WcvoUi to politic, literature, Agriculture, Science, illoralitj), anir eucra! jhttc-Uigeuce. VOL io. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. DECEMBER 20, IS60. NO. 4& Pnblishcil by Theodore Sehoch. TERMS. Two dollars per annum in advance Two dollars and n quarter, half yearly and if not paid be fore the owl of the year, Two dollars and a half. N p.i.ersli.iRoiunuc;d until all arrearages are paid , cxcefvl at the option of the Editor. SCPA U erttscmeiUs of one square (ten lines) or less ee or three insertions, SI 00. Eanh additional inser, lon.-jconus. j.ongcr ones in proportion. .102.3 Having a general assortment of large, plain and or iiamental Type, we are prepared to execute every ue scription of Cards, Circulars, Bill Heads, Notes, Clank Receipts, Justices, Legal and other -Blanks, Pamphlets. &c, prln ted with neatness and despatch, on roasunt!)lc terms at ihis office. . LETTER FROM CASSITJS H. CLAY. In answer to an invition to attend a HepubJican gathering in Miami County, Ohio, Cassius M. Clay write;! as follows : Whitehall, Ky., Nov. 26, ltOO. Dear Sir . Your favor of the I6tb in- vi tin 2 rue to attend a celebration of the late Republican victory, on the 24th inst., to the achievement ot which you are pleas- cd to assign tne some share, i- received, I regret that lon absence from bo.ee du- The people of Ohio have nobly served tho country, and nobly done th duty. She has not only proved extraordinary progrc-a iu all our civilization, which has made her the "Em - pirc State" of tbe West, the pre-eminent advantages of Liberty over Slavery, but by her pioneer aud consistent support of her leadership. There arc none of our people who have ccorc cause to rejoice in our late triumph than yourselves, because few if any have done so much toward its success. I regard the 6th of November, ISo'O, as next in importance to the 4th of July, 1776. Tbe day which separated us from the Ti itlsb rule and Parliamentary tyranny was not more necessary to our ultimate security nud happiness than the day which bas freed us from the more de.-truciive supremacy of the slave oligarchy. No observant mind can fail to see tbat tho British Government, with all its defects and abuses; gives more protection to life, liberty and property than the irresponsi ble and lawless rule of slaveholder. I ppeak not only of the the terrible infla tion of lynch law, upon all persons who are suspected of a want of fidelity to their interests, but of tbst general lawlessness wbioh pervades the whole slavo society, and assimilates its total insecurity to the Trorst phases of tie "dark ages." In wresting the Government from such iuSaences, and placing it upon the bais of jutice and law, the Republican party have entitled themselves to tbo eternal gratitude of mankind. Rut we must not Salter ourselves tbat oar work is done. Only tbe one great battle has been won. The throats of rebellion and necessary civil war which must attend its actuality, warn us to be on our guard, aud call for no holliday pa Iriotism. While we would bear, with a brother ly forbearance, with the sore disappoint ment of our late rulers, and give them, patiently, time to accommodate tbemselvts to the new order "of thinH, frankness and a wie philanthropy compel us to say to them at once, that "peaceable acces sion" is but peaceable retellion an ut ter absurdity, Neither one Slave "State, four Slave States, or all the Slave States will bo allowed peaceably to secedo. Every man of senr-e sees tbat civil war would be better than tbat eternal war which wouid be tbe result of a divided nation. The forces engaged would le less, and the result Gnal. The Union party at tbe South woulJ be our allies, and with victory. wLich would be sure lor l ring all the canvass will not allow me the Now, Sir, I doubt not but that a high- that i had either intentionally, or unin pleasure of beiug with you and partaking minded Virginia gentleman, as you are, tentionally, done injustioe to your State; of the "old-fashionrd barbecue." I Hl be pleased to have this mistake cor-land 110 one wheD oonvinced of the error, the Union and the ri'br, would come practice which I am sure tbat every Vir peace and a homogeneous empire. But . ginia gentleman wishes to have broken allow secession, and then "with the South- up. ern seceding States united, would come ! These, as I have before said, are all war inevitably the first time we met up- ! the laws wo have on tho subject. And, on the rivers or the seas, which would be sir, is there any thing in them you deem settled and renewed from century to ccn- I objectionable? If so, will you please