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CIscINNATI, December 30, 1851.

pNY DEAR slR: enclose Mr.. Heaton's
letter, which speaks for itself take u for
granted that, so far ne the Treasury makes
deposits In Cincinnati, they viii not be cons
tinued With the Trust Company. The City
Bank Is, | have no doubt, safe institutiOnl
and Is managed BY excellent and liberal
men speak the more impariially Ne l
never borrowed a dollar from them.
/ presume your arrangements for deposit'
INC here are already made. IL not though
/ am bound in Justice to say what have
Of the City Bank, | should feel still more
hound TO ask your favorable notice Of the
Mechanics and Traders Bank, with which !
do all my own business, but in which have
] - a n
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FOR RENT.
CHEAP FARM

I m ACRES, 10 miles from the city, jim
L w proved, orchard, springs, sc.
10 acres timber, and rs acres bottom,
Price $40 per acre. Forsaleby
CHAS, u. CLARKE,
mhe Real Estate Agent, sd street.
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a To Oapitalists.

HANDSOME new two story Brick
inwclling tdouble) on Brown street, that win
Fuf sale BY CHAS. n, CLARKE,
10 ciegg's Bnildiag, Sd street.
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THE EULOGY OF A LAWYER.

There is prevalent idea that success in one S
profession is honorable, although attained at
the expense of justice and morality. With
those who have thoughtlessly accepted it, it is
a sufficient justification of an action, to say of
the actor, 1t was his business " 1t is in this
spirit that a writer in the Ecening Post, intend
ing to be very eulogistic of the late Rufus
Choate, relates the following anecdote of him
"A single act which he once incidentally re-
lated illustrates very strikingly his aohOle pro-
.tessiondl course, an achievement of which he
had reason to be proud, o. but which we do not
remember to have seen in print 1t was at a
criminal term of the old Supreme Court, at
Salem, when fourteen criminals were arraigned
to be tried, some for high crimes, and some for
low. Mr.. Choate defended them all, and one
after another, partly through fascS which his
keen eyes detected in the indictments partly
through verdicts rightly rendered, or prung
from an anaciUing jury, they were acquitted
and discharged. 'And the best of it was said
he, in conclusion, never got a red cent from
any Of them
In charity to the memory Mr.. Choate, we
sincerely hope that this story, so discreditable
to the Christian and the man of honor, is I'M
true. The influence of the legal profession is
great but it is not equal to the task of impo-
sing the morality of this achievement upon the
public. The lawyer who screens the criminal
from just punishment, by his skill in detecting
flaws in the indictment, by his ingenuity in dis
torting the law or the evidence, and by con-
fusing the minds of judge and jury byAhis
rhetoric, is no good citizen. Indeed, he makes
himself particeps criminiS, a guilty partici-
pant in the crime and the booty. A lawyer
with reputation for this sort of success is little
better than confederate with criminals. He
is their Sheetanihor of hope and their sure
refuge
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THE PEACEI

