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THE NEW PIRACY.

So, the 1t Con!ederated States" are going
into privatecriug, tor the purpose Of prey
ing on Northern commerce. They are,
says the telegraph, negotiating for steam
ems in New York, and have concluded their
arrangements and fully prepared for &C
ton On the Pacific Coastl
In week from to-day, Mr.. Lincoln Will
he inaugurated in Washington, and will
take the government into his hands. He
is fool who supposes that the President
will recognize the legality Of Secession, Or
that he will treat the nnvy Of the con1ede~
rated States in any: other way than as SO
many vessels belonging to the United States
marine. On the basis Of his action, then,
these pzivateers, Of which we Just now
hear SO much, will be pirates: and we are
mistaken il, when enc Of them j. taken,
the officers md men are not, instead Of be-
ing treated as prisone1s Of war, put on trial
for piracy: The execution of the second car
= goof these ardent sons Of the South, who, Of
= ter having stolen ail there is to steal in theil
r1res1,eetiye 6tates, venture 10 practice free
booting on the high seas, will squeleh th,
remainder, Sud We shall hear no more o
prii7ateering. 4 short rope and quic1
.shrift for the buccaneelsl - "
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Editors chicago Tribune:
The correspondent of the Times has made
the wonderful discovery that Mack's bill "to
provide for the interest on the State debt"
brings back the old rate Of taxation, and
therefore no relief will be experienced from
the bill reducing the rate Of taxation for 1861
and 1862. This wise correspondent Is eithez
very ignorant, or very regardless Of the truth.
The bill referred to is simply for the purpose
Of enabling The auditor to make an asssssme,at
In 1852, for the purpose Of collecting in 1868
the interest tax, and it does not add q penny
to the taxes of 1851 or 1862 Under our Reve-
nue. Laws the taxes collected in one year must
be assessed in the preceding year. With the
half mill ta1 for 81 and &c and the means on
hand there will be enough to pay everything,
including the interest en- ths State debt In
Jan, 1868, and also, il the railroad fund Is
ased, in July, 1858; but, in order to provide
for the interest due Jan /, 1864, it is necessary
that the assessment should be made in 1862,
and for this purpose the bill Vas introduced.
The Times correspondent, then, is wholly
mistaken in his position, for this bill does not
increase the taxes for 1861 OF 1859, at all, and
If it were in force now. it would not do what
is alleged, for the taxes wonld still be reduced
BY one-third from the amount Of former 3eazs.
ANY person acquainted with our revenue sys-
ten will sea the necessity for this bill, and
will also see that it does not add to the tar to
be collected for the next two years single
dollar, but only provides for an assessment in
time to meet the interest due jan. 1st, 1864.
The relief obtained by the original finance
bill Of Mack's is absolute and unconditional,
and Ia not impaired by the last bill.
FINANCE,
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clare Its opinions and utter its warnings just
as freely In the future na 1t has In the past.
+ MISCELLANEOUS.

clare Its opinions aud utter its warnings Just
as freely Ii the future ns 1t hns In the past.
MISCELLANEOUS.
4 PROSPECTIVE PERn.-Prentice Gays:
ssH there should be Cotton-States govern
ment, we think it would do well to be little
careful about e1pendfn2 much money and Ia
bor for furnishing fts States with forts, and
aIsena1s, and mints, and munitions Of war.
Il couldn't tell how aoon some Of them might
seize upon al the pnb1ic property withln their
borders and secede."
UNION SENTIMENT N NVRG1an-The Lynch
burg Vi7yinian has this sensible view Of the
duties Of Union men In the South:
"rWhat boots 1t to the mnsses Of the people,
who owe allegiance to the Republic; not to
parties or men, whether this or that party is
: In power for the time beings? The Republic Is
worth more than parties, and its integrity
should be the paramount consideration. With
the exhibition Of party yenalty and corruption
that has Just been presented to the people,
who fs not Convinced that all mere party or
ganizations are to be deprecated? that the
people can only protect their interests by
holding their SERVANTS to a strict accountable
ity, and not vainly expect, By partition Of
the COnfederacy, that will give our section to
the exclusive domination Of the party which
first promulgated the demoralizing doctrine
that to the victors belong the spoils,' and will
include, and retain amongst us, those who
have outraged all public and private morality
to promote our welfare"
- The same paper speaks of Floyd "a 'sthe
great criminal"
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u Total .e7,e47s2 1853 3, "a '144
But let us look little behind the curtain
Without inspecting the details, the general r.
suit shows an Increase in the free States, slnee
1850 Of 5,5e0,65o; in the slave States, Of free
whites, 9,oso, ~, and Of slaves, 7@,ws.
