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Independent . Republican
sF E A.Ei PRINTING OFFICE;
BElowSeißea Hoed, is Hawley* Lathrop* . Bulldog,
iltUl ) - STAIRS:AM—,
Th e jilaepegaofPlibite*
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Prß/ASHILD .11+EXT TIWIISDAT, AT NOSiAL* SCBQCL•
SAAINA. MONTT, rim:ea.,
H. H: FRAZIER,
AT 10,50 ♦ TEAS, 7!f ADTAECE.
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1 Aquitrog. to 30107 h lon 1 :0.5 ii. 513 jinn IR 00_
- Antlatnt, 1 - 0 01 1.4t0 2002 50 4 (05 00 90n15 00
S ranves,l I 5012 2513 0013 75'8 0n1,7 3 1 12 01. 20 00
4equares,l 2 40,2 00,3 75;4 W O 00.9 se ts(f 24 00
Half a column , le 00 1000
One whiten, 7 1300015000
Twelve_ lines of.this she ty_pt.,? make a square. -
mem noes of thle M. repe—,trate, )
Troth- Aderetlsers hare the to eraeriur e yduultlng
Their sderettemeuts nersvionartv witbout addlilenal eharee.
Throluess yard• out rlttedlng Reellsres In.erted at fitter ...Mi.
Admit.. Nerds, to losurelnserlkou r Mud le Waded la.by Tues
day trierrdne... ,
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Job Werk.--.The office of the Isnrettlinxrt
Itrbraurra I. provided irlth thnr mintlar para.". a STrAM
POWER Intztw.•larter RAND PRFa s. sod a CARO PRF,Sty
blrtlrr lila • oral aworttarat ofJobbbur materials Land all Undo
44,70. inark. rarlaiCaAN. eltralsra. ro-tm•eltown..ini.
rarn bblrta..tc., 1011 br door neatly and promptly.
lelanke.—Justices' itna Constables' Blanks,
4hnr4lant% Note% Suds Lenox Land Contract% Ac s ka It on
hand and he We at the larnarraneartltmeurns attire.
BUSINESS CURDS.
Si S. Robertson,
TvF.AI,EA In Fnatian and Onmhatlr Frnits.' Yealiable. la 1641,
CI Sravon. lee ere4m and Soda Water. arld.rn. Clam& Pl,O. and
ll , fre , bnamt. ..r all kind% flldank. N.J. , . edhflwlhnnws ,- .. , "'l'M!'
inn"! er*nntrtrd with a And d 21,44% Eating ligntw, Waverly, N. y.
Waverly. N. Y.. }lay 4, 15,40.4ta.
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sA No w Aln.efrltO. Ta. rtatt , invm.
Wlll krep moan:tally oti hand the lrrt brand. of 11 , alt. Er the
Fut or hoPolfrlt kortala. at the Imrrat market prim., ale. %sat he
the vloglo Barrel or to All fort,. from V.rt h A nt a 3 ,4
pmrantlrattraardio. ar eaoh pal 4 araln. Wookreltt
and all kin& of rarno,hrod.oce In tbelr sawn.
New litlftwid, ra.,llxo
Dr. A. Gifford,
MORON DIMIRT. Odder arm F. 11. - -Chnordlees !gem.—
rdldlt , dut *llentkot Witt bt errs! to ltportlng Teeth oil Geld et
Silver ilatt..-.10.4m a 'tit Man. All operation/ Inursatect. Goal
Ref tt mutter&
Motitrost, Sept. B,lSdtt..-tf
John W. -Cobb ..X D
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h m OtTICE orcr l.s
ola,Saqmm
Morrs o.
co.. pa.. MMTb
• . Fordham,
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ILr 11,1r 07t7.1 CT RER of PADDLE& Mt ItYLNA. &
aled CA &Rl:trig TRIM ISING Inall*. Irmo:No. Slop one
Stnetandfs..
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3tw.-Eztjt-R , EI44II.IRNEX:A.SA PPLER.Ind Turn - Ks
Nt. w Rut, a, .r..u;,."4 1 3');;;;;A 7'1 4 ' ' ' . . .
Wil ha I—Orover,
ATroTMET AT 1..A1T. Sr Li Ihmersi. Paliilon , only In
Mr emit Corn"; of Rieman. and ilerntor Memel(' eillrfty to
rorwrsrmt. -4' SAM inknoo hom ilnrod nill n.rt.4 , rr prompt at
trntion. OFFICE No. 4. ehMout Street..
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s.t Lonl% Drorruber '4...., l+o.ly
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TAILOR,New Mummy, n. Co 21., typodte. E. A.* 0
PrJr,
New Ntlfent. Nier. !N. 155 EL-Sat
• E. a Rogers,
ItAxenkeTrßN of ail denerttlon. of
CARRIAGE& WAGO.Nft. SLEffalft.
In the hest Ririe of Worktnannhlo and ofthetw4 mental...at the well
known4eu.A, a few fleet" 4 of 5vnr16,11.41., In Monter...v. lOWro
hr will be happy to =Hive the ealho of till who want am - thine In hi,
urw. . 31ontrope, Septinzt.er 1.14,
IL D. Bennett.
1311100 K 11QTJET{..5.1.11cF. Sompebanna war. trApretful.
ty Int.mno thrpeorie Stpurrlggent.lmml rieletibirqlna:comtlv.•
bet- vriarrA In Mod ree.llm). and Rook, arol fti trtl,
17:. W. FlAsnar.v . ll/ receive rerindlral% A r e.„ f.r 9,
Gll.O, Slpt. I N -A..AV '
W4lliam B. Strapson,,
WATPIT REPAIT: tr, haring worked for tbe.p.l4 mine year,
n - dh the nowd ridliful workmen. hefeef , ennthfent that he on
do the tom: 111113endt ,Jolek on abort notter. All work yeaeranted
Five nol , furdno. Jewelry repaired ;watt! . and On r e •oop...i.k. r e m,
. 4 . shop In Itord k irvfnterlsor. - Store, comm. of llaluatol Turn
pike Stmt., lwrn.r . rimier noted. If ootroru. Tu.
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Srntwon ha. worked for owl:ormolu. One, and / ton tee
otoruend him a 5 a ramfol ancraliltfal workman, totniwirnt to do a.
gn,l work ;• nab tK el•mrtn the e3liztt7, and wonky of confidence.
