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Scientific.
[From Hunt’sMerchant’sMsgazino.)
The f ricsson Ship.
On the fourth of January, 1858, the
Caloric ship Ericsson made her first trial
trip down the Bay of New York; an event
which the annals of commerce will hold in
perpetual remembrance. The morning ot
that dav was dark and storm threatening.
Clouds obscured the sky, and driven by
strong wind, rolled along the heavens.—
The Ericsson lay moored to her dock at
Williamsburgh, in the East River, opposite
the city ef New York. It had been deter
mined to start at 8 o’clock; before that
hour the few persons who were to be the
first ever propelled upon the waters of the
sea, by a motive power other than steam,
were upon her decks.
The experienced pilot to whose charge
she was committed, and the one usually
employed to take ocean steamers upon
their exjierlment trips, declared that nt
steamship had ever made her first trial trip
out of the port of New York in such severe
weather; and if the purpose of selecting
• icli a day for the trip of the Ericsson, was
to test the efficiency of well tried and pow
erful machinery, a more appropriate one
could not have been found. Net an appre
hension concerning the effectiveness ol hi.-
n,'
Wwt iwflp nfm whose deck they stood.—
!»ni#* an ■ *J.. r . ; ’<•?■ Tf-.• -
hawsers winch held her were unloosed, anc
she floated in unfettered majesty upon tin
sea. Then her engines began to work, sine
her wheels to turn. Slowly that great
ship, the first propelled by such machinery*,
began to move. Soon she required renewed
speed, and clearing a path through the
waters traveled toward the ocean.
Her appearance as she passed down the
east River and into the bay was grand. —
She moved at the rate usual for ocean
steamers of her class. Her strangeness
consisted in the absence of that smoke
which ascends from the chimneys of those
vessels. From her deck no such chimney
towered. Four small white columns, har
moniously arranged and top-wreathed with
a broad line of gold, ascended a few feet
above her upper deck; from neither of
which did any smoke perceptible to the eyes
issue. Gracefully she moved onward
gathering speed as she passed by wharves!
and piers, peopled with those who gathered
there as men had gathered when
in his first steamer, passed before them.—
Many had assembled to witness the utter
failure of the Ericsson, as all had gathered
to observe and laugh at, the predicted fail
ure of Fulton, nearly half a century before, j
But the Ericsson moved on, and dashing
the spray from her bows, stood sraight for
the sea.
She made the distance from Fort Williams
on Governor’s Island, to Fort Diamond, at
the Narrows miles by the by the chan
nel which she took—in thirty-four minutes
and thirty seconds, thus realizing a speed
of about fourteen miles an hour.
Passing through the Narrows,she entered
the waters of the lower bay, and proceeded
towards Sandy Hook. Then the storm
which the morning had threatened ap
peared. The wind increased to a gale. —
Soon the first snow storm which has visited
- ii* - -Uv>V • '* '• *. UAi.;, n..
menced. ~. . “7' ,
The sky darkened. the leather thickened
rapidly, mid shut tnt* surixuindtag laud trom
view and within a very short time those on
board could not see a distance of more than
three lengths of the ship.
The pilot considered it unsafe to venture
back, and the Ericsson remained there at
anchor until the following morning, when
she returned to the city, making, without
effort, a fair speed against strong wind and
and tide.
In a commercial point of view, the im
portance of this new motive power cannot
be estimated. The owners of the Ericsson
did not expect to secure great speed by the
engines for which they contracted, nor did
the inventor promise it. He did not care
to obtain that object, nor did they desire it,
All they wished was to obtain such a degree
of speed as would make the Ericsson, with
her motive power, the most valuable ship
for commercial purposes upon the ocean,
and this they have accomplished. Wiial
the inventor desired was the practical intro
duction of his discovery upon so broad i
scale, that the world at large should appre
ciate its overwhelming advantages; and this
end he has secured.
■ na Kivvuivn ok arcr
gan, iu constructing the Caloric Engine
mud only increase the area of its cylinder:
to attain any power which steam has hith
. produced. We have said that neithei
the owners nor the inventor expected speec
in the Ericsson. Had they desired it, how
ever, they could hardly have been disap
pointed. Upon her first trip, made undei
many disadvantages, her speed was greatei
than the average attained by the oceui
steamers of the world.
This is far beyond what her owners wen
permitied to hope. They weie promisee
by Captain Ericsson engines unparaliellet
ia point of economy, perfectly safe, but o
power. This pledge he ha
fTr was strongly inclined befon
•taatrueong the machinery, to emploj
cylinders of sixteen instead of fourteen fee
ih diameter, and thus to have attained al
that was desirable in point of speed. H(
was deterred from executing this plan how
ever, by the strong impression which pre
vailed among practical men, that it would
be impossible to cast cylnders of so large
a size.
It was then said that attempts to cast
those of but twelve feet in diameter had
been made and had failed; and prejudices
were strong in the minds of Engineers and
others, that this invention could not be
carried out upon a large scale because of
the immense cylinders required. These
views, as the result has proved, were en
tirely erroneous. They were, by Captain
Ericsson so regarded,' He resolved, how
•ver, that while cylinders of the requisite
bon when devolved
feet in diameter
were derermined upon, being in area about
three times as large as those used in Col
ha* sterner*, ft was necessary to cast
four cylinders of th* immense size, and this
°P er4 !*2 B T Per jf“ ed •**»« slight
ed difficulty. The cylinder* are pro
pounced by competent judge. to be the
finest ever seen of any oonsiderabls magni
tude; and in the proems of casuntTthem
it was ascertained that they could be made
pi my required. Wfiag therefore, was
at first stated to be a practical difficulty in
the way of this invention has been overcome
and we can therefore state, with entire con
fidence, that to its qualites of safety and
economy may be added its capacity to pro
duce power, and consequently speed to any
extent attained by steam. To secure that
object, no invention is required. The con'
structor has but to increase the area of the
cylinders, and it is accomplished.
