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the Secretary f tlie Convention mny tee t to
make.
Tli Convention closed Its business on Monday
afternoon, owing to the announcement that tlic Imll
would bo olosed, lost during tho evening sessiun
mob violence would prevail. Whether this fear
was real or imaginary, llio tin II was cloned, and tb
Convention adjourned tint dir.
' Much M I should regret to too molKicfftcy ro
veil in a public meeting, I would regret tlio sup-
luuooimi ui iruo specen more, .-loiwiinsinnuing
the outrage of pcrsonul violence perpetrated nponi
strangers in our midst, nnd tho closing of tho Imll
against the freedom of speech, I nm happy to say,
the former was not tho act of tho citizens of our
town or county, nor sanctioned by them i but was
perpetrated and instigated by a few such characters
as may be found floating upon tho surface of every
society, liko a moral excrcscncc, feeding and fat
tening upon tho product of its own bareness.
Tho reasons assigned for closing the hall mny
have bcoa well founded, I knovf not; but deeply
lo I lament that such a necessity should exi.it any
where, especially In tho Northern, lu called, Free
Htatoe; and tlmt, too, at this time, when abovo all
others, the question of slavery should receive tho
srslin, earnest, and serious consideration of evory
refloating mind in the country; yos, at this timo-
.when that deadly upas, slaceoerary, is spreading
. am extending it w ithered, leafless brunches over
II our public domain, to seek life and nourishment
for its dying, decaying trunk, unon tho worn out,
lifeless, atorilo soil of the Old Dominion, " the
.,n'l.. r prn.;.1nn. " .n,.nll t, mniber of
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laves for the Southern plantations.
Many persons in the middle of tho nineteenth
eenturv, who call themselves Vtmoerati, havo Kot
' ti, tntrs th. i.rm,.;l. r.t D, u,twrni-,r tit I nil.
' trammeled and unfettered freedom of speech. As
free discussion is tho greatest obstacle in tho way
of universal despotism and tyranny, to it is tho
the greatest tnemy of intolerance, superstition, big
otry and error ; and will therefore meet tho com
bined forces and united opposition of the enemies
of freedom and of man. And this will, In all
probability, ever be the case, until virtuo nnd in
telligence give direction to, and control human
actions. vV. A. S., Sec'y.
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Nairiii, onto, April n, lis.vx.
OVERSEERISM.
Mr. Cutting, a Democratic Hard of New York,
as our rcadora will remember, was the mnn to move
the reference of the Sonne's Nebraska Bill, to the
Committco ol the Whole in tho llouso of Represen
tatives, he also mndu a very tcmperuto speech, not
against tho bill itself, but against sonic of its pro
visions. Ho evidently duircd a discussion of the
bill and to prevent baity, final action, ns its leading
friends desired. But this was nn ode iho to be vis
ited with tho overseer's lash, for this ho was pub
licly insulted, and compelled to bear the stigma ol
coward among cowards, or bravo a duel. Thus
was designed to administer sumo w holesome ad
monition to bolting Democrats. He who would not
' provoke the basest insult or bravo a duel, must
vote for slavery as tho overseers should dictate.
Tho challenge was passed, nnd rumors of a fight,
of wounds, and even of a fatal termination, of the
affair, were rife a few days since. But it has all
"been settled, ns tho follow ing from the cngrossiotial
t proceedings of Friday last will show :
Mr. Preston last Friday rose and said : It is vei
- in tbo memory of this House, that the debate whlc).
recently occurred between Mr. Cutting, of Now
Y'ork, nnd Mr. Bieckenridje, of Kentucky, was
uiarkou by personalities.
The character of tho debato led to some discus
. sion of it features outsido of tho walls of this
House.
So far ns Mr. Cutting is concerned, he referred
the matter in controversy to bis friends, (.'ol. Mon
roe, of New York, nnd General Shields, I'nited
States Senator from Illinois.
So far as Mr. Brcckcnridjro is concerned, ho re
' ferred tho matter to Col. Harvkiu.i, of Kentucky,
and myself.
I nm authorized by theso gentlemen to state that
the matter in controversy lias been settled in
manner mutually satisfactory, and, wo conceive,
honoralilo to both gcntlemon who woro engaged
that debate. I havo another duty to perform
' behalf of these centlemcn, and that is, ns thoy
havo violated in dohato tho rules of ordor cstub-
lirhcd for the government of tho House, they ex
press mutual rogrct that any such occurrence has
takeu place, and ask its indtil-rcnco, ns a body, for
its occurrence. It in a sourco of gratification
these gentlemen, who mnke strong promise of lu
turo usefulness to tho country, nnd w ho are olrcadv
admired by a largo circle of friends, that this mat
ter has been adjusted in a manner, 1 am entirely
convinced, satisfactory tonll their friends. 1 thank
the House for their attention.
Rtv. Noams Day, who has some months resided
in Kentucky, was arrested in Indiana, sonio thrco
or four weeks since, nt tho instaneo of Kcntuck-
tans, on a cliargo of aljuuctiuz slaves. Ho man
aged, however, tu oscnpo his captors. That they
might again make him o more easy prey, the kid
. Dappers have reported the vilest slanders concerning
him. To counteract thoso statements, Mrs
Day lias published a communication in tho Ashta
bula Sentinel, denying their truth, and giving
history of tho residence of her husband in Ken
tucky. Tho'churgo of aiding poor fugitives, if true,
is an act of righteousness lor which God and all
just men will honor him, however, Kcntucki.ms
mny rnge, or the government punish him therefor.
