our contemporary has expressed it, is
most grateful to us. We return our thanks for
the fiattering notice, and full reciprocity of
kind feelings, and best wishes for our friends
of the PennsylUanian, we beg leave to assure
them that no pains shall be spared on our part
to merit the good opinion they have expressed.
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doubt in the mind of any rejecting man now,
as to the wicked and nelarious purposes Of this
treacherous party? Let that doubt be dissi-
pated by this ooeyt act which has noac been
committed by party who have presented you
with leaders who are pledged to fill to the
trim the cup Of their country's dishonor and
overthrow. Let us all lay it to heart, and
draw, if possible, from the evil that is upon as,
some corresponding good if it only be our
firm and united resolves to resist at every haz-
ard, and to the last extremity the farther en-
encroachments of these revilers of the CoDsti-
tuition and merciless enemies of the Union.
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Prentice's Opinion OF Hon. John G. Rr.cL-
inridge.

" We ascribe nothing Of corruption or dis
honor to Mr. Breckenridge himself We believe
him to be conscientious and honorable as
well as a most able man. We have been half
afraid, during the canvass, to express fully our
opinion of him, lest our Wing friends in his
district and elsewhere might deem it un,rne TO
the interests of our party. Paragraphs written
by US some months ago in relation to Mr..
Breckenridge have been kept at the heads OF
his newspaper organs throughout the conflict.
and we can, and do emphaticaly re.assert
every word Of those paragraphs Mr.. Breckin-
ridge is pure and noble hearted man and n
liberal minded politician, he has earned and
won at home and at Washington as high a
reputation for talents az belongs to anv man of
his age in the United States We do not know
Of any gentleman we would rather see in Con.
gress, and, il he lived in a Locofoco district
for instance, Linn Boyd's, we should sincerely
rejoice in his election.
"The Hon. John c. Breckenridge, in letter
to his constituents, declines reelection to
Congress. He will be mnch missed in that
body. His great urbanty, his perfect fairness.
and bis powerful talent made him one Of the
very foremost Of its master spirits. He has
national reputation, and nobly has he won it,"
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The United states ship-of-war Independ-
ence safe and heard FROM

The Pacific mail received in Washington
this morning has set at rest all the rumors Of
the probable loss of this ship. The Navy De-
partment have letter, written on the United
States sloop-of;war St. Mary's, at Panama, Just
as the mail for the United States was being
closed, wherein II is announced that she had
arrived at Valparaiso, on her return from her
cruise to the guano islands discovered by Mr..
Benson. The next arrival from that quarter
will, we trust, bring important and interesting
dispatches from her commander concerning the
result of her crnise.---,Nor.
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The Richmond Enquirer Of Tuesday last,
closes q most admirable review of Mr.. Buch-
anan's record upon the slavery question, with
the following, which we commend especially to
those who in the present crisis, are disposed to
permit loyalty to the South, in the Union and
under the Constitution, to become the govern
ing principle oftheir political action:
"In private as well as in public Mr.. Buch-
anan has always stood on the side of tie
South, the citizen and the statesman are one
and the same individual. He supported the
rights of the South when in office, he indicated
and maintained those rights when out of Office.
lie not only voted for all measures of Justice
to the South, but he endeavored to carry them
into effect. His is not dead record of votes
but living record Of acts, which vindicate the
honesty of the votes. Thus, Mr.. Buchanan
exhorted the North to faithful and cheerful
fulhment of the obligations Of the fugitive
slave law. He protested against prohibition
| Of the jails in Pennsylvania TO federal officers
for the confinement of captured slaves He
denounced the Wilmot proviso He approved
the Clayton Compromise Of 1910. And to
sum up in single sentence, be has at all
times and in all places exerted the authority of
his high character and great talents TO uphold
the Union, defend the Constitution, and pro
tect the South"
To recapituate:
l. In 1886, Mr.. Buchanan supported bill
to prohibit the circulation of Abolition papers
through the mails.
z In the same year he proposed and voted
for the admission of Arkansas.
g. In 1867, he denounced and voted to
reject petitions for the abolition of slavery into
the District of Columbia.
a. In 1897, he voted for Mr.. Calhoun's "a
nous resolutions, defining the rights of the
States and limits Of Federal authority and
affirming it to be the duty of the Government
TO protect and uphold the institutions of the
South.
5. In 1889 and 40, he invariably voted
with Southern Senators against the considera-
ton Of anti.slavery petitions.
6. In l844-5, he advocated and voted for
the annexation Of Texas.
Z. In lS47, he sustained the Clayton Com.
promise.
5. In 1850, he proposed and urged the ex-
tension of the Missouri Compromise to the
Pacific ocean.
q But he promptly acquiesced In the Com
promise OF 80, and employed all bis influence
in favor Of the faithful execution of the Fugi.
tive Slave law.
10. In 1851, he demonstrated against an en-.
actment Of the Pennsylvania Legislature for
obstructing the arrest and return for fugitive
slaves.
IL. In 1854, he negotiated for the acquisi-
ton of Cuba.
IL. In 1856, he approves the repeal Of the
Missouri restriction, and supports the princi-
Piles of the Kansas. N ebraska act.
l3. He never gave vote against the in
terests of slavery, and never uttered word
which could pain the most sensitive Southern
heart.
The prominent facts of Mr.. Buchanan's re-
cord touching slavery are thus grouped into
single view; so that the person Of the least
patience in research, may ascertain at glance
how the Democratic candidate stands in respect
o the great issue of the canvass
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DEMuCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
FOR PRES ENT.
j A M Els Blu G Ii A N A N
OK VIE PREsID ENT,
JOHN G.. BRECKENRIDGE,
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
OF KENTUCKY.

EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS-.
1t is stated, and with little or do doubt of its
truth, that the President of the United States
has issued his proclamation for an extra SEES
sion of Congress, to convene on Thursday next,
made necessary by the defeat of the army BILL
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VARIETY BOOT AND SHOE STORE.
AIDES ALPINE BOOTs.--Just re-
IL ceived superior LOT OF Ladies' Black and
Brown Alpine Boots, together with large and
general assortment OF Ladies', Gents, Misses.
Boys, Youths, and Children's Boots and Shoes
tor sale by GEO. BURNS,
$40 Pennsylvania avenue,
Adjoining Patiersons Drug Store
Dec tNews) ~
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increase Of which, America is no longer Ameri
ca; and to possess the power, and trust, the
disposition, to restore and keep that peace,
within our borders and without, for which our
hearts all yearn, which all our interests demand,
through which and by which alone we may hope
to grow to the true greatness of nations.
Very respectfully, your fellowcitizen,
RUFUS CHOATE.
To K. W. Farley and other gentlemen of the
Maine Wing State Central Committee.
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The Overland Mails to India and China

We have often been asked for information in re-
gard to the departure Of the Mails from England
TO China. The following may be interesting to
those who have correspondence with the Rast:
The mails leave Southampton on the 4th and
2O,h Of each month, and arrive at Gibraltar about
the 9th and 18th Of same month arrives at Malta
about the lith and 3Oth OF same month arrives at
Alexandria about the 18th Of same and 4th Of fol-
lowing month.
Leaves Suez about the 10Th or 2lst Of same and
5th or oth Of following month arrives at Alden
about the 25tn or 10Th OF same and 10th or 18th Of
following moRth
Leaves Alden about the 18th or 9th Of same and
day Of arrival for Bombay, and 18th to 18th for
China, &c.
Indian Navy steamer arrives NJ Bombay about
the Sd 70 3th and 18th to Dist of following month
p. and o. steamer arrives al Peint de Gale
about the 9Th or eth and 22d to I'D Of following
month leaves Point de Gale for Pulo Penang
the same day, II the steamer has already arrived
which takes the mail on arrives at Pulo Penang
about the 18th 18th and 2Sth and 10Th Of low
ing month arrives at Singapore about the 18th
or 18th and 3lSt or LIST Of following month leaves
Singa pore about 12 hours after arrival arrives at
Hong Kong about the I'D or oath and sth o. 10th
Of following month; leaves next day for Shanghai.
Two mails leave England-one on the 6th and
Goth OF each month-via Marseilles, and arrive at
Alexandria about the same time as the Southamp-
ton mail.
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United states Patent once, Il

an THE PETITION OF SAMUEL TAY-
OIOR. Of Cambridge, Massachusetts, praying
for the extension Of a patent granted IN him on
The 18Th day of MAY, 1912, for an improvement in
ttconstructInp brushes for dressing warps" for
ssven wears from the expiration Of said patent
which takes place on the 18th day Of Nav 1856 !:
II is ordered, that the said petition be heard al
the Patent Oface on Monday, the 18th day of
Nav next, at ~ O'Clock m; and all persons are
notified to appear and show cause II any thew
have, why said petition ought not to be granted
Persons opposing the extension are required TO
hle In the Patent OtdCe their objections, specially
set forth In writing, at least twenty days before
the day Of hearing; all testimony fled by either
party to be used at the said hearing must be taken
and transmitted in accordance with the rules Of
the ONCE, which will be furnished on application.
The testimony in the case will be closed on the
"a day Of May; dispositions and ether papers re-
lied upon as testimony must be fled In the Office
on or before the morning Of that day; the argyll
ments, II any, within ten days thereafter.
Ordered, also, that this notice be published in
the Union, Intelligencer, and Star, Washington,
ID. c.. Argus, Baltimore, Md; Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, Pa; Journal Of Commerce, New
York, n. Y; and Post, Boston, Mass; once a
week for three successive weeks previous to the
18th day Of May next, the day Of hearing.
CHARLES MASON,
Commissioner Of Patents.
PS-Editors Of the above papers will please
send their bills to the Patent Ofdce, with paper
containing this notice. jan l9-1aw3w
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A SOLDIERS HoSoR.-In an old newspaper
printed soon after the close of the revolution.
we find the following singular statement
During the march of detachment of the
American army, through New Jersey, in the
late war, silver spoon was found missing in
n house where party of troops had billeted
Suspicion pitched on a soldier, who was seen
10 have entered the apartment where the spoon
was kept, and he was accused of the theft
MAY / never meet salvation" exclaimed
regions Of perditiOD, if have seen, heard of,
or taken your spoon
But no one else could have taken it, re-
piled the host.
"The soldier again went through the ''man-
ual'' Of his attestatiOns of innocence, and i'm
precautions against himself if he was guilty.
The landlord looked astOniShed, and being An
honest man, was obliged to believe the soldier
But Just on the point to leave the eXsmina-
tion-he taking hold of the soldiers coat and
looking him in the fsce-said ''NOw say
upon your honor, that you have not got my
spoon. and L shall be satisfied
upon my honor" said the soldier to him
self, after thinking a few minutes. Upon
my honor! Poh! blast you be cried, pull
ing the spoon from his pocket and giving it
TO Its owner Blast your spo9n-take yonr
sTo1n and be ID
The host started surprised; and while Ia
menting that the great principles of religion
and morality should have less weight in the
mind of intelligent being than the principle
of what he conceived to be a mere sound, the
soldier swung his knapsaok, joined the corps,
ald marched of
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United states Patent Office,
Washington, Jan. Il, ts58. I
ON THE PETITION OE ALONZO C Ar


