Outrage!' upen;the American Flag. It is difficult to understand the object• of , the British naval ro i rtes s on the West India-j station in prosecuting their searching opera-1 tion on evh'ry - American' trader ,entering or leaving a port, but the duty of- the GoVern-. meat, in reference to this : Matter is clear enough. Not since the, war of 1812 have sue.h -highhanded measures been attempted. by' pc , Englit , b,"l i nci for. that Government to re-' new and re-enfoke its asstimed tigtitof search Of American Vessels at this day is a subject admitting - eine discussion, except at the can ,- - non's mouth. ;-• .Pur traders 'must be protected fromsnch ignoininieirs attreeilanee—,such impertinent interfereuce with their kgitimate business by English' Commanders and' Midahipmen. It is doubtless true, as Stated,' that the Govern menu hark demanded from Lord Napier ;the British Minister- at Washington an explana tion, ttut we very much mistake the spirit et' the Administration, if it had • ,not, while awaiting that ;explanation, sent an." armed steameror two to-the Gult,with orders not on= ly to protect American Shipping; but to take or sink any English man-of-war that dares • to venture upon the task of, boarding, and +raing a vessel - under the United States flag. This is the true way to check such outrage, and allow lila t a 1 explanations to come afterward. Thisls no sudden and unauthorized freak' or movement on the part of the comtnander of the British squadron in the Gulf. He evtdently-acts_by authOrity; and for an object - notifully developed ; but let it be- what it may, the Government should have appelling force in those waters, one that would,‘ernsh at a single blow, every_ outrage committed • upon our marine. This firing into and searching Amefican vessels appears to have becoMe a kind of holiday business with the Englishme.a. Scree a clay passes but tie bear of some outrages of the kind. The following isalie record thus far : • -Ship Tropic Bird., fired into, boarded and searched. - . • Bark Clara Windsor, fired into, boarded and searched. • lisik Glenburn. overhauled as see. B4k W. 11. Chandler,beairded and search ed W4ll - e iying at anchor pert of Sauna 0 • lii,Glande. Twelve other vessels also boarded and searched in the harbor ofSagua la Grande. Bilgilobert Wing, fired iuto, boarded and searchid. - .Seletheuer Win old, fired into, boarded and searched. Schooner Cortez, seized and now detained . • . • at; 'ague. • - . SchoQner N. B. Borden, fired iato, boarded and searched. -- Schooner-Mobile, fired into, boarded and searched: - - This is'a formidable array of vessels . aver.: liauied by British cruisers in the course of a single fortnight-enough a few \years since to have caused" a dedlaration of war. -While negotiations, .explanations and (longressional • action ace in. progress.in reference to these. .piratical acts, our efficient and able Secretary of the NavY Rill douhtlessorder . his guns . to bear in a direction that will prevent any re petition. Nothing satisfies the American! like Fompt -and positive act* in Bassi of this,. kind.' Such marauding move inenti-of .13ritish cruisers merit nothing less than a foil broad side of PaixhanS, and we hope i they ; illay receive some such 'reminder' it anotilllr single instance of outtage is perpe - (rate:L-41 7 m York :Yews. • . Searching; Ausbricasa Vessels. . elnimpil and daily exercised by _ the British cruisers in `the Gulf, to overhaul American vessel's at sea, and to search them - in'foreign ports, on the pretext, of preventing ' the slave Dade, is likely to . produce ; tr great Ideal of feeling through the United States, - for it is an assumption of authority, the' exercise . chick has always been resisted , by our ~.7,overnment, and the principle • upon whi,ch it rests, has been also most emphatically denied. -The flag covers the ship wherever she goes, and she is subject to no national authority other than that to which she belongs. The United Stateshave never given authority,. as . . other, 'nations have, in,. reciprocal ,treaties' to wave • their vessels searched at sea, _even to convict suspected slavers. It is this immuni ty-from search which our government has - always - insisted upon, that.makes the Ameti . can flag the most abused of all national flags. for carrying On a nefarious trade under its prs.-surned protection. But, notwithstanditor this liability to abuse, the principle '_of the flag covering the ship, is considered olio of too much-importance to our national inter ' ests to be surrendered-even to check piratical practices. The famous Quintuple .Treaty, acceded to by. England, France, Austria, Russia arid Prussia,.. which, ailoived a mutual right of search,_ was rejected by the -United. States as involving the surrender.-of. a principle we were bound to maintain. In lien-of search :ibis government:agreed t 6 maintain a fOrce - "sutrietent on the African coast - to prevent the • .American flag,- being abused. Since them, - Great Britain has removed the field, of opera lions against slayers., She has transferred her 'vessels from 'the A.frican cost to the Island of Cuba, and now is engaged in a rigid surveil lance over every vessels . whiCh crosses the Galt: Her visitation and search of-American vessels off our own coast, and. within foreign I ports, is such an offensive violation of the maritime vrinciplthWhich we -have always upheld, and seems to be - so systematically en forced, that: it will very soon lead to indiiid uarcoaliti on, which. will be, attended with national complications still more serious. The first duty of otir government is- to put a stop - td this insolent assumption of authori ty on the part of _British crnisers. As it would not be submitted to in a single instance from,Sp . ain, it ought not to -be allowed in -treat liriiaia.. In defence of natiOnal rights the beat coarse always is to take the biggest bull by the horns,- and a prompt Settlement with Will settle the principle for all the rest. .The nest duty will be 'to see that our flag is nor :made the cover to crime, and • 'offences denounced by every nation in'the • wor kl, shall not .find a -refuge under a sound' maritime principle necessaty to -our national independence and commercial . prosperity. .This cad lie easily done by keeping-a -squad - ton, no greater, perhaps, thin 'formerly,_ on the African coast, creizing around the Island of Cuba. -Gen. Cass hitnielf, .whose pretest against the Qtintuple treaty is still rememb!