Wo trust ho will cuiitinue to olu.lo tho vengeance
his persecutors, especially if ho has had the cour-
age to render himself obnoxious to kidnapping1
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terrors, as is unargeu upoii nun. i&u litis in so uo-
ing only mado a practical davclopomeut of the
christiuu precept, and of humanity. But it is the
practise of this nation to punish practical Chris
tianity as a crimo, and to visit with Cue and im
prisonment the highest and purest exhibitions
human boneroleuce.
Kidnapping in New Ekolaxd. Two colored
children, one eight, and tho other four years of age,
there boon kidnapped, at Newport, Rhode Island.
4?barles Denton, the father of one of tho ohildren,
and the step father of the other, has been arrested
ibr supposed purlicipancy in the orimo.
Tbe IIcrcmsioNS. It w ill be seen by nn adver
tisement in tlio paper to-day, that the Hutchinsons
. will sing at the Town Hull, on Monday evening,
the 10th inst Nothing that we can say will add
' to the desire of the pouplo to hear them. Come
then, all who have such dosiro and who has not t
An American Slaver. The Tribune'e corrcs
" pondent, writing from St. Thomas, glvei on ro-
count of e slaver at that place, which had boon
fitted out in Uoston, hud gono to tho African eoart,
' where the crew deserted, and the captain was
' cooapollod to return without his oargo, and finally
16 throw overboard bU msnaelus, and other lae
furniture,
PRISONERS' WAGES.
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It seems to us, that our penitentiary convicts are
trentud barbarously nnd unjustly, in regard to their
labor and its results. That lley should pay their
own expenses while in tho penitentiary, is right
enough. But (hat they should, like slaves, be
hired out to unprincipled speculators, whose interest
it is to wring tho utmost farthing's worth of labor
from their sinews, whilo their families nro suffering
from hunger and nakedness at home, is unjust and
discreditable to tho State. And vet this, wo be-
licvo is tho custom of most of the penitentiaries of
tho country.
M e find in the Carson League, the following on
the subject!
"Tho Slate, certainly, has no right to rob the
prisoner of his earning, from the simplo fact that
ho may hnvo forfeited certain privileges of citizen
ship, such ns being restrained of his liberty, or de
nied the right of suffrage. It transconds tho prov
ince of civil government, as it seems to lis,
whenever the Slnto attempts to increase lis revenue
out of tho unpaid labor of its subjects. Whatever
eiso the un.ortunnto prisoner may liavo lorieiten,
he certainly cannot have forfeited his right to prop
erty acquired ly honest toil. Mis property rig it,
here, is superior to Hint of Iho Btute and it cer
tainly adds nothing to tho justice of tho net, that
the State itself should conspire against the delence-Lnti.,h,vcrj
Ipas l.fiannnr slilif finf fi-imi l.n l.lftRuittifS (if MID'
less iirisoner, shut out from tho blessings of tho
rocinl and political sphere.
" His claim wo put pon the ground of absolute
and essential justico. All tho considerations nnd
arguments that grow out of the fact that tho pris
oner may sustain domestic nnd filial relations, onlv
givo intensity to tho justice of the proposition, and
crve to show tho flagrant wrong of depriving the
w ife or the child of tho support duo from the bus-
j u, 1C fi(Cr ut l0 Bwiln)ptin of ,,,
State, claiming a right to appropriate the avails of
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tho prisoner is disposed of like tho stocks of
speculators in Wall street. Ho, poor man is re
garded, In the strifo of tho speculator to make the
most sutol Ins muscles una sinows, as ntilo liettcr
than n working auimul or a degraded plantation
slave."
S.Lr.n Unio School. Tho Sulcm Democrat
contains the report of the principals of tho Union
School for tho last term, from which wo learn that
tho whole- number of pupils in attendanco has been
382. Mr. Markham strongly urges tho erection
of it now house for the Grammar and High
School departments, as essential to the succoss of
tho schools.
How tub M. F.. C it men is Oitosed to Slavehv,
our readers may learn from tho following item of
news. Tho Baltimore Conference, it should be re
membered, belongs to tho Church Kotih,
"At the annual conference of tho Methodist
Episcopal Church at Uultiiiiuro, on tho 15th inst.,
Rish.ip Ames pie-eiitcd a memorial from tho Troy,
asking tho Baltimore, tu recommend tno General
Conference to insert u prohibitory rulo in tho dis
cipline forbidding 'the buying and selling of human
beings, except in view of emancipation, and the
voluutarv and mercenary bidding of them in bon
dage' The Baltimore refused tu concur iu the re
commendation of tho Troy Conference by a unani
mous vuto of all tho members present, numbering
i'A."
EDUCATION IN LOUISIANA.
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General education nnd slavery nro incompatible.
Every little whilo wo hear of emtio spasmodic ef
fort in tho slave States to establish sonic general
educational system. But it soon ceases j serving
only to recnl tho general and alarming w nut of ed
ucation, nnd tbo impracticability of doing anything
tu relievo it, whilo slavery rules paramount ns now.
