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MONTGOMERY, ALA, Aug. 3, 1859
To the Editor Of the wORKNGMAH's ADVOCATE:
am in receipt Of the last number OF your
paper containing some interesting ooserVa'
tons, editorially, in reference to your plat
form. see nothing in the platform adopt
ed by your convention in Chicago last year
At all Objectionable to any honest man. W
the contrary, there are principles laid down
there worthy Of the thought and considers
ton Of every man in the nation. Nor dol
see that the great work in which you are 70
active and 50 distinguished a cO-operStor,H
ut all confined to any particular class. II"
true that the main object Of your organize
ton is to protect the honest laborlng mau
and to secure 10 him the fruits Of has tohi
but it does not follow that an orglnllaIon
devoted especially to the advancement o.
particular interest necessarily c0m0ats otnei
great interests On the contrary, u seems
to me that what is good for the laoorrs mSu,
the right arm Of the nation" - gcou ~
the nation. 80
Having been honored by the Mobile WI WI
Montgomery Unions with credentials su ~
be present at your annual convention On -
| 18th, where | will have the pleasure y NV
versing and interchanging ideas win ee
Of your leading men, the result OF wl'Sr'
hope, will be to attain the great oOleT'
\ which the IabOring men Of the country
haan .triv;no Hal. 7. WALKES'
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Al the last session uf the Workin.-
Union Of New York, Mr.. Nelson W ".
paid the following tribute 70 the
OF Mr.. Sylvis. He said O'J
GENrLEMEN-Before We procsad 80.
the work which has brought NJ tors.s suer 10
night have a painful duty IN .ust 70.
Since our last meeting al event 1 aotn.
red which has cast gloom over iii oOcer-
community. W. Fl Sylvis President et1ura
Workingmen's Union is no more. H. zoe
stricken down 10 the prime n l;fa was
zenith OF his youth. I feel tia. ~ il Zoe
q labor has met with an irreD,rsb1. 0suse
Mr. SylVls will be missed ia the ner, ,Sss
congress. His memory will long " chs,i.S'
e. out when 10 later but not f,r J;..'
years the working men shall Be callad ' ~H
70 NIL positions OF honor and trrst 7; upon
state and National Governments. M r. !" 'ne
". d. Sylvls will be revered, and bis ieo'
10 the great labor cause is worthy IS @OOrs
uiation. Let US not then, mourn ill., TN n'
VINO nave no hope, but remembar - -
our regrets, that the same merciful God 49,
TOT some wise purpose, has seen A. = vi, ny
from us our friend and standard go go
VIII raise as up another leader. WIN Nh
marshal our forces add lead then wi ".H
the great work In hand.
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FROM CALIFORNIA.

Jan chANCAsCOS august tLn, l6by.
A. @ CAEEROSs Eco. We have learned With
deep regret that your esteemed partner has
died. While we are sure 1t IL great loss to
you We feel that it 10 a national calamity.
The news was made known to me while
presiding ct meeting of the State OOun-
oil, when business was suspended, an6s com
mittes appointed, who in 6 few moments
came in with a resolution announcing the
great loss. The resolution was published
and the committee continued with inStruc.
tons to bring in further resolutions, which
will be done to morrow night, when the par
ticulars will be sent you.
am sorry have not been able to leave
here yet, but will try to be in PhilacslPhis
on the 10th Of this month.
Yours, truly
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FROM ILLINOIS.
BELLEvILLE, Ills, Aug. IT'D, 1875

BELLEvILLE, Ills, Aug. ITO, lcoS.
A. @. CAMERON, ESQ
very much regret the
death of our mutual friend, Mr.. Sylvis, from
whom received a letter dated July 2lsi,
just six days before his departure, urging ns
il possible, to attend the Congress at Phila-
delphia. On receipt Of the news Of bis death
wrote a small paragraph tributary to bis
memory, and had the same published on the
editorial page Of one OF our local papers, n
copy Of which / addressed to your Office,
marked. Before | heard of the death Of
your President, had written him some
what hAstY letter to Philadelphia, informing
him Of the reasons why could not be with
you in the approaching Congress, and pro
missing to try to do something for your pa
per, both 10 the way Of writing, AID also
getting it into circulation among the miners
Of this section. This will vet do as leisure
may permit me. With my best wishes for
your success, and the success Of your paper
the cause il advocates, | am, dear frieDd'
yours respectfully, in haste,
JOHN HINCHCLIF-E,
TTntun
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FROM WISCONSIN.
MILWAUKEE, August lOsh' ioO' 4.

