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POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.

Mr.. SCENARIOS RocHE>rER SPEEch u IHs
SoUrH.-Any base coin issued by ,he Sla,rr
propaganiists readily passes currcu, iu tar
Gulf States. The NississiIpiaa profy,,,s to
quote as follows from the Rochester speech Of
Senator Seward;
Having supposed these facts the iucom-
patiblity, IN the long run. OF free and slave
labor, he Senator Seward then proceeded %
prescribe line Of action for the North, as io-
lows:
q, let as anticipate tie Jlor BY iHrddiHg hS
States If South Carolina and Georgia oJd
eiadacipafing the Iaborer IcLo IS toiiiJig on fiN
plantations there. The two principles cannot
live. Either Slavery must triumph and become
universal. or emancipation must be carried into
ereTV State If the South lives. the North must
die. Than, doIcH lcih the South. :. Del7idd
est Carthage" And if the compact of the Con
federation stands in the way, tear Il 10 Dieccs.
There rs no faith 10 be kept ruth Shareholders.
In politics, that only is obligatory which is ex-
pedient
The great majority ofthe readers Of the Ms
sissiRpian will be ready to swear to the genu.
ineness of this forgery.
In the border slave States We are grathed to
perceive growing spirit of candor. Slavery
ianaticism in that section has exhausted ITSELF
and the public mind has begun to revolt at the
excuses of the 6re-eaters. Among the indica-
tons of this hopeful change, we quote the fol-
lowing remarks of the Frankfort (Ky.) Con-
moRIcealbi, in reference to the same speech
Z" But where is the violation of the constltu-
tional rights of the stakeholder which is said TO
be Swallowed forth in this speech2 We have
not discovered it. All of his previous efforts
have repudiated the idea. The speech is SIM
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for service in cities, and the institution always
decreases relatively, if not absolutely, as the
city increases in population and trade. Norfolk
and Richmond can never become great cities.
or even respectable in size, while they cherish
Slavery They must slough it oil, as Baltimore,
ST. Louis, and Louisville, have done, or be con
tent to remain unimpertant provincial towns,
But whatever be the policy or the Wishes Of
Virginia she cannot remain IN statu ono The
march of events is gradually preparing her for
Freedom. Her prosperity her soil and climate,
and her system of railroads. invite free labor
from abroad and the invitation Will be ac
| cepted, even against the wishes Of her ruling
class The tide of European and Northern i'm
| migration has already set in, and will continue
to rise with increasing force, until population
within reaches the level of population on the
northern border. Slavery viii be gradually SUI
perseded and crowded out Of the State BY free
labor and the State, in spite of ITSELF is des-
tined to have greatness and wealth forcc,l upon
it. Baltimore and the northern counties of
Maryland have never resolved to abolish Sla-
very, and vet they have become practically free,
while they supposed they were cherishihg the
peculiar institution. St. Louis was practically
free before il voted for Free-Soil Mayer, and
Richmond and Norfolk are now slowly and
noiselessly following in the same career. 1t is
not question Of volHon, but law Of civic
growth, and the working Of the - irrcpr4ssible
conflict between Freedom and SLAVERY.
European immigration to the United States
has been checked for the last three or four
years Dy variety of causes. The Russian war,
the succession of good crops and general pros
perity on the other side of the Atlantic, the
Know Nothing excitement, and the financial
revulsion, have all conspired to this end. But,
in the nature Of things, the tide must turn again
with renewed force. Our prosperity is reyiying.
the excitement against foreigners has abated,
and the circumstances on the other side Of the
water which have kept population at home, may
give place to others Of an opposite character.
II is hence reasonable 10 expect as great an
influx Of foreigners within the next five years
as in the similar period which preceded 1914,
if no more The demand for labor, and the IA
cilities now afforded for travelling in almost all
parts of Virginia, will draw much larger share
Of this emigration than has heretofore taken
that direction. The European or the North
erner Will not 60 to the plantations Of Alabama,
Mississippi, and Louisiana, in search Of en-
'ployment, while he can find it in the genial lat
itude Of the Potomac and the James river: and
The rePugnance Of the planters in the Gulf
States to free white labor, which Is much greater
than it is in Virginia, will at the same time OPP
crate to its exclusion. The demand for labor
in the Gulf States will therefore be supplied By
slaves from Virginia and Maryland, and for
tigners will take their places in these more
northern ATTITUDES.
