Acquitted fflardorpn in Kentucky.
There.baye been scores of notorious cases
of murder and acquittal] in this city and this
Stale. There was the case of Kuazt who
filled Schaffer.- i Kunz, hearing that Schaffer
i hadapoken lightly of a memberof bis family,
. went to his coffee-house and ctirted'him.
Schaffer pibhed up a small afich and iwent
around the counter as if to strike Kunz, where
upon the latter thrust a deadly weapon ihto,
bis breast and killed kirn. He waai tried and
discharged without punishment. There was
the case of Delph, who killed hit uncle, 1 Reu
ben Liter. Delph armed himself deliberately,
and went to the .upper market-house to meet
Liter. He met him, sought a quarrel with
him, and shot him dead on the spot. The
quarrel was about a prostitute. Delph was
trfed arid acquitted by a jury. There was the
caseofCroxton who killed Hawthern. Haw
thorn was in a coffee-house, sitting in a chair,
drunk and asleep. Croxton struck him on
the head in that condition with a brick bar,
and killed him. He was acquitted by a jury.
There was the case of Peters who killed Ba
ker. fo Natchez, a long time before, Baker,
in a figliV had wounded Peters and made him
a cripple,'Peters being thus disabled,'Baker
supported him. The latter, after about a.year,
became very poor, and discontinued his boun
ty. Thereupon, Peters pursued him lo\this
city, rode in the night in a hack to his house,
sent the hackman to inform him thal a genjjoj
man and friend wished to see him on business,
/and when Baker came out and stood at the
window of the hack, shot him dead instantly.
Peters was acquitted by the jury and lived
horo for some years afterward—long enough
indeed to murder or try to murder a prosti
tute, upon whose bounty he subsisted.
There was the case of the Pendegrasts,
who killed Buchanan, a schoolmaster. The
elder Pendegrasl, with two of his sons and o
neefo, went to Buchanan's school house with
loaded guns, and killed him without giving
him a chance for life. The jury gave a ver
dict of acquittal. . There was ihe case of
Shelby who killed Horine in Lexington. The
two dined, at (he same public table, and, upon
Marine's going into the street, Shelby deman
ded of him why he had looked at him in such
a manner at the table 1 Horine answered that
he was not aware of having looked at him in
any unusual manner. Shelby said: 11 You
did, and if you ever do it again 1 will blow
your brains- out, 1 don’t know who you
ore.” Horine responded : “ 1 know you and
suppose a man may look at you, If your
name is Shelby.” At that Shelby struck him
with his fist,-and, without any return of the
blow and without any display of a weapon by ,
Horine, for he was unarmed, Shelby shot hi m
dead. Shelly was indicted, but the jury
found no verdict against him. There was
(he case of Harry Daniel of Mount Sterling,
who killed Clifton Thompson. Duniel and
Thompson were lawyers and brothers-in-law.
Thompson made some imputation upon Dan
iel in open Court. Daniel drew a pistol and
shot him dead in the presence of Judge and
jiffy Thompson had a pistol in his pocket
1 but did not draw it. Daniel was acquitted
1 by a jury. —Louisville Journal.
Quickest Route from London to
Sliangbai.
Collins has won for the United States grea.
ter victories upon the ocean than ever did
Nelson Car Great Britain. His line of steam
ers has contributed more to establish our su
premacy in steam navigation than any fleet
which this Government con ever arm and
equip. The crossing of the Atlantic west
ward under his auspices in nine days and a
half, the lime of the Baltic’s last run, gives
to our nation a substantial fame —one that
will prove more valuable to it than would be
the storming of Sevastopol to the allied pow
ers. We believe that in a few years Collins,
or some other of our enterprising citizens,
will build steamers that will makejhe voyage
from New York to Liverpool ip seven days!
and by making his line a weekly one, carry
two-thirds of the mail matter that crosses the'
Atlantic. Cunard has a decidedt advantage
over him at present by having a weekly con
tract with the British Government, for which
he receive per annum $750,000, or therea
bouts. In consequence of this, persons are
in the habit oi transmitting their communica
tions regularly by the line which departs
once a week, and it in IhisTnanner monopo
lizes the carrying.
The present age is a practical one. Our
countrymen are acknowledged to be an emi
nently practical people. Steam is the per
sonification of the real, since it produces posi
tive results. It is the agent that is to make
this nation so powerful as to cast all others,
as respects agriculture, commerce and navi
gallon, into a deep and perpetual shade.
The opening of relations with Japan was all
that was wanting to reverse the existing' or
der of things in inter-communication between
Europe and the far East. The entire travel
and transportation between (London, Paris,
Berlin, Madrid, Vienna, St. Petersburg with
Southern China is to cross this continent, and
at no distant day ! It can be conveyed im
less time, by ten ; or fifteen days, than by lhe\
overland route. Shanghai dales are, upon
the average, sixty-five days old when they
_ reach England. This speed' is not likely to
he considerably accelerated.
