. v .j^sv' -
*»Vnv-'.
-, Tbjaladie* of New. Ydfk jn .ejgniDg.io
' oWtgatbAby eAich.
~ -thate jmynttid# «H . foreign roamtftrcWra to
/ wear for a Jlearttf come.: .Thirds ant «J»
‘. only; republic ittenttoubtslate-
Jyi been. etroagiy.xlii'teVad! -tb the Importance
;ofiMiwing thoo*l><umßftoaoof AtApricaii
~ &bfic*r.«ad
, Irjrend akHl’ ethotne.ihai;employment which
. (hi ‘ooß«nnfH*oa !af.lß!iurie* iandjori many
, neeclssary aciichbif in thi* c6unti7 DOW Tur
aishM »:ihe labhr and skill of foreign lands.
.ThmiPwvidence Journal moat, pointedly
• aty* v papera that conte to us
. fraghted- with accounts of destitution, and
want,.of great workshops cloaed r and large
numbers of. mechanics. thrown out of em
ployment,' also bring-'accounts of imports
• tiuns, by railliohsio a single: vessel, of ani
clet that can either be tnanufuciured in Ibis
country, or can (kf whrtHy dispensed with.—
That the true charity is employment no one
doubts,' and that wq cannot give-employment
both to foreign and domestic • lfibor,is Very
plain. If we buy the silks, and the laces,
and (he.gewgaws, thd costly wines and 1 the
enervating luxuries of Europe, we . 'cannot
.buy the.fabrics and the products:which give
employment to our own labor. The desti
tution: is caused by want of employment, and
employment can be supplied to a great ex
tent, probably as for as needed, if we will
•It purchase the products'of American indus
try instead of foreign. This is so obvious
(hat it forces itself at once upon (he notice of
(hose-benevolent persons who are engaged in
.plans for the temporary relief of the suffer
ing which so widely prevails.
. ■“ It is with this view that an American
league has been formed in New York to pro
mote the consumption of American manufac
tures and to foster and sustain American
interests in every form. Such a league, if
generally entered into and faithfully kept,
wilt Very shortly raise our droopingundustry
from the dust and fill the homes of labor
wiihf cheerful comfort. Nor would- there be
any sacrifice of comfort, convenience, or
even of tasteful luxury'in this. The arti
cles which we. import so largely from Europe
ore, to a very great degree, superioK to those
of domestic production ,'only in the copri
cious valuation of fashion. Many a pretry
lip may curl in scorn when we say -it, yet it
is a fact that the foreign shawlsj which are
■old at such fabulous prices, are not, 10 the
eye of true lasie, so handsome as those
which ere made at home and sold at less'
than, a year’s interest on the cost of the
foreign article. Thejr.valueis in the curious
fineness of thp-fabric, which only a close ex
amination can detect, and in the fact that
only the rich and those who foolishly imitate
the jrich wear them. So of many other for
eign articles. The time has come when our
active ingenuity and diversified industry ere
equal to the production of nearly all the re
quirement* of civilized life, excepting, of
course, those thing* id which, on account of
climate or.other physical cause, the country
is not adapted. The time has nome when
the roan who cannot clothe himself mainly
ip American fabrics, and who cannot find
the products of American labor mainly good
enough to wear and to eat and to drink,
should pass into the class of. dandies, -and
fops and snobs. There could not be a more
lavorable lime than the present-Krmmigurale
an 'American League, which -shall include
both sexes and all classes of Americans
organization, and shall diffuse its blessings
as widely and as generally. This Can hard
ly W accomplished without the cheerful as
sent ‘And co-operation of the woman, hut
theke tire always readily obtained In a good
caifse.”— Phita. Sun.
TN Reairknble Feature ot the
President*! Message.
We have rnemipned, we believe, more (ban
once, that the Pugitive Slave law end the re
peal of the Missouri Compromise would do
moreto multiply abolitionists than all (hat
ha? been accomplished by anti-slavery pres-
preachers and politicians since the foun-
the government. The recent elec
tions in the Northern Slates have furnished a
very striking verification of our prediction.
