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tU"'1* interacted In all enterprises for the advance
ment of the cause of Christ, for the purpose of dis
?oaring practically all missionary questions. Al
though the being preMnt at the convention would
prevent me from visiting Nova Scotia and New
Brunswick? places which I wh most anxious to
visit?yet, as this proposed meeting was the first of
the kind that had been held in the States, although
K will not be the last, I felt that I could not be so
lent. Well, then, nearly 300 ministers from all the
evangelical denominations were present. Two
day*, viz.:?4th and 5th May, with two sede
runte each day, were spent in discussing the
snbject for which we had convened. I would
to God we could transplant the spirit of that
sieeting into all meetings of Christians. AU
net at first in a spirit of trepidation and misgiv
ing, as nobody expected full narmony. But when
these men of all ages and denominations came to
gether, and began to speak of Christ's work?the
work of the evangelization of the nations?it wa9 as
tonishing what a spirit of love, which really was
latent all the while, sprung forth into vivid mani
festation amongst all. (Applause.) One venerable
man, at the close of the last meeting, said, "I never
expected to see the like of this. To my mind it is
a aawning of the millennium. I am old, and totter
ing to the grave; but if such a meeting takes plaoe
next year, as I hope will be the case, I shall be
there, suppose I should be carried." (Applause.)
And so every one felt. Many of the questions we
did not undertake, from want of time. All spoke
freely as Christian freemen. Differences of judg
ment on various points there were; but these were
expressed in such a tender, loving spirit, that many
had their judgment* rectified, or enlarged, or con
gnned. Each topic being fully discussed, in the end
there was a deliverance, upon which all the three
hundred unanimously concurred. Here they are:?
1. To what extent are we authorised by the Word of
God to expect the conversion of the world to Cliri.it?
Resolved, That without entering into any definition
as to the technical meaning of suck a term as conversion,
and without entering into any statement as to the times
or succession of antecedent events, the Convention re
joices in testifying their simple, heartfelt, undoubting
laith in the emphatic declaration of Cod's inspired
wori, that " men shall bo blessed in him" (Jesus Christ;)
*all nations shall call him blessed;" yea, that "the
Whole earth shall be filled with his glory."
3. What are the divinely-appointed and most efficient
?leans of extending the gospel to all mon ?
Revived, As the general sense of this Convention,
that the chief means of Divine appointment for the
evangelization of the world, are?The faithful teaching
and preaching of the pure gospel of salvation^ by daly
qualified ministers and other holy and consistent dis
ciples of the Lord Jesus Christ, accompanied with prayer,
and savingly applied by the grace of the Holy Spirit?
such means, in the providential application of them by
human agency, embracing not merely instruction by the
living voice, but the translation and judicious circulation
?7 the whole written word of God?the preperation and
circulation of evangelical tracts and books as well as any
ether instrumentalities fitted to bring the saving truths
?f (tod's Word home to men's souls, together with any
ytt,cesses which experience may have sanctioned as the
most efficient in raising up everywhere native ministers
and teichers of the living gospel.
3. Is it best to concentrate laborers in the foreign field,
or to scatter them?
Resolved, That while this convention fully accord in
the propriety and desirableness of diffusing a knowledge
of the gospel, as far as circumstances admit, a providence
of God may indicate, by means of a duly qualified and
unrestrained itinerancy?they yot fully accord in the pro
priety and desirableness of seizing on strong and com
manding stations, more espec'ally in countries whore
hereditary concentrated systems of error have long pre
vailed, and there concentrating a powerful agency, fitted
by harmonious co operation to carry on the different de
partments of the missionary enterprise in such a way as
to constitute them, by God's blessing, emanative sources
of evangelizing influence to tho surrounding multitudes,
as well as the most efficient means of porpetuating the
gospel in purity to succeeding generations.
4. In view of the great extent of the heathen world,
and the degree to whieh it is opened, ts It expedient for
different missionary boards to plant stations on the same
ground?
JZeiofaxl. That considsatng (he vast extent of the yet
nnevangelized world of heathenism, and the limited
means of evangelization at the disposal of any of the
existing evangelical churches or aocieties, it would bo
very desirable that, with the exception of great ceutros.
Such as the capitals of powerful kingdom*, an efficient
B-occupation of any particular portion of the heathen
d, by any evangelical church or society, should be
respected by others, and left in their undisturbed pos
session,?at the same time acknowledging, with thank
fulness to God, that heretofore there has been practically
so little interference with each other's fields of labor.
6. How may the number of qualified laborers for the
evangelization of the worll be multiplied and best pre
pared?
Resolved, That in the absence of sufficient data to give
a full (^jtspance on the subject, this Convention che
rishes S^^B conviction that, in order to the multiplica
tion ofwRtalle agents for the heathen misiion field,
ministers of the gospel must strive more vividly to rea
lize in iheir own souls the paramount grandeur of the
missionary enterprise in its relation to tiie glory of Cod,
as manifested in the design and consummation of the
Whole re limptive economy, and as tae divinely appointed
and divinely c..mmaudeu iusti'umeutality for tho regeue
ration of the lost and perishing in every land, and then
strive habitually, through prayer to the Lord of tho har
vest, who alone can truly raise up and send forth labor
ers, as aho through their public and private ministra
tions, to stamp similarly vi\ id impressions on the minds
of Church members, and especially Christian parents,
Sabbath school and other Christian teachers, who may
have It in their power to train up the young in iiinple de
pendence on God's blessing, to realize the magnitudo and
K- ry of the work of tho world's ovangolization, and be
to consider personal dedication to the work as the
highest of duties and noblest of privileges. Moreover,
that for the due preparation of candidates for the foreign
Held, it wer? very desirable that provision were made in
our theological seminaries generally, for bringing tho na
ture, history, and obligations of the missionary enterprise
before the minds of the students, or what may be briefly
designated a course of evangelistic theology.
6. Is it expedient to bold a meeting such as this annu
allyT
Resolved, That ? Convention similar to this will meet
r.c\tyi^r; that a committee, consisting of gentlemen of
Mew York, representing the various evangelical churches, j
tte appointed to make the necessary arrangements, unci
thai the chairman appoint that committee.
These were but preliminary topics ; others were
in store, but conid not be reached for want of time.
The meeting was so blessed, that erery one said,?
"We must have a meeting of the name kind next
year?why should we not all be as one in facing a
common enemy V' And so it was resolved that a
similar meeting, with a similar object, should be
held at New York, iu May next year. One other
subject before I co: elude. It was with something
like fear and trembling that,at the outset of my visita.
tion, allusion was made to the existing state of feel
ing between that country and our own. I knew there
had been sores and exasperatious on both sides, and
it is there as it is in this country. I hold that the
predominant element yonder is a noble Christian
clement, and is every year becoming more so. And
we know that is the predominant element in Great
Britain too. 8urely, should not " like draw to i
like ?" And by drawing closer the bond in regard
to the great things in which we agree, is the only ,
way to come to an agreement on the small points
on which we differ, not all standing aloof till some
thread or patcb is removed which some one does
not like. Another says, "Ah, but I like it," and
they get angry with each other. But it Is by meet
ing together on those great things upon which we
ore agreed that we slia.ll get rid of these threads
and patches. (Applause.) it was when a feeling
of this kind was being experienced that I, feeliug I
was at home, and among a generous people, ven
tured to cay, "Old pores should be old sorea, and i
past exasperations should be past. The men in
America who fought the battles of independence
have gone to their graves; and we in Britaiu are not
responsible for what our lathers did, unless we take
lbera up and defeud them. You are one with us?
we w ready to forgive and to forget." Expression
was aU>o givet: to the sentiment that "Great Britain
and Anuiioa are like mother and daughter, and '
that Hnb'Uiitially t'iey Imve in their hands, in the :
aaarvcIlonR providence of Cod, tlio doatuUod of tha !
nations of the world; and surely this is not a time !
to fall out i>y the way it such a crisis in the world's j
hi.-t< ry as tue present." No sentiment was uttered l
throughout the Ktatts to which a more thorough
response wan given than to this sentiment. '
And on this Hide of the water, the real British heart
will, 1 am sure, re-echo the sentiment back again to
the America ! Bhore. (Cheers.) I found that this
was uo passing, ephemeral feeling, but that the
really ?ln ihtian-hearted men in the Stat?g have long
been thinking that they ought to draw cVru,r to
Britain, and that both would be bitter for it.
