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TOLUME 26,
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TV/PAIALISTER & BEAVER
j_Yl_ ATTORN iAd-AT-LAYV, BRLLKFONTK, PA
Uffiee on Allegheny Street. Feb. 10'59
E""M. BEANCHARD- ATTORNEY
, - AT-LAW, BF.LLEONTE, PENS A. Office
furmrly occupied by the Hon. James Burnside.
Jan. 19, 't-0.-tf.
W W BROWN-ATTORNEY-AT.
a LAW BBLLEFONTK, PENNA. W ill attend to
eil legal business entrusted to him, with prompt
ness. May, 6 '59.
WM.P. WILSON-ATTORNEY-AT
yy -LAW BELLFO.NTK, PA , will promptly at*
tarfd to.all legal business entrusted to him. Office
three doors North of the diamond. jan.l2'6o
IF J. HOCK MAN", SURVEYOR AND
JJ , CON VEYANCEK, BKLLEFONTE, PA., will
attend to and correctly execute all businesi en
trusted to bim. [June 14,—'60, —tf.
CYRUS ALEXANDER.
ATCRNEY-AT-LAW, BLLLEIONTE, Penna,
Kill faithfully attend to ell business en'.rus
o hun. Office on Northwest eorntr of the Dia-
Apr. 12, '6o,tf.
IRA C. MITCHELL,
A TTORNE Y-AT-LAW, [IELLsro.HrB Pfnsa.
A. Will faithfully attend to all business entrust
te hint. Office in the Arcade. jan 5 60.
U. PGTTEK. IH. D.
OFFICE on High street, (oldoffice.) Bellefonte,
Pa. Will attend to professional calls as
heretofore, and respectfully offers his professional
ervices*his friends and the public. Cict.26'sß
• A. PAIRLAHB, U. D. J AS. A. DOBBIN 9, 11. D
FAIRLAMB & DOBBINS.
DR. FAIKLA.MB lias associated with him DR
J. H. DOBBINS, in thepraencoof medicine
office as heretofore on Bishop street, opposite the
iemperance Hotel. Maroh 19,57.
M. REIBERT SURGEON AND" i
PHYSICIAN, having permanentiy located
• ff-rs hn Professional services to the citizens of
Pine Grove Mills and vicinity, and respectfully
••licit* a liberal portion of tho public patronage.
[Feb. 16, *6o. —ly. j
J. J. TINGLE. Operative
aud Mechanical Dentist; will prao- j
tica all thevarioui branches of bis
■rofession ip the most approved manner. Office
aad residence on Spring St-Bellofonte' Pa.
[Mar. Z. '6O. tf.
TAMES RIDDLE, ATTORNEY-AT
fj LAW, RTELLEEOSRA PA. Will atttend ,o all
■ uiiness entrusted to him with care and prompt—
ne., Refer to Gov. Polloek, Mnton Pa. and
Hon. A. G. Curtin, Bellefonta Pa. Office with
Jehn H. fctover jan. 5, '6O.
RTMUFFEY, AGENT FOR TH
, WEST BRANCH INSURANOB COMPANY. Per
eons wishing to securo themselves from losses by
Are will do well to call upon him at the store of J.
R. Muffly A Co., N. E. corner of tbe Diamond,
three doors above Allegheny strce', Bellefonte,
Centre co , Pa. Mar: 15, '6O. 1\ •
W. WHITE, DENTIST, has per
. ciunently located in Boalsburg, Centre
County Ta. Office on main st., next door to the
store of Jchnston A Keller, where be purposes
practising his profession in the most scientific
manner and st moderate charges. mar. 15'Otl
CONVEYANCING.
DEPDS BONDS, MORTGAGES, AND AR
TICLES OF AGREEMENT neatly and cor-
Itetiy eiecmted. Also, atteution will be given to
the adjustment of Book Accounts, and accounts
f Adminstratiors and Executors prepared for liliug.
efii-e next door to the Post Office.
o ct„ I9th, 'SB, WM. J. KEALSII.
RESIDENT DENTIST
Office and residence on the North
nibtern corner of the l'ublio Bquare, near the j
2eurt House.
Will be found at his office, exoept two weeks in
sach month, commencing on the first Monday of
each mouth, when he will be filling professional
• ngagemcnts elsewhere. Oct. 22, '57 4s tf.
JOHN KL STOVER
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
BELLEFONTE, PA., will practice his pro
fession in tho several courts of Centre county.—
All business entrusted to him yyill be carefully at
tended to. Collections made and all monies
promptly remitted. Office, on High st. formerly
aycuped by Judge Burnside, and I). C. Boal, Esq.
wherebe can be consulted both in the Englishand !
intbe gorman language. May 6,'58 —22 ly. i
JAS. MACMANUS. W - P- MACMABU
J: & WM. P. MACMANUS.
