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The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-11-21

"A ROLAND FOR Az OLIvKR.-f We lose
south Carolina BY secession, it would be give
and take. Louisiana was acquired without Con.
ss'sational authority in 1908, and South Carolina
soss out without Constitutional authority-per.
Aeps-some 6f,y.eight years Afterwards.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-11-21

Gov. BANKS GONE WEsr.-The family of his
Excellency Gov. Banks, viii leave Waltham for
their future home at the vest the latter part Of
the present week On Saturday evening last,
the people Of Waltham, without distinction of
party, were TO assemble at Rumford Han tn
mako suitable arrangements for q parting testi.
monial to Mr.. and Mrs. Banks.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-11-21

WHAT EVERY ONE SHOULD HAVE. = Weed,
Parsons & Co., are binding up, in one volume,
twenty five Of the standard species of the cam
paign. They embrace all OF Senator Stewards
with several of Carl Schurz's, and one or more
of most of the other eminent orators Of the cam
paign. They will BE- furnished, bound in cloth,
at 10 cents volume; unbound, 50 cents.-Ai-
6day Journal.
Mr.. Stewards speeches alone, constitute vol.
ume at essays upon Government.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-11-21

WONDERFUL PROGRESS IL TELEGEAs1I
Joseph 5. Wilson, Commissioner OF me 49,:
LAID Office, at Washington, on Monday 1
received Geographic dispatch from fx
Oregon, via Sacramento, California. oasea ~.
/, 1850, thus reaching Washington within s
days, an unprecedented achievement " n.
&c telegraphing, and q striking instance
progress Of the age.-N. 7. zribsss.
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FoURscoRERs.-Fourteen venerable citizens Of
the town of Ledyard voted Tuesday, whose av.
erase ages we're eighty years Very remarka.
BILE evidence of Salubrisy and good morals in that
community sJuyn, ". Y. Union
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-11-21

LAxsIxe.-There is no use of talking, BOYS
The Capital is redeemed, and Lansing Is in the
list Of Republican cities. All hail to the hard.
working Republicans at the capital.-Narshal
&atesmoN.
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Mr.. LINcoLN's INArGuRArIox.-The Burgess
ses Corps Of the city of Albany have resolved
to 60 to Washington to attend the Inauguration.
They will turn out 100 muskets.
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Virginia..

RIcHxoxD, Va, Tuesday, Nov. Is.
Breckenridge majority will probably not
be far from . thousand. Enough counties
have been heard from to show tia, he has car.
red the State.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-11-21

LIFE OF FRANKLrN.-Edward Everett, at the
suggestion Of Messrs. Sheldon & Co., publishers
is about to write the Life of Franklin, and hopes
to complete it in the course of next year.
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CAIIroRxIA.-By latest advices, Lincoln leads
Douglas 1855 in California, though the impress
sion is, that when the returns are all In, douglas
win have the State
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OLD ST. LAwRExcE.-Thisc county contains the
grave OF Silas Wright, and its twenty mine town.
ships, each gava a Republican majority, in the
aggregate 7,2H.
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BAD SpELLIyG.-The y. Y. Tribune give the
following in point TO the importance OF spelling
correctly is seen by the following, especially the
necessity of spelling lager beer as it should be.
Mr.. Todd, wishing & supply OF Fonrth.of-Jnly
beverage, wrote as follows
BUSGvILLE, jag l., 1860.
Messrs Blotch 4 Dfnker sen me up rs soon
as posibal a cask of Brandy and one Large Bear
for forth Of JUL sen the Bear by express. in
Hast. REUBEN ToDD.
The answer came as follows:
Nh. TODD-Dear sir We send you to-day
one cask of brandy and the bear, by express, as
requested You must iced him on raw meat,
and be very careful that he does not escape, as
he is very savage. He cost $500, and We let you
have him for the same. Please forward pay
ment. Yours. respectfully,
BLOTCH DRINkER.
The CONSERVATION of Reuben Todd was CON-
plete when the furious animal was landed at his
shop door, with half-scarec curious crowd
around it, and it was only by sacrifice OF the
cask of brandy for keeper, and a couple OF trips
to New York, that he got rid OF his ugly prop
ertv and learned how to spell lager beer.
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Vol. XIV.