ad tirc. The South must know that the dress a communication to our Gavernor, llepublicans intend to allow her all her -constitutional rights; and then maintain heir own to the laU extremely. This is government of tlie people, and nota."com- pact of the Statcf;" there is do way to dissolve tho Union but by rebellion and 1 civil war. It remains for the slavcbold- ' ers to choose the Union as it is and was, and is to remain, or rush into war with it and take all the obauces ot weal or woe. DOt clear proof against our laws being der suoh claimant, his agent or attorney , iioiiyoaysourg, in me moniu oi xeuru or us, we have no choice; we are bound considered "obnoxious?" lin so seizing or arresting auoh fugitive 'ry 1856, to defend Mr. Parsons, who had by all that is sacred among men to main- ; Witbin the la-t two or three years I from labor, or sliaU rescue such fugitive been indicted, under this idontioal law of tain tbe government in its eupremacy.and caD remember three fugitive slavo saees from such claimant, his agent or attorney, 1847. Mr. Parsons had oommitted no our principles upon which it ia based. ' ;D this city, aud I think all the claimants when so arrested, pursuant to the autbori-( crime be had only seized tho slavo, and We cannot ohoose our ground. Destiny were from Virginia. In each case there ty herein given or declared; or shall har-.was carrying bim homo, as he had tho places us in the post of honor, and per- wa8 a fair hearing in one tho claimant , bor or conceal such person, after notice right to do, "without other-warrant than bop of danger, and wo are cowards if we failed in his proof, and tho negro was that he or she was a fugitive from labor, the constitution." I respectfully, ask your we falter in our duty to our country, and discharged the other two wore sent as aforesaid, shall, for either of the said attention to this caBe, as one illustration the liberties of the people. We must back. An attempt was made by a few offences, forfeit and pay tho sum of GvO of the "obnoxious" character of this law. stand on tbe immortal language of Jack- ignorant negroes to rescue the last fugi- hundred dollars, whioh penalty may be I now invito your attention to the case son, "The I nion. by tbe Eternal, it shall t;vo but it 'failed they were promptly recovered by and for tho beneGt of such of Emanuel Myers, indicted under tbo iie jveserved." Thero we must stand, now and henceforth, or be forever slaves May God inspire our hearts with tbe courage and patriotism of '70; and may our cause, whether through peace or blood be entirely triumphant, is tho aspiration of yours truly, . C. M. CLAY. A telegraph dispatch announces fhnth of Blazon Smith, at Portland, Oregon, on tbe 18th of November. was' recently one of the U. States Sen tors from tbat Stato, The Letcher and Vail Correspondence, . ... - The Uonstilutionalily of the Statutes Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Nov. 22, 1860. Hon. John Letcher, Governor of Virginia : Dear Sir: I road with muoh inter- est, in this morning's paper, your answer -Vv ol the 19th inst., to a letter purporting to havo been written by a oitizen of this , State. I am a Democratvoted against' Mr. Lincoln, and used all my humble ef - forts to endeavor to prevent his nucoess. But I am alo a Pennsylvaoiao, by birth. education and fooling am proud that I am a citizen of this good old State, tbe Keystone of the Arob, and cannot bear to hear her misrepresented in any way. I therefore was grieved at reading the following paragraph in your letter: "If I urn not greatly mistaken, Penn sylvania in one of the eleven non-slave holding States which havo passed statutes, now in full force and effect, designed to obstruct the execution of the fugitive slave , law." ! subject, is reported to have made i same charge in a speech delivered a few f nihta sinco. But the facts are these: In 1847, three years before the passage of the fugitive slave law, tbe Legislature of th'n State, iu consequenoe of numerous outrages committed within her borders, passed an act entitled "An Act to pre vent kidnapping, preserve the public peace," &c. The only section in this Act which could in any way be conuider ed obnoxious to the South, viz: section 6, which forbade the use of any prison of the Commonwealth for-ffke detention of any person claimed as a fugitive from la bor, was repealed in 1&52, while Senator Bigler was Governor. Inr the commencement of this year three commissioners appointed by the Governor to consolidate, revise and a mend the penal laws of this Common wealth, made a report to the Legislature, (a copy of which I