* Trife ?pkess. '-'
PUBLISHED DAILY, (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED,)
’ »Y IOUN W, FORNEY.
, OFFICE JSTO: 417 CHESTNUT BTBEET
. _ f »AILY PRESS,
twnvi W**x, payable to the Carrier.
Mailed to Sebeeribar* oat of the City at Six Doll&xs
Dollau vox Eight Months,
Tkkix DatiLAM roa. Six Momat-invanahly in ad
*«<* for thettow ordered.
TRIWEEKLY PRESS.
Moiled to Subeoilberi oat of the City at Thxx* Dol
- iu m AtnvM, in Odvanoe.
~; T COMMISSION HOUSES*
QLOTHING GOODS.
ITALIAN CLOTHS.
ALPACAS.
SPANISH. BLAY’. AND BLOUSE
LINENS.
PLAIN AND PANC7
DUCKS AND DRILLS.
now in *TOILE. AND FOE SALE BY
GEO. D. PARRISH,
319 CHESTNUT P‘
VJHIPLRY, HAKAKO. * auTr^^jr
• AO. 11. OIUSBI«*Vn
(JOMIISSION V^BCHAHT#
i , ... foa OF
HHU a-M AI»:
G< 'ODB.
w ASHING TON MILLS,
VQ&MERLY BAY STATE MILLS
HHAWL3 of lUtwnt, In mat variety.
Mtf Frtntrrt TABLE COYKKb,
WWON BEAVERS and BROAD CLOTHS.
BALMOBAL SKIRTS.
UOESKINA, and Ooublo and Twiaton OOATINSS.
e-4 BACKINGS and ttaavr ZBPIIYR CLOTHS.
tiriUodwid Plain FLANNELS tttd OPERA FLAN
MELS.
Printed FELT <3A RPF.TINSG,
Fur Ml. «t
r*f)THINGHAM A WELLS,
s* Couth FRONT Street, ant
30 LETITIA Street.
CLOTHING.
|£ # O. THOMPSON,
TAILOR,
NORTHEAST CORNER OF SEVENTH ANI) WAL-
NUT STHBETS,
Utposita WailnnsUin Square,
PANTALOONS IN FIT A GUARANTEE.
N. R—Gentlemen vtutine the oitr are eolioited to
Caave.ttietr measures taken for future orders.
neU*mwtEm
HATS AND CAPS.
NEW HAT STOKE.
JOHN E. FOSTER.
(Late of 19 Seath Third street.)
' Having taken the store at
NO. 331 CHESTNUT ST.,
And fitted it up in .superior stylo, invitee the attention
” Si*’Sills AND BXTB( , SIVIJ STOCK
OP
HATS AND CAPS.
MP-Hiimew fhll styles are muoh admired.
Wl*-lB !_
LOOKING GLASSES.
IN GhGXi ASSES
riCTUBK FRAMES,
Of every variety* s *
BM&RAVt&GB, OIL-PAINTINGS* ft.,
NO. 896 ARCH STREET.
QEO. F. BBNKERT,
, . MANUPACXVBKB AND 1MP0&TB1.
PICTURE, CORNCOB AND ROOM MOULDINGS,
coS-Jm wholesale and RetaiL
J^OOKING-GLASSES,
rOriKAII AND PICTURB FRANKS,
ENGRAVINGS.
OIL PAUfTWGB, At., *e.
JANES S. SABLE fcSON,
HPORTERS, MArtUfACrvIiKHS, WHQLE
SALE AND RETAIL DEALERS.
CARLES’ GALLERIES,
«1« CHESTNUT STREB*.
CABINET FURNITURE.
PRENOH FURNITURE.
GEOReE J. HENKELB,
*SM WALNUT STREET,
jut op«r,ed & Isrto invoice «t
QUADRILLE,
MARQUE TRIE, »M
ORMOLU WORK,
Which t>» will «e!t M Wry REDUCED PRICES.
PIRBT-CBABS CABINET WARE
GEO. J. HENKELS,
..4 WALNUT STREET,
Offers at
VKRX REDUCED PHICKH
Vhe iarfest assortment in tlie Union, &U ofNew Deufni
CattM& exuuae before varchwinr. *e!4 8m
SIAbIBIT FURNITURE AND BIL
LURC TABLBS. -
MOORE & CAMPION.
•? No; Mt SOUTH SECOND STREET
la MRBMaea win thtir axtaunra Csbnrat ButßM*,
3^^&mps , flft!vWs , s¥bNs.
wVuiV* vroacmnoed, by all who have Died them* to
• menor to ail others. . „ . _ ..
FwM esflifiy and finish of these Tablet the mans
{MWtnt refer to Uieir numerous patrons throughout
the Cmi«,wh owe ttnullar with the oharaoter of their
weifc> aol 9m
?W*W-CABINET WAREROOMB
II OPBND THIBWEBKBY hu
No. 46 South SECOND Street*
Four doors share •
A sne assortment of FURNITURE of every descrip-
os hand, at the lowest ooeh vrtoee.
SPORTING GOODS.
QUNS. PIWTOLS,
SKATES. &c.
PHILIP WILSON & 00.,
NANUyACTUREJU OF SUPERIOR QUNB,
Importer, sail D«len in
FINE OUNS AND SHOOTING TACKLE,
CRICKET BATS, BALIA, A*.,
BASE-BALL IMPLEMENTS,
SKATES OF EVERY VARIETY,
FINE FISHING TACKLE,
AT THE LOWEST PRICES.
, . 432 CHESTNUT STREET.
on-an ■ ■
REMOVAL
THOMAS MEL LOR & 00..
HOSIERY HOUSE.
Bare removed to the Store formerly ooonpied by.
YABD, GILMORE, & CO.,
, Ho. 49 AND 4tt NORTE THIRD STREET,
Between MARKET and ARCH Streets*
neMi* - ■ - •’
■EWING MACHINES.
& WILhON.
SEWING MACHINES.
«tS CHESTNUT STKEET-SECOND FLOOR.
no«-*ia
BOUDOIR
' SEWING MACHINE.
JfS* Sao y luff,' pd* Quilting and
HEAYY WORK.
Notfc MW fh>m two,spool*, without the tremble of re-
%ttalUtle or no nwee.
■alwetNo. Taa ARCH Street* Philadelphia, and
Na/jOALTIWORK Bt., Baltimore* Md. 0011-3 m
rflHB AND
' MACHINES
»I^f ! GB& R’<^ T QO:».
oS'iri" No. 810 CHESTNUT Strut.
CHEWING MACHINES AT RRDCOBI)
thlu dai redqwjfl the ;>jrle«
VQL. 4.-NO. 94.
RETAIL DRY GOODS.
piDIA SHAWLS,
In fffb.t variety and choice aeieotiona, at
GEORGE FRYER’S,
No. SIS CHESTNUT STREET.
001.-tf
LADIES’ DRESS
TRIMMINGS.
STAPLE AND FANCY GOGDB.
ZEPHYR WORSTED, BEST QUALITY.
GILVIRIMIdINGS AND BELTINGS.
CROCHET FRINGES AND BERTHAS. . .
EMBROIDERED SLIPPERS AND CUSHIONS.
EMBROIDERED CHAIR SEATS. -
woollen yarNs, All stsfcs.
ZEPHYR-KNIT TALMAS AND JACKETS.
ZEPHYR-ItNIT SONTAGS AND SLEEVES.
NEFhYH-KNIT CAPS AND GAITERS.
RAPS O N ’8
TRIMMINGS AM) STORE,
EIGHTH CHERRY Street*.
WHOftNLEY & OiIISRI’S! ! I
One Dollar Bilks for 750.'!
Dollar rwenty-five cent Silica for $1!!
Dollar Fifty*oent Silks for 8L36!! 1
o*nt Silks for 81.60 f !!!
„ „ , REDUCTION IN FQI0R8!
Lons Broohe Shawls, Excellent, for 88.
Loo? Broohe Bhawls, Superior, for #lO to 811.
Lon* Broohe Shawls, Very fine, for $14,516,313,
and 820.
NEW CLOAK ROOM*.!!
„ Beautiful Cloaks for .86,
Fine Beaver Cloaks for Q7i 88,80. and 810. .
liohty and Elegantly Tnrartied lor sl2 t 813, 81S,
8». and Bts.
Arab Cloaks, Zouave Jackets, and Fanor
Cloths, &6., k'a. ’i’
„ Best BIaCK bilks!i! .
Gt»d Qhalityßlaok Silks, will wear well, for $l.
Heavy viable Bilks, Blaok Figured Bilks. Ao., &o.
A * „ MKIY'S AND BOYB* WEAR!!!
A Large Stock of Cloths.
A Large Stock of Cassiraeres, Sattioetts, AVeating*.