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THE MORTARA ABDUCTION CASE.

The following letter has been received at
Paris from Rome. dated the 9th ultimo
= return with regret to the Mortara affair.
Of WHICH | have already spoken several times
Tins affair appears 10 be about 10 enter INTO
new phase. IN consequence of the seIni official
explanations given by the Cicittd CHtOtjcd in
its last lumber The question of facts is there
explained III al It's details, and the theological
question is treated er protesso. This article is
destined to create great sensation in the
world. 1t will certainly serve as the basis of
the discussion which cannot fail to be con-
tinued on this matter | wished myself to ex-
anime whether all that the review asserts is
true. / have seen the boy. have Intercepted
him, and | must acknowledge that he declares
himself to be Catholic in his heart He even
says, TO every vsiter that his intention is to
enter into the ecclesiastical state. If one were
to accept the information collected here, the
journals are enormously informed when they
represent the Governments of France and Pied
mont as having alone acted III this affair. The
truth is, on the contrary, that there was a col
lectve proceeding ON the part of the ambassa-
doris TO the Pope. All the crowned heads. as it
is asserted here, united TO claim the boy, even
Austria included. / confess, however, that
this even Austria is calculated to make Inc
doubt the accuracy of the news. Since the
suppression VI UcnullS III y. StCil Il uildl
unity has not been seen among the Powers of
Europe who on all other occasions endeavor
here to create an exclusive influence, and mu-
tually to create difficulties for each other but
while Clement XIV yielded, Plus X resisted
and pronounced, notwithstanding his habtual
mildness, the non possumus. This in fine is
the most serious side of the affair-the great
difficulty of the two periods, or rather of the
two matters. The first regarded only a reli-
giOus order, an auxiliary of the church, and
was concluded by concession: the second is
connected with a sacrament, and the Pope re-
piled that he could enter into no compromise"
Allowing this statement TO be true, that
child of six years old has professed conversion
TO the Catholic faith, the fact in no degree nit
igates the atrocity Of the abduction from its
Jewish parents. Let us bring the case to our
own doors, and suppose that similar seizure
Of a Jewish child by Catholic Priests, and It's
confinement in a monastic Institution. under
the pretext Gifts baptism and conversion, should
take place in Washington or New York what
would be the indignation Of every man worthy
the name OF American, in such a case =?
Yet this is the case fairly stated. The Priest
hood have no more moral right to take a child
from its parents, on such grounds in the Pa
pal dOminions, than they have in the United
States
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come free State Is it the policy of the
South to add to the vast area Of territory We
already possess, to minister to the aggradize-
ment of the North p
In regard TO Cuba. the Hercuyyis little better
satisfied with the message; aud shrewdly asks,
will Spain SELF" 1t answers lis own ques-
ton emphaticaly in the negative, and thus
spoils the whole scheme Of the President for
pleasing the Maynard chiyalry.
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VOL. XII.
The 49, O. Dispatel ~:

The Augusta (Ga.l Dispatch says:
"Cirizens ofour city are probably i1---...
in the enterprise. and those brough, up ,a--
are supposed 10 be their share Of the q.
and have been distributed on their plau,.-
1t is quietly limited that this is the ta.-i Ia.
landed by the same company during the a,,
months. We learn that one Of our citizens
bought slave from the lot recently banded
below this city. for winch be- paid So.
Is stout boy about fourteen yrIr, odd.
considerable curiosity has been man. ...
morning To see the distinguished yi,.... .-
The Macon ga yourHai state, ,aa a.
the strangers passed through tina, r.aa
MONDAY. last c,l roUfs for Co,umbu. T
lumbus Ga Inquirer SAYS:
lone Of the negroes from the Wander
brought to this city YESTERDAY. bva s-u,...
who obtained him from the .ut carried ~
Savannah river. He IS Represented . I.
likely and very tractable Young fellow.
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be free; nor is it less certain that the two
races, equally free, cannot 1--we in the same Gov
eminent Nature, habit, opinion, have drawn
lndelible lines of distinction between them 1t
is still in our power to direct the process Of
emancipation and deportation peaceably, and in
such slow degree as that the evil will wear off
insensbly, and their place be, pdri passn, filled
up with free white laborers. If on the contra
ry, II is left to force itself out, human nature
must shudder at the prospects held up.'-.See
htS CORRESPONDENCE. col. /. liaQeS SO. 40
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This editorial proclamation would seem to
be intended as notification to the slave traders
to go ahead. 1t informs them that they have
nothing to fear from the Federal authorities,
after they have landed their cargoes; and it is
not to be presumed that the spirit of Executive
abnegation which withhplds clear and consti-
tutional remedy for the trade on land, will per
form any understandable vigilance at sea.