Louisiana has recently boon moving in this direc
tion. She has a State Superintendent of schools,
who has visited them in till parts of the State, and
reported tho result of his Investigations to tho Leg
islature. ' This report exhibits a most deplorable
stuto of ignorance of the elementary branches of
educntioi., ns the following paragraph will show :
" A local, parochial nnd S'ato supervision of the
schools is what is most lieocleu. t hero shoul-l to.
in every parish, a Board of Examiners consisting
of three or moie, whore duty it shall bo to examine
applicants for tho situation of teacher. In sonic
districts tbo directors are totally incapable of per
forming this ditty, for tho very potent reason iif
Ihcij lliemm lret du nut know Aoic to rtail or write. In
tmikimi our the wnnauta of tcavtirrt on file in this
ojjice, thrre trtre jtiitnd in one parish the ortlinary
mart; nj nrcirc uijicreni uuct itn a .- in nro or tnrrcoj
the ilUti irts, thrre were ttso out of three who ii'yni
their vmrk. This is truly a deplorable fact, nnd
olio which unprincipled teachers havo not tailed
to turn tu their own pecuniary udvaiitoge. Two
out of every three of tho Director should bo re
quired to know how to read and writol"
This recommendation of tho Stnto Superinten
dent, thai lit least two-thirds of the school directors
should know how to read and write, is certainly
very modest one, nnd wo hopo our Bister State may
be aide to find that proportion of school directors
posscssod of theso important qualifications. But
wo confess our npprchension that tdio will not be
able to do oven this, so long as sho makes it a cap
ital offence to givo or sell a book whether biblo
or spelling book to a majority of her citizens.
nnd so lung as tho instruction of this majority is
prohibited on penalty of fiuo and iniprisonmout,
A NEW PAPER.
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Tin Salem Weekly Deuocrat, is the name of a
sprightly now paper, started in this plaeo. Hud
son i Battin, Publishers, A. II. Battiu, Edi or.
The Democrat is designed for a news nnd business
paper, and in politics advocates the principles of
free Democracy. Mr. Hudson has made a very
neat little sheet of tho Democrat, typographically
The purposes of tho paper aro set furth in the
I blowing extract irom me cuuur s salutatory
"Tu assist in defending tho institutions for tho
protection of Liberty and" to bear o portion of tho
burden of the battlo, we have enlisted in tho war,
and plunting ourselves upon the great Democratic
principle of Liberty and equality for alt, we shall
labor for tho promotion ot the great cause ut Ilu
man Libertv. with nil tho abilities which wo nos
sess. and while we regard this ns tho question of
paramount imoortanco. we shall nlsu advocate
iIiomii other measures w i.icll arc so intimately con
nncteil with it. nromincnt h.nonir which is that of
free homes lor all landless sotu'ors, ami wnno we
hall labor for the promotion of tho "Free Demo
cratic-" Driiiciples. as declared in tbo 1'ittsburgli
nnd Columbus platforms, wo are wiliii.j to co-ope
rate with all men who aro laijoring to ec-Juro uio
sumo purpose when tho same can be done w ithout
IS PSUIIUUU Ul flij v ....
New IlAMMUiRE.-r-Tho Conoord Free Democrat
says of tho result of tho eloction, "as note informed,
we are confident that tho Administration are In a
minority, and will continue to be so in Jane, when
the Legislature shall eouio togethor."
Alcohol and tbe Constitution or Man t being a
popular, eciuntifio account of the chemical pro
perties of alcohol, and its legitimate effects
upon the healthy, human constitution. By Ed
ward L. Yooinaus. Fowler & Walls, New York.
1854.
Tbe tubjoct and object of this work are aliko
Important. Of the manner in which it Is present
ed we cannot speak, as we have not found time to
examine it. The publishers will however , please
accept our thank for a copy.
S. M. BOOTHE.
fidelity. Addressing the commissioner,
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Mr. Duothp, who wns arretted in Milwnukio,
for aiding in the. rescue of Glover, from f.S. Mar-j
sha). Cotton, was after examination, held to bull.;
for his appearance at tho next term of their. 8.
Court, In the sum of ?2,(KK1, Mr. Iiootho is a true
mnn, brave and firm, ns nil will admit, who rendj
tho following brief address, mado before Comniif-j
sioter Smith at his examination. From appear-1
the slave catchers could not have selected
a more unfortunate suldeet fur their western cpc-U,o
of intimidation. Mr. Iiootho in his brief
but eloquent address, speaks out the true spirit,
whic h thou-ands feel, but which many lack cour-
to express either in words or deeds. The
hunting dow n of tho man for opinions nnd actsi
w hich tlicy know to be most sound, will havo o
tendency to mako thorn lovo kidnnppora nnd prnc-
tico ahwnly m kidnnpping. Milwaukie, has done
credit to herself by tho rouo, and wo have no
doubt that the prevalence of tlmt public sentiment,
which opened tho prison doors for poor Glover,
was created in no inconsidcrnblo measure, by Mr.
Uoothe's preaching of that gospel which opens pris
on nnd milii.ds ll.e fcltiitd. In fciiit g him, the
kidimppers havo paid nn honornblo tribute to his,
Mr. Boothe said f
.V(i ,1 iV jleac Iht Court ;
I do not propose to reply to tho counsel for the
Slave-Catcher, on whoso unsupported oath I nin
arrested as n criminal, nnd nm now on trill for
liberty. I leave that task to my counsel. Hot I
wish to say n few words, nt this stago of tho exami
nation, in my own defence.
l or tho lirst timo in mv life, I am arrnicned
j ,cfure n tiibunal, invested jvith tho forms of law.
0n a etinrgo oi crime, llio warrant lor my ar-
ret
rest charges me so that legnl fiction runs with
"iihuiciiWi aiding and abetting" the escape of a
human being from bondage. .
My answer to the cliargo is, that it is not Iruf.