Now, lei us see in what time we con take
them to London: From Shanghai to San
Francisco, via Yedo and Honolulu, twenty
days ; from San Francisco w Now Orleans,
via the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, eleven days;
from Now Orleans to New York by railwiiy,
five days; from New Yorlc to London, ten
days—total, forty.gii days. .Wo believe that
in ten years this result will witnessed.and
when there shall be cbntinubus'rail' lincS fifyn
one ocean'to the other, (tie lime Will hUribdu
ccd at. least six days. The Influence that it
is to exercise morally, politically,, socially
and commercially, on tho destinies of the
world, no great stretch of the imagination is
required, to determine. , ,
■ The able npd indefatigable Senator from.
California has succeeded-in getting the body
of which-he is a member-toconseq Wo |ha
establishment of a monthly fobil line frort
San Francisco fo Shanghai. If the measure
shall be approved by the this will be
a promising beginning in the Pacific fop the
perfection of an object which .is to accomplish'
lh<tjt,prjiich in by.gone daya-tvould.have beep
regarded as (be performance of miracles. ,
Washington Union. ■,
PuTtt and interest shoyld be synonymous.
TglB3a&i&8BE#BI
TOniffitfay .Mamlngilnlf 90, IBg4.
■,,. ~ -FOE GOVERNOR,
JAMES POLLOCK, ofNorthunrtierland,
- JFOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
GEORGE DARSIE, of Allegheny.
'. ’ FOR SUPREME COURT, .
DANIEL M. SMTSER, of Montgomery.
A few .Words about Temperance
natters.!
Tin Temperance movement In- its.inlbnoy, was
conducted on purely Moral Suasion principle*. It
bad jost a* bitter opponents then, as* now. Indeed,
if possible, the opposition was obaractorUcd by a
greater degree of bitterness thanjl nowis; for its
introduction was unlookdd for, and like all now
things was considered a monstrous innovation.
We have been told by those who took eh active
part in those troubled limes, that every argument
that human ingenuity and affrighted interest could
devise, brought to boar against the efforts of
the Tow bold spirits engaged in advocating a par
tial abstinence from intoxicating drinks. The cler.
gy preached against and anathematised (hem, the
medical profession sneered, end the world Was as
as cross and fretful os an overgrown, sleepy boy,
turned out of bed an boar earlier than usual on a
frosty morning.
But the cause still went on. • Fear and interest
could not roil back so good and desirable a reform,
for Providence had ordained its final accomplish
ment. True, it is not yet accomplished; but the
signs of the times indicate its speedy triumph. It
may not boin our day, though ten years at this day
are as prolific in events, ss were a score, fifty years
ago.
While Moral Suasion was being used, tho cry
against it was great and continual. When Legal
Suasion began to be employed,la new cry was raised.
Then, men said—“ You cannot make us virtuous by
compulsory moans. You are injuring the Temper
ance cause. You most persuade ns to reform—you
cannot forco as," .Thus, when Moral Suasion was
found'iiudeqoato to the task of furnishing traffickers
with consciences, and legal means were resorted to,
men left off abasing the former and straightway fell
in love with it ‘Ah, it was so nice to be persuaded!
They conid listen an hour to a moral homily and
yet make beasts of (heir neighbors without any
compunctions. They were ready for anything bat
(he strong arm of tho law—that was terrible—that
teas oppressive!
Why 7 Because when their sentence was left to
conscience they could bribe the Judge with—“ If 1
don’t do it somebody else will,” and pocket (heir in
dulgence. Bat when the law took hold ol them,
there was no certain dodging of penalties—the
severest of all penalties to them, affecting their pock
ets.
We shall not say one word in disparagement of
Persuasion ; for it has proved itself & powerful agent
in reforms. But we do insist that of itself it is
inadequate to the entire suppression of the manufac
ture and sale of ardent spirits, it tida fa
has answered the purpose for whiqh it is intended.
How came Maine by her Prohibitory Law ? Mor
al Suasion pioneered the way "for it. This ogenj
went'before and strove with public opinion for years
ere the masses Acre ready to go to the ballot-box
and rebuke the monster. It had called dawn upon
its admirerrboanUfut showers of curses, stale eggs
and in some instances, feathers, long before
ft prepared the public miml to employ legislation a a
its intermediate agent. Bui it camo off victorious
at last It sot the world a-thxnking, and in some de
gree to acting.
We believe this to be the truooffice of Moral Sua
sion as regards sanitary reforms. It can rouse into
sclion the moral faculties of those who have such
faculties to arouse. But the wildest enthusiast will
not cfaim that it can overbear and root out a consti
tutionally criminal love of Gain, such os wo see
evinced in the dispositions of some men. The mor
al sense of some individuals is very weak; conse
quently laws arc made the virtuous from
the depredations of the vicious. If one member of
society becomes dangerous to the well being of the
rcstj-we shut him up in jail. None bat himself find
fault with this regulation.
