—tHB-FDOHITII SLATE AOTS.—-
t vvphnT of THIS SELECT COHMITrEE on
'tTE3aXBX?&B. -THE TBEATMEHr > 0£
pthtedmElT. :
From the report of the -Select Opmmittoe on Sla-
T6ry , and the treatment of Freedman, to‘whom
were referieirenndry petitions the repeat
■of the FneitiVe SlaVe Act of 1850, and t also, -asking
for the repeal of all acts for the rend,tion at fagi.
«_ A Binves' which was submitted to the Senate
»f.Snmner.wB make the following
’ 6X i t f There are two fugitive "slave acta which still
continue nnrepealed on our statute book, rhe first,
Sted as long £go as 1793, was preceded by an offi
cial correspondence, which was supposed to show
the necessity for legislation. The second, dated in
1850, was introduced by a report from Mr. Batier
gouth Carolina, at that time chairman! of the
' Judiciary Committee of the Senate. In proposing
• -the repeal of all legislation oa the subject it seems
advisable to Imitate the latter precedent by a repo -t,
.*■ assigning briefly the reasons which have governed
the committee. .", .r- 1 j
These' acts Profess to be founded upon certain
words of the Constitution. On this ncccountitis
important to consider these with a certain degree
cf care. They are as follows: ;
<<Ho person held to service or labor In on« State,
under the laws thereof, escaping into another,
shall, ill consequence of any law or regdlation
. ; : thereii; ; be'dischafg“dJrom such hexvicejirilabor,
but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to
.whom such service,or labpr shall be dne.; J’-f(Arti-'
’•?jjielV, sec 2.) ■ ' .
John Q,uincy Adams has already remarked that
dn ; this much debated clause the la ws of. grammar
; are violated in order to assertthe claim ofproperty
in man, for the words • -no person’ ’ are the noun
: f With which the words “shall be delivered up”
are the agreeing verb, and thus the,grammatica'l
iilferpretation actually forbids the rendition; It is
• oh this jumble and muddle of words that a Super
structure of wrong has been Jmilt. Even bad
grammar may be disregarded,-especially in behalf
of human rights; ’ but it is worthy of remark that,
in this clase of the Constitution, an outrage on hu-'
man rights was begun by an outrage oln lan '
gnflgft. .
But, assuming: that this clause is not invalidated
fcy its bad grammar, it is often insisted, and here
4he committee concur, that, according to the bast
' rules of interpretation, it cannot babOnsid-red as
applicable to fugitive slaves; since, 1 whatever jnay
' have been the intention of its authors, no such
words were employed as describe fugitive slaves
and nobody, else. It is obvious that this ciause;on
its lace, is applicable to apprentices, and It i*
inown historically that under it apprentices have
been delivered up on the claim of the party to
•whom “their service or labor” was due. It is,'
therefore, only.by going behind its primary signi
fication, and by supplying a secondary significa
tion, that this clause, can be considereci’as appli
cable to fugitive slaves. On any common occa
sion, not involving a question of human rights,
rsuch secondary signification might be supplied by
Intendment; .but v. cannot, be supplied to limit or
•deny human rights, especially to defeat libertv,
-without a violation oi fundamental rules which
•censtitQte the glory.of the law. •
This principle is common to every system of
civilized jurisprudence;, but it has been nowhere
■expressed with more force than in the maxims of
the common law and the decisions of the court.
There is also another voice which mast be heard
in determining the meaning of a doubtful clause.:
~ It is the Preamble which, by solemn declaration,;
on the threshold proclaims the spirit in which the
Constitution was framed, and tarnishes a rale q£>
interpretation. “To establishjastice. insure do-"
mestic tranquillity, provide for the common
defense, pTOmotethe general welfare, and secure
the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our pos
terity;” such are the declared objects of the Con
stitution, wl ich must be kept present to the mind
as we read.its various provisions. Aud erery
word must be so interpreted as bast to uphold
these objects. The Preamble would be powerless
against any “positive” sanction of Slavery by
unequivocal words;, but, on the other hand, any
attempted sanction of Slavery by words which are
not “positive” and unequivocal must be power
less against the Preamble which, in this respect,
is in harmony with the ancient maxims of the
law.
But looking more minutely at the precise words
v of this' clause, we shall see how completely it is
' stamped with equivocation from beginning to end.
Every descriptiveword.il comains is double in Its
signification. But the clause maybe seen, first,
in what It does not contain: and, secondly,- m
what it does contain. It does not contain the
word ‘-slave” -or “Slavery,” which singly and
exclusively denotes the idea -of property in 'man.
Had either of these fatal words bfteh employed, there
• would have "been.no -uncertainty or* duplicity..
But m abandoning these words all idea of pro
perty in man was abandoned also. Other words
'were adopted tiinply because they might mean.-
something else, add-therefore would not render the
Constitution “odious’ * on its lace. But the un
questionable fact.that these words might mean
something else makes it impossible for them to
mean “slave” or “slavery,*’ unless in this be**
t&ti the most commanding rules of
" The clause begins with the descriptive words
he l? to 6erTlce or labor in one State
under the laws thereof.’. 1 New a slave is not a
“P™ oa ’ l^ lth ‘ h ® of persons, but a
chatteior thing. Such is the received definition
5/ Tf hand* d.down from Aristotle.
He is not “held to servicebr labor,” hut he is"
hem as. property. The terms employed describe
Si?J! re ”! lce ,f' 1 not a BlaTe - And he must be
held “ under the laws’ ’of a State. Here a-ain is
, an apprentice, who is clearly held
the laws of a. Suite. But wo have>fcue
S?i? ority of „^ r ‘ Mason, of .Virginia, for sa/imr
; SttL n ?<? Too f £? addaced ' Slavery in any
’ ls , e ?J? b J lslled b y easting laws.” (Con
gressional Globe, vol. ‘22, part 2, p. 1534—3ist
;■ i sess ion.) And the person thus
shall not “be discharged from such
service or labor.” Clearly an apprentice is
discharged, but a slave is" manumitted , or
emancipated. And this undischarged* ■nersnn
*‘shall be delivered np on claim of me pSrty tS
whom such service or labor maybe due.’’’
words imply contract, or at least debt, as
m. the case of .apprentices. The slave can owe no
“service or labor” to his mast »r. There is nothin®
jn their relations out of which any sue” obUgSiof
spring. The whole condition stands on force
r °bbery tempered by the
- rob , ber X ofaU th <> fruits of Indus,
but robbery of wife and child. To such *.
terrible assumption the langbage of contact ot
., 18 futullj inapplicable. Nothing can be
thfnlnf m°»?^ Sla T e t 0 ama3ter ,unlessifbe some
thing of that resistance to tyrants which is oh?
