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A LETTER FROM MR.. DOUGLAS.

We find the following letter from Mr.. Doug
las in the Richmond Enquirer of the 18th inst.
1t will be seen that he takes decided ground
against the doctrines laid down by the State
Department in regard to the rights of natural
lied citizens and the reciprocal duties and OBJ
legations of that class of citizens and the Gov
eminent.
But, upon the slaye-trade issue, Mr.. Douglas
is 10y no means so explicit. He says that he is
irreconcilably opposed to the revival of the Afri
can slave trade. So do jefferson Davis, Will
liam L. Yancey, and Henry A. Wise. They by
no means wish to introduce more Africans into
the country, but, at the same time, they cannot
bear the stigma which the laws against the
slave trade inficts upon the honored institution
of the South. They insist that the question be-
longs to the States, and that the Federal Gov
eminent has no right to NEEDLE with it. We
stated, last week, that this position of the South
ern opponents of the slave-trade laws was in
entire accordance with the ground of Mr. Doug
lass advocacy of the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise. He has always disclaimed the
imputation of being in favor of the introduction
proposition to the repeal of the prohibition on
the ground that the question belongs to the peo-
pie in the Territories, and that the Federal Gov
eminent has right to interfere.
1t is worthy of note, at the same time, that
Mr.. Douglas bases opposition to the slave trade
entirely on the fact that the constitutional clause
was one of the compromises which were essen
tial to the preservation of the Union, and not
to any conscientious repugnance to the crime
of enslsving his fellow men. 1t is therefore
by no means clear that Mr.. Douglas intends to
oppose the repeal of the anti-slave-trade laws.
WASHINGTON, august 2, 1859.
Col John L. Peyton, Stanton, "a:
My DEAR SIR: You do me no more than
justice in your kind letter, for which accept
my thanks, in assuming that do not concur
with the Administration in their views respect
ing the rights of naturalized citizens. as de-
fined in the " lie Clerc letter" which. il is prop.
er to observe, have been since materially modi.
fed.
Under our Constitution. there can he no inst
distinction between the right of native horn and
naturalized citizens to claim the protect;on of
our Government, at home and abroad. Unless
ADMINISTRATION releases the person naturalized
from all obligations which he owed to his native
country, by virtue of his allegiance, it leaves
him In the sad predicament of owing allegiance
70 two countries, without receiving protection
from either-a dilemma in which no American
citizen should ever be placed.
Neither have you Inexperienced my opia.
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BALTIMORE MARKET.

CC6ee.-There was a good demand to-day
we note sales of 1900 bags Rio, ex. Marion
at / lie. (9 / &c. and 80 bags good do. at &c.
also 275 bags Laguayra at l2c. per lb. We
quote prime Rio at ll3c. ca lie, good IL ic
ca lie, medium to fair lO!c. ca lie per h.
Laguayra l2c. per ID.
Flour and Medl.-The transactions in fom
to-day were limited, and at decline on Satur
days rates of 22c. on Howard Street and Ohio
super, and 25c. to 374c. per Dbl. on City Mills
ditto. Sales reported comprised 100 bbls How
ard Street super at 1926, and 200 bbls. do. al
$5.l24; also, 200 City Mills do. at S5.l21, and
200 bbls. do. at So per Dbl. We quote How.
ard Street and Ohio extra at 1915, and City
Mills do. Sc per Dbl Corn meal dull at 81 Ca
$4.l22 per bbl for City Mills and Brandywine
Rye flour is still scarce at 1925 Ia $3.50
per Dbl.
GraiR.--The receipts of wheat on change
this morning were about $4,000 bushels, for
which there was only moderate demand at a
decline of &c. to sc. per bushel on fair tc. prime
white, but for choice lots Saturdays figures
were obtained. We quote white at $l.l5 Ca
$l.20 for fair, $l.25 (@ $I.35 for good to prime
and $l.4O ca SLAB for choice lots ; red. 81 Ia
ca Sl22 per bushel for fair to prime. Corn
was in limited supply, and white was shade
better, selling at zoe. (g 74c., and yellow at
73c. lot of $500 bushels inferior yellow sold
at G6c. per bushel. Oats were in fair supply
and new Maryland brought Gle. per bushe
Rye was moderately active--sales of 500 bush
new Maryland at Csc. ca roc, and 675 bushels
Western Virginia at 75c. per bushel
ProUisions.-There is less activity in the
market today we note a sale of 30 hhds
bacon sides at 1910 per 100 lbs; there is fair
retail demand at &c. for sides, and at &c. per
81 Il. r n L
$ll.50 per bbl Lard-Nothing doing; we
quote butchers at llc., and refined l34c. Ca
l4c. per h.
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Rooms OF THE NATIONAL Rrrrnuc.N A..oel.uoS

