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VOLUME 9. k»g ..
NUMBER 160
W r A^D *'u9u,M|KD^,rr j f[ OAMPBELX, & M'DERMOT,INTJKLLIUjEpiCER DUIX<DIN(aS9
iV. K.eururr nf Qniney ani i/aiu-SU.t H A-SrflHi ) 11 iu >T yi 3,1 At 8 s
D*fly»(br mafl, payable in adranceji^^.., .$5,00Ity the Week
.. 10Trl-W>ekly,(per year.payable In advance,) 3,00
A'irrrtWnjc d.«e on reasonable terms.All from a distance, or from transient
city customers, must be paid in advance.
INSURANCE.
Insurauec Co. of,Hartford.TNc6nijoitATiir>Isio.Capital & Surplus, $2,194,100.02.The INCOME of thi« Company la DOUBLE that of
.any other Fire lnjniranro Corporation in theUnited States.
A.aaet«f January 1, 1800. "
Cashlahand,*Depo«it<(siul(4rirdll:iulu,t£Ul448 48CaaU In transit, and in bauds of Agents,....loo,Art 78
until.n>t>»r»l 76^W100
Sills il«o«lral>le. amjily -ecured, .7,040 60thar Miscellaneous item* ... 17,844 00
Connecticut River Co. Stock 1,250 00Waterbnry n«»k .* 5.300 00Stafford Springs Bank " .........5,800 00Prorldenee, lt.I. « .. 1,872 00Jersey City, N. J.. " .* 1^00 01)aa t -^isisslUrtprd. " 'V- ..-._*4*raOO DO
U. S. Trust Co. Bank Stocks....,,-12,100 00TAL ASSETS, $2,194,100 03tttlLlttJCS..Uueettledclalmsnotdne.1179,957 65
Upwards of 9t3»000»Q00t>f Loese* have been paid by tho JStna Insurance Co.In the p-tjt 41 yoars.
FIRE AND INLAND NAVIGATIONFtiika accepted at term* consistent with solvency and
fair profit.UptfialaUrntienjinn to fniumnctof DWBLLINOSand Oonltnltfor Urmt ofdnt to Ave years.
[' The urogress of this Corporation has been "table¦in I uninterrupted through seasons'or financial mn-¦hino and storm or porfols eventful In or exempt fromswooping confli^rntlons and maritime disaster. Be¬ing lona e»tabll*ned,ona cath basin, the troubles ofthe credit system affect n* In no material particular,i During "hard times** the security of reliable Insn-fanco Ii an Imperative dnty.the ability of propertylioldcrs toiuitaln loss being then.much lessened.PolicieriVwel without delay, and all btudnes at¬
tended to wlth.dUpatch and fidelltr. byN. C. AitTHUR, Agent,
0T1co over the Dank of Wheeling.«p0
IEFFERS!)\ IXSUR&XC8 CO.OK SO JITHVILLK, AI.BKMARLK 00-VA.
LcTUAt Ca«tai.....^...,^......^...'.....U.,.~.^^^.:$150,000
iALBEMARLE Insurance co.OK OHAHLOTTSV1LLK, VA.
APITAU .~..:.r.rz.7:.^l7XpOQJXQ'eimsjlvanla Insuranee Co.
OF PITrSltUUOlI, PA.AflTAL..^.,. $300,000
lommonwsaUh Insurance Co.OF IIARRISDURG, FA.
DlriTiL....... .... ,...$300,000|1UK abore Companies bavireappointed tho unfier-J signed their Agent for Wheeling, nn<l Tlcfhity,jrould respectfully solicit the patrmago of the public.MCLu^panlpyiM-e fill knowp ti>.bstlr*tcl*s« offices.loaWs proinplW adjusted.. jTO. AUCllUR, A*t.nt^M_ ^
Office overtfoe Tlnnkot Wheeling.
Etna Insurance do. orftTiccJlng,OJic* altk4 Saving*Man*: <\f Wiping,Ho OS Mali* St.
T1IB AB1VR XAMKD COMPANY, tuurlng beentnlljr urKiihii^l, l< now pRpirwl to t*ke rirti
At lowest cjmUtwnt rate-*, on Buildings. Madilnery,Furniture, am I St.»ck«of Merchandise, »u1 againstall d iuxors ktten Up* tlidtftii*p6rt*tloii of Merchan¬dise on Rivers.'Se as. Laka*, <J.tn»l« ami Railroads.
Ai>plic-i»i.>n f ir lu*urai»ce will be promptly at-te*i1*1to.bytbePraiHout and Secretary.The p %tr«»riA<>>^fthrp'iblic respectfully solicited.S. I*. 1IILDRKTII. 1IBNRY K. LIST,
Secretary. President.
C. D. ho«limo,U'" X.hoiiM,Cuetstiax flaw, Taos.1I.litn,
L. D. Wait.Opportunity Is still afTonlo-1 to those who wish to
nbscribo, as the subscription book remains open *the Company's office. wy2&-yTO THOSE WHO WISH TO BE11 N SUEED
AGAINST ALL CONTINGENCIES.flMIEIHOHE INSURANCE COMPANYX of Sew York.C.isn C\PiTAL(every dollar paid In) $1,000,000i " Continent Vand 600,00jThe largest Cash Capital for the amount of risk ooffice in tlie United State*.
W. F. PETJSRSOX, Agent.IIHE INSURANCE CO/OFTHE VAL-X LEY OK VIRGINIA.Cash Capital (paid In) $800,009Much the largest Cash Capital of any office charter-d by this SUte.«#-Kirrand Inland risks taksn on the moit rea-onable terms. j£ Losses equitably adjusted^sn^pr«m^tl^ald by^, j1KB CONTINENTAIL INSURANCE; COMPANY, at New Yurk^sh Capital (p*id In) ...... $500,0000h Contlugent Fund (over) ...... 376,000In this office the amu-od participate In tha profits.bout incurring any risk.
