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OF ALL KINDS,

dom or human bondage 60 up or DOWN. Look
over the history Of the world, from the time
when infant mankind felt in its heart the 6rst
throbbings Of aspiring dignity, down to our
days, when the rights Of man have at Lass
found bold and powerful champion In great
and mighty Republic where is the page thai
Is not spotted with blood and tcars, shei In that
all absorbing struggle where chapter
which does not tell the tale ofjubilant triumph
or heart breaking distress. as the scales OF
freedom or slavery went up or down But To-
day. In the nineteenth century. In O. kspabho
whose programme WAS laid down In the Dselsr-
ation Of Independence, there comes man TO
you, and tells you with cynical cooleness that
he does not carel And because he does NOT
care, he claims the confidence Of his country.
men and the highest honors OF the Republic
Sir, I always thought he couli be no true
statesman whose ideas and conceptions are NOT
founded upon profound moral convictions ol
right and wrong. What. then, shall We say OF
him Who boastingly parades his Indifference -
q virtue! May We not drop the discussion
about hes craftsmanship. and ask, What is hs
worth as a man In vain will they
attempt to drag down the all-absorbing contest
10 the level Of mere pothouse quarrel between
two rival aspirants for the Presidency. The
wheel Of progressive events will crush them TO
atoms a. Il has crushed % many abuorn,ities
before, and future generation will perhaps
read on Mr.. Douglas tombstone this inscrip-
ton ''liere lies the queer sort OF statesr
man, who, when the great battle OF slavery
was fought, pretended to say that be did not
care whether slavery was voted up or voted
down."
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BLOCK, LIBERTY STREET.

and I never smoke in the garden, so as to
mingle the fumes Of this weed with the odor
OF my flowers.
Thus far our French philosopher. An
American traveller, who reads In the books
Of English tourists what filthy set Of to-
bacco consumers we all are heirs, Is scarcely
prepared to find smoking apparently quite as
common in great Britain rs in the United
States, while We are not ." q circumstance "
to the Contincntals-especially the Germans,
to whom the pipe seems to be far more q
matter OF universal necessity than either wa
ter or soap, and that not for occasional en-
joyment-or qualification as the case may be
but for habitual and constant compan.
ion. In fact it becomes q matter Of doubt II
they do not sleep with pipes still in their
mouths, in an atmosphere purposely darken-
cd with clouds Of this singular incense to the
strange propcnsities Of the race to which We
belong.
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'KICKS FOR SALE HERE
cupGELxos roR SALE AT WHOLESALE AND

'cuDoELINcs FOR SALE At WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL
You would find moro consumers than for
your poisonous herb,'
Alas, it is our last speaker who Is In the
wrong-the tobacco speculation was per-
feet success. The Kings Of France did not
write sa,ircs against tobacco. did not cut on
noses, did not confiscate snufr-boxes. on the
other hand they sold the tobacco, they put a
tax on the noses. they gave the snud boxes
to poets, with their portraits on top and dia,
monds around them. This little stroke OF
business brought them in, don't know how
many thousands q year.
The potato had much more diihcuity .nan
tobacco in establishing itself, and has yet J"
enemies.
But / am interrupted here. You, my
friend, are q singular preacher against TO-
bacco, when your pipe yonder forms 30 or.
namental q feature in your apartment. Let
mo explain confess that have tho habit
OF smoking acquired among fshermen and
ssilou, but have this excuse Tor keeping u
up. have often found myself with people
who actually borsd mo to death, whom did
not wish TO talk to-in fact to whom l had
nothing to cay. found II convenient and
polite 70 make them smoke and to smoke
! they said less and nothing at oil. But
am often months without touching my p'pe'
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wHr MAKE TRoUBLE,-The PhilAdelphis
North American Of Monday, puts the following
practical and straightforward questions to its
conservative readers
why Is II not the interest Of all 10 rcdnce the
excitement and to dissipate tear. fany exists
How can conservative profit by proving the
republican party party ofincendiaries, when
Il Is rs certain rs that time passes that Mr.. Lin
coin will be President, Why not At least state
the case truthfhlly. and II no other possibility
ofinauencing things for peace exists, 60 into
the support Of the ascending power. and have
right 10 mould Il to moderation! Mr. Lin
coin Is to be the next President, II he lives
Shall he come In finding great excitement
created against him by the efforts Of professed
conseryaiiyesl viii the review OF the canvass
show that Mr.. Bell 8 supporters alone strose to
excite antagonism between the north and south;
and that they took this Office from the hands OF
the democratic managers. who have 10 stiectu.
ally played that part! We hope not; but II
this Is to be the issue, there must be q change
Of tone on the part Of some who are before tho
public rs exponants Of the party which Mr.
BELL would never lead In the path Of disturb
ance
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President Buchanan and Senator
Douglas.

