St. Cloud Democrat. [volume], November 11, 1858, Image 7

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imM of l&o Pion^^Dtmoc?-.?/:
The Postanaster*G-enernl has this day direct
ed thai a-cwjatract for carrying tho mail from
St. Cloud vjjv Breckinridge, to Fort Abercrom
»io be nmdo with Messers Allen and Chase—
proposition having been made by them which
•as deem**! reasonable.
Kespectfully. H. M. Bice.
'Homestead Exemp ion.
W give our readers to «day the Home
stead exemption Bill of Mir mesota. There
is, as we observe, quite a ivcrsity ol sen
timent as to its justice and propriety. W
entertain the opinion at a rascal will
ihcatyou exemption or no exemption and
.his law may shield lionet it debtors from
the severity of unfeeling creditors, until
such time as they can aeo unmlate a suffi
ciency to pay their entire indebtedness.—
A all events,' we can give it a fair trial
nd if it disappoints the peehitions of its
ends it can be repealed.
A N A FOR A HOMESTE A I» E E I O N
Be it enacted by the Leg Mature of the
State of Minnesota
SEC. 1. That a homestead
any quantity of land, not ex
acres, and the dwelling hous
its appurtenances, to be scl
owner thereof, and not inclm ded in any in
corporated town plat, or city or village.—
Or, instead thereof at the
•owner, a quantity of land no!
amount one lot being within
ted town, eity or village, and
house thereou and its appurtc
•ed and occupied by any resi
'State, shall not be subject to
*levy or sale upon execution,
process issuing out of any
this State. This section shal
and construed to exempt sucl
in the manner aforesaid, duiii
it shall be occupied by the wi
nor, child or children of a
person who was when livinge
benefits of ti is Act.
SEC.
hall be di
land select
the officer
'Same to be
to be des
i/1 a com'
.louse ar.
ppecified
and the
cuargea
thercu]
SEC.
If the plau -tiff iu execution
satisfied wit! the quantity of
ed and set -apart as aforesaid,
making the evy shall cause the
surveyed, chinning at a point
gnated by th a owner, and set ch*
jact form, inc Ituding the dwelling
its appurtei ).ances, the amount
ia the first s« action of this Act,
th survey shall be
jution and collected
4.
expense o*'0,tu
ble on the exe
on.
'5.
been
After th( survey shall have
iaae the officer making the levy
At
may all the property levied upon and not
inclu led in the set-ol f, in the same manner
as jvided in other crises for the sale of
real' estate on exeeut:tou, and in ^ivinn- a
leed ofthesame, he may describe it ac-its
corc ing to his original levy, excepting
thei 'efrcm by metes ami bounds, according
%o he certificate of the survey, the quanti
ty 1 jet-off as aforesaid.
I SEC. 6- Any person owning and occu
py' ing any house or land not his own, and
eh iming said house as a homestead,., shall
be entitled to the exemption aforesaid.
SEC. 7. Nothing in this act shall bo
onsidcred as exempting any real estate
1 rom taxation or sale for taxes.
'SEC. 8. No property hereinafter mention
ed or represented shall be liable to attach
ment, execution or sale, or any fii ml process
issued from any court in this Stide:
First. The family bible.
Second. Family pictures, school books
or library, and musical instruinen ts for use
of family.
Third. A seat or pew in an} Louse or
^lacc of public worship.
Fourth. A lot in any burial round.
Fifth. Ail wearing apparel on* the deb
tor and his family, all beds, bedst eads, and
feedding,- kept and used by the cbtor and
vhis family all stoves and append ages put
up or kept for the use of the ddor and
his family all cooking utensils, and all oth
er houshold furniture not herein enumer
ated, not exceeding-live hundred dollar,
in value.
Sixth. Three cows, ten swine, one vokc
of oxen, and one horse or in lieu of one
voke of oxen and a horse, a span of horses
•or mules twenty sheep and the wool from
the same, either in the raw material or
.manufactured into yarn or cloth the nec
essary food for all the stock luehtiona I in
this section for one year's support, either
»provided or growing, or both, as the dc'otor
may choose also, one wagon, cart or dray,
-one sleigh* two plows, one drag, and 0 Ihcr
farming utensils, including tackle for teams
not exceeding three hundred dollars in due.