This palion witnessed a more mem
orable revolution in public sentiment than the
one /liey how witness..
But one evidence of this mighty change
has Hspenily.come under our notice, fur which
we confess we were pot prepared. It is to be
foundin President Pieroe’s last comtpuniqa-,
tion to Congress, That is the first annual
message which has been delivered, by any
President Within the last quarter of a centu
ry, ]p Which the word “ slavery” dpcs. ,not
once occur ;’it ii the first. annual npaysage
delivered during Chht period, in_.whtcb the
Chief Magistrateof the nation .has pot thrown,
his shief<fp»er hfa slavqholding. constituents,
and rrdWifiid fnora or Ipsa.indignantly upon all
agitaiibn or of (he pvils of th in-
BtiiunQn. 1
This silence up6p (he great question of the
lime id pregnapt with many inferences,.hut
it susceptible of but. one general explanation.
He n* Ibit dahger in aayipjj nothing upon
the Suttect than in saying anything. That
in itM|r is.sd evenf jo our. history,
•ervfestr) be recorded.
ooe shorl year the, wind at4ho sent of
governrnsiat itsk. haotod so many,points to the
may not, tp see /air.
and .j£yiie fcresldepi bps
kept sonwiriy up with *jew« •
of h/i L cbdltiiutentsd» (o stop, lecturing them
for tmki Md,“y,lf!g f hey ,t ; , of
•he d*j k “V^Mv tty* W«> W hojfl,. lfc|i,
beford hb W'ipW from ogee, he iyill proclaim,
v
the oly pply
or^rff . iC * T i ;
aawmafe
ed .Hhe hbHW^Chjflrfes^An^Wnfiit^Poni
totoB}Mi*ity^4ttk«a^
night, He was nearly^d^WnS'didrttibsr
■ad Wro| Immednnqjyitrhßttr'TqTfin nibtn.-.
tng tl»W«faMlhiHnilkt,fd i^kliipWd,M
.'7 ■ the
t ly; ;
THE A
.j. .V'Ajrn
ThnrMay^Mrj
Summon*, B^p*jii*riW*mnte,
Collector’* iMds( Aiyati^j** l prm^'SaolarsaW'
is^sa^
-towinglieettrens -, -■,- "■ '
Joscni Genuine*, D. D., January. ... • r .-<• . ■
Jowrtt.'Sm, “ .12tband>13lh: '
Mia* Anwnrmt I*. Blown, Jan. SStb nod SStfa-,
ReriJoßrn Bth and 9thr ’
Csisics V. Ct+ti '"i JrtGtnaito'Utli.' ; '■ .■
, TitROTiAMKxb Potent*. -.■ % vt 1,, .' 5, ‘ ■
D” Oar tbankrara due T. L. Kldwim, Esq., for
documents.
CT Set Wandi & Wood's new.adfeitisemenl on
third page. . „ -
O’ Tkete itM newefromthe Wor. Seeasto
ptl it not take* yet Nuking of importance doing
in Congress. -■<■.-
KT The.Governor’e Nettege reached a* too hit fir
tkit week't paper. An abelracl will be given next
week. ■
JOHN 6. SAXE—di* mart noted Wit end
. Humaraue Pott in America, will read Ut unrival
ei Poem entitled “ YANKEE LAND” to-mor
row (Friday) evening, at the Court-lloute. Those
who love a good entertainment, ehanld not fail to he
prevent.
O’The Dedication of the Methodist So Baptist
Union Howie in Gatlin Holfowi Charleston, Will take
place on Thursday the 18lb Inst, instead of the 10th
—as we stated'by-mistake last week. Services at
10J a. s, and'»t 2p. m. "
O’ Oar « devil" lakes thia occasion to return
thaakt for the very liberal gift* beatowed upon Ain
New Year'a, by lie village folk. ■ He in/ons* the
gmerouo public that Ae is about to .emerge from the
sphere of paper ehirl-coUait and dickies ey neon*, of
their munificence. He would have thanked them,be
fore thie had he not been etii.nned by the aforeeaid
pocket-full of u rocke.”
