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beds This, 50 fur as hohorse was concerned,
appeared to salty the mob, and they turned
their attention to damaging tho premises
They took two Of Mr. Vests beestands and
bis axe, md chopping down bis front gate,
they departed, throwing down the fence for
great distance.
half an hour afterwards ne1ghbors came In,
and after somo time another company, which
lass went to building nearly mile distant,
thinking the mob might be there, but they
Ind gone farther.
There were dozen Of US In tho room; four
grown, four under four years OF age, and four
between four and fifteen. Through the good
providence Of God, not ono Of us was injured.
But the damage done Is serious loss to the
esutnab1c mnn, whose resources Mt the most
arc but slender. By industry and great frugal
ttF ho has been enabled to erect and render
habltablc log house with some appearance Of
comfort Hell not able to lose what be must
BY this. violence, unless the loss is made up to
him. Now, II he is willing to Dc pioneer work
In bringing civilization Into this barbarous
region, will not citizens in more favored parts
Of Illinois ch. erfn1ly, even gladly share his
pecuniary loss! I propose, then, that every
one who reads this letter forward to "Mr:
James II. West, Broad Oak, Pope Co., ILL.,"
what they can afford to give, with directions
to use the money to repair his loss, to provide
means Of defense for lila wife and children,
and to bring the culprits to Justice as soon as
they shall be discovered.
Mr. West did good service to the Rcpubli-
can cause during the recent campaign
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The march Of events since the o5:h Of
December, when Major Anderson c1oped
with lis little command from Fort 3lo'1!trle
to Fort Sumter, las brought with it not
merely nations gratitude for tie patriot
ism Of the man, but q nation,s admiration
for tho genius which conceived and the de-
cis:on which executed the act While tho
public iortresscs, ungarriso2ed and de-
fencelcss, arc FILLING into the hands OF the
enemies Of tho United States from North
Carolina to Texas, the strongest Of them
all still bears aloft the national colors and
frowns destruction upon the very head and
front Of the general Treason. So long Us
Fort Sumter remains in the hands Of the
sixty odd gunncrs and their heroic com
mantler, the rattlcsaa1e gentry on land,
be they ono thousand OF one million in
number, are more powcricss for evil
than like number Of Camanchcs or Flat
Heads on the western prairies- The gov
ernmcat de .5ac:o Of South Carolina is the
government Of the United S,atcs, and no
chop~logic can mako it otherwise Willie
Major Anderson holds the power 10 sink
any vessel that passes in or ou: Of its prin-
cipal port, and to knock the city to pieces
or commit it to fumes at lis pleasure.
The foreign nation which is called
on to recognize the rebel common
wealth, will pooh-pooh tho ounces
who make the demand, and point
with contempt to the muzzlel harbor,
where three score men maintain the only
species Of sovereignty known 10 Tic public
law OF the world, It Is sublime spcctG-
clc, this maddencd ard tr;,itoro.s mol, held
in awe by handful Of brave and pat
riotic men, and compelled in spite Of tt,cm-
selves to bsla1e Memselses-tae slo!im;tr Of
which is only enhanced by the command
ins officers forcbearancc to dcmolish the
ant-lill batteries around him. What cares
the lion for The barking bcagles that capcr
about bis heels, conscious Of his power to
dash their silly brains cut whenever it shnIl
bs worth his '.7!lile to do so?
Major Anderson's act has already become
historical. He hos stepped upon pima
Gle Of fame almost uucoascious!y, He has
shown in Ills rare courage and rarcr mod
esty, that leroism still sbounds il the land
| o!his birth, and that only The tiEc aud cx-
i!ency ere wanting to call it to deeds Of the
| loftiest reuown.