Seventh: Provisions for the debtor and
his family necessary for one years support,
either provided or growing, or both, and
fuel necessary for one year.
Eighth. Tho tools and instruments ot
any mechanic, miner or other person, used
and kept for the purpose of carrying on
his trade or business, and in addition there
to stock in trade not exceedind four hun
dred dollars in value the library aud imple
ments of any proffessional man all of which
articles he: 3inbefore intended to be exempt
ahall be chosen by the debtor, his a«ent'
clerk, or legal representative, as the°casc
maybe
(iWP«Wi»?»^H0--,•
SEC.
consisting of
ceeding eighty
thereon and
cctcd bv the
iptiun of
homestead
3g ihe time
dov,T, or iJii
jiy deceased
stilled to the
SEC. 2. ijui exemption
tend to any mortgage, thereo
tained, but sueh. mortgage,
ation, of such I and by the ov nier thereof, if
a married man, shall not lie valid without
the signature i'the wife to
less such mort. jage ahall be
cure the paymc ait of the
or some portioi 1 thereof.
fchuli not ex
lawfully oi
other alien-
thc same-, un
given to sc
archase money
SEC. 3. W henever a Ie
upon the land: or tenemer
holder, whose homestead 1
lected and set apart hy jtes and bounds,
such househo lder may noi ,"fy the officer at
the time of taking such Levy, of what he
regards as hi homestead, wita i. descrip
within the limits above pre
the remaind er alone snail be
5 ale under sue levy.
tiun thereof,
scribed, and
subject to
Nothing ia this act shall be so
as to exenvoi any property in
9.
nstrucd
this State from execution, or attachment,
for clerks, laborers or mechanics' wages.
Sec. 10. All laws inconsistent with
rovisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 11. This act shall take effect from
after its passage.
E O. BRADLEY, Speaker of the II. of K.
W HOLCOMBE, Pres't Senate.
Approved August 1:2th, 18f)8.
A. SIBLEY, Governor.
S E A E S A E SALES.—Th follow-
ing is a list of the sales recently made by
our old and entorprisng land-dealer, Col.
McKcnty.
WASHINGTON COTJXTY.
0O.0O acres in Section G. Town 30, Range 21,
at §5—$161,60.
177,% aorcs iu Section G, Town CO, Hangs
21 at $5—8889,80.
129,09 acres in Section 3, Town 20, Range
21. at S3—645 45
40 acres in Section 3, Town SO, Range 21,
at §5—200,00.
FrxiMORE CQUNTT,
1 GO acres in Sections 3 and 4, Town 102,
Range 8, at $10—$1600,00.
HOUSTON COUNTT.
240 acres in Section 10, Town 103, Rang3 5,
at S5—$1200,00.
4S0 acres in Sections 11 and 12, Town 103,
o, at $5—$2400,00.
theKange
exceeding in
an incorpora
the dwelling
manees, own
dent of this
attachment,
tr any other
",'ouvfc within
)0 Glsemed
SUPERIOR, Y/'ISCONSIX.
2G lots in "McKenty's Addition/' at $100—
$2600,00.
COTTAGE HOMES.
Lots 12 and £3—$1500,00.
COMO.
Lota 2 and 3 of Clock 30—$000,00.
HUDSON, WISCONSIN.
CO Lots in McKenty's sddition—$1590,00.
Total amount of sales, 13,280,75.
\\'c are glad to inform Col. McKcnty
that he does not make all the sales. .Mr.
Frecmau this present month sold a claim
eight miles north of St. Cloud foi $1,000
C. Moore of Grand Lake refused $1,500
for his, twelves miles west of this.
A one fourth iuterest in 180 acres, one
mile East was sold for $800 and claims
are in demand at prices almost equal to
those of 18 months aro.
LIME. LIME.
PULL supply constantly on hand, by the
subscribers, at then* kiln in Lower St.
ioud. R. A. SMITH, & CO.
A
ey shall be made
.ts of a house
uis not been so-
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CLOTJXX
St. Cloud hs the point at v,hichk-e j{?d Riv
er trains cross tJio Mississippi on thtir way to
St. 1 an!,' which' proves it to bo tho natural
of land travel between theso two great
arteries of trade. It is at the present head of
steam navigation on the Mississippi. Boats
run regularly, during the Spring, and early
Summer months, from St. Anthony to this
place.