The following letter from Mr.. Buchanan
to oIIon. Wm.S Smith Is published, denying on
assertion made by Senator Douglas in his
speech at Concord, as follows:
WASHINGTON, Aug. III, 1860.
nv Dear Sr: have received your favor
Of the Sth inst, inclosing u printed extract
from the recent speech Of Judge Douglas at
Concord. You inform me you expect to be
ut the Charlottesville Convention, and would
be glad to know something Of the interview
referred To in that speech. According to this
extract the Judge states:
"The President told mo II | did not obey
him and vote to force the Iecompton Consti.
tuition upon the people against their will, he
would take oil the head Of every friend | had
in Office"
1t is unnecessary to quote the alleged re-
ply Of the Judge. Surely there must have
been some mistake in thcreport Of the speech,
because never held any such conversation
with Judge Douglas. nor any conversation
whatever atfording the least colcr or pretcxt
for such statement. Il was not in my ma
turc to address such threatening and insult
ing language to any gentleman. Besides, |
have not removed one in ten Of his friends,
and not on. of his relatives. Ev,n among
those Of his friends who have rendered them.
selves prs-cminently hostile to the measures
of the administration, n majority still remain
in Office. might add that have never held
q political conversation with Judge Douglas
on this or any other subject since the day
on which my first annual message, OF the
Sth Of December, 1857, was read in the Sem
ate; and did not transmit the Kansas con.
stition to Congress until the I'd Of February,
1853, the question Of slavery not having been
decided by vote Of the people until the 2lst
of December, 1867. Now, my dear sir, in
writing tn you | have transsressed u rule
which | had prescribed for myself. not to
contradict any statements assailing my pub
lie conduct or character until after the con.
clusion Of my term Of Office. A statement,
however, comes with such force from Scn-
ator of the United States, who is one Of my
constitutional adyices, and this, too. In n
published speech delivered by him in his can
vass for the highest elective Office in the
world, that deem the present case proper
exception. Your, most truly
tn Hon. WILLIAM SNTTH.
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Horrible Accident in the Alps.

A correspondent Of the London Times
writes as follows:
"On Wednesday, the 18th Of August,
three English travellers, viz: Mr.. j. NJ.
Rochester and Mr.. +. Vavassour, both OF
Cardiff, and Mr.. b. Fuller Of London, left
the Montanvert, near Chamouny,at 5 O'Clock
in the morning with the intention Of cross-
ing the Bel du Geant for Corinayeur, attend
ed by three guides Of whom Frederick Tair-
raz, the brother of the wcll.known Jean
Tairraz, who keeps the Hotel do Mont Blanc
at Aosta, was the chief; porter carrying
their knapsacks. The weather seemed favor.
able. Some time, however, before they
reached the summit thick fog came on, ac-
companied by a storm of hail and rain.
The travellers were extremely fatigued by
the long ascent, rendered moro difficult by q
recent fall of snow. into which they sank up
to their knees. This and the state of the
weather. caused the guides to urge them to
turn back. They, however, refused to COM
ply with this advice, alleging that they were
too tired to return. and preferred proceeding.
At about o'clock in the afternoon they
reached the summit. The travellers had
been tied together by new rope, Of sufic-
lent strength, at intervals Of 10 feet {; two
guides held the ends of the rope twisted
round their hands, one preceding the party,
the other following, while Tairraz walked
with the travellers, grasping the rope from
time to time. In this manner they descend.
ed for u considerable distance without acci-
dent, the guides continually urging the trav-
ellers to plant their heels firmly in the snow
and to walk as steadily as they were able.
About six o'clock they reached place
where it is necessary to traverse steep pro-
iecting ridge and by muddy and slippery
path, the descent of which was, however,
gradual. This path was covered by fresh
and sloppy snow to the depth ofabout foot.
The tired travellers were advancing on this
path with unsteady steps, when all at once,
at the very angle Of the ridge, one of them
slipped, fell, and dragged with him his two
companions, with the three guides, over q
steep and long slope Of snow. The two guides
at the ends Of the rope made every effort in
their power to arrest their progress, but in
vain and seeing that they were all upon the
point of being launched over the precipice,
they let 90 the rope, forced their hands and
feet into the snow, and stopped themselves
as by a miracle at the very verge Of the abyss,
into which their unfortunate companions
were Immediately plunged. They made
their way to the foot Of the precipicc, where
they found three bodies in such sad condi.
ton as to leave no doubt Of the fate of the
fourth, and then hastened down to Cormay.
eur, where they arrived soon after eight
o'clock.
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agrmnltura.
SEALING FRUIT.

