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DULAsX<a BSTTER.-G 6rItims prime Hut
ter received Yesterday by Railroad which will sell low
10 close CONSIGNMENT. fa7fs A. u. RUCKER

VIRGINIA BIANKETs-Jusi 10 hand ~
v fresh consignment Of Ben Ammen & Sons Woollens
consisting of pair aud large bed Blankets Al
plaid Lseys and piece Of A steel mixed Jeans for
temens wear all of which will be sold low to close
fc Its A. Is. RtCKER.
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WIN. p. MUNFORD. S.c'v

SMALL Pox-The Richmond papers deny that the small
pox prevailing in that city any considerable
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ROBBERY AT THE NAVY YARD.-The Commodores office
the Gospor Navy Yard entered Friday $500
distracted therefrom. The money belonged Mr. f. f.
0mstead, Commodores Secretary
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NEGRO NAN At AUCTlON.-On Saturday
morning the 10th lust, will sell Market street
LIKELY YOUNG NEGRO MANA No house servant
IL ~ Z. u. plIEIpS. Aneionner
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havineet.
|ons having
|ni for pay.
by solicited
offered q,
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worthy Tho
|t)lkES
Ton
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~ shall open lew days IarFe supply Of Uood
They wi be sold all times cheap cash IL
purpose keep constantly hand well assorted stock
To do this shall receive nearly every week fresh Goods by
Canal Railroad and Express line. JNO. j. PURVIS,
fe % Agent for Horace l.. Kent.
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lSlA.

4 Run.
De held In
Church on
LIS desired.
\, sec'y.
Pho P0.s
fis List,
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- lot Buekwheat Flour clear of grit; beautiful lot Of
dried Apples Peaches; snok ed Reef and Tongues; fine
lot of salt Pork Msckerc and Herrngs the Family GRO
of ffea Is !. II. SOLOMON.
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usiI - us W LANDS FOR SALE
WI be sad on SATURDAY, the 10th Of February NEXT
a. '"ee Na"ahlo NtN~yoanr and likely of them
. ~ =, "'E'H'f BRYAN AkERs,
Anit
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NOTlCE.-A. am goinx North for

esUAEFsANCE'' SALAMANDEK SAFEs.-
II ROBERT VI. PATRICK, MaNUFACTUBER--Thes
celebrated have been thoroughly tested in
New and other cities and has fsiled
preserve its in the satisfactory
in order Increase the security against burglars the Manu-
secured the exclusive right the city and
of New Yori of GoFFINs PATENT DEFIANCE LOCK- and
PATENT CROssBAR which warranted by the Psentse
he proof against every mode operation adopted by
the most skldn pick clocks
Zach provided with Collins Patent Powder Channel.
safes all suitable for Banks Merchants Jewellers,
Offices &c. and Plate Chests for private families fur
the Manufacturers prices, which from $50 TO
600. ii. {. HARDY d 60, Agents,
L. lLnr In.Aiis LII
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uAIsSOI.UTlON.-Tb firm Of Mcdaniel Hurt n
is this day dissolved BY mutual consent. Tho
IN be used by chcr partner In closing
the business Their Office will be kept at the old
occupied by Mefsrs Irhy 4 Saunders an
JOHN ROBIN MCDANIEL,
sc. HURT
PLEASANT PRESTON
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FoR THE PooR.-The of $500 " realized from the
amateur dramatic performances in Petersburg few nights ago
for the benefit of the poor
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akDLIsNa.BK OON n q q l., fsetcrsb burg
- VA-NoTICEm taking charge of the above establish
eut would respectfully Solicit continuance Of the
patrons of the Hotel fricnss, them to
all and My table shall always be spread with all thu
lcacie5 of the The all attentive. The
entire shall
Ny will that ladies WHO parouze the Hotel
shall wish gratfed and all ask . share
The house is furnished In the best STYLE and Is To-
Gated in of the city. Ny Omnibus will always be
the different depots attend custome-to them
and fro. JOSEPH l.. CARRING'TON,
~ 3OdSrts Proprietor
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NOTsIE.-Thc subscriber havin!