take the liberty of sending you by this mail.) On pages 81 and 82 you will Gnd two sections, and on page 26 tbe remarks of the commission ers about them. These sections were a dopted by the Leguhturo, as you may see by referring to our pamphlot laws for 1960, pages 406 and 407, and these arc all the laws we have on tbe subject. No clause in cither of tbe-e sections deprives any person of the right to enforce the fu gitive slave law in this State, or throws any impediment in his way. It punishes any perrons who kidnaps or endeavors to kidnap any free negro or mulatto from this State. It prohibits any Judge of a ny Court of this Commonwealth, or any Alderman or Justice of tbe FSace, from having jurisdiction or taking cognizance of the case of any fugitive from labor (The fugitive blave law particularly pro vides that the Judges of the United States Courts, and commissioners appointed by tbe United States shall have jurisdiction.) It also punishes any person claiming a fugitive from labor, who shall violently and tumultuopsly seize upon and carry to any place, or attempt to seize and car ry away iu a riotous, violent, tumultuous and unreasonable manner, and so as to disturb and endanger tbe publio peace, any negro or mulatto within this Com monwealth, by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars and imprisonment for uot exceeding three months, at tbe discre tion of the Court. ( Would not Virginia punish them for a like offence?) It also torbids the ale ot tUiMtives "running, a who will, I am sure, Jay it before the Legislature, which soon meets, and they; doubtless will consider it in a spirit of i conciliation, and a resolution to do full justice to every part of this great Union, is it'unfair to request you to point out a BjD2lo Southerner who has been injured Dv an "obnoxious" Pennsylvania law? If a inle person cannot be found, is it arrested, tried, convicted and punished hv fliiQ and imnrisonment. So you seo we do sustain tbe United States laws. ... . ii . reotod. And we cannot blame you and wou,d t0 more prompt to repair the tier any oilier law authority or act of tie answer to a proceeding begun for such the Uoni-titution from overthrow, and tbo eir whole ! other Southern Governors for being thus wrongi thaD myself. 1 be faithful and Longr ess of the United States; and if any cause, and continued through such inci- confederacy from dissolution, let them by her I mistaken, when a lawyer of this very oity, "Pro,nPt manner in whioh the present. A Iderman or Justite of the Peace of this dents. Thjs was not granted; and con- I ''show their laitb by their works." Let modern I whoso dutv it was to have Bxaminod thn high-toned and excellentUbief Magistrate Commonwealtfi, shall take cognizance or 1 sidenng the importance of the rights in- them repeal at onco all statutes, which I wae much pleased witb the following vice, uib nguL ui uuwuu . - --1U Uuuu , xhuuhi paragraph iu your letter: "In conclud- of the said injuries or either of tbem. Jzen of tbi State, residing in Carroll conn ing this brauch of tbe subject, pet mit mo The provisions of these sections of the ty, duly appointed agont and attorney for to add that if the North will respect and law 1793 are too plain to be misunder- the owners of certain runaway negroeB, uphold tbe rights of tbo States, tbe Union stood. Tbey refer to Judges of the Cir- who bad fled into Cumberland county, in r fa -i. ., i n- . . n c iLrt TTn;fn1 tAr,r.anlnnntn nnrl was residing there not will be perpetual, our country win con- tinue to gro'w in power and influence, the people of all sections will have secured to He tbem the bless ngs of peace, quiet and or- these omciais, unaer me terms oi vu ww.. a- der, and a prosperity such as has never have dutios to periorm in giving iuh lorco dib Piuc, u ,uak a u w i, . T r - . j - t. j iv--t ti,;a ;mnni-foni- low for ilia rn issuethe nrocer warrant, under too Dccn KmOwo or apprcoiatca iu qui puoi- anu euucv w ua iijfwwu fnr y c history will be the necessary result." -ii . -. of oa grant Hi And, in concluding, permit me to bo- eeeoh you and all other Southern conser- . . III . D,er wdose 0D,J 0DJ' ct 18 t0 0,8160 8ome bad newspaper sell, although, in so do - ,n no may aaa 1001 10 3 name tliat ourning with sufficient intensity now' Believe, sir, this is written only for the ,PurPose of correcting a grave mistake, i and 13 tne true statement of a private cit- 'IZ0Q oi a great btate. Yours, respectfully, LEWIS D. VAIL Richmond, Virginia, November 28th, 1880. $ Dear Sir: 'Saturday evening last, I received your letter of 22d instant. You think I have unintentionally