W m m ay t
sacrifice; bnt not because it is “due ” - 1
simis t whi!.h 1 h7 £a “ i “ ation w iH show the perver-
Sar, tofpanifans nf a <S, eaUin, l wWcb u cannot
counteracs’ 4 tbe olaa -™
ty° iCe ™
dencei pecQllaV t™fi
xenditlou of fugitiveslS-e, requiring the
original compromises iw V (iL C “ nstlt . ntetl ono of ttle
■which the HnioifioSd not tu i ioa ’ -without
pretension, It will b^,n lormed ’ This
stipulation for the rencution orfn^up? 3 a , ll aaaertod
. ofthe corner-stones of the union” To ?i av S 5 ’ oae
fit table imputation upon the fathers nftK. dlsor ®-
the Supreme Court seems m havelem the 7 paWic
of its authority when it declared in rha S f- Tlctloll
frtgg rase (18 >eter’ eSepTmnotVn^
»| ot ,?i« a - e was . to secure to the slaved
Holding States the complete right and title of
thelr elsves as property in every
V ai , on lato which they might escape-”
so es e seSt i e ta?? ition of *“ s an/title
the way. itT which thu rmed ;” J lark
statement is ushered extr aordinary
doubted'” But itiV j ' 1 ?~t cannot be
Chief Jqsuce Taney, at f latte?e alld ’ mQ J e to °- -
statement that dnrirg 1 the FelnuX’- put tbe
men had no rights which wid* Tolutloll “colored
to respect; ■ > aid tWssfatem?o?' msn - Wf ?, re bonnd
on authentic history- 8 wa3 satfi to stand
the other statement mno/.i 8 , n 0.7 e ?Ploded, and
careful inacirv miii m ? st ®\ are 1116 same fate A
out sunnort * show that it is utterly with
wherefba Uni oo recorda °* the Convention,'
there a COmj ?? miseß are revealed; nor ir
lished letta? I o f P ?5 lpb,et ’ Bpeecb ’ article or pub!
UUne cm iL 1 , the * ime > out of which anyfnch
told <«?'L be tuierred. And yet we are gravelv
“conatltimfe 0t d °ub-ed” that this pro visa m
ado°ption U n f d „.>,i7 n '7 meatal article, without the
formed '’ o ir?', h the Union conld not have been
1 tion has cauTia e 7 reauent repetition of this asser-.
instead of fabie a comm 9 n btelief that it was his tory
; <}neatlon 6b tb^ S i l ? l f i„ tb 1 ° > ojn , ve . ntio u attest bsyohd
•■-@sajßassien«tiafe'
no allusion to fngiUve slaves ; Sir S there aav
Allusion, to them, even in as ttie
SBth August, when, as the Convention was draw
i', r fag clos", they were incidentally mentioned
it'a. discussion on another subiect. The question
. was on the article providing for the privileges of
citizen sin different States Here is the auihent'c
report by Mr. Madison of what was said : i
‘ ‘QetteralL'(Gbarles Cotesworth) Pinckney was
cot satisfied.withJ.t.„ He seemed to wish aoufa
L* stiouldihe included in fayor of,property
in slaves.'”-a £a3iiorf Papers, p 71447. '
• heiaade aopiopoaition., .Mark the madesty .
- -Here-was no offer-of compro—
.xnisp-rriiot ©rea a complftlnt,inuch less a sugges-
Jtion./ot corner-btone. The next article under dis
; Hussion provided .for; the surrender of fugitives
from justice. Mr. Butler and Mr. Oharles .Piiic&-
ney, both from South Carolina, now moved openly, ■
but without any offer_of compromise, to require
• •fugitive slaves ahdFeervahts to be delivered up
like criminals. * r This proposition was with
drawn. . • f •
‘ The article for the surrender ,of criminals was
men adopted. next day,/August 29, Mr.
Butler showed that the lovers of .liberty, had not
.spoken in vain. Abandoning the idea ofariy pro
position openly requiring the surrender of fugitive'
.slaves, he moved an equi ypcal/claase substantially
. like that how fdttfcd in tSfi.OonstfthtiQn, which,
without debate-or 6ppoSiiLon' of any 'kind, was
unanimously adopted, to the, report
of Mr.
Such is theindubitable origin of a clause Which
latterly has been declared to be a compromise of
me Constitution and a corner-stone of the republic.
That a clausefor the hunting-of slaves was recog
nized at the time as * compromize or corner-stone/
is ah absurdity disowned alike ‘by history
and by reason. . That the clause was adopted
nem. Cttff, wiih the idea that, . according , to
any received rules of interpretation, it could aur
thorize tb&hnntiEgofslayesvit-Js-difficult to be
jiheyec Thb ;vfery statement . that it whs adopted
nem. lcon.:shows that it must Sfave beeh regarded,
according to received mles of interpretation, as
having ho ««positE£6 ,? rcharacter;; for there were
eminent members of/the Convention .who; accord
ing to their declared opinions', could never have
| .con'sentedlpany-ench.proposiHon, if it ha* been
I’ supposed Jo turnHhfc republic which
i, s they ,werC.theh organizing into.-- 5 a ; mighty slave
hunter. ' - :
From the clause in the Constitution, the com
mittee fpass to a-consideration of. the legislation
founded uponit,;:p.fcquMel; if me clause has been
misunderstood, no ’legislation' cam derive Any
validity from it. • iNothing can come ojut of
nothing; and since, there is nothing in the Consti
tution requiring the rendition of fugitive slaves
by the National Government, there can be no
: authority lor any legislation-by.. Congress on the
subjects .Therefore, me argument against the ex
-isting statutes is complete. Button snch an occa
sion, • whett ft isproposed to reverse an'early policy
of me the,committee are unwilling
to stop here. ' ' :
- v As-earto as 1793, while Congre?s-was sitting in
vEhiladelphia, provisionefor the surrender of fu
gitive slaves were fastened upon a bill for thesur
render o' fugitives from justice, and the whole was
adopted, apparently with very little considera
tion. Thus,.accidentally, Congress undertook to
assume the odious £owerto organize slave-hunt
ing. But the act was scarcely passed before the
conscience of people, sot" only at the North, but
even in Maryland,, began to be aroused*Ogai nstit.
Mr. Quincy,- whose' living memory embraces
this eaTly.peripd, .tells us that, whejr au enforce
ment of this act was attempted'in Boston, the
crowd which thronged, me room of the magistrate,
quietly and spontaneously, opened & lake for the
lugitive, who was ,thus enabled to save himself ;
Horn slavery, a&d also to save the country from,
the dishonor of such a sacrifice. Almost at the
same time, in .the.patriotic State of Vermont, a
Judge of me Supreme : Court of the State, on ap
plication for the surrender of an alleged slave, ac
companied by docuihentary‘evidence > .reiused to
comply, unless the master could show a bill of sale
from the Almighty. ‘
There is authentic; evidence that this popular
feeling-was recognized- by President Washington
.as-a proper guide on an occasion when lie was per
sonally interested. -A-slave of JUts.-Washington
.had escaped to New .Hampshire. - The Pre-ident,
in an autog> aph letter -which has'bean produced in
the Senate, aadressed to Mr- Whipple, the collec
tor at Portsmouth, and dated at’Phiiadelphia No
veinber 23, 1796, after expressing the desire of
“her mistress” for the return of the slave, lavs
down the following rule of conduct:
< ‘X do cot mean, however, by this request, that
such violent measures should be used as would
excite a mob or not, which imghtbe the case irshe
has adherents, or even uneasy eens.tions in the
minds of well-disposed citizens. B.ther than
either of these i hould happen, I would forego her
services altogether; and tDe example, also, which
is of infinite more importance. •
“Geobge Washington.’ «
The fugitive never was returned; but lived to a
[ good old age—down to a recent period—a liviDg
witness to that public opinion which made even
the mildest of fugitive Elave acts a dead letter.
' At last, in 1850, after the subject of slavery had
been agitatedin Congress without Interruption for
nearly -twenty years; a series ol propositions was
adopted, which were solemnly declared to be com
promises by which all the questions concerning
slavery were permanently settled, so its never
again to vex the country—as if any question conld
be permanently settled except on the principles of
justice. But the “gruel” was adopted, and
among its ingredients “for acharin of powerlui
J@>uble” was a new. fugitive Elave net, first re-
Serted from the Committee on the Jndictaryby
[r Butler, of South Carolina, but afterwards
amended by a substitute from Mr. Mason, of Vir
ginia, so as to become substantially his measure.-
It is not necessary now to mention its details.
