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Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-12-12

The GREATEST
Is. MERIgAI. !.
s#sDIscOv7E'RIY R
uor w. OF THE AGE. I
ME-. KENNEDY, OF ROxBuRY,
w has discovered U one 0foar common pasture wsss
" Every Kind Of Hulnor,
Ths worst gorofula down 10 common Pimpls.
He has tried iin over eleven hundred cases. and nev.
or failed except in two cases, both thunder humor He
its value, Z ali within twenty niiss Of Boston. -
Two bottles are warranted 70 cure nursing sore
mouth.
One 70 three bottles will cure the worst kind OF Pimpe'
q Two or three bottles will clear the system OF blles
Two bottles are wsrantedtO cure tho worst canker In
Three 70 i've bottle. are warranted to cure The worst
one . two bottle'ars warranted to cure all humOr
Two bottles are warranted to cure running the cor
and blotcheB among the hair.
-Four to six bottles are warranted to cure eorupt and
One Bottle will cure scaIy eruption Of the akin.
Two Or three bottles are warranted to cure the vert
TWO or three bottles are warranted to cure the most
% four Ne to cure salt hsum
5iys 70 eight bottles Will cure the worst case oi soro'
xbenent is always experienced from the ht botsls,
perfect cureis warranted when the above quantity y
"A'A' RoxBuRY. MAss.
DEAR MApAM--The reputation Of. the Medical Dis
covery In curing sll kinds Of humors, Is we'll esab
shed by the unanimous voice Of all who have ever used
It, that need not say anything on the subject, g the
ana 1i s nss
In presenting the Medical Discovery TO your notice.
do It with full knowledge Of its curative power In rc
Ds ALL and curing nS.t 2 Sss =
NURsING SORE mo fTH,
Is cured by miracle, your temper q restored
70 Its natural sweetness, and your babe from abort and
Discovery becomes fountain ofbessng to your husband
| and household. II 7ff aie. HH ff ihtA
In the more advanced 'taEss hE q q .l /
1teItsnds to the stomach causing ag.4 ss t,-z.a
| OYSPEPSAA,. -fg'l ~. VII (
which nothing but canksr on the stOmadh' thsn 70 to
- -SelK KIDNEYS, ~ & rgeb
creating sinking gone feeling and en- indifference sysD
| TO the cares Of your family 70 r' l2f ~ %
RAW AND INFEAMED, q
your food dstresses you and you can only take certain
kinds, and even Of that your system does not get bali
the nourishment II contains the aormonous fud Of
the cankeY eats Ii up; then complexion loses n
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PIrrsBURsn, December, 81, 1853.

q PtTTsBORGH December, 81, 1853.
GREAT CURE BY DIR, KEYsER'g fE0TORAL
BYRUP.-I live in PEBBLES township, Allegheny county
had coughing and gpitting which commenced aoout
i- iih of February last, and continued eight months
employed the best physicians in the country, and my
cough continued unabated until early in October. Al
that time was adyised TO try your PICTORIAL COUGH
SYRUP, which did, and after had taken one bottle
was entirely free from the coughing and splitting. had
despaired Of ever getting wel think 1t should be
known that this valuable remedy will do for others what
1t has done in my case. JOHN O. LITTLE,
Witness-B. NJ. KERR PEBBLES townhip,
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PITrsnuRou. Anril "a, 1857.

PTTTsBURoH, April "a, 1857.
READ THE TRUTH. .--DR. KKYxRi i have daugh-
ter who has taken several medicines for bad cough
without beneat-aniong them Ayers Cherry Pectoral.--
purchased from you bottle Of your PECT0RAL
SYRUP, and before she had used half bottle she was
relieved The second bottle cured her entirely Of her
cough JOHN DARN,
A Robinson street, Allegheny.
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sTKpBnvILLK, o., March IL, 1853
have used DR.. Keyser's Cough Syrup for bad cougf
Of several years standing, and cheerfully say II
The best medicine for the same that have ever tsken
Ir ]. W. PRICE.
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DIR. KNYsnR IS PREPARED AT ANY TIME To
Faosh WHO oySSs SSTp HIs %Gp1oTFs
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p.Tror ~. Anr,,,4 ,ss7

