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a it i us it. nomnrsoiv, Editor. "SO UHIOS WITH ILATEnOLDEKI." ANN FEAUSON, Pnblislilnc Agent. VOL. 8---N0. 42. SALEM, COLUMBIANA CO., OHIO, JULY 9, 1853. WHOLE NO 406. THE ANTI-SLAVE1IY BUOLK, fvnMiBBO rvirtiSatcrdat, at Salbm, O. ' Tbivs. 91,50 per annum if paid In advance 1 1,00 par annum, If payment ba delaysd ba yond the year. 17 We occasionally lend numbera to those rho aro not subscribers, hut who are behaved to bo Interest,! in the diMeminatlon of anti iarery truth, with the hope that they will ither subscribe themselves, or their influ ence to extend ita circulation among their friends, tV Communications Intended fot Insertion, to be addrcned to Maric tt. IloniitsoH, Editor. AU other to Arm 1'rarson, Publishing Ag U J. HUDSON. FMNTEK. THE BUGLE. Benjamin Franklin on Slavery and the Slave Trade. The National Ern, in in "Southern Plat form," line the following essny which woi communicated Ity Dr. Frnnklin, to the Fed eral Gnsette, of March 25th, 171)0. It is a satire of apeech delivered in Congress, liy Mr. Jnckson of Georgia, in defy lire of slavery ami the alnva trade. Old es it is, il ia not yet out of (late. Tim Georgian lias legitimate descendant in Congress, at this day. Slave Trade. MARCH 23, 1790. To tht Editor of the Fultral Gazette : Sir) Heeding last night in your excellent paper the apeech of Mr. Jnckson, in Con gress, against their meddling with the ntVuir tit' slavery, or attempting to mend tha con dition of the slaves, it put me in mind r-l r similar one mmle nhotit one liundred yeHrs aim-e, h) Sidi Meheinet Ibrahim, a member of tha Divan of Algiers, which tuny he seen in Martin's account of hie consulship, anno 1087. It was against granting thn pe tition of tha sect called Erika, nr Purists, who prnyed (or the abolition of piracy and slavery, na being unjust. Mr. Jackson does lint quote it J terhnps ho hug not seen it. If, therefore, some of ita reasonings are to lie lound in his eloquent speech, it may only how that men's interests nnd intellects 0i rrnte and are operated on with surprising similarity in nil countries and climates, when--ever they are under similar circunisinnces. The African's speech, as truuslutcd, is as follows t .... . t . "Allah Bismillah, &c., God is great, and Mahomet is his Prophet. " I lava these Erika considered the conse quences of granting their petition ? If we cease our cruises against the Christian, how hall we ha furnished with the commodities their countries produce, nnd which are so liecrssary for us ? If we tbibenr to make .sluves ol their tenple, who, in this hot cli .mate, are to cultivate our lauds? Who are to perform the common labors of our city .and in our families? Must wo not, then, ha our own slaves? And is there not mora compnssion and more favor due to us, as .Mussulmen, than to these Christian dogs? We have now above filly thousand slaves in and near Algiers. This number, if. not kept tip hy fresh supplies, will soon diminish, nnd -be gradually annihilated. If we then cease taking and plundering the Infidel ships, nnd making slaves of thn seamen and passen gers, our lands will become of no value, for nvant of cultivation i the rents nl houses in the city will sink one half; and the revenue of Government, arising from its share of prizes, he totally destroyed ! And for what ? To gratify thn whims of a whimsical sect, who would luivo us not only forbear mak ing more sluves, but even umuuuiit those we have. "lint who is In indemnify their masters for the loss? Will the Stale do it? Is our Treasury sufficient ? Will the Erika do it ? Gun they do it? Or would they, to do what -they think justice to the slaves, do a greater injustice to the owners? And if we set -our sluves free, what is to be done with them? Few of them will return to their .countries ; they know ton well the greater hardships they must there be subject to ; they will not embrace our holy religion ; they will not adopt our manners; our people will not pollute themselves hy interuiuiiy--tug with them. Must wo maintain them ns beggars in our streets, or suffer our proper ties to be the prey of their pillage? For men accustomed to shivery will not work for livelihood, when not compelled. And what is there so pitiable in their present condition ? Were they not sluves in their .own countries? Are not Spain, Portugal, France, and tflio