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ALBANY MANUAL LABOR UNIVER-
STTY

THIS Institution, founded upon the principle Of eop.J
and exact justice to all, without regard to ser or
color, il doing good work in Southern Ohio And ,Sa
neghborng slave States the subject human riyhs
and the reforms Of the age Here young men and women
may acquire thorough education al very mod ra,
expense Particular pains taken to prepare teachers
for our common schools and academies
Arrangements have been made with well-ousIssd
teachers give lessons in the
of an education for which charge will he nsJs
Particular care 10 taken with regard The morals o
the pupils All required attend worship ON III
sabbath church 1.-THE church their choice "a
10 reciie Bible lesson on Sabbath morning :" >
No Students permitted 10 play cards any other gam.
Of chance To ardent spirits tobacco attend ball.
and frivolous parties. S
The simmer Term commences on the third wsd,..-
day OF July. 's~"e'-
Students come by the Cincinnati and Ms,,.,, ,,
osd TO Athens, and then by hack daily nine miles 70
Albany. "' -A''e'' y"
TUITION
Of all. 1913 ." WAN" inc hcaeh
Primary studies, from % 50 10 % per term of ten
weeks. Scientific and collegiate department a. inci-
ientas 70 cents Music the piano and me lodeon as
use OF instfument e. Drawing and Painting, 50 Nee,
flework, %.
Students requested be here punctuay al the be-
ginning Of the session.
]. CABLE, Principal.
P.S Board is Sl75, including room rent, a part OF
winch can De paid IN work A7
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oXYGENATED BITTERs.

IL Read the following letter from CALEB PARKED
ESD OF Concord, ". IT, man honored and esteemed by
all who know him:
GENTLEMEN: With no disposition 10 make my name
conspicuous take the opportunity the afct
the benefit have derived from the of Dr. Green's
Ozygenatsd Bitters, and TO recommend them others
For two years have been troubled with Indigestion and
its attendant evils such faiuleney constipation
we're attacks of darhGa accompanied with brash
at the stomach which reduced me in esh strength, and
spirits low that was nearly unified for business.
applied several hysicsns, from whom obtained only
temporary relief concluded, with the advice Of friends
but wi,hou, faith in their efficacy try the Or
ygenated Biirs from the of which found immediate
relief having return Of brasb after taking the
first portion My weight has increased some thirty FIVE
pounds and my health is perfect can truly say that
consider the O1ygenakd BinerS the best tonic
have reeomme nded them several who have
found gres benefit from their use.
Yours, respectfully,
CALEB PARKER
To SETH w FowLE Co, Boston.
Prepared and sold, wholesale and retail only by SETH
W. FowLE & CO., I35 Washington street, Boston,
Mass, and for sale by their agents everywhere 80
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THE NATIoNAL ERA: WASHINGTON D. c. OCTOBER IS, 1857

