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rdict which it was supposed had set it at‘:
forever. By Gen. Jackson, and the men;
as pronounced a.
e of all Gov-u .
looming and: ,'
o the doc»,
or on a. l
a ve
rest
who surrounded “him, it w
delusion, and utterly disruptiv
ernmenls. Yet,here it is to-day,b
fresh. Mr. Calhoun, even held t
trine that we have power to make w . , .
State. You will find this doctrine In his
lone letter to Gov. Hamilton: I acknowl-
edge to the fullest extent the 1131“ 0f revolu-
tion, ifyou so call it—a right to destroy the
Government and erect another .on Its ruins
more in accordance with you wishes: But
when you undertake it you undertake It with
this provision: If you are successful, all 15
right. You are heroes. But,V1f you are de-
feated you are rebels . _ 4.
That is ,the character of revolutions; l
successful, all well, ifunsnccessful, the gov-
ernment treats them as traitors. He did not
see a cause to apprehend that any party m-
tended to make war on the seceding States;
he only asserted the right to do so if they
saw fit. He would not, however, counsel or
advise any party to do it. . He would be
very tender with the rights of the people
who were about to break up the Govern-
ment under which they had deliberately
come to the conclusion that they cauld not
live—but he apprehended that. the position
of the Republicans would compel them to
take austere ground. Although a State se-
cedes, they cannot recognize her right to go
out of the Union until she gains the consent
of the Union. 'The duty of the Chief Magis-
trate is to execute the law in every part of
the government. He cannot be released
from this obligation. Nothing in the Con~
stitution will warrant his saying that a single
star has fallen. He is sworn not to know
that a state has acceded, and to pay no res.
pact to resolutions that declare she has done
so. In doing this it does not follow: that he
should make war upon her, but' he should'
exercise every Federal right over her, the
most important of which is the collection of
the revenue. There arefmany rights for the
benefit of the people ofa State might be dis-
pensed with. If they do not want the mails
carried the President could abolish the Post
Offices. Theymight not perhaps, elect offi-
cers tosend here, but they could do as they
liked about that. 'They have a right to be
perfectly represented here, but if they choose
to forego that privilege it is not incumbent .
upon the President to force them to send
representatives here. But the chief ’ magis-
trete must collect the revenue precisely the
same as in every other State. No State can
be released from that obligation, for the
Constitution demands it. What follows ?—
If the acceding State shuts up her ports of
entry, so that ships cannot discharge their
cargoes. then ships will cease to go there;
or, if the Government blockades her ports to
collect revenue; she will not have gained her
independence by secession. If she will feel
contented to live under this equivocal state
of things, all will be well, but she cannot do
so. What will she do? She must take the
”initiative and declare war upon the United
States. Then force must be met by force,
and she must how out independence by vio-
lence and war. There was no other way
under the Constitution that he knew of if a
State secede and declare war. He did not
suppose that there was a. lawyer on the floor
but who would saythat the act of levying
war is treason against the United States.—
That it is the result and we may as well look
the matter in the face. The Senator from
Texas says that theSouth will force an igno-
minious treaty from .us in Faneuil
Hail. To this he would answer, “Well, you
may; we know your powers; we know
bravery; we'do not want to fight with you,
but nevertheless, if you drive us to the neces-
. sity we will use all our powers to maintain
the Government intact, in all its integrity.—
If we are overthrown, the Government will
be subverted as thousands of father Govern-
ments have been. If 'you are the weakest
then you mustgoto the wall. That» is all
there is about it. That is the condition in
which we stand. I can see no power in the
Constitution that will release the Senator
from this position. He did not take the oath
to support thé_ Constitution unless one State
acceded. There was no '~ immunity for
him. There was no way, then, for a State
to go out of the Union, but she could demand
equal justice under the Constitution, and in-
dicate her grievance while the flag of the na- '
tion waved over her. There was no way for
a state to go out of the Union, ;except by
making war and vindicating by force ofarms
her right to independence, and if she did this
he had a prophecy in his mind, No man
would regret more than himself the disrup-
tion of any portion Of the United States
where the people think themselves aggriev-
cd, if there was any honorable release from
it. But all this trouble is a matter of preju--
dice superinduced by listening to the one .
mics of the Republican party. We arelook-
- ed upon in the light of enemies; we are
.branded as traitors; We are styled John
.Brown men; but if the South ~ will secede
We will preserve the Union .and await the
glorious future. Mexico owes England
eight millions of dollars, and asks of as pro-
tection, and she has all the elements to build;
up a glorious Republican Empire. The Re-
publican party . will do anything for the.
Union. The Senator from Illinois and his.
colleague had said that the Black Republi-
cans were going for a reign of equality, and
would build up a, black Government. He
(Wade) thought it would be one of the most
blessed things, if inducement could be
_ made to every black man among us to find .
a home in Central America or lower VMexi-I
co. Then adopt the Homestead policy, and
we will have such a power, vested in native
white men, as was never before seen. Men
of every clime come among us, and we will
build up a nation of laboring men. Then
Canada will knock at our doors, and we will
have all the elements to build up a republic;
more powerful ard more just than the world!
has ever dreamed of. He was for maintain—'
inga Union of the States. He would sacri-
fice everything to maintain it. The glorious
old flag of ours shall never, by any act or"
word of his, cease to wave over'this nation
as it is. But, if we will have it in the new.
renovated Government of which ‘he had
spoken, the old Fourth of July will never be
repealed, and the old flag of 1770 will float .
over this nation forever. This capitol gen-l
tleman had said would do for a Southern;
Republic. Sir, it shall ever be the capitol:
of our UniOn. It was laid by Washington;
and consecrated by him, and the flag vindi-t
cated in the war of the Revolution shall ever;
continue to float to the breeze over it. [Ap-’
plause in the galleries] Washington and;
his patriots fought for that good old flag snag
it was the glory of their lives. His (Wade’s)=
own father, though an humble soldier,foughtj
to save the great cause, and went through‘
sevenfold! hardships for it. He bequeathed
the fl'ag’ofhis country to his children for,
theiripmtccuon. . It was his (Wade's) pro-g
tectionfiniyonth and the glory and pride of
his vrip'er'yéars, apd though it might be as:
sailed by traitors on every side, yet, by the;
‘grace crewman its shadow he would die.
the House the Bill for the do?
'kSound, Corcoran’s resolué
tion, doc. Bill apprm
‘ 3 House—In
.n.
discussed Mr. Crawford, ofGeorgia, offered
:1]. resolution declaring, among other things,
that the Constitution recognizes property in
slaves, and pending its consideration, the
House adjourned.
Tunsnsr, Dec. 18,1860.
SENATE—Joe Lane introduced a long
x‘iis’marole, [which had evidently been pre-
pared for him,] requiring the States to send
Commissioners for consultation; forbidding
the Government to interfere in any State, in
any way, with any steps the State may agree
to adopt; and also that the government shall-
abstain from using aggressive force towards
any State, and in any danger of collision
shall withdraw its forces. These resolu-
tions were laid over. Mr. Crittenden offered
resolutions re-establishing the Missouri
Compromise, declaring that Cangréss shall
not interfere with slavery in the States, shall
provide for the enforcement of the Fugitive
Slave Law, &c., in a proposed amendment
to the Constitution. The Kansas bill was
made the special order for Monday.