We congratulate the world upon the in
troduction of this invention. It appears at
the appropriate time. Human enterprise
has stretched its hands to the remotest
quarters of the earth, and the commerce of
mankind finds its way along the most dis
tant seas. The steamer, with a single car
go of coals, can but attain a distance of
but three thousand miles, while the gold
hunter, to reach the mines of Australia and
California, may wish to travel more than
fifteen thousand miles of ocean. Immense
cargoes follow on his track, and centre in
his distant home, and these must now he
tiustedin sailing vessels to the fickleness ol
the winds, or be sent at great expense by
steam, where bv intermediate landings and
fresh supplies of coal, that agent can bt
used.
On the 11th of January, 1853, the Er
icsson made a short trip down the Bay giv
ing the press an opportunity to inspec
her machinery whilst in operation. A few
scientific men, besides members of the pres;
were invited.
The small quantity of fuel required t>
prone? tins ‘breathing' ship, - ’ proudly througl
! w&hLwi be <Lnramt.d in twenty-four bottrs
I- nrton -•!* j{h the nMi't'iv for
T WDftUOg ovjwn. V*.
But one fireman and one engineer were on
duty during the trip, and their duties were
very light, and by no means responsible or
arduous; their performance did not require
the exercise of much care or intelligence.
Greasing the machinery appeared to be the
principal employment of the engineer, and
the feeding of the furnaces demanded but
a small portion of the time of the fireman.
On anchoring off the Battery a meeting
was organized on board, and other places,
expressing their entire confidence in the
complete success of the new motor. Those
resolutions embody, without an exception,
that we are aware, the views sf all who that
day witnessed the triumph of the noblest
enterprise of the nineteenth century.
Hems,
Clairvoyance.
A little daughter of Mr. Jacks >n, of Ohio city,
ag.’d .even years, is quite equal to the celebrate 1
Martha Loomis, in reading when blind to tied.
She was put to a number ot teats in our office on
Saturday, in the presence of several perrons, and
with eyes so bandaged as to preclude the possi
bility of seeing naturdly. She lead newspapers,
bank notes, told dates of coin, described pictures,
Ac., in all cases leadily and correctly. Unlike
Martha Loomis, Phcshe Jackson passes into the
mesmeric state w.thout any manipulations, and
throws off the influence heis If. She holds the
aitic.le she reads or describes as if awake and not
blindfolded, iust-al of above the forehead, a
'”-act.seb by Miss Loomis. Phoebe is a bright
...tie gi:l, is livly and pleasant when experi
menting, and appears not to suffer fatigue in the
mesmeric state. It is but a few weeks since the
parents discovered that their daughter poast«sed
the wonderful gift. How it is done we cannot
sa\ — Mr. Jackson attributes it to spirit influence.
— Herald.
The Australia Mania.
''A co- r e»iß.ndenr of the MV ... r -t- di-eneer
W...0J j ~ry ..cat* V- -
trail* are Curious and sinking ue>comen's No
lew than ninety flee ves. efa, of an a<’9*w«ti t»r>-
-g- of a<o+i‘ -itJSvO i m-, *»<• loir. t „ mil
from the '[lames during the present month.
There are also eighty vessels for the sa.i.e desti
nation at Liverj.ojl, and many others at different
out porta. F'eights, notwithstanding this immense
supply of vessels, have risen considerably. The
charge for steerage passengers Ims risee during
tlieyear from £l5 to £‘2t Emigration, even at
this early seasu., is going on with great rapidity.
One ship-owner has already two hundred and
sixty passages engaged in a vessel to tail in March
It is stated that there are nearly one thousand sail
of nieichantmen at the various Australian ports
homeward bound, but wanting hands.”
w The London News of Fell. 21st gives an
account of a st.ow storm in Es-ex, Norfolk, Lm
colnshiie, Yorkshire, Durham, Norihunibeiland,
and nearly all parts of the country, bloikir g up
the railway t-ains, and drif ieg iu t* e cross-roads
to the depth ot twenty feet. Thunder and light
ning and the am oi a borealis* as displayed i u
ring the storm. The f irm country was dhtrersed
by this unusual visitation. Tl e snow oi l it- rale i
die track of ih i roadways an I one man living in
Wliittl. sey, irinsing his way f li into a river wi:h
his horse and cart and w*s diown d.
French Railways.— ihe numb*r of finished
railroads iu Franc-' is twenty-seven —measuring
iin the aggregate 2.303 miles. The receip-.s of
! these roads in 1851, were $2O 002,912. and the
receipts in 1852 were $24 735 938 This excess
.-uLiuiariv liva million* doL*r* m the receipt
or the year 1802 over those of leol is to be at
tributed most !y to the completion or extension,
i during ihe year that lias just closed, of seveial of
the most important lines of railways radiating
from the capital to ih • fiontiers.
Wo man Law in Ashland.— A strong effort h*s
I betii made in Ashland to have a proh.bitorv li
quor statute enacted, but the Council refused.
Whereupon thirty ladies assembled and matching
! to the door of Anthony Jacob’s, requited him
\ 1 1 discontinue the sale of liquors and the use of
hia “bagatelle” board. He refuted, si d seizing a
musket, the coward pointed it towards the
and threatened to shoot if they off red to molest
him, But Mrs Kellogg, rather a sin ill woman,
} t-ut chock full of lire, collared the lasial and held
j him while the. other ladies wrested it from him, :
and then put him out of the house. Tnen splm
teriog his ‘ bagatelle” board and opening very
serious leaks in the beads of his liquor barrels, I
they proceeded to “ Moth- r Yuc kers ” or more j
properly Mrs Witz wh * also proving a “ hard
case,” her liquors were set gurgling over the cel
lar bottom. The other liquor establish merits •
cried “peccavi,” and now no liquor can be had
I I the place. Jacobs and his crew have instituted
legal proceedings against the whole band of In
dies. — Mansfield Herald.