The question, then, seems to bo as to what consti
tutes a dangerous man. If a poor devil gets drunk
and tries to kill his neighbor, he is, voted unsafe at
largo. But if one man makes six drunk, and these
six fall to murdering indiscriminately, he is not con
sidered a dangerous man—by anti-Maine Law men.
Is thi» consistent it Common Sense?
If there is any responsibility connected with the
Liquor Traffic, it docs not rest upon the shoulders
of unreasoning men. If a man mad with strong
drink murders his innocent wife and children. Jet
the responsibility rest where Right and Justice dee
ignale—with the man who sold the liquor. There
is no escaping this conclusion. It is useless for men
to attempt to avert the execration their wrong doing
merits by pointing to the instrument of a criminal
action ; for while the inebriated murderer is the un
reasoning too), the trafficker is the reasoning insti
gator. It cannot be escaped by appealing to, motive,
for the knowledge of men’s inclination to be violent
when under the influence of alcoholic poison is uni
versal.
Pennsylvania tried for a Prohibitory Law last win
ter, but it went through the legislative mill and came
out ao Bigterized that its friends could not recognize
it. The people cast the work upon their servant* (?)
yind thereto establish a kind of reciprocity probably,
returned the work again to the people, unfinished.
They might bare dons worse, truly ; and upon the
whole, were not the men to do much bettor. It now
stands as in band to sound the “ note of prepara
tion " and mfiko ready to do the right thing next
October.
Lei the people of Tioga, pat on the Maine Law
and anti-Nebraska harness now; they will find it to
fit exactly, one with thei other. Both are protective
-against the assaults of two powerful despotisms.
And there mast be uhion at the. polls. Fitch upon
converts of principle, not of interest, for your offices,
and do not forgot that! the unworthy and objectless,
issue of parly is to be put aside for the security of
a signs) Uiumph over wrong and oppression.,
Next week, wo, may spejik further open this sub-
To*' Paasrecr w Trod*.—lf the Action of the
people in MassMbetingis indicative of what will
be theifaclion next 6ctober,theprospet!taof a Wa
terloodefeal Ur Northern men with Southern princi
ples, should they ‘show their heads for office in Tiu
g», werenever brighter. ; , ' 1
, Lut .week' vre published proceedings of Mass
htVfrecchlly at Lawrehcevitle, Tioga and
Wellehoroagb, all of thdm expresaiog open hosliliiy
Jba the repeal of the Missouri GoffipromUe. ahd rec
ommending that the candidates tat State and County
offitmbainteiTufaldl tx.tb tbeiraenUmeDta in re
gardto the repeal ot that restriction.'
’ -We believe thdt -the raajority -bf the freemen of
this County are expressly - infavor oLmaking.the
. THE .TIOGA COJjNt Y AQ,fTATOB.
refection ofbblb;State andjCptmly officers] uppn the
Tempcrahcp apd anluNebraskaT issues, We/havo
too muolr * n .ffijfttitegrUy of the masse*
.to beher&Ri&lhe wire working] of a fW oft fogy 1
lexers can Work any greabrevoleUon in pqbUh'epn
'timent between this and tbefidTuesday toGfitoper.
“ Wo'sfiuf fee what we shall see;”" ' X
A Glance at tue “ Eagle’s » cot
Not the American eagle, But our neighbor op
town.
A paragraph in ; laat week’s Eagle giving itself
credit for doing what bnt few of ite stripe have done,
in relation to the Nebraska swindle, put os in mind
of taking a look at the files of that paper for tho
low past months. Wo confess to having been high
ly ariiosed, and no little edified in relation to “ easy
principles *' in our search,and extensively “turned
around,” owing to the Babel of geometrical lines
which mark tho course adverted to. As an unselfish
Hmd philanthropic individual we feel impelled to lay
the whole matter before out readers, that they may
bo edified and amused also. We would premise by
saying that this ia not tbo whole dish j and if the
reader finds our unfortunate neighbor somewhat like
the Paddy's squirrel, wo can only remind hint that
charity is one of the Christian virtues. ,
Here Is the paragraph above alluded to, and by
its side another, which shows what our neighbor tho’t
some months since upon thd same question, and ut
terly annihilates the foundation upon which bis late'
boast was supposed to rest •
Eagle of July 13. ;
[extract.] *
“ In the language dr a
contemporary 'weatenotj
aware Inal wo haveVbeen
in any respect deficient in
holding up the 1 Nebraska!
swindlers" to public con.
demnation and scorn. The
North has passed itsjudg
fnenl on them, and will be
sure to execute it. Not!
pno of the authors or sup-l
porters of the bill will be!
trusted again. All those!
who were engaged in the!
act of perfidy, whether be-i
longing to tbo executiveorl
legislative department, <
are under the popular banj
they have taken leave oft
public life forever. No
party which supports or!
favors tho fraud, whether!
baldly and directly, or
faintly and by implication
has the slightest chance]
of succeeding in any elec-
lion in tbo free States for
years to come. The peo
ple hare decided this, and
we are prepared to co-op
erate with the people.