Blankets, Flannels, Linens, and Muslins.
At THURNLEY A CHISM'S.,
N. E. Corner EIGHTH A SPRING GARDEN Stir.
N. B.—Every artiele bought for eatfe. h’ol
A RCH-STREET OLOAfe EMPORIUM !
-F%~ Afoh-tflrilsl Chikt Emporium !
. » « Aroh-nreet Cloak Emporium!
EtGHTH-S TREbT CLOAK EMPORIUM :
Eighth-street Cloak Emporium l
Eighth.street Cloak Emporium 1
EVERY VARIETY AT LOW PRICES !
Every Variety at Low Prioes!
Everr Variety at Low Prioes!
MADE TO ORDER IN ONE DAY'S NOTICE !
Made to order in One Day's Notice!
Made to order in One Day’s Notice \
ADAMS A SON, EIGHTH'and ARCH!
Adams A Son, Eighth and Aroh 1
Adams A Son* Eighth afcd Akoh! 0010
WINTER POPLINS*
v v Ribbed Poplins,
BtnpedChine,
Bright Sootoh PJalds, ,
_ . Plain Golort,
Dark Mixtures, „
_ „ RayiPekins,
Small Plaids,
. , Designs for Children,
Styles for Friends,
At prioes reduced below the autumn rates.
Plain colors and I'lud real Irish.
. . BHARPLKSS BROTHERS.
noW CHESTNUT and EIGHTH.
T TONS CLOAK VELVETS.
-»-d A fullline of wMtbs and qualities
Black pure Bilk Velvets,
Manttfaoturea for our retail trade,
rerieot in quality and color.
„ SHARPLEfIS BROTHERS,
not 6 CHESTNUT, and EIGHTH.
GOG NORTH EIGHTH Street, at'v. Race,
9U SPRING GARDEN Btreot.
_ CHEAP GODDS AT
~ Tn* Model Laoe and Embroider, Store..
tlol>-lm T. E. LIPFINCOTT.
£JLOAKS . —The greatest bargains in tho
o “ ,#t IVBNB’.
CLOAKS.—The largest stock, the best assortment,
the choicest oolors. the finest qualities, the most superb
trimmings, the newest styles, the best Work, and deci
dedly the lowest prioes in the oily, at IV£NB\ 93
South NINTH Street. nolß-lm
fUOAKS* Tho CITY CLOAK STORE,
l4B North EIGHTH. Every onb is talking of
the great bargains and superior quality of the CLOAKS
at the new CLOAK SiORE, 142 North EIGHTH
Street. nols-lm
(CLOAKS. —If you want the best value
x-/ for yonr moneys go to the City Cloak Btore, 142
'North EIGHTH Street, above Cherry. nolS lm
I^LO-AKS.—The CITY CLOAK STORE,
VJ 149 North EIGHTH, is said to bo the best and
ohoaveet store In the oity. nofe-lm
i^LOAKS. —A magaificent assortment of
ft U the newest style* imported this season, with
every new material, madeup and trimmed in the very
best manner, at prioes all competition, at the
Paris Cloak Store, northeast oorcer of EIGHTH and
WALNUT Streets. • nol6-lm
Pluletlelpirlm.
SILK AND DttV GOODE JOBBERS.
OPEN.
MONDAY, OCTOBER BTH,
A Stafreirb lint
FRENCH AND GERMAN
ORESS GOODS
V a OK
AUOTIO-N .
The attention of our customer* i« Invited.
JOSHUA L. BAILTf,
IMPORTER AND JOBBER,
No. 313 MARKET ST..
«og-tt
HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS.
yyiLLIAM YARN ALL.
IMPORTER AND DEALER IN
HOUSE FURNISHING
GOODS,
No. 1030 CHESTNUT STREET.
mmedistelT ocpo.it. the Aomlemr of Fine Arte.)
TABLE CUTLERY, OVAL WAITERS,
KITOREN TABLES, DOOR MATS.
CLOTHES MANGLES, Ac., io.
Person, oommenolnx Houseucbpiko are pirtic.il,rlr
tnrited to an' examination of this atook of ll.Krn,
Boors. „ , wf-Dmnm
, BLINDS AND SHADES.
JJL INI>S AND SHADES.
B. J. WILLIAM©,
No. 16 NORTH SIXTH STBEET,
le the reoet extensive Manofaoturer of
VENETIAN BLINDS
AXD
WINDOW SHADES.
The largest and finest assortment in the oitr, at the
lowest vrioea.
STORK SHADES made and lettered. REPAIRING
iromgtly attended to. 001-2 m
JptAMILY FLOUR,
MADE FROM CHOICE WHITE WHEAT.
O. H* MATTSOM,
8. W. oor. ARO .7 end TENTH wtreete,
gHOT WELL’S SWEET CIDER,
MADE 'EXPRESSLY FOR OUR SALES.
Thefiratinvoiodof this
CELEBRATED OIDER
1 Just reoeived.
ALBERT O. ROBERTS,
DEALER IN
FINE GROCERIES.
<»M-tf Comer ELEVENTH and VINE Street*.
AND STILL CATAWBA
MAMirACTmap bt
J. E S H E L B Y.
Clneinnatl, Ohie.
Alware en hand, and in lot. to suit corohuers, hr
CHARLES F. TAGGART, Bole Aient,
tTf-dgr No. 631 MARKET Street.
|||OBB LIGHT!
THB GAB LAMPS FOR THB MILLION, mar be
I ! O^H^E P f I I IP Street; *».ofo worth
«w now in «•*. The Market street, Green and Coates,
Midne roai, and other home ear* are now using them.
ftttnjKerosene Lamps into Gas Lamps for
PLvi2®A iw JS.*?£ w 4 to,w lls* m throughout the
s room tWOB -
VELVET cloaks,
OIiOTH CLOAKS, ,
SILKS,
SHAWLS,
DRESS GOODS,
gLEGANT FURS,
Tho (übaoribero hovonovoron
THB MOST EXTENBIVE
AND SUPERB
COLLECTION
LADIES’ FURS
TO BE FOUND
12? TflE OITY
FINEST HUDSON BAY SABLE!
hUSBIAN SABLE,
MINK MARTEN,
BEAUTIFUL CHINCHILLA,
ROYAL ERMINE,
FINEST DARK SIBERIAN SQUIRREL#
FITCH MARTEN, STONE MARTEN,
THE PREVAILING STYLES,
WARRANTED GENUINE-.
3. W. PROOI’O.R & 00.
TOB CHKSTNUT STREET.
jrURSI FURSI
GEORGE F. WOMRATH.
NOS. 418 AND 417 ARCH BTREET,
Has now Open
A FULL ASSORTMENT
ov
LADIES’ FUR^,
to whioh the attention of the Pablio is invited. 003-4 m
MILLINERY GOODS.
lIJISSES’ BONNET m.
something neiV In style,
AND VERY DESIRABLE.
LINCOLN, WOOD, & NIOHOLS,
725 CHESTNUT STREbT.
0029-mwrtN2l
JIJEW STYLEH
of hats, oafs, and turbans,
FOR
CHILDREN’S WEAR.
LINCOLN, WOOD, & NICHOLS,
725 OHEBTNUT STREET.
0023-mvf tN2I
'fHOS. KEN N ED Y & BRO.
r a e
CHESTNUT street, below EIGHTH,
Have opened a SPLENDID ASSORTMENT of
FRENCH FLOWERS.
FEATHERS, RIBBONS,
BONNET MATERIALS,
AT LOW PRICKS.
PREPARED GLUE.
|^PALDIN(}¥
PREPARER Hl.Ulf.i
•* BTITCB IK JIMKffAVCS Wiilt
__ . DISPATCH'
SA VE THJX rifCtrnfi
,u *uidt*i* wi* mii-utvitufi
favxilits it is very dhsiriiblh tb ha.ro aome cheap and
convenient wdy fcf- ri&iirltg Furniture, Toy*, Crook#
SPALDING’S PREPARED GLUE
meets all snob emergencies, and no household oan afford
to be without it. It ia always ready and up to the stick
ing point. There is no longer a necessity for limping
shafts* splintered veneers, headless dolls, and broken
•rftdle** Itiejust the article for oone* shell* and other
ornamental work, so popular with ladle* of refinement
and taste.
This admirable preparation Is used oold, being ehe
oioally held in eolation, and posseeaing all the valuable
jaalitiesof the best eabinet-ihhken’ glue. It may be
tsed in the place of offlitihry mhoilage* being vastly
more &ah6l!\?bv
« UOEFUL in every housk '
fit, B. A brush aooompanles eaon bottle,
PRICE TWENTY-FIYE CENTS
Wkelu&le Depot* No. 48 CEDAR Strftat, New Yerk.
