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THE ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE GERRIT SMITH ON THE CUBAN QUESTION. HON. The following in lha part of Mr. Smith's letltr to Wendell Phillip, relating to hi inw of tho Cuban question, wbicli weouiitled last week. Then, again, I am charged with gru Inconsis tency tor htiing iu favor ol llie aiitieiitiun of Culm, whilst 1 nin so frequently presenting ax an evidence nf tho desperate prut ln cry wiikednes of this na linn, it grasping niter that il :iltl . The logic line U. that if 1 iath tn got a dramshop into my hands, although it is lor thi purpose of trnmdorming it into thu abode of temperance and every other vir tun. I stand on the same li ifl wi h liiui, who woiihl get it for tlio purpose of 1111 king it Mill mora i dramshop, and still uioro tl result uud nurse of vtiuke IiidM, Siio-r 1 fiin on thn Riil.irrt nf Pub?.. T ennnnt fur. heir saying how exceedingly anxious I nm, ns mil abolitionist, tor her annexation to tins coiih'ry. Indrel my best hope of the nlioliiinn of American f I. ivory, snico my hope of it, nt thn hand of abo litionist, began to give place to despair, his been in such annexation. Tho type of slavory in Cub is, in eomo respects, more terrible than in any other put t of tbe world. The family reUimn, which, elsewhere, sol'ions the horror of slavery, i to a gre it extent, unknown aimim; the slave of Cuba. Tho breeding of our own slave i an a'loviating feature in our slavery; ami slavery i lilit in tho breeding States, compar ed with what it is in tho other JMates. Plantation alter plantation in Cuba ha hundreds of male!", nml scarcely one leiualo. I he cMiditmii ami char autcr nf the lataiicrs on sti-.h plantations are, there fore, ft brutal, ns thev well can be. Again, so re vere l the treatment of the Cuban staves, that they die under it, in a few years. The slaves of our own country live, on an average, tnoic than thirty voir. Tlio slave of Cuba much less thiin hall hit time: and, bonce, a I pity them, I would have Cuba annexed. I would have her annexed too, as I pity Africa, who is every year, robbed nf thou sand of her children to supply tho murderous "'i" oi mo in nia. Jiut, more than all. 1 Uo deire the annexation, because I believe it will eon tribute, mightily, to tl.e overthrow of tho whole System nf American slavery. lt. It will change Spain into an anti slavery na tion: mil, then, not only will she bo arrayed against American slavory, Imt flier nation espe cially France and England disemh irrasse ! by her fli luge, will bo far mure cordially ami ifl'octivc ly arrayed against it than thny hu ehilhcrto been. 2d. The Spanish troops, that now uphold sla very iu Cuba, will then be recalled : and the orcnle fopulatioti of more than hall a million will then o the dependence fi r maintaining slavery, liui that papulation, never having p is-essed political power, and thorcluru igu irant how to ueit, having strung sympathies with the quarter of a million ol free blacks, both from linjr l-:illy intermarried vUh them to a eoiifskiorablo oxiont. and from hav ing but little mure intelligence, (lor the free Marks hive schools.) ami alfo lnnii other caurs would be but a poor dependence for maintaining olaverr. Indeed, where have piuiih i-reolcs proved their readiness and abiliiy to uphold slavory? Certainly rot iu Mexico and the South American States. There they proved themselves to be abolitionists, al'ier they had escaped from the control of the Spaniards. The truth is, that li e Spanish Creoles are loo nearly on a level with the Iree blanks, in point of circumstances and intelligence, and there fore of power, to bu relied on to uphold slavery There must, in some important respects, le n wide space between mister and slave?, ur the slavce tan Hot be kept in suhjeeii n. 3d. Cuban slavery is so dilTercnt a thing from American slavery, that it cannot coexist w ith it. unless brought into conformity with it. But to at tempt the conformity would be most rtrongly to invite an insurrection. The Cuban slavo ha the right to go, every year, in search of a new master. Moreover, it rests with an i fKcer of tho Govcm- im-iib in ui ins iivici;, in case oi uisui eeiiii-in on i that point. Ho h.H tho legal ri-ht to buy himselt to buy himself all at once or in parts a quarter at one tune and a half at another as is most eon- vement lor him. l hen. again, it the slave-mother vara,, . -i,'i.t su,,, & uciiod ,,uv ioi dollars, ) before the birth of her child, the child shall be free. Now, will thn slaves will the free blacks will the Creoles suffer these merciful fea tures to be be expunged from the system of Cuban slavery ? Certainly nol, until much blood has been spilt. I add, will tho free blacks suffer their schools to be closed ? for the closing of them will be ..ii indispensable part uf the conformity of Cu ban slavery to American slavery. 4ih. But it will ho said, that if a standing army of twenty or thirty thousand Spanish trrtnps can maintain slavery in Cuba, so also, can u no greater standing American army maintain it there, A several limes greater army than this will bo re quired to sustain the attempt to impart to Cuban slavery the absolute character of our slavery. Arouso the hostility uf the free blacks, mining ivli.ini arc men of genius nml education, combine with them tho nearly half million of slaves the very large majority of whom are from Africa, and are as barbarous as when they left her shores, and the victory to bo uchieved by our standing army would bo no easy una. A bloody grave for slavery did these men dig in St. Domingo, and u no less Woody one may they dig for frhnery in Cuba. Mm cover, lhat grave nniy be capacious enough for tii wholo of American slavery. Let our inlsio ule.l slave power get Cuba, if Uicy can. I greatly mistake, il when sho shall have added these ele ments to our popi.la'.ionfho does not find that she has g..t moie than sho contracted for. Ere leaving litis head. I will say lhat. to propose, iu the eiei.t of the annexation of Col. a, u Mai.d.ng aimy bli the iiriiiitat.am-u nf her slavery, is sheer nonsense The days of our slavery, if not indeed of our irpublhi will be numbered, whenever we shall adopt the p jiicy of a standing army fur upholding slavery. 