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ROCKS AND STATIONERY.

vTOODHOUSE d PARHAM have in the
w same building with their bookstore COM
plctc BoQKBINDERY and SLA M, t"ois
and machinery which. with good workmen. enable
them to execute orders for F1RST-CLASS WORK
on as good terms rs the best houses anywhere.
Merchants. bankers, railroad ana insurance
Offices clerks of courts, and others, can have their
books made here to any pattern desired.
good stock Of blank books OF regular iorina cai
aIways be found on their shelves ready for use.
y27
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

nANIEL O'DONNELL,
~ AT SIS BROAD STREET,
is prepared to execute all descriptions OF
GAS-FITTING AND PLUMBING.
Having had long practical experience in this
class of work, he hopes to give satisfaction as to
prices and workmanship. my S-3n
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Lumber, LATEgS, DC.

u F.w. GIBSON. WILLIAM LIE hihh'
GIBSON Il HILL, ,,,,
MAYO'S ISLAND.
LUMBER, LATHS, PAIL1NGS, &c.
RJII TIMBER furnished at shortest notice.
IN I'm
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CHEAP FUEL! CHEAP FUEL I!

SOFT COKE FOR THE MILLION, fresh from
the mines the best and cheapest fuel ever used for
stoves, ranges etc. ; is easy to kindlc, and does
not niurc the stove or range like anthracite Goa l.
fact everybody, will find it 10 their interest to use
1t, as it Is only $3.50 per load IiALD C0hE
SIS SOFT HAIL COKE, s.; CLOVER I'LL,
COAL. SO. ANTHRACITE COAL and OAK md
PINE WOOD at market rates. Liberal arran C.
mcnts will be made with dealer, md Ia .gc CON
sumcrs. If you want good SOfI r,r,, ne sure
to go 10 Il. IL: CoI l,Ei-l:
No. oil Basin bank, between
X o0-lm Ninth and Tenth streets
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A NTIIRACITE COAL
"A At MARKET RATES.
All sizes of the celebrated LORBERRT RED
ASHANTIRACITE COAL delivered promptlya ut
current rates.
Coal carefully screened. and sold by weight.
:. =. LATHROP.
fe % Seventeenth street ut draw-bridge.
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DOWuATAN STEAMBOATerIrl. !,

COMPANY.-Stcamcrs STATE .Ssass,. -
OF MARYLAND and PETERSBUKG.-thcap
reliable. and safe route Ia Baltimore, Savannah,
Boston, and the West. Tri-wcckly line 10 Baltt-
more, making close connections with steamers To
Philadelphia. No transhipmrnt OF goods BE-
tween Richmond and Baltimore. Leave Bait
more every TUESDAY, THURSDAY. and SA-
TUKDAY. Leave Richmond every TUESDAY,
THURSDAY, and SATURDAY.
Freight received every day Except Sundays up
to O'Clock l.. VI. These steamers have excellent
saloon, statcroom, and passenger recommendations
Fare, 81 meals and StalcrOom extra. For freight
or passage, apply To
IIAkVEYS & WILLIAMS Agents,
III 10 Commercial Block.
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L'0R NORFOLK, PORTS-cSIsIr,,
4 MOUTH, AND ALL REGULAR 49, ....ss<---
LANDINGS ON TIE JAMES RiVER.-1hc fast
and elegant UNITED STATES MAIL steamer
ELIZA HASCOX, Captain Il. C.-GIFFoKD, leaves
her wharf 1t Rockets for the aboyc-naincd places
OH MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and FRIDAYS,
at O'Clock 4. NJ, ndrcturns on Tuesdays, Thurs
days, and Saturdays.
Passengers arrive In Norfolk In time 10 con-
meet with steamers for Baltimore and points
North.
Traius leave City Point for Petersburg on arri-
val OF steamer.
Fare TO Norfolk =. so.
FREIGHT
received Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays,
from IL NJ to j. NJ, for Norfolk. Portsmouth
Boston, Baltimore, and principal landings on
Chesapeake bay. and all regular landings on james
river, ut reasonable rates.
NO WHARFAGE CHARGED.
frci2hs for way-landings must be pre- paid.
Apply 10 L. Il. TATuM, Agent.
jl 20 Ofice, steamers wharf.
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MOOD AND COAL.

