The Jeffersonian. (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, January 26, 1860, Image 2

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    -preached no new god, Vut bad built saw
fltilKnrid school houses, and to night thei
licgleetea youth of liie mountain districts,
who haf no othor teachers uud no other
friends, as the report in jour State ar
chive attest, condemn their espulsiou.
Fee hfl'i no Sharpe'a riflfs, had never ap
proved the act of John Brown, but was
t peaceable and devoted Christian preach
er. Mr. Clay had written these facts to
fbeMadison County paper, but the let
ter.i had not been allnwud to reach their
destination iu time to disabuse the popu
lar uiind. nnd the most useful teacher
and workers iu Madison Couuty were
driven forth.
i ISenator Breckinridge has alluded to
the position of Senator Seward in terms
that require a protc.-t from inc. Else
where tbc state-man of New-York will
vindicate himself, but here iu Kentucky,
where the press is not free, and liberty ot
ppcech not universal, he has a right to
expect defense at my hands. Mr. Clay
proceeded to show that by "higher law'
Seward intended the same reverent ac
knowledgement of an. overruling Proi
deuce, and the eternal supremacy of di
vine law, that every statesman and good
chiton acknowledged in other terms.
Mr. Clay was impressively eloquent in
this part. lie next proceeded ta -f;"i
Seward'1 expression in regard to the 'ir
rcprcssible conflict," and showed that the
Representatives of South Carolina and
other Slate State?, and the editor of The
Louisville Courier, to day so jubilant o
ver Guthrie's triumph, had announced
the "irrepressinlo conflict" in more offen
sive terms. There was on "irrepressible
conflict," and it became his hearers to ex
amine well before they choose their hide;
there were hundreds in Frankfort to
night, and tens of thousands in Kentucky,
who, if they dared to speak their thoughts,
would proclaim oppo.-ition not only to a
r-lave code in Territories but to Slavery
here at home.
After these opening remmke, Mr. Clay
'proceeded to au elaborate argument iu
vindication of the principles of the Repub
liceu pnrty a-aint the aspersions of
Brcckiuridge and MaofSn. A report
will be sent you by mail. The scene iu
the State Uouo yard was striking.
Scoies of candles, brought by willing
hands, partially dispelled the darkness
and showed tbo heavy frame, the white
Lair, and the flashing eye of Clay, as he
Hood in relief against the grey pillars of
the Capitol. A large number of influen
tial slaveholders were present, but the
majority were non-slatcholders, and noue
knew where tbey came from His voice
run out so loud and clear that all the
city within three or four squares was his
audience.
l)c Seffcrsonian.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 18G0.
The Funeral Sermon of the Rev. Jobn
C. Thomas, late pastor of the Methodist
K. Church of this place, will be preached
on next Wednesday, Feb. 1, at 11 o'clock
A. M., by the Rev Penel Coombe, Pre
siding Elder, of this Conference.
. SrWe would call the attention of our
Irib friends to the treatment James Cran
gnle, an Irishman received at the bands
of the Southern Democracy, at Savana
and Augusta, Georgia.
jg-We would also call their attention
to the reply of an Imh Catholic, to Mr.
O'Connor, an Irish lawyer of N.York, of
eminence in his ptofession, who took the
ground tbat Slavery is just and right,
and therefore ought to be perpetuated and
favored by legislation.
Election of State Treasurer.
Ou Monday, January 16th, the Senate
and IIoue of Representatives of th
State of Pennsylvania met in convention
in tho Hall of tne House of Rprenta
tires and elected Eli Slifer State Treas
Urer for the ensuing year.
Eli SHfer had - 81 votcp.
J-obn W. Maynard, 51
Special Election in Dauphin.
HaRHISBUKG, Jan. 23. The special
election for a member of Assembly, in
plare of Marks D. Whiteman, deceased,
held in Daupbin county on Saturday last,
resulted in the election of William Clark,
Opposition, by about 1,100 majority.