Honest—Crawford’s resolution, introduced
Monday, was tabled when after some dis-
cussion on the Pacific Railroad bill, and the
Nebraska Railroad bill, the House adjourned.
. WEansnathec. 19.
SENATE—Mr. Toombs of Ga. again made
his appearance. The House bill making ap-
propriations for, the payment of invalid and
other bills for the year ending June, 1862, al-
so the appropriation bill for the Military
Academy, were passed. The bill concerning
the treaties with Mexico wasdiscussed. .Mr.
Johnson’s proposed Constitutional Amend-
ments were brought forward and discussed
by him at length. He made astrong and
patriotic appeal for the Union, worthy the
days of Jackson and Clay, which we shall
endeavor to publish entire in next week’s pa-
per. He was followed by a characteristic di-
atribe by that illiterate loafer of the Senate,
Joe Lane, who having been cast out by the
people of the nation, and by the' people of
his own State, gave unnecessary evidence of
the alacrity with which he could crawl upon
his belly and eat dirt. Its every sentiment
was treason against the government he had
taken a solemn oath to support, and in the
days of Jefferson or Jackson, its utterance in
the United States Senate, would have con-
signed the neck of its author to the halter.
Reports from Washington say it was “fixed
up” by the disunionists, and Lane selected as
the cur to bark it outlet the heels of Andrew
Johnson, to “counteract" the effect of his no-
ble defence of the Union. It is said that
Lane’s abject toadyism excited the disgust
even of those deemed normally his friends.
House—In the House, the Legislative,
Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill
was reported. The Deficiency Appropria-
tion bill came up, and a discussion took
place in reference to an amendment ap-
propriating $900,000 to carry out the law
against the slave trade, which was passed
An effort was made to adjourn over until
the 7th of January, but it failed.
Tnuasnxr Dec. 20.
SENATE—Mr. Hunter (Dem. Va.) report-
ed back the Tariff bill, with a recommenda-
tion that it be postponed until the 4th of
March next. Land on the table.
. Mr. Clark, (Rep. N. H.,) moved to take up
his resulution of inquiry. .
' A message was here received from the
House stating that they had passed the bill
to supply the deficiency in the postal service
of 1861.
A long discussion here ensued on Clark’s
resolution of inquiry, it being bitterly op-
posed by the Administration, 'when Mr.
Pugh (Dem. Ohio) addressed the Senate, rc-
plying to the speech of Mr. Wade. He op-
posed the enforcement of the laws as being
a blow to the sovereign rights of a State,
which might lead to civil war.
Mr. Nicholson (Dem. Tenn.,) obtained the
' floor but moved to postpone the subject until
tomorrow, in order to take up the bill giving
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad authority
to croiss the long bridge over the Potomac
River. ' '
The Vice President then announced the
Committee of Thirteen, as 'follows: Messrs.
Powell, Hunter, Crittenden, Seward,Toombs,
Douglas, Collamer, Davis, Wade; Rice, Doo-
little and Grimes. - .
Mr. Davis asked to be excused on account
of the position in which his State stood, and
he was excused. ‘ i q
The bill nnder'consideration was then post-
poned until to-morrow.‘ Adjourned.
Housma-Mr. Delano asked leave to offer
the following,-which he read for information
Whereas, by report of the proceedin in
the State Convention of South Caro ina,
held on the 19th inst, the Hon Wm. Porcher
Miles, a Member of this House, used the fill-
lowing language: “In a conversation, and
subsequentlyin a written communication to
the President, I know this to have been said:
‘If you send a solitary . soldier to these forts,
the instant the intelligence reaches our peo-
ple, and we will take care that it .does reach
us before it can reach the forts, the forts will
be taken, because such a course is necessary
to our safety and self-preservation’ ;”‘tbere-
ore
Resolved, That the President be required to
communicate to the House what information
he has received, either oral or in writing, to
the effect that if the forts of Charleston are
further reinforced, the forts will be taken by
any force or authority, hostile to the author-
ity and supremacy of the United States-
There was considerable excitement from
the Southern side of the House.
Mr. Ashmore wanted to know where the
information came from.
Mr. Delano replied that it was'published
in the pioceedings of the South Carolina
Convention.
The Speaker said neither the debate nor
the resolutions werein order The latter can
be taken up at another time.
The House went into Committee of the
Whole on the State of the Union, on the bill’
granting lands to Nebraska for railroads.
Mr. Sherman offered an amendment, being
the Select Committee’s Pacific Railroad bill.-
Mr. Curtis submitted a substitute therefor,-
being nearly the same as the latter. ‘
Points of order were raised that these
propositions were not germaine to the Ne-
braska Land Bill, which the Chairman (Mr.
Grow) over-ruled, and was sustained bythe
Committee—Yeas 90, Nays not counted»
The Committeeadopted Mr. Curtis’s sub-j
‘stitute, which provides for a roadstarting
‘from the western border of Iowa, with two
converging lines westward, uniting within
'200 miles of the Missouri River, thence pro.
ccedi'ng by a single trunk line by the nearest
'and best route, via the‘vicinity of1 Salt Lake
to San Francisco, or to the navigable waters
of the Sacramento. It also provides for n
road fromthe western borderpf the South-
western States, starting from two points,
namely, Fort Smith and the western border
ing westward, uniting with thc'Southern Pa-f
cific Railroad Company chartered by Texas.
Mr; Reagan ofi'ered an amendmentwith
view‘to make the bill efficient.» '- i
-. Mr. Scott believed the bill . did justice ‘16
itallsections, and would ' pass the Senatefife,
i:Iiotfilotuled down with amendments. "
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IVEMr.‘ Aldrich offered an amendment fer a
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Mr. Curtis replied that it would not be
reasonable to commence such a sproutmow,
when the number '
small. The time would, however, come for
such improvement.
' Mr. Davis argued against the construction
of two Pacific Roads, when the Government
was bankrupt.
Mr. Garnett, at this point rose and said:
While your bill is under debate, one of the
sovereign states of this Confederacy has, by
the glorious act of her people, withdrawn in
vindication of her rights, from the Union, as
the telegraph announced at half past one to-
day. [Here some 'three‘ or four Southern
members expressed approval by a slight
clapping of hands. There was no other
manifestation on the part of the House] I
have to say to the House that the people of
Virginia, ninety-nine out of every hundred,
believe the bill unconstitutional.VV
The bill passed 95 against 74.
Adjourned till Monday.
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The Senate had a short session and ad-
journed till Monday. -
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libr the Norwallc Gazette.
Wanted—About these Days.
BY DE. A. BILL.
Men with knees that will not shake-
'Men with hearts that will not quake—-
Men with spinal columns steady—
Men for action—always ready.
Men whose heads‘are clear and cool—
Mcn who scorn to play the fool—
‘Men who knowing, dare maintain,
Rights our Fathers died to gain.
Wanted—solid men to stand
Like a cordon 'round this land—
Ylelding nothing to the bluster-
Of a raving Filllbuster.
Wanted—men who love the Union——
Men to live in close communion,
Standing side-by-side together,
Both in calm and stormy weather.
Wanted—earnest men and true—
Men who dare to say and do,
Only asking what is right, -
Then'malntain it with their might.
