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The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-12-09
UNION OF THE CONSERVATIVE
ELEMENTS OF OPPOSITION.

The Albany Statesman (Amcrican) gives us
some excellent thoughts and reflections upon
the state Of parties in New York, which apply
well also to the position Of parties in the whole
Union. After taking view of the elements
of opposition, it says: UNITED on common
platform in opposition to the aggressions Of
an alien influence, the defeat Of the common
adversary would be inevitable" Whether
such union, in the present exigepcy of
political affairs, ought to commend itself to
the favorable consideration Of all conservative
and patriotic men, is submitted to their candid
judgment SEQ article in another column.
The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-12-09
MIR. PRENTICE,s LECTURE.

The wit the poet and the politician, George
D. Prentice, delivered lecture at Lynchburg
on Monday eveningthe same he had deiv-
cred in Baltimore, Richmond, and other cities
upon the tendency of politics in this coun-
try. The Virginian speaks of it in very COM
mandatory terms, as worthy the gifted writer.
The editor says, eve have rarely ever heard a
more interesting discourse.
We understand Mr.. Prentice will be in this
city in few weeks, and hope he may be pre-
vailed upon to repeat his lecture here
The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-12-09
WHAT CoNsTITUTEs A STATES

Great Britain is becoming q nation of he
roes. Her conflict with Russia, her bloody
battles of the Alma, of Inkerman, and others
in the Crimea; the charge of the six hundred;
the siege of Sebastopol and all its terrific and
heroic incidents, not forgetting the intense suf-
ferings of her soldiers from cold, and hunger,
and sickness, and the angel visit of her Flo
renee Nightingale; and now, the active and
passive valor OF her troops and people in In
dia--their fortitudc, courage, patience, long
suffering, and heroic endurance, their bloody
battles and long enduring sieges, their uncom-
plainingness under every privation, burning
sun, and devouring pestilence-all these,
terrible as they are, have made every Britton
in India, and we may almost say, in every Pc
sition of the Empire, proud and selfcon-
scious hero and heroine; and well may gen
erations to come point to the present as the
heroic ago of the nation.
"The lessons of national adversely" says Che
neyx, are often the most benignant, when they
seem the most severe. The depression of vanity
sometimes ennobles the feeling. The mind which
does not wholly sink under misfortune, rises above
it more lofty than before, and is strengthened by
affection"
"What constitutes State?
Not high-raised battlement or labored mound,
Thick wall or moated gate;
Not cities proud, with spires or turrets crown'd;
Not bays and broad-arm'd ports,
Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride;
Nor starr'd and spangled courts
Where low-brow d baseness watts perfume to pride
No--MEN, high-minded MEN.
- Mar ,yho tha;r dutias know 4. H.rtJ
But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain
" And SOVEREIGN LAW, the States colluted will,
Sits Empress GROWING good, depressing III.
The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-12-09
CONGRESS-.

The annual assembling of Congress is the
pleasant occasion for the hearty greetings of
old friends, whose domicils are widely sepa-
rated, but who have for years, more or less,
been brought and have acted together as mem
bers of the same body, and thus learned TO
value each other, though perhaps politically
opposed. For day or two, party differences
and asperities are forgotten, and the good and
friendly feelings of the man only manifest
themselves. Fire-eaters and ABoliionists,
Democrats and Republicans, Pro-slavery men
and Free-soilers, Americans, and those who
at home denounce them and affiliate with
foreigners, grasp each other by the hand, and
give each other as cordial shake as if no
such distinctions and differences ever existed
This, like the courteous interchange of
civilities between the noble and gallant knights
about to, enter the ring and try the strength of
their lances upon each others helmets or
shields, is soon to be followed by conflicts
which will call forth all the strength and skill
of the combatants, and sorely try their temper
We may look for some keen encounters
during the session of Congress now Just COM
menced, between those so nearly matched in
the use of their weapons that the victory must
depend in no small degree upon how. they
are respectively mounted, or the "platform"
upon which they have planted themselves.
We apprehend the Administration has drawn
itself and its forces into quagmire or occu-
pies ground upon which it will find it very
difficult TO maintain firm footing. This
position is very unfortunate one for Mr.
Buchanan and the Democratic army, and
bodies disaster whenever the battle, that is sure
to come, shall commence Indeed, many of
the party see and feel the false position, the
dangerous defile, they have been placed in,
and manifest extreme solicitude to escape
from it while escape is possible, even with loss
and discredit. The opposition are aware Of
their advantage, AMI await the conflict.with
cheerful countenances and strong hopes
The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-12-09

