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VISITING brstheren are cordially invited 70 a.
tend. NELSON CHAPMAN, w.N.
r. E. RAVENS, Secretary.
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Ayers Ague Cure.

which neutzalises this malar;ous poison In tAs
blood, and stimulates the liver % expel e from the
body A Il should, - Il does cure this aflicting
disorder with perfect certainty. And it 6ees more,
o. rather does what l. Of more service b those sub
set 70 this infection. II taken in season Il expsls
e non the eyssea - L 10 absorbed, eod thus keeps
tAose Who use Il itee from its attacks; KEEPS he
yStem In health although exposed - the disease.
Consequently it not only cures, but protects ftsm,
The great variety Of aaSesioas which are induced
b this malignant influence, sueh - Remitteas
Reves, Chill Fever, Dumb, - Masked Ague
Periodical Headache, o. Bilious Headache, Bilio3
Rsvess, Neuralgia, Rheumasim, Govt, Blindnss,
1oothache, EsIache, Cstarrh, Asthma, Palpits-
tioos, Painful Affections Of The Spleen. Hysssses,
Cole. Paralysis, and Painful A1setioas a III
Stomach and Bowels, III Il which, whea asisine
IRON this cause, win b found 20 assnne mess o.
lees the intermittent type. This "AauD CUnS I"
rencses The cause Of these deranSsaents cd essss
the disease.
This Il secomplisha b ssimulstiag ths sxese.
eories % expel the virus from the system; and
these organs By degrees beeome hahited % d this
eAeiY o6ce Of their oWn aecord. Hence asises What
we tsEm eeeiimMatios. Time msy aecenpliaA IL
same end, but often life i not leng snosah. q =
nei6cod n the attempt. Whils this AouS CvlD"
docs / q once. aud wieA safety. We have great
reason = believe this il Gurer - veil = sa6ss
remedy 1br he whole elaO u diseases vAieA sse
eassed By The miasnatie infection. Shan suy ear
which he's been discovered; and IL has sim Saothsr
Dpogtxne advantage b the pahlic, which b, thet
L = cheap - well - good
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raj Affairs, we shall commence on the lst Of jan
nary, 1851, and pablish TN -
A LARGE FIRST CLASS WEEKLY PAPER
Devoted to the same scope Of Practical Farmin-
Affairs ~ heretofore given In the ONO CutflvA
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FORTS, Notices Of Sales, lmportstiOns, t:xchsng
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81 cans. From Cincinnt 70 Cleveland, Pitts
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THF INDEPENDENTS KANSAS WEDNESDAY
WANTED

I A FARM Of two or three huo.Ired acres, viii
"a good water end timber spon il. asd y Be
somewhat improved, snd s;tssssd within q few
miles Of Ostsieosa. Any psrson dssifiNg 70 sell
such . place for cesh dowe,- q rsssoeshae
price, Win please cab upon =. =. Duitsn, II The
Dutton House. Oskaioosa. e-u
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rs.as
ea1X1 k4Ducrlos II PaIc8 OF seoDsl
STEWART Z cRABB's

III and fsney Dry Goods, consisting Of oil ihc
vssious articles usnally ksps in western retail
Stores. Csanty produce taken in exchange for
goods
Ladies and GentlsnGn. call It the PcopleS
6iese. Sesih-sess eoGner Of Public Squar.
I.n Oskaleooa, Kansas.
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Il Louisville, Lexington. Cincinnati. Mem
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ing tie rus in Is hours, s6osdlng good night.
rest in St. Louis. and giving them the choice Of
sIl Roads on, Of St. Louis for The East and
South. By taking the North Missouri, passen-
gers
SAVE - HOURS TIMEl
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- all Trains arc directed TO await tho arrival Of
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.ouri, and do not suffer parties Interested Tor
other roads to exchange yosr tickets for the river
route, whers delay ID almost inevitable at this
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ard handled essefully.
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Fever and Ague,