I. r'jy AfrjJT1-"*1 social evils, insteau '
*!?J??!? 1
aeveial ways, and in forms adapted to oth *
nationalities. I am satisfied that there is rising 1? ,
in America a spirit of a high and noble kind, which
will ere long work out the solution of certain groat
social problems, which have hitherto baffled the
wisest, both there and bere. (Cheers.) I say that,
and if there were time 1 would exemplify it. But [
found that this sentiment of the necessity of a closer
union between that new country and the old country
was really a popular sentiment among the wiso aud
the good in America. They write and speak
of the "glorious, fast-auehored isle'"?a flnc
rxpret-sion, toflicftog a heartuie&i of goa<i j
will toward* '"is country. 1 found that
the ?,eneroue1'1?a,ted Americans have something
Hko a rri?M in '""kins: back on the old country.
It checrc"0"* to thlH ?vf>rJwhere. And should '
we, tl e't ??t come to understand each other better,
and ove each other more? In Canada too, I was
deif.htcd to And that there was a prevailing feeling
nfioynlty the most intense. I believo there is not a
w>oplc in the globe more thoroughly contonted at
this mr ment with the sway of Queen Victoria, than
the l.otivcH of Canada, (Cheers.) Aud yet, at tho
same time, there is a growing feeling of 'kindliness
towu'ds the groat people of the United States;
wbilft oil their part, that feeling 1* generously re
cipr?"ated; nnd both concur, on great, broad, oom
mc r grornds, in looking benignly across the Atlan
%tic*o their common fatherland. To prove that this !
!h'o ei>he meral feeling In the States, I find that one
o their own most successful poets lus taken it up,
id embodied it in immortal song; and when a popu
Ivrlc pre* tnVea nrj ? ?onfi>nrnt of fMs kind, !t
mh/Ws uim uv knows there la ft chord 1b the geaeral J
heart that will vibrate with it. Well, the heartiness
with which OBe of their moat original poet* poara
oat his son! en this point,ahowi the extent to which
thia sentiment prevail* Here ia a specimen:?
Though mm long have p?M?d
Since oar father* left their bom*;
The pilot in the blast,
O'er untravell'd sea* to roam,
Yet lives the blood of England in their veins:
And ahall we not proclaim
That blood of noble fame,
Which no tyranny can tame
By its chain* T
While the manner* and the art*
That mould a nation'* koul,
Still oling around oar hearts,
Between let oceans roll,?
Onr joint dominion breaking with the son;
Yet still, from either beech,
The voice of blood shall reach,
More andible than speech,?
We are one.?(Cheers.)
"Wa are one." One, indeed, we are?the Christian
Jo?ie of America-one not only in blood, but ane
Kunguage, one in literature, and, what is best of
all, one in religion, having a common faith and a
common Christianity. (Cheers.) If, then, the
United BtateB of America and Great Britain be
faithful to one another, and stand ddei by ride in
this great crisis of the nations.and ^houlder to
shoulder, march forth into the battle field of the
world, they may, by the right arm of the Omnipo
tent, confront all the enemies on the face of the
earth, whether physical or addLum}
be gloriously victorious over them all. (Applause.)
That these may be the blessed results realized, will,
T venture to 8fty? be the icrveut prayer ot this
Church. There is a right principle In it, and the
time is coming, not for disunion, but for absolute
Xn Then,Indeed, we shall have Great Britain
on the one hand, and these mighty States on the
other constituting a new union, not the doited
States of America, but the United States 01 the
World. (Applause.) Then let us arise and do
our share?let us, the members of the FreeGhiirch,
do our best. I venture to say, for it ib a tact,
that there are no people more welcome Ame
rica?I found that everywhere?thau the Scotch
neoule. Really they know far more about Scotr
Einl than, i believe, thousands in Scotland
know about themselves. Yes, Scotland has exer
cised an influence over the ortliodox ^igioii ot tho
States, which eternity alone will show. The very
stanchUness and stifi bigotry of wme m BUndini
out for little points?even that was overruled, lor
stemming the torrents rushing past ^to aome
boundless ocean of error or mdinerenti-m. One or
the invulnerable Christian communities in the
States even now will sing nothing but the genuine
oKot4 version of the Psalms of David. The
vlrv Btiffeess of the Scotch on theae and other
points, have been now cieariy overru^d for good to
thp cause of Christ; and now that the tide is iairiy
tnmpd In favor of orthodoxy, there is no danger of
wn?awav bythe flood of indiffercntlim.
In Philadelphia I confd not help being taken aback
by the discourse of a venerated "Minister, at the
wuSs of theSerings of our patriot martyred Tore
fathers, over the bleak moors and mountain soli
tudes of our native land, down to the tiraeaot the
Free Church. It was very striking. And the
seminarv of Princeton?that is, the college for
theological education, with which Scotchmen and
men of Scotch descent have had so much to do?
what a work it has done in upholding the sound
ness of the faith! We have lost the old Alexan
ders and Millers, and others before them who are
gone; but we still have the Hodges, and the young
Alexanders, and others. They are indeed very pil
lars of the faith. It was to me really retreahing^-o
hear a large class addressed by that noble champion
of our common faith, Dr. Hodge; and onsnch a sub
ject, too, as that of original sin, in which CalvinUm.
or rather Paulism, was so searchingly expounded
and triumphantly vindicated. It was alao very re
filling to find at Boston that Unitarianism has
Sme tfme ago not only reached its^climax. but
nasred it. and is now going down the hill. This is
the fate which must attend all the other
whatever kind, and then the better part mil be left
behind. 1 was also much delighted to Bee that a
number of The principal citize^ of Boston are now
asking the way to this true old Zion,f with their
faces thitherward. Let us thank God toijl thw,
and let us also arise and do our part. Others are
looking to us, and expecting us to set an example.
Aud why should we not do so ? Ours has been a
highly favored land from time immemorial down
wards. We have been privileged to contend tor
the great doctriucs of the headship of
Christ ; and surely it will not do for us
to deal with this as a mere abstract dogma, and
make it have the appearance of a fascinating spell,
like the brazen serpents of the Israelites, or the ark
of the covenint, turned to auperstitous uses,?look
in" to this alone, as if this, absolutely and by itsUt,
could save us. If we do so, God will cast us from
Him. If we, as the church of so many and unprece
dented favours, do not act up to our duties in this
respect, God may refuse our lame and inadequate
offering, as He refused the offering of the Israelites
of old, and may smite us with some Judgments .and
say to us, "I will raise up another nation, to whom .
will give the honor of evangelizing the world.