5th. llav inn i is Cuba, as emphatically as Paris is Fr in e. Admit that quietness though by the way it is an ever fearful and anxious quietness is maintained here We should, nevertheless, re member, that it is maintained only by means of such a strict and stern police, mid such nn iron - despotism a would bu impossible, r.miiUt tho in stitutions nml intlucnue of or republic. Impose only ropublican restraint upon Uavaiiua, and an archy wouid quick spread through her, and thru' ths island. Cth. Lot it not bo s lid th rat because the slaves of Louisiana ind Florid i passed quieily into our po litical jurisdiction, llie Haves ol Cuba will, also, riot tu speak ot essential dinerence in their cir cumstances, the former slave were a handlul com pared with tho latter. I sar no more of the annexation of Cuba While I hope it world help woik li e oienhn w of slavey wnunut violence, I um conuJctit it would help woik it in some way. Slafert j." Java. Last Wediesdny we were willies to a touching scene. In the market place of Griseo a slavo family, consisting of father, in ol her, and eight children from three to fourteni year of age, wore t.i be publicly and unreservedly sold by auction. They h id been the property of a deceived Dutch widow lady, who bad always treated tbbin wiih the greatest kindness ; thus they were deeply grieved at being obliged to pass into tho hand of a now master, and they gavo ex jireisiiin to their great affliction by tears and sobs. The public cvirr p .t them up at ti.000 florins Though a crowd of pcoplo bad assembled, thev kfpt a profound silence. Tho crier gradually low ore. I ni price mz.uw norms, i,ut none would buy Then lha father of this slave family, availing him self of the privilege grunted by law to slaves Mit up to sale at public inn tii n, ificied himself five florins, nml, nt the same tone Knowing liimsclt on . bis knees Iih besought thn st ectator not to make a higher bid. Not a wind was spoken; a silence of a fi)w minutes ensued, and tho entire family was iwijudged to have J.een unrescneaiy sola to It .self, it would be ditfiuult tu describe tho joy ex -perieneed by these slave on hearing the fall ol the hammer which thus gave theui their liberty. nnd t!u joy was further uog nentod by the pro' 'ent eiven them bv number of the spectators, ii 'ordxr that they might be ablo to obtain a 1 uing i 1 sun tune a they could procure employ wen , - Letltr from Suuruiayn. lUr. Da. WonnaABD, a Motion! it clergyman tat Port Gilison, Mi., wa recently stabled to the heart ' y an expelled member, because ha would not sanction th rceteraiicn of the If tier to the church. GERRIT SMITH ON THE CUBAN QUESTION. The Anti-Slavery Bugle. GERRIT SMITH ON THE CUBAN QUESTION. The Anti-Slavery Bugle. SALEM, OHIO, MARCH 24. 1854. Moxir. Will thoso who send us small bills, endeavor to send us thoso on Ohio B'lnksf The circulation of others is illegal in this State, and c are subject to a hoary dino.mnt, especially on those on Western Dank. Attention to this request will savo us much perplexity and less. SENATOR WILSON'S SPEECH. We publish entire Mr. Wilson's peoeh in the U. State Senate, declaratory of hi nnti-slnvcry pin poses. Ho speaks too for tho people of the North, and especially for tho people of Massachu setts. Like Mr. Gidding' pecch which wc pub" lished l ist wook.it m istinconsisrontly and wickedly acknowledges tlio constitutional obligations of the North to surrender the fugitive slave; and ruoie, it pledges Massachusetts to the pel formance of her "Constitutional obligation" in this particular, and in a manner too, highly satisfactory to some ol the td.no holders. Mr. Sullcrs, for instance, ol Maryland. We commend our readers to hi ap proval and defence of this speech. It will be found beside it on our first page. The S uthern representatives and Senators in n. :r-....l ,l.,:..n .oolcss rccciil v in no I'sicii tin uriu.s.ti uniiv- . . lor accuruiu iu,o....aiio rrSuiui.iK ...c ,,u,- pose of the North. They feet well assured that when tho North forms a thnrouyh purpose to estab lish freedom, she has it in her power to accomplish i her object. Tho recent northern exeiloment.and tho result of the elections, h ive alarmed thorn lest such purpose wa already formed, or rapidly forming. This alarm has cooloJ down their braggart bearing to one of respectful inquiry. Hence tho inquiries which Mr.UidJing answore I in tlio House and Mr. Wilson in the Somite. And niii'.h to ho regretted is it th it tin) io .umveri did not i:i li : ito a thorough, radical nnd direct purpose for tho overthrow of tho system of slavery, rather than otic to limit its influence while tolorating its existence. Solicit and Benjamin had good icasi n to be satisfied ; for well do tl.cy know, from past history, that when compromise is permitted, Slavery has and will triumph. The Slaveholders will commence early, with no such half way purpose, to bribe or browbeat the new Congress into their measures. And if in the beginning the old champions of liberty in Con gress make the accustomed concessions to tho slave power, what shall wo expect from tho new rojruits from tho old wrecked, pro-slavery whig party. Until radical abolition (.round is taken, tho hopes of tho60 who watch for