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rs, very respectfully,
WILLIAM II. GARNET,
and forty others.


september Zttn loOu.
have TO say in reply to this aud to all the communi
cations have received the subject that feel 1--WE
are in the midst Of a crisis and country surround
ed by difficulties and dangers" and had hop.d that
some one having higher claims to experience aud tai
ens than can pretend to- would have been selected to
represent you such time but feelings OF gratitude
for your past kindnesses to me- well the prompt
ings Of patriotism alike forbid that should withhold
from your service what little OF experience and ability
may possess. Ny political opinions are well known, aud
have been concealed; bu, conceive there are, IT
not issues apprehensions Of danger at present. that
should override all party questions and party consder
tons.
The fact that the various communications have re-
ceived are signed by both wings Of the Democratic par
~ and by the 0ppositon-iu truth signed wholly ire
spectve Of party, shows that there is serious appre-
hension upon the public mind that questions may arise
between this and the 4th of March next superior to all
party Of jectS party purposes.
believe that the election OF sectional cindidlte 10
the Presidency Of the United States according TO the
Constitution and Laws of the land however dire such
calamity would be- would not be good for the dis
solution Of the Union, or the secession OF any State
theefrom Nor should this Union be dissolved upon
mere abstract sentiment political dogma. Whenever
dissolution comes, which may God in his mercy avert we
must be able 10 be justified in cOnsciences to
appeal the Supreme Judge of the Universe for the
iiude Of intentions aud 10 the opinions OF the world
70 sustain Can this be done If dissolution shond b
caused by ether OF the causes mentioledy The Union
cannot ought not 10 be ted with. lt cost too much
it is worth too much IL purchased by the toll con-
secrated by the wisdom and cementel by the blood OF
our ancestors il sheltered them in old age t has shelf
cred US in youth and manhood it h the palladium Of
liberties it is the hope of the oppressed of al nations
and the of the lovers of freedom thrOughou; the
world has heretofore borne good irui let us at least
stand 5y preserve and protect il until il shall commence
TO yield evil fruit.
Respectfully, your Ob't ser,'t,
JAMES II. COX.
+, ,rcr,oN-I7tb Oc.ober 1870
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THE SYRIAN RETRBUrION.-The Boston Traveller has
very interesting letter from lis Beirut correspondent,
under da;c Of August So by which it appears that Fuad
Pasha in in his wo.k Of visi ing punishment on
the muFdeTous authors Of the Syrian msssacres:
"The penalty which he is making these fends in hu-
man form pay is indeed terrible The manner Of the
ecuon at Damascus the Goth OF August OF the Com
OF the Bashi BIzOuols with hundred
and nine Of his officers and men, added not only bitter
pang 20 the sharpness of death for the criminals them
selves but a shock TO the inolerant Danascenes,
which must have complete humbled them.
The criminals were stranged, manner Of death which
Is peculiarly terrible to the Moslem for they sran-
Gle any living creature. Beams were thrown across
from window to window in the streets, aud the
criminals we're drawn up by rope around their necks
and we're eft by the toner's to dangle and die in
their agony without ans Of the usual aids aud appliances
used in America for the breaking Of the neck and con-
seauenty shortening Of the death agOnes Of the victim
Never was the naughty city the hosems so humiated
never in the days Of the Crusaders was the pride Of The
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RICHMOND WHIG.
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE SENATORIAL DISTRICT
COMPOSED OF TIE COUNTIES OF CHESTER
FIELD POWHATAN AND CUMBERLAND.

