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KANSAS

rho Kaosas Free State PaPsl' rrosDe,fEf
encouraging way y, oon's tbs Herald Of FTeS~B
the Territory from Lea, 'n several interest," liza
now before Is, we ge"" tAH
items. md never has De tau,H J.
nro.,lavery party in Kansas ' nOssiblv lbs Il
p.O ;tsllf by fair voting pO'9 ~. retW
10 Su %" 800 two hundred slaves IN NV
may DC sV .no ad;tors Of that paper nave Isl
tory' pu' ' Ire The attempt 70 man. Il
known OF 'wenSt' .ha .ave relation would pe
secure there is an impositOp.o ILL.,, au;grated Ii
Four young men, who ~ ,le nsnuWac-
Kansas. have commenceu - not more |
$500 With q simple machine coS'lns - alb out
, thon $50. with which they TURN
th;r.v thousand shingles daily' 49,. taking
3 'n' TSs GOOD people of Lawrence are III c;ty
'.as for the organization OF a reg0'''
e Colonel Harvey and 6hy other persons com
- Coionei - - ,or,bars of the Chicago Oou'
W. I;oh was robbed last summer Vi
IN Pany' - ord turned back, and a"ef""'O
n entered by the Northern route an baep
IS, roA of the Territorial militia n@'o
e, iatelv disbanded by the Governor S'e ryar5
M the foundations of new settlement Oh 10y
he 'm reet one Of the tributaries of POttawaOmit
I'd, creek, The soil is exceedingly ieF''''' "''
ng watered, and heavily timbered.
o1' Meetings have been held IN ~
nd Lawrence, and committees apr = - :
~. pyynose Of establishing Common ocno0i Sys
~. Item. Attention begins to be directed 10 iS'l
- road enterprises, large meeting having Os9'
bat held in Qundaro, Kansas, on the otn' a'"ni'0,
ba, after an extended discussion, 1T was resoiVel
that the interests Of the Territory imperatVey
rot demand the immediate construction Of RAJ
#. road from the city Of Quindaro, on the missouri
i've river, up the Kansas valley. The general fee
ami. ing was in favor of connecting Kansas by raj
mas road with st. Louis and Chicago, 80 as 10 lnsur
rree the full benefits of competition, and thus initial
that the beginning Of a railroad to the Pacific.
plo. A change seems to have come ovef the Pee
1ual pie of Missouri since the retirement Of the Bu
ford gang. The Herald Of Freedom says,
gentleman from Indiana called at is office
INKS few days ago, having passed with his good
CHI and family through Missouri on his way to th
on Territory, and said ne had never been bette
'ous' treated in travelling anywhere. Th9 citizen
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TALKING TO SUIT CIRCUMSTANCES.

When it was thought necessary to frighten
the capitalists and conservatives of Phladel-
pha and New York into the support of Mr.. Bu-
chanan, Mr.. Wise told them, if Fremont we're
elected, Virginia and the South would not sub
NIT to it, and through the columns of the Irish
Citizen, New York, on the 22d of October, he
communicated the following alarming intelli-
gence;
" | tell you that Virginia has armories for
more than one hundred thousand men in twenty
four hours by the watch and / tell you that
she has meu enough to take arms rather than
be subugated to Black Repubhcsnism F."
The Richmond Enquirer confirmed this as
founding intelligence. Hear what it said
"The Black Republicans are as little aware of
the superiority of the South over the North in
their military resources and establishments as
in any other respects to which we have adverted.
Take Virginia alone, for instance. Do thew
know that she has an arsenal and armory of
her own, established in the good old State SOW
ereignty era of 1898 and 1899, from which she
can equip 10000 troops at ten days notice
Do thoy h''o~ ;iI-t sho hos the nucleus Or a
standing army at her capital, consisting of
standing public guard Of hundred men, in
P"J - '1O N'o'CJ anu d volunteer force
in Richmond larger in proportion to population
than any city in the Union-besides two large
companies OF young guards of the age and
spirit of those conscripts of France with which
Napoleon won his best laurels?
DO they know that Virginia has had a Mill
tary Institute in operation at State expense for
eighteen years, whereat 100 cadets have been
instructed in the practical sciences, pyrotech-
MICS. and military tactics, every year, from
which 400 of the flower of Virginia youth have
been graduated, the most of whom receive their
education at State expense, upon the condition
OF teaching within the Commonwealth for two
years after graduation The fruit of this sys-
tenn IS visible in sub-mitary schools in every
quarter OF the State, under the instruction of
these Lexington graduates, with an aggregate
of pupils daily instructed in military drill, of at
lsast 500. we have madame allusion tn the
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REea,U7yOvAEY SERyICEs.-The article on
cur h.S-page on Revolutionary Services, is .
vsrT Instructive a1e, and has specla. le-erance
to n bill nov pending in the Senate.