done 1 injustice to the Stato of Pennsylvania, in mJ reiercnce to ner legislation, respect- ,nR fugitives from labor. It would be a souroe of painful regret to me, to find this Commonwealth, on a recent memora bio ocoasion, and by which he has en deared himself to the friends of law and order everywhere, and the praiseworthy oonduet of your citizens, in surrendering for trial those who bad violated our laws and shed the blood of our unoffending citizens upon our own soil, have inspired all true Virginians with sincere respect for tbe "Keystone of the Arch" and her constituted authorities. In my reference 'to her Legislation on the question now agitating the popular mind, 1 desired merely to call the attontion of your citi zens, and the citizens of other non-slave holding States, to a source of. irritation that was doing as much .to weaken tho bonds of the Union, as any other one thing having a legal existence. With these introductory remarks, I proceed to the disucssion of tbe questions in issue. The portion of my letter of which you complain as unjust to your State, is embodied in this sentence: "If I am not greatly mistaken, Penn sylvania is one of the eleven non slave holding States which have passed stat utes, now in full force and effect, design ed to obstruct the execution of the Fugi tive Slave Law." This charge was not made without re flection and examination, and I feel per suaded tbat I can sustain it fully, and to the letter, by such authority as cannot be successfully assailed or controverted. The first Fugitive Slave Law was pass ed by the Congress of the United States, and approved by President Washington, on the 12th day of February, 1793. The Act is entitled "An Act respecting fugi tives from justice, and persons escaping from tlie service of their masters.1' The third section of tbat act provides; "That when a person held to labor in any of tho United States or in either of the Territories on the Northwest or South of the river Ohio, under the laws thereof, whall escape into any other of the said State or territory, the person to whom such labor or service may be due, his a gent or attorney, is hereby empowered to seize or arrest such fugitive from labor, and to take bim or her before any judge of the circuit or district courts of the Uni ted States, residing or being within tho State, or before any magistrate of a coun ty, city or town corporate wherein suoh seizure or arreBt shall be made and upon proof to the satisfaction of such judge or magistrate, either by oral testimony of affidavit taken before and certified by a magistrate of any such State or Territo ry, that the person so seized or arrested doth, under the laws of the State or Ter ritory from which be or she fled, owe ser vice or labor to tbo person claiming him or her, it shall be the duty of such judge or magistrate to give a certificate tliereoj to such claimant, his agent or- attorney, which shall be sufficient warrant for re- moving tho said fugitive from labor to tbe State or Territory from which ho or she fled." Tbe fourth section of tbe act further nrovides. "That any person who sball knowingly and willingly obstruct or bin-, claimant, by action ot debt, in any uourt rjroner to try to try the same, saving moreover to tbe person olairoing such labor or ser- i - l. -C -ttrn fnr nr nn nnminf'. cult ana .uisinci uoarw ui tuo uu... States, and also to magistrates of com- ties, cities and towns corporate. ah or vauves 10 examine toe statute DooKb or passed fifty four years after the law of the North for yourselves, and not rely 1793 was passed by Congress, was intcn upon the statements of some hired sorib-.ded, beyond all Question, to defoat the tho oi your oiaie aissnargea nis auiy towarasnurisaiotion oi the case ot any such lugi- voivea to our citizens holding slaves, rr i i .i . ri,n im f m t einnar nnn Niinni c iiHinrH rHHUiiHii proteotion of the rights of oitizens in slave- holding States, The Law of March 8d. 1847. enacted by your State Legislature, and whioh was ...