RiloD Citrsas:-Besides personal solicitations from
every part Of the district have received six letters sgr'
ed by more than two hundred voters without distinction
of plry requesting that would permit my name to be
used as eauddlie supply the vacancy in the Senate
occasioned by the death Of Col A. Jones'
give one Of these letters and my reply to that will
be- | trust considered an answer TO the whole:
JAS H. Cox, EsQ.-Dsdr Sir We see that an elec
ton has been ordered by the Governor to be held
the 18th OF October next, TO supply the vacancy Ia the
State Senate, occaoned by the death Of A Jones, ESD
Believing do, that are in the midst OF cri.
ss and that country is surroundedb BY difficulties and
dangers requiring the largest experience and best talents
in the councils OF State beg know without dis
tincion Of party, whether may be permitted to use
YOU. name in connection with the office above mention
ed We are of the extent of your private engage
ments and OF your ndsposon to re-ener public lie,
but trust you will make sacrifice of private convent
enee for the public good.
Yours, very respectfully,
WILLIAM II. GARNET,
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A Il. MOORE, Agent,
"A. Gary Street, near Columbian Hotel;
0rers low, for cash
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Cabs, Muscnyad0 alf Porto Rico do and Syrup
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LARGE STOCK OF
NEW FALL GOODS
NOV OPfNAT

j. Millhiser 81 Bros.
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sorren Of SEW GOOD adapted TO the cot and approach
Ing season prepared them the yorabe
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In anything IN Dry Goods lne viii we'll to give stock
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at We eanno advertisement enumerae th leading
stiles Of Goods have IN ftofe, but that
erammsd and iamme full Of good bargains ard
doubt viii be With elstae, they know their Interest
We sell The best BLACK SILK ir the CIV
We sell the best aIlEool RLANNEL at Is cents.
We hsvs the lagezt and eeop stock Of FRENCH EMBR0ID
ERIFS IN the city.
OARPEriNGs and RUGS in great variety, and cheap.
j. blLLIlsER 4 BRO,
te2O-n l99 Br ad Street,
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Prom the Natl,nal Intelligence
RIGHTS OF sECEssIoN.n

ELEcroN-l7.h October, 1860.
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TDICKIING VINEGAR AND SPIC S.--Rce-yed
III e packs hon snithaeld, IS hb Wilsoas ClpsS VIM
GAS Ne ane assortment of Spices no . Be slpaf
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GARDEN SEEDS.

NTATmEMATICAL INSTITUTE ENTS of direstia~
NA portson ne "a ans nrgeit atorimeui ever offered m
va sArrLER co.
ssqt q Nain Street
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-01-11

dressed onrself to the chairman, (the
old Maltese) in a distinct and audible
voice, and cried, Seat 1" He didn't
recognize our right to the floor but
went right on with the business of Che
meeting. " Scat - cried we again
more emphatically than before, but
were answered by an extra shrek from
the chairman, and fiercer scream from
the whole assembly. "S'cat once y
cried we again, and we brought our
gun to a present. "S'cat twice y
and we aimed straight at the chair
man, and covering half dozen Others
in the range. Scat three times II,
and we let drive. Bang went the
left hand barrel Such scampering,
such leaping off the shed, such run
ming away over the caves of the out
buildings, over the tops of wood sheds,
never was seen before. The echoes of
the firing had hardly died away when
the whole assemblage was broken up
and dispersed.
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-01-11

Ring the bell"
Better take more this tifne.o
Show alight."
cts done, sir"
In few minutes wood yard was
again rang up, and the steamer B.
went in.
How do you sell your wood pr
1.-TWO and a hall.
Two and half be ID p cried
the captain.
We'll, captain, answered the wood
man, eve win put it to you this time
at two and a quarter, as this makes
the third time you have wooded with
us to night"
The captain had nothing to say, but
took the wood and got quickly out Of
that stiff current which the boat was
unable 10 stem.
The Bwas so soTemnIy slow,
that the captain himself used to say
that she must have been intended for
a hearse. She is the same steamboat
which the newspapers once said made
the trip from New Orleans to Louis
vile in six days and-four eUeeEs.
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-01-11
A Pleasing Anecdote.

