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MANSION HOUSE HOTEL,

MANSION HOUSE HOTEL,
N. w. Corner Fayette and st. Paul Sts.,
OPPOSITE BARNUM's HOTEL,
BALTIMORE.
THIS is one of the most PLEASANT and Central sit
i uations in the city.
"a TERMs-One Dollar per day.
/. ALBERTSON, Proprietor.
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Gl5IIIlla
500 sly RUP

MRS. WINSLOW,
A N Experienced Nurse and Female Physician, pre-
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Upon the adjournment of the meeting OF Stockhod-
the Board of Directors convened and elected the
following officers:
PREsIDENT-SAML j. HARRISON,
Vice PREsIDENT-WM. H. HAXALL,
PHYsIcIAN-DR. BLAIR BURWELL,
ATroRNEY-ROSCOE B. HEATH, ESQ.
J. ADAIR PLEASANTS, SEc'Y.
az Office corner Main and 18th streets, Richmond.
III. M. BELL, Ag't at Staunton.
May 90, lS6O.-1yif. 51,-.t-
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9 ALE OF LAND.-As his farm was not sold as
y previously advertised in consequence of bad
weather. the subscriber will SELL at private sale, if
not sold privately before that time, will sell at public
auction, on WEDNESDAY, THE 18TH FEBRUARY,
1861, his FARM, lying three miles from Greenville,
three miles from Middlebrook, aud ten miles from
Stsupton, adjoining the lands of James Bumgardner
and Others and containing I3II Acres, about 100
of which cleared and the balance we'll tlmbered.
It has on it two Springs of the best of water. The
improvements consist of GOOD DWELLING
HOUSE, small Barn, spring-house, work shop, and
Fruit Trees of every variety A good part OF the
land is well set in Glover and Timothy. deem it
unnecessary to give further description, any
The terms will be made known on the day of sale--
Possession given on the 18th of March next.
g1a 4eH GEORGE MYERS.
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,nton, Oct. Is, 1860.
, 1860-02-17
Abraham Lincoln.


The Republican Executive Committee Of the
state Of Ohio, hare made a1rau ccmcnts for tle
publication, in pamphlet lo:n:, Of the speeches
Of Nessrs. 1iueo!u and Douglas, Delivered
during the memorable Senatorial campaign Of
1s3S, in the State Of Illinois, This is most
.leicate, but RI y significant compliment to Nr.
I'ncoln, whose speeches are regarded us among
the verE best e2pusitjons Of Republican doc
trinc, anywhere, On record. Veil NAV Illinois
be proud # heE Lincoln; no wonder that the
Vest claims his nomination ut Chicago, In
speaking Of Mr. Lincoln and the Prcside dency. 4
corscspendeu: whites us rs follows: ~ uaau
OF nerve, burn in the South, m; reared to man
hood in The very midst Of the institution Of
slavery; Hena5 Cl1y Whi:. Il .jritad Of tro-
te:'on, and Of the Union; oil :al!s1iblc Integrity
and remarkable pe1son*l popularity, eminent as
a statesman and ad5ocasc who has perhaps done
grenter service in the cause than auy man lir.
Ing; his worth, his requirements, his asailabtl.
''s, all designate him Is the maa in whom ere
combined more Of the elements Of success than
any other whose name have seen mentioned
in this connection 6nou!d the Northwest pre-
sent an undivided front in behalf of tue man
who ot all hcr statesmen is most acceptable to
f'ennsElrania, she cannot fail to receive from
Ehe East, cordial nnd enthusiastic response"
, 1860-02-17
l. Rcmfnlsccnee Of Nul&ifcatIon
Times,