Suffice it to say that in these, as well as in its gen
eral conception, it was harsh, cruel and vindic
live. -
The Committe then enter into an elaborate argu
ment upon the Constitutional objections to the fu-
gitive slave act and upon the unconstitutional de-
nial of trial to'the slave by jury. The report then
continues as follows:
There is still another objection on account of un
constitutionality, which may. be .treated more
biiefly; but It is not less decisive than the two ob
jections already considered. It is founded os'the
character of ibe magistrate to whom is committed
the adjudication o! the great question of human
freedom, than which none greater is known to the
If it -were a question merely of property above
twenty dollars; if it were a. question of crime in
volving imp risonment under the laws of the United
States; especially if it were a question involving
!l? e, J be £* al mn£t bB a jndge duly appointed b v
the President, by and with the advice mid consent
of the benate, holding office during good behavior
receiving for his services a fixed compensation!
■ and bound by a solemn oath oi office. But this
.great questicn of human freedom is committed to
J ad sntentof a pet y magistrate, called
rt,.°X2? 1 ?.! l 0 ? e v’ a PP°m ted by the conrt instead of
the President, bolding his office during the will of
the court instead of during good behavior, paidby
‘.“dividual case, instead of
v. lB serTlce3 11 fired compensation,
and not bound by any oath of office
* , clajm , *° r the rendition' of a fugitive from
service or labor, constituting, as it does, ««a suit
a ndaiso “a case arising under
’ inust be determined by a jndi-
Srh™n b > unal * * commissioner is not a judicial
he J n a ny sense a judge, so that he
is not entitled under the Constitution to exercise
this extraordinary iurisdic»ion.
twa Provisions ,®f the Constitution
SSi?*- E^ a3 ®. tbls conclusion teyond question.
a ?. lc . le , *** ♦ section", it is declared
that “the judicial power of the United States shall
be vested m one supreme court, and in suchinfe
r«^oarttaS a tl l e ,P? llgre - s may from time to time
ordain and establish.. The judges, b'Uli of the su
pmneand the inferior courts, shall hold their
office during good behavior, and shall at 6taied
\. K S. ei i^ e lor their services a compensation,
which shall not be diminished during their con
tinuance in office. Secondly. By article 111
sections, it is declared that ‘«the judicial power
thu rSIS?? I? all *i ase i s in ]av? anJ(l equity under
thiß Constitution, the laws of the United States
011 d <be frtaties made, or which shall bo made’
under their _authority. , | - Here it appears, first!
jhdges constituting the judicial powei
of the United Stateß; and secondly, what is the
extent of this power. But a commissioner clearly
■ iS, not a jvjdge, or any part of the judicial power,
therefore, fc y inevitable conclusion, he cannot
Constimp S ,! 3lc , t j on .? f any “casearising under the
pressW dpew.e But the Supreme Court has ex.
lor '.hi lb:u ttH! proceeding by a claimant
to thVSSSSrg»;? “ constitutes
parties, and a casl \tißin £ ntT S velvy between the
of the United States,’ with'the^. 1 ' 16 5 } ° nstltntion
judicial power given by that P if , delegatlo,lof
tPrig 3 ’ S £s e , 16 Peters, 616,) “«trument
And yet a commissioner, dres»rt < n *Yi A s.
J?* H?*?* 1 auUlori > is forward to Srmfne
this great case under the. Constitution,
judgment is declared tobefina], and even wltbont
appeal It is rot doubted that, under existing
Biaimes, a commissioner may be’appointed to taxi
depositions and e cknrwledgments of bai'.and al?o
Th l ™..a X ? milleai:d da ain offenders lor trial?
"”i a court may authorizefbut a court can,
a° anli 6 wb«a a commissioner the power of tr£fng
.., a anßei whether *a scut- at common law’ 1 or
a case >rising under the-ConritutioD*'’ nor can
Congress authoiize a court to delegate tins power
The whole pretension Is a discredit totheiMm’
prudence of the country;. - to me juris
muS'emereffal^li. 0^60110115 tQ ' ’ wMoh ‘fie com-
The offensive act, defying the whole law of evl
aman’of , b t ? B 0^ S , ajodgment wSch ahtlTdbspoil
°i?vhi d i e .i y 0,1 **, forts testimony, by dffi.
1 !, be Eanc l lon ° r cross-examination.
It practically denies the writ- of habeas comes ‘
ever known as the palladium of the clfen
„,V, c ' b “ a ’yt° th.® declared purposes of the framers
thepublic expense.’’f* Sendß tbelugiti,fe back ‘‘ a ‘
meanness to the violation of the Constf.
Inti or, it bribes the Commissioner by a double fee
to pronounce against freedom. If he doomsaman
to Slavery the xeward is .ten dollars, but sarin*
him tetreedom his dole isfive dollars " ■ arlnE
€Jarelees of the feelings and conscientious con. !
viciious of good men who cannot help in-he Work
?L h J us , t ' ng a f l,0 ’ sv - hemr back into bondageTh£
act declares -that. :‘tall- good citizens are hereby
commanded to .ait and assist in the prompt and
efficient execution of this law;” and this injunc
tion is addr,essed,.taall alike, riot %xceptin»Tthose'
wtOTelJgionsly r.eiieye that the'Dlwrie .mandate is
as binding now as when, It was firatgiven to-tbe
Bebrews-ofold-:;‘‘Thonshall notdeliverunto his i
master the , servant which is etc’iped from ‘his '
master tint*-tbee; he shall, dwell witHthqe, eyen
jCHE DAILY fiyEyiNG BOi>I«RTIN ;,JPHILAPELF'HIA, . MA BCH 2. 1864,
amongyou, mtliatplace who to be ahallchooso,
lH one < fthe, gates wbereit lilmth him best; thou
bhslt'uot bpprt-es 1,1 ini. I '(Ueuieronom'y, chapter
23d, vereer is and 10.) •'
1 The fugitive slave act carried distress and terror
to evef'V person of African bloodduthefree Seate3.
All were diddered as the-arbitrary edict com.
menced its swoop over the land: The very rumor
that a slave hunter Was in town %o shook the
I nerves of a sensitive freeman, on jafhom was the
1 ban of color, that he died.. ! To large nnmbers this
act was a decree ot .instantaneous expulsion from
dhe Republic; under ‘the ipenaltie4>of; Slavery to
them and their heirs forever. Stnngrwith despair,
as'mahy as «, 000 Christian men anil women,meri
torious persons—a larger -band than that of the
escaping fled from homes
which they had established, opportunities of use
fulness which they had found, and the regard of
, fellow: citizens,, until at last,- Inl.ad t unwelcome
northem-xlimate, beneath the British flag, with
glad voices of freedom on their lips, though with
the yearnings of . exile in their, hearts,-they were
Queen- “ swelling .the . chant.. it God -save, the
' Tdefree States became little betterniian a huge
outlying plantation, quiveringundertho lash'of'
tte .overseer;;, or; rather they .-‘were -a di versifled =■
hunting ground for the fly ing bondman, resound- -
lug always with the *‘halloo’ l of the hijntsman
There seemed to be no rest Tho chase was hardly
finished at Boston, before it broke outat Philadel
phia;.Syracuseor Bnfiiilo,.-and then-again raged
furiously over the prairies of,the. West. Not a
case occurred which did not shock the conscience 1
of the. c°umry, ..ai;d sting it with, anger.