MILWAUkEEi ANou07 49,
Mr. A. G. CAMERON: Sir you WI o1
Iron Moulders' Union No. 125, Of Mh"AuA''
BY publishing the following resolutions No
At meeting Of Iron Moulders GniO1 W.
IFS, Of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, held Fn1ly NM
ming, August 9th, 1859, the following 80 ".iTe
tons we're unanimously adopted, as eAPrO''
Of the senti uents of said Union; HANG
WHEREAS, Il has pleased the Almigny Lived Love-
ser Of human events TO take from u our De s.,.b-
President, VIM Fl. Sylvls, who vas evs :. tbOse
full 70 the interest Of our Union, as wen = nodeg
Of the laboring classes in general an1
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FROM EURO
rOurIn Annual Congress Of the Wo,t.
1nEmen's Association.

Ine Fourth Annual Congress u tbe r,
ternational Workingmen's Association III
assemble on Monday, September 6. 1890 :,
Bale, In Switzerland. The subjects for N.
elaboration Of the Congress are as folIov,
J. The question Of landed property
z. The right to inheritance.
.. To what extent can credit Be immad;.,.
~ utilized by the working class
4. The question Of general education.
D. The influence Of trades unions noo, u.
emancipation Of the working class. nm M
Order Of proceeding: |. Veri6cation or
Credentials. 2. Election Of Congress OS'
GERS. 3. Report OF the General Council. NM
Reports Of the Sections and Branches'
Discussion Of the subjects on the Pro.
gramme. 5. Appointment OF the Seat y
the General Council fer the ensuing vesr
8. Election Of the Members of the Gensrri
Council. z. Appointment Of the time and
place OF meeting OF the next Congress.
n. B.-The statis.ical inquiry into tia
condition Of the working classes is still pro.
seeding; contributions are solicited.
By order of the General Council,
EUGENE DUPoNT, Chairman.
CowELL STEPEEY, Treasurer.
j. GEORGE EccARIUs General Secretorv
)hce-256, High Holborn, London, VIC
june %, 1869.
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CoLLRoE Hin AuO y 1870

CoLLEos HILL, Aug. z, 1859.
DEAR CAMERoS:
l feel deeply the loss Of our noble Sylvis.
| received letter from him only the day
before heard Of his death. Who can take
his place in the great work Of reform 10
which be had devoted his laborious lifet
l have q strong desire to attend the Phila.
delphia Convention as a member. and am
not without hope that may be able to DO
50. Il is not certain.
My whole purpose Of life il to promote
the cause Of wOrkingmen and to that I con
secrats oil the energies of my nature.
Yours as ever,
ST CARY.
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VIM Ii STLvIs, the subject Of the follow
ing biographical sketch, was born in the
town Of Armagh, Indiana county, Pennsyl-
vania, on the 10Th of November, 1928, of
foreign parents, bis father being native of
France and his mother a native Of Ireland
us father was wagon maker BY trade,
and IN the financial depression Of 1887 was
reduced along with thousands Of others. 70
Strengthened circumstances. William beinp.
naturally OF an independent disposition. de-
termlned to leave the paternal roof. and
shift for himself. For some months he "a
cured employment on farm, but afterwards
went to work in blast furnace. In those
days foundry was connected With all BIAS:
furnaces, and thus he learned the trade Of
iron moulding. He worked at several places
in the interior of Pennsylvania until the year
1852, when be married and settled ia Pbila-
delpbla.
10 1855, the stove and hollow ware mold. |
ers' union of Philadelphia was organic ed
of which he became an active member. and
was elected Secretary. In 1857 be first
broache the subject of National Union of
bis fellow craftsmen, and was appointed ona
Of committee to agitate and investigate
S~~.-~'--f 1850 R--S--<eUs-
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gold, bond, and interest Laws A free gov
money, must now be the cry tor working
men. This END accomplishei, neither CooI,e
nor African can injure woIkingwen. The
larger the produc ion tn more the disiribu
ton under just and equal lIWs. Men will
get their due share, ana largely increased by
the increased production. Toe fault does
not lie in the pro luctiOn, but in the distri
button ami it i to these unequal cor porAte
laws to which the attention Of labor men
must be turned and to change these all
their energies must be directed.
We Won't DO IL.
A correspondent takes to task on our def
milton of our status on the question of Pro-
lection vs.. Trade, and asks US to take one
side or the other. Now we wish to inform
this ''irr epressible" that we WON'T do any
such thing, and furthermore that be don't
believe a word Of bis balder dash. The
workingmen Of this country are not united
on these questions, and he only shows his
Ignorance by ''re- Affirming to the CO ltrary.
We think W. are in as good position as our
friend to know whereof We speak, and a lit
tie better ! Il be were only as great stick
Ter for the financial plank Of the labor plat
form ss his letter shows him to be-a party
toady-we should have much 1re faith than
we have in bis protest. ons Of loyalty TO the
cause Of the oppressed
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who moves in q my sterious way,
Hh wonders to perform.
pOlOgy.