- eted for its able statesmanship, has recom mended 'this course as a national duty. , In • adopting-it we shall not :only protect our flag from abage, s but we .shall take away all -pre , text for any offensive exercise' of authority , vier our vessels by British cruisers, and avoid the danger of any coalition from et source. LJullar ..irewspaper, An American ll'eftel Fired into Fire Times by a British Mau-of-War: ORLEANS, May 24.:—The John and Albert, from Genoa, arrived on Sunday, re ports baying been fired-into by a British wan of-war five times.- - . America's - Vessel. Boarded. .Boszos May '24.—The schooner Mary' ' Tribon ' has arrived here frOin Sagua la Gran de, reports that she was - boarded in - the harbor of Sagua bya_llritish offiter, who departed quietly - after_a few queries; Auother shot from the British. lof our cousins iieeit theirtin.a truly admirable The brig 'Wingold, of Boston, Captain position of' the world—the. world of news- Loring, latach.arrived at this port yesterday papers in Old andiS t ew England..„ and it is from Sierra Morena via Cardenas, was fired bet now and thenthat a little paragraph, into by a British cruiser, under the following according the smothering of a few hundred circumstances: The 'vessel cleared at Havana Asiatics, Calls tot mind the many'able and in ballast for Sierra Morena, to„load, and. on- 'eloquent exhortations against the African the 15th ult., when• running along under a' slave-trade with which the mouths of the three-knot'breeze, being only about ono mile coolie murderer arp so full from the anihorage of the town, and in two I fathoms water, as open boat was seen.starni ing towards the brig, in which were a party of men, and soon after heard the firing of a gun twice in succession, but took no notice of' the tietge,• supposing the men in the boat might 4 'on a sporting excursion; and s fur thermore, being in short hailing distance, Captain Loring 'eery naturally concluded that if ' they wanted to communicate -with hini, they could easily; haire done, so without the Warlike, preliminary of firing a gun. The boat was not. more than half a cable's length from the vessel. A thiril musket . ball, how ever,' was soon fired, which whizzed by the ; captain's head, and struck in the rigging, fall ing upon the deck, where it was afterwarks found, and, proved to be a Minnie ball. The captain's escape tilts very narrow. Ile im mediately' hoisted the American ensign and hailed the boat; to know what they wanted. The reply was—" Heave to, or by G—d I will, let you know what I want!' The vessel was accordingly hove to, and the boat ranged alongside, when'six or eight men, with cut lasses in hand and revolvers by their sides, sprang upon deck: Capt. Loring asked what they wanted, A man, apparently - the officer Of the party, although he bore no badge denoting ,hirn.as' such; except a small English coat of arms on his greasy cap, said he belonged to an . Hoglialt man-of-war, and accompanied the remaik with an oath: The captain inquired the name of the ma-of-war, but the officer replied—"it is 'none_ of your business," and asked Captain Loring why he did not heave to. The captain replied he did not know they wished to' speak to him, and concluded if they did, they could have done , so without firing a gun, the boat being with in hailing distance. The officer said the ' , English flag at his peak ought to have ex, plained his pOsition. - The captain _replied the flag in question was so small that it was not discovered from the brig before their at , tention was called to it - The officer finally demanded a sight of the ship's papers, which were readily shoro to tim, and after examing them he expressed himself satisfiedand left the vessel. captain Loring then proceeded on his course, and sliortly after dropped 'his anchor at Sierra Morena. It lvas afterwards' learned that the officer -r - flised•to tell that the boat belonged to the British war steamer Buzzard, Which was cruising on the coast, and had sent his boat in near - the shore, where the shallow water prevented her from going. The mate describes the men in the boat, who numbered abobt twenty, as -the dirtiest set of fellows be ever saw,, and he at one took them for pirates. In the bottom of the boat was.atowed away a twelve ,pounder, which the men were just bringing up into position when . - the brig hove to. The general aepparance of the men and_the insolent hearing cAt" the officer after 'coining on deck; if they did not confirm any previous apprehension of pirates, cet tainly 'did not raise the usually good opinion entertained of the manly bearing of the men composing the Royal Navy, and the gentlemanly qualities'of their cflicers.—Bosion Journal of ifonday. more British Outrages in the Ports • of Cuba. •. The U. S. M. steamer Bad Warrior, J. W. Smith totnmanding, from . New Orleans via liavana, sailed from the last port 13th inst., and arrived at New York on Thursday even- Ing. :From Havana it i 3 reported that thn inso lence_ and agte4sions of English 4TurA-I..oats continue.. - A-few days since they landed a detachment of marines.at one of the outposts of the Island, and searched the plantations in. 'the vicinity tor I3osal negroes, but found none. Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce. HAVANA, May iztb, 1858 The commander of the British war steamer Styx, is agsurning considerable jurisdiction in .the waters and upon , the shores of Cubs. A few days since, he ordered a detachment-of marines on shore' at a small port to the east ward, with 'instructions to search sundry plan tations from :. - 8. to 10 miles interior from the point of landing, giving as an excuse that he bad siuspicion of,a cargo of negroes having been landed in the vicinity, which he wished to seize, Sc. No;liegraes had been landedin that part of the country, so that The foregoing party contented themselves with small hen roost plunder,-.'and a pig - thrown in to .cure their Disappointment. ,This very gallant commander stated in conversation at Matan zas, the other 'day—l, bare it from good authority—that Ire was determined to make money out of the slave r. tra'ae, in: one way or another. It has been said that the officers of the.guaboats aresyery "facile" when p res sed by - a sack of ounces, but I did not suppose the commander of the Styx could be brought down to such Charon rates of ferriage. Gen. Concha has, caused the Captain of the Dis trict.where'the lauding was effected, to be brought to ;Havana in irons, to account for his•co,nduct in not preventing it; by force of arms. The impudeirce of the Styx reptu•en tative of the gunboat fleet, will not be en dured by the government of Cuba. The Coolie-Trade.—The Seizure of American Vessels. "Letters from Havana state that the board ing and seizure of.the American brig Cortes, by a rl)ritish` gun-boat, have -caused some excitement there.- British ship Tasmania, 91 days from Hong Kong, arrived at Havana,l 22d, with 260_Asiatics on board, for eight yetrs labor. She reports 163 died , on the passage. Spanish ship Julen, 118 days from Swatow, China, arrived same day, with 270 Asiatics,and reports 117 died on the passage. This is worse than, the African slave trade." This news-paragraph is going the rounds. It is lamentably suggestive of the barbarous inhumanity of the British-coolie trade on the one hand; while on the other it records that the same British, under the plea of discodnt enancing the African slave•trade, seize, and turn inside out, on American vessels. • Lately the American Ministerin Paris aZk'ed Count Walesyski, French Minister for Foreign Affairs, if there was any truth in the English statement that French vessels, freighted with African emigrants would be regarded Li , British cruisers as engaged in-the Afticau slave-trade I Not at all, anwered Walewskr, far from rt. The Ftenth and English. Govern ment thoroughly understood each other; and the British Government would-not object to the French scheme,while the Wants of the British colonies wer©• being supplied by a coolie trade. Thus while the English are killing ofF coolies,the_Freneb are getting and taking cart of African emigrants for their plonies. Look for instance i at the mortality of the vessels above quoted. • .Otit of 260 coolies, only 97 were brought in alive to Havana. The Spanish cargo waft not very much more fortunate. The inhuman manner in . sqsich these unfortunate Asiatics are shoveled and -packed - on board, like :her nag in,a barrel, is sufficiently, well-known. The loud, piety and evangelical benevolence - Outrages upon the American Flag. The schooner Mobile, Cript. 'Howes, arrived at New York 'lasi Tuesday, from Mobile.s--= When off the coitst of Florida, and within sight of the ,Am4ican shores,-on the 29th ult, the -.schooner !was subjected to a gross outrage by the British Steamer Styx. The steamer approached the.sahooner, and without any previous notice, fired several shots at her. Two balls passed 'between two men working on the rigging. Capt. Howes hove to, and then two more shots were fired at his vessel. The steamer then sent a boat with a Lieuten ant and six mete. Capt. Howes says: When the boatl came alongside the vessel, tfficer jumped on . deck, stood for an in-1 stant, and looked fall around him in a haugh ty manner. I bad time before he spoke to consider what be looked like. ,He was a tall, thin, beardless loOking fellow, with the most contemptible priife marked as much in his movements as his looks. He seemed to be about thirty-five 4r forty years old, and was dressed in an ugly uniform, with a rich look ing pair of epaulettes upon his shoulders.— He did not deign to notice any Que in par ticular, but roared out in a rough 'tone.— " Where are youl from l" -I replied, " From Mobile.". " Where bound I" said be. I an swered, "To New York" He then said, " What port do you belong to." " New York," I returned. lie now paused for--a moment, looked ,'-very dark, and - it seemed to me that ho began to feel rather disappointed about something. He now said - , " What is the uu:nber of your crew 1" I thought for a moment, and then I told him "ten men and ondpassenger, b6ides myself and my family are all that were on board my vessel before you came here." " I want to see your pa pers," said he. I proceeded to the cabin to fetch them to Mtn, but lie had not common manners enough to wait, but after telling him that my tinnily were- on board he fol lowed me straight in where he knew they must be. I-gotimy papers and handed them to him, but I kept my clearance paper in my hand. He .examined all the papers very clo‘ely, and then he said,..." Show me that, alluding to the 41earance paper which I had in my band. After he }tad examined it to his satisfaction, he said, " Where is yob!. reg is:ter ?" I did., not expect that he would go as far as this with the matter, but I was -dis appointed. • I " I have no register ; A merit:mcoastera are not bound to carry any register ; they sail under a coasting license. I then banded 'him my manifest, showing I that my vessel sailed from Mobile in regular form. He examined it quietly and then laid it down on a:table that was near him.