Towamin„ nun 10.1F:6. Wm. A. elikuitra.M.
It rrtaktro Wm. Pistil., E. V. Exist, E. D. .11(milyae. E. 0.
litaxtrialt. B. Rlsohery. Tosrazata; IL S. Iteraity.l.. Seatlr, C. D.
Lamm, &Vitt cabal; Ilmstroar.
pitoutzolle,l64la... Itt. ISta'l.-tf '
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WMWm. W. Smith dr Co, "
CABINET ANT elf AIR 7,1.17ir PAC , .
tort,. Krcprolidantly on hand all kinds
- ' At (.4rtmrs Frrarrtras. nr Surul.tarl at
Thom rot{e, Shop And Won. Roos. foot of .11,11, Strom..
Monism% Pa., Ifar 1.4L1K5.-tt ' ,
Hayden Brothers,
IfILESA LE DEALER" , a" YANKEE NoTioNs.lnda. , ..
Jewelrf. lea Milani, Srt."2. ra_
Ir - 3f eretsant"and Pedlar" "applied at New Yurk Jabbing Pekes.
Now Milford. May.
Bbyd it.Webstet,
E.AI.ERS in latnres. Stare Pipe. Tin. C.PEn, and Stoll Inn
I I Warr; atm, Vlinimrlindl.Pane.ll*.nro.V.
Pine Liuf,.r, and all ljnilf, M Bnlliftric Ihteri:ll., Tin Stn. Snnab
Sawies now, and CsrptvierNtop atir Mctlnnllst
3143=110ex. Tn.:Apra it, .
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PifTSTCIAN AND sritai Li
ox. taw pennant-01r Intatedhlmr. l
at Montrose, Saartartruina etiaah . . R. OFFICE over 'Wilson
it Son'a Store- - Ladtlaga at ScurAtia note. . -
Vanua., Ninth I 4 MS. 1 .
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Mr..lrEs: L. Richard on
WorT.D.vp,,thar tender hle profe•Aotol moires to the In/
hobtrante d 3tonfrom sod It Octuttr. OFFICE go, Ilta
hors holm LODGEKOS at the Erystose - Holel. • 1
Maumee, Oet. L1.1655.-IFF
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GEADrAir of the 4.lloroethlc'oad lloconorottak Collet e:Lot
Iledliine. L. urn, permanrotlr looted% Ontga Word, r.. 0 -
ncr, corner of Itoloo sztll:l3abeth .91.. newly°motet. the X. X.
Chord. , • , ltof 14 11..:.-11 .
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-.11 111 -2- a.aA 0 91..tte the baptist chtomb.(Nore 0kie...)10 Vont- .
- m vtoo. Posticala *Hanlon tri ll Le ' plerek to hien
-I.A. teeth on Qoe.e. and Severs 141, . 1 1 to fl lox dt•C 3 Tibg t.t ll -
, liosaro.e..)anosry la. 1856.41.
C. D. Virgil,
!l DESIDENT DENTIST. Norm* r.. Of.
-as ses tke at the Fmkll2l Hotel. ROOM N .2.
style of teert l . 2 ll% "1"
c81!‘:'"S:4-.1‘4te the
5ty::,...:, April T. 11119.-44
, B.- Thayer. -
IDITTSICIAN An/ mama.x~ms P+. Mace% Utc"
.I.arment gam vbaZ
AL Bushnell,
AT 141
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A TTOR_VEY4 r • •
Ilk. Weds Drug Nom
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Tveimulti lx BOOTS s 14110. 14 ,the and IFlndlori. au
II Matre e ., ant doer tekror Scutito Hotel. Vontro*. Pa<rha
cerne.
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zr -E r e LAW i ri l L S:01.6111" PCBLIC. Office on'r b.
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TTONSATAAT LAW. AND norsrt LAND AGkENTS.-
11. OM& wed attie Cixert U , Mosaram. rs. - •
• Libert Chamberlin. • - -
A TTOBSIT Ax UN, AND JGETICE VF TEM I'
eleam !Imam. Ya.
•Wat. H. Jessup .
A TTOlitirtiT Ulf !LSD CONIXINSIONIR or D
GI tortirrlSbitnarDeir llark.bllateadibillbobbri
k. am . ...itb I•omlßae. and idellty. . thaw an Dab& &pan. aces:_
;Itil by Dm. /map. S
Abel Turret,
T ZLLLZft DRUGS. 11:EDICM ES: CIIIDLICALS, Panto,
uy~PYwatd44nortYtDry 900 d.. Basdware. mcor*ado
Wauttin. tltnte - SpuomSpettmclvi.ll •
.!....11 ...nsuatts. , Tresso.104:kst hatntxualts. Liquor'. Ant=
W .LAT.. — tratlersperr.l3rosim, Oboes XaskresWmi. Is.
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nEA Ltr.N tury fIOODIC - Beinq Yr
=Ad Suglimerr, etc. thotY Is,
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Dsu ._ - ' rest itrotbers.
ri n ItY GOODS. thweste4
/..w.L.J. now, etc,. ONOtf ofTutolle
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DEALIT4 J.% DRY 4.14)0176. Oroceet4 lintinos. Croebry.
T a.rare.likvki..liAr.....soutesbret Xani,c, Lc.; s l.. card
, he Book Briers, . . .serwmpione Arm . Ilt:xernmir. Pa.
4. A- LIONS.
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FACERS ART GOOD'S. Dm" MedlettmOt, Ids, Oils
D llafreart. cam,, vim. Ckleks. ittiot—L, Jew.
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Ptotml, Pertilmwr..lltc. 116:k 111."*. MaariFaitz.
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ATTORNETS LW. Mamma, Pa. Pnidtee la Sals,
l'"La. Bradford Wayskr, Wyoming asd Lamm c9onclar.
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irtiotraqtusßear. Dealers La naer:eaa . Part. riga.
Lrd• Grata. recd. Castile. Cbrer Timmtby mead; Ate
ER mach Siite4 Ralaema. Ta. Duert.
44, apabac Armee, qua dux 4t..1: Aintridges
Mu1n...c;0et.341326,41 •
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b Ls's.* n G ammas:it 4t.c- stubs stare tailor occuoiod
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VOL. 5.