In what party arrange
ments those who arc influ
enced by a common pur
pose on this great ques
tion may enter, is yet to
be seen. The present ef
fervescence will doubtless
crystalize into some regu
lar organization, which
will send to Congressmen
who cannot be bought ov
er to tbo support of that
series of WICKED
M E A S D RES of which
the Nebraska act is the
preliminary. *• ■ So
far as this Congressional
district is concerned, it is
oil right, our immediate
Representative, Mr. Gaow
having faithfully repre.
seated his democratic con
stituency, and mast bo
sustained by tbo demo
crats of Tioga.’*
After reading the above, wc cannot conscientious
ly exclaim with regard to oar Contemporary os did
the poet of its illustrious namesakc-T
- 'Tis the Eagle my son—
His course ever upward and onward, right on
And if this is folding up the aiders and abettors of
the Douglas infamy, we should like to see what our
neighbor calls aid pnd comfort to the same.
Hon. <3. A. Orow.
The course of Ibis gentleman in Congress, has
given very general satisfaction to his constituents,
find indeed to men of all parties, if we except a few
Northern men with Southern principles. His vote
and his voice against the passage of the Nebraska
infamy were nobly and fearlessly given, and earned
him the gratitude and respect of every friend of
Freedom. At the approach of another election, it is
proper to speak of onr next representation in Con
gress.
It was Socrates we think, who remarked to his pu
pils of one who was pissing—“ Behold an honest
man and a faithful friend'. ” Upon being interroga
ted, he said—“ You wonder that I speak so confi
dently—l will tell yon why: 1 have proved him."
Now the freemen of this District can say of Mr.
Gaow—“ He is a true man—wo have proved him."
We cannot believe they will decide to drop him now,
in the present important crisis of national affairs, to
take up another, untried, it may be a convert of fear,
and at the last hour too. It would be a ruinous pol
icy, and we hope it will not be adopted.
We think that very few candid men will think
with a correspondent in the f Eagle of the 29th uIL,
that it would be doing injustice to Tioga County to
return Mr. Grow to a post in which he has served
with such distinguished credit and ability. And if,
as this correspondent slates, Mr. 6., was elected to
serve his second term more to sustain the usages of
the Democratic party than for any other purpose
whatever, since he admits that Mr. 6., was a (rue
man, it strikes us that it is not mnch to the credit of
the party which rewards its servants, not because
it admires and appreciates their integrity, bnt that
the usages of party requires it to be done.
If Tioga Coanty is entitled to (he’nezt Represent
ative, she ought to have it, unless it is belter that
her right be waived for the present, which we think
to be the case. In adversity, no sane man would
cast off a tried friend fur an untried one. So, in
this hour of ,national adversity wo see no good rea
son for exchanging tried and known fticjfds, for
those whoso opposition to the Nebraska infamy is
of recent date, and perhaps from interested and un
worthy motives. If there ever was cause tor sn
exception to the “ font years' rule,” we believe it
exists now j' for the services rendered by Mr. Grow
were of more 'than usual importance, and should
have more than 'a common reward.
Bat there ie another important point to be eonsid.
ered. In order to administer a just and merited re
take to the aiders and abettors of the Dougin trea-'
son, every opposer of it who held a seat and labored
to defeat it in Congress, mast be retimed this fall.
And this is of the first importance. The Sooth, and 1
by this-term We mean all .who sympathize with the
“ peculiar institution,’’ must be the fteo
men of the North intend to.saatahi,'and will sustain
the action'of those an our national legislature Who'
Were (rod taxational, rather tban sectional interests.
The prebentls lhe timc lo speakqiiljandil is to be'
hqpod ’ that'Tioga' County ~ wilt Waive her right, if
right she has, fcr me good oF tha^gfWtl'whole.
We do.ndt think that Mr. Grow Wishes to thrust
himself (inward 1 open the people of this District for 1
Eagle of Feb'y 2d.
* [extract.]
“The'Washington Un
ion justly remarks, that if
we exhibit the wisdom
i which becomes our party
ion the present occasion,
. we will allow our old ene
;mies, whether Whigs or
■ Abolitionists, to take no
; benefit from the Nebras
tka question. That wis
• dorowyi be displayed in
s presenting an unbroken
!column in favor of the
j Compromise of 1850. We
. feel that every true Dcm
: ocrat will readily respond
, to the sentiment, that onr
; plighted faith, our party
' fealty, and our love of the
I Union, demand that the
r principles of that Com
r promise shall be recog
r nixed and affirmed in giv
ling a territorial govern.