Whatever "uid and comfort" I mny havo rendered
the hunted and battered fugitive, it w as only such
"aid and comfort" as the laws permit, ns humani
ty dictates, nnd as the plainest precepts of the
Christian religion required of me. on peril of my
soul. So far, therefore, from having tu reproach
myself with what I have done, 1 ought prehaps, to
bhimo myrclf for not having dono mure. Instead
of keeping, as I have dona, strictly within the
letter ol too law, porliaps 1 ought to have braved
tho penalty of thoso who broke opon tho jail, and
set an cxninplo of resistence to this Fugitive Law,
uy aiding in the torciiile rescue ol Glover.
But 1 knew that human bloodhounds were nn
my track, ready and oagor to pounce nn mo with
all tho authority nnd forco of tlio General Govern
mcnt, ami that din ro.lcral Courts anil l cdcrul
officials, who taKo so deep on iulereit iu this pro
secution, and whose suggestions havo been so vul-
uabla to tho prosecuting nttrancy, would rctoiee
infamous law. ngninst one who had done his pari
to make that law odious to a libertv-loving people,
I know that tbo slave power would rejoice at nn
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sion which wouiu ciinniu ll to silence mv press,
o the Nebraska iniquity was waiting cfther for
ignoblo birth, nnd a premature baptism byj
breaking god-fa.licrs, !,r a hopeless Jcath and
n n ... 1 . .
an infamous crave, and so I chose tho path of pru
deuce, nnd maintained an outward regard for a law
I inwardly loathed and nbhorred, and treated ns n
legal verity what 1 believe, ill my inmost soul, tu
tu he astnpcutb.il fraud, ns w icked, as stupendous,
and a utility before Oud and man.
uut I aia lrutitc to sny ami ti.e prosecution
may make tho most of it t int I sympathize with
lb., resi-oor. of (il.,v,r ,.,! rninlce. t I i. e.enne.
f . . ... . .t. I . ... r .1 I t.
t rojoico nun, in ino ur-i aitcuipioi t:iu siaiu nun
ters to convert onr jail into a slave-ncn, nnd our
citiciis into slave-catchers, they have been signal-
j- . 1 1 ...i i i. i i .i . r i i i .. .i
iv luiicj, uini ii uns oven ucciocu, uy tne stouia
neous uprising and sovereign voice of the people,1
i nut no unman being can be urazued iiitoboiidari.
fioin Milwaukee. !id lam bold to sail that, rath-
ertlinii hare the yitht Constitutional lijhis uiul safe
guards of the jieoJethe writ of Habeas I'orjms)
nms
a u'd the riijht of 'J'riul by Juri stricken down by,
mis rtiiittrt siaee l.aw, i woi;ld rntiEB to see
uverv Ieueral Orrt'KR in Wisconsin hanged on a
Iiallow3 EirTr cl'iiits higher than IKman's.
Loud cheering. The Court said, if it was re
peated, Ihn room should bo cleared of spectators.)
May it please tho Court: I understand well, and
this community understands well, why I hnvo been
singled out by tho pruscculion. It is not because 1
am specially guilty, or moro guilty thnn hundreds,
whom the Mate-catcher's attorney would not think
of prusocuting, but because it is desired to make-
an tiuinjiie ot me, and tho Nave I'ower wants me
for a victim. That power wishes to introduce tbo
discipline ol tlio slavo plantation among tho di-
toriui fraternity, to silctico their voice in behalf of
i-rcciiniii, uini uicrciore n cracKS ns lasn. or gets
the District Atton.ey and this honorable Court to
crack it about my cars, ns'onc tlu.ught to be most
in need of such discipline. My conviction and
punishment, it is hoped, will striko terror into the
hearts of tho people, and compel them to stillo
thoso teclings nt humanity, implanted in every
human soul, which prompt them to feed tho hun
gry, clotho the naked, hide the outcasts nnd obey
tho commands of a merciful God, instead of the
edicts of cruel and wicked men.
I hnvo dono nothing in this ense, which, living,
I w ish to forget, or, dying, I would wish to blot out
of tho memory of mankind. Whatever may, be
tho finding of this Court, 1 stand acquitted in the
judgement, in tho hearts nnd consciences of all
who lovo Freedom, and luito oppression of all who
stand for Ol der, regulated by righteous law of all
who valucKcpuhlicnii iiihliiulioiis.niid would trans
mit them puro and free, as n heritage to their chil
dren of nil w ho honor manhood and despise base
sycophancy and servilo fawning to tbe Slave Power,
and of nil who would die on tlio battle-field or on
the gibbet, rather than sacrilico their conscience,
deny their Maker, nnd surrendor their liborties
the vilest despotism tho sun ever shone upon.
Willi these brief remarks, I leave tho defense
my enso to my counsel, whoso nge, experience, attainments,
ability, and fidelity tu Truth and Freedom,
entitle him to my fullest confidoncc.
Tur Ciiys.vlis. Published by tho pupils of the
Now Lisbon Union Schools. The young writers
in this littlo pamphlet hnvo given us some very
pretty but unpretending essays. Though tha copy
we havo seen was qui to unfurtuuato in its printing
and pnpor.
Tin Peace Missionaries. Joseph Sturgo and
two other English Quakers, aro now on a mission
of pence to the Court of St. Petcrsburgh. They
have had on interview with tho Ciar, of which we
find tho following account In the papers:
" Tho members of the Society of Friends, who
wore sent out hero on n mission ot ponce, had
yesterday an audience ot llis Majesty, who re
ceived thnm graciously, and gnvo a full hearing tu
what they hail to say. ilioy wore alterward in
troduced to the Empress and tho Grand Duchess
Olga. Whether thoir mission w ill be crowned with
success they cannot say as yot. Wo aro now of
opinion that a war with England and France will
bo inovituble, bat nothing certain is as yet known
here."