Address
HENRY C. SPALDING A CO.,
Cok No. 3600, New York.
Petup lor Dealers in Cases oontaimng four* eight,
and twelve dozen, a beautiful Lithographic Show-cau*
tooompanying each package,
S W A single bottle of
SPALDING’S PREPARED GLUE
will save ten times its oost annually to every household.
Bold by all proratnet Stationers* Druggists* Hard*
ware and Furniture Dealers, Grocers, and Fanoy
Itores.
Stfuntry Merchants should make a note of
BPALDING’B PREPARED GLUE,
when making np their list,
IT WILL BTAND ANY CLIMAX
*JS-mwf-y
BREAD.
pURK AND CHEAP BREAD,
MANUFACTURED BY THE
MECHANICAL BAKERY,
•an bx oxrxinßD xt tux voLLowine
PLAOESi
MECHANICAL BAKERY, 8. W. comer of Broad and
, Vine streets.
C.M. CLARK.— * treet ’ be^ow
H. MoN-ElL.———-—B. E. corner Sixth and
Coates street.
JATHO & 80N,— .No, 3M North Fifth street.
JOHN G. MOXEY No, 1133 Virys street.
T. P. SMITH.. No. 115 North Fifth street.
S. SOOY ——- —~,B. E. ooraer Fifth and
. Spruce streets.
W« W. MATHEWS.—. —~S, E. corner Elovonth and
Lobust streets.
D. KNIGHT,— —Broad street* below Wal
nut.
GEORGE GARVIN .No. 1419 Lombard street
D. COURTNEY. N. W. corner Sixteenth
.and Fine streets.
WM COURTNEY—No. KW South Twelfth
_ street.
B, R,WANAMAKKR———FederaI street, above
Sixth.
6. LENTZ— ——.——Corner South Fourth and
Johnston streets.
b, HOLLAND,—— ——B. W.oorner Sixteenth an
Ogden streets.
DAVID SADDLER —No. 380 North Eleventh
street.
J.WElGHTMAN———Thirteenth street, below
Thompson street.
8.8. TOMKINS— —No. IUO North Front
street.
H BROOKS.— —S. W. corner of Seventh
and Pine streets.
F« MORRIS.— —~ —N. W. comer Tenth and
Bhippen streets.
E.B.TURNER. No. 12U South Fron
' street.
SHUSTER—.—— w. ooraer Broad and
Parrish street*.
THOS. T. BLEST— Cornor Nineteenth street
_ _and Ridge avenue.
B, 8. SOWN ........N. E. corner Ninth and
_ Federal streets.
J. MoINTYRE— Twenty-seoond street, ab.
ALEX. FULLERTON.—Corner of Fifth and Chris
tian.
MRB.E. RAMBLER— -No. 1731 Coates street
D, F. k T, W. WOLF——B 33 Girard avenne.
WM. McCRAOKEN «08 Hamilton street
R.R.BEAZLY—— -N. W. oorneror TwelWi
and Melon street,
JULIUS KLEIN— —B. W. cor. of Thirteenth
and P&rnsh street.
M. —-,N. Ml ooruer of Fourth
and Green etreat.
MRS. F. ELLIOTT .8* W. corner Tenth and
Green street.
J, L. HICKS. —Camden. N. J„ store 1W
Arohstreet
Ci H. RAINIER.— 2- West Philadelphia, 36th *t
ab. Haverford road.
N. L. YARNELL. Lennt* Fenna.
JOHN BARNDT— Tremont and Fine Grove
Fenna.
GEO. B. TOWNSEND.—. West Chester* Penns
M. MoCLBES— .AtlantioCity.N.J.
D, HORTON, Florence,N.J.
gXJTLER HOUbE,
No. 113 SOUTH SIXTH Street*
Opposite Independence Square.
Conduoted oft the European plan.
Accessible at alt boars.
efiMy ■ A. R. LUKENS* Proprietor.
lirfAftTlN * QUAYLE’B
Ifi- STATIONERY* TOY. AND PANOV GOOPB
'■ ioss'-w/lnutat^ct,
Bntovr iLirsNTH,.
feia-lrfP PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1860.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 180 D.
Thomas M l iii>-Tiie Scottish Reform-
Martyr.--(Second Article.)
Wo left off, on Friday, where tho judge—
the infamous McQueon, of Braxfleld—haying
nominated tho jury which was to try Thomas
Muir, for the awful crimo of agitating lor Par
liamentary Reform, “ tho pannel,” as tho
prisoner is ludicrously miscalled, objected to
them, because he knew that they had
prejudged him unheard. This was a fact.
Fifteen jurymen, nominated and picked
by tho judge, were members of an Anti-
Reform Association, pledged to resist oil
iteformers. This picked and packed jury
had virtually convicted Thomas Muir be
fore they took their seats in tho jury-box. The
Court—that is, tho five judges who wore to
try the case—stopped Muir in tho middle of
his objections. They wore unanimous in de
claring that “ his conduct was extremely im
proper” in thus protesting against marked in l
justice! This was in Scotland, at tho High
Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh, in August,
1793. So much for “ the good old times.”
Tho principal Judgo, On this occasion, was
Robert McQueen, the Lord Justice Clork, —
commonly called Lord Braxfleld, from the
name of his estate. This man, in many re
spects, was the modern prototype of infamous
Judgo Jeffreys, damned to everlasting con
tumely in Macaulay’s history. Coarse.in ap
pearance, and brutal in manner, ho was at
once a brute and a bully. Once, whoh trying
a man, who , defended himself with • some
ability,ho exclaimed, “Ton are a very clover
chiel, but you’ll be nano tho wanr (worse) of
a hanging.” And so, though there was some
doubt as to tho prisoner’s guilt, the poor
wretch was hanged. Sir Walter Scott, at the
table of the Prince Regent, in 1815, told a
story of this Lord Braxfleld, which Mr. Lock
hart has put into his Life of Scott. When
oVer this Judgo went on a particular circuit,
ho was in the habit of visiting a gentleman of
good fortune in tho neighborhood of one of
tho assizo towns, and staying at least one
night, which, being both of thorn ardent
chess-players, they usually concluded with
their favorite game. One Spring Circuit the
battlo was not decided at daybreak, so tho
Judgo said: “Wcel, Donald, I must o’on
como back this gate in tho harvest, and lot
the game lie over for tho presont j” and back
ho came in October, but not to his old friend’s
hospitable houso; for that gentleman had, in
tho interim, been apprehended on a capital
charge, (of forgery,) and his name stood on
the Porlcous Poll , or list of those who wer'o
about to be tried undor his former friend’s
auspices. The laird was indicted and tried
accordingly, and tho jury returned a vordict
of Guilty. The Judgo forthwith put on his
cocked hat, (which answers to tho black cap
in England,) and pronounced tho sontonco of
tho law in tho usual terms, —« To bo hanged
by tho neck Until you bb dead; and may the
Lord have mercy upon your Unhappy soul!”
Having Concluded this awful formula in his
most sonorous cadence, tho Judgo, dismount
ing his formidable beaver, gave a familiar nod
to his unfortunate acquaintance, and said to
him in a sort of chuckling whispor—« And
now, Donald, my man, I think I have check
mated you for once.”
The brutal wretch who thus chuckled when
sentencing one of his own familiar friends to
the scaffold, was the cclf-oimo Lord Justice
Clerk (or President of tho Supreme Criminal
Court of Scotland) who presided at tho trial
of Muir. Alas 1 what feoblo chance there was
of that man’s showing justice or mercy.
The trial took placo at Edinburgh, in Au.
gust, 1793. Muir appeared at tho Bar, beforo
tho five Judgos, and tho Clerk of tho Court
read tho indictment charging him with Sedi
tion : —namely, with public speeches, with
exhorting people to piirbbaso and road publi
tations Which the Crn-ffn £( g e _
ditious with himself having read such in
public s and, particularly, with having read
and recommended some of Thomas Paine’s
political writings.
Holding the belief that Paino’s theological
works had much better nevor have been writ
ten, wo cannot ignoro tho fact that he was one
oi tho very ablest politicians of his time, and
that liberal minds, all over the world, recog
nised him as such . But the publication of Ids
“ Rights'Of Man,” while tho French Revolu
tion was proceeding, had so greatly alarmed
Pitt and tho other members oi tho British Go
vernment, that a State-Prosecution Was com
menced, to crush his book and himself, and,
only a few months beiore Muir’s trial, ho had
prodneed the First Part of “ The Age of Rea-1
son.” It was believed that Muir had becoino *
acquainted with Paine, during his visit to Pa-,
ris, and this, though it could not bo set forth :
in tho indictment, was another reason why tho 1
British Government desired to crush Muir.
