lUii ,jd:*t4-b!.'l i'l Ifr- t n Hi\'.'' 'P?{
v, - 7 1 . 1 ‘ ■ ‘‘i i!'!-t--.‘|» -V' l< '~ U ' ‘J
make use
the pasl
prerwfe
ures for hjs l w(^it;; sJh*4s-f W. know thin
magic few Words had ex»l
q retted over. btrt-° ■ She dHfßttot dtdtjife ■the
tmrtgth Ihalthe sottnd x>f
•hi*i«adft«i!h|d ™*t4 bhun : nilfcapM ifttlfo
. U«W thread lift
once more, had conveyed (q,hirt to mrjwr-t
lion of: ihat Wihr m’XJoidi- which ddihiog.ever
destroyed orgshdoltio her true., hetru.‘She
dii) not kiw%.iHa<,tafl;J»i- waited, ihete lKe.
words cwtve-ofenfciffl, *■ Why- art thpucs«»t
down, O my’Sintl l dnd wbyprT.thouidisqai
eled withm me 1- 1 Hope thou inGod.lfLi She
lifted iuphwvheartto God for /hope, end
strength.. She could dp nothing .more .for
her husband and her hfceft-; forued to God,
nnd - rested on him as on a cock, , - -
There wo* « great shout. “ He's safe, moth*
ef r he’» safe,”-cried- little - Tort., “ Thou’st
saved me, Maryi". said her husband, folding
her in his arms;' .‘'But. whafo nits ilfop J
Thou seem’sl more *orry than, glad about it;t’
But Msrycnuld-.noli speak, and tfilhe strong
arm of her husband had not held her op,*be
would have fallen to the ground—the sudden
joy, after such great fear, bad overcome her,
“Tom,” said hia. father, “ fei thy mother
lean on thy.shoulder, and we will tako her
home. And in . their., happy - home they
poured forth -their thunks ;lo rGod- for His
great-goodness ;<and their happy, liffctogeth-’
er felt denrernnd holier for . the peril-it had
been in, and for-the nearnegs-lhaltilie danger ,
had brought them OnloGod. And the bolt,
day next day—was it nob indeed, a thanks
giving doy S, S. Mug.
Illinois.
A friend of ours ha* communicated (he
following statement,- which will help to ac
count fur Ihu ill success of Senator Dougins
in the northern part of Illinois, where, previ
ously.io the late election, he stumped nearly
every county, and his belter success in the
more southern part of the Stole. Our friend
aays that mote than a-half n century ago,
when he" waa quite a boy, he lived in a vil
lage through-which passed the thoroughfare
of the “ movers,!' asSheertigrants. were then
called, South Garnljno, with
occaticmally a from Georgia and West
ern VJrginio, to. “ the Illinois arid Indiany."
Nothing bul inability—povarty-t— hnd prevan-.
tol their owning slaves in the countries they
left.. But they thought correctly enough,
that it would not be befct for them to remain
where Slavery existed all around them, giv
ing rise to a state of things in which they
could not share, but which pressed them down
still lower. The pressure they attributed,
not to the owners of the slaves, but—ns ail
very ignorant people in similar circumstan
ces are wont to do—to the slaves themselves.
Owing to this they pretty rancorously hated
ail colored people, whom they called “nig
gers.” These movers were not much en
cumbered with any kind of property. An
old cart, a poor horse, o small, thin cow,
maybe a cnlf, a bed and a few bed-clothes, a
wife and plenty of little ones, with a toggery
a goad deni (he worse for wear, and that suf
fered tho winds of heaven to visit the skins
of the wearers rather more roughly than was
pleasant, generally constituted the equipment.
They did not come up to the Grecian stand
ard of beauty, and were not all remarkable
for intelligence. They succeeded in getting
over the Ohio .River, but not being able, for
the most part, to go further, they remained
as so much drift in the bottoms, near the
water. The lower part of Illinois is yet call
ed Egypt, as indicating the darkness that
covers the people.
The northern part of the State is settled by
a class of emigrants of very opposite intellec
tual and moral development, and the speechi
fying of Senator Douglas made manifest how
long diverse’impregnations will show them
selves, and how much more difficult it is—
especially when .Liberty is at stake—to be
guile an intelligent and educated community
than an ignorant one.— N. ¥. Tribune ;
Rnmmary liaforccmcnt of Ibe Li
quor Law «t jUioliigail.
Ctnupondtnce of the N. Y. Tribune,
Otsego, Michigan, Dec. 16
Hurrah for the women of Otsego I Thirty
strong, and backed up by some fifty men, the
women of Ibis town recently turned out, and
went to work for the practical enforcement
of our Prohibitory Liquor Law, which had
been evaded by designing men in our midst
for the sake of gain. The women marched
to the “ groggeries” with a* jo hand, nnd
soon cleared the rum-barrels of iheir alcohol
ic contents, demolishing the barrls, and spill
ing out the “ rum.” Two groceries were
served thus. The women then proceeded to
the village tavern, and compelled Moses, the
landlord, to give up his illicit traffic in the
contraband article—threatening to-serve him
as they had the fiber groggeries. He prom
ised to-accede to the wishes of the ladies.