PATTON TP., April IA, 1857.
A WONDERFUL oURE.-Some time ago, an old
neghbor Of mine was very ILL., with bad cough which
every supposed to be consumption. His relatives
told me that he had taken every remedy they heard
without benet his brother came to him de- and all
we're confirmed in the belief that he could not liye
had about the third Of bottle Of your Pectora Syrup
which gave him, and 1t entirely cured him. to the aston
ishment Of all. What makes the more remarkable
Is the extreme age Of the man. he being about
old. have no doubt the Pectoral saved his life
.t-f JOHMN, GINNIS.
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DLEACHED sHEETINGs AND
ID seHIRgKnoD, alE widths, n most osehrnted ma1ct
:, y Z, y {, - 81 Z w n y BXfN & t6N. ~
ssss.E % .s.r se No. 90 septh Hi1h bltejt.
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p1rrspuRon. Jan. n, IseO

ATTEND TO YOUR COLDS "A case Of eve years
landing cured By DR.. KEYeRR,s PEoToRAL SYRUP
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ANOTHER NEW OERTIPIoATE-DR. KEYsER's
PEoT0RAL SYRUP IL had been troubled with aeougl
and cold for several weekso bad was It that could no
Sleep had the advice and prescriptions from three
the the city, whom could name, but d.
Syrup, which cured me entirely. Signed,
49, J. W. SIMONTON,
2S6 Liberty street, Pittsburgh, Pa, Jan Q, 1850.
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IrI INVITE ATTENTION to some Of the most e
traordinary cures By my .,Ts .agi
1PECTORAL SYRUP. ~

They are at home and any one who has doubts eau In
quire Of the person who have been curedbyit' hpe
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DIR. KEYsERs PEoToRAL SYRUP IN HLAIRs-
VIbLE.-Please send me another supply Of your vau-
able stPectoraI Syrup" Almost everybody around u,
has and inqurng for Dr. Keysers Pectora
Syrup" We have sold sixteen bottles last week. and are
now entirely ont. Mr. A. Alter and Mr.. p. Maher, botf
Of Blaisyie, Pa tell u they would not be without
in their families. In fact ali who use II once want
again. Yours, respectfully, i7tlfI6 l9d
-. -. ). S. s.wATTERsoN 4 SONS.
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DEAR MApAM:--The reputation Of the Medical Dis
coyery in curing sll kinds Of humors, hsc we'll estab.
sed BY the unanimous voice Of a who have ever used
It, that need not say anything on the subject, a. the
most sful physicians and the careful Druggists N
the country ere'unanimousi In its praise.
In presenting the Medical Discovery to your notice,
do 1t with full knowledge Of its curative power, In M
hevng ALL and curing most those diseases 70 which
you unfortunately liable. That most excrhessas
diseaee 10 an alectionAte mother,
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In the more Advanced 1taRe1 oI
o ANk ER
1tettends to the stomach causing N
RAW AND INFHAMED,

your food dstresses you and you can only take certain
kinds and even Of that your system does not get hall
the nourishment II contains the aormonous huid
the canker eats iup; then your complexion loses Id
bloom and becomes saloW and greenish, and your bes
day gone. For want Of nourishmen your system be
comes loose and fabby and the breB Of your body be
relaxed Then follow train Of diseases which thu
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Piles,

How many thousand Of poor women are suffering from
this disease and pinng away aiserabe life and their
next door neighbor does not know the wish TO
impress your mind that good old proverb, IAN ounce
OF prevention is better than pound Of curep In the
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DIR. KEYsER's PICTORIAL SYRUP is prepared and
sold By Dr.. GEORGE II. KEYsER, 40 Wood street.
IT sod u Columbus BY RoBEBrs q sAMUEL. I
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that was ever before the public.
change ofdiet ever necessary the best you car
and get enough oft. ).
day-Children ten years. dessert spoonful
from Ave 10 eight years. tea spoonful As directions
can bs spPiios5s 70 ali constitutions take sucent 70
operate on the bowels twice day 'iYs
~ ,t TfB Yours truly,
~. f.t, : D0NNhLD KENNEDY.
Price ~ 90 per bottle. For ysvery druggist In
the United States. sep2l.d&Wly.
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NURSING SORE nOflTH,

