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AND THE UNITED sTATEs.-Ar

HygVA AND THE UNITED STATES.-AR
Z RIVAL. OF THE BLACK WARRIOR-CONCHA AP
POINTED CAPTAIN Observation-Disclosures SHIPMENT
OF CIGARS &C. &ely the late arrival OF the Black War
nserable excitement created by the
news that Concha again appointed Captain Gene
Cuba the opinion of all American residents of the
Island was that there between the
countries long shipm nj of Cigars, snuff, &C.
tinued 50 large the late arrival II. MEAD HARRIS
iynchburg Va extensive dealers in Cigars, Snuhs,
choice eles received large stock of the most
celebrated Cigars purchased by their agent
siding Among their most scbct brands ne follow
ing idea OF their superior assortment la Sire
na La Flor nesuerado La Sumpreyiva La Adea, III Mayo
raj and Mraors Opposite the Warwick House Lynchbug
Va. H. M HAhtiS w.
lots
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was dssolvcd hy limitation the 3lst December 1856
The the viii In closing
Ihos" indebted In the respectfully
ted To Aee their accounts II Is important that tho business
ahou he closed We take this occasion Ia sincere
thanks TO friends aud tho public the vey liberal pat
heretofore extended to and earnestly ask
nation oi the the oc, johnson
JOHN B LEE,
TIioS. H. JOHNSON.
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~ROUND PLAsTER-1OO Tons Ground
feb lS Ia - f'O NOWLfN ALEXANDER.
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u hy TO retire from business Commission Merchant and
take pleasure In recommending friends
above hrm as my suueessora In business VIM. "A. Too
nephew hns been long and avorahy known my salesman
and ho other mcvers firm avorably prompt
huHnCsa men. VIM. T. SMITH
NV a. lAp1y
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u,wU.u .:1uOEN sEED-.-a have j"-,

second supply of Garden Seeds whe, renders
my stock large aud complete FRESH AND GENUINE for
sale nv 1mar H.ts JOHN II SEAY, Druggist.
MOTT aE.-Jhe cO-pnrtn'rshIp heretofore cx
isting between the undersigned ard : Dugud, unde
the STYLE Diugud Sons dissuvt d on the st day
January las
The business will hereafter be carried on by the undersigned
utdc the firm and D. T. q. A DlUGUID, at the
old stand of DUp puid & Sons
e claims agnins the hrH Il \ Duguid
Sons ~ i'll present e settlement and those owing
accounts will plea 9 come ard and pay up
DAVID T. DIIGUID,
GEORGE A DIUGEID.
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81 y, q q. a. DIIS.UsD, Successors to

Lps DIlfGTID & SONS. will keep constantly hand a
large stock kinds of FIRNlI RE- OF Their own manu-
acure hh they will be pleased to shew the Old friends aud
nnirous Diuguid Sons, and the pualc generally
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Nn AtrECTl.Y OR NAUSEOliS DRUGS USED.
" asbsUNSTlhN,

Mombcr of the Roy Il G cse OF Surseons Lohdon 6IuaI
ran, o,, nf Il Colleges of the United States
and the greater part Whose lite has been spent IN the mrs
Uosptais OF Ion, ara Philadelphia and elsewhere ha
ed .srse Of e nus astonishing cures that were eve
Known n " triut with rn ing IN te head and ears
aslenp kea nervousness being alarmed at sudden sonhh
and ba.Emucss with frequent blushng, attended sometime
Va i'm deranreme ut uf ~ Id. cured Immediately
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BRANCH oFrCEsNo n Hanover st, Boston, No. 81 Chap
81 ST. New Haven CT Glovervie N Y. No 274 Broad ST.,
Newark N. j.; No l2 Chestnut st, Philadelphia No lOo
Baltimore ST. Baltimore No - Westminster ST. Providence
r. No East Ih ST. Cincinnati; IS North 4th ST., ST.
Louis; No sl St Charles St, New Orleans No. 20 Danphin
~ Mobile ldec 24.d&cs
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-01-08
THE slave Trade.