A NTHRACITE COAL.-For sale to ar
N rive 200 tons best quality LORBERRf RED
ASH EGG, and STOVE COAL. AS coal Is daily
advancing In the Philadelphia market those wish
ing to Law in their winters supply VIII ma III 10
their interest to call at my Office and leave their
orders. ,r,,
streets. ly2l W lhI hODEhI7.
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OFFICE BOARD OF EDUCAT1oN,l

cJJMAC WANTED.-We pay the highest
= market price in CASH for SUMAC, delivered
either at our tanncry, In Manchester, or at store
li22 Main street, Richmond. The suniac must be
of good color, well dried, and free from berries,
stems, and sand. w o, . ,-,>-,
iy Ia HULSI " MIMI
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RAILROADS.

TTFi S5n
sEE ~ .sss:,....;sStl
RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG, AND Potomac
RAILROAD COMPANY,
RICHMOND, VA, Jaly 2. 1880. !
V'HROUGH TICKETS TO SAN FRAN.
L CISCO AND SACRAMENTO, ChLIFOR
MA, OVER THE PACIFIC RAILROAD
Through tickets from Richmond, Va, To the above
named points for sale ut the Tickct-oficc Of hi,
company, corner of Byrd and Eighth streets. For
further information apply at the Office Of the com
pany, corner Broad and Eighth streets.
J. Is. GENTRY,
iy 26-6t General Ticket agent
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A MIDDLE-AGED MAN, with a small
ness. wishes a situation rs MANAGER OF
FARM, large or small. Apply in person or by
letter to FRANK G.. RUFF1N,
tx 2l-dSwlw Office Southern Planter.
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RICHMOND AND DANNlLLE RAIL
II ROAD.-CUANGE OF SCHEDULE;-un
and after SATURDAY, May 90. 1853, the fAS-
SENGER TRAINS on this road will be run a. iol-
lows: - ....... ..,,.,,
GONG WEST, LYNCHBURG PASSENGERS
leave Richmond daily except sunday at sis \.
NJ; arrive at Emrkcyillc at 1880 4: NJ, making
close connections with trains on the S"ulsldc rnad
for Farmyillc, Lynrhhurg, Bristol, kuoNyillc,
Nashville, Memphis Sc. 81. TiiRpuGli NAL
AND EXPRESS leaves Richmond dali! nj $40 !.
NJ. leaves DanyiIlc daily at $40 j. NJ: arrives at
Greensboro daily at l:53 T.. W.. making close con,
ucctons for all stations on the North Carolina roai
both East and West of Greensboro, Charlotte,
Columbia. Augusta. and all points south 49,
GONG EAST. THROUGH MAIL. AND EN-
PRES, leaves Greensboro daily ut l:i5 a. NJ;
leaves Danyllc daily ut 40! A. NJ: arrives mt Rich
m0nd daily at'l0.5S A. VI. LlNCilBuRH iAN-
SENGERS leave Burkeviilc daily except Sundays
at | Is L. NJ: arrive ut Richmond at i:J5 +. NJ.
Through tickets can be- procured at the ticket "i.
flee in Richmond to all important points South ana
Southwest. and at Greensboro and DanNilc 10 all
points North. East, and West. "
THOMAS DODAMEAD,
my2s superintendent
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By Thomas w. Kccsce, Auctionecr
No. 1877 Main street.