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e Hea5aees Is DE favoriss EE7 By vhIea sAtsrs
Nkkea known any deviation 1hataTes tom th4 r4.
tzssl stats at the BRAIN snd viewed IN tns Il k7
helooked On safesua2d tutauded to give aoeea Of
dAezse which might otherwise escape atseattcz til
too lats to be rtresied, and IL Indications tnecI
never be neglected Headaches mar BE- classified eu-
der two names. T1x: Syapsom2te and llio, a:aIc,
8yIaptomatc Headache is exceedingly concou Ard Ia
ths precursor OF great variety Of diseased auoa7
which Apoplexy, Gouk Eheulnausna aot all ;cuzs
diseases In tn form 1t Ia sSmpashsde dis
ease Of tic stomach coustltutiaF elcE HR4DlcuE at
hepntla dt,esse co.stt7sln. s,L,oc= 9zAn.cz1. at
worms constipation and other disorders OF ihs oo4e1s
~e1 reaal sad utcEno anectIonA pse.ke. Of tas
heart verJ frequently attended With Headschas;
Aummla md plethora are also acect!ona which os-
quently occasion headache. Idiorathic Head2cts d
also vary eon,con. being uzcsy distinguished By to
Iau1e Of xkRroCs uEADACat. sometimes coming CT
suddenly In state OF apparently sound health arc
prustEaung At the cannsa a.d physical sacs.tea
and In other instances it slowly hc1aldcc ~
dsprcsaio1 Of spirit ac:E1is5 Of temper. In Eost
instances the pam In the fscat Of tie lend
o. both eJcs and sometimes provoking vomlnzs; ".
der this elass n:ay also be named Sz-sA1osA.
For the treatment of either cl.ss Of Headache ets
Csphauc Pills hare been found and sasa remedy.
relieving tbs most acute pains n fcv nlnuses AID
bJ Its subtle power eradlcatae the c!saaaea Of which
Ne<dAsae tee unezztax :adEx
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Moro Kidnapping in Johuson County.
Correspondence Ut tho Chicago T1ibuuc.]

1UVI0 xAAUuuPp1D2 III y o0t1HoA NouHA1s
Correspondence Ut tho Chicago T1ibune.]
VIENNA, LIZ, JAN 8. 1861.
Something more than month since, two Of
our johnson comfy blood.hounds captuse'l 4
free negro, who IVES passing through this
county, brought Him to town, and our thcE
Sheriff, notorious lrc-cater and disunioaist,
very uneercmonIously committed him to Jail,
without the least show of legal authority. Hc
lay confined in the Jail until last Friday, when
he was sold to the highest bidder. When he
was brought from tho jail, it WIS found that he
was badly fros:-bitten, and looked moro like M
inmate Of tho lnquisilion dungeons than c
human being as much entitled to freedom :ss
any Of his yilc prosecutors. But not content
with treating the poor colercd man worsc tiian
they trca. their cattle and horses, on Monday
night last some OF the icnds in human shape
stole the negro from lis newly made master,
ana ere this reaches you, he is perhaps trying
the realities of perpetual boudagein Kentucky.
Such Is Douglas Democracy in Egypt J. B.
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CaNs&s;rai5:z1 G< t;GEiiTr*

80 o7e Of the "aay IIls eesn II h7ir to" /, - pr.
lRnt 10 little ucdesstood and 10 much regected
Cosuveacss. Often originating II caFelcNsasse SGD
ertat5 hobits; Il regarded slight disorder CT too
Ittle consequence to excite anxiety. while Ia rea1s
Is tho pzc1ursor and coaraaiou OF nary OF the mutt
fata1 aud dangerous deasea and unless eas.y eracc
ted it VIII bring the sufferer to Al uzttcey grsFs,
Among the lighter evils Of wtIeh co.tyeness Il tia
Usual attsaaaat ara Hesdatha. Cole. Khsuna5an.
Foal Drea:. Piles ecd Others Of ike rat,e. ~h!1e
long traln Of nizhtful d!seases inch Malignant Fa
TeE Abce.ecs. DyscnteEy. Diasrura. Dyxpe7ai. Apo
plexy. Epilepsy Pasa1rsls, Eyssera> Hypoenoadrza!
Melancholy and Ittaulty. first Indicate taeir rresenoa
10 tho systein By till alarming symptom No. Ettts
quscuy the diseases naraed originate N Constipation,
but take Independent axist1uce nncs. Tia caGsa
Il eEadleated IN early stage From NIL these eorsta+
atoms it follows ll,a. the disorder should receive L.
meltatc attention ~heneve-is occara. sad no ret.cn
should neglect TO Srt box Of cepsslc Pills tea
d1st appearance Of tts complaint their timely use
vi: APPEL the iaalduol1 approaches Of dh<sss and d.
atr1- uA dangerous tos to hama. ufs-
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TIL AXl1nAx4r1os or o1Ll1ocA1u.-fhrzsts y gzo=.