The records ..of ..the time‘attest the accu
racy of Uiis statement. Perhaps there is no in
stance- in history where t human
itself in .grander-forms ofr expression, or where
eloquence lent all her gifts more completely to' the
demands of liberty, than theiispeech pfAn eminent
character now dead and buried in a foreign land
denouncing the captnrtfi.bf Thomas -Simms, at
Boston, and .invoking thejndgmen t.of God and
man.upon the agents-m ’this, wickedness Thor
. great effort caunot be'Torgotteh in the'history of
humanity:' But every case pleaded With an elo
quence ot its own. until, at last,: one of those trai
gedies occurred which darken the heavens and crv
ont with a,, voice that vfill b e heard.-
It. was the voice of a. mother standing:
over her mnrdtred child. Margaret Gamer had
escaped from slavery with three children',: bnt «he
was overtaken at Cincinnati. Unwilling to see
her offspring returned to the shambles of- the
.South, this unbvppy person, describedin the t“S-
Umony as < a womanly, amiable, affectionate
mother, *■*-determined to save them in the only way
within.her power. With a butchir knife, coolly
and deliberately* ate took the life of one of the
children, described as “almost white,and a little
girl of rare beauty* ’» and attempted, without suc
cess, to take tho life of the otaer two To the
preacher. Who-InteiTqgattd Jier, she exclaimed:
“The child was my own, given me of God to do
the best a mother could in its behalf. 1 have done
the best 1 could: 1 wonld hayp done more and bet
ter for the rest: I knew it was better for them to go
home to God than back to slavery." But she was
restrained in her purpose. The fugitive slave act
triumphed, and after the determination of sondrr
qnesiions ot jurisdiction, this -devoted historic
mother, with the two children that remained to
her, and the dead body of the little one justeman
created, was escorted' by a national guard of
armed men to the dqpm of Slavery.
But liberty is always'priceless, There are oth“r
instances less known in which kindred wrong nas
been done. > Every case was a tiagedv—under the
forms of law. It is reported, on good authority
that among the slaves -thn3 offered op was one
who by his communications to the Government,-
had been the means of saving upwards of one hun
dred ihensand dollars. And here in Washington
since the beneficent act of emancipation, even in
sight of the flag floating from the national (j.initol
the fugitive slave act has been made a sconre'e and
a terror to innocent men and women. °
If all these pains and sorrows had redounded in
any respect to the honor the country, or had
contribnledln any respeetto the strength or the
Union, then we might confess, perhaps, tha
something at. least had been gained. Bnt, alas'"
there has been nothing hut unmixed evil The
country has suffered in its good name, whiie for
eign nations have pointed with scorn to a republic
which could sanction snch indecencies. Even
since the rebellion began, in the name of Slavery
the existence cf this odious enactment, unrepealed
on our statute-book, has been quoted abroad to
show that tbe supporters of the Union are as little
deserving ol sympathy ss the rebel slavemoagers.
Bntfrom the enforcemi ni of- this enactment the
Lni n has tuflered; Tor hoi a slave was thrust
tack, into bondage without weakening those pa
triotlc sympathies,. North and South, which are its
support. The natural irritation of th* North
as it beheld all the safeguards .of freedom over
thrown, and slavery triumphant in its very
streets, wasencountered bv a savage exultation in
the South, which seemed to dance about its vie
tinas
And \rljq were The authors of the fagit ve slave
act} The answer may be genera! or special
Jf general, it inny be said that in? authors were
the representatives ot Slavery, Constantin® that
stiine oligarchy or slave power -which has miulv
plunged this country into ciTil war. Some <7f
them even at thetlmeof asenactntent weitalreafv
engaged in treasonable conspiracy against the
union.
Unquestionable facts will show how liiie reai
occasion there was for this barbarous enactment
It is now established, by ?he report of the census of
1660 that the loss of slaves by escape-was -trivia!
According to this document “the whole annual
loss to the Southern States from this cause bear-*
less proportion to the amount of capital involved
‘than the daily variations which, La ordinary
times, occur in the dnctuaticus of State or Go
vernment securities in the city of flew York
alone.* * — 'Ccmpetusiu)* of Census for ISOo, p.
32-} Such a statement is mo»t suggestive*
Bui the official tables furnish confirmatory
details. From these, it appears that during the
year ending June 1, lstiu, out ol 3,tm»,557 slave*,
only R 3 were able to escape, being one to about
5% 0i1*, or at ?he rate of eue-hfiieth of one per cent.
Then, again, out of more than one million of
slaves in the border States in IS6P, fewer than
sDtreseaped. Such are the authentic facts. But
this is not all. The slave who had succeeded in
escaping, even when re-enslaved, was never
afterwards regarded as good property. All the
work he could do would cot-compensate for liis
bad example. Jefferson Davis, in the frankness
of an address to bis coastitpentsat home in Mis
sissippi, on the lB5 U said openly
that he did not want any fugitive slave
6ent into his Mate; that “such stock would be a
curse to the land, lor wi*h ihoknowledre they had
gained they would ruin the rest.of the slaves, and
very piobably give rise to the most dreadful con
sequences;” and he concluded byannouncing that
“be would nothaveihhisqnartersanesTobrought
from the North on any account whatever.
IScvh-rn I*rcss, iSol.j And yet, in the
lace of these authentic facts, showing how fewes
caped, and then in face of an instinctive repng
nance to alio w slaves wbo had once tasted liberty
to mingle with other slaves, this atrocious statu e
was enacted, and its enforcement was maintained
at the point oi the bayonet while Jefferson Davis
wasiecrttaiy ofWar.
Speaking, then, in general terms, the authors of
the fugitive slave act were the authors of the hel
lion . be one and the other have the same pater
nity, as unquestionably they have a family like
ness.
If, however, we go still further and seek the in
dividual authors ol this odious measure, the fore
runner of the. rebellion, it will be easy to point
them out.
But whether its authors be found in States or in
dividuals, there Is about it the same smell ot re
bellion. Proceeding first from Ssbutb Carolina, it
was adopted by hke the rebellion itself
senator from Virginia took from South Carolina
the final responsibility—as an aged madman from
.K rK i l,la ! ' skea “5, d obtained permission to point
the first gnn at Fort-Snmter Nor are the two
events unlike in character. The fugitive slave a
was leveled at the Union hardly Jess than the b.v
'■"umter" CLarleiton wli?n they opened upon Fort
Such are the authors, general and s aecial, of this
wickedness. The Senator from South OaroUniis
dead; t_ut the repretematives of Slavery siill live,
end so also co the two aiitbors fr m Vaginia.
Thus do the representatives o- Slavery, though
now in open rebellnm, co.tinu., through an mi-
E 4 atut “< to insnilt the loyal States, to de
thefhSTe^f P S b , Uc ’ an ’ t 0 rale ttle country which
IfoLJ * e<i t 0 rout-.and thus oo twoanda-
Kpllion —oi>e the pffeteuded ministerol there
rlhel ond ,°?,’ and ,ne other an officer m the
imwlr eDJ , ny a,,um S os a malignant
power, while wlte a long ana not vet arnnum e d,
ihey reach even into the streets of Washin.tnn
and fasten the clinics of the slave hington,
To all this there is one simple answer, and Con
gress must make it. . • > and con
A clause of the Constitution, contr.m
commanding rules .of jurisprudence t 0 , aU
terpreted.to sanction the hunting of- »?, a been in I
the eame clause; thus interpreted ,, sla ves; and
clared, contrary to all the testimony „rli b9eil de "
bare been an original compromise otqf M
tion, and a Corner-stone of the e T? r . tb ® Coustltu
. clause,- thus misinterpreted and ,? 1 . on - On this
an act of Congress has i? us m)srepre
which, even assuming that the en founded,
applicable to fugitive slaves, is mi aat ® is strictly
constitutional. < . TKa ' ‘a many times nu
. T.nt even if this act were-strieti
in ail respects, yet r regarding it in y n. constit >itional
sequences, and In its rebel a^ t ho? R p t ? rribl ® con!