Unquestionably the very bcst method
known Is to heat the fruit In the can thor.
oughly through, by steaming at tempcat-
ure about 2lS or 90 deg, and then, By seal
ing whilst hot, exclude the air. BY heating
In the can the fruit 10 not broken and reduc-
cd TO mas, the air Is sufficiently expelled,
and the scaling Is most easily accomplished.
by heating ut tcmpcrature Of 2l8 or DO
deg, as before intimated, the tendency Of
the starch to change TO sugar being partly
or wholly counteractcd, and the vitality OF
tho yeast for while neutslised, fcrmenta-
ton is for the time prevented. by heating.
by steaming, this part Of the process u much
more conveniently performed than In any
other way, the temperature Is readily miscd
to the required degree, and tho whole cxteri-
or the can of being equally exposed 10 the heat
ing medium. and the interior being filed
with all parts Of the fruit not covered by the
juices, every portion Of the fruit 10 heated
equally and completely. BY scaling whilst
hot, the external air Is excluded Mt the time
when the air within the can Is highly rariG.
ed, and 80 much expanded that when scperat.
cd from that without, there Is not enough Of
II to revily and again energirc the yeast.
This method may be successfully practiccd
on scale sufficiently large for the supply Of
single families, by the observance Of the fol-
lowing direction Into common wash-
oo,s, o h. bof,oo, ~ tho den,h If 49," y, ~
~. 49,. ,n.Lo. I wL;cb v;lI he snonvh :" 80 -
.n,0v ""e 60 .nd ,..ss, az. ~
py ~, to f,on barn;ns' a ii,,,s abor" % tho su,. mn
s,"s ios % "I the ratsr pl.ee n raek mad. or istb
~ @ o,bcr Iiks str;rI an which ~ ..s ,h. - - ~
~ I;,i % ,he can. v;,b tbo rruit mitbont sbs A.
d;,;on of .ucar or other thing md with ths
stonner out or can OF .et them on the mel
Closs :hs boiler AZ tightly as can be done
Thsn % u m;,S T = b,;.s I src hen, tbs can % ma .oa y.
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From the Portland Advertiser.
Tho Exodus Of tho Ephraimitos.

Now, It came to pass in the year eight
cen hundred and sixty, which was the fourth
year of the reign of James the Fourth, tina,
there arose in the East man named Ephraim
who In his eonoeit aspired to DO ruler ol
Maine.
2.-Now, Ephraim was babbler, and
foolish in speech, and his words were like
sounding brass and tinkling cymbals.
3.-Nevertheless, as he was q Douglasite
and prophet In his own country, (albcit he
was false prophet) hc drew many people
after him.
4.-And Ephraim went about from place
to place. Exhorting the pcople, To the end
that he might become ruler over them.
5.-Now, there was man OF Orono,
whose name was Israel, Lincolnite, and a
man of mighty power and the Lincolnites
said among themselves, this man shall b.
ruler over us, and We will have him for our
Governor.
G.-And Israel also exhorted tho people.
And It came to pass that the Douglas
ties and the I.incolnites met together, TO hear
their chosen leaders speak to the people, and
cxhort them TO remain firm in the faith.
S.-And Ephraim spake ior tho space o.
an hour and forty minutes.
9.-And when he had mado an end oi
speaking, Israel arose and spake with great
power; and, moreover, rad and expoundcd
the epistle OF Moses, the Collector.
lO.-And when Ephraim heard 1t, he was
sore afraid, and was troubled within him.
ll.-And Il came to pass that Israel OBJ
taincd favor in the eyes of the people, but
Ephraim went away discounted.
'l2.-And there were giants in those days
(albeit they were hitle giants.)
l3.-And they waxed fat and prosump.
tious, and did boast that Ephraim should
prevail over Israel.
l4.-And the Ephraimites and DougIas,
ties did bring offerings Of gold and silver and
musical instruments from afAr on' yeA even
o mock sun 10 give light BY night. Una: tneJ
might tempt men 10 follow after Ephrain.
i5.-And many false Prophets wen, aoou'
the country e1horting to the same end. :.
l6.-And it came TO pas, In the nintn
month. on the tenth day Of the month, that
the Doucluites and the Ephraimites gather'
ed themselves together for battle.
l7.-Apd about the tenth hour the Ian
colites fell upon them, and unote them' M
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A Successful Slave voyage.--How
tho Trado is carried on.