W. 9. PyTEjtgQN^gept.IE LYNCHBURO HOSE A FIRE^INSURANCE COMPANY.¦¦ oamtal u2LLI4/L^aobji)obW. *\PETERSON, Jr, Agent.OverUWW of Cash Capital represented byiland welt'establlshed Agency, whereererfloss| above office has been promptly paid In whiM-3etore It was dae.by the terms of the policy.W. F. PBTBRSON,Office next door to the K. A M. B ail.»*69.ly Main . t. \t b .. f
INS U RANCE .
Fire&Marine Insurance Co.OF WIIBRL1NO. ' ' /"INCORPORATED IN 1837. i
S KUK& AT TIIK LOWEST RATES OSdiajc«of all kind*, Steamboats. Furniture andidlse, and against all dangers at tendingtbfc
. rtation of Qoodson river*, Mas, lakes, eaaale'dlroads.
|VT. h.utncio, 8ec»y. nmr Ckaksu. PreiPtDIRECTORS. .*
.cheson John Donlon, Rob't Morrison'igls. B. Brady, Sam'lOtt..amb, Robt Patterson, I
"Applications for Insurance Will be promptlyat-Uolbj the President and Secretary.
IJR. aosr. Moaauox. w. a. looa?[ auoaim war. ». dat-kxfoxt.
uIST, MORRISON & CO., .
elsasle Oroeeri A Pi*o<lnce Dealers.V!»». 70 and 80 Jf«ue-SU irXmliup. TU. n
I desire to state to the fHeads of the late firab»the tra l* {eaertlly, that We are In p«-wsassion» ai>«t a a.de facilities for the transaction ofa."eOrocerr aal Ppdiw* ltnWine««.leterulno I to execute allonter* entrustedre with Adslltjr and. promptaose, and on theI favorable te'rmC YS6t oPl ^emnts,LI3T. M«»BBlSOy *:COinr. lanimrr'X. 1WUnT
xhjpjlwkhh UARD3.ALF'D BCUOHES. M. D.
HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN.TTA8 ASSOCIATED WITH HIM.IN THE PBAC*It tic# of ifcedlciur, hU aister, Euza C. hiomu, 31[>., aRrndnate of tbe uPenn JJedicul Unlvorsity o!Philadelphia, Pennsylvania," whb will drvote herattention exclnrirely to Obstetric* and the Disease*if Females and Children. my29,00OFFICE HOURS.Morning,7 to 9; Noon, 1 to 8; Evening. 7 to 9.
OFFICE AND RESIDENCE: Comer of Fourth andJulncy streets, below the 1st Presbyterian Church.J. BOON H'L VRE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,Omes, N. E-Cox. Moxeok k Focbth Sts.[OppovLUtht (hurt House.) WnEELIXO.TAN. b..Will practice in the Mveral Coortaof this»ml the otfghboririsCoanttai.
particular attention win be given to tbe co'ectl«>n of claims.. noT3t>.jLjS. AVERY,
wholesale * retail
Hat and Cap Manufacturer,No. 140 Main Street,
WHEELING, VA.Haa on hand tbe largest and best a.ortment of Hatsand Caps of all goalItlos and sites, Janil
CYRUS W. FIELD & CO.,COMMISSION MERCHANTS,importers axd WUOLUALE dealers 1ST
Paper and Paper Manufac¬turers' Materials.
57 Beekman and 87 Ann Streets*_Jy-lyd NEW YORK.. v. pumphrxy. w. I. pomphrey
I. M. PUMPHEET & SON,Commission-.'and
ForwardingMerchantsDEALERS IN .
Wool, Floor, Bacon, Provisions, andProduce Generally.
No. 70 Main Street,Janl.ly WUEEL1NO, TA.
S.G.ROBINSON,XAXDrACTUEtR OF
WINDOW GLASS,Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
PAINTS, OILS, SASH, DOORS, LIME,CKJIKST, PLASTER PA11IS, AC.No. 7u Main Street,
Jy4 WnEELTNO. VA
m:.reilly,Wholesale Dealer in
GROCERIES,Vorflgn and DomesticWines and Liquors,
Nos. 55 * 67 madt Street,n»Y7.ly WIIKRLIN'O- VA
J. A. metcalf,COMMISSION MBItCIIAHT AND
MANUFACTURER'S AGENTjSKTT .
-emnrm.n gmpIn*,-' . YUnt GbilMren. LudOUI,Steel, Qr^en QUm^te, Lime,Springe, ,< Printing; Paper. Plaster Paris,Axle*, Wrapping.Paper, Cement,Itosin. Wooden Ware. Starch.Together with many articles or PitUhnrgh andWheeling manufacture.No. SO Piucton'* Row, Main St.,n,,Tl" Wheeling, Vn,EDMUND P. ZANE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
> --AS D .Commissioner In Clian teryfOFFICE: Otmtr of tburth and Monroe tirttix,
1VUKKLIXO, V A49s Will practice in the court* of the adjoiningcounties and give pnrticuiar atteution tot he collect Ionof claim*. .norHy-ly
CUlt L H.U. «.>.
C. L. ZANE & CO.Importers and Ihaltrt in Furtign tC DumeMic
Wines and Liquors,Manufacturer* ofPure Catawba Wines,Qcixct Strcct, bstwjuoi Mali A Mabkjct 8ts.
WIIRELINO, VA
KEKP constantly on hand Brandies, Scotch andIrish Whiskies, Jamaica Rums and Cordials,Choice Old Rye and Bourbon Whiskies... A «ep27r-JyT. H. l/OGAN i CO.