Ex Gorcrnor A2am, of South Caroii
n. buys: "From all that I can sec. the
chief difficulty with that Assembly will
beto ascertain bow much farther tha South
will yield bow much longer she will sub
siit. This point satisfactorily settled; it
will be a matter of secondary cotisidcra
tion whether their 6taudard-beart r hail,
from the Rio Grande, Beech Liana", Rich
mond, or Chicago. A gutts pcrcha plat
form is all that will bo wanted to send
them away rejoicing to enter witn re
Dewed zeal and enthusiasm on the glori
ous work of bamboozling the masses with
continuing the Domocratic party iu pow
er for another term."
Mr. Jobn Sbouse, Esq, of Willson
ville is the delegate from Monroe and
Pike, counties to the Peoplo's State Con
vention. , '
Circulating: Helper's ft6k.
Jesse Wheeler, formtirvcyor of
Gailford County, N. Qmf?&rrvtted
for circulating ily &$fKm0Per1s Im"
pendiog Crisisgions have
bees arresteign'J'eiflf Coantyj N. C.
oo idmiUr'ar'je.
JXj In our issue week, before last, we
copied an article from tho Monroe Demo
crat in reference to the character of Help
er, the author of the book entitled " Im
pending Crisis," whom he denounces as a
base "hypocrite" entirely void of "eincer
ity," because he at one time apparently
recommended slavery, and now takes
strong grourrds against it. Now all our
reader are well . aware that the Monroe
Democrat talked both ways on tho Lo
compton Constitution, which instrument
be boldly denounced as the most despotic
and undemocratic measures over con
cocted by a free people, but soon after,
very cowardly, when he saw the flashings
which admonished him of coming Admin
istration thunder, the Squire, to save his
share of tho public plunder, turned di
rcctly around and told the public that all
he had said agaiust the Administration
was all bosh, aud that the Lccompton
Democracy was genuine. It certainly is
not remarkuble that the Squiro should
oill Helper a " wool-dyed hypocrite un
worthy of confldeuce;" for none knows
seller than himself that the Squire, in his
change of opinon, played the part of a
wool-dyed, or cotton-dyed, or more ap
propriately, Post-ofEco-dyed hypocrite, and
to judge Helper by himself was but natu
ral. But from tho subjoined letter from
Mr Helper it appears that he never re
commended slavery except in a very mod
ified degree, and consequently there is no
change on his part. Squire, you call this
book iu question a "rebellious volume.1
We challenge you to point out a tin
gle seutence tbat is rebellious, you
should know better than to believe what
your Diunion party tell you without ex
amination. If they make fools of them-
se
lirps rnn nnolif not fn nn ftn. As to
your exultation over the contempt you al
lege to have shown to a certain enemy
wo will just add that if you could sec your
telf as others see you in tbat matter, you
would see the Democrat with ears at lent-t
a foot long. As to your coming down on
us "like an avalanche," we will eagerly
but calmly await you.
A Hare's Nest in Congress.
To the Editors of The Evening Post.
bins : lurougu tno medium ot your
paper, I beg leave to offer another com
munication, which nearly a montu since
sent down to Washington, but which,
owinr to the coutiuued unorganized con
dition of the Hou-e of Representatives, I
base withdrawn from there, for publioa
tion. By the Pro Sluery press, both at
the North aud at the South, and by cer
tain fire-eating members of Congress, it is
asserted tbat, in a small volume entitled
"The Land of Gold," which I published
in Baltimore, in 18f5, soon after my re
turn from California, I "advocated the
forcible introduction of "Slavery into Ni-
caragua. ixow, i taKo great pleasure
in bung able to give full assurance to the
hungry discoverers of this mare's nest
that they are thrico welcome to all the good
eges that they can find therein. Let tbcm
therefore, lose no time in coiug through
the process of feeliug, of shaking, of dip
ping in ly c, or of otherwise subjecting to
proper test the quality of such oval fruit
or treasure a they have found. What
follows will. I trust, facilitate, in some
degree, the ordeal of their manipulations
Incidentally in the manuscript of the lit
tle work to which I have ju-t referred, I
took strong ground against the contin
uauce of Slavery in Southern cities, argu
ing that, as a means of success, cither
capital or liberal education is indispen
sably necessary in every one who launch
es hiuiself upon the tumultuous sea of city
life, and that, as slaves are possessed of
neither the one requisite nor tho other.