; ment to Nebraska. In
■ the emphatic and patriot
■ic language of Mr. Dean,
. we believe that all good
I Democrats, as well as the
. friends of the administra
lion in New York, “ re
.gard the Compromise 6f
. 1850 as a full nod final
. settlement of the slavery
. agitation in Congress, and
i they are willing that the
'■ principles of that Cam
i promise shall be applied to
■ any new territory that
i may be organized, wheth
er it be' NEBRASKA,
. CUBA, or SONORA
1 The BILL REPORT
kED BY MR. DOUG
i LAS, CHALLENGES
i THE SUPPORT OF
• EVERY TRUE DEM
\pCRAT, upon the ground
ithat it • re-enaosm- *nJ re.
(affirms the principles of
[the Compromise of 1850."
the correspondent soorna .to
(bar. Itotwddo the freemen of lbi«.
Dhrtrict' will Insist ajmf bu re-election. Already in
! oia one! have recommend.
,$d his reflection iq;dec!<ied terms. Bat thia ia not'
all upon which our opinion is founded. The'silent
bat powerful under current of popular feeling is ev
idently in favor of' bis,return, pa /hr aa a somewhat
brief residence here, qualifies ns to judge!
Mabeino CtmiNALa. —An English writer once
suggested the marking of criminals by dyeing the
nose black by chemical process, and keeping it black
until the expiration of their tbfm of imprisonment
In view of the prevailing brutality of woman whip
ping in London, a corresponden|t of the Timet some
little time ago, suggested that the noses of woman
wbippera bo dyed black: also. This writer says, that
under the most stringent laws, no less than ten or
twelve, eases occur weekly in. London; Undoubted
ly tho nose blacking process would put on end to
such brutality by transibrring the villain mark from
the heart to the nose. •
Just now it occurs to ns,-that this mark ordislinc
tion might be bestowed with good effect even in this
country. Just imagine how those men in communi.
ty who leave their families to starve and freeze while
they mako beasts of themselves in some three cent
groggery, would look with their nasal appendages
clothed in mourning, every other day, for instance.
And then imagine how those Who sold them the liq.
uor would look keeping them company. Just think
how clever it would be* when one met a black nose,
to be able to say—that is either a toper, or 'a toper
maker! Judging from what we have seen, there
would he few black noses in Wcllshoro, however.
And then, how bountifully' Ibis mark of distinc.
tion might be dispensed among thej chivalrous sup
porters of tho “ peculiar institution," who pursue
the honorable vocation of woman whipping under
the protecting togis of the Constitution!
We are inclined to think that in tho first case it
would be almost as good as tho Maine Law—in the
last, about,equal to the efforts of a colonization so
ciety. i
Letters on Nebraska.
Below, wo appeftd a letter from Judge Pollock,
in reply to that of the committee of an anti-Nebras
ka meeting held at Laportc, Sullivan county, on tho
33d of May, asking his opinion ia regard to the
Nebraska question. Letters frojn Messrs., Dorsie
and Smyscr, corresponding in,sentiment with Mr.
Pollock’s have also been received : J -
Milton, June 10th 1854, ,
Gentlemen :—Your letter of the 27th ull.,
with accompanying interrogatories has been
received. To your first question I reply,-
that, regarding the passage of the Nebraska
Tlill as reckless and ill advised—as a wanton
breach of National honor and plighted faith
—and as an open and undisguised attempt to
extend the institution of Slavery to territories
now free, 1 am in .favor of ro-enacting that
portion of the Missouri Compromise which
prohibits Slavery in the territories of Nebras
ka and Kansas.
To your second question, I say that the re
enactment of the provision referred to, would
necessarily exclude slavery from these terri
tories; and the “ unconditional manumission”
of all slaves then there, could not bo regard
ed as a moral or legal wrong to any party.
For Slavery can have no Megal exiateoeo in
those territories either by' Act orCongreSs,
or under the falsa pretense of “ popular sov
ereignly.” The power to establish Slavery
can only exist in express grant, or as an inci
dent of absolute sovereignty and as the Gov
ernment or the United Stales is not absolute,
but a limited, Constitutional sovereignty, and
as the Constitution contains no grant of this
power, express or implied, it follows that
Congress has no power to establish, directly,
indirectly, by positive act, or by permission,
under the plea of “ non intervention,” slave
ry, in any free territories of the United
Slates. If, therefore, slavery enters those
territories, it will be there, not, only without
authority of constitutional law, but m viola
tion of all law. Under these circumstances,
the restoration and preservation to freedom of
those territories, would be sustained by every
principle of law, and justified by every con
sideration of national faith and national lion
or.
(' Yours, respectfully
' L JAMES POLLOCK.
Thos. J. Ingham, Henry Jno. P.
Taggart, Committee. >.
Similar letters were addressed to Gov. Bigler, Jer
emiah S. Black and Henry S. Mott, to which no re
plies bad been received up to date of the above.
Crime In California.