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WASHINGTON, D. C.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 80, 1858.
JASPER.
Inducement to New Subscribers.

Owing to the unusual interest manifested
be- our readers in the story now in course OF
publication in the Era, entitled JASPER" we
have CONCLUDED, in order that all neao subscri-
bers may have the benefit Of the story, to issue
AN Extra on the lst Of January, contain
ing all the chapters published up to that time.
This Extra will u, sent free to all He1o sub
scribcrs.
EH "a Of our n,w subscribers viii receive
this week a copy &C our Extra containing
the story entitled I" Jasper" published in the
Ero. up 10 December lst those who do not re-
ceiye i viii be furnished, about the first Of
January. Nth douJle ertro, containing all the
story up to that time. 1t appears we did not
PRINT large enough edition Of our first extra.
The Extra Is issued at a heavy expense to Us,
bat We know 1t vii lie fully appreciated by our
Fubscrilers
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TET FErCEiICAN PAKTY.

We ar grailEci to.erceiye that the propo-
sition Of leading cotemporary to abandon the
Republican platform aud adopt one more
agreeable to il enelni-- meets with no favor
an any quarter. r.. terms are rejected by the
parties whom il wa intended 10 concilaie, for
not going far enough. and repudiated by eenu-
Inc Republican, for going too far. It Is to
fbe jew a -tuubEne block and 20 the Greeks
foolishue- The lea,.ing opposition journals
Of the South ridicgl- the idea Of cooperating
with Republicans upon any such terms. They
viii not consent to support an avowed Repub-
lean for Presideut. or TO stand upon Free
Soil platform, for the simple reason that they
could DO neither without selfdestruction. Pub
JIG opinion in the South is mot vet ripe for so
important step. Republicanism must tri-
umph in the election Of President before it
can maxi any considerable Roadway in the
South. II must have the counteuancc and
patronage of the Federal Governments in order
10 withstand the long established desrotism OF
the slave Oligarchy.
Among the Republican papers of the North,
4ge have not met with one which fayors ih,.
proposed abandonment Of the platform and
We are gratifed that the proposition bias only
served 10 develop the fixed and firm purpose
of the free people Of the North to stand by the
Republican party.
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WASHINGTON ITEMS


We find the following amouy the r-a
news telegraphed from this city 10 he \.
en- Press:
W.lshiaytoa Dec. 2I-The corrected
from an official source 81 the naval u.l.....
recently acted upon hv the Senate. Show.
position which has been assigned .a.a on
Captain voorhees, has been tls.....-.
leave paw: Captains Paine. Rau--..a..-
10 the active list. Commando rr
transferred ~ Lecomrt@ 10 leave ts..
strong. Long, and Johnson. % be- Da.-....
the active list, and Commando >.a. -
active last. lieuteuauts promoted .r
teTea-Purter, Williams. Carter B.--
son. Kelly. Chandler, Meade. and Gia-... p.
commanders on the active list. and Lieu. +
transferred 10 leave pay. Lieutenauls l
on the active list-N aIhach, DOVE. ~.
kiel. Perry. Rolaudo. Parker. Fit.
Rhind, and McArtnu. and I.ielreuauts a.,
Harrison. and Hunter. 10 leave paw. Nil.
men promoted-Haii. Byreus and N,reg.. 7.
the active list
The above includes several nomination, &. i.
were confirmed Yesterday.
The balance in the Treasury ON Muulav u
$3,il4.0OO; receipts for the prryiou. week
SLO72OUO. Drafts paid Sl.soeUg0: drafts
% s.
week Of SI.52G.y40.
The following regulations presented a....ar,}eI
tariff of Is46 have been re.ifiraIrI .. ...
tons arising ON al appeal under t.e ts.ra 4
lsj1. DUtiable merchandise imported l... n.
United States, and afterwards exu9-.l. s.
though 1t may have paid du-v ON ,l.- It's. IN.
pOrlauOE, i liable u duty every s..g,-. ...- tr
POrtauUn Wheat, when imported .u III. l--i,l
quantities. exclusively llr experiment and i,
provement III agriculture. w.- he admitted r..e
Of duty.