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THE NEW CENTRAL AMERICAN CoNVEN-
TION.

Despite the injunction of secresy in the Sen
ate, the New York papers publish what pur-
ports to be a cory of the new Treaty with Great
Britain, IA ralatso,-to Gantral r'no-ieass
now under consideration in the Senate. How
it has been obtained, is not stated, but 1t IS
probably correct in the main. In one OF our
exchanges we find a synopsis of its provisions,
which will suffice till an authentic version shall
appear.
The convention is even more complicated
than the Clayton Bulwer Treaty, and, if agreed
to. will make work for future negotiation.
"The convention proposed for the United
States and Great Britain, by Mr.. Dallas and
Lord Clarendon, sets apart portion Of Mica
ragua for the Mosquito Indians, who are to have
| independent legislative power within their ter.
ritory. The title of Nicaragua to the territory
south of Segovia or Coco river, not within the
limits of the Mosquito reservation, is recog-
missed, saving any rights which may appertain
to Honduras on condition that the navigation
of the river San JUAN from it's mouth to the
Serapiqui, be made free to the citizens Of Costa
RIGA, without tax, except for light money and
other reasonable port charges. The territorial
disputes of Nicaragua and Costa RIGA are to be
settled by Joint arbitration of the United States
and Great Britain. Grants made by The Mos
quito Indians, since l848, of land Ding be.
yond their reservation, are to be confirmed,
each to the extent of one hundred yard square
within, and of one league square without, the
limits Of Greytown. Nicaragua shall declare
Greytown to be free port and city, though
retaining over it the sovereignty. The town au
thorities are restrained from levying export OF
, import duties, or collecting tonnage duty,
, except enough to maintain the police of tie
port and the lighthouses. The boundaries If
Balize or British Honduras are to be fxd
within two years, by treaty between Great BIT
7 ain and Guatemala, as they existed on the l Oh
: of April, 1850; which said boundaries and
3 limits shall not, at any time hereafter. be x
tended. The Bay Islands are to be free er.
: ritory, under the sovereignty of the Republic
i of Honduras. The consent Of Nicaragua and
: Guatemala are made necessary to the VALIDITY
u of this treaty.
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81" oeS~7H-' 'l' JOva, to-, Oy,,oains Ologrs
zeal notices, rertraits, facsimiles Of handw
ting epltaPhs and a variety Of similar mS
rails, lnteres'ilg to the antiquarian, histora
the student Of Gods providence, and to ma
more general reader. Here we ind the nan
and ancestors Of two of the Presidents Of /
United States, aud of other men who bore prom
nent parts IN the early settlement of the cou
try OF the wars Of the Revolution and Isl
and with Mexico, both in the Army and Navy
as well as signers of the Declaration of hide
pendencej members of Congress, Senator
Governors statesmen, and those belonging
the Cabinet; civilians of every description; an.
likewise physicians, lawyers, and clergyms
Of emlnence not only in New England, but il
almost every State Of the Union. 1t viii be
veryuseful book Preference hereafter, and prob
ably its value be more appreciated years henc,
han at present. The more such volumes fur
1shed in relation to the towns early settled, Il
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FROM WAsHINGToN.-There is no foundation /,
whatever for the statements that have hem 20
freely circulated, representing that the GUern.
ment here had either proposed or intenda, mo- '
posing a negotiation, to extend to the P1sb t
West Indies the policy adopted in tbe,rejuro. .
civ treaty with Can ada u
Information was received in diplomatic circles
by the last steamer, warranting the belief thst,
though Great Britain had persistently resisted
the invitation to take part in the new Congress
and had denied the right to revise the decisions
or terms of the preceding one, she has now re
considered that determination, and will be &C
cordingly represented. Russia has signifed {
readiness to submit the disputed points to {
| majority of the Conference, consisting of fou
of the Powers which were engaged against he
in the late war.
| A suggestion was made, evidently through
one of the Embassies here, to the Secretary O
State, that England would fill the vacant nj:
sion if certain concessions were granted, whic
amounted to virtual retraction of the positio
so properly assumed by our Government. Br
it was rebuked in manner that will prever
the repetition of an experiment involving SOM
thing of national humiliation. Consequently
the vacation will remain open until the ne
Administration shall be instaled.-Cor Phi
North american.