question was wholly ignored, except by a few
who valued consistency more than success.
Many, in favor of the principle in the abstract.
were unwilling to risk much in support of that
which they deemed hardly q practical cues.
ton, the whole colored population of the State
being but 300. What wonder, then, that out of
40,3ll votes in favor of the new Constitution,
but little over 5000 were in favor of striking
GU. the word white"
1t is an undoubted fact, that thousands were
led to vote against an instrument they had
never read, because they were told by design
ing demagogues, that if the new Constitution
was adopted, the niggers" would be on an
equality with the whites. But, had Republi.
cans taken the stand manfully in favor Of the
striking.out clause, they would at least have
brought the real merits of the case before the
people, and taken away very much of the CAPT
tai Of their opponents, who, carefully avoiding
candid discussion, exhausted their vocabulary
Of epithets, resorting to the old cry of amalga-
nation, &c.
Mortified at their failure to defeat the new
Constitution, that portion of the Democratic
press which has no shame or principle are con-
selling themselves that the retention of the word
"white" is Republican defeat, and are en-
desvoring to palm the lie on the eredulous pub
lie, out of this State; here the facts are too
we'll known. Yours, &c. Err.
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diable. Such is the distance, that we are now
almost powerless spectators. Whether the
British Government has done well or i'll, it can
do little more. BY and by we will venture to
suggest what may be done; but first for the
anxious particulars before US.
at is much to be feared that Gen. Havelock
has thus far gained no substantial advantage
In return for the loss Of many valuable lives.
At the last date, the 18th, he was still at Gavin.
pore, with his force reduced to 900 men, worn
out with fatigue. 1t could not be reinforced in
less than ten days or a fortnight-that is, in ef-
rect, till the beginning of September, the mis-
managed affairs of Dinapore and Arrah having
nao the SAD result of OBTAINING below the Queens
otn ana 9oth, that were otherwise going up the
river. Instead OF advancing and making good
MS progress, General Hsveloek was seriously
threatened even at Cswnpore. He expected to
be attacked on three sides-by the Oude insur.
gents on the north, and from Futteypore. and
by the Gwalior mutineers from Calpee.
1t is almost q novelty in this war to hear of
the river navigation being employed for any
other purpose than the quiet transportation OF
men and material; and it certainly is melan.
choly reflection, that while we are encircling the
earth with belt of big ships, and have innu.
merable gunboats and other craft of all sizes
rotting and rusting nobody knows where, there
is not such a thing on the Ganges, or its tribu
taries, as steamboat adapted for the purposes
of war.
mo doubt the navigation of these rivers
supplied by mountain torrents, flowing through
immense alluvial plains, with frequent inunda
tons and changes of channel, is not very easy
or always possible. But in August and Sep
TENDER there is at least depth of water for YES
sells capable Of steaming with two or three guns
and a hundred or two men.
Had the Company but dozen of such
vessels at this junctureI How gladly would
England give twenty Of the ships Of the line
now lying in ordinary at half a dozen hsrbors
and estuaries, for as many vessels of one-twen
tieth their tonnage moving up and down in the
Ganges and its tributaries. 1t appears there ID
one such steamer at the command of General
Havelock, and he had despatched it to proven,
the Dude people, if possible, from crossing al
Futteypore but he had no means whatever OF
preventing the Gwalior mutineers from cross
ing the Jumns at Calpee. Indeed, it is too
portable that by the union of these three
bodies he would soon fnd himself as much be-
sieged at Cawnpore as Wheeler had been be.
fore him, and as our people are at Agra, Luck.
now, and half dozen other places"
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DIR. 8. 8. FITCH,
TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS.

4 RETIRED CLERGYMAN, restored to health in
N few days aher many years of great suffer-
ing, is anxious 10 make known the means OF cure. Will
send rcc) the prescription used Direct the Rev JOHN
M. DAGNALL, No. Is6 Fulton street. Brooklyn, ~ Y
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Use the Orygenated BitterS, and you will
have no cause to complain of lsssitude, debili.
ty, or any of those complaints inseparable from
our Spring weather. They are regularly pre-
scribed by some of our most eminent physi
clans, in cases of Indigestion and General De
bility, 33
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HENRY M. WHITNEY

BOOKSELLER and stationer, Post Office Building.
ID Honolulu, Oahu, H..
~ b. Books, Magazines, Newspapers and all kinds OF
Stationery constantly hand and for sale Ord, "a 10,
binding received, and executed with despatch asa
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DIR. 9. 8. FIrcTs "sIx LECTURES, -

$40 pages 30 engravngs bound explanatory of the treat
men, by which he cures Consumption Asthma, Diseases
of the Heart, Throat Stomach Bowels, Liver Kidneys
and Skin, Female Complaints, Gravel, &c by mail,
and postage prepaid, for 40 cents. Apply TO
DIR. 8. 8. FITCH,
No. ia Broadway, New York.
NJ He has other Office, either at Chicago Buffalo,
Pittsburgh, elsewhere He is absent from New
York, and physician elsewhere is authorized
his name 554
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PRINTING.