(Hear,hear.) It shaU be evangelized; but it may
not be through you, unless you arise speedily to the
right discharge of unparalelled obligations. Let us
Se, then, and tarry not in slow delays. Surely
the present crisis is constraining us to arise.and
that with our whole heart. SureTy it looks as if, in
response to the sigbing.of the whole creation groan
ing in uneasiness and pain through long by g
ages, for the times of the restitution of all things
surelv, in answer to the plaintive cry of the myriad
martyrs from under the altar, who age aver age have
been uttering their longing cry,
how long He who is seated on the throne on high
is now indicating bv no ordinary Bigns that Heisto
arise and assume His great power, and to manifest
Himself as really King and Govornor among
the nations. Surely, in the language of one of old,
tho great Messiah is about to come forth from his
royal chamber?about to put on the visible robe9 0'
his imperial Majesty, and to take up the unlimited
sceptre which hiB Father has bequeathed to Him.
Fven now in the ear of faith, and almost in the ear
of Lnse we may hear the distant noise ofthecha
riof wheds of the mighty Saviour King, coming
fortn conquering and to conquer, amid the shaking
K, pole ,.Emy.
of lato been upheavmg from its ancient settled
foundations; and there will be mightier upheaving
still, and that right speedily-all preparing the
way for the new heaven and the new earth, in
which righteousness will for ever dwell. And in
the midst of there grand, glorious, and consum
mating scenes, shall wc fritter away our engergios
onendless, petty, paltry questions, not tit to be en
tertained by men of sense even, not to speak of men
of large Christian understandings, and still larger
Christian heaits? (Hear, hear.) The atno im
coming, and is at hand, when we shall look back
and be ashamed at wasting so much precious
time, sound strength, sound thou?}jte0?J'
Bound energy, upon questions which, even ir tney
were solved, would be but so many paltry little
nesses in comparison with the mighter questions
that bear directly on the establisument ot the Sa
\dourV kingdom over the subjugated nation^q-oes
tions, too, many of which God in his providence will
soon solve and settle for us, f we only wait tor it.
i Hear.') Let ub then arise, with one heart and one
soul, and in unison with the whole Christian men in
America, in Canada, in England, in Geneva, and the
Continent; let us pray that we may bo melted and
fused into one living, burning, glowing mass, and go
forth as "Jehovah's sacramental host,7' carrying for
ward the standard of the Great Messiah from one
battle field to another, and unfurling Hw glorioui
banner, In the aastiranoe that the standard shall no.
be taken down again, nor the banner of victory
furled, until it is found waving upon the citadel of
the last of the rebel nations now prtbtratc at His
feit. (Applause.) Ah, then, let us not only pray,
but labor with intense, all-consuming devotedneaa
for the speedy coming of the time when
Oce song eniplojs all nations; and all cry,
Worthy the for ho was slain for u?.
The dweller* in the vulen and on the rocks
Shout to each other; *n<l the mountain tops,
Krcm different mountains, catch the flying joy;
Till nation after nation taught the strain,?
Ijkvth toil* the rapturous hosai>nah r?und.
?f?wen, Lord Jesus, come speedily, amen and
amen. VMic reverend Doctor sat down amidst pro
tected appiau.-. having spoken almost four h mrs.)
Dr. Smvtb relolct?-*p Hec that their illustrious
!??<.?;? brother had h. .,?.i from hUi t rans-At
lantic voysgu in ?nch admiraoR-.- nh i.mi with
eneh indomitable energy, and witfi Wi1.' *l ,
votednehs to his Master s work. He regrtTO!? ??
the KaiTiarian Mission had not been Htmcietfm}
cousidcred by this Cfcnrch on this occasion. Tije
zeal and labors of their missionaries iu Kaffrarw
were beyond all praise; and he hoped it would, on
some other occasion, occupy a much more promi
nent place in the deliberations of this Assembly.
Dr. Dtcvf agftAtohu and said, that soon after he
had arrived in New York he liad received a letter
from one of those noble-minded Christians to whom
he had n-f* rred,/iri?f ?!?*. unsolicited and unsug.^este i
by him ,ou opening which he found bills to the amount
ot ?500, which were to be appropriated to the mi-t
sion buildings in Calcutta. He showed the note to
another gentleman, who spontaneously gave an on il
sum. Dr. Duffhsd nowhere plead Tor money. But of
tlx ir ow n free will these gencrons hearted Christians
in New York nnd Philadelphia were resolved th.it
ho would not leave their shores without some sub
stantial acknowledgment of what they wero jrileaac 1
to legard aa services rcu ered to the cause of Christ
among tliciu. And bo, on leaving New York, where
hundreds mit in churoh to commend him In prater
to ii gracious God, and from the church accompanied j
him to the ship, a letter wns nut into his han 1 which ,
contaired the sum of ?3,000 tor mission buildings In
Bengal, conpled with something l:ke an assurance
that this would uot be the last. (Cheers.) He might
ji,co refer to tLc ell* .t- .vhl.h Ia.j .v
were matin- duiicg hi? ?bs?av9 as worthy of *U
praiM. He via not mre ?boat the enet nm, bat
night mj that abeat ?3,000 had been oollocted in
that city for the udh object (Cheer*.) He men
tioned there facts with the moat heartfelt gratitude,
?a indicative of 'the kindness of Providence in open
ing the heart* or Christians to employ their substance
for the furtherance of this great and good work.
(Applause.) Of all these oontnbations a fall and de
tailed account would in due time be given.
The Assembly having heard Dr. Duff on the sub
ject of his recent visit to the Northern States of
America and to Canada, and having learned that he
had received a warm and cordial welcome there, ex
press the liope and the prayer that the visit may be
blessed to tne drawing of the bonds of friendship
more closely between tne churches and nations so
intimately allied.
The Assembly then adjourned.
The Turf.
The sporting world is all alive to the forthcoming
events of this and the following week. To-morrow,
the races commence over the Union Course, and
judging from the number of good horses already on
the island, there is promise of very tine sport. The
entries for the first day's race close to-night at La
fayette Hall, Broadway, and the names of the com
petitors will appear in to-morrow's Hbrald. There
will be two races each day.
Tub National Coitbsb, L. L?1This new race
course is now completed, and ready for the sports of
this day week. It was visited yesterday by great
numbers, who were astonished at its splendid ap
pearance, beautiful location, easy mode of access,
and the celerity with wbioh it was constructed,
through the energy and perseverance of the gentle
men who were engaged in the undertaking. It is, in
fact, the finest race course in the world, and has pro
bably cost more money ; and on its success depends
the future prosperity of its proprietors.
The liberal parses offered for competition by the
proprietors to insure saocess to the enterprise, has
brought together nearly all the oelebrities of thi
United States and the Canada?. The influx of sport
ing men consequent upon the races, each followin
bis favorite stable, has filled our hotels to overflow
ing, and caused such an excitement among hote
keepers that several have determined to give purses
in addition to those given by the proprietors of the
National Course?among which are the St. Nicholas,
the Irving, the Howard, the Metropolitan, and tbe
Astor.
But after all the splendid arrangements and costly
preparations for fine racing, the question arises, will
it lind that support from the community it sj richly
merits ? This is a question that time can only de
monstrate, yet it is reasonable to conjecture that it
will among a population numbering a million. It is
trae that several years have elapsed since the sports
of the turf have received any attention in New fork;
yet this is known to have originated more in the
stringency of our laws in regard to sach matters,
than to a want of feeling of liberality in the people.