,
fFrom the Philadelphia rresa1
We hare been told by d gentleman Of Rich.
nund Of m annecdote Of the notification times,
which has, no doubt, been fore often br most al
thnse who witnessed it.
II had been customary, from the time the Tn
ion was formed, to hoist the *stars and stripes"
on the Capitol OF Virginia every Fourth Of julv.
Un the anniversary Of Independence, which &C.
CURED in the midst Of the secession excitement.
Cos: Floyd-not the present Secretary Of War,
but his tather-being the occupant Of the Gov
ernor's house at that time, had obtained u beau.
tiful new State Flag from the State ar.nory.
and while the celebration OF the day was pyo.
gtessing, he holsted it on the Capitol instead Of
the Tag Of the Union. The Governors known
notification procliEi.ics caused the citizens Of
richmond to regard this net as offensive to the
Union loving cilizens OF Virginia; aud this feel
ing created a strong e1cit. ment among the cjti.
zens Of Richmond, which soon spread TO tle
svoluuteer companies, celebrating the day With
in mile or two Of the city. One Of them, the
art,llerists, consisting Of about one hundred Of
tue mechanics Of Richmond, was commanded
by Captain Richardson, flor many years after
wards Secretary OF State, as brave Yirrjni,n
rs everlived, ,and as true friend to his cou-trY)
aud were. 10 q man, Union men. They we're
tue first to take :ao s.!arm, and imu.e.!:a;eIr
formed on the North side OF the square, sent a
deputation IN to bis Excellenry to request him
to take down the State f se and put up that Of
the Union as usual, forthwith, o. Capt Richard.
son would DO it for him: Thus stood the par.
ties when in. from Ciark's Tor Buchanan>
Springs came laundering at full gallop Tie
Richmond nrasoons, numbering over u hun
dred men. chiefly merchants and manufacturers
Of Richmond, and nearly all null.fiers, COM
manded By Randolph lIarrison.a wealthy tobac.
co mefcbunt, aud a lighting man Of large size
and tried courage. They took up the order Of
battle on the West side Of tho square, and sent
in their dsppsation to learn what was goi.g |
On. The excitement then became lntcase, and |
bloody tight was expected, which was iuten-
si6ed By report that the infantry and rife |
were also Oh their march to .he |
scene Of action. The whole city was in alarm.
Ind thousands aocked to tia public square to
zee the fight. Gut better counse1s prevailed,
md the difficulty Was ended By hoisting, under
he orders Of the Governor, tho Onion dsg
ltougslde Of the State hlg-an act which was
oudiy cheered by the thousands present.
, 1860-02-17

A most remarkable case Of suicide occurred in
the village Of Curwcnsvi!Ie, Clearfeld county,
r.. few days since-that ofa young manna,n.
ca Alonxo koss. aged about 1wenty.t y.tiys wears,
who, .; ~ ALMOST spperhuman effort, raised
himself from d5iug-Lcd and cut bis throat
VIII razor. The young man has been very
aellcaie ior couple OF years. Last week he be-
game so lar reduced that his friends gave up all
fn?opes Of bis recovery it Was thought that his
we "oald not be prolonged another week. On
Sa:ufday last be talked Of leaying his bed for
~ t9e purpose ofsharing, and about.noou, during
INC nr'es absence Of the family, except asmall
brother, from the room, he jumped out, Of bed,
ana concentrating all his energies in the. OFT,
ne ran across the apartment, entered small
room. where shasin. tools, &c. and the doorof
Mnleh had been accidently 'efs unlocked, got
out ste sharing cup and brush, sat down upon
enair before the lookinE-slass as it to share,
and n that position cut his throat with razor.
Az th1s was done in . few seconds, before his
rent It, -. ..,.
, 1860-02-17

