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A hEsirAH, NISSAN And HUDSON BAY OONPA.
A. the pubic general 10 hs large and ce-
E.n " or'msm !" the anse rup, msda from s.eslsd ana
and solt At very reasonshls rr'c~s 1855
WILLIAM Aosse, Al Maiden lAue.
QONFsTS, BogNKtS-TuH LAvEsr sTvIEg Rus ,
ID rsl ard lower pTc-s .xe found al Mrs ON
Paris Millinery, II Broadway.
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- aunber Of deaths eompareo wiz the corresponding
vosk Of 1859 snd ~ aSs wesk foiows:-
wen ending Dec 3, 1852 3st-ncreass ......- ~
(pssshs irom acute dise4se. MY
Nsv. - Is6o chronic disease. :. l28 800
external GAUGES, &c "a
acute disease. .....2is1
Do I, 1880. chronic disease. 100 400
external causes, &c. az
hsrsass ths 30
DANIEL = SEI.AvAS, oty fnsyegeH
NV YoH1, Do I, 1850
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A UCrioN SALE.
n LAaEIFICENT
HOUSEHOLD

A UCrioN SALE.
"A LAaEIFICENT
HOUSEHOLD
FuRkirURu
M, - . Ar eUBLIC AUCTION.
49, haes sroi Dr.wsg 30 I'M suita
Rosewood and nshosAny Chamber Fu, ni.ure.
Ost Dtnax ROOM urnit are.
hup5 and Cfyfsl hssvsre Silver @sss Tan Cutlery.
thIS DAY OuEeD DAY Deo 4
= Atife elusnnE rtsir ~ Zero 6urnhan. ESQ ..
no Wes S,teeDfh sr@et ht~s.n ~ II
= ss~ CONNIE cu & 1t lOlf o'clnck.
A. ~ dAlFFlx ~ "a Aus tOas.ra-Drs wi "a hooms =
Two fnperb ronzs aud ormou Oahadalisrs rosewod
lrs sd hoobcasa centre Tabls NJ marble
oss iades Work IHhr elegantly carved rsawod Pa
~ sniis vered Ia sh hrocsie p.ces H. furnish
Ton hsi - French Plate Psr u MAnei "nrors enaoro.
cey.d Nss Our.s,rs sssdes aud Corricss s-,istc
Fror4es repre- epupg Hscchacslisns. Sistt nni
ing. trwsteTs Irrster and SAvrcs China Orr
un PsirsIgs ~ eminent atss; -ooi sevsn ;Avs
i1vooorie sga And ado 10 oIde- sni vsry
sups nor n6try sas hsck stool .ni Cover: velvet
dsfon Car Mossc knss moqret lasis Cover Orna,u
Vocs, psrthn raarte " n.tes enx HAetsnt ,coh
stair t.p.i a Ilsed sir Rods rosewood dresag 8a-
w-hstanda a.d.ssrs WSrSrob shaving and to.t
4, biss 10 hnd sprns Msrsss-s feather Beds 3suse,s
rrussst an grain Garres Gnsrsvpgs iaBs s~rset.ry
eonrh AR ,h@rs e'vsr ~ velvet nold tdsh
Hrxs ps'frt s,is rion daley Table Frersh china aer
stahA sis v-r , sser can.r snt les Servi-e. spoons
Fcks ~ een cssf baskst ~ ~ h.nte thlc 'nery
"a ard rrhv ,swAra Deesri, rs Tuub1ra, Chsnpignss
VIII e. 3Ats arm sairs sc'as husrs Fray staD4
Ahc sseslep sson-nt ~ basement and kltrhes snrni
tu.. hale reremp,nry Defeats qpred ~ all purohssers
1br above elegant S.senee sao. futh1s
IsrpcuiNre he auv'tDnesTg
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MArHIMOviAL.

A Your @ eESrLaMAn WHO II NOT ACQUAINTED
"A with pie IN this oity wisass W mAse the
ansntsrce ,ousr lazy With view hpncv
ocleo - ts sich god 10 sas slc ons wishes Sums
skae uh. Address Charles STANLEY Madison
Pot flee
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sALEs Ar ACvTxON.