from which mankind suffer over . large part a
the sloSe, is the consequence Of diseased action
In the system, induced BY the poisonous miasm q
vegetable decay. This exhalation Il evolved By
the action Of solar heat on vet SOIL and rises with
the watery vapor from il. While the sun Is below
the horizon this vapor fingers the earth's
face, and the virus Is taken with il through the
lungs into the blood. There il acts an irritating
poison ON the internal viscers and excreting organs
Of the body. The liver becomes torpid and fails 70
seerete not only this virus, but also the bile from
the blood. Bob the virus and the bile accumulate
in the circulation. and produce violent eonstitu-
tional disorder. The spleen. the kidneys, and the
stomach sympathise with the liver, and become
disordesed also. Finally, the instinct Of our Or.
eanism, - u IN IN attempt 70 expel the noxio1s
Infusion, concentrates the whole blood Of The body
n the internal excretories to force them % eaa &
out. The blood leaves the surface, and rushes %
he central organs With cc:se:s::: Violence. Ihis
i the GULL But in this effort Il fails. Thea the
FEvsR follows, in which the blood leaves the CEN
tEal organs and rushes to the surface, - II in
another effort 70 expel the irritating poison through
that other great excretoy-the skin. In this
also Il fails. and the system ahandons the attempt
exhausted. and waits for the recovery Of strength
70 repeat the hopeless effort another day. These
are the fits OF paroxysms Of FEVER And A0uR.
Such constitutional disorder viii Of course under
mine the health II Il 10 not removed.
We have labosed b End. and have found. IN
soas6o4~
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VIII pay Taxa sell LANDs. make c. I.scSioSs,
ecd attend 70 any basiness thst nonre.,jents may
si:e 2 Js6sssoa Comfy - NortAssH Esnsss,
All basiasss enssustsd 70 ~ care VII vseeive
prompt attention on reasonable terms.
COUNTY SCRIP aivsys on hsnd Tar sals ~
The national Republican., 1861-04-19
PRESENT APPEARANCE OF FORT
SUMTER
From the Charleston Mercury Of Monday.

From the Charleston Mercury Of Monday.
We learn that Fort Sumter is uniniured in
its capac,ty for defence, no breach being made
in the walls, but that the quarters are com.
petely destroyed, Notwithstanding the Palmetto
Fire Company was dispatched to put out the
fire. The quarters on Friday caught three
times, and were extinguished by the soldiers !;
on Saturday, this was impossible.
We have not now time to make detailed
description of the fort. 1t is enough to say
at present, that the walls are uninjured. Upon
one OF the faces, TO the west,) exposed to the
water battery, it received eighty shots; the
other, equally exposed to this battery and to
Fort Moultrie, had received more. Many OF
the doors of the embrasures had been driven
in, but the permanent injury was light; the
balls penetrated some 8 or 10 inches, removing
about half bushel of material. The cornice
of the parapet in many places was knocked off,
but all the parapet guns dismounted had been
restored to their positions, and their carriages
seemed then but little injured by the lames
The wall was most disfgured by the balling
from Cummings Point, but there was little pro.
gress to q breach.
The national Republican., 1861-04-19
For the National Republican:
JOHN c. CALHOUN A "BLACK" RE.
DITRTICAN