The Daily California Chronicle of the
14lh ult., says :
“The’violent deaths in this county (Son
Francisco) average one per day.' Within
four years there have been twelve hundred.
How many of them have been murders we
do not know—probably one-fourth—perhaps
only one-eighth—one hundred and fifty per
sons — murdered. Only one man has been
eonvicled and executed for all this ocean of
crime , and he, we sincerely believe, rrfoffr
because he was a friendless creature, who
had not the power to excite sympathy, nor
money lo buy counsel or jury. So he was
hung like a dog, hung probably, ns he asser
ted with his dying breath, for killing the man
who attempted to rob him. This is a speci
men of criminal justice.'
“ Nearly all these who have been accused
of murderthave either been admitted' to bait
—straw bill at that—or allowed to slip thro’
the fingers of the law by some other means
ite as one dual in encouraging crime and
saving the criminul. The bail can, without
risk, bo forfeited in nearly every case. Who
ever hoard of forfeited .bail 'being, paidiK In
deed, it is generally conceded that many
such.bonds are drawn tip loosely on purpose
that, (hey may be forfeited without risk to the
bondsman when he chances to be responsible.
As a general thing the bondsmen are of no
consequence,; and might with Cqual propriety
.be hung with themurderers, and-never en
tail upon court or friend trouble of an ad
ministration;—being worth nothing.”
The cause of this (rightful laxity (says the
Chronicle ) is to ;be, sought.in the imperfec
tion of the Jaws, owing.to ihe incapacity and
unworthiness of those whom .the Californians
make legislatorSv They don’t, know enough
to frame laws, and their attention is engros
sed by mercenary and selfish projects,, to the
neglect of (heir duties. Hence the Chronicle
argues the necessity ofTßeforro in ,tbe selec
ji&n_an!suppnilof- (Candidates for important
public • stations: The premises, ■if correct,'
certainty seem broad enough to-‘jpatify-tiie
deduction,
V‘“ *
"< : v;' ;
; TUi -iB ft meaauro whiob. to the discredit o( the
land,meets with no liltiefavor ftoin some of our
politicians. - The wal object is to opm the way for
the revival of the Slave Trade. The pretence is,
that the aqnadton doea nothing but expose the crews
and officers to death. :
'• The question is worth some thought, in these days
of the advance of Slavery Principles! j
The Slave Trade is by no means abolished, though
almost every Government professes to view it with
displeasure. Into Cuba and Brazil (and the devil
knows what other places] hundreds of poor AtKcans
are yearly introduced. A tew weeks ago, the Ame
rican vessel, “ Gray Eagle,” was captured upon the
coast of Cuba, but not until several hundred slaves
bad been landed. In five years nincty.&ve Ameri
can vessels sailed from Rio Janeiro to the coast
'of Africa, for a freight of human flesh and< blood. In
the nine years from 1840 to 1848, more than thirty
teven Ihoutand slaves were rescued by the British
Squadron. And yet some of our political leaders
tell us (here isyiothiog for the American Squadron
to do. Mr. Clayton tells os that in 13 years we
have only captured that many slavers. The state
ment ought to bo made with shame, that where' hu.
man liberty was at stake, Britain did filly limes as
much in nine years, ss America did in twelve years.
There is plenty of work then to be done and if we.
do not perform it, it is because our force is- insuffi
cient or unsuitable- The-prapoeltion should not be
to withdraw, but to improve our squadron.
There is another view to take of this question.
As a nation we are Very determined os to “ tiie'fight
of search.” It is one of the popular humbugs of the
day. Wo place great difficulties in the way of
searching slaverk that sail under the American Flag,
as a largo number of them do sail. It is ever said,
that the American Flag wonld forbid the detention
of any vessel by. a British, French, or any other
man-of-war, save that belonging to the United Slates,
even were the known to be fuU of slnses.” Now if
we are ready at any moment to go to war with a
foreign power, for searching our vessels, what is td
bo done with American slavers, should our squadron
bo withdrawn ? We will notjsearch them ourselves;
and we will not permit any one else to do So. Can
not evpry person, who bos half an eye, see that such
action would at once revive the the Slave Trade, and
establish it an a permanent basis ?
Though a dog about your barn may never catch
a skunk, yet his being there qiay save your chick
ens. Just so with the African Squadron. It may
not catch os many vessels as it ought, yet it undoubt.
cdly keeps away more than she captures. It makes
occasional visits upon the coast—it protects our
trade and citizens—and awes the agents of the
slavers, who would but for such visits involve the
tribes in constant war, tad more than ever, brutalize
the native princes. It is by the strong arm of Eng
land that a ruler who is opposed to the slave traffic,
is kept in power at Lagfb, so long one of the strong
holds of this infamous business. And it is only a
few years since the American settlement at Cape
Palmas was preserved bythe timely visit of our men
of war. Mr. Clayton should put Ibis to the credit
of our squadron. But no; his object is to show, not
bow much, but how little good it accomplishes.