Mr. Campboll moved the suspension of the rules
in the House of Kopresentntivis, to enable him to
intrnduco a resolution providing that negotiations
he oncnod with England to ascertain on what con
ditions she will consent to tho annexation of the
Cnnadns. .
The House rofusod to suspend yeas 28, nays
119. Adjourned,
Tax Ohio Legislature. A rioh old slaveholder
in Helena, Arkansas has potitionod the Uluo legis
lature that two Mulatto eirla belonirlnK to him
and now at the Oberlin School, might by a law
this State, be mado bis heirs, and entitled to ipber-
tt his property. I bey are his own daughters By
slave mother, and as he has no other children, and
haa a strong likeing for them he desires they may
he male his legal ueirs.
J. W. W.u.Krn is Dead. Wo received the fed"
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Nitf Ltmr ApriMth, r.
)flrc,i ,)e ,nti irff breathed his last about I
,nlf past five o'clock this afternoon. He was
(aken sick a week ago last Thursday, and has suf
Biicc3, fcred very ranch since that time. Tho Physician
attended him calls his complaint Typhoid
rimci.t , Conjostito Fever. Ho was rational during his
sickness nnd until death,
I cannot give you lha particulars now as a gen
ago j tleiuan is waiting to carry this no,to to tho Iiumo
Post-Office, to as to have it start by mail f:r you
to-morrow.
" His family are nil tolerably well in health and
;
Dr.va Maiiii':
I have to give you the very sad fiiformntion that'
0ur much esteemed J.tn W. Walker is now nuiu-
nra kt much oompj'ol as wc can expect, under
the present cireuinstancos.
Yours very respectfully.
MONTAGUE BRETTELL.
Dm-xto or Adoi.itiox. Which Is best?
WMi.li dnos he most desire who thinks that tho
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it? Kreni .w nf'tlli, .nv. in nn,wer
to tho Southern threat that the I'nion w ill bo dis
solved if the North does not accede to tho demand
for a repeal of tho Missouri Compromise :
Very wiil ; let the South try it: wo can stand
it if tho slave .States earn The fellow who, in a
shipwreck, laid hohl of tho anchor, phm;;cd with it
Into the sea, had twice the chance to swim that the
South has with Slavery on her back in this wreck
of the I'nion. Whcnercr sho blots out tho stars
ami stripes, a bombshell with a lighted match
would be the fitleRt emblem r.fhcrfato that could
bo substituted. Bordered by free States, over
whoso boundaries no slnve-hound nor slave-bur.-ter
would bo permitted to cross in pursuit of their
prey, the South would soon begin to find that tho
big feet nnd long heels of her negroes were not
made for nothing. It is time that tho South
should be given distinctly to understand that sho
must nbido by her contract, hitherto observed thro'
tho lapse of a quarter of a century, and that it will
require some more substantial danger to frighten
us from insisting on it fulfilment than this bugbear
of disunion.
The I'uit has only to go a step fitrthor, nnd that
is to see and to feel that a I'nion which holds three
million of human beings in bondage J i:.i' to be
dissolved, and that for the North to maintain it is
no moro expedient than it is right. A government
which docs so much mischief cannot, In tho nature
of things, do much good. Standard.
Doi-ui.As' SotTitr.n.v Cumiorter. The Final
Finalitv. Thegrcat argument which tho friends
of fresh disturbances und renewed agitation on
tlio slavo qustiou are now employing in behalf of
this pestilent Nebraska bill, is that ll ev disturb
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j ! " "'.'T'l l"""'"" 'V'u ' W .V""?
" .lc 'o ''.. to you. Mr Douglas, most diminutive
ul 1'iiints But realv irentemeii. wn ilu not emul
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'4 ")", 1,! ""(? '"' ..,,rk, " ''J. ' r' ur
l,1n,"- "UP"'" ; ' J,,ir eruuV-el ; we
'l n,u v'M,,r "nlv,- , "", 1 MV Juur:
SC Ves Ills Villi hone toilnl itlthnr vmlp Prnunt..!.! ii.l
selves (as you hope to do) either your Presidential
sceptre nf that, or your royal unction of this. Your
saho shall neither anoint our head nor yours.
We'll run no such risk to oidigo you. Wo nro very
well as we arc, and chose to sttiy so.
But those tvo presidential candidates urge ns to
have this one morn disturbance, and then (thev
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I ?" "' .In .l,Wt J. ,0 Vt bfl "tl.O Very
suaii never lie
i last
neitalion. Ibeytohl us tbo samo in ISfiO.
that was then to bo tho finally. Pray, is a flnalty
to bo final or notf Hew Orleans Crescent, Feb. 24.
A New Pi.attorm. Wo find in The National
Era, nn article signed with iho initials of John (1.
Whitticr, proposing tbo following ns n basis for
noithein pditical action hctcafier: JVi'6inr.
tno present is t ne timo lor action, i.et tne
movement begin at Wiishington nt this very session.
Let thoso who nro w illing to stand nn the question
of Slavery where tho fathers of tho Republic flood,
unite, irrespective of party names, to form n
Leaui'e or Freedom the nucleus of a mighty or
ganization throughout tho country, having fur its
watchwords i
" No slave Territory.
" No more slave States.
" The General Government relieved from all responsibility
for Slavery.
" No interference by tho General Government
with Slnvcry in tho slave States.
"No interference with the riirht of iury trial.
the writ of habeas corpus, and other guarantees of
- lifo, liberty, and tho pursuit of happiness, in the
ireo niuics.