When formally arraigned, Muir pleaded Not
Gutlty, and the substance of his defence war
read. It was plain, and to tho purpose, m
follows: “ Tho Criminal Libel is falso and Ini
jurious. So far from exciting the People tt
riot and insurrection, it can easily be proved
by a numerous list of witnesses, that upoi
every occasion tho Pannel (prisoner) exhorlcl
them to pursue measures moderate—legal
peaceable—and constitutional. The charge <f
distributing seditious publications, and of ad
vising tlie people to read them, is equally falsa
and calumnious. Tho Pannel admits tint on
the great national question, concerning an
j equal Representation of the People in the jfduse
of Commons, he exerted every effort to picture
in that House a full, fair, and equal Beprisen
lalion of the People, as he considered it to he a
measure (and still does ) the most saluter/for
the interest of his country. But tho Pinnol
offers to prove, that, as ho considered |6e in
formation of the people to bo the chic thing
requisite to accomplish this great ot>sct, he
uniformly advisod them to read every viblica
tion, upon either side, which the inportant
question of Parliamentary Reform hd occa
sioned.” Further, Muir stated thatho had
done all in his power to promote Paliamont
ary Reform; if that wore sedition, hat once
pleaded guilty to the charge. Ho aded, «I
also admit that I advised tho poops to read
books of all kinds, not this book, nor that
book, but books on either sido, whih would
tend to inform their minds on tho freat and
important national question whictgavo rise
to their Association, nor shall I hesitate
to doclaro my motives.—My Lois, I con
sider the ignorance of the peopl to be the
source from which despotism flm. I am
aIBO of opinion that an ignorat people,
impressed with a sense of grieanoes, and
demanding redress, are exposd to much
misery, and perhaps to ultimate riin. Refor
mation ought always to bo preceded by kiow
lodge; and who will say that maiklnd ijtould
bo precluded from that information, vhich
concerns them so materially?” Finfty, ho
avorrod, « I offer to provo by thouiands of
witnesses that, so far from 'ocorimending
‘seditious practices,’ I haveunfornffyadvised
tho people to follow none but peaceable, or
derly, and Constitutional ipasures. And,
finally, that I exhorted them t connect know
-1 ledgo with liborty, and both dth morality. If
1 theso bo crimes, then lam fiilty.”
The Judgos then went though tho form—
for it was no more than a f<?n ttQ d a mockery
in this case—of giving th<r opinions on tho
relevancy of the indictmof-
Lord Honderland said hope tho gentle
man [Muirj will bo able oexculpato himself,
but we are obliged to hole dr indictment true,
and, il proved, it must her everything short
of capital punishment ’ Hero, wo ljavo a
Judgo declaring, not ha' a prisoner must be
considered innocent inti his guilt be'provod,
but that they were “ ringed to hold the in
dictment-true,” and/ousider the prisoner
guilty until ho had pd"ed his innocence. Ho
Scottish Judge daro rlko n declaration of that
sort note.
Lord Swinton, afther Judgo, “ did not
believe that, in tho fcmory of man, there had
HEAD DRESSES,
STRAW GOODS.
ever been alibel of a mere dangerous tendency
rend in that Court. Tfiero was hardly a line
of It whielr, ia his opinion, did not amount to
high Trenton.’’
Lotds DUnsinnau atld Aliortroinbio agreed
that the imputed crime was of a dangerous
tendency, and that, ii proven, tho highest
punishment’should ho awarded against tho
prisoner.
Last camo tlio Lord Justico Clerk, (Bvax
field,) who spoke out plainly. Ho said, “ The
crlmo charged is sedition—and that crime is
aggravated according to its tendency; The
teh4ebcy hoto is plainly to overturn oitr pro
flont. happy Constitution—the happiest, the
host, and tho most noblo Constitution in tho
world; and I do not bolievo it possible to
make It better. The books which this gentleman
has circulated have a tendency to make the
people believe that tho Government ot this
couhtty is venal ana corrupt, and thereby to
excite a rebellion. His Lordship agreed to
find tho libel relevant to inier the pains of
law.” Here the Judgo cunningly assumed
that Muir had circulated tho publications in
question!
After this, tho same Judge proceeded to
name tho 3ury. Itrilr, as We have already
said, objected to thorn: the objection was
overruled. Muir then addressed the Jury,
when they Were Bworn, entreating them to dd
him justice, and the Court said “ his conduct
was extremely impropor in taking up. their
time, as they had already repelled his objoa
tion.”
So the trial went on. Wo neod not onter
particularly into it.
The first witness was. .objected to .by. Mr.
Muir, who ofiored. to prove, by respectably
witnesses, tliattbis tnan Had declared he wonld
do all be could tO'get him (Mr. Mnir) hanged.
Yet, with Buch'btdiiee prepense, the witness
was allowed to giro his testimony. Alter nil,
it seemed that, at the*moeting of a Reform
Society, at a plaoe called Kirkintilloch, Mr!
Muir had made a speoeh, and “ mentioned the
disadvantages under which this country la
bored irom an Unequal representation of the
People In Parljaineht; said thatmany places,
whioh contained great- numbers of inhabitants
were not represented at all j spoke of tho
Rotten Boroughs,-and tho small number of
votes in such places—the influence of Lords—
and that ono mafi in s'oiho plaoea could make
two mombera of Parliament—that tho mom
bera ot the British Parliament were often not
the representatives ofthe people—that if a man
threw away J!20,000 in making himself a mem
ber of Parliament, he enrely had some interest
in it—that the Duke of Richmond had com
plained of this, but that £BO,OOO had boon'put
into his pocket to silence him. * • *
Mr. Muir recommended to tho people, who
intended to iorin themselves into Societies for
Roform, to do so as soon as possible, in order
that they might bo ablo to communicate their
sentiments to one another, and lay their peti
tions before Parliament.” On cross-examina
tion, this witness “admitted that Mr. Muir
recommended order and regularity,and told the
mooting that any act of tttmnlt would ruin their
common cause, and that there was no other
mode of procuring redress but .applying to
Parliament j ho also , recommended to tho
meeting to beware of admitting immoral
characters as membors.” Why, this*is' tho
“ moral force ” doctrine by which O’Connell
won Emaneipation. Oh, tho difference be
tween 1793 and 1829!
Other evidence was much to tho same effect
-rthat Muir was for “ shortening tho duration
of Parliament, and a more oqnal representa
tion of tho people. Mr. MMr thought the
taxes might be lessened by these means-said
that a Roform was not to affect tho King or
Lords, but only tho Commons.'” One man,
in particular, deposed thus: “ Mr. Muir said
that Paine’s book had a tendency io mislead
teeak minis. Witness expressed a wish to see
the book. Mr. Muir told him it was in his
great-coat pocket, lying on a chair in the
room. Witness thou took tho book out oi
the groat-coat pocket, and said ho was sur
prised that Mr. Muir did not recommend it to
him, because everybody was ploasod with it.”
Ono man, a weaver, had a conscientious ob
jection to taking o n oath. He was committed
to prison, and was informew-iiittt tLo
knew no mod© by the law of Scotland by which
io could ever bo liberated.
. But none of tho evidence—none upon which
jny roiianco could bo placed—was sufficient to
tonvict Muir fairly. So a witness was brought
io provo that Muir hod gone to tho awful
iength of declaring that even tho courts bt
justice wanted a thorough reform. Ho alleged
that this, even if he had said it, could not bear |
out an Indictment for sedition. Tho court
ruled that tho abusing tiie courts of justico
was an aggravation of the crime of sedition!
Periodical Literature,
The new number of Edinburgh Review, re
published in New York, and handed to ns by Mr
Zieber, is of average morit—that Is, it has no sin"
gle brilliant article, but several which convey no
small amount ol information. For this country, the
most noticeable paper is that entitled 11 The U. S.
under the Presidentship of Mr. Bnohanan,” (a dis
sertation professing to review Helper’s “Impend
ing Crisis,” T. C. Grattan’s “ Civilised Amerioa,”
Mr. Sheehan’s Life of Stephen A. Douglas, Mr.
Snmnor’s Spoeoh in tho United States Senato on
June 4th, 1860, upon The Berbarlsm of Slavery,
ahd Mr. Everett's last Fourth of July Oration at
Boston,) written and published before our reoont
Presidential election. This artiole dismisses Ame
rican politios, as applicable to onr Future, involved
in the result of that elootlon, with more temper and
knowledge than English writers usually oxhiblt
When writing about ns. It is a severe criticism,
ail through, upon Mr. Buchanan’s Administration
of publio affairs, and doclares that, aftor the evi
dence before the Oovode Committee, “ it has never
since been disputed that corruption is a dis'
tinguisfnng feature of the policy of Mr. Bu
chanan.” Tbs Beviewer take 3 an anti-Looompton
consideration of Kansaa affairs, passes a verdlot
of oonviotton upon Mr. Bnohanan’s foreign and
domestic policy, discusses the characters of tho
Presidential eandidates, and speculates upon the
results of Mr. Linooin’s (then expeoted) election.