A>OT5{E,-Thc subscriber having pHrchasp d
~ of L. W etd interest in stock of Groceries,
Dry Goods Iron firm of fucker Redd will con
the business old stand whsre he soc call from
friends and patrons literally patronized his old hrm
JIxr,Tv ~ IsG AMBROSE b. RUCKER
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DAYMENT! = Bonds and nc.
counts due before January LIST, 1856 be
'sid Immediately. Jan l4-3wl p. SEABURY.
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4 CONFECTIONERY FOR SALE.-Thc SUBJ
~ crber being DESTROYS close his business offers his entire
stock at cost consisting Of every thing usually kept well
conducted Confectionery Store Great would
IL ZETEVJ
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dec 3Odkc2taidsS d22&29 Gerard AieNan
~ Republican copy.
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VuNHE undersigned having sold their stock Of Goods
Messrs Irby Saunders would most ohecrully recon-.
mend them former friends and patrons
Dec ~, 1859. MCDANIEL, RI & PRESTON,
Ian
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~ conducted In this city by JoHE j PuHNis Agent
discontinued from this date All persons indebted
qnested make immediate payment TO Mr. Pnryis who s
authorized . receive the same. JAMES s. KENT.
Iynchburg, Feb. !, 1856. fe 6.dlw
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WHICH Is WHICH 2
The following appeared in the New York Herald of the
issue of February "a, 1856

The following appeared in the New York Herald Of the
issue of February "a, 1856
The in conclave at Pttsburg-
band traitors sowing TIE seeds OF dissolution striving
weaken the bonds of the federal Union North
against the South to build sectional preudces organ
ze sectional party, and to show all the world what
of folly portions Of people willing to CO. The
Hartford Convention compared with this Pttsburg hot bed
Of treason patriotic council the Pittsbug gathering
is but Of uneavened human passions and oes II
aggregation of all that troublesome and wicked our
systematic dsturbers Of the peace and harmony of the
Union, and possibly the Of its ability execute
tice and maintain truth
Can any mistake the principle of these phenomena
Are they not consistent with the character OF the NIoGER
Chiefs with the antecedents Of Seward CARR
Co. Not TO oppose enemies In 'front.' but to stab
them from behind not tell the truth but to
to meet issue fairly but creep around it, and court
victory by Of tricks and political intrigue and dis
honesty and corruption these the Of
the party whose aim the dunon Of couederacy and
the enthronement Of Seward Chase, Wilson or FIRE.
MONT, Banks Benton, perhaps Garrison as Pre,
dent Of a northern republic2"
In the New York Herald of September g. 1856 we find
tho following
Thc politicians and the people OF this country are be-
coming quite interested the question which Of the three
candidates Tor tho presidency really tho Union
1t was Willard Fillmore every knows who first hoist
ed the flag Of disunOn in his speeches In this State In which
he openly notified the South submit TO the election
Fremont Afterwards the supporters of Mr. Buchanan and
that gentleman himself took up the cry and far outsrppod
the know-nothings in their cry for disuniou.
"Wbat, then to think OF these candidatesP Sim
ply this That the Buchanan and Fillmore parties blinded
By rage and overwhelmed by the popular revelation which
Fremont Is leading in spite OF their better udpmen
throwing themselves into the dsunon though thoy
know the people against IL and that In all human prob
ability that people will punish imbece attempts
treason by defeat crushing next November that tho
history Of this country contains SUCH"
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A KNow-NOTHING TRICK,

The leading men among the delegates from this State To
the Baltimore convention snys the Raleigh IN c. Stand.
ard, were Gov. Morehead Gov. Graham, and Hon John
H. Bryan We all know that these gentlemen were active
cooPeratorS with the know-nothngs last summer Gov
Morehead presided at the Guford know. nothing mas
meeting Gov. Graham made speech at tina. meeting
and Mr.. Bryan addressed know-nothng meeting in viii
mingen in April last Yet these gentlemen went to Bal
tmore as Whg' to nominate Mr. Fillmore 1t was know
nothing trick from first to last What party do you be
long to, Gov Morehead, Gov. Graham, Mr. Bryan1 Why
some people 1.-THE knownothiugs) say party is dead
but we think not call ourselves wings but we cote with
the know-nothings. What transparent humbugReryi
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THE CANVASS IN CONNECTICUT.