A FEW years age, when the Order
of the Sons of Temperance oYer-ran
the land, Jim Outright found himself
citizen of Kentucky, whittier he had
wandered from Virginia. Jim was a
character" had great versatility of
talent, and was withal an excellent
jolly fellow, and prime bottle compan-
lon Jim contracted the temperance
mania naturally and with great enthu-
siasm; SO much SO that he soon be-
came a ceaspicuous and shining light
in the light in the Order
From a popular lecturer Jim soon
rose to the dignity of G.. w. P. of the
State Division. In due time after
this hoist in life, Jim was called upon
to preside over the Division of L.,
and was on hand y in all the glory of
tinseled regalia with chosen lot of
congensots about him. At his hotel
Jim kept open house, to the initia-
ted, albeit his hospitality was not CON
Quoted upon strictly temperance prin-
ciples; and ] am much afraid that
poor Jim's eloquence and feryor were
drawn from divers big bellied bot
ties, (" whose rubicund visages were
modestly concealed by the drapery of
his bed.
The hour for the meeting of the Di-
vision arrived. Jim presents himself
at the door of the Divisiod room, and
gives the usual " signal Back files
the sliding panel, and the space is fill
ed with the head of the inside senti
mel" squaty, carroty headed Irish
man. Jim gives the pass word and
stalks in. Business begins, proceeds.
and ends, Jim presiding with great
dignity. Pat, meantime, has scarce
~ removed his gaze from Jim's face,
but devours him with gaze in which
awe and mirth are strangely mingled.
Presently Pat approaches the great
man, and timidly plueks him aside.
" Sir" said he, an fees are Mis-
ter Outright, the Ghrand Worthy Pa
thriarch of the Shtate of Khaintecky,
| do be afther belavin' 2"
Yes, said Jim, you are perfect
" right, my friend but why do you
ask that question Z"
ITO tell yez the truth, thin, sir, ar
shame the divil," said Pat, "yez do
be havin' the right password, sir, for-r
Son of temperance, intirely, but by
the Howly Vargin an the blessed St.
Pathrick, yees got the sorong schnael1 {"
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-01-11
Beautiful Extract.

The following waif afloat on the
sea of reading, we clip from an ex-
change. We do not know its paterni-
ty, but it contains some wholesome
truths, beautifully set forth:
Men seldom think of the great event
of death until the shadow falls across
their own path, hiding forever from
their eyes the traces of the loved ones
whose living smile was the sunlight of
their existence. Death is the great
antagonist of life, and the cold thought
of the tomb is the skeleton of all feasts.
We do not want to go through the
dark valley although its passages may
lead to paradise and, with Charles
Lamb, we do not want to lie down in
the muddy grave even with kings and
princes for our bed-fellows. But the
fat of nature is memorable.
There is no appeal from the great
law which dooms US to dust We
flourish and we fade as the leaves Of
the forest, and the flower that blooms
and withers in day has not Trailer
hold upon life than the mightiest mon-
arch that ever shook the earth with
his footsteps. Generations of men APP
pear and vanish as the grass, and the
countless multitude that throngs the
world to-day, win tomorrow dissp-
pear as the footsteps on the shore.
In the beautiful drama Of Ton, the
instinct Of Immortality, 50 eloquentiy
uttered by the death devoted Greek,
finds deep response in every thought
full soul When about to yield his
young existence as a sacrifice to fate,
his beloved Clemanthe asks if they
shall meet again, to which he replies
I have asked that dreadful question
Of the hills that look eternaI--of the
clear streams that flow forever-of the
stars, among whose fields Of azure my
raised spirit hath walked IN glory.
All were dumb Bdt while | gaze
upouthy living face, I feel that there
is something il the love that mahtlesl
through its beauty that eannot wholly
perish. We shall meet again Cleman.
i the
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-01-11
Rules for Home Education.