DOCK, Pamphlet, and job Printing, neatly exssnasS By
ID BUELL. 4 BLANCHARD, COZ ner Of Indiana avsn.a
and second street. wsshngien. d. q.
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where she beIonged) to Csrdenas, with cargo
cflumber, and Captain Barton, of the barque
Cornelia, of New York, who arrived on the 9th
instant. reports having seen on the previous
Thursday evening the remains of the Albion
Cooper, Orange Key bearing s. w., distant
,a,entv miles"
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British Consul at New York.

Ne1 lori, Oct. l2.-Edward M. Archibald,
formerly Attorney General of Newfoundland,
has been appointed British Consul at New
York.
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The Kansas Election, &c.

Washington, Oct. l2.--Advices from Kan.
saA show that the Republicans have carried all
the elections for that Territory. They have
got the Legislature as we'll as the Delegate to
Congress. This result is attributed to the de-
lection of the South Carolina and Georgia
voters, who were actuated partly by pique
against Gov. Walker, and in part by opposition
to the Democratic nominee for Congress, Gov.
Ransom. The election was quietly conducted.
The Free State men, so far, seem to have every.
thing in. their own way. AS soon as their new
Legislature meets, they will, it is said, repeal all
tie laws of the Territory, and institute a code
oil their own. 80.
d, What effect the election is to have upon the
aats of the Constitutional Convention remains
IT, be seen. The Convention is to reassemble
vary soon, and it is supposed that they will
csnform their action to whatever may appear
IL be the popular win. But can they take the
e}ection as a fair test of the will of q majority
OF the people of the Territory?
Messrs. Ferguson and Chapman, the two
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Massacre of Missionaries in India.

mdsSdcT6 Oh mlSSlOE6Il6S IN l0Qla.
The last ray of hope has been dispelled by
the late arrival of news from India, and we
must now record, with feelings of the profound
est sorrow, that there is every reason to believe
the four missionary families of the Presbyte-
ran board at Futtehgurgh have persisted in the
massacre. They have been traced to the vicin-
NY OF Cawnpore, and it was hoped that when
GENERAL Havelock arrived there he would find
them alive, and rescue them from the insur-
gents, but he reports but one white person as
saved, and her name is given; so that the
painful TACT is pressed upon our hearts that our
brethren and sisters, our dear friends, Freeman,
and Campbell, and johnson, aud McMullen,
and their wives, and two children of Mr.. and
Mrs. Campbell, have fallen victims to the awful
Instruction in India.
hev John +. Freeman went out in 1888, and
mas been faithful missionary for about nine
teen years. He married Miss Beach, in Newark,
New Jersey, who died about ten years ago.
Mr.. Freeman afterwards married a valued
friend of ours, Miss Vredenburg, lady of great
accomplishments and worth, with large circle
OF friends in this city and New jersey.
Rev. David A. Campbell was from W;scon.
sin, and his wife from Ohio. Rev. Albert n
johnson and wife are both from Western
Pennsylvania. Rev. Robert f. McMullen was
from Philadelphia, and his wife was Miss
Person, from Paterson, New Jersey. All OF
them were among the most able and useful
missionaries of the board, and their loss is q
blow to the work, compared with which the de
struehon of 100000 worth of property in In
dia Is not to be mentioned.-M p. Observer.
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We regret to learn that Hon. George A. Sim
mons, member of Congress elect from New
York, has again been stricken with paralysis,
and cannot possibly survive this second at.
tack Washington Union, 9Th.
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Two Statesmen Equally Astonished,