TERRIBLE SCENE IN A THEATRR.-A writer
from Europe gives the following description of
the scene at Leghorn, where, in an agony Of
alarm, one hundred men, of crowd, were
trampled to death, and five hundred wounded /:
|" The house was crowded The play The
taking of Sevastopol.' The first acts went off
well battery after battery exploded, and the.
thrilling spectacle made the theatre ring with
applause All eyes. were turned to see them
take the Malakoff At last it was stormed.--
The soldiers rushed in, then the explosion,
amid the widest cheers At that moment
spark caught the scenes, they blazed, the audi
ence thought it part of the play and cheered
the louder, the scene was so unnatural Alasl
it was too perfect. Another moment they saw
their mistake, a wild cry Of misery drowned
the applause Higher it rose, maddening the
spectators with fright. Eve minutes more and
the fire was extinguished but the spectators,
like herd of buffaloes, like panic-stricken
army like flock of sheep before wolves, like
passengers from a sinking ship, losing all
thought but of selfpreservation, rushed from
their seats. The shrieks Of women, the shiill
cry Of children, the hoarse voices of men, all
struggling for life, presented a scene not de-
scribable. Some threw themselves from the
boxes into the pit, killing themselves and
crushing those beneath them. No judgment,
no forethought; out Of the windows, over the
lodges, stamping each other to death. The
sentinels were ordered to stop the passage with
bayonets. They planted, and those in the
front ranks were run through and through,
and the soldiers, with the rest, were mutilated
with the feet of hundreds"
The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-12-09
IN A STRAIT.

The Union of Sunday morning heads its
leading editorial thus:
"NON-INTERvENTIoN OR INTER
VENTION-SHALL THE DEMOCRACY
F0RSAKE THEIR OWN PLATFORM TO
ESPOUSE THAT OF THE ABOLITION
ISTSs"
1t may always be known when man thinks
he is getting worsted in discussion, by bis
beginning to use epithets for arguments.
Now the use Of the term ABOLITIONISTS
by the Union betrays consciousness of its
own weakness and indefensible position on
the Kansas embrolio, and shows at the same
time that it is getting irritated and petulant--
just as q man sometimes is whose adversary,
in game of chess, has got him in "a bad
fix" and is continually crying out "check "
to him.
We would, in the most friendly spirit, say
to the Union, we dontt believe that calling
people "Abolitionists," because they happen
to dissent from its present position and occupy
the platform occupied by it but few days
ago, is at all calculated to frighten them from
their propriety; especially when the term is
applied to those to whom it is no more appli-
cable than it is to the editor of the Union
himself.
Did the editor dream that he was an aboli.
ZIONIST when he, very lately, ably advocated
the submission of the constitution entire to
the people of Kansas for their ratification or
rejectionf We suppose not--pay, we know
he did not. Then his applying that term to
Others standing on the same ground instead
Of frightening any one, viii only call forth a
laugh Of derision. Occupying the important
position he does, he should exhibit more pla
cidity Of temper, GOODNESS, tact, and Judgment.
be has difficult task to perform, we know,
that Of defending an untenable position, but
we advise him to keep his temper and pre-
serve his equsnimity; for when he loses these
he win be but the sport Of his antagonists.
The cry Of "abolitionist' can frighten none
but very weak minded and very timid Demo.
Gratis as believe 10 ghosts, hobgoblins,
and the infalibiIity Of the Union.
The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-12-09