Our democratic friends In Connecticut are working with
the determination of conscious Of superior strength
and assured OF The democratic press Of Connec
dcut filed with glowing accounts Of mass meetings in
every quarter of the State in which this feeling coRspc
uously manifested The following spirited report of
great democratic demonstration at Wallingord appears in
the New Haven Register of Saturday last:
- Yesterday a great day among the democracy OF
Wangford Never before have they witnessed such an
outpouring Of the people II Is impossible to do justice to
the OCCASION describe fully the enthusiasm that
BY all that gathered In council. At early hour
splendid hickory polo raised amid the the
ttude and the Of Delegations from the
rounding towns kept pouring in during the afternoon to
show their brethren that everywhere in Connecticut dem
ocrac hearts beating warmly and truly for the Union
and the constitution and Its gallant defenders Buchanan
and Breckenridge In the evening" with torches banners
music they marched TO the depot receive the
from New Haven, consisting Of about thousand Upon the
Of the train cheer after cheer up and the
nous procession about miles in length proceeded round
the a splendid sight they assembled the hil
giving the appearance OF blaze Of light After moving
through the streets they halted at Union Hall TO hear
Isaac Toucey. This hall speedily 6ed to overaowng
but yet apparent dimnuon Of the crowd outside. The
honorable gentlemen held his audience for hours
and the attention with which they listened his remarks
plainly evnced his appreciation by the people, and their
spect for the man.
Another meeting organized at the only remaining
hail. at which the Hon. Henry @. Deming entertained the
crowd in a manner which drew thunders of applause
and stirred the hearts Of all who heard him with patriotic
enthusiasm. He followed by David J. Peck, esq, Of
this city, who made capital Speech and effective
At this at least 500 persons had gathered in front Of
the mansion Of samuel simpson, esq., from the portco OF
which they addressed by G. r. ngerSol Butler, Dud
ley, Lawton, johnson, and others.
The delegations rom the adjoining towns immense
One hundred thirty vehicles with 400 persons
from Meriden alone, while Middletown Cheshire Ham,
den North Haven &C., &C., sent up crowds Of their sturdy
democrats.
"The popular heart Of this county beats high and strong
for the constitution and the Union, and will speak In
voice Of thunder in November those who to
either"
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Bennett who, since he joined the black republic
beats Satan in lying, says that Wendell Phillips and
rison are for Buchanan Now, Garrison publishes IL
bberator that "the sympathy of every genuine friend
freedom must be with the republican party !" and
every man animated by spirit of hostility to slavery
assuredly cast bis vote for John Q. Fremont" W'p
Phillips says There is merit in the republican part
IS this 1t Is the first sectional party ever organized n
country" Garrison also says 1--WE are for disuuOh
the great and first duty to be performed Thee are
black brethren Of the nigger-worshipping Scochmau
he can't get away from them any more Than Chang
escape from Eng-Bosfon Post.
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TOM CoRwIN ON Fremont.

IT the people want a man TO nm over tba oorn,,v
caen snakes chase down wooly horses and eat mues il
had better vote for Fremont-Tom Corein.
We ma the above going the rounds Of The press 4
have every reason to believe it to be genuine Mr. @
wn-so long the pride and boast of the wbvs Of Ohio
still cngs to the old-fashionsd notion that pre,t
should be selected for his sta,esmanike qualities and
Perience in the affairs Of government and think that
exceedingly discredablc and ridiculous to run mar
that Office who possesses neither, and whose friends
claim for him the power Of great physical endurance
thing is SO preposterous that 1t is wonderful that sin
human being could give his vote for Fremont upon
principle SO bitterly and sarcasticay alluded to by
Corwin and yet the black-republcan dsunonist are
pared to DO guilty Of the folly. Fremont is so utterly
qualified for the office that his nomination meets with
scorn and derision of nearly all our intelligent public n
Cincia5t1ti Eaypru
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disturb the Kansas law all that he wants is that Fremont
shall be made President
We submit that the doubts expressed by the Tribune as
to the prospects of Fremont furnish the key to this wonder
full revolution in Speaker Banks He saw, Greeley did
"the handwriting the wall he that the Union-ov-
ing people of the North becoming aroused and he la
bored appease the wrath which he kndng in the
minds Of the conservative portion of the North We think
the sudden conversion of Speaker Banks to conservatism
and love of the Union strong sign that the sober Sec
ond thought" is powerfully at work
We might add to these indications the fact that Francis
p Blair has recently addressed his neghbors letter in
which he goes far to maintain that his object in join
ing the black republicans is to promote the security of the
institution of slavery. But is necessary to pile up
the proof that the Union spirit of the northern people is
awakened and that its power being acknowledged in the
several signs to which we have referred.
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HORACE GREELEY in DESPAIR.