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,WHKBLINO. TA,
HAVE remored to their N£W WARKBOOMS, No.47 Main Stnvt, Mid -No. 8 Qoiuqr Street.yyMain Strert Kntrapce, next door to Baker
Hopkins. Quinsy Street entrance near the Bait.R. 11. Depot, and wharf.DRUGS, PAINTS, OILS.MKDIC1NK8, YARF1SIIK8, DRUPlIltS,WIMDOWULAS8.PKRKUMKRIK8. WHITE LKAD,PATRNT MEDICINES, Ac.Offered to the trtule. in city and country, at Inw prion
J.p.Mfxj*} u j'.J U -1 K'J U T? w.'o. oar*BAKER & WEIGHT,
WildMale Drain, In
Tobacco,Snuff&SegarsNO. *? Mr*.IN STHKBT,
.pVW-lr VnKEUINO, TA.G. WIIililAM BEESSING,
88 Hukit Strfl,trOLD POST OFFICE BXIILDTN
WHKKLIMO. TA.Grockriks, JLiQcofta._ Wi.via, .Ssgabs, akdFOHKIBK PftODtTCB GkM RltALLY.ftbl»4f
¦_W. T. MEEDS,
BookB iii der,AX©QLANK BOOKMAXUVAOTDRER
IiUellipKMctr Buildimgjtvr.Quincy tf Main tU.A LL DESCRIPTIONS OP BLANK BOOKS I.Llia,x\_ and m*de to order, printed heads if.required.
oable prices.. All wutk jcv»r*ut*ed. .
HATS & CAPS! ."~~
S&ko*[iIKac&\hteh[we wfcl dispose bf on the. npat Wa terms. -Ailthose wanting article* In our |tn* are invited rail
<tel» 'S. UARgyil A BRO.
TK 6V THEi. Unliin. Ihare received a large lot of Prints, Mus¬lins, Checks, and many other goods, at disunionprices. All th«*e baying goods for cash are respect-
;TTALIPAI IfO. 1. HERRIHGS^W
imiVi?RKtLSr!lUBK PALM SOAP, IU«vrS«np.Ol>rerlBeSoasaW by S. DOCKIXO. Ageat.DotU O.M Fsrtow ' Hall Drug Stora.
gaiittgntcUt^wreiTHE PHIIOSOPHV OF" SOCIETT.LETTER FROM L. W. SPRAIT.
Slavery Necessary, she only Ponu-datlou .or-- « liepublic.Laborers.bonid mot Vote;:* ' h ;' f V t* "[Frtinthf CU»ne«t6nSjerctJry.]llin. Joe* PxixiSfS, Delate from LonUlsns:From tbe abstract ol" the Constitution
for the Provisional Government, publishedin the pop*" or this morning, it appearsthat the slave trade, except wilii the SlateSuites of North America, shall be prohib¬ited. The Congress, therefore, nof cbu-lent with the flaws of the. late UnitedStntes'Hgtiinst-it,-which, iwis to be- presufti.ed, were re-adopted, baveianalterably fixedthe subject by a provision of the Oonstitn.lion. Thnr provision, for reasons equallyconclusive, will doubtless pass into theConstitution of the PemianenV- Qu»eni-nient. The prohibition, therefore, will nolonger be question of policy, but will be Rcardinal principle of the Southern Confed¬eracy. It will not be n question for tbeseveral States. In view or any peculiarityin their circumstances aud condition, butwill be lixed by a paramount power, w/ii'eAnothing but another rerolution cun orrrfrm.If Texns shall wnnt Inbor, she must electwhether It shall be hireling Inbor or slave 1lnbor; and if she shall elect slave laborshe must be content with that on/y whichcomes from other States oh this coutineut,and at such prices as the States on thisconiineut shall see proper to exact. IfVirginia shnll hot join the Confederacy ofthe South, she is at least Assured qf a mar¬ket for her slaves at undimiuisbed prices;and if there shall be, ns there unquestion¬ably Is, a vast demand for labor at theSouth ; and ir there shall be, as there un¬questionably will he,'a vriiit supply of panor labor from the North and Europe, andtales In the South shall be iu danger of
being overrun and uliulitiouixed, us theStates of the Korth have been overrun andubolitionized, there must be no power Innny State to counteract the evil. Deraoc-'rncy.it right, for it bus the approval of theworld; slavery wrong, and only to be tol¬erated In consideration of the properlyinvolved: nnd while the one is to be ru-couragea, therefore llie other is to.be pre¬sented iu such attitude ns to bu as littleoffensive as it may be to the belter senti¬ment of an enlightened world.Such I take to be a fair statement or the
principles announced in the earliest utter¬ance or the Southern Republic; and 1 needscarcely fay that 1 deprecate them greatly.I rear their effect* upon the present luiro.o-ny or reeling; 1 tear their effects upon thofortunes ur tlW Republic; uud 1 will tiikfethe liberty or intervening aud presentingreasons why 1 think we should ilot takesuch action at the present time. I mayseem presumptuous, but 1 have a staketoo great to scruple at the measures necevsnry to.preserve it. I take a liberiy, with¬out Lrrmis»p,pju making y.qni the ol'jf<jtof this letwMI -»«>c-»«r pct»,~.l-r.UtjoO.will ilssuro yon that I hat1* but the slmplipurpose,if ptissiblo, to be of service to mycoUutry- nnd If; in representing a measureso offensive, I niny seem willing ill respectTor the .¦spirit of the age," T hiivo l.tit tosay-that; 1 Uhvq, been connected wilhutliaslave trndo measure from the start. 1have incurred whatever of odium conbl| coiutT from its initiation; 1 have been iu-trusted by its friends with * lending part! in its advancement; and so situfted, at atiuip.vvlien prejudice aria mistaken-policywould seein to shapu our action to acourse inconsistent ^with her dignity, andinterests, 1 have no personal conaidera-tions to restrain me, and feel that it iswithin my province to interpose nud' offerwhat 1 can ofrensons to arrest it:Sor will I ho justly chargeable with an| unseasonable agitation of this question..We were truly solicitous to postpone It to
another time; we were willing to acquiescein wbatover policy tho States themselvesmight see proper tn adopt. But when itis proposed to Mko advantage of oursilence, to enter judgment by default, totie the hands of Sb.tea, and so propitiate n.foreign scutimeul by a concession incon*slderato and gratuitous, it is onr privilegeto intervene; and I aut in error ir yourclear conception or the questiuns at issue,and your devotion to the paramount t-anseor the Soutji. wilt not induce yon to admit-that the odium is not oo us of introducinga distracting issue.The South is now in the formation of aWare Republic. This, perhaps, is not ad¬mitted generally. There are many; con¬tented to believe that the South ns a geo¬graphical section is in mere assertion orits independence; that, it is instinct with
no especial truth.pregnnnt of i.o distinctsncinl ry>turn that for tome unaccountablereason the two-sections hnve become op¬posed .to each other; tlmt for reasons'eqoilljfjnwffl^ent, faMh diknffrjtmjotbetween the peoples that direct tliem{ nndthat fromno overruling neceiisity/no im¬possibility of coexlstence, but as mere mat¬ter of policy. It has been considered beiufor the South to strike ont for herself andestablish an Independence of her own..This, I fear, is an inadequate conceptionofthe controversy.The conUMt it not betieen tkclfarth andSouth as geographical secliont, for betweenMuch lectiorit merely there ran be no contact;nor btluetn the people of tho A'orth and thepeople of the South, for our rcfationi h'ave;been pleatanl, and on neutral grounds'thee is still nothing to estrange ai. Weeat together, trade together, and practice,yet. in intercourse, with great respect, thocourtesies or common-life. But the realcontest is between du tiro form* of uoeiety/which have been established, the mm atthe North and the pthrr st the South. So¬ciety is essentially different from govern¬ment.ns different as tbe nut from the bar,or tbe nervous body of tbe shell-fish fromthe bonystrnctnr* whiehsurrounds it; andwithin this Government two aocielifs havebecome developed ai variant in structureand distinct in form as any two beings inanimated nature 1(Tho one Is a societycomposed, of one, race,.the ojhef.ot tworaces. .Thtjane is bonud together hnt bythe two great social relations of husbandand wife and parent and child'; the other