Now is it so ver/ unhealthy on the coast of Afri
ca? Upon this subject Commander Foote says,
“ The health' of the (African) squadron is as good as
that on any other stalioa. This vessel (Brig Perry)
although in constant ihd active service, with her
boats, after erasing fist the last 16 months, has
not had a death on board.” An English officer
proved that the mortality in the ships upon the coast
oi Africa, was less than in the fleet in the West In.
dies. “ The climate of Africa is unhealthy to whites
only on shore, and in the rivers and at night time."
Such as live upon the ocean arc in no danger from it.
Our Naval officers say (hat the African Sqnadron
ought to be made mdee efficient. It is powerful
enough, but it has no steam vessels. The British
have several slcamersjuid in tills fact, we In part
find the secret of their iiiccees. They have also 37
vessels upon imn Bai.iui, o. ‘fncy searcn‘
vessels of various nations, but we confine our alien-,
tion to snob as bear the American Flag. Still they
do their duty belter than we do ours in this subject.
If a watchman does not detect the villainy which is
going on in bis “beat," we do not say, jet ua have
no watchman at all, but let us got a better one if we
can. Still wc freely and gratefully acknowledge
that our African Squadron has done-much good in
the suppression of the Slave Trade.
Let no one be deceived. The withdrawal of our
armed ships from the coast, of Africa, will cause
evil and only evil to that depressed land. Not one
cent will be saved to the United States. The Navy
will not be reduced a single gun. The only result
will be, that human beings will bo stolen and sold
into bondage, where they will be held for the plea
sure and profit of their master. Who docs not say
No to such a result at that? [Com.
VO a THE AGITATOR.
Sabbatb School Celebration.
Libertv, Tioga Co., Pa., July 5, ’54.
According to previous arrangements, the
several Sabbath Schools of the Methodist,
Evangelical, and Lutheran denominations,
met in Liberty, on the morning of the fourth
of July, nt 10 o’clock, for-med in procession,
and, under the cheering strains of martial
music, marched to the beautiful grove of
Felix Coslerison, where they harmoniously
united in the delightful and appropriate
cises of the day. The schools and the audi
ence being orderly seated, the exercises wery
opened with singing by the schools, and
prayer by the Chaplain. The Declaration
of Independence was (hen read by Mr. Rot
berl Cox, after which the Rev. Mr. Wolf, of
Milton, was-jul reduced lo the audience and ad
dressed them plainly and practically on the
all important subject of Sabbath Schools,
speaking particularly of the advantages af
forded by this enterprise both of thetchurch
nnd our country. He was followed by the
Rev., Mr. Bowapinn, of Lewisburg, on the
same subject, who spoke of the appropriate
ness of Sunday School Celebrations on the
fourth of July, inasmuch as tho commemora
tion of ournational-salvation afforded an ap
propriate occasion for celebrating our salva
lion or deliverance from sin, and the domin
ion of the great adversary of our race. Mar
tial cheers and singing followed. The meet
ing then adjourned to lake refreshments nnd
meet again at two o’clock, P. M.
We were particularly delighted with the
order, harmony and good feeling with which
all the schools in partaking of the re
past which was provided and spread out for
them on the festal board, especially when we
consider the host of children of every agp,
from those in infant classes to the Advanced
scholars' and teachers who were present.
Never have we witnessed a more interesting
scene of the kind; it seemed truly, througii
«the exercises, that the good seed sown by
speakers, had fallen on good ground, and
was already, taking deep root, and that the
blessing invoked by the Chaplain in opening,
rested .on the whole audience. A very boun-'
tiful dinner was provided by Mr. U'. S. De
feftbacher, for "(he band and those who offi
ciated on the occasion, who, gratefully par
took of the same.
The. meeting convened according to ad.-
journment, at two o’clock'. Music by the
which the Rev. Harvey Miller
waB introduced, who entertained the audience
with a very able and patriotic address. The
benediction was then pronounced, and the.
schools returned in procession to the front of
the M.-E, Church, where they dispersed with
the same good feeling that characterized them'
during the day. ..[Con,
Progress ol (Ue Slavery Power.
Among the signs of ihe limes, there is
some interest attached to the new platform ipf
the South, which fa Washington correapdn.
dent of (he North American says is at(rtbu r
ted to tbp South by a majority of the North
ern representatives in Congress. It may be
summed up as follows t—
-Ist. 'the acquisition of Cuba, and its an
nexalion to the Union as two slave States.
2d. The conquest of Hispaniola; the re
duollon of ila-million of inhabitants to slavery,
and the introduction of Dominica and Hayti
into the Union i s two slave States,
'3d. 'the admission of Porto Rico as a slave
State. ' -
4th. The conquest or purchase of Mexico,
and its admission as slave States, to the num
ber of ten or twelve..
stb. The re-establishment of the African
slave trade.