EDwATD sCRsNcK A, ,rfosEgE
~ lAfutuR's SALE or FANNY aogDs
az hHstCh on = e1nastsy, 5n nat al lOl,
oclek y tn-r tAssr~on III Bro.+~as b, ordss OF
20 or are i7,ae, g egArt onh .ns pier Dr
Tx Csse. uu hit1i zap Tables sAssd uilsvy
n HSurfr rx-eutar ~ ' ~ ~
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pAPIR HANsINSs AT AuCrIoN-JoHS VAN
1 kfTWERPS BON, suctoo@sr win scll, rhnr.i.v.
bec ~ O'Clock PRECISELY at Is Tlism sras, ihs enTe
soc< of n mspusrinre u~fo-unAt~ -
upwards of ~ go 90 pieces Walt Paper ~ do
eab. styles and late The ~h ,s TO Ia sold
trptory for caAh Ia bankAbe moasy. by oder y the
sguee, JAB HANOLD.
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1ENay 4, LTEDs. AuCrIorgrR
III HEHFv ~ iEEps ca Will sell Vt .ur,,oa On tua-
DAY December 4, Il u14 O'Clock raleaTuon 40 Il
sAsfau street IT. =
Large .sle OF JepAess Goods coprSng oveY 200 ,an.s
Jut received snp Onion To aud o;he- ibg VII
present RE yrortunty for sp bs'ox only .rr
o IN the narhe th-y b. be rolo We ooa-
M o. extensive assortment of cqus cd bss hro "a
agnred Irsys escorted iscqnrred cops do vita
ay is elsgrri gold inni csnia-t hsnlserhei
res ira do srucsing oates ~riuug n~sts CHOW esoa
yves ese do, Carr hofes .ud from
tsoo fronps lsrge assortment ~ beautiful Cana viz
.na cups blue and gold 90 red figured ours red
Bottles ~ different asss snd other elegant Trna hamb
covered oohl-s sequered Fruit Plttes Erve'ops soxs
1erns--sor all sums az $50 and under cash
cash - "
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uCrToN GALE OF CROCKB Ry AID GLASS =
"A HxHkIE0 q. AvAN5 VII ell lo,s to slif, Tuesday.
December ~ 10 O'Clock IS NAcen fu
u whts ,sranns and oannn ~srs aAssware AZ i.caa
ire st~l NJ tesle dscreg baness: be sold with
tss~vve s-cods well packed . shDpng
A UCTIon EofIUR-LARqn CATALOGUE sALs
a q ali kinds 1t trncterv, Glassware FAary fos. ses
Ac, By j. n: 6Ahhsrr, Anctoneex. tuesday. tenen
deaserg
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MANUFACTURES sfOrK OF FURNITURE JOHN
WI VAN ANr8tRr son, Auril pre~rs VIII sell
trcay leSmber a. 10 o'cl ck A at 10. 7u Jana
street. bets Kim and street, The extensive
ier ano wocdsn furniture Of nensrs N-dg D.oser
tuni OF moval IN their huHing No. 1857 CAns
aw prccss o. erection emb acrg ssge and dnuse ir,a
tds.ads iron Heistsnd. Piano sos Ga'den Chairs irun
6tbtrt Tsoles, with marble 2c Alsn mAhov
eletk walnut BefssAs Ha'sis de-, wudro,es, Bureaus,
Nea.s ste u r. Dns Toilet ktsn6s hoga-y
top CsDFs 1sbes Al -sl Extension Dining Taheu
SOFAS Tiea rt'H otions Divsns Ac Aso nspir black
ss NJ rd rkagAny Cksirs great vsriet mshn a,y
osnb walnut Grsdls sne Cos, n.ued Furniture
leo bal rrd Der AAitf PiioSs snls,srs, Confga
81 sisi ker. &c. rre ard bes~tfu
Rud CsRss Tia wtols 10 be sod psr~mpt1r for cssh
sscRuef wu 10 reafy 1hursta. the Oh Inst and mar
e Nc s Oarsl sss ~ at tho sore OF Tho auction
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1 sslenEE,s s.ss 9, snwIsS xAcgIsss.