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FAMILY MEMostAE Genealogies OF the Familie. a
Descendants of lie Early Settlers of WATERFOWL NJ
sachuseits, incing Waltham and Weston. To WI
is appended the Early History OF the Town: with 81.
ratons, maps and notes. BY Henry Bond. Nj
Vol. l, feaea yes; vol. 3 Additions, Correciio
Early Hsiory. Both in one volume Boston: Lsr
Brown, Go. s5j. For sale 10y w NJ Morrison a
Taylor AIau-, Washington, d. c.
1t would bea somewhat curious task to @:
serve the divee expressions with which diff,
ent persons lay take up this large octave W.
ume OF mos than thousand pages, in 4
bookstore, sd turn over its leaves. Oae Der
son casting glance on the title. end then 5;
the portrair and other pictures, and possibly
unfolding tie map, or opening the book, hGs
and There lndipg every page almost crowdst
with name, dates of births, deaths, places e..
residenct occupations, and removals hither
ana you night very probably lay /: down again,
and say, what is the use Of writing such zig
book a9lt Waterfowl, Weston, and WSl
tnhm DO not want any such book, and |
ronder nybOdy should spend 50 much tine
and laN' upon it." Another might catch it
mp tur to End his own surname, and i it
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,5HINGTON, d. c..
THURSDAY, JANUARY l, 1851.

Office No. sol SeUenM street, bett0ecn ID and E,
one square south Of City Post Office.
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Unquestionably, this discomfort among the
slaves is the result of the late sectional contest
They were not ignorant of the character of the
late canvass. Excited by the incendiary ope-
rations of the Black Republican party, embold-
ened by assurances Of sympathy, and promises
OF succor from the North, and stimulated, no
doubt, by the secret suggestions of miscreants
IN our midst, they grew impatient of their sub
lection, and eager for revolt. "-Richmond En-
qUirer.
Not Ignorant Of the character of the late
canvass :" Who informed them concerning
ltE Not Republican newspapers or speakers
slaves never read the former or hear the latter.
From whom, then, did they get their opinions?
From Governor Wise, and the Buchanan ora
tors OF the SOuth-from the Enquirer, and the
Buchanan presses Of the South. Had von-
slaves heard the Republicans, they would have
lmbibed no false ideas, no illusions stimulat;ng
them to insurrection: bat they heard only vour
inhammatory representations, and by these
were their passions excited, and hopes Of
violent intervention in their behalf, awakened
SO obvious is the cause of the mischief. that
one might suppose those specially concerned
woald hereafter observe more caution, and re.
FRAN from their dangerous MISREPRESENTATION
of the ruling Party at the North. Sslfinterest
If nothing else, should sdmonish taen not to
bear false witness against their aeighbors.
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The AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A New ENGLAND
GIRL commences in this number of the Era,
and grows in interest as it progresses.
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FORTUNE TELLING, the story that appeared
in the last Era, was copied from Harpers
Magazine
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our past kmtledge ojthe magazine = d the
aAito,,s ct.,oA,,, wI have no hes,a3 "a in
rscommsri;r1 i as useft and jnty Iesting
one to opr readers vno wish for sele,l com
Pilation, from mont to non'n' u 'n Oest
periodical literature If E9land and SCI 'and,
o which, perhaps, by behcdeu, as inu la'eu'
so,oot;o,s f.om the kstnah and French!
HARPERs monthly 'A-NI fOi' '-''A'' o.
This magazine, |cn we nave 'ece''ell'om
Franck Taylor, Of y cry Is Oh manu- e"'l gnu
;.;,orr,,bor of me than usual livelinerI The
fr.t ,r,;c,e "Tbs nimal Declaration Of de-
nsrdepeey will Suse by its comic pictbs as
vel, 81 now and IN it, yelled satire. It of
= are exceeding well done, and the lu6 4ous
tbaracteristics 1.-The assembly are SO Irth
with much eiec Ie deDale OF the ais
is in keeping WI te occasion, and q sly
hits, here and the gown I'M add to ifici-
ness Of the ne tp articles, "ScrapEom |
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PERIoDicALs.-We had intended to notice,
this week, several periodicals on our table,
but have not room.
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- .sr WANT.