ATTORNEY'S- AT-LAW, BELLEFONTE, PA.,
Office in the rooms formerly occupied by
Linn A Wilson, Allegheny street. Jas. Macman
us has associated with W. P. Macmanus, Esq., in
the practice of law. Professional business intrus
tedt o their care will receive prompt attention.
They will attehd the several Courts in the Coun
ties of Centre, Clinton and Clearfield.
June 21,'60, tf.
XT ALE & HOY. ATTORNEY .->-A T-
M XI LAW, will attend pro nptly to all business
ilk , D tru stedto their care. Office in the building
K formerly occupied by Hoq, Jas. T. Hale.
■ A CARD.
Messrs. Hale A Hoy will attend to iny business
Br during my absence iu Congress, and will be as
listed by me in the trial of all causes entrustedto
& thß:n . J. T. HALE. jan 5'1860
CURTIN &.IBLANCHARD.
A TTORNEY'S-AT-LAW, BELLEFONTE, PENNA
The undersigned having associated them
selves in the practise of Law, will laithfully at
tend to all professional business entrusted to them
in Centre, Clintion and Clearfield counties. All
collections placed in their hrnds, will receive
their promt attention. Office in Blanehard's new
building on Allegheny street.
Nov. 30'58 CURTIN A BLANCHARD.
JB AJYKiJYG HOUSE OF
IVH. F.. REYNOLDS & CO.
BELLEFONTE, CENTRE CO., PENN'A.
Bills of Exchange and Notes discounted ; Ce.lac-
Hons made and Funds promptly remitted. Inter*
est paid on Special Deposits, Exchange on the
Deposits rOTeivcd. April 7 'SB
WM. HARDING, FASHIONABLE BARBER AND
HAIR DRESSER, BBLLEFONTB, PA., Has
opened a Barber Shop one dqqr above the Frank
lin House, where he can be found at all times.—
Good Razors, keen and sharp, kept constantly on
hand. Hair Dressing, Shampouning, Ac., atten
ded to in the most workman like manner, lie
hopes by strict attention to . business to re&rive a
liberal ebawe ofpubli; Misdna^e,
Jane 28,1860' —tf.
NEW TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP
AND
DIRECTORY
OF
CENTRE CO. PENNSYLVANIA,
B Y S. V. TILDEN,
_rum r .actual Measurement by Instrumen
w tal Surveys throughout the County.
BY H. 1': WALLING, Civil Engineer.
THE undersigned proposes to publish by order
a large and accurate Popographical Maj of
Centre county, from thorough and careful sur
veys, by H. F. Walling, Civil Engineer.
Every road has been carefully surveyed by
course and distance, and the location noted of all
the public roads, Dwellings, Chur ;hes, Post Offi
ces, Hotels, Stores, School Houses, Factories,
Mills. Shops, Mountains, Ponds Streams, <tc.—
The names of Property Holders generally—care
fully including those who order the work—will
he engraved upon the Map, showing the exact lo
cation of each.
Extra Maps of the Principal Villages wiil be
engraved upon the margin o e the Map ; also a
Table of Distances, showing the number of miles
from each Post office to every othc.l throughout
the county, together wilh the latest statistical in*
formation. An ornamental border will surround
the Map
The Map will be engraved by the m st skillful
Artists in tho country, handsomely colored and
mounted, and will be delivered to those tvho or
der for Five dollars per copy.
We are now actively engaged in forwarding the
work, and shall endeavor to give every property
holder an opportunity of ordering copy, aud al
so of examining the work before its final com
pletion; in .order to make it entirely satislactory
as to accuracy, Ac.
The map will contain all the information usual
ly fouud in Town maps, for each of the towns in
tho couqty, and it is obvious that the most liberal
patronage is needed to sustain us in producing a
work of so great magnitude and expense. As it
is evidently of such practical utility and inteiest
to business men and citizens generally, present
ing so minute and distinct a representation of the
county, that even the child may readily acquire a
com et idea of each town, village, Ac., and their
trne directions, distances from each other, wc con
fidently solicit and expect the hearty co-operation
of the intelligent and enterprising citizens of Ceu
fre county.
S. D. TILDEN. Publisher.
These maps aro sahl exclusively by the
Publisher, and no variation in price. No more
maps are printed than what are actually ordered.
We tho undersigned, having samiued the re
cent surveys and drafts of Centre county, also
Topographical Maps of other counties, pulisbod
by Mr. S. D. Tilden, take pleasure in recommend
ing a Topographscal Map of this county, which is
very much needed, boing of great practical value
to business men and citizens generally, and from
the united testimonials aud recommendations the.'
have from distinguished gentlemen w'u-re they
o ave made surveys and published county maps.—
We feet confident they will furnish an accurato,
reliable aud useful Map end Directory well w >r
ty of liberal patronage.