YIN sell Aufnon t.is deg uedayl - II ociock Il iscir
srrtcm. No 81 Gear street by order ~ Assgnse, sx
Tcuoe Locsstch eca arrves bakers) ss-iug
Nachn- Brus wAysnfsd In perfoct order
the machrsa
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ssiGRER's fALK OF a CABINET MANUr ACru-
y rer'h o, cs OF rurnNnr~.-M ID 1UgRrY al rtnnee-,
viii cell T. moro "Wednesday Tee a. los 10 ock,
tsesToon ~ fssssn street. gstnx ~ cold
wood fArr sn's co.rrd IN mocuel sat rlusa msbagsnv
do cpversd 10 hnlrcoh Wiz Pa-lor
Chairs ood and sboganv ibrsry and tsry
marble Onu- Tabss Gard do Hrlaps,)n Dinag
tables, Dining rtsJs Drs sins wshsauds Be-
stsads Hair kAtt-esses Pallssses 10. Bv order OF
n. CROFT. Asdrue4.
Also general Of sec,nd hand Purntare
peis Mirrors koAs Chsirs, 1ete Tees Dedsseas Mat
u-sss festser BEDS, Bedding. 40
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X nLFor, AuOiiusfsa-vRRY hAk1r SAILS o.
r"ns. hoa rnrnli1I-, ctrner Pfsao cnrt.ins, Az
&C C.Liur WI sell trmnr (Wanu tafar) l,eo s. N
es .. % hegsnlsn street III, epre Fn-nars
sues IN ms SeEsrtpert found ever c3nnrlvaha
sind snr fesnrptor 4 goH Furniture IN rosa a,of M al
yAry ana osn sr az qrani Of BEDS Bsiting Uaus
spo oasrw- .m,e rnpitur- Al also hree vary ol.gant
ssss 20, eoa pHr.1er,ss q octsvs 6y he
DE CIV ana bos,on; thes rnucd tns
other Cksirs - " ~ ~ -
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DAwNBI OKERs sALv -RfCEARD wALTRas. AUG.
oo.r .ll pei, 81 snctcc a store y Essi BIc way Gu
Wecrssdfy eth % los o~iock, quarty n d~ns AUD W.
mems CicihnS v,1hes Jewsvy, arps Pts.rs Nv ordsr
y. fnCLO SKINNER Se Ho1saon str~s,
The national Republican., 1860-12-25
BALTIMORE FOR THE UNION.

No better evidence that the citizens Of Bal
timore are deeply attached to the Federal
Union could be given, than that witnessed
Thursday evening, at the Hall Of Maryland
Institute, on the occasion Of the first concert Of
that admirable musical organization known
as Father Kemp's Old Folks.
The immense saloon was literally packed by
one Of the most respectable and fashionable
audiences ever assembled in our city. At the
hour appointed, the members of the company
passed up the centre aisle, and took their posi-.
ton on the stage.
Without previous announcement, or knowl'
edge of the audience, the choir took the note
from the orchestra, and their powerful voices,
aided by their excellent band, struck up the
national anthem of The Star.Spangled Ban.
ner." In an instant storm Of applause (which
threatened to raise the roof swept over the
vast Hall, and continued throughout the per.
formance Of the piece, when its repetition was
deman led by continued cheering and stamp
ing, instead of which, however, they commenc.
ed the glorious song of Hail Columbia" many
of the audience joining in the singing. Upon
the reading Of the lines,
"Firm un,d let ua be,
Rallyug round our liberty"
the excitement eliminated, and scene of en-.
thusiasm was witnessed, which will never be
forgotten. 1t convinced me that however pol.
itcidns might, in the furtherance of their self.
ish views, desire the destruction of the fair
fabric reared and cemented by the blood Of
our forefat ers, yet the people stood by the
Constitution and the Union.-Bah. Patriot.
The national Republican., 1860-12-25