Owing to the press Of matter in our pre-
sent issue our correspondents in California
New York, Michigan, Virginia, North Caro-
lima, Louisisns, Illinois, Indiana. Massa-
chussetts, Connecucut, Missouri, and Wis
consin will excuse us for the nou-appearance
Of their communications in the preseDtIssue.
We hope they will accept the will for the
deed. and our heartfelt thanks for their pro-
ductions. In a week or two all will be
righted.
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A LIberaI OheT.

We will send a new Wilcox & Gibbs sewiKe
machine, office price sos, TO the agent sendikg
the largest number Of subscribers, from Jfy
LIST, 1859, to January LIST, 1870. This is a BotI
TIDE offer, and a record will be Kept and tue
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TIE Labor Union Of Wisconsin has passed
q series Of resolutions deploring the loss Of
President Sylvis. They are uOavOidably
laid over.
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CORRESPONDENCE.
FROM OHIO.

I'VE do not hold ourselves responsible for any O,n
on en- pressed by our Correspondence
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MoURSKRs.
Mrs. WIN. II. sylvis, J. G. Sylvis and children.
Mr.. and Mrs Dent, and Mrs. Statler.
Messrs. Cameron, Trevellick, Walls and John
Mr.. Sylvis' Sabbath School Class.
Friends in Carriages.
Iron Moulders Unions Nos. l and is, of Phila-
delphia-
Delegates from New York City,
Brooklyn,
Morrissiana,
Albany,
Spayten Dyvil,
Baltimore,
Williamsport
Cincinnati.
Temple Of Honor, Minnehaha Circle.
Delegation from the New York Germa Work
ingman's Assembly.
Friends.
Al the arrival at the church an able and
eloquent sermon was preached By bis pas
tor from the text
"My ways are not as your ways nor my
thoughts as your thoughts, Tor as the heavens
are high above the earth, 80 are my ways ahove
your ways, my thoughts above your Thoughts
After briefly referring to the inscrutsble
dlspensation which had called his hearers O.
gether and the almost irreperable loss, which
the toilIng millions Of the country had SUI
fered BY the death of their leader in the
verv zenith Of his fame, and when his hopes
seemed about to be realized, the speaker
dwelt MT length on the christian virtues OF
the deceased, and the sterling qualities
which peculiarly distinguished him alike IN
his public and private life. HIS eulogium'
90 earnest, SO unaffected and so truthful
touched sympathetic chord in the hearts
Of all present, as was eviuced by the out
burst Of genuine sorrow which was heard
on every hand. Scarcely dry eye was to
be seen; rough, strong men vert, as per
haps they had never wept before, and bowed
their heads in humble submission to the 10
finite decree of Him
who moves in q mysterious way,
Hk wonders to perform.
At the conclusion Of the pastors remark
the coffin lid was removed to enable all pres
ent to take last, lingering look at their De
loved friend, during which many IA IS an
tear were planted on the marble brow. Th'
corteee then took up its solemn march t.
the beautiful cemetery Of Laurel Hill, stu
sted on the banks Of tbs Schuylkill, wber'
now sIumbers the mortal remai1s- gres
and good man, a worthy citizen. lovin
! husband, and kind and indulgens parsL'
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE LABOR UNION
THE FOURTH CONGRESS.