less .offensive; for, from the bevinii 13 110n ® the
a scourge to the African race, an? 1 !, 11 '®"' il was
the Whole country_a scandal abni« grievance to
weight upon the Union at home^K,? na a d ® ad
tP'i.trivence of men wto in! I’ll 1 ’ 11 was the
rebel at heart, and are now in ’t.'n.c, Were
B vvf,n ap .? n SnBu ltto thefree S'ate? bellimi—ide- 1
subjugation. ■ Such a statute, thns'nn* f 4 “ bad S® of
J? d ? aal la every respect, ooconsti
in all its consequences and J flt . terl y mischievous
peculiarly/obnoxious in itsweri l' ' wbi >® It la
w U phVn O ri betn ' calBdwitbont rie)ay 110 X aai,tborß '
with parliamentary. usageitouehttrl-i? c onsistent
the volumes. ol: th/law.sothat th!,! 0 b »torn'froni
xecoidof.uchan b ®“®'
a»?neMed?nn?. OF . CHRIST OHTTEOHj,
tobe fbrwarded m ?he Rnm. ll l g B ? xea of Clothing? S
Tennessee, who “have lostevs^laf 111 '?. 18 °l East
■and suffered. evefvthiTi? tfl K,?. ryt J an,! b,lt Jtonor,
earnestly solicit donations inr 1
olotiiing, .which may. be sent to th/'niTTnjfilrnif
spate at least one garment-. DonatmiSiK
be Louder, 233 Pine street; 7 Mrs.
J. O. Hand, €3O, Pine street? Miss O 1*512
iFine t street; Mrs. Jesse ’ Godley?'ld ?, Arch .
iytg=. PHILADELPHIAAFEB. 26, 1881.—The
LLS first meeting of the OHEROKE E MINING
COMPANY; pf Michigan, uniter its. Articles'ot
Association,"wilTbe held at 328 WALNUT street
Philadelphia,' on'TUESDAY, the fifteenth day of
March, 1861. at 4 P.-Mi ' • 3
fe26,tmhls§' . ' ; ‘ - ISRAEL MORRISr
a ‘ M . • • W. P. JENTCS, :
„ ' . ; TWo of the Associates of said Corporation..
PHILADELPHIA. FEB. 28, 1861—
ILs The First Meeting of the OSAGE -MINING
COMPANY. OF MICHIGAN, under Us Articles
Of Association, Will he-held at 326 WALNUT
street; Philadelphia, on TUESDAY, the 15th
day ol March; 1861, at5P. M.
■ OH AS. W. TROTTER,
■- - GEOEGE R. OAT,
:fe26tmhlso ii Two Associates of said Corporation.
iy==- PHILADELPHIA AND ' READING
Lkaf Eailroad Company, 1 Office 227 South Fourth
Street.' ■ - Philadelphia, September 3; 1863. .
• : DIVIDEND NOTICE.—The following named
persons are entitled to a Dividend on’ the common
’ stock of thfe Company. The residence of several
of them is unknown, and It is therefore necessary
that the Certificates of Stock should be presented
on caHing- for the Dividend.
• S. BRADFORD, Treasurer.'
■ STOOKHOLDEKS’ KASIEB.
-Timothy O. Boyle, Henryß. Sherer;
S. Lancaster,’ Andrew Turner;
; John Mclntyre, Mrs. Rebecca Ulrich.
Benjamin F. Newport. ' fe2o-tr§
rYs=* PEKitSI LVANIA :ullN ING
OF MICHIGAN is hereby given,
that all Stock in ibis Company, on which the in
stammer t of. TWO DOLLARS per Share, called
• December 7th, 1683,-and due December 19th,' 1863,
Is not paid, is forfeited for said defanlt; and that,"
according to the Charter and By-Laws of the Com
pany, it will be sold at Public Auction, on MON
DAY, March 21st, 1801, at 12 M-. at the Office of
the Secretary of the Company, No. 326 WALNUT
street, Philadelphia, nnless paid on or before that
day. By order of the Board of Directors.
fel9-‘2t&f,m, •wtma3l{] S. HI. DAY,' Sec’y.
Dated Philadelphia, Feb. 19, IS6I.
ITW* OK THE UNION MtITUAL
UJ3? INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHTLA
DELPHIA, Philadelphia, January 11, 1861.
Notice is hereby given to the holders of the out
standing Scrip of the Union Mutual Insurance
Company of Philadelphia, that the Stock and
Scrip holders, at a meeting held this date, re
solved to extend to the holders of the outstandin®
Scrip the privilege ol converting said Scrip into
the- Capital Stock of the Comoonv, according to
section 6tb of tbe atnendinenfto tbe Charter, on
tbe same terms as previously don**: payment of
instalment to-be made February !, IS6I. Other
wise, interest to be charged ou payments made
after that date, and the privilege of conversion, to
«easc after June 30, lSfrf.
jal3-w, f, m2mfr Secretary. •
OFFICE, MERRIMAC MINING COM
LLS PANY, New Yonk, Feb. 21th, l=6i.
Notice Is hereby given to the Stockholders of the
MERRIMAC MINING COMPANY, that an asf
sessment ol FIFTY CENT.-, per Share, ha« been
levied upon the Capital Stock of the Company,
payable on WEDNESDAY, March 30th. IS6I, at
ihe Oilice of the Treasurer, No. 281 PEARL street.
New York, or to Sir. Wm. L. Mactier, Transfer-
Agent, No. 132 WALNUT street, Philadelphia.
By ordder of the Directors,
feo7-g,w,tmfa3o» i J. M. MILDS, Trea*»«er.
wc. OFnOE Om- BOUNTY FUND COM
MIISSION, No. 412 PRUNE street, De
cember 29, 1?63.
Warrants for the City Bounty (two hnndredand
fifty dollars) will be issued to all new recruits for
.old regiments, credited to the Quota of Philadel
phia on the coining draft.
Muster rolls, certified by proper mustering offi
cers, must be sent to the office of the Commission
one day previous to the issuing of the warrants.
Officers must accompany and vouch for their
men when the warrants are delivered.
Philadelphia soldiers re-enlistingln the field will
receive their warrants as soon as certified copies of
the muster-in-rolls are famished to the Commis
sion by the Adjutant-General of the State.
Men enlisted in Col. McLean’s Regiment (183 d
Pennsylvania Volunteers), will receive the bounty
In companies when duly mustered into the U. S.
service, aiid credited to the quota of the city.
The Commission sits daily from 3 toSP. ?L,
during which hours only warrants are delivered.
These warrants are cashed on presentation at the
office of the City Treasurer, Girard Bank.
. By order of the Commission.
- jal-tf} SAMUEL C. DAWSON, Sec’y.
rYS=», OFFICE CITY BOUNTY FUND COM-
UiF MISSION, No.' 412 PRUNE Street, Phila
delphta, December 19, 1863.
_The Commission for the) aypient of the City
Bounty are now prepared to receive and adjust
theclauns of all new recruits in old regimens.
Until further notice, the Commission will sit
Billy from 3 to 5 P. M.
Bounties will be paid to those only whose names
arc borne cu rolls furnished to the Commission by
the Assistant Provost Marshal-General, or the
Untied States Mustering Officer for Philadelphia.
Claimants for the bonntv must be vouched for
by a responsible United States Officer. Officers
will bring their men to the office in squads for the
purpose.
In a fewdaysnofice will be given when aedhow
recruits in new organizations and veterans re-en
listing in the field can receive their bounty.
By older ol the Commission.
jal tl SAMUEL O. DAWSON, Secretary.
jycu* OFFTCE PENNSYLVANIA RAIL-
Jos ROAD COMPANY, Philadelphia, Feb
ruary 15. I#6J
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.