The PROPOSED NEW TERRITORY OF CoLUM-
BUs.-The residents of the Great American
Basin, comprising that portion of the country
lying west Of the Rocky Mountains and bounded
by those mountains on the east the Sierra Ne
vada on the west the Oregon and Utah lines
on the north, and the Goose Neck Mountains
on the south, have appointed Mr.. James M.
Crane delegate to Washington, to attend the
approaching session Of Congress, for the pur-
pose of endeavoring to have that basin set
apart as Territory, to be under Territorial
government, and to be designated the Terri
tory of Columbus
The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-12-09
DOINGs OF CONGRESS-.

The Senate proceeded, on Monday, to elect
a President pro tenn, when the choice fell
upon Senator Fitzpatrick, Of Alabama.
The House organized by clccting Mr. Orr,
Of South Carolina, Speaker; Mr.. Allen, Of ILL
nois, Clerk; Mr.. Glossbrenner, of Pennsylva-
MIA, Sergeant-at-Arms; Mr.. Hackney, Of vir-
ginia, Doorkeeper, and Mr.. Cluskey, Of Geor-
gia, Post Master.
The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-12-09

WISCONSIN ELEcTIoN.--From the Milwaukee
News (Dem.,) Of the 25th ultimo we learn that the
result Of the late election in thet State has at
length been sscertained. The Republicans have
elected the Governor and Prison Inspector, and
in the Legislature there is small Republican ma
jority on joint ballot. The Democrats elected all
the State officers with the exception Of Governor
and Inspector
The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-12-09

try I" Junius" has not furnished us his sec
ond letter, and we are sorry to learn that i'll
ness is the cause We hope to have it for our
next issue.
The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-12-09

DISEASE AxoSe THE Cows--The Wilmington
(Delaware) Journal says: A COW belonging TO
John White, Of Milford, few days ago CON-
menccd lowing, and lowed necessarily until che
died. David Robinson has one now with the same
disease. There Is nothing to all appearance the
matter with them, except they refuse food and
low almost necessarily until death. No one APP
pears to have heard of anything Of the kind be-
FORE
The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-12-09

The emigration into New York, for the year
mp 10 the 25th instant amounts to I73, 200, an
increase Of 40,562, as compared with the emf
grafton of last year.
The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-12-09
From the New York Sun Of Nov 81.
Crime i'm New York.

Crime, and crime too of the most desperate
char has increased in this city to an alarming
extent. Every night of the week which closes to.
day has been marked by acts Of brutal outrage
and murderous assaults on the person. Our col
umns are daily filed with the dark record of hide.
GUS crime, committed with circumstances Of un
usual atrocity. There seem TO be in our midst
bands of desperadocs, who have cast off all regard
for law, human divine, and 60 forth ia the dark
ness OF night prepared for deeds Of violence.
Defenceless women and unoffending men are made
the objects Of their savage attacks, and the very
Spirit Of Evil seems to be present, nerving them
for the commission of horrid crimes. Assassins
trained in other countries prowl through the streets
thirstng for blood, and swelling the list Of crimes
which appal the minds of the peaceable and law.
loving.
The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-12-09

Snow KNEE DEEP.--A gentleman just from gu
perior, up North, says that two weeks ago he
waded in snow that was knee deep, between Ste
venss Point and SUPERIOR Chicago Journal.
The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-12-09

He who so periodically declared that he
would "never give up the ship" has reli-
giously kept his word, having never a ship to
give up.
The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-12-09
AGENTS FOR THE AMERICAN.