cr SOUTHERN CONVENTION hnos no
the hands of the Southern press Inc
md (Va.) Examiner dissectS the pro,
Of one Convention as sample Oh A'i
and exclaims-
"a We have q set of brave resolutions,
words, high resolves, up to the 40 VI
last extremity point, and wna' naS5
ofted the South +? Who has attemp'eu
them out, or who has thought OF tnelh
he clever and patriotic gentleman VINO
tbem omitted Charleston? The energy
Convention died with it, and no Govern
Southern State, no Legislature, no Soun
tha Cberokees, no Board OF Irade' ho
I'd Company, has ever bestowed one
IN mon any one of these resolutions
tro3a Southern commerce, Sontnerh
.;on colleges, and free schools, the Psclhc
IA The 1nniform coinage the geological
rs are precisely as they were before the
\ *Anm Dan to Beersheba all is barren the
TO- resolntions foliaged with words are
IL, fo.trees, producing nothing, aud the nne
: Ihaa nv which they were supported yei0
- more than OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Mi what do.s the Examiner expect Cal
sEonyention manufacture Capital, ana In
.brise. and Intelligence2 Can it build ships
4 xe sailors, get up steam lines to Europe
l,te Peter Farley Histories, establish the Com
80 school system? 1t sees the wants of tn
Som. resolves that they ought to be supplied
nd<ten-it stops, blindly, stupidity ignorin
the graf primal want-tte aoant Of free ldbo
Had the South free labor, Capital and Ente
lwhe wOnld spring up there as elsewhere, ar
ke care of themselves, without annual gathe
Sngsofdemagogues, Missionaries, and Speculation
to sag what ought to be done.
lis because Slave Society is failure, tn
we hive these Southern Conventions, and tt
all such Conventions fail. In Free Stat,
when steam line is to be got up, they do +
call Northern Convention to talk about
but company of private individuals organi
and the work is done. We claim no pre-. Ell
nent merit for the Northern People-the gu
ton is one betceen Observation-Disclosures Fl
Society and Slave Society-and the fact Il
the latter is a failure, shows that even Ang
Saxon or Anglo.American energy is not eq
Ito all things.
Esy venerable subscriber to the Era THU
the report of the remarks of the presiding c
Icer of the New York electors commented
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TINS IN OF THE PArRAacns: or Lesson.
the Eie OF Joseph By II. Rev. JOHN Gu, y
pa 7deiphla Lindsay x B.aks,t-u -
! ., Iay.or AIaury, Washington. D c II
Oar readers are familiar, we prssr. = !
'ne characteristics of DR.. CUNNING !, .,
ter and as We have heretofore exprasse5
opimon IN relation to his excellence. :. =
iec's' we need only say that this booJ, no..o.s.
more OF the former ami less Of the latter A.,
some others Of his volumes. He alwavs dro,.
much useful instruction from his ton;o. =.
Il ne IS too difuse, aud unuecessariIv $50,
yet he has many attractions to s great bodu !.
rehglous readers, and 10 doubt will be u.ofni
also, IN the incubation Of important reHgioc
truth to some who would throw down NOR.
soma teacherin disgust. He covld scarcely tree
OF the patriarch Joseph without furnishing 4,
DOCK that would find its way into the hands Of
numerous persons.
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TT FOR Tar a Novel By Lady or N.p Off,
New lorA Garret CO. For SAFE by TAYLOR II
injury, Washington. d. e..
ms volume, we presume, claims to be IN,
OF the most successful of the mon, .,,.,,g y
replies to Uncle Tom. The authoress. in he
preface, processes to regard it in this light. III
IS a novel which aims to depict the oppression
OIL The laboring classes in England. where II wa,
hrst published. The occasion, we are inform.
ed was to rebuke the expenditure and the sym.
patty OF the Dukes and Duchasses and Iadies
OF quality, for the negroes of this country. "A
manifested by their reception Of Mrs. Stoves
Do0h' aud It's author, in Great Britain. Tbs
ut Tor Tat, then and we might saw, not much 4
at that-conaists In turning the tables upon the
bFlhShers, by showing them that they Ia,
need enough to do at home. -
Now, in the first place, as regards the fat
" Uncle Toms Cabin is a correct de-
nneatlon or not of american Slavery as it exists.
ana II SO, whether there is not reason for reform
does not touch the point; in the second nIoco
'e uouo' the correctness Of the position that
because there are misery, Indebtedness and a.
'resslon, around them, Christian peonla n,ouo,
eel a sympathy, and do anything in their No.
r, IN reference to them abroad. We nre.no,o
New ork and Boston, and other cities nh,
ave been found some very lamentable cas- of
cknes5, when the cry came up from NorfoIL
II those who were in distress. POSSIBLY h.
lght have been found cases of starving noo,l,
our own country, when we heard of the So
g condition of poor Ireland; and we belian,
e Gospel Of the Saviour does not copfne sur
thy and compassion to those who were rod
perish at Jerusalem, but the command No.
preach the Gospel to ere,y creature. Thu
Ok 'hen' is based GU false principle, at The n
'set 10 say, as it were, 1t may be so there
evils among US; but there are evils el.a,
ere, therefore we will quietly let the evil. -
and increase, and if any one thinks oho9,
.m, We will give them Cit for Tat"-no
WAND for their Oliver seems 70 IA no,
best kind of answer. But the an,borass
given US a sad picture of the opnrass;on of
chimney-sweeps and cliz D--A
eat Britain and the Il. W, dc
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PoE,s OF TIE LArE FRANCIS ;. KET Esq, auihOl OF SIN
St., soapgled Banner; witan introductory Iht,er by
Cbif Justice fancy Ne5 York Robert Carter 4
brothers I557. For ssI by Gray & Bal,ntyne,
Washington, l. c.