Ing toadsnc7 In ths asc to appropriate taa Hoss Il.
prcsstva words Of other Languages and after 4 xhla
70 incorporate she into our own; trs the word Csp.
hAio which Is from the 6reex. Egn.fyinS Tor 1ea
head" I. now beco onins popu!aznea IN connection
With LII. spa1dins's great Headache ssnedy, but Is
Will Noon be used In morn general way and tss Fosd
Cspbzilc viii become - common ss EleGtzotgpe ard
aAay others ~hoas dltEcttoa - foseiga vort5 hax
hsen worn avag by COMMON uaazs uatu thsy ss<n
~Eaaye a2d to ths nauar barn"
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4 letter received ds:. or two since by
gentleman Of this city from lawyeri in Chs.1.s-
ton, gave very gloomy statement Of the
condition ofnfflirs in tilal City I1o said that
there were q l4rge number Of respct table,
wealthy nnd influential persons there who
were, like himself, thoroughly opposed to the
whole secession movement, but that they were
utterly orcrborae mud silcnced by the mass
No ltian dare ayow such Il sentiment there, no
matter what his standing OF position. He had
hi,n*ef already paid e, 500 rhich!hod been exact
el contribution fo,c:sysls the c1pens<s # The
thcso exactions would grow heavier and more
frequent. The condition Of affairs, be said,
was perfectly nwful such as he Lad never cx-
pected to ece In this cot;iltr;. The mob had
complete control, aud the conservatives were
repuised.
in this city states that a body OF Minute.,1cu
entered the house ofa we1l-krown family in
Charleston, demanded -Jood and drink, whicl,
they received, and lien erdekc5 SO each :ls d
condition Of leaving. The money was paid.
Another letter to Il gentleman In Ncw-Jcr-
scy, from the head Of family in the interior
Of South Carolina states thut q con,pr7,y Of
men stopped there, on their way to Charleston
demanded food md drink, and eon.le91cl him to
give them money enough TO procure clothing for
the aeho|e. lie adds, IN his letter, that Lc was
very glad to get rid Of them on those terms
ONe OF the ~ea!thsest Planters LII AsStiSsippi
writes TO aSouthcrn gentlemen in this city,
that. unless llc returns speedily, his properly
will be seized as That Of a disaittctcd person
that he himself is Union man, but dare not
say so, for fear Of mob violence.
The following extract Of letter, written on
Christmas day, by wealthy cotton planter ita
Mississippi, to bis son in this city, las been
handed us for publication. Tho gentleman
from whom we receive 1t says that the writer
Is nan Of influence, and could command
some OF the most honorable Offices In the
Statc. He says:
II have great dread Of Tic consequences OF
this secession movement The 4th Of March
fills me with apprehension. Surely thcse
things ought not to be. But who il tlerc nov
to mount The whIr1wind and direct the storm !
We have no Ciay or Webster, or Gen. Jack
son now. Owls and bats ill the high llacrs
once consecrated to eaglcs- Mississippi t,szs
nerxr in q 1eo4*e condition than slo., .Jo- any
r;olent action xhs has 80 spare resources, no
credit, and .corse nothing to cut Much suffering
il inevitable. I know many families who
have no corn, nor anything to buy 1t with: and
none have enough to carry them through to
the next crop. No debts 0re being paid. and
CONSERVATION marks tho countepanco Of all
thinking men. Our taxes arc already high and
they ART obliged to be Increased one hundred
fold to support tue new Government about to
be inauguratcd"
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~OAAAAAAs4A<A1*
VIC gave Place on Saturday morning TO
The letter Of ]. J. Mudd, Esq, formerly a
citizen Of St. Louis, in regard to the rela-
tioa of tic St. Louis Chamber Of Com
mc7cc to The Rock Island Bridge consp;za-
c.. Want of space prevented cur accom~
paay;ng it with such remarks as its con-
tents seemed 10 require.
