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&'