The Annual Election for Directors will be held
on MONDAY, the Seventh day of March. ISOI. at
the Office of the Company, No. 238 South THIRD
Street. The pe lls will be open from ten o’clock
A. M., until six o’dock P. M.
No share or shares transferred within Sixty davs
■receding the election will entitle the holder or
lolders thereof to vote.
fel7-tmh~
FORT WAYNE AND
CHICAGO RAILWAY COMPANY, Office
?> f PixrsDunGH, Pa., February
lUiu, lnGj. *
’ 1 he annual meeting of the Stock and Bondhold
ers of this Company, for the Election of Directors,
aca sueb other business as may come before it. "will
t-.i hi-ld at the QHicc of said Company, in the city
°i£ I wT£P, UEQH ’ mlthe 'EytRU WEDNESDAY
of MARCH, A. D. ISO!,: ktlo A. M.
Tie. Stock and Transfer'Bobks of the'Company,
at their Office in the city of Pittsburgh, and at their
Transfer Agency in the city of New York, will be
closed on the Ist day of March, at 3 o’clock, P.M.,
and remain closed until the 17th day of March
thereafter. W. H. BARNES,
felstma!7 - Secretary.
WINONA MINING COMPANY OF
U-S MICHIGAN.—The first meeting ol the Cor
porators of the Winona Mining Company of Michi
gan, will be held ou the Sth day of MARCH, 1361,
at 11 o’clock A. M., at the Office, No. 127 South
FOURTH Street, in the city of Philadelphia, Pa
JAY A. HUBBELL, •
JOS. T. FORD,
■ .SAMUEL ALLEN,
Three of the Associates of said Corporation.
Philadelphia, Feb. 19.156>. 1e19.15t$
HILTON’S CEMENT The Insoluble
15 Cement of the Messrs Hilton Brothers is cer
tainly the best article of the kind ever invented.
Itshonld be kept m every manufactory, workshop
and house, everywhere. "By its use many dollars
can be saved In the run of a year! This Cement
cannot decompose or become, corrupt, as its combi-'
nation is on scientific principles, and nnder no clr
enmstances or change of temperature will it emit
any offensive smell. The various uses to which It
can be successfully applied renders it invaluable ■
to all classes. For particulars see advertisement
EDUCATION,
INFANT* S ; RETREAT.
MEDIA, DELAWARE 00., PA.'
MRS. SAMUEL EDWARDS* Principal. This
Institution, providing a refined home and the ten
derest care and culture for Children froth three
to seven years of age, 'will be opened on Wednes
day, APRIL 13. Media is 13 miles from* Phila
delphia by Railroad. .For particulars apply to
Rev. S. Edwards, Media, pa. References:
Bishop Potter, Bishop Stevens, aiid-the; Epis
copal Clergy of the city; also to'Abraham
Martin, Esq. fel7-3ms
K
sORDENTOWN female college,
i>. ; BQKDENTOWN, N. J.
. This Institution is pleasantly located on ths
Delaware Kiver, 1% hour’s rlde irom Philadel
-thia. Special attention Is paid to the common and
ligher branches of ENGLISH, and superior ad
vantages fnrnished in Vocal .and Instrumental
Music, FRENCH, taught by native, and spoken
in the family. For Catalogues, address
Rev. JOHN H. BRAKELEY, A. M.,
'iali.am* ' - 1 ;-.1 -■ Presided
MABTIN,. LEANS, NO. ,402 CHESTNUT
Street.
- nirst Premium awarded by Franklin-Instl tuts
to MAETIN LEANS, Manufacturer ol ,
, MASONIC. MAKES, PINS, EMBLEMS, *O.
i N e w and original designs ol Masonic Marks and
Templars’ Medals, . . Army Medals and’ Corps
Badges of ovary - ■■
EDSIDND SMITH,
Secretary.
#£9 . SUMMER RESIDEnUE TO BE LET
EUa Fami of 40 acres, Mansion House of twelve
rooms, Tenant House, Ac , accessible' hv two
railroads. Apply to J. H. CURTIS * SON Real
Estate Brokers- 433 Walnut stoet * ’fS?
Jpf f —HO USE No. 1818 WALLACE
i Wi,h . Uiree-story double-back bulld
“f*’ „? Dd a B modern, improvements. Will be
T 4 °“ the premises or to P.
JAilOhi, No. lo N. Delaware, Avenne. lee? Otis,
Mg '.'S&Oll SALE— Modern. Dwelling House,
JKL No. 10 Woodland Terrace, West Philadel
phia, replete with every convenience. Apply to
' E. L. MOSS, Broker,
. 21# Sock atreet
■ - ■ ~~ , JLV '■ • ■ r
'gjl SaJuE.—A; hand-’
*2d.| ome - jpoimed stose : Mansion, with pointed’
® la u ble and carnage house, and large* lot of
bfautifntly improved. In one of the most"
,n Germantown, ten minutes*
■walk orcni' the •’Railroad I>ep6t; has every city
£ n d i s IP perfect order. J. M. GUM
MET: &-SQN S. 568 Walnut street. *mh2_g
sale—Ah elegant modern brick r?e
26 feet G inches" lront, witb doabi;
back buildings, handsome Rtable* and Garrfa”o
bonse, and Jot of ground 132 feet deep to a B?reet.'
situate on the east side of Fourth street, between
al, ‘ ut Spraceijstreets." Has every conve
m th C A«t "! p I OT - ment i u flb’sued throughout
in the best style, and expressiy-for the comfort bf
aEdiBin perfect
GTJMMEY & SOi% S| s(iB .Walnut street. mb2 *
M iFOE.SALE.—THE HANDSOME pdtip
STORY BRICK RESIDENOET 22°feS
stm"f t; ' f- M- OOMMEY& SONS? SfwaPnut
'JlA^otoS^^gggJls-lgas^lß.-
ner S and inr°”s e hed Vuh 116 mpst snb3^ntla! maa^
mnth streets. i>ot so feet front by 165 fe-»tdepnto
WalnnSt X *' GUMMEY * SOnM?
mlia
PEOPEETT FOR
atT & ?h *' ei,e IWfertto a blck h t?ec° d si t a C!
GTTMMET & SONS, SUB Wal 9 nut°trl°?' XM --
' {SHI : , *'O'*' SaL. E-Han usual li ■ dlsiif"
JEHi 1010 North FIFT tEN-Ttt st.ee * ikree Wd’
garden, stable and carriage house. lar seyard,
Lot feet by 47 feet on back btreet.
Terms tasy.
. Apply to
W. T. REED,
NortU Eighth street.
for sale. . mhL-a *
IP! ° r the most desirable
;!&-,^ ro £enies in West Philadelphia, sitnated on
l nf^^^f tV !T, en J tlir ' y - cintl ' aad fortieth
J r°K 100 by2ll > Honse 40 by 33, with brick
&c ’’ residence'of the late J. M.
Sinnard. Enquire of O. B. PENEOSE, No. 152
as#- ° r j - t -
ga FOR SALE OK TO LET A lartre three"
Elstory HOUSE, with two-etary bKckbSlldin^,
StTe'er Tw GI ; KMAI '' T< J} VN Avenne, below MUI
Street, Twenty-second Ward,Philadelphia, lately
occupied by Charles p. Beef. The above
lSfs Will he rented..either for a dwelling or store
“diE'tirneofthe best localities lor pS
poses m Germantown. Apply to F
JOS. KING-, Conveyancer,
jjlain street, Germantown.