wWW^t^'Z^an^rJS?!slave. Theiopf embodied in, 1U^politicalStructure the principle that equality is the.riaht of mari;*tfie*nflier (bat it is the rightof cqualgfUtn i|Sbe tfue envbedylax theprinciple that equality Is the right of "»»«<expands apou the horizontal plane of pnredemocracy ; the other, embodying theprinciple that it is not tbe right of man,
the one there is hireling labor, tn ibe oth¬er slave labor; in the one, therefor#; in'
theory at leilSt,.labor is v&tratarr , in theother involuntary ; in thrf|ab6r of tbe onethere.it the elective frnpc^«»^in the otherthere i# not; and, as law>r Ms always ioexcess of direction,-.in Utf one the powerof government is only ^pitl^ the lowerclasses; in tbe other th# upper. In theone, therefore, the reia^/oftigocehiinentcoupe from.tbe heels, io t&c other frutu tbebead of the society, ^bthooneit isguided bv the wont, in .{tieiolber by thebest intelligence ; In tb$ o& it is'from "1those who have the lesstjjo Aeother Fromthose who have-the greagett stake in thecontinuance of existing 4>der. In theonethe {'tipper laborer has -|he power to riseand Appropriate bylaw ths gOods protectedby the Sute.wbea. p^ssijre comes, it*come.it must, there w 11 Urbejtbe motive toesert.it.and thus the i$)ip 6f. State turnsbottom upwards. In tlu| otlia^ there is uopauper Jabpj* with poWvrof rising;; tbe.tfbip of; Stateixtt the tiiftlasjpof a disfran¬chised class i there i# nApo^dbUity of po-4Ufral upheaval, therewe, Vtd it is rea¬sonably. certain that so studied/ it willsail erect and -oe*rartiifo an indefinitelydistaut period.Such art), some of;Vhfimore obvious dif¬ferences in rform and; /constitution betweenthese two-societies WbiL-b bad come into
coutact withiq tbolinflts of .the recent.Onion. And' perhaps.3t ii nottho leastremarkable, in this collection, tbst whilethe one, a bhapulcss, oiwnnless, mere mussof social elements in-nadefinite relation toeach other, is loved ^nd eulogized, andstands tho ideal of i£« age, the other,comely and proportioned with labor ariddirection,- miud- and-mijUertn jost relationto each: other, preSeijjBng analogy, to thevery bigVesf rfevclbpuunts in animated na-lure, is condemned aeWJ .reprobated Kvenwe ourselves have jjardly. ventured toaffirm it.while the cock 'crows) in fact,jure ready to rienj* itCand if it shall notperish on the cross of" human judgment,it must be for the rtjasoq that the GreatEternal has not purftQped that still anotherngeut of his will shalf'comc to such excessof hnman ignominy. ;>Such rtre the two forms of society whichhud conic to rontesTjriihin the structureof the recent Union. i -An^ the contest forexistence was Inevitable. Neither couldconcur" 10 the requisitions of the otbei^neither could expun^within the forms of'a siiugle Government without encroach¬ment on the other. Like twin lobsters ina single shell, if suotfa thiug were posible,the naturul expansion of the one must beinconsistent with tffa'existence of the other;or, like an eagle and a fish, joined by anindissoluble bond, \ybich for no reason ofits propriety could Act together, where theeagle could not shaijethe fluid suited tothe lish liii'd live", whqte the fish could notshare'tbe llnld suited to ^he bird and live,and where; one must perish that the othermay snrvivp, unlcsk the unnatural Unionshall bo severed.ed»vthese societies shouldnot, if they would^eoadur.: The principlethjit; races arc ontftual,? and that umopguh'eqi»la inequality »3 right, would "havebeen destructive teabo form of pure Dem¬ocracy at the Norn. The principle that¦U men are equal flbji edually right, wonldhave^Veeti "dinftrecUt^flr^ittvery at theSouth. Krtc h required the element suitedto its social nature. Bach must strive tomake the Government-expressive of itssocial nature. The tfnt'nral expansion ofthe one must become encroachment On theother, and so tba contest.wafinevitabie..Seward and Lincoln, in theory at least,whatever be their aim, are rigut.. I real¬ized the fact and so declared the conflictirrepressible years before either venturedto advancc that proposition. Upon thatdeclaration I have alwaya acted, and therecent experience of my country has notinduced me to qnestion the correctness ofthat first coucention.Nor is indignation at such leaders be¬
coming the statesmen nt the South. Thetendency ofsocial action is against us. Thespeaker to be heard must spenk againstslavery; the preacher, to retain his charge,must preach against slavery; the author,to be read, must write against slavery; thecandidate; to attain office, must pledgemmsclf against slavery; the oHice-holder,to ¦cdntiiiiie, most redeem the pledges ofthe candidate. They did not originate thepolicy, but they paudered to it; they didnot start the current, but they floated onit; and were as powerless as drift-wood tocontrol its course. 'The great tendency to'social conflict pre-existed; it was In theheart of the North.it was the very struc¬ture of Northern society. It was not amatter of. choice but of necessity thatsuch socicly should disaffirm a society incontradiction of it. U was not a matter ofchoice, but of necessity, that it should ap¬prove of acts against it. In possession ofpower, it flowed to political action on theSouth, as fluids flow to lower levels. Tfcoacts of individuals are unimportant. If Ihad j>Q85essed the power to chnngc the*nind of every Republican in Congress, Iwould not have been nt pains to do so..They wonld have but fallen before an in¬dignant constituency, and men would havebeen sent to their places, whose miudscould. nev£r change^.' Nor,' in-fact, havethey been without their use. As the con¬flict was irrepressible; aY they were urgedon by an inexorable power, it was impor¬tant we ahonld know it. Onr own politi¬cal readers refused to- realize the fact..The xealots of the North alooe could forcethe recognition; and Tarn bound to ownthat Glddiogs, and-Gretlejr* aod Seward,and Lincoln/ parasites Vg they am, pandfcr-ers to popular taste as they are, the in¬strument^ .ond therraere instruments, ofaggression," have done moro lo rouse us tothe vindication of our rights than the bravest and best among us.