A Beggar’s Fortune. —The following amusing
extract we take from a new wotk It is not every
one that has such a wedding portion as did the
I beggar’s daughter: “Good morning to you, Mrs.
Fogarty,” teaching a snuff but to offer a pineb.
“Then good morrow kindly, Judy—l hope I see
you well this mormii’.” ‘So Mrs. Fog.rty, you
have n arried your daughter)”—“l did, indeed,
praise t-e to goodness ” “Did she g'-t a good
match?” “Fax. thin, *tisherself that d-d. Didn’t
she get blind Darby Drisco! on the Dyke, that j
makes more money than any three fw-ggais in
Cork?” “I’m debt hied to hear it, Mm. Fogarty ,
I assure you. lint the world mav woollier at the
iuck they *il have! Did you give h-rany fortune?”
“Any fortune is it?—Ah! theio now, Judy, is it
aftlier insult in’ me, you’d be? Sureyou know in j
yer heart tha- a child of miue never wis married
without it Didn’t I give her the best side of
Patrick i-treet, which, if well legged, is worth
seven and sixpence a week?”
Contention or Mites—A convention of deaf
and dumb person*, to the number of seventy or
eighty, was held iu Montpelier, Vt., last week.
It was composed chiefly of citizens of I ermont,
who have been educated at Hartford. Ct. T Ire
object of tins convention was mutual improve
ment. aril to rose funds to aid in erecting a
mouum-nt t<> their beloved old teacher, Kev. Mr.
Gs]btudet. The convention con'inUid in session |
ten days. There was no speaking, but a great
many motions.
Foe Australia —M. T. W. A C. Y. Rich
mond have pttrcb**ed tbr Ship Alhttio'*. do*
lyiog*t the cuy of New York, for $35,000, and
t ave advertised tier a* up f or Auetra>i». to tail
beiwot n ih* Jsth aod 30ih of thus mouth. SucceM
U» Ute euterpiue —Rn<tnt Dtmocrat.
Important from San Juan—Seizure by U.
S. Naval Forces—Resignation of the
Government.
Dates from San Juan de N cirsgui to .he ltiu
of March report some extraoid.nary doings be ihe
U S. Sloop of War Cyane, Capt. Hollins, eclips
iug previous British operations at that point. On
the morning of the 12th tl.e flag of the city was
lowered, with a salute of twenty-oue gun«, and
the Government came to an end. The causes
which led to th;s important movement an- briefly
stated as follows by the Times:
In April, 1852, the government of the city ot
San Juan was form .lly transferred, by the Agm
f ihe .Mosquito King, to the iiihabi'ants ol the
town. No resetvatiotis w<re made, the existing
constitution was adopted, and since ihat period
the government has been conducted by live
American cit Zens, who were constiiuii nail)
elec ed by the people. fcJiuce June, 1851, the
Accessory Transit Company ot Nicaragua liave
ccu| ied a piece of land situated on the north
side of the Bay of San Juan, as a coal depot, and
have held toe property on a lease derived Iroui
toe Mosquito Agent, a the nominal lent ot til
sterling p-r month—with an sgreeraent that they
should vara'e the premises when required by the
King for o her purposes. It became necessary to
e-t iVnish a Q mraiitjne ground »i d powder mag
azme. and the Agent o: His Maj sty accordingly
demanded from the Company the releas- of their
claim, in accoidjnce with previous stipulations,
so that the ground occupied by them m g' t be
devoted to the new undertaking. No attention
vas paid to this r quest. The city government,
leaning to eff ct an honorable adjustment, then
eudertd tlio company sundry giants of land on
the -outh s de of the Bay anti on the Leg rot , m
f. e-si uple, gratis; uffert g, at the same time, to
ineet the expense ol removal, tr li-poitatuui of
supplies, Ac ; but these pioposds were 1 kewii-e
gabwed uniiOUCetil. An ordinance requiring the
i removal e»f the ct.mpauy’a buildings wiuiu. the
»G;c ■ «»is thereerx.n .
F' '■£*»; 1 - 1 tyiwwi .'fc*. *uv
Coiwmeul.d Agent of the Unite el rttapst, Mr
Henry L Stevenson, was appealed to by tin
Aifi'W ot the Transit Cotnoanv. i: .I*lo, 0 «*
| the local authorities; but referred the oa-e to bit
1 Goveiuuient, and torwaided the documents tc
Washington.
The ordinance adopted by the City Counci
having required (he removal within live days u
the temporary buddings erected by the Company
outside of their proper limits; the deraolitioi
was peaceably effected by the city officers ; bu
the transit Company’s Agem, Ihomas Baldwin
was snv-t.d on a charge ol threatening and se
j dittous language, and was held to hail m the sun
I °f $7,500 ; the U. S CoinmerciHl A.ent and Mr
T. D Harper liec >ming his -»u 1 e:i j-,.
On the 15th Februaiy, C.pt Abraham Bauckt;
arrived at Han Juan to supeieede Baldwin si
agent of the Company. Bal lwin however, dt
| lined to relinquish Ins function, and pr.icoedec
! to mahe preparation, for the removal of his offici
to a dismasted vessel lying in the Barleor.