———o<<.>eo—
.. From the N. 1’. Tribune.
Prayer Meeting in alStorm.
o‘-
[Scc President Buchanan's Proclamation]
A gale came up from the sou‘-sou’-west ;
’Twas fierce November weather: .
But the ship had felt such a storm before,
And her planks still held together.
And thus, though the howling tempest showed ‘
No signs of diminution, .
The passengers said : , “We'll trust our ship, .
The staunch old Constitution 1"
o
The captain stood on the quarter-deck—
“The seas," he said, “they batter us :
’Twas my watch below in the former gale—-
I doubt if we‘ll weather Hatteras,
The wind on the one side blows me off,
The current sets me shoreward:
I’ll just lay-to between them both,
And seem to be going forward."
”Breakers ahead i” cried the watch on the bow,
“Hard up i” was the-first mate’s order;
“She feels the ground-swell,” the passengers cried,
“And the seas already board her i"
The foresail split in the angry gust :
In the hold the ballast shifted:
And an old tar said : “If Jackson steered
We shouldn't thus have drifted 1"
But the captain cried : “Let go your helm I”
And then he called to the bo’swain :
“Pipe all hands to the quarter-deck,
And we’ll save her by Devotion l"
The first mate hurled his trumpet down ;
The old tars cursed together,
To see the good ship helpless roll
At the sport of wave and weather.
The tattered sails are all a-bnck,
» Yards crack, and masts are started;
And the captain weeps and says his prayers,
Till the hull be ‘mld-éhlps parted :
But God is on the steersman'a side—
The crew are in revolution :_
The wave that washes the captain oll'
' Will save the Constitution l
New York, Dec. 18, 1860.
.«O‘.
Erenr Mons. as TWELVE—A. Dutchman
leased his lands to an oil company last spring
on condition. of receiving one-eight of the oil
procured. The well proved to be a pretty
good one, and» the farmer began to think
that the oil men should give him a better
chance, and ventured to tell them so. They
asked him what he wanted. He said they
ought to give the one-twelfth.——The agree-
ment was finally made, with the understand-
ing that the Dutchman was‘not to' tell any
one. All went smooth and the next divisin
day came, when our friend was early on hand
to see how much better he would be of un-
der the new bargain. Eleven barrels were
rolled to one side for the oil men, and one for
him. . This did not suit him. “How’s dish,”
says he, “I tink I vash so get .more.ash be-
fore; py jinks you make mistak." The mat-
ter explained to him that he formerly got one
barrel of every eight but it was his own pro-
position to only take‘one of every twelve.—
This revelation took him aback. He scratch-
ed his head, looked Cross, and relieved his
swelling breast of feelings of self-reproach
by indignantly remarking: “Veil, by dunder,
dat ish de first time as ever I know’d eight
vas more as . twelve.”— Trumbull Democrat.
__...‘-__.....‘.>a..——————.' ‘ . -
BAYABD TAYLOR.
WSpeaking of Gen. Case’s retiremen
from the Cabinet, a prominent Senator said
“It is too bad that he has to break his Sword
twibe in a lifetime—at the commencement
. and at the'end of his eventful career." This
sharp remark was a decided hit to those who
understood its force. At the .surrender of
Hull, at Detroit, Cass was so disgusted at
the conduct ofhis commander, and at not
having a fight, that he .broke: his sword.—
Now breaks it because his present chieflwon't
fight. The following in substance hasbeen
sent to the North as a pith of a conversation
in which Gen. Cass took a leading and ex-
planatory part. He declared he was a pa-
triot soldier of the old school, - and a JackSon
Democrat. “I cannot longer remain,"_ con-
tinued he, in a cabinet that confesses that the
general government is subordinate to a State,
' and there being no government, virtually my
occupation is gone.” ‘ - . -
’ s<.>p ‘
VOLUNTEER Armrest—The editOr of the.
Christian Advocate and Journal; until lately
unfamiliar with the experience of newspaper
editing, congratulates himself upon the
amount of advice that is gratuitously offered
him. Hearhim,‘ ‘ ' ; -
One says, “Not so much English corres-
pondence. Not suited to our market." An-
- other, “More English cOrrespondence.—-r
Many of your readera'were once Wesleycns."
One cries, “Good solid "editorials. We can
get news anywhere”. Another, “Give us the
items. We want to know; what is going on
in the world.” A cries, “Original matter !—
Anybody can do scissors wor ” B. says,
“I havejust‘been talking with a great. Pres-
'-byterian editor, and I just thought I’d call
and tell you that he says you must get your
assistant to use the scissors more." :East-
point says, “Lay delegation. Let the negro
alone." Nortbpoint, “Don‘t mention lay
delegation, when 4,000,000 of fellow men in
the United States are deprived of- all civil
nights." Old fog-y would have us ’sit ‘on an
iceberg and grow green with the mould. of
' YoungAmerica would. have us
rastrlde abcomotlve, breathing oxygen and
ispitting flames. , ' ' '.
--O «Q».
; '~ ”fig‘ The President of - a debating society
that West, latelyfrdecidédthat the “milk orna-
man'kindness” meant milk punch with ”but-
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g<~rsrolstTE4
of inhabitants was so ,
newsmgauesday; use. 25, 1860.
Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false
accusations against us, nor frightened from it by
menaces of destruction to the Government, nor of
dungeons 'to ourselves. Let us have faith that
main runs mom, and in that faith, let us, to the
and, dare to do our duty as we understand it.
Annanax LINCOLN.
Southern Rights and Northern
Wrongs.
. The actions and sentiments of the Demo-
‘cratic Party of the "Northern States, tire” at
'the present time especially worthy of notice.
Fer the men who in the Southern States are
openly advocating treason, they. have not
on'e’word' 'ot censure. V But 'for their” fellow.
citizens here whp, perchance do not fully
agree with themon some theoretical point
of the fugitive s‘la'vé law; they can hardly find
words bitter enough to express their hatred.
We: think it isabout time fer the Northern
people :to undefstand what :kind of folks
these SouthernDelmocrats are, and just'how
they are treating Northern men.- Let the
people see whether the Democrats of this
State lobe law and fight so much that they
wish our Personal Liberty Bill repealed, or
whether, they hate Republicanism so much
. thatthey Can make common cause with
Traitors in orderto defeat it. ' ,
Now what have the Republicans of this
State done? In 1854 the Personal Liberty
Bill Was passed. 'Did it ever do 'the South
any wl'ongi. .Was a slave, ever taken from
his master under that Bill? Did any master
ever comehere after his slave and fail ,to get
him because of that Bill 1’" Not 'one. Is it
unconstitutional? Whercin ? Mr. Robert
Toombs of Georgia saysit’sa Yankee trick,
7 and purposely made so as not to be uncons-
titutional,'while it’s just as badas if itreally
were So. You Democrats say it is unconsti-
tutional because it conflicts with the Fugitive
Slave Law. But the Charleston ' Mercury
says the Fugitive Slave Law itself is uncon-
stitutional, and that paper ought to be good
authority with every Breckenridge Demo-
crat. And if the Alercury is: right, then the
Personal Liberty Bill. cannot be unconstitu-
tional; But, leaving this question,'here is a
law that'sOme say is constitutional,'and some
say is not, but which has ‘ never caused the
slightest wrong to any Scuthern man. In-
deed wc well remember a Southern » clergy-
man coming into our office last Winter and
asking to be shown that Personal Liberty
Bill, and after reading it over and over, and
studying it for a half 'an hour,.he closed the
not see anything wrong in that. ’. . .