they should all be at once removed from
. t . .
tne ciues anu uncus, ana put upon tne
fields, where the rude labor could uques-
tionably be used to bctcr advantage, and
where the bod influences resulting in di
ver ways from their weak minds and mor
als, might, in great measures, be curtail
ed. So deep and exciting were the im-pre-sious
made upon me by an examina
tion of what I had seen iu the North com
pared with what I had seen in the South
so universal, irresistible, and overwhel
ming where the evidences of the superior
ity of Freedom over Slavery that, when
writing my ' Laud of Gold,'' I could not,
in justice to iv.y feelings, refrain from say
ing something oo the subject. I did say
something mut-h more, in fact, than was
ever nut in print. but still 1 was not
yet wholly emancipated from my original
Pro-Slavery errors and prejudice, for, as
will readily be seen from what I have al
ready elated in subetance, while I conten
ded that Slavery should at once and for
ever cease to cxit in all the incorporated
cities and towns of the South, I was, nev
ertheless, willing that it should, for the
time at least, hold an unlimited lease of
life in the rural districts. To be entirely
candid, however, I felt well assured that,
from the time of the granting of such
lea-e, the tenure by which it would be
held would grow weaker and wesker, un
til, iu tho coure of a few brief years, it
would lo-e all force and value, aud Anal
ly pas away with uumerous other wrongs
and absurdities-, which henceforth are to
be known only iu history.
The little book ("The Land of Gold")
which I had written, chiefly on California,
was issued to the public through the pa
rent office of the Southern Quarterly Re
view', which, at the particular time allu
ded to, was located in Baltimore. My
publisher there was a strong Pro Slavery
Southerner, from Charlestown, Va , who
after commencing operations according ,to
contract like some other publishers of
whom I have heard, if not seen, having
as keen an eye to profit as to principle
examined more carefully the views which
I had expressed against slavery in the cit:
ics, and characterizing those views gsj
'vile Abolition sfu&y-' he positively re
fused to be in any manner instrumental
in giving tbem publicity. What could I
dol Articles of agreement had been
signed, and I bad already paid into the
hands of the publisher four hundred and
odd dollars. Paper had been purchased
and prepared for the press; the priuters,
manuscript in haud, had begun to' work,
and I had read the proof of several pages,
Finding that, under all the circumstance-,
I would have to submit to be govern
ed by cither the law of the slaveholder or
the slaveholder's law, I at once, with a
duo degree of disgust, relinguis.hed all
control of the manuscript, and told tny
publisher to do with it as ho pleased.
Complacently availing himself of the per
fect liberty which my reluctant but una
voidable withdrawal from my rights in
this case gave him, he discarded all that
I had said against Slavery in the cities,
but retained tho greater part of what I
had written in recognition of Slavery in
the country. This arbitrary action on
tho part of tbo editor and proprietor ol
the Southern Quarterly Review, consider
ed in connection with numerous other
similar proceedings of which I wascol,.
zaut, nnd iusooiA hicu 1 bad. been in
I V
olveo. convinced me that there was no
where in the Southern States any medi
um of the press through which thought
could be promulgated, save only where
the thinking, honest or dishonest, had
been done with a view to the more positive
security and aggrandizement of Slavery
This coviction on my part led me, with
much zeal and promptitude, to the prepa
ration and publication of my 'Impending
Crisis of the South," a work which I am
proud to say, looks to the perpetuation of
Slavery in neither city nor country, and a
copy of which, in due time, I hope to have
an opportunity to pUce in the liBnds of ev
ery white freemen in tho Slave States.
Youre truly, H. R. HELPER.
No. 43 Piue-street, Jan. 11, 18G0.
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Manners of the Oligarchy.
Washington, Jan. li), lfeGO.