Is cured as by miraclei your temper e restored
70 Its natural sweetness and your babe from abort and
fetfulnaps to calm and sweet slumbe and the Medical
Discovery becomes fountain ofblessng 70 your husband
and household. q 81 Vf1 lie re w i't4
The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-10-05
polio. p, 'lisenoe, 80.

RoBnrD N IIousE op I'll FAME. -. ~
well G. Peek, a middle aged man, boarding al
No. 295 Bowery, while returning from church
on Sunday evening, was met in Pr nee street
hN hc'man girl named henrietta Cor ell, who
,hti,od HIM into a dIsrcputahlc house in irccnc
street where, 10y some means he was robb, Il OF
his wallet ana &25. The girl, and Young m. n
named pm Buck, were arrested, and Justice
Connolly locked them mp for examination.
Money not recuveIe.
CItARGK or FRAup.-John Cajay was arrest
ed yesterday, charged with having, bv means
Of a forged letter, obtained several packages of
groceries from the store Of Hugh Pow,lerly No
~ West 10Th street. Tho letter purpofted TO
have been signed by Capt. L. Buck, Of the x h
Regin ent, and stated that Cajay was a member
OF that regiment, aud would pay for the goods
when he received bis pay iiOm tho Govern
nent. The accused was held TO bail in $500 TO
answer.
GRAND LARcENY.-Millie Flora, a mulatto
girl was arrested yesterday, charged with steal.
ing about sos worth of Dresses, &c from the
house Of Sergeant LeiIcrts, of the 81 District
Police Court. The property was found in pos
session ct the accused, and she was locked up
for trial. w
The CArALINE Arson CASE, now under in
Vsstigation at the Second District Police Clurt.
was to have been continued yesterday, but was
postponed to Q o'clock ON Wednesday -.iorning.
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RRKMoNr AND RLAIR.

From facts ascertaned here II appears that on
Wednesday Gen. Fremont released Col. Blair
fr'm arr est, using language in the order tanta
mount 10 defiance of the Colonel 10 present
he charges formally. On Thursday, Colo. eel
Blair presented charges formally agains. Ten.
fremont in re. ponse TO the defiance. There.
upH Gen fremont Immediately ARE ted Col
Bar mi acnt him to jefferson BAR Acks.
On Friday night tie telegraph vas allowed "a
c"nnunici'c the set that Bla,r had been free
fran arrest the previous "Wednesday. hut m,
'hehsiNc psrap raph in the order Of relea,e wa,
f''rcd, I'D the fact Of Col. Blair's second
Mr II with sold.
Tho an nv regulations allow no officers 10 b,
a't.S''d for a longer perod than eight day
wrh"r.t charges bling preferred. Gen. Ere
n Hn' d'srcgarded the regulations in the case o
Cd air. After this violation Of the reSula
| uyns, second arrest for the same cause, and
WITHOUT CHARGE, has attracted attention and
\ caused remarks.
n g great fact in relation TO this Gaze Is tina,
/ G,n. S,r.t TODAY ordered tho unconditional no
| lea,c &C Col. Blair.
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BROOKLYN.