On tile IJ.Ii 1 t iYletch, the legal prelimiuatie!
hav.ng b. en mlj.isied, the ejection of the Com
puny’s tdlrc s Wns to have t. ken place; but p
'his important juncture there app-ared in th.
harbor lha United States sloop 01-wir Oyune
Commander George B Hollies, and n at’ers tool
a new turn. Iho city government waned npot
Captain Hollins, hi d placed the facts in his p i.
session. The clerk i f th- Transit Company als<
waited upon him. The United States Agent wsi
ill, and did not appear In the evening a file (
, marines wer- Bin.led from the Cyane, 01, the non I
side of the Bay, and mounted guard on thP lam
in dispute. On the following morning the Citj
Marshal, accompanied by two earp-ntere, pro
ceeded to execute the writ of ejectment, Bu; hi
was ordered . ff by a Lieutenant of M rinea
Capt. Holm s hereupon informed the Csptair
of the Port that he should prevent the execuuot
of the writ, and ordered out another detichmen
of rniirir.#s His phrase was—"depredations up
on the property of the A-cc-sory Trans t Com
panv ” The Mayor of the city, T J. Marlin
answered that lie shout 1 proceed to execute tin
writ, unless illegally prevented bv a superio
force. 1 lie mini es were placed under a'ms. ani
so ended the writ of ij. merit.
That evi ni g n gubii- inerting was held rt thi
; Saranac Hotet. The mombcia of the Govern
; ment j resent, d, th ough the Mayor, the followiDj
I protest, toget! er with their resignations :
Gixirruw •<, or 8* * Jfc»a dri. Noßts, J
Mar. h Is, IKSS. >
I Tv the CummtndtT of the V 5 fiig of uar Cyane
The undersigned. repr.-Minting the Comtitutional Gov
crnrnrnt of Greytow-n or Sen Juan del Norte, to wit: T
J. 1 re.i eht_of Jhe/Vnm
H Piltt. heprleave to
! thi§ Government lias tioen in existen-e uuiler it
nCex'iit ort imitation since the third day of M,y a Ij
1552, »nd durinir that time hvi exer. i»ed all the rightt an
privilege* of a tree and independent State, enacting lav.
under ita Const, ution, and affurdiug ample protection t<
person and property.
The existing Government h»» '.ran recognized by th
I.pve.nment of the United States o' A merlea, as ia ahowi
by the appointment of Henry L. btevenaon, K q Tom
mereial Agent to tliia city on tiie part of the United State
and by that of l.re.t Britain by the appointment of H (j
Kook as British Vice Gounsul on the part of that Govern
went.
The proceedings of this Government In relation to th
iUeyal neoopancy of land* belonging tv tins city by th
Accessory Transit Company of jfii, -«r«gua has been con
duced according to tbe due firms of law recoicnized am
acknowledged by all civilized nations.
The occupancy cf a portion of this citv. by au arme
force from the U. S ship of war Cyane,'for the purpo*
of resisting ih • execution of a legal process, issued by th
au'horities of this city. without previous noti.e thereoi
bring given to iliis Government, and the actual realstenc
by force and arms present, d to the offices charged wit;
the execution of said procaat, cannot he viewed iu aw
'ther light than nt direct invasion of the territory o
this city, destructive aliko to its Government, its law.
and consequently cf the welfare and safety of its inhabi
tantx.
Therefore the undesigned, in view of the condition a
affairs heretofore mentioned, and b ing unslde to rvpe
force by force, now. ami by this their act, solemnly pre
j test before the civilized world against tics unlawful occu
pancy of their territory and the subversion of their law.
They therefore submit as a conquered people and sur
render to Capt George N. Hollins, of the V 8. shill <
war Cyane, the Government, the city and the offices whicl
they held respectively, and on him rests thi responsibilit
for any losses or damages the city or its inhabitants mi
sustain in the abiem e of lawful authority tor tbe prot. c
ticu of persons and proverty.
T. J. MAR I IN, Mayor.
W It GKURING. President of the Council.
THOB. CODY,Chief Justice Supremo Court
H. J RICH A RIJS, Captain of tbe Post.
Tba cf she City was then lowclctl, with i
salute, and the Government ran.e to tin end. Tw<
clipper rchooneis were imtu' diately dispatc l ed
one to BlewfieJ.ls arid the other to Jainuio, to in
form the British Consul-General and the Adniiia
ot the West Indin Station of th» se events. Tin
citizens organized a Committee of Stif-ty.
Upon the atrial of the steamers Pampero aiK
S;.nr of the West, a police foice, consisting of tin
Oyalie’s Ixjats, was esUhlished around thea.
steamers, and i o Bit'Uts of fl'g t>ermitt<*il tri
Board them. Much Bit'er complaint was made
with regard to this arli rary prevention of the
delivery of the mails The Pampero’s nmile
were detained foiiy-eigi.t hours.
Tbe correspondent of the Tribune writes :
Thus was the territory invaded—thus was ooe
of the pillars of the Monroe doctr ne, which had
established itself here, dislodged, and those who
had delighted to call thems-lv.s Americans
oblige d to cry aloud to the cross of fvt. Ge orge tor
. pro'eciion from outrage by a vessel of war of
their own B>oasted flag. Thus is that British influ
ence which had been gradually expel!e*d from this
I Isthmus to Be restore*! and thus is the Mosquito
quesiion still further complicated.
Great Britain will rjeit be' tame lo the invasion
by an aimed force of the United States, of terri
t rv over which she hoi Is the protectorate, and
in the same waters where, in the- enforcement of
a legitimate port charge of a paltry sum of $25
against an American merchant vessel, she was
! humiliated, and made to apologize.
The Comtnaiidpr of the Cyane has assumed a
very grave n sponsibility in thus violating a well
understood international law, by landing an
armed force in time of peace on foreign so l
i Here whete wholesome laws and good order
prevaile d now e xists no law at all—to protection
to person nr properly.
Suicide. —William Biebe-, the keeper of the
Fraukliu House, in this city, committed suicide
about three o’ lock yesterday afternoon, by blow
ing his brains out with a pistol. He was setting
in his chair, in the underground bar-room, and a
few minutes before the event complained of the
tooth-ache, aud of feeling very badly. Without
any u >iice to th>Be around hint he drew a pistol,
place! the muzzle of i' in his mouth and find —-
The discharge literally tore his head to fragments.