We hope the citizens of this county willinterest
themselves sufficiently iu this enterprise, so that
the Publisher may engrave upon the ujargin of
the map, extra plans of tho villages in the county
upon en enlarged scale.
Considariug the expense of such a survey of the
whole county, and being entirely a local work we
think it is offered to the citizens on very reason
able terms-
Wm. F. Reynolds, James T. Hale, John Hoffer,
Adam Hoy, Wm. A. Thomas, E. C. Humes Ira C.
Mitchell. 11. N. McAllister, J- S. Barn hart, Jas.
A. Beaver, Cyrus T. Alexandct, Ed. B 1 jnchard,
H. Brookerhcff, Win. P. Wilson, Geo. L. Potter,
Geo. Livingston, Jacob V. Thomas, Geo A. Fair
lamb, Jas. 11. Rankin, James F. Riddle, John
Tonner, JesseL - Test, Georgt W.Tate, John T.
Hoover, P. B. Wilson, James Linn, J. B. Mitch
ell, E. Greene, J. H. Stover, R. G. Durham, Sam'l
Linn, 11. P. Harris, A. S. Valenqne.
Aug. 23, 1860. tf.
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HOLLAND BITTERS
TILB CELEBRATED HOLLAND REMEDY FOR
BYSFfiPS2[&
DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS,
LIFER OOJIPLAI'IT,
WEAKNESS OF ANY KIND,
FEVER AND AGUE,
And the various affections consequent upon a disordered
STOMACH OR LIVER,
Buch as Indigestion, Acidity of the Stomach, Colicky Pains,
Heartburn, Loss of Appetite, Despondency, Costivnnoss,
Blind aud Bleeding Piles. In all Nervous. Rheumatic, and j
Neuralgic Affections, it has in numerous instances proved
highly beneficial, and in others effected a decided cure.
This is a purely vegetablo compound, prepared on strictly
scientific principles, after the manner of the celebrated
Holland Professor, Doerhave. Its reputation at homo pro
duced its introduction here, the demand commencing with
those of the Fatherland scattered over the faco of this
mighty country, many of whom brought with them aud
banded down the tradition of its value. It is now offered
to the American public, knowing that its truly wonderful
medicinal virtues must be acknowledged.
It is particularly recommended to those persons whose
Constitutions may have been impaired by tbe continuous uso j
of ardent, spirits, or other forme of dissipation. Generally \
instantaneous in effect, it finds its way directly to the sent
of life, thrilling and quickening every nerve, raising up the
drooping spirit, anil, iu fact, infusing new health and vigor
in the system.
NOTlCE.—Whoever expects to find this a beverage will
be disappointed; but to the sick, weak and low spirited, it
will prove a grateful aromatic cordial, possessed of singular
remedial properties.
READ CAREFULLY!
The Genuine highly concentrated Boerhave's Holland
Bitters is put up in half-pint bottles only, and retailed at
ON* DOLLAR per bottle, or six bottles for Frva DOLLARS. The I
great demand for this truly celebrated Medicine has induced i
many imitations, which the public should guard against
purchasing. ■„
tiff- Beware of Imposition. See that our name is on the
label of every bottle you buy.
Sold by Druggists generally. It oan be forwarded
by Express to most points.
SOLE PROPRIETORS,
BENJAMIN PAGE, JR. & CO.
MAHUFACTrBING
pharmaceutists and (Chemists.*
PITTSBURGH, PA,
Sopt. 6,|'60.t — •
W. A. ARNOLD. W. WILS ON
ARNOLD & WILSON
WARMING & VENTILATING WAREHOUSE,
No. 1010 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
CMILSON's Patent Cqne and Ventilating
FURNACES, Coqking R&Ag§s, ' S
ENAMELED * STaSftP MANT&L§
Common aud Low Dqyf p
Warm -Air Registers and Jg.
Particular attention given to Vag:
tilating Buildings of every disoriptiqn.
["WE STAND UPON THE IMMUTABLE PRINCIPLES OF JUSTiCE---NO EARTHLY POWER SHALL DRIVE US FROM OUR POSITION.
BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, OCT., 18, 1860
METHODISM AND SLAVERY.
Relations of Methodism to tjie Government
and to Slavery—Treatment of Methodist
Clergymen and Laity at the South—Protec
tion to the Exercise of Constitutional Rights
Demanded.
IMPORTANT LETTER FROM T. M. EDDY, D.