In the first place, if in our recent articles,
or those Of any previous date, nc in my
ray cas-: suspicion upon the integrity o'
the St. Louis Chamber Of Commerce, our
language certainly conveyed meaning
different frora Whit We intended. We
have not said, and NC do not believe they
would eauction, much less procure, the
burning Of the bridge, But we do scy
tlat their warfare against it, after it hes
been proved b7 the experience OF four
yccrs, and by tho concurrent testimony of
tie best euginecrs in tho nation that it is
not material obstruction to navigation
and also after the highest tribunals in the
country have deci dcd that tho bridge
has right to Ec where it il, tends directly
to produce aGd to cherish among the law
less and the vile, q spirit Of inccndiarism
which would destroy the bridge at all laz-
ards.
We do gay that Bisscll, who 3fr. Jan
uary, tie Presjden: Of tic ST. Louis Cham
ber Of Commerce, tcstifcs had received
Tor services and been the disbursing agent
of S25, COO, besides, If VIC understand linn,
collec ting moneys fTcm steamboat captains
and others 10 an indefinite amount, has
been SO nearly identified with efforts to
burn this bridge that the St Louis Cham
ber Of Commerce, if they wish to purge
themselves from all responsibility, should
not only distinctly disarow his acts, brt
they slon1d cease to defend and employ hin.
On the night Of the 4th Of June, 1859, it
was proved on tho Bissel1 trin1, q most
d;obolical attempt to barn the bridge was
made. and a1r. Disscll was shown to be in
Davenport next morning. The theory #
Bissell's cousel on Ills recent trial, was that
n conspiracy had been found by Bradley
md the Rock Island Railroad Company 10
iuplicate him in plan to burn the bridge
Giving him, fur the moment, the benefit Of
all his friends claim, was it not proved
that Bisscl1 was ready and willing to concur
in the plot! l. box Of the most in1amma-
h1e materials came by Express from st.
1,ouis to this city. B:sseu had several
interviews with Bradley, and can even the
a. LOUIS Chnmocr Of Commerce doubt
that he understood and approved Of the
p1.n? Can those gentlemen, consistently
with their own integrity. and sense Of JUS
tice, continue to employ, and defend Bissell,
withou, in some sense becoming responsible
for ibis acts7 He il, as We have been H.
formed, IN ardent and enthusiastic young
man. be Las been employed for a. long
: time, and las been paid, md has disburscd
1orr, sums Of money to accomplish spe.
cif1c purpose. Having failed to. do it legally
without Implying g greater amount OF
turn:tude than TOO often falls to our race, Il
is not difficult to ses how he might be Led
to connive ut; If. he did MS directly procure,
the destructioaof tho bridge Al y hazards
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nxD1Er.-M15.as u1ctx Jnu 10 7&1dAer 4 boz Of Cep~
t1ne Glue. no. \ bottls q Prepared rift4-out rn
th7k17z tlars aot Just It nnther: but perhaps 5e
atsser knowing THAT tlA Te SEQ 1hes nigh ecsd sd
Eone With the Sick Headache acd w.nts sco nczs ot
flat aanas as rr.aived her befors.
oEEadssr.-Tuu mast Eeaa spa1tlcxa Ce2Eauc rtI.4
Da,Derr.-0ca. su.o nc~ aud youHv. sd It hertz
tbs 1uarttcz and Civ tar Pills sEd don't be III t1y
shout Il 4tths-,
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xzYucns-Ten, Mrt Jerss hov; "a that haadacass
Axa. JosE--Gone! Doctor, all gone! tha p1u yo4
sent cured me in Just twaaty tinutts and with ye7
would ssnd nose 30 th4t can have shsna handy.
