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i’OL.1 WHEELING, JANUARY 27, 1880. NO. 81.
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►■ AR'1ST HONG & GREEN,
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PRICES of ADVERTISING,
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SPKCTFI LLY inf.;: ,m tho CmHH of
s Knot *fe WKp«’« Wrm*hou *.
:;n*»clf. that hid lon$ tsprtknce m said
ive him a ©d'.
eetin;, Dec. I*'. I ~*29-nm.
More of the Beautiful.
J. FISHER & SOX.
sr 1 IU T('K1.N.(
WTI( SOI VENEIR. T \LIS
f, PEUil.,JL VOI TIK KEEP
E w.u.av h of ALUl 'lS < n
. Jlid. A K:vV I 'S WISU-TON
U. for snip or lure.
j)f tin Street Wheeling f a.
(Nearly opposite the N. W Bank.)
*c> VS Recerv<-<1 jui*! m r- «. tug a large and
fj Gtuaro) Assn
GROCERIES,
r th«n they
go be hoe VV ext <
dvantsze to call. Country produce generally
■lour.
REMOVAL.
rnl IE subscriber has rent - «vi
l tween Messrs Forxv
t . M'Kee, where he vvill be
GROCERY MAE,
IF HOLES ALE OR RETAIL, on th>
WM. McGAl GHY.
Dec 16. 1
Wire Working.
R. WATTEHSOX & Co.
WIRE WORKERS,
\jYhILL turn *h nil article* in their hnt\ either
V/ it Wholesale or Retail, at as low price*
nd on a- accommodating term* an c.m he had u
v oilier Factory West of the Mountain*. Cr
fieri from a distance, will b< thankfully received
rad punctually attended to.
N. |t. Three Apprentice* wanted to the above
Wheeling, Dec. 16, 1829
Disolution of partnership.
STflHF. Partnership between JOHN M 01 I,:
A STEPHEN P< M l.OTK. .y THOS P» ti -
lth K firm of SCOTT, POLLOCK & CO.
s this day di-jived bv mutual o>»e*ent. A * they
are n>iiip< tl> .1 to clo*e the business of the firm in
abort time, it is desirable that all those person*
who know themselves to be indebted to said finu j
.vaH make hnnacdute arrangement- to nettle the
• .me with the said Thoaii* Pollock, who is an*
iorisfid to settle all accounts for or agaiust the ;
SCOTT. POLLOCK & CO.
! n<»n Foundry tSouth I g^
\V heeling Jo«. 4>, lf*30. $
N. B. The Foundry in future will he regularly j
arried on as usual by the subscriber, who now
u and intends keeping a gener d assortment of J
Superior Castings.
Allorders promptly attended to and executed
J) tlie beat manner.
STEPHEN POLLOCK.
A C VRD
Aloove, AVvUon ^ Co,
^rni.NOER their thank* to their customer- for
S i fetors, aid take this method of mforw
uigthe Merchant* of lb * place, that after the first
of January accounts will bo «ettl*d :,t th > expira
tmn of every 4 naonihs, and tor balaures'ro or con
Siote* at 60 day* will be given or taken.
Varus will lie furnished at the lowest cash pri
ces, and at settlement, if auy change *hall ha\< ta
ken | dare (in favor of the purchaser) in price, they
'Jrtll be governed by it, a* tliey intend t» keep the
price as low as any reputable Factory west of the
mountains.
Wheeling. Jan. 1,1^30.
BRISIIES.
A. LAWS 6t CO. ha' e just receiv
tc ;m invoice of Brushes. MiBrushes (.-sorted
•pwliiv, Weaver’s do. T •.mi* r -■ «!o.
8 -rubbing, Hearth, f3o*h and 1)03: >>g do.
having Brushes and B Ji'csx
JLC*0:
TO CAPITALISTS \NI>
MANUFACTURERS.