" Slavery left to itself in tho States which
ish it without any extraneous aid or comfort, to re-
concilo itself ns it best may to the progress of civ
ilixation and Christianity, and to tho liberal spirit
of tho ago."
Minors or a Slave. We learn from The Dar-
liuitnn (S. C.) Flay, that the body of n slave, sup
posed to hnvo been murdered, has been found in
that district, and that nn Inquest wns held and
verdict rendered, imputing the net to a young gen
tinman of tho highest respectability, whose uniform
gentleness of deportment nnd amiable charaater
nro utterly irrccoucilablo with Iho commission
such a deed, in a normal state of mind. Wo under
stand that it is not probable tlmt any further judi
cial inquiry, nt the instaneo of tho Stato, will bo
practicable. The reason why no further investiga
tion is practicable, would seem to he the nbsenco
of any witness competent to give testimony in tho
Courts of tho Stuto.
News of the Week.
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The Czar is trying to rouse tho Hungarinns.
ngninst Austria, boosuso sho will not join him in
his war with Turkey. Governor Seymour, of
New Y'ork, has vetoed for tho prohibitory liquor
bill, just passed by both branches of the Legisla
ture. Thore is now in tho United Slates Treas
ury $28,000,000. Tho compensation of -Post
Masters is to bo augmonted ten per cent.
-A colored man was recently found on board
the Julia Dean, hound from Charleston to New
York. When discovered he was put on board of the
bark Jaddu bound to Charleston, and returned to
slavery.
The Springfield Telegraph says that n family
of four slaves arrived in tlmt town on Monday last,
on tho ir wny to Canada. They escaped from Vir
ginia, several weeks since. The citizens of Spriug
licld contributed a supply of material aid for them
u.id furnished thaui with a now conductor for tho
next station of tho "underground railroad."
Six hundred slaves lauded near Trinidad, have
boon seized by the government.
It is statod that the Seminole Indians, headed
by the famous Wild Cat, are committing depreda
tions on the Texas frontier. On the Hih instant
fifty head of horses nnd mules were driven across
the iiic Grande, Wild Cat himself heading the
marauding party.
One of the saddest things about human naturo
is, that a man may guide others in the path of life
without walking in it himself a pilot, aud yet
oast away.
An Exception. Judge Richardson once said
that " evry thing was foreknown, except 'what would
be ths terdict of a petit jury.' "
There wore built in the United States io 1S53,
4,711 vessels, the aggregate tonnage of which wae
12.557,249. ...
HYMENEAL.
MARKIKD Oil thJ 28th Inst., by Her. Win
ftirner, Jr., Dr. John Shislcr. of Auburn, la., to
KsTCira B. ThoKas, near Salem, Ohio.
The printers, editor and all hands, present their
congratulations to tho newly married couple, with
their acknowledgements for the bountiful romem
braneo accompanying the notice to our office,
MARRIED, by Friend!,' coremnney. on the 29th
of 3rd Month, .True Fawcett, of Sale-m, to De
borah S. Hollowat, of Flushing, Belnwnt Co.. O.
OBITUARY.
DIED On the lStb of 2nd mo., at the residence
of Kira Burton, (her son-in-law.) in Randolph,
Portage county, in llio 74th year of her ago Sarah
Brown, the widow of Joseph Brown.
Sho wns a child of sorrow, and acquainted with
grief) she lost her husband and tho greater part
t f her children, tho wrongs of tho oppressed were
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nuu U1U ucpiirmru M urn n nn nv i.i.i.. .u ...v
puro principles of the Society of Friends, (of
which sho wns n member,) wns n catiso of much
exorciso of mind ( but wo trust sho has gone t
reap tho reword of tho righteous, " where the
wicked cease from from troubling and the weary
aro at rest."
OBITUARY. Receipts of the Bugle for the week ending April 5.
William Carkhufr, Angola, LoO-dM
William Hough, " 1.50-4'.
Abel ( ary. " 1.50-49.4
li. D. Caswell, Fremont, l.oO-4'4
Cyrus Handy, " l,0O-44
Maria T. Pnxson, Gutherlevilln, 1.50-4H4
Cornelius Shcrninn, Brunswick, 1.00-47:2
June Blackinun, Salem, l,f0-49.i
Levunt Johnson. Dispells, C.W-.Ma
John PitcHirn, New Lisbon, 1,50 'IR'
F.I ij ah C. Wright, Penusville,
llllis Wiekcrsham, Marlboro,
Asa Field, Akron,
l.lHJ- W
1.50-405
1.00-47H1
John J. Gaines, Cincinnati, 2.IH1-51,
Levi Martin. Now Lisbon. 2.'M)-f10
George Brockway, Jamestow n, 1,00-lfl
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Meetings.
TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE
AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY.
Tho Twcntic'.h Anniversary of tha American
i ci.,.. .;u i i.,.t,t ! it.n r;.
Anti-Slnvcry Society will be held in tho Cityol
New York, i.. thoKBV. DR.CHAPIX'SCHL P.CH
in Broadway, between Spring nnd Prince Streets,
on WEDNESDAY", May 10th, 1851, nt 10 o'clock,
A. M. The names of the speakers will bo announ
ced hereafter.
The Society will hold meetings for Business aud
Discussion (in somo ball yot to be procured) on the
evening following tho public Anniversary nnd on
tho succeeding TIIl'llSDAY aud FUIDAY, Moy
11th mid 12i.li.