FRYs.c,As.-Tou can get then, st aug p1usg..tz,
ca for Ccpla1ic Pills, tad they never a AID r.
commend them In all cases Of Heaasc,e
AHa- josrs1 shall send fl box directly, aad lhxu
se al ny s1foz2g nasds, fur they azs z1Az s1Ez1
IL
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ITEUS OF THE REBELLION,

PRAYER IN FSRE sIyr s':hYF: sgMTEn~AN 1ApREs-
The Baltimore AMERICAN Of Monday las the
following story:
One Of the Baltimorcaus who recently re-
turned from Fort Sumter, details m fmi'res-
siyc incident that took place there on Major
Anderson taking possession. II Ii known that
the American Dag brou.ht away from Fort
Moultrie WIS raised at Sumter precisely at
noon on the 26th nltimo, but the iueidenis Of
that alag ralsing" hare not been related. It
was scene that will be Il memorable rc1nfnfs-
ccncc Of those who Witnessed it. short time
before noon, Major A1.tlcrsou assembled the
whole Of bis little force, with the workucn
employed on the fort, around the foot Of the
lag staff. The national ensign Was attached
to thc cord, and Major Anderson, holding the
end OF the line In his hands, knelt rrvercntly
down. Tie officers, soldiers and men cluster
ed aronnu. mauy Of thrn on their kpcca, nil
deeply impressed with the solcmniiy Of the
accne- The chaplain made M earnest prayer
such un appeal for support, ENCOURAGEMENT
autl mercy Us one won1l make who frlt that
"man's extremity is Gods Opportunity" As
the earnest, solemn words or the speaker
ceased, and the men responded "alne'I" with
o fery.ncy that pcri,nps they had never before
cxrcrienc d, Major Anderson drew tho "star-
spausled banner" up to tlc top Of the ste!f. the
band broke out with tue national air Of Hail
Columbia, - aud loud and cIustant cheers, re-
pested again and again, were given by tic OIL
cara, eollicrs and worlmen. SIT" said the
narrator, "South Cusolira Ind ut tilt moment
attached the fort there would have been no
hesitation upon the part Of any ui:a within it
before defending tta. to'.."
BRuNNLOW on S.. s.sSsOS PREACHERS.
p.,rson Prown1ow, ui the Knoxville {Ttnn.)
Wig, is very severe on certain Secession cler-
cr1utn of the South. Ue enys:
We notice in our exchanges that D5. Palmer
Of New Orleans, and Dr.. Tloruwell Of South
Carolina, Old School Prcshyteriaus, have both
been holding forth ou the Lords day III favor
Of secession, Under prcte'.se 81 preaching the
Go1,e!f In the 1neautime, We See that the
South Carulina Methodist Conference has adop~
ted resolutions fayoriug sccrs=ion.
These pro-elayery citrgynscn and pious
breakcrE-up Of the Union, nrc not aware Of
the task they have imposed upon themselves.
They have undertaken more than Aristotle did
in founding new philosophy, or Cesar iu es-
tablishiny IN imperial government. They have
undertaken to prove to the world that it is
right TO commit treason against the Govern
ntcnt under which we livc-to dissolve this
Union, General Jackson said, in 1852, that the
Tariff was q mere prtt=1t Tor dissolving the
Uuion by South Carolina, aud added n. nezt
pretezt isM be jorshs negro or sidcs7y question:
and SO 1t Ia.
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T*7sE7 Aul1oss o4 Doz1Aas sAysn.-Nr sralS:r4
has sold two Millions Of bottles Of Ill celebrated Pr.
rarod 01ue and It q sstnsted each bott!s savcs u
least tes dollasa worth og BROKEN furniture thus ax.
ths al Aggregate OF twenty millions Of dot,ars 70
claimed fran total less by this valuable tnrentoc.
HaVfn2 made hts Gfce housetefa word he row rso-
poses to do the world still greater service hy curing Al
sae aching heads with bis Cephac pl.s and taoy azs
a. good as hia Glus, Headashes viii socn -a5lsa a8aJ
nk3 aoow II July
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'ardIy Realized.

ID Sd = 'osEfoi. .ta1@es5 Il: :a::cE oaa, aaaI
stepped sa ss hapothecazes aaud rays II 70 .1sE.-
.Can Yuu hcass me- Of II 'eadaehaf7 "posa It a.ete
ard" sags' e, "Hexceed'pzly." *ays hi, hand upca
ta,t q gave me csphnlc Pal hand 'pon 'aa47 Il
c7zsd Rs - qutsk that x7dly zsailzed ~ ii II
'4sd1ahA
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Tho1npson,s sIseslSnat1on--EIls Course
In tho Gab1nct-~-lIoxy tho Dlsu tio4t-
lists Managed the PreHldcnt"- tFtlnt
opened his EEce---Thc Dlnunfonl.tK
Classified, md what each party Ex-
p-cts.-.Let tt*: North stand Hkr1u---
fairs ut Clurtestull.