PERHAPS there is no one of our national
lyrics that d more popular than that which
bears The pane Of the "Nar Spangled Ban
ner." ~ 5rited, and tie cir.
cumst4pce in which tney were composed give
t. EN- ar Go,p' interest, Struck out as <
we're By impulse Of patriotic Joy, to Zee
the flag his country proudly floating over the
fort agast which the assaults of powerful
foe hadeen 4 rected, the outburst of feeling
wrousf up to intense anxiety, relieved and
turnch) triumph, they break as with a sudden
oasetbon the isteter, with something Of tie
same act as that stirring emotion whiA IN
dtedth. a full account of the situation Of
Mr.. HI when he was led to write them dpwn,
is giyein Chief Justice Taney's letter, which
here 1efaces the song. To Mr.. Keys nul ner-
Gus ENDS, who honor his memory and cherish |
pIeaklt recollections of his worth, as a raa,
apAinthropist, aud Christian, beloved and re-
soectl for bis many traits of social and many
yrtu, this volume Of his poems will be most
welcme. They viii here recognise the Eiay-
jul hmor and pleasant flow Of words Th1F
nave SO often delighted them, and they tu
meet too, some Of those beautiful hymns With
are . be found in the various collections, lid {
whio breathe 50 pure and elevated a sPrt bt e
devtion, together with other pieces with E-ifh i
theyhere become acquainted for the first N. b
1t a somewhat singular circumstance, nv s
the author Of one of our most inspiring na'tnh f
sons, and t. the music of which our arnf5 n
have gone firth to battle, should have il
Distinguished, as he is we'll known to AF II
ben, as p4sce-maker His record Is me- r Il
ona to be proud of in this respect Tor II pr
believe tina. many a duel was prevented to
his exertioIs in connection with bis hls'f' TO
tle Hon. Mr.. Mercer Of Tgnf nc
Nj. Key was nan Of high honorable ieeI T gu
but he was too a Christian gentleman, II ar
highest style Of man. The volume no" II wi
us exhibits hin as such, and if not ent''s' I on
rank among the foremost products Oh - In
and poetic alent, yet it is imbaed WIN y ~
of pure and kindly feeling that will WIN l'' the
to the sympathies of many and it VIII Os ma
with q growing pleasure for the as'o'i' III ln'
that Irvine his garlauds Of poetry a'O''- vi
symbol Of a nations presence and p2SslsA 10,
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CalSEsF SvGAR CAsE.-Tbe correspondent
OF the New York Times says,
The Commissioner OF Patents is now send.
Tag to TIE State Agric altural Societies a parcel
OF Chinese sugar cane seed, raised under Ike
direct supervision of the Patent Office, sufficient
70 plant sixteen acres, with a view of extending
the culture of this plant. It has, since its in,
PRODUCTION into this country, proved itself well
adapted to our geographical range of Indian
corn. 1t is of easy culture, being similar to that
of maize or broom corn, but will prosper in a
much poorer soil. A correspondent, writing to
the Commissioner, speaks of the extraordinary
richness and delicious flavor of the milk of cows
wsie s. had zen tss On that description of food
!. = &, ss1 ossos yith the fact Of the sue
lhted ,EnD1aOrice flant, which is hardy as
the 2. pGSoansa cut. 1t is employed not
IsssaicinaI 1hrposes, but, they say, is
a 5S ant eleaent IN preparing some Of the
nd poiter in Great Britain"
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'an AFtisIss No booa.J anu 4 &c. =
tenant Bn,,oq boz, we can also sps as
merit rons, I'd the ihIdents related I'd il,
Ip<rated. One of the besO.hings in u mum
Der, toe. is the article entitled GA y WYMar-
rage" by the authoress Of "John HHE6x.
" Little Dorrit" is likewise continuedE and the
usual supply Of matter is given irony the pens
of the editors in the Monthly Record OF
Events" Literary Notices." " Editors Table,
Easy Chair, and Drawer" with the never.tail-
ing comic illustrations at the end. II is
promising beginning for a new year, which we
presume the enterprising publishers will be
careful to see well kept up from one month to
another, through 1851