No is much the oracle of his party in the presi
dental campaign Mr.. Greeley, the editor Of the New
York Tribune He stands in the trent rank in command
and watched by the whole line He has fought the bat
tie with desperation and in view of the entire field Of the
parties he has changed his from headquarters which
has heretofore been confident and exung, to amenaton
and doubt which he has published in his last number in
the following language We do not irish readers 10
believe the election Of Fremont fired fact. We consider e
States Of PennsyIUana, New Jersey Indiana Illinois and
California still doubtful We may carry all Of Them by large
qjories but may also lose enough Of them beat in
the contest
With this virtual admission of defeat the part of the
backrepublcan organ and with the prevailing belief Of
victory that anmates the democratic party have every
incentive that operate upon great party in the de-
fence of great principles push advantages with in
creased energy to insure that will give peace to
our disturbed country strength violated constu
ton, and safety to endangered Union
Mr. Greeley sees the election approaches that "he
sober second thought" which, after all, is the true basis
Of the perpetuy of institutions beginning to mani
fest ITSELF and to fill his mind with despair The first i'm
preston made by the trumphs of sectional madness in
Iowa. Vermont and Maine inspired the Fremont leaders
with unbounded confidence; but the alarming results
had the effect of presenting to the conservative men OF the
North the reality of the danger which threatens the con-
federaey the appearance in the canvass within the
last few weeks of this irresistible element of power that
Greeley to quake and to seek to his dpir
ed associates by telling them that if Fremont elected the
Oork get to be done No the reaction in the
popular mind clearly than the editor of the Tribune
and who knows his tactics will doubt that he did
not discover that his was sinking he would never
admit The election e Fremont not fired fact He feels
that the game becoming desperate and he resolves to
stake all upon the chance of alarming his friends into
traordinary exerons But his admission will excite the
national of the North to efforts which will render
doubly sure result which their chief enemy conesses
is not improbable
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NOBLE SENTIMENTS.

The following extract from one of Mr. Bucbsp,
speeches in New York cannot be too Frequently or
fully read
nave been abroad in other lands have witnessed d
oitrary power; have contemplated the peopie Of o,.
countries but there is country under God, he,ys
where man feels for his feow-man except in the Un
states And If you could feel how dsspotsm looks on ID
jealous the desPotc powers Of the world are Of our o
institutions you would cherish the constitution and Union
your nearts-next to your belief in the Christian
earth" 49, !
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MASSACHUSETTS CoNGREssMEN

The Boston Post of Saturday says:
The Fillmore convention in the fourth Conpre A,,
have nominated b. f. Cooke for Congress- in plzes Of
b. Comins, of Roxbury.
IN. p. Banks, jr., nominated for re-slacto, l. a
Fremont American convention in the seventh d,tri, [
met at Lawrence on Thursday.
=, ne fhinore convention for the ninth district met
Worcester Thursday and adjourned after rs.olvinn
to make any nomination.
II viii be seen BY report that the democrats A,
third district (Damrelps) nominated Arthur W. Ap,tr
West Roxbury." = AO''D ]
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VIOLENT GALE ON TUE LAKEs--The Chicago papers
an account Of terrible gale which swept over that ri
OF country, embracing in its extent all the great
The gale commenced on the night of "Wednesday
lasted until the following night Its course !
from west to east no damage was done along
western shore of Lake Michigan The steamer q
CITY arrived at Chicago thirty-six hours behind
usual time, on account Of detention by the gale
met the gale about thirty miles east Of Mackinac
was forced to run back under the western shore Of Bob
island Tor safety She reports one or two vessels al
on the island-names unknown She reached Nadt
again on Friday morning, and saw a string Of VI
reaching as far as the eye could sec anchored under
weather shore Of the island. At Mackinac she passed
steamers Lady Egin and Keystone State, the former
some water in her. brig which arrived at Mscs1
while the Queen City lay there reported seeing some
miles above, eight men clinging to the spars ola 4
sunksn to her top-mast The brig was unable to 4
their relief AT the South Manitou Island three Il
were ashore, two Of them loaded with lumber for Ch
The other IN old vessel, had been abandoned by T
GERS and crew.
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GOV. ToUCEY. OF OoyNEoT1ruT