D., EDITOR OF THE NORTHWESTERN
CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, TO PRESIDENT
BUCHANA^.
HON. JAME3 BUCHANAN,
President of the United States .*■
SIR :—There are times when the humblest
citizen may and should approach the Chief
Magistrate with his cause* Such is the pres
ept ; and I address you, not seeking any of
fice, nor interfering with the ordinary ques
tions which are thrust upon your attention.
I write as a member, a minister, an officer of
tbe Methodist Episoopal Church.
You, sir, are a " public functionary,"
charged with the highest re|ponßibilitieß and
the weightiest duties. Tbe matters I design
lo lay before your Excellency affect the life,
the liberty, the property of our poople. They
affect their rights in the new States and Ter
ritories ; they affect the destinies of this
country; for they must leal to the practical
solution of this question : Are the rights of
the citizen, under the Constitution, to be pro
tected, or are they held at the pleasures of
the mob f
The history of the " people called Metho
dists" is not unfamiliar to you, for it is part
of the history of tbe country. We have been
among the pioneers of civilization and Chris
tiaaity. Our clergy have been among the
first in the wilderness. They have no; wait
ed until roads were made, bridges built,
houses erected, and disabilities removed
They have gone with the woodsman ; they
have camped with the hunter ; searched out
tho cabin of the squatter ; followed the har
dy miners of the Pacific into their gulches,
and gone after the lumbermen into the inex
haustible pineries. Sir, we have won the
right of existence, and come to you to day
demanding protection in the exercise of our
vested rights.
I regret, sir } that I must write this com
munication now, while the political excite
ment unavoidably connected with a Presi
dential election is upon us, but there is no
alternative. It is a question of life and
deat\.
I will itate—
1. TBE GROUND WE OCCUPY.
1. The Methodist Episcopal Church is no
political organization. Its functions are
spiritual and ecclesiastical. Men of all po
litical shades are in its ministry, its officiary,
and its membership. Its papers lend no in
fluence to either political party, as such, nor
display the pames of any candidates at tho
head of their columns. Thus far, our peo
pie hav3 never been consolidated into politi
cal organization, for no denominational in
terest has demanded it.
2. We have ever fceeq a loyal people. We
havo bowed to the majesty of law, both fed
eral and state. We have counseled no resis
tance to unjust laws. There is nothiug in
our doctrines or discipline calculated to stir
up strife or sedition.
3- These things being so, we claim the
right to go, under the constitution of our
country, into any part of our domain. We
cleim the right of free speech and free pr'nt
ing. We claim mark, Mrs. President, Ido
not say we ask, we solicit ; no, sir, we de
mand— equal rights and privileges with oth
er denominations. If our people violate any
law, let them be fairly tried, condemned and
punished. Give them an impartial jury, an
unbribed judge, aud competent counsel.
4, It cannot have escaped jour attention,
sir, that Methodism was early remarkably
successful as ip Southern States, but possi
bly you may nut have observed that it was
thus successful as a decided and uncompro
mising anti-Blavery church. The present
anti-slavery tone of our Discipline and lit
erature is no new utterance. Our fathers
spoke warmer words than we, and the warm
est came from slave territory. You will be
struck, sir, with the remarkable agreement
of their words with those of Washington,
Jefferson, Mpaison, Franklin, and, if I mis
take not, your own early spoken or written
sentiments. It was known everywhere that
John Wesley abhored slavery ; that he do
dounced the slave trade as the " sum of all
villainies," and slavery as a " complicated
crimeand yet Southern conferences were
organized under hie direct supervision. In
1780 a conference held, not in Boston, or
even in New York, but in Baltimore,on slave
soil, said : " Slavery is contrary to tbe law
of God and nature, and hurtful to society
contrary to the dictates of conscience and
pure religion." You will be told tha* our
church has become aboliiionized. Open our
Discipline apd read it. It says nothing
stronger than was said by that Southern con
ference in 1780. In 1784 Baltimore again
spoke, saying, "We view it [slavery] as con
trary to the golden law of God,—the inalien
able rights of mankind, AS JTBLL AS EVERT
PRINCIPLE OP THE REVOLUTION," &C.
These are mere specimen quotations, but
they express the early sentiment of Metho
dism. Slavery was wrong, and by religious
ggppcies was to be extirpated. Molding
views, they spread everywhere through
goqth. They encoqaraged no insurrec
tions } they stirred up no violence; they
{Side B8 interference with State laws. We
stand upon the same platform, and hold sim
ilar views.
It so happens, sir, that I am able to give
you the views of our church in Virginia, at a
somewhat later period. In 1818 a minister
preached a sermon in Washington county,in
which were some allusions to the relations
of slavery, and was indicted for attempting
to promote insurrection and sedition among
the slaves. By a change of venue tbe trial
vyas held in Frederick, in March, 1819. The
senior counsel for the accused was Roger B.