The Grccnport, r. l., Watehmdn, Of 9Th
inst, gives the following particulars, from q
reliable source respecting tho boldness with
which vessels arc fitted from American ports
for the slave trade, as illustrated in the case
of the ship Moutaak, late Of tho whaling
fleet from Sag HarbOr:
"Ths Montauk, full clipper ship Of SIC
tons, celebrated for her speed, arrived at Sag
IIarbor from Q whaling voyage, on June,
1889. She was not re6tted, but WAS adyer.
tiscd for sale. After lying at long wharf oil
winter, she was sold in March last, ostensi.
bly, to one Capt. Quayle. Of New London, by
whom she was taken 70 New York, and nom
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MisteIIaneous.
Unforgotten Words.

,;u y..o,
"e y's 'Aan'"0u '"'' '''' '''
les, %
sWIn'ns "Io"6
anu wv esio'
~ 80 'uo -, ~,
lne 'au haha,a n,s enp'oSer ions o'i
wa, nAa 'een P'aeeu 0n n's oe'A ''' eAa"''
ha',9n. a., "a.
In, .S;an y On . ,hn. hr :" a"U a.,in'' ,ha,n
..,,SA va a.a.I, "o 80, g go IL. :, ,ha
s,"., "N "'N' '''O' " wa - '''N
'o's
Also against themselves!
YES, SIR.
The merchant smiled in way that struck
the lad a. peculiar.
Twenty dollars against themselves" lie
remarked in a kind Of pleasant surprise
.'rrusty clerks they must have"
.Shall correct the fsurcsp asked the
lad.
NO; let them correct their own mistakes.
Wedont examine bills Tor other people
benefit replied the merchant. 1T will b.
time enough for us 10 rcctiiy these error,
when they lind them. AL so much gain, rs
it now stands
The boys delicate moral sense was shocked
at 80 unexpectcda q remark. lie was the son
of poor widow, who had given him good
instruction and taught him that to be just
was the duty Of all men. Mr.. Carman the
merchant in whose employment he had been
for only lew months, was an old friend OF
his fathers, and apersonin whom his mother
rePosod the highest conhd'nee. In iact;
james had always looked upon him rs a KIND
Of model man and when Mr.. Csrman agreed
TO take him into his store, he felt that great
good fortune was in his way.
Let them correct their own mistakes
The words made strong impression ON the
mind of James Lewis. When first spoken
by Mr. Carman. and with the moaning then
involved, he felt as we have said shocked; but
as he turned them over and over again in his
thoughts, and connected their utterance with
n person who stood 50 high in his mothers
estimation, he began to think that perhaps
the thing was fair enough in business. Mr..
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NUMBER 80.

and thigh, the Douglasitcs, the Ephraimites
the Yanceyites, and the Clear Greeks.
lS.-And they fed before the forces Of Il
rael and his hosts. and took ship up the RI
yer, yea, even that rirer Of salt.
l0.-And II camo TO pas that when Eph
raim saw and heard these things, that b,
lifted up his voice anil wept.
2O.-And as they journeyed up the river
they chanted in the heaviness Of their hearts
Oh, Ephraim's heart is broke!
Oh. Ephraim, don't you cry, &c.
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For the Union and Journal.
IL ~ l. = +,