The map gives its position correctly with
reference to all the most important points in
tho territory, but the peculiar beauty of its
location, and fertility of the surrounding coun
try cannot be transcribed. Within fifteen
of St. Cloud, on opposite sides of the
river, and at different points of the compass
are eight, lakes, varying in size from 1 mflo to
5 miles in circumference, all, save one. beau
tiful, exceedingly, three of them at least, deep
enough to float a man-of-war. Wooded banks,
clean pebbly shores plentifully mixed with
cornelian and waters abundantly supplied
With fish.
When Gov. Stevens made lib survey of a
railroad route to the pacific, in '53,
ho camped "on the western side of the Mis
sissippi, below Sauk Rapids." The place was
nameless—the present site of St. Cloud but it
is here his route leaves the river. In the sum
mer of '55 a claim cabin was built on the spot
where we now write, a good saw mill, the
frame of a large Hotel and eight ether dwell
ings were put up that summer. This last fall
there were three hundred and thirty-two votes
polled in the precinct. Not the votes of Indi
ans or Half Breeds, for there are none here.
A majority of tho inhabitants of the county
are hardy Germans, with sturdy wives and
children, cultivating the soil and working at
mechanical employments.
The subsoil is sand and although the soil is
from one to three feet deep, a rich black loam
supporting a rank vegetation, the drainage is
so perfect and the air so pure, that breathing
is a perpetual pleasure. As yet, our physi
cians have discovered no diseases peculiar to
the climate, no indigenious complaint except
the "Minnesota Appetite" which requires one
fourth more treatment than a modest Pennsyl
vania or Ohio attack of a corresponding dis
ease.
Any body who wants to drink whiskey in
peace had better not come here, for the treaty
by which tho land was acquired from the Sioux,
forbids its introduction and the Legislature
has passed a law enforcing that provision but
people of moderate means and industrious hab
its who have children to educate, willfindfewappeared
places where the opportunity for correct moral
training, healthy development of muscle, and
the means of pecuniary independence are bet
ter combined.
There are immense tracts of pine lying above,
from which the mills at St. Paul, St. Anthony
and the Minnesota Valley are supplied. These
employ a large and ever-increasing force of
men, horses and oxen, whe are to be supplied
with provisions clothing and feed. The soil is
waiting for an opportunity to produce unlimit
ed quantities of food, without troubling tho far
mer crushing clods while the Mississippi from
St. Paul to Little Falls can afford to turn a mill
at almost any point and has water power
enough to do the manufacturing for a Conti
nent.
Our natural meadows produce a grass from
four to six feet high, and the beef killed off our
prairies is quite equal to any stall fed we have
ever eaten. Our venison is fine at ten cents
per pound, rabbits, prairie hens, partridges,
ducks, &c., plenty. Thousands of bushels 01
acorns for the hogs that are not here to eat
them. Fuel for tho labor of cutting and haul
ing off the ground and there is no likelihood
of the supply running out soon, a^ (he "Big
Woods" extend from this place some twenty
miles or more, down this side of the river. \v,d
from eight to twelve miles back. Our prairies
arc all dotted with strips of wood laud, "Oak
Openings" which just look like old orchards.
dense thickets of plum trees beating delicious
fruit, grape vines, doing likewise, thousands ot
acres of hazel bushes and strawberry vines, en
gaged in the same business while some -hun
dred acres are in the cranberry trade and turn
out an article, which for quantity and quality
cannot be excelled. Theblackberries, redrasp
berries and hops tack up their shingles in the
woods aud seldom disappoint the most san
guine expectations of their customers. There
is still laud ten or fifteen miles back which set
tlers can get, at government price, by building
a cabin and. living on it until it comes into
market. Actual settlers car buy lots here at
from one to five hundred dollars, and specta
tors can have the same lots at from five to fif
hundred.
In some of the river towns back, places that
will be pleasant, villages, lots can be had gratis
by those who will build and live on them.—
This, in places where a house can be built for
fifty dollars, that would be a palace compared
to the dens rented in large cities for 4 and 5
dollars per month, while the lot, with only the
aid of a grubbing hoe and a few days labor,
would bring vegetables to feed a family, and
every township has 000 acres appropriated to
the support of schools.