UNION MEETING IN BALrlMoRE.-An import.
ant meeting, attended by many prominent cit.
izens, was held at the Universalist church, on
Saturday night, to consider the national crisis.
Chief Justice Legrand presided, and John u.
l.. McMahan was among the fifty vice presi.
dents.
Judge Legrand made speech, taking strong
Southern grounds.
Mr.. Rian, prominent merchant, offered res
olutions asking the Governor Immediately to
convoke the Legislature.
Coleman Yellott, State Senator, and William
Norris, made speeches sustaining the resolu.
tions, which we're unanimously passed.
The speeches were all conservative, but were
unmstakable in urging determined action on
the part of Maryland to meet the difficulties,
and to place herself right-in the Union if pos.
sible, but at all hazards with united South.
Much dignity was preserved in the proceed
inps
The national Republican., 1860-12-25

WHERE TO Bur YoUR HOLIDAY AND OTHER
GooDs.-The places to GO for confectionery
are, c. Gautier, 252 Penn. ave-, and Fussell,
corner of Twelfth and streets.
If you want groceries of any kind, 60 to
Browning & Heating, 353 Penn. ave. Jesse
B. Wilson, 1927 Penn. ave. E. E. White & Co.,
63 Louisiana ave.
If you want gift books, go to G. G. Evans,
476 Penn. ave. French & Richstein, 27S Penn.
avenue.
If you want dry goods, go to Perry & Brother,
corner of Penn. ave. and Ninth street.
If you want good photograph, go to Mrs.
If you want all kinds of fancy notions, go to
Kriss Kringles Headquarters, at Lammond's,
4S4 Seventh street.
Ifyou want wines or liquors, go to B. Siegel,
39l Penn. ave; E. E. White, 63 Louisiana ave..
Browning & Heating, 1863 Penn. ave.
If you want market provisions, 60 to G. W.
Dutton, f street, near Eleventh. .
Ifyou want boots and shoes, 60 to Henning's,
Seventh street, near Md. ave.. H. Janney, 348
Penn. ave. John Mills, 5Ol Penn. ave. in
Washington. George Gray, l08 Bridge street,
Georgetown.
If you want good hat, go to Davis, under
Browns Hotel Henning Seventh street, near
Md. ave. Anthony, Seventh street, opposite the
Avenue House.
If you want gentlemen's furnishing goods, go
to Stevens, under Browns Hotel E. M. Drew,
c street, next to Bank of Washington; 7. X.
Gray, D street, near Seventh ]. H. Smith,
4O6 Seventh street; L. Oppenheimer, Penn.
ave., near Tenth street.
If you want good sewing machine, 60 10
Ladd, Webster, & Co., 349 Penn. ave. or to
Wheeler & Wilson, BAG Penn. ave.
If you want good cigar, 60 to the Havana
Palace" 429 Seventh street.
Ifyou want fuel, go to R. w. Burr, Seventh
street and Mass ave-; ]. 7. Given, Fourteenth
street, near the Canal; Sheriff 4 Dawson,
Penn. ave., near Third street; George Bogus,
Ninth street, near e.
If you want hardware, go to Elvans, 309
Penn. ave. Z. Wheeler, 81 Louisiana ave.
Francis, 400 Seventh street.
If you want to get good time-piece, go to
Lange, 437 Seventh street.
If you want crockery ware, 60 to Fowler 4
Co., under Odd Fellows Hall, or to W. Krzyz.
anowski, 383 Seventh street.
If you want medical varieties, go to Charles
Stott 1916 Penn. ave.; Gilman, $50 Penn. ave.
If you want gas fixtures, 60 to j. W. Thomp'
son & Co., 269 Penn. ave.; &. W. Goodall, 564
Seventh street.
If you want fine pictures and paper hang.
ings, go to Markriter, 486 Seventh street.
If you want furniture, go to Browns, $50
Seventh street.
The national Republican., 1860-12-25
THE PRICE OF NEGROES.