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blous of cI.ctIng unlted scccdlns South.
It should be kept In mind that there afo two
classes Of sccessionIsts-the "separato State
actsou'' men and Tt " "co-operation}sts." Tbs
former arc led by such men aa 'Toonbs,:
Keitt, Hammond, Rhctt, Larnar, Cobb, Floyd,
and Thompson. This class Of men are in 1a-
vor Of IN independent Southern Confedcrucy,
African slave trade, free trade with direct tax
alton. q mopaEch;al form Of government, re-
st.ictcd suffrage, titled nobility, and standing
army. Tue other wing is represented By such
men a Wise and Mason OF Virginia, Brcckin.
ridge. Kennedy. Crittenden, Jo Lane, Fitz.
patrick. E,;rh.. Grccu. atillsou, Pryor, May
nara, aud Barrett Of st. Louis. The plan ct
the latter typc Of politicians Ia to wiring from
tie fears Of the North the absolute right Of
property tn elavcs, with i alaye code for tic
territories, i partition Of the public domain
all south Of given limo to be forever slave eoi1
which SECURES to them NIL further acquisitions
from Aexlco, and these demands to be ineor-
poratel into the Constitution. They threaten
dlsunion, strongly pretending that unless their
terms are granted thcy will set up an indepcn-
dent s1ayeholaipc confcdcracy. Crittcnlen is
pat forward u tue most available tool to split
tho resolution of tho North, and in the hypo-
critical rarb Of qualification and comprouIsc,
he comes With 4 forked tongue and asks The
North to abandon its ,uora1 conyictione, sur
render Its principles, aud cvacuate tho free
territories, to tear out Of the Constitution the
idea that mau il bonn free, and replace It with
tie atheism that be may b Of right tn C prop
er:Y Of another. This Is the trcachcrous, anil
Democratic part that CrIttendeu is pushcd for
ward By the oliEarchy to play.
The other wing Of tho slave power Is pre-
pared to risk al tho hazards Of "scparate
State act;ou" with the view Of setting no
scperate conlcdcracy.
This North has discovered that the cylls com
nlalned Of By the "South" arc purely imarlna-
RI, and have no better basis than Eillful, de-
liycrate treason aud bafIled peryersions of the
Constitution, and resisted usurpations upon
popular RIGHTS. Both wings of the secession
lists are getting to nerce;ye that unforsecn DIFF
fculties will hare to be suruountcd Tic
"co-opcrattonists arc amazed at tho gar}ike
temper exhibited BY the masses In the free
States, Iastcad Of rushing to embrace their
proposed compromises, the people Of the free
States are preparing to shoot: to defend tho
the Constitution Is It IL. The usepcrate State
actioui.tsr' who dream Of utopiau cmpsrc with
4 royal court and titled nobility,and free traffic
in African negroes. arc met D7 tho contuma-
cious North With chilling blast that freezes
thei7 hot blood AID copseals their ardent
, 1861-01-14
To Hon. JOIN Fonsx7u, Mobile, Ala.


A BRoADslnE FROM "oLn RoSsIDEs."
4 patriotic letter from Commodore Cha71cs
Stewart, addressed to the officers Of the
Anderson meeting in Philadelphia, appears in
the hnqssrer: In this letter the venerable Com
modorc says:
For more than sixty years Of national .eIrscc
under the Union Of these States, have held it
as maxim, that tho honor Of nn officer in bis
eountry's service pledged bis fidelity, to bis
Constitutional oath, together with his entire
obedience to nll laws passed by Congress, Or
orders issued By proper authority In coniormi-
ty with the Constitution under which he
serves as alsothe exercise Of sound dlscrc-
tion end deliberate Judgement in al cases
where the secrrify Of lives and property CO.
trusted to his care Is fnvolyed-givin:s, mt the
6anle time, due aud deliberate reflection, be-
fore acting upon any matter arising within his
control, which, perchanee, might be circuH-
scribed BY international law, or by the honor
or interests Of bis country.
As an Important nation, we should bear In
mind that, through the mpenectipn Of human