THE GAZETTE.
The Emancipation Question.
THE PARALYSING EFFECT OF SLA
VERY.
MARYLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS COMPARED.
Hon. R- J Walker's Second Letter.
The Hon. R. J. Walker, ex-United
States Senator and Secretary of the Treas
ury, devotes his second letter on the Eman
cipation Question to the effect of slavery
in retarding progress and population, and
illustrates the subject by a comparison of
the advance of Maryland and Massachu
setts in these respects We repriut por
tions of the latter:
The census proves that our progress has
been greatly retarded by slavery. If the
North had retained, and the South abolished
slavery, their relative positions would have
been reversed ; V irginia would have taken
the place of New York, Maryland of Massa
chusetts, Delaware of Rhode Island, Ken
tucky of Ohio, Missouri of Illinois, and Ten
nessee of Indiana.
I shall begin with Maryland, because in
proportion to her area she has greater natu
ral advantages than any one of the thirty
four States, and if the comparison of the
free States is most unfavorable to her, it will
be more so as to any other Southern State, as
the census shows that, from 1790 to IBGO,
and from 1850 to 1860, the increase of popu
lation in Maryland per square mile was great
er than in any other slaveholding State.
Maryland borders for 200 miles the great
free Snito of Pennsylvania, and Delaware
1 -0 miles, whose slaves hits decreased from
3,887 in 1790, to 1,793 in 1860, and where
slavery now exists in name only. Delaware
(like Maryland) is also a loyal State, and
would be the last to leave that Union, which
it was her glory the first to enter, and by a
unanimous vote under the Constitution of
I<B7. On the west Maryland is bounded
by Preston county, Virginia containing in
1860 a free population of 13,312, and 67
slaves only. Of the eight counties of East
em Shore of Maryland all but one border on
Pennsylvania or Delaware, and of the West
rn Shore, all hut five border on Pcnnsylva
'■lia or this District. Those six counties which
border neither Delaware or this District con-
far less than one seventh the population
dl Maryland.
eStern A irginia, b >rder'iDg Maryland on
and has just voted, with great
unanimity, 'to abi/Fisli slavery, and proposes
to become a free State. Within the heart of
Maryland stands this District, where slavery
is now abolished, producing serious losses
and embarrassments to the State. The two
counties of Prince George and Montgomery,
adjoining this District, contained 17,790
slaves in 1860, being more than any other
two counties of Maryland, aud more than
one-fifth of the slaves in the State. llow
long can slavery endure, and of what value
is it in these counties, where every slave
brought or sent to the District is free, and
where it is already seriously contended that
the language of the Constitution, " Slaves in
one Slate escaping into another," cannot ap
ply to this District. Indeed, with the feeling
so intensified already by this rebellion against
slavery, it cannot long exist in Maryland.—
By advancing legislation and public scnti
ment the Fugitive Slave Law is becoming in
operative, and slaves in Maryland are now
heid by a more precarious t nure. I speak
of the facts as they are, arid not as sanction
ing aoy violation or evasion of the Constitu
tion. Indeed, unforscen events, as this terri
hie rebellion progresses, may sweep slavery
from Maryland, without compensation or
colonization.
But, independent of present find future
perils, it is proposed to prove, mainly by the
census, that all the material interests of
Maryland would be greatly promoted by her
prompt acceptance of the offer of Congress.
We must consider the area, soil, climate,
mines, hydraulic power, location, shore line,
•bays and the progress of wealth and popula
iion in ail cases, except where expressly stated,
the population includes slaves and free.
The relative progress of Maryland has
been slow, indeed. The total population of
the Union, bv the census of 1700, was 3,929,-
827, of which Maryland, containing then
319.728, constituted a twelfth part (12 29.
In 1860 the Union numbered 31,445,080. and
Mary land 087,031, constituting then only a
45th part (45 76). In 1790 the free States
numbered 1,968,455, Maryland's population
then being equal only to one sixth (6 12), but
in 1860 the population of the free States was
18,920,078, Maryland's number then being
equal only to one twenty-seventh part
(27 52). But if Maryland had increased as
rapidly from 1790 to 1850 as the whole Union,
her proportion one twelfth part, would have
made her numbers in 1860 2,620,315, and if
her proportional increase had equalled that
of the free States, her ratio, one sixth, would
have made her population in 1860 3,153,392.
From her small area (seven States being
smaller), she would not have reached either
of these results, but, before closing these let
ters, it will be proved that, in the absence of
slavery, her population in 1860 would have
been at least 1,755,661,0r thesameper square
mile as Massachusetts and Baltimore, hear
ing the same ratio to this number as to Mary
land's present population, would have con
tained in 1860 542,000, instead of 212,000,
her present number.
