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thought this course the shortest, and the one
likely to save trouble and suffering on all sides.
"The filibusters have been transferred from
the Fulton to the Wabash, and the latter vessel
sails with them to day for the United States,
calling in at Bocs del Toro and Greytown.
Some twelve or fourteen of them are sick from
fever.
The Fulton will remain in this port for the
present. She has twenty-five men on her sick
list, principally her workingmen, whose services
she could scarcely do without at sea, and this
is the main reason why she, instead of the
Wabash, does not take home the 6libusters.
During the greater part of the time that the
Fulton has been on this coast, the rains have
been very heavy, and the men much exposed.
At one time, Capt. Almy laid eight days off the
mouth of the Colorado, the rain falling two
thirds Of the time in torrents.
"Colonel Anderson explains the matter of
breaking the machinery Of steamer in this
way. He says he unscrewed the cylinder-head,
packed it into box, and took it into the woods
and hid it, go that the enemy could not use
the steamer, as be expected Walker might be
able to return, aud would want her himself"
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oXYGENATED BITTERs IN EUROPE.

From Rev. L. Dooliule, highly respectable Clergy.
PARIs, Norem5er /, 1852
DEAR SIR: About two years s.nce made OF a few
bottles of your Orygenatsd Buffers for stomach COM
plant, which was at that time relieved
Since my stay in England and France, l have found
my old enemy irriabiliy of the stomach returning
again. have not found any prescription to afford me re-
lief and made inquiries in London for your Orvseaa.,d
BinerS but could not find any write now 10 beg YOU
will do the favor send, by the earliest steamer To
Havre, half dozen bottles.
An old friend OF mine in England Capt Jackson OF the
British Army, found, my arrival, suffering from
Asthma, manilestly the result OF Dyspepsia Send an
additional half dozen bottles should like 10 have The
Captain try the medicine.
am not aware that my name is known to you have
been the resident Clergyman for some twenty. three
years in Sherbrook and Len=oxville Canada gaSt IN
which charge hope 10 be able in the spring
remain, dear sir, your obedent servant
L. DOOLITTLE. -
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W. FoWLE CO., 1913 Washington street Yozton.
Mass. and for sale by their agents everywhere ~
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81 DAMS OCEAN SANATiVE,
PREPARED FROM SEA PLANTS.

discovered while IN pursuit OF health the shore
Recommended by eminent men all over The country
Isis pleasant met cIne will cure Cd obsinas and
standing chronic diseases, WIS general steal
uation nervous lrrIiaby orpor Of liver pa piIston
dyspepsia, cosuveness pain IN the head dimness OF
Vision vertigo, los OF muscular power paralysis weak
ness OF The back and lower che~t
cough rheumatic neuralgia aud meTcural ac cons and
all complaints where the blOod mpare STATE or
where the vital powers diminished ana as remedy
IN slow and pToIrsc ed recoveTes il has not
It's equal in the world. Hundreds bless the day they be-
came cqaainied with this msIshess Sanave Is PIE
pared from marine plants. 81 expeTt ph
ust III concentrated form, and a safe sure and
pie asant medic.ne package lasts from Two 10 ,onr
weeks ;nd seldom fails OF giving euure aiisfacnop
now 10 get il. Enclose -, ana direct to A SLOAN
Lockport, Niagara county, New York, ard the reIun,
mail i'll bring on the salatlve and directions fro.
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A Model Postmaster.

SIGoURNEY, Iowa, Jan. A, 1858.
Enclosed is $3.50, for which you will please
send the Era one year to William Parke. This
is one subscriber for the fifteen you had from
this Office last year, and thirty the year before.
An editor who makes assertions so reckless and
utterly unfounded as you do, deserves to have
his subscription list thus cut down. Although
the people of Iowa are " not yet reduced to the
starving point" yet they seem disposed to Pc
tronize some one of the four presses enlisted
in the interest of the Shareholders" in prefer.
ence to yours, which abounds in lying ISLANDERS
against the people and Government of the Uni
ted States. You deserve to starve-the people
can take care of themselves. When we can
spare dollar or two for years reading of a
newspaper" we claim the right of a selection.
Respectfully, yours,
ALFRED REEVES, Postmaster,
Sigourney, IoDa.
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it will aid very much in getting names and
they will soon get their money, besides having
the consolation of having aided materially in
keeping up paper that seems almost indis-
peHsable to our cause. have thought, if men
in easy circumstances knew the exertions of
some poor people to continue their paper, it
would shut their mouths about hard times.
One poor man called on me the other day
with three dollars, which he said he had just
received for getting out coopers' slaves and
though he was in want of many things, he said
he wanted the Era, and one half of his money
m1st go for that. H.H.
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Give them Light.