Italian Slates, governed hy despots, who 4iold all their subjects in slavery, without -exception ? Even England treats its sailors -n sluves, for they are, whonever the Gov. .eminent pleases, seized, and confined in hip of war, condemned not only to work, but to fight, for small wages, or a mere sub sistence, not belter than our slaves are nl Jowed by us. 1 their condition, then, made worse by their fulling into our hands? No; they have only exchanged one sluvcry for another, nnd, 1 may say, a lie Iter for Jiero they nre brought into a land where the ami of Islaiuisni gives forth its light, and uliines in full splendor, nnd they have nil op iportuuity ol making themselves acquainted with tha true doctrine, r.ml thereby saving their immortal souls. Those who remain at home have not that happiness. Sending the , slaves home, then, would be sending litem out ol light into darkness. "1 repeat the question, What is to lie dope with them ? 1 have heard it suggested that they may be planted in the wilderness, where there is plutity of land for them to flubsist on, and where they may flourish as This paper is dated only twenty-four days tjeforo the author's death, which happened on Che 17th of April following. a free Plate; hut they are, I doubt, too little disiosed to labor without compulsion, as well as too ignorant to establish a good Gov ernment; nnd the wild Arabs would soon molret nnd destroy or ngain enslave them. While serving us, we lake cm to provide them Willi everything, anil they nre treated with humanity. The lulmrers in their own country are, as I nm well informed, woise fed, lodged, and clothed. The condition of most ol tlieui Is, therefore, already mended, and requires no former improvement. Here their lives are in salety. I hey nre not lia ble to be impressed for soldiers, and forced to cut one another a Christtun throats, as in the wsrs of their own countries. If some of the religious-mad bigots, who now tease us with their silly petitions, huve, In a fit of blind seal, freed their slaves, It was not gen erosity, it was not humanity, that moved them to the action it was from a conscious burthen of a load of sins, and a hope, frotn the supposed merits of so good a work, to be excused from damnatiou. "How grossly aro they mistaken to suppose slavery to he disallowed hy the Alcoran ! Are not the two precepts, to quote no more, ' Milters, treat your slaves tcilfi kindness ; Slave, terve vour matters with cheerfulness and fidelity,' clear proofs to tho contrary ? Nor can Ibe plundering ol liilulcls Ih lit Hint sacred bjok forbidden, since it is Well known fioni it, that God tins given the world, and nil that it contains, to his faith ful Mussulmen, who are to enjoy it of right, na fust as they conquer it. Let us, then, hear no more of this detestnbluproposinon, the manumission of Christian slaves, the adoption of which would, by depreciating our lands, nud houses, and thereby depriv ing so many good citizens of their proper ties, creujn universal discontent, and pro voke insurrections, to the endangering of Government, nud producing general confu sion. I hnvn, therefore, no doubt but this wise council will prefer the comfort and hap piness of a whole nation of true believers, to the whim of a few Erika, and dismiss their petition." The result was. as Martin tells us, that the Divan came to this resolution t "The doctrine, that plundering and enslaving the Christians is unjust, is, at best, problematical; but Hint it is the interest of Ibis Mate to continue the practice, is clear therefore, let the petition be rejected. And it was rejected accordingly. And since like motives nre not to produce in the minds of men like opinions and reso lutions, may we not, Mr. Brown, venture to predict, from this account, that the petitions to the Parliament of England fur nbolish ing the slave trade, to say nothing of other Legislatures, nud the debates upon them, will huve a similar conclusion r J ntn, sir, your coustunt render, and hum ble servant, UistoricI's. From the Christian Press. Slaveholding Religion—Letter from Samuel Lewis. Brother Boynton : I lenrn that some of your brother editors refused credit to tho brief account I gave you ol a stuo oi a woman aim child to a trader hy n ineudier of the Method ist Episcopal Church. It is unpleasant for mo to write articles for papers. It is not in my line; and especially is