The Third Annual Congre u the Ma
uonal Labor Union will assemU. at Pnila.
delplha on the 10Th inst. The interest ane
Importance Of these annual reunions Of dele
gates from the various unions aud organ "a
lions OF workingmen Of every variety d
industrial occupation, have ircreased with
each session, s:bce the fist one, which me-
at Baltimore three years ago.
That first session grew Out u the con.
seriousness that the local efforts Of working.
men could never remedy the evils by which
they were assailed, and the wrongs to which
they were subjected 1t was evident enough
that i was only by Matchmaking their strug-
gle, and by establishing unity of action
among the working classes throughout all
states, that success could reasonably be an
ticipated.
The Baltimore Convention, alter much
hesitation and doubt, rather foreshadowed
than announced, that unless the existing
political organizations would turn their At
tenuons to the live issues Of the dsv. and
relieve labor Of the burdens unnecessarily
and wrOngfully imposed upon il, and which
mad become insupportsble, woi klngmep
would be forced, il al organization OF their
own, to redress their wrongs. The work
ihgmen at that time were fresh from battle
n-lds, where the integrity Of the Union had
been preserved in spite of rebellious combi-
nations OF men south and reasonable comm;
hauons OF capital north and they could not
believe that the great political parties 10
which they had been attached would not liz.
Ten to their appeal for justice. The wear
following that first Baltimore Convention had
made II only too evident that the rulinp
party was striving to widen and antaeonize
more ieaIiully than ever, the interests Of
labor and capital; aud was lending the
weight Of It's powerful organization to crush
the aspirations Of wOIkingmen. Il vas evil
cent, too, that the leaders Of the Democratic
party, and many Of the principal journals
were as deeply hostile TO the labor move
ment as the leaders Of the r. publican party
Lad shown themselves to be. AccordinOlr
The National Labor Congress which met in
Chicago two years ago, laid down broadly
ard distinctly ITS declaration of principles
and aVoWed its purpose to make them tri-
umphant.
Inns statement ofprincip!Cs was reafirmed
by the Labor CongIess Of last year in New
York. and adopted generally by the various
local labor unions 1t explicitly defines the
position Of the wOrkingmen, and points GU.
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on bis own commission, he received SlC0 per
III head. From the frat, these men stated that
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LABOR ITEMS.

W. OPkAGUS
W. H. SrLvIs, Pres't Nat. Labor Union.
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interest OF pTlVlegeu anu HOuOtJOliL w pow
ers could not be established, nor attempted
to oe established, without another civil war.
This would seem to be sufficient in itself to
induceany man, who sincerely believed IN
the possibility Of such a contingency, TO ad-
vocate measures to prevent It, regardless Of
consequences personal to himself.
saw in addition to this the certain loss
Of the industries Of the people, and | saw
them unemployed Two results must follow
from Ihis-pOvertX.an and disturbance. This
again Was sufficieHfto prompt me to devise
measures that would revive the interests al
ready lost, save th'se that were languishing,
and protect those that we're strong. | had
come 20 the conclusion, from q knowledge OF
the ineficiency VI our revenue system, that
| our industrial interests C Iuld not be pro
tected through q tariff, growing out Of the
great inducements to smuggling and the cor
ruptive influences constantly At work on the
agents Of the government, and the high cos
Of production IN our country and the low
cost of production in countries competing
with us. | found that It was simply tn,
ability OF the money dealers to command al
the profits incluent to the carrying on 0
business, and that il the protective iIhuenc,
of the tariff were e1ectusl, the demands q
money would take all the advantages NhIcI
any increased per centage Of duties woul
give to the American producer.
repeat that to this high est q p7OduC
ton in this country and low cost sbroat
alone attributable the greater part tina
money bears TO prOcuclio,. Ia thIs cvunIT
Than in the countries 10 which | have ref,
red. Heretofore the high cosI u labor i
this country has been alleged a the reas"
for the higher est Of pr oductiOn. Blu; !
my experience tbs is not 50. And hs Ear
nothing in saying that ia my Judgment III
wages and salaries received by The people j
this country would not buy a. much, eve
before the war, as the wages and salaries
the same class Of people IN the countries
! have referred TO. THIS 10 certainly 90 EOv
Consequently the labor part Of our produ'
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~A western engineer tells the fol
lowing story about himself: "One night
the train stopped to wood and water at a
small station in Indiana. While this
operation was going on I observed two
green looking countrymen in "humspun'
curiously inspecting the locomotive and
occasionally giving vent to expressions
of astonishment. Finally one of them
looked up at me and said, stranger, are
this loccmotive? Certainly. Didn't
you ever see one before? No, haven't t
never saw one afore Men Bill come
down to the station tonight purpose to
see one. Them's the biler, amt it ?
"Yes, certainly What yer call that
you're IMP we call this the cab. And
this big wheeli' That's tie driving
wheel That big black thing ON top is
the chimbly, supposeT Precisely BE
you the engineer wot runs the machine ?
4 am the engineer 'Bill,' said the fel-
low to his mate, after cycling me closely
for few minutes, it don't take much of
a man to be engineer, do it?' All
aboard ~
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SUlcIDE-A WOMAN HANGS HERSELF
TO TREE-On Friday evening while
some men were in the woods in Jefferson
township, Noble County, they discover
ed what they thought was a garment
hanging in a tree. On approaching it,
they were horror stricken to find that
the supposed garment was the dead body
of a woman. She had tied a piece OF
brown twine about her neck, fastenln
the other end to the limb of afallen tree
On further investigation the body proved
to be that Of Mrs. Lore, a German wo.
man living near Colorado, ',Enoch town.
ship. She had left home on Wednesday
to 90 to the residence of her daughter,
about mile distant. Her friends, sup.
posing her to be safe, were not alarmed
at her absence. She had been hanging
since Wednesday, as the snow which fell
that night covered the body like wind
ing sheet. Family troubles are supposed
to have caused the suicide, as she die
not live agreeably with her husband
Esquire Sullivan, of Jefferson township
held an inquest on the remains, but We
have not heard the verdict-Barnesrill'
Enterprise, Feb. IL.
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Sale of Real Estate.