8ueh, then, wa« the nature of this con¬test. It was inevitable. It was inaugur¬ated with the government. It began at the.beginning, and almost at the startthe chances of the game we e turnedagainst ns, Ifthe foreign.flajcirtra<U hadnever fan tuppreutd, tlate toculy must hatetriumphed, it extended to the limits ofNew England,
Paripa*4U with emigrants from Europecame slaves from typca." Step,by step thatwo in uqion marched* upon' the WeaC andit is reasonably certain, bad the means tofurther union been admitted, that tbevso would have continued to march nponthe -West, that sla?e labor would -harejieen cheaper than hireling labor, that,traasceadiag agriculture, it would havebeen extended to the arts; and that thusone homogeneous form of labor and onebomogeneons form of society, unquestion-ed by one single dreamer, aud cherishedat home and honored abroad, would barer'overspreid .the enlirtx available surfaced of-the lata.United States. -But, the slave ttadesuppressed;*- democratic society bu, tri¬umphed. The Stages jpT New York, NewJersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware harefound an attractive-~nUirfcet' 1or the slaves.-Thej-'fonnd a ctieitper pauper labor to re-
place it: that pauper labor poured in fromEurope. While it replaced the slave it in-creased the political power of tlie North¬ern State#. More than 5,000,000 havebeen added to their number from abroad;«liat addition baa enabled them to graspand hold the government. That govern¬ment, from the necessities of their naturethey are fbrced to nse against n«. Slaverywas within its grosp,<and forced to the op-of extinction in the Union, or inde¬pendence out; it dares to strike, and it as¬serts its claim to nationality, and its right torecoguitibi£among the leading social sys-terns of tbu world.
Such, then, being the nature of the con¬test, this Union has been disrupted in theeffort of slave society to emancipate it-iself; and the momentous question now tobe determined is, shall that effort be suc¬cessful? That the Republic of the Southshall sdstain her independence, there islittle question. The form of our societyis too pregnant of< Intellectual .resources.od miliurjr llrepjtth .to )». <«a|><iae& ir,in its products, it did not hold the boundsof amity and peace upon all, the leadinguHtioui of.the world. But in the indepen¬dence of the South it there, purely the emunci~\pation, of dome*tic slavery T That is greatlyto* he doubted. Our property in slaveswill be established. If it has stood in aGovernment more than half of which hasbeen pledged* to its destruction, it willRtirelv stand in n Government every mem¬ber of which will be pledged to its de-fcnce. But will. it be established as amoral institution of society,-and stand thesole exclusive social system of the South?That is tho impending question, aud thefact is yet to be recorded. That it will sostand, somewhere at the South 1 do notentertain the slightest, question. It maybe overlooked or disregarded now. It hatLten the vital question of this great controver¬sy. It has energized tho arm of every manwho acts a part in this great drama. We.may shrink from recognition of the fact;we may decline to admit the source of ourauthority;.refuse to slavery an invitationto tlie table which .she herself has so boun¬tifully spread; but not for that will it re¬main powerless or unhonored. It may beabandoned by Virginia, Maryland,-Missou¬ri. South-Carolina herself may refuse toespouse it. The hireling laborer from theNorth and Europe may drive it from ourseaboard. As the South shall become thecentre of her own trade, the metropolis ofj her own commerce, the pauper population[of the world will pour upon us. It may| replace our slaves upon the seaboard, as itI has replaced them in the Northern'States ;but concentrated In the Suites upon theGulf It will make its stand, condensed totlie point at which the labor of the slavetranscends the wants of agriculture, itwill How to other objects; it will lay itsgiant grasp upon still other departments ofindustry ; its every step will bo exclusive ;it will be unquestioned lord of each do¬main on which it enter#. With that per¬fect economy of resources, that just appli¬cation of power, that concentration offorces, that security of order which resultslo slavery from the permanent direction ofits best intelligence, there' is no other formof tinman labor thnt enn,stand against it,and it will build itself a home and erectfor itself, at somo point within the presentlimits of the Southern States, a structureof imperial power And grandeur.a glo-rions Confederacy of Staled that willstand aloft and sereue for ages amid thoaparchy of flemocrucies that will reelaround it.