never attended party where the ladies looked
better, or where both sexes seemed to epio7
themselves more heartily and universally i,
is true that the gentle creatures would have
looked more brilliant in silks, satins, diamond.
and other fashionable gawgaws, but we mps,
distinguish between brilliancy and true lowell
ness. Woman never looks so well as when a..
looks domestic.
"The homespun party is but the beginpip,
of the end. Other Virginia-cloth parties wif
follow. The movement must go on. There i
no helping it. When our mothers, oar wives
daughters, sisters sweethearts, lead the wa
who can refuse to follow? If any one trait I.
stronger than another in the female character
1t is that element of perseverance which viii
not permit them to abandon any measure tbsy
have undertaken. When once they out tbe;,
white little hands to the plough, they never turn
back. 1t Is a gross mistake to suppose thai
homespun clothes will be worn only as a FAM.
costume at parties. They who think this. kpo:
little of the character of Virginia ladies' The
best, the purest, the bravest blood on earth r11.
in their veins. They dare do anything, save
that which is immodest, to promote the welfare
of our noble Commonwealth. We shall sas
them at home, and on the street, and at church
dressed in linseywoolsey; and we but echo the
common sentiment of the city and of the whole
State, when we say that we shall love them ali
the more for this convincing proof Of their de-
votion to a lofty and patriotic principle"
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REPEAL OF THE MISSOURI COMPRO-
MISE.

This measure was the touchstone of political
orthodoxy four or five years ago. The sham
Democracy of all shades approved it, and the
Wings for the most part acquiesced in it, as po-
litical necessity. But every year the fact is be-
coming more apparent that it was disastrous
measure to the slave interest 1t in the first
place gained nothing to Slavery. 1t immedi
ately broke up the Wing party, disorganized
and sectioEalized the so-called Democracy, and
built up the great Republican party If the
South now regards that party as dangerous tC
her peace and safety, she cannot disguise the
fact that the aggressive Pro-Savery spirit Of
her demagogues, and their bad faith in repeal
ing the Missouri Compromise, called the Re
publican party into existence. 1t was neces-
sity of the times, growing out of +" Democratic "
per6dy and Wing recreancy to the long-sub-
sisting agreement between the North and South
by which the territories west and north of Mis-
souri, were dedicated to Freedom.
But the treacherous " Democracy and the
imbecile Wings have seen the error of their
way, and now freely acknowledge the impolicy
of their conduct. The distaste into which the
repeal of the Compromise has fallen is strongly
illustrated by the effort to elect Speaker. The
sham Democracy have been compelled to aban-
don their nominee, Mr.. Bocock, who voted for
the repeal, and to take up Mr.. Millson, who
voted against it. The former could never num-
Der more than SO votes, while the latter re-
ceived SO. The Republican candidate, who
was an unqualified opponent of repeal, has re-
ceived ll2 votes, thus showing that, North and
South, the favorite measure of the sham De-
mocracy has fallen into disrepute.
Here, then, we have an illustration, on a grand
scale, of the maxim, that honesty is the best
policy" 1t were idle to expect the black De-
mocracy to profit by it.
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regard to the defeat of last years appropriation
bill. Indeed, after it was all over, we doubt if
anybody on either side of the House could have
told what Mr.. Pryor had been talking about.
He has read Burke, and hates the Black Re-
publicans," but he told us that in his first essay
His speech would read as we'll backwards as
forwards, as objurgation No. five hundred
would be as appropriate for an exordium as for
a peroration.
There was one thing to approve in the speech
of Mr. Pryor. He is sound upon one question
of great Importance. Under no circumstances
will he listen to the idea of disunion. We con
graduate him, as we do ex-Gov. Wise, upon his
sudden conversion.
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PRESCRIPTION IN NoRTH CARoLNA.-Mr
George W. Vestal, one of our North Caroline
subscribers, has been elected from employment
as a common school teacher in Alamance coun-
ty, North Carolina, in consequence of his Anti
Slavery views. 1t seems that the local board
desired to retain him, but they were overrued
by the General Board Of the county. It thus
appears that the non-slaveholding whites Of the
South cannot employ such teachers for their
children as they prefer without the consent and
appreciation of the slaveholding class in other
neighborhoods, who are in no wise interested.
The freemen Of that region should be wise
and prudent in the expression Of their views,
and bide their time. The future is theirs. The
central and western portions of the State must
eventually and at no very distant period be-
come the abode of white freemen. 1t is fine,
healthy region, adapted to farming and manu-
featuring, and possesses rich mines of coal and
copper. The STAKEHOLDER, with his slaves, are
out of place in a country which should be ded-
icated to Freedom.
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his police force, known here in common par
lance as the AFRICAN Grabbers," are to take
the responsibility of overlooking the dehbera-
tons of Congress, or whether Mr.. Lenox is to
summon posse, in the name of Judge Lynch,
for that purpose, we are not informed. But
at any rate, it is satisfactory to know that the
political incendiaries will be taken care of.
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FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN VrRGISIA.-Mr. Crux,
worthy, quiet, and respectable citizen of Vir-
GINA, residing near Alexandria, has been com
PEELED to leave the State to escape the heavy
penalties of the barbarous slave code, annexed
to the circulation of Anti-slavery writings.
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As exhibited in detail in state