The SuntAe1n Conhderacy prosccutes the
war in behalf Of constitutional dyv coods''
with becoming vigor. Having annihilated The
better part Of New York, 1t pounces upon
eighty.eiglt wholesale firms in Philadelphi,
like catamount It says that these Quaker
tradesmen "nre chcerfu'ly contributing tic
"gold and silver wrttng from Southern labcr
land industry. as blood money to sustain abo.
"lition traitors, -incer3iarics and murdercra,"
This is pretty hard talk We must sny-hardcr
still If VIC re6ec! that Philadelphia held tre
mendons Union meeting aud passed the most
syrupy and cottony resolutions on record not
long since, and finished up by mobbing or try
ing to mob Geo. VIM. Curtis and pcaccab,o
audience who had assembled to hear him lec-
tuTe. We say it is ungrateful das.ardly, iu-
famous, too bad.
a recent letter in the commercial column ct
The n. r Independent, (uot the less apt and
truthful for being tictitious) put the constitu-
tlonal dry goods question in nutshell. Said
Aessrs. Hezekiah Broadax Co, Wood n.
Nutmeg & Brothers and the other signers of
the communication, in effect: 1--WE are re-
spectively tho patentecs, manufacturers and
monopolists Of this, that. and the other goods,
wares and trumpery largely in demand dowa
South. This is to notify all hands that whetl..
er they buy Of the constitutional" Mr. A., or
the unconstitutional Mr., B., or the Indifferent
MI. c:-whether they purchase at Boston,
he" York, Phi}adclph:a, or New Orleans, the
profits 90 into our pockets We are the
men who get Mt on the trade. Your
constitutional houses are ordering our goods
sro'y day. They don't inquire what ticket ne
vote, or whether we read Helpers book, or
buy Browns photograph. They are c1od to
get our fabrics without interrogation, because
they know they would be hooted out of .ha
trade unless they had them. So keep up your
quarrel gentlemen. Ais fish that comes tn
our net" Such was the substance Of Droadar
h Co.'S proclamation. 1t might hayo been
znade broader. John Bull is tic most rabid
Abo1itionist in the world, and it is pretty safe
to aay that nino-1enths Of all the manufactured
articles used at the South are made in New or |
Old England, while nineteen-twentieths Of the
East Indian luxuries consumed in the same
section pay an exorbitant profit to unconsti- ]
tutional importers and capitalists. We doubt
not that every type op which the Southern
, 1860-02-17
PRESIDENT gIAKING.

We beg those Congressman at Washington.
who, il the newspapers are 10 be believed, arr
more busily engaged in making President
than IN legislating for the material wants Ct
the country, to remember that they
have left m army or two Of con-
st1tuents at home who will, whe,.
the time comes, relieve them Of their selfim.
posed task. We apply our remarks to tile Kc.
puolicans Of the House and Senate, as well as
to the Democrats, because we fear that tbev
especially arr in need Of the admonition. But
IL they will persist in thinking that they were
elected to pick out tho successor Of Mr. Bu.
channn, VIC insist upon it, that they keep III
their minds the lac., that this Northern co,,1
try is full Of earnest Jealous, industrious AID
eonsclentlousmcn: just as radically anti-slavc.
r IN sentiment as they can bc and maintai,.
the obligations imposed upon them by the Co..
Ht'tution mud the laws; and that any attem,t
IN the way Of Prcsidcnt-making which rnp*
counter to tleir cony ctioss of right and duty,
will, though possibly successful in Couye,..
ton Of politicians DO disastrous in the end.
The people believe - at least most Re-
publican people bclicve-tl!at the party
Is now powerful enough to elect
tue man Of its choice; aud though they may
be willing to concede much that is nou-csser-
tia], to sacrifice many personal preferences, ,au,.
to embrace men who hayo been bitter enemies.
to command SUCCESS, he who supposca that tn.
vital sentiment OF the party-that to which it
owes its life and its local triumphs-can be-
bartered away for all the Offices in tho Prcsi-
dents gift or for all the spoi1s to he gathered
in Presidential term, arc surely bringing
down an avalanche upon their heads. These
are facts which VIC fear tic Congressman will
be apt to forget. We shall not 1ail to call
their attention TO them from time to tine, as
suring those whom We address that We will
[oment or assist i'll no strife for mcu, that
has not ita root in the principlco for which wy
contend.
, 1860-02-17
The Medium NoupIuRRed.