—. "Have you.' got through !" said 1.. He re turned an awful look at me, but he did not give any reply. Before he embarked in his ,boat to sail away the following conversation took place: ,- Captain Howes—Why did you fire into us ? Did -you take 11F1 fel a slaver .1, English Lieutenant—Why did you not heave to when you saw a man of war to lee ward of you ? - . Captain Howes—How could I know that it was a man of War ! We :ire accustomed to meet Spanish and American War vessels in these waters, and thoy.never. interfere with 11: English Lieutenant—Was not the pendant enough to shoW,' - you that wo• were a man-of war? Captain Howes- = I did not see your pend ant. I have been in the Gulf twenty years and upwards, and have been frequently passed. by Spanish and American war vessels, but I have never been treated as you have treated me until now. It is something new to me to be boarded in the way you have done. It was very strange concluct. English Lieutenant—We have orders to board every vessel we see in these waters. The British Boarders then left the schooner without any apology or explanation. - The bark Glenburn, at Havana from Ant were, reported ion her arrival that she had been boarded by a BritiSh naval officer, who asserted that he had orders to board lind search all vesselssailing off the Cuban coast. Capt. Gage of the bark W. H. Chandler, which arrived at New York on Friday, re ports that while lying in the harbor of Sagua la Grande, his - Vessel was boarded by the sec-- ond lieutenant. of- tbe British Steamer Styx, who made a thorough examination of the ship and her papers.. He also boarded and searched all the other vessels in the port, mot of whichbelonged to the United States. The ship Tropic Bird, the schooner N. B. Bolden and the brig flobert"Wingeave been fired into, boarded and searched ; the schoon er Cortei has been seized, and is now detain ed at Inagua. I Bore British Outrages:: Ship Clarendon and Bark John (fore board . ed.—A Yankee Skipper's Firmness.— Hands Qtr, pr Down You Go.—A British ()filar Checkmated.— Unfinished Business!. 'We are informed by Capt. 'Nichols of the bark John Howe, arrived at this port on Sat urday, that the ship Clarendon, Capt. liartlet, having on hoard' a cargo of sugar, bound fur New Yolk, while laying in the Port of Sagua la Grande was boarded by a boat froni the British war steamer Buzzard, and the officer in command ;immediately jumped on board wad proceeded to the cabin and commanded Capt. B. to hoist his ensign, which he refused to do, deeming the whole proceeding as an insult.. He (the officer) then demanded his papers, when he was told they were at the Consul's, and that if he knew his business he certainly was aware of that fact. The officer .then departed, saying he would report to the commanding officer of the steamer the refusal of Capt. B. to lloist his ensign.`_ Several shots (blank cartridges) were fired by the steamer in order to. intimidate Capt. Bartlett and compel hini to hoist bis ensign (which be did not do.) Capt. B. then noticed that they had lowered away two of their large boats, containing about ,50 men with any quantity of small arms, when he (Capt. B.) took his ensign and laid it on the cabin table. Soon after the boats arrived alongside, and the commander of the steamer, in person, came on boaid, when Capt: B. received biro politely, but . .protested against the proceed. ings, and. would not allow any of the men.to come on board, threatening to shopt the first that attempted it... Capt. B. and the British Commander then . proceeded to the cabin, when be (the commander of the steamer,) commanded ,Capt. B. to' hoist his ensign.-=-- He replied, " There it lies upon the table and if your, commission is worth enough, hoist it yourself." The British officer, pistol in hand, commenced pacing the cabin, saying that he would Seize_t,he-vesssel and take her to the : port of New York, to which Capt. B. replied, "That is exactly what wish you to do," when, by intent or accident, Capt. B. was struck on the, breast by the hand which held the pistol. Capt. B. then presented his pis . tob andsaid, !‘ Sir; keep your hands off of me or rwill shocit,you." The officer replied, "I did_not lay my hands on Y-on." . When Capt. B. rejoined, " You did, Sir?' The officer in quired tf the sugar on board belonged to Capt. 8., when be replied, "3 never owned a hogshead of sugar in my The same question was asked in regard tothe launches," (boats for conveying the sugar front the shore on board,) and the same reply giien. The officer completely cowed, proceeded on deck, and after reaching the deck, in a perfect rage, bellowed forth, ":over away the gangway lad.. der," when Capt. B. quiatly said, "Sir, did you order that ladder to be 4- , awered, or did yOu request it to be lowered,' when the offi cer said, " Will yoti please bave it lowered." Capt. B. then gave orders for it to be done, and thesltritisher departed without having accomplished his purpose. STILT, ANOTHER, The Bark' John Howe Boarded' Twice— When will all this End, and when be Pun ished. "-The bark John Howe, Capt. Nichols, ar rived at this port on Saturday from Sagua la Grande, and reports that about the lath of April, on his passage from , Havana to_ Segue' la Grande, and when,aff Argulla, be was boarded by a boat from the British war steamer Buzzard,' and the officer ill cchninand without any ceremony sprang upcn-deck and immediately commenced asking questions— such as the vessel's name, her commander's, where she hailed from, where she was bound, hpr owner's name, 'lke.; and upon entering the cabin (by invitation) he demanded to see her papers, which were shown him. He then departed. Capt. N. states that his ensign was then flying, and that it had been hoisted on the first appaoach of the steamer. After arriving at Samna la Grande, and while lying in tbat port ; hewas again boarded by a boat - from the same vessel and his papers demanded, although his ensign was was flying. His reply was, they were at the Consul's office. The officer then examined the vessel and scruti nized the hcld. Captain Nichols is of the opinion that the officer was intoxicated at the time. He judged from the appearance of the man and the bold manner in which he acted. Captain Nichols offered him a cigar, (he having no liquor on board,) which he refused, but re quested a glass of water, which was "given him: He then departed.