Till* S ubscribers offer f»r sale a largi*
Mnrt'\ rt::iM! Establishment,
©N the Oi r) liner, adjoining the upper end
t* tii town of Wheeling, consisting of a
Fill NDKY 7'» feet In IK) feet—with two Fun
s' together with all necessary fixtures—also
i \ e[ > ! i .i -sortnient of jiatlerns of the must
ip;>: i-ved ct* MT^.tiun fur St* an Engines—Sugar
i:i IK. Ii 'iiow ware An A very substantial Itrick
\ SL't> T>2 f< et w ide and 130 feet long—three
store-1 high, i »*ifuning drums and lathes—a bor
ing mi!K and ail appr adages required lor the con
struction of Sfe.un Engines of the largest dimen
s oiis—* e whole propelled by a first rate steam
Engine of !) horsepower; which raises a very
i rg( supply of a ater from the Oluo River for the
Use of the works.
Tii -v will also sell the whole, or such part of
i tint v vbto tnetof Land adjoining the above
linn' .gs as maybe desired—the whole cnnnirrs
mg ' ut 120 or 130 ACRES, -*» or 90 AC UE
f v -h ■ a tins « stratum of excellent stone coal
from l to 7 fee* thick, supplying thu works at one
rear p r bushel: two UR 11 K UOl SES of three
lories each—cue two story* do—a fr me ware
t. use, a la g*i Bam, and fi or 7 frame houses for
t/tt accoaunodwtnni of work hands.
Tin - properv hemg bounded »ti the Ohio Itiver
nearly tiiree fourth of a mile affords depth ct w -
ter it I t s sufficient to sustain so un boats.
v> ne.'i c .n b. oudt er repaired within 5t)yanla oi
Af it ft by li tter, or otherwise, to either ■ .
the . . rihs « will 1 promptly attended to L*
not s•■! 1 l>% Se 1st April, the i l’ove property will
a rentud for u term ol vr irs.
JUiftk MeLFUK.
J AMF* 11 FOJiSXTH.
THOMAS WOODS.
December 9,1-29—24 tf.
.N, B. A.i persons having claim? against said
Company, veil! present them for settlement.—And
all those ind-bted, are requested lo make inunedi
«te pas meant to tiie sQbscnber, who K authorized
to receive the same. J- FIS l*.
Bargains to toe to a A here
A eu&d uss'ortiui'Qt ofFAl.L rndWlNTI.R
goods;
Selected fro-n the most recent importations in N.
V irk., Philadelphia and Baltimore,—bought
for Cash, and \\ ili be sold at lowest rules by
Ch (tp/i tte 4 • O’ Ferra /1,
\t Tk. :np- ins ol>] s’und, Main ft reel. M heeling
—of which tiie follow ing an a part:
Superfine Cloths, blue, black, olive, brown, claret
drab and steel-mixed; cassimeres and cas-iuets;
cauiblets and Tartan plaids; luwibazefts, black and
bine-black. brown, purple and crimson; bine, Scar
let, crimson and cross-h irred moreen; Batesse and
cortefiella; bonnet cambric; a very lurge assort
rnent of ginghams and gingham rones; plain and
figured Swiss jarkoiiet and hook rousi.ii,-; plain
anti figured bobbin??; linen, fin n cumbiick and!
imitation h indker hlet's cambric amstatis; Srik-.
(jrcs dt N 'pi'", black, blue, blue-black, brown,
green, purple, scarlet, light blue and strsw colour;
mrp loti 'tr -ig. san'it, Levantine, India sattm und
sen-haw; a general assortment ot bonnet sattin;
black, biue, green, pink and w bite fiorenee. plain
tigui I and cuts k velvet; tal>b\ velvet; \ c-rings:
•iik. -ilk velvet, Valcniia and Ma'seilles; Ildkis.:
jackonet, S«a>c sup. lustring, bird's eye, black
t \ dsilk; bandana, silk flag-, sup. tiros de Ni
pies md I'.iicv gauze handkerchiefs; Cashmere and
merino Ion, shawl-; merino dress shawls; furni
ture calico; stupes, assorted; Pittsburgh mid bang
up cord.-; steel and wood busks, silk and cotton
Slav laces* ladies’puds. curls, and fo aids; .Merino
cloths uf iH colors, for ladies* black and white
-iik and sup. g iuze veils; hlack and w iiitc bobmet
veils; Italian tripes, ass’d; nankins and nankin
r.i ’ • in crape dresses, ar-orted col ■ s; < ’an
on i;>e ioIkat ftf and upwards; crape liece.
hss t> ; umbrellas, silk and cotton; mohair brace
let- itch guards; beads, assorted; sets sup.
