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EubrnIsslpnf4ts.

Some OF our people are for submitting to be
dragged ont Of the Union by South Carolina !;
they arc for submitting to have the on!s law
under which Kentucky can recover fu.ifirc
elavcs repealed BY dissolution OF the mon !;
they are for submitting to 90 into Costen
State confedcracy, ollg.rchy or monarchy, Ia
which they Know they would have to submit
TO free trade and direct taxation; they are for
submitting to the immense and zaiuons de.
probation Of negro property, xhlth they are
aware would be the Inevitable result oI the
opening Of the slave trade, Contemplated BY
the secession leaders they are for submitting
to the priyations and all tho naIneless horrors
Of the bloody md desolating wars In which
Southern madness and stl1shnes ARE see King
to involve us; they are for submitting 10 Auvu
their eonntry's tiMc-hunorca aud siciury .ncn-
ored flag tirtd on by rebels, ami tlcir countH's
forts, arms, revenue cutters and other Fruptrty
rcized On: by the sebellious citizens ii Stats
protesting 10 be still in The Unic:!-: CT, they
ara for submitting to all these akd u Thousand
other things, for submitting, in s!:or:, to what
ever King Cotton requires OF lusy at any
time hereafter require al their h,Gds, ard y.t,
and langusge, they chncklin-.5 call their op-
ponents zttbn:issdoniz:s. Oh, a:r they not au
exceedingly facttious set Of 5eatentn:-
LouisrIh Journal.
Tho Expenses Of Secession.
Tho Columbia South Caroliaiaa publishes an
ordinance Just passed hy the City Cuuacil " to
saise supplies for the year 1861" Beside tax
Of IS cents on every hundred dollars worth OF
real estate, and inHuuerable taxes on horses,
wagons, places OF amusement. Ec., &c, it In
ordafE ed that one dollar per head shall he paid
on all slaycs under sixty years Of a..c, not la
bic TO street lut5; which said tax upou slaves
shall be paid by the owner or psrs OH having
charge aaa control thereof; one dollar e,sci. ~
] every tfee negro, nu9at.e, or me=t'xo, u:sler
tue ai,c OF ten years; two dollars each on every
free negro, 1nu!atto, OF nestiza, over the age
OF ten and under sixteen years; ten dollar. On
every male free negro, mulatto, Or mestizo,
over 'he age Of sixteen and under sixty ssars
seven doilArs on every female tree negro, mn
ldttc, or uestizo, over tho aye Of ei1tteu and
under tifty-tivc ycars, End twenty-five dcllars
IN every male free negro, nulatto. OF mes1:zo,
over the age Of twent, -one aud ullder the ago
OF sixty years, exercising any mechanic art Or
trade within the limits Of the said city.
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sion from The State to purchase ID, ,ooo rtat.tpr

sion from the State to purchase 10, ,oC0 riaeafpr
her, and that he l. laying his plans for obt1tu'
Ing and shipping them. ~.
II Judge ama1lsy IL right, in view Of the pre-
sent .ttitude Of Mi.sisaippi towards the Gen.
era1 Government, this conduct Of the party
referred to anacka strongly Of treason he
has, too, the less excure fot hIs conduct, BE-
cause be IL citizen ct Illinois ind not Of Mis-
sisslppl learn that bis commission Il to be
one dollar On e3eh rife. Several officers Of
the Government and other gentlemen are
posted in regard to his movements, and this
metceuary Arnold Will be watched. II he at-
tempts to carry ont his acheme, summary JUS
tlae Il likely to overtake him. II caught in
the overt act while in this city, It ceEtainly will
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AAA&~-0AA~A"$
We are st length in receipt Of the bicn-
nial report OF the State Superintendent Of
Public instruction, and have been greatly
interested by its hurried perusa1. We have
to thank Mr.: Batc1nar, at the outset, for
the condeused summary Of educational sta-
tfztics, which gives ua, in few brief sen
.teaces, iii the valuable results for which we
Arc usually compelled to wade through a.
many pagca
%, From this summary we learn that the
permanent productive school fund Of the
State ut the present time is f4,91a,0A
Whole amount expended for all school
pmposea In 1860, $2;25e 8ss. Whole NUM-
her; Of scholars IN attendance at III the
public schools, 5s,247. Whole numbar OF
scholars in private schools, 1o,264- Whole
number OF male teachers In public schools,
6.22s. Wlole number OF female teachers,
.e,As5. .....:'::~.