THE DIFFICULTY BETWEEN SPAIN AND }rrz.
ICO.- Washington. Dse Zt.-I- j, said thar ria
Spanish Minister has officially informed Nr
Cass that the difficulties between the SDar.,h
Government aud the I4Mr,-5 authorities ba,.
been settled, but .ettcrs from commercial house;
al Iampic0, Just received here. contain tie
reverse OF the statement; AID. tlr-uer thar as
soon a the weather viii Permit. the spanish
fleet will concentrate Oh the whole c-a-, from
Laguna to IampicJ. thus confirming. tie '.-eg.,
GUS advices.
UasI4aoa, Dec. &c. P. Seugs,ae TX was
TO-DAY confirmed bg the Senate as Warlr.. Of
the District Of Columbia Peuitentiarv.
The ,l7Op OF gar Plymouth has been orlr-eI
20 Norfolk for repairs.
The Secretary Of War has asked Conzr--s tIr
nearly S4l4.UUv 10 pAv the Florida volunteers.
called into service by Gen. Harnev all I'll.
Looms, IA the year. l-j5 and l,J-
WasIiD3,oa. De-. 16.-There IS rsa.. d,
believe the Liberal PARTY of Mexico. VII. ate
seeking recognition OF the J4ar-z G,yt...
ment by our own. w1ai c0as-u, 70 enter i..,
treaty bywhich the United STATE, could ,-ial-
ilsh military ul-t- I'm CE-brsI-. ami - .. .-.
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THE EVENING Journal ALNANAe.-Tbis
Almanac, issued froe the ofiice Of the ALBANY
Erea1sg journal. embraces a large amount of
information of general eAal2cter, and will be
of great use to every citizen Who wishes to be
informed upon public affairs.
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ID. W. BARTLETT. As the connection Of
David W. Bartlett with the E,4 closes with this
number, We take pleasure in acknowledging the
ability aud fidelity with which h, has discharged
the duties assigned him. man Of pure charac-
Ter, Of unwavering devotion to the Anti-Sayery
Cause, Of literary tastes, and experienced in the
politics of the day, he IS well qualified for edi-
torial usefulness and, we hope, NAV soon find
an appropriate field for his fine faculties.
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PRoPosITIoS TO TAKE CUBA'RY FORCE.-Im
The House of Representative, On Wednesday,
"Mr. Davis, Of Mississippi, asked leave to in
iroduce a resolution instructing the Committee
an Foreign Affairs to report bill authorizing
and requiring the President Of the United
States To take possession of the island of Cuba,
nnless. within the next six months, the sum of
Sl28.625.54. for duties uHjustly taken from
American vessels. be paid, and satisfaction
given.to the President for the insults offered to
our fag and injury done TO the persons and
property Of citizens Of the Cnited States"
II is peculiarly appropriate that this proPo-
s;tion for the execution of summary Justice
nnon Spain should come from Mississippi
Representative OF all the States Of the Union.
Mississippi is the one which should take the
lead in forcing other countries to pay their
debts Mississippi ought to be great State.
1t has brave and dashing way of doing things.
1t borrows money by millions, and refuses to
refund principal or interest; and now its repre-
sentative proposes to take the great island oi
Cuba. worth hundreds of millions, because the
owner Is slow in paving up few thousands
1t Is due 10 candor to state that the Mississippi
,,ositiSn. If not more honest than that of the
pP..1scu.Se has the advantage of being holder
~ fruitful Of fraud and corruption.
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TIE ioi.o~iEg gehuenen accredited agents the
a. W Lssi, Boston, Mass. J. A Inni,, SAFER,
Mao; Thomas Wheeler, Cincinnati, Ohio L. T. Park,
Mount Union. Ohio.
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THE LAST NUMBER.

This number closes the Twelfth Volume Of
The NATIONAL Era. Since the appeal made
some weeks ago 10 our subscribers and our
agents IN behalf Of the paper, We have not been
unfortunate with them. Enough was said, We
supposed. 10 Show them the Importance Of a de-
,ided effort 20 sustain It. Many Of our friends
have responded cordially, aid have spared no
rxertion 10 keep up the lis,. We take the lib
ery this week Of Inserting extracts from some
Of the letters. as Indications Of the spirit that
,,rerails anoug the earnest friends Of the Anti
slavery Cause. and Of the light in which the Era
j. regarded.