IuE PEOPLES lSIoN CoNvENrIoN-CoN-
FInMAuoN or TIIE NoMINAnoN ny 4 MAR
~ CNANIMors NorE.-Tho Peoples Union
Convention re.assemllnd in the Governor
room Of the City Hall, yesterday afternoon,
according TO adjournment. Ex Mayor Powell
occupied the chair. Tho roll of delegates being
called, nearly all answered 10 their names
when the chairman stated that he had received
communication from Mr.. A u. Capwell, the
gentleman pomiratCd for Assembly from the
"a District, on Saturday last, in which ho de-
clhcd, and at the same time took occasion to
express sent men's favorable to tho union cause
The delegates from the ID District, were, on
motion Of Mr.. WIN. NJ. Parks, authorized 10
fill The vacancy, and in few minutes thereof
ter the name Of Mr.. Richard j. Lawlor of the
l2th Ward was presented by Hon. J, $. I.
Stranahan and unanmlu,ly confirmed.
motion TO permit Mr.. Mudgett 10 Withdraw
his motion, made Yesterday, for a rccon,lera-
ton was then put amt carr led by a nearly nm.
anIhou' vote; and so the ticket published YES
tIday with the exception Ct Mr.. Capwell, was
confirmed.
The delegates from the Assembly Districts
were authorized Ia meet in convention and So
ltct two delegates for the purpose Of nominltinr
a candidate for Supreme Court Judge of The
Second Judicial District. The convention there
upon adjourned.
BEookLYN COMMON CoUNCL.-The Board
met last evening and fixed the place for holding
the polls at the next election, beside which vary
little business Of Importance was transacted
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POSTSCRIPT,
Interesting from Missouri.

JeF,rson Ciiy. Sept, 30 Capt. Mitchell, a
nephew Of Col. Marshall, saws Prices army is
comp oScd Il STOUT, healthy aud determined men,
generally quite well armed and better clothed
tnan C'l. Marshalls regiment.
Ciid1ro. Sept 30-A special dispatch to the
ltIluns IL m Quincy IN } says
a lsttcr received 10y me today, from Hunts.
willie, Mo-, dated 9th, Expresses the confident
opinion that Gen. Ffem1n will be beaten un-
less he can bring 30, 900 against General Price.
lie saws that the country il filled with
AIMED men, marching day AMI night
20 r'niofce Gen. Price. lie II satisfied that
& J. Mulligans surrender adlol 10000 10
Prices strength.
a special dispatch TO the Times, from Cairo,
,aNs:-
The rchel, attempted to burn the bridge, one
mile from Norfolk this morning, bu. were met
am rcpul-ed.
A wounded rebel, who Gays NJ death is sure
90 uvtr'ake him. that he may as well tell tho
truth, states that he raw Gen. Pillow in Ken
lucky, back OF Columbus, on Saturday, march
iuc on PtruCth. 1000 strong, and that JeT.
lhompeuns movements are icints TO direct at.
tcntiuu from that quarter.
] am Informed that the news at plduclh yes
t'rl,y was that Gen. Pillow had left Columbus
io effect a junction with the troop, marching on
P,drcah from Tennessee. Their united force
wa 1900.
~ ,Ioscp6, No Scpt 30.-Col Smith, con-
handing at this point, has adviccs that 10 900
II the enemy would cncamp at the Agency
Ford. II miles below thi, city, tonight. The
available Federal force there docs not exceed 700
men.
Kansas City, Sept. 30.-Advicos from Lex
ing'on state that Gen. Price is retroGting from
Ia place, but will most probably be cut OIL
from his retreat by Gen. Fremont.
Gen. Lanes brigade arrived hero ills alter
noon, making the io.l 'osee at this place about
300.
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CapItnI Pnnl-hmen, n; i.n.l.na-

During the reign Of Henry VIII, no los, tha,
| !2o" person. were ,xec'tcd for theft al me, II
England, bcs idos those who sun. "d Tor Treason
and otEer crim.s. During the reign of III,
StuIts aud thc first Georges the caplt,l ofIepc.
es were increased Ia 22O, and men and women
were bnhs ed Tor stealing ,iN pence or a yard OF
cotton cloth. Al length nquiring minds be an.
at the commencement Of tho century, to find out
that tho severity OF the punishment did not re-
sriin from crime, which seemed to be regulated
by other la"s-including poverty aud ignor-
anCo.
When Sir s. Romillv, in 1910. passed a bin
through the EOue Of Commons repellin, tho
law making 1t capital offence to steal tho value
OF five shillings, the Lords threw IT out. and
six bisheps and one archbishop voted against
II. The efforts to reform the bloody cole of
England, excited the wrath and nli IN alton of
the House Of Lords, which repeatedly rejected
amoliOrativc acts demanded by the spirit of the
people, and one law lord declared English
men could not sleep safely in their beds If the
capital offence of stealing forty ,hillings should
he repealed Lord Peterborough decl ired
he did not know where such innovations would
stop, and Lord Eldon was piteeus in his com
plants. Al present the punishment of death is
only inflicted IN cases Of murder and treason.
ami experience shows that the employment
ct the hangman As a moral teacher has utterly
failed; and that tho influence of well paid en-
Payment, cheap food aud improved sanitary
is Tar moro Effective in dimnishn,
crime, and eNalting the character Of the people.
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Fires, Aecide.t.. I.aue.s., 60.