GprRns & WILLIAMS, Auctioneers.
L.. ~ ataNoyytdS
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nv Thomas W. Kccscc, Auctionccr,
No. 1917 Main street.
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FARE

Goods per Now OH, IHlIHut.PIH =.
more steamers, Railroad or Express, O. ct,.
II. Havenncr General Agent at Alel.al..
will be forwarded over the road free " eu-..
for commission.
Communication tickets between hle4sat.
and Hamilton, and all intermedie'' stesaa. b.
low rate.
Round trip tickets good only for day
between Alexandria and HamllLon and 5c.s..
th ese and intermediate points, al reduced .-..
WASHINGTON byte.
ian 9-ly Genersl Supenn'eadrt
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Bowley's Quarter,
Baltimore CO., Md, Nov. q, lSG

DaIIIlnOFt Co, Md, NOE. II IoUo J
Messrs 0. P. Merryman Il Co
conference.-the Raw Bone Phosphate, l
bought of you last Spring, applied to corn by
the side Of Peruvian Guano in equal antltles'
and if there Was difference at all 1t was In Ia
vor of tho Phosphate. My corn crop was ex-
cellent l applied 1t also upon oats and pofa-
toes with the most satisfactory results | prefer
it decidedly to Peruvian Guano from the iact
that whilst the Guano spends itself upon the
growing crop the effects OF the paGSpn"s ome
that / applied to potatoes by the side of fish
manure, made asplendid yield. the fish turning
out an abundant crop of vines: the phosphate
the potatoes have used it this Fall upon my
wheat, and at this time it looks as well L could
desire. GEORGE bDWAkps,
Oyerseer for DR.. VIM ii. keener.
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FERTILIZERS.
DONE DUSTl
BONE DUST

DONE DUSTl
ID BONE DUST!
Ground by ourselves, at lowest market rates.
Also, GRIMES
PATENT RAW BONE PHOSPHATE,
AT $40 per ton.
The past two years have fully realized this
Raw Bone Phosphate to be the cheapest and
hest in the market, and unsurpassed by the
highest priced guanos. It's adaptation to wheat,
corn, oats buckwheat, tobacco, garden truck,
grasses, &c, has been fully and most satisfacto
rily tested. Finely ground and suitable for
drilling, put up in bags of l67 lbs. each.
Read the following certificates and call at
our warehouse and examine hundle of a sim.
liar character from those who have been using
it with the most satisfactory results.
o. p. MERkYMAN u CO,
Sole Manufacturers,
Warehouse, 81 5. Gay street, between Lombard
and Pratt Baltimore, Md
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l?th District, Baltimore Co., Md ,
November | It'll, 1868.

Messrs O. p Merryman & Co.
Gentlemen-l applied the Raw Bone Phos-
plate purchased of you last Spring on my corn
side by side with one OF the most popular an d
expensive Fertilizers in the market, and could
see no difference; yours was fully equal to it -
L also applied it to turnips with perfect success;
1t gave such entire satisfaction that used
nothing else upon my wheat this fall. | sowed
the most of it the latter part Of September, and
at this time it bids fair TO make as good a crop
AS | ever produced by the use OF Peruvian or
any of the expensive gusnos. | have every
confidence in it 1t is only to be tried to be
appreciated. Yours. respectfully.
JOHN +. WILLIS.
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CRUELTY OF RUSSIAN PUNIsHMENTS.-
of the leaders Of the Polish rebellion OF 1901
who mysteriously disappeared few months
after the instruction broke out, aud who had
been given up for lost by his friends has Just
found means to communicate with them; his
name is Bronislaus Sewarc, and be IS the son
OF Polish refugee in France. While engaged
in giving energy and direction to the Insured
lion, he was arrested and confined IN the elta-
del at Warsaw, on Christmas Eve, 1862. After
h long examination, in which ne suffered tor
ture he was sentenced to death, but the Em,
press Eugene having intertered in his behalf
as French subject. his sentence was changed
40 Punishment to Siberia. Ga reaching Mos
COW. however, an order arrived directing him
to be sent to some other destination, but what
this was his friends have until recently strlVen
in vain to discover 1t now appears that Tor
the last FIVE years he has been chained to
wall in one of those fatal classmates lying be-
low the level of the river Neva at Cronstadt,
where so many political prisoners have died
miserable death. Those who have seen him
there, and who knew him at Warsaw, when he
was handsome. spirited young man, say that
il is now quite impossible to recognize hlG.-
He is a cripple, prematurelyold utterly broken
down by disease and suffering, and without a
spa,k of his old energy.
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Anne Arundel co., Md, Nov. 10, l