For First, Second, Third and Fourth Wards Henry
johnson, residence 409 X street
For Georgetown, (The Embodyment)
For Sixth Ward, George T. Dykes.
For Fifth and Seventh Wards MORTIMER SMALL
WOOD.
HEsnY BoYrR, Agent for Alexandria.
The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-12-09
NO WONDER.
S46,753,473

Orer .torty-sip millions for a few items Of
luxury, for men and women! Not much-a
mere trife, to be sure; but for all the good
these articles did the nation, the money might
as well have been Gin the deep ocean buried. !"
The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-12-09

AYERS AMERICAN ALMANAC for 1858 is now
ready for delivery at the Agents, who are ready to
supply all that call for them. Every family should
have and keep this book 1t is worth having.
Comprising much information Of great value, it
gives the best instruction for the cure of preva-
lent complaints than we can get anywhere. Its
anecdotes alone are worth bushel of whest, and
its medical advice is sometimes worth to the sick
the wheats weight in gold. Many Of the medical
almanacs are trash, but this is solid metal. It's
calculations are made purposey for this latitude,
and are therefore correct Call and get Ayers al
manac, and when got, keep 1t.
The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-12-09

A MILLToNAIRE WORKING FOR TWELVE SILL
LINas WEEK, AND LivMG AS A PAUPER.-A re-
cent foreign arrival brought us the intelligence
that the great English millionaire, Morrison,
worth twenty millions Of dollars, had died. The
following extract from letter in the Boston Post,
shows how little benefit he permitted himself to
receive from all his wealth:
"Mr. Morrison retired from active business sew
era years since, without Withdrawing his capital
from the mercantile house, and though managing
his vast funds himself up to the time Of his death,
with all the sagacity of earlier days, he has for
the last three years been possessed with the idea
that he should come to want. More than two
years ago he commenced doing day labor upon
farm held by one Of bis tenants, for which he re-
ceived twelve shDgs week, and this he con-
tnued up to the time of his Illness. For the last
eighteen months be has been a regular applicant
for relief to the parish, assembling twice week,
with the town paupers, at the door OF the Union,
and receiving with each one of them his two
shllings and a quartern loaf. His friends have
INDUCED him in these fancies on the ground that
it was the best choice Of two evils The truth is,
money was his god, and the idea became at last
too great for him, and broke him down. And
yet he is said to have made most judicious viii,
and bis investments up to the last are character
lied by great good sense. The probate duty on
his will exceeds 100000
The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-12-09

Tar NEXT QUEsrioN OF THE DAY.-Where viii
General Walker 1.-THE fillibuster) turn up' Moth.
ing seems to be positively known as TO his real
destination. Nicaragua, if possible, his friends
say,--but II not Nicaragua, then, Yucatan or
Havt; OR the Isle Of Pines.
The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-12-09

Solitude bears the same relation TO the mno,
that sleep does to the body. 1t AFFORDS It the
necessary opportunities for repose and recovery.
The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-12-09

EXTRAORDINARY DEvELoPM ENTs.-It has
been understood that committee of the City
Councils of Philadelphia has been investi-
eating the conduct Of the Board Of Health,
against whom gross charges of fraud and pee
ulation have been made. The investigation
has been finished, and report to the Councils
has been prepared, copy of which has been
placed in our hands. Its revelations are
worthy the attention of taxpayers. 1t is
charged that the public treasury has been
wronged out of large sums by the action Of the
Board; that fictitious bills have been presented
and paid, and that warrants have been drawn
in the names of firms who never had any trans
actions with the Board; that the members Of
the Board have used the public funds in eat
ing and drinking, and covered up the facts by
these fictitious charges The character Of
these transactions is shown by the evidence
submitted. The first transaction is in regard
to filling lot at Broad and Prime streets.
Previous to making the contract the cost of
this job was estimated at about 5000. The
bills actually rendered amount to $24,413 and
$11,531 have been paid to the contractors.
The Board of Health was charged for this
work $3.50 for each horse and cart and $125
for each laborer. The earth was hauled from
cellars dug for private individuals, who paid
for the work. The lot had capacity for only
25,777 loads, while the cost Is for 1924
loads, or quantity sufficient to make mound
twenty feet higher than the curbstone. The
Health Officer, it is charged, always had an
interest in all contracts Bills for dinners,
liquors, cigars, carriage hire consumed the
whole of the revenue; but this being INSULT
cient, fictitious bills were made out to meet
the deficiencies, and were passed by the
Board. Other bills of like character were
made out to cover the cost of the committees
feast at the Lazaretto. Warrants were drawn
in favor of persons who never had any deal
ings with the Board. All the members of the
Board are not implicated in these transactions.
Some were made participants in them through
ignorance, and some through indifference to
their public duties. --Lcdger
The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-12-09