How Ia taia increase distributed? The fig
ures show that the sddiHoa to the population
has been about one-foutth, exclusive Of immi-
grafton. Applying this ratio to the several
States, We have the following. (The first col
u1nn shows whnt the increase to the state
would be by natural increment, without my
immigration; the second, the actnal increase !;
the third, the deficiency resulting to the ststle
by the loss Of its emigration; and the fourth,
the gain by immigration oger It's natural IN"
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which, BY the extent Of her manufactures, ,hH2
gained o little more than her natural increase,
and Missouri, which has gained $50, ,o0o|arge'
II foreign. aud imbued with free principles
and tha loss In the Atlantic States ofthe South
almost e1aetly balances the gain IN the Gulf
states, There has really been no such thing
a. Immigration Into the Southern ststes ntne
last ten yeass,: 4 pa1try s, 900 year be- b been
added to III natural increase BY entsiders-'
hardly enough to deserve notice.
The table Of slave population tells another
story. Slaves never migrate Of their own will
except toward the North and Freedom. Al
their Bouthern movements are compulsory
In Delaware and Maryland there has been an
actual decrease Of $500. Slavery is slowly and
surely dying out in those States. But 10000
alaves have been transported from the seven
border. and Atlantic States to the SIX sonth-
western IN Gulf States. From Virginia alone,
q, 900 slaves hare been transported-whitherf
Is there an Interstate slave tEade? Virginia
has lost e5 600 slaves, Mississippi has gained
$1,000. North and South Carolina have lost
10000, Texas has gained 49, 900. Kentucky
and Tennessee have lost $1,000, Arknnaas has
gained that number # ne reckon their value
1t $500 per head, Virginia has received, as the
price Of slaves transported farther south, s7o'-
900 900 in the Last ten years !; s., 100000 per
yca1-more By se,ooo,ooo thnn tho whole
| amount Of wages paid in the manufactures OF
| that State, II niger breeding yields clear
! Income Of s., 100000 year, and the wages
| paid to manufacturing operatives amounts
only to &, ,4oo, goo, should not Congress recog-
nize and protect the former branch OF home
| industry" a. well as the 1atter2 -.
| Missouri tells . hopeful story. While the
free white population shows gain Of some
$4,000 over Its nstural increase, there has only
been an addition, by immigration, Of 6,ooo
! Slaves. That must soon take its rank, also,
among the Free States. Meantime, the Con
| fedefate States Of America" are shown to be In
the condition Of the family that sustained and
supported itaelf during the year on single
sixpence, by alternately buying and selling tt
one another the contents Of the whisky bar
rel. South Caro1ina and Georgia have beer
receiving their share Of the sixpence by selling
their negroes to the other members OF tht
family. By and By, their turn will come te
give up the sixpenee, VIII they want to re
ceiye back their negroes, to square the &c
couuty
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Total .-.. ,1,67s.1A 2,o21,@s4 ssf,aA Fa.1
61tayE POPULATION or SLAVE STATES. Q
True relative
IsHrnaAfan nj

= &4.s =
These results are Of great Significance. the
first table ehows-what is also shown By the
statistics Of irnmigration-:that the number
aade4 to the population Of the Free States u
the lust ten gaers, by foreign immigration Is
over 2 2ooo, 900; while TINT ADDED to tae s1hse
States, BY immigration from % quarters, Y
only some 100000, OF the industrious lanore'e
from other landa-a1lowing that the increase
in the Slave States comes from foreign ID
f,itions-~nye have settled in the Free Norsh
vhese nue has settled IN the Slave South but
the proportion Is probably much larger-being
at least ten to one. .S-
New England has lost about. 10000, Rall}e
the six Northwestern states have gained 1000
200, over md aboye the natural increase. Iherc
is whern thefree -laborlng men; from foreign
countries arc making tbs earth yield-some yield 70
somet 90, come 1oe lol4::::. .slI s1ayeho1dtng
statess -..virgfnia, North Cazo,ins, sorth Caro-
lins, GeoFgin, Tennessee, Kentucky -have loat
$40 10; i1hiis tie four states 81 sEssslssippi;;
1opiialenx, Atks11sas and Tenn have gained 4
1itsls .aore thkn c1pltang 1fa1yland,
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kellogg and His Constituents.