He fell upon the floor w. Bering in his blood.
The deceased was a German, about 38 y*ars of
age, and left a wife ai d family. He had been
the keeper of the Fr iiklm douse for some months.
whs of intemperate hsbrs, and probably comnit
ted the terrible act under the influence of stioag
drink. —Columbus Jour.
Dollars. —The amendment t« the tax
law bus finally p issed. It exempts $5O of per
onal property from taxation. Last year $2OO
wus tx<*mpL
tsr There was but one Territory created at the
last session of Congress, low it : The Territory
of Washington, in Oregon., Dorth of the Columbia.
“ Nebraska ” and all the other Territorial project*
failed.”
SDUC4TK YOUR -HfLDRkN—AND HOPK FOR JUSTICE.
Cljc gUinni) American.
WILLIAM U. DAI, Editor.
CORRESPONDING EDITORS,
SAMUEL R. VVAKU, Tohonto, C. VV.
Rkv. J. u. W. PENNINGTON, I». D., Nsw York
< I I ,VI ;i,AND :
Saturday lUor.iliig, April JlsS«, 1853.
Special Notice.
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and to allow many persons who have been wait
ing to see the first numlier of the Aliened
American, to do so, we will now, according to
agreement, suspend its publication for some
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To the Press.
To all the press of this city, and especially to
the Cleveland Herald, Cletcland Commercin' and
Forest City, do we desire to tender our thanks
for complimentary notices of our project, and for
other aid offered, which none know so well to
value, as thoseengaged in newspaper piiUishing.
As we had expected, we have met on all hands
the most gentlemanly reception, and we are proud
to record it. We feel that no honorable effort on
our part shall be wanting to continue tLe friendly
relations so happily begun.
In addition, we shall always remember grate
fully, the kindwords spoken for us to the public,
by Frederick Douglass’s Paper, Mansfield lltrail,
Chardon Democrat, Painesrille Telei/r ph, Cincin
nati Gazette, and others. The notices v-have
received are, to ns, the more valuable, because
they have been given, in every instance, unasked.
To our Advertisers.
\\ e are obliged to ask pardon of our advertising
j friends for the non-appearance of their Cards, etc
1 m this number of our paper. They are exclu
-1 ded by the proceedings of the State Convention.
When we resume its publication all the Cards
and Advertisements will lx> in their places
IS We may be permitted hpfv to s„y, that our
: advertising list is not vet full. Wo ask adverti
sers upon whom we tliall'call, to consider our
j terms and circulation, extending’already, through
1 forty-two counties of Ohio, ami it, to N V., Penn
! sylvarp.it, lliv.kig.ui, Massachusetts, Connecticut
; and Canada \\ est.
j Among the advertisers already obtained in the
: intervals we Could secure front other business,
! are the following j
CLEVELAND.
! Ooodale, Musgrave, A Co., wholesale dealers in
! Woolen Goods.
0. Bradburn A bon, wholesale and retail dealers
i **. * ...... .s dealers in TTafs, Caps,
Straw and Silk Millinery Goods, etc.
| A. M, Beebe, wholesale dealer in Yankee Notions,
j S. Brainard A Co., dealers in Music and Musi
cal Instruments,
j J. S. Newberry, M. D.
| G. E. Ilerrick, Attorney at Law.
j Alcott & Horton, Wholesale dealers in Dry Goods,
and A gents for Fisher A Co., for the sale of Em
] erson’s Hair Restorative.
I A. Seely, Ladies’ Boot and Shoe Maker.
;J. W. Briggs, manufacturer of Eatenr Horse Col
lars.
! E. G. Folsom, Mercantile College.
| Robinson A Amber, Dentists,
j Freeman H. Morris, Merchant Tailor,
j E. G. Knight & Co., wholesale Booksellers, Sta-
I tioners, etc.
: Brainerd A Burridge, Engravers.
Wood, Kirk & Co., wholesale and retail dealers
| iu Stoves, Ac.
j Tooker it Gatchel, Publishers and wholesale and
j retail Booksellers.
j Wadsworth ifc Akers, Ornamental Sign Painters,
i Jewett, Proctors Worthington, Publishers and
Booksellers, wholesale and retail,
j Williamson it Riddle, Attorneys and Counsellors
at Law
Edward Ivison, wholesale and retail dealer in
Dry Goods.
Holbrook A Long, dealers in Music and Musical
Instruments.
Elliott A Metcalf, manufacturers and dealers in
Tin, Sheet-lion and Copper Ware, Stoves, Ac.
W. P. Cooke it Co., wholesale and retail dealers
in all kinds of Leathers, Morocco and Shoe
| Findings.
I A. S. Gardner, Importer and wholesale and retail
dealer in Crockery, China, Glass Ware, Ac.
j R. C Parsons, Att’y and Counsellor at Law.
| A. M. Terry A Co., wholesale and retail dealers in
j Dry Goods.
i E. A. Payne it Co., dealers in Musical Instru
ments and Fancy Goods.
! F. J. Lambert A Co , dealers in Dry Goods, Fancy
Goods, Yankee Notions, Ac.
j Edward Wall, Livery Stable.
| Mrs. Sturtevant, Milliner and dealer in Millinery
Goods.
i E. C. Carpenter, dealer in Boots and Shoes.
! James Kyser, Grocery and Provision Store
i Lewis Gross, Gentlemen’s Boot and Shoe Manu
facturer.
Strickland A Horton, Dentists.
O P. Hanks, Piano Forte Tuner.
Cowles A Albertson, dealers in Watches, Clocks,
Jewelry, and Fancy Goods, and manufacturers
of all l-ir-.jv irtLfiilver Ware.
N. E. CrittendeS, Importer and dealer in Watches j
Jewelry, Watcl. Materials, Silver Ware, Ac.,
wholesale and retail.