LINE HILL, Jan. z, 1905.
bow many true Americans, patriotic men,
men who would sacrifice the last drop of blood
In sheir veins upon the altar of their country,
are led into the support of an oligarchy that is
deyouring the vitas of Liberty, and sapping
the foundations of our republican institutions,
from not having information, and being under
the influence of designing politicians, who up.
hofd banner in one hand inscribed "Democ.
rsey," and with the other destroying the prin-
cip1es of Liberty, Freedom, and coutemning
the Declaration of Independence-those bold,
manly, automatic principles, which melted our
forsfathers to the achievements of the Revolu.
tios, and the glorious boon they transmitted to
us, after sealing it with their Slood2 Where
are the motives, the principle, che sentiments,
of the men who laid the foundation of our Gov
errment Have they died with them Shame,
shsme on their degenerate sons, who excuse,
justify, and support a party democratic p
which deprives a larger portion Of the people of
the Union of their liberty than withstood the as
sa.lts of the British lion. Yes, we have men
here In the North who would wade through rivers
of pollution to defend the cherished institution,
Slsvery-men who listen to no argument, have
no. argument, but Democracy-pdrty. But
the time will come when this foul blot will be
washed from our country's escutcheon, as sure
as here is GOD who rules the destinies of
nations. J.v.N.B.
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A Suggestion.

NEW GARDES, INp., 18th mo. 81, 1851.
am surprised to see SO much complaint Of
a falling off Of subscribers. Though the times
are hard, think, with reasonable exertion,
there need not be much loss of subscribers.
Let agents advance the money for few days,
where farmers have not sold their produce, and
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THE NATIONAL ERA: WASHINGTON D. c. JANUARY 81, 1855

their duties, the Judges insultingly told them
they knew their own business, and should take
no notice of them. The same was true at
Kickapoo, Delaware, and other places. Our
chalengers were driven from he polls at all
these places, and the troops protected the bo'
1ue Jndoes0
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OrygenGted Baters is a safe aud sure remedy
tor Dyspepsia, Asthma, and General Debility.
In all their various forms. Let all ell cited
with any of these painful diseases try the med
icine, and they will be satisfied. 1t never fails
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Mr.. Houston has introduced Kansas bill in
the Senate, which provides for the reference Of
both the Lscompton and Topeka Constitutions
to the people of Kansas; and in case they re.
ject both, authorizes the calling of Oonititu.
tional Convention, to frame another.
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The Rev. William II. Furness, Pastor of
the Unitarian Society in Philadelpbia, cele.
brated the thirty-third anniversary of his set
Element on Sunday last. He delivered very
Impressive discourse upon the occasion. A
friend who was present writes: "He told them
OF his mental conflict, when his duty to the
slave first opened to his conscience; how he
shrunk from the cross, and how, when it was
fairly taken up, his strength was renewed and
his soul enlarged. 1t was beautiful and sublime
testimony for the truth"
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CORRESPONDENCE OF THE ERA.
Pithy.
YARDYILLE, n. J.. Jan.