In the Poria County Republican Convention
held OIL the 21st inst, the following rezolu-
tions were unanimously adopted: :
Resoicsd, That we do not maintain two eets OF
principles one to be used before an election, and
fe eieIs Il ts ceago
cause we betere that they were r1gnt and ne e1l,
Eencea Of the times required their expression and
dzmed this opinion, and We believe that the perma
nent peace and prosperity Of the cou:t Try will be
best secured by carrying out those principles IN the
q TIE ate in
Congress by our Representative, Hon. YIN. Ksl-
logg to 1ngraft the platform npon the
iican, and thst we regard The conduct q our Rep
Fesentatiye In this respect as hsgranuy V1oIatfTe
Of the principles upon which be was elected, and
dence OF his constituents, and ought not to be
afdered as the Representative Of Republican prin-
c,es Gaad it Is tho sense Of this Conyention that
be ought to resign his trust in0 the hands OF the
people By whom he WAS elected.]
The Republicans Of Fulton county adopted
the following:
present crisis any question Of party interest,
benefit pride Jet believing thst the principles
which were endorsed, In a constitutional manner.
by the American people In the recent Presidential
election, are right and proper In themselves aud
Identified with the highest and best interests Of the
whole 1asion sound poliey and xnl.g.senta pa!ri-
adherence to those princ5ples and thar any depart
IRE thereffom In the face Of menaces and threats,
| would be demora1izins to the government; eub-
versiye Of the moss sacred rights guaranteed by
the Constitution; and calculated to undermine
md destroy the very basis upon which free tnztitu
| tions rest.
The following is the action of the Republi-
can Convention Of Tazewel1 County:
Reso9ysd, That while We would offer: to onr
| Southern brethren the olive branch of peace and
pledge them our hearty cooperation IN all constf-
tutional measures fer their benefit, which not to
the prejudice Of the interests ef the whole Union
we would earnestly declare that this Union must
| be preserved onr Constitution and Government
must be maintained, and the laws executed, and
to this end we pledge onr lives, our fortunes and
our Eacred honor.
Rs,pIped, Tint we view with profound regret the
position OF onr Representative IN Congress, and
warn him as he values the appreciation and SUPPORT
Of his constituents against any act OF suicidal poll
Ct at time when onr country needs every patriot
to stand 1m for the constitutional liberty onr faith
| ers left us.
! J. n. Hanna offered the following;
! ResolEed, That we repndiate in toto the corpro-
mise offered In Congress- by orr Representative,
|
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Marine.
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No CoERcIoa.-We are told that the bows
in the grammar schools Of this city, are talking
Of the formation Of an ami COERCION society. It
Is no coercion for them to spit in the mnster's
face, stick pins in his chair, put burdock buFs
In his hair, coop rooster II. his desk. and pin
placards upon his back; but for him to refuse
to be insu1ted, land to Insist: upon the obsery.
anee Of ordef and proper obedience, Is coercion,
which can never be tolerated by the sons oE
freemen Bath In1es. . -
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PosrKAsHha.-Capt- o. 4 2. Bailey was
chosen tho candidate for Plymouth, Indiana,
.by tbs Republican electors. of that: town Oh
the 18th inst He received 186 votes out Of
4.s5 cast :. =; william B. Taylor; Of Goshen, In
,diana Is the regularly elected Republican can-
= id;date for Postmaster Of that town: He re-
ceixed 1e4 ysssai out d iii. .144 COST Michael
WsySbiiiielk TesSce{Ys;d & 1s. CIV 11e. Ed
vasa Msrtsn 49, j. 2 F:sFiedesnabh ~ CIR Ja::
.,eohs ~. and Tia remainder scattering.