Burridge A Brainerd, Patent Office Ageets.
OBERLIN.
John Watson, dealer in Groceries, Confectionaries,
Ac.
TO OUR PATRONS.
Thanks to you, we are, to-day, enabled
to commence our mission. That mission
is to visit weekly, the haunts and the
homes of the sovereigns of this land, with
our demand for simple justice: to aid the
educational, mechanical and social devel -
opment of Colored Americans: and while
we furnish News —to favor Literature, Sci
ence, and Art. A mission demanding
our best but humble efforts, and calling
for the earnest support of every friend of
Man.
So far as our principles are concerned,
we commence, as we shall continue, inde
pendent : independent in religion—inde
pendent in politics—independent in every
thing ; —the organ of no Party, and yet
a Political paper; and the humble sup
porter of all good men.
We have started to win—to succeed.
And the substantial patronage which has
enabled us tgrcomrueuce, will we trust,
enable us to continue, a career of useful
ness. WILLIAM H. DAY,
I Editor and Publisher.
SALUTATION
-1 came to Canada to enjoy greater lib
erty, than the Black Man ever had, or ev
er will have, in my native country, but
I came, also, to enjoy, in the bosom of
my family, an exemption from the toils
to which the best 13 years of my life had
been devoted, and to which the living of
my dependent family had been sacrificed.
Neither to travel and lecture, nor to edit
a paper, in whole or in part, was my de
termination. 1 commenced lecturing,
however, just 48 hours from my arrival
hither, and I have been at it, ever since.
And 1 am requested to edit one paper, to
act as corresponding editor of another,
and, lam a regular contributor to a third.
So the determinations of my manhood, in
these matters, have proven little more
stable than the soap-bubbles, and cob
houses of my boyhood. To the charge
of fickleness to which this statement may
subject me, I reply, simply, that one
of my earliest and firmest determina
tions, one yet unshaken by years of pov
erty, and progressing premature old age,
was (o serve my own people, to the extent of
my very hunted ut/ihty, whensoever, how
soever, a ml wheresoever, l miyht have op
portunity. Ther' tore, though 1 have not
ja penny invest, in newspapers, while j
ting other Sours to this service, than those*
1 i can sna r <* from fh<* mil -ded to <.| P . *
l ,ui 1 !l!, d educiiw, my large family, 1 am
as ready, now, as 1 was fourteen years
ago, when a young man, to do, cheerful
ly, what in me lies, in the promotion of
| our sacred cause. Hence, my acceptance
of the humhle post, towhieh the fondness
ot my friend N\ . 11. Day, Esq., assigns
me, as one ot his corresponding editors,
ot this Journal. I
1 feel less responsibility in the matter,
because ot the well-known efficiency of
Mi . Day, on whose slop, I simply engage
tor a voyage, as second mate, and be
cause, to keep up my nautical (if not
niuyhty) figure, the pious and learned
Kev. Dr. Dknmnuton, is the first mate of
our gallant vessel. The former gentle
man I have known from h>s boyhood, and
I live latter lias known me from mine. —
from Doth, I have always received the
kindest, warmest friendship, and l take
| great pleasure in saying, with all the in
j feriority I feel, in comparison with those
gentlemen, I am proud of the distinction
j of being in so intimate a sense a fellow
laborer v;;th them—a subaltern to them.
Before saying more, I beg leave to i»«.
timate, that though a resident of another
j country, from choice, and 'ardently at
tached to the Instigations and Govern
ment of my adopted country, 1 shall not,
in this D;q>cr, say aught savoring of dis
courtesy, towards my American Brother,
as such, nor shall 1 sutler mvsell to give
a British coloring to any ot the subjects I
shall herein discuss. In the maintain
»»»••; ef 1 .. 1...11
no more by my sense of propriety, than
by the fact that I am editing a British
newspaper, in which I have ample scope
tor saying all the British things, I desire
to give publicity to.
Ihe Black People of Ohio, in particu
lar, and of the Great AN cst in general,
are the most progressive of our people, in
the United States. Neither in America
| or in Europe, is there to be found an ex
ample of a people who are a very small
minority, in a State, robbed of so many
civil and political rights, and liable to so
many outrages, who have made so much
progress as these people have, during the
past quarter of a century. The pauper
1 classes of Europe, find all manner of civ*
| il equality and general encouragement.
They may rise to any distinction, or en
joy any honors or emoluments after which
they may lust. That they should make
progress in a country that fosters and
shelters and encourages them ; that
they should igorously and successfully
labor to enrich, adorn, defend, and build
up a country thus endeared to them, is
not for a moment to be wondered at.
' Nor is it so great an achievement, on their
part, after all. They find a country am
ple for their residence, a soil rich in ex
haustless resources ; and liberties already
foxyht. for and won by others, ready to
| their hand, and for their enjoyment. But
the Black Man escaping from the savages
of Slavedom, finds here discouragement,
disfranchisement, prejudice, Negro-hate,
in every nook and corner, of every local
ity, and almost in every individual wear
ing a sort of whitish skin. In spite of
all this, the noble Blacks of the West, are
progressing, I repeat, as rapidly as any
class of poor people, however free in the
land. If greater riches are to be found
among our people, in the Eastern and the
Southern States, they have been a longer
period acquiring their wealth, and it is
much less equally distributed.
The learning, talent, energy, and en
terprise of the Western Blacks, I think,
place them on a par with those of any
other portion of the Union. And it is
less flattering than historical, to add, that
no portion of Disfranchised Americans
have shown themselves more keenly alive
to their needs and wrongs, nor more ready
to put forth efforts for their redress and
supply. This is new to nobodv. The
question now mooted and to be settled, is,
how long shall this important, increasing,
progressive, class of American-born citi
zens be trodden under foot ? Or, is it
possible to excite in our Anglo-Saxon
Spoilers, so much of a sense of justice, as
shall wipe out our wrongs ? Shall the
great fundamental principles of this Re
public, ever be practically applied alike
to whites, and to blacks ? Shall the Re
ligion of the country, ever show itself to
be that “ wisdom which descendeth from
above,” and which is “without partial
ity ?” To propose, to meet, to discuss,
and in some sort, to settle this question,
this paper is started. With such objects
before it, what black man, what friend of
the outraged Negro race, will hesitate to
accord to it, its needed share of support ?