The chief heroine was Osmund Smith’s wife.
The women will ■ be , brought before the
Court i but there can be nothing' done to
them, aa they have the sympathy of-the
greet -majority of the people of the county;
and no county haa suffered more from (he
pernicious efieots of the liquor traffic than
has Allegan.
Judge Abner Pratt, of tho Supreme Court,
and who presides over the Courts in this dis
trict, say* thatoor women ought-to have h
reward-for thair bravery. Pratt is strongly,
on their aide. There Is no danger that; if
the women are put on trial, they-will succeed.
The Otsego women, *e claim, are ahead of
their sisters in -Niles, who, not long bgo; ad
ministered to the' Niles rummies a lesson for
the violation of otif’ law of Liquor ’Prohibi
tion. .
_ Mhe women of Michigan recommendthfeiv
sisters elsewhere To go nrid $o likewise—
more especially inibese hard ’iimepr The
women of Michigan ara much rejoiced at rhe
election or’Myron H. Clark Goveriihr 6f ifie'
Eihpife State/nhd' ratik .hVmwlth our Brig>
ham ' .’
- 1 ' ; Yours, ever fortKe'riefitV
. / ' "; Wx'rkii. .
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oldonefof your*, (fist Misstnhziivg Ris’segiiLi
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go^w , ».
»t lids offiec.
&!*■ * ov - A
Whoaf Donation Visit
a'iß9^rtu>ry.'W^toW^^v€hfo| f ,‘J«ft<fytK,Trt
.6 ofofoek^M.,
. vTho AmeticaniiiPtiavKnow-Nolhiiig party.esil
i» familiarly oallnd, has gained in S' brief isxislenca
thepowei to Oxen agrßiiarinfluanco for tho wot
fafe.ot oVII of tillsmjitWriv'ihan vny.othv political
party in’ Anitirioa jiveingatocifin h>df *. W.nUltJb,
Efoa the great Dcmocralio Us-, itnnaealq
power, is degenerated into a more feolion ip, com
pariaorv! The suddun.grnjayh and onmi»taka,ljlq vig
or ttflbia neiv parly, ptay ba considered aUtibptaulq
U> acliemea of partisans to, fiiallbras,
tbo jalanco of power .into the. hands pi. .foreigners,
and titan, taking advantaga of. their ignorance, and
cupidity, cotUrol Us.dinjStloO, for
meni. Americanism ip but a just retribution, foens
ured ojil by an indignant pitblio upon Ihq beads of
to gain, place, 'have bn. lhp
greatest good. '. , , .i '-..lj'
"Thsprimary objocls of l(|o,DeW party ,afd deolar
ed to“bq—Opposition to Rdtiianism add'lb'foreign,
influence. L Bul iu political aiini ari bat jhsl hdw
emerging from the rudiniental'sphefo of develop
meat. It is now striving to overcome the disadvan.
tnges of a somewhat hasty construction, and 'assu
ming * form more systematic and permanent.
' Judging the new party by ita'actloh in the late
coolest in this State, it would seem at first thought
to hive been, decidedly anti-slavery in sentiment
Put upon further investigation. Ibis first view loses
somewhat of its plausibility. So far os it may have
contributed to the election of Judge Pollock, wo be
lieve its direction to bare been puhdy accidental,
and not because he .was a thorough and consistent
anti.Nebraaka man. We cannot for a moment en
tertain tho idea that hostility to,Southern agression;
was in any degree tho directing agent. Wo mean
by this, that hostility to the Administration bo anti-
Slsvery grounds, formed no essential consideration
willi,tile new parly as a party j and probably every
candid qian will ; admit tills. t . ■
If hostility to the Slava power, even in it* incipi
ent stage, had bcen-a budding principle of the new
party, the whole State ticket might have bcdn olect
ed'of anli-Slavcry men and by majorities compara
ble with Mr. Mott’s. Moll was a known, rabid pro-
Slavery man; yet ho received an unprecedented ma
jorlly. Judge Pollock waa a known snli-Nebraska
man; he did not receive one-fourtfi of Mott's ma
jorily. And we think the latter's opponent scarcely
more obnoxious to the American sentiment litau
Gov. Bigler. What then? Why, Mr. Darsio was
known as anli-Slavery, and Gay. Bigler as pro-SUv
ery to the marrow—spile of the asseverations of ex-
Speaker Chase to the contrary.
It may be objected that Mr. Darsie was the nomi
nee of the Whig party \ and that that party is in a
minority. That Gov. Bigler was the nominee of
the Democratic party, which wat in tho majority.