Seventy thousand acres are appropriated to
a State university. A fine building has already
been erected for the use of that institution. It
is situated at St. Anthony, built of stone on an
eminence commanding a view of the falls, and
no Slate in the Union has abetter foundation
for a good system of popular education. No
other prairie State is so well timbered as Min
nesota and no State more abundantly supplied
with clear water. In the country surrounding
St. Cloud and ns far North and West as we have
any reliable account, settlers find no difficulty
in locating land on a running stream or trans
parent lake with plenty of timber at hand for
building, fencing and fuel, and as the land on
the West side of the Upper Mississipi is only
open to pre-emption, there is little opportunity
for speculators, and settlers have assurance of
neighbors and that rapid increase in the value
of their lands and in social advantages which
arise from the system of land in limited quan
tities to actual settlers.
The country around St. Cloud, west of the
Mississippi was purchased of the Indians in a
treaty made with them by Hon. Alexander
Ramsey and Luke Lea in 1852 and ratified by
tho senate tho same year. The Sioux had
owned the land from 1827 but had not occupied
it, and it was used as a hunting ground by the
Winnebagocs whose land reached within four
miles north of St. Cloud. Their country was
ceded to the United States by a treaty began
with Commissioner Manypcny and concluded
at Washington in Feb. 1855 and ratified by the
Senate March 3d of the same year. In May
following they removed to their reservation on
the Blue Earth river and only since that, time
has Stearns county claimed kindred with civili
zation. The first house within the corporatcd
limits of St. Cloud was bnilt by James Hitch
ens, forGcneral Lowry. James Ilitchcns being
the firat white man who slept in a house hero
is entitled to the distinction of being the "old
est inhabitant." The site of Lower St. Cloud
was taken up as a claim by Martin Woolly, a
Norwegian, who sold hits right to George F.
Brottvho surveyed and platted it in the spring
of '55. About the same time John L. Wilson
surveyed and platted what is now called middle
town, yhich adjoins nnd lies higher up the riv
er, white General Lowry surveyed and platted
upper town, called Lowry's Addition, tho win
ter following. It was Mr Wilson who gave
thno tow the name of St. Cloud by this name
it was iuct juv.d in
J.Le
winter ci '55 'CG.—
Ihe Land Office was removed in April 8, from
Sauk Rapids to Upper tewa. The po»l office
is in Middle Town, which is inhabited by in
dustrious and well-to-do German Catholics.—
The Catholic chapel is here, and the bell be
longing to it, is tho first church going bell in
Stearns county and lias also the distinction of
being the first audible in Sherburne and Benton
counties which corner on the opposite side of
the river. There too is a school kept by a com
pany of Benedictine Nuns where music, draw
inn, needlework and German arc well taught
by ladies of polished manners and unusual
proficiency.
Lower Town has two protestant churches, in
process of erection one, about completed. We
have a public school in the Everett School
house, and a handsome Library dedicated by
Hon. Edward Everett. The engines of an ex
cellent saw mill and plaining mill, sash facto
ry 5 and of a good flouring mill are this mo
ment puffing away within half a dozen rods of
our office. We have from five to six steam boat
arrivals here weekly and the smallest propor
tion of drones we have ever seen in any hive.
In the fall of '50 Grasshoppers came in a
cloud and settled down in this and adjoining
counties, destroying the greater portion of the
crops- They deposited their larvae and died.
Early in the spring of '67 the young brood
came out and made such havoc that serious
fears of famine were entertained by a large
portion of the people but they left in July, and
so many of the late crops survived, that with
the full crops of particular places, where they
did not appear, there was a large amount of
food. In autumn it became a question whether
there was enough for winter consumption with
what the people had the means of purchasing
from below. The German settlers were gener
ally of the opinion that there was not, and the
Priests sent commissioners to Dubuque to ask
contributions. When this became known in
Lower St. Cloud Indignation meetings were
held, and strong resolutions passed condemn
ing the measure as altogether unnecessary, and
one calculated to do the country great injury
by preventing emigration in the spring. The
Corectness of this view of the case is now prov
en. The third week of May is here, potatoes
sell at 25 cts. per bushel, corn $1,00, wheat
$1,25, oats 80 cts. and we have heard of no in
stance in which any have suffered for want of
food while a very large proportion of the em
igrants who had last year designed emigrating
to this point have been deterred by tins bug
bear cry of famine, and have gone elsewhere.