—N. Y. Yews. - The American :Tract Society. . Abolitionism has a thousand artftil _wiles , by which it seeks access to the public mind. Every avenue to credulity, zrejudice or con science, is eagerly appropriated, and anti-1. -slavery sentiments of every grade inculcated, from the bitter, defiant, blasphemous intensity of Garrison, to the mild and christian fervor of those divines who believe. to he their duty to bear testimony against the sin of slave .l.lolding. Yet, although there is unceasing activity, continuing, preserving, untiring agi tation, on the part of political as well as reli gious abolitionism, it is a remarkable as well as encouraging fact that as soon as - the noisy workers are broueht before the competent tribunal to teat their s relative numbers, they at once dwindle into a faction, and are over poweredby the national conservative sentiment of the country. -.While in the open -field, with their declaimers and their presses, they appear from the noise they make to be a mighty 'hest—but when drawn up in a line and counted,the deception-vanishes, and their real poverty of numbers can be no longer dis guised. The American Tract Society has just gained a Splendid victory over the aboli tion element which sought to use it as a vast machine for the dissemination of anti-slavery tracts. The history of this contest, resulting lu iter, t05..1 ai-,Leuthwest.o.be atent.toe is an-interesting feature of the times, and an I illustration of the fact we have stated, that I the agitators have but to bebrought in con tact with the conservatives to be beaten. 4. The - American Tract Socity is an organi zation embracing all the Protestant denomi nations of the country, North and South. Its publications have uniformly avoided refer .ence to controverted doctrinal point 4 or any subject,which would tend to disrupt the bonds of fraternal union ; but were confined to es sential truths constituting the common ground all creeds. Some New England and New York ministers and laymen, who regard slaveholding as the sum of all human de pravity, could not rest 'easy while their christian brethren of the South remained.un ' denounced, and they demanded the publica tion of tracts assailing :he institution of slav ery.. This busy faction labored and schemed until, in 1857, they procured-the adoption of a resolution providing that those moral du ties growing out of the existence of slavery, as well as-those moral evils and vices which i; is known to promote, should be discussed in the publications _of the society. Under the sanction•of this resolution a tract was •wtitten instructing masters as to their duties to their slaves, the publication of which. would have produced an intense excitement at the South, and caused the immediate dis ruption of the society., The Executiie Cows mittee very prudently -resolved not to publish the tract, in view of the - incalculable evil it would occasion, , and appealed to the annual meeting of the society for an endorsement of their course. That meeting was held on the 13th instant, st New York,ana the committee were sustained by a vote of ten to one. The excitement of the controversy - drew forth all the members of the society, and the utmost' exertions • were made on both sides; - the anti-slavery wing itimulated by the hope - of grasping thegreat engine of the Christian Church, and hurling it with destructive elect into the midst of those polluted by the sin of slereholding; the conservative wing animated by a calm determination to stay -the desolat ing tide of egression, au'd preserve the society from the destructive assaults of the fanatical. The victory of the latter was emphwtic and final. . , The fact that this ye y Het upon th• • u ties of masters, which ti e consciences of some of the restless anti-slavery members of the ti l society demanded should, e. published, was written by a decided freet joker and lauda tor of Theodore Parker is an admirable illus tration of the genius of modern New Eng land- abolitionism; No fouler, spirit ever needed exorcism. Those infected by it have a marvelously acute vision for the mote in their brother's eye. What wptld have been, the use of publishing a tract attracted partic ularly to masters l It would not . have ob tained circulation at the South, and at the Noith it could have noother influence than to inflame a;lreadv overheated imaginations. Why not leave'the task of reproving cruelty, neglect, and the other undoubted evils grow ing out of the institution of slavery, - to the Christian minister located in its midst, whose duty it is to preach to masters. Is not the meddling-of Northern ministers, and worm than all,Northernxnen who make no pretence to chriStianity, an aggravated insult which even forbearance could not tolerate? North ern men talk of a conseientiomicotiviction of duty which. demands that testimony.should be borne against the great national sin of slavery. Suppose the tablet to be turned, and that" Southern men should demand—and from conscientious conviction of duty loo— s tiaCt agaVut the evils of abolitionism, and its poisonous moral . frults, what could be said against that t Could they 'not point with leason'andiruth at the rank infidelity germ inating in abolitionism and its Offshootsspirits . nalism, woitan's rights, free loie - and kindred • fantasies !" Could they not show that the* ligion of Garriion, Parker, Phillips, ,and the' host of abolitionists who disgust and shook the very lowest • MOW developnient by their blasphemy and their gastionede, t a morbid humanitarianism deviied by men who have ruthlessly trampled out• the last sparks of vital' christianity 9 And- after 'uncoiling fold after ford of this slimy monster, "and ex posingits prolific-brood of evil delusions; who would not say that _ it, as well- as slavery, is known to promote moral evils bad %lona. Let the anti-slavery meti who imagine them selves pure enough to rebuke the 'fancied vices of those at a distance from ,them, look at it that the South does not institute a crit ical examination of their !bits and subject them to the rack.—Patriot.and Union. _. routrost pentotrit, A. J. GERRITSON, Editor. MONTROSE, PA., • Thiirsday. hay 27. 1852. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. SUPREME, JUDGE : WILLIAM A. PORTER, PIIII.IDgLPIIIA CANAL COMMISSIONER, WRSTLEY FROST, 0322ra3 Special Notice. A LL persons indebted to the late firm of LI McCollum . & Gerritsion for subscription to the Montrose Democrat are hereby forbid den settling with. J. B.: McCollum, or any person in whose bands he may place the ac counts. - Said accounts Face not yet been as signed to hire, in consequence of his having refused to render value for them as agreed upon before the firm was dissolved; - any col lections which he - may make will be (rondo lent, and his receipts void, until further notice be given. A. GERRITSON.-. Montrose, Apiil Ist, 1858. I UST PRINTED: and for sale *JO at this offive—a lot of BLANK NOTES. itgrF. B. Streeter, El., late Solicitor of the L. S. Treasury, has located in Scranton. .llnir A Post Office has been established in Lathrop toiNnsbip,and,Ed tnund G. Tevrlobury appointed P.N. itgrNir. Ingham, of Camptown, Bradford County, wants to employ a hand at the card ing and cloth dressing business. . See his ad• vertisernentin this paper., Ntvr We learn that the house of Rev: Mr. Barlow of Franklin, was burned down a few nights since.. The fire was discovered too late for him to escape, and be perished in" the times. The other members of the family escaped, but nothing was saved., We are unable to give the,particnlars. rier" We have received the priXpectuis of the Yorthern Penn'ylvanian, a pap& to be Issued, June 10th, frcim the office Of the late paper of that name at StlN'a Depot, edited by L. P. Hinds, Esq., J. H. Thomas i M. D., assis tant; H. C. De Long, publisher; $1.50 ,per annum in advance; Independent—not neutral —tied to no party. We wish the enterprise abundant success, pecuniarily. Nr A correspondent of the Pennsylva nian says that one of the men holding office under the newly elected Mayor s . of Philadel phia is a resident and voter it. the State of New Jersey, and that he keeps a licensed tavern iop that State. This may account for the increase of the opposition vote at the re cent city election. A union of all the isms in the city, and a reinforcement from Jersey —to be paid for with a few fat offices ! NV The sixth , annual Historical and Pioneer Vestival will be held in this place on Wednesday the 2nd of June. These gather ings are said to be very interesting, calling forth as they naturally do, many reminis censes of the settlement of the country, and the difficulties and dangers which the old . "PIONEERS" were obliged to encounter in their noble efforts to carve out a home for "themselves• and their posterity in this once rugged wilderness. Let there be a general "turn out" of our "old settlers," bearing .iu mind that the eloquence of old age and gray hairs, `on such an occasion will be more-ap propriate and touching than that of scholastic and forensic attainments. /Mrßeports from Washington state that "Messrs. Morrow, Branscomb and Wincbell, Commissioners appointed at the Settlers' Mass Convention in Kansas to procure a postpone ment of. the Land Sales, of procure a Loan Fund for the Squatters, have had, in compa ny with Mr. Parrott, Delegate from Kansas, an interview with the President, who intima ted his willingness to postpone the Sales - till they thought best, bar desired 1 on the Secretary of the Interior. stated that the polio,' of the Gov- ould be to selhall the public lands possible during the present year for the pur pose of reverlie, but consented to-defer the sales in ICa&as until November Ist and 15th, when they will take place. The Commission ers left for New York on Friday for the pin , pose of sec.uring the loaiks needed." sar•We notice . that the - publisher of the Republican, in his last issue, denies that we requested him to withdraw from the, columns of his paper the' statement that we had been an applicant for the Montrose Rost Office. A more glaring falsehood was neVer penned and published. We made the request in terms as plain . as- the English language affords; his promise to comply was given in a way not to be misunderstood. There is no question aboutthe matter. We asked him to do a specific thing, he agreed to do it, broke his promise and now denies it. With as 'much truth might he' deri; that we entered his office. - He also says that the promise of the senior editor was conditional. It was no such tbing., It was voluntary,,ex plicit unconditional. His assertion that nur paiieris tinted for its misstatements of fact, but still more fully develops the uncalled for malignity in which some creatures delight to to-indulge" It is too . falee to talc for further notice ;savors too inch of metradetboy black: guardism" to be worthy Ora` nepotist); FWMMIZTEMo z g:fa— ha,s - been frequently _ predicted by ritie;-PaPers, that OM long; the Black • R,Elpoblinali party would set up a claim that . `;they, bad +l*ayiteen the advocate :of ikti lat -- sovereig,ntyi That Os just doctrine :would ultimately meet the approval of the Airktrican people," neve,`, have doubted. ft has never' been opposed_:jxcept for party purpases," hpping by misrepreseptation,_aod by throwing obstaCles_inthe Way of its proper exercise, — to defeat the Democratic pasty. Failing in thitt,• our 000nents, true to their habit of backing out of their positions,(though always when too late,) have begun to agitate among themselves the question of the adop tion of our doctrine. The_Crittenden-Mont gomery Kansas bill, to a certain extent at least, commits them to thispolicy, their sup port of that bill, being, in fact, a practical repudiation of the Fr emont platform of '56. The passage of the English bill, left them nicely caught in a trap of their owo, at which they feel sorely !rued, but still their only hope is to'creep upon d corner of the Cin cinnati. platform, hoping by stratagem and falsehood to deceive the people info the idea that they are, really adrocates of popular sovereignty._ Their game ,is to begin slyly to argue that they are favorable to the-doc trine, and that tbb Democracy are opposed to it, and we shall soon find Ahem claiming that they and they only have always been its true friends., Many of their presses and , leading men are calling foil an _abandonment of