And further, that the American disaffection was
greater in the Whig ranks limn in the Democratic.
Now, wo are not alone in disbelieving this last as
sumption. Comparatively, the disaffection is about
equal, probably. As to the second objection,— it is
notorious that the Democratic party was not a unit.
Tue passage of tho Nebraska bill had bred a great
disaffection in its very heart, and severed its leading
strings in every part of the Slate. And so great
was this disaffection, that, while it is admitted that
Pollock received a part of the American vote, it is
by no means certain that ho would not itavo been
triumphantly elected on the* anti-Nebraska issue 1
alone. T.tc coalescence of the disaffected democr als
with thcwliigsand Free.Soilers was amply sufficient
to defeat his opponent. And it is only necessary to
compare Pollock's majority with Mott’s, to prove
that the Know-Nothing vote was divided between
the two Gubernatorial candidates.
As for the Temperance question, wo are rather in
clined to think the now party led it out of the can
vass altogether, considered as a direct issue. In
other words, it was neutral; it did not let the ques.
tion interfere with, or govern its preferences to an
appreciable degree. “ll made no sign" more ex
pressive than electing one of the moat rabid of anti-
Maine Lew men Canal Commissioner by an over
whelming majority. But then, it helped elect a
Maine Law Governor; and Ruin's triumphs were
moat signal where the K. N. vole was the lightest.
But this last fact has another explanation: Rain's
triumphs were the most signal where the foreign el
ement predominated ; and where that element pre
dominated, Americanism did not.
In view of ail these facts, the conclusion that the
now party has preserved a kind of neutrality on the
Rum and Slavery questions in this State, seems in
evitable. And since in the nature of things it can
not long'preserve neutral relations with theso great
moral questions, it behooves every true ftiond of
human rights to inquire into the objects end tenden
cies of Americanism, and thus solve its probable re
lations to the humanitary measures of the day.
We .shall not attempt to conceal our suspicion that
if it ever becomes a national parly, it wilt be pro-
Slavery and anli-Prohibilion. This suspicion is not
without foundation; Turn to tbs late election in
Now York. There was an evident coalition of the
Know-Nothings with Uie Silver, Grays, for the de.
foaling of Clark, the Temperance and anti-Nebraska
candidate. They preferred Seymour alter Ullmunn,
who was not a whit better principled than Seym our.
Besides, it is generally conceded that the K. N.
inanifcsUlions In New York, were decidedly Bum
nndpro-Slavcry.
Then, what is the testimony of Massachusetts?
There, tho new party’absorbed the Frec-Soil faction
it is true. But it appears that the absorption ensued
Upon the choice of the Republicans between two
evils,' Possibly the Republicans hoped to give an
anliiSlsvcry turn to Use political sentiment of that
Stale by uniting with the new parly to break down
the old .ones. How well they hoped may be guessed
at, since the re-election of Pr. J. V. C. Smith-, Alayor
of Boston, by the American party. Those who.re
member the case of the fugitive, Burns, may also
remember that, this same cowardly Mayor Smith
volunteered to go beyond bis official duty to secure
(ho return, of (he fugitive into slavery; aft£ all to
vindicate the loyalty of the city of Boston I. He was
ntjt content with performing any smalt thing to prove
hi* to the South—not ha t nothing less than
llieexallcd reputation ofta slaw, catcher could' sat.,
Ufy.bti lofty, ipabilion- .Probabjyjie Sfoaffi will re-,
hjm If it has not b^proxyinTtis^^
iPr-Smith of
Bsy Hit' t» ayeproduoilop of
, pn's t'ma}l scale. 1 ? Rum Sffiis'pnjcij'
nea.^TobasO, I (^d‘H'n^t'ire I> ’h(’snd'^^r'4i |ha-
of u MsrttlfaV’ lady. L'yefUiaLbf ft./
'ft#»h hrapplyof, BlinkPy^i
iipnnpphyin.
re-®cliun proves®yJWngftt tlw|Knbtr-JIo(
efMiton.Uia wert %
- Jnrife
tdahce It> lapiwt't ofW »t!i*_jgg
t.R
r
iec.:fli
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;of Shivery, a strong effort ik being’pntlwg to ten
the {eadingorjpmscf the. party *ftf aohr '
-wittei..,
Ujat our parlyiu New York'wouW not support Mjr-'
vntiafamvrt «> *'/.! &**&***#.
point„to lift slightest RFhS?'®£;%ftfl w*
cies if our-purly, and we. wiR refuto f|m
in tistrtiabntl .with proofs tbbicvena'Jijftit: abMl nit
cofitrdtteftA 1 We shall‘oppose all agitation loft the
(juoMtoo of Slavery either inCongrou or mil ofiit?
.»The* Boston KnowiNatldng. soya! '■ - '■' ' V/i
~ » V/e bw Ui6semUi«t American cpasevropre per
ticuiarlyhere in 'Boston Pot to
lake Ffce-Soillsm for Americeniaoi, nor vice versa.