Other papers are upon Recent Qeographioal Re
searches, with a glance at what is now doing In tho
samo field ; a most interesting notice of tho Sootoh
Rebellion of 1715, from the Master Sinolnlr’s Me
moirs, annotated by Sir Walter Boott, and lately
published by tho Abbotsford Club; Max Mailer’s
Anoient Sanskrit Literature J Crotius and' the
Sources of International Law; The Churches of
the Doly Land; The Grand Remonstrance and
Arrest of the Five Members, in tho time of Charles
I. of England; Brain Difficulties, and an anecdotal
and antiquarian commentary upon Scottish Coun
ty Histories.
Tho Cornhill Magazine , for November, (re
ceived from Gallendor), maintains tho reputation of
(ho work. It is a great deal to say that out of ten
artieles only one is indifferent. That is a farther
portion (the fourth) of John Buskin’s remarkably
heavy attempts to state and Illustrate the prlnol
ples of Politioa! Economy. To wasto twenty.two
pages, in this magasine, upon Raskin’s platitndos
on Value, is n terrible tax upon the patience of the
publio, "mouttolorablo and not to be endured ” For
this thore was no oooasion. Battling with Rioardo>
after Do Qulnooy had utterly argued him down,
rominds ns of Fsistalfß fleshing his sword in tho
body of Hotspur, aftor Prinoo Henry had slain him.
Mr. Ruskin writes well, though too conceitedly,
upon Painting, but when ho nttempts to grapple
with Political Economy, he flonnders about in a
surging sea of words, a mero spook in the waters
of Conjecture. “Last Words,” by Owen Mere
dith (Balwer’s son), with an illustration by Mil
lais, is a thoughtful peem, natural and earnest, in
whioh a dying man discourses sadly, ovor tbs
failure of bis hopes and ambition, yot not without
a strong faith in God, his true friend. To him he
says:
Ar*l there Are some good thing* in life* that fall not away
with the rest.
And* of all best things upon earth, I hold thnt a faithful
friend is the best.
For woman, "Will. is & thorny flower: it breaks, and we
bleed and smart:
The blossom ffttla at the fairest, and the thorn runs into
the heart.
And woman’s love is a litter fruit; and, however he
bite it, or sip,
There’s many a man has lived to cuiso the taste of that
fruit on his lip.
But never wbb any man, as I weon, bo howhosoover h 0
may*
That has known what a true friend is, Will, and wished
that knowledge away.
You were proud of my promise, faithful despite of my
Ml,
Sad when the world seem’d over sweet, sweet when the
world turn’d gall;
"When I oloak’d myself in the pride of praise from what
God griev’d to see,
You saw thro’ the glittering lie of it all, and silentlv
mourn’d for me:
When the world took book what the world had given,
and scorn with praise ohanged place,
I, from mysaok doth and ashes, look’d up, and saw
hope glow on your faoe i
Therefore, fair weather be yours, Will, whether it
slunoß or pours,
And, if loan slip from out my grave, my spirit Will visit
sours.
Farther on, he soys—
Colnfort me not. For if aught be worse than failure
from over-stress
Of a lifo’s prime purpose, it is to sit down oontent with a
little sucoesa.
Thie reminds ono of poor Keat-'s declaration*
ia tho preface to "Eodymion,” that wonderful
and yot faulty poem, “ Thoro is no fiercer hell
than the feiiftre of a groat object. The dying
man here adds—
“ Talk of not genius baffled. Genius is master of maft.
Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can. ,T
Never before hes the distinction been so well
defined as in this line whioh wo have pnt into
italics. Three now chapters of “ Framley Far*
sonngoa dircussion upon tho causes of the bad
weather of 1860, which so-muoh injured tjie har
vest of Europe; a remarkably eeneltfU} !2 paper
upon Oratory, full of practical views; Itaiy’a Rival
Liborators, in whioh Gftribaldi-'and Oftvtmr aro
•fairly weighed -the man of action
and tho-man of thought; “Sent to Heaven,” s’
charming poem hearing tho initials of Adelaida
. Proctor f Dissertations upon Work and Neighbors,
* whi«b show ns' that good essayists remalb, tHotigli
Lamb, Hazlltt, and Leigh Hunt have passed away
and, from Thaokeray’s own pen, “ A Roundabout--
Journey,” through Holland, with a thiu-fikluned
attaok on the Saturday Refold), coaplbt© the
contents' of the new number ofeihe Cornhill
Magazine. _
- Godty's Lady's Book for December abounds in
.illustrations—the principal of whioh are “Chrißt*
mas in the City,” and “ Christmas in the Country n
—the last of which tells its own story, whereas the
former morely shows three yonng ladies, awaiting,
with anxious looks, the arrival of a gentleman in
the distance, hat and oano in hand.' Ihe fashion*
,piato of “Brides and Bridesmaids ” is extremely
pretty, but the lady in a low-neoked brofon gown
docs not look ns if Bho belonged to a bridal party.*
Peterson's Ladies' Magazine for December,
which closes tho volume, has a beautiful frontis
piece, as usual, and almost any quantity of
other engravings. Bat tho gem of the present
number is the title-page, in tho oentre of whioh is
one of Sir Thomas Lawrence’s most beautiful
akolohes of female youth and loveliness, while,
tastefully ranged around, wo have tho Seasons, •
done in miniature, with equal grace and fanby;-
Handsome illustrations, however, ore not tho only
dooided good foatures of Peterson's Magazine.
Tho literature is good, and the poetio&l depart
ment particularly attonded to. The description's
of new faßhions, in this Magazine, are wholly in
English, whioh ovory one oan understand.
IMPORTANT PUBLICATION.
Wo are indebted to Colonel James Ross Snow
den, Director of the United States Mint, for a
copy of a volumo prepared and arranged by him
self, and entitled “A Description of Anoient and
Modorn Coins in tho Cabinet Collection of the
of tho United States.” Published by J. B. Lip*
pincott & Co., of this oity.
■ In all parts of the world thero are enthusiastic!
students, who devote years to the study of coins
and medals, their dates and foatures. Aided by
thcse'momentoes of the past, they traoe the history;
of agoß, and evon the habits and customs of coun
tries of whioh we know little beyond tradition.
Colonel Snowden has addressed himself with com
mendable diligence and cautlon-to the production
of such a work as will prove to he of great volae,
in a geDoral sense, and will be warmly wel
comod by all those who aro fond of studying
coins and medals. His book is a care
ful and authentic catalogue a daguerreo
type, so to speak—of the medal memorials of
foreign lands, of anoient and foreign times, in
oluding thoao of our own country. It gives us
pleasure to add that, during Col. Snowden’s ad
ministration of tho United States Mint, he has
proved to bo a most eapablo officer* and has
labored assiduously to still farther elev Ate its cha
racter in the eyes ofthe world.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
—The admirors of Burns will be glad to hoar of
an opportunity soon to ocour for securing a relic of
Scotia’s darling son. On Deoember 19, Messrs.
Pattook & Simpson, of London, will offer for sale
eighty letters and poemß, in the original autograph
of Robert Burns, including the first sketch (hot
from the poet’s brain) of “Scots wha hae with
Wallaoe bled,” and the originals of several other
of bis rnoet popular songs and poems. That some
of these wilt find their way aorors the Atlantic may
be rogarded as oertain.
—The New Orleans Picayune, of tho Bfch, says ;
“ This morning the remains of the late Mrß. F. A.
Lumsdsn. with those of her adopted ehild, who
perisuv* im the .Lady Elgin, September Bth, were
deposited in tho same tomn vrfth those of her hus
band, a victim of tho same terribu abater. This
completes all that is hoped to be done for the'vic
tims of this oalamity. Thore are still missing the
bodies of Frank, tho only son, and of tho female
attendant of Mrs. Lumsdcn, of the restoration of
whom no hopes are entertained.”
—David I)aIo Owen, the geologist, brother of
Robert Dale Owen, died at Evansville, Ind.* a few'
days ago.
—Tho Savannah Republican , of the 12th jnst.,
rays that although it has been positively asserted
that Mr. Toombs has resigned bis seat in tbe
United States Senato, that paper* after the most
diligent inquiry, has been unable to find the
slightest foundation for tho statement. ‘
—Prentioo, of tho Louisvillo Journal, thus ex
plains the secession movement: “The Southern
movements in the direction of secession want moral
support, beoause the impression la general that the
eleotion of Lincoln is the pretext rather than the
oauee of disunion.”