" III: Bateman wisely counsels that no
radical ch6nges bs made in the school Law
OF the state-at The present time, butrecom-
NERDS stie amendment Of . few Of the sec:
eons:- One of these proposed amendments
provides; that each School Commissioner
ahall visit every school in his county at
s.. least once IN each ysar, for which an ade:
quate compensation shall b allowed The
schools Of the State have undoubtedly snf-
Jared more from the want Of etncient super
xision, than from any other canse, and ths
3Bupe4inteudent has :.recomtnended tho
only feasible plan for correcting this rrn- ::
Another proposed amendment provides
: that free instruction shall b. given to all
children overeiz yeara, instead Of all chill
drcn over JFoe ysars. This does not neces-
sarily exclude nom school all children %
aaz six' yeaza, but gives the directors Of
each city vr town the -paqEeF to, exclude er
-reccivs them, u they may deem: best.
,sa1h III amendment has long been needed.
In pnr own city, hundreds Of children un-
dr. ssx years, most of whom would b, ,Az
better Of at home, daily urong The public
.schooae, white hundreds of others at the
proper school going age are. Kept at homs
:: Oh sccount Of tbs crowded condition ol
the rooms- =. 49,. -, +.
-, Another amendment, 'pro1idea for three
grades Of county certificates to teachers
md for i sta&e Board If Examiners, with
power to ihsae certificates that. atau BE- oi
; perpetual validity In any county and: dls'
tict in the 6tzte, to teachers Of superior
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MISSISSIPPI MLrolsTR4froR
= - Correspondents of tha n. =. 9ine.-} .

:; Ono Of the nntottunats incidents Of M pre-
sent condition of public affairs is the deatruc-
tion Of Nh c0bfldeuce betwe men Of different
sections. Here In the Federal Capital We hare
90 many .evldences Of. beiug surrounded BY
traltora and spies, that the true nau scarcely
knows whom to trust Scarce day passes
TINT does not reveal the taithlesshess Of rome
one; who, processes devotion to the Union,
whcn hu 4 In heart . syupathizer with the
pisnnlonista. For instance, there Is now hero
IN intimate political friend. Of Senator Doug
aho no pa oesn ~ t9s eome nms
Of seccestun passed. Thls fhdISldna loudly
denouncea &he peop1e Of Mississippa for their
folly and dfsIoyaaty !. hut there u good fsason
to believe thai hs has In Lib Pocket cotntats';
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., The fear Of contlngent troubles IN cur port
Fessins &c Cotton % ID lie laterior to The Inland
routes for New YORK. We chpy the follow
ing paragraph from tho Rome Gay Gburkr:
., srhe prtapect Of an eaE1y hl0t2AdA OF tht
ports Of Charle5ton and Sav.nnah has already
commenced to affect the business relations Of
ths country Col: Cothran has@j Just shipped
Vile, Lynchhufg, G. Gvrdousyi1ie aud Aexandris,
thus carrying II near1y twice as Eas By railroad,
and about The same distance bJ' watsr, ~ II Il
were shipped to Savannah or Charleston. Col,
BaJard informs us that all his shipments will
hereaftsr'te nade By 1htA same upper route
change becomes general, 1t will be great loss
to the Georgia railroads, and the extra Geiglfs
will come out OF tho II rmers IN the end
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u ID = +<.11n,s 'ss6ae3@ uts I&9sssneea, Aaad :
stepped nao ts hapo4hsra.As hand ssJz hi ~ sas
"CAn yon hssse NJ Of N 'eAdaehsrs ~noAa It a&che
ard ta4H =. "HsxcsedaSly,@ sa1s b. hand upex
:hat = $ars me Cspa&ne FL hand .pon Ds 'asaat
sund M ~ quick taas sardu ssans>d ~ ~ u
aSsa4sAA
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Tha arms thus transferred which wsrt 1t tho
and she Baton Rouge A1seoal, hA1e bean seized eJ
the authority OF the several Stases ct South Caro-
1iua, GeosZta aud Louik1ana, and are no longer In
the ne21snt .g r Iso1s
lima asrf .titi Ia ehssxe ID this department.