the party organizationith a view of forming a new one that shall embrace not only both of the men Douglass, with Forney and Co., but all the fossils of the various isms which are not fully mustered under the six teen starred. banner. We wish them much joy in the new relations they may acquire,, but would suggest that they may yet fully learn that their men are knot all - Web asses that they can be induced-eo annually change their coats—hide _and Al—mtich longer. For Congress next fall they are trying to coax into the field some or all of the Anti-Lecomp ton members for re-election, thinking by this means to secure an opposition majority-in the next House. To this end Greeley has avowed his'. intention to-support; at any risk, 'Raskin and I Clark from New York, but the Courier with More candor surd honesty, refuses to support any such, unless they pledge themselves to act hereafter with the "Republican" party. Chapman of tbis_Statebas been promised the supportrof the screamers, but he is either too honest or - cunning to be used by them, and gives out that he will not be their canditlate. The Democrats of his district sill no . doubt kindly permit him to'stay at home, sending a friend of the4Administration in his stead. The Re publfin of this place wound up a long art:ging article last week, by sugast ing telhe"Republicans"that they should take their position upon the principle of popular sovereignty. So we may look for a new or ganization, or at least for the endorsement of -a riew. Principla by tbo opposition in this sec tion. How this will meet - ivith the views of Wilmot, ,Grow & Col, who claim to have al wiys been adherents of the sovereign power of Congresss remains to be seen. 'Our friends will' do well to note their action on this point. IEO - The course pursued by the British Cruisers in firing into and boarding Ameri can Merchant vessels has aroused the just in dignation of the whore country. Whether the British government' will sustain 'the out rages or, their men-of-war, or not, remains to be seen. It !natters but little to us, however, these repeated insults are not to be borne. They are overt acts of war, or piracy, and in either case every timel so infringing upon our rights should be sunk or captured as a prize, and in the mean time her British Ma jesty can make, amends to us or permit her piratical bounds to _meet their deserved fate at our bands. Great Britain has no more right to fire upon, board and search our ves sels upon'the high seas, than she -would have to seize and search our citizens while passing along the streets, or to forcibly enxeß - And ransack the residences of our citizens. '; Not less than twenty-three vessels have alreadybeen -x attacked—outrages , enough to warrant the supposition of the existence of war between the two, countries. The list of vessels is 'as follows: Name of Vessel. Captain: Where belong I—Ship . Clarendon, Bartlett,. New York. 2—Shift Grotto, Dunlevy, Riehmond,Mi 3—Ship Tropic Bird, Foulkes, Philadelphia. 4—Bark Glenburn, Tebenh'in,Riehmori, Me s—Bk W.H. Chandler,Gage, Prov_idenee. 6—Bk Clara Windsor,MeEwen, New York. 7-Bark Samos, : Basford, Boston. • 8-Bark John Howe, Nichols, Belfast, Me. 9-Brig S. Thurston, Lampher, Searsport, Me. 10-Brig John Taylor, Young, -- 11-Brig G. Stockhnm, Giles, Bath. 12-Brig C. F. O'Brien, Watts, Thomaston. 13-Brig M. Gilchrist; Rowley, St. George, Me 14-Brig E. Merrithew,Gordon, • Searsport, Me. 15-Brig Wingold, Loring, Boston. 16-Brig Robt. Wing, Bray, Boston. 17-Brigik:A.Chapman,Somrs, Baltimore, 18LBrig Brownsvite, Simpson, New York. 19-Schooner Cortez, _ Smalley, New York. 20—Sehooier Mobile, Howes, New York. 21—Schr. N. B. Borden,Bigbtman, Fa II 'River 22—Sehr. Mary Tribon. 23-814 John di. Albert. About the time of the death' f Col. Benton, a letter' purporting to be from the 'Wash ington correspondent of- . the Tribune, was published, setting forth that be had uttered strong -anti-Lecompton sentiments. A state mettt, coming from such a source was enti tled to but little notice, but the matter has been fully explainedsby a letter from-Wm. Caterjones. The following paragraph from the Pennsylvanian will be Sufficient to fw.ten the proper brand upon the libellous scribbler: Mr. Jones distinctly and emphatically con tradicts,the statement put forth bz a Wash ington correspondent of the - N. X. Tribune, and echoed by the , whole Black Republican . press of the land, that Col. Benton, previous to his death, expressed strong anti-Lecompton sentiments to • a Mend, who was by his, bed side.,,With the Washington Union, "we cannot refrain from expressing - a just indigna lion at the spirit of malice and mendacity which, in the titssenda of deaih and at the portals of the grave, could invent and - ,dictate such a letter, asihat published in . the Tribune. It matters litilewhetheril. was indited in the office of the 7'ribine, or _bullied here; , it was worse ; than a libid,npairOhe dead, it was , a _lOl upon . thsAying.": „ , Bir Lowl4 D.,Campbell. M. C. tlilm 60 fifth strict of Ohio has been ousted from ids Seat, and Mr: Valyindingh*,Contaitant, (Dam.) beei admit:hid to-ifie same.' The Pig:State Iniveloostintio the hands of ttriritiaubury and Erie &IL EEMNMWM=n The Late Col.. Benton. Ma!MM,MMI s 0 • zirktele g raphiii dispatch rom t. 1, ms, May 80th, siya r that the "accountatfrorn Kan- • sas contintmto spealtfof-atiaget by Mont i_gomeryisihaird. of 'outlaws.• Several stores and .thufPost Sea Springs• Were rob `be on the 11th. Hisayi .rogberiesi-are also .reported, differeht,parts-.of Johnson county, inii,thyee 'hundred families - ire said to hav e beee'driven out of Lynn county. Montgom.. ery 'holds a captain's commission under Gan. Lane. It understoOd that the band have a written pledge under which they are sworn to-drive, ,all -the pro-slavery men Out of the Territory, and to breakup the land . sales in July. They are also, reported to have said that unless Gov. DenvOr withdrawstbe troops front Port Scott, they will procied to Lecomp ton and hang , - ADMlFED.