Well, this'is the sum of our offending, and
the Demoératic. curs are barking with .all
Legislature next, Spring to repeal that Law,
in other words to put in good Democrats,
trying to destroy the b‘usineés of our State,
and throw the working-men Out of employ-
ment, by asking their Southern brethren to
their Southern brethren.
ren have done.
done, but for his supposed opinions.
northernlmen to stay in the Southern States,
entrap him and induce him to say Something
their midst by violence.
thanhe isin the Cotton States of the South.
iesand souls of niggcrs, theonly right rec-
.the right of, locomotion, or of going where
than theother? When the other day a man
wasput into abarrel'with some stories, and
thc'barrel headed up and thrown ‘into the
Mississippi river, without proof that the man
was guilty of any crime, not even of the
monstrous crime '-of not thinking Slavery
right, did the Democratic Press of Connecti-
cut speakof the thing? ‘When, too, that
freely in regard to a‘friend’sbeing seized by
the Vigilance Committee, and being over'-
heard, was seized; tuned and feathered‘ and
sent toNew Orleans,where “his case‘was to
be further considered.” ,A That is, not wheth-
cr heashOuld renover. damages, but wheth-
crheshonld-be punished? worse, did this
same press utter its condemnation ? . Not at
all!.:g»_'- .- '.:
, It seems then that Northern ,white. men
have norlghts in the South which the Dem-
eratic Press is bound to. respect. The
NOrthetn mechanic,.a: peaceful and inoffen-
sive citizen, may be accused by some lazy
vagabond, envious: of . his earnings, and
clinging to theskirtsof some country vigi-
lance committee, and in less than a day may
be hanging on a tree and left there by the
road side _to rot, because .the "Southern
_ brethren" Will “not . have their soil polluted
with d————,d Abolitionists." .The Democrat-
ic Press of Connecticut -wili be silent about
it. But let a,So_uthron cOme,up here in pur-
suit of agrunawaynegro,“ and if the entire
North, don’t turn in and chase that negro, or
if by any chance the negro, shonldfail Of
being. delivered up to the “tender, mercies’? of
themaster, the ragings of'that same Demo-
cratic Press against Republicans and Person-
al Liberty Bills wouldbe terrible for ,at least
six montlls,unt_il the next
What, is the inferencei’. Why... that in the
opinion: of . the Connecticut . DemocraticPa-
.pers, the right of a Southern man ,to the pos-
session of‘ a runaway negro, is a dparer right
.thamthc right‘of a Northern :man to life.
,A Northern man; in the . Southern States
may be deprived of everyone'of man’s abso-
lute rights, personalllbcrt‘y, personal securi-’
:ty, nndlprivtae property, .-‘ witthut, resort to
any recognized tribunal at all. This is quite:
Constitutional} If {the Southerners don't
want to pay thein debts, let them whisper
around that the Collector, is ,uu,‘VAboliti6nist,‘
and the. me not; bark? [of his. smears-
:un.d._the 9.9116sz scream no. he have:
The simple factis,-und everybody knpws . it
apt-there is no securitity to . life for North-
.slfairais so rev thinsi It has ésistcd- more ;
..or.les.8. for years. the flatness» Brett-renew
Breckinridae Democrats: listing a, stays at-
rested. t9 themselves. :the exclusive-‘pjrivii
beast violatinelws. disregarding thé 06n-
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1'. -
Statute Back with the‘ remark that he did
their spite against us for it, and making most
pathetic appeals to . the people to choose a
men who, like Gen.‘ Pratt's year ago, were
held back their orders; men who toyday up-
hold South Carolina in her TREASON, and talk
in our streets with "as much courage as ever
Sir‘John Falstaff exhibited, about shoulder-
ing their muskets and going down to help
Now let us see what these Southern breth-
Theyh'aoa hung many a northern white man
without a legal trial, not'for anything 'he bad
They have rendered it impossible for
unless they resortto the most shameful lying
by professing to love Slavery; and they -do
not suffer a man to keep silence, but seek to
about Slavery, and then they drive him from
They have substituted mobs for Courts,
Vigilance Committees for Sheriffs, the whis-
pers of malice or of fear, for legal informa-
tions or. indictments, till now at this very mo-
ment a Northern :man is' a thousand times
more safe under any despotism. of. Europe
-- Why don’t the Democratic Press of Con-
necticutiutter in thundertones its condemna- .
tion:of these things? Is the right to private
property, and that too: property in the bod-
'ognized under the Constitution and by the
Common Law ?. Is not , the right of perso-
nal security, and thattoonot for negroes, but
fortwhite men, American freeman, as dear
and as valuable a right as the other? Is the
right of personal liberty, including as it does
one pleases, any less a constitutional, right
Irishman in Mississippi expressed himself
, fimfilsill me soilflli,;§1!d: that this State of: that, be. the case will
stitution, breaking Compromises, annuiling
solemn contracts, trampling upon freemen’s
rights, mauling Northern Senators :in' the
Senate Chamber, bullying and . insulting
Northern Representatives and holding over
the heads of the North the constant threat of
secession unless they were permitted to con-
tinue in this way.
These are fine follows to talk about Seces-
sion on account of wrongs received. As well
might the devil have proposed to secede
from Adam and Eve after his famous death
blow to them, on account of the wrong they
had done him, and no doubt in that case, if
‘ the Democratic press of Connecticut had
been in existence, they would have sympa'
thized with the poor Devil, and called Adam
and Eve dreadful bad names for, having
abused him so, when. all the‘while they had
been yielding to his loathsome demands.
We do not mean to be radical. We love
this Union—we meanlo do our part towards
maintaining it. But we do not think this
traitors are the men to dictate terms to us,
nor the men "who in’ our midst are the
apologists for traitors the ones to receive
the control of this good Commonwealth. ' If
sympathy with secession and treason, with
lawlessness, mob violence, lynchings, hang-
ing and a-total ignoring of the rights of nor-
thern men in the South, be a qualification
for office, then let the freemen of this State
choose Democrats for Governor and Legisla-
tors next Spring. But until that shall‘be so,
let them beware how they commit the State
to the care of those who love slavery better
than freedom. their party better than their
country, and the South better than the Union-
<<.>-.
MERRY CRRIBTMAS!
A “Merry Christmas”, to our readers, one
and all, in which good wishes our adverti-
sing patrons all most heartily join, as will be
seen by announcements. The times are hard,
nevertheless there are very few so poor that
they may not gladdeu the wrie or little'ones
by some judicious purchase or another.—
There are dresses and- furs for the wives and
daughters, books for the older children, Toys
and candies for the “wee todlins,” as you
like—or better than all, one of Whitney’s in-
imitable Photographs, to gladdeu the hearts
of the “dear ones at home.” But we refer the
reader to our Advertising Columns, where
each tells his story “in his own way.” Tho’
our skies are darkened with temporary
gloom, let us all be thankful for what we do
enjoy, and “bless God and be merry."
n<.-.
Our Peace Disturbed.