JIutit may be that to this endanother revo^lution nay be veceuaryi It is to be appre-1)ended that this contest between detnocrn-cy and slavery is not yet over. It is cer¬tain that both forms of Bociety existwithin the limits of the Southern States ;both are distinctly developed withinthe limits of Virginia; and there, wlieth-er we perceive the fact or not, the waralready rages. In that State there areabout 500.000 slaves to about 1,000,000whites; and as at least as many slave* asmasters are necessary to the constitution ofslave society, about 500,000 of thu whilepopulation are in legitimate relation to theslaves, and the rest are in excess. Likean excess of alknli or acid in chemical ex-pcriments, they are uufixed in the socialcompound. Withontlegitimnte'connectionwith the slave, they are in competitionwith him. They constitute not a part ofslave society, but a democratic society..In so far as there is this connection, theState is *lave; in so far as there is not, itis democratic; and as States speak onlyfrom their social condition, n* interest?,not intellect, determine their political ac¬tion, it is thus that Virginia has been un¬decided.that she does not truly knowwhether the is of the North Or South inthis great movement. Her people are in¬dividually noble, brave, and patriotic, andthey will strike for tho South in resistanceto physical aggression; but her politicalnotion is, at. present, paralysed by thisunnatural contest, and as causes of disin¬tegration may continue.must continue,if the slave trade be not re»opened.asthere trill still be a market at the Southfor her slaves.as there will still be pauperlnlior from abroad to supply their places,aad tunre abundant from industrial disso¬lutions nt the North, and the one racemust.increase as.the other is diminished-^-it is to be feared that there tho slave mustultimately fail, and that this great Statemust, lose the institution, and bend herproud spirit to the yoke of another demo¬cratic triumph. In Maryland, Missouri.Kentucky, and even Tennessee and NorthCarolina, the same facts exist, with chaucesofthe like result.And even it this State (South Carolina)the ultimate result is not determined. Theslave condition here would seem to be es¬tablished. There is here au excess of onebuudred apd twenty thousand slaves, andhere it fairly exhibited the normal natureof the institution. The officers of the iState-are slave-owners, and the represent iatives of slave-owners. In their publicacts they exhibit the consciousness of a
superior position. Without unusual indi- '
vidua! ability, they exhibit [the deration uf,tone and composure of public sentimentproper to a master cla*s. There .is no ap¬peal to the mass, for there^ is no mass toappeal to; there are no demagogues, forthere If no populace to breed them; judgesare not forced upon the stump; governorsate not dragged before the people; andwhen there is caufe to act upon the for¬tunes of our social institution, there isperhaps an unusual readiness to meet it.The large majority of our people arc jin legitimate connexion with the .in*ti' ]tution.in legitimate dependence on the jslave; and it were to be supposed that^here at least the system of slave* iocietywould be permanent and pure. Batieven here the process of dUintofrmUon Jhas commenced. Jp. our larger townsIt just begins'to be apparent. Within ten
year* past ns many n3 ten thousand s'.nvepbnveheea drawn away from Chiirlciton bythe Attractive prices of the Weft, and la¬borers from abroad have come to take theirplaces. These laborers h»iVe every lUspo*sition to work above the slave, and if therewere opportunity, would be glod to do to;but without such opportunity thej cometo competition with him; they are neces-sarily resistive to the contact. Alreadythere is the disposition to exclude him;from the trades, from public works, fromdrays, and the tables of hotels, he is evennow excluded to a great extent. Andwhen enterprises at the North nre brokenup; when more laborers are thrown fromemployment; when they shall come ingreater numbers to tbe South, they willstill more increase the tendency to exclu¬sion ; they will question the right'of mus¬ters to emplojr their slaves in any worksthnt they may wish for; they will invoketbe aid of Legislation ; they will use tbeelective franchise to that end; tbey ufdV*acquire the p<»wer to determine municipalelections; they will inexor*b1yiise lt;vangthus this town of Charleston, «t~the veryheart of slavery, may become a fortress ofdemocratic power against it. As it Is inCharleston, so also Is it to a less extent inthe interior towns.
Nor is.it only in the towns tbe tendencyappears. The slaves, from lighter landswith r. the State, have been dravn awayfor years for higher prices in the West..Tbey nre now being drawn awny from riceculture. Thousands are sold from ricefields every year. None are brought tothem. They have already been drawnfrom the culture of indigo nnd all manu¬facturing employments. They are yet re¬tained by cotton and the culture incidentto cotton; but, ns almost every negro offer¬ed in our markctVis bid for by tbe We3t,the drain is likely to continue. It is prob¬able that more abundant pauper labor innvpour in, and that even iu .this State, thepurest in its slave condition, democracymay gain a foothold, and that, here, also,the contest for existence may be raised be¬tween them.It thus appear* that the contest is not end¬ed xcith a dissolution of the Union, and thaith e agents of that contest still exist tcithin thelimits of the Southern States. The causesthat have contributed to the defeat of sla¬
very still occur; our slaves are still drawnoff by higher prices to the West. Thereis still foreign pauper labor readyto supply, their plnce. Maryland, Vir¬ginia, Kentucky, Missouri, and possiblyTennessee and North Caroliua, may losetheir slaves as New York, Pennsylvania,and New Jersey have done. In that con¬dition they must recommence the contest.There is no avoiding that necessity. Thesystems are antagonistic, and thus it isthat slavery, like the Thracian horse flyingfrom the field of victory, still bears a mi«s-ter on his back; and,'having achieved onerevolution to escape democracy at the North,it must still achieve another to escape it atthe South. That it will ultimately triumphnone can doubt. It icill become redeemedand vindicated, and the only question nowto be determined is, phall there be anotherrevolution to that end? It is not neces-sary. Slavery within Jthe Seceding Statesift' lenst"is' now emancipated if'men putforward as its agents have Intrepidity torealize the fact and act upon it. It is freeto choose its constitution ai.d its policy,and you and others are now elected to thehigh office of that determination. If youj shall elect slavery, avow it and affirm it ;not as au existing fact, but as a livingj principle of sorial order, and assert itsright, not to toleration only, but to exten¬sion and to political recognition amongthe nations of the earth. If, iu short, yonskull own slavery as the sourc£ of yourauthority, mid act for it, and erect, as youare commissioned to erect, not only ajSouthern, but a Slave Republic, the workwill be accomplished. Those States in¬tending to espouse and perpetuate the in-'Mitutiou. will enter your Confederacy;those that do hot, will not. Your Kepublie will n«»t 'requirt* the pruning process ufanother revolution ; but, poised upon itsinstitutions, will move on to a career Ofgreatness and of glory unnpproaohed byany other nation iu the world.