If the doctrines and opinions of Mr.. Calhoun
can be adduced in contrsvention of the crimi
nal deeds of his wouldbe followers, no less
does his record prove that, upon the one funda.
mental point now in contest between the North
and the South, Mr.. Calhoun, on perhaps the
most solemn occasion of his whole life, sided
with the former. The great strife that has
sprung up between South and North in these
latter and degenerate days, is resolvable into
the single question, " Is slavery local affair,
o matter belonging to State in its individual
capacity alone; or is it Fe1eral affair, to
come under the regulation and control of the
General Government" If the former, then
it can claim no constitutional right to enter the
Territories if the latter then its entrance into
or exclusion from the Territories is matter,
like all others, to be settled by the usual de.
termination of majority of all the States and
people of the Union, in Congress represented
and assembled. Which of these two positions
is the true one? Let Mr. Calhoun decide, and
the more especially as he spoke in this instance
not as an individual merely, not as the leader
of State 10 her fellow States, not as the
chief of party to other parties, but as the
official representative Of the whOle american
people, speaking to the phole foreign acorld.
1t would be vain to attempt to furnish an oc-
when Mr.. Calhoun, as Secretary of State of the
United States, spoke on this momentous topic
for himself, for the President, (John Tyler, for
the Government, and the country, to the foreign
world. This opinion was deliberate, advised,
and official, and it has never been revoked, and
it could be pleaded with irresistible force by the
other nations of the earth, and by Great Brit.
ain in particular, in justification of any course
she might see fit to pursue in disfavor of the
cause of the revolted Confederate States.
The occasion on which this deliberate official
opinion ofthe American Government was given.
was that of the annexation of Texas, and the
letter in which it stands recorded was addressed
"To the Right Honorable Richard Pakenham,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten.
tiary of her Britannia Majesty" in reply to a
dispatch addressed to Mr.. Pakenham, by " Her
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for For
eign Affairs" and submitted to the Secretary
of State of the United States, Calhoun and
by him to the President, John Tyler)
Again, let il be asked which of the two DO.
sitions is the true one7 Is slavery local or gen.
eral; is it State or Federal2 Let Mr.. Calhoun
officially decide.
"With us (said Mr.. Calhoun) the policy, on
the subject Of African slavery, is a question
to be decided, NOT by the Federal Government,
but by each member Of this Union for itself
according to its o,ca rie0s of domestic policgv,
and without any right on the part of the Fed.
eral Government to interfere in any manner
Whateper. 1Ts RIGHTS AND DUTIES ARE LIMITED
stitution, each member of this Union, in what.
ever policy it may adopt in reference to the
portion wiMm its respective limits. A large
The national Republican., 1861-04-19
THE REPUBLICAN ERA.

This large, handsome and interesting weekly,
for this week, has been issued. 1t is just the
paper for persons in Washington, who desire
to inform their friends in the States in regard
to affairs transpiring at the capital. The pres
ent number contains all the official information
for the week-Executive Appointments; De.
partmental news all the information received
with regard to the relations Of the United States
with the Southern States, since the surrender
Of Fort Sumter. 1t also contains editorial ar.
ticles on subjects which now interest the coun.
try-The Attitude Of Virginia ; An Ambiguous
Oracle; The Present Condition Of Affairs
Misrepresentation Of the North; The Presi
dents Address to the Virginia Committee
How Union Men are Silenced; Judge Doug.
las; The Virginia Convention. Also, large
amount of interesting matter not to be found
in any other newspaper published in this city
For sale at the office of the National Repubi
can on Seventh street. Persons desiring copies
in wrappers, can have them enveloped without
additional expense. Price five cents. For
terms to subscribers, see prospectus.
The national Republican., 1861-04-19

the Southern States. 1t is feared they will he
exposed to seizure by the Confederate States,
in case hostities should break out. 1t is prob.
able that their voyages will be abandoned.
A New WAY OF PAYING OLD DEBrs.-A
Merchant suggests to the Richmond Dis.
patch the following mode Of extrication from o
pressing pecuniary liability:
{" In cons, auence Of the turn affairs have ia.
ken, the merchanto are in quaudary what to
do. suggest that merchants pay over to Gov.
Letcher ali debts due at the North, taking his
receipts therefor, and passing said receipts over
to Northern creditors, to be redeemed when
hostilities cease by the State"
The MILITARY RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA.
The Richmond Erominer, in the course Of an
inquiry into the means Of resistance possessed
by Virginia, says: -.
ave believe that we inform the public with
considerable accuracy on this point when we
declare that the States public means of re.
sistance are simply nil. Virginia has few ser.
viceable arms and scarcely any powder. The
whole sum on hand is 200 kegs, and 240 more
ordered-in oil, 440 kegs"
Mr.. Henry c. Townsend, Of Philadelphia,
has directed to those Of his tenants who intend
enrolling themselves in the ranks, letters guar.
anteeng exemption from house.rent during all
the time Of absence in defence Of the country.
Cadet John J. Garnet, from Virginia, has
resigned his place at West Point, and is now
en- route to join the army Of the Confederate
States.
A RURAL DoGBERRY PLAYING. GENERAL
BEAuREGARD.-On Tuesday, Mr.. James Stone,
constable Of the metropolis Of jamestown, ar.
rived in Newnort Kentucky and demanded
the unconditional surrender Of the barracks.
The garrison was, Of course, surprised by the
unexpected demand, but immediately rallied for
the support Of the stars and stripes, and, after
q brief contest, the beseging party was com.
PEELED to withdraw from the field, the only in.
juries which he received being violent impe
tus a posteriori, and forcible ejectment from
the premises. In the garrison, " nobody was
hurt"
The national Republican., 1861-04-19
VIRGINIA..