Special Mail Agent Holbrook broke in up»
on the quiet of our staid community, (just as
he always does,) on Friday last, and created
no little excitement in consequence of arres-
ting H. M; Terrell on a charge of forging
our faithful and obliging P. M.’s name to a
receipt for apurpprted Registered Letter.—
After having been introduced to the social
blandishmcnts of Deputy Lamb, late in the
evening, while perigrinating in search of a
bondsman, he most abruptly terminated his
pleasant intercourse with the officer, and
wllILdre-w from his presence with the utmost
celerity of limb; and, as is supposed, believ-
ing his case to be about as desperate as the
Camp-meeting darkey who “took to de
Woods.” Our friend Lamb, it is said, owns
up‘to having had the wool pulled over his
eyes, yet while he believes the slight to have
been a mark of intentional disrespect, under
a conviction that “we shall see his face no
more,” it is believed that he would not run
over fences, stones and briars more than
twenty-five miles withou stopping to compo: s
his rc-arrcst—a sentiment we think alike
creditable to hishead and hisheart. . Under
a similar conviction .ofpermanenl absence the
entire community seem disposed to view the
escape more in the light of merriment than
genuine sorrow. _ ‘. ,
": —-—-—*. . . .. ~QO»N>——-————. .
Secession and several bad Breakouts.
The South Carolina Legislature, the Sc-
cession Convention and the Small Pox, all
broke out at Columbia—whereatan adjourn-
ment was had to Charleston, when a fire
broke out in the church in which the trait-
ors were convened; though this did not hold
back the spunky little State—for she broke
out of the Union by a unanimous vote' of se-
cession. It seems there was no special shock
either there or elsewhere, and the announce.
ment in Congress, as will be seen by the re-
ports, occasioned no particular sensation. , It
having been discovered illat the postal sys-~
tern of the State 'cost the U. S. $760,000 more
than itsen'tirc receipts, and having been as-
revenucs did not pay the cost of collecting
the same—they propose to let that-part of
the Governmental machinery work on as
heretofore. Isn‘t there a little touch of the
ridiculous mingled with their madness and
folly fl '
I
,——4+<Op—.
. ‘ . Plus in New Haven.
GREAL Loss or LIFE—A tenement house
in East street, New Haven, was burned down
on Friday morning last. The Palladium
says: The building was occupied by twenty-
one families, all of whom losi nearly all that
they possessed, and—horrible to relate—one
finnily,,consisting 'of a man, his wife and four
children, were roasted to death in tlnir apart-
ment, a fifth son escaping by jumping from
the second story window,
.<.>....-_ ,. .._ _
Paarmx BALL—Tile boys are overflow-
ing in their praise of Kelly's Supper. His
perfect arrangement, order and system, to-
gether with the most alert and attentive corps
of waiters ever put 'on duty in Norwalk, are
among the many other specialties which call
forth tileir'encomiums. ‘
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Mr.AWade's Great Speech.
We unite With the Tribune'in inviting the
earnest attention of the whole public, to the
speech delivered by Mr. Wade of Ohio in the
Senate, and of which a full report is given ( n‘
another pagc'of-this paper. ‘ '
q‘QD b.————.‘.
‘ WGOV. Buckingham has seconded the
recmnmendation of the President appointing
;a day of national humiliation and prayer. ,
. ~ . .V .. . 7“"...‘:‘ WM» .
. Hartman’s MAQAZINE for January has just
been handed in. It opens with a well illus-
trated article by J. Ross Browne. opthc
Washoc Mincsftbe‘second paper; “The
Battle of Cowpcns,” a Poem is illustrated by
Portraits; “Cast Away in Jamaica,’f is hand.
somely illustrated. The Publishers say, they
have made arrnngcments which they are
confident will render .the present volume
more valuable and attractive than any which
has preceded it. For Sale. by'.A. H. Camp
and Selleck & Co. '_
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Gov. Jormsox's seesaw—rue Slecci of
,Goy, Johnson of Team, in the Senaie, Wed-
nesday, says the, Washington Cor. of the Tri-
bunc,was a‘ most happy and» power-fill efilifi;
burns-spoken ofvery iighly1 by'all parties,
HeVuttcrly :denied the constitutional right of
secession. and desired that the Presidenf'
s'hOuld ,firmly carry; out the laws, regardless
ofco‘nsequcnccs. ' ‘ , ' ‘- ‘
Mr. Buchanan. received a hard hitibybein‘g
reminded of ,his-ccleln‘ated .Ostcnd manifesto.
He argued withinims that self-preservation-is
the‘laW'hf nations. If the p'ectiliarify.¥of the
geographic ,1 poitioniof‘VCnln made her a
necessity. r.’.us,-' impunity moreiso must
. . l . “Lth Carolina. If the
President had succeeded in : ,buy'tin g Cuba for
. ,000,000, as .he- atfionetime' tried: aiida’
uba had,beco_lne,s:a-. State. she would have.
just;.as».lnuch right. = as .South ‘Camlinatto
,__g_ece_de .and :to return ._toSpain.~~ .Mrf’Lincoln
.havs been elected;1n-.accprdancc;with the
Con ubon,by-shopld be inaugurated: -
m -
sured by Secretary Cobb that the entire port ‘
love
prove'a bl
Iovccach other more, pray. more, and be
more faithful."
viz: “To th .
ministegcdii 'the
prayers, that the Good Spirit 0
love they. "abide with them
speedily and :n‘leguateiy supply
.ral vacancy, and multiply m'tliemnll spirit-
' nal blessings, even as they have, in such a
. Funeral of Rev. Wm. B. Weed, V ,-
M nday,Dec. 17th,186_0.
In our last we announced the death of
the pastor of the first Congregational
Church in this place, and put on record
some facts concierning his life, his character,
and his labors.
His funeral was attended at the time ap-
pointed. Long before the hour designated
trains ofcarriagcs began to pour into the bor-
ough from the adjacent towns, and from
those more remote, and many persons came
in upon the Rail Roads; and when the excr-
cises commenced the large Church was dense-
ly packed in every part wherever seat or
standing could be had.
Such a concourse, of such a class of peo-
ple, was never gathered in' this town on a
similar occasion. Hundreds reluctantly rc—
tired from the house who were unable to
gain admission.
A large number of the Clergy convened at
the'residence of the deceased. Here prayer
was offered by the Rev. Dennis Platt, of
South N orwalk, and then his brethreh in the
ministry took up his coffin and bore him to
the House of God. Here the scene was most
impressive. The pulpit and its surround-
ings, the communion table and baptismal
font, were tastefully draped in black, as also
were the entire fronts of the galleries; while
the countenances of life vast concourse wore‘
.an aspect of deep solemnity and sorrow.—
Morc than thirty ministers were recogni-
zed, representing the East and West Congre-
gational Associations of this County, the
Presbyterian Church (of both Assemblies,) the
Episcopal, Baptist and Methodist Churches.
Very pleasant it was to see brethren thus
meeting in unity of spirit to show respect to
the dead. .-
The Exercises at the Church were as fol.
lows, viz:
1. Anthem, “I heard a voice from Heaven.”
2. Reading of the 90th Psalm, by Rev. D.
R. Austin, of South Norwalk.’ '
3. Hymn, “Now let our mourning hearts
revive."