freedom are destined only to disappointment. Wc admit that Messrs. Wilson, Giddings and others are most consistent in their concessions to si ivory. They aro in union with slaveholders, and their bond of union, which they have sworn to maintain and defend, makes these concessions. They can therefore do no otherwise than repeat hem again and again. Especially are they bound to repeat them, whenever they tnako speeches in Congres denunciatory of the outrages thus sjc cially protected. Dismlve this wicked political Union and Messrs. Giddings and Wilson and ... , . , . , , . . . .,, W'll anJ lhuir n,,)l8 mmJoJ coadjutor will enter upon tho enjoyment of liberty them-jlio solves. Then w ill thev develon to tho world the I Vul proportion of that noble, vigorous manhood, which even in th;ir prjoit thralled condition places them so high above their political fellow. William Wxlls Bhoivn. Wo last Saturday had the pleasure of welcoming William Well Brown tu Salem, whereon Sunday last ho commenced tho labors of his Anti-Slavery mission to Ohio. He spoke twice on Sundayin the Town Hall. to crow ded audiences. Unavoidable absence from home de prived us of the satisfaction of listening to bis addresses, but all whom wc have heard speak of thorn, concur in applauding them, as excellent and well calculated to advance the cause for which be labors. On Monday and Tuesday evening Mr. Brown addressed audiences in Columbiana. On Wednesday evening nt Caiificld, on Thursday and Fridf.y be was to have spoken nt New- Lisbon nnd on Satiliy next ho will bo at Alliance. After which he w ill make bis way to Cincinnati, Indu ing mceings at Columbus ana at some other in tervening places. Dunne next month, until the Cincinnati ton vention, Mr, cm part of tho Stato. under tho direction of a Committeo appointed by the Cincinnati Sewing Circle. It is proper to say that to this Circle. We uro indebted for Mr. Brown' most welcome and timely visit to our State. We most cordially commjnl him tt th5 cooperation of all the friends xt -ii , , ,i c .i vi- . Brown will labor in tho South West- of the i-luve, whercvef be may go. Mr. Brown is intimately acquainted w ith the question in ail its bcarng,and presents it most happily a-d effective ly,ns the friends uf the cnuse.both in New England and in Europe, where he has labored extensively, concur iu testifying. A Mistake Corrected. Last week we stated, on tho authority of ouo of our cotomporaries, that the Coljuization Soc'uty was niado an exception to the w holesome provisions of the Emigrant Passen ger Act recently passed by Congress. We have sinco received this act, and ure happy to stato that we were iu error. That by special provision of the act, the emigrant vessels of tho Colonization Society are made subject to its provisions. This is as it should be, and we are happy to give this credit to the lato Congress. Dominican Annexation. For along timo wo 'loirl n'Uhirij nf .U.'. in I M . Ciznoiu; but they have turned up 'igain as wo learn from the Tribune's Correspondence. Tho treaty rejected by the Dominican Legislature, they have of bite ap pealed to the Government to dely the legislature and approve the treaty, and threatened tho city with bombardment in case of refusal : Capt. Show with an American vessel, the Falmouth being then in the harbor. Just before the timo fixed for the bombardment, the vessel left its mooring and quietly dropped down the harbor, leaving the dipolomatists without their warlike backing. Tho Dominican Government replied that they hud as signed their view, to Eccictnty Marty, for the rejection of the treaty, and lhat they bud not changed their opinion. A Nfcvr Candipatp. A Missouri paper nomi nate Senator Atchison for tho next president. Popular sovereignty will hardly elect biui. Prepatmint of Postage. Prepayment is to be required by the Post Office Department on all let ters, after the fini of April. Some of tho papors have stated, and ve believe oar own among tht number, that this arrangement was to eooimonce on the fir of July. A mistake. The first of April U tho time. ANTI-SLAVERY AND THE BRITISH CHURCHES. , ,. . , r - r .1 I wo have tho direct testimony of the Orthodox . . pr.., ,,t1 . ,. ft trroir. The churches In this country, as all abolitionists know, conpirrd yraif fiine almost withone accord to cast down tho principle s of frcodom together with their advocates, and to this day, tho majority of them continue this course. And nut content with opposing tho progrefs of llioro principles hi this country, corrupting tho morals of tho people and turning all tho icligious impulses of humanity in favor of human hutidago mid American heath enism, they have also ct nspired to corrupt and hrathunizo the anti-slavery churches of Great Uritain.anj through them tlio whole British people and thus fene,; rrpctuato itrid cxtuid i ur "peculiar iiiftitution." To the American Church, tho slave holders owe a heavy debt of gratitude. Of these obligations tbiy uro ovidently not altogether un mindful. Some new developments of their o hi i ga llons in this direction, aro made iu the last Chris tian Press, of w hich it is well our readers should be informed. They exhibit not only tho wily and corrupting purposes of tlO American Church, but also the lamvtitable fact that many of the Brilitdi churches and ministers hve listened to the tempter and been seduced into a complicity with the eoclc sisstical friend of American Slavery on this side the atlantic. ItithcTlo this fact was knownjotily'on the testimony of the "intldel abolitionists." Now ed its testimony against abolitionists, may be dis posed now to accept its truthful testimony humili. ating though it is, regarding the Churches in this country nnd Great Brit .in. In the American Reform