In addltlonto Tho: foregoing, IheFo hAve been
transferred from tho atnories TO different arsen21a
a. tho exfxaaclsa Of the c1sc dsu4u<led, for tue-
dIAte &ssues TO The a1u1y and toIae Etates, under
the net Of April .5l-s6. and which infer arc not
intended 10 hs embraced in the cal Of the House
Of Representatives,
Il EtCnAro EnIaurl Of ftrdnanca
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Chicago Triibutte'

Gbita9o Gributte,
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY IS. 1851.
r1In HARTFORD CONVENTION.
;: convention Of delegates from tbs New
Englsnd States, met it Hartford On the
18th Of December ts9e14, under Il circular.
call tte: Massachusetts Legislature, "to'
= devise means Of sechrity and defense
which may .he consistent with the>pdeser-> :
vation of their resources from total ruin,
:" ind adapted 10 .thar local situation and
@.Enntnal aeIatadna and habits, and not r.
"p..paqnt b .thssir obligations as m@mbe,s ef
~ Union." Before the -oenxenslon was
eallsd, be It Remembered, several towns on
tn coasts Of Connecticut and Maine had
hsea holnharded by tho British feet an
:emhatgo hadd 1Sssa 11sia upon New England
comn,encs 1nd the fisheries had been cut
Of Great distresg pfcvailed in that ex-
posed cornetof the Union, and it was re-
ported Aad generally believed that Massa-
chuaetta w. ebout:p be invaded By Brit
i'll army. 1T was alleged also that the
Government. at Washington wa drafting
the best men: ont Of the New England
States by: conscription, and .leasingth
Without any defense against the common
enemy. Let it be remembered also that
tie general coyernment stationed a :r,ee,ii.
ment of troops 1t Hartford: to crush The
f,rst exh;hii,h,n IL a a.t,eaMsonsb}c x purpose on
The mart of.the conyention--the command
,inr officer Of which vas Obliged to report
to li;s. anfneriors at Washington thst there
waa nothing contemplated bv the delegates
s,ut4 re1npnat.apce to Congress and an ad-
6rsta to ,he t,eon1r
Notwit],standinle, tbs peaeeful purpose Of
The Hartford Convention, and notwith-
.tanf1;nr thu faf,ure Of the State Denart-
msnt after prosaaaa search, to find any
rnaTRs nf treason in 1ta Swing. or tloings,
.he whoije boay Of men who took mart in
Il, nrroeedinzs went down to their rraves
,,,iicr he han of preat public displeasu,rre,; ,r,
and Il IL difacnlt even now to find q man
vho con reconcile to his ideas of patriotism
fhe I,are fart tbat convention was. once
held to a.raion the government for the
measnrea it 11as takinr to prosecute war
with 4 FOREIGN mower. with the sreat
1,a,s, nf Americans, the Hartford ConYen-
t.on Il in.en.,n,1.x associated with tho iflea
~ t1iaason apa;nst the United -6tates. The
te,nt of That fearful crime adhercs to it and
viii adharan to it throughout The lives Of the
nnesent generation. !, ~:
But whit was the treason Of the Hartford
conyentipn Of Federalists in 1814 as CON.
n,red with t,,at Of the Springfield Conven-
rim of Democrats held last Wednesdayr :
The s,un and substance Of the resolutions
.dontad by the latter body is that the Union
cannot be- nrese1yed. An influential dele
ea,c. warmly attached to the Union and
he Constitution as they arc, informs us
tb,t.th. x.,,rit-st;rr7nr rotto. "non't aire
mn The shin r:Kas REGARDED ,,y the majority
~ tha Convention rs verv much ont Of
Macs ffnot sayorine strongly Of coercion
rh,1s The 1ackson;an utterance uThe
Union Il nnst and sha1l be- prcseryed was
tnoo,t;no-+1v sco.tea md an;t' rnon
u.n.afor+h =, a ;.41ca in mr. .;,o1;ticn, con.