I take the areas from the ahle report (No
vember 29, I860,) ot the Hon. Joseph S.
Wilson, then the commissioner of the General
Land Office, where these areas are for the
first time accurately given by actual admeas
urement " excluding the water surface." —
The population is taken from the census, the
tables of 1850 and 1860 being compiled with
great ability by the present Superintendent,
the Hon. J. C. G. Kennedy. I compare first
Massachusetts and Maryland, because they
are the maritime and old States, and both in
1790 had nearly the same population; but as
ahown hereafter, with vastly superior natural
advantages in favor of Maryland.
Area of Maryland 11,124 square miles,
sdiore line, by tables of United States Coast
Survey, viz: —main shore, including bays,
sounds, &c., 503 miles; islands 298; rivers to
the head of tidewater 535—total 1,336 miies.
Area of Massachusetts, 7,800 square miles,
shore line by tables of United States Coast
Survey, viz:—main shore, including hays,
sounds, &c., 435 miles, islands, 259, rivers to
head of tidewater, 70; total, 764 miles. When
we mark the Potomac and its tributaries, the
lower Susquehanna, the deep and numerous
streams of the Chesapeake, the commercial
advantages of Maryland over Massachusetts
are vast indeed. Looking at the open shore
of Maryland, and also at the Cesapeake Bay,
|he largest and finest estuary in the world,
indented with numerous sounds and navaga
hie inlets, three-fourths of its length for both
shores being within Maryland, and compare
this deep and tranquil and protected basin
almost one continuous harbor, with the rock
bound coast of Massachusetts, lashed bv the
stormy Atlantic, the superiority of Maryland
is striking.
Mortality in Maryland, by the late census,
ow from tho of June, 1859 to
31st of May, 1860, 7,370 persons. Same t>me
in Massachusetts, 21,304. making the ratio of
deaths to the number living in Maryland, one
to every 93 (93 20). and in Massachusetts one
to every 5i (57 78), and the percentage of
deaths in Maryland 1.06. and in Massachu
setts 1.73. This rate of mortality for Mas
sachusetts is confirmed by the late official re
port of their Secretary of State to the Legis
lature.
As to area, then, Maryland exceeds Mas
sachusetts 43 per cent, as to the shore line,
that of Maryland is nearly double that ol
Massachusetts, having 63 mi'es more of main
shore, bays and sounds, 38 miles more for
islands, and nearly eight times the number of
miles for rivers to head of tidewater. As to
climate, that of Maryland, we have seen, is
far the most salubrious. This is a vast advan
tage, not only in augmentel wealth and nuui
bers, from fewer deaths, but also as attract
ing capital and emigration. This milder and
more salubrious climate gives to Maryland
longer periods for sowing, working and har
vesting crops, a more genial sun, larger pro
ducts, and better and longer crop seasons,
great advantages for stock, especially in win'
ter, decreased consumption of fuel, a greater
period for the use of hydraulic power, and of
canals and navigable streams.
Ibe area Maryland fit fi>r profitable cult
ure is more than double that of Massachus
etts, the soil much more fertile, its mines of
coal and imp, with the fluxes all adjacent,
rich and inexhaustible, whereas Massachus
etts has no coal, and no valuable mines of
iron or fluxes. When we reflect that coal
and iron arc the great elements of modern
progress, ami build up mighty empires, this
advantage of Maryland over Massachusetts is
aim ist incalculable. The hydraulic power
of Maryland also greatly exceeds that of Mas
sachusetts. Such are the vast natural advan
tages of Maryland over Massachusetts. Now
let u observe the results. Population of
Maryland in 1790. 319.728; in 1800. 087,024
—increase, 307,300. Population of Massa
ehusetts in 1790, 378,717 : in 1800, 1.231,005
increase. 852,315. Difference of increase
in favor of Massachusetts, 485,048. Excess of
Massacusetts over Maryland in 1790, 58,989,
and in 1860,544,081. This result is amuz
ing when we regard the far greater area of
Maryland and other vast natural advantages.
The population of Maryland in 1790 was 28
to the square mile (28.74), and in 1800 61 to
the square mile 70), whereas Massaehu
setts had 48 to the square mile in 1790 (48 55)
and loT t<> the square mile in 1800 (157.82),
llius Massacusetts had only 20 more to tiie
square mile in 1790, and *9O more to the
1 square mile in 1800.