As exhibited IN detail in state
mens No. /.
Deiucting the expenditures du-
ring the fiscal year 1859 from
the aggregate means during
the year, a balance remained
IA the treasury on July /,
1859, Of
From the lst July to Goth Sep
TENDER, 1859, being the first
quarter of the current fiscal
wear, 1860, the receipts into
the treasury were as follows:
From customs -tl5, 947, 67O.62
From public lands 47O,244,62
From l qiscellane-
Gus sources 5i9,ooO.ol
notes e. s,6ll,3OO.OO
From loan eufbo-
rized by act OF
June IA, 1858 100000
The estimated receipts during
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DEATH OF JUpeE BLAoKFoRD.--JudgeB Black
ford, of the Court Of Claims, died in this city
on the 3lst ultimo, aged 70 years. He was ap-
pointed TO the position he held in 1853, by
President Pierce, His home was in Indiana,
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Which ann

Which amount was applied to
the various branches of the
public service as follows:
Civil, foreign intercourse, and
miscellaneous
Service of Interior Department
Indians and Pensions)
Service of War Department,
Service of Navy Department
Public Debt
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WASHINGTON, DC.
THURSDAY, JANUARY s, 1860.

16S- All letters for the National Era must
be addressed to Mrs. M. L. BAILEY, National
Era, Washington, ID. c.
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A5NIoN MEETING IN WASHINGTON