1e29-6t*
Mt£v tej.uih oily sitnaieduOUN
TKY RESIDENCE, with coach honsc, sta
,ow and garden, vrithin three minutes walk of
Wissinoming Station, on the Trenton Bailroad
eeven meet from the city. Apply at 717 Walnut
£lree! ~ - fei7-6t*
£?§„,y,f\ RNUT street-fob sale.-a
EkTHREE-STOEY BRICK DWELLING. on
T\alnut street, modern conveniences. An-
P>y to J; H. OUBTIS A SON, Beal Estate Bro-
Kers, 433 Walnut, street, fe-27
M FUK SALB—The Property on School
fronting eight hundred and
« ight(afO) feet on said Lane, and extending nearlv
one.third of a mile to the Wissahickon, with front
on that stream. Containing thirty (30) acres, with
numerousdesirable sites for Country Seats, fire
minutes walkfrom the Railroad Depot, and twenty
nvyrnnlr£?S Ul f ' ; U r ‘ Apply to CHABLES
H. MT.IBHEID.No. SO5 Sonth SIXTH at. fiS-OJ
,S f tvnl^J 2-Tb l FARM taiown as
“EINDEN,” containing about3l acres, In
Cheltenham Township,Montgomery County, west
side of Old ark Turnpike, at the eight mile stone,
within ien minutes walk of either “Ch-ltan
Hills or**lorfc Road” stations, on the No’-th
Pennsylvania Railroad.
The improvements consist- of n large Stone
Dwelling House (new.iy roofed), containing 11
rooms; piazza front, excellent water, large lee
1 odse filled, large stone bam, modern style; with
stabling for £ horses and 6 cows; stone carriage
home, com cnbs and granary over, Ac. °
The land is nearly all tillable and In an excellent
taate of cultivation. The delightful situation of
this place, its proximity to the city, and many of
the most beautiful country seatsJin the neighbor,
hood of Philadelphia, render it very attractive
Communication, with the city is had almost hourly
by the North Pennsylvania Bailroad. Apply to
' ' ■ OHAS. H. MUIRHEID,
-fe2o-3ilt No. 2US South SIXTH street.
!*§ - SALE-GEKMANTOWN PRO
-122. PERTY wiihin five minutes walkof Dny’s
Dane Station. A well built Stone Mansion with
all the modem improvements, ly acres of ground
An abundance of shade and fruit trees. Good
wells, Ac. Apply to JUSTICE A BATE
NAN, 122 South FRONT street. leld-lm*
OE CHANGE foe city
PROPERTY. A handsome Coont-y S>at
and well-improved Farm of 90 acres. It is one of
tne most desirable properties ever offered for sale.
W ill be sold with or without stock and furniture.
£ o mouev required- Immediate possession given.
For fuH particulars, apply to J. M. G-UmiEY &
SOIVSe 50S WALNUT street. fe*23 ims
elegant country seat fob
SALE—About eight miles from city; Railroad
depot half a mile from the premises; convenient,
also, to churches and schools. For healthiness and
beauty of situation, as wellassurronndingadvan-
property is unsurpassed in the suburbs
of Philadelphia. The large mansion (commondine
fine views of the river Delaware) is of brown”
stone, built and finished without regard to cosh
hncrreplete with all the modem conveniences for
both summer and winter.. The ground comprises
-<> acre*, beautifully laid out and ornamented with
a great variety of fruit trees and shruos. A large
garden with abundance of fruit. On the premises
aie also erected a gardener’s cottage, lodge,
orchard house, green house, conservatory, and
very extensive stabling, no expense whatever hav
ing been spared to make this in*ail respects a first,
class residence.
Apply to
ja:*9-3Ct§
C. H. MUIRHEID,
No. 203 South Sixth street.
fig COUNTRY seat asdpakmfob sg
jSn. SAXiE-rCostainiug Jifty-fiTa • acres.
handsomely situated m Cheltenham -townsnip
ElpntßomßTy -county, Fennsylyania, about eigbi
miles from the city and one and a-half from Yor»
Road Station, .'on tie North Pennsylvania Rail
road. The buildings are nearly now. substantia’
and well calculated for a winter or summer real
dence. Apply to O. H. MUIBHEID, No. SO:
South SIXTH street, Philadelphia. sel3-tf§
FOR SALE—House on SPRUCE street,
near Thirteenth street, with stable, Ac. Also,
one on SPRUCE street, near Twelfth street. Ap
ply to C- H. MUIRHEID,
feia- 3Qt5 203 Sonth Sixth street.
M FOR SALE—A COUNTRY SEAT on the
Birmingham road, about three miles southof
Westchester, in Chester connty, Pa., beautifully
located on Osbourn’s Hill, near the Brandywine
The House is modern, built in cottage style, and of
commodious sise. Wat r introduced from ahv
ram. Ice House, Bara, &c~, attached.
contains 40 acres of land, well supplied
With fruit and large shade trees. The property is
the summer residences of Isaac Norris, the
late Hetiry Pepper, deceased, Wm Parker Foulke
and Samuel J. Sharpless, Philadelphia.
Apply to OHA.KI/ES BHOADS,
No. 36 S. Seventh street, Phila.
Jfift' PRIVAThi SALE.—The subscriber will
2Csell all op a part ol his FARM, containing
about SO acrest)f first*rate land, in a high state of
cultivation,'eligibly and beautifully situated, iu
Lower merlon township, Montgomery county,
Pa., near the nintb.miie stone on the Philadelphia
and Lancaster turnpike road, opposite and near
to the Whitehall station, on the PennsylvarfTh
Railroad; also near the Eosemout station, abounds
with fine building sites, and is well and favorably
known as Arthur's Boarding House.
Apply to CHARLES J. ARTHUR,
On the premises.
Or J. G. HENDERSON,
At West Hav**rford Post office,
Delaware county* Pa.
tfsl FOR SALE —A COUNTRY SEAT, with
JESiforty acres of Land, near Lin-wood Station*on
the Baltimore Railroad, eighteen miles from
Philadelphia,,
The an extensive view of the
Delaware about a mile distant. Abont
seven acres of the land axe admirably snitedfor a
vineyard.
Apply to
OHAS.H. MUIKHEID, .
. • 303 South Sixth street,
or to JONATHAN GUEST, on the premises
Inquire at Lin wood Station Post Office, Delaware
county, Pehn’a., which is ten miuutes walk jrdia
the place. , ■ fe6 30t}
DESIRABLE STABLE TO LET. ii thi
neighborhood of Tenth and Walnut street*.
Threestalls, with every convenience. Annlvat
No. 16 Sooth Third street. . deU-tf
v S‘o to y chaSf V?5 d coT
healthiness and beStv s«™H« BChoolv For
sorrounding advaiua™, °fhit' tn^ Uon ’. °? well 88
pa MAN U^ rb f°/^limL y ta waaar
flna vigws of lie R° la waraSttyer 6 ’hn°u ma s < «“ i ’
Isied-Tn the most thorough ’ *>““‘*nd fla
and reple'e with all th e°nfid o?^“^ *■ la . s P a cious
both summer and The lencea for
about 23 ACRES, beautifully laid Sntt^ mpns °
meuted ■with a great variety of old !,T a "
forest trees and shrubbery- a inr»= ~3'i yoan s
abuuddhce of fruit, orchard '&q 8 garden with
cottage? 6 Lod^ Ee3 nr I ,h^°s ereCted a Zener's
ss-si&ss»i”S
fe29-3flt4 •Ss?' Jttjn.RBEID, ■
203 Soath Sixth street.
'fl !VG , T ° bbXbt,
now being pnt in thoSnS? 6 ™ “ e . atl y altered, and
location for an Ice Cream B * 1 ■ 4n 6l oellent
4C. Apply in I H store.