The black Republican, were anticipating
gloriou. windall from the proposition
made by = few political lana,ics at the
South, TO revive the African slave trade
l,u, this last ehanN Of obtaining political
profit. BY the foolishness Of a mere minority
Of small section Of the South, has been
lost TO them, by the wisdom Of the great
mass of the Southern people, in frownlng
down the d,abolical proposition.
Even in the South Carolina Legislature.
the proposition Of Gov. ADAMS met with
but htik favor and in the southern Com
mercial Convention. resolutions in favor n the
r.op'nina Of the slave trade. were voted
down
Ia the lloa~ q Representatives. on the
,,h. Mr. oRs. Of :. e.. subtnittci rsolu.
tion that il is inexpsl~nt. unw,se. and con.
,rry to the -c,,lrd policy II the Usi,ol
States, 10 r'peal ,he laws prohibiting the
SAW ,r.hs This resolution Was adopted,
ayc- is3 nays s,rt,. ~ follows > Ncssrs.
Rarkslak B~unet,. II Miss. Brooks. Keist,
Qui,man. shorter Walker and Wright, Of
Miss
Another r-ola,iou. invoking the esecra-
,icu II foreign nations, Was M, rs unani.
moosi, SUSTAINED. simply on account II its
wording. which indicated too much Of that
mean trucking 10 fcrrn ~ntimen, which
Americans dc,os, but they equally dctest
the slave TRADE, ~ that resolution Va. Adopt,
d by very larry majority,
We arr at lcs 10 know what material
for agitation Republicans viii have soon
The slave trade is utterly crplcmned both
north anil south Kansas will come in as
nv State ~hs, viii h. len 10 as,sass
about,
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4 Ulsuntea Convention.

We Az that u number Of Reverend aud
Irreverend shriekers, and agliators held a
meeting at Worcester, Mass, couple Of
weeks since. und resolved that whereas Fms.
MONT had been bcuten, and the existing
Union is failure"
We respectfully invite our fellow citizens OF
Massac huites 20 meet IN Convention at Worco~.
ter. on Thursday, January Is, 10 consider the
practic ability, probability, and expedicncy Of
q sepa,ai,oa hsfsessa ne. trs and Siocs !Nfais.,
aud 10 take such other steps a. tho condition Of
The times may require
The source of this necessity they declare
il, that there is a fundamental difference in
the North and the South.
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no oUn WEEKLY asADsas.

We prsrns this week. 10 our weekly
readers. . sheet enlarged four columns 10
siss sod printed upon nsw and cIsss type.
We have been much encouraged recently.
BY the interest manifested by our friends in
dIacrcn, portions Of tbe Territory, 10 IN
crcssiog the list Of Subscribers To this paper
During the past week, upwards Of two h""
tIrcd nsw names have bern added to our
subscription lIst, and WE are now In the
daily rcceipt Of clubs of new Subscribers,
Our weekly contains more reading ma''er
than any other journal In the Territory, and
rs much o. u,any n the eastern weckle-,
which have an extensive circulation 10 MIN.
nssota. II Ia furnished at price, u clab-,
lower than any Other Territorial paps
We ask our friends TO continue their good
work. In adding ~ our list. II Is hut little
labor. Of any Pos, oilice Ia the Territory, n
.form u club u ten or more subscribers. and
BY this being done throughout ,he Territory
our raptr will soon obtain that circulation
which We modcs,iy think Il deserves,
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-01-08

BKSroS, in hrs Boston lecture, explaining
how 4, came tina, a, his advanced ar he was
blessed with the absucc Of thC-e inarIna,:es
which arc supposed to Nrlcag to H. sad
lie owed Il to the cour-r 81 has carly Et,-
Fn,SkLN Iwhom We warmly euloyired Va,
oucc nicknamcd the American Aquatic, b.
cause he drank nothing bu, water. 10 ,hA,
rspcc, he hal initiated fs,sxLix he to
tally Ahs,ains~i for the frs, half Of bis hSr.
and ~ss temperate the other bali He hal
nc, cnly totally sbs'ained frcm ,piri,uous
liquors, vinoas liquors, srucuicd Eqaors
AMI every ,hins Of tbs kind bu, he hAi sep,
h,mxlf free frcm ryrR, kind Il Dissipation
lie kncw NJ zane xhatevrr and % this
ncmcn, could not tell, vhCu looking a; a
party playing cards which was tn lo,.'r and
shich was ths winner IL had oiieu al
up all night, watching ,hr sseA 90 military
da,y. and bcck--, sonx--had onrn kept
ain a~ske; bat hs had never spsu, O0e u sc,
Il dissipation
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-01-08
TIE usatiagtsu Ts1si-A novel D~ssa~e.