AgNION MEETING IN WASHINGTON.
the Americans and "Whigs " attempted
to hold Union meeting at the Assembly
Rims in this city last Friday night, but were
rrSely interrupted, it is said, by an Alder
mn, backed, as we understand, by some of
til police, and the clerical force in the Depart
nsnts. The call was addressed to all lovers of
.ts Union, irrespective of parties but the Off
cts of the meeting were ALL or nearly all, of the
luerican and Wing parties. A rude fellow
lSke in upon the prayer of the Rev. DIR. Gurley
hh boisterous oaths and clamor, but at length
ace was restored, and the leaders of the meet
b. proceeded to read resolutions and to discuss
lem. Richard s. Coke, Esq, presided, and
bunced John Brown and his abettors with
Feat severity, but said nothing against the
;outhern advocates of disunion and the slave
Jade Mr.. Darlington did good deal better.
hid the resolutions which he presented dis
hayed manly spirit of hostility to the dis.
anionists of the South. The speech and the
resolutions greatly irritated the Democracy :"
present, who are ever ready to apologize for or
Hefend the Southern propagandists of Slavery
and disunion. They therefore interrupted the
before vote was taken, by calling
for Walter Lenox, Esq, new convert to
g Democracy" from the ranks Of Whiggery.
Mr. Lenox took the stand without ceremony,
and, from the tenor of his remarks, it is evil
dent that he regarded himself as a conqueror.
He at once began to deprecate the meeting as
and concluded by offering sub
stitute for the resolutions of Mr.. Darlington.
I'm the mean time the platform gave way, and
old Line Wings, Americans, and Democrats y
came down together This, we learn, was the
conclusion of the affair. We have heard it
on both sides, that the resolutions,
pro and con, were adopted, but such was the
+" noise and confusion in the crowd" as Gen.
Cass would say, that no one seems to know
heads or tails of the matter. Here is another
Illustration of the devotion of the Black De-
mocracy to the Union and to law and order.
One remark of Mr.. Lenox is especially wor-
thy of note. While conceding to the members
of Congress a certain degree of liberty of speech
in the Capitol, he said, with emphasis, that there
,oas limit to the freedom Of speech, and that
no man sco,sld be allosced to utter ince.adta7y
sentiments! Mr.. Lenox omitted TO say who
was to be the censor, or how his 1ehesfe we're
to be enforced. Whstbez lhs idenl and
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To ADvxRE1sEEs-Business men win find il arsstly 10
aeir advantageio advertise in the Era
Messrs. Petting a Co., 8. b. Niles and JOY coe, 4
'o are our authorized advertising agents for Boston
new York, and Philadelphia
The following gentlemen accredited agents for the
era; o. w. Light, Boston, Mass j. A. Innis. Salem
dass.i Thomas Wheeler, Cincinnati, Ohio L. T. Park
Sount Union, Ohio; Joseph Hughes, Philadelphia Pa
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THE PRESIDENTS ORGAN FOR DIsUNIoN-
The Washington Constitution of Saturday eve.
ming last, in place of editorial, publishes long
letter from Southern gentleman to Northern
+" Abolitionist," which the editor warmly com
mends to his readers. In that letter, we find
the following reasonable sentiment; and as the
editor takes no exception to it, but on the con
trary commends the letter as whole, we have
a right to assume that he fully endorses it. The
writer says:
81 will not say what the South will do if a
calamity so fearful as the full and complete tri
umph of the Republican party should befall om
country. But l will say that, in my opinion
the slave States ought not to permit Republi
can Administration of the Federal Governmen
to be organized until every Southern man has
ceased to i've"
Could more reasonable sentiment be ut
tered Does the President approve this dia
bolical appeal?
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Aggregate receipts

Estimated expenditures from
permanent appropriations
Estimated expenditures from
unexpended balances of ap-
preparations
Estimated expenditures from
new appropriations estimated
for
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ANOTHER EFFORT OF Mr.. Pryor. - Mr.
Pryor, of Virginia, smarting under the severe
discipline to which he was subjected by Mr.
Nelson, of Tennessee, some weeks ago, made al
attempt on Thursday last to reinstate himself il
the estimation of his friends as an orator. Blu
he has only made the fact more patent to every
body, that he lacks the highest element of par
liamentaty oratory. He is verbose and declama
tory to the last degree, and lacks the command
ing faculty of clear and concise statement, a.
well as argumentative power. His defamation
and denunciation are spoiled by redundancr
of explosives and epithets. He must prune hi
rhetoric of synonymous adjectives, and exhibi
degree of coherency and distinctness of aim
before he can be regarded as an effectiv
speaker; but we suspect that Mr.. Pryor is rad
cally deficient in the logical force which is eI
sential to the great debater. He was congrat
lated when he sat down, but for what we coul
not understand, unless it was upon his god
fortune in not waking up the gentleman fro /
Tennessee. He followed Mr.. Grow, but u
failed to controvert the clear and concI
sive statement which that gentleman made
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The expenditures during the
FISCAL year ending June 30, 1859,
were as follows;
For the quarter ending Sept. 30,
1853 =
For the quarter ending Dec. 81,
1853
For the quarter ending March
80, 1859
For the quarter ending June 80,
1859
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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE
TREASURY.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Dec. 5, 1859.
SIR: In compliance with an act of Congress,
entitled Gan act supplementary tn - act 70
estaDisn tne 6sVe the honor to submit the
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Deducting the aggregate estima-
ted expenditures from the ag-
gregate estimated receipts in
to the Treasury during the
fiscal year, from July l, 1860,
to June 30, 1861, as above
stated, the estimated balance
will remain in the Treasury
on the Goth June, 1861, Of
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8O,6O6,8O8.4(