—The world-renownod Dr. Philip Ricord, of
Paris, lately retired from the clinioal chair, which
he has held for thirty years in the Hospital da
Midi. He is an American, and was born in Balti
more Docombor 10, 1806.
—Tho armory of tho Atlanta (Georgia) Gray
has tho Union States flag flying over it, Union
down—a sign of distress. The Southern Confe
deracy, of that city, sees it, oomes to its relief, and
says : “ It is a mournful epeotaolo, and especially
so, when wo contemplate the agenoies whioh
brought it about. Small politioi&ns, political par
venus, and trimmers are the ourses of Republics.”
—The vetoran'Frenoh bibliographer, I. M. Que
rard, who is famous for commencing books and
never finishing them, has at last issued the con
cluding part of his work, unique in literature, Jjes
Supercherics Litteraires devoilees. The object Of
the book is to show the real authors of books* and
to unmask the pretentious and apooryphal assump
tions* whioh, to the confusion of truth, are allowed
to prevail in modem Frenoh literature. The lite
rary faotory of Alexander Dumas woa first ex
posed by M. Quor&rd, and his work abounds in
similar rovclations.
—Ulfaber, Iceland, was iatoly the scene of a most
remarkable mirage. Several ships were seen sail
ing through the air in a lino apparently some miles
in extent; eomo appeared at anchor near a fortress
built on a rock; others seemed to approaoh so near
tho coast that tho spectators could see, through the
dear atmosphore, the images of sailors at work In
the rigging.
—Hon. Edwaid Everett voted, in Boston, in tho
Seventh ward, and on presenting himself at the
polls the ory was raised* by those who were work
ing as hard as thoy coaid against him, “Three
cheers for Mr. Everett,” whioh wore given with a
heartiness that must have been gratifying to the
reoipient of tho tributo.
£ —Tho Petersburg Intelligencer announces that
Robert Bolling, Esq , retires from tbo editorial
management of that venerable journal.
—W. Itaneoni Calhoun, who returned in the
Adriatic, resigned his office of first secretary of
the United Slates legation to Franco.
—Tho mothor of lion. Howell Cobb received, at
a late fair in Georgia, the premium of a silver
goblot for five handsomely embroidered shirts,
worked by hereelf.
—Capt. Travis* probably tho best pistol-shot in
the world, now residing at Memphis, will shortly
visit England.
—Mr. Hobbs, tho oelebratod look-picker, has
arrived in Boston, from Europo.
Going to Resign. —Tho Sfc. Louis Republi
can, of the 13th Instant* says: “We hoard & ru
mor on the street yesterday* that Senator Green
contomplatod resigning his seat, a la Chesnut , of
Bouth Carolina. Now, we imagine that Mr. Green
is not going to precipitate himself into any suoh
position. Gn the oontrary, ho will hold on to his
Senatorial robes just as long as possible, whioh
will probably be abont tho 4th of March next.
Sensation Autioies.— Tho tolegraph is
still performing Its office in the manufacture of
“soDsation” articles for the improvement of the
temper of tho people in the present crisis. Nothing
olse is suppoeod to bo fit for transmission by the
men who are detailed to make up tbese reports for
the press. We are compelled to take this mass of
otuff or nothing, and all wo oa& do Is to warn tho
publio of its onaraotor, and to tAke R with many
grains of allowance. — St. Louis Republican.
Personal Liberty Laws. was
made a few days since in the
and referred to a spooial committw; the
personal liberty laws of that State. This Is right.
All such Stale laws, in conflict with the Constitu
tion and acta of Congress, should bb repealed—not
in view of the proaont attitude of the Southern ae
cessioniata, but because they are wrong. The fu
gitive-slave law should be respected and enforced
in all the free Btates.— Hindme's Harrisburg Sen
tinel.
TWO 1 CENTS.
Senator Douglas on the Union.
The New Orleans Picayune publishes the fol
lowing correspondence:
New Orleans, November 12,1800.
A«'r.-!I: B J BP ,?, B! ' A :DoDotAS —^ s»r: We, the mi
clt!tt?e of H»w Orleans, irrespeotive of
1 deairona of hearing .your views on the
present condition of tho affairs of our country,
would earnestly request vou to designate a time
Wlow oUtona , s r “ a ‘ l «'»Jrat»Wi. yen*
I ;BSPLY. .
QEKTWiitKK: srour rcqoost to *ho oitt
zeaß or Now Orleans " on the present condition, of
the affairs of oar country,”, his juat'bwn plaood'in
my hands. An InWtation to Sumemnsly aimed bv
tho ttost emirieAt Irasind?* men t '6f. this grwt coin
meroial city implies a eempliinent whloh I duly
appreciate, .aba am exceedingly. reluotant to de
cline. .... . t .
These are not the times forpatrlofr#. men.
foot indifference, "Of, into despond
ency, or to rush mtfdly into. yiOlehfcaM exfrwie
pleasures. Just In propprtion. ass6ujjsommon.etsv
try.is environed with peiiL iUbecomelthelmp?.,
*3Pi*JWV iji'flib land
b«p 'efforts ana. exert ills Utmost powers.and’ ener
gies to fcscfie fcneß •public from the dfci&Urt which
threaten its integrity.
No man In America regrets, the election of Mrl
.Lincoln more than I do: no one made more strenu
-1 ous exertions to defeat him; none differ with him
L mpre radically and irreconcilably npon all the"
gr)sat issues inVelt ed'-ih
w'F**ppr«d tp'sesiet, by; att the means
ttpqtioned .by. the rConstitution-and laws of our*
co-nutry/ the aggreielve 'policy whWfa'he '<* n d his
party are undefstoodto-represent,' ,Bnt, l.
MP gOQ&eMUpnaia* lawr,
abiding-man, to declare my conscisfrtteaa convic
tion thafthe mere efeOHoh of*afiyibskT!B the Pre- :
sidonoy by rthos American;p* trp*;i hi accordance •
with, the Oonstitujiqn^d^aws.-;doe? keelf i
furnish any jnst.causV or reasonable Ground for
dissolving tneFederal Union. ’ i: - '•* * f*
It is not protended, so far as X am informed, that 1
any provision of the Constitution has been violated
in the recent election. No hot has been done which
impairs or destroys thaoonstitutional rights of any
State, or citizen. Nothing has yet occurred to re
lease any citizen from his oath of fidelity to the
CCnstifotion of the United States, which iirtbe su*
prenielaW of every btate and-of every ‘Citizen.
3ht } ,while Uis conceded that.no act hss,yet been,
done which impairs the rights oi endangers. the
Seace and safety of any portion of car 'country,‘it
apprehended that the election of Mr* Lincoln car
ries with it the assurance that the policy and prln*.
oiples of the party by which he was elected will pre
vail, and bo carried Into practical effect in every
departmentof theFedefal Government, and.there
by will endanger the peace and safety of the slave
holding States Is this apprehension well found
ed? 1 Do thor results of • the recent election justliy
this apprehension ? The President oan do nothing
except whht the law authorizes. His duty is to
see '.thb laws faithfully executed. If ho fail 3 to
perform this ditty, he will soon find himself a pri
soner beforo the high court oilmfiftaohment. ifor
. Innately; that tribunal is so constituted rfs tir com
mand the confidence of the people of the entire
South, as well as of the conservative men of the
North, We have tbte security, that tho existing
laws frill he faithfully executed. I have yet to
learn that the psople of the South complain of the 1
acts of Congress now on the statute-book, upon the I
subject of slavery, as applioablato tho States ortho
Territories, or to the Diatriot of Columbia. These ‘
laws were enacted, mainly, if not entirely; by the
joint action of theconservative members of the North
and South, in opposition to the Abolitionists and
Free-Soilers, and have been acqulesoed in by tho
Southern people, a* well as by their Senators and
Representatives, under the present and preoediog
Administrations'of theFedcial Government. Con
sequently, it is fair to presume that the Soiith, so
far from demanding the repeal of the existing laws
Upon the subjeot of slavery,, as essential to her
sajfety and equality in the Union, will insist upon
their being'retained upon the statute-book, and
faithfully, executed. 1 Nor arc we .permitted to
infer that the Southern people require any addi
tional legislation by Congress On this subjoot, for
the reason that the Southern Senators and Repre
sentatives have sot introduaod and advocated any
changes in 'Coexisting legislation,upon,the* sla
very question under 1110 present Administration,
and that of Mr. fierce,- When the Abolitionists and
Free-Sollbrs were in the minority in both Houses
of Congress.