4. Prayer, by Rev. S. G. Coe, of Danbury.
5. Semen, by Rev. S. B. S. Bissell.
0. Prayer, by Rev. Alexander McLean, of
Fairfield. . '
7. Hymn, “Pastor thou art from us taken.”
8. Address, by Rev. N. Hewit, D. D., of
Bridgeport.
9. Address, by Rev. J. H. Lin'sley, D. D, of
Greenwich. '
10.' Address, by Rev. R. R. Booth, of Stam-
ford.
- ll. Anthem, “Who shall weep when the
righteous die.”
Then the face of the' lamented servant of
God was exposed to view, and eagerly, yet
mournfully, the multitude pressed forward
to gaze upon his precious remains for the
last time ;—and then a long line of carriages
followed them to the Cemetery, where
prayer was offered by Rev. T. Atkinson, of
Westport, and the benediction was pronoun-
ced by Rev. 8. R. Dimock, of Wilton.
Of these exercises we will only say, in
general, that although greatly protracted,
they commanded the deeply interested and
often tearful attention of the great congrega-
tion to the close. Many stood during the
whole time. The Singing, admirably adapted
to the occasion, and excellently performed,
moved the hearts of all: and sometimes, es;
pecially when the preacher narrated some
of the last scenes and sayings in the life of
the deceased, and recited an extract from his
last Will and Testament, the whole assembly
gave tokens of sympathetic emotions.
We will now complete the record presen-
ted last week, by reporting some facts fron
the preacher‘s obituary. . ‘
His text was Hebrews 13: 7. 8.—“Ifemem-
bcr them which have (Ice rule over you, who hate
spoken unto you the Word of God, whose faith
follow, considering the end of their conver-
sation .' Jesus C'Imbl the same yesterday, today,
a-miforeeer.” ‘
At the close of his scrmdn he noticed,ainon g
other things mentioned by us last week,his car-
ly religious education, by pious parents, to the
reading of God’s Word, the learning of the
Catechism, attendance on the Sabbath
School, and a strict observance of the Sab-
bath. He gavc an instance of his astonishing
memory, drawn from his childhoode-testificd, .
as his College Classmate, to his high stand—
ing for scholarship and ability, in his class
(to which belonged . such means Chancellor
Barnard, Professors Stanley and Loomis,
J udgc Woodruff, Rev. Doctors Palmer and
Backus, and others, Members of Congress,
&c.)—-—and, as one who knew him well, and
heard him often in the pulpit, gave attesta-
tion to his uprightness as a man, his humili»
ty and devotedness as a Christian, his com;
ncnt power as a logician and preacher, his
impartial faithfulness and kindness as a pas-
tor, especially in visiting the sick and poor of
his flock-Wand his uniform punctuality and
thoroughness in the discharge of every duty.
Mr. Weed was married July 7, 1840, to
Harriet A. Miller of North Stamford.
Of the close of this mostlaborious and u‘se-.
in] life, the preacher quoted from membran-
da furnished by Mrs. “feed. “His end was
peace. He committed himself into lhc hands
ofGod to do with him as He pleased. He
said, in looking back upon his labors, he felt
that they were very imperfect. He had no
righteousness of his own. were it not. for
the Great Atonement he should have no
hope. He depended entirely on ihe merits of
Christ,-—-—Ilis precious blood.V His language
was. 7" ~ ’ , '
.‘In my hand no price I bring,
Simply to thy cross I cling.’
At one time, after a pcriOd' of dreadful
pain, he said, ‘I am willing God should do as
he pleases with me, if He will only let me
love and serve Him through Eternity.’——
Atlanother time ‘I will never leave thee nor
forsake . thee—precious promise !’ At an-
othe'r time,‘This is nothing to what Christ suf-
fered for us—‘for us simzcrs.‘
He committed his family into the hands of
God nnd‘told thc'm to live near to Him and
He 'would take‘care of them} ’ ( .
, One morning, after a night of great suffer--
ing, he said to his wife, ‘1 shall have to leave
it to you to tellvthis dear people how much 1
them, and how, grateful I am to them
for all. their kindness. I hope this c'vcnt will
cssing to them ;——-that they will
Here the preacher introduced an extract
from the last Will and Testament of the de- '
cénscd, executeda ‘few days before his death.
The following sentence is the last item,
9*" 990.1119, to whom I have
" Gospel in this place, I be-
.. .
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(Imam—Abe only legacy ‘I can—my ferrenl
. I grade and
ever: may
their pasto-
plete soundness as a theologian, his pre-emi-'
. variety ofways,blest inc.” ‘ .
When his attending physician announced
to him, on iii’cllnesdhy' afternoon: Dec. '12th,
that his time was short, he replied “It is
well ;" and, shortly after,“ “Christ is hll‘,”
and again, “How precious i”
.'Wh,cn ‘tll‘c‘preacher came tohis bedside; at
a ofclo’ck‘t‘ha't,eyfliiilgr,'l3{: 43531.9 Viven nigh lost
all power of" communication) with 'thp outer
World; 'H’e was‘ablé tO'Vexpre'ss it"w'islr for
pfayer, which was offered,‘a‘nd for singing;
l
and lay sweetly quiet while the hymns
“There is a fountain filled with blood,”
“Rock of Ages cleft for me”
were sung, and texts, and verses of hymns,
poured into his dying car. When distinctly
asked “Do you wish your people to know‘
that the great doctrines which‘ you have
preached to them are your support now,”
he, as distinctly, nodded, and his eyes spoke
assent, and a squeeze of the hand added con»
firmation‘. , . .
And so, on Thursday, Dec. 13th, at 8 A. M.
in the language of onc‘of' his own funeral'
texts “Having served his generation, by the
will of God, he fell on sleep.”
WNOE‘D
W'I‘he position of Mr. Lincoln, atflthe
present time, is thus announced by the 10cal
paper of Springfield, Ill: - _‘
“He stands firmly and innnovabl y upon the
platformpf the Republican party, and is a
believer m the principles enunciated; but in
the midst of the popular" triumph which
those prmprles have achieved, neither he
nor Republicans as a party, assume to. in;
dulge in any strain of offensive taunt or ridi-~
culc. .We'feel satisfied that he will do his
duty fearlesslyun any emergency that may
arise, but he wril doit With a constant regard
to all the rights which are guaranteed to the
several States by the Constitution.”
-——— “-440an
WA golden shower has begun to pour
in upon us. Last Saturday California sent
usa million, on Sunday the Europa brought
us $540,000 from England. The Etna came
on Tuesday with $330,000, on Wednesday
the Atlantic brought $850,000, and yesterday
came the Tia, with $3,100,000 to which
the Quaker ity, from
Havana, added,$107,-
718, and the, Borussia from Hainburg,_$l7,
500, make the receipts of yesterday $3,220,213
or $5,945,218 sinée Saturda last. Comment
may be dispensed with—Imbzme.