it unpleasant to sneak of wicked practices in a church wheie I have been n member for forty-five out of filly-lour years of my life. 1 would fur more wiilingly,if the cause of truth and justice would allow, take a covering uud walking backwards throw it over the sin, nnd hide it at once from my eyes and the eyes of the world. lint the healthy portion of the Christian church should know whut outrages are per petrated within her pale, and with her sanc tion ; nnd it has therefore become my duty to write the following statement, which you inn V use ns your judgement mny suggest. No disrespect is intended toward any of the parties named. All except uraity nre my acquaintances, and ihcy have treated ma with the usual courtesies of society. Mr. D. lives ui to the highest cluneli standard around him; and his error is that lie allows the church to form his Christian standard, instead of forming it himself, from the Bible. Mr. !., a prominent Inwyer, nnd member of the M. E. Church, resides in Kingwood, Preston county, Virginia, lie purchased a slave woman nnd infant child fur (StKK), to wait on n must amiable and excellent wile. The difficulty of hiring good help was tho reason assigned for the purchase. Not long a Her thn purchase, say one or two years, his wife died; and some mouths after her deuth Mr, D. sold the slave woman nud child to a slave-trader named Brady, a man well known in Virginia, of greut industry, nud nn exten sive denier in slaves. The price was friOO. The woman and child wero tuken nway to market, the leaving other children in the neigh borhood. The class leader of Mr. D., a most excel lent man and devoted Christian, informed me that this act of Mr. D. had lieen submit ted to a committee, according to the rules of our church, and the committee had found nothing in the transaction that violated our discipline. There the matter rests, and with all other cases of the kind more or less aggravated mutt rett so long as our discipline remains as it is now. 1 repeat that all the persons In any way connected with the affair, including Mr. D.. the the preacher, nnd committee, are men of the first standing, and ami would tie the Inst persons to do what they suppose essentially wrong. But the law allows the slave trade and our members in the slave Suites find nothing in our discipline against occasional trading in such property by church members. It is proper for me to any the great major of our church, especiully in the free States, believe such dealing to be sin ; and many would so conatrue the rulea of our body. Bui in tlove States, church members can find, always, sufficient excuse for audi trading with impunity, without in any way affecting their social or religious standing. It should also he noticed that an increasing number of clergy, laity, and conferences among us are being tmdeneived about the humbug of holding slnves for their good, and are demanding our rule to be so altered as to exclude slaveholders altogether. When the church shall adopt such a rule, slavery must cense, for with all her defect the church has still a moral power that can put down that "sum of all villnnies," American alaverv. Mny that day soon come, is the prayer of your brother, Sam l L.r.wis. The Political Present. The N. Y. Daily Tribune, of June 28tli, contnins an nrticle entitled " Thn Past The Future." Under the first head, it briefly condenses tho triumph of the South, and the humiliating submission of the North, since (he admission of Texas till the present. We quote what he bos to any on the Inst, under the more appropriate head of the present. General Pierre is in good faith, re deeming his pledges to slavery. Heretofore our countrymen have professed, whatever their practices at home, to lie the friends of freedom abroad. Henceforth a marked fea ture of our foreign policy, Is the perpetua tion of human bonduge wherever it exists abroad. The genuineness of our professions of liberty, will soon be rightfully appreciated by nil nations. The Tribune says : Having thus surveyed the ground mutually occupied down to the present year, let us see where we now stand. , Gen. Pierce was elected, and proceeded to form a Cabinet, con;Ksed of six enrly friends of the Compromise anil one South ern opimuenf. . Col. Jeff. Davia had con demned Gen. Cass's Nicholson doctrine, even while supporting tho nutlior for President, ngainst his own