>bou, new stylo; Mantua gauze und sattin,
... i; plain and figured velvet ribbon; Swiss
- and caps; litre.id, bobbinet. cotton and black
s k I ice, Irish linens, ,t from *J-"> cents to $l:lnsh
-h. . ting; domask table liuen and cotton; Russia j
a i,**; brown Holland; padding buckram and |
'■ iiivass; oil cloths black and white silk gloves:
blii k and white si.’k hose and half hose: white
worsted and cotton half hose; mixed half ho-e;
todies’ kill, beaver and hoskin gloves; gentlemen >
ii... iu. bi aver, kid and dog .-kin gloves; < omb-.
tuck -In II, ipiill back shell, side, and mock shell
tin k com >s; she I! and mock -bell side and cres
cent combs. Brushes: cloth, hair, shoe, stiff dust
ing ground paint, and shaving brushes; Bolivars
and crown-, extra cheap; hits for boys; forints
at 50 and upwards.
DOMESTIC GOODS,
.2 "aural assortment, unusually low.
BOOTS & SHOES:
I, i I., s’ black morocco and seal welts;
do clasp and tie listing do
do Morocco do
do Cordovan and lasting boots;
dn Laating springs;
do Morocco and call" springs;
do Cordovan and calf boots’
Misses’ Lasting ;uid Morocco spring',
do do ^ do welts;
Children’s Morocco and call lioots,
.Miiu’s morocco boots and Mutinies;
Morocco Hats.
HARDWARE:
Sup. cast A Herman steel hand saws; tenant turn s:
\iuerican, Crmvley. English, cast, and shear steel;
i’. n and pock-t knives of n sn^rior quality;
!>-rk Knives; f?lu»e and batcher knives; Fhmnb
‘ V N t dk Latch s, Pocket scissors. Snuflers
and travs; liritauia and iron tea and table spoons;
Locks: knob, pad, trunk, cupboard and till; Brass
He sti U-. bt tss k K>bsj brans bolts; fine glow
knob'; razors: sheep and tailor’s shears; Waiters,
,. ;:e FILLS: tlat and half round bastard,
1! handsaw, and blacksmith’s files, Shumaker's
r.. i ut and cast sparew bills; anuff and sluvmg
l.w\< s'; screw augurs, from 2 to 5qr. gimhlets and
11 .r* borers; American ind Yankee codec mills;
Cork Ink'’..aids, tea kettles, castings: Juniatta
| »n aswrte' mould boards; Plough irons; S.id
I * J O0KJX(v GLASSEs, asserted.
Groceries & Liquors.
1 oaf »nd lump sugar; N. O sugar ami molasses;
‘ It,o, Java, and Moccha coffee; imperial, gun
nm\d, r and Y. H teas, chocolate: bloom and
utusca el rat-ins; dates, figs and soft shell almonds;
. tvi V timtqii diiv.’ common chewing do. >panis!i
,r.d common tW; Scotch and rappee snuff; L
i» je4ra wine; Foocnfio* M.tl.iga, and
|,iW Jo. C.wiac brau.lv. J.» Jims
lfoll.it d gin; N, England rum; VVUwkey and sa,t.
! 1YERPOOI. A COMMON Ql EENSW ARE.
Cotton Yarn, at Factory Prices.
The following articles w ill he received at all
! - tines as cash: Feathers, Tallow, Beeswax, Hm*
sc»i2. Rag-- Ac.
\ Ocl, IS'JfV
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TliE FAR WEST REGION.