Taney, now Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States. One of the at
torneys read from the Discipline of the
Church the law bearing on slavery, which
may be thuacondensed : (1); A strong dec
laration of tho great evil of.slavery ; (2). A
requisition upon guci, as unite with the
church to emancipate their slaves ; (3). For
bidding any slaveholder to be a traveling
preacher ; (4). Forbidding the sale of slaves,
or their purchase, oxcent for purposes of
emancipation ; (5). Admonishing slaves to
obedience and industry.
These were read in a Virginia Court, to a
Virginia jury, in the presence of a Virginia
judge, and the position boldly argued, that
there was nothing in them contrary to the
peace and safety of the State, Tho accused
was acquitted. Mr. Taney said of the Meth
odists living under these that they
equaled any other poople in "their moral de
portment, and in their habit of obedience to
the laws." He also said :
" No man can be prosecuted for preaching
the articles of his religious creed, unless, in- ]
deed, this doctrine is immoral and calculated
to disturb the peace and order of society ; ;
and subjects of National policy may at all
times be treely and fully discussed in the
pulpit or elsewhere, without limitation of
restraint It is well known that the
peaceful and gradual abolition of slavery in
these States is one of the objecis which the
Meehodist society have in view There
is no law which forbids us to speak of slaveiy !
as we think of it. Any man has 2, right to j
publish his opiuions on that subject whenev
er he pleases. It is a subject of national conn j
cern, and may be freely discussed. Mr. Gru- ■
ber (the defendant) did quote the language!
of our great act of national independence, \
and insisted on the principles contained in
tiiat venerated instrument, 110 did rebuke
those masters who, in the exercise of power,
are deaf to the calls of humanity, aDd he
warned them of the evils they might bring
upon themselves. lie did speak with abhor
rence of those reptileq who live hy trading
in human flesh, and enrich themselves by
tearing the husband from the wife, the infant
from the bosom of the mother Shall I
content myself with saying be had a right to
say this, and that there is no law to punish
him? * * * * We are prepared to
maintain the same principles, and to use, if
necessary, the same language here in the
temple of justice. * * * * A hard ne
cessi y, indeed, compels us to endure the
ev'ls of slavery for a time. It was imposed
upon us by another Dation while we were in
a state of colonial vassalage. It cannot he
easily pr suddenly rem-ved. Yet, while it
j continues, it is a blot on our national char
acter, and every real lover of freedom confi
! dently hopos that it will he effectually,though
j it must he gradually, wiped anay, and ear
nestly looks for the means by which this
I necessary object may be best attained. And,
until it shall he accomplished, until the time
shall conie when we pan point without a
I blush to tbe language held iu tho Declara*
| tion of Independence, every friend of human
-1 ity will seek to lighten the galling-chains of
S slavery, and better, to tbe utmost of his pow
er, the wretched condition of the slave."
Perhaps, Mr. President, the above para
! graphs hav6 a more decided rhetoric than the
! distinguishe 1 author of ihe Dred Scott decis
sion would now employ, but they are truth
ful, and our people will endorse them.
5. There are many persons residing in the
slave States who prefer our discipline and
ministry to those of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South. They do so, (1. ) Because
they have a Constitutional right lor such
preference; (2.) Becauee they think our dis
cipline accords with holy Scripture, with our
early testimony and the recorded sentiments
of our purest statesmen ; ( 3-) Because ours
is the church of their childhood and youth ;
(4-) Because it is not a sectional church, era
blazoned as such on the very title pages of
official publications.
These are good reasons, and we have felt
it our duty to supply them with the ministry
apd institutions of their preference. We
have invaded no civil rights, have incited no
revolt, stirred no sedition. We claim for
them the right to prefer us —we claim the
right to supply them.
11. WHAT TREATMENT HAVE WE RECEiyED 1
Sir, the civilized world has been shocked
by the story of the abominations perpetrated
by the Druses upon the nominal Christians
in Syria, and by the cruel edicts which have
disgraced the government of Borne, with its
clerical head. lam not sure but a chapter
of history almost as shocking and barbarous
must be written by the historian of Method
ism. Our people are under a reign of terror
in some portions of the Southeast and South
west. From different quarters in Virginia,
Maryland, and Delaware, they have received
threacs of violence to be inflicted unless there
shall be a withdrawal from our church. The
mail matter of out members is opened—post
masters claim the authority tc break tbe
sfals, and degrade themselves: into pro-sla
very spies!