Tract and Book Sociity, an institution under the fostering care til the Free Presbyterians, sent the Rev, James Vin cent to England as their agent to collect funds. Tho object of the msoci.iti in is the publication and distribution of religious and rcfoiniHlory Pook and Tract, including anuma tho latter tho ones- . . Hons ol slavery, temperance, nnd war. facts to which wu allude arc contained iu M: V in cents teport ol the result of his mistiuu to, the committee w ho employed him. Mr. Vincent arrived in England in December IS'33, and presented himself lirst to the Committee of thu British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. They informed him they could afford him no facili ties fur his mission and objected to American So cieties sending tu England lor money, a they were uuiiblo tu collect enough fur their own pur poses. Tho result of Mr. Vincent subsequent appli cation to the religious bodies of England, wc give in his own language. He vays : My letter tu tho Religious Tract Society I de livered, and met the Cominiiuc in the Society's rooms. Alter it was read, I made a brief slu'lc luent, and pi-e.-entcd your icqutst lor a donation ol iiooks, which would be toyou a good as money, he request Contained in jour letter to nid mo in my work they could m l comply with. They were n friendly con cs'poi.dentc with tlio American Tract Society. They wished success to vnur new organization, but could not commend it to the patronage of the public. No donation of books was granted. Mv next letter was to Dr. Campbell. Ho roeeiv- ed inewith much co-diality,but studiously avoided any act w hich would serve the purposo which you requcmcu.. i asscu mm to allow ins nanio to ap- -. - - - - - pear in ncircular commeiidiiiR your Society, but vvoulil not. llm notice which he gave in the British Banner was so worded tu to be of nut the least use. My next and lust Utter was to the Sunday School Union. I was on tho point of delivering it when 1 became acquainted with a fact which prevented me. At the Jubilee meetings of tho Sunday School Union, the Committee resolved to exclude tho subject uf Slavery from their platform out of I'efereinii to some Ameiican ministers, who might be offended if it were intindiicd. Tho resolution, however, was likely to breed confusion, and it was set aside. This fact however, prevented mo seck t lie co-operation of a Society abroad ?. hi. h had to be coerced by public sentiment in allowing the down-trodden negro to be commended to the pray :8 nnd sympathies of a popular religious assem bly. The letter to that body I return toyou. 1 was next introduced by tho Rev. G. Smith to tho Committee of the Congregational Union of England and Wales. I was invited to state the object of my visit, which I did, and afterwards asked thc'coniniitteo to favor tnc with an express- I ion which should introduce mo to their churches. Several menibcis respond to my statement, heartily concurring in tho objects of the Society. Rev. T. James only took exceptions to it on two groords, viz., that the Society was not exclusively Anti Slavery, but proposed to apply tho principles ol the gospel to jfcr) known nin. and also that it hud : published tracts on the Maino Law temperance . . .: l.. 'l'i. . i .: i:.l ... . :. ,i - . i. pi una oivi.. x oesu oojucuoon uiu uoi iiiuiieuce ine '. , .... . ..... i , vuiiiiiiiiii:i- in mi, i inn nuppv iu eiiiiv, vvniiu ra reason for lel'using ny request was, in my opinion just , and to me, satisfactory, vir. that they "had no precedent for it, and were they to establish one now, it might occasion difficulties if net acted up on in future. Before this I had Fcr.t sets of tracts and a copy of the Constitution to several leading men in the 'Congregational and Baptist (ienouiinntions. lo loeso nin one iiituisier repneu, iicv. j. j. o.inie: of Birmingham. In that letter is a passage which confirm a leport which I saw in circulation nhnul three years since, in respect to his opinions un the American Tiact policy. After exprin-ing his disapproval of Borne acts of the An eiiinn Tmci Society he says; "But whothorJin order to accom plish the spread of that puro Christianity, w hich, if its ii.fm nee were fully felt. hi y u nv not 1 e silent on the subject (slavery), i a matter which even among the most determined enemies of slavery h still discussed in tluscounlry. And he concludes by expressing bis opinion that I shall "meet with I ut a small moasuro of pecuniary support in Eng- num. I feel it to bo my duty to state with respect to Mr. J aiucs, that he is entirely mistaken iti his sen timent expressed abnie. Mr. James is a member of the Evangelical Alliance, which requires the powerful influence of public sentiment to prevent ii itiKing iniu :is emiiraeo every slavehoMiii" church in tho tinted Stales. A more dangerous ailianeo can scarcely Uo nu igpioil. II id it hot lieen for the timely aid ol Oeorga Ihoinpsou anil of V. L. Garrison, there can be no doubt but thai slaveholders would have been hushed into fid.,. -hip at its orgiinizatiun. As it is, it need to be carefully watched., or it will yet be a liindranco ti the cause of freedom. Mr. Jams' iiifiuenci ihci p. and a a public com mender of the Ameri can Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, would very naturally prevent him from commend ing tho American Reform Tract and Book Society. From tho Rev. J II. Hinton. tho Secretary ol the Baptist Missionary Society Inught aconversn tion. But ho declined commending yi.ur Society on the ground that he was 'neither a tee totaler' nor a member of a Peace Society." I prepared a circular, which set forth the objects if tho Society. As recommendation failed, 1 isui'd it without any. I had no sooner got the drst impression of 10C0 struck off, and a few ol hem in circulation, than I received a letter from 'ho Secretary of thu Briii.