_
We find the following highly interesting!
letter, descriptive of the region far est,
i in the New York Courier and Enquirer/
It is from the pen of Caleb A rv. \tfb, Esq.
I who was connected with the Agency for
ratified
Washington, Jan. 1, 1S30.
The treaties with certain Indian tribes,
' tor the cession of the mineral country, on
the Upper Mississippi, are ratified by the,
i unanimous consent of the Senate. By
j these treaties the T bitted States has acquir
jed S,000,000 acres of land, equal in all
j respects, to any in the Union. rWie climate'
■ f this region is equal to that of Italy, such
! is the purity of t[»*> air. When travelling
; along the road from Dodgeville, (twelve j
miles south of the Wisconsin) to Gakma, j
ion Fever river, l cculd distinctly see a
wagon and team five miles off, with the
| naked cy<>. This purity of atmosphere
1 may be attributed to the total absence ol
marshy ground, and toAhe elevation of the
I countrv, which, afvr leai ing the YY iscon
'sin and Mississippi rivers, and ascending
; to tiie common level of the country, is, by
mv computation, about 200t) feet above
the sea. The absence of dense forests all
the way to the Rocky Mountains, and to
the Frozen Ocean—to which it may be
i added, that the mineral countrv is beyond
the influence of the great northern lakes—
/may, in part account for the purity of the
atmosphere.
The strums ol tins region, copious ami
brisklv gliding over pebbles of cornelian,
toj iz, jasper, agate*'. opal, and quartz, are
as pure as crystal, t fr.’ginatmg in springs,
they are cool enough for' ufmknig in toe
hottest (lav in Augn.t. 1 he Mississippi,
from R«H‘k Island to tiie mouth of the V\ is
cousin. a distance of two hundred miles
and upwards, and whit h forms thv ^ cstoi »
boundary of the ceded territory, it** °*i ’ln
average, about three fourths of a mile Hi
width. Ti e li'ii aie abundant, ol line1
flavor, end furnish food for the Indians on
the western share of that beaut dill river.
The YVisco<>sin is about ball a rude in
w idth, and at a low stage of water is shal
low, ami full of islands and sandbars.,
When 1 ascended it. about ninafy miles 1
fr«.m its mourh. it presented to view, far as
the t ye could trace it. wild rice in bloom.
Tho scenery along its borders exhibited
views ir.ipre-t.ive, mid always either
beautiful or sublime.
Rock river, and its branches, irrigate
aid fertilize a large tract of country. This
river originating in pellucid lakes, and
onions springs, runs of] gradually, and
neither rises very high, nor sinks very low
during theyear. Ninety mfles above its
mouth, whore I crossed it on t! e first day
•d lust September, it appeared to be about j
twenty rous wide, four feet deep, and ran!
with rapidity. The brandies of this river I
—the Pickutoiica, Sugir Creek, are;
the finest streams for mills of every kind,
in the world. The sands Oi the \\ iscousiu !
are as white as the mountain snow.
'The surface of the country is greatly un- j
dulating, and, in most places, is covered,
with grass and a succession of flowers
from early spring to late autumn. One
week you see, tar as the delighted eve can 1
reach, flowers of a reddish blue—the blue, j
the while, the yellow, of every shade, in-1
deed follow in succession, week after week
—e'er varying, ever new, and always de
lightful. After ascending from the level
of the rivers to the country, where the
mines exist, my attention was rivetted for
fifteen minutes on the vast prospect before,
me. With only here and there a grove of
trees in view, 1 saw sunflowers, large as
those in our girdeus, tire rozm weed, (a J
helianthus) with its leaves so arranged as I
to indicate the northern and southern j
points of the compass. The surface, gent
; ly undulating, w as covered with grasses
I ,'ind flowers, among which, beside those^
| referred to. was the ‘‘.Mineral Plant.’ '<
with its blue leaves, and most beautiful:
[flowers. Tie fkv was as pure as the
■ spirit that made it, the sun shone brightly,
and not a breath of air was in motion, not
an animated being, except those with me,
i was to be seen, nor a sound to be heard ?