For Me /sidepentfnit Repablicwa
WYE 0 FFKRINO.;
wand'ring in the wild-wood, lose,
Where wild Bowers richly bloom,
And zephyrs cool, that fan my brow, -
Are turn with sweet perfume:
I'm srand'ring in the wild-wood, love,
Where wild birth sweetly sing, •
But to gentler tones of thine, love,
My heart is etinaidg.
And here within the wild-wood, lore,
Where nought but nature G seen,
While Nimbus looks from his lofty height,
And guinea on the leafy green,
BSA fancy woven a seventh, love— •
••• Woven It all for thee;
And deck'd it with the buds of hope—
Buds which are life to me.
As Fining's fair flow's would ne'er hare bloomed
Without the sun's warm ray;
Without thy smde these bud; of hope
Must wither arid decay.
Then take this wreath that fancy's twined ;
This cheices.i gift of mine,
Whose buds will bloom to wither not, •
If blest with love like thine.
Sorn.r stept She orer the lawn,
In resture light and fin.:
A Scaling angel might have drawn -
Der hair from Heaven in a glory-dawn,
And her yoke rang
Then up she rose on her tiny tip-toes.
And reacht and reacht among the boughs;
Too are tall and proud, my dainty mac!
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But I hare you now, said she.
0 so lightly over the lawn,
Step for step went he
Thinking henv,, from his hiding-place,
The war of Dose= in her race,
Dear Lore would laugh to see !
Two anus suddenlw round der he
Two mouths, turning one way, close;
. You are tall and proud,Any dainty Rose!
Bat I have you now, mid be!
From our Nei; York Corrrapouti,ni.
LITERATURE OF TEE" DEAD WALL."
Fon "Truth," in the old Latin saw of
" Truth' is mighty. .and will prevail," many a
word has been inserted ; but never one that
was more appropriate than " Printer's ink."
And as 1 . look on your advertising . diagram„
that riihs"up and clown from "one square, one
week, fifty cents," to the ' one column, one
leer, fifty-dollars.,"-it tweurs to me to write
concerning the Inky Embellishments of the
Dead Walls and hoard ferces—of this goodly
Gotham. Nobody succeeds that does not in
some way or another advertise. end in *plata.-
so given to gadding - about as this, it long ago
suggested itself as a most proper expedient.
to fill every avairable space with all thinner
of .etlap-trappery, that, by some arrangement
of colors, some astounding letters, or, per
chancd-some startlin g ; picture, the eye of
some wayfarer might be attracted to the
merits of a fly-trap, a theatrical wonder, or
" Ledger Biory." -No bit of brick wall, no
board fence about this city and its surround
ings, that does not bear the words, " Post no
hills," (to saj , nothing of hundreds that do.)
but isliterally filled with a- wearying variety
of devices. 'Walk up Broadway at sunset,
and you will see here and there an old-fash•
Toned, tijictatory brick shop, that the- advanc
ing wave of six-story marble and iron stores
Will soon overwhelm ; it ,will. be occupied,
and is peculiar Wares 'will be displayed in
the windows._ Walk down in the morning.
and a death warrant is displayed on the old
front, in the shape of a ecore- of different
placards, that in some mysterious way have
growtt out like fungus over all the irrint ur
to'the very eaves. This is a 'surer sign of
swift decay than the hectic flush ofd con
sumptive's cheek. Then walking :by again
At night, the brick that made the well stand
like a truncated tower or a half barricade,
blocking most inconveniently this narrow
Broadway, and this though it is only for a
day, has Its lapestiy, of bills. Some of these
posters are evidently placed_ in their position
by human bands; And, indeed, there are sev
eral companies and an army of men who art'.
professional "bill-stickers." For,walking in
any part of the city even into the " weeismat
hours o' the mornin'," you will hear hurried
-steps, and lenge brushes dabbling hi pails of
paste and slapped against; the hoards or
bricks, and meet men and boys tanning .in
eager haste with their brushes,, , pails,- and
loads of i billa; but how some. of them are
placed is yet a matter to be investigated, for
it would Appear that no combination of g'o'es
and ladders short. of an actual. scaffolding
could reach some points that every morning
flame anew with their gaudy hanners.—.
Whether these are not pat in their places by
" thingwirith wings," is yet to bediscovered.
The most remarkable performance .in the
way of bill posting, for even this land of i
bragging, was done midey the direction of s
Mr. ';halloo, who has thenuctirm - seputation
of having 'invented unnumbered , ingunita, -
lotions, aells, and of keeping ate Bar
ber !hop oaf *Own, and who must needs
let.all the orld know'it ;so upon the front
of ev thelt. faces theXudaon, for fifty
miles; that has a fist y lskle toward the Tail
erg2
roads that enter New ark from -every di
rection, be caused to be painted " letters that
it is impossible' to escape, the
,tnes. of A ll
manner of lotions, oils, Iperfu eit,.lii.d "es
sences to turn the live alr s' ;" sti„ that you
gale upon no palisade a4i ng - the bean-1
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tiful rivr, you sec no fld - with its,pur. 1
pie side, no anithing; — anywhere;' but Ai,'
-" Melon" fully stands out, an abomination
&finding where it ought not. ,
An advertising vehicle In great yogne, the
success of which IA "lonia i n Its tittes having
many imitators, was' invented, so fat as` our 1
ords show, by enii; the great hat nian,Whis
to bring - his name before the world, paid
some .600 Cr $7OO for the-first ticket Sold it
Jenny Lind's first conceit, °tide". the humor.
tel Barnum.- This machine - Moabite of'J . I
most-cadaverous looking horse hauling: ran
immense canvameovered frame, •Colf* some
shaky. wheels; within this box, Mit were, a
band. td* one drum playiLvigotrouslr to. at
tract the attention of; the 'world :_to- :various
flaming characters on the outside, - that.7 - now.
&drys set torth the sailing of steamer', ;the
daily destruction of Jerusalem. br-a piknor
nes, the beat corn , salve, and, more that. AB i
things else, the last Ledge, story-.. For this
method, as every other. has hien pressed in. J
to the aert ice of itiat Ledgeri'Oe climate of,
humbugs.: To swindle : the ..community, no
alone lam;
,been 21,itt :unturned-, no. Oftsvitde
brief laff-uSitu,bekit:- - 79 Banner' we : owe
gro4k '1*41161/3111111 NinmeO; ' ql ? ' t
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through use of not -.0' go,
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MONTROSE, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1859.
thatwith all -manner of exaggerations, im
possibilities, and hideout deformities, culti
vate so well the popular taste (or fine arts.—
All things possible have been thus advertised,
from the story of the "Bride of en Hour;"
the foundation of which was an incident in a
quiet New England town, and which was il.