Rooms OF THE NATIONAL RRrURIIcsN ASsocIAroy
WASHINGTON CITY, August /. $50
The REPUBLICAN Association Of this city are hnvin-
prepared and published under the supervision OF The
Congressional Republican Executive COMMITTEE n serie.
Of valuable Political Tracts compiled principally fsofu
COngrc ssional and other official records and conta
facts which deemed Important be prcsentrd IL IN,
attention OF the masses, they may be- prepared 10
vote knowingly the leading poltca issues OF the day
The want OF such reliable official compilations ha.
long been felt by the party
We desire 10 ask the cooperation OF The chaunen aud
members oflhe different Repaid can State Central Com.
mitiees 10 give publicity and circulation Tracts
With view to that object particularly desire to b.,
furnished with the names and post Office address OF the
members OF each State COMMITTEE and also with list OF
the Republican newspapers IN each STATE and Territory
in order that may send copies these Tracts they
issued
Newspapers requested TO publish these Tracts
they shall appear, and also 10 give publicity TO this
HOtce and the upon which the Tracts furnished
LEWIS CLEPHANE,
Secretary National Republican association
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WASHINGTON ITEMS.

The National Convention of Teachers, which
has recently been in session in this city, ad.
Journed on Friday evening. During the ses
SONS, President Buchanan attended on one
occasion, and listened to the debates The
discussions were on matters connected with
education and the best methods of teaching,
We hope that the proceedings had will do good
The profession of a teacher is one of the most
useful, most responsible, and, properly pursued
by competent scholars, most elevated, of all
the professions.
EXTENSIVE FIRE-The machine shops on
the north side of the Capitol were DESTROYED by
fire ON Tuesday morning, involving the loss OF
all the machinery for saving and turning and
polishing marble and iron, as well as much valu-
able material. The loss to the Government
will not be less than hundred thousand dol.
lars. We regret to add, that this disastrous
fire will throw some seventy or eighty men out
OF employment for we know not how long. 1t
is believed that the fire was communicated by
the hand of a 6endish incendiary
Professor Alexander Dmitry, translator in
the State Department, has been appointed Min
lister TO Costa Rica, and will leave New York
on his mission on Saturday next. Mr.. Dimitry
is man of education, and highly respected in
this community.
LIEUTENANT A. ID. STANFoRD.-This officer.
who died at Staten Island, New York, on Sat
urday, was attached To the United States rev.
enue cutter Harriet Lane. He was a native of
this city, thirty years OF age, and was step son
of DIR. Charles Handy. He had been in the
revenue service actively engaged for number
! of years, and had endeared himself to his
brother officers aud men by his urbanity of
manners, and from the impartial manner in
which he discharged his several duties.
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CHICAGO MARKET.

Chicago, august l3.-Flour quiet. Wheat
closed with an advancing tendency. Corn dull,
aud declined lie. ca &c. Oats quiet. Receipts
to-day, $500 bbls. -four, $4,000 bushels wheat,
and $500 bushels corn. Shipments-9O0 bbls
-four, 10000 bushels of wheat, $4,000 bushels
corn, and $4,000 bushels oats.
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CINCINNATI MARKET.

august 3.-Flour-Buyers insist on lower
figures; there was but little done today and
the market closed weak, but unchanged in
quotations. Wheat-sales of red at 81 ca
$l.03, white $l.lO (9 Slip. Corn is steady
at soc. (9 S5c. Bacon firm; shoulders 7e., and
hams at Sac
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PHILADELPHIA MARKET.

Flour dull. Wheat dull, at decline of &C.,
red at $l.25, white 81 So. Corn active-sales
of 5000 bushels yellow, nc. ca 7Sc. Oats are
Acknowledgment 34c. ca 35c., old 37c ca CSC.
Coffee lO4c. ca ll2c. New Orleans sugar SEC.
Ca 74c. Provisions dull
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AS hereditary predispositions are apt to be-
come aggravated, the imagination stands aghast
at the prospective increase of this family.
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4 Nea0 and Enlarged Edition.
THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH.
A STATISTICAL VIEW
OF THE CONDITION or
TIE FREE AND SLAVE STATES.
By H,Hyy Chase and Chdrln W. Sanborn.
Compiled from Official Documents