Eos no"u"6sSW sbeA-A Sosss O~hsurs.
Oh the 10th, the coansel Cor HrSrisoros,
the tosger, prevented 10 the Court and Jury
the linz a dsenoe which Was 70 b. pursued
in biz cas. The prosecution having proved
70 far as Il wss possible 10 do 70 by n nu.
mrous array u competent witne-s.s, the
charges Of forgery Of which HuSTiSGros
stands accused, his counsel, instead Of put.
ting in a denial Of the truth Of tbo-e charges,
boldly admits that he committed the forge
riss specified in the particular indictment
upon which be Is now on trial, but that he
committed multitude OF Others. At the
ZANE time, however, that he makes this
broad admission, he presents a. the theory
Of the deftncc the plea Of moral insanity,
AMI boldly asserts that at the time HuST.
iSGroS committed those forgeries he was not
morally accountable, being utterly uncoo-
scious that be was pcrpetra,ing crime. Ia
support Of this theory. he gave biographl-
cal sketch Of the prisoner from his boyhood
interpreted with numerous anecdotes Of his
youth, Illustrative Of his erra,ic character,
and closing with an account Of the various
forgeries Of his more mature years. All
these forgeries, he eonten,lel, were but 50
many witnesses Of his moral insanity, and
he was prepared To prove by competent
medical testimony that he is monomanae
Wv. II. HARBEoK and CHARLES BELDES,
who have been on the stand. and whose evi.
dence has appeared in the reports Of the ,ri-
al, are charged by ths counsel a. being the
guilty parties, and with having employed
HuSriyoroS rs tool--an innocent tool
in their illegal pecuniary transactions. Aud
this extraordinary defence the counsel for the
prisoner stated had not been adopted ill az
ter the most careful consideration, and till
they were thoroughly convinced by reference
to competent medical authority that it could
be fully sustained by the facts which they
intend 10 present in evidence
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would furnish most desirable and fasibI-
highways u ths immense emigration which
annually pre~ss westward. sod by opening
up ew and vast Geldis for enterprise, would
intellectually increase the amount and mo
meutum Of this emigration. Such railway
communication acrosz the continent, would
Immediately create vast locsL and way
commsrr between the seash0res and fisher
IN ~ the Pacific, the pitefies and cedar
groves u Oregon and California, AMI the
prairie region Of the interior. Bu, the par
amount advantage ~ such means u inter
communication would b. the proIegioas and
magic effect II would errt Ia opening up
anil developing that vast area 81 coaniry
which lies between The States bordering up
90 the Mississippi aBd the Pacific. Imme
diately would cultivated 6slds begin 10 ap
pear. foari.hing villages and towns 10 rise,
vast prairies to blossom. minss 70 BE- opened,
industry and ell the arn Of peacc and civil
xation to flourish, and vigorous. in,elli-
gent and energetic population 10 spread and
thrive. where now the whoop of the savage
or the cry Of the Wild beast alone dis,urbs
the primeyal solitudes Of nature. With
proper means of ptcrcoIninunicntion, less
than half century hence will witness apop
ulation Of Afiy millions Of intelligent. induse
,rious and prosperous human beings hctsc
the Mississippi and Pacific.
Hut we have suggested enough AMI more
than enough 10 convince ANY one prrvious 10
rcmspn. II the ineatimable advantages and
imperative p~,e~i,y II establishing III.
ret railway connection betwe-n VI. Eastern
and Western -cs-boards 81 our country. --
Whici, 4 ,tr .hrcr rival scr,,- furnish the
creates, natural IA .lities and adv iniagss for
the construction Of railway. We have neitb-
er time nor spare at present To consider, bat
hope 10 recur % this feature ~ the matter
soo. 10 the meantime We may express our
earw~t wish that Congress viii take early
and judicious action upon this subject, and
thst the people u H. Paul AMI Minnesota,
aud Of the great northwest generally will take
care that the just claims If the Northern
route ARE not ignored nor overridden by
more powerful though less worthy interests
elsewhere. For our own part we are will
ing tina, Congress should pass bill author
king and giving proper aid 10 all three
routes, leaving each Ia s,aad upon IL m
tural and practical merits
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Postal Arrangements.