-h and Foreign Ami livery Society, furiiMintj me. in tht name of the Cuiiimiltee. tu Miie any inure vireitltir with the numt f thrir office in them, a they thought hbext not to identify their 1W1V7 villi your. At the same time he Secretary says, "tho Committee greatly value he importance of the worlr your Society is'doing." I'he only mention of tho Society was 'that 'com. 11 11 mentions might 'be addtcstcd to mo at thoii dlice. Hore then, wa direct opposition. The way I Totaling with it was to issue the remainder of that impression as if I had not been forbidden. I knew they would not venture cntnl to oppose me afW expressing their value of the work the Society wore oDggi la. After I had issued my circulars, 1 commenced lecturing. In consequence of having no recom mendations Irom any Society, t found great uilb- iiii-iiuiiiioi ii. mi iiiijr owioij, i lumiu rritt uuu-irf. culty iu getting the co-operation of friend in ther" country, i always lounn t..e jKopit wining to hear, but the ministers often hold back, would not, sometimes, oven read the notice to their conirrega tions; not because they lacked interest in the cause so much as because 1 came among tlicm a stranger, with no recommendation from their own or any other English hotly. Towards the close of May I saw ft report of the proceeding of tho Congregational Union of Eng land nod Wales My attention was arrested by seeing that a gimtlenian had introduced tho sub ject of mission to Turkey in connection with the American u.mn, ami had obtained a resolution commending this object to tho "confidence and prayer ol tlio churchr. J Ins act ol th'jUongrc gational Union set me upon a train of thought quite now, and tho more I thought about it, the more unaccountable did their action appear in turning away a purely roligins Anti-Slavery Society bo cause there was no "precedent" for commending it, and then commending a Society whose position on Slavory is so notorious. Mr. Vincent in time became convinced that a serious and preconcerted effort was making, to identify the British Churches with tho American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and secure the sanction of British Churches and Mis- And this sion friend to their pro-slavery course. scoured, tlw-ro was secured also, the sanction to tho rro-slavcrv iMsurso of the Amerbun Biblo and Tract Society nnd other r.rc-slavcrv bodies, and t,f the American ibuicl.c erneiallv. Seeini- tl,i, danger to the tause he represented, and to the cause of freedom, Mr. Vincent addressed him self to exposing the pro-slavery character of tl.o American Board, And so far as wo are informed did good service, in enlightening the British pub lic in regard to tho pro-slavery character of that Body. Thus have many become better acquainted with tlio important lact, which ululitiotiists have been su long compelled to prosont, that tho con trolling religious associations of this country, have conspired with slavc hol Jers to nut merely hold ...;n;..,. a ..r.l ,. o; I. ,, i,. ,1. "" '' v.. .... bauch tho morals nnd corrupt tho churches of America; but also to sprea 1 tho moral ruin o'er the world, converting tlio churches of tho wholo earth into synagogues for the support and propaga tion of Slavery. Mr. Vincent so far as wo know, has never been irmaikablc for his Anti-Slavery labors in this country. Indeed, though he went to England as the representative of a Society located in our own State, wc never heard of him us an abolitionist till wo heard or him ns Huh in Gieat Britain; and yet wo aro rejoiced that forced to occupy su truth ful and important a position, he has done it w ith so much, of ability and success as t'uo report of his proceedings would intimate. Trom tlio Columbus Columbian. CHURCHES. A SLAVE CASE-ANOTHER TRIUMPH OF FREEDOM "A slave case in this city, terminated last Mon day, in a manner quite satisfactory to the friends of Freedom, which term now seem to cmbraco nearly all the inhabitants of the city. Tho facts are ns follows : " A colored man who resides a few miles out of the city, in tho cars from Cincinnati, on Saturday fell into conversation with a colored girl, a fellow passenger, and learned from her that she was a slave 011 her way from Louisville, Ky., to Rich mond, Vn., in charge ol a friend of her mastor. lie. informed her at once that she had a right to her f 1 ecdnin, inasmuch as she had come into the State by consent uf her master or his agent. She manifested surprise by the inquiry, 'Are we in a free Stale?" and ut once expressod a desire to be freo. This conversation took place as tho cars ap proached this city. The trains on the Wheeling routo nut uniting with the Cincinnati trains, in nil cases, a detention of the slave girl and her com pany was necessary hero, llie colored man nt once notified bis acquaintances of what he had learned from the slave girl, aa 1 they, of course on the alert, followed the omnibus containing them, lo tho residence of 0110 of tho respectable families of our city, where the girl and her party alighted. In the course of the day or evening, some colored women managed to get a conversation with the slave girl, who repeated to them her desire to be free, whereupon sercral of the colored people set themselves about procuring a writ of Habeas Cor pus, in her bejialf. After consi .'erable delay in enlisting an attorney in tho case, in consequence of the engagements of some of them in the courts then sitting, and the refusal of others to engage in it nt all, the necessary assistance was at length obtained. Application was mado to a Judgo ol 'the Supremo Court, who refused to issue a w rit, or have any thing to do w ith it, as we