But this barrier has been removed by an aut of the
Legislature of the State of New York, granting to
W. W. Boyden & Co. a charter for the forming of in
association for the improvement of the breed of
horees; and we doubt not the spirit and energy with
which those gentlemen have entered into the business
will restore it to its original elevation. And not only
is the National Course intended as a place on which
to test the speed and durability of race horses, but
it is designed for the exhibition, aunually, of horsos
of every description, to which will be awarded libe
ral premiums, thereby encouraging the improvement
of the draught and saddle horse as well as the racer.
The lirst exhibition will take place in September,
when prizes to the amount of $2,000 will l>e awirded.
This is a feature in the arrangement that gives it
additional claims upon the public, and one, too, that
cannot be disregarded.
Our advertising columns, under the Turf heading,
contain details of what may be expected.
A trotting match for $1,000, two mile heats, in
harness, comes off this afternoon at the Centreville
Course, between Whalebone and Don. These horse*
are well known to be fast and dnrable, and a good
race may be anticipated. The Centreville Course Is
now the only one we have adapted to trotting in t;>>
vicinity, and a capital one it is, too; the very best
n tbe country. It mast, from the natnre of things,
do a good buxin'-H this season. The proprietor,
with the view of inducing match making, has decid
ed to give two-thirds of the proceeds of the Coarse
to the winning horses in all trotting matches.
Jack Walters, (better known as Prince's colt,) and
Lady Brooks have been matched?stake $2,000,
distance, two mile heats?the race to come off oi
the 18th of July.
Scfpoik Cocitss, L. I.?Trotting, June 15?Purse $ll|,
one mile and repeat., in harness.
Wm. Gardiner entered a. m. Nip and Frizzle 1 I
S. Rogers entered s. g. Rodolph 2 I
A. Townscnds entered br. m. Cerito 3 8
J. Vail entered b. in. Littlo Doll drawn.
Time, 3106?3i00,
Sam* Day?Purse $10, one mile and repeat, in htmesg,
for 6 year olds and under.
E. Tlace entered eh. h. Reeside 1 1
A. Vail entered g. m. Eanny Gray 3 2
H. Dennia entered b. m. Oswego Maid 2 .'i
S. Joneaentered i>. g. Almack 4 i
Time, 2:16?3:11.
Supreme Court?In Chambers*
Before Hon. Judge Roosevelt.
THE STREET CLEANING CONTRACT.
Bernard McCajferty against George G. Qlaiian
Superintendent of Streets and Lumps, the May>r\
Aldtt men, fyc., of New York.?Mr. Sandford up'
peared on behalf of plaintiff, who has obtained &
temporary injunction again, t the Superintendent of
Streets and Lamps, restraining hini from catering
into nny contract with certain parties for cleaning
the first, eccond, third or fourth district? of the
city. The grounds upon which the injunction was
obtained were those stated at length in MeCaArty's
communication, already published in the proceed
ings of the Board of Aldermen, namely: that he
had .tendered a contract for each of those ward* fot
a lesser sum than the parties to whom Mr. C.isiei
had awarded the contract, and that the plaint;IV was
entitled to the contract, he being the lowest bidder.
Mr. B. J. Dillon, Corporation Counsel, appeared
to show cau=e why the injunction should not be
m."df! perpetual. The defendant, Glazier, admits
that the bids made by the plaintiff are correctly
fatated: but he avers that there were various bids
mndc ror the contracts that are not set forth in tiic
complaint. Mr. Glasier denies all the allegations of
the plaintiff' relative to the awarding of the con
tracts, and the conversations with McCafferty; he
admits that the plaintift was the lowest bidder for
the third ward, and would have been entitled to the
contract if he had not failed to comply with the
provisions of the amended charter; that in awar.1
ing the contract for the tirst ward, the plaintiff di.l
not attend at the Commissioner's office, and it w.n
accordingly given to the next lowest bidder; that
the contracts for the second, third and fourth wardi
were given to the lowest bidders who appealed, ind
were willing to accept, and that they were the only
persons entitled under the charter.
The Court reserved decision.
Supreme Court?-Special Term.
Before lion. Judge Roosevelt.
DECISIONS.
JUNF IT.?Prarcc itc. r-t. Beach <tc.?Application for
injunction and receiver ?The assignment in this case, it
is concedcd, wa". not void on its face. Its invalidity is
argued from circumstances, th? principal of which are
the insolvency am' T-onition of tue selected assignees.
Both were clerk,i of the failing house, and both were
men of very limited means, one being embarrassed by an
antecedent failure of his own. The answer, however, i
and I think It sufficient, to these objections, which, (
prima facie, might indicate fraud, is that although
ci?rks, t'ie efioHcn assignees wero men of mature years,
of an unimj.earhable integrity and busiuese capacity, por
fectly acquainted with the character of the property as
^SBed; and sue), us th? creditors themselves won! 1 pro
j,i .iim'tr.'^e selected, (as is evinced by thoirsubse pin-il ?j>
though the uVM they been previously coiiKultcd. AI
i.i arly Iftflo.oool tfi'i^011"1 nominally to the largo nam of
In th.m express no wish "f lh<"? !ntweJt?<i
but on the contrary, strongly ui|W? inUwteeshlp,
as it is. Under these circumstances, tt>M?rh?u,d ro,"*'n
ger to the fund, und no sufficient ground, aft&'uU
j.lunatlons ivhich have been given, to lmpeaeh the good
faith of the alignment, the injunction must hedbsoi/oi
and the rceclvprslMp denied It Is proper that 1 should
acid that the supposed necessity of waiting six mou hs to
divide tho u-seix Is an error, and that a tstrl.mtion
may, and in the present slate of moneyed affairs ought to
he, immediately made. An early dividend, although pos
sibly not quite so large, is more Importan. than a Alight
Increase to ie. nit from proti acted nursing.
The S.aUard and Koannl.e Railroad Company vs.
n'fii. Ward?The question whether the plaintiff after a
I counter clnlm has been Interposed, can disc .ntiniie with
I out the e.on: ent of the defendant, lit not witho.it difficul
ty; and '.<? r< nder tho practice uniform should be pasted
i iijonat (.'rrcrnl Term. I shall, therefore, deny the de
Umlaut's motion, pro ftrmi, and leav? him to app >al,
* ithout ghlng lecurlty and without costs.
We lrsrn by the Northern Islander (Mormon) that T.ieut.
Reynolds, with ?,ix boats and a One party of men has ar
rived ftt Fesver Islnnrt, to com- ?, *f>(, -? .th1**1 snr
\V ?' '??? ol U>? MiCl.lK.U. 1U?> u??? N?v- I
^h?rd \btii camp at Hog Maud. j
from Um W?t
01'* BT. LOOTS OOUUMrONDBtCB.
St. Loots, Jane 13,1864.
Organizations for Emigration (a Kama*?Import
ant Meeting in Missouri?Opposition of the
Abolition Fanatics of the North and East.
I send you the resolutions of two public meetings
recently held on oar border?the first at Westport,
a little below the mouth of the Kan?a river, and
the second at Independence, the county seat of Jack
son. These resolutions are only the response to
those of the abolitionists of the North, headed by
Parker, Greeley k Co. If those desperate and un
principled fanatics had remained sileut, nothing
would have been done by the people of Missouri.
Even now, after having been threatened and insulted
by propositions to organize bands of abolitionists to
take possession of the two Terrritories and drive out
the emigrants from the slave Btatee and rob them of
their property, they nevertheless distinguish be
tween the Northern people and Northern disunion
lsts. They invite good men from all the States to
?unite with them in building up a new State on just
principles, and in good faith.