6tl£ The passage of a sedition law by
Congress; which will prohibit public discus
sions on the subject of slavery.
7lh.- The repeal of all laws of the free
States, prohibiting the taking of slaves and
holding them there by citizens of slave States.
This object would be accomplished by a de
cree of the Supreme Court in the Lemmon
case, affirming the claim of Virginia and
.Georgia in that case,
8(h. A destruction of the Democratic ele
ment in, the government, as incompatible
with the safety and the interests of the South
and her institutions. Tlds proposition in
volves the abolition of the House of Repre
sentatives.
9th. An exfension of the powers of the Se
nate, and a limitation of the number of (ho
Senators, by cutting off the representation of
part of the States.
10th. A modification of (he form of go
vernment as will assimilate it to that of Ve
nice, in which the patricians, represented by
the. Senate, shall exercise legislative and ex
ecutive power. '
The correspondent says also that though
it is prothible Jew." men out of Washington
will attach the slightest credibility to a list of
aggressions so astounding as the foregoing,
yet having carefully, candidly and impartial
ly studied the policy of the South, in its rela
tions to the general government, for the past
twenty years, he is compelled to believe that
an attempt will ba made to carry out the vast - ■
scheme of encroachment in all its details.
The very men who will most loudly scouf —
the suggestion of any such design as chime
rical and visionary, will do muc* to carry it
into effect. It is certain lhat*ncarly the,en
tire Democratic party, North and South, are
prepared to aid in the acquisition of all the
territory embraced in the above schedule of
measures. Expansion soujhward is a pecu
liar doctrine of the Democracy. Tile South
will thus gradually be clothed wi|h power to
enforce all her demands. Thai'slie will dis
play greater moderation in using them than
in acquiring this power, there is not tho
slightest reason to expect.
Prettv Good. —The National Era has
tlio (wlftmitig ec(*uiT iu tho otcreoiypeil usaer
lion of Douglas thil the 14th Section of ihe
Nebraska bill does not legislate Slavery into
that territory : *
“If this gentleman,, with a gong of con
federates, should cutjhe levee of the Mississ
ippi, and inundate a city, in hopes of getting
ihe ‘spoils,’ which might be seized in (he
distraction and destruction of the inhabitants,
he would probably' make the following de
fense :
Douglas. —May it please your Honor, i
did not bring in the water.
Judge. —You admit that you cut the levee !
Douglas. —Yes, your Honor, but I didn’t
touch the water. I never touch cold water.
It’s a fundamental principle with me, “ not
to interfere with it.”
Judge. —Prisoner, such quibbling is con
tempt of Court. It seems incredible from a
person who has occupied the high stations
which the people of Illinois have conferred
upon you. Do not imagine that it will help
you. It aggravates your offence, and will
aggravate your punishment.
Ma-y it 'please your honor,
-thereffs no occasion for the excitement and
agitation which have been got up about this
affair. If ihis is a sovereign State,you have
an unquestionable right to legislate the water
out forthwith. If it is a territory, you have
ortfy to wait till you become a State, and then
ladle it out, or let it slay in, just as you
please, agreeable to “the great fundamental
principles of democracy and self govern
ment.” I see no ground (or this “charge”
against me and other honorable gentlemen.
We have not troubled the is those
who are paddling in them. ~
Jtidge. —Let the prisoner bo committed to
take his trial in November.
Cold in Wabm VVeaibe^.—You
will confer a benefit upon" oq/common hu
manity, by giving publicity to -the following
caution, against the free use of cold drinks,
at this season, and afca' moment when the
system is least prepared.
It is a common and dangerous error to
maintain, that the jrce use of cold or cooling
drinks is injurious only to those whpnre giv
en to ardent spirits. That this is ,an
should be borne in. mind. '~ f ~ r
The/ extract here appended, taken from
medical authority, simplified in language for
the benefit of all, while useful as a caution,
will also be efficient as a safe direction to a
most effectual and natural mode of lessening
the superabundant heat of the system, and
thus preparing it for the safe and- pleasant
reception of additional amelior&tives of both
heat and thirst:
“Dip thd hdnds and leave the wrists in a
vessel.of cold water, in order lo cool the body,
without detriment lo the general health. Tho
extra quantity of caloric or principle of heat
accumulated in thor body, will, by this pre
caution, be communicated lo water, and
its additional warnitn -will indicate the quanti
ty of caloric transferred from thesystem. Af
ter thus sufficiently cooling the body, a mod
erate draught of cold water- play be taken
without danger.”
To supply the deficiency caused by exhalj
ation, or perspiration, abd indicated by tbiraf,
it is advisable to drink water; not iced, (unless
with atlentioiKtq the-abbve precaution,> ( to
vyhtch may be sdded'sugar, lemon.-creara of
tartaf-i or other acid, in quantity sufficient la
make a cooling and agreeable beverage.