KILLED ny A FALL.-Coroner Schrmer held
an inquest yesterday. upon the body Of Robert
Brown, a hostlcr employed by Mr.. Morgan l..
Phillips, Of No. q New Bowcry, who. while
intoxicated and asleep, on ; lndty night, fell
from bay loft in the stable and wa, killed
\ verdict Of accidental death was rendered hy
the jury. Deceased was a native OF Ireland,
about ~ Year VI age
SUICIDE or \ YorNa MARRIED LApY'-A
lazy u v;,us Of age named Josephine Stewart,
comp tilted suicide ON Sunday evening, a. tho
T. -idcnce Of her mother, Mn. L. Oakley No.
1913 Blocker -'tCct, by ticking strychuiuo. 4
few hour previous, she was N IeI.ct health
aud apparently in line spirits. bu. suddenly left
the company If her mother ard sisters, and re-
tired to her rO,m, where she took the poison;
on being discov,itd sick, DR.. James &. rorrc,-
ter was called in, and She informed him that
she had taken arsenic lIo administered anti
dot"s, but without effect. aud death soon en.u-
ed. II appears that tho LADY had bceu mtrriod
at the age of IL yclrs, but bad lived unhapplly
with her husbara. and been divorced. Her
health was not good, aud at times her mind was
much distressed These circumstances, it is
supposed. led her to ~ ell relief in death Cor
oncr Jackman, yesterday held an inquest upon
the body, and a verdict of suicide" was rem.
! d,rcd. The deceased was a native Of Albany,
NV York.
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A Vl.Itto Inmcn nnchnnnn

Tie editor Of the Monmouth q. J) Hmocra
has boon on a visit to eX-Pre,ident buchanan
He writes hack to his plpar as follows 81 Wis
tied Whestlnnd, the residence Of cN.Presiden
buchanan. bad never seen him, and gladly
GGbrssod tie prevent opportunity As we Rp
proacled the house, we saw the Stars an
Stripes floating from flagstaff in front. lie
received us In the library. lie had just re.
covered from fit of sickness, the first he aid
that he had ever had. lie looked we'll, but
complained that his former strength Of body
was gone. lie entertained Us for an hour in
conversation, which principally turned upon
the rebellion. lie related many personal anec-
dotes d the leading military men new before
the country, North and South. He was en-
phatically Of the opinion that there is no way
TO get out OF our difficulties but TO fight il out.
] came away we'll satisfied that, for veal OF
woe, James Buchanan stands firmly for the
Union, and that whether mistaken or not, he
has always acted from the highest motives Of
patriotism.
The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-10-05

spector General, United States Army; Major
Seth Williams, Assistant Adjutant General,
United States Army VIM. X. Strong, Of New
York; Col. Isaac J. Stevens, Of the New York
Seventy ninth Regiment; Thomas Williams,
Fifth Artillery, United States Army; Major
lnnis A. Palmer, Fifth Artillery, United States
Army Major George Sykes, Third Infantry,
United States Army VIM. T. II. Brook, ditto ;
VIM. W. Burns, Commissary Of Subsistence,
United States Army Capt. J. T. Hatch, Uni
ted States Cavalry Capt. ID. s. Stanley, ditto I;
Capt. John NJ Btannan, First ARTILLERY Bre.
Vet Major W. II. French, do.
Tie following were also appointed today;
Csp'. J. NJ. Potter 10 he Assistant Quarter
matter, United States Army; Capt. Gsorgc ID.
Wise to DO an Assistant Quartermaster Of VOL
un'eers Col. Gus'avus Keorner TO he an Aid
de-Camp 20 Major Gen. John G. Fremont.
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Important from Kentucky.