. Assuming, therefore,- that the Southern people
and their Senators and Representatives deem their
rights and institutions entirely safe under tho Con
stitution and laws as they now Stand, and only de
sire to be let alone, without any interference by
Congress with their domestiq oonoeraa, the question
arises whether Mr. Lincoln and his party will have
the powor, even if they have the disposition, to |
disturb or impair the rights and institutions of the ;
South, either in the States or the Territories, or In !
tho Distriot of Columbia? They certainly cannot
do it under the existing laws, will they have the
power to repeal or change those laws, or to enact
others? It is well known that they will be in a
minority in both Houses of Congress, with the Su
preme Court against theft. Tn tne*Northem States
there have been elected already a sufficient num
ber of Democratic members of CongreßS, bold and
true national men, pledged* to fhq doctrine of non
intervention by Congress with tho question of
Slavery in the States and Territories, and the Dis
trict of Columbia, who, added to the Southern
; Representatives, will give at ledst twenty mejority
1 against Mr. Lincoln and his, party on all these
questions. In the Senate there is also a decided
i and reliable majority; Honce no bill oan pass
either House of Congress impairing or disturbing
! the rights or institutions of the Southern people, in
I any manner whatever, twhsafl a portion of the
f Southern Senators tend Representatives absent
i themselves, so as to give an Abolitto?i majority
j tn consequence of their absence.
I In a minority in both houses of Congress, with the
. Supreme Court to expound the laws and restrain
t and unconstitutional apts, the President will
pv’v* l *"* "mK if he should have the
I disposition to do wrong. > Evennr-*i^ -siuribution
; of his patronage, he would be dependent upon tne
Senate for the confirmation of his nominees to
| office, so that he cannot appoint a bad man to office
without tho consent of those in whom the South con
' ffdes. A partisan President, thus tied hand and foot,
i powerless for good or evil, without the oonsent and
; support of his political opponents, should be the
object of..pity and commiseration rather than of
fear and apprehension, by a brave jind chivalrous
people, what good orharm'ean he do to anybody,
except to humble the pride and wound the sensi
bilities of a large portion of the American people
by occupying the chair once filled by Washington,
Jefferson, Madison, and Jackson? Does this faot
furnish sufficient cause for destroying the best Ho
vemment of which the history of the world gives
an example ? Four years will soon pass away,
when theballot-box will inrnish a peaoeful, legal,
and constitutional remedy for all the evils and
grievances with which the country may be
afflicted.
If, in the meantime, anj act shall be perpetrated
which shall violate or impair the righa of any ci
tizen or State, or shall endanger the peace and
safety of any portion of onr people for which the
Constitution and laws shall fail to provide ade
quate and efficient remedies, the time will then
have'arrived for those who think the Constitution
disregarded and the federal power perverted to
purposes inconsistent with their safety, honor, and
equality, to oonsult and deliberate upon the nature,
extent, and mode of redress.
I do not anticipate, nor do I deem it possible in
the pretent condition of the oountry, that under
the Administration of Mr. Lincoln any aot can be
perpetrated that would destroy or impair the con
stitutional rights of the citizen, or invade tho re
served rights of the States upon the subject of
slavery; but. if I should find myself painfully mis
taken on this point, I have no hesitation in ex
pressing my deliberate conviction that such an out
rage would not only make the Southern people a
unit, but would arouse and consolidate all the con
servative elements of the North in firm and deter
mined resistance, by,overwhelming majorities. In
suoh an event, the South would ooonpy an impreg
nable position. With her own people united and
animated by one sentiment—the unfaltering re
solve to maintain and defend their rights and liber
ties as won by the blood of their fathers, and gua
rantied by the Constitution of their oountry—they
could safely rely upon thfjustlce of their cause, and
confidently expect the sympathy of the civilized
world ana the choicest bleesings of Divine Provi
dence while struggling for the right. Under these
circumstances, I can perceive no just oause, no rea
sonable ground for suoh rash and preoipltate action
as wonltf plunge into the horrors of revolution,
anarchy, and bankruptcy, the happiest people,
the most prosperous country, and the best govern
ment the sun of Heaven ever shed his genial rays
upon. To those, if any suoh there may be, who
look upon Disunion and a Southern Confederacy as
a thing deairablo in itself, and are only waiting for
an opportunity to accomplish that whioh had been
previously resolved upon, r the eleotion of Mr. Lin
coln may furnish a pretext for precipitating the
Southern States into revolution. Bat to those who
regard the Union under the Constitution as our
fathers made it, the moat precious legacy ever be
queathed to a free people by a patriotio ancestry,
and are determined to maintain it as long as their
rights and liberties, equality and honor are pro
tected by it, tho election of Mr. Lincoln, in my
bumble opinion, presents no just oause, no reason
able exouse for disunion.
Having discussed all the questions at issue, freely
and elaborately, in my addresses to the people
during the recent canvass, I do not perceive that
any patriotio objeots can be advanoed by any far
ther publio 'discussions on my part prior to resu
ming my Beat In the Senate. That the passions
and animosities engendered by recent oontests may
soon give pl&oo to reason and patriotism; that calm
and wise counsels may prevail, and fraternal feel
ing be restored; that the Constitution may be pre
served inviolate, and the Union maintained for-,
ever, is the ardent hope and fervent prayer of your
friend and fellow-citizon, S. A. Douglas.
New Orleans, Nov. 13,1800.
Operations or tub Patent Offiok.—List
of patents issue# from the United States Patent
Offiae, to oilmens of Pennsylvania, for, the week
ending Nov. 13,1860-esotf bearing that date :
Christian Sharps, of Philadelphia; for improve
ment in forming cartridge oases.
Gustav Widekicd, Of.PhiUdelphla; for Improve
ment in the prenaratijjjfif transparent pictures.
Horatio N. BlacitfKf hiladelphla| assignor to
himself H. Korn," ajHid E. S. Bodice, of sa'mo
place ;for machines for hulling and
cleaning rice. "
Jacob Singer, ofJHsburg, assignor to C. Adams,
of same place ; in door locks.
John assignor to Sey
fert, Motfanus, same plaoe; for improved
horse-shoe maouHf
gBBBSIGNS. 4 , ,
J. D. Marshbflßfof Lancaster, assignor to him
self and W. MoOHkey, of same place ; for design
for stove door. W , _ , ~
i J. Steffe and S. H. Sailor, of Philadelphia, as
signors to Cox, Whiteman, <fc Cox, of same place;
for design for stone
Triple Execution in Viroinia.— On Fri
day, the 9th inst., the three slaves, John, Dick,
and Colio, wore executed at Lunenburg (Va.)
Court-house, ibr an attempt to poison the family
of a respectable eitfaen-
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Secession Discussed.
letter from Amo's kendall.
Kendall is out with an artiole opposing secession.
‘H* says:
f have' Eomo claim to be heard by Southern
people. Like hundreds of others in the border
slave States, I have suffered by Abolition thieves.
When at the head;of the Post Office Department, I
Inourred violent •denunciations by denying the
right of the Abolitionists te distribute their incen
diary papers and documents in the Southern States
through the Uriitea-SSltes mails and postm&iers,
by justifying tni£,-pdftmaater at New York for re
futing to moil thetfrto Charleston, and the people
of Charleston foy seizing and burning thenyln the
•street. Moreover, Tam an old man,
cal raoe is run, who has no mbtive of amhltiofiwy J
gain to influenoe him, nor any inducement feiafc*
.up his pon but such as are common to all T(hs h*vo
property to lose or families -to leave behind^them.
Airos Kendall,*.
’ Secession Kb. 1.
TUe OUtOIK OP THE FEDERAL UHIOE —-ARTICLES OF '
CONFEDERATION TH*J ACT OF STATE LrffclBtATo£»a '
the act of the people—
. BOVBREIOHTV mat LIMIT ITSELF.
To the People of the. South. ■
I propose to ducoss the Aootrineof Secession, in .
Unitfed States of America. •• . . i ■
■When; in 1776, the British Colonies-eonaUtutiliK
the original members of our federal Qnion b«ame
independfnt States, each State wasj an.iodepeMeet -
nation, possessing all tbe powers of unlimited
sovereignty. Thoy.wcrd 'then acting' in concert
against British oppression; but it was not until
more than two years afterward that a formal com
.pact Pf union was jConsuipmated. That compact .
j?as. styled “ Articles of Confederation and per
petual'union between the States,” naming them."
A part of'the 14th article of this instnuneat •
yekds as follows, viz: • ■ -
• ‘f And the articles of thi* Confederation shall be in- *
yieiabiy observed by every State, and the Union shall
be? ncrpfitual.” •
The form of ratification of those articles frafe «■
follows, viz: > • - .