Anne Arundel co., Md, Nov. 10, 1868
Messrs. y. p. Merryman q Co.
Gentlemen-In answer to your enquiry as to
what think of your Raw Bone Phosphate pur-
chase in July last, allow me to say gave 1t u
fair trial on cabbage by the side of three ether
fertilizers OF acknowledged merit, and found 1t
equal, if not better, than the other. and at less
cost | am so well satisfied with it, intend to
use it the coming Spring. Yours, truly,
REIN HAMMOND.
For sale at manufacturers price, the cost OF
transI ortation added, by
A j. FLEMING,
feb l2-3m Alexandria, Va.
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BEGINNING JANUARY l, l869
rNRAINS LEAVE ALEXANDRIAD 61.
l. Sunday excepted) at 8 q. m. for Leesb-.
and Hamilton. and at p m for Leesbure
Leave Hamilton III IL n. m. and Leesb9..
m. and 1915 D. m, for Alexandra
Kemps line of coaches FOR Winchestei %.
meet punctually with the trains arriving at zee
departing from Hamilton passing throur
Purcellyillc, Snickersvilo, Castieman'a r..
and Berryyille. These coaches leave Vino
ter daily, except Sunday.
make prompt connexions ut Leesburg with y
train which leaves Alexandria at u. m 81,
Leesburg at l2l5; leaving Leesburg Mono,
Wednesday and Friday, on the arrival OF 3.
train from Alexandria, and leaving Middle5g.
ut y. m. on Tuesday Thursday and Sa.u.I
passing through Balls Mill aud Aide
All trains arrive 81 A cxandrin at conv..--.
hours for connexions with Wa,hng..s n
Baltimore, same day
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THE GAZETTE.
THURSDAY EVENING. FEBRY 25.

REFRESHMENTS. -This was the refreshment
at Pawls-large Jumps of wet dough with an
occasional bone 10 it, which they called chicken
pie, and cakes that beggar imagination lnere
were no oysters; no cold meats; no not meats
not even the dry stale blocks, called sponge
cake. that are usually kept. like rare eXoues,
under glass case, IN most neiresh'ilen'
: "Ovsters good mercy forbid - exclaimed
the Major General, to whom the Easy Chair
told the tale. Never eat oysters out OF q
keg, to begin with; and remember what is
done at The Easy Chair torbears to
mention the name. 1t will rather address a
private note of remonstrance, holding up pub
lefty as the dread alternative of not reforming,
il the direful report be true.
why, what as done at--?'
They bail out the oysters when the tram
arrives. The bell rings before many OF the
passengers have eaten, they pay and run ana S1i
leave half plates OF stew, and these-these-
''These?" demanded the Easy Char. >,
"Are poured back into the great receptacle;
Ii is so asserted-most solemOly-upon the
word of peeping Tom who couldn't help see
ing, who was left by the train, and saw with
his own eyes the deed done.
The Easy Chair calls attention to this fearful
fact. 1t invites the incriminated purveyor OF
relreshment to explain himself, and, 1t the
story be true, In promise instant and perpetual
amendment. Harper'S Magazine
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nISCOVERED BY A SOUTH CAROLYN

nISCOVERED BY A SOUTH CAkOLlN-
IAN.
ASK, and l will convince you that have an
Improvement upon my patent issued 9prlt III,
1866 tt at Justly merits the attention or every
houselleeper.
1t is the best SOAP ever discovered, for the
following reasons
1t can be made by any lady IN Gtteen MN
u'es, and requires but u few hours Tor her 10
accomplish y large washing, rs 1t washes with
out rubbing, boiling or machinery.
1t washes from the coarsest to the finest fabric.
1t will wash in warm or cold, hard or soft
water.
The chemicals can generally be found in any
drug store, and will not cost over 1--we dollars
per year;
1t will wash out coach or machine grease,
printers ink, paint, or ANYTHING that can be re-
moved without the slightest injury to prints
or texture.
1t requires no buene. rs the cloths re
bleached by drying i'll the sun.
One good washerw0man can nc compllsh
more and better washing than five OF the best
machines.
1t cures all skin diseases. washing tetter,
itch, &c.
FOR washing paint CARPETS, scouting, &c., It
has no equal, AMI is the cheapest soap made.
Family Rights, IS County and State Rights
for sale l can convince any one deslrous OF
buying n County or State, that they can make
money by giving the recipe away. L give all
necessary instructions 10 insure success, ana 40
not exact the money until the purchaser has
seen the recipe and is satisfied that 1t is all
claim for it. n K. f. MAYER,
Savannah, Ga.
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RAILROAD LINES.
NEW ARRANGEMENT.