"prime boy," worth $4,000 in flush times,
was offered thirty days ago in this city at
$1,000, and again on Friday last at $500,
without finding purchaser.
A widow lady in this vicinity sold last week
for fifty dollars, boy about fifty FIVE years
old, for whom she was receiving hire of eight
dollars per month.
There are four millions Of negro slaves in
this country whose average price, including all
ages and conditions, exceeded FIVE hundred
dollars each, prior to the recent agtations,
and no article of property was paying higher
income than slaves at that valuation. The
aggregate exceeded two thousand millions Of
dollars.
1t is easy to calculate how much has been
lost by the depreciation which has occurred,
and how much remains to be lost by that civil
war which will certainly follow the attempt to
overthrow this Government.
The national Republican., 1860-12-25

HENRY CLAY ON SEoEssroN.-Henry Clay's
way Of treating secession and notification is
thus expressed in his letter to Daniel Ullman
and others, of New York city, dated October
3, 1850:
"Suppose the standard should be raised, of
open resistance to the Union, the Constitution
and laws, what is to be done2 There can be but
one possible answer. The power, the authority,
and the dignity Of the Government ought to
be maintained, and resistance put down at all
hazard. The duty Of executing the laws and
SURPRISING instructions is without limitation
or qualification; it is coextensive with the ju
risdiction of the United States. No human
Government can exist without the power Of
applying force, and the actual application of
it in extreme cases. My belief is that if it
should be applied to South Carolina, in the
event of her secession, she would be speedily
reduced to obedience, and the Union, instead
of being weakened, would acquire additional
strength"
The national Republican., 1860-12-25

New York MONEY MARKET.-The money
market closed on Saturday easier than it was
a week ago. On call, on the pledge of stocks,
money is very easy at "a 7per cent, and
good paper is wanted at the discount houses
at one per cent month The banks and the
private bankers have plenty of money to lend
People are, however, very shy of second class
paper, or of paper connected with the South
ern trade. In the course of a few days or
weeks it seems likely that we shall witness the
singular spectacle Of plethora of money in
the banks, and q marked scarcity of good
mercantile paper. Every prudent merchant is
pursuing steadily policy of liquidation. No
new obligations are being entered into; no
one wants to buy goods at any price, or to sell
them on time. The consequence will proba.
bly, be, that in the course of time there will be
nothing but extended paper in the market, and
that money will not be worth over a. per
cent. on call or for first class notes.-M y
Tj,jIunp
The national Republican., 1860-12-25
LIFE IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

The New York Times publishes an extract
from private letter, written by lady of South
Carolina to friend in New York. We copy
portion of it:
"You may imagine, dear uncle, our situa.
ton, but you never can realize it in its fullness.
Already we tremble in our own homes in anti.
cipation and expectancy of what is liable to
burst forth at any moment a negro insurrec
tiOn. Could you see the care and precaution
displayed here by the proprietors of the ne.
groes, not only planters, but others, you would
not for a moment envy us our possessions.
Not night passes that we do not securely lock
our field servants in their quarters; but our
most loved and valued house servants, who in
ordinary times we could trust to any extent,
are watched and guarded against with all the
scrutiny and care that we possess Our plant.
ers and owners Of slave property do not allow
their servants to have any intercourse with
each other, and the negroes are confined strict
ly to the premises where they belong. We are
all obliged to increase our force Of overseers,
to prevent too free intercourse even among our
own servants. The negroes feel and notice
these new restraints and naturally ask why is
this?' But it is unnecessary for them to ask
the question, for they all comprehend the cause
as we'll as we who own them. They have al
ready learned enough to give them an idea Of
what is going on in the State and nation, and
this knowledge they have not gained from alb.
olitiouists, as some suppose, but from the con.
versation of their owners, indirectly held in
their presence. They have already heard of
Lincoln's election, and have heard also that he
is for giving them their liberty, and you may
imagine the result.
"You have heard that our servants all love
their masters, and their masters families, and
would lay down their lives for them that the
colored race in the South prefers slavery to free
dom that they would not be free if they could,
&C., &c. That is but the poetry of the case /;
the reality consists in sleeping on our arms at
night, in double boiling and barring our doors,
in establishing and maintaining an efficient
patrol force, in buying watchdogs, and in taking
turns in watching our sleeping children, to
guard them and ourselves from the vengeance
of these same loving servants "a vengeance
which, though now smouldering, is liable to
burst out at any moment, to overwhelm the
State, in spite of the Palmetto flags or State
precautions.
"My husband has but a few servants-I be-
lieve but thirty.one, all told-stiH feel land so
does hey that they are thirty.one too many in
such times as these. He would sell them i'm.
mediately, if it were possible; but the truth Is,
he could realize nothing for them at present, or
at most not over half their real value"
The national Republican., 1860-12-25
THE SIGNING OF THE SECESSION
ORDNANCE