- m . operation of the Congressional act. This is too palpable to admit of a doubt, as it w.reiett, in express terms, to that act. In tbe Pennsylvania law, to whiob you refer me, your Legislature declared, in the 3d, 4th and 5th sections thereof, "That no Judge of any of the Courts of this Commonwealth, nor any Alderman or Justice of tlie Peace of said Common wealth, shall have jurisdiction, or take eognizance of the case of any fugitive from labor, from any of tho United States or Territories, under a cerain act of Con gross, passed on the twelfth day of Feb ruary, one thousand seven hundred and ninety- three, entitled 'An Act respect- ing fugitives from justice, and persons es- oapmg irom tbe service of their masters; nor shall any such Judge, Alderman or Justice of the Peace, of this Commonwealth, issue or grant any certiGcato or warrant of removal of any such fugitive from la bor, under tbe said act of Congress, or un- tive, or shall grant or iesue any certificate or warrant of removal, as aforesaid, then, and in either case, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office, and shall, on conviotion thereof, be ventensed to pay, at the discretion of the Court, any sum not less than five hundred dollars, nor exceeding one thousand dollars; the one-half to tbe party prosecuting for the same, and tbe other half to tho use of this Commonwealth. Sec. 4. That if any person or persons claiming any negro or mulatto, as fugi- tive from servitude or labor, shall under any pretence of authority whatsoever, vio- lently and tumultously seize upon and been framed specially with the intent to carry away to any place or attempt to evade tbe decision of the Supreme Court seize and carry away, in a riotuous, vio- of the United States, in Prigg's case, car lent, tumultuous and unreasonable' man- ried up, by consent of tbe two States, up- ner, and so as to disturb or endanger the public peace, any negro or mulatto with- in this Commonwealth, either with or with out the intention of taking such negro or mulatto before any district or circuit judge, the person or persons so offending against peace of this Commonwealth, shall be viction, by the counsel of Myers, under deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on which he has been discharged, upon his conviction thereof, before any court of own recognizance, to appear for sentence; quarter sessions of this Commonwealth, which will not be moved for, since he has shall be sentenced by such court to pay a purchased, and restored to their residence fine of not less than one hundred dollars, in Pennsylvania, tho slaves whom ho had nor more than one thousand dollars, with taken under the guarantees of the Con costs of nroseoution: and further, to be stitution of tbe United States. The coun- conGned in the county jail for any period, at the discretion of the court, not exceed- ing three months. "5th. That nothing in this act shall be onn-rniPrl tr. tnkr, nWnv whnr. in hprphv declared to be invested in tbe judges of this Commomceallh, the right, power and authority, at all times, on application made, to issue the writ of habeas corpus, and to enquire into the causes and legali ty of the arrest or imprisonment of any human being, within this Commonwealth.' Can there be a doubt, that this law V m v-- w Ma vaavawua was intended to obstruct the execution of tho law of Congress, providing for the re- covery of fugitive slaves ? I have itali- oised oertain parts of it, that I regard ii portant in this view, and it really seems 1 to me, that no man read these three sec-1 tions, without being fully convinced, that suoh was the obiect of its framers. If , . -ft not why the speciGc mention of the act of "thr fwr fth dav nt Februaru. one thousand seven hundred and ninety three ?" ... j .j -j j , When my letter to Mr. Brisbin was prepared, I was aware of the fact that tbe sixth section of your act of 1847, bad been repealed in 1852, and I was greatly surprised to Gnd tbat the three sections I have quoted, bad not been repealed also. .-ug a. u -'7 every citizen of Virginia and other slave- , ,,: 0l . , j holding States, whose slavos eacapo and So long as the sections remain unrepealed O ' are found in Pennsylvania, must be most t seriously embarrassed, in recovering the I noHsession of bis property. Suoh embar rassment has been si citizens of this State and of Maryl Have you forgotton the ease of Parsons, and the action of our legislature in regard to it? Have you forgotten the faot that ... Jn -i T;r:-:;- the Attorney General of Virginia, was sent by our constituted authorities, to same law, as it i pieacmcu uy ernor oi iuarjiauu m uio iuwgv uary, 1860 1 uT T 1 l t1..n.l Munra a mil. x ruuDJ, - --o - - far from Carl ana nua.ug fugitive alavo act of 1850, took tbe no- groes peaceably, as ho bad a right to do, brought them iuto this State, and doliver- cd them to their owners in Frederick county. Thereupon tbo Sheriff of Cum- borland county, in Pennsylvania, with a warrant issued by a justice of the peace livered up, on claim of the party, to whom in Pennsylvania, upon the oath of a free such service or labor may be duel" negro, charging Myers with kidnapping, Ought not your Legislature to require came into this State, and, at Westminter. your judges, justices of the peace, alder concerted o plan with tbe driver of tho men and other officer.", to aid, by all Is mail stage from that place to Littlestown, gitiraate means, the claimant in recover Pa., by which Mjers, who resides immo- ing tbe po.