'iterated by a picture of a group in which a
dark young man in a cloak was manipulating
a skull at the bidding of a venerable Arabi.
an -Astrologer, with ghosts in the backgtound,
and the customary owls and bats ;- up to the
greateit scenic effort of the day, the produo
Linn .of Sh'iskspeare's.. "Midsummer Night's
Dream," which is advertised in all ,possible
pima, by a wood.botch of Landseer's "Titan.
in and Diatom," the most exquisite fairy
painting of the age. , -
The inventors of modes, feeling tla t curi
osity has the strongest in fl uence on en,have
for long time entertained the world by their
varied devices for appealing to hi. Yor in
stance, all about the city was posted, not
long :since, in large lefters, the word "Mara
villa.'; All the world was agog as to its
meaning.. Some said a new Prima Donna
was coming from Italy ; - some looked for a
novel ; ',gotrie for shoe blocking ; some for a
Ledger story ; and, at the proper time," Mar.
gorilla" is announced as the name of a new
hair lo(joa so powerful that " kair washed in
it cannot be pulled out, and a crop can be
made to grow on the palm of the hand; so
that in applications of it. gloves must be
used, and often kid gloves sprout with a new
crop of rat's hair, &e., &c."
Again, over the townare the words, " Her
on,' or " Miranda," or "Jenkins." or what
ever the case may he.. 'After sufficient euri:
o4ity is 'excited, we learn that Matilda Heron
is..to act at -Burton's; that Mr. Miranda is to
sing a song in Rob Roy ; and that the Hon.
Jenkins will show the propriety of carrying
pure bear's grease to the Fejee islanders.—
At this moment the mind of the .inquiring
portion of this community is on the qui vier
to learn what can be-the meaning of "Cam
bric Tea," "Cambric Tea." if it is anything
of importancel will make the fact known
when the information' turns up, At least,
till then, I am Yours,
Thomas Burnside—James Petriken4ames
T. Hale.
"Tux elder 'Judge Burnside presided in
one of the courts of Pennsylvania when the
mamorable ease of Parsons vs.'Parsons was.
on trial. James Petriken, was one of
the counsel, assisted by James T. hale, Esq:
Hale was speaking, and having made a strong
point, which the Conrt challenged, he said
that he could sustain it by citation of eases .
from the books, but he had left them at his
office, elose hv. •
"'Why - did you not bring your books
here ?' asked the Judge.
" Because I considered the point no plain
.ns not to need the support of other cases ; but
I will stet over and get the books.'
" As Mr. Male left the house the. Judge,
in, 4l pet, said, 'That man reminds ine of
carpenter who came to work for me, and left
all his tools tit home. The Court has forgot
ten more law than that young man knows.'
"'That,' said Mr. Petriken, is just what
we complain of—that your Honor has forgot
ten too much.' -
And so it proved ; for the' books came
with Mr. Hale, and they revealed the fact
that the memory of the Court had been ton
short on thift.point, if on no othr." [[sale
has since been a very able Judg,e„ and ishow
Member of Congress elect]
"The case of Parsons vs. Parsons was
brought by one brother against another, for
the purpose of breaking their father's will,
which cut . oft Abraham; the older brother,
without. a cent, giving all the:property to
Samuel, the younger. This Samuel was a
stout, broad shouldered Pennsylvanian farm ;
er, well dressed and portly, showing-himself
to be som‘body ; while Abraham was a lank,
lean, ill-favored man, with thin and thread
bare clothes in bad weather.' Mr. Petriken,
counsel for poor Abraham, askicl a witness,
What is -the , relative wealth of the two
brothers 1'
" The opposing lawyer jumped up and ob
jected to the question. 'it was of no conse
quence whO was richer or who *as poorer;
it was a question of law.'
Petriken saw that the, question 'would not
'tie allowed, and called out to bis client,, said.
Abraham, stand up by the side of Samuel!'
" AbraWim_planted We thin figure; in shah
by clothes. by the.side of the corpulent ; well
dressed-brother; and Petriken cried out. to the
jury, Note compere -the partial' The effect
was instantaneous and complete:wad ler bet
ter for Abraham than any. evidence ,of ;wit
nesses al to the amount • of his property..—
The jury gave him a verdict; end, orno
law, he got half of, his father's property:—
Harper's Al vadat., •
ctcRIOSTS'I'' GR.iivISD 'AND. 13Avimsii,—
Some .Pfewpot:ters ;are renowned for 'their'
prying -euikwity: - Their peenbarity le• poirit.
edly bit by the Wowing; wbieh,.•esys the
Newpvt://eity: - Nose,Tis' “aitnetat some
" Petl, hay just comet eneiti the
'erection' ofa new fence in front of biw'enim
cei Mary street; in this city. "- On ."
ode
of the poste: ii-the rune:Whig- in wtentiseript
"171 m proposed knaejs to bietoteekkeir,
3} feet rails over coping; to - be finiihed' this
week. Mi. Eeten lithe carpenter, and Mr.
Fluddei the wiesoti:‘ The workle to bedoite
by the Dcz u.AN
" 'TernCeimeh. . - .
furnish
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414.. iipitris •
ppeeaast and otb,r4Tgaloo:, that
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• Jt was continued .' rap, .
forth is y Ibe
, ipg sleep,.- Duties! looked
„ A' - dsric form was p(teiidtrig
away at the door' As:Pelt;Lroted from the"
window , tb¢ Ferri 6.14
- .le%i:= - Miiitft! .relt:4l , %yii :011
to have this ere fence, White:Or . ..lolerwashed , !
•
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1 dfiffigio,oo l / 1 9u Otior•
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Prelim Me, linstonlirateler
GREAT EUROPEAN BATTLES.
AT Lodi, in Lombardy, on the 10th May,
1790, Napoleon gained a decisive victory ov
er the Austrians, the mos* desperate contest
having been at ti wooden bridge over the
Adds.
At Arcole, a little village of Northern Ita
ly, on. the 17th November, 1790, Napoleon
gained a great victory over the Austrians,
but with terrible slaughter on both sides, the
'Austrians having 18:000•and the French 15,-
000 killed and wounded.