The principles! df'tlie MvopitHies ire as dlffetoni as
liglif frbin dsNsncss. ■ The Amtricohs>have riobeart
Ibr such political knaves.” '( : ■ ' ■ !1 ■* i
i-:Tho'-N.Y.K. N; ston<fpriJ?»jp« .
.'•TheAmerican .organisation is.ppt a.lCpelinsli
lotion—it, oxlende East; Weal,North and Boptbj
end AN ENTIRE ■REPUDIATION OF EVERY
THING LIKE ABOLITIONISM, wae netesaary
to preeerve iu integrity atid unity.”. ■ ■• “•" 1 <" : '
. .We might 'rtioltijily tbttoiejftacU indifinitely.bul
the abhv* laagswgeisonequieoeal. i It'faUyijilstißes
oar .suspicion*!' !Add tolhiithp fcct that ,die South
ern 'prew begins, to favor, tlieriibvenient, as the
.means by which Slavery is td,recover its falling,top.
utalionA Virgtpio: paper,says (hat lift American
principlois hostile to the : dogma—"'lam a man,
and no human being j* slftn to me." , ~ ■
With the prinjafy objects of Uie new potty, prop,
erly pursued, tve bavo'ho.ftult to find. ■ ft istirao
.draft something tyan dopo to undo ttye wrong that
unprincipled demagogues hive! bee Red by truckling
for the foreign snij (fttboljc vote.. .But.in remem
bering this, we do npt forget that .there ate other,
and more widely diffused,.and therefore more dan
gerous evil*, afflicting .this unhappy land, We con
sider Slavery and Intemperance evils of ftr greater
magnitude those which Americanism, assails, still,
we jo not argue that those evils should not be root
ed put. Let them go down together. But if, to
gain Its ends, Americanism sees fit to jhake bands
w(tli the South, and bargain for die perpetuation
ol its great wrong; if It extends the' right hand of
fellowship to Free Trade'in Rnm,anj bargVfns lo
perpetuate its miseriesif to oppdsc the insidious
advance of foreign influence and religions intoler
ance, Rum and Slavery most be pelled.and caressed,
then, to every true friend of man, Americanism is
the monster hypocrisy of the age. And as much as
we hate Jesuitism, woifind it a necessity of oor ha
turn to bate such hypocrisy with ten-fold intensity
and thaok God that Ho lias farmed us capable to do
dial- •
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If we have spoken plainly, il Is because the occe
lion demands plain speaking.
The appearance of'Mrs. E. Oases Suits before
the Wcllsboro' public as a leclurcr, and the crowded
houses which she drew for three consecutive eve
nings, may be considered os one of the most Signal
triumphs of a liberal end progressive spirit over that
intolerant, and generally dogmatical spirit called
Custom, ever witnessed, perhaps, in this section of
country. Mrs. Smith not only created a favorable
Opinion of her abilities as a .lecturer, but also a high,
and wo think just, appreciation of her excellence as
a woman. As a lecturer, our people speak of her in
terms of high praise. As a womsn, everybody is
delighted with her. And we are certain that a high,
cr estimate is already being set upon the nobility of
a true Womanhood, than previous to her advent
here. It is ascertained that n woman may bo a
public lecturer and still not be a “ bold, bad woman.'’
And-furthermore, that a strung-minded woman isn’t
sack a fright as some folks imagine. Well, il is a
comfortable thought, that public opinion docs- pro
gress, indeed il is,
Ucr lecture on Madam Roland was a splendid pro
ductian, abounding in eloquent passages and brill
iant rhetoric, fused together with true poetic fire.
Seldom, peyKsps never, was the euphony of the An
glo Saxon longue belter evidenced, thau in this lect
ure.
Her third lecture was free, and ovcrflowingly at
tended—of course. Margaret Fou-er— one of the
most brilliant minds that America ever produced—
was the subject, and the lecturer showed herself
thorougly acquainted with her subject. As we list
ened, Margaret Fuller as wo have imagined her,
only hotter brought out, and actualized, seemed liv.
ing and breathing before us. We should say that
there was a* much true poetry in that lecture ns
four-fifths of aor modern pacts manage to crowd in
to a volume of 200 pages.
O" A friend, writing from Tioga, requests us to
give our views upon the practicability of passing
a Prohibitory Law tills winter—which is all right.