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The New Republic In South Carolina.
Correspondence Of the N. T. Tribune1

In this connection will mention the letter,
published in the Mercury few days since, by
the Hon. L. ", Spratt, 0 distinguished and
very able member Of the South Carolina Con-
yontion, and Commissioner on the part Of that
State to ezponnd the objects Of secession to
Florida, addressed to the Hon. Afr. Perkius Of
Louisiana. He pgoolalms at the outset that tbs
object Of the secession movement wns to pro-
tact Slavery where it existed, and to strength
en- and expand the system BY the revival Of
the foreign slave trade. He discusses at great
length and with much ability the philosophi-
cal aspects Of the question, and contends that
the number Of slaves should at least equal the
number Of whitco and for that reason lie de-
precates the Introduction of free mechanics
(mainly from the North) into Charleston as n
calamity threatening the worst Of conseQnen-
ces. South Carolina, he thinks, nearer tight
than any other State o. community, where
there Is "no appeal to the mass, because there
is no mass to appeal to; there are no dema-
gogues, because there is no populace to need
them" To secure this happy state Of things
against the possibility Of danger, the slave
system must be strengthened and extended by
direct slave trade, instead Of suffering the in
Production Of free hborers, who, says Mr..
Spratt,
"Will question the right Of masters to employ
their slaves in any work that they may wish inr;
they may acquire the power to determine our mn-
nicipal elections, snd they will ine1orably use III
fnTrr 3f[
Of slvery. NAV become the fortress Of Democratic
power agafnst it,
Heaten in their prand nurnose bv the Mont
e,onarv ronTan4;6n Il IL hnt natn1a1 That th,
So1th Carolinians should declare that it the
edict should " be carried irto the permanent
aove1nment, or so'ose n'o'e'''e"s y os5sdf<o~
DAYS M. op1a.t
IT VII aho1itionize the Border states-lt will
brand our inat1suton. shFery cannot snare cor,
nnon r. "tsn eee 9rsaSc o1ioa 'e1 NM a1a ~
paiaful, but tce NUT btar t. The Constitution
cannot be changed without it. e i dou6tfut v
another moes7nsnt totI o. g psdaf out 70 matter
a2 power oat tne eoH'easloa ean avert 1ne hecea
s''s'
Again, Mr. s. proclaims
''That Slavery, as get forth By the Southern Con-
nKe tne 4nrasaaa nosse reto1nlng 1io IT. tne
and navinn nsbieTed ona rerointion to ascape Dr'
mocracy at tie NORTH, !: 1,ust stM aeaieus dnoHer
| to eseape It at 10 SoukA'f
This il tha kev-note. accented and taken M
| hv the men whn fiared tn hecome ReheIs. yro
si1l insist m their Idea. and who. as at;.
! snratt assnres ns + he5Ied viii revnntioniza
a9a;n and neTssvera III fhe siaya srstem shaIi
:. ~ 80, 80. s-.,,,s:,s.sa - -.
serene eses a.ol. ~ no1nt ~ th ~
pTcssSt init. nj II tbs soathetn States and zuea
being the case," adds III. spratt, II is on:y f,r
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NAVIGATION OF THE m1ssASs1FfA'
We are informed that the Montgomery

NAVIGATION OF THE mlssASsAFFA'
We arc informed that the Montgomery
Convention, Congress. conclaVe, cabal' OF
what not have adopted something which
secures the free navigation Of the Aiss's-
sippi. According to our notions the treaty
Of cession by which Louisiana Territory
was purchased from France, together with
the Constitution of the United States, have
already secured that boon. Nothing which
these two instruments fail to secure in that
regard, will ever he sought by the North
west through any other paper guarantees.
But there is question yet unanswered by
the Montgomery cabal, and that relates to
the manner Of discharging and receiF-
ing cargoes at New Orleans. The free
navigation of The Mississippi is sham,
if every pound Of aour and meat which
seeks an outlet through the Gulf Of Mezl-
CO is required to rass through Custom
Heuse and pay duties at New Orleans-if
every invoice OF foreign goods is subjected
to the same courtesy before passing onward
to ST. Louis, Cincinnati, Galena and St.