father-in-law, Gen. Taylor declaring thnt ho could assent to no proposi tion which did not secure lo tho south a lull, clenr nnd indefeasible right to tnke slaves into all pnrts of the New Territories. On this ground he fought as U. H. Stnnlnr the Compromise throughout, voting only fur the Fugitive Slave Law, and resigning bis sent lo go home and stump Mississippi as anti Compromise candidate for Governor. - Bent-' en in the canvass by Gen. Fonte, who was backed by ono-fiflh of the Democrats and liineteeii-tweutieths of the Whigs, Col. Davis remained thenceforth in privatn lilo unlit Gen. Pierce called h'un into his Cabinet, nil uurepenting adversary of tho Compromise. Gen. Dix wus pressed fur a place in I bo Cabinet on the part of the Frea Soil Dem ocracy ol other days, but lie was deemed ineligible nnd rejected, though recently a supporter of " tho Adjustment." And it is now understood thnt Ilia French Mission promised him by (Jen. Pierce, is to be with held, nllhoiigh Souln, Gadsden, Borland, Meade nnd other bitter Southern opponents of the Compromise have received Diplomat ic appointments, and several inuro such have been inducted into the most lucrativa Con sulates. In no case does the fact that a politician has fought the Compromise on the side of Slavery appear to bar bin pio motion, but the contrary ; nor is he required to repudiate nor repent of such hostility. But whenever u Barnburner of 1848 aspires lo a pluce under the Federal Administration, he is required to renounce his Free Soil principles or prove that he never bad any. Thus, The Union, defending the appoint ment of Barnburners hy Gen. Pierce, charg es Scnutor Bell with falsehood in assuming that they are still I'ree-Hoilers, snying: " He nssumes thnt Gen. Pierce has ap pointed 'Free Soilers' to public trusts, nnd he would make the impression that these ap pointees art still Free-Sailers. But the as sumption is untrue. The ' Free-Suiters' of 1848 renounced their FretSoilism in 18.V2, when they adopted and came upon tho Compromise phitiorm. Mr. Bell knew this fart, and yet he hud not ibc magnanimity to slate it. Ho chose to in" o n false im pression hy stating only u part of the truth of the case, nud by lht means to obtain a party advantnge. The Democrat of Ten nessee would promptly repudiule Gen. Pierce if he had brought 'free Sutlers, ' with their Fret Soil sentiments still clinging to them, into the public offices. They now know that he bus been guilty of no such net of bad faith." But is there any corresponding requisition that a Southern anti-Compromiser shall re nounce hit 'Stale Bights' faith in order to bring him within the range of promotion ? Noth ing like it! There is not a single leading MitnlliHrn tnllrmil 4,f tltn SlnlA Itildllu' school which professes lo have rcponted of A,..,na;,;n m ,i,a fin tin contrary, the spirit in wbidi they regard that legislation is very fairly exhibited in the fol lowing letter to n leading Virginia organ of the school, duledl "WASHINGTON, June 20, 1853. Editor South Side Democrat ; "The present state of things here is quite suggestive. " The President seeks to reconcile ex tremes by favors, while Tht Union, his organ, V OMUIVIIVIjr VllgngCll HI VUIUUIS.IIIH tow Compromise, the abomination rf both. The -I !:.... . .... I.. .1 - r.. ...l.'.li .'gun mum very iiiuu inci m mis, lur hiiiiw tltn l..n. I...U,!. .... ,1, .....I tmltd w iBniiiuii, if,,,, us U', litu wiR"" " down. If the President approves Ibis, then As, also, ia building card-houses. Laud the lii..r i i . . i i lauuriii mm lei inn iompromiss aiune, would be the true policy ; one extreme nt 1,'fl.l WAiitil hm ula.uafl ,I.a 3.,,it liar,, liir the Platform is committed to the only feature in the Compromise for which the Southern .i....