The reader viii find in cur columns to-day,
first, the news of an -armistice, and, immedi-
ately following, OF peace Perhaps the his
tory of the world viii not furnish parallel of a
war at once so brief, so grand in scale, and so
brilliant in achievements. The appliances of
modern civilization, which are but the trophies
of peace have added splendor TO the triumphs
of war. In turn, we may hope that the war,
waged in behalf of Freedom and Civilization,
NAV not have been made IN vain.
But the fact cannot be concealed, that the
terms of the treaty, as briefly telegraPhed to
London and Paris. are less satisfactory than we
had reason TO hope from the confident promises
of Louis Napoleon. He has only half fulfilled
his pledge, which was to drive Austria out Of
Italy. That despotic Power is still to hold pos
session of Venice, although the latter IS to be
erected into a kingdom, with the Emperor of
Austria at its head. II is also TO form part of
the Italian Confederacy, aud viii thus receive
the support of the whole italian race. This, it
must be confessed, is a great alienation OF It's
former helpless vassalage TO Austria.
The Pope is to be honorary President Of the
Italian Coniederacy--an arrangement which Is
ANYTHING but aUspieious TO the cause OF Liberty,
especially if the PresidentshiP OF his Holiness
Is TO be something more than a titular honor.
But what is TO become Of Hungary and Po-
lAndg Is Kossuth abandoned, after being
prompted 70 issue proclamation calling upon
the people to :evoit?
We confess that VS. feel surprised that Louis
Napoleon has stopped sh;xt on the eve Of ac'
compEshiDg al that he undertook. Another
great battle would have broken the power OF
Austria, and compelled the Emperor to surrsp'
der Venice as we'll as Lombardy. We give no
credit to the suggestion that the French En-
peror has been actuated by ideas Of magnan-
iinity. He has been moved by considerations
more substantial than mere fine seutimeut.
II is not improbable that the theatened inter-
vention of Germany had much to do with the
magnsnimous resolution of Napoleon. He
knew that England was jealous, and it is not
improbable that even the Car became alarmed
for his Polish spoils. Without suspecting the
good faith Of Napoleon, the Russian Emperor
would naturally be apprehensive that the revo-
lutionary spirit which the Allies appealed to
and encouraged, would eventually 90 Jar be.
yond their ability 10 ccn.ro! Il.
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WASHINGTON, D. e.
THURSDAY, JULY %, 1859.
CARD.

Ii is due to the subscribers of the National
Era to state that the paper will continue to be
edited and published under the provision made
by its late editor and proprietor, in view of his
intended absence in Europe.
The Era will remain true TO the principles 1T
has always advocated. Writers Of eminent
ability will contribute to its editorial columns.
Its literary department will be placed in able
hands, and no effort viii be spared to make the
paper as nearly as possible what it has always
been.
The value Of the National Era as the repre-
sentative of free principles at the National Cap
ital, and TO the family of its late editor their
only available means of support, makes it my
imperative duty to continue its publication
without interruption.
MARGARET L. BAILEY.
Washington, July IL, 1859.
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The Democratic papers of Minnesota have
been teasing Gov. German to say that he was
mistaken in his exposure of the Democratic
election frauds in that State, but he stands fire
well, and publishes a note, in which he says
al do not feel that am called on to answer
through the press to party squibs, nor will de-
clare my disbelief in the former existence of
election frauds, either publicly or privately, nor
will 1 be gagged from saying who think had
q hand in them"
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Vol. XIII.

WHAT THE CHARLESTON CONVENTION MUST
Do.-Mr. J. Withers Clay, editor of the Hunts.
rille (Ala.) Democrat, and who is a brother Of
Senator Clay, of that State, has addressed the
following queries to the Hon. L. p. Walker
late distinguished member of Congress:
III. Is it the duty of Congress TO intervene
for the protection of Slavery in the Territories
of the Union?
81. Are you in favor of repeal Of the laws
of Congress which declare the slave trade 10
be piracy?
80. What position should the Southern De.
mocracy assume in the Charleston Conven-
ton ~
Mr.. Walker responds afirmatively to the two
first questions, and with emphasis. To the
third, he answers, that the South shoGld de.
mand Of the Charleston Convention am endorse
ment Of the slave code for the Territories, and
q repeal or modification of the anti slavetrade
laws A refusal of the Convention to adopt
the slave code as part of its platform should
be followed by the withdrawal of the South
He insists, also, that the platform should be
made before the candidate is nominated
With some few timid exceptions, Mr.. Walker
but expresses the prevalent sentiment Of the
Southern politicians.
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TWAS expected that Lieut.. Mowry and Edward
E. Cross, the latter the editor of the AJIzonidn,
would fight duel on the 9Th of July. Lieut..
Mowry's grievance is certain letter concern
ing him, communicated to the States neWspa-
per.
The Public Printer has just issued, under a
call of the Senate, volume of 300 pages,
containing the correspondence OF Ministers Nc
Lane and Parker Of China.
The President has recognised Emil Christian
Hammer as Vice Consul of Denmark for the
State of Massachusetts,, to reside at Boston.
The British and Spanish Ministers are pre-
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AT Milwaukee the decline has been equal.
ly great. On the 10th of May last, No spring
sold at about SLAB, while on Saturday last it
sold at 10 cents. This altogether outstrips the
decline of 1857, which has hitherto been quoted
as the sudden decline la that year, stand
ard spring wheat rose on the 81 of July to
$l.30 f. o. b., and fell to 30 cents in store on
the oath Of November following heavier
but more gradual fall"
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Books Received.