Antl.llarery Men, Whnl think Ye?
Verily, those ire perilous tiines.for liberty. Men,
thirsting far politics] (access steal out of the for
tress of their base purposes, muffled up in the cloak
of democracy Ip avoid suspicion, seek .to creep up
to (llsce while they assiduously undermine the struc
ture of our civil liberties. There have been' some
'monstrous hypocrites since the world began, but the
development of the Hypocritical Man seems reserved
fbr this age.
It is not a year sines grave Senators stood up in
the Legislative Halls of the nation and proclaimed
a lie in the the faces of the American people; and
not only proclaimed, tint persisted in thrusting it in
their faces when the truth was apparent to the shal
lowest thinker fn the nation. What then 7—why,
men who saw the truth as plain as the son at noon
day, hoped that it might alter all, (by God’s good
Providence, perhaps,) prove to be an illusion of
minds overwrought with anxiety; in other words,
that the apparent truth might prove a wolf ia
shpep’s clothing—Falsehood in the. livery of Truth
But (here were some oaTnest-hsarto, who, accustom
ed to looking facts in the face whether they proplie
eied good or evil, refused to suspect the integrity of
Reason. These have cried out continually against
the lethargy which seemed creeping on the senses
of those who would shut their .eyes and hope for .the
best.
It is well to hope for the best, if, in connection
with it, men prepare for the wont. Bm hoping for
the best, is too often the resignation of a seal that
dreads labor; that puls the evil, day afar off, not of
its faith in heaven’s ultimate beneficence to Mao,
but because of its disinclination to think and act.
To hope for the best! truly, is to gird op and go out
to Kauri that good thing. But when Arnold Dougina
and his abettors sought to soothe the public alarm
by declaring that Heaven had opposed an insur
mountable barrier to the spread of Slavery into
Kansas—that its climate, soil, &c., would prevent
its frec-soil from being polluted by the loot of a
bondman—a great many gobd hoping men accepted
(be shallow pretence as If it bit) been God’s truth.
They forgot that Slavery set at defiance the imagin
ary line? drawn on the map by geographers ; that it
is a social and not a natural product; that it thrives
even in the icy clime of Siberia, as well as in the
Oriental and Occidental tropics. Bpl (here were
others who did not ibrget this truth,'hor petmil it
to be hidden by the sophistries woven by the little
great-men who stood.godfathers for the Kansas ini
quity.
And ever since the late election in' that territory,
the shallow hypocrisy of its political creators has
stood revealed in thefrags of pmerly-ttricken ties—
so poortbat even their fabricators are now disposed
to treat them like poor relations. Northern freemen
cannot too carefully study the; doctrine of “ popular
sovereignly” is preached by Arnold Douglas, and'
reduccd to practice ih the Karma election. The
facta«f that election form the best commentary'np
on that doctrine extant’. The arch traitor himself
could not have explained Ha proper worting better.
Let us look at it: Some hundreds of ruffians
from slave-ridden Missouri, armed with piatoli and
bowie-knivea,; (lovely symbols of demooraey and
“popular sovereignty,”) crossed over into Kansas a -
few days prior to election, and by bullying the timid
and nailing their own illegal, votes, succeeded in
electing a pro-slavery delegate to represent the real.
eilixens of that territory in Congress) Then, after
several days delay. Gov. Reeder is bullied into giving
this fraodalynlly elected delegate hi* cert ifies te
la which. he. in nowise' entitled according, to the
Governor's own showing. For) be it remembered,
"IheaaMissourians were not, and did out propose to
of Kansas, their homes. were in
Mistoarj, epd (hey retained to Missouri biW the
eleollph ku' Mir, They were np' more entitled
vote in the eiliiens-of 'l’ioga coupty
are to vote fa NeW Turk, having a residence in
Pennsylvania, Suppose, for ipslanoe, that 566 mea
ftom this State had Crossed erer ipto Sow York
'add insistedipotfvitinglheib at (hetciaCe election;.