an SATURDAY, THE l3rn DAY OF MARCH,
" 1869, at l o'clock P. NJ, on the premises,
will be sold to the highest bidder tbs follow
ing real estate, as the property Of Philip
Twaddle, decd, to wit: Southwest quarter Of
southeast quarter of section thirteen township
four range five. containing forty acres; also,
southwest quarter of northwest quarter same
section township and range, containing forty
acres also, ooutheast quarter Of southwest
quarter same section township and radge
containing forty acres-in all one hundred
and twenty acres, more or less. Subject tt
dover of Mary Twaddle.
| TERMS OF SALE--Ons.third In hand, one
third in one year, one-third in two years
deferred payments to bear interest from da.
of sale, and to be secured to the satisfaction
of tho undersigned. HUGH b. HILL.
Adm'r of the estate of Philip Twaddle, decd
! feb9w5.
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Pardon for Spangler.

Apetition, numerously signed by the
most prominent officials of Baltimore,
and influential and respectable citizens of
Maryland, asking the pardon of Span
gler, one of the prisoners confined at Dry
Tortugas for completely in the assassin
alton of Mr.. Lincoln, has been presented
to the President. 1t is signed by be-
tween one and two hundred gentlemen,
including the Mayor of Baltimore, judges
of the Supreme bench, Superior bench,
clerks of the several courts of Baltimore,
sheriff, members of the City Council, &c,
The President has the case under adverse
ment, and it is believed that the conclu-
sive argument of the petitioners will pre-
vail with him, and that Spangler will be
pardoned.
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Cincinnati Market,

February 5.
FLOUR-Dull; sales of family att 25
az so.
WHEAT-Dull at Goal 10 for No.
2 and No. / red. s..
CORN-Dull at 64a65c. '.
RYE-Advanced to l AZ.
OATS-In active demand and prices
a shade better; white 67a6Sc; No. l, 65a
66dCNo. l, 64c.
BARLEY-In good demand at full
rates.
COTTON-Quiet and firm at 29c for
middling.. 1903. a.'. att
WHISKY-Firmer at the close, and
prices tending upward: sales of 1900
bbls. at 93a94c.
SUGAR-Is 4aIc higher and the de-
mand good and partly speculative, under
the advices from Cuba.
BUTTER-Scarce and higher; fresh
a0a37c.
EGGS-Dull at 20c.
OILS--Linsead dull at / 06a1 OF
demand light, lard firm and in good de
mand at l 10; petroleum unchanged
refined 35a37c.
MESS PORK-Sold early in the morn
ing at "a 90, buyers option for the
month, but at the close there was no de
mand. -. ... .-- 80.
BULK MEATS-Could have been
bought this afternoon at 13Ra15ac.
BACON-Nominallv unchanged, and
not much ont of smoke; shoulders l5c
sides II talStc for clear rib and clear.
LARD-Dull and not in demand and
can be bought at 2O4c.
GOLD-134t buying.
DISCOUNT-Dull at lilo per cen.
buying.