The Charleston Mercury thus describes the
scenes attending the signing of the Secession
Ordinance
"The scene was one profoundly grand and
impressive. There were people assembled
through their highest representatives, men
most of them upon whose heads the SHOWS of
sixty winters had been shed-patriarchs in
age-the digntaries of the land-the High
Priests Of the Church of Chrst-reverend
statesmen-and the wise judges of the law.
In the midst of deep silence, an old man, with
bowed form, and hair as white as snow, the
Rev. DR.. Bachman, advanced forward, with
upraised hands, in prayer to Almighty God,
for his blessing and favor in this great act of
his people, about to be consummated. The
whole assembly at once rose to its feet, and,
with hats off, listened to the touching and
eloquent appeal to the All.Wise Dispenser of
events.
"At the close of the prayer, the President ad
vanced with the consecrated parchment upon
which was inscribed the decision of the State,
with the great seal attached Slowly and sol.
emnly it was read unto the last word" dis.
sotred when men could contain themselves
no longer, and shout that shook the very
building, reverberating, ong-continued, rose to
Heaven, and ceased only with the loss of
breath. In proud, grave silence, the Conven.
ton itself waited the end with beating hearts.
vanced, one by one, and placed their sigma.
lures to the ordinance; after which, amidst the
most tumultuous applause, the President pro-
claimed the State Of South Carolina a sep.
arate, independent nationality"
The national Republican., 1860-12-25

The Ten MILLION LoAN.-The Treasury
Department received here and in the principal
cities, yesterday, about $l,2OO,OO0 on account
of the remaining half of the $lO,O0O,O 900 loan
which Mr.. Cobb extended for thirty days.
Some $2,225, 900 were not paid in. Messrs
Riggs Co., here, who subscribed originally
for $4,000 in their own name, but alleged
to be in part for others, failed to make good
their payment OF the remainder, upon the
ground that the condition of the Government
was rendered essentially different by the seces.
sion of South Carolina
All the Departmental officers received their
quota of pay up to yesterday in coin, as con.
venient provision for the holidays.
The national Republican., 1860-12-25

MISSISSIPPI ON SECEssIoN.-In 1851 the peo.
pie of Mississippi assembled in State Conven-
ton, and among other things passed the follow.
ing resolution:
" "Resolped, That, in the opinion Of this Con.
vcntion, the asserted right Of secession from
the Union, on the part Of a State or States,
is utterly uasanctionsd by the Federal Consti.
tuition, which was framed to establish and
not to destroy, the Union of the States, and that
no secession can in fact take place without a
subversion of the Union established"
The national Republican., 1860-12-25
PRESENTS FOR LADIES.

WHAT can be compared with Wheeler b
w Wilson Sewing Machine The Ladies
say, Give us Wheeler b Wilson by all means
there Is nothing like Wheeler l. Wilson," Aud
they may well say so, as there is no kind of fam
lily or plantation sewing which they will not do
in superior style,
And all for S46.
Gall at the Agency, No. 348 Pennsylvania ave-
nue., or send for a circular.
P. J. STEER, Agent.
B6Machines boxed up and forwarded 70 any
part Of the country. dec 22--2wif
The national Republican., 1860-12-25

The SOUTH CAROLINA CoMMIssIoNERs.-It
is believed the President will receive the South
Carolina Commissioners unofficially, and pre-
sent their communication to Congress for its
action, having no authority to entertain any
proposition they may submit, or to enter upon
negotiations with them. As he has encouraged
the secession movement throughout he will
doubtless extend it9 representatives further aid
and comfort. To his imbecility and craven spirit
it is indebted for all its present Importance
~ !, Tribune.