Elementary Grammar By William c. Fow er. New
York Harper Brothers For sale by Tay lor & Maui
~, Washington, d. c.
Cicero de Ofkciis Edited by Charles Anihon, LII. D.
New York: Harper & Brothers. For sale by Taylor
Mauty, Penn avenue.
History of the Republic of the United States By John
C. Hamilton New York: ID. Appleton & Co. For
sale By Taylor & MauTy, Penn. avenue.
Cosmos. Descrlp ion ofthe Universe. By Alexander
Humboldt Vol V. New York Harper g.
Brothers For sale by Taylor s. Maury, Penn avenue
We have received the Weekly Anglo-A fiican,
published in New York by Thomas Hamilton,
AZ Beekman street. 1t is edited by man of
color and the first number gives promise of
utility as we'll as entertainment to the down
trodden race to whom it is addressed. The
Anglo african presents very neat appear
ance.
The atlantic Monthly for August is out. 1t
has taken new editor in the person Of DR.. j.
W. Palmer, of New York, writer of celebrity.
The present number possesses peculiar interest.
Bldckicood'S Magazine for July has been re-
ceived from Franck Taylor.
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HEAVY DECLINE IN GRAN.-The following
from the Chicago (IH.) Press, in relation TO
speculation in wheat, was written previous 10
the arrival of the news of the armistice between
France and Austria
AT no period in the history Of the grain
trade of our city has the wheat market under
gone such sudden fluctuations as have occur.
red during the past eight or ten weeks and in
no previous year has there been as much money
lost on the same amount of wheat On the
18th of April last, standard spring wheat sold
at 80 cents in store. Shortly after this date, the
European broke out, and breadstuffs all
over the world advanced, so that on the lst of
May the above grade sold at 81 q $l.O5-
daily advancing till the 10th, when it reached
$3.50. Since that date, its course has been
steadily and alarmiAgly downward. On the
lst of June, it was Sl.l5; on the lst of July
81 cents and yesterday it closed dull at S.
cents-a decline of "a cents per bushel in sixty
two daysl We give its downward course in
the following table:
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KENTUCKY DEMoCRACY.-T The Kentucky
Black Democracy, at the commencement of
the present campaign, undertook to stand upon
the doctrine of non-intervention by Congress
with Slavery in the Territories; but no sooner
had they committed themselves to that mode
rate position, than the inscriptions Opposition
wheeled around, and cut under them, by going
pell nell for slave code for the Territories.
The consequence is, that the Black Democracy
have with their usual facility backed out from
non-intervention, and now say, that if the Ter
ritories refuse OF neglect to protect Slavery,
Congress must intervene. Linn Boyd, former
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives, and
now the Democratic candidate for Lieutenant
Governor Of Kentucky, says, in recent letter,
that, without intending here to discuss the
political topics of the day, it may not be map
propriate for me to indulge in q single remark
in reference to the question of Slavery in the
Territories. By the Legislation of Congress, it
is clearly the right and duty of the Territorial
Legislatures to give adequate protection to
persons and property (slaves ipeluded) in the
Territories and | earnestly and most conf
IDENTIFY hope that that duty will be so perform
ed as that no occasion will ever arise for an
appeal to Congress ON that subject. If how
ever, doomed to disappointment in this conf
dent hope, and from bad faith on the part of
the people of the Territories, the rights of
shareholders should be disregarded and out
ragged, trust that very few viii be found to
deny that to Congress belongs the power and
the duty to offer just protection
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WILL THEY SURRENDER