Our friends in the House of Represen
tatives deserve great credit, greater cveu
than has beeu accorded to them, for the
equanimity with which they maiutain si
lence under the most tantilizing provoca
tions to plunge into the general debate,
and for the persistency with which tbej
bend all their energies to the election ol
a Speaker, despite the turbulence of open
enemies and the treachery of tho?c whom
they had a riht to rely upon
aa ailic.
A reader of tho daily proceedings of vile
House, as reported by the telegraph, can
have but feeblo conceptions of tho rude
uess, tho indecency, the asperity of the
attacks which the Southeru overseers and
their Northern hirelings are constantly
making upou tho Republicans -as a party,
upon prominent men in their ranks, and
especially upon their candidate for Speak
er. To say that they outrage all Parlia
mentary rules, and fiud neither precedent
nor parallel iu the auuala of even the A
mericau Cougress, is a tame statement ot
the fact. Ibese attacks have their keen
est sting not so much in the words utter
ed, though these are bitter and irritating
to the last desreo of human endurance;
nor in the falsity of the charges, person
al and political, which iguorance, inalig
nitv. and mendacity send nissing across
the Hall, like poUoned arrows; but it is
in the lofty toue, the domineeriuz gesture.
the air of command, and tho plantation
manners cenerally, which the Overseers
naturally exhibit, and their hirelings fee
bly copy, toward tho R-pubncans, that
renders the struggle for tho Speakership
a protracted martvrdom. Even the iron
nerved John Brown, on being asked if he
were tired during the quarter of an hour
he stodd on the drop, with the cap drawn
down, while Virginia chivalry marched
aud countemarehed around the gallows
it VT T
even ne could out reply, "ino, i am
not "tired, but don't keep mo standing
here longer than "is absolutely necessa
ry!'' The personal attacks upon Mr. bher-
mau are outlines ungenttemaniy in me
extreme. 1 he loBg sKinuy linger ot rry
or has been tbrust almost in his face; the
clumsy first of Houston has been shaken
at him, from a safe distance; he has been
compelled to endure the buffoonery of
Extra-Billy Smith, the cutting sneers of
inferiors like Missouri Clark, and the
wanton aspersions of equals, like Goorgia
Crawford, together with almost every
grade of abuse, from the high and the low,
within and without the House, he all t hi
time forced (uxcept on rare occasions)
by the delicacy of his position, to sit with
losed lips, though fully conscious of his
ability to repel triumphantly every person
al and political charge hurled against him,
and make successful forays into the camp
of his enemies. The fact that this spe
cies of attadli upon him, made under these
circumstances, demonstrates the. vulgari
ty and cowardice of the assailants, does
not reuder it the more agreeable to him
However, Mr. Shorma'n s inherent ealm-
uess and self-possession are equal to the
trial. Ho will endure even unto the end.
Scarcely less provoking are the assaults
upon other prominent Republicans in the
House, in which the overseers and their
hirelings are wont daily and hourly to in
dulge. Among the commonest of charges
cast in the teeth of members of tho party,
aud sgaiuit tbo partv as n whole, is that
tbey are factious aud disorganizing; that
tbey aim to emancipate the slaves by
force; that tbey are lomentina: insurrec
tion and eival war; that they are banded
with traitors and out-throats aud incen
diaries; that tbey refuse to obey the laws,
would overturn the Supremo Court, and
drag the country into the gulf of disunion.
Nor are these counts in tUc indictment of
the Overseers listened to by the Republi
cans with any more patience because du
ty seems to demand that they should not
yet plead to them, though conscious all
the time that, not the facts only, but the
real debating power, the learning, the el
oquence of the assembly are on their side;
and, once iu tho foreBnio field, they could
drive their assailants in disgrace from
tho forum. But they tide their titac-r-
Whfn the attack, does' come' frooY the Re
publican wing of the Chamber, the on-et
will only be tho more vigorous aud effeo
live for the long and irritating delay.