I4ut if the areas of Maryland and Massa
i ehusetts had been reversed, Massachusetts
vyith the area of Maryland, and the popula
tion of Massachusetts of 1800 to the square
mile, would have numbered them 1,755,661,
and Maryland, with the area of Massachu
setts and the population of Maryland of 1860
to the square mile, would have had then a
population of only 481,728 upon that basis,
leaving Massachusetts in 1860 1,273,393 more
people than Maryland. Thus is the asser
tion in a former part of this letter now prov
od, " that in the absence of slavery, the pop
ulation of Maryland in 1860 would have'hen
been at least 1,755,001, and Baltimore at
least 542.000. ' Hut, in view of the many
other natural advantages of Maryland, as
shown in this letter viz : in climate ami salu
brity. in shore line and navigable rivers, in
fertility of soil ami hydraulic p >wer. in a
more central location for trade with the whole
Union, and especially with the Wist, and
nearer supplies of cotton—and above all, in
coal and iron, it is clear, in the absence of
slavery, Maryland must have contained in
I*oo a population of at least two millions.—
By the census of li9o Massachusetts was the
fourth in population of all the States, and
Maryland the sixth, but in iB6O Mossachu
setts was the seventh and Maryland the nine
teenth, and if each of the thirty four States
increases in the same ratio from 1800 to 1870,
as from 1850 to 1860, Maryland will be only
the twenty fifth State.
These facts all conclusively attest the ter
rible effects of slavery on Maryland, and is
only one of the dreadful sacrifices she has
made in retaining the institution. As to
wealth, power, and intellectual development,
the loss cannot he overstated.
We shall give the conclusion of this
convincing letter next week.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
SSaT'A Oyclorania, exhibiting a series of
views of the War will exhibit at the
Town Hall on Thursday and Friday even
ings.
RECRUITING. —The war spirit, which
had been in a great measure destroyed by
a set of politicians who think more of par
ty than they do of their country, has re
vived within the last week, and we should
not be at all surprised to see Mifflin coun
ty place two companies in the field instead
of the one called for. Mr. Waream is ap
proximating a full company, and Mr. Mo-
Manigle can probably command at least
fifty at this time, while others we hear of
have squads sufficient to fill both. This
afternoon the county commissioners will
meet, when arrangements will probably be
made with the citizens for paying a liberal
bounty to each volunteer.
Capt. Waream's company is to leave this
morning, with, we believe, a full compli
ment of names.
W. Soult has been authorized
to recruit for the celebrated Bucktail Rifle
Brigade, and has opened an office next door
to Mrs. Mary Marks drug store, East Mar
ket street. This presents a fine opportu
nity for entering into active service, and as
the members will be entitled to all the
bounties &c. offered by the government, is
more desirable than any other corps.
g£s,The weather has been extremely
hot fqr several days.
We have this year the heaviest wheat
crop raised in this county in 15 years.
I©-A party of Philadelphiaos, consis
ting of Bev. T. DeWitt Talmadge, Cols. D.
W. C. Moore, A. M. Spangler, Capt. John
A. Murphy, Dr. Samuel Chapman, John
Supplee, Horatio Q. Kern, John Scudder
and Edward McCarty, Esqs., encamped on
Burns' bluff, near Lewistown, Pa., held a
meeting on Wednesday, July 30, and pas
sed the following resolutions :
Resolved, That our hearty thanks are due
to Gen. Burns for the free use of his property
as an encampment, and to the ladies and
gentlemen of Lewistown and the region there
about for the innumerable attentions bestowed
upon us during our sojourn among the moun
tains of Pennsylvania; that we will remember
with the liveliest interest our visit to this
beautiful and romantic region of countrv.
Resolved, That our visit to the sabbath
schools, prayer meetings and churches of this
region has been highly edifying to our hearts,
and given us an exalted idea of the morai
and spiritual condition of this community.
Resolved, That our thanks be extended to
the editors of the ' Gazette" and "Democrat"
for their good wishes and kindly expressions
toward us.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions
be published in the newspapers of the bor
ough.
COL. MCCOY. —The 107 th regiment has
unanimously called for the appointment of
( aptain J . F. McCoy, who has been en
gaged in the Quartermaster's Department
at llarrisburg since the commencment of
the war, as their Colonel, and unless the
Governor has already filled the post, we
have no doubt he will be appointed. Capt.
McCoy's services in Mexico endeared him
to the privates as an officer whose feelings
were deeply enlisted in their welfare, and
should he be appointed the 107 th will have
a commander who will rank second to none
of that grade from this State, either as a
soldier or a man.