arc informed. Application was then mado to Probate Judgo Jam ison, who late Saturday evening, issued a writ, returnable at nino o'clock, Monday morning.. Sheriff Miller, at near midnight, rapped at tho door of the house w here the girl was held, and af ter considerable parley and delay, came forth with the girl, and tcok her to prison for safu keeping until the hour for the meeting of the court on Mon day. Access to her cell during Sunday was allow to her claimant and his counsel, and also to the colored man who sworo out the writ, (Mr. Fergu son,) and his counsel. At tlio nppointod time, the girl was brought into Court, Mr. Galloway, and Mr. Carrington appear ing in her behalf, and Mr. Wade in behalf of the respondent. It appeared by the statement of the parties, that the girl, whose name is Roselta Armistead, was according to slave law tho property of Rev. Mr. Dennison. an Episcopal Clergyman of Louis ville, Ky. that bIio formerly belongod to ex-Prcsi-doht Tyler, w ho gave her tu his youngest daughter on her marriage to the said Rev. Mr. Dennison that Mrs. Dennison had recently died, leaving an infant child that tho child was being conveyed to its grand-parents by a friend of the family. Dr. Jones Miller, a brother, we believe, of John G. Miller, Esq., of this city,) accompanied by the girl as a nurse, sc. mat on the arrival at Umcinnati, lindiug tho river not in a navigable stato, Dr. Mil Icr concluded to pass through on the Railroad, not expecting any interference with the conveyance of his "property" on the routo. property Dr. Miller stated to the Court, personally and by his counsel, that be made uo claim to the services of the girl himself, and only desired that time should bo allowed to her owner to appear and pros, ecuto his claim, if ho should choose so to do. It scorned to bo conceded on all hands that the girl was entitled to her freedom, if she chose to claim it. At the suggestion of her counsel that sho, being u minor, (lti yoars uf age.) bo placed under the charge of a guardian, to be kept until her claimant might appear, the othor party at once us. sen ted to the arrangement. The girl, at tho su. ..L.ii.,n F l. ..II :.: a Van 8 vk. T 7 V , ' 0. an Slyke.Esq., aa her guardian, who bond and took her under charge, to the apparent satisfaction of all partioe. The thing wa handsomely dope on all fide Our fcTtew cklf Jnhr. M-!i. p.- A J T Our cltiren, Jobtt G. Miller, Esj., distinctly ... .,. . ; . , . , ca,8 un,,er'' ""pposiiion that the girl would , stated, in hi peculiarly polite tnannr, on the part of hi friend, that thi .nl. .,!. .... n.i;,. f J J J T prefer to go with hor acquaintance to see her,tno mothor and friends in Virginia: hut as she had come into court and expressed ber desire to remain, they did not insist upon offering any obstruction to her freedom. " A great crowd of colored men and women were in attondance at the Court-Room, during the pen dency of the case, as might be expected ; and the v.u , i Bcoiimit mui;ii hbioii ibiicu lit lliu i ecuugn she met, and the congratulations she rccoivod on attaining tho estate of a free woman. " We rejoice always at tho rescue of a human being from the prison-house of bondage. We re rejoice that in this case it was made to appear that the time has come when no pretence will bo set up in behalf of the oppressor, in this class of cases. We tiust, also, the precedent will do good, in as suring timid Supreme Judges, and all other who aro afraid to act for fiecdim; for we will do nouo tho injustice to belicvo that thoy oan be in dilTorcot iu a question of Freedom or Slavery," Tne TiJdiD Jvccts Who is II,. Good news we rlccm lt a n,HBt ""christian act for this girl to for ; sake her charge to secure her own freedom. But liavo from Columbus, of Mi release of on slavo woman. The Jltv. Mr. Dcnnison, we dare say, will , give no thanks for tho event. Doubtless he will i the "timid Supreme Jurige," who would not issue a writ of habeas corpus to release this young o 111 Columbus and held an interview with his late vbattol at the house of her guardian. Tho State .liinvnn enva f II, n nlAMnaii'. man from slavery, and to vindicate the outraged laws of his State, for which ho is set a tho special ! a r. i.. i:i in vi . .i n i defflniler who is Iia r liv li.l tint llm flu nm. .... luan give tho name of the man so recreant to his duty, to his State nnd to Froedom ? Is it possible it can bo Judgo Swan, who was elected last full as tho especial champion of freedom, ai d who ' as to rescue the Ohio judiciary font the grap of sla very ? Whoever ho is, he should be known. Later accounts state that tho Reverend Dennison, thn claimant of tho girl, after her releaso arrived " Mr. Dennison told the girl that ho had como for tho purpose of taking her homo with him if sho wished to return ; but ns sho was in a fr-.e State, she bad tho liberty of going or roinaiiiiug at hci option. The girl, after deliberating about a j minute, said sho should prefer remaining in a free State, rather than return to Slavery. Mr. Denni son mine ner frnoii nvn snook muni vt-itn i,,.p nm parted, evidently much grieved nt tho loss of a fa vorite servant. The girl is now in tho employ of nr. limner, nt whose noose sho willuoubtlcss meet with tho kindest treatment." At Cincinnati, also, two casos of a similai char acter were tried on the lGth inst., one before Judge Carter, of tho Court of Common Pleas, and a sec ond before Judges Spencer and Storer of tho Sir perior Court. Tho former was tho case of a girl said to be detained as a slave by John Johnson, at the Walnut-Si. House. Upon tho return of tho writaud the production of tho girl.it was ascertained by her answers to tho interrogatories of the Court, that tho application was mado without her