TEE FREE AND SLAVE STATES.
By H,syy Chase and Charlss W. SanbOr.
Complied from Official Documents
limo. Bound ia cloth. Rrieet75 eents. Bo,,.
age IL cents.
r any one wishes 10 know what Slavery Ia. io, 9.
the south and Freedom for the North LEI tb,n, 80
ths mastery work Let hIm study these hgurcs Piacl
copy OF these statistics IN the hands of every cer -
our word for IT, RepubhcaIism will sween he 1870
North ~ 1850, as clean II has swept New Frssrd :;
1886 Men OF The South, beg you 10 look cal51I, ~
dspasonsiey al This array of figures and see VIVA,
pOTfeld. ' '"e
speaks of this work: "' '"S'
rms niue hook contains avast amount ofinformatiot
respecting iho comparative condition OF the slavehodine
ad non-sISEehoding States, To territory
industry, wealth, education int gence releion mora
advancement, and general progress. The work mus
nave cost great deal OF laboTi0us research and II GER
anly presents arguments in favor OF Freedom on evsI
page IL contains just the kind information Thai sbou1
be more generally known in all sections of the connTv
We hope there will be public demand for thousands O.
cspies." l.. CLEPHANE
Secretary Republics an Association
S7S washington, ID G.
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PASSPORTS.


IIANING been Iequ -ty requested BIZ friends IN ob
Ii tam Government passports, the subscriber has do
cded 10 make ms pOEuCH OF the business of his o6c,
rive Dollars VIII be the charge for procuring passnor
and One Dollar IN addition will be charged for 6bainin
the rtSe OF Foreign Minister. On receipt of the Teou
site Tee The necessary papers, accompanied by fIl IA
rectonS, viii be promptly forwarded by mail
Attention rs called 10 the snbJoined extracts from a
oihcai circular. Ofhce for Patents,
q. G. ROBBINS.
OFFICE FoR PATENTS,
W,IStDtgon u. C., APrR 1889
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, august, 1867.
Cuzes Of the United States visiting foreign countus
are iiabic 10 serious inconvenience II unproyded vii
authentic proof OF their national character Their he.
sa'eguatd IS passport from this Department
the bearer 10 bee q cItLcn Of the United States
Persons who leave the couAiry, expecting 10 ohtsi
Ia.spof-, whilst abroad from the Diplomatic or Ger
'iiar agents o. tuc United States liable TO deaDponf
n"nif i.a~mach as o. the duty Of those agents not n
HrnNl roounents OF tAd Character except TO persan
I'D" are certainly slown Ia be enuilcd 10 them and
BE- rhnrs difficulty n not mpTac ticable, 10 procur
psooi ~ ihi7 tt,t IA foreign country
tcfiboaes OF citizenship passports issued by Star
auii ous, ~ by Judicial Municipal unctionaries q
Hr lnicd states, are recognised By the officers
urriru Governments and by the third section q
h act OF Congress approved the 18th of August In
D. made p~nl! Tor such authorizes and funcuonares q
issue ~"'h pas P"'is' GA
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SOL lCIT0R OF PATENTS

Furnishes Drawings, specifications, Cav,ats rrocure
Patent aui Si,nts all business usu,I, a., -,
ne Pate t Olcr ~ ying constant access 40 The model.
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Once AZ SlKth street, " ashIug ON ID a.
REFEKENCks:
Hon G. Mason late Comm "a, uer Of Patents
Hon. Tnori7- J. Rusk, a. =. Senate
Hon. u. u. Anthony, u :. senate
Hon G T. james, g. :. senate,
Hon John Sherman, NJ. G..
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From New MExIco.-&. Louis, Aug l2.-
Santa Fe advices to the 18th ult have been re-
ceived. Another treaty has been concluded
with the Navajoe Indians. There have been
heavy rains throughout New Mexico.
The mail party met large number of In
dians on the plains, all of whom were friendly
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DOMESTIC SUMMARY.

THREE YOUNG GIRLS DRowNED-Syock-
bridge, Mass, dug. 1.-Two nieces of Dr.
Train, of Sheffield, Mass, aged seven and nine
years, and daughter of James Bradford, Esq,
aged twelve years, were drowned while bathing,
yesterday, in a little cove at Sheffield
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A New TERRITORY FoRMING-S. Louis.
aug. l2.-Advices from Denver city to the Sd
have been received. A convention of dele
gates was in session there, taking the neces.
Sary steps to form Territory, to be called
Jefferson
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-04-13
Old SuperstitiOns Examined.

A child grows up proud if suffered to look into a mirror while less than a year old
 Possibly-but the danger is much greater at a more advanced age
 The growing of hen indicates approach ing disaster.
 This appears to be a warning against female oratory. We submit the question to Lucy Stone
 Buttoning coat awry, or drawing on a stocking with the inside out, cause matters to go wrong during the day.
 Of course-it goes wrong with the coat and the stocking. There's nothing oracu- lar in that
 To rock cradle when empty is in furious to the child.
 The child is oftener injured by being rocked while in it.
 lie who proposes removing into new house must send in beforehand new broom and some bread.
 The more he sends in the better in re- spect of provisions and furniture. No doubt of that.
 W HoH "ouleH dIe SIuiHNS DeuS tHe men should not remain in the house; otherwise the feathers will come through the ticks.
 There is sl y meaning in that which we think we understand-bu don't mean to tell
 When mouse gnaws gown some mis- fortune may be apprehended.
 No-the misfortune has already happen ed
 If child less than twelvemonth old be brought into a cellar, he becomes fearful.
 A dark cellar will frighten children of almost any age.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-04-13
From the Democratic Sentinel. The State Rights Democrat