1T. Collins. the gentleman who performs The
extraordinary feat Of freeing himself from any
number Of compound ligatures, was so com.
pletey foiled last night, that after one hour and
fifteen minutes Of interesting hard work be
done, and Mr. Collins Immediately disappeared
from among the audience An ancient mariner.
James Baker By name, succeeded in norplnss.
ing the loosening spirit II was Gone by takin:
couple Of close bitches in b'ghts around cae6
wrist, passing the hights orer Collins neck,
then reering both ends between his under pin.
bights, around his neck. borsing him up taut.
and then topping. OF With couple Of rolling
bitches around each arm, above the elbow. The
poor fellow must have endured great torment in
lls frantic efforts to escape from his bonds, for
wheu the boz vas opened be WAS very much e1-
hausted, and his clothing actually dripping with
Francisco Ktrd1, -jaa 18Th.
, 1860-02-17
A!!tnotH Central Railroad d-.-1allr0ad
Sttnmcr IL. r. Cheney. 4 rIiextaxinn1
Central lta1lroau Route.
Editors Iess AMI Tribune.


CHICAGO. Feb. Is. 1870.
~" no''sed' fe" days since, the COM
rel!oh " Inc A'ss'ss'pW Central Railroad.
na'ios naa occasion recently to pass over this
'oaa' a"o 10 consider It's Importance and inter
es' 10 o's c'''' an ieo TO Gull tue attention of
your readers once more to it, ard its connec-
~" VIII u.s. 10 1hes realize that here on Lake
s''e"'ea" We arc within GU hours Of New Or
4eAns' anu .hat' loo, VI very pleasant route of
ali i1aflfoaa from Chicago except ferriasc of
~ n'1'es 'Fo" caro- 10 columbus, hyS 0fthis
PeaSau' e"anse would particularly speak.
fasseneeFs' on arrts'ug at Cairo, will find tho
ne" steamer D. I. Cheney, Capt. q. Latimer,
proprietor ana commander, i'll waiting to con-
sey 'nem 10 columbus. The Cheney is perfect
IN oil heF appointments, new and well arranged
for comfort and convenience Under The su-
pcrslsfon OF the ver5 gentiemanly Captain, this
oas asreaos become q popular and faroslte route
III 'eFt, ~ JUST sa'''cie'1 IN lens'a 10 give the
"eA't' aas'' 'Ea'e'er ''''e 10 lest ana wash up
p'epa'1.os' 'or 1ne cars oi 'ns mobile d omo
- :" ".'A'us IL oo.u"'oIs' 10 convey
, 1860-02-17

W Some attention has lately been turned to
cotton-g growing in the Sandwich Islands. E1-
reriments wcrc made during the past season in
its cultivation at Warlu-kcc, Maui. Four sam
pies are noticed in the Honolulu Adee,siser, con-
sisting, first, Of tho produce Of natiye seed,
which is a poor ar:iclc worth perhaps six or
sevcn cents per pound second. the produce of
native and foreign seed mixed, which is scarcely
superior to the ADORE; third, the produce tf
New Orleans seed. which is tnir article, worth
abont II cents per pound; and, lastly, the pro-
duce ct Sea Island seed, worth about thirty.f frs
cents per 7'on"d. The last specimen resembles
the finest silk, having long and delicate fibre,
and If it can be cultivated On these Islands,
would undoubtedly become the most remunera-
tive crop thst can be raised. considering The
ANAL outlay required to produce It.
, 1860-02-17

IMAGES OF FEMALE SERVANTS IN AUSTRALIA. -
c'oks and laundresscs, ess5 per annum; house.
maids, from e25 to ESQ; thorough competent
women for general housework from esG to $50:
upper class nursemaids, ccec to eas: nurse
girls, from Ga to Ego; nccdiewomen, esc to
ESQ; if they are dress makers, E35 per auuuu,.
, 1860-02-17

70 The Easton (Ad.) Ga-ttt< Of SATURDAY.
last announces the death OF Samuel Stcyen.
ExGorernor Of Maryland. He was native Of
Talbot county, wherc he died on the 7th instant.
IN the SD year Of lis age. 4 man Of the strict
est integrity, with Kind mud generous impulses.
and remarkable for his energy and Industry.
a. was held in high esteem by alt who knew
him.
, 1860-02-17
39resa &0riht&1tc.
LETTER TO GOV. LErCuER.