The niembors and friends of tho Society f.tr nnd
near are earnestly invited to bo present nt the pub
lic Anniversary aud to give us tho benefit of their
counsol and co-operation nt tho subsequent meet
ings. Tho condition of tho country in relation to
tho Anli-Slftvery Agitation will present for the
consideration of tho Society, topics of tho gravest
importance affecting its futuro action ; hence a
largo attendance is dcsircable.
WM. LLOYD OARBISOX, Prest.
Edmcno QiiNcr, )
S. H. O.iv, Secrelariet.
Wenlell PitiLLtrs, J
ANTI-SLAVERY CONVENTION,
CINCINNATI OHIO.
TO HE HELD ON
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
THE 11TH, 12TH, AND 13TH OF APRIL, 1854.
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To the Friends or Iih-arti vl Freedow : In
sciohnc out tins our tourth Annual Call lor a
gathering of thoso who httto oppression and lovo
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" U' Urg,"S " .ra,0"S fr "r
J""'o w holly unnecessary. Hie importance of
' frequent meetings of the friends of this cause, for
! deliberation, counsel and encouragement, is well
.... ... ... , . . , n. ...:i:,ne f .,.:...,
for pouring Anti-Slavery truth upon tho hearts of
the people. W o will only sny that, since our Inst
Annual Convention, deeds hnvo been dono in our
Midst that warn us not to relax our efforts.
Our city, until within tho past year free from the
deen disarnca of having sent liack a poor fugitive
M bis chains, under thu Fugitivo Slavo Act, now
stands dotibly degruded.
Tho Constitutional rights of onr colored citizens
to protection hnvo been officially outraged. By
decision of one of our Judges upon tho Bench, they
havo been told that they nro to bo supposed tl.ives
until they havo proved their freedom ; nnd the
kidnappor, that he has nothing to fear from legal
justico if his victim has not frco papers iu his pock
et. Thus, virtually, is Ohio mado a Slave Stato.
During tho past year our Stato lias boon more
than ever used as a hunting-ground, frco tu all who
chose to run upon the trail of tho poor black man
and if tho efforts now being made by tha Slaevo
crats of Congress nro successful, not a foot of the
soil of the United States but muy soon be trodden
by a slave.
And still como wafted to us, on every breeze
that sweeps over our beautiful river, tho sighs and
gruaus of millions of our countrymen, upon whose
dreary earthly condition Hope scurco sheds one
ray of light.
Among tho places in which Anti-Slavery Con.
veutiuns should be held, Cincinnati is prominent.
Considering its location its adaptation to tho rad
iating of tho light of Anti-Slavory truth over the.
darkor parts of our laud a more important point
can hardly bo found ; nnd the success that has
attended the efforts tlutt have been mado Iictc
attests that there is not a moro promising field.
Wo do, thou, earnestly invito nil who agree- with
us that Slavery Is A crimo ngninst Clod and man,
and are willing faithfully to labor fur its abolition
whatever othor differences mny exist among us, to
como together again in Convention, to deliberate
upon the great work wo havo to do. And our
platform will be free tu all, whether friends or
opponents, w ho desire'caudidly to discuss the groat
principles nf the Anti-Slavery enterprise.
Confiding In tho blessing of Almighty God.
promised to evory true and right effort, we hope to
make an iuiprossion upon the moral atmosphore
that shall vibrato to the extromo verge of our slave
holding territory.
Barah Otis Ernst,
Andrew H. Ernst,
Jl'LIA llARWOOD,
Edwaru Harwood,
Christian IIonaldjov,
Elizabeth T. Coleman
Mart Mann,
Mart DeGraw,
John JoLLirrs,
II. P. Blacrwill,
Mart M. Gdild,
N. M.Opild,
Board of Vinjjrrs.
OHIO AND PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
TRAINS GOING WEST.
Mail" Trvirt lwres Fittslmry wt
HALK.W. 1
80Q A.' V.'
ltd A. J.
41 si Prastllllri 9.30
I. M.
Express Train leave Pittsburgh- at 3,W V, .
! SALEM 0.00 P. M
" " arrives at Crestline 11,30 1', V
TRAINS GOING EAST.
Mail Train loaves Crestline at 2,30 A. ii.
HALKM ".30 A. M.
"' " arrives at Pittsburgh at 11,40 A. M.
Express Train leaves Cre'tline at 1,15 I. M.
A " ' 8ALK.M 0,00 P. M.
H arrives fft PrttsburB 8..10' IV M.
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B CONCERT
Thfc Hutchinbn
r) ESPECn Kt'I.LY snnounr tht they will
V Concert st the Town Hull, on Monday cvminsj,
April 1 0th, 18)1. This being the first, last snd self
sppeuranc of tho Hutchinsons in Silent, nftbt srssnn.
on which nccssinn they will introduce msny new tones'
md sekct ones. Tu nets' 2 cents, to be hsd s IR tfstua
pistes. Doors open st f o'clock j concert ftr rft'fff?fene
a, jf0 posTufinmeilt. I tpril 8.
ATTACHMENT NOTICE.
At my inslance, an attachment was tbl d
issoed against tbe property and olivets of Uehrjt
Coy, Jr., an absconding debtor, I 1 Geo-. 'iV WiWory
K-icp, a Justico of tho Pca.c of tha Township st
I'eri y, Col. Co., Ohio. The amount claimed ly as
under said altacliinctit is 1-.
DAVID VALANC.
Dated Match I, l?54.-3w.
1,000 BOOK AGENTS WANTED:
To Sell Pictorial and t'seful Works for tho cr Hiliv
$l,Ctt) DOLLARS A YF.flft
WAXTIiD IV EVKr.Y SKCTIf) Otf THfl
I'MTLD STATKS, active and rnterprisiiigsnno,
tu engage in the sale of somo of tho best Book
published in tho Country. To men of good address,-
I imssessintr n small ervoital of from -5 to llsK sucli
: inducements will bo uffered as to cuable thsnrkjr
umke from i& to 3 a day profit.