- . -i 1 1 . i ...i. mii'm ruicu. no iiiii acquiesceu uit or sou- milled lo, the objectional features, nnd he dots not like to be continually reminded of it. Do yon not feel somewhat degraded I lint your school is nlwnys spoken uf as a icing of the party, nnd thnt, ton, in (o inexion wiili fie other, or free soil wing ? I bail supposed that thn State Kighls division composed the b idy of the Democratic party South. Tho Compromise men themsulves see now that they have givuti nwuy a vast domain for nothing, nud circumscribed themselves in such a way ns lo make their future fate in evitable. What is the difference now be tween a Southern Compromise man nud nn ultra? Buth were delending the suiue gar rison; ono, in despair, was willing to capit ulate the other was fur holding out until every man was put lo ihe sword, believing that preferable lo n slow death. The tulviee of the first prevailed, nnd Ibo keys were de livered lip. The gallant ultra, however, was lint lo hu slighted, for be hnd the rympniliies of his people. A toconciliuliou, or a alio of it, woa absolutely necessary ; fiir there could be no general organ without it." Thus, you see Ihe Southern ultras, instead of regarding their hostility lo Ibo Compro mise us something to lie recanted, concealed or apologized for, avow ii, glory in it nud regard themselves ns the very salt of the Democracy and in the South its suhstauco. Accordingly, Ihcy havo taken posMsinn of me tieinorrntic reorganization in most Southern Slates; have nominated candid ates: for Governor, ccc. in Georgia and Mis sissippi ; nnd, tieing backed by n sent in the Cubinet unit armed with the great mass of the Federal patronage at the South, regard the Administration ns their property, nud bestow a few subordinate, places on their Union or Compromise brethren, as you might throw n bone lo n beggar. The attitude of the Federal Admiuislrnlinn on nil questions involving tha extension nud lortiliciiiinu ol slavery, is unequivocal. Messrs. Soule, Buchnmian nnd Gadsden nre sent to Madrid, London nnd Mexico respec tively, witn trie clenr understanding that they nre to do their utmost, first, to effect a trans fer of Culm to this country as a new bulwark to Slavery ; nr, secondly, to rusist nnd ihwnrl all efforts looking to the Emuueipation, im mediate or otlierwiso, of tho Hall Million Africans held in cruel bondage in thai Island. The land of Washington nnd Jefferson lins liecome the only Nation on the face of Ibo earth that intermeddles with tho policy of Foreign Stales expressly In :criuluute the slavery nud degradation of man by man. I lie l.uiloriol columns of Ibo Administra tion organ are prostrated to culogiums on the Bosnian Autocrat nud argument inl'avor of a lively sympathy between our Govern ment ami Unit nf Kussia, on tha avowed ground of the freedom of Ihe hitler from " fanaticism" or any sort of prejudice ngainst Slavery. The Ibllowing extrnct from Tht Union's stalely nnd occular lender ol last Saturd ; glorifying the new President's Foreign I'ol'i cy, is a specimen of tho perpetual assump tion in that quarter, that the support nud perpetuation of slavery is regarded by ihe executive as the duel end ol our Federal existence : Wejhave alluded lately to one of these questions, growing out ot the rumored policy of Great Itiiliiin in regard lo Cuba, which annuls out nt tins tiiuu with imposing prom inence. If the public minors which attrib ute lo Greut Britain a design, in connexion with Spain, to convert Cuba into agoverntiuut of fret blacks, shall prove lo bo well-liuinded, tht high position taken bu the Executive will be put lo a severe trial," &c. &c. To the same effect, a Wusbinglnn letter writer, high in the councils of ' the Democ racy,' thus exputiutes: "Thn demonstrations in favor of Mis. Uncle Turn, added lo the rumors of British designs for the abolition of slavery in Cuhii, aro already considered as un adequate justi fication of Iho proposition fur our Govern mont lo take the initiative in Iht trar impend ing, by the immediate seizure of Cuba." The attitude of ihe Federal Administration is emboldening the Southern ultras to prof fer now and unheard of exactions. Ii is now distinctly proclaimed that Nkurask.i, a territory consecrated lo freedom hy tho M is souri Compromise more than thirty years ngo, must be surrendered to Slavery! Mr. Senator Atchison recently madu n speech nt Weston, on the western vergu of Missouri, wtiereiu lie explained Ins resistance last winter to tha recognition of Nebraska as a territory as follows; "He had told Mr. Guthrio that, consider ing the circumstance under which ho was sent to Washington, ho would not be receiv ed as a Delegate; that treaties would huve to bo made with the Indians before any po litical organization of wliilo men could ho tolerated in that Territory ; und that even then he (Mr. A ) would nut consent to the organization of that Territory unlets all Ihe citizens of Missouri, and of the Union, should have the privilege of stilling there upon a basis