ALEXA., LoUDoUN AND HAMPSHIRE q
E@s 90 M u % EIg E&EEss=3 s=s=;.ss,.
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ALBERT r. SKINNER, j. NEWTON HARPER
late of New York Virginia.
A LBERT #. SKINNER s. co.
n Successors to j. Newton Harper & Co., }
GENERAL COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
Dealers in AGRICULTURAL MACHlN f.
RY, GRAIN. PRODUCE, &c.
SOUTHERN DEPOT FOR WOODS PRIZE
REAPERS AND MOWERS.
WAREHOUSES;, 10 and II, s. UNION ST,
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
Give their personal attention to the sale OF Ill
articles of merchandise consigned to them.
All orders filed with promptness.
fab
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BUILDING MATERIALS.

BUILDING MATERFALS.
+ W NAILS y W. MALLS
iNME3 ". MALLS & SON,
j lS7 King st., Alexandris, Va.
Dealers in
HARDWARE, CUTLERY,
Carpenters Tools, Doors, Sash, Blinds, Door
and Window Frames, Brackets, Mouldings,
Balusters, of different patterns, and Newell
Glass, double and single thick, Of All sizes -
Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Paint and White Wash
Brushes, Lewis Pure White Lead, and other
brands Of fine quality, Putty, Turpentine and
Machine Oil. Also Lime. of superior quality
Cement, C,.lciped Plaster, Pitch and Felt for
Roofing, sc. A large stock of Pugh's ceebra-
tel Car Augers, and other articles found in first
class Builders Furnishing Embellishments,
All orders for Lumber, Brick, and all kinds
Of Building Material, promptly attended TO-
Terms casb. feb lit
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''ENcoUfAoh HOME INDUS try
IRGINIA SASH AND DOOR FACTORY.

IRGINIA SASH AND DOOR FACTORY.
We have greatly enlarged our Factory Build
ing and added several pieces Of new machinery,
and have determined to keep our faithful corps
of mechanics employed during the winter, in
order to keep constantly on hand p large stock 6;i
RALLUSTERS, Newell POSTS. BKACK-
ETS, MOULDINGS, MIGRANTS, &c.
We invite dealers to send for wholesale
price list.
SAVING done with dispatch.
We have, also. connected with the Factory, a
large SAW-MILL, FLOORIN G-MlLL, and
SURFACING-MILL.
RISHEILL s. HODGE,
Corner Fairfax and Queen streets,
ian 2-tf Alexandria Va
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Alerandria, "a, NoU. 26, 1868.
| have used Mayors Patent Soap C'Washing
Made Easy"l in my family, and do not hesitate
to say that it aeeompljshes all that he claims
for it. | witnessed several garments that were
badly soiled with blood, grease and dirt, in a
butcher stall, washed clean without rubbing or
boiling, in cold water, in from three to four
minutes. The recipe to me is invaluable. EV-
cry family should be in possession of it.
B. w GuEEN
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Alera7ulria, Va Noe. %, 1868.