E0s Wv sh'u suu SVuthsi.
LINES,
sreaEsrED Br HEADING AN ACT RECENTLY rAssEl
HY rHE ALABAMA LEGIsLAruRE, PROHIBITING
FREk coLoRkD rERsoNs fRon REsibiNaN
THAT STATE, uNpER PENALTY Of BEINe
SOLD As SLAVES.
A moan from the wales of the sunny south
Comes borue on the floating air,
a cry or anguish from breaking hearts,
Avail ot ncarufal despair
The sobs and tearsc an exiled band,
Thrust forth ffom their ehlldhOod's home,
From the bslmy warmth OF their native skies,
10 distant lard 10 roam
Thrust ferth from their hambie hesrthstones' glow
From their hthsrs' hslloscd graves,
Tie dearest ties Of affection torn,
which the heart so fOndly Graves.
They sadly turn nom the fragrant groves,
And the spicy orange-bouer,
To q land where the wintry storm winds blow,
And the dArkening snow-elouds lower.
Where their shrinking fsrus are chilled with cold
Apd pierced by the ley blast,
And lcSibsome disease, and want. and death,
In their footsteps follow fast.
What crime Is theirs that this stern decree
OF bsnishment gOeth fOrth'
What have they done, that they thus must DO
rs aliens upon earth
Did their dpsky hands selre the uurderer's kniie,
Or gasp the ssssssln's blsde'
Was their feeble strength and puny might
In trsitOrous war displsycd'
Did they threaten the land with terrsrs wide'
Did they uave the midnight asme'
wer, they lsagued With foes from foreign shores.
Or pledged TO tyrsnrs rsms'
Mo- Crimes like these might escape reprooL
but theirs was a fOuler stain,
Fo- they bore the hue Of the serSlle ra:e,
Yet owned not slarery's chain.
And on all this vide RepublIe's soil
THIS Land of the brave and the free,
They'sould sRd no res, ior their weary feet.
No haven TO which they might Zee.
The star-spangled banner Of Freedom waves,
Dut only the stripes remain
For thOse whose ssia, In is swarthy glow,
lstnged With dusky stain.
In the whispering breeres that gently noat
over aelds Of the rustllns cane,
They hear bat the sound Of the nyins lash,
Or the clank Of the heavy chain.
On, on, where the North star points the way,
From this land where martyrs lie.
Where the blcod Of a thousand heroes flowed
On the altar Of Liberty
Where sculptured marbles tell the tale
or death preferred to chains,
Whore the proudest boast OF Freedom's sons
IL oS patriots blood In THAR yeinsI
Where, from the pinesrOvDed hills of Maine,
~ Fiorida's southern bound.
The annual Pomp of rejoicing swells,
And the shouts of the free resound,
On, on, from the shadows Of Quaker Hill,
or Concord and Lexington.
To hnd refuge from Whips aud chains
Meath the shade OF British crown.
oh! Columbia, land et cur fondsst love.
How mantle our bushes for thee,
That the nations afar, with scornful sare,
Thy shame and dishonor should see,
Thou vert set as beacon among the hills,
Bat thy glory Is In the dust,
The air Is dark with thy perjsred faith.
And foul with thy broken trust.
And because that thou hast sown the wind,
Thou shalt reap the whirlwind too,
For sure as a God of justice reigns,
His Judgments the wrong pursue. go
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To Hon. WILLIAM Sxrrn.

TIE MURDERED MErnoDIsr CLERGYnAS IN
Tus.-'rhe Albany Journal has the follow
ing in regard to one Of the men recently
murdered in Texas
"Rcv. Mr. Bewley, who was hung in Tex
as few days since on suspicion Of abolition.
ism. will bo remembered by many who at
tended tho General Conference at Buffalo
last May. Hc represented the Arkansas
Conference. and was recognized rs a peace
ful, humble and devoted evangelist, His
views Of slavery were Of the mildest charac-
ter, and he would b. dccmed the Last man To
thrust his views of,nsivcly-mild and con-
servative though they werc-upon any com.
munity. On his removal TO Texas lew
months since, he carried with him testimo-
niaIs Of his humility and devotion to his
work. But he was Methodist That, In
TEXAS. Is deemed the equivalent Of abolition.
lam: and the devoted minister Of Christ,
guilty OF no crime. and on the merest aus.
nicion that he cherished offensive opinions
was hung up like murderer :"
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TuE "DoS'r CARE'' Poucr. The position
Of Douglas In regard to the question Of frce-
dom or slavery In the territories Is. that he
'dou't care whether slavery is voted down or
voted up" Carl S,hurts, 10 recent speech.
commented upon his position as follows;
"sir, look over this broad land, where the
struggle has raged for years; and scross the
two oceans. around the globe. 70 the point where
the kr West meets the 6r West, over the teem-
ing countries where the cradle Of mankind stood,
snd over thoss mystsrious regions under the
tropical sun, which hare not yet emerged ffom
the night Of barbarism TO the daylight Of civil
lied lfie-snd then tell me, how many hearts DO
yoa 6nd that do not trsmbls With exultsnt JOY
or mortal anguish ~ the scales Of human fres-
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LINES,
yreaEsrEp Br nxADiSs An ACT RECENTLY PASSED
HY rHE ALABAMA LEGtsLAruRE, PROHIBITING
FREt coLOREp PERSONS FROM RESIDING IN
THAT STATE, CSpER PENALTY Of BEING
SOLD As SLAVES.
Nevada national., 1860-04-28
'T-RyFR TpOTutps
Afssfr- iisOllAEflEs
TURNER'S GINGER WINE.

7
Corner Bruadway and Front SITS. san Fran isce ca
Aud for Sale by Merchants aud Druggist ever y ha
Nevada national., 1860-04-28
NOTICE.

IhE Regular <nsuai meeting Of the etockholdsrs
y The Empire Quartz Mi=sng Company. for the -lec.
uon Of 0esrs for the ensuing year will be held at
ths 01ee OF said Company In Boston RAvins, on
headsy, Nay 7th. at 2 O'Clock, IN
f1-4t c. I. JENKINS, See.