Under all the circumstances, I think they have
acted with great prudence and moderation. The
abolitionists must, however, not imagine that calm
ness and prudence is pusillanimity. They will (iud
themselves sorely mistaken it' they do. The people
of Missouri are firmly resolved that no harbor for
fugitive hluves and kidnappers shall be opened ou
their western border, and those who adventure the
attempt to create one, do bo at the hazard of their
lives. 1 say this not in the spirit of bravado, but
because it is best for all parties that they should
know in advance the consequences of certain lines of
action.
The resolutions were adopted by tho people unan
imously, and were in the following words?
The Weetport resolutions are a3 follows:?
Having recently reccire<l intelligence of t'.io passage of
a bill by Congress, for the organization of the territories
of Kanht.; and Nebraska, rt pcalinjj the Mlsaouri restric
tit'ii and opening said Territor!?ss for settlement, equally
to all the people of the Union; and feeling a dn?p and
lively interest, especially in the speedy occupation of
our border Territory of Kansas, and tho organization of
a government in it, and tho pass.;.gu of laws which sh ill
protoct emigrants from every portion of the country in
the poarcision and enjoyment of their property, of what
ever character; and having heard, through the publi:
puperN, that organizations are now on foot in some of tlio
Northern St: tes, having for their object tho colonization
of the new Territories exclusively with Eastern and fo
reign pauper*, with a view direct to excludo and do tor
frcin the Bald Territories emigration from the Southern
States, and moro particularly slave emigration from
Miskuuti and Arkansas; and having also heard of a re
cent attempt of a gang of frees oilers who held a meeting
within this Territory, and audaciously resolved that iio
6la\c property should be brought into the oauie; and be
ing ourselves, many or us, determined to soeU in Kansas
our future homes, r.nd to carry with us our property of
every description which we think proper: and being de
termined to hold and enjoy tho .same, fn peseo or by
force, wo hereby organize ourselves lato a socioty of Mls
sourinns, for mutual protoction; and
1. Resolved, That we invito all well disposed citizens,
from wherever they may come, but more ospocially our
fellow-citizens of the .slaveholding States, to unite with
us.
2. Resolved, That *vo will afford to each other mutual
protection in claiming and holding lauds In Kansas Ter
ritory; that we will not encroach upon the clalris aud
rights of each other, nor will wj allow any intruders to
do the same; that until the country is surveyed, no claim
shall be made nearor to any other than half a mile, se
curing to each settler a quarter section of land; and that
we wfll protect and defend the claim of each and every
individual of this organization, which may be staked off
and designated by tho claimant in good faith, and with a
view to actual settlement.
3. Resolved, That we will carry with us Into the new
Territory of Kansas every species of property, including
slaves, and that wc will hold and enjoy the samo; that
we desire to do so peacefully, and deprecate any neces
sity for resorting to violonce in support of our just and
lawful rights: jet, (in no spirit of bravado, and with the
strongest wish for peaco,) apprehensive of interference
with our private 'and domestic concerns, by certain or
ganized bunds who are to be precipitated upon us, we no
til v all such that our purpose is Hrm, to enjoy all our
rights, and to meet with the last argument all who shall,
in uny way, infringe upon them.
4. Resolved, Tfcat we recommend to our fellow citi
zens of Missouri and Arkansas?moro especially of the
border counties?to organize, with those end* in vie* ;
rnT to each and every man who fools an interest in tho
destiny of the future Ktate of Kansas, to be on the alert,
that *e may avail ourselves of the great advantages
wtiich tho contiguity of the new Territory at once gives
to us, and entitled us, in moulding the government and
institutions of the future 8tate, in s-cordanco with tho3e
of our own, and thus guarantee for tho future a good
neighbor and u firm friend, united to us by the bond of
interest.
6. Resolved, That the thanks of this meeting
are due, and aie hereby most heartily tender
ed to all those' finators and Representatives
in C< ngriss who, in the arduous struggles which
hns so triumphantly closed hy the pussaje of tho
Kansas aud Nebraska bill, so faithfully and gallantly
adhered to th? groat principle of popular sovereignty iii
the Territories and States, and who, by their affirmative
J votes upon tho passage of the bill, sdetained the only
I true constitutional do trine, against tho interference of
Congress, in moulding or altering the institutions of
Mates ; and who, by their instrumentality in thi<
triumph of popular sovereignty, -vi:l fortvtr cudoartliem
to the oountry, as having removed the last protest for
abolition agitation in Congress.
The Independence resolutions an aa follows:?
1. Resolved, That we, tho citizens of Jackson county,
in mass meeting assembled, do hereby endorse, ro affirm,
aud procluim tlie justice and policy of the action and re
solves of a portion of our fellow-citizens, who recently
convened at Westport, in this county; and that, in order
to effectuate and carry out the object of that meeting, to
I secure and guuratee the rights of Southern emigrants to
I the Territory of Kansas, that the chairman of this meet
ing do appoint a Committee of Vigilance, whose duty it
shall bo to acquire full and reliablo information of'tho
prepress of settlement lu the now Territory of Kansas,
and of any infringement, or danger of infringement, upon
the rights of Southern settlers, and to take propor steps
to prevent and resist the same.
2. Resolved. That a Committee of Correspondence bo
also appointed, whose duty it shall bo to embody, in the
form of an address, all useful information concerning
the advantages, situation, production, lie., of the Terri
tory of Kanzas, to be circulated among citizen i of our
own and other Southern States; and further, to corres
pond freely by letter, with all persons of these States
who may be desirous of information upon this subject.
3. Resolved, That we further most earnestly call upon
our fellow citizens of Buchanan, t'latte, Clay, and all
border ardwestern counties of Missouri, to "meet and
organize, and to follow up their orgauizaticn by action,
that we may imet and repel the wave of fanaticism
which threatens to break upon our border, nnd that we
pledge ourselves to co-operate with them in all neccssary
measures for our common protection.
4. Resolved, That ?e recommend to all our fellow citi
zens who have a will to remo.-e to Kansas, and to all
others who leel with them a ooromou interest in the pro
tection of their rights and property, to m?et in gene .-al
convtn'ion ot Fort Leavenworth, or vme other suitable
place in the Territory, aud to arrange for their mutual
und common protection, against all interference with
their rights.
6. Resolved, That as Missonrians and Southerners,
while we have not, during the pendency of tho recent
great strnpglo in Congress, teen proper to disturb their
deliberations, or to operate upon their he pes and fears
by p.ny outside influences, but have been willing to leave
the great issue presented by the Kansas bill to be decided
by the wi' doru and patriotism of Congress; jet wy have
felt at all times a deep and vital concern in the triumph
of the great principle of popular sovereignty, upon which
that bill was based; and now that, by the patriotic,
er.ergetio, and determined support of its friends it has
pasted, we, in the name of the popular majesty of Jack
son county, express our thanks and gratitude to every
Eeuutor nnd Representative lo Congress, who. by his sup
port of this measure, aided and sustained the roll's of
tic people against the dictation of Co' ,;res', aud espe
cially i o we appreciate, as Missonrians, the distinguish
e<t serv ic< s of nil our immediate Renreseatatives 'vbogave
ti eir support to tills bill, and hereby tender our warmest
tt-anlcs to the Ron. David R. Atchison, lion. Henry S.
O't ver, John S. Vhelpfl, James Q. I.indley, A. W 1 rib,
Jcim G. Miller, Samuel Caru'.hers, and Mordec.ai Oliver,
fn- their united and effectivo support of the Nebraska
lv neiiK bill.
0. Resolved further, That these proeeer ings bo pub
ifl cd in nil the papers in Missouri, an<i other States
friendly to the ssme Respectfully.