We devoted a column to this very matter some weeks
ago, and staled therein that (he people of those
counties which gave a majority for Prohibition had
a right to demand the enactment of a Prohibitory
Law to lake effect within their limits, without the
slightest doubt. And wo have no doubt but that
the Legislature will 'grunt thorn tbo protection they
decided for at the ballot-box, if k does not enact a
general law. There is no reason why two-thirds of
the people of Pennsylvania should be mdde to suffer
for the vice and depravity of the other third. If the
people of Berks and Schuylkill counties prefer Free
Trade in bad liquor and is train of horrors, why,
lot them have il. But don’t let their depravity gov,'
ern the Legislature in making laws for the civilized
and moral portions of tho Stale. Tioga county ex
poets a Prohibitory Law cerluinly. ' And we hove
the fullest confidence that Mr. Baldwin will Urge the
enactment of soch a law with the unremitting ener
gy of an honest heart. We see no evil for the tem
perance cause from snob men, but much good. It
Is from the Representatives of the Maine Law dis.
trims that wo look for and expect relief from the
oppression of Rum.
Wiut it Cost. Somebody hag said that por.
chased obedience is equivalent to successful rebel),
ion. If this be trno, the- South’s triumph in get
ting Anthony Burns back into Slavery doesn't
amount to any certain snm. Enforcing the Fugi.
lire Law in that case coat the cosy little sum of
♦13,115,78—0 r enough to buypatriolio John Mitch’,
ell e small plantation m Alabama and « black body:’
servant to boob ' Well, Vbclc Sain—the dear,-good
aid nub that he is—tboted tlioydll—not the Fagilive
bill,' thbagh; (luery: How would ii (do tor Conv
•Vreas to appropriate.. thatsurplos 30 milltons .in the
bid gonl’j i pocket to Uie disburseirient ofVtnoh ix.
h«n«es 7 Wf'll guarantee that the next 'alaye they
tbke awayifrojb’Boston cost osmallfortune.
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TIM!. School* fjega^oi
- Qpe o/ iho .most serious- obstacles tusuc.
qessful. operalioif of our Gpmn)un SchQol.ayai
iein,,is |i;.\v,ani< pf.«oufi.ttenco,iin the.wisdom
of.our School, La)v., ; ,s’o.wcrp prepared./or
complaint* of ,lhjp, kind,.from ineompetem
teachers. ]. ; - , ,
,“ Np rogue e'er fell the baiter' draw -
■ Wjlh good opinion p( law," , ■ j
We might ulso.ha.vq expected the coroplainis
of bachelors (hat (n>ye properly but no chil- j
dreo fo school, and alpo from, large,farmers,
or men ,pf properly io any taxable shape,
who by rnuney, cither tbeir. own or others,
finished (?) thp,education oftheir fami
lies.' Bui we. were pprsuaded this kind of jeal
ousy of our excellent law would cease, and
we hove had. t ho'pleasure in ou.r mission
through the- county to ace it give, place to
most,decided approbation, on a, more pariicu
lar study and understanding of,, the..law.
When,pur pittzefis, understand tbup every dol
lar they pay for. primaryeducaiiont,expended
in ihejf own townships, goes for the highest i
adorning of ibe,raising up
of an imelligeni, liberal minded population
diffusing taste, refinement,-generosity around
our own firesides ; disarming prejudice, su
perstition, envy, hate, liliguiions,' and neigh,
borhood I roubles without end.; thus saving
two dollars criminal, (or every dollar educa
tional lax that is paid, besides adding as
much more to the worth of our homes. If
these things could be considered ns ihey
ought, no man who has a home would hesi
tate any longer as ip the proprieiy of sharing
his part in'the noble lash of ibe education of
ihe rising generation. No roan would pay
so freely his Slate lox which must go to pay
ilie Gadsden Treaty of ten millions, (he Na
vy and Army expenses of twenty or thirty
millions more; or his county taxes, which
must go to build rppds or bridges he ,mny
never travel, or jails, we hope be may never
gel in, and thou grumble’ about bis school
lax. Of the general principles of the law
we will only add »hat we have expressed
more at length vocally in various pnrls of
the county, ilia I the best educators’in New
York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and of
several other Stales, who were consulted at
the lime this law was under consideration at
Harrisburg, have pronounced it, on several
accounts, the very best-school low in tbo'i
Union or in the World. Besides, if we are
to hove a school law fp r i| )e education of the
masses, then the principle on which our prp.
sent law is founded, viz: that the property
of a State should educate the State, is not
only most righteous, but the only one equita
ble and practicable for this Commonwealth,
since we have no school fund like New
York, Connecticut, Indiana, &c. Were we
not an incumbent of the office of County Su
perintendent, it would come with much bet
ter taste; and apparent.disinteresiedugss from
us, to advocate most strenuously the; impor
tance of this Supervision. This could he
dune triumphantly from the testimony of the
best educators in the very Stale where this
office has been overborn and rode under by
political consideration, which, alasl 100
often has blighted the prospects qf the most
promising educat ional.systems.