Mr. BuchanaD, have you or your cabinet
demanded or sanctioned this far-reaching
system of espionage? Is your
Postmaster-General simply or principally the
chief of the vast detective fores? We of the
North support the postal service, and we
wish to know something of its character.
The most high-handed outrages have been
perpetrated in the Southwest. There vio
lence has been repeatedly employed, and oar
people basely murdered. In Missouri bands
of ruffians have interfered with our service,
have committed outrages upon our ministers
which hurried them to their grave, while the
red
grey locks of a venerable man loved by all
who knew him, w"°.se crime was a warm at
tacbment to the Methodist Church.
The high-handed enormities inflicted upon
the min-ißtry and members of our church in
Kansas need not be repeated—they have
passed into history.
Iu Arkansas, Bishop Janes was holding a
session of Conference. No man's rights had
been invaded; no insurrection had been
preached ; no slave had been incited to re
volt. There were in that Conference, no
doubt, some who voted for James Buchanan.
Yet, sir, Sho/sa men, with their wives and
children and friends, were surrounded on
God's holy day, while in the house of wor
ship, by an armed mob, who demanded an
instant and unconditional abandonment of
their position. Mr. President, that outrage
has been perpetrated since you have been our
Chief Executive ! What harm hud they
done? Had they lost their character as
American citizens, or is the nation which
could resent thq outrages of Greytown and
Paraguay, powerless before those of pro-sla
very mobs ?
Later still has come the word that in Tex
as similar to that of Harper's Ferry, ha 9 been
created. Mobocracy has triumphed over the
law. Men suspecied have been seized and
executed.
Among the victims of this reckless slaugh
ter we read the of A. Bewley. I knew
that man. lie was a cautious, deliberate
man, born, I believe, in Tennessee. He was
no abolitionist, though an anti-slavery man,
of the Washington and Jefferson school
Modest and peaceful, ne never asseited all
the rights mentioned by the author of the
Dred Scott decision, quoted above, nor was
he accustomed to speak sueh words as Mr.
Taney announced himself prepared to utter
in the old Court House at Frederick, He was
twice chosen a delegate to our highest eccle*
siastical council, and was esteemed for his
unobtrusive but genuine policy.
A large family, one of which was a Ijlind
daughter, vyas dependent upon him. Yet
without a fair trial, without a sworn jury,
without council, without forms of law, this
brave man, this good gray-haired man, is
murdered by a mob. Tell not this country
that American citizenship is a prouder boast
than Roman. We of the Methodist Church,
who refuse a sectional affix, are almost com
pelled to say it is a cheat, a sham, something
wo pay dearly for, but which brings us no
protection. Have we, the million of Metho
dists in this country, no rights which the
Southern slaveholders and slave drivers are
bound to respect?
TVIIAT WE DEMAND OF OUR COUNTRY.
1. We insist upon protection in the exer
else of our constitutional rights —liberty of
conscience, speech and press.
2. We irsist upon it that our recorded sen
timents on the subject of Slavery shall not
work a practical fo:feiture of our citizenship.
Why this singling rut of the Methodist
Church 1 Others have borne a etropg testi®
mony against the evil—why this war upon
us ?
3. We demand the protection of thecourts.
Jf any of our people offend the majesty of the
law, there are courts of justice and officers of
the law, let there be a full, impartial and
fair trial, and \ye fill be conteut. We bow
to the laws. If they are unjust and oppres
sive, we will attempt in all lawful ways to
secure their repeal. It becomes, sir, a ques
tion just now of deep interest. Does mem
bership in the Methodist lE|pisoopal Cbprch,
expose to death at the banas of an unlicensed
mob 1 Are we to be hunted like wild beasts?
Is our blood to be shed like water, to appease
the insatiable Moloch of slavery ?
1 must add, sir, that at this time the ques
tion, Can our brethren be protected ? is as
suming a grave importance. We are in the
midst of the excitement preceding che Pres
idential election, intensified hy the character
of the questions at issue. Heretofore we
have been divided in qur votes. Our clergy
have been of different parties, and sq have
our laity. The Church periodicals, with a
circulation told by hy>dre<)s of thousands,
have beeu silent when the questions of plat
forms ant) candidates have been argued.—
Thus should it be. God forbid that the day
shall copse when our leading religious denom-
I inations shall stand as integers in the com-
I putation of political pari!::.
But, sir, "Oppression maketb a wise man
mad." The murder of Bewley has startled
us, and the question begins to run through
our million of membership, Can an adminis
tration be found which will protect the rights
of conscience and the freedom of worship ?