In his New Haven reply, President Buchap-
an thus expressed himself: .
"Savery exised at that period, and still ex-
lists, in Kansas, under the Constitution of the
United States. This point has been at last
finally settled By the highest tribunal known to
our laws. Hos 1t could ercr hace been serious
IN doubted, is d,mystery."
Henry Clay, xho in his day was thought 10
have some political knowled ge and mental acu-
men. thus expressed an astonishment which he
felt, on the 22d of July, 1880:
al am aware that there are gentlemen who
maintain that, an rirtue Of the Constipation,
the right to carry slaves south of that lire (360
3O/l already exists, and that, of course, those
Who maintain that opinion want no other seen.
r;ty for the TRANSPORTATION of their slaves south
of that line than the Constitution. III had
not heard that opinion auosccd, should haus
reoayded II as one of the most extraordinary
assumptions, end tie most indie ensibte posi-
tion, that pas tper taken by man"
So it will be seen that these two esainen'
statesmen encountered each q great mystery II
the examination of the same subject Mr.. b
chanau thought it q mystery how any one coulc
have doubted that the Constitution carries Sia
very with it. Mr.. Clay, on the other hand, re
garded that doctrine as the most extraordinary
assumption he had ever heard, and the mos
indefensible position ever taken by man.--CsH
cinnati Gazette, Oct. 7.
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Business in Buffalo.

For the first time in many years, the sound
If the hammer and the saw is not heard in our
Lin wards. Net new vessel has been placed
on the stocks this fall, and scarcely man can
be seen in the various yards, excepting the few
employed in finishing the ferry boat for the
Lake Huron Railway Company. The usual
force employed in the yards is about fifteen
hundred men, not one of whom can be employ
ei there during the coming winter. In many
other Of the manufacturing branches of bust
aegs. large numbers of hands have been dis
charged with no prospect of employment be-
fore spring. There are at the present moment
more mechanics out of employment in Buffalo
than any time heretofore.-Bufalo Courier.
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The Vandsrbilt's Last Trip.

The steamer Vanderbilt left Sandy Hook on
the afternoon of September Ii, and arrived at
Cowes early on the morning of the 22d, equal
to run to Liverpool of nine days two hours
and forty minutes. The passengers presented
Capt. Higgins and his officers with some highly
complimentary resolutions at the end of the
voyage.
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Connecticut Town Elections.

The town elections in Connecticut took place
on Monday, and were in most cases contested
on party grounds. The Hartford Press, Re
publican, claims that Of II towns, Al were car
RED bv the Republicans, &c by the Democrats,
and five are divided-a Republican gain of
three, and Democratic gain of four. The
Hartford Times, Democratic paper, has re-
turns more favorable to the Democrats.
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The Engineer of the Central America.

Mr.. Ashby, It is understood, will undergo an
examination, this week, before Board of En-
gineers, constituted in part of the steamboat
inspectors of the district, to whom he is made
responsible under the law of Congress for any
dereliciion of duty. The court viii be con-
vened at his own request. A writer in the
JouSndI Of Commerce proposes that the wreck
of the Central America be searched for with q
sub marine electric lantern, which discovers OBJ
ircts AZ the depth of two miles, and submarine
telescope screwed into the bottom of q vessel
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Convention. Prominent amongst these was the
removal of the restriction on the Legislature to
enact laws authorizing the establishment of
banks of issue, by providing for the submission
of general banking law to the people the
abolishment of the Office of superintendent of
Public instruction, and the establishment in its
stead of Board of Instruction, to be elected
by the people; the election of Lieutenant
Governor; and provision for its own amend
ment by q concurrent vote of two consecutive
legislatures, and afterwards acceptance by the
people. ltt
The right of suffrage was, by the first section
of article second, conferred on "every white
male citizen of the United States of the age of
twentyone years." &c.
Section fourteen of the schedule contained the
following: ~
"At the same election that this Constitution
is submitted to the people for its adoption or
rejection, proposition to amend the same by
striking out the word white from the article
on the right of suffrage shall be separately
submitted to the electors of this State, for adop-
ton or rejection" &c. "And il at
said election the number of ballots cast in favor
of said proposition shall be equal to majority
of those cast for and against this Constitution,
then said word white shall be stricken from
said article, and be no part thereof"
Notwithstanding the proposition was to be
so submitted that all the chances would be in
favor of the word "white" being retained, .
failure to vote on 1t counting as against it, yet
it raised such storm of opposition from the
Democratic press, that the Republicans became
alarmed, lest, if ground were taken in favor of
striking out" the whole instrument would
thereby be endangered. Hence not Repub
lican county convention, or leading politician,
and but one paper in the State, advocated it.
In all discussion of the new Constitution, the
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Another Run on the Hartford Banks.