In the far off prospect arose a mound,
which I beheld afterwards, as 1 journeyed
i onward, during throe days. The smoke ot
a lend furnace, m the edge of n grove, fit*
teen or twenty miles distant from me, slow
ly curled up towards the pale blue heavens.
Stillness and repose dwelt all around ine.
Looking back towards the north, from
whence I had with great difficulty ascend-1
; ed, to where 1 stood, (after travelling, as 1
’supposed, about twelve miles, from the
margin of the Wisconsin, where I had slept
the preceding night,) 1 could distinctly see i
that beautiful river gliding along, in width.!
to the eve, only a few inches, and glittering
here and there in the beams of the raid
dav’s sun.
Sabring (as a sailor would say nearly:
due east, taking care to avoid tire project
ing points of woods, to my left, by w hich
means I had no ravine to cross, I arrived
i af Dodgeville the next day about noon, j
Whenever we needed water we struck a
ix*int of woods where vve always found it
; pure, cool, and refreshing. From Dodge
ville to Gratiot's Grove, tho scenery was
ithe most beautiful I ever beheld. The
i .rroves. the stre uns. the several smoking
1 furnaces, in different directions, the lofty
mounds, 6onia nearer and others farther
oft, the clear sky, the rich black soil where
ever it was exposed to view, the prairie
hens flocks, and the Wisconsin snow birds, j
rising from the path before us. all, all con
spired to arrest the eye, and rivet the at- j
tention, to the objects around us, as we
passed rapidly along. Perhaps I do wrong. J
to dwell so long on circum.smnces so trivial, j
though, while memory holds her place ini
my mind, they will never bo forgotten by
me.
The trees of this region are contiued to j
the hanks of the water courses, and to
rough places, and oaks, red, white, and!
black, are the most common growth in |
high grounds, while in wet ones, the bota-|
ny is richer.
The mounds are lofty piles of rocks, in
riieir natural position, except such as have]
alien downwards from the summits, i
These piles lying in horizontal strata, are
very elevated, and may he seen in any
(ireefion, from them, at the distance of I
tuirty miles.
\f have already mentioned the most com !
won birds of this region, and the beasts are j
ww indeed now, having been destroyed by 1
tlpj Indians, except the black wolQ thej
y|, ine w<»|f, and muskrat. The black
*<df, too numerous l four for sheep at pre-j
sent, ttre confined to the groves and the
strotutip.
Tin prairie wolf is more common than
onv*ntlfcr animal in this district of country |
Apparently half-way between the block
v«joa an! grey fox, he is the jackall of Asm. |
Ant ovjr nice about his food; it is every I
thing alnost, within his reach; insects of i
over; ktyd, grasses, ami birds, their eggs, j
and^ug-i and poultry, please his taste and j
natisfv lis appetite. From Prairio du
i [ins::, rcorici nme, a uisuuu-f i*
hundred Jmilcs, ns I travelled the route,
overt .iipit when I lodged out of a settle-!
nicur, 1 was a ssailed with the shrill bark
ing of tht; animal; he approached within a
, few feet if me, and roused me from mv
i slumbers Hois, without exception, the
jnoftt mtsthievous little animal in the world
—robWli; lien roosts, pig sty es, farm yards j
and barm, wherever they exist.
The miisknit is confined to the lakes
and the stream?, and l have a beautiful
drawing if one, taken in that country, by
an artist fesiding at Gratiot’s Grove.
Having briefly described what appears
on the surface of tlie earth, I will, as brief
ly, describe what is below it. This region
cootq?»y the rient-,: load mines in tb.e
known world. You are aware, sir, that
although tlie^e mines have been worked
only about three vears, by comparatively a
few persons, under every possible disad
vantage almost, yet thirty millions of
pounds of lead have been made there !
The mineral used by the miners is n sul
phuret of lead, yielding from 5H to 83 per
cent, of pure load. It is found in veins
invariably running from North to South,
or from East to West. There is one vein,
'wenry rods long and sixty feet wide, and
extending downwards to an unknown
depth, filled with ore that is nearly pure
lead.