I hope that all who read this Journal,
and who reflect upon the objects to which
it is devoted, will see, that the questions
we discuss, involve the Honor of the coun
try as much as the prospects of the Blacks.
For if Republican Institutions are to be
despised, if Profession and Principle arc
to be, in America, two distinct, not only,
but antagonistic entities ; if hypocrisy is
always to be written in legible characters,
upon the figure-head of American Dem
ocracy; if complete, unchecked, eternal
supremacy, is to be given to the Despot
ism now controlling this question, then,
not upon the Blacks, will descend the in
dignant scorn of an on-looking world: the
well earned infamy of a practical allilia
tion with Alexanders, Napoleons, Metter
nichs, and Haynaus, of the Old World, will
not settle like clouds of blackness upon
the oppressed, but upon the oppressors
shall this deep and dreadful disgrace de
scend, by the award of the universal ver
dict. And when the God of the Poor and (
Needy, shall arise, to overw'helm this peo-
Jk,. br of lontpdc fe i red, but
too web deserved judgments, at the hands j
if the Spoiler and net -ssib'' will
account tor ail this iniquity be required.
SAMUEL RINGGOLD WARD.
April, 9th, 1853.
The Aliened American.
The issuing the first number of a new
paper, necessarily devolves upon its pub
lisher a statement (if its objects and aims.
Not but they may, to a considerable ex
tent be already understood, but because
of an indefinable something which de
mands a sign-board over every new busi
ness, and in the proprietor’s own words.
Acknowledging the justness of the de
mand by yielding to it, we proceed briefly
to “say our say.”
We commence by quoting our Circular
already published, detailing the action of
persons interested in the new project, and
thereby allowing them to represent the
felt necessity of that project:
“In the State Convention of Colored Citizens
i»f Ohio, in January, 18-i-i, the establishmentot
a Newspaper in some of the toWUS ~f the State
which paper "hall liu 'he organ of the people,
was mooted.
‘‘ln the Convention of 1850, the following
Resolute,,, was adopted : “That the Conventioi
a Committee of seven to consider the pro
pnety of establishing a pajier devoted to the in
wests and claims of the Colored People of tin
State, and that said Committe suggest a plan foi
its establishment and support.” This llesolu
tion was sustained by Mw-srs \\ illiams of llosi
County, Jen-kin« of Franklin, Burnham of Mus
kingum, Divine of Greene, J. Merger Langs
ton, C. H. Langston, and others. The Commit
tee appointed were : J . M. Langston, W. H. Day
D. Jinkins, C. 11. Langston, G. R. Williams am
others. This Committee deemed it expedient t(
report, through the Chairman, that ‘‘the peciilia
condition of the Colored People of the State, itn
periously demands that we establish such an or
gan, that we may talk to each other and to tie
world.' This C. inniittee's olan for its establish
ment and It's nomination ot W. H. I>at. and C
11. Langston, as Editors, were adopted by tin
| Convention.
‘‘in the Convention of 1851, there was appoint
ed a similar Committee, and a similar repor
adopted. The undersigned was again one of thi
Editors named, in face of his positive deelinatioi
of the honor, for the reason stated in his letter o
i declination. A part of that Report was—"o
the means for the advancement of a people placet
as we are, none are more available than a Press.’
“1 he istate Convention of January, 1852, a
Cincinnati, appointed a Committee upon a Press
consisting of D. Jenkins, W, H. Day, H. F. Dou
glass, L. 1). Faylcr and IJ.1 J . 11. Clark, ani
adopted the following Resolution proposed hi
the Committee : ‘‘That we are in favor of estah
lishing a Weekly Journal in the State of Ohio
edited by a colored man, devoted to Art, I.itera
tore, Morals, Religion, and the political interest.!
of the colored race.” The Select Committee ot
the same subject, proposed a plan to establish it
In accordance with that plan, an Agent was ap
pointed to sell the Stock. It was also orderet
that the subscriptions to the Stock he paid in in
stalments, the last by the Ist of September, 1852.
1 hat time is past. Nothing in this way has
| been done.
“In the Convention at Cleveland, 1852, it wai
not deemed best to again make it a Convention
matter. Still a Newspaper for the benefit of tht
Colored Citizens, is needed. Individual enter
prise can establish it. The remarks of the Select
Committee of 1852, in reference to a Press, are
ias applicable now as ever. Say they “It has
been, and still is an admitted fact, that no peonle
can he truly elevated or get beyond the dire and
inhuman grasp of the oppressor, without the
means to enforce and encourage education indus
try and morality. This is especially true in rela
tion to the Colored People of the West. The
la st and most speedy means to raise our people
from their present stupor, and cause them to see
more clearly their critical situation is the estab
lishment and support of an efficient paper, that
shall advocate and encourage the cardinal prin
ciples of our elevation.”
“The undersigned, in view of these wants thus
expressed ; in view of the almost unanimous ac-'
tion oi the Colored People of Ohio, expressed in
Convention by their representatives, and from
the urgent solicitation and advice of numerous
friends, lias yielded his personal objections, and
has determined to enter upon the publication of j
a Weekly Newspaper, at Cleveland, Cuyahoga '
County, as soon as sufficient practical cncour-i
agement is given to do so.”
So much as to the need of a new j
paper, expressad by those particularly'
interested.