YARDvILLE, N. j., Jan. 9, 1853.
l observe q proposition in the Texas Legisla.
ture to allow to free negroes, who desire it, the
privilege of becoming slaves. If not too late,
pray suggest to that honorable body the add.
tion of a clause allowing all slaves who desire
it to become free. That would only be giving
to the people of the State the power " to regu.
late their domestic institutions in their own
way. s.A."
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record our earnest protest against q policy
which has most lamentably subserved the wick
ed counsel, of the ProSlavery usurpers in
Kansas.
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Too Great a Load,

Owls HEAD, Me, Dec. 20, 1857.
The times are pretty blue here with us, but
we cannot get slong without the Era should
have sent before, but have just returned from
sea-
All the Democracy out of office here are fol-
lowing in the wake of Douglas, Walker, & Co.,
the Administration policy being more than they
can hoist in. la.
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The Senate has confirmed Reed of Psnnsyl.
vania as Minister to China, Bigler of California
as Minister to Chill, Angel of New York as
Minister to Sweden, and Meade of Virginia as
Minister to Brazil.
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For the Na..onal Era.
THE EVE OF ELECTION.

From gold to grs
Our mild sweet d.
OF Indian Simmer fade, 100 soon;
But, tenderly,
Above the sea,
Hangs, white and cain. kthe Hunters moon
In its pale FIRE,
The village spire.
Shows like the zodiac's spectral lance;
The painted wall
Whereon il falls,
TRANSPORTED stand in rsrble trance!
Der fallen leave
The west wind e. ewes,
Yet comes the seed. Jim round again;
And morn shall s.se
The State sown fse
With bsleful tares or h. althful grain.
Along the street =
The shadows met
OfDes,iny, whose ham, conceal
The moulds of fate
That shape the State,
And make or mar the common veal
Around / see
The powers thai be,
stand by Empires prifasl springs;
And princes meet
In every street,
And hear the tread Ofan rOwned kings
Hark. through is.serowd
The laugh runs leud,
Beneath, the sad, rebuff ng moon.
God save the LAM
A careless hand
May shake'or swerve efe morrow's noon
No jest is this ,s
One cast amiss
May blast the hope of Fee om's year
Oh, take me whese-
Are hearts ofprsser,
And foreheads bowed !. feverent fear
Not lightly fall,
Beyond recall
The written scrolls br-fth can dost
The browning facs
The kingliest act 3
Freedom, is the freeG ms vote
For pearls that ge.:1
diadem, ~
The diver in the deep :, dives
The regal right
We boast To- nighs>
Is ours through c0'lier s4Snfcs
The blood of Vsne
His prison pain,
Who traced the path the 'Igrim rod
And hers whose s-s7lh
Drew strength fire. death,
And prayed her Russell p 10 God,
Our hearts grow t.,ld,
We lightly hold Z
The right which brave Y IN died 10 gain;
The stake, the cor,
The axe, the swori,
Grim nurses at its birth q pain.
Your shadows rent,
And DER us bend,
Oh, martyrs, with your crowns and palms,
Breathe through these throngs
Your battle songs,
Your scsfold prayers, and dungeon psalms :.
Look from thy sky,
Like Gods great eye,
Thou solemn moon, with Searching beam,
Till in the sight
OF thy pure light
Our mean self-seekings rieaner seem.
Shame from our hearts
Unworthy arts,
The fraud designed, the purpose dark !;
And smiie away
The hands we lay
Profanely on the sacred ark.
To party claims,
And private aims
Reveal that august face. of Truth.
To which are given
The age of HeaveR,
The beauty ofimmortal youth.
So shall our voice
OF sovereign choice
Swell the deep bass of atty done,
And strike the key
Oftime to be,
When God and man shah speak Is one.
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Latter from Utah.

81. Louis. Jan. l9-Later information from
Utah discredits the report that the Mormons are
emigrating. 1t says that the Indians. with Nor.
mon leaders, are preparing to cut off the spring
supply trains. This information obtains Gre
dence here.
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A legislative caucus In Wisconsin has en-.
dorsed the Kansas position of Senator Douglas.
This will be the case with nearly all Northern
Democrats; they can have no hope of success
after endorsing the Lecompton fraud.
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The correspondent of the N. ?. Times aays