The Douglas organ in this city, the States,
is an avowed advocate of treason and disunion,
in the event Of the election of Republican
President in 1860. In that journal of the 9Th
instant we find the following pertinent interrog-
atory addressed to the Southern members of
Mr.. Buchanan's Cabinet. The States says:
3" A sentiment is beginning to develop itself
in the slaveholding States, which, if we mistake
not the signs Of the times, will soon be heard
in Washington, demanding of Howell Cobb,
John B. Floyd, Jacob Thompson, and Joseph
Holt, an answer, whether they are prepared to
surrender the purse, the sword, and the navy, to
Sewardism, in case of. consolidation, on the
4th of March, 1861
By all means, let tn gentlemen answer
The South cannot be more anxious to know
their purpose than the North. If they mediate
treason, the country should know the fact If
they are engaged in plotting the overthrow of
the Government, in the event of being turned
out of office, the North under the circumstan-
ces, is peculiarly interested in being informed
of it. But treasonahle plots are nothing to
boast of; and the States will not prevail upon
the Southern members of the Cabinet to blo,c
a scheme of that kind, if, as We are unwilling
to believe, they entertain it.
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KANSAS CONSTITUTIONAL CoNvEN
~ TON


A committee appointed by the Convention
have reported Preamble and Bill of Rights
which are great deal longer than the Deca-
'logue, and embrace nearly every guaranty of
liberty to be found in all the State Constitutions
as well as the Federal. 1t is not certain that
it will be adopted as reported, but there is little
doubt that its essential features will be- 1t
prohibits Slavery in sweeping terms.
The Convention also considered the subject
of corporations and banking, the Ohio Consti-
tuition having been taken as the basis of the
committees report. The Convention will favor
general banking law, and will require United
States stocks and Kansas State stocks as basis
for security, equal to the amount of the circu-
lation, and the additional security of ten per
cent. that shall be deposited in specie. The
following report was made by the Board of Com
missioners appointed to examine the losses in
CURED by the citizens of the Territory during
the civil war that ragged there:
No. of claimants 463
Whole amount of losses claimed $676,O2O.2l
Amount allowed 412,918.06
No. of houses burned 10
No. of horses stolen 368
No. of cattle stolen 533
Property owned by Pro Slavery
men 77,Is8.9O
Property owned by Free-State
men 335,779.O4
Destroyed by ProSlayery men 3I8,7I8.63
Destroyed by Free-State men 94,25940
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HE VIE W.


The Queens OF Scotland. ny Agnes SlricklanS. Vol.
VIII. New York Harper othess For sale by
Taylor Il Msu y, Penn avenue.
This volume forms the concluding one Of
Miss Strickland's history. Her narrative of the
life of Mary Stuart cannot be regarded as a
very impartial one-indeed, it may be called
rather an apology than history. But in all
other respects her work is valuable to the read
e., from the interesting facts brought together,
and the industry and judgment shown in their
classification.
Popular Tales from the Nor e. BY George Webbe DAN
New York ID. Appleton Co For sale by
Taylor Maury, Penn. avenue.
This is charming collection of tales and
fables, suited both to the old and young. In
the Master Smith," "The Master Thief"
" The Three Princesses of Whiteand," and
other stories, we recognise the originals Of
many popular nursery tales. The book is hand
somely printed and bound, and will furnish to
young people an inexhaustible mine of enter
tainment and instruction.
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WASHINGTON ITEMS.
The States SAYS