-scssion of his slave property, diately on the Stato boundary line, was that may be found in your State? It cannot decoyed by tbe false pretence of a letter be said tbat your law of 1847, as it now held up for him, over into Pennsylvania; stands upon your statute book, was intend and there, but a fow rods from his house, ed to effect this object. In re-enacting whence hit family witnessed tbe outrage, this law at your la:?t session, it will not bo and was suddenly seized by tbe Sheriff claimed, I am sure, that tho object was of Cumberland county, who roughly treat- to secure a more efficient execution of the ed, bound him and hurried him to jail at fugitive slave laws of 1793' and 1850, and Carlisle. An indictment was found a- a more faithful performance of the duty gainst Myers and others, for kidnapping, imposed upon your citizens by this arti under a certain Act of Assembly of Penn- cle and section of the Federal Constitution, sylvania, passed in 1847, and the trial If the Union is to be preserved, it is -continued to tho November term of their necessary tbat all causes of complaint, Court. I made application, detailing all irritation and dissatisfaction, shall be epco tbe ciroumstances of the case, to tbe Gov- dily removed. In tbe present oondition ernor of Pennsylvania, for a nolle prose: of affairs, delay ends in destruction. If qui, which I thought would be the proper which are frequently induced to run off to Pennsylvania, where they are constant- ly aided, harbored and protected againnt the lawful olaimsof their owners, I thought it duo to these interests to appoint some eminent counsel to represent the State at this trial. I, therefore, requested Jona- than Meredith, Esq., of Baltimore, to proceed to Carlisle, as oouosel for this State, to defend there her interests, and to afford also, the aid of his advice and counsel in the defence of Myers. The result of this trial was tho conviction of Myers alone, under the act refered to, which, I am informed, appears to bave on a case agreed, in order to settle the rights of those whose slaves fled into Pennsylvania, to recapture tbem without the hindrance of the State authorities or penal laws. An arrangement has also been made, 1 understand, since the con- eel for this State has sued out, by my di- rection, a writ of error from the Supreme Court; so that the validity of the Pennsyl- vauia act- whioh presumes to punish as a crIoje tbe lawful recapture in that State, under the Coostitu-ioo of tbe United States of fag'es from service, may bo msieu iu luui uuunj uuu du tuut nguba, which are of tbe highest importance to our citizens, may be vindicated by tho highest tribunal in tbe land. I respect- fuily ask tbat you will make an appropri- , - m "."""' " lu,Hu""il! loU0 case 10 compensaie me counsel wr iuo oia e. anu Qcarg o expense luuiueut t0 "J13 proceeding. . , . lhese two cases will sumce to snow, J 1T lJ 1 luab a. V1'"'1"' Tl' J- beeD mjured-seriously injured by this "obnozims Pcnys?jlva?iia law." I furnish conclusive evidence therefore, according LU -J. " , "5DV k" UUUJ""""UU noxious character, tendency and effect ai ri r fnuf t r Ha m ntlctrnta fha I'a h of your law of 1847. I must also impress upon your mind the fact, that both of these nLna nnrrrl .inn. r.ascn nf the fugitive slave law of 1850. i ' J infer from our lolter' thfc J00 ha ,aueQ ,ro DOlucr error' .luat "8 corrected. You argue, as if you consid- peaied by tbe Act of 1850. Tbe law of r" . J " tT 1 j j 1793. has not been repealed, and is now ,. 11 , , m, ' , . onn u,c" , ,o. Ah. i e W flirt Art. I N l 1 1 'InAIH Off rt n Iuu Ioroe aDU f"?"' ue. OI ? IBore,J cumulative-furnishing add- erty. buoh embar- , . J , uffered already, by Property that has escaped into non-slave-ind of Maryland.- holding States. The titie is "An Act to a,mena , an? " ,n i 7 . ii : t,ea. P"g .ug ..uu. ?