"Whatever may be the faults or foibles of
Governor Wise, of Virginia, no one will accuse
him of insinc:s;r1ity, or Of looking two ways at
ties of character, even in President. Hear
ing that Mr.. Buchanan was accused of having
been originally in favor of the submission of
the whole Constitution of Kansas to the PEG.
pie, Mr.. Wise addressed him private friendly
letter, which he sent on here by his own son.
The answer was 80 equivocal and unsatisfac-
tory, that the Governor concluded at once that
the charge was true and am told, upon ez-
cellent authority, that be is nov engaged in
collecting evidences, with a view of publicly
eonvicting Mr.. Buchanan of duplicity."
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During the past year, 20,l7l persons went to
Europe by steamship, and 34,575 came to this
country; making total of 53,746 passengers
Who crossed the Atlantic in various ocean
steamers. This is an increase of 1851 pas
senRers over 1856.
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When Mr.. Thayer, in the House of Congress,
in the debate on the neutrality laws, took the
ground that Central America would be coloniz.
ed from the North, and not from the South, and
that, therefore, it would not add to sie strength
of the latter section Of the Union, great many
thought he was not entirely earnest in his prop.
osition; but the New York Post says that be has
already commenced the organization of eo,a-
na 70 h Sa
TO found two substantial seaports at either ex.
tremity of the Nicaraguan route, and to put
them into profitable relations With tie agricul,
tural interests of the interior. Mr.. Thayer is ex-
perienced in this business, for he has con.
siderable share in colonizing Kansas, and re.
Gently established colony in Virginia. The
latter, however, is said to be failure.
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JUDGE LoRING.-The case of this Massa-
chusetts judge, which has so long agitated New
England, is about to be disposed of, according
to correspondent of the New York Times, in
the following manner:
"The Judge Loring question, it is expected,
will be got rid of by a side movement. The
Probate Coart and the Insolvency Court will
be abolished, and new court eetablished to do
the work Of both. This will throw Judge Lcring
out of office; and, in constituting the new trii-
bunal, Governor Banks will not appoint him,
though desperate efforts will be made to have
him restored, in which some leading Republi.
cans will join. In this way, an obnoxious off.
Ger will be shelved, and vexatious matter be
disposed of in manner satisfactory to nearly
the whole public. 1t is not the holdsst way t.
act, but u is, perhaps, as much as can be look.
ed for under all the circumstances"
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Gov. Morrill,, of Maine, in his annual message,
attributes the monetary crisis to the overpower.
ing national tendeny to over.trading and social
display. In regard to the banks, he suggests q
prohibition of the circulation of small bills and
holds that the multiplicity of banks in the State
is an evil, and spirit of rivalry among banks
promotive of evil. Legislative measures are
suggested to prevent recurrence Of bank sus-
pensions. De fsvors strictly prohibitery
liquor law.
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The House of Representatives was last Friday
thrown into good deal of excitement, by the
introduction of resolution appointing COM
mittee to inquire into the alleged expenditure
of Messrs Lawrence, Stone, 4 Co., of Massa-
chusetts, of large sum of money, during the
last Congress, to procure the passage of the
amended tariff laws. One or two Democratic
members, very unjustly, attempted to make
party capital out of the charge.
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nay Charles Mackay, the poet, who is among
US, is writing pleasant descriptive letters to the
London Illustrated Neaos. He is much pleased
with this new country and people.
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b1~ A California exchange reports singu-
lar slave trial in Stockton, California. 1t seems
that citizen of that State had the hardihood,
not only to buy negro, but attempted to de-
fend his claim in the courts. He was defeated,
but the exchange in question intimates that
quite number of slaves is held at this time in
California
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by 1t is rumored that the President is bent
more strongly than ever on forcing the Leeomp-
ton Constitution through Congress. 1t is said
that he makes it personal matter. If this is
true, the worse for him.
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nay Senator Brown, of Mississippi, is out
in letter to the N. ?. Herald, denying that
he has backed down from his defence of the
Lecompton Constitution, as some of the letter.
writer's have asserted. The Senator should
have some regard for the daily writer's for the
press they must write something What bet
ter than that he has been converted to the
cause of justice
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The CgE OF THE KANSAS TRooPs.-The
Kansas correspondent of the Ne,o Fork Times.
q conserv, 1--WE, neutral journal, says:
"One f,ct should be noted in reference to
the servic. y of the U. s. army at this election
Denver b d taken more prins than his prede-
cessors, tesdistribute the troops along the Dor.
der and aS ths principal towns. We had hoped,
therefore, 80 see something like fair play but
proof CON g up from every quarter, that these
soldiers W. stationed onlyto protect the frauds.
This cans1t be denied. Our challengers were
driven a*sy from Oxford when n the troops were
for their lives. Orders wsre given the troops
to only obey the orders of the Judges and
when our challengers interfered in the line of
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This number of our American Quarterly is
one of the best we have read. The topics are
we'll chosen, and many of them admirably
treated. We like the tone and admire the
ability of the Review. 1t is creditable to the
country, and deserves general support
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Gks &sbieh.