The lead ore occupies about one hun
dred miles square of surface, except about
twenty miles bv four or five miles of cop
per ore, included within the aforesaid one
hundred miles square. Thirty millions ot
pounds of lead have been made in the
mineral region and from what l saw, 1
should suppose that not more than one mile
square of surface has been opened for ore!
And further. I can say, that without open
ing one new mine, thirty millions pounds
of lead might he made there. And, I can
further sav, w ithout any doubt of the fact,
that tiiC country now our’s by the late
treaties, will forever afford lead enough for
this nation, r.t as low a rate as can he de
sired. 1 will not descant upon the advan
tages, in peace and in war, to he derived
from tl)‘as;e mines. I leave that subject to
the statesman, th^* merchant, the manufac
turer and the patriot.
A strip of land, 20 miles by 1 or 5 miles,
in which Mineral Point is situated, is filled
with a sulphurct of copper, 170 tour, of
which had been dug befoie I left that re
gion, on the first ot September last. I\ot
having been melted, its value is not yet
tested, though, us appearance indicates a
rich copper oro.
The soil of this region is a rich, deep
black loam, and reminded me of the Hermi
tage, on the banks of the Cumberland—of
the central parts of Kentucky—of Picka
way Plains, near me, on the delightful
banks of the slow-w inding Sciota—and of
the Miami country in Ohio. Indian corn,
potatoes, oats, all the garden vegetables—
indeed, every tree, plant, and shrub, which
grows in the same latitude, flourishes sur
prisingly.
The climate is the healthiest in the
world, and I saw no one prsr.n in that
country not in high health, except such as
w orked at the furnace?, the smoke of which
is injurious to health.
These treaties have given, or ratlier will
soon give to this Union another great arid
flourishing Statd, larger in 6ize than Vir
ginia, because, surrounded as the Indians
soon will be, of that region, they will soon
retire above the Wisconsin, and but a few
years will pass away, before they will cross
the Mississippi, where the elk, the deer,
the bison, the otter, and the beaver invite
them.
On the unper Mississippi will soon exist
three States, each larger than Virginia.
These three States will within 6Py years,
contain three millions of happy human be
ings. Two of those will lie on the wester 1
ami one the eastern side of the Mississippi.
What patriotic heart expands not. at the.
growth ot the Western States? The en
terprising, the vigortiOs, the youthful, the
athletic, the inen of small fortune, with
numerous, rising and happy families are
emigrating by thousands and hundreds of
thousands, to the delightful regions ot’ the
west. As I journeyed onwards, last au
tumn, fr«»m iSt. Louts to Washington city,
I verily b-beva that 1 met on an average,
one liuadr d persons, every day, emigrat
ing vert** a-d! R uddr hnlth sat on every
five, intelligence and moral vigour berimed
from every eye. The consus of 1S40 will
give the Western States the majority of
presidential electors, a majority ol both
Houses of Congress, and of course, the
entire control of our National Affairs. To
resist tins event it would involve the ne
cesrty of preventing the revolution of the
earth upon its axes, of day and night, ol
summer, autumn, winter, and spring, of
seed time and harvest, the ebbing and
flowing of the tides, and the runnmg of wa
fer, and the whole course of nature.
To mourn over it, involves the extreme
folly of repining at the happy lot of our
posterity.
From the growth of this Nation the lover
of liberty has nothing to fear, because, our
people, from their cradles, are taught to
he republicans. They are such, as il by
instinct, all those principles which tend to
make them men, are taught them from the
first moment they see the light, breathe the
American air, and lasto their mothers
milk.
They are not, they never can oe, any ]
thing hut republicans—and sweep away at
ono fell sweep ever* constitution ot govern
mont among us, and every republican in
stitution, and we should instantly rear up,
on their ruins, other constitutions, in all
respects similurto those now in existence.