CAMP MEETINGS. —The United Breth
ren will hold a camp meeting at Beaver
Dam Mills, in Wayne township, on the
premises of Samuel Withrow, Esq., com
mencing on the 15th August, and the
Methodists on the same ground, commenc
ing ou the 29th. All well-disposed visi
tors can find ample accommodations con
venient to the ground.
ONIONS FOR TUB ARMY. —The scurvy
lias broken out in the hospitals at Alexan
dria and in the army of the Potomac.—
Onions arc at once a remedy and a pre
ventive. The country is appealed to to
send them. Those who have them, in
quantities however large or small, no mat
ter which, are now asked to send them to
F. J. Hoffman's store, where, under the
auspices of the Ladies' Aid Association,
they will be promptly packed and forward
ed.
B@uCapf. 11. A. Zollinger has resigned
on account of ill health. Lieut. llorton
of Bigeluw's company has also got out of
the service, having either resigned or been
discharged.
Capt. Bigelow's company were lately
with (Jen. Burnside, near Newport News.
TIIK STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION
meets at Reading, Berks Co., Tuesday,
Aug. 12, and continues three days. Ex
cursion tickets at reduced rates will be is
sued by the Pa. Central and Phila. and
Reading Railroads. Lot Mifflin county
be largely represented at this meeting by
her intelligent, energetic, progressive teach
ers. S.
TEACHERS WANTED.
A PPLICATIONS will be received by the
/A undersigned until September Ist, 1862,
for TWO MALE TEACHERS, to take charge
of the Ist and 2d schools of this borough.—
To competent Teachers, who can produce sat
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paid.
Also, TWO FEMALE TEACHERS wan
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For further information address the under
signed,
J. F. ROHRER,
Secretary of School Board, McVeytown, Pa.
McVeytown July 30, 1862.—1 m.
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11.
The History of American Manufactures,
from 1608 to 1860.
By Dr. J. LEAXPER BISHOP. 2 vols, Svo.
Vol. 1. now ready, Vol. 11. nearly ready.
This is probably the largest and most important
work now in the American press.
We have also just published new editions of the
following useful and popular books:
THE BUSINESS MAN'S LEGAL ADVISER; or How
to Save Money, by Conducting Business according
to Law, by the best and latest authorities. 400 pp.,
sheep. Price, sl.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDrSTßY;or,aThousand
chances to make money. Cloth, sl. This has been
republished in England.
Every business man and clerk should have these
books. They will pay the buyer a hundred fold.—
Every parent should get them for their sons.
All these books are mailed, postpaid, on receipt of
price. \V'e pay particular attention to mailing books,
wrapping them carefully, and will procure and send,
postpaid, any book any whero. on receipt of publish
ers' price and six stamps. Address
FREEDLEY & CO.,
Tribune Building?, Hew York.
PlANOS. —Persons who wish to buy a Piano of the
best makers will be shown how they can save a hand
pome sum in the purchase if they address PIANO, caro
JOY, COE & Co., Publishers' Agents, New York P. O.
A FELIX has just returned from the
• citv with a large stock of FRESH
GROCERIES, FRUIT, PUTS, &c., and
a large assortment of goods such as families
generally need, which are always kept for
sale. He is receiving goods almost every day,
which he can assure buyers are fresh and good,
and that he can give satisfaction for their
money.
gfcayGood and saleable Country Produce
taken in exchange for goods at cash prices.
PRIME Sugar Cured Ilams—the Excelsior
Hams, for sale at A. FELIX'S.
GEO. 7T. ELDER,
Attorney at Law,
Office Market Square, Lewistown, will at<
tend to business in Mifflin, Centre and Hunting
don counties. my 26
S A P 0 WIP I E E, J
The Family Soap Maker!
A kK Kitchen Grease can be made into good
"SOAP by rising SAPONIFIER.
wrjiul irections accompanying each box.
Soap is as easily made with it, as making a
cup of coffee. Manufactured only by the
Patentees. —
/• t , Manufacturing 1 Co .
feblL ly No. 127 Walnut street Phila.
NATRONA COAL OIL!
WARRAN TED JKOX-EX PLOSIVE.
and equal to any Kerosene.
A\ r buy an explosive oil, when a few
T T cents more per gallon will furnish you
with a perfect oil ?
Made only by PA- SALT MANUFAC
TURING COMPANY,
No- 127 Walnut Street, Phila-
February 12, 1862. ly
LEWISTOWN BAKERY,
West Klarkct Street, nearly opposite the
Jail.