of common equality. He (Mr. A. ) would nut vote for ihe organization of that Territory if the Wilmot Proviso, or any other proviso of inai character, should Jie engrailed upon it. Hu would vote for extinguishing ihe Indian title to that Territory, but never to exctuil mm citizen of the United Slates from settling there. Cm any one say as much lor Col. Benton ?" All which means "No organization of "ienraHiui or any similar territory until the "North shall consent to surrender lo Slavery " what our fathers expressly consecrated to " Freedom." Are we ready lur this? These novel exactions from the South nro of course paralleled by corresponding nhiiso nicnts nl the North. Thus u nameless om clo of faction in Ibis City, supported by con tributions levied on office-seekers and nomi nally edited hy a noisy Freo Soiler iu 1818, thus blazens iis owu recreancy and itiliimy iu n leader entitled " THE ADMINISTRATION PARTY IN NEW-YORK. "The whole American uress. Wh'ur and Democratic, East, West, North and South, is quite universally engntred in discussing thn publics of this Slntc. What is lo be thn f ittire action of thnt faction which has figured somewhat extensively under the general rug- iiometi of II ii nbnrner ? Will il stand iv the Compiomi-p, or ihe Fugitivo Slave L tw ? More territory nppears to hu inevitably ni- prnnching the orbit of our I'nioii i soil which will, probnblv, for some li ne, lie governed us Irriilory nud lint ns Slulrt. ', the lltrn burner fiction Now constat that the South shall have nn equal participation in th: benefits of territorial acquisitions i Or will tbev cry nut again, " IN o mine slave territory!' nnd seek, through popular nud Cniigrcssiniud aifilalion, lo shut nut tho South from what ever new field may be acquired ? Aro we to live in perpetual drend Hint the fue of Ihunticismnru not quenched, but only smoul dering beiienth the hypocritical surface of what a distingiiiHlied leader of Ihu faction do nominates anptirsr-cnit ?" " To fail on any of throe points will lit an art of rebellion aqtiinsl the present Mminis trnlion ; onrf il wM, we are confident, be so re garded by the Etctulite." Here ills distinctly laid down that re sistance to the extension of Slavery into nny Free Territory which may htrtnjhr lie ne quired by our Government is to Im regarded und treated ns treachery to the Platform nud hostility to the National Aduiiiiitralioii! And this Culmination, contemptible ns I its source, derive importance from tho course of ntt'aiis at Washington nnd throughout tho Suulh. To resist Ihu establishment of Slav ery, under whatever circumstances, is held in powerful quarters lo be n factious pint ling ngainst tho National Democracy nnd its Executive. How fiir shall this ba allowed to proceed without encountering resistance ? H is the spirit of devotion lo Liberty died out of ihe r rue states ? Or will Ihn lime never come when its dictates may he prudently nnd properly obeyed? Why should not our Slate 1-L'ir.laiure, while uciiuiescing in whatever tins been wisely done in tho past, distinctly indicate tho boundaries of such action, nud reaffirm thai hostility lo Shivery Extension which has ever been a cardinal principle of New-York? Is it not high tima lo protest atfuiiist Ibo iutcrmeddiing of our Federal Government in the ulKiira of Foreign Slates tor Ihe perpetuation ot Unman lt.iinli.gi! therein? How lung shall our silence nrm nud embolden ibo deadly adversaries of Ihu principles or 70 and ol the inalienable Bights of Mun ? From the Friend of India, Feb. 10. Slavery in Travancore. Among tho many subjects which will not he pressed upon the intention of Parliament in tho inquiry now proceeding, is the extent to which Slavery still exists in ludi.i. It np pears to be taken for grafted, that because tha iiiHlilulinn is not recognized within the Brit ish dominions, ned un one can pursue a runaway, il fins censed to exist in nil the countries under our control, nud that our duty iu this respect has been performed. The Bombay Guardian has culled utieiitinii lo the extent lo which it exists, even within Ibe regulation Provinces, hut in those districts it is not recognized hy Iho authorities, und il would appear lo be n rather harsher form of pauper aerviluilu than actual Slavery. Tl cush is widely different iu somo of llio tribu tary Provinces of Southern liulin, vthero Slavery exist in a form, only