The editorial control of the above named paper has again been assumed by Col. Hindman, in connection with Mir. James Blackburn. In its issue of the 5th ult, the peculiar talent of its editor is fully display ed, in the way of denunciation and com plaint against those who are suspected of not being "sound on the goose" There IS one thing the State Rights Democrat cannot be accused of, and that is hattery From its commencement 1t has teemed with suspicious and charges against nearly all the prominent democrats of the State.- The True Democrat, that faithful sentinel of democracy-Judge Sebastian, Judge Greenwood, indeed nearly all our old stand ard bearers, seem to have become odious in the eyes of the senior of that paper He has buckled on his armor, and, it seems, is determined to "carry the war into Af- rica." To us, the position of the senior editor of that paper is amusing. Is there democrat in the State he can trust? His ungrateful and unjust charges against de- mocrats are nuts to the opposition, and Danley and Kennard and Co.,, quote him with a triumphant chuckle.
 We regret the course of Col. Hindman If his editorials and speeches are true, there are few democrats in the State wor- thy of his confidence. He has great deal to say about States rights" and squat ter sovereignty" We had thought that all democrats were states rights men that it was one of the cardinal principles of our party; but Col. H. seems to doubt this, and to have determined to expose the
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-04-13
Tribute of Respect

At called meeting of Scottville Lodoe No. ll2, of Free and Accepted Masons, at Scottville, Ark, March 20th, A. D. 1859 A. l.. 5S59; the brethren having learned ot the death of our esteemed and worthy brother, DAVID M. HoRNBEAK. the follow ing resolutions were unanimously adopt ed:
 WHEREAS, It has pleased the Allwise Grand Architect and ruler of the Universe in the inscrutable dispensation of his wis, dom to remove from our midst. brother David M. Hornbeak, who departed this life on the 2Oth ult, at 6 o'clock, A. NJ.
 Resoiyed, That we cherish with melan- choly interest, the many virtues of our de- parted brother.
 Resolyed, That we deeply svmpathise with his bereaved family and relations in their irreparable loss.
 Resolred, That in the death of our bro- ther, the community has lost a good citi- zen, his wife kind husband, and his child ren tender father, and the fraternity a faithful brother
 Resotyed, That the brethren of this lodge and those at Dover, wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days.
 Resotoed, That the secretary send copy of these resolutions to the bereaved family of our deceased brother.
 Resotoed, That these resolutions be pub lished in the True Democrat.
 J. P. LANGFORD,
 w. D. LINTON, Com
 J. H. LANGFORD,
 The Missouri and Mississippi papers will please copy.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-04-13
Specific for Removing Tape Worm

The Boston Journal says: "We have been requested to publish the followino speclhe for eradicating the tape-worm which IS one of the worst ills the human system IS subject to. The names, resi- dences, etc., of number of persons who have been cured by its use, have been com munlcated to us, together with the pecu]iar circumstances to each case, but we do not deem It essential to publish. There can be no reasonable doubt, with the evidence be- fore us' that the remedy has proved effica clous Tn many cases, not only in this. but other countries. The recipe was published Tn the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal when that periodical was under the control of Dr. J. c. V. Smith, who repeatedly commended 1t to the attention of the facuj. ty, and gave publicity to instances where the specific had produced the desired effect. In all the cases communicated to us. but a single application of the remedy appears to have been necessary, although some re- markable cures were effected The receipe is as follows:
 Procure sufficient seed of the pump kin, (those grown in the West Indies are the best, to make two ounces, after remo wing the outside shell of the seed; put them into mortar and add half pint of wa ter; pound them we'll up and make a liouid orgeat of them, which strain though a cloth. Drink this mixture in the morn ing, on fasting stomach. If it does not operate Tn the course of an hour and half take an ounce of castor oil Drink all the time as much fresh cool water as the sto- mach can hold or contain; that is drench yourself with water After taking the or geat, if the stomach is we'll rubbed with ether, and an injection of about sixty drops of it is taken, you will find it an assistant to the orgeat, but this may not be necessary, Should the first application of the remedy not answer, repeat it the next morning, and there is no doubt your complaint will be removed. The worm will leave the patient all at once, and probably entire. This can be ascertained by finding the small end or head of it, which tapers off almost to point"
 It has been found that the seeds of mar row squash answer the purpose nearly as well as those of the pumpkin. They were used in recent case at Plymouth, Massa- chusetts, with entire success.