- and persons escaping service of their mastera" &c. from tbe In she sixth section it ia declared that tbe "Clai mant or his or her ageut or attorney "shall use such reasonable force and restraint as may be necessary, under tho circumstan ces of tbe case, to take and remove suoh fugitive pernon back to the State or Ter ritory whence he or she may have escaped as aforesaid." Tho exercise of "suoh rea sonable force," is a violation of your law of 1847, which subjects claimants, their agents or attorneys, to indictment in your courts, as the cases of Parsons and My ers dearly prove. And, Gnally, the Constitution of the United States, in the fourth article, and i second section declares t "No person held to service or labor in one State, under tho laws thereof, csca ninir into Rnnthnr. shall, in consequence of ami law or regulation therein, be dis- oharged from nuob ser.ieo or labor, but of Howell Ubb in the Treasury depart shatt be delivered vp, on claim of the par- ment. ty, to loliom such servics or labor may be ! due." Gold. It is said that from 1851 to Under this provision of tho Constitution 185U, $500,OUO;000 iu gold has tfee.iv what is the duty of Pennsylvania and tho produced from the various wine through other non-slavcholuing States ? Is it not out the world . " plainly and palpably their duty, to aid ia giving full effect to this requirement! When a person held to (service or labor in Virginia escapes into your Stato and h there found, is it not incumbent on jour citizens to see tbat he or she "shall be Ue- the non-slaeholding States desire to save are injurious to the rights and interests ' of their Southern fellow-citizens, and are in any degree calculated, to embarrass tbem, m the recovery of fugitive slaves. This cannot be done a moment too soon, and I urge you and all other conserva tive men in your eection., to act without delay, and sbow to the South, that you really desire the preservationof tboUnion. You can do much to allay tbe excitement now existing, to restore concord and fra ternal feeling, to revive lost confidence between tbe cections, and you owe it to yourselves, to your country, and to those who are to succeed you, to do your duty and your whole duty promptly and faith fully. In the same kind and conservative spirit which dictated your letter, I bave replied to it. Tbo question discussed, is one of great interest and importance at ,' this time, and is attracting much of pub- lie attention. In the earnest hope that ; the discussion may result in some practi- , cal-good, T have ooncluded to publish your i letter and my reply. With respect, I am truly, Your obedient servant, JOHN LETCHER." To Lewis D. Vail, Eq , Phila., Pa. A Ifew Way to Pay Old Debts. The Natchez "Free Trader" proposes the susnencion of the navmnnt of North- ern debt9, as one of tbe remedies of tbe times. It proposes tbat each debtor shall pay into the Sut8 T rettury tbe amonnt of the debt dae hu Northern creditor; ,,- State of Mis-inni to issue her bond for it, pajable when hostilities are over. Tjpon tnia tho Natchez "Courier" re- marks: The idea of more Missippi bonds is ratuer peculiar. She issued two set', ond rcpadiated them both; she was sued in her own Gourta UDOn then, ofter aha - w bad invited suit, and judgement rendered BgaiuSt herf ond 8be ba: repadiated pay- meQt of the judgments; and to crown the whole, we under-tand, after she employ- ed counsel to defend these suits, she re ..... . . ' pudiatod their counsel fee was used up- on that claim-judgements obtainod-and those judgements remain unpaid to this hour Avoid Pedlers. Some weeks since, Mr. M'Night, of ; Cortland county, N. Y., bought of a ped- IGi ouiuc oaiic ivi u3. uppucu Ik, nnil I f vntianfl n c rv rt crltirtli AAntinnoil " fr spread and cause intense pain until he was relieved by death. This is but one of a thousand warnings against dealing itb anJ of tho thousand vagabond swin- ' 'V d, . In uiura wuu are uiiuwuu iu uuruuguc crunua J 1 1 .II 1 I I our towns, and prowl among the far- mers, cheating the simple and some times impoaiDg up0D tbe very shrewdest. Some of them arc doubtless prison birds, and belong to gangs which tell each other rohprfi thnr nnn nlnotr t.hp faHost aoaan tin t j - : jww -j , the way of trade, if they never dare go twice tQ the gamo Ucq The f. ht is to buy all you have to boy of settled merchants, who pay rents, license, and clerks, and who can bo held responsible -if they defraud, and he avoided if they cannot bo punished. Let tbe pedlers; of' all kinds, go unpatronized stay at home earn and get their living where they belong. Ulfsher, Iceland, was lately tho scene of a most remarkable mirago. Several ships were seen sailing through tho air in a line apparently some miles in extent; some appeared at anchor near a fortress built on a rock; others seemed to approach' so near tho coast tbat tbe spertators could seo, through the clear atmosphere, the images of sailors ht work in tbe rigging. UJPbilip Francis Thomas of Mary. 'land has been appointed an tbe successor
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