Though tve have fourid prompt aid in
rf,2ny boards of Directors in the county, yet
we have lic.ird much complaint.lron) citizens
j also, for which Sib’.'ool Directors are not res
ponsible, that \vha( ever luC law is, they have
no schools at nil, or miserable geologies for
schools. This results in part from lire /T-'D- j
ore to raise "sufficient money, or 'a misappli
cation of ihe money, or a want of proper
town supervision, the directors not being suf
ficiently distributed through the districts, to
gether with a too general .want of.interest in
the whole subject, by directors and parents.
Our impression is therefore being more and
more confirmed, that our law would be bet
ter executed if we had, instead of six dirad
tors in each district, n Town Superintendent,
elected with special reference to his qualifica
tion and interest, to co-operate - with the
County Superintendent,, to appoint a director
in the neighborhood of each school house, to
lalce that-local supervision, and these side
directors with the Town Superintendent
would constitute a board to discharge the
duties in-genera 1,.n0w devolving on the Di
rectors. ’This Town Superintendent being
paid say ten shillings pur day, as in New
York, for actual, necessary service, would.be
a responsible, reliable officer, whose atten
tion to the duties could be commanded and
depended on. J. P. Calkins, Co. Sup’t
A VVniTEB in the Si. Louis Intelligencet
«ays there’Ore fen'negroes In’ken front Mis
souri now to one ij)dt was “ spirited away”
before ifie passage 6f Doi/ttlnVs Nebraska
bills Ho also' si nice that' there iajust enough
Shivery in theSmieio prevenEihe while me
chanies and in and set
tling,' andVot' a thousandth*
pari ol the woVk ’wpifch puglit lb bb'.ddVie r ’iri
the State. :
Slavery he'’ehh'bir' bhoKsh^' ofio^hef,'o’r‘
ihe Arrroan SlavcTTradh’ te : opened; and
By ijlat' Uneatiii! V , ‘pldhtffi;| Sdjiply.'
The fl dholish'Sra»ery'al bhce' !
inif fpreve?;' : -The SlateT Woutd ’be wtirih
>hbi'e ‘ by i faf,' i l'fie AiiisS should 'be
.dCcidec! on, thanh nowis.-JV’.
«pproji
IK<pu§Uatt, : wlU bepdi
»g :dd- ihs l«t -ofJ(
\f *e«nt edilxiro/ Iho
itfiTty*. project*- '' W'
rhesuopeis-j
.jiy , _necne,it kknown,;
Many, years Binc4 w^iMifib/UlljS'^roiler^or. l
lijg^ftig'sraagsg:
ai(iftmitoa^^Btm : ad
PfHW-iPff feJiC l ,fe l IIK
•jSHWimTOvi ; neNfW’ißW*
|) o (ijsatr^tl y:^lidj ;i|ial,iha present,
nmougsjtgjbt %opejr;j>f P«i9f
fit to Wft tym Qi*i Jojjnspq fIT. .tyu'jy
ippil, ,aire. acitpg., ga^ a oiJ<,as:
iiW J&«?»
He),iß.
in.ljw.T.expn. struggle, and, >B nWed
for hipfesq)ufiqftand ienergy. The pjembers
■jjf.,|bp expedition. will. number abqul ajhoiq
sand, ,aqd each. vyill receive, on landing, a
mjaip, allotment pf, fend frqm. the company ’s
ppssespippsi. The .eqterpyiae 14 m no sfsnsp
Ji, involves, as wq understand
11/ktq yiyß4lotv ( pf', | territory,,or occu
ptiyo'n of other, peoples soil.. It js fovqred
qqj qn.ly.hy ihpjMosquilq Jiinhpritie.s opt, by
those’of a'll the Central American Republics,
apd fins (fie, qquqtenaacexif both the
icpn ami the English Governments. The
design |s to found a..new independent republic
on the Mosquito,coast; then to take, meas
ures Tor a convention from- the republics of
Nicaragua, Honduras, fjian Salvador, Coast
Rica, Veragga and 'New Granada, in-order
10 adopt a-Federal Constitution and establish
a government analogous to that of the North.
American Union., it is Slated that the most
enlightened men in these various counties are
decidedly in favor of ifie undertaking,.and
have confidence in. its practicability. The
lesson of.. Texan prosjieritv, and the very
mnrked-impulse given to the improvement of
Cepirnl America by the influx ol an American
population, consequent upon the opening of
the various romps across the Isthmus, have
completely broken down the old piejudice
against the American character and influence,
and have implanted a positive respect and
confidence. It is calculated, and wejlhink
rea-nnnbly enough, ihat the American colony
or republic will speedily acquire a moral
force wh.ich will pul new life and energy into
every Stale of the Federation; and that a
security and a stability and a symmetry will
be given to the whole civil and judicial sys
tem of the country, which will .not only .hate,
the happiest effects upon .Central Amei/ca
itself, but will afford every South Amencan
Republic on example from which they may
derive immense advantage. , It will also have
the valuable effect of removing a most troub
lesome subject of. variance heteen the United
States and Great Britain. The Musquiio
dispute would bo at once whiped out of ex
istence. It does not at all enter into the
plan to annex any part of the country to the
United Slate-*, nr to form any more intimate
political connection vvitlT it i-han with any
other nation. The moral bond which will
unite the two Federations would he enough In
itself to satisfy the largest desires of either.