-.On the banks of the Trobbis river, in ha.
miles from Genoa, the French army.
under Marshal Mnedtmald, on the 19th of
June. 1700. fought en allied Austrian and
hessian army, Ina battle. which lasted three
days, and in which the . French lost 12,000
men, and the allies an equal number. It was
in this vicinity that, 218 years before Christ,
Hannibal fought a great battle and defeated
the Romans.
'ln the plain of Miring°. at the foot of the
Appenines, 14 miles from the strong Sardin
ian fortifications at Aleesandrin, in 1799, the
French, under Marshal Jnubert, were defeat
ed by the combined Austrians and Russians,
under Suwarrow. Each army had upwards
of 7000 men killed and wounded, and sever
al thousand prisoners.
At Engen, iti Baden. the Freneh defeated
an Austrian army on the 3d of May, 1800,
the loss in killed and wounded on each side
being set down at 7900 men: '
At nohenlinden. a village in Upper Rave.
ria, on the 3d December,lB9o, a great' bat{
tle was fought between Ur Trench and
varianc under Moreau; and the Austrians,
under the. ArchdOke John. iThe — Austrians
were tifeated, with the lnits bf 14,000 men.
The French loss was 9000.
At Austerlitz. on the 2d December, 1805,
Napoleon gained a great vittiity over-the al.
lied Austrian and Russian army. The allie4,
out of 80.000 men, lost 30,000 in killed,
wounded, and prisoners. The French lost
12.001
At Maids, a small town in Naples, on the
4th of July, 1809, leak' one of the ,most re
markable battles on record. A small Eng
lish force under Sir L. Stuart, defeated a
greatly superior French force. The French
out of 7509 men engaged, had 700 killed.
between 3000 and 4000 wounded,omd 1000
prisoners., The British lost only. 44 killed,
and 284 wounded.
At Jena, in Central Germany.in the Duchy
of Saxe Weimar on the. 14th Oetnber. 1806,
the grand I.lvnellarmy under Napoleon to
tally defeated the Prussians, led by their
King and the Duke of Brunswick, the latter
of whom Was killed, in the battle. The Prue.
sians lost 30,000 men in killed and wounded.
and nenily as many prisoners. 'The French
had 14 000 killed and wounded.
In the terrible battle of Flint', on the Sib
of February,_lBoB, the French gained a vie
tery-over the allied Russian and Prussian-ar
my, hut at a vast si_seriftee of life. The allies
lost 25,000, and the French pop° men.
At Friedland, in Prussia, the French again
defeated the allied Russians and - Prussians
on the 10th June, 1807. The allies lost 17,-
000 men in killed and wounded, the French
8000.
At Wagram, n valley of Lower AuStria.
eleven miles from Vienna, Napoleon fought
a great battle with the Austrians, on the 6th
June, 1809. The armies lost each 2.5,000
men in killed and wounded, but the French
remained masters of the field.
At .Talavera, in Spain, on the 27th and
28thluly, 1809, the English and Spanish
troops, under the Duke of Wellington, total
ly defended the
. French under Joseph
,Bona.
parte and Marshal* Jourdon and Victor.—
The 141041 and Spanish lost 6268 men, and
the Trench 8796 killed arid wounded.
At Albuern, in Spain, nu the 10th May,
1811, the British and allies, under' en. Ber
esford. gained a victory over the French un
der-Marshal Soult. ."The French loss was
8000; that 61 the• allies nearly 7000, the
British alone having lost 4300 out of 7500
engaged. When the muster of one British
regiment was called after the . battle, only
three privates, and one drummer answered
to their names.
• OA the,heighte. four miles from Salaman
ca, in Spain, the English and Spaniards, un
der Wellington, totally defeated the French
under Itiarmont, .in the 22d July, 1812--
The allies lost 5200
,men, and the Frencit
113,000- •
, At tbe,iutttle of Smolenski,.in Rultsia, in
1812, the French loss wa5 . 17,0 3 00, and that
of the Ititasians 10,000. -
At Borodino; on • the 7theptember, was
'fought a desperate battle bet - erten the Rim.
awns and French. = The French lost in killed,
wounded and,. prisoners, 50p00;. and — the
Russians about the same number. The au - r:
vivors of the French army, from the Russian
campaign, were-not more that. 35,000, out
Man army, of 50.0,000 'den. •
dt Lutzep; in 'Thsiaiian Saxony, on the 2d
'May, isp, thetill;e4 Russian and Prussian
forces were defeated - by the French under
Napoleon, the - Fre'ciiing 18,000 and the
alliea,ls,ooomen ? , - • • •
At Bautzen, In Saxony, on the 21st and
:22d/day, 1813, a,bsttle took place between
the allies . and ,the French, l in which the
French Pot, - dowri at 25,000, and
that *film allies '15,000. -
At Dresden:lo &tinny, the26th and
4 27th August, 1815, the silliest were defeated
,by the French,: ,Theloss Of the was
a b ou t 2:s,bootilditia t wounded and prison.
:ers i ilutd that•ofitia„Frettch about 12,000.
At Lei pie, inlilexony, , ,in October, 1818,a
-desperate: battle_ semi - ; fought,, which, lasted
tlaresksistya, and the French were totally dee
,featedNh7. the
- Nipoleoo lost two
idtashals, twenty (ieUerals, and about '4:10,-
000 'inisrs.:l4.llleasilierltist I 790" officers and
about 40t0O0 !nee; •••
Nada, on the 21st June,
1813, the &Ali endY'rench !ought a battle,
in which the French Ithit 7000, and-the ,Eng
-lish 5180 ,men.'.. -
Tontotor, l la France,-Wellington de
luitpi t h e g ren o under Soult, on the 10th
:4011,1814, lose, 4700, allied --ar-
Aileiliss: 4sBo . l ne• • s • -
• At PO* the' allins, lost 9093 men, and the
"Wench about 4500,. •
--rn.LIIPY; battle occurred be
the ritualism and Frail; on the'lsth
lune, 1815 1 two days before the battle of
Waterloo, in which the Pianism' lost 15,000 -
Re t isoilnd
__•li u); F r friO.4 B o o - •
-41 be laueciaiee.bas4e ri ta t m e B ras, in
op Ole PP linos the 47 liekr4
that of Waterloo, the allies lost 5200 men,
and the French 114. '
At Waterloo, the total loss • of the allies
was 10,030 men. Napoleon's was .about
40.000.