knowl edge nnd consent, and upon her expressing a wish to go with her master, sho was permitted so to do, and tho writ dismissed. She was a bright mulat to, about twelve years old, nnd Mr. Johnson, with her, was on his vay fruin Natchex to California, where he said he intended she should be free if she desired it. In tho second case, thn writ of Ilahea Corpu was issued on the petition of Henry B. Blackwell in favor of two mon, Alfred and Emanuel, who were claimed as slaves by Baldwin Harle. claimed that they wero hi slave by tho law nf Kontucky, and that ho was removing with them to Missouri. They arrived at Cincinnati on the packet Dover, and were there transferred, by walk ing along tho bank of the river, to the steamboat Jacob Strader, from whence they were taken by the Sheriff. S. Imon P. Chase, with Messrs. Walker, Jollifle. and Judgo Stallo, appeared to defend the two col ored men ; and Messrs. Sullivan and Caso wore He the advocates of tho slavo claimant. They con tended that tho Ohio river was a public highway, subject to tho concurrent jurisdiction of the Stutes upon its bordors; that the mutual right to the use and navigation of tho river, bv tho citizens of the several States, carried with it tho right to tho use of the shores of tho river for purposes incident to navigation, and to possess and control their slavos while so navigating the river, and making use ol its banks solely and legitimately in the course of such navigation, nnd urged that aB w oll upon prin ciple of comity between States, as upon rights of navigation, that the res; undent was entitled t miiko such use as he had done of the Ohio shoro, without forfeiting the right of property in tho ne groes. Judge Stallo, on the part of the relator, followed Mr. Sullivan, and insisted that as by tho law of Ohio slavery could not exist, any voluntary bring ing of a slave by his master into Ohio, worked his emancipation. As to tho doctrine of tho right of transit and of navigation, and the use of the banks of navigable streams, ho insisted that its onTy uso was to allow to citizens of other States such uso, and the enjoyment of such rights in Ohio, as the citizens of Ohio themselves enjoyed. This doc trine did not permit citizens of other States to bring with them nnd exercise rights inimical and contrary to the laws of Ohio. The case was still further argued on Friday, and until five o'clock on Saturday, when Judge Storer ordered that the colored men should be kept,by the Sheriff in tome safe und comfortable place of con finement, but not with criminals in jail, until Wed nesday, when ho would deliver his written decision iu tho case. KIDNAPPERS IN PHILADELPHIA. Tho Anti-Slavery Standard, publishes from its Philadelphia correspondent the following account of a late kidn ipping case in that city to which we , have Lclore referred Wa had a slavo caso here the othor day, in which our Mayor acted very creditably. A woman elonnd i'1"'.'"1 BW Urloans with a free white man (an i..s....,a ., m me crcait 01 his country, be it saidb whot.iok a deep interest 111 hor w ollara. and wdm was willing to peril his life lor her sake. They took yassage in a vessel I ound for Philadelphia. The flight of the couple wasdiscoverod.nnd requisi tions were sent on Irom the Etocutive of Louisi ana, one of which was directed to tho Police Department of Philadelphia. Descriptions were given, at tho same time, of the party and the man ner of their escape ; and, with these descriptions and this authority, one or more (1 do not know how many) of our Philadelphia poliootnen boarded the vessel, and arrested the man and tho woman, putting the latter in tho prison at Newcastle, a a fugitive slave, and bringing tho former to Phila delphia, and incarcerating him hero, on the charge of being a fugitive from justice. As soon utha "I UBin fauU were kn"' IWSr. Williamson, the vigb Kavo;lant und indifatiable Ser rt,... of .1,. aa AUAi. lion Society wrote to a friend of the Governor, it Harrisburgb, to use hit influence to prevent the Krnti?KoT a warrant on the Louisiana Governor' rVl"l" 6 well assured that the cht.-ge of er.tUv wn only ?Jvtthali!n5 ru. to r.t poiro- nsmsons teller nnu uumo iuu law. uuvsmor VMMk nii iUgp,oting the trick (he will be wiser sion of nnA punish one who htd interfered in m obnoxious way with their institution. Wr. Wil- 1;. h'. tin,! tnmm Inn latA tl.iKimi, next time) had granted the warrant, and the successful applicant had returned to Philadelphia, to execute it. Hut "all's not lost that is in dan grr." The next morning, the papers eontainod the following note, which will explain itself: MAYOR'S OFFICE, Phila, March 6th, 1855. Me. Siit't Joiisjox Dtar Sin With the VioJ est feeling for yoii personally, and with great re spect for your ch iracter as an officer, it i proper that I should inform you that if you act as the . agent of Louisiana to return Warwick, charged with cnoouraging the escape of a fugitive slave from that Slate, I will consider it my duty to dis charge you immediately from tho police Mrvice i this city. Yours, R. T. CONRAD, Mayor. This, of course, blocked the whole game. Tlx next day, David Paul Brown and tome oe else had the man brought out on hateat cotjnit, and, ne one appearing against him, ho wa discharged from custody, The woman, poor soul, did not fir an well. A letter before me from Thomas Garret V who was written to by Mr. Wilamson on the sub jsct, sayst " Immediately on hearing the case, I took a lawyer and went over to Newcastle, but she was Eune. They had her before the Commissioner. early in tho morning, who granted a certificate, "!. '. wns JPuLon board a vessel bound from Philadelphia for New Orleans, soon after euarise I am sorry I could do nothing to aid the woman This wa