Every other institution would immediate
ly re appear, because happily every thing
of this sort emanates from republican i
hearts. Having such a source coming j
from perennial fountains those streams will
never fail until the great consummation of
all things. Some fear local jealousies ami
party rage. Hot such persons attend, us I
have done, on tho U. States Senate, and he
will see be flare him a citadel freedom, in
which are placed the unccaemg intrepid
defender * liberty. From this lofty
tower, those who occupy it see every,
enemy who approaches it. 1 he people
watch tho conduct of tiiose whom they
elect, and those appointed b v the President
must pass through this citadel before they
rise into power. At stated and short |>eri
ods their conduct is reviewed by this body.
K E XTUCK Y A NTI-SLA VER \.
Two bills have been introduced into
the Legislature of Kentucky, both of
which, it is said will pass. Ono pro
vides for the emancipation of ail slaves
brought into the Commonwealth for sale:
the other prohibits the use ot jails within
the State, for the purpose of confining
slaves for safe keeping. It thus ap|>ears
that slavery is becoming unpopular in
Kentucky.
Mr. Clay has recently delivered an ad
dress at Frankfort, before the Colonization
I Society at tiiat place. Mr. Clay sjicaks
[ decidedly in commendation of rooting
j out slavery from Kentucky. He says:—
*»The African part of our population, or
! their ancestors, were brought hither f >rci
[ !>l v and by violence, in the prosecution ot
! the most abominable traffic that ever dis
1 graced the annals of the human race,
I'liev were chiefly procured in their native
I country, as captives in war, taken, and
1 subsequently sold by the conqueror as
[ slaves to tin* slave trader. Sometimes the
most atrocious practices of kidnapping
were omplovrd to obtain possession of Uk
victims. Wars were frequent between
numerous arid barbarous neighboring tribes
scattered along the coasts or stretched up
on the margin of largo rivers of Africa.
These w»rs w ere often cnkmdlcd and pros
| ecu ted for no other object than to obtain a
supply of subjects for this most shocking
commerce. In those modes, husband#
were torn from their wives, parents from
their children, brethren from each other,
and every tie cherished and respected a
I inong men was viola'ed. Upon the arri
val, at the African coast, of the unfortunate!
beings'thus reduced to slavery, they were!
embarked on board the ships carefully con- j
structed and arranged to contain the great
. est amount of human lyings. Here they;
were ironed and fastened in parallel rows, i
and crowded together so closely, in loath
some holes, as not to have room for^ ac j
tion or for breathing wholesome air. I be j
rjreat aim was to transport the largest possi- j
ble number, at the least possible charge. j
from their native land to the markets for
which they were destined. I'he grredi
ness of cupidity was frequently disappoint-j
ed and punished in its purposes, by *he j
loss of moieties of whole cargoes of the
subjects of this infamous commerce, troni
want and suffering and disease on the voy
i Bge How much happier were they who
thus expired, than their miserable aurvi
vors?
These African slaves were brought to
the continent of America, and the Liauds
adjacent Jo it, and fanned die parent stock V
of tho race now amongst us. They were
brought to the Colonies now constituting ,
the United States, under the sanction, and q
by the authority of the British laws, which,
a: an early period of o ir colonial exi^tenco
admitted and tolerated the trade. It is V
due to our colonial ancestors, to say, that
thov frequently and earnestly, but unsuc
cessfully remonstrated to the British Crown
against’tho continuance of tho practice.
The introduction ot slavery into this coun
try is not, therefore, cnargeabio to them,
hut to tt government in v Ijioh they had no
..jiv-e, arud over which, they had no con
trol. It is equally due to our parent irtato
to advert to the honorable fact, that in the
midst of IV Revolutionary war, when con
tending for her own independence and lib
erty. she evinced the sincerity ot tbo spirit,
in which those remonstrances had been ad
dressed to the British tin one, hy denounc
ing, under the severest penalties, the fur
ther prosecution of tin; slavo trade, within
then jurisdiction. And I add, with great
satisfaction, that the Congress ot the Uni
ted Mates passed an act, abolishing th ?