Neither the Austrians nor the Prussians
can derive much encouragement from history
to engage in a war with France. The French
troops have only been matched in those wars
by the English, the Spaniards 'and the Rus
sians, scarcely by the last named.
The Kingdom of thirdhils.
SARDINIA' is bounded on the north by Bwit.
zerlend, on the estst by Lombardy (now pan
of the Austrian Empire) and Parma, on the
south by the Mediterranean, and on the west
by France. Its extreme length is two blind
rid and linty-nine miles, and its breadth
about two hundred miles. Iti contains an
area of nineteen thousand two hOndrtd and
thirty-seven square miles—less than half that
of thelhate of Pennsylvania. The continent
al portion, which alone is represented in the
above demarcation,'is traversed in various
directions by ramifications of the Alps- and
Apennines.. The Alps have their highest
summits in Mont Blanc, Monte Rosa, .and
Mont Cerbin, respectively 15.712; 15,208,
and 14.837 feet in height. Between these
two chains lie•extensive and fertile plains.—
The country is watered by the Rhone, Na,,
Myra, &c.. which (low to the Mediterranean,
and by the Po and its ntfluents,,which empty
into the Adriatic. Not less than' three-fourths
of the whole surface belong to the basin of
the Po.
The island of Sardinia, which forms a part
of the Sardinian kingdom; lies in the Iftli
terranettn, south of Corsica, from Which it is
separated by the Strait of Bonifacio. Its
area is nine thousand two hundred and thirty.
five square miles.- The surface is geneially
, mountainous, and Monte Schinschiu, near
its centre, attains the height of 0,0'22 feet.—
On the west are extensive plains; that of
Budduso is 300 feet above the sea. The
Tersi, the largest river fn the island, rises in
-this plain and flews westl the other rivers,
the Selema, Flumendosa, and Mannu, are all
small. The coasts are much indented, and
form excellent harbors.
Thepopulation of Continental Sardinia, in
1852, was 4,537,580; ihat of the island of
Sardinia, 552,665; making a total of 5,090,-
245 inhabitants.
Tne plains - of the Po, ivhere irrigation . Is
extensively practiced, are the true granary
of the•tountry. In the south and In the is
land the orange, the vine, and the mulberry,
and above all the olive, are the most valuable
products. Cattle, shqep, and goats are rear
ed extensively in the mountains: Iron and
lead are the principal Minerals worked, and
salt is obtained from both mines and springs.
Manufactures occupy a very unimportant
place, compared withligriculture.'
Sardinia is n hereditary monarchy, in which
the powers of the sovereign are limited by
Constitutional safeguards. The legislature,
consisting of two chambers', meets annually.
The regular army numbers 47,718 men,
,but on a war footing can be more than- doub
led.
Tile established religion is the Roman
Catholic. 'Other religions - are tolerated.—
Common district ,schools are established
throughout the kingdom.
The nucleus of the Sardinian monarchy
was the small Alpine country of Savoy, which
Was governed by its awn Counts from 1010.
in 1050 extensive districts in Piedmont were
acquired ; and in 1399 Nice, and in 1418 the
whole of .Piedmont; were added. These
countries were erected into a kingdom- - at the
peace of Utrecht. in 1713. Sicily was then
added, but in 1719 that island was changed
for the island of Sardinia. From .1798 to
1814, the country formed a part of the
French empire, but it was restored in 1814,
and augmented by the addition of Genoa and
the island of Caprsja.
Stout drover, on his way to the
capital with his twenty or thirty beeves,
passed by , a farmer's house, in the door of
which happened to stand a remarkably box- '
om and blooming woman, the farmer's wife.
Inflamed with a sudden passion of admire
lion, the dusty-booted traveler approached
the'motionless beauty, and, not knowing how
else to enterinto conversation, asked. for a
glass of water. It was willingly brought to
him-; but in returning the glass, he sudden
ly threw his arms around her, pressed her
close to his heart and gave her the most so
norous of unmistakable kisirs. With fury
appeased, the rough customer once more
overtook the cattle.
The farmer was in the field not far off, and
to call him and make an, enraged report of
the proceeding was thc work of ea fee min
utes as possible. Instantly unhitching' his
•plough horse,-the injured husband mounted
and Me after the invader of his ejghts, over
took and tempestuously accused hftn.
The guilty purloiner was not going to de.
fendhimself, however. On the contrary, he
.bitmbly confessed that he was wrong; -regret:
ted that he could not give back. to the lady
the kiss he hid tuvculpably taken from her
without her permission, but pleaded for par.
don on the ground that the temptation 'vita
too strong for human retestattee. She was
' too beautiful! Would not the' wronged
'spouse compromise d say for five dollars or
1 so?
Between the compliment to Ida wife .and
the sight of the pocket book, the injured hiss.
bond was mollified—took a ten dolltir bill—
gave hack a "five" for change—and returtied,
thinking himself on, the whole, no - poorer for
the transaction. In which frame of mind he
remained till, on bringing the ten dollar bill
to light again, he found itisas a- counterfeit I
Five dollars. for the kiss—but who paid..for
it I
WOE Wawa 07 WAH.—In the Aileen years
intervening between 1797 and ,1815, the
French army absorbed 5,556,000 tnen.' Tie
number raised by .conscription for ,
on's army was 2,470,000 man. The army
of 1812 was composed of recruits from eigh
teen to twenty-years of age; Of a million
and a quarter raised in 1813, only 'lOO,OOO
'remained in 181 C France, in „additlint to
this too of her citizens, had - to pity 700 mill
ions of francs es indemnity of war- to the al•
lied'powers,`and 400 Millions for the shpport
of foreign garrisons. These figures show the
cost of a war, such as the powers of 'Europe
see nuw,abont entering into.
e6r OliVe 'Alai 1;n 'it, .
*bee ou Old: n • - rru+ 4 11 1. to Ira
.
I NO. 21.
THE AFRICAN 811,9thitADR:
•
Address of a Southern U. S. Judge to the
U. S. Court al New Orleans.
Charge of Judge Campbell.
GENTLEMEN Or TFE GRAND Juni , :—Yon
have been convened by the order of the
Court,..and their purpose is to confine their
charge to you to an exposition of the acts of
Congress relating to the suppresxion of the
African slave trade, and to direct your in.
quirks to the di s covery and presentment of
such as , have ofended• against them in this
district. •
These acts describe three distinct classes of
offenders, whose crimes are nearly related,
end can be more easily understood by con.