'Perhaps the most contemptiblo of all
these belligerent exhibitions is the at
tempt of the hirelings of the Negro Prop
agandists to play a mosk part in this
drama of disorganization, iosult and ter
ror. For slaveholders to put on airs to
ward Northern men is natural. They are
used to it, as were their fathers before
them. Lofty pretentions, affected supe
riority, aud-au indescribable sort of Oli
garchical mien, become them. So long
have they practiced on fahe pretenses,
lived ou sheet assumptions, that they sit
with no little grace upon them. We oc
casionally admire their pretensions. We
are always amused otthem. We almost
tolerate them. We at all events expect
them, and are therefore prepared for
them. But when the serf try to put on
the airs of tho master, when the underling
opes tho mien of the superior, and as
sumes to dictate to bis betters, then the
snobbery of these scullions; this "Ligh
life below, stairs,'' becomes disgusting and
insufferable, For example: when Virgin
ia Pryor told Kcy-stoue Hiskman, the
other day, that what be had uttered was
"lalse," the expression fell gracefully
from the lips of the young F. F. V. And
we cannot but rebuke his old colloague,
prim Mr. Millson for calling him to or
der. Pray, what has "order" to do with
the existing state of things in tho Hou.-c
of Representatives.? You were riht Ro
jrer A. Pryor! Jnhn Hickman is from a
State that don't own negroes', and hi
forefathers were mere Quakers. Hit him
again, Roger! He is only a plcbian.
Moreover, he is a Democrat who is eim
pie enough to practice what he professes
He is "false" to Negro Democracy, and
you did well to tell him so. But, when
McClernaud of Illinois, a "Douglas Dem
oerat,:' pushed himself into the ring, and
proclaimed that ' the insolence of the
Member from Pennsylvania was unbear
able.'' the thing (we mean MeClernand)
.-hould have been stopped at once. He
in no better than Hickman, owns up ne
groes, and has no right to talk to white
folks in that Virginia sort of way. Nor,
indeed', should tho F. F. V.'s show him
so much respect as they do nickman.
Hickman is a rebel, and a successful re
bel. He has thrown off the collar of the
Negro Dcmoeraoy, and i a man again.
Yirginiaus must respect him a little.
But MeClernand still wears and hugs his
chain. He should be taught to keep his
place at the head of the cofile of serfs.
He had the imprudence, to call Hickman
"an liOOstate from the Democratic party,'
iu?t xiiiit thcoverscers said about Doug-
las McClempna s leaner, occause ne anu
Hickman rcsisfeu the Lecomptou swindle.
Gentlemen Oligarchs! va entreat you, if
oub for tho mere look of tho thing, to let
the Pryors, and tho HoustonS, and the
MeReas, and the other fire caters, ilo the
domineering in the Hou'-e. Don't allow
snobs to touch this part of the program
me. Leave it to gentlemen upon whoe
shoulders plantation manners hang nat
urally and gracefully. Let the Northern
Democrats cease trying to roar.
They can merely bray. The ears of the
Doughface will obtrude through the lion's
skin. Sit down Messrs. MeClernand,
Valland"r'han. and the rest of youl
The present contest is oft compared to
tbat of four years ago, which resulted in
triumph of Mr. Bunks. But, while they
have mauy poiuts in commou, the pend
ing struggle is far more intense, and the
trials of the Republicans far more severe
than then. So shall tho viotory bo the
more glorious!
OUR BABY.
BY THE BAUD OFT1IK EASTON IIAI.L OF FASHION.
Our's is a blessed baby,
We think Sol never shone
(In all his numerous waud'rings)
Upon a lovelier one.
Every feature is so perfeot
Hs little rosy lip
Is sweeter than ambrosia,
That fairies love to sip.
His eyes what shall we coll them,
Two gems of sparkiing light!
(For no color can we fix on,)
They are so very bright.
And in regard to intellect,
Few with him can compare,
No Prince's sons or Presidents,
Our boy's superior are.
Phrenologists might glory
If iu their search around,
For noble heads, another
Like our darlings, could bo found.
In our longings, for tho futuro,
We arc thinking of tho while
When we snail see his dear loved form,
Arrayed in clothing made by Pyle.