to be distin guished from that of North America, by ihe fact that instead of fund nud t.lothiug, n pit luncn, the maximum of which is euuul to unu-iiiiru uiu wages oi n ireeman, is given lo the slave, nud that his suffering nro not aggravated by communion with n powerful und civitized rnce. We publish Iho detail . . which I'uve reached us, iu tho hope that ihcy will produce coiimitiuicutioiik displaying Ihe whole extefit of ihu evil. Iu Trnvflncorc, csiiecinllv. thn " Paradise of the Holy," under tho immediate eve of lien. Cullen, Slavery assumes its most ru pulsivn form. Tho population of Ibid Statu iu li(i, tho dale of iho last census taken, amounted lo I!80,(i(i8, of whom rather more than twelve per cent., or I0I.8C4 were slaves in every sense of the word. They nre di vided into four castes: Pariah, !18,(i25 ; Pul iynr,00,5U8; Cnrownr,:H,8Jl ; Pullar, 11,750. These nre ngain divided into three classes : house slaves, private field slaves, nud Gov ernment slaves, of these, the fnsl class, ns n matter of course, nro the mosl leniently treat ed, they are generally of tho same rasle ns their masters, who purchase them iu infancy and their bondage though hereditary, is alle viated by the prospect of freedom under certain coi.ililions. This clars, however, is much mure limited than the field slaves, who, especially In the rice-growing districts, are exceedingly numerous. They uru worked harder Ibau Ihu hen laborers, receive a pit- tuticu which is barely sufficient to un serve animal li:o, nud nre frequently cruelly Ireuled ; lor, iiltliiiiigh the law nominally protects their persons, it is nliiiin-t impossible, for them. Irom tgunrauce, extreme poverty, ami the intrigues ol their masters, to set it in action. Even their ungraded condition, however, ia iHitler than that of the Government slaves, forlheynre permitted lo purchase their free dom. Should they, however, loose Ihe war rant of manumission, they are at nny moment liable to he seized by the ngenl of ihe Gov ernment nnd aguiu reduced to lioiidagfl, with all their descendants. It is, thureluie, Ihn custom for the sulu lo be mailulosumu third party, in whom tho slave can couliile, nud who will allow him perfect liberty, while hy retaining Ihu nominal rights of a master, hu prevents the tion rumeiit Irom exercising lliern. If a slave nl this class marries a lieu woman, ns sometimes occurs, the children nro free, but if a freeman umiiics n tdavn, Iho children belong to the proprietor of the ino;lier. The Government slaves, on ihe contrary, ii would appear, cannot purehaau their freedom, llmugh, like iho serfs iu Kus sia, they are occasionally ullowml permission to woi k lor ihctiiscives upon jiayuu.nl nl a monthly fee. A still more fre pient practice is to lei them out nt a stipn'ntrd payment, nnd Iho slave masters aguiu, illegally, ill' J c: them, ami curb transfer convey an abstiiute right over the a'avu's lulmr. Aa a matter of course, the h st owner bnving to nny the Government lax, and the middle min i profit, nnd lo keep ihe slave alive, nud do all this w I c ii human lalior is nlu ost a drug, works his unhappy purchase ns nearly to dentil ns be dure venture. I t one ns-et, indeed, Ihn slave in North Ainnri n is in the h dter position of tin two; ho is at least fed and clothed in his old nge, has a mom of some kind lo cover him, und may linger on for years, a mere hurdi n upon bis master's estate Iu Truvnncurp, there is no provision of the kind. The slave live through a life of un paid toil, nn scanty food, iu which even the Bengaleu hut is n mansion, nud if he survives to old ngc, is turned nut lo hr g of tn .n as wretched ns himself, or stnrve. iu 181'), it is understood, ihe .Madras Gov ernment, moved by Ihe tnles which reached! i's members of the deep degradation of this class, forwarded 10 Ihe Kaj-ih some remon strances on thn subject, so stringent, thnt bis Highness wavered, nnd tho large slaveholders b came nhirmcd; they wont In a body t. TrcvniuhliiH, and represented to the Itajah, in unusually li ce language, the consequence which must result from his interference. They declared that if the slaves were paid, they would refuse to work, licit the rich cul tivation must perish, nnd the laud would be in danger of a famine. The nrginneiit ia precisely ihnt of Ihe American slave-owners, and nf the Jamaica planters, but Ihe Rojuh, a kind hrnrled, but indolent