P. C. HILDRETH & BRO.5:* Mnin Street,Wlieelluf, Va.
WHOLESALE DEALERS INNull Rod, Window (iltw, Maryland Ltm*,Rar Iron, Printing P*|»er, Cotumou Lime,Kail*. Wmp. Paper, Kl»»nr,Sheet Iron, Planter Pari*, Shanghai Matches,Wire. liftml Plaster, Salt.Out Steal Cement, Wooden Ware, Ae.Agent* for llowi's Improved Countur and PlatformScale*.The Highlit M-trkrl Price jtaidfor Bagt, Flaxseed,Ginseng, Scrap Iron, «£«. Jyl3"f. a. brentlinger a co~Hkg leavktosay that theyiiaye opkn-eda Pharmaceutical ami Prescription Store in No.161 Market .trael. where they will t>e pleoaed tonerve those who may feel di»po*ed to call. Theirlong ex|K>rience and known accuracy in compand¬ing physicians* preferiplious cannot bll to give con¬fidence to all.Physicians and Drn^Uti requiring pharmaceuticcal and chemical preparation* for their own die-pen*iug.offatl and aniforni strength,ashy theU. S.l'hamiapla. can hare them prepare*! at the *horte*tnotice, we being now provided with all ueceooaryapparatn*. [uctl8] V. A. RRENTLINGKH * CO.
E. Hayes & Co.MANVFACTVXXKS OP
UGHT CARRIAGES AND HARNESS,CjSZmjL LOCATION IN THK ATIIKN/RUMP iiMlpg. ro'mrr Market A John streets,opposite Hit: Cttntom llon*e. Wheeling, Va. Alwayson hand Carriages of nuperior workmanship, warran-ted-to givesarUfaction. Also, work built to order.olthe latent «tyle*and moat improved pattern*, at thelowest market wtw, my 18.lyJAS. m. DILLON,
No. 107 'Uarket Street,WHEELING. VA.
PLUMBER AND GAS FITTEH',ATD
HRAS8 FOUNDKR,.pvKALKK I\ WKOUOlir IKON. GALVANIZED.1/ and all dtis of Lead Pipes, Sheet Lead. Bra»«Cock* ami ValTea, Steam Whistles; Steam and WaterGua-w, Lift and Force Pomp*, Link*, Hose. Antifric¬tion Metal. BancvrTin, Zinc. Antimony. L'rucibelt,<ialran»ve«l Lightning R«>d«, Insnlstof* and 'Points.AGKNT y-JH TUB MKNEELY BT.LLK. A<,a«dectPipe* constantly on hand.Caeh paid for old Copper* Urassaud Lead.^JjctlpSew Family Grocery.rpil ESURSCOIBER BBOS LEAVE TO ANN0UN0*L that he hasopened a Family Grocery and Fvrelto*Produce Store in the old' P«**t'01!ice bnHdfng. 1WMarket street, near the corner sf Qoincy and so¬licits thn generous patronage of his friend* and tLe>nhl(e reneraUy. '
It wlll.be my constant endeavor to Jttfer. at thrlowest price*, the best qnanties the market aJfrrds.A «ap*iuc ar|irle of Bottled U^oors ami Winesilway* on Load. .
, tl M.German PrMnce. such ks PrUrfsa. Laities. SplitPea*. aUo all Mod* of Wat*. Oratoge- anJ Lemons,skoleoale and retail at thefowsft rat<oi>oHor Havanaand Domestic Cigar* tobacco»f the different grades, retaR nt^f.Hll-Ud Permerly with AUx. Heymaa.
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The Weekly IntelligencerWill contain thirty-two column*. m«»tjyJS!2l*mithchoice ami carefully prepared muling; matter.ewbracing ail snbjec-t*.thns making U the Innrcafarul bt»JMlar Newspaper in thl* soctiou of country.
!DISSOLUTION.n^ffR FTIIM OK KliOliL^ * BlmiUKJ? IP TTU8JL day di^lred by mutual content Lither |«lyis authorized to fettle the account*.v. r. rnoDr®.Dec. 12th, 1S«. C. W. LHVltf*sOn account of 111 health I hoTe th]« *h»j sold o xIntel ett In the firm of hbodee A Visitor U'Wm.8.Warlleld, nud I cheertclly r*<omn«xi>l tip c«* fitmof KhotUl A Warfield to bit old fHtnd* ard p»troL«.C. W.MIlvDLS,
NEW~PIBM.WE HAVK TUIS DAY FOBMhD A CO&AHT-nerablp under thename «>fKnow A H.uiup,arnltlU coDtluub lite Whilnutf Orocvrr. tnAn»and Comml«*ion budfuva in the Uum lotx^er y vc-cupied hv Rhode* A Brother.P«c 12.UCO.Sin*. P. RHODE*. tr*. S. TTjUniED.RHODES & WARFIBLD,(Succwion to Kl»ode« A Brother.)WHOLESALE QROCEB8,Produce & Commission Merchant*.tleclT-ly Bridgeport* Ohio.,MUXE CALDWELL. bobekt usar**.CALDWELL & GHAHAM.^uccrMorc to JL. \ aruev.)
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WHKEL1NG.^¦Country Merchant* and nth«n> are invited t^»call and e&nminv onrVtork befurw pur**ha»fiii* "el»c-w ll(*t r. JyJSlJXH. liAinELL. T. J. CAMmU. OtS). B. TISCLX.