Pyle's store is opposite the Old Euston
Hank, where those who want fine clothing
made in the very best manner are invited to
call. All work warranted equal to the besi
customer work and sold at the lowest prices.
The locofooos in Congress are opposed
to the admission of Kansas into the Uuiou
with her Free State Constitution. They
are determined to force thu "patriarchal
institution" upon her people Of course
there is nothing "sectional" in this atti
tude of the Democracy. You may insult
and spit upon the prejudices of the poo
pie of the Northern States, and by every
mean artifice in your power, oppose such
measures of legislation as they may be
inclined to favor, aud yet retain the rep
uUtiou of a national man; but undertake,
if you dare, to breathe a word against
the morality or economy of the social sys
tern of our Southeru confederates, or iu
the most legitimate and peaceful manner
to thwart them in their efforts to spread
the curse of slavery over all the land, aud
a thousand Locofoco, papers will bristle
iu every column nnd paragraph with rop-
titions of tho charge of "seotionalihiii.
Since putting tho above in type, we
learn that Gov. Blaok of Nebraska; has
vetoed the bill passed by the Legislature
of that Territory to abolish Slavery. So
much for the right of the people to treat
tho institution with unfriendly legislation
THE ftfcGRO GTJESTIOIT.
.Black Logic and White.
To.Gh'arlos O'Couner, esq ,New York.
Slit : Thc meeting held by some color
ed residents of Williamsborgb, to protest
against the doctrines promulgated by you
at ablate Union gathering, does not seem,
upon ca)m reflection, to have possessed
that purely ridiculous character attribu
ted to it by some of the reporters for the
press. The remarks of some df the col
ored speakers ou that occasion, mauger
whatever of the coaieal they may have
bad, contained some telling "points'
which, I am sure, you, Sir, with your keen
sense of tho logical, will be the first to
appreciate. . So potent is Truth, bow
black soever it may be, when opposed to
Error, be its whiteness however immacu
late. The Black man, defending the liberty
of his race, asks you, the White advocate
of its enslavement, if it were possible that
you could be a good Catholic, and pro
claim African Slavery to bo just, wise,
and beneficent, when thrco Popes had
sealed its condemnation with the Ring ol
the Fisherman! A question which, 1
immnginc, even you, Sir, with all your
acknowledged forensic ingenuity, will find
some cifliculty in answering satisfactorily
Popo Gregory XVI., no more remotely
than tho year 1837, promulgated a solemu
Bull, in which, after citing the authority
of tho Bulls issued by Paul III. and Ur
ban VIII., "moat severely castigatiug"
all those who "should -preach or teach that
it Slavery is lawful," he dcorees :
"Wherefore, we, desiring to divert this
disgrace from the whole confines of Chris
tiauity, having summoned several of our
brothers their Eminences the Cardinals of
the holy Roman Church, to our Couueil,
and having maturely deliberated on the
whole matter, pursuing the footstep.-, of
our predecessors, admonish by our apo
tolical authority, and urgeutly invoke in
the Lord, all Christians of whatever con
dition, that none henceforth dare to sub
ject to Slavery, unjustly pesccutc or de
spoil of tbeir goods, Indians, negroes, or
other classes of MEN, or be accessories to
others, or furnish them aid or as-istauce
in so doing; and on no account henceforth
to exercise that inhuman traffic by which
iP-groes are reduced to Slavery, AS 1ITIIEY
WERE NOT MEN, but aulomato or chalUk,
aud are sold in defiance of all the laws of
justice and humanity, and devoted to se
vere and intolerable labor. We further
reprobate, by our apostolical authority,
all the above-described offeuces, as utter
ly unworthy of the Chii-tian name; and
by the same authority we rigidly prohibit
and iuterdict all and every individual,
whether ecclesiastical or laical, from 'pre
suming to defend that commerce iu uegro
slaves, under pretense or borrowed color,
or to teach or publish in any manner,
publicly or privately, things contrary to
tho admonitions which we have given in
these letters'."