Would itnot Have been tdoklSdiijiaa'lU to attsfnpt at
iha rfioatbare-laceif fraud y’^dwnalditnot'nave'
been jmniahed WU& thottlrhoil penifltyorihi ' Wo
liled; lews! " "■ •
'-' Butllm (H*od* of fresdonth»»e little «tdnttfte.
frtt Uti nuoMt iiiirbl^'^]ia{^l*r < io«ere]^nty ,<
hu Moniph«dft»E»o*4il Tttey ihoald rejoics tBW
*tb* ftethisfcr»n»piwd *6e*rly. ThflM U'tnOlhW
!w»rtiirif b*aoob SUTdry-wsrdJ thi| ffsenwn
-erttibuid ftimbliaii. At t*erf ; ®f 'potter
:by't|ie&ouUi t adni^n«wli(iit,l« : «lie<f : iipoin lU'dark"
<r«ntMn.l As ifaea > would -ttswr 1m Watclifal'didr
qßWMlomWe.ao, «ntl-*k»fery ~metj ojijiit #ot •
i «Jw W tkr&nie:
:#«ei KttoSaßtbhai triumphed
lfflra*i>ij* ; ir)Msoo,‘jlBt tfce. lUghi ttipn|d>
tthnwijt fTfad Smith wiDdoriu
,K«n«» ( ( Ae.lf mth, Ifit
.baUoelp.U, inaUnpm jjlfc wcpk; «knfcUjr<rte km?
tjlawry whore il ir., * r
H
A’
Lta^luJlsa.
- r t
xgsstM-
Mi l"*tn
tiff tUi rfJWt&efri,
tat.t bome.lailei4
they west oat «f r
hooks; not toooi
■inf-opon'Hwt" bmi
:tumi to
Sontbdtn 1 rtterprieeuwell at Northern, ’ So 'ftr‘
tbelrctunoeewore equal} bottho enter prite of the
Sooth oidld not.vis with thitbf .il* Northern neigh
bon.- Hundred* of mile* nearer the caroled lead
thin the Northrihe Sooth «ii driven to acknowl
edge thoiaperiority of free, orer olave labor in tab.
doing* nontioent, by retorting to tfae moet.roffianly
act of the *eriea that th»Il, ooofer dUtinguithed
ahaine upon the pretint Adminitlrattoo,
Admitting tintthjanew phataof Southernchival
ry vu developed by lira effort* ,of the Emigrant
Aid Society to, people Kinn* with (Voenton; whit
doe* it prove •for Dougin find hi* abettor* 1 Just
nothing, 7he.North boldly .dpcUred that It would
diapnto the entrance. of elf very, open that free toil.
It.played no creep-in-the-dark .game. Then why
did,tbo Sooth reaort to rufSanUm 1 , Only jweauae
it could not play *n honeat gapie for ,*i diahoneit
purpose. _ The,end it (ought woe bad t and no bad
end wa* ever yet achieved, or ever will be, by good
means. Never.
From lhi» day forward Slavery can enlarge lie
field by violence alone.' Its peacable growth is at
tained in Anicrica, and its next step will be gained,
if gained, by bloodshed. If it purchases extension
it may pay yhe price .of blood. Its abettors have
blustered a great deal' about the dear Union, and
threatened to secede: but if the Union ever is dis.
Solved, the proposition and act of severance will
come from, and by the North. A Democracy can
exist independent of a Slaveocracy, but not long
with one." On the contrary, Slavery cannot exist
without Northern acquiescence—that is the real
bond tinder which the elave groans. We boast of.
oar liberty; to does the coward of bis courage.