A variety of circumstances caused the i'm
preston to be universal here, last evening, that
the Virginia Convention has adopted an ordi.
nance of secession, or something equivalent to
it. The editor of the Star thinks this was done
on Tuesday, but, if so, under an injunction of
secrecy, which is still continued. Messrs. Car.
Isle and Dent, two Union members of the Con-
vention, were in this city yesterday, and it was
too surely to be inferred from their silence and
detection, that their cause was lost
The object of the continued secrecy is sup.
posed to be, to render more easy enterprises
against the Norfolk navy yard and Harper's
Ferry arsenal-n reference to which, see our
news and teegraphic columns.
1t is not fitting time to write history of
the folly by which the leaders of the Union
cause in Virginia have frittered away the i'm
posing majority given for it by the people on
the 4th of February. 1t is the stirring present
with which we have now to deal.
If Virginia is carried into temporary Sc
cession, it is by surprise and excitement, and
as much against the real wishes as against the
real interests of her people. But her secession
will not affect the policy of the Government one
hairs breadth, nor will it change the inevitable
result of the present conflict. The national
authority will be asserted over every inch of
American soil, from the Lakes to the Gulf, op.
pose 1t who may. Let the men in Virginia,
who are for the country, stand firm They may
rely upon it that they shall not be deserted, and
that the stars and stripes will protect everybody
who rallies under that glorious banner.
The national Republican., 1861-04-19

number Of the States has decided that it is
neither wise nor humane to change the rela.
ton which has existed, from their first settle
ment, between the two races, while others, where
the fricanis less numerous, have adopted the
opposite policy. 1t belongs NOT to the Gov
ernment to question whether the former have
decided wisely or not?" 8 ~
it would be impossible to frame words more
expressive than these Of the entire divorce Of
the Federal Government from the question Of
slavery, and by consequence to prove that they
are wholly wrong who would seek TO iuterpo.
late slavery into the Federal Constitution.
The national Republican., 1861-04-19
GOVERNOR LETCHER'S REPLY TO
THE SECRETARY OF WAR.
ExECUTIvE DEPARTMENT,

RICHMOND, Va, April l6, 1861.
Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary Of Var:
SIR: received your telegram Of the 10th,
the genuineness of which doubted. Since
that time, l have received your communication,
mailed the same day, in which am requested
to detach from the militia Of the State Of Vir.
ginia the quota designated in table," which
You append, "to serve as infantry or riaemen
for the period Of three months, unless sooner
discharged"
In reply to this communication, have only
to say that the militia Of Virginia will not be
furnished to the powers at Washington for any
such use or purpose as they have in view. Your
object is to subjugate the Southern States, and
arequistion made upon me for such an object
an object, in my judgment, not within the pur.
view of the Constitution, or the act of 1876
will not be complied with. You have chosen
to inaugurate civil war, and, having done SO,
we will meet it in spirit as determined as the
Administration has exhibited towards the
South. Respectfully, JOHN LEroHER.
The national Republican., 1861-04-19

These men, with the ordnance and small arms
in the yard and at the armory, could success.
fully protect it from the assault OF ten times
their number.
1t appears, by telegraphic dispatch pub.
lished in the North Carolina Rough Notes
newspaper, on Monday, that Gov. Ellis had sent
the following dispatch to Capt. Cruton: Can
you take Fort Macon with your company"
At meeting of the City Council held on
Monday afternoon, resolution WAS passed ap-
propriating $4,000 for the purchase Of arms
for such OF the volunteer companies as are yet
unprovded. The sum will be disbursed under
the direction Of special committee of two from
each ward.-Richmond Enquirer, april II.
The police commissioners of St. Louis have
notified all free negroes and mulattoes, not
permitted by law to reside within that State, to
leave the State forthwith, and that oil who may
be found in St. Louis five days after the date
of the notice will be dealt with according to
law.
There are several vessels now in Boston
harbor, loaded with ice and other products,
bound to Southern ports-Charleston Mobile,
&c.-and some of them are in the stream,
ready to sail, but their masters hesitate to start,
owing TO the threatening aspect Of affairs in