S8,173,582.48
I2,262,452.75
46,27S,893.56
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ABoLITIoYIsTs ORDERED TO LEAVE KENTUC-
KY.-On Friday last, thirty-six persons arrived
in Cincinnati, having been ordered to leave
Madison county, Kentucky, on account of their
Abolition feelings. They were the neighbors
and co-workers of the Rev. John G.. Fee, a
Kentucky Abolitionist, whose lectures at the
North have attracted some attention. Among
the exiles are Rev. j. R. Rogers, principal of a
school at Berea, and his family; ]. D. Reed
and family; John S. Hanson and family; Rev.
j. F. Boughton E. t. Hayes and s. Life, car
penters; A. G. w. Parker, native of South
Carolina; - Toney, a native of Tennessee
John Smith, a native of Ohio, farmer, who
has lived in Kentucky some years. 1t appears
there has been much excitement in the county
since John Browns Harpers Ferry raid, and
that the parties above referred to left in conse-
quence of resolutions passed by large county
meeting, giving them ten days to depart the
State, or abide the consequences. Rev. Mr..
Fee is among the number ordered to depart.
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the three remaining quarters
of the current fiscal year are
as follows:
From customs $40, 900, 10000
From public lands 2,O00,000.OO
From miscellane-
Gus sources l,5OO,oOO.OO
From treasury
notes $685. 10000
From loan autho-
rized by act of
June IA, 1858 l,l70,O0O.0O
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Making the aggregate of ascer-
tanned and estimated means
for the current fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1860
The expenditures for the first
quarter of the current fiscal
year 1860, that ending Sep
TENDER 80, 1859, were:
For civil, foreign intercourse,
and miscellaneous
For service of Interior Depart.
ment, Indian and Pensions
For service of War Department
For service of Navy Department
For public debt
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s2l,7O8,l98.5l
1885 ,347.85
l7,874,779.86
26,2l2,lS5.35
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1he probable expenditures from
appropri atoms heretofore
made by law, during the three
remaining quarters of the cur
rent fiscal year to June 30,
1860, are estimated at
Making the expenditures for the
current fiscal year, under ex.
listing authority
Deducting this aggregate ex
penditure from the aggregate
of the before-estimated means
for the current fiscal year,
1860, will leave an estimated
balance in the treasury on the
30th June, 1860, of
Estimates for the fiscal year .trc
to June 80, 1861
Balance in the treasury July l
1850, as above stated
Estimated receipts from custom:
from July l, 1860, to June 30
1861
Estimated receipts from public
lands from July /, 1860, to
June 80, 1861
Estimated receipts from miscel
laneous sources from July l
1860, to June 30, 1861
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75,384,54l.39
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S3,75l.5ll.57
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s5O,426,4OO.OO
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The aggregate means, there
fore, for the service of the fiscal
wear ending June 80, 1859, were O9O,787.ll
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The estimated receipts during
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S3,75l,5ll.57
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JOHN BRowN's PoCKET KNIFE-A citizen
of Harpers Ferry has just forwarded, for pre-
sentation to Gov. Wise, the veritable pocket
knife of John Brown. The article in question
is noF in our Office, awaiting the Governors
return to Richmond. 1t is an old Jack knife. a
bone handle and two blades, and has evidently
seen much service. A small brass plate on the
handle is engraved with the name John
Brown" On one side of the large blade are
now inscribed the words, Pirate Chief and
Robber of Kansas. Taken from his person.
Attack on Harper's Ferry Armory, 18th Octo-
Der, 1852" On the other side of the blade
Presented to Gov. Henry A. Wise, of Virginia.
be Arch'd NJ. Kitzmiller. "-Richm. Enquirer.
SALE OF BARBEE's :" FISHER G1RL."-Bar.
bees statue, "The Fisher GIRL made by the
artist Ia Virginian) in Florence, and exhibited
in the principal European and American cities
was sold at auction, in New York, on Thursday
for 81, $50, to II. w. Derby, the owner of the
Dusseldorf gallery. Mr.. Barbee valued the
statue at $4,000, so that it was sold at great
sacrifice.
GOVERNOR WIsE.-This gentleman has lief
Richmond for Accomac county, and will no
return before his term of Office expires. Or
Thursday evening, previous to his departure
he was waited upon by a large number Of citi
zens and military officers.
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The WAHDERER Charlottesville advices of
December LIST mention the landing there by
French vessel of a man representing himself
as Ceptain George Walker, of the American
schooner William. 1t is probable that he is
the captain of the SLAYER Wanderer who was
left In the lurch by his mate.