The time is now past at which the Grasshoppers
last spring, and the minds of the
people are set on rest as the question of whetli
er they left lavae, last year, before they emi
grated. It is evident that they went to other
localities as they came here to eat, deposite
their eggs and die. There is no sign that they
have left any deposits here, and as everybody
is putting in a crop cf something good to eat
we expect next fall to be encumbered with a
surplus of the good things cf this life, nnd to
inundate St. Anthony, Minneappolis and St
Paul, with vegetables and grain after supply
ing the Fine regions aud the laborers 011 the
Rail Road.
BJE^EOIKZEILSriE^IIDa-E
S town is situated on the Sioux
J_ Wood rivei', and is the Western termi
nus of the Minnesota and Pacific railroad
the pointy laid down by Capt. Pope on his
map as the head of steam navigation on the
lied river the Valley of the Red river is
about twenty miles vide on either side of the
stream, and about five hundred miles long
the surface is level and drained by numerous
streams which are skirted with elm, ash, bass
wood, white wood and pine of the largest
growth, the remainder of the valley is prairie,
composed of rich, black loam free from sand
barrens or swamp«. Red river is a deep, slow
stream, has no islands, sand bars ov sna^s to
obstruct navigation the banks are about 25
feet high, and not subject to overflow many
of the tributaries of the Red river arc stiong
ly impregnated with salt, and indications of
iron and coal are numerous in the vicinity.
The fanners of the valley of the Red river
gave to Major Wood as the average of their
crops wheat 30 to 4U barley 40 to 80 oats
'10 u0 and potatoes 200 to 300 bushels to the
acre. At Pembina. [200 miles north of Breck
enridge.j ex-Gov. Ramsey says, on the 2d
October, 1851, water melons and cantelopes
were served to us for dessert, and the first frost
that occured was on the night cf that day,"
[see address before the Minnesota Agricultu
ral Society, Oct, 10th, 1850.] Two large set
tlements have long existed on Red river
Pembina and Selkirk, both of which yearly
raise a large surplus of the products of the
farm the whole valley of the Red river is
rapidly filling up with an energetic and intel
ligent population the country being exceed
ingly healthy, and should the indications of
iron and coal lead to the discovery of those
minerals as large as is anticipated, this valley
will soon be swarming with*a population en
gaged in agriculture, mining and manufactur
ing, supplying eastern Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Iowa and Missouri with the products of their
labor and skill the Minnesota and Pacific
railroad will be placed immediately under
contract as by the terms of its charter it must
be finished from Stillwater to St Anthony with
in two years, and completed to Brcckenridge
within ten years from tho 3d of March, 1857,
or forfeit its franchise as well as the lands do
nated to it.
Brcckenridgc is also at the point where Gov
ogteven's survey of a route for the Pacific rai(
road crosses the Sioux Wood river, an exami
nation of the Western States, and a reference
0 the writings of Gov. Stevens, ex-Gov. Ram-
say or theCongressionaldocumcnts containing
the reports of Maj. Long and Capt. Pope, can
not fail to convince that such is the geograph
ical position of Breckcnridge that all that
portion of the Territory of the United States
which lays west of the Mississippi and north
of the head waters of the Minnesota rivers
must forever be tributary to that city, and
that Brcckenridgc is to be not only the com
mercial centre for the north-west, but will
forever be the gate city on the great north-west
highway of nations.
Brcckenridgc is now being improved by the
Proprietors, who are erecting dwellings for
themselves, a hotel, grist mill, saw miU, a
shingle and lath machine, &c.
Eor further pariiculars^enquirc of
HENRY T. WELLS. Minneapolis,
R. CHUTE. St. Anthony,
CHAS. N. M'KUBBIN. St. Paul,
Executive Committee,
Or to GEO. F. BROTT, Bceckinridge.
May 10, 1858. tf
The Democrat.
Our Prospectus will be found on our
third page, and wc ask the friends
of the freedom of the press and of the
principles there, laid down, to aid us in
maintaining them. W feel that in our
advocacy of them in St. Cloud we have
been milder and more conservative than we
have ever before been in our character1 ot
writer for the Press. We feel, that except
our large share of human weakness, our
life has been such as to give nojustcause
of offonce to any.