The Pope aud the Cardinals solemnly
denounce Slaverj'as unchristian, inhuman
and unjust; you, Mr. O'Conor, their Spir
itual Child, contemning their injunctions,
teach thatSiavcry is eminently just, Chris
tian, and humane. Who is the correct
authority ? The Pope and the Cardi
dals or Mr. Charles 0 Connor I xs the
black man asked : Can you, Mr. O'Con
or, holding the views you do, and teach
ing them as you do, be a sound Catholic!
Or can you be a atbolic at all ? You
have shown some boldness already; will
you be bold enough to meet this issue!
Theblack msu.I understand, also made
another "poiut." He related an interes
ting incident iu your life, an iucident too
which has been much spoken of, even a
mong your political co believers, -inco you
euuuciated your broad doctrine in your
speech at the Academy of Musio. Years
ago, as the ..tory goes, you-, Sir, knelt by
your father's side in a Catholic church in
this city, while Mass wag being celebrated
by a priest who was as blaok as ebony !
Did you then believe, Sir, that the Sacri
fice was ineffectual becauc it was offered
up by that negro !
Did you kneel before tho Bltar a hypo
crite I Aud when the black hand signed
the Cross and blesaed you and all around
you, did you believe the blessing inoper
ative because tho anointed African who
gave it was perverted into a priest from
the true position which tho Almighty (ac
rording to you, Sir,) designed for him;
the Slave of Man instead of the Servant
of God, a thing instead of a being! Do
you now think that the black bonds which
the Church thought pure enough to con
secrate tho Host and to hold what you
Sir, if you rnally be a Catholic, must be
lieve to be tho body of Christ do you
believe, I ask, that those bauds were not
fit to touch the hem of your garment
that their only proper use wa to be the
passive instruments of Man's despotic will!
Will you, Sir, uuot the isue oo this
poiut, also? I have only developed the
colored mau's argument; will you refuse
to acknoAlcdge that, negro logic is not to
black as it is painted.
-I am Sir, yours very repertfu!ly,
AN IRISH CATHOLIC.
New-York, Jan. 14, 1"(K).
A W oi d on the other Side.
The Richmond Euquirer abandons its
hobby of non intercourse with tho North,
and is advertising itself in Norihern pa
pers aa an excellent medium for Northern
busiuess men to advertise their wares in
at tho South. And the Boston Pilot, the
Roman Catholic organ in this country,
after rehearsing at length the recent per
secutions of Powers and Craugule. warns
the South to bo careful how it treats Irish
men, or 8ho may loso those in the North
who have hitherto been her warmest
friends.
Trial of Stephens and Hazlett.
The Legislature of Virginia having au
thorized a special term of the Circuit
Court for the County of Jefferson, Judge
Parker has directed notice to be given
that the term will bo commenced on the
1st day of February next. It is under
stood that Stephens and Ilazlet, two of
the Harper's Ferry cpnspirutor,Js,will then
be tried.
'"MrTGr. :'fj. Evans, the munificent Book
publisher in Chestnut street Philadephia
forwarded Si, 000 to Lawrence1; Mass for
the relief of the sufferers by the late ca
lamity. Mr. E. is certainly a very lib
eral gentleman. Men like him deserve
to succeed and prosper.
Sew York Markets.
Wednesday, January 25, 1860.
FLOUR AND MEAL Wheat flour;
5,400 bbls. at $5 a $5 10 for superfine
State and Western; So 20a$5 25 for extra
do., S5 G5a.$5 75 for shipping brands of
round-boop extra Ohio, and $5 50a$7 for
St. Louis and Genessee extra. Rye flour
sales of 140 bbls. at -S 65a$4 45. . Corn
Meal; sales of 100 bbls. at 83 80 for Jor-
sey and, $1 20 for Brandy wine. Buck
wheat flour is plenty and is lower; sales
at SI CaJaSl 75 per 100 lb.
GRAIN Wheat; tho salos are 2,000
bush, inferior Red Southern at SI 25, and
200 bush. Wbito do. damaged at SI to.