LETTER TO GOV. LErCIIEE.
The mclher who has lost one son By v:o-
lent death ut the end Of an attempted revelu.
ton, and who has another fleeing from men
WHO hunt him for his blood, surely has right
to be heard in their offence. We print then,
the letter Of Mira ANN L. RA1Er, the mother
Of the Coppic boys, Edwin and Barclay, nd
dressed TO GOV. Le,cher Of Virginia, without
endorsing her views Of the Harpers Ferry
affair Or Of the Slavery question. She is a
Quakeress Of great rcspectability. Her letter
speaks for ITSELF
, 1860-02-17

BIT. Jacobs, from the Committee on Co1orcd
Population, has submitted to the Maryland
House Of Delegates scrie: Of resolutions i1s-
tended FOR the better regulation Of this class.
One Of them "prohibits, Absolutely, manumis-
sion; also, negro preaching, or the assen.-
bling OF negroes for religious purposes, and
Imposes penalties for such offences; it autl.-
"orizes the sale Of all negro churches or meet
"ing-houses; it prohibits owners or pcreor $
hiring Slaves, or allowing them to 60 ut
"large; it prohibits the ipgress Of free negrot $
into the State on the pera1ty Of being soli
''for ]ie-also the use Of firearms by uegrocs !;
ut prohibits the holding Of real cstato by ne
"groesi and, finally, provides for the remis-
"sion into slavery Of all free negroes under
"dte age Of G!ty-Gve years"
We submit tue case Of Mr. Jacobs and all
who act with him, to the prayer(ul considers
ton Of the American Home Missionary ST..
clety, at its very next meeting, or whenever
the subject Of American heathenism comes rp
for discussion. In tho meantime, We invite
*AC ~A+eEAstVA VI ENoN AtI III Lue MOTH 10 lie
paragraph above, us text from which clerical
apolosists for Slavery mag be invited to prcal
whenever they seem inclined to rcconci
modern man-stealing with the obligntio,
which Christianity imposes.
Let no one say that Mr. Jacobs proposition
is nat Legitimate outgrow1h Of the passion
and prejudices which Slavery eneenders. Tie
Law that he would sec enacted has its coun.e,-
part IN the act passed by the Missouri Legis-
l:s'nre not a month ago; it is similar in its
terms 10 that by force Of which tho free cooresl
population Of Arkansas hare, this winter,
been compelled to elect between Slavery and
exile; bill Of like character is now under
discussion in Florida and Mississippi; and tEr
men Of Aaryland not Jet made mad by pr.-
Slavery zeal. will he lucky it they can defs:4.
this monstrons scheme Since Washington
emancipnted his Slaves under the profound
conviction that to hold them was crime, MD
since Jefferson acclaimed against the inhcre1,
iniquty Of the system Of human cla1telisn.
tbs country has progressed; but oil, conf
dant Democrat boastirg Of revolutionary de-
scent which war9
, 1860-02-17

A correspondent ut Racine, Wis, expresses
his surprise at the movement recently started
for spinning anx.hy machinery-allcsing that
such machinery las been in use for many years
in Great Britain and other parts Of Europe. Our
correspondent is mistaken in ll,s understanding
Of the recent movement in Massachusetts. It
if proposed to spin fax with The machinery now
in use for spinning cotton, not By altering the
machinery, but by chemically changing tho
character Of the fax, and making it a. eA<ap to
spin flax as cotton. This is the dcsideratnm
which tic whole world is waitiEc for.
, 1860-02-17
Aooma Of tho Stale Agricultural So
-- cleky.
Correspondence Of the rress and Tribunel

srRlsGFzkIp, Feh. II. 1850.
About year ago gave yon = brief skelch Of
tie office Of tue honorable Secretary of The State
Agricultural Society. Twill interest those who
have habitually from year to year copgrcgated
IN taat place, to know that In future they will
hare the pleasure'of meeting with the Execu-
tire Committed in quite different room. The
present lpcambeut has commenced series of
exchanges With other Stale Agricultural So
clc:ies, by which lie is forming u valuable lib
rery for reference. Ills also gratifying to Know
that another apar,n,en: is talked Of, which shall
be filed with specimens of sgricu!tural inple-
meuts, sccds, and other nnttess interesting to
farmers This1 IS beginning in rfsh: direction.
Tic State Of Illinois should have the finest col
lection Of tue kind in the world. Now she has
none. She State Board meet on the a1st inst.
GuERsrox.
, 1860-02-17