V And whereas it has pleased the Great Governor.of
the world to inohne the hearts of the LerißtAWrerws
respectively represent jnCongreis to approve o&snd
to authorize us to ratifjathe sa*d Artiolea of Confedera
tion and PersetualUmoa; Know ye. That we, the ua
dofSiened delegates, by virtue of. the power mid autho
rity to us Riven for that purpose, do, by these presents,
jn[tha name and m* behalf of our respective odWslttiK
ants,;fully'and entirely ratify and confirm-eaafc-and
every of the said Artioles of Confederation’‘and Per
petual Union, and'all and singular the', matter* sad
thjngs therein contained: and we.dojurther solemnly
pliant and engage the faith of oar oott'stitu- :
sets, that they shall abide by the deierminationaol the
united states in Congress assembled, on all questions
whioh, by the s*id Confederation, are submitted to
them; and tlMtheiArtio'esthereofsaall be inviolably
observed by the Btates we respectively represent'; and
that the Union shall be perpetual.” -
To this instrument South Carolina became a
party by the authorized signatures of her dele*
Sates, Honry Laurens, William Henry Drayton,
ohn Mathews, Richard Hutson, and Thomas Hay
ward, or.
The advocates of secession baso their argument,
not on any right reserved or in any way alluded to
in- the Constitution, bu'2 on. the inherent sove*'
eignty possessed by an independent State, whioh,
its; they say, enables her to set at naught, whenever
shjo chooses, any and nil her compsots with other
States. Without commenting upon tho unsound
ness and demoralising tendoncy of this doctrine,
we ssk Seoessionists tossy, whether South Carolina,
after solemnly plighting her faith that she would
abide by the Articles of Confederation, and -•
that “ the Union should be perpetual-? 1 could, at
will, rightfully secede and brenk up that Union?
Surely, the wise men of that day did not under
stand that by moans of the sovereignty of any dis
contented State she could rightfully leave the
Union, her plighted faith notwithstanding, or they
wpuld not have trifled with eaoh other and the
world by such a stipulation. They evidently
thought that a sovereign State had power to limit
its otfn sovereignty by compacts with other States,
whioh should be of perpetual obligation. ■
There is, however, a striking difference in the
authority.by whioh the Artiokß.of.Confederation
and. our present Constitution aro aatetioned. The
former rested on the authority of tho State Legift-'
laiure, acting through their delegates to Congress;
the latter bn the authority of the people of each
Btktc, .acting through dolegates in Contention.
Toe, Constitution, therefore, rests on the highest
authority known to .republican government, the
peoplo themselves, not the people of the United
states in mass, but the people of eaoh and every
separate State, and in that sense emphatically
“ the people of the United States,” as asserted in
the preamble.
Now, if the Legislatures of the States could bind
them to a “perpetual Union,” their sovereignty
notwithstanding, (as they actually did, unless we
suppose tint the men ef that day were totally ig
norant of tho legal effects of their own acts,) sorely
the people of tne States, the original sovereigns,
copla do the samo thing. That they have done the
same thing, and have provided in the Constitution
Itself the means ef perpetuating the .Union,
sh|dl ondeavor to show in fntUTo numbers. g
j Amos Kespall.
tThurlow Weed Against the Helper
Book." * ‘
EFVom tne Albany Evening Journal of the 10th.}
Now that Booth Carolina, and the “Fire-eat-
of other Southern States, threaton.to dissolve
the Union, wo have instituted a rigid personal in
quiry into our own course and condnot towards
the South. This inquiry results in a conviction,
thht, -with ono exception, we have not,- in thought,
word, or deed, wronged our brethren of the Slave
States.
We read the Helper Book, hastily, soon after its
publication. It was tho work of a Southern mas
— b. native and resident of North Carolina.' Itcon
tristed the advantages with the disadvantages of
slavery, proving, as* we thought, that, the proa*
of North Carolina was retarded rather than
promoted by slavery. "When asked, therefore, to
aid the publication of a large edition of a “ Com
pand,” we contributed $lOO.
JAt Washington, in December last, we first
leirned that this “Compand” contained the fol
lowing recommendations:
Thorough organization and independent
political action en the part u£ non.gl&veholdins
whites of the South. • a
2d. Ineligibility of slaveholders—never another
vote to the trafficker in human flesh.
3d. No co operation with slaveholders in poli
tics; no fellowship with them in religion; no af
fixation with them In society.
'4th. No patronage to BlaveholdiDg merchants;
no guestship in slave-waiting hotels; no fees to
slaveholding lawyers; no employment of dave
holding physicians; no audienoe to slaveholding
parsons.
6th. No recognition of pro-slavery men, except
as ruffians, outlaws, and criminals.
These recommendations are repugnant to, and
in conflict with our principles, sentiments, and
sympathies. While those principles, sentiments,
and sympathies are all In favor of freedom, they
revolt at such modes of warfare. We have never
opposed, or thought of opposing, slavery by such
means; nor have we ever cherished, or intention
ally given oountenanoe to, suoh a spirit.
The Hon. John Sherman, who endorsed this
“Compend,” did sounder a misapprehension of its
contents, and the moment he was at liberty to do
sou disavowed the obnoxious passages. This re
commendation was unobserved by Gov. Morgan
add others, who gave money to defray the expense
of! publication.
That this disavowal may neither be perverted
ndr misapprehended, it is proper to say that it was
promptly mado last winter, first in a letter to
Mayor Berret, of Washington, next to the author
of the book, and then in the Evening Journal.
From Yucatan.
NEW CIVIL WAR AND BALE OF INDIANS.
[From the New Orleans Picayune.]
. Tho schooner Brilliants, Capt. Espinola, arrived
at this port last evening, from Campeachy, Yuca
tan, the loth ult. She brings intelligence of the
outbreak of a now civil war in that distracted pe
ninsula, this time among the people of the same and
dominant race
<The new troubles are of a two-fold nature, and
Involve the State of Campeachy in quarrels, first,
with the General Government, and secondly,' with
the authorities of the neighboring-provinces. -The
first hone of contention is the revenuesof tbeisland
of Carmen—the State of Campeachy* to whioh it
adheres, claiming them, and tho General Govern
ment claiming them The second cause of quarrel
is the imposition of ini and duties upon goods from
Qampeacny, as if from a foreign port, the same
goods having previously paid import dntfes to
Campeachy.
' The reason for this second imposition of duties
i$ that Campeachy does nearly all the importing
business of the peninsula, and consequently the
other States enjoy hut a small portion of the fo
reign revenues. To replenish their coffers, there
fore, they impose domestic duties, to tho great de
triment of the business of the place. The conten
tion tor the revenues of tho Island of Carmen'
zjeeds no explanation.
, At first the new war was, like all beginnings in
that oountry, a solemn war of words, in whioh each -
party ultimately outdid the other in professions of
Satriotism. It soon, however, came to blows, and
oth the General Government and neighboring pro
vinces prepared for the invasion of Campeaoby.
That pluoky little State, however, anticipated •
their movements, and marching a body of troops
directly on the’ capital, oocquered a treaty of
peaoe, whioh guarantied her in .the enjoyment of
her own sovereign rights. That was the state of
things at lost accounts. ' - .
In the height of the difficulties an attempt was
mado by the General Government to get possession
of the Brilliant e, to arm her for a boast war, but
she succeeded by flight in making her escape. The
invaders afterwords got possession of a little
launch, with the same object, but apeear to have
accomplished nothing. ,
; The Brilltante also brings intelligence of a re
hewed attempt on the part of the Constitutional
Government of Juarez to put a stop to thet<f of
the Yucaeteos, or native Indians of tho peninsula.
The business has been carried on to a greater or
less extent' for years, but much more extensively
the laßt year, under the protection of the looal go
vernment, by virtue of a contract mode with the
house of D. Jose Jesus Madrugo, of Havana. Un
der this contract, Sr. M. was to advance, at specified
times, the sum of $60,0.00, for tbe purpose of carry
ing on tbo war with tfae Indians, then in insurrec
tion ; and to roceive his pay in prisoners of war, at
the rate of $l2O for every male, from 16 years to
40; $BO for.every woman of the samo age; $5O for
children between the ages of 6 and 16, and all un
der that for. nothing. -
Under this contrflottho business has been carried
on till the present time with great profit, .notwith
standing four different interdicts, ooe aa late as the
25th of September last* and it is probable will con
tinue to be carried on, inasmuch - as the federal
Government has no means of stopping it. The lm
dians are taken to HaT^na,-and there.sold tike
Coolicaat various prices under different contracts.
They make Very good house servants, and are very
muoh sought for.~ • ■ ,
Not AfrahTof Douglas. —The precinct of
Harper’s Ferry. Jefferson' connly, Virginia, voted
as follows for President: Douglas, 378; Bell, 275;
Breckinridge,>l7.. So it appears'that the Demo
cracy of Harper’s Ferry, which place bore the
brunt of John Brown’s raid, were not afraid in.
trust Douglas.—/farrw3«7y 'Sentinel.
(to address of