Very Inan. Of our subscribers, however, have
no, VI renewed lhcy Ike the papsr-think
II important to sustain it--kuow that il cannot
b. So stained, unless b. prompt renewals-do
not deliberately intend 10 discoutinue--and vet.
from thsnght! .ssnyss, inattention, procrastina-
ton. or some o;her Gauss. MANY Of them will
fail - renew. and this Is the last number they
viii receive Of the Era. Shall it BE- 50? 1t is
not yet too late to DO the right thing.
After all we can DO nothing without the in
tervention Of our voluntary agents. IL must be
:. very exceptional case. where the list at any
Office canno. b. renewed or made good By some
one friend Of thu paper who viii give a day or
tuo 10 tla matter. Subscribers whom we drop
with this number We cannot reach hereafter,
unless thr,oeh the timely intepOsi,ion Of all
agent. Shall So appeal 10 them in vain ?
Tru-une 70 their effort, We hall 90 on issu-
mr. our present edition, ia The hoir- that It may
ali be 1.mal4. I.
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80 North BRIrIsH REvIEw.-We have re-
ceiSed lhis valuable quarterly for November. 1t
'f'ops with an Interesting article upon the pres
ent s'aie Of France. which will attract the at
tention OF tL- thoughtful reader.
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The SLAVE TRAnE.-The Washington Union
says;
The Wanderer case will be resumed to-day
at Savannah. We see by the latest papers
from that city that Deputy Marshal Gordon has
arrived in that city, bringing with him IAN
African that gave every evidence of recent i'm
portation.' The same paper states that there
were number in the camp when the Marshal
approached it, but they all scampered like wild
beasts, at the suggestion of an Interpreter and
only two were taken, one of which subsequently
made his escape. Mr.. Gordon has discharged
his duty with commendable fidelity, and IN the
face of obstacles that would have deferred men
of less firmness and resolution"
The Atlanta Latelligencer of Dec. "a says:
"Quite an excitement was produced in our
city on yesterday morning, on account OF the
arrival by the Georgia railroad train OF forty
negroes. said to be direct from Africa. They
were under the control of Mr.. Thack Brodnax,
a gentleman whom we have long known, and
who informs us that they were natives of South
Carolina. The general impression here is that
they were part Of the cargo lately landed at
Savannah. Our opportunities of examination
were so limited that we are not prepared to give
a definite opinion on the subject. They left on
the train for Montgomery, and will be carried
out West-whither, we did not learn
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To ADvEETrsEzs-Brsiness men will find hgrestly 10
i@eir advantage advertise in the Era
Iessrs Peuingiii d Co, : 3 Niles, and 10y coe &
Co, agihoEized advertising agents for Boston
Nv Tsrk, and Philadelphia
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All 4 ..,.,..i,- uIiI r..,ri,- h.- In
from tlc l- 81 January unless Otherwise re-
guestel.
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paE- We call attention 10 NJ McClees's AID.
vertisement Of Photographs. His workman
ship is very fine. The portraits in his gallery
are lifelike, and present their subjects under
their best aspects.
We have been repeatedly asked for our por.
trait. Those who desire it will learn bv the adj
vertisement where it may be had. Our read
ers will pardon this personal reference. but it
SEEMED to be necessary.
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nIE FILIBUSTER VESSEL SUsAN.-Uu,a,..
Tan. De-. 27.-Ihc Government has JUS, h,,u
advised, by telegraph, Of the return Of thr
schooner Susan. after successfully landing he-
cargo of tlibusters AT their rendezvous. Nour
position whatever was encountered in laulrrs.
Il Is reported that orders have been iorv ari,J
by telegraph to Pensacola. TO detain the Susan
until the receipt OF further instructions.
4 Catholic Priest the Rev Mr.. BOYLE. opened
the Senate with prayer On the sd inst, robbed
in his white surplicr
Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1858-11-05
DIR. Ross and Bishop oolenso.

Or, The Truth Restored in regard to poiygamy and
Slavery. BY Rev. Frederick II. \. Ross, d. D.
OF Alabama, and Right Rev. Jehn William Coll
cnso. D. H., Lord Bisho- of Natal. Price. l5r.
For .ale BY TRUMAN Sp0FFoRD.
feb1a5s-if. No. IS West Fourth ST.