Panl The main object had Ia view bythe
United States Government in purchasing
Louisiana, was 10 secure that important
depot Of transhipment. Under the law Of
nations, all States inhabiting uaylgable
stream are entitled to the right OF free
transit from its source to it's mouth. But
they are not entitled to the important priv
11ege of holding q city in foreign territory
wherein they may unload and reload This
is the point. Let US hear word or two IN.
examination before we are treated to any
more chaf about the free navigation Of the
Mississippi-as though that were something
Of the utmost consequence in itself con-
sidered.
The Montgomery men need not, hower-
er. cudgel their brains very much shout it.
The fres navigation Of the Mississippi will
never become thesubject Of treaty between
the people Of the Northwest and any other
people whatsoever: II will never be ac-
cepted as gratuity. It is their s1ght, and
they will assert it to the extremity OF blot
ling Louisiana out of the map. You may
"overrun us, you may e1terminate Us out
"you can never subdue u.s. said hfr. Bell
jamin whea lc vacated his seat in the Sen
ate and announced the departure Of Louis
ia1a from the Union which bought her
from France Very well! This overrun.
ming aud cxterminaling may be shocking
thing, but if It becomes necessary to put an
entirely neg race Of men in possession Of
Louisiana, 10 secure the great nntional right
for which Louisiana was first obtained,
the thing will be done. Call it by what
name you choose; twill be done. Said Mr.
Clay in 1850: "Ihope there is NO one here
".beforc whose imagination Is fitting the
Aidea Of grea. Southern Confederacy to
'4*'take possession Of the Balize and the
.aamouth Of the Mississippi / say in my
'..place, never, nerer, peye1, shall we who
"occupy the broad waters Of the Missis'
.ts;ppi and its upper tributaries, consent
shat any foreign flag shall float Mt the
:~Balizc or uE9as Tie turrets Of the Crescen
4GayszrEn, NEVER So says TIL
Northwest to-day: 49,.
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TIE UNION AND TIE CoSs71TEE1oS.-The
two engines which conveyed Mr.. Lincoln over
the Hudson River Railroad were the Union"
and the " Constitution" He started from Al
bany with the "Unlon" and reached New York
with the It Constitution
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QUY THE GENUINE.

RUY THE GENUINE.
Lnbin,s Extracts,
Lubin,s Fomades.
Lubln,s HaIr OH,
LubfnsE Cosmetic.
LubiR's Rose Powder
Lubln's R1ce Powder,
Luhin'a Pearl White, d
Lubln's LAvander,
Lubinss Rouge,
Lubinss Pa4tiIes,
Lub1n's Soups.
The best variety OF Fine Toilet Goods vess of Nsv
York J.H REID 4 CO.
Dsug9i>td and ApothscaE1ea, III d l48 axe street
FOR THE TEETH.-Jewsbury
II & Crowns Oriental Tooth Paste,
Row1andsa Odonto,
Peleteer's Odontlne,
Peieteerss 0donta1gtc EltIeF,
Bazfnsa Odonftne,
Razinss Charcoal Tooth Paste,
BazIn,s BaIsanlio E1t1ers
Bazinss BaIsamtc Powder,
Royce Il Esterleyss Denttfrfce,
nr. Allport's Denttfrfce.
Thuratonss Tooth Powder,
Tooth Soap
Tooth Arn1hc8s
Large stock Of bsst Pazis and Lnndon BEushes~.
No. 81 Lake street. opposite fremont Honse.
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CtifaiqoI' Trihtttte.


MONDAY, FEBRUARY 70. .1d6l.
-. :: = 4 ERoss on1ss1oN.
It will be q matter Of wonder to the
reaaers Of the TRIBUNE that in the speech
cs at the Wigwam and at the Briggs House
On Washington's Birth Day, notthe slight
est reference was made to the, anh-sl lavery
sentiments entertained by the Father Of his
Country, nor to the emancipatng CID use in
his VIII, by which he rounded opt and
completed hereputation which makes him
the foremost Of men. This omission on
such IN occasion, when eulogists were tor
turing their memories for Incidents upon
which thy might hang laudatory senten-
ces, shows how Slavery has corrupted ana
debauehed the public mind Of the forth.