Died, in Northampton, Mass, Thursday
November IL, Mrs. Huldah Butler, aged nearly
eighty five. She was the widow Of William
Butler, who founded the present Hampshire
Gazette in 1875, and conducted itnearly thirty
years, and died in 1881. She was the daugh-
ter Of John Brown, of PittsAeld, distinguished
in the Revolutionary war, who fell in battle on
the Mohawk in 1880
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-07-29

a SIX Mr.. Henry Campbell. of Montgomery CO, Pa,
N if two bottles of DE GRATH'S ELECTRIC OIL
did not cure his children of Scarlet Fever running at
the Ears and Jumps the Throat after the
had given them up. He says he has used Prof. lie
GRATH'S ELECTRIC OIL for three years in his fam
ily, and would not be without it in his house.
Ask Mr. Hldebrandt, of Indiana CO., Pa, II one
bottle of Prof DE GRATH'S ELECTRIC OIL did not
cure him of Rheumatism of two years standing Ho
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Ask Mr.. Saml Harper, of Alexandria, Va, if Prof.
De Grath's ELECTRIC OIL did not cure his son OF
Deafness of years standing after all Physicians mad
failed Ask him if he did hot case OF Paralysis
cured which induced him to try it on his son:
CrLpEPER c.. H., Va. Jan. Z, 1891.
Prof De Gratk-DEAR SIR This is to certify that
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10 years. l have tried various remedies without Ell
,ect. For the last or years he has been gettinS
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LECTRIC OIL in the presence OF % persons ms near
ing was SO far restored that he could hear person
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ever made in this place
T, Nelson oLAlRBORSE, cglpeper Q; H.
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B. II. JAMESON, do. do.
JYo UTz, Rappahanock Co., Va;
PROF DEGRATH'S ELECTRIC OIL CURES
Rheumatism, Soreness Deafness
Ulcers, Burns, Seaids,
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blown in the bottle All others rascaly counter
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-07-29
Printing Presses and Type for Sale.

TINE subscriber having entered into an arrangement
i by which the True Aaierican and Spectator have
been consolidated and having consequently, no long
er any use for the printing materials used In the office
of the True .4naerican offers them for sale. An
the material used in the publication of the True A.
JOB OFFICE connected with it. is now for sale, and
will be sold upon such terms will make it to the n-
terest of those in want of printing materials to pur-
chase from him.
In this stock are comprised an excellent POWER
PRESS and HAND Pass, manufactured by A. Is. Tay-
lor of New York city, and such furniture and maeri
ais used in the best Newspaper and Job Offices
in the country.
There is not office in the State outside of the cit
les whose stock of materials will compare in quantity,
quality variety, with that now offered upon reduced
terms.
The type are as good as new, as may be seen by an
examination Oft the paper published with them. Those
that have been used are but little, they have
been used but short time and considerable proper
ton have never been used at all.
An opportunity is now offered TO any one who will
buy the achoe for cash. upon short time with good
endorsers purchase them upon such reduced te ms
as will enable him to realize sufficient pratt to furnish
all the materials for good printing Office without cost
In other words they will be sold upon such terms
that The purchaser will be able 10 establish wefu
nished printing Office and have in addition. more
than the cost of his purchase in good saeabe printing
materials Though the subscriber would prefer tn sell
all ar the same tme yet he will sell portions of his
stock on the most reasonable terms.
Persons desiring to purchase should apply soon, as
these materials will be removed, unless sold in short
time.
Applicants for purchase should address, editors
Staunton Spectator" or the subscriber,
RICHARD MAUZY, Staunton, Va.