[From tho St. Leuis Republican, Juno 14.]
KANSAS TERRITORY.
We published yesterday the leading resolutions of
two meetings, held Inst week in Jackson couuty, iu
this Sttite, on the subject of migration to, and set
tie men t in, the new Territory or Kansas. There is
uo mistaking the character of tli<*>o resolutions, and
tliote who know the people who were instrumental
in passing them, will hardly doubt that they tne.rn
precisely what they say. The body of tho'people
of Jackson county art? substantial, thrifty, enter*
prising rccn, who, while they protoct their own
right", will not infringe those of other people. Hut
they have heard so much wit'nia the last eix months
of the orguni/ation of Associations in New Kuglund
ar.d the non-slaveholding States, to invade tho Ter
ritories of Kansas and Nebraska, end take up all
the good limflr-, tlicT havo been so oiten threatened '
with irrnpttods of (iarrauns, and of untl-: lavery fa
natics from the Noiinrrn Spates1, they liavo be"n -o
ofu-u tern that, comc what rni<<ht, rlavory should
never he introduced n to that fer.-itory, that fiey
are determined to meet the isvie at once and opeu
Iv. lliey have as much li^ht to go upon Kaiuas ]
Territory with their slaves and other prop"rty, as ,
any fanatical son of New EngUnd, and wis right i
they will at. jert at all hazards. Their resolution!
are ralm but Hrm, and if tho Mas-aohu.-etts Rnv- \
gti.tirg Association propose to cover Kansas with
the claims of ihcir emigrants, it won Id he just ax
well for them to observe the rules auoptod by tho i
Jacl on county meetings. They ire ea lly ti let*
nteod, and no one will pretend that they are either
harsh or un>enB<;nable.
The Territory of Kanras is de'tined to ho popu
lated iaj idly, as soon as tlie Indian titl*- e tn be ex
tinguished, surveys made, nnd land oIUcob opened.
We hope to pet it fettled quietly, and without strife.
If 1 nndreda of t her sands of people should go there,
it will he all toe better for n?. They mn*t i"t the'r
tlolu Uo, MiiU Uta lUlUlMl bUtlLl cneapt?r J
aitU tetter tbao any other city. But tiray nUl h?v0
to go into that country with good intentions, and
not with the design of doing a wrong at the very
start. They have no reason to snppoae, even if they
should be organized into associations, that other
settler* will permit them to divest them of any right
whatever. The Jackson county resolutions put this
fact very distinctly before them, and it will save a
great deal of unnecessary excitement, In the Terri
tory and out of it, if they will qnietly take pemsea
sion of the land, and cultivate it to the best advan
tage, without interfering with the affairs or the
rights of their neighbors.
Arrest and Examination of Bight Fugitive
Slave* In Cincinnati.
[From the Cincinnati Columbian, June 16.]
Information having been given to United States
Deputy Marshal Thayer, that a gang of fugitive
slaves were secreted in the woods on lick ltun, he
procured the services of deputy city Marshall I-<eo
and Worley, and SherifT Ward, of Covington, Ken
tucky, and on Wednesday night, caught uiue
negroes in a stable, about a mile beyond the asylum,
and brought them to the city. In t!.e company
were four men, two women and three children; they
were all arrested under a warrant issue! by United
States Commissioner John L. Pendery, upon the
oath of William Walton, of Boone county, Ken
tucky, who claims four of them. The negroes all
Cirried bundle*, and wore apparently much travel
worn and fatigued. They had been taken to the
stable where they were found, by a mulatto, who
afterwards gave information to the officers. On
being brought to the city they were locked up in
the watchhouse cells during the nigl.t.
Yesterday morning they were taken out, placed
in an omnibus belonging to the Covington ami Lex
ington Kailroad line, and conveyed under guard of
a posse of our municipal police to an unoccupied
room in the third story of the old Court House build
ing, iu Court street, near Main, where United States
Com uissioner Pendery proposed to try the cose.
The negroes were handcuffed, but seemed aa cheer
ful as could be expected.
They were Lewis, a young man about twenty-four
years of age.
Susan, a woman, thirty-nine years of age.
Wesley, a boy, nine years of age.
John, a boy, seven years of age.
Almedn, a woman, twenty-six years of age, who
carried Sarah June, a child, y?ar? old. in h?>r
or ran
n
liOe, a young man, twenty-one years old.
Shadrach, a venerable Uncle Tom, sixty years of
age.
Anderson, a young man, twenty-two years old.
Upon the case coming before the Commissioner,
Mr. Walton could only swear definitely to the six
claimed by himself, which arc Lewis, Susan,Wesley,
John, Aimeda, and Sarah Jane, and accordingly they
were sent to jail, and the case continued tohali-iwst
one o'clock P. M., so that the necessary papers coald
be made out.
Lee is claimed by John Gaines, the guardian of
Elizabeth and Jasper lUickeubacker.
Sliadrach is claimed by Jonas Christler, and Ander
son by John P. Scott.
Susan is the wife of old Shadrach, and Wesley and
John are their children.
Lee and Aimeda are husband and wife, and Sarah
Jane is their child.
They were all plainly but comfortably dressed.
Old Shadrach wore a coat from the sume piece of
cloth as that worn by his master.
The negroes did not complain of ill treatment,
but, in answer to the remark of Mr. Christler that
they were well cared for, Shadrach stated that they
had run away because they had been told that they
were sold to "be taken down the river.
One of the Kentucky gentlemen went up to Shad
rach, and wanted to know how he had fared.
" What," said he to Shadrach, " induced you to run
away and steal these people with you. \ou must
have thought these devils over here wonld take care
of you. You have been always kindly treated, yet
you ran away. They would take you to Canada,
where, in two winters, you would bo frozen, every
one of you."
The old darkey looked sly, but said nothing.
The attorneys for the claimants were Messrs.
Kctchum, Pugh nnd Dudley, and the negroes were
defended by Messrs. Jollifl'e and (ietchell.
At half-past two o'clock P. M., United States
Commissioner Pendt ry opened his court. There
were few spectators in court, and these were gene
rally colored. Shadrach was shortly afterwards
brought in by officers Thayer and Worley. He is a
veritable "Uncle Tom," black, with a good expres
sion of countenance. He was dressed in pants from
the name piece of which his master's clothed wero
made. His owner, au old substantial farmer, gave
him o high character, and expressed the opinion
that he had been induced by white men to run
away. . _ ...
John P. Scott, being sworn, deposed?I reside in
Boone couDty, Kentucky; 1 was bjrn aud raised
there, n 1 lu;vo known JHinc4 Crisler for twenty
tive or -cnty-six years; 1 have also known Sha
(iimh, %uo isi.bout sixty years of age, quite black,
and with gray hair; I have known him as the slave
of Mr. Ciisler, with whom he ha- lived since IPSO or
1637; my father owned him before Mr. Crisler; I
cai.r.ot say whether he was Lorn a slave; he was a
p!ave when I flirt knew him, and was then a grown
man; be left hut Sunday night, and went to In
diana, he was fouud hi this State, four or Ave miles
rem this place, in a stable; 1 only know the fact
of his leaving from circumstances.
Mr. Gi'.chell objected to the detail of these cir
cumstances, and the question on which it waa found
ed was withdrawn.
On the cross-examination Mr. Scott deposed?I
am not positive how leng I have known 8nadrach,
but it its thirty years or more; he was a slave then
to John Hordering, who now resides in Miscourl, if
be is alive; J do not know Shadrach to have been
born a slave; he left Bjone county on Sunday night
last; I know of his leaving by circumstances; l
don't know of his going to Indiana except by cir
cumstances; I waa with the party when the arrest
was made.