This sterling democrat and statesman will address tie
people in every part Of his State in vor of Buchanan and
Brecknrdgc Such example shows the patriotism Of
the man. and should Incite other DISTINGUISHED
men to do their duty No purer man brea,hes in New
England than Gov Toucey and he acts from knowl-
edge and from high sense Of duty his course is severe
rehnke Of all black -rennhlican Ganatinn
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pRE.EMpTIoN OF PUBLIC LANDS.

Finding id the New York Times extracts from two re-
cent opinions of the Attorney General containing matters
of considerable interest TO the northwestern States we
have obtained complete copies OF both opinions for publ
cation and to-day with that on presumption OF
CITY or town sites
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Keep II before the people that no border rufan nor
murderer has ever been arrested by the "bogus aua
ties OF Kansas for numbering free-State men-Dorr n
And keep 1t before the people Also that the black r
licans in Congress passed bill to annul all laws IA
sas by which those murderers could he arrested viii
endorned all those laws which they have 20 loudly
nounced and that they also recognised as legal c6u
the bogus authorities spoken of by the Enquirer
Nep Hampshire PdtrS
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MONUMENT TO THR LATE BIsHor HESsHAw.--The diocese
Of Rhode Island has recently erected in Grace Church Gem
eey Providence monument to the beloved and reveed
Bishop Henshaw II Is square red stone shaft rising
gothic canopie whose intersection springs up cross
exquisite cut
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"ABoLIsHING THE NEGRO RACE

Mr. Spinner back-republican candidate for Congress
In New York, says in published letter, a in favor Of
aJolshhg The negro race" lie does not (says the New
Hampshire Pao explain the process by which he would
accomplish this object but he would probably do Il by the
Banks plan Of absorption"
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MANCHESTER, N. II.
Tie Prcaident's Replu.

WAsHISGToN, September &C. 1856
Ny DEAR have the honor to acknowledge your i,
ter of the 9th inst, proposing in behalf of the officers an
members Of the New Hampshire State Agricultural Society
to welcome to the city of my residence and receive
as the guest Of the society the occasion Of the
ing fair
You are aware of the interest with which have Regarded
this association for the promotion of science and art
picabe to agriculture and now when expect soon 10 Ia
come farmer and to devote the residue of my DAYS m
to agricultural pursuits within hard ~
STERILE but nevertheless to most attractive and be
State it is very natural that interest should become
what more earnest and practical. But after an absepe.
more than three years from native SOIL you may be m
that the pleasure which should derive from an Accent
Of your invitation would result from the opportup
OF meeting, under agreeable circumstances many
friends from every county in the State.
My personal and private interests have for many month
required my presence in New Hampshire, and shall 4 H
can do SO consistently with obligations of duty VIII, ii II
North during the present autumn. The time however
my absence from the seat Of cannot now BE-
dcated it must depend upon circumstances entirely
pendent OF my own inclination convenience.
beg you to present to the officers and members of The
ciey my grateful Acknowledgements for this kindpe,,
accept for yourself my thanks for the very agreeable
ner in which their wishes have been communicated
With much respect your obedient servant
FRANKLIN PIERCE
JAMES o. ADAMS, Esq, Secretary of the New Haup,hl
state Agricultural Society, Manchester, New Hamp.hi,