—Diessrs.Phelps 'and Cavanaugh, the Meinbers of Congress from the l new State of Minnesota, have been acnitied, to seats. The oeposition, too weak to vote them out, have tried every means in their powei to prevent them 'from 'being-sworn le i gut- have signally failed. . i rrThe bill 'to adroit Oregon into the Un ion as a State passed the Senate, May 18th, by a vote of 35 to 17: YEAS—Messrs. Allen, Bayard, (Benjamin, Biggs, Bigler,Bright, Borden* Brown, Cameron, Chadler, Cp!lamer, Dirion, Doolit tle, Douglas, Foot, Foster, Greeq, Gain, Ha_ lan,Houston, Johnson,(Ark.,)!ohhsimr, (Tenn.) Jones, King, Polk, Pugh, Sebastam, Seward, Shields, Simmons, Slidell; Stuart, , Toombs, Wright and Yulee-35: N mar - Mdssre:Belli Clay; Crittenden, Da vis, Durkee, Fessenden, , Fimpatriek, Hale, Hamlin, Hammond, Henderson, :Hunter, Iver son, Kennedy, Mason, Trumbull' and Wade -17. ABSENTEES—Messrs. Bates, Clark, 'fitch i Mallory, Pearce, Reid, Rice, Sumner, 'fliornp. son, (Kentucky,) Thompson, (N.J,) and WI!- sou-11 _ From 'Washington. Washington, May 22,1858. - The reported by Mr. Hunter in the Senate to-d r ay gives authority to the Presi dent at an4time within the twelve months. from the jasage of the act, to bOrne fifteen • millions of ;dollars,. with a protqsr* that no contract shillrhe made to prevent the United States from- re-imbursing the sum . borroived at any time after. the expiration of fifteen years from the qrst of January next.. The stock is to he issued,- bearing inter+ not ex ceeding six per centurti. None isles, be issued for a less sum than one _hundred dollars, which may be transferred on the ,boAs of the Treasury; -under regulations 'which may be established by the Secretary of the Treas ury. Whenever it is required, the Secretary may cause coupons - of semi-annual interest to be attached to the certificates assigned or transferred. The Secretary is , to' give public ' notice for bids, of•not less than thirty days, , and accept 'tbe most favorable from respons ible bidders. No stock is to be disposed oil at less than its par value. •Tl,e•faith of the United States' is pledged for thepayment a the interest and • redemption of the 'principal. 1 • The bill authorizes the employment of two addit; nal decks, and appropriates 420,000 to meet the expenses ineurred'to the execution of The law. No further action - Will be lake'n concerning Ilie=right• of Doctor Bernhisel to his seat' as delegate, the.Ciommittee on T'airitories not being-able officially to ascertain that Utah is in a state of rebellion. The Union' publishes a letter from Fort Bridzer, April 10, stating on the authority of Mr. Gilbert, formerly a merchant pfSalt Lake City, that Goy. Cumming and Col. Kane were - met by- him 'in Eeno Carton, forty-five miles this side of Salt Lake .CitY on the 7th April. About twenty Mormons accompanied them. On his way. to Salt Lake from Cali fornia, Mr. Gilbert met- with large numbers of-wagons havily laden on thei way, it was supposed, to the White Mountbins near the borders of Nei/ Mexico. • Nearly one hundred persons leave the city daily, and so far as' womenylnd children are concerned, th.ci - ty was nearly; depopulated. It was suppos& that a Inge p4tion Of them were secreted on City, Creek above Salt Laie in the mountains, where it, is known that they have large caches of rovisions. In conversation with BrighaM Young Mr. Gilbert was told that if the arniy- would give time, he would leave, other Wise he would "send them to hell across. lots. Serious Riot iu the. Coal Region. • Pottsville, May 22. The trouble among the miners of the Ash laud coal district, near this Pla4, has assum ed a serious aspect. The workmen Struck for higher wages several days ago, 'alleging that, at the rates received, they could not support their - As their etnploYers refused to make any concessions, the minas went off in a body to other colleries tb 'obtain . higher wages, or compel the other workmen to make' the strike a general one. They visited Wades• vine and the colleries in that: vicinity', and by threats and persuasion, indued the miners to _join them. Yesterday, the mob, now grown quite formidable, appeared at &Clair, and, by their violent demonstrtitions, stopped operations at Milne's, John's,Snyder's, and other Colleries. The Sheriff's Deputy was on the ground, but was unable to hake any ar rests, in consequence of the strength of the rioters. A strong force Wll5, despatched from Potts ville this meriting, to suppressi the' disorder, arrest the principals in the rio l t,ittncrprotect those men who wish Co go to "work. The Sheriff of Schuylkill county' niadt a requisi tion upon the military, and the:First:_Regi meat, of Volunteers, under i command of ClolonerJohnson,left foiSt.Ulisir . at an early hour. ' „ • The military returned at noon, bringing with them the ringleaders of the 'lot. Upon the appearance of the soldiers at the scene of disturbance, the rioters saw that resistance' was hoOless, and submitted immediately.- Quiet has been restored. • Douglas iu Danger. •At a meeting held at Lawrence , Kansas ; Jim Lane announced himself a candidate for the United, States` Senate, 'declaring that he had challenged Senator _Douglas to Mortal combat, but lie-bed refused _to fight,. .`shield ing himself behind the priyilegles of his Posi tion." - lie was'anxions to go to the Spate that, he might be upon the ,saMe level with' Douglas and exact the_ satisfaction "due a' _gentleman." Ibis a relief to; know that no: attetript be Mida urion the life of Senator Douglas, until Jim - lace take hi s ' pl ace iri the United Stam4 ,Ocnite: Before that event )dippens i Challenges can Want to Douglas, with perfect- ; impunity, as, no, gentleman of honorable standing and high public position would be likely to risk his. life,against , such a as Jim 'l;aii."; After it does 'happen--if the peoP)e . of Kanias 'ebbed ever be"'so .hifatuited as tesend'; a swaggering: inflhin to 'the' Sitnitte—rit is iprobable that Lane will bilao mush ,eleVated ris to be on' a I:4l*M higiftiboreihii head Of Diniglas Aqui other "giant&'
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