an THE PETITION OF ALONZ0 c. AR
~ MOLD, Of Norwalk, Conn, PRAYING for the
extension Of a patent granted to him on the I'D
day Of April, 1872 for an improvement in ''punch-
ing machines for manufacture Of covered but
tons :" for seven years from he expiration Of said
patent, which takes place the I'D day Of A pril
1855:
1t is ordered that the said petition be heard at
the Patent OtaCe on Monday, the 9TH of April
1856, at IL O'Clock, IN. and all persons are
notified 20 appear and show cause, II any they
have why said petition ought not to be granted
Persons opposing the extension are required to
file In the Patent OHice their objections, specially
set forth ia writing, at least twenty days before
the day CT hearing; all testimony fled by either
party to be used at the hearing must he taken and
transmitted In accordance with the rules Of the Of
Ace which will be furnished on application.
The testimony In the case will be closed on the
9th day Of March; deposItions and other papers
relied upon as testimony must he filed In he Office
on or before the morning Of that day the argu-
ments, IL any, within ten days thereafter.
Ordered, also, that this notice bC published In
the Union, IntelligenCer, and Star, Washington,
ID. g; Argus, Baltimore, Evening Argus Phla,
delphia, Pa Journal of Commerce, New York
and Daily Post, Providence, K. l., once a week
for three successive weeks previous to the ?th Of
April next, the day Of hearing.
CHARLES MASON,
Commissioner Of Patents.
L. S.-EditOrs Of the above papers will please
copy, and send their bills to the Patent Office
with paper containing this notice.
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GUNS FOX THE INDIAN
SERVICE IN 1886.
OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS,
January 81 1SH6

OFFICE OF IHDIAN AFFAIRS
January 81, 1856.
PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED AT
Il the OfhCe milan Affairs until noon Of the Goth
day Of February next FOR furnishing and deliver
ing-one- half on or after The LIST day Of May, 1856
and one half on after the 18th ddy of Jane next
ono thousand Northwest guns for the Indian
department to be delivered TO the agent Of the de-
partmCnt at either Of the cities of New YOrk
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston, Cincinnati, De
tIOi,, At Louis, or Chicago, the bidder may
elect; and the right will be reserved TO require
the above amounts at one time or at different
times, at and afler the specified dates, TO order
at any time in the year 1856, at the same price
and Of the same quality, any additional number II
guns actually required in the service
Each bidder will be required to exhibit a sam
pie or samples Of the kind and quality of gun or
guns he proposes Ia furnish aud the department
reserves the right OF accepting such bid or bids as
are believed 10 he most advantageous to the In
dians, considering serviCeable qualities, price,
&c; but no bid will be considered unless accom-
panied by sufficient guarantee that If the bid OF
the party Is accepted, he will enter into contract
accordingly, and give security for the perform
ance Of his contract within ten days after the
award.
will be retained at this office; and all guns to he
delivered must, in every respect be similar and
fully equal thereto Before the acCeptan ,e Of the
guns, each one will be subjected to the most
thorough and rigid inspection and comparison
with the sample gun, and those that are not found
similar, and fully equal In every respect will be
rejected
bond In an amount exceeding that Of the bid
will be required for the faithful execution Of the
contract on the part Of the successful bidder
Payment for any quantity or quantities received
Will be made through the United States treasury
immediately AFTER the delivery and acceptance
thereof gro II MANNYPENNY
Jan 2-d3t6 3tawtl9thFeb Commissioner.
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