The land ceded to this company enmpri-as
about thinv millions of acres. The eniin-
Fedcral Union w ould extend river an'area n
neatly five hundred thousand square miles,
an area more than ten times ah large as Xe»
York. It is a region, ns all the world knows,
of remarkable conformation. High mount
ain ranges) isolated volcanic peaks, elevated
lands, deepl valleys, br< ad fertile ptaijis and
extensive alluviums are here grouped together,
relieved by large and beautiful lakes and
majestic rivers, the whole terming with ani
mal and vegetable life, and possessing every
variety of climate, from torrid heats to the
cool and bracing temperature of an eternal
spring. The country is very rich in mines,-
nhd has abundant agricultural resources.—
With ports on the Atlantic and Pacific open
ing (0 Europe and Africa on the one hand,
and to Asia and Polynesia and Australia upon
the other, no country can he more favorably
situated far commerce. The people gener
ally, (hough madejip of a variety of races,
are well disposed and peaceful, and are in a
great measure free from jtolilioal passions and
social crimes. It is very true that the differ-
I enl government have been subject to disorders
and revolutions frrm the date of imiepend-
I once from Spanish rule, but there has been n
decided and most palpable progress, and the
lessons which hard experience has brought
have nC' been in vain. An energetic, en
lightened, law..’ -,, spee(ir!}r. order-loving Amer.
ican republic, placed lii their rrlMst, nod work
ing out before 'heir very eyes !he tremendous
power which is inherent in genuine American
principles, most, in the very nature of things
given an impulse to the whole region such os
no other agency could accomplish. The
managers of the present expedition are san
guine of success. Perhaps they are ton san
guine. We think it certain that they wilt
[ meet with difficulties which it will require
eminent sagacity and prudence In overcome.
It Is fixed that the policy 6f the rolony shall
be a purely peaceful one; but it isofien hard
to preserve such a policy in dealing with on
inferior race, when force so open proniNcs to
be more expeditions and effectual than reas
oning or bargaining. Yet it is certain that
no such union of lh“ different republics as
that proposed can be effected by coercion or j
intimidation. The bond of union mu|l con
sist in confidence and confidence can nply I
come from friendly action. The first law of
the colony should he the strict observance of
that justice which finds its ‘sanction in the
breast of all men everywhere, whatever be !
1 heir political or social condition. The colony
will find its chief element of Success in Its
mqpl force; if it lose that, its history will
a continual struggle, j The character of
those who.nre engaged in'the enterprise, as
well, as' the personal interests af stake, inspire 1
iiaXAth a trust that. ! iho‘ colony-will acquit
l.ilseir worthily of its higfi refipohsififfifes, find
present to the world another proof* that 1 here
is ih'aV in the ‘ Ijlpod of Ihd-countfymen of '
wfiich'ca.n nnl pnfyWfyetuate
its, own life, but jean 'freshen, quicken,, and
revitalize v thh' dgffesit ferttign life it
touches, Y' CfottHct 1 dhd^EHqvirer,
*w}aV;-JL v>s
«*Hc. i,
aney ond his'
irjfor the e*4
.merican Re
mrk. It will;
, dfj
he made, and:
ifim^icsasonj
Onwag
thesceng base
in
'he aiuiats at.
lending this as
(oiiowl:
(hew Will,
iam Robinson k ofttWa ! alleged
insult,
•he lauer, wife
with a stick. •' ?■
No sooner *4s> this*
made public, than opr^nienr"gifliered ar
ound the ''i^r'tender
was confined! ‘ The popular excitement was
intense, while (hb Teblingdf indignation on
the pari of eaclb.pndill was Wrought, up to
ihe highest.-ptfch, oil resentment,, To the
minds of pearly all present,,itwaaaa outrage
sd’ gross,'so tape? and so .pnnatutal, none
seemed .willing to.-; await the
tardy punismenl oNhd law, 6r -eir«h to con
sider that, punishment, the
crime. It wad the fifst ofionceof its kind
ever perpetrated'ill otir eortlrriutrityj i'nd one
which, in the Opinion of all prbßent, should
be visited.by .the moat degrading, public ex
hibition the humdn mind coulddeVise, with
out endangering Kfe, or jhSiciJng permanent
injury.
The ladies thus assaulted and maltreated
supported characters beyond . reproach.—
They bad the s> mpothyof the .entire' com
munity, which jWqs no greatly high
lened, by lhe./ijc.t,'(hal tltey-figd,.(piled lo find
in (he person of Robinson.-elther an.avenger
of their wrongs or a-piweclbr of their rights.