.s.ts -,.;,, =. ~. star sn.ng1ea panner m
on- I'D. and the patt1tsnaSe Ind Palmetto
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HOW THEY SAVE THEIR
IL FUNDS OUT wEsT!!
TaE GREAT FTRR III MILWAUKEE,

$500, 900.
N1LwArkxx, JanEssy la9 1t51
-NEsa14. Hxx1txa CO. Chicago.
Gtnts.-lhav succeeded IN removing from the rama
the City safe. It In TIC 1fll story. aud fe dis
lance Of nsy fett and in the 1urty tve
sl*o ne fnoos. F. q ts Arreasaace o. H. sa:e Il
tie Col tents wer- ustd np crest dcal Of ai rsst
wAs manifested By every ono % 1t ope +d aud
lou: optAfunE expeed ~ 70 the sa;ety Its
One tnttvtt1al offered J. bets any wa RI Ind run
inslde Of 1t fas had formed Ice AnotLe7 -ata ner
sinE Tsfs good but 20 safe eaud stsn4 1as III aEl
bonds - assessment rolls. &C. valued arcver
$4,000 Everything Nea fn Just - good order 1t when
put ln. except allgat dlsco1; ;ratios nr Atean..
MORE MONEY SAVED N THE
NE1a&1. HKKkIIu Co. Chicago
Get4:-t took from the runa Of the 1ats Era smother
HeEtsus 6&ke e4atdAy. ThtA ~afc In tie ruins
xxk hour; ana to Etve you Al drn of thu eret rough
which It paScd 1t IL only trtes.ar5 t. E1T ih4t tho
knobs plsse4 aed eastots Of the Saft melted CT
fsees q tren xtede. ssps e. Ppes ssster tss;sc.
Into mas* II having fallen from tho third ttrry
Aad va4 beaded fAr under the brick thas euuid
not nx upon Y leesl.ty mil Tsssssda, or ese :
belonged tho Superintendent Of Public Schoo1 and
c.ne.taed rs5 Etess sno9nt Of vaanahle pager. g
Rot sven . amell Of rtc ftom them.
Hxx,.a: ai: fA4 TT cu,xTias sss sss1s soSSM Suss :.
eftcn tested 4KfkE FAIL ~ taee thtlt coutEns.
Dnly Depot Ia the weat b II % st.ss as1eet
: -asuStiJxdpg uEIElSG CO.
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@s7Af f1aossnE-AnorS ths nest anpartaas It ii
ns Rs&e msd1oal d1aeovs{lcx Of n,h aer u,sr h 80
aasred d ssstaaa Of vaccination hr pforecti,a fsa
1snnA fax ths Csphalio Pill for resf Of al
n usa os Quinfas fr the preveastoa 1t Fev.r e!.1se
q ~n1ch b suzs specaa wboss b>oeats Vii, T.. n.
pseaarosd BY suffering adnaait1 sax .ansr neir d
erTsRsss m Rkeqsaan.
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not be 1ees thnu $40. Those who own

probably not be lees thaa $40. Thoee who own
property are. besides, taxed Ike other people.
They aro not allowed 10 meet in any sort Of
meeting, social or public, and cannot have
dance OF any thing ofthattort among themselves
without permission from tho Mayor; and If
they attempt to Disregard this regulation, the
ppatca come up and taEe them ali "a the guard
hbusa. Even ia the streets 1t Is not allowed,
they cay, khat mora than two should engage In
Conversation together, and this law was Strict
H. enforced Thern was d Law noM pending:
which fo.bids colorcd people from riding in :
eafrfaFe-; They are .nbt allowed to buy any
sort of4iquor, even from drurgiAt. In the
country, they tell Us, the free colored people
are considered to be thriving set" At
Columbia the head,tax; wso 80 last year. 1t
Waa common thing to aee white persons come
along with their heada half -sl1aven aud with
-nthkf marks of indigutties dene them By =
mob, In punishment for speaking to slaves.
There were mary free negroes In Charleston
who would rather go into slavery and haye
somebody to take care Qf them thau leave md
come to the North. They were too lazy to
work for them3ete snd had battsT be n1adc
e!ayee. Among the free colorea people y
Cnarls ton, some thirty:ninc men had. offered
their services 10 the Governor to build rt.
doubts, DC. The Governor answered, them
that be Nonld not nccePt Of them I he would
coma 10 them as = Last resort. : =, =.