10NRAD ULLRICH. JR. wonld respect
vv' fully inform his old customers and citi
zens generally that he continues the Raking
of
BREAD, CAKES, &c.,
at the above stand, where those articles can
be procured fresh every day.
families desiring Bread, Jtc. will be sup
plied at their dwellings in any part of town,
fruit, Pound, Spunge, and all other kinds of
cake, of any size desired, baked to order at
short notice.
Lewistown, February 26, 1862-ly
Pennsylvania Railroad.
Trains leave Lewistown station as follows:
_. , WESTWARD. EASTWARD.
Through Express, 5 lo a. ni. 11 1 p.m.
Fast lane, 5 -15 p. m. 3 2-Va. m.
Mail. 336 p. ni. 10 41 a. in.
Local Freight, 5 50 a.m. 5 10 p. in.
Fast F'reigiit. 11 l p. m . 2 28 a. ni.
Through >r. ight, 930 p. m. 950 p. m.
Express Freight, 10 25 a. m. 255 p. in.
Coal Train, 12 40 p.m. 7 10 a. ni.
11. E. ROBESO.v, Agent.
J-tlalbraith's Omnihnsos convey passengers to
and from all the trains, taking up or setting them
down at all points within the borough limits.
HIGHLY IMPCHTAITT
TO
FARMER.S!
LONG stories and paper recommendations
are of no account. lam at present enga
ged in building
PELTON'S PATENT IIORSE POWERS,
tw- ° sizes, one for four and ona
r B ' x ' lorseß - ' 9 supposed to
better than any other kind
made here or elsewhere. I have
obtained from the patentee authority to mnko
and sell in all of Pennsylvania west of the
Susquehanna, and to prosecute all those who
make, use, or vend to others to use, in the
district described. Those interested will take
notice of this. I expect soon to build a
NEW THRESHER,
which will thresh 40 bushels of wheat per
hour, or 80 bushels of oats. Please call and
examine for yourselves before you buy from
others. I also continue the
<DASvnsro> &
of any kind of machinery of IroD, Brass or
wrought Iron, a3 usual. Having a large lot
of patterns, and a first class pattern maker
at work in the shop, I am prepared to fill al
most any kind of an order, either for castings
or patterns.
BULL PLOUGHS,
aide hill and bar share Ploughs, THKESII
ERS with Shakers, Horse Powers, Saw Mill
Cranks, and various other castings on hand
ready for sale.
All work sold as good, which proves defec
tive, to be made good. TNOMRSNN & STONB
authorized to sell. JOHN R. WEEKES,
Lewistown, July 30, 1802. Agent.
GOOD NEWS! GOOD NEWS!
SISEiIIiSSS'© ASP O®SSP 8
DE Laines, Merinos, Wool Plaids, Bonnet
Ribbons, Swiss and Cambric Muslins,
Black and Fancy Silks, Rea :y made Clothing,
Boots and Shoes, Hats, Shawls and cloth
Capes, and a large stock of Fancy Goods, for
COST, at JOHN KENNEDY'S.
Large Stock of Furniture on
Hand.
A FELIX is still manufacturing all kinds
• of Furniture. Young married persons
and others that wish to purchase Furniture
will find a good assortment on hand, which
will be sold cheap for cash, or country pro
duce taken in exchange for same. Give me
a call, on Valley street, near Black Bear Ho
tel. feb 21
RHEUMATIC ANODYNE.
A Powerful and certain Remedy for Rlieum
ali.sm, Lumbago, and Pains in the Limbs.
ITS pain relieving and soothing qualities
arc truly extraordinary. No other lini
ment, either in or outside the regular practice,
in this country, will at all compare with it.—
One or two applications of this remedy will
certainly and effectually cure any rheumatic
pain of recent origin ; one bottle will cure any
rheumatism which CAN BE CURED; while its
occasional use is sure to afford soothing relief
in those old, long-standing, chronic cases
which have become so "settled in the bones"
as to be incurable. Price 25 cents.
SrNo one who gives this article a fair trial
will fail to be convinced that it certainly will
do all we claim for it, VERT OFTEN MUCH MORE,
and NEVER LESS.
BSuSold in Lewistown by Jno.Swan, Mrs.
Margaret E. Irwin, and others, and in the
county by Mary T. Brehman, J. & T. S. Koh
ler, and Hoar & McNabb. feb 19
CLOTHS FOR GENTS' SUITS.
SPRING Style Cassimeres,
Fashionable Vestings,
Tweeds and Cassimeres for boys,
Fine Black Cloths for Coats,
Doeskins, Finest Blacks,
Linen and other Shirt Bosoms,
as well as a complete assortment of READY
MADE CLOTHING for men and boys, at
ap3o GEO. BLYMYER'S.