•May be we are a fanatic but n« •onri*
tion ould be stronger in our mind, tfein
tbefeullng that the Lord has prepared «a
by along course of discipline, to stand p»V
licly as the advocate of the oppressed
our own sex, as a representative of wetinnV
right, under God, to choose her own sphere
of action. W have chosen ours with di-'
rect reference to the final account, and
those who make it the subject of sarcasm,
ridicule, or coarse personal abuse, may cal
culate to meet all that is terribla in. ear
nestness of purpose.
W are so certain the Lord is on our
side, that it is quite impossible for us to
fear any force on earth. Dying is not dif
ficult, yielding impossible. W have net
sought the control of a press here, but
when it was offered us we looked upon it
as a command from the Great Master to go
to work in His vineyard. Our conscience
acquits us of having used it otherwise than
in the service of Gcd and man. It is thus
we still hope to use it, and not to gratify
any feeling of revenge against those who
have sought our injury with such singular
pertinacity and despe-ration.
W sliall make no personal war upon
any, but those who attack us, had better
calculate the ccst of supplying territory
and munitions lor the war that will surely
ensue. W fight all our battles on the
enemy's ground, and always use his wea
pons, so that he who makes personal *ar
upon us had better be sure of his defen
sive ami or. Let him make our private do
mestic relations the object of his public
sneers, and he may calculate to defend Lis
own.
W look upon all politicians, whetLer in
office or out, as fair subjects of editorial
comment in all their political gelations.—
W do. not recognize any man's right to
privacy in any attempt to govern the peo
ple. We never kept a political secret and
think we never will. The people are the
proper source of political power, and have
a right to know all the purposes and
plans of those who dispense power and
patronage. Whenever we can trace a po
litical wire up to the handle, we shall di
rect public attention to that point, no mat
ter where :t is, or what is likely to be th
consequence. W believe this is a duty
which every editor owes the public, and
we shall have to get in a new supply of
cowardice before we .shrink from it
To those who feel that these, our purpo
ses, are right, we appeal for aid in carrying
them out. The difficulties with which we
have to contend are very great. A kr»e
majority of the people of £t. Cloud show
the beit disposition to aid and sustain us,
but in addition to the general commercial
crash, this county has had to contend whii
the loss of the greater portion of two crops
by the devastation of grasshoppers.
Our enemies have shown themselves un
scrupulous and active. Their writtce
threats, of more serious' violence, stand un
cancelled, while tl *ir private efforts to in
jure our reputation, to cover our nam?
with most odious epithets, and gross crimes,
are still actively pursued. We are without
prisons, or regularly organized judiciary,
and those who take the responsibility ol
these attacks are totally irresponsible, ss
well as artful and unscrupulous. 'Ihe?
have already deprived us of a hope to
which we had long looked forward, a quiet,
humble, little home of our own. Ts
preparation wc had made for building.
now as money lost, for it is not though
zzfa lor us to attempt living alone. Our
office ninst be so situated, that with our
debility it is impossible for us to haie
proper supervision of it, for the press must
be placed where it can be guarded, with
out hiring men for that purpose.
W are not wont to make pitiful appeals
for help, but we should be recreant to duty
now, not to state the facts, that those who
love the American principles of freedom ct
speech and freedom of the press, may
know that here, in this nominally free
State, it is in danger of being crushed.—
The Democrat is no longer a locai organ,
although we shall make it a prominent ob
ject to make known the resources of north
ern Minnesota but the great object of its
life is to vindicate the freedom of the press.
For tli is, men here, of both parties, have
contiibuted to purchase the material and
incurred a large expenditure in publishing
it. Men of comparatively small interests
arc active and efficient as any, and we are
anxious that the responsibility thus assumed
may not fall too heavily upon them. Our
terms of subscription are as low as we can
make them, and to all who favor us with
subscriptions, we shall 'try to give the
worth of their money. The people ot
St. Cloud have acted nobly their part in
this matter, and to the friends of truth and
justice abroad, wc now appeal to aid us in
our struggle for the right.
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"The Bible society is sending its Biblea
all over the world—to Greenland and the
Morea, to Arabia and Egypt and it dares
not send them to our own people. Th
colporteur who should leave a Bible in
slave's cabin, mould go in Aeertvfi from
lowest limb of the first tret.