The destination OF this people is uaytl in
most Gates but where they Atand good chan-
ccs foEprocuEins work at their trsde in Nor
thern eitiee. they remaau, Some Of tliet1 3rc
the best order Of mechanics, The Hay tan
Government Offers them Tree hr1ns and q
weeks provisions aher arriving In that coun-
frf, -.-- :.
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Fact ses7s sKso"uA-epsldfe4s cepaAEe fTs az
, asessasn <sas X NIX Fssdsehs Btluoaa EandAaa>
1HwxS X&a4oQhA cuss37wzx &nd asn.xsl psat.,rx
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There is trouble in the camp. The De
moc1acy Of Cook County refuse to 60 orcr
to the Mccormick party. They seem to
have an idea ti1at they are: living under
government-that the laws Of hatgovern-
ment should be enforced, and that treason
against 1t should be punished. They can
rot therefore endorse the McC Cornick pro-
gramma which sustains tho negative Of
each Of these propositions. The man.
jpnlation which has been in active pro-
gress ever since the State Convention, has
failed to secure any one Of the old Demo
cratic leaders in this county: whose intlu-
epce is worth anything, to The 31cCorn ick
side Of the House They hang back. They
ore reluctant to atultify themseles. They
object to IN abandonment Of every patri-
otic impulse, They have read Dtccler-
nand's speech, and they like it. They read
Sheahan's new paper, and they prefer the
old lead to that Of Mccormick In short,
the Democracy Of Cook hold 10 the doc
trine Of Douglas Norfolk speech-that the
laws must be enforced, and that rebellion
must be put down at whatever cost, while
the Mccormick party are for sustaining the
traitors and putting down The Government.
There wonld seem to be M impossible
gulf between these two positions. But
the leaders in the latter party, conf
dent that they could bridge it over,
called meeting for last night, the
object Of which was to resolve that the
gull was only an imaginary one-t'iat Dc
mocracy meant Mccormick and McCo1-
mick, Democracy; and That it was the duty
ofboth to uphold the men who; arc openly
engaged In treason against the government.
But the prime moycrs IN this nice little
arrangement, discovered on Monday thai
the Democracy Of Cook had an opinion Of
their own on this subject, widely different
from the Mccormick article, and that if
they cot together On Tuesday night, they
would certainly give expression to it.
Forthwith the meeting wus postponed un-
I'll Thursday, and the process Of manipula-
ton is again going on with redoubled
energy. We shall see what comes Of it.
However, as at present advised, we think
It safe to say, that i. undertaking to swa1-
low the Democracy Of Cook, Mccormick
oTerestimated his powerof deglutition, and
underestinatcd the size Of the pill
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DtAupton Speaking. >,

.::.: 4fF4&sQ Luz aeeeAt&Aa S3eoA-} ale.
TIE Secession cleu>ent Of our town was en-
tertalnea On Monday night, 1t Raansey's Hall,
Mith speechea from one Judge Dickinson, and
the Hon. .Renben Daris, both Of Mississippi.
Dickinson made poof Impression, and dis.
gustcd R1t &ersible men. Ho dealt In whole
1ale abuso Of al xho wero not for accession,
.nd wes supposed to hass been prompted By
John Rar1eycorn.
r.. Mr. Das1s made, as our information goes, q
clea1, sen&tbIe md interesting speech, and we
hear Il spoken Of in complimentary terms. He
had the candor to admit what is not generally
eoaesded BY Secessionists. lie statad that the
-uigger~ ras not at the bottom Of our troub-
L., but that 1t was the "Tarif" This we wish
our readers to bear In mind, and they will be
the better enahled to appreciate nj this cla,nor
for Southern Confedefacy.
:. F Hupe's WecHv publishes portraits of
aniha seeding aoath Caroljna Members al
GonkEas4 Thy axu not ~ well eata&ad as
they ought to be:-Losispus JostF~A
:Prenhe9 would nndenhte ed1y: bepleased With
/ ~ enE1avtag q tho: gsasleaaa alluded to.