The Americ, Journal of Medical Science Edited
by Isaac lays, NJ. D. Philadelphia: Blanchard &
Lea Pub shed Quarterly IS year.
We knot of DO more valuable Medical Jour-
nal than tbs. 1t is complete repository of
Medical Science, and abounds in very able and
interesting discussions. To the subscriber who
pays IS in advance, the publishers send, post
paid, not OILY the Journal, but their Medical
Neaos and library" monthly of 80 large oc.
tavo pages
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The Colombia Institution for the Deaf, Dumb,
and Blind, will hold an exhibition in the old
Hall of representatives., this (Thursday) even
ing. Mr.. s1allaudet, the Principal, will deliver
an address.
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Cool 1ntelliQence.
Normal Institute.

The Teachers Institute is progressing
finely, we understand. A good number
of Teachers are present, and the daily
exercises are quite interesting. Mr.
SMYTH, our able School Commissioners
lectured on Tuesday evening last, before
the people, Other distinguished men are
expected, to follow him. The lectures
alone are a feature of the proceedings
which will repay the teachers for a few
weeks attendance at this season OF the
year; while the thorough drill they re-
ceive in the elementary branches, is no
small benefit to them. Teachers should
make it a point to be present. The
other professions yearly meet at differ
ent points, for the interchange of
thought, and mutual consultation, and
VIC are glad to see that the members of
this are determined not to be behind the
age. We are glad to see 81 many pres
ent, aud hope they will be Joined by
others, who like them are eager in the
pursuit of knowledge. Come out teach
ers, it will pay.
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and peace without alloy await the peni-
tent believer. The demise of this lady
has created a void in society which can
not be easily filed. Friends and neigh
bors with saddened hearts, mourn her
loss; but none can estimate her worth
so we'll as the members of her own
stricken family, who will cherish with
grateful remembrance the many virtues
of one who was to them the most loving,
the best of parents. Living in the con-
slant exercise of those amiable and win
ming graces which adorn the christian
character, her life flowed smoothly on,
undisturbed by the cares and distrac-
fractions of a sinful world; but the
light that beamed so beautifully around
the domestic hearth has been extinguish-
ed; the voice of kindness that shed its
bright beams around the social circle, is
now hushed, bringing with it the tear
of unfeigned sorrow. Looking with the
eye of faith beyond this vale of tears,
may the ~sorrowing friends of the de-
ceased realize the goodness of God in
this sad disrensation, and when the de-
cree goes forth to summon them from
his stage of action, they may look for
ward to a blessed reunion with her in
hat blissful land where parting is mol
Truly may it be said of the de-
,eased that,
None knew her but to love her"
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Them Hay Scales,

The Hay Scales are about finished,
and no doubt will be a most gorgeous
ornament to our town, at least they
should be, at a cost o some five hundred
dollars! "What a foolish and extrava-
CANT expenditure of the public funds
seems to be the exclamation Of nearly
every citizen of the place. The Corpo-
ration is to be taxed upon this concern,
which will not pay one quarter per cent!
If the Amount expended to put up these
Hay Scales, had been invested in a
Market House, how much better would
it have been for the corporation, nay,
for the whole County? For wan of
use, they will soon be in a dilapidated
condition, and the proceeds arising from
them will be a mere farthing in compa-
rison to their cost. For the amount of
weighing which will be done, the old
ores could have been repaired at one
fifth the expense, and answered every
purpose. And there's that arched g 1T
ter, too! How much has been wasted
upon that, by changing the location of
the Scales? But enough-it is not
quite u put in" and We will say no
more at present.