Ha1ford, oct. The suspension of three
of our most prominent banks yesterday caused
the spread of much distrust throughout the
community, and to-day there was heavy run
upon most of the city banks, but more particu-
larry the Estate Bank" The demands of the
public, however, we're all promptly met, and the
excitement, which at one time run pretty high,
soon died away.
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Damages Claimed for the Negroes Hung by the
Louisville Mob.

Legal action has been Instituted in the JET
ferson Circuit Court, against the city of Louis
vile, for the value of the slaves George, Bill,
aud Jack, the murderers of the Joyce family.
George aud Bill, it will be remembered, were
hung by the Infatuated mob and Jack cut his
own throat in Jail, to escape the fate which
befei his companions. For their horrible crime,
Sl,5GO is claimed as damages by the owner Of
tho negroes.
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JUST PUBLISHED,
THE PROGRESS OF SLAVERY
UNITE TAT { S.
BY GEORGE NJ. WESTON.

70. 3l2 pages. Bound in muslin. Price,
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The Straight Republican publishes the 70
lowing extracts of letter received in this cit
from Senator Sumner: f.4aj sal \
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Tie store of Mr.. Stein, at Crestline, Ohio,
was entered on the I'd instant, and $4,000
worth of goods taken. The thief was arrested
In Cleveland, and the boxes containing the
property found at the railroad depot.
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way, took to eliminating its author. 1t
charged that his real name was not Helper,
but Hilper; and that some ten years ago, be-
ing in partnership with Mr.. Michael Brown, of
Salisbury, in the book business, and that he
bad gone to New York with funds belonging
to the concern, of which he had never rendered
any account. The Journal of Commerce. &C
eording to its practice of serving as echo to
the Union, FASTENED to repeat this libel. A
letter, however, has been written by the Michael
Brown of Salisbury referred to in the Union,
which sets this calumny at rest, so far as it re-
lates to any business connection with him. For
the benefit of all the parties concerned, we give
the letter, as follows:
SALISBURY, N. c., Sept. %, 1857.
DEAR Sir: Having noticed the article in the
Washington Union, in which it is stated that
you and myself some ten years ago, entered
into the book business in this town that funds
we're raised, and placed in your hands and
that you started to New York, for the purpose
of replenishing the joint stock of books that
you deposited the money in bank, and never
rendered to me any account of it, &c.-I feel it
due, not only to you, but also to myself, to say
that the statement is utterly untrue. 1t is, of
course, well known to you and myself, and ev-
erybody here, that you we're Iever in copart-
nership with me in the book or any other bust
ness; and / have no hesitation in saving that
/ have no knowledge of either myself, or of any
other person, having ever placed in your hands
any sum of money of which you have not rem.
dered correct and honorable account.
Yours, respectfully, MICHAEL Brown.
Mr.. II. r. Helper.
AS to the other charge, of change of name,
the Journal Of Commerce confesses to having
seen an affidavit signed by three citizens Of
Rowan county, North Carolina, who are certi-
fed by the Clerk of the County Court to be
'highly respectable" which declares that Mr..
Helpers name is, and always has been, Helper.
Having thus been defeated in their attack on
the author, the Union and Journal of Com
mercs might as well address themselves to the
We regret to learn that Hon. George A. Sim
mons, member of Congress elect from New
York, has again been stricken with paralysis,
and cannot possibly survive this second at.
tack WdshinQtOn Union, 8th
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The Firemen's parade in Philadslphia was
attended with one or two serious disturbances,
in which two or three men were badly wounded
by pistol shots, and others more or less injured
by missiles