Oats; sales of Western and Canadian at
4la45ic. Rye; sales of 200 bush, at
00c. for Jersey, and 92o. for Northern.
Corn; sales of 14.000 bush at 80a81o.
PROVISIONS Pork; sales of l.OOfr
bbls. at $10 02iaS17 for old Mess,
75 for Thin Mess. Cut Meats are firm?
Sales of 107 hhds. at 6Ac. for Shoulders,
and OaOc. for Hams. Bu titer is freely
offered, and is heavy at 1 Ial6c. for Ohior
and 13a22c. for State the latter rate for
Choice. Cheese is in good demand and
is firm ot Oal le.
WniSKEY The market is lower
and i more active; s-alesof 500 bbls. at
:Ha24e.
H A S3 K I ED.
In Stiouds.burg, on the 21st insf:;,by
M. M. Burnett, E-q. Mr.. William P.ugb,
of Stroudsburg, and Miss Harriet Jane
Staples, of Smilbfield
On the 2Jth injt. by Rev. J. E. Miller,
Mr. Williamson U. Swisher, of Blairsi
town, N. J., and Mis Sirah Mirauda B.
Walker, of Brotzmausville, N. J.
In Stroudsburg, on tho 23d inst:, Ed
ward, son of P. H. & Martha p..Robe
son, aged 1 year 4 mos. and 7 days;-
"Gone in his purity, . f
Gone in his bloom,
Gone in his innocence
Down to the tomb.
Gone in bis youth fulness,
Goodness and truth,
,
- n-
Gone in his playfulness,
Budding in youth.
Left tho dear homestead,
So silent and dim.
Left the sad loved ones'
All weeping for him,
Left his young brothers
To port on alone,
-n
- tth
Dow those playful children
Will mUs him that's gone V
The shafts of Death's angel, '
How quick tbey are throwrit
Round hearts of affection, . :i
We counted our own!
And the fairest and brightest'-
Of linncpJi nlil nntl liparth. ts&
The soonest are gathered
To rest in the earth. w
But weep not dear mother,
Thy Eddy has gone,
m. i .. :. i. i..
Around tho "White Tbronc;KV?
In the home of the spirits
That mansion of rest,
Thy darling is dwelling
All calm and blest."
In Price township, on tho 26th of De--cember".
150, Mr. John Price, aged-8t
years 10 mo-, and 18 days.
Uminisiratovs Jutiirx
Estate r 3 mm PRICE,
Late of Price Township, dee'eh
All por?ons indebted to said Estate;
are requested to make immediate pj
ment ; and those having legal claims, arc
desind to present them, in propor order'
for settlement, without delay, to
J K HEM I A H POSTENS
DANIEL LONG,
Priceburg, Jan. 20, 15G0. Adm'or..
in the Court of Common Pleas of
PtflONROH COUNTY.
Jaoob Correll, Philip KresgcO Ven Er-
nnd John Mcrwine
de terns
vs.
John Fr. Hornberger.
No. 1, of
j Deoem-
bcr term, 1859.
In the matter of distribution of the
fund arising from the said writ, to and
among tho lieu oreditors.
The undorsigued, auditor, appointed. bj,
tho said Court to make distribution of the
aforementioned fund among the lien cred-,
itors of tho above uamed defendant, herer
by gives notico, that he will attend to the
outies of his appointment, at his office, ir
the borough of Stroudsburg, on Fridaj
the 17th day of February, A. D 1860, ai
0 r'nrnr in ttin nfffmrntl nf I11 Bit.
when and where all persons interested id.
said'fuud, are requested to present theifc
claims or bo debarred troiu coming J
upou the Name.
WM. K. rl A V liiAiN u, Auditor-
Stroudsburg, January 19, 1860.
lewis'dTVail.,
QlttoYUcn at aw, :
Office removed to No. 114 South Sixth &UM
(below Chesnut,) .
April 21, 1859 Philadelphia
Persons - "Wauling Clinhsc of
rhmate for health. See advertlsemehWf
Ilatnmoniori Lands, in another colwnn?M