MAXWELL,CAMFBELL& TINGLE,WholesaleGrocersCOMMISSION MERCHANTSNo. 58 Malik St.,Wheeling, V«.
have n6\V in'stohi:060 bbl#. Prime K. 0. MolaAaea,126 hir. bhl*. do220 hlid*. fully fair to prime N. 0. Fuear.126 bbl».C-r..Ursnul*ted. Pow'd and Coffee Sugars76 .' ltrun«*n Golden Syrup.26 44 NwVoik do300 bags gpod fair to prim# Klo Coffee.60 pockrta Java CoQce.26 boxen Xat'l Lf. tb lump Tobacco.45 do various ataudard brand* faTobacio.la do d<< do 10* do10 ca«ce "Ilvntet**' Jj«do10 do 4*I»on Quixote" la do05 hlf. ch. Y. II and O. V. Tea.26 do Ooloug and Pouchoog Ten»100 bbb. No. 3 Med. and L«. Mackerel.60 44 Tar. large also. :16 tierce* lllce.Pepper. Pimento. Nutmegs.Clove*, Ca*aMuntard, Olnger, Indigo. Bi-Carb. Soda,Pnlaratu*. Soap, Cnndln. Waoli-bonrd*. 11 keta,Tuba, Bn»un»«, Kail*. aud all other ar *. lee em¬braced in the Uroccry line. mli'2
FALL STOCK.Hats and Caps Tor the Mtllfcn
S. AVERY,No. 146 Main, St., Wheeling, Va.,.Has now os iiaXd tIik most extkxsivkStock of floods in lU Hat line.' etrt exhibitediu tlii« market. TimPRINCE OF WAIVES HAT!Now the great lending flat for young gentlemen, Ihave in every variety of color, qual ity and price. The
Moleskin, Dress and Cassimere Hat,of my own manufacturo, and of the nio«t cckbratKtmanufactories of New York end Philadelphia, of thevery latest wtyle and flunt quality; WW Klt|?SCH'FKLT IIATS, nil the vnrivtiet of ahni>ca, qualitiesand colore: SAXONY WOOL HATS, made ol theflue»t American, Spanish and Saxuuy Wools :MEN'S and BOXS' CAPS.Cloth, Ort»*imere. Pluahand Hinted, from the lowestprice to the finest. Childrru'a Hata andCaps. beautifully and richly trimmed, Just import¬ed fh'Ui Paris.From my experience In manufacturing, and th%care'I.have taken in selecting my stork. ia a (.-unrnn*tw to purchaser* tiut they can l»e suited with thebest of guo<l« tt the lowest price*.4E^liat« made to order on the chorteat notiee.
S. AVKitY.No. 140 Mi«in-Pt., Wheeling.&T The highest price paid for SIIIPPIKO *U*S,*K-tciMin. lied Fox, prey Fox. Wild Cat, Mink, Uuk-rat, OppOMnin and Deer Sklna.Wheeling. Sept. U.1EQP.
C. W. rAXTJH. JOIIX DuXLO.V. ; C. OCLEBATPAXTON, D0NL0N & OGLEBAY, r
Wholesale Grocers,PROCURE & COMMISSIONMERCHANTS.
Hos. 62 and'64, Main St,novl W hrclln^, "V*.The Citizen's Deposit BankUF W11KKIJ.NU.Bank orr..\ from » o'clock a. m., until sI*. M. Discount iLtyn.Thursdays 10 o'clock A. I,JWMoney received on trun«i«nt.deposit.Interestpaid on rj*cfaT ilrjmtil*.49*Collectionanuuleand proceeds promplyremitted
DIRKCTOKh: (-Jacob Bergcr, J. N. Vance,Jacob Hornbrook, O. W. Pranxhefm,Warren Coo|»er, J. K. BoUUd,(#«.«.. K. Wheat, Chwt«r D. Knni.J. It. MtLLSft, Cashier. Ai^atn Caldwxu, Prev't.[feb4-*4»lyjSaddles, Harness,Trunks &c.j WltOLKSALK * KfCTAlL.
JB. SIIKI'PAl!D, No. 131 Main Street, corner. Union, will contfnbe to keep on hand alargeandcomplete assortment of ail articlesin bis line. consist- llug of Ladies* and Ueutlemen'C Saddles, FineA Coarse *IlarneMh Trunks, VaUcea, Carpet Bags, Satchels,'Col;lars, llaine*, Whips. 4c.I would respectfully call attention to my stock, andtrust by strict attention and promptoass, U> meritcontInnance of the public patronageAll kinds «f repairing promptly done, and in a propcrihwnuer; J. B. SILKPPARD.¦epao/. i ' 131. Main Street.XcirYork Paper Warehouse( XNKPKnJEONLY. VliKRKPAPBR DKALEKS,VJ Bookseller*, Stationer*, Binder*, Printers, andPurchasers generally can save from 10 Co'JO per cent,by purchasing from Aral band*.llitring Increased our ManufacturingFacilities. wecan offer great inducements to parties iu want of Ta¬pers such as are uxually sold by a Paper Warehouse,Ledger and Flat Papers. Foolscap, Letter. Note, andBillet, Folia. Packet. CommereiaL and all in-ades otFrench Paper*. Colored Papers, Tiaaur, Binders*,Trunk, aitd Straw Hoard. Blotting, etc., etc.: Bank-Note. Bond. Drawing, Bank, Envelops. Particularattention paid to aupplying Banks with Dank-Noteand Letter and Aronttit P ipera. School* air! Seminirie*. Clergymen and Profes-Iwnal man. Billheadsin .rock.Teady ruled for Printer*, from 1 to 8 IImiIito the sheet. Blue and White, ttort and Laid. lafact, a complete Paper Bazaar. Send for Circulars,and aave your money. Orders l»y mull, errooJttanie'dwitii null, willU tilled as well as if present in pat-sun. CAltSOX k HARD.apO-ly* PaperWarehouse. 44 Beeknum at.J. C. HARBOUR.
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CARPETS BUGS, OIL CLOTHSWall Papea. Cartaln Materials,And (TphoUter/Ware ofevery descriptionl-*3 MalnStreet. (n, WIIBBLINU. TA.g^Qflt and Wahogany Framed Looking Ol.i.es,n h/ind andmade to order. s*p9,'&9
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LOGAN. LIST & CO.(&U30U»btzU> T. ILLogmn ig Cb.)
Wholesaled. Retail Dra^lsl«B&IDQB CORKER. MAIN STRF.KT.WheeUnc, Vn.A RB prepared tp eupply guodspf aapariurquallt)/V atVrw prfcrv. to alt those who mav find it rmiw-id^at te moke their puaduaea at the "Bridge Cornsi