Lo'n'rii's, ny, Sept. 3O-The JouHal H.
reliable evidence that Gen. Zollieofrer has taken
Manchester, Clay county, with great destIuc-
ton of property.
Judge Nentios, Of Harden county, was arrest
I'd, AMI committed % Saturday for aiding the
rbollioB.
Thee lisa doubtful rumor that six hundred
rebels had an engagement with i've hundred
troops Of the Tenth Indiana reg 'rncnt, hallway
between BardstowA and Bloomfield. The resslt
10 not stated.
The rebel forces undos Humphrey Marshall
have disbaHdsd and gone home.
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The LcsnI Po.i,ion of ,he Gorcrnmcnt.

Unable Of course, 10 make room for the long
and elaborate opinion Of Judge BHr1s in the
Blockade Prize cases, we ,tate briefly the IN &.
pottsnt poin's flaw decided, which will serve
for the settlement of all tho cases contested on
similar grounds with that Of the H1wdild
Those grounds, ~ presented by tho counsel for
the associated owners of the Mdwdihd and other
priz,s, were a. iollows;-O) That the Court has
no juri,Giction; (2) that the hOstilities now
raging between the rebellion and tho govern
mtrt do rot constitute a state Of war, as between
nations, or in the sense rcco. ;nizcd and rcgul,'-
ell by international law 60 that 10 lawful
blockade, under the law If nltion'. hls been
established sni maintained or violltld O.
that states cannot be treated IA al on enemies
hy the government ot the United States %
that the President has no power to c,i'blish a
blockade, or deol.rc a state Of war, without the
authority of Congress.
All these points are ovcrrulcd by tho opinion
Of the Court Judge BErrs decdes-what
every plain and unprrjuliccd mans common
sense had already de,idcd-,hat -,sc Of wlr
exists, in tho lulos. son'o, anl ,hl unicr the
law VI RbNNlilillNl lliH Nue us
orwar in suhduing u revolt as it it were ongag-
ell in hos,litics with an Independent power
1t is sufficient to establish tho legally of tho
blockade, to show ~! re i ;-,- liy,,saaei are
| under the power and use Of tho enemies of the
| United States. BY their own acts, the insur.
gents who hold thee ports make them,elves
avowcd enemies Of the United States. n, pre
tension on their part, however can change the
| intrinsic nature of things, and transform the
Residents of particular states into anvthin, else
than citizens and subjects Of the United STATES.
As such they are subordinate To it, constitution
ahd laws, in regard 10 which there are
no state lines and state sovereiynty j.
nonontity. The whole extent Of the
country is ono nation aud one govern
ment. The President possessed fall competency.
under the Constitution and existing laws, 10
ell into service AMI employ the land and naval
forc,'s Of the United States to put down thi, re-
bclion, and had rightly the power to establish
blockadcs ofports held by the iusurgent enemies
and enforce those blockades accordin, 10 the
law Of nations Adequate notice was given
that neutral vessels might depart and those
thereafter taken, violating the blockade were
consequently liable to the usual penalty pre-
sC,ibed by international law.
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The Rusll-h Fire %, pnrtm, MT.

The Improvement II the Firo Department has
occupied considerable discussion in England
since the late disastrous fro in London, which
has called forth mary schemes-the latest being
contained in q letter TO Lord PalmJrston from a
Liverpool merchant urging tn. passage d ar
act ef Parliament establishing a Era brigade 10
all towns of over 5000 inhabtagtJ TO 5e un Ter
the control q the general government. Ths
tf ind, pot dent companies is fHcibly contracted
with he advantages 10 be derived fro. veil
organized brigad,s, and the example VI Liver
p,ol, Which has adoped the latter system, 10
adduced, where the losses by fires arc roduosd 70
amiuimum, and the cost is comparatively hasg-
uiucaut.