ES The Republican State Convention Of
massachusetts, TO select four delegates for the
State ut large to tic Chicago Presidential Con.
Tent'on, will be held at Worcester on the It'll
Of March.
, 1860-02-17

70 The total emigration from all foreign
countries into the United States for the rear
ending December 81, 1859, was 10000, being
about ten per cent gain On 1858. - >,-.'
, 1860-02-17

In reply to S.nator Gwiu's disuniou speech,
in Which it is inserted, that in the event Of a
dissolution, California will go with the South,
the Ala Californian, the ab1est journal in the
State, intimates that Mr. Gwiu is worn out
political hack, debauched in mean service long
before he made his home in that State, and TINT
he is authorized to speak for nobody but him.
self Tho Ala is probably correct. There is
little cause for fear that the Tn on will he dis
solved, and less tim: 10 the event Of dissolu~
ton, yoapg, thrifty and vigorous California
will clst her lot with the ef1ete but yindictire
barbarism that rules tho South.
, 1860-02-17

DEAD.-The Illinois State Democrat, DANTE
paper published at Springfield, has been discon-
tinued. 4 plethoric habit, with nothing to graf
ify it, was the immediate cause of its death.
, 1860-02-17

Confederocy is printed, and the press which
throws it Of, were made by unconstitutional
founders, and that every issue Of that eheet,
in wearing out typo and press, creates mar
ket for the labor Of auti~slavery artisans. Why
does not the contede'uey publish a list Of un-
constitutional paper dealers, type makers, and
ink manufacturers? How much "blood money
does that rewsiup'- pay to "abolit;on trait
OTIS, lncendfaries III murderers.r
SUM OF TIT. FonRIEN NEWS,
We have printed copious dispatches i'll
which the news by the Canado, the 1rngo,
and the Prince 4nert was, spread before the
public. We have now tho details of the ill.,
telfigeuce by the former, and the SUN Of oil is
this:
1st A treaty primarily commercial in its
objects, but carrying with it important po1ti-
cal consequences, will shortly he ratified b.
tween France and Great Britain. Politicians
argue from this that tho entente cordiale be-
tween tho two countries Is firmly established,
aud that they will act as an unit in tic Italian
question.
I'd. It is authoritatively denied that Savoy
is to be taken from the territory Of the King Of
Sardinia mud anu"1ed to France.
Sd. Count Cavorr, lato Prime Minister Of
Victor Emanuel, who threw ~ his place when
the tEeaty Of villa Ft:n:, c'cs al: c:,,.cd. has
again taken the h.: ':---al in ia; Il hat III.
policy which sepa:; I'll S.tdalia lr... E5me Is
to he hereafter encrsc.icaliy pursued; and that
the Intervention Of Austria for the restoration
OF tue bauished Grand Dukes, will be repelled,
II necessary, by force Of arma
Ali. The disarning Of Austria has been a1-
rested by tho threatening character Of late
events, aud fear is expressed that new cam
pa'gn for the rescue Of Vcnetia from Aus
trIan clutches has been resolved upon rs work
fur tile current year
9Th. The Papal question remains without
new phase, if VIC except the expressed deter
minat'on Of Spain to join the party Of the Pope
aud take the field iu his defence. The Empe-
ror is progressive and the Pope stubborn in Lis
tracks.
Beyond these facts, all is conjecture ard
guessing, spread out through weary columns,
which We hare thus reduced to co1nprehcns;-
bla shape
, 1860-02-17

PorE1oCs.-The little Island Of Barbadocs, it.
may not be generally known. is The most densc1y
populated country in the world, with an area Of
one hundreda nd sixty-six square miles, it cor
tains lo5, SCI inhabitants.