We learn from Mr.. Ricg, Of the follow
ing new Post Offers established in this Ter.
ritory
At Washington, Fillmore county JAMES
II. SEpAAS, Postmaster
At Kenyon. Goodhue county S,srgr
n. Barker, Postmaster.
At 81. Clair, Carver county: GroH0s w.
HAMILTON, Postmaster.
Posr OYricR DerAKrslST.
Contract Office, Dec. 20, 1866.
sm The Postmaster has ordered thrse adj.
dtiousi weekly trips between st. Paul and stu.
wstsr--ls miles and that 1904 per annum nj.
ditional be allowed, II being pro rata,
Respectfully. your obedient servant,
wv. H. DtNDAs,
sec. Asst. y N. General
Hon. II, u. Ricr, n, X,
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,,-.,s 90 . ...~s s.a Decd MAJ.

f,rusK NAruEw, N. great irish Apps
,r u Temperance, who~e devotion To the
true interests AMI elevation u his coan,ry.
men. I'D him To give 'hc energies II ks, to
the csu~ II the TonPenn'~ neSma,lon.
did in Cork "a thr 9th ult lie bail caeh.
cl rir' old Az, AMI coh lcOk back ~ a
long liz H~n' in sinccc e,er,icns IN the
cau~r II humanity Perhaps no nsa c'vr
accomplsb~i NOR practical gcNi BY the
simpsc power III moral saasiOn than d'd Fs
thcr NAruSw Their osis NJ column 90
sculpsurd rnaas'.rum to k~p his memory
sr~c 10 the hear's Of tie sus add god Of
svery cline
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D'sis's" es the Tsssssesy-Ths New state.

Dl.isio. os the Tss,ssssy-Ths Ns,, state.
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Observation-Disclosures. -,
80 .'' ''" " NV"
r' % '. ~" s." " '"'e'y 'oI'ec''
y, ''''"' w ,e''''''"S o' 'he House
y "a'".s nave "s'~u upon u o'l'
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Heavy s"s~s In the sow'h--Iixht SNOW
Ia Minns sota.

llou wv L. Murray. arrived in this city
On "Wednesday evening. direct nom Wash.
ington, He reports that be- was r,wccn
Eve and six days coming from Chicago to
Dunleith, owing to the grca, depth Of snow.
In some plaoes, on the railroad track, il had
drilled to the depth Of five and liz feet.
In western Iowa, deep SHOWS injuriously
effect travelling There, |, Is between two
and three fee, deep on rhe rrairics.
While this is the case below, here in
Minnesota We have but nlna or ten inches of
snow and train Of cars to-day. nigh, run
from Lake Superior TO the Missouri.without
obstruction.
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The E,piorssior OF tfrlca.