They, no doubt, had his sympathy, too, but
being a “ nou.resistant” Icy. (jhe time being,
at least, he turned from the lacerated and
bleeding wife of bis bottom, to- intercede for
(he offender! ’When this further"fedt was
made kndwn to, rhb crowd, it sefvfed’as fresh
fuel to ihe flumes of popular indignation,
Several speeches were,made-lb ;lho assem
blage, by- the Mayor and ot hCr'laW-officSrt
present,'calling.upofi them to desist add .let
the culprit‘abide the penally- prescribed ! by
Ifjwtp Their soothing und ~roolli/yjng efforts,
how ever, were lost amid -the boisterous up
heavinrgs of popular ipdiguatioh at the enor*
ini'y/if the offi-nce. At one time, there ap
heared to be a disposition to lake him from
the custody ,ol* (he officers. On reflection,
however, they determined lo let the officers
convey him lo prison, and thereby discharge,
unmolested, the duties of office.
Thereupon, the prisoner was escorted lo
ibe pul and locked up. Bui- ere ibe jailor,'
protean, bad I airly mured, the room in which
the prisoner was confined was entered by the
crowd, the.prisoner taken out'and. mounted
on a rail. Thus elevated, he was paraded
through the principal streets of the town; aU
tended by.numbers of our citizens, and pre
ceded by a band, somewhat u cnlulhurnpian,”
so far as the musical instruments were con
cerned. After this, be was taken to the ca
nal, thrice ducked, and returned lo the custo
. d y ’il the jailor.
la the evening a meeting of the citizens of
the place was culled ul the Court house, to
take into consideration the nature of the out
rage, and to give public expression lo the fee
lings of indignation entertained by the citi
zens toward the perpetrator .of an act, at
once so dastardly, cowardly and unmanly.—
The meeting was called lo order by inviting
Hr. T. P. Atkin-un to the Chair, and appoin
tin'; vV. T. Soiherline. Esq., Secretary, il
»as then addressed by the Rev. S. S. Brvanl,
Cut. Giasty, Thus, U. Neal, Esq., and oth*
ers. On motion, a L'.anmiUee of seven was
appointed lo druit a preamble, and sqch res*
olunoos us were best euleulnied to give ex
pression to the leelmgs and si niimenls of the
meeting. The preaml. e and resolutions not
having been furnished us tor publication, we
are'unable to lay I hem betore our readers.—
Suffice it lo say, hq«ever, tin y wete all, in
spirit and tendency, that, might be expected
from a community whose high appreciation
of t he female character had been .thus grossly
and ruffianly oulmged, by the commissioner
a deed, withuu a parallel in (heir midst.
We take it, that the day is far dislanl,
when our people will be again called upon lo
avenge the perpetration of an outrage of a
similar nature. The lesson, which hap been
'aught ihe offender in, this instance, is one
which be will long remember nod may he ihe
means oi saving to other unprotected fe
males, the pain and mortification of similar
assaults ami-indignities. This peuplb have
thus summarily shown, that they hold any
man who lays his hand on a lady, sate in af
fection, as a base und infamous wretch, be
yond the pale of common civilly and wholly
unworthy the countenance of civilized men.—
Nor is this all. They b®ealso demonstrated
and resolved, that the mill ’who is such a pol.
troon, as not to protect and defend the wifeof
his bosom, from the ruffian assault of a das
tardly “ woman-vhipper," is no belter than
the ivrelch who inflicts the blovyp, and equally
wjiJi unworthy the countenance and re
sneci m nil civi.hzed c d.TJinuiiiiies.
Gov. Reeder on Popular Sovefx
About the mtdd'e uf November, a meeting
was held at Lt-vi>nwmih City, Kansas Terri
tory, composed of citizens of Miss
uuri, nud of the citizens of Kansas, which
appointed a Committee to wail upon the Gov
ernor of the Territory, with a memorial re
questing him to take immediate measures for
ascertaining (he population of thd Territory,
nnd to order an election for members of the
‘Legislature. The-Governor thinks the Mis
sourians are getting a little too fast—that the
citizens of Kansas are capable of managing
their own business, nnd should be allowed the
privilege of doing it—at .least, wo infer as
much from the subjoined extract from tiis re
ply to the Committee. We hope he has the
courage to act as well as talk :
“ It may be very desirable for gentlemen
to Hve among the comforts of the States, with
all the accumulated Conveniences and, luxd*
rise of on old home, and make an occasion*
'al expedition intd our Territory, to arrange
our affairs, instruct our people and public offi*
cer*,' and control nur Government j but" h
dues not suit ui, and I much mistake the peo.
pic of this Territory if tltey' submit-' to it.*—
One thing I amebrtein 6Jf—thnl having sworn
to perform the (Julias of the office oi Govern
or wi(h-fitielit;p, i l shall renounce or resist it
in friend or tw, and tvithoul regard to the lo-
cignty.