bad; but there is some comfort it having a Mayor who will talk to hi officers in tit style of the above note. I hope this will be thn last case in which our Police department will bo disgraced by ;t officer turning slaTS-c.trL.r. onhcr within or without the bound ef their jtine- .. dlctlOll. A VINDICATION. Dr. D. A. Post writes six pages of foolscap in vindication of himself from what "Trig vile attack upon myself of a personal character.' We cannot deroto so much space to the Dr's. eoM miinicatiun. But we give him the benefit uf the following testimony of hi witnesses. Sach of our readers as have any further curiosity, can re fer to the Dr's. previous lcttor as well as to Mr. GrifGngs communication: "Dear Sir : You ark tLe undersipnrd to answer the following interrogatories in relation to your smoking, referred to by Mrs. Griding in an article ' 111 tho Bugle from Plymouth. 1st. Had or had nut the audience dispersed. 2d. How many per sons remained. 3d. Did you justify the at froas your position in society, and 4th. Whether yoe offered a challenge to fight. To the 1st. we an twer yes. Tu the 2nd. we believe Mrs. Griffing and six men remained. To the 3d. and 4th we say without hesitation, No." J. M HAYWOOD. THOMAS JOSEPH JENNINGS. As to the smoking part of the affair. It ii eur private opinion, which we now publicly express, that smoking i novsr a gentlemanly accomplish ment, and that it character is in this reipec4 es pecially doubtful when practiced in a pablie lec ture room when there are evea so aaoj a eil gentlemen and one lady present. Ed. RcmandCrimx. The Tribune says: "Oa the tho first eight Sunday in 1854 the arrest in the City were nearly 900 ; on the first eight Sunday in 1855 they were 338. L ist year the Sunday ar rests avernged our a hundred Ihia yr, Icaa than forty-five. Last year the Police were lai ; this year they are strict, and arrests are more than I twlue 88 oumerou in proportion to the amount of crime. Add to this that the new administration has but just got fairly at work, and one ean gel some idea of what is due to closing the grog-shops on Sunday." Jt'poi Lorino. The Committee of the Masia chusetts Legislature on th removal cf Judge Lor ing, is rt ported as divided in opinion ; four ef the Committee are in favor hi removal, and three against it. Two report are to be presented. SENATOR GILLETTE ON PERSONAL FREEDOM AT WASHINGTON. The following letter from the Hon. Francis Gil- 'itte was auarecsea to nr. xiassett, a colored gen tleman in New-Haven : WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 1854, Mr. Bassett Dear Sir: In answer to your in quiry whether, in my opinion, it would be safe for a free eoloied man of the North to visit Washing ton I am under the sad necessity of saying, that free persons of color coming into the Nation al District are p-esumrd by the laws to be abscond ing slaves, and are liable to b arre'ed, and if unable to prove their freedom, to be told into Slavery for life to pay their jail fee. By the law, if a man of color is apprehended as a runaway slave, he is suljected to all the fee and rewarde given for apprehending runaways, and upon fail ure to mnko such payment, is liable to be told aa a slave ; and to crown the villainy, the United Slates Marshall i constituted the Judge, into whoso pocket goes the price of blood. Instance are numerous in which uncloimtd persons have been sold, under this law, into lifelong Slavery and their price has been received by the Marshal, under the specious pretext of paying their ex pea ces, while iu prison. In relation to your second inquiry- whether, if not utterly hazardous for a free colored man of the North to venture into the Capital, what precaution should be used I would advise him to take a let ter from some prominent citizen of the State front which he might come, sitting forth hi name, char acter, and object or object in visiting tb national metropolis, and commending him to the kidnet of some man residing here, who, should he fall into the clutches of the slave-hunting kidnapper and pirate, woul interpose for his recue. Whether a colore J gentleman would be permit ted to attend upon the debates and discussiona in tho Capitol, I ean only say, there is no rule in either house of Congress excluding such person. The galeries are free and unguarded by door-keepers, mid I presume a colored spectator would not be rudely thrust out, though he might be aansjt4 and iusulted by " The oppaessor'i wrong, the proud nian'a eon tnmely." I will add in conclusion, that the free native col ored population in this District amount to several thousand, and are, a I understand, to a consider able extent, the owners of property, whioa ie taxed to sopport the city school, and for other aianid pal purposes, while they are summarily excluded from uny participation in the benefit of those school, nnd necessitated to supjrt other school fur educating their children. Still, notwithstand ing all the injustice and outrage which are heaped upon them, they teem to bear up heroically ander their wrong and demean thamselve more virta ously than their oppressor ; for, while I have been pained to see, during my short residence bere, cores of drunken white men, in all the internedt ato conditions. from the hackney-coach to the gutter, I never have yet seen a drunken colored man, nor any apparently sunken to so lew an aby of dep redation and sha ne, as a numerons class of white profligate and debauchee. These observation go to verify a remark of the late Dr. Chaaning, that we are trampling upon of the beet braachee of the human family. In the hope that the nation nay tarn aod expi ate it great wicked oes. before it eball bj orer whelmed by the divire judgment. I remain truly yoor friend. FRANCIS QllimS-