Late European papers contain accounts
Of the arrival at the Nautilus. on the 18Th
OF Angus, last. Of tina, celebrated Of Afri-
can explorers. Or. DAVID LIVINGSTON, 10
the British ship Frolic. This Traveller, who
has made himself quite celebrated by his
various exploits IN the way Of daring ad-
venture, has a, length succeeded in 'ravers-
inc Africa from OCEAN TO ocean, having ac-
tually penetrated from Cape North and
West 10 Angola, whence be returned as far
as Ssshikc. snt thence finally to rete Quill
linanc 90 the east coast.
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good FEELING Is bringing To light, j. the fact
that the Nortbrn Aid Societies. were to
Wy the ieast--dishoD'stiy tsAnagd and
that tbe charitable faDis. raiDsd Dung tn
recent campaign, Tor "bte'iing Kan&ar" have
bern ussssiy squaDierci. he Ksnsas CO.
respondent u the y. \. Eren,ng Poa, says
this Is literally true You cannot" hs
adds, "en,er settlement 10 Kansas without
hearing the charges repeated. Oftteir truth
| expressly stated myself as unable 10 Judge,
bat regarded them Is deserving inyestiga-
ton The remark " the Post that ''yo,i
could nd Se,,d maa 10 Kansas. but rho. u
he fsna,a<d Msrs si1 sseb, ,rouid BE- uang
your fu.ds o' you least srpsdsd." was bu,
the rpstitiou of The words spoken BY On en-.
inent Boston merchant, who has probably
contributed morr 10 the cause of Kansas
than any other man.
The present condition Of Affairs in Kansas
Is n satisfactory vipdieation Of the Demo
cratic Territorial policy - policy which
has boon 30 emphatically approved by the
people. Allow the people, Of the Territory
to settle the slavery question In their own
anner---uninhucnccd by " aid societies" Of
border ruflian invssions and we have a
practical solution, In pcseeable manner, d
that question which has 80 often threatened
the disruptisa of the Union. 1t removes
the agitation of the question from the halls
Of Congress, and places it where II legiti.
mately l~Iongs, among thu people who are
To be affected, injuriously or benefcialy. a,
the cs'e may be. by ia decision. When tho
principle n the Kansas n Nebraska law !. re.
cogniz"i n. tinali,y in the legislation Of thu
country. On .hs slavery question. WE will
have no further agitation Of thu subject in
Congress, and the prevent disgraoeful strife
and ill.,imed enmi,y between til. North and
South will cease.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-01-08
Peace IN n assas.

All accounts RON Kansas pf0'sla'ery
anal anti SLAYER, agre that the inhabitants
Of this hitherto distracted Territory, are
nov enjoying al immunity from law
lcsspe-s that the Territory is progressing
a, very rapid rate, in population and wealth
and that the cmigrant Ia the Territory,
anil the resident nov there are as well pro
,ec,ci Us In any other part II the West.
This happy state oi Affairs, ~ think. is due
to the promptneS., in'part,alii,. and pcrse
ycrancc Of Go,. GtsHy. and 10 the hearty
supper, of the Federal Administration,
which has aitcujcd him IN hi, official
career
upou the complaint OF Gov Gr,R,, Ia
couprs, the Chef Justice VI the Territory,
has bcen removed for Rros par,iali,y IN the
discharge Of Judicial DATES ind Jaws o.
ilAsnIsoN. an able lawyer of Louisville. Ky.
has been appointed. The L ;, Judges in
Kansas, at present. are Judpr Caro-, former
" Of Alabama. Judge CrSSNon,s recent
" appointed from Pennsylvania, and Judge
HAnnisoS, the late appoin,e, The, are
all represented a. men Of integrity learned
in the law, and animated By desire to pre-
serve peace in the Territory Col SPENCER.
the Marshal, appointed recently, Is an old
ci,isen Of Newark. Ohio be moved 10 Kan.
sas about year ago, and was appointed
withou, any solicitation Oh his part. IN place
Of DosALpsoS. who refused to warrcs,
Hlyss, the murderer Of Bcivua, a FREE
State man, 30, We sc, that Gov. GrAay
Is supported in his efforts. by an able and
impartial b,siy If Federal officers
Go, Gr.R,. W. l,arp, IN u n~eni letter
estimates the population II the Territory a,
?30JT. consisting 81 I~rsoG' "hU haze
hccomc permanent r-i'Lnts of the Territory
while thee who caluc merely for purposes 81
agitation or speculation have hf,. The
Washmgton correspondent Ut thu Baltimore
Sns one II the mrs, moderate ard reliable
Journals in thu Union sa,s that Kansas
will 10 doubt. ai the next s'ss-ion, apply Tor
admission iuto the Union as State whether
with or without slavery, il H. fortunately iur
the I-opc Themselves to decidc Il -. how.
ever the opiuton of unprjudod men. IN the
spot that the MAJORITY VI the inhabitants.
including many southern men. will decide
against slavery. and FIR the rcasou that they
deSir 10 makc Kansas a t,o State a Stair
Of rapid growth AMI attractive To cmmigra.
ton from ali parts II ,bc world The
H,raLd " Frs~ios., the eryan Of the fre
State party a Journal which has judcioasly
aea,cd much II is uliraism says tina, two
thirds Of the poplc II the Territory, inclad
ing many emigrsnts nun the south, arr In
favor II making Kansas frr~ State. This
same Journal also Acknowledges the efficiency
of Gov. G.,R, in rStoting gCssl order and
wpr'ssing lawh~swss-
Thc rcstora,ia cf p~oc anil good or,kr.
-Sue H. b. iollowcdb, better understand
INK bc,wrN the Fr~ State sDi Prsslavry
~,,lcrs. AMI the, Irrly Acknowledge the ~.
trmms into which they wen hi during the
late JisfurbAn.S,s In thr rrrtitarN For in
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-01-08