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EXTRAORDINARY MOVEMENT OF POSTAGE
STAMPS

STAMPS.
from tie y, 7. Ecrald1
Au1ong come Of the Cueious l:aruscs Of tho
keceshion movcme Mt IL the agreement on the
part of South Carolina to continue to use tho
postal service OF tic Federal Government for
Its own special accommodation, while that STATIC
: is seizing the Post Office, forts asscna1s and
Cuatou House, the property Of TINT govern
ment. Mississippi, too, 1t appears from her
secession ordnance, is going to avail herself
Of the Post Office prislleges Of that country
from which she declarea herself cut OIL For
several days past we have been receiving onr
remmittaneea from South Carolina, and thu
other seceeded Suites, ln postage stamps. Tho
ordinary mods Of renltting 6y draft eaving
'sforeign" States ate using the stamps Of the
national government as medium. The mail
6an1sd Sa aS1 ssse atps etans
secessionists hare In fact converted our Office
into an extensive picture gallery OF the
patriots Of the early days of tie republic, con-
talning multitudlnous duplicates of the heads
Of FEsnk}ln aud Washington.
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;ENGL1SH LAW AND EQUlTY:
IL RxroR74-te y 1uaausAs aas sats as NJ la1 Ftits
, 1861-01-23
TIE DISTRIBUTION OF ARMS N TIE
SOUTH

WAsH1sa7os. Jan. Is, 1861.
The abatement furnished the Military Com
mites uf the House by the Secretary Of War,
relative to the rernoyM Of public arms from
Northern arunories and ar4enalz, and their dis
trlbut1on oser the South, waA hot satisfactory
to the committee, and another demand was
made. pom SECRETARY Holt, who Immediately
caused i thorough t1anipation. TO be made
THIS morning the committee received l. CON-
munication, transmitting the following extra
ordipnry statement from Col Craig, Of the
OIdnance Bureau, 1ha committee VIII eon-
aider the matter tomorrow, when It Is btlicv-
ed that tone notion will oe taken towards
ascettainlng whether the adrninissration In
the tr1lltors who have vio1ated the most .acrt1
Law Of the nation:
ORDINANCE OFFICE, WAAH1xoToA, Jan. u, 1861.
Hox. !. Holt. Secretary Of Waz:
Sm-I have the honcr to ackuo*led2e the refef-
cnce Of letter from the Hon. Z. Stanton, asking
for statement of ths distribution Of arms from tho
arorics to the arse1a!R ard other places ofdeposit
fJr safe keeping from tho 1st Of January. l3Gh to
shzt OF January ], 1861, &c. -.-.
In compliance with {uur directions, ] have the
h1uoF to report tnat on the 3oth day Of pccemhar.
ment- directing Tho transfer of one hundred and
fifteen thousand sautkets frum the Springfield.
1laas and Waterv1ict, y. r, arseual.. to dlAerout
areerals 1t the South. Orders Hsfe given, Ia obe-
di.nce to thrse distractions, On tae anh q May.
1850, and the azn1s were removed during tbs past
spring, IRON aud 10 tae places as stGows:
ftum Springfield ArtnoTy, sixty Ave thousand
percussion muskets, ca1ibre stxt1-ui1e suna1sdtha
Of IN incs.
sion 1snes calIbre tfsr-,ur huEdrrdths of an inch
Frum Watervliet Arsenal, fouE thous sand percus-
sion rifles. ca1tbre ft hnudredths Of An inch
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TOWARDS SUPREME COURT
LII RKPoKTE:-H yolA, &as sale reET low 10 eldss
ID our, D. n COOKE h Co.. nj Lake stlecE
, 1861-01-23

Lincoln Invited to V1Aft indianapolis
--,.--No Oppostttop TO Lane for Senator
r I'm Esn6al%tso1s NJ NkoEt0n-LIeuF. Cow
:: CravcuH.-$peo}&erA erAkIen~~~letmocfatt tia
:"Esiuuders provided for---B1ght1nG
(: .:Wbfskey.4sThe HookterS on Hlock-
edIun tlio u1lssfsslPpd.- ~, 80