The following are worthy of being
printed iu letters of gold, and being
placed in a conspicuous position in
every household:
|. From your children's earliest in
fancy inculeate the necessity of instant
obedience.
2. Unite firmness with gentleness.
Let your children always understand
that you mean exactly what you say.
8 Never promise them anything,
unless you are sure yon can give them
what you promise
4. If you tell child to do some
thing, show him how to do it, and see
that it is done.
S. Always punish your children for
wifully disobeying you, But never pun
ish in anger.
6. Never let them perceive that they
can vex or make you lose your self COM
mand.
Z. If they give way to petuIance and
temper, wait till they are calm and
then gently reason with them on the
improperly of their conduct.
8. Remember THAT little present
punishment when the occasion arises.
is much more effectual than the threat
ening of greater punishment should
the fault be renewed.
8. Never give your children any
thing because they cry for it.
10. On no account allow themto do
at one time what you have forbidden,
under the like circumstances, at ano-
Their.
IL. Teach them the only sure way
to appear good, is to be good all the
time.
IL. Accustom them to make their
little recitals with perfect truth.
ID. Never allow of taIes-bearing
IA Teach them that self-denial
not self-indulgence, is the appointed
and sure method of securing happi-
ness.
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-01-11
A Slow Steamboat.

Some time during the year 49,,
there was steamboat coming up the
Mississippi on dark night, and the
captain, according to time honored
usage, was playing cards in the social
hail. The mate stepped in.
Captain, out Of wood; not enough
left to make the water hot enough to
shave with. "
Ring the bell" replied the cap
tain Show light, and scare up
along the shore"
The mate went out and the captain
went on with the game. In a few
moments the mate returned:
Found yard, sir"
The captain left the table and went
out.
How do you sell your wood p
shouted the captain to the people al
the yard.
Two and half.
Too much" said the captain.
However, I'll take cord or two, and
look further.
A couple Of cords were taken, ths
game was resumed in the social hall
and the boat went on.
a half hour elapsed, when the mat
again appeared.
Out Of wood, sir"
Bell and light--lny deal. !"
The orders were obeyed, and TIN
mate again announced wood yard
The captain went out.
What's the price Of wood ~
Two and half. Z"
1 Too high but wen takes cou
/ pie Of cords till we can do better
AS before, a couple of cords wer
taken In, and not twenty minutes elap
sed before the mate again appeared.
i !" Out Of wood, sir. ?
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-01-11

said, bat cannot but think that he
got among the stars tonight. 1t is
all well this fine talk, this exalted pa
triotism, but tits too high Hreforms
are to be carried out it must be by
men who can go to the primary cleo
tons who are not afraid of having
their coats torn by men who are not
afraid of rowdies, who are willing to-
scuffie if necessary, and who, if their
countrymen call them to office, do not
mistake cowardice for modesty and re-
fuse to serve, No matter where the
man is, there he should be faithful to
God, to his country and to the world.
am thankfssl Shat / cannot be a can
didate for Office. was once in Office
under the government. ] was offered
another Office, but L did not accept it.
! held the of6ce for five hours, and my
salary was only to cover my expenses +;
but as there were no omnibuses in New
York at that time, I did not get a pen
ny for my services. have no Office
now because I belong to king. I
am monarchist; I am a subject of
the Lord Jesus Christ. But / must
say that | know no greater recreant to
the principles of his faith, and no more
dangerous agitator than he, who, un-
der the pretenee of serving the relig-
ion of Christ, uses his sacred Office to
mislead men, and carrNiHg them away
into anarchy and sedition. am con-
tent with holding no higher position
than minister of Christ, to help men
to Heaven when they die, and to keep
them in peace when alive But there
is one thing that I never omit, and that
is, to vote; and when / prepare nv
ballot, prepare it with as much care
as if my ticket were to elect, and if I
retain my reason in which God grant,
| will never vote for any man, Wing,
American, Democrat, or Republican
even if he were my own brother-if
he had laid with me in my mothers
womb like Esau with Jacob-if could
trace the slightest stain of disunion in
his sentiments. Talk of incendiary
documents-why, the most incendiary
thing that know wears coat and
breeches, and writes honorable before
and M. G. after his name, and goes to |
Washington for any other purpose than |
to take care Of the people-the whole
people-and nothing but the people,
The Rev gentleman very beautifully
concluded his eloquent address by
poetical effusion in favor of Union, and
his last words were" Our country
our whole country-ever one.