I deprecate the existence tf euoh a state of
things, but we are not responsible. We love I
our brethren, and cannot consent to see them !
slaughtered by guDS of desperadoes without j
feeling, without determining solemnly and !
our knees, and at a holy communion, thai ;
they shall be protected. A lew more such
murders as that of Bewley, and, the Church
will ask who will give us an administration,!
stroDg enough to uphold the rights dearest
of all others ? and for that man, bo ho whom
he may, they will cast their united suffrage- j
Sir, I have written plainly and honestly, j
and now closa this letter, praying that the
evening cf your days may be calm and cloud
less, and when you go hence may it be in
sure and certain hope of a blissful immor
tality.
Yours respectfullv,
T. M. EDDY.
Chicago, Ills., Sept. 7, 18G0.
How the Prince of.Wales Travels,
Some people, when they go from one place
to another, calculate upon their "luck" in
putting them through, others travel on their
"muscle," pthers on their "beauty," others
on their "talents," (very few in number,)
others on thei,r "impudence," and others on
"dead head" tickets; but with Lord Ren
frew it can be emphatically said that he
travels on bis money. From Cincinnati to
Pittsburg he pays the modest sum of two
thousand dollars for a special train ; but
while he pavs in accordance with royalty, he
expects to receive immunities not granted to
ordinary men. Tho train which bears Ilia
Highness has the entire right of the road.—
An engine specially detailed precedes to
keep tho track clear and look out for any
imperfections in the road that would jeop- J
ardize ths safety of the train containing the
Prince and royal retinue.
The agent of the Prince who is a cousin ;
to him on Alberts side, aranges all his trav- !
elling matters, and stipulates in the bargain :
with railroad companies, that cn no consid
eration shall any person be allowed on board
the train except those necessary to manage
it; and these are prohibited from entering
the royal car, tut by themselves in a !
forward car.
When the bargain was maJe with the Su?
perintenjent of tbe Litile Miami road, to
convey the Prince to Pittsburgh, the agent
endeavoring to incorporate in the contract
that the Superintendent should ride on the
Jrontcar, and when there was any thing of
interest to be seen on.the road, to go back
and pcint it out to the Prince ; but the Su
perintendent gracefully declined; whereupon
tbe office was tendered to the Assistant Su
perintendent, who likewise declined, and at
last accounts an individual willing to accept
the position, was being searched for.— Cin
cinnati Gazette.
BOGUS JEWELRY.— The following jterp which
we clip from the "New Hampshire Journal
of Agriculture," will prove particularly in
trrestiag to those who patronize "gift store"
enterprises,and such like benevolent schemes
to put into the bands of purchasers Jewelry
which is "itself worth more than the price"
of the partictlar article that is ostensibly
purchased. At this time it would be weft
for the public to make a note of it, as these
"gift" establisments are in full blast through
out the couptry:
I came through Lynn, Boston, etc., to the
little manufacturing village called N. E. Vil
lage and learned something about making the
bogus jewelry with which the country is flood"
ed ei her by peddlers orgiitbook enterpiiees.
One company is making ear-drops oi a com
position called orcide, which will eell for
gold, but is not worth as much as brass.—
The other company is manufacturing gold
chains out of German silver, brass, oreide.—
The process of uiakiDg was interesting to me,
qnd rpay be to others. I'll give it: The
links were cut from wire or plate, according
to the kind of chain ; sometimes soldered be
fore putting into a chain, and sometimes
afterward. After it is linked, it is drawn
through a machine to even it— boiled in wit
roil water to take eff the scales caused by
heating—drawn tbroqgh a limbering ma
chine, and dipped in aeid to clean it, after
which it is dipped in a solution of pure silver
and finally dipped in gold collaring —making
a chqin which will sell at the rate of sl2 to
$lB a dozen. This is a gift-enterprize jtw
elry. which is marked "Lady's splendid gold
chain, SJ2 "Gent's guard chain, SB," or
••$10," etc. The ear-drops cost less, and
are often marked higher.
WEALTH CANNOT BUT HEALTH.— John Ja
cob Astor [eft a son bearing bis own name,
who is now a hopeless imbecile. Our Read
ers have, perhaps, often seen him, creeping
about the streets, attended by a gentleman
who never leaves him, by day or night. An
elegant mansion on Fourteenth street is the
abone of the poor UDforiunate. A yard com
prising an entire square, is attached, with
room for walking, riding on horseback, and
for recreation. Horses, carriages, apd ser
vants wait on his call, lie was a promising
boy until be was 17, wben his mental and
physical powers began to fail, and-he is now
reduced to what we see. His attendent, who
is said to have undoubted influence over him
is largely compensated- Besides a liberal
provision for him in the case of Mr. Astor's
death, be receives $6,000 a year, with his
house rent and living. What poor laboring
man, with his dollar a day, would exchange
places with John Jaoop A* tor, Jr ?^ r - I"-
S*Ti,
EDITORS & PROPRIETORS.