Rxjjf-Tho Bioks publis'hed hyii
Jujf-Tho Bioks published bviis aro a!1 rlsernl in
their character, extromely poyulnr, and CoinssMhf
largo stiles wherevtr they nrc ofTcred.
Fur further particnl-Tr", nddi-es. (posfrtg pHidJ
lWlll'.KT SKAKS, hhlishsr,
111, William Streof, New-York
Excculors Notice.
NOTICE is hereby given that t!r tmdetsignoJ
has been duly noalilic as executor of th. hist will
nnd tcstaineiit of William Cook, late of tho Cofnfy
of Columbiana, dve'd; all those indebted to said
estnto will plcnso make inimcdlato payment, and
those having claims n;rainnt said estnto will ptsne
the sniuo within one year from this dnto for ttl-
wil t. I t.M Al.f.fitVAV.
WILLIAM ALLOWAY.
March 20, I3J4.-3w.
IJUCKEYK FOUNDRY
NOS I.. WOODS,
COLO DIANA, t'OLDlLIlM Cdl'.NTf, Clff
Steam Q;nctinc DuilDcr
STEAM ENGINES of various sizes, construct
e-t upon tho latest approved plan, tliat canilut fsti)
to give as good satVlaction as nnr now made.
Patterns of uli kind's, mado tu order. All work
made of good material, and warranted ta give M
good satisfaction ns any other.
Feb. 11, l3.il.-tf
water-cuke '
AT COLD WATER, MWltlGAK,
For the euro of Acuta nnd Chronic Disease,- ia
in successful operation. Address for particulars.
DP.. JOHN B. Gt'l.LY,
Cold Water, Niche
Jan. 21. 18.r)3.-3in.
OTlEeOW HA.
Six bushels nf theso Celebrated Peas, tj plrtsttilia;
which, as much fodder can be raised on one acrvae
can bo raised off of five of anything else that s
bo sowed, nnd it Is better for the Boil' than clover
Just received and for sale by
K. It. SUA JfKLAND",
120 Wood St.v Pittsburgh, V.
Feb. IS, 1854.-3 in.
new sKKiTsroinir"
THE undersigned is now receiving his suMJP
of Field, Garden, Tree nnd Flower-seeds f also,
large additions to his Stock of Ilorticultursf anil
Agricultural Implinients, nnd will be enabled I
oiler dealers and amateurs tho most extensive asidt
varied collection of Field, Culinary nnd FloWer
Seeds, Bulbs, Tubers, &c, ic, over offered in this)
market. The seeds havo been expressly grown ta
order by tho most celebrated Seedsmen in America)
nnd Europe, nnd warranted bv the growers true
nntiio; new nnd superior varieties of Corn, Gtm,
orass, aoi.age, i ur.iips. c.ui.inher ana I'ui.ipkin
seed ; Irish anil Sweet potatoes : l lower seeds audi
, Dublin runts. As tho stock tf tho latter is limited,
orders for tho sumo should bo sent in nt once to
I"""'1 disappointment ; togethor with the largest
collection of Agricultural nnd Garden Iiuplimente
to bo found in the citv, as tho diplomas and prouii-
uiis uw iiriicu in viic rue riur, ny mo ninia jstrri
cultural Society, will testify, niuouiitiiij) to bear
two hundred dollars.
K. R. Sit AN K LAN D,
120, Woud St., Pitts.
Feb. IS, '54.-3U1.
New aud Choice Varltlltt ot Vcgctubtci uid teeth
Chlnose Eight Bowed Corn,
Improved I'ultou "
Stowel Evergreen '
Philadelphia tweet
Mountain Juno Potatoes, (very fine,)
Winnebago, (very prolific,)
Mammoth Nutmeg, "
Peach Blossom, "
Early White Mercer "
Ash Leaf Kidney "
Sovereign "
(early six weeks,)
Buckley's Seedling
(a very large variety) eJ
very proline,)
Haywood eetllnig,
Sweet Potatoes, u now tariety front North far
linn. It has provod the most prolific and desirable)
f:r northern culture that has ever been introduced
in this market.
5t Now Varieties of Cubbngo Seed, (Imported,)!
20 " " " ltvlish " '
6 " " " Celery "
2S " " " ('member "
40 " " " Grnss " -
Orders Respectfully Solicited, d Promntl
Completed, by
E. It. S1IAXKLAXD, SetiMan.
No. li'J, Wood St., Pitts., Pt,
Feb. 18, 1854.-3 in.
I'ltl'IT Tit EES A!VO SIIIIX'IIBEKY
20,000 Choico Applo Trees,
3.0HO Dwarf Pear Treos, (very fine.)
5,000 Poach Trees, (nnw varieties.)
2.000 German Plum Trees, (imported,)
I, S0O Cherry Trees,
20,01)0 Evergreens.-
30 Now and superb Varieties Straw terrf
20 Raspberry.
W " " " " Gooseberry,
Together with the finest collection of Plants MoT
Shrubs over offered iu this market, for sale by
fc. U. SHANKLAND, .
120 Wood; St., Plttev
Fob. 18, 1854.-3 nr.- ,
DU. GEO. W. FETTIT
Respectfully tenders his professional eerricee t
tbe citizens of Marlboro end surrounding country.
Office In the room? recently osropisi by Dr.- X, O.
Thomas. t