The time was III Virginia, nay, IN South
Carolina even, when illusions to waning
toms anti-slavery opinions orto the settled
principles upon which he gave freedom 70
his bondsmcn, would have called forth
storms of applause Now, modern Dem
ocracv has wrought such unwholesome
changes that, almost any where IN the
- e...s~. ~ 10 .ct wo,,,d subject t11r
"p4'4.Ds ~ ~ 49, 49, 80
spe'he, W q 'oA' o1 a. s'la ,aa.t" .. =, M tha
IL eue Ho1t'' nAsn :" "noso as<.,H ns 70 ~ = - - t1,a
r'gat pace, oea.ns 1eepoue.' -s
impulses ol 'ne " asnnst toutan ',a, ,:., g. g.
!oFceo 90 pu. paolo11 W ...sn -ro.aa M
1eal enaa tepe..aon - :" ''s - w. ~ 'a,o-z
of co1i'ne1's.on y. W. y. .'., - 49,, -, ssa,aa
ons ae's: "o.na ss13ess :' aneaaes n ~ - ~ .cnn,sr
o1 ana'ls'sla, - a.lu w -:aanNt - ~ ~ ho-r
contemp.' Ho -. - i, .ha o-ea+
moaiMW ens 49, .a''s a..aa. -. +ha+ rh;ch
aeeas ~ " ss1nl !@.s;a~ ~ ~ ~ ,,,;,;taw ~ and
n.ore tnhn us y. as. e..:-.o.. -. trow 49,
clsn poSes su J - state nrovad the sin.
t@1res anu o'1'as =. s.s., xG, sna.,15 ha
.e.iy " 9 -s:..ad -s ~ :, -, - ~aoon;tn,o+;on of
,neon' ons .s.s.:..,.as-a. 1'1 -, w. .a,,;rat;on ~
! - .ss4ea ~ 49, an5 ha,~ 400 mon1nfn1 the
tls nso 4 - ~ s o1.;ss,on ~ that the ;na;v;dn-
~ =. ~ a.aat - -. -.r nrofassod11 Founded
e ~ I na,aaa,..+;e nr;nc;n1ea wh;c1,
~ 4roI -. snI as,;sas TX 1afss,~on fought
,, r Iss ahas,-sa ~ -acs,,;nc IN n11,.
~ ~ .a.e,1aot;on ~ he dead tbev would
, ~ csoa. - aT.,sa,n narocrocv and the
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A Daatb-Bed Repentnnce

The Washington Inseuigencer publishes the
letter written by Gen. Dix, last October, in
reply to . request from the Chairman OF the
Democratic General Committee for perm1s-
sion to assess the clerks in the Post-ol1ice in
this city for election expenses. The General
condemns the practice in question as degrad-
ing, says that he cannot allow the Office to be
SO distonored, and positively declines to allow
any forced contribution to be levied on the
clerks, whose salaries are barely adequate to
the support of their families.
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8 PoFuIA71ox..oF MONTREAL The 1atec census
Of Montreal, Canads, shows a population Of
10, ,ea In 1sso 1t was a7,7l5 increase =; $? Z
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~ Rev: ]. q. Henderson, President OF the
Mendoza Collegiate Institute, and pastor Of the
FGtt Presbyterian church Of that toKn, died
faw days since.
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r o U r TIL 7 E A RI!
D, b. COOKE l. CO.'S CITY D{RECIORYy
THE CHICAGO CITY DIRECTORY.
For fha Vear 1891

VIII delivery about tho 18Th of juno Tbe
canvass Elu Do Made promptly after the removals aud
eaagTsss e t Nay. hy eoEpS e CoxsEExx1: EIesaz
Every pains viii he taken 70 make. She the present
Tolnme more @ @sa91set snd complete than any q our
R4Eed with \ eraipa1ronage.
0uE adsestts!ne 1gent vii call st once upoa our
RU21les1 Men B6nkaz8t, {nanYanco COZ. Mannheim
tts Commission Merchants. Express Co.'S, and Rail
roads andNe ea1nEsty SOLICIT their fayozt ASSUMING
ppe patrons Ah40 be spared on our part q
give booka vide circulation throughout 10 al,
tra c*T ind tie sountry toNns Of tho West
DsB. CGoKE CO. III Lafa ksraat