Alera1dria, Va Noe %, 1863
After fully testing N T. H. Mayors improv-
ed mode OF washing, we feel confident that he
claims no Inore than can be- accomplished. We
recommend it to ali housekeepers,as m exceed
ingly valuable discovery, and worth many
times the price asked for it
EDMUND f. WILMER.
DR.. JAMES & HILL.
GEN. NJ. d. CoRSE.
Is. ID. CATS.
JOHN c. CLARK,
Commr r. OF Revenue
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feb l2-3nn
New-York tribune., 1869-05-24
THE BRITISH EXCITEMENE

No doubt can now be entertained that En-
glish sentiment, both public and private, is
intensely excited with respect to the American
accusations arising out of the international
debate on tho Alabama claims. The singular
note of alarm uttered by man in the friendly
position of Goldwin Smith, signifies much as to
the extremity and the error of English feeling
on that subject. One tone Of Indignation or
lament pcrvades the English press. There is a
CLEAN of ire in the public expressions of English
men. Those who were friendly to us during
the war resent the formidable charges made by
Mr. Sumner. Men who are ordinarily conser-
vatiyo as to any disposition on the
part of England to display bcllige-
rent feeling TO strong antagonist are
now prone to say dsagrceabe things of
America. Throughout English society there is
n unanimity of tone and temper with regard
to the question of the hour. Messrs. Sumner
and Chandler may take whatever credit they
please to themselves for having once thor
oughy unsettled not easily eXctable nation.
Nothing occurs, however, in the present tenn
per of English opinion which need move us
from our self-pOssession. We are amused
while we regret that the English should be SO
ldI lOuoCu OuJ VI lIcD OIi idOll vi CNudulullll
as TO look upon the possibility of early war,
and to fancy that the Englishmen on these
shores are about to leave in n general stam-
pede. At the Same timo we cannot
easily bring ourselves to mourn over
England's wrath, or quito deplore
the provocation which some of us
appear to have given her We have regrets
that the matter between the nations has not
been settled in friendly and equitable way,
as it surely could have been, without vast cir
cumlocution, or process of ncver-ending din
nors. But we cannot say that the recent man
ifestations Of our brethren across the water
excite us TO downright repentance On tho
New-York tribune., 1869-05-24

contrary we trust that in the offense somewhat
unduly taken by them out of the moral state
ment of our claims by Mr.. Sumner the irrita-
tiOn is wholesome and remedial. Englishmeu
may feel angered at our complacency, bnt
after having disclaimed any disposition to fur
ther expend ourselves on the Alabama ones.
tiOn, either in war or money, they will under
stand us when we say that we have no com.
punctious visitings respecting the futura
relations of the two countries.
Never before were the relations of two great
and kindred countries so thoroughly discussed
as now. It is from this fact that we hone foy
the growth of a more just and enlightened
feeling between them. But that result ia nor
to be brought out by anything but the reverse
of that habit Of diplomatic AFFECTION pursued
by Mr. Rcyerdy Johnson, Mr.. Summers earnest
views are the natural reaction after the DELAY
in the settlement of our claims, and the in
glorious career Of our late Minister. IL ia
from q position as q mOralist rather than "a A
statesman that Mr.. Sumner directs his philin-
pic against England and in the ear Of the
world. His charge is that nation speaking
our own tongue, and protesting the same alb
hOrrence Of Slavery, was willing to betray us
for gold and for Slavery. This is the amount Of
it morally, and it would not be out Of the nat
ural fitness of things if Englishmen fcelingIy
understood it. Nations in their great aggre-
gate are not distinguished for acts Of signal
unselfslness, and doubtless our own is not an
exception TO that rule. For that reason it il
no business OF ours to hold our national CO.
temporary to any abstract rule Of right, and wo
could not, if we would make the moral accu-
satiOn of Mr.. Summers speech the basis of a
violent demand. This truth the English public
fail to perceive and it will be some time be-
fore they are brought to know that the tempers
of the two nations have undergone a change
with respect to the question at issue. 1t ia
now England which is susceptible and sensi-
tive and America which is cOmplacent and self
possessed.
We do not marvel that the British press
now especially discuss Canada as one Of tho
points threatened by the speech of Mr.. Sumner.
The speech of ex-Minister Calf, pledging
Canada to hostility to the United States upon
the present issue, even were England out Of
the question, has been warmly approved. The
possibility of our taking Canada in the case OF
war has been looked in the face--the possibility
of war has been excepted. Few words are needed
in answer. We do not desire war: we do NOT
need Canada. Before making war, we shall
have made sure that we could not do better
by peace. When we take Canada, it will in all
probability be as a gift. Both in respect to
Canada and to England, we can afford , bids
our time.