Direct examination resumed?I have seen Shad
rach nearly every week, once or twice at my house.
William Walton being sworn, deposed?I reside in
Boone county, Ky.; I am within a few days of being
seventy years old; 1 have resided iu Bioue county
for the Inst twenty-nine years, and have known
Jonas Crisler for twenty-feven years; he lia* resided
on the same farm nearly the whole time, and it is
tut five or six miles from mine; I know Shadrach
well; I have doue so fo. twenty-seven years; Moses
Scott owned him the fall 1 moved to Boone county,
or the next spring; be wa.- living with Mr. Scott as
a servant or slave, and has been living with Mr.
Crisler an a clave; I have known him better for the
last ten years than formerly, as about ten years ago
he took a ne<?io woman of mine for liis wife; he has
been in the ha bit of coming to my house e\ ery week;
he left it latt Sunday after sunset, lie came to my
house to see hiE wife after supper; when 1 got up on
Moiiday morning and caw no smoke from the
kitchen, and no peipon stirring, I went and found
there was no one about; 1 then walned ont to the
gate; I returned bark, and found tracks; I also
found where the fence had been pulled down, and
the three horses which were mining had l/ceti taken
through: I followed the horse tracks to the tura in
the rend where the horsea had tried to gc a different
way; I heard?
Objection to hearsay evidence made by Mr. G.tcn
cll, and sustained.
I next saw Shadrach two miles from tue Brighton
House, in an old stable, in this county; ho h now
sitting here; he (pointing to Shadrach) is the same
person. , _. ,
Commissioner?How long have you Known Saac
rach ?
Mr, Walton?I don't recollect how long it i< ;
twenty-Uvc or twenty-six years. 1 have always
known him a-i tho :kve of Mr. Crisler.
Cross-exH,minat i on?I was not prc-Rnt waen
Sett soldShcdrachto Crisler ; 1 under 'ool s;> ; I
know Scott held him a- a slave ; I don't know that
Scott ever bought him : Sh idrach c:.me every wc k
with few exception", to rr.y liouee ; bo generally got
there before or aboiu 2 o'clock : ho st.i.d fr< :n Malt
; n hour to an hour, sometimes dur.tv all the even
ing ; he usually left my basse bcfcre sunrise on
Monday morning ; sometimes he st.iU till hall an
hour alter I was up ; lie left la<t t;me earlier than
Diicct examination resumed?Mr. Ketcum: I I
other slaves escape at the same tnue with snau
rat* fa ? .
Objection by Mr. Gitcbell, that the qr.estion was
n?Mn Kctchum?I introduce it as.a circumstance
to show that he left without h.s master s consent.
The question was fit ally withdrawn.
Mr Dudley, he'i-g -worn deponed I reside
in Covington, aod practice law.
Mr. Ketchum? k slavery recognised by the lavs
ofSS'i Mr. GItchcll, that this should be
nroved by records.
The Commissioner ruled, that as he was sutrfie l
in h'? own m'nd that it was recogrizf d by tuo laws
of Kentucky, It wa ? not necessary to prove it. l no
Coui t. took txf.Jicia cogr i::ance of the fact, Hiis
point was received in this,and the ea o of Anderson
by couccel for the fugitives.
It teing proposed to brirg up the slave , in lots. ..a
claimed by the different mooter*, _
Mr. Gitchel' ' ed. " Ave you go.ng to drag ns
iaf0 & ev pliiii WHbont rcp'j t.*? Court
rem ended SI .to Jail.
TLe Court t short rcce?s nnUl Anderxm, the
claimed . "hn ^ brought by thr
officers, when tr;* examination tvas le.iUittfca.
Will am Walton 1^:ug worn, deposed?1 resi le in
Booue county, KerMeky, and have d >ne so mace
February, l know John P. Scott, who to sides
within 9 thort distance of me, In that cont.ty: I h
came acquainted uith him soon atter 1 first roived
there; he has n shied t.11 the time in Boone county,
and nearly fill that time on the same place. I hare
known Andtreon (the fugitive) since he was a lew
months r!d; his mother was the stave of Mose
Frot?: ('"'"r'M r'ti tVtC "Z 'y --;J? < ?
was twenty-ore sometime last W!; 'ho
iulant ia hi# mother s ?*nu? J?aa 1,
jtoott purchased Anderson from the other beU
?? on arrangement among the belt
JJ* "Uvea should be sold; until C
few months ago he lived with Moees Bcotf
"J"?* **? slways lived, as a slave, wif
John P. Scott; he has visited my house flequentl/,.
perhaps several times a week since he was a good
steed bey; his color is black, and his height is Jwut
five feet tto inches; Anderaon waa at my houae kMt
Sunday; he left there just before or just after din
ner; I saw him at a stable, in this county, somo
three miles from here, when he was arrested; I saw
him at the stable about 8 o'clock last evening; I
was not present when he was first caught; William
Walton, (my son,) John P. Scott, myself, and seve
ral others, were in pursuit of him at the time ; be
was caught by the Marshal, brought to the city in
an omnibus, and locked np; I was present when
John P. Scott purchased Anuerson and his mother;
his mother box been a slave ever since I first knew
her, and is yet.
Cross-examination?I did not see him after he left
my house, which wax about dinner time; he came
to my house frequently, when his master an'i my
self exchanged work; lie came to my house with his
master's consent; 1 don't know whether his master
gave consent at other times.
1 first he rd at my house, four miles west of Bar*
lington, Ky., from Mr. Cyrus Kiddle, that the no*
groes were in a stable back of this city.
Woweie to meet some persons at the Brighton
House who would show us the place; same of them
resided in Covington, and some in Boon county.
Mr. El<iridge, of Covin q ton, brought to Boon?
county word of the slave* being in the stable, my
son swoie out the first warrant in this case.
A party went before those with whom I was, and
when we came to where their horsea were tied up
we knew that v.as the place.
Henry Clay Whitening sworn, deposed?I havd
resided since my birth in Boone county; I am about
24 years of age; I am acquainted with John P.
Scott, and have been since 1836; he has resided ia
Boone rounty; my father's residence is abont a mile
and a half from that of Mr. Scott; 1 have kuowu
Anderson for ten years: be sits here; he has lived
as a slave with John P.Scott; I saw him iu Bur
lington, Ky., about two weeks ago, and perhaps saw
him last Sunday; I was not present at the arrest.
CroFs-examinatlon?I b ve known Mr. Scott ein<*0
1836. Have been at Mr. Scott's house several times
nitfilu Uie last fui'i jearn.
The same proposition to introduce the laws of
Kentucky, ?s was made in the case of Shadrach, waj
made and ruled out by the Commissioner.
it being propored to bring forward for trial the
six negroes claimed by Win. Walton, the counsel
for the fugitives objtcted that the act of Congress
contemplated the trial of each slave by himself.
This objection was then argued.
Mr. Jcllie contended that the trial of a number
of persons together w ould imperil the rights of indi
viduals, and was not contemplated by the act of
Congress.
Mr. Ketchum, for the plaintifft, argued that the
law did not forbid joint trials, aud that the trials
of the defendants individually would consume too
m .. -li time. He did not believe the rights of fugi
| tives would be imperilled by a joint trial. Prolonga
| tion of time can only bo asked for Bome reason un
I known to the Couit. It may be to procure recruits
' from Boston. He did not believe a joint trial would
work injustice.
Mr. Dudley, urged that as In joint indict*
inents for crime there are joint trials, so in this case,
by parity of reasoning, there can only be a severance
for just '-niise shown.