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,WAH Illinois miller met with a >Missouri
slave-holder, the miller staked flour and the
Missourian a negro slave of equal value with
the flour staked, on the point that Lincoln
would not get the electoral vote ofVNew
York or Illinois. After election, Missouri
informed Illinois that the negro was fairly
lost, and requested Illinois to take posses-'
sion. The miller went on to St. Louis, took
possession of his negro, and went before the
city recorder and manumitted the slave.—
The owner was glad; the miller was glad;
and as for Charley, the “boy,” his master
says:
_ “My own pleasure at the result of this
transaction is seemingly small when com;
pared with that of'Charley’s. It has become
his settled topic, now that he realizes his
emancipation, that ‘Mastcr Seeker" isno ‘ab-
olitioner but an em-ancipationer.’
I am induced to address you at this time,
more at the suggestion of the boy, . as ex-
pressing his deep gratitude towards you, at
‘ the same time congratulating you on my ac-
count, for your high and manly course in the
premises.”
0&0».
W Fort Moult-rie,~_ at the mouth of
Charleston Harbor. is named in honor of
General William Moultrie. one of the bra-
vest patriots ot‘the American Revolution,
who gained-a memorable victory at the for-
tress overa. British squadron, June 28th,
1770. Moultrie was‘a native of South Caro-
lina, and of Scotch descent. He early es-
poused the cause of American Independence
and in March, 1776, was ordered to construct
afort on Sullivan Island, at the mouth of
Charleston Harbor, and was engaged upon
the work when the British ilcet appeared off
the coast. He was advised to abandon the
fortress, as Gen. Charles Lee, his superior of-
ficer, declared it was no better than “ a
slaughter pen." Rut Moultrle bad faith in
his own work. and defended the fort with
great skill and valor-,aud drove away the en-
emy. One British ship was‘ lost, and two
others were riddled as to have almost
wrecks. The loss of the enemy was 222
killed and wounded. The Americans had,
eleven killed and twenty-six wounded. The
fortress was hardly injured by the fire of the
over every gun on the fort but one, was still
igposition. The determination and courage
o lloultrie in this engagement elicited great
praise, and the fort was by universal assent
named in honor of its skillful builder and
gallant defender.
«‘0ka—
W“ The King is dead; long live the
King.” The Union is dissolved; long live
the Union! A star the less in our firmament
or rather, South Carolina thinks so.
According to the general expectation, that
State has gone out of the Union, but if we do
net forget that it is not the first time shehas
done so, we shall tremble the loss.
Weremember when she was ready to go
to the death for Gen. Hamilton’s sugar,when
it was said of her, “dulee of decor-um est pro
pam'a molt." But it was sweeter yet to come
back, and she came back. , She may do so
again. " It is go easy to pass resolutions; so
difficult to e cute then. He firstact of sov
ereiwntyi. is'rrater ”-ludicrousgu She asks the
the Government from which she secede: to
conduct for her the postal system i
. However she has gone, and if she is grati-
fied’by the manner of her going, the gratifi-
cation is onc which nobody, we fancy, will
grudge her. If she chooses to be without the
advantages of the Union, which her sister
States enjoy and will continue to enjoy, the
loss is hers, and the advantages—.90 far as the
saving of some heavy’expense is concerned
—are ours. How in any other sense she is
to get out of the Union, it is not easy to see.
Her Commissioners will presently appear at
Washington,and will havethe honor,doubtless
of dining with Old Public Functionary, who
still holds high Court in. the White Hou 3e.—
’They may wait upon Congress,‘but Congress
has no authority to treat with them upon the
subject of dissolution. What; then can they
do? Like the‘ Freheh King who marched up
the hill with twice ten thousand men, and
then marched down again, they can return
to Charleston and report‘progress. Only let
the State continue to pay the regular duties
on imports, and kecpher hands oil the Forts,
and she can secede as long as she pleases.
, N. I. Tribune.
. -%(M>--¢o—-———W
A BRILLIANT conch—The Austrian Con-
sul at Charleston, S. 0., having assured some
of the leading seceders that the_Emperor
of Austria «would acknowledge the Independ-
ence of South Chrolina; the Austrian Charge
d’Afi‘aiI-cs, Chevalier Hulscman, has immedi-
ately inform'ed the gentleman, ' that his Maj-
esty will hereafter try to get alongr without
his-valuable services. ‘
Wash. Cor. ofthe Tribune. .
«COD-0 . ‘
ST LOUIS, Friday, Dec. 21, 1860.
The Democrat this morningannouhces by
authority that Mr. Lincoln offered Edward
Bates a seat in his Cabinet and that the latter
will accept this position ‘ which will probably
be Secretary of the Intei‘ior. '
._. —~-~—-9s<t.p> h—«_.fi._
GEN. Cass—Gen. Cass has been the sub-
j ect of marked attention since his resignation.
A large number of‘Sc‘nators, Representatves,
guided his recent action. The old gentle-
man being once more free, seems to enjoy
his otium. cum. (Waiting very much. .
Wash. (701-. offlze fl’rzbzme.
..¢9,...——o————-~
0%” We are. enabled to state in iilC‘anSt.
positive terms, that Mn. Lincoln is utterly
oppOs’ed to any concessmn or compromise,
that shall yield one iota of the posrtlon‘occu-
pied by the Republican party on the subject
of Slavery in the Territories, and that' he
stands now. as he stood in May laSt. When he
accepted the nominaltion for the Presidengy,‘
square upon the Chicago Platform—effluents.
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National Hammett?” ,Pastlnd and
Pro" 1‘.
The President has‘issied the follol-imé m.
commendation to the liszle of til
States: i
Numerous appeals ha e been mud
by pious and patriotic ,sociations
zcus, in view of the p
dangerous condition of our count
commend that a day be let apart for milla-
tion, fasting. and prayer throughout.
ion. In compliance will their rcqu tan
my own sense of dug, I designate, ‘
FRIDAY, run 4TH av ‘01?- Jsxmav 861
for this purpose, and recommend t, t the
people assemble on that day, acor g to
their several forms of worship, to keep t as a
solemn fast. .
The union of the States is at the p sent
moment threatened with alarming an im~
mediate danger—panic and distress of fear.
ful character prevail throughout-the 1nd,...
our laboring populatiOn ire Withoute 10y.
ment, and consequentl’ deprived o the ‘
means of earning their cad—indeed, pe
seems to have deacr'ted the minds 'of m a.—
All classes are in a stale of confusio and
dismay; and the wisest cbuusels of our best
and purest men are who disregarded.
In this, the hourof-‘o calamity and 'ril,
to whom shall we resort for relief but t the
God of our Fathers? H Omnipotent
Only can save us from th awfulgefi'ects‘o our
owningratitude and guil towards our H v-
enly Father. ' - '
Let us then, with dee§ontrition and peni-
Sniff-i]
tent sorrOw, unite in h ' bling ourselves be-
fore the Most High, in' j fessing ourindiviti-
ual and national sins, and in acknowledging
the justice of our puni ment. Let us iln
plorc Him to remove aim our hearts the .
false pride of Opinion w ,6]! Whald impel 113‘
to persevere in wrong forlthe salteof ‘consir‘
tency, rather than yield a? just submission 10
the,unforseen exigencies by which '8 are
now surrounded. Let us, with d rever-
ence, beseech Him to remote the Mandi“?
and good will which prevailed, in firmer
day, among the people of the several Shier
and, above all, to save us from the horrors 0
civil war and “blood-guiltinesa." Iatjbufl
fervent prayers asscend to His Throne, that
He would not desert us in this hour of ex,“
treme peril, but remember as as He did our
fathers in the darkest days of the Revolutioni
and preserve our Constitution and our Union
the work of their hands, for agesyetto come. :
An Omnipotent Previdence may overrule:
existing evils for permanent good. 'He can
restrain. Let us invoke every individual, in ‘
Whatever sphere of life he may be placed,to
feel a personal. responsibility to God and his
country for keeping this day' holy and for
contributing all in his power to remove our
actual and impending calamities , .