rm Co,Liss i.iss The proprle,oH Il
tins hnc haw made application to Con
gr-~ 10 terminate their eonIac, with the
gorrumeut. As THY ind il impossible. q,
,Ac rsiac~i rs,ss Of their compensation, to
continue their linz AMI keep up their usual
ss>>i
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w: sAls no noss OIL ums ,.., .,,..,.
nwns in MAJ"
II IL natural that man should have mark.
I'd tho cwselc.s flow 81 tins by proper and
distinctive divisions. I, Is mse, that he
shoad distinguish the more important 81
these divisions or little opochs Of his lif, by
appropriate usagcs. Accordingly, ~ find
that most civilized nations have celebrated
the first day Of the year by so,nc peculiar
ob~ryancss " marks II regard. With tive
Jews the new year began with tho month OF
Tuhr,, and the first day was eonsi,lrsS' ~
that on which God hohs Judgment. and
likewise rs the anniversary of Adams erea'
ton The Romans ceIrbra,rsi New Years
day by Offering sscriti~- Ia Janus the new
ly elected magistrates alao going 10 the
capitol In body and sacrificing to Jupiter,
Prscnis werr aiso given and rs~'N~i on
that day The Kom"n New Years gre~e
ing was much the same as our own. Thr
people when they met saluied each other
with aanum aers" i'issfn@ Jss'ee"'a"' no.
- happy AMI Auspie'ous New Year 10 "n'
In the days Of tn c'npirr, the Roman Hin
perors converted the fclicito'is custom Of
giving presents on New Years day into an ID
strumcnt Of oppressive extorticn RON tho
people. Queen Elizabeth Of England scms
10 have patterned at,w the Roman Emp~rcrs
IN this particular for she h said TO have
supported her ssrlrolr and jswcl cheat,
which wew very large AMI costly, by her
New Years h'ie~ upon her subjects The
drai,k OF ancicn, britain were accustomed 10
Distribute tn tn p-'rir, w.:A asaea eeT-s'>
ny, on New Years day, branches " sacred
misslctcc. cu' ou certain days with . golden
knifs, from ior,.s dedicated to the gsls
The Saxon. also observed New WARS day by
gifts and festivities. Similar customs and .a-
pcrs,itious oh.er, auces distinguished the
,a, among the Herman tribes TO the
present time many Of these ohsr' aocS'',
bu, now serving principally to excite mirih,
arr prac,iccd in Germany on the nigh, Of
the last u Deccmbcr and first Of January,
The New Years day or Christians hcing
the eighth day AFTER Christmas, Is thu e~li,
val Of Chris,s circumcision. Al o,cr coo-
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According TO present appearances, says
the Cincinnati Esquusr.l the representation
Of the Northwes, in the next House OF Rep
rscnta,ivcs may be set down abou, as fcl.
lows, provided thcrc is NJ material Increase
Of the ratio
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