man, was alarm ed, nud the effort of the Madras Government were nf no nvnil. At Ihe samo time the missionaries nf Tr.ivaneoro forwarded a for mal nddi-ess to iho resilient, iirnvius that lis ho would forward In tha Kajali a memorial in liit ir behalf, representing the extreme Mtf- tcriug nnd degradation to which bis subjects were exposed. The correspondence was subsequently published In 7'he Clirislian Wit ness, nml from it o few of our facts nre taken. but we reproduce below General Cullen reply, ns thnt journal is not one which the majority r.f our readers are likely to have seen. "Tn Rev. C. Mai'lt, nml ihe Mouthers of the Church and London Missionary Soci eties iu Trnvmicore. " llr.vEnr.Nn Gf.nti.emf.n : I have the lion-' or lo acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the Vtith of March lust, with ita enclosure, tho address to hi highness Ihe Rajah, on the subject of Shivery iu I'ruv.incore, which was ' duly siiiiiiiiitcil to lua highness. And I have now lite pleasure in transmit n ropy of Ihe , letter fruui the ncling'Dewan, communicating his highness thn ltajuh' sentiments on this important question. I need scarcely add that the subject of amelioration shall receive every support in my power. " I have the honor to be, sir, Your most obedient servant, (Signed,) W. Cri.tr-N, Resident. ' -" Resident's Office, on Circuit Quilun. June 8. 1H17. "TREVANDRUM, June 1, 1847. " Rr.siT.rTr.n Sir: With reference loan address lioin the reverend missionaries of Travancore to his Highness the Rajah, under dutn the I'.lih uf March last, which you weru pleased to hand over to hi Highness, I nin directed lo request you will bu so good ns to iiilimato in those gentlemen that hi High, ties fully appreciated ihu feelings which prompted that nihil ess, Hint hi Highness cannot but feel deeply interested in Ihe wel fare of every class of bis subjects, however low may be their condition ; nud hi Highness will he ever disposed lo ameliorate, ns Ihr aa mny be practicable, the condition of ihe class referred in by ihe reverend gentlemen, by the iiilroiliieiion, fiiim time lo time, of Im proved regulations for their treatment. Em ancipation hi Highness considers to be too important n question to hu entered upon nt present, especially n no such measure baa yet been introduced, oven in the honorable Company's teirlturies; but the nmeliornliun ' uf the cuuditiou of the unfurtumito classes - ol the population 1.4 n subject which will not fail lo entpign hi Highness' future consider ' nlinn. I remain, &c, (Signed) V. Kristso Row. ' " General W. Cullen." "We Inivi) mail. 1 no exaggerated stnto mculs. Volumes might hu written on ilia cniuliiioii of ihesi- classes, nnd another Mrs. ' Beecher Stowe might find among ihem the material for stoi ics which wnuhl ns strangely mnvo Ihn people of England lis her tale hn ihuie; hut no record of oppression could call mum strongly for the interference of Ihe British Government than Ihe simple fact Ihnt hereditary slavery exists as n legalized iusli lutioii in a Kingdom, which iu nil else, is absolutely subject to our iiulhorily. No in terests exist hero na in the Duiled States, too powerful for anything but conciliation. The Rajah can abolish unpaid labor by n deeree, and to liberate Ibrcver n hundred thousand liimilies, would scarcely cost live miuulrs to the Governor-General. One such letter as that which brought thn Nizam lo his knees, or frii'hiciifd 1 Im Rajak of Nnppnre, would put an cud ton system which, if liiirly placed bcliirv Parliament, could not endure un hour.' From the Phrenological Journal. John Pierpont. Within n venr fro 01 bin ni.i,,,,,... .1.. yniiioriiigu imiiiuy scnool, lie received imitation Ii siicccm! it ,!, A'i. g ltv ui iitiHior ol ihu ll..li.d-.t a m 1. . Hot. 11 11 '- 11 in . . . . : 1 " viiit unii wus or- ilumed in April, 1SPJ. This was n eoi.spicii. all 1st 11 1 111 iti-l ' It in I itn .li I I I - . 1 1 rrr-11 mi. I 1 II ill 1 1 ill lBf lliii r II ....I ... . ,, ',,., ' preilictsor, Ihu Ke.v Hnrnce llulley, who had consented to i.s.unin the Presidency of Trnnsj Ivanui College m Lexington, Kentucky, was a mail ol reniatkulily popular gifts, possessing a iover ol extemporaneous eloquence seldom equaled, with u comniiiniling personal sp. pearance, and with a hearing and manner 111 society thul wero equally impressive and delightful. Ilia I'uinu a a pulpit orator had