" The Old-Line Democrats of this city are
much excited because OF the appointment of
}. C. q. Kennedy to take charge of the prelim-
mary bureau of the next census. Mr.. Kennedv
has always been with the Opposition, and has
never taken any steps to unite himself with the
Democratic party. There are other objections
to the appointment"
The Presidents attachment for Old.Tipe
Wings has been evineej recently. not only bv
the appointment of Mr.. Kennedy, as above
stated, but by the offer of tle mission 10 Cen
trail America to the Hon. d. II. Barringer of
North Carolina. Whether this l-ocliyitv Of tb,
President to Old-Line Whigism aIises from the
supposed affinity of that dehnct party to the
old Federal party, or whether he is forced 10
look outside Of the ranks of the legitimate
"dyed in the wool " Democracy Cor conpeten,
officials, we are unable TO say.
The Washington correspondent q the Phila.
delphia North american, July %, sas
NEARLY ali the Pennsylvania DSnocra,.
who voted for Lecompton, and were aftesrards
repudiated by the people, have got their re\ords
from the Administration. Mr.. ellis is theos,
and he goes with rowing commission amG5
the Indians, although agents are regularly a.
pointed, by law, to perform the duties with which
he is nominally intrusted. The rest of his former
colleagues were accommodated with interests
in jobs or contracts, got Offices for themselves
or relations, or were quietly pensoned upon the
treasury. Lecompton cost pretty dearly even
In the imperfect form in which it finally passed
and when the secret history shall be ventilated,
next winter, the public win discover, perhaps,
that no means were left unemployed, which
could promote the object. 1t may not be proper
to repeat rumors which have gained general
currency here concerning the agencies enlisted,
especially as an investigation will be ordered,
which must explore them thoroughly. But Il
there be truth in half the statements that ar
openly vouched by parties believed to be re-
sponsible, the developments cannot fail TO make
a sensation.
TREATIES WITH MEXICO Washington, July
Pat appears that Mr.. McLane has not vet
negotiated the proposed treaties with Mexico,
but they are under consideration both in the
Cabinet of Vera Cruz and of w Washington. Senior
Lerdo the Financial Minister of Juarez, has
gone to New York, where he will be met b.
Senior Mata. They viii attempt to negotiate a
loan upon the pledge of the con6scated church
property. The pledge will not amount TO much,
unless together with funds.
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Hon. THOMAS CoRwIN.-It was announced
a few days ago that Mr.. Corwin, in a speech at
indianapolis, disclaimed all connection with
parties. But it seems that he felt himself mis-
represented by the statement, and took occa
sion, in a recent speech at Xenia, in Ohio, to
make more explicit exposition of his views
he said:
I" He had met his fellow citizens with a view
to settle his relations with the Republican
party, and to define his position before his con-
stituents. He had been the subject of misrep-
reservations, and it was his purpose to correct
them.
-" 1t had been said of him, nay some of his
audience had heard him say, that in respect of
party operations, he did not know whether or
not he belonged to any of the great political
parties of the country. He was not even now
sure that his principles, except in one respect,
were those of any party now in existence but
upon the subject of Slavery he agreed entirely
with the Republican party. Upon that subject
he was confident he concurred in sentiment
with nineteen-twentieths of those men in the
State of Ohio who vote the Republican ticket
But there we're other important principles be-
fore the country, upon which the Republican
party had never clearly defined itself, and it
might be that he did not coucur upon these
questions with that party.
" In relation to Slavery, he had during forty
years maintained the position occupied by the
Republicans. The record of his whole life
would prove it, and the record of his future life
would show that he was with them earnestly
upon AntiSlavery principles.
Upon the subject of the power of Congress
in relation to Legislation for the Territories, it
was his fixed opinion that Congress had the
right, and it is its duty, to prohibit Slavery in
them. But with those who contend that Con-
gress has not power to pass laws for the recap
ture of fugitive slaves, he could not and did
not agree. He agreed with the Republicans
that Slavery is very mischievous-more iniu.
rious to the white than to the black man and
he could establish by historical proof that
wherever Slavery has found place, the slave
has suffered less than the master"
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GETTING TIRED OF PoLYGAxY- a letter
from Salt Lake City, June IL, notices the re-
markable fact that the institution of polygamy
is becoming unpopular among the Mormons
since the accession of the recent large emigra-
tons from the States and that Brigham Young
is beset with applications for bills of divorce.
In consequence of this state of affairs, the
Prophet has issued orders to suspend the
ceremony Of sealing"