Mr. Gitchell?The statute does not provide for
joint trials, it only contemplates the trial of indi
vidual?. By joint trial the testimony of the alleged
slaves will be ruled out, and this maybe necessary
to prevent injustice, when, as in the Martha Wash
ington case, the crime must necessarily bo done
kintly.then there is a joint trial, but not otherwise
Such eevernuce is always anted by the courta of
this county, and its refusal will be an anomaly.
The Commissioner ruled that as this was a civil
enso a severance should only be granted on on affi
davit.
The Court then adjourned to meet at nine o'clock
this morning.
It will then bo seen tliut testimony has thus far
only been adduced in rcfeiencc to the "Uncle Tom"
of the party and to Anderson. The case of the
others will come up today, and an increase of ex
citement is to bo anticipated. The claimants of the
slaves are, however, so unassuming, aud have ho
treated their slaves well, that there is not much ill
feeling toward them as would be shown under other
circumstances.
When the negroes ran away on Sunday night from
the homes of their masters, they placed their bun
dles on the backs of thiee of t heir master's horses,
und on arriving at the Ohio river near Lawrence
burgh, they turned the horses homeward again, and
taking u skiff, rowed themselves acn ss to the Ohia
short about m dnigbt. After travelling two or three
mile.; they hid duriag Jlondt y, in a clump of bushel.
When r.igiit came on they started northward. They
had not proceeded far before they met a colored
n an, named John Gyaer, wl.-> promised to assist
them in naking their way north. They accompa
nied liim to a stable on Mr. Ilumc's farin, on Lick
Hon turnpike, about tv. o and a half miles from the
city, where tliey were to rema'nuntil evening, when
he would return with a slatance ti aid tliem ia
reaching Cana.'u. During the day (iyser visited
Covington, nnd hearing that a reward of $1000 was
oft", red for their apprehension und arrest,ho gave the
ini'tinrition.
In the evt ning a number of Keutuckians snp
rornded the premisca of Mr. Hume, while the
United Sti:tcs Dipnty Marthal, George Thayer, as
sisted by three ot our city officers, went into the
stable and arrested theci on a warrant, issued by
United States Commissioner Pendery.
One of the fugitives, who carri his violin with
him, was playing upon it when the stablo was enter
ed by the ofli. era. They made very little resistance,
and "were easily secured and brought to the city.
An application for a writ of habeas corpus on be
half of the fugitives, is pending before Judge Mc
Lean.
While in court yesterday, the master of Shadrach,
reproaching him for running away when well takea
caic of, and pronouncing the story that the negr >ea
ran away because they supposed they were to be
sold down the river, n fabrication, said he (Shad
racli) must not lock to him for support now. Mr.
Crisler also remarked that he did not wish to take
the old man heme, and would sell him ior a trifle.
He said Shadrach had always been an excellent
slave, but low he didn't w. nt him.
Rnpcrlor Cotirii?IJfncral Term.
Chief Juplic o OaMey, .'umI Hon Ju(li,p? Duer, C.unpb?U,
SJusson. uivl HoPfmnn o 1 the Ix'nch.
DECISIONS.
Junk 17.?Peter D. Mutter, t>s. Amo* R. Eno*-~
This was a enit to recover tho pi ice of lawas h<>I<1
tlie defendant, an thciSKHh of February, 1^49. The
plaintiff sold defendant 33,WW yard1? of Uwns, pack
ed In fourteen bales, a 11 cents pei- yard, on eight
months < re'lit. For the del'encc, it was contended
tint! the goods were sold hy sample, and that the
sellei represented the sample as fair specimens of
the foorteen bales, ai d that on tho faith of snch re
prer< nti'tior..- the purobaeo w.ir made. The balet
were n< t exLifcited, nor were they acccssible for erf
omination, ard Uie natunles and representations we.f
oi a sound, merchantable article. But when exanf
icid, subsequent to the delivery, they were found tf
be tender, which rendered their value $1,700 lesj
than they would have been, had they corresponds!
with the samples,'and thi3 sum w;is chimed as a do
duct ion from the price. The goods arrived at New
York in January, and the greater part of them were
sent to tlie United S'ate.. bonded warehouse. On
ihe 1th of February, the sale was completed and
the fourteen bales were sent to the defend int's store*
The defend: nt opened the bales a? tliey wanted to
t II t.'ie gocds, and sold a corsiderab'e part of them
. t private, i-nlc, ly pieces, and at the end of four or
I ve weeks the j nods, ns thpy &lleg<><l, were found
'o t>e tc nder, ana the resid e were sold by austioa,
where they bntgbt Iroio light and a half to eight
?nd threc-qr.arler 'ent>- per jitrd, the marketable v?
\:c "t the HOu:;d a rtkle, at that time, being
from 9 to '.>1 ? ents. 'i"ue Jury made an allowance
iur the danmeed state of tho niods of $187 07. Tho
vciJi't was giv<n on the grouni that the sale by
? anq le, nr.der the circumstances of the case, amount
ed to an implied warrantee that the goods corres
ponded with the sample. B;it whether the implied
wnrar tee aro^c from the sample?, or was strength
ened by testimony to show that it was an absolute
representation, the rnle must be the same, which
requires o prompt announcement of the ground the
pnrdiatfr means to ow'.irip; and the implication of a
warrantee, attached to a purchi o of geodt, should
endure to longer than a reasonable time necessary
for their examination. Judgment for plaintiff, on
the veidict, v,:th ccr.t*.
I e Fortit Manic* vs. The Hudson Rirer Rail'
mad ('umjMf.y.--Judgment of special term to be
modified.
hrutl Miner vs. JaU z Clat k.~Appeal dismissed
without Hosts; order to be modified.
Nicholas McLvna/d TS. The H dttm River Rail
roc Ccmpnnyt--Jndgmt p* of??; -.octal term affirmed.
A'chn'a?? Busttrd ' p. Richard T. tii'/d*>d>iu-gf>.~
Appeal di:-nii!" cd and judgment for defendant.
l.hcnfzvr H. Stacy vs. John Graham.?Judgment
for plaintiff if he consent to reduction, otherwise new
trial ordered? judgment .*or $i U7 51.
8tt|irt1iir Court?Part f.
refute Itun. Judge Hmnon ari'i a Jury.
PAMAOKP AflATNST A RAILROAD COMPACT.
Ji .nk 17.?77u vuis MiQwuk ?f. T,"e A'eto York cm]
Krir. JloHroad Comport#.?ThU -*au an action for lnjuri?|
dor' tfcp ] lalntttT In tipwaboy) hy the car In which b* w i<
patf.t running otT the tr;ick, tn route to Klmi'n. bj
n'i cb n???mih j lii'itifT's *na braken ?i?'l h!a h??J m
U rn. Tho trial oecnphd thi? Court fonr daft, and tin|
lif rn slrt arty rvporteil in tlio Hsrau> Yesterday V*< in?
;? "ii an.l Hut oiiniini l up 'or Uie de'enflsnt*, anut Mrj
I. K. t.uiialey for the plaintiff Ihe Juili;? ch<ir)re<l ? l??*
! irv Ttbn vr re (tlrpftpn to hrtfT tn a w??t<vl ?.T<tlct, but
v.. ?.<. M a ? vt oi UttVt'll Pituuifa Uitff ue*l?uva uUa itt?%
uirt for ),Wrilff for (3 000, mu Ui? t'-onit ordarad the
coui'*ei lor )>lalatiO an addi'icaalallowance of 9t7ft> -