.sidering,them together.
The first class is composed of the immedi
ate agents and instruments who are employed
in carrying on the trade. It is composed of
the crew or ship's company of an American
vessel engaged in thi, trade, or eitizens,of the
United States on tigers, of a foreign vessel.
Their
crime con s ists - Raiding -for such a
vessel, seizing or decoying on a foreign shore,
a person of African blond, who is not a slave
in any or the States, and forcibly bringing
him away, or in confining or detaining him'
at sea, or landing - him elsewhere with a view
to sell or to complete a sale of him as ikslave.
This crime of abducting native Africans for
the perm,. of converting them Into* siihiexts
of trade is denominated, in the act of Con.
gress,OfMay, 1820,,, piracy, and th e o ffender,
on conviction, must seller death.
The crime of, piracy by the general law, is
a robbery at sea, or a , robbery on land corn
mitted'bY persons landing to commit it from
a seagoing vessel. •It has been treated os a
crime str greatest enormity. The pirate is
a publip;tnemy.of all nations, and is subject
to arrest, trial, and punisbment by the an.
thorities of any:
- The acts of Congress of 1797 and 181 8,
recognized -the makes of Afrlea ' within
the pale of international law, and entitled to
protection from war and violence on the part
of citizens of 'the United States, in so; Esr
that their persons could. not -be made 4he
subjects of any lawful_eommerce, 'Mosinee
trade by these acts W>3B fully and finally,epp
pressed.
The first continental Cengret4, in lilt ex•
'pressed their determination to abandon-it.—
Th'e Congress of 177 G, composed entirely of
delegates from States in which slavery was
- legal. [in a series of resolutions that plainly
foreshadowed the ; declaration of independ
ence that was made, three months afterwardL
resnl4l, "That no more slaves be impOrteti'
withivi any of the" Colonies." • The power to.
abolish the trade within the States then ex-
Istingl was not delegated to Congress, so as
to be:exercised before the year 1808, but re
mained with the States respectively. But
the powers of Congress extended over the
slaveltrade carried on by American vessels
-or by Americas citizens in all, places, except
the States then existing.
It was exercised in 1794 and in 1800, •in
reference to-the trade atoonglbreign nations.
In 1798 . . - Congress organized the Mississippi
Territory, and exercised the power in that
Territory, claiming it to belong to the United
StateS Shortly'after the acquisition of Louis•
iana, the (fade was abolished in that Territory.
In 18041, the President (Mr. JeffersOn) ' in.
vitediCongress tb empigy the powers that
were ;to arise in 1808, for the full and final
abolition of the trade.
Cohgress cordially cooperated, and, with a
rare Unanimity, in-obedience to the religious,
moral, and political sentiments of the, time,
the eCt of-1807 was passed to take effeet on
theist day of the yeariBoB.
,
I do not hesitate to believe that tbe genii.
teentl that then prevailed, now prevails.—
Within a few years past upon the first pro.
posall to reopen this trade, the House of
Representatives of Congress with like unam
imity, determined that no propose; of the
kind would meet with the concurrence of that
body) - -
• The - acts of Conrross having placed the
natives of Africa, who were not within the
United States, under the protection -cif the
international law, in so far that they could
not • from that time become the' , subject of a
lawful cethmetce by the citizens of the Unit
ed States, and their - seizure wit's a violation of
the international obligation the United States
had voluntarily assumed towards; these pet,.
ple, the course of their future legislation was
plainly indicated. .. _
The landing of _a ship's company of one
nation on the shore of another nation; with
whom their sovereign had relations of amity
and commercial intereoursv;.te seize its peace
ful inhabitants to carry then* oft to be sold
into s every for, the private , lucre of those
conee ned, is plainly piratical; and Coneress,
in the act of May, 1820, have . only termed
piretidsl.cets, piracy - .
Thet acts and consequences. that ordinarily
attend such a voyage are marked with 'the
atrocity and, wrong that 'at:Cowpony other, pi
rail* enterprises.- The persons of - the -Al
-Tian' are torn fro - m their native laid ; • they
are manacled and confined in a recumbent or
stooping position in the hold or lower deck
of ;the yowl' are closely packed, so that no
spice shall be unemployed, and, in a. firtid
atmosphere, Sometimes • with an insufficient
allowance of food and water.
Thiskrime consists in planning, and pre
paring * yoy age forbidden by the laws of the
Unitedßtates. To execute it, the master,
owner, lo t, factors, 'in most asses, rimit—em
ploy a 'system of imposture dud fraud to
elude the vigilance' ofthe,officers of the port
antler the navy whit are employed to aid in
the - administration of the law. They rarely
avoid - the commission of peajary. Besides,
they (*fleet that ship's company, who are the
immediate agents in the' perpetration -of the
piratical acts that Congress have denounced ,
—a oonpany—whoso only recommendatiottl
am be their hardened indifferenecto legal Or 1
human Obligations, and their capacity • to en
dure without compunction; or remorse -the
murderous consequences of the voyage, for.
which diey- have been enlisted. •
"The second class are those AM smiggle
into the country to tempt the cupidity and
avarice iif another class,. to purchase as slaves
persOns,;who Om • laws of the United States_
declare Shall not - be'held, Ptirchisedoold, or
disocised of as slavea _ , : - .
This Seared dies - are punishable by the
forfeiture of their Veasel and the instrument
alities of their trade, and by fine and itapris•
nem' is an ppitaiiiti that there are in New .