- '- . JAMES BUCHANAN.
Washington, Dec. 14, 1080. .
«6 .
. NEWS liens.
-——A number of young then ht Bridgeton,
Pa., have associated themselves under the
name of‘ “Zouave Odditiesfi’ for the purpose
of sawing and splitting wood for destitute
families. They work with a will and the re-
sults of their labor have thus far been very
beneficial. ' - _
———-According to all accounts, both Russia-
' and Prussia are disposed to acknowledge the
Italian kingdom. Russia, it is thought, will
shortly renew diplomatic relations with the
Victor Emmanuel and it issaid she has join-
ed England and France iniurging Fran" cis II
to give up a useless resist tree.
—-—The Washington coriespondent of the
New York Herald says that, with may intel-
ligent men from different parts of the South,
there exists a greater tear. of servile insurrec-
tion than of anything else; and they openly:
express the opinion that secession will has.
ten rather than retard it. ’
——The Mayor of . Mobile'like the Mayor of
Savannah, has issued a proclamation, taking
grounds against vigihnce a mmittees‘and the
practice of mob lynching, 0 much resorted
to in the South.
—-The Atlanta (Ga) _ hem Confederacy
which undertook to black- all the N. Y. city
merchants has died in the h' ds of the sheriff.
———-The London lobster t le, is principally
in the hands of a single sal smah, who pays
£15,000 a year to the No eigians for this
single article. V ‘V ‘ , ' ‘ " . 1 .
———-The Havana- correspo couch the New
York Times, says in. Male ' of November ,
25th. that he is in posse ion of “ proof,
strong, strong as Holy Wri " that fi'om"' six
to eight thousand Africans ad been landed
at various points on both sides of the Tiler 2'.
within the previous eight o‘pten CW“
——-The_ Democracy of .i- '
made out to "get tb'.-_ ‘ = . Ll' tbs
amotmt of SWAIN. xi P‘s. l
four van in.) ' ‘J ~' ,. 3 , . -
-—-. . i=. 2‘. 4, '>.-._~...n-y, has been
driveli or ‘. .. ‘3'?" .., 4‘. C, because; asthe ,
vigila. r .m, he wassushected of saying '
someti. v; detrimental to The Institution,—
He claims to have been, while in Connecticut
an AmeriCan and Democrat, and confesses
to have voted for Thomas H. Seymour for
governor last spring. , ' ,
—-The Vicksburglllliss.) Whig says: “At
the lowest possible estimate it will cost twen-
ty-five million of dollars to maintain theitate
of Mississippi out of the Union. All of this
will have to be raised by dirct taxation on
her people. Are they read for such emer- ,
gene ? Let the people remember that the l
revo utionists are determined to pcrpetrate.‘
this (ri‘utra e‘ on them." ‘ " 3.
—— he
may South, a slave vessel that sail .
ed from New York a femmonths ego fol:
Havana, has been captured n‘dVar M '.V.-*.Il:':biquc
with 846 negroes on board by =-.:=.-: ilrir’tsh
steamer Brie/c. _ , .
—-A gentleman received from ‘3
lina, the other day one of the ' _~ .
cockades of the chi And: admiring; t
he turned it over, and foundgor. mementos;-
“Manufacured by the Connect-3m Skinning:
turin Company.” ,5 ' ~ “ ,
——- ‘he new Bourse of Mars/'_;iles,oa whph
nine million francs are ex ' :5“ ~ wig; p9,.
scss a magnificent clock, wept? ' ‘1 irate:
said to be unrivalledanywhe \ .n a
London Exchange was hereifo‘re awarded
.a
as the model clock; but this ore beautiill,
having, beside the greatVface‘ it indicate he
hour at Marseilles, four little? ' s, affordng
the time of-Trieste, Paris, and stantinolle.
——Ma j or Anderson of the U. A.,commard-
ing at Fort ‘ Monltrie- in Charles . ton Haring.
is a native of Kentucky will: graduategat
WestPoint. In his younger . ya and’wlile
a lieutenant, he had \temporaiy commanqof
the Kennebec Arsenal at Augusta, Main —
Afterwards he was with Gen Scott in M -
ice, and distinguished himse , on several .
casions between Vera Cruz turd thecity'Vof
Mexico, and was-browned. At the closegg
the war; the Major was stationed at Fort P-
ble, Portland. Major Anderson 15 a .
popular -.ofiicer, of unquestioned bray, ,
great prudence, and in all respects well qu _-
itied for the difficult positronlgp which hers
now placed by the War Depaltulent. .
CONNECTICUT STATE Aoluillmmw
crnrv.-—It will be seen by advlfrtisement tint
the Annual meeting ofuthisfi , ‘ ct: is tqbe
held at New Hayen on the; day. of h- i
nary proximo. Members of VlhetExgcnlvc
Committee will please nolé a grecial calhad- .
dressedtotheflm. . » . . '
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ANOTHER 'CAsnou' rust AND A. u:
and politicians of all parties, have called up— cunnn.,—-A WW (it! 5 33-9 We: recorded ,, II"
on him to assure him of their glatilicatiounon H’omshmw pure of ever lultl 5]; use
account‘of the‘ statesmanlike views winch f DI} I Lanes 131%? PI] 9-"me I'll
Fleming Bros., Pittsburgh, Pa. e
now another to mention, viz: that of Mr.
James Sharpe, of. Madisonburgb,g,wh§ V ,
that he had labored under a very.» severest-a
tack of Ague and Fever,.audn REVEREJG‘
stored by the-use of .thesePllle; .Jfr. Shape.
alsoexprcsscs an uplmou, fo ,7 On obser-
vation, that the lam Pills. angina ~bes't‘tbr3
billions complaints evpr'ofi'flpd his W .
ofeountry. . a, ,5”, , ,
Although long. knowmas {gym with V
“finel’fltiederaaiiement .
edy for chronic cases . _
or diseases of the Liver _ eton,
Fleming Bros., of Dr.» ‘ I Were
‘t In this respetggliis ' ‘0 i
c cx- . ,
nigilicige has exceeded *elheir‘lmost sit-[shine
.and admits-n to how.”
it will be introducequ way up ilydn the
Unit 1 States. - “2i ‘ .3 ‘ - i
Purchasers will, _ sag ,-
lPLxxE’s carnelian, ‘33:.” _ f
facturml by “million, i
Pa. All other y'é'mlflg m
, eels " '
celebratedh --- ‘
'ke'
C‘A'l'AltRll is the mas .
cases of the Breathh‘g‘b i. i .
The Rev. Joeh‘nalmvm; .. .
of Newl'ork. who In the
twenty 'care. has - V ,
rli's 0 ive Tar and from.
which are advertised inthj.
81118 Hflbllslled . l- I .
m Jameson, - .
fbatbnd'hligu,”~ r.
,mail. *
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