truda as early as by their constitution it
was authorised to do. On the second
day of Mare|j 1S*)7, tho act was pas
sed for which it was my happy lot to
vote, tho H: st section of which enacts,
“That from and after the first day ot Janu
ary, it shall not he lawful to import
or bring into the United MateS or the ter
ritories thereof, from any foreign kingdom,
place, or country, any negro, mulatto, or
person of color, w ith intent to hold, sell or
dispose of such negro, mulatto, or person
ot color, as a stave, or to ue nein 10 service
or labor.'* Thus terminated, wo may hope
forever, in the United Statatcs, a disgrace
ful truthc, which drew after it a tram of
enormities supasamg m magnitude, dm li
nens, ami duration, any that ever sprang
from any trade, pushed by tho enterprise or
cupidity of man.
“'Flie several S'utes of tho Union were
sensible of the responsibility which accrued
to them ou the establishment id the i.nle*
pedHance of tho Uuiled Suites, tu regard
to tf^ subject of slavery. And many of
them, beginning at a period pr o 'lie ter
mination of tho revolutionary war, b) me
cossivo but distinct acts ot legislation, have
effectively provided for the abolition ot 'la
very within their respective jurisdictions.^
More than thirty roars ago, a.u attest
was m.ado m ‘.hm Cota non weal ill to adopt
a system of gradual emancipation, similar
to that which the illustrious Franklin had
mainly contributed to introduce, in the year
1779. in the Slate founded by the benevo
lent l*onn. And, among tho acts of my
lifo, to which I look back with the mod sat
isfaction, is that of my having co operated,
with other zealous and intelligent friends,
to procure tho cst iblislimcnt of that system
in this State. We believe that the sum of
good which would have been attained by
the State of Kentucky, inn gradual om.in
cipation of her slaves, at that period, would
have fur transcended the ngregate of mia
chief which might have resulted to herself
and tho Union together, from the gradual
liberation of them, and their dispersion and
residence in the United Slates. Wo w.*re
overpowered by numbers, but submitted
■ the decision of tho majority with the
grac which a minority, in a republic should
ever yield to such a decision. I have,
nevertheless, never ceased, and never ah ill
cease, to regret a decision, the effect* of
which have been to place us in the rear ol
our neighbors, who are exempt fro n slave
ry, in the state of agriculture, live progress
of manufactures, tho advance ol improve
ment, & the general prosperity of society.1*
As a minister and a lawyor were riding
together, nays the minister to the lawyor,
sir, do you ever make mistakes in pleads
ing? I do, Raid the lawyer, And whqt
do you do with mistakes? said the minis
ter. Why, sir, if large ones, I mend them;
if small ones, I let tliem go, said the law
i yer. Arid pray, sir, continued he, did vou
ever make mistakes in preaching? Yes,
air, said the minister, t have. And what
do you do with mistakes? s id the lawyer.
Why, sir, I di^pc.m with them much in
the same ’way you just observed; 1 rectify
large ones, and neglect small ones. Not
! |0i,g since, continue*! lie as I wr;,« prearh
1 |.,.^7 I meant to observe that the devil was
tho father of liars, hut n. took, and said
i lawyers, but the mistake was so small I
let it go. ^
Rather Vneiril —On Friday evening
last, a fellow stepped into the faotterjr Of
fice of Mr. i). Stetson, in the city of iVew
York, under the pretence of buying a tick
et; Mr. J. took out his bank book contain
ing about 672 dollncs, together with some
tickets,—the rogue while looking at tliem,
threw a handful of snuff* into Stctson’seyes,
took thebook, money and tickets and
made off*. Weekly Vmtor,
R/Jmt? t/ikm.—!l is wild that thr *
men who robbed the Pottsvilie Mail, have
been taken and confine*! in the Hunting
*<n jiil. They wen? identified by a pen
son w bo was passenger ui tlie Stage.
I^RESIl Bloom Raisins;
Rio anti St. Domingo *
COFFEE; Tea Kettle*, See.
! Just TttriteH. and f >r ml / >ir. hit
ANDivKSON A ATTgRDVftY.
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