Again: There are, in all the United
States, but two newspapers conducted by i
Colored Americans, and those in New j
York State, while west of New York I
State, reside the majority of the Colored >
Americans of the Free States. This por- j
tion of our fellow citizens, deprived, for
consecutive years, by what is miscalled ’
Law, of almost every right dear to free-;
men, and because thus deprived, made
helpless, comparatively—this class of
native-born citizens, thus treated worse
than foreigners—have had no mouth
piece to speak for them. This paper
speaks for them, first through its name
Aliened American. Born under the United
States’ Constitution, and entitled by it, to
all the rights and immunities of other
citizens, the State and National Govern
ments have not only disfranchised, thev '
have ostracised—have made them aliens
—through their Law, their Public Opin
ion and their Community-Regulations.—
Our color has been, generally, a mark of
degradation, no matter how learned, how
eloquent, or how well-disposed we have
been. In the honorable instances of com
munities and individuals where color has
not been regarded a crime, it has often
I been owing to our becoming better known.
j Wlmt. wo propose to do by ibis papt r is—
to make our way where our personal
presence would be excluded, and by ap
pealing to the judgment of men, to in
duce them to act towards us as they would
desire us to act, were our conditions re
versed. This paper, therefore, will en
deavor to represent Colored Americans
by insisting that Manhood is not justly
measured by the color of the hair, the
shape of the nose, or the hue of the
skin.
Another object of this Periodical, is to
aid the educational development of Color
ed Americans ; to assist in the enforcing
an appreciation of the benefit of trade* ;
and to aim at our Social Elevation. Wk
have a work to accomplish, w hich, how -
ever Law' may facilitate, it can never,
I itself, wholly finish. “ Self effort ” nerv
ing our hearts, we can remove every just
ground for reproach, and faster than ever
before, live down the already shallow ex
cuses for our oppression.
But we speak not for ourselves alone
We speak for Humanity. If Humanity
be a unit, wherever it is cloven down,
wherever the rights common to human be
ings are infringed, there do we sympa
thise ; and rescr. ing to ourselves the d
cision as to the how and the v>hm, we sii all
do our part to relieve that lb-' ' T ‘ '
L>i?r fiuiriiwe upon life
p,j.-ro .-.f color We cL’i-ri for ■”
especially ior ail Americans, equal justice
before American Law ; and art: w illing
to stand or fall by its just application, un
der the Constitution of our common coun
try.
7 'he Aliened American, while it will
give prominence to Literature, Seiene-.„
and Alt, will be a faithful transcript of
the News of the week. Its Foreign and
Home Correspondence, (for which ample
arrangements have been made,) will,
weekly, bring us in connection with all
parts of the World.
In the Foreign Department, we have
secured the valuable services of Dr. 8. C
Murray, formerly of New Bedford, Mass. (
but, now of Canada West, who intends to
remain rn the Old Country for two years.
Ono other gentleman, whose name we arc
now permitted to give, is expecting t>>
sail for Europe, shortly, and will be a
regular contributor to our columns.
In the Horne Department, we an able
to announce as Corresponding Editors,
Bau u el 11. Ward, Esq., ol Toronto, Can
ada West; and Rev. .1. C. W. Pexxi.nutov,
D. I)., of New York City.
Among our regular contributors, we an
permitted to name Rev. Amos (r. Remix,
of New Haven, Connecticut; Dr. Mar
tin It. Dklaxy, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; and a
host of good and true men from among
i us, in all departments of life ; and others,
. from our white friends, w hom we need
i not now mention.
Considering the amount of reading mm
. m uu* w.liimiix and the p. - : '
! per year, we furnish the cheapest paper
now published among us While w
■ heartily desire to see every one of our pa
! pers sustained, we look, especially to our
Western friends, for a support worthy <»f
i their numbers.
i Finally : In nailing our colors to the
! mast, in the name of the Aliened Ameri-
I can, we have accepted an office from
which, for two years past, we have turn
ed "a way, hoping and laboring for some
i other person to assume the responsibility.
I We are not here of our own seeking.
The voice of twenty-five thousand op
pressed ones lias called us forth to these
duties ; and being thus called, we claim an
indulgence anti forbearance, such as
brothers alone can give. With the con
tinued, constant, substantial support of
| our friends, we can still face the enemy,
; and our heart never fail.
Our Present Number.
Owing to circumstances we could not
' control, this number of The Aliene d
American, is not a fair specimen of wlmt
our paper will be. It lias been got up
out of our own office, and in the pressure
of other printing. All has been done,
however, that could he done under tin
circumstances, to make the paper look
well. Having no regular exchanges, tv
have been obliged, like all new papers, to
glean our news when and where we could.
Wa publish tfiis number only to give «>ur
friends something of an idea as t<. what
the paper will be. The engraved head
for it, by Messrs. Buai.vehd tt Biauiooi.,
is not yet completed. When that is fin
ished, and we meet our intention to im
prove our paper s typography, Its general
appearance will equal that of any first
class journal. Its matter will speak for
itself.
This number has L .-n issued as earlv
as could possibly he done. We have been
very careful not to set, positively, in ad
vance, a time for its issue, excepting this
us toon os sufficient jfract/cul encour~
urjement is given to do so. That lias been
given, and we have now fulfilled our
pledge. According to the Special Notice
above, we shall now suspend, until the
receipts come in, and will then go, in the
language ot a distinguished Professor—a
friend of ours—“right on.”
Anti Slavery Convention at Cincinnati.
On the 19th, 20th and 21st of this
month, there is to be held in Cincinnati,
a Convention of the enemies of Slavery.
In the call the “largest rational liberty, ’*
as President Pierce would have it. is al
lowed as to opinions. No one phase of
anti-Slavery is privileged above another.
All meet upon a common level. We
therefore hope there will l»e a large at
tendance.
A Boston company are about starting
a locomotive factory in Pittsburgh. Capi
tal, »1,900,000.