Brokers, 433 WALNUT^eft* SON,Eeal Estate
JjJ^and.BH^HESTNuTstr l^? olll^
LEGAL NOTICES.
THE
UOTY AND COUNTY OF PHILADEL-
Of- AX.EXAN-DBK. TO WAR, dec’d.
Anditor appointed by tbe Court to audit.
setUe, and adjust tbe acconnt of JOHN H. CUttl
nfiup™ !« surviving Executor of the-last will
bnUniwS d f r ’ deceased > and to make distri
bution ot the balance m the bands of ithe nn
delptel THlEDstreet - in ‘he City of Pbilt
■*■■■• fe26-f,m,w,st*
respondent to show canse why a divorlffrom the
bends of matnmony should not be desert re
tnrnable Saturday March sth, IB6i™ ecl«ed—re
. ISABEI/1.& VIRGINIA HONELL resnnn
de nt Please tahe notice of above rule ' ~
fe‘«l.tn « «,« DANIEI/DOUGHERTY,
feg3, tn, w, It* ■ Att’y for Libellant.
Summons in partition.—The sheria-m
directed to ppblish the following order
• _ JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff.
of Philadelphia, SS.
<swf«-^F > S>?, 0 “, w . e: y t y Pennsylvania to the
Philadelphia!County, greeting: •
Darlington, Administrator ds bonus
noffcnm testoiento annezo of th,e last will land
mentof F li2abettl Ba!d ' wi n, deceased, make
P roseCDtin g his claim, then we com
mandyou that , yon snmmon by good and lawful
snmrnoners, Sarah S, Barnes, Charles M. Tyson
and Lydia Ann his wife, in right of the said Lydia
Ann, Jonathan D. Barnes, Samuel B. Cope, Oh.
ver Cope, late of your connty, so that they be and
Jv£ l 3 x 5o orB onr £ nd ges at Philadelphia, at out
foT 4119 City and County
rfaw'if <I Tvr there,J °he.held the first MON-
Hr' -K. a . r p l L t 0 show wherefore whereas
eaaid Demandant andthe said Defendant
together and undivided do hold all that lot or t>iec*
of ground with the buildings thereon erected, sitn
nortil side o f Chestnut street, in the city
2L“ J i“ adel P llia ? containing in breadth tin the said
? h l S i?^.L? re€t fourteen feet, and in length or
depth fifty feet; bounded northward by ground
iorma‘ly °f John Bar, and afterwards of the heirs
or John Speel, deceased, eastward by Strawberry
alley, southward by the said Chestnut street, and
westward* wuh the shop and ground’ sometime in
the tenure ot Isaac "Warren ana afterwards be
longing to Samuel Barnes, or howsoever else the
same is or of right ought to be butted and bounded.
: with the appurtenances. Being the same premises
wrhich Samuel E. Howell and wife, by indenture
dated the twenty-first day of May, A. D. Isl 6, to.
corded at Philadelphia, in Deed Book M. 8., No.
9, page 36), Ac., granted and conveyed to Samuel
Barnes and Elizabeth - Lawrence, widow of
Thomas Lawrence *in fee ’as tenants in
common and- not as joint heirs,
the same . Defendant partition thereof between
them to ire.made (according to the laws and cns.
toms of this Commonwealth in snch case made and
provided), do gainsay and the same to be done do
not permit, very unjustly and against the sam»
laws and customs (as it is said,) Ac.
And have von then there "the names of thoso
Summoners and this writ.
Witness the Honorable OSW ALD THOMPSON,
President of our said Court at Philadelphia, tna
twenty-third day of January, in the year of otrr
Lerdene eight hundred and sixty-four.
rL. S. i of the Court C. P. and duly stamp*
J ed according to Act of Congress,
T. O. tV Kli B. Pro Prothonotary.
CITY ORDINANCE.
CLERK’S OFFICE COMMON COUNCIL
Philadelphia, February 5, ISSi.
” In accordance with a resolution adopted by the
Common Council of the .City of Phiiadelphia, on
THURSDAY the 4th inst, the annexed bill entitled
* *An Oxdinani e to Anthorize.an Additional Loan
to aid the Enlistment of Volunteers,” is hereby
published for public information.
WM. F. SIffAT.T.,
Cifixk of Ckmuncn Council.
An to authorize an ad
dition AL LOAN TO AID THE ENLIST
MENT OF VOLUNTEERS. **uis>x
Sectioh 1. The Select' and Common Councils of
the City of Phtiadelolna, do ordain: That the
Ma? or he and he is hereby authorized to borrow on
the credit of the city from time to ’time, as may be
required by the City Treasurer, such sums of
money as may be required to aid the enlistment of
Volunteers for the service of the United States, not
exceeding in the whole the sum of Two Million,
Dollars, for which interest, not. to
exceed at , the rate of six per cent.
p*r annum, shall be paid half-yearly, on
the firs; days of July and January, at the office of
the City Treasurer. The principal of said loan,
shall be payable andpaid attheexpiration of thirty
years from the date of the same, and not before
without the consent of holders thereof, and cer
tificates therefor, in the usual form of such certifi
cates of City Doan 6, shall be issued in such amount
2-s the lenders may require, but not for any frac
tional part of one hundred dollßrs»,for irequired
in amounts of five hundred or one thousand dol
lars* and it ikallbe expressed m said certificates
the said loan therein mentioned, and the interest
thereof are payable free from all taxes.
Sbo. 2. Whenever anv loan shall be made by
virtue hereof, there shall be. by force of this ordi
nance, annually appropriated out of the income of
the corporate estates, and from the sum raised by
taxation, a sum .sufficient to pay the interest on
said certificates; and the further sum of three
tenths of one per cent, on the par valne of such
certificates so issued shall be appropriated quar
terly, out of the income and taxes, to a sjntrin
fund, which fund and its accumulation are' hereby
specifically pledged for the redemption and pay
ment of said certificates ' .
• , RESOLUTION '
Authorizing the * Clerk to publish the Ordinance
ItesvZvcd, That the Clerk of Common Council b»
authorized to publish in two daily newspapers of
this City, daily lor four weeks, the Ordinance nre
, sented to Common Council 'at a stated meeting
thereof, held on the 4th day ol February, 1564. en
titled “Ail Ordinance to Authorize
Loan to aid the Enlistment of Volunteers, * * ana
the said Clerk, at. the stated meeting of Gonnciii
next after the expiration of four weeks from th«
said publication, skill present to olmcUs
each ot said newspapers for every dayin wW<S
tbesameshallhavebeen ihade. J "■--feMwt
SSS ATIO “ BANK OF PHILA-
FBANKFORD.
in?to Soolwii 00 ’ <Xlo ' ae PrtTUege ofincreas-
BS,Tbresidentj WILLIAM H.
RHAWN, Cashier, late of the Philadelphia Bank.
M^o Sshallcross,
Edward Hayes, BeujaminH. Deacon,
c „ John Cooper.
The Second National Bank of Philadelphia is
how open at No-134 Main street, Fxankford, far
the transaction of a General Banking BtKineAs
upon the usual terms. i
Collections upon all accessible points will y,a
ifcade uponliberai terms. u 09
ResjfectfoUy, W. H. RHAWN,
:
PORTSMOUTH STEAM i'aOTOEY spnnr
COTTON, Best six-cord. *
aofactme, Amory’s Enameled
spool warranted to contain 2UO yards, full maS
rare, and egnalln every respect to any Thread nf
Au y «ss?tg
SewtegMacWne O s ftllßaboVe Thread expressly for
CHARLES AMORT, Tr. , k oo„
Seeing Agents,
No 2U5 Church Alley,
Philadelphia.
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