NUMBER 41
GARIBALDI.
Our recnt f-re : gn fi!es bring us news, from
o?r the water, of tbe most cheering and an
couraging nature. With the intrepidity and
courag* ol tho joldier and the true man thai
he is, Garibaldi ha 9 fought his way through
all obaiacles, reaching the heart of Italy pro*
claiming it a nationality, and Victor Eman
uel ths rightful sovereign of all its provinces
and petty kingdoms.
I he work of Independence has commenced
in earnest; and, though tbe decisive batlla ii
not yet futighl, or the victory won, we have
faith to beiieve that, in the ultimate, tha
right will triumph, and Italy will be free,—
Garibaldi has, in effect, said of th# Hierarchy
of Rome, what Napoleon the First said of-
Naples before he conquered it—"Thatdynas
ty has ceased to exist." Republican senti
ment is making fierce strides in the old
world, and is battering away at the thrones
and cathedrals, in a manner that carries fear
to tb heart of the bigot, and terror to the
souls of the enslavers. Garibaldi is the Eu
ropean embodiment of that great sentiment
and round him clusters the best blood and
the finest sinews of all Italy. He is deserv
ing the sympathy, the encouragement, the
support, of eyery man and woman who hat
a hope in the well-being of the race, and faith
in the progress of truly religious ideas. Ro
manism trembles as it never trembled before.
Like the wicked aud palsied old man, it sees
its la9t days drawing nigh, and feels utterly
poweiiess to avoid tie blow.
spirit of freedom—chained for a thou
sand years—now walks abroad in that mos*,
favored of lands, never, it is to be hoped, to
be bonnd again by the cords of bigotry and
intolerance, but to be kept alive by tbe dis
semination of intelligence throughout its
length and breadth. How long Garibaldi
w<U be able to maintain bis position, is diffi
cult to determine. We look for encouraging
news by every steamer, for upon bis success
depends, in a large measure, the spread of
republican thought and idea over the eonti
nent of Europe, which is to demolish tha
thrones of rotten royalty, and elevate the na
tions and tbe masses that compose them, to
the very highest position in the human scale.
THE BOT THE FATHER oy THE MAN.—Sol
omon said, many centuries ago : "Even a
child is known by bis doings, whether his
work be pure apd whether it be right."
Some people appear to think that children
have no character at all. On ths contrary
an observing eye sees ID tbese young crea
tures tbe signs of what they are likely to bs
in life.
When I see a boy in haste to spend every
cent he gets, I think it a sign that he will
be a spendthrift.
When I see a child hoarding up his pen
nies, I think it is a siga that he will a mi-
When I sue a boy or a girl always looking
out for him or herself, and disliking to sbars
good things with others, I think it a sign
that such a child will grow up a seltish per
son.
When I see a boy willing to taste strong
drink, I think it a sign that he will be a
drunkard.
When I see a boy yrbo. neyer attends to
the services of religion, I think it a sign
that he will be a profane and profligate
man. •
And thoughjgreat changes sometimes take
place in the character, yet, as a general rule
these eigns do not fail.
Every household has pet names. Mr.
Jones enchants bis help-mate by calling her
"his idol." Jones, however, privately spella
it :-d 1-e. Mrs. Jones is a nice woman—an
affectionate woman —but she has a comtitn*
tional aversion to workjng.
There is no peace on this side of tho
graye," said a disinguished clergyman, yrhen
preaehing at the grave of a friend.
"Well old chap," said a jolly Jack tar,
"you can come on this side, we are quiet
enough here."
AST" A "progressive" suggests that in tbla
age of improvement old Father Time should
be represented with a Yankee clock in bis.
hand, and sealed on a steam mowing ma
chine.
BS3* In Louisville, a few nights ago, an
escaped convict was found hidden in a hogs*
head of peas, and remaned to jail. Hs
thought it hard that he couldn't be allowed
to rest in peas.
SQf Mr. Harris "was never more t s-sa
ber in the whole course of bis life," but wbeq
his friend Jones asked him to take a chair,
he said be would "wait till one came round." 1
g®- Woman has many advantages over
man ; one ot them i, that bis will has no
operation till he is dead, whereas hers gen*
eraly takes effect in her lifetime.
ggg- ''She isn't all that my fancy painted
her, bitterly exclaimed a rejected lover; "and
worse than that, she isn't all that she painted ~
hersolf."
A young lady dowq eaet advertieet
for the young man that ' embraced an opporr
tunity," and says if he will come over to
tbeir town he can do bettbr,
jjQjr "We mnst reconcile ourselves to ou
enemies when we are dying," remarked *4
old toptr t os be tolled for a glass oi water^^^