Orleanapersope•of this classy sod ;het Able
we' believe, that tthEeltia,ealled'for thlip,ort,
and there ase beeivOiwor more 'seizures
here in will& eiretiinttanixis Of suspicion. ex•
lilted.: !'+•,,.--.. '''''.. t. ... -; - ---- - • ,
' The third elm smay be termed accessories
~
after thifeet io thel,piratical.voyege ki,d its
criminal / Incidents. 1 This`Class.ir comported.
of those Iwitd import "the migrate: fete the • •
United States, or whoa hold,- parasite, sell,
or dispose of such As may have been import
ed, contrary to law, or who aid anti abet
_in
the commission - of that offence. •A ' .
to understand , the import of these words
you will bear in miisd-thaf by, the - laws . of
the United States these Africanioannot law-,
fully be made slave's. _
The , exercise of the power of a Master over •
- them, or their emplpyrnent -as slava, is' a.- '
I plain violation of legal right, acknowledged
I in plain enactmentalby the constitutional au
thorities of the Unian. 'lt is to set the en
' actment, and to that extent the authority, at
defiance. -
But besides the i ViibiOn of r'' dits, the laws
.
have declared and rotested,the consequence
of this crime is to stimulate into activity the
more malignant andidering criminals,- whose,
offence is described in the sections of the laws
already noticed. k , '
If there were not persons to held,Piirelase,
sell, or.dispose of these Africans, there wo'd
',..be no masters, owners, or factors to fit,equip,
load, prepare, or send away vessels with the
means and 'applianTeedful for the tom .
mission of:the pi n y, nor could a! ship's .
company be found w o would engage in the
piratical woilt. He ee the penalty for , the
violation of this portion of the `act is com- .
mensurate with the extent of the mischief sit
perinauced by the commission of the 'crime.
The pecuniary penllty is not less than one,
thousand nor more t an ten thousamidollars,
with imprisonment f r not less- than three
nor more than seven .ears for_ every viola--
tion of,this portion 4 the law-4-that is, fur
the holding, buying, Selling, or disposing of,
pr aiding cr abetting thereip, of any Africans - '
as slaves, who may hive been imported con
trary to the prpvisions of themt.
Besides the proviions of the law , that
properly fall under 'the—cognizance 'of the
Grand Jury, there are remedies, which are i i
somewhat of a civil nature, that relate to the
acts last considered, and which it is proper to
notice, to hive tt full d,oficeptioui of the scope
and object. .
Whenever information is lodged with the
District Attorney that 4fricans have been
imported contrary, to, avr, and that they are
held within his district, it is made his. day
to file an information in the Circuit or Dis
trict Court, to ascertain the validitir of such
holding.
The burden of the proof is imposed uppit
the defendant, to show' that the importation
was made mdre then five years before the
commencement of the, suit, or that his title
is otherwise excluded from the - operations of
these nets. , ,
• In the event that hii, title is not sustained,
the Court is authorized' to require the denya
cry of the Africans to be held subject to the '
order of the Executive Department.
You will thui be able to appreciate the ex- ,
act condition of a person who may illegally
import into the United States Africans, to
be held as slaves, or who may purchase, sell,•
or otherwise dispose of them ( or alio aid or
abet those persons who,inny be thus engaged.
He stands in the presence of his acquaintance
es and his countrymen es en t accessory after
the fact, to acts of, piracy, and in close rela
tion to dband who have been concerned in
planning a remote an ti distant voyage to`
seize the persons of men whom the laws• of
his country protect, and have selected the pi
ratieal ship's company to perform the act,
and have received from, them-the victims of
the adventure, and smuggled them_ into the
cot)'ntry. - _ ,
• Every act of masterdom or ownership, on
.
their part, is done in violation of the la wvof
his country, and my being him the puni4vo
justice of its tribunals.
He can acquire no title that He tan trans
_
ler another, or which:hisehildren, or other
hairs, can lawfully receiVe from him. The
act of Congress appropqates fifty dollars,:, to
be paid &pm the treaiuty, to any.informer -
for every African he will rescue by Paid pros. •I
ecution from hia iinlawfifl custody ;'and ap
propriates half of the pecuniary penalties in
flicted upon him for the 'benefit of the same
person. • -_, ' ,
Thus; he must held these persons clandes
tinely, or be dependent On the forbearance of
all acquainted with his othdition, to elude de= '
tection. What hope is there that an offend= -
nr in this predicament can succesefullymaiti
;
main
tain his ill - gotten spoilagai nst the power of
the laws and the vigils ce of those - upon
Whom' vigilance is impo as a public duty.
The nature_ of Ibis hope s ms to be that a' •
public sentiment so dissolute or depraved in
favor of slave:bolding oa 4 been; or may be,
created, or that the publiii mind - can be so
debauched in reference to the Federal -Union
and-Povernnient, that a firm, steady, and ex
act administration of the laws Of _the United
States can be rendered inlpossibie, and thus
that the laws in regard to the slave trade will
'be nullified. -The success anticipated is ex
pected to be derived from the facility and*
weakness of grand and petit juries.
It cannot be.denied that the - namerous in.
stances of eccentricity; on, the part of-juries
have brought repriach upon, and some dis
trust of this great institution of tbe common
law. Ilut it is a hasty judgment, to condemn
the institution itself, and a{ perilous decision
to commit crime, in the chnfidence that infi
delity and corruption ,will be pernuutent
among men associated under the laws, toper. -
form the highest duty of *Government, that
of administering its - justice. When' this ;is
the habitual state of the jdries,rour case will
be nearly hopeless, for it still betoken the un
worthiness of - the community, which - they, in
general, fairly 'represent., iti its moral and in
tellectual condition. ' I ' ' t
Our institution# cannot Survive `the time
when laws can have S-no obedience and au
thority no respect; when restraint beanie*
insupportable, and nothing !but laxity and li
centiousness are perniittell , Without a loy
al submission to thelivis t, there . can be no
liberty; andtheJtberty that a- community '
can enjoy is propottioneifte their - fidelity, to
their obligations of-duty... • ,_ .
'The conclusiorkAhat the itrest popular- in
stitution through which the fathers`-of the
constitution have associated the different
members of the cornmuniti in the enforce- ;
meat of the obligations determined' .by
, the'
laws, k ean bo so degraded wt to, become the
sanctuary of_ pirates-and persons associated
to realise the sordidand wie,ked gains of pi---
racy, Implies that we have 4' , met unfit tor,
that liberty that the constitution of circoun
try was Made to eccure for ourselves iud - our
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posterity. .
The Court has re
at
not evidence, that p
ing on the slave tr
in - imparting to this
that they have been
posed of here; coati
United States. -,. 1
You hive beta to
eifio object of malt
the filet of the exil
will communicate
have or may collect
i traa„prestentnient
sone as you may *
themi:lava.•-= We!
.
waived information, but
crone 'Owed in carry.
de have I been employed
district-lA(4m Slaves • ;
purehased, sold, and dis
may to the laws of the
ailed together far tlifispe.
bg a diligent inquiry- into
,encts of such bases. . You
the information you
to one another t arid nu"
to the ()met of such par:
retrain to be violators 'of
eve entirti 000MetIO-tiii4