We call this the asylum lor the oppressed of all na
tions; it little alave-peb of one nation,.and men and
women are booght.and sold and whipped:and prosti
tuted here, sad we know it, however much we boost
Our Fourth of July orations are grand satires, born
of a National habit of adf-glorifiettion-
Baptized in the blood and lean of martyrs though
Columbia bo, still, while the curse of human bond
age rests upon any portion of her toil she is not to
be boasted as a free country. That land is free
which afforde an asylum to all, and oppresses none-
When this land shall become such, let it be called
such; and while the accidents of birth end color are
made to justify wrongs that the angels weep over,
and at which Humanity trembles let us call tyranny
—tvrunny !
Vihy should we give it a souer name—lest we of
fend 7 Sqall we eulogize the tyjants whose feet
press the necks of Hungary’s and Poland’s millions
and call them benef actors 7
Lectures—Bev. Tlios. K. Beecher.
The lecture by Rov. Taos. K, Extensa, before
the Institute on the evening of the third inst., was
an admirable thing. The subject—“ Rich sod Poor”
was handled with marked ability and with a great
deal of originality. Rich and Poor were considered
as relative terms. We bad rich jokes, rich cream,
rich mines, rich cake and rich men. The term be
ing applied to those things which abound unusaily
jn the qualities fur which they are noted. The boy
who, in answer to his catechist, answered—” The
chief end of man, ia to hold what he gels and get
all ha can”—be said, hit tbs nail on the head, It
Was a blander only as considered a part of the cat
echism—as a traveslie it was true. Rich and Poor
he considered a subject for sober thought, bet not
for saber thought alone. Every cloud had its silver
lining, every rain its ivy, every grave its bright
green grass and its sweet 9oWers,atur-gemmed with
dew-drops every bright morning.
The owner of stocks, lands and houses was called
rich because We unconsciously consider that the
chief end of man ia to bold all be gets and to get all
he can. Our riches are always measured by the re
lations we sustain .to those around us, not by the
luxuries we can afford. Thus, men who now think
themselves poor, would* in the same community
have.been considered rich, 4 filly years’ago. To be
rich is to be in advance of our neighbors. We
must rise while other* go down to make room for us.
Alan’s aspirations for riches were humorously com
pared to the laxy donkey chasing a thistle bung just
before his nose by his witty driver. The race for
riches was like bis who. vainly tries to compass his
shadow in the morning. As the sun gets higher and
higher in the heavens he grows more sanguine, un
til at last in the full blaze of noonday he easily .sets
his foot directly down upon it. So men follow their
aspirations nnlll the Divine light comes pouring
strait down into the soul and man is at rest upon
Contentment.
He who'runs after riches ignorant of what he
niaheatb gainer alien, is but a (ootiati child whose
reason is the slave of an unkempt Im iginalion.
To dread poverty without knowing what poverty is,
is to be a coward, frightened at a moonshine g|ioet.
Men, he'taid, were always going to do /rest thing*
when they got little ,or nothing With
what they haVe-a-always ‘potting away the available
Present—Running oyer with big intentions, the ex- 1
ccution of which, like dancing dreams, always lay
FuldreWard. Everyfsccestlon of wealth bronght lbs
family of newly created went* along with it. It
is always Sate to judge men by what they do, end
nut by what they aay.thoy will do’ after they get a
baadful of ailver'dbg.
' The trde way ie to look Rieh and' Poor strait in
the fitea—lopping off oar fancied want* a* tha wiae
gardener lops off the oselea bmoehea from hi* trees
The sap that goe* Ur nourbh.oho useless branch,
Mien goeo.to qoiyken tlie good jmd beautiful, in cur,
patbm. Man shonld ■by temper* ly artdnol fritter
away,hirlrncaort*!-,energies; iychpflrig aft«r thing*
tjjal pan npilhof ppriflh
~ pot attempt |p sketch thoc(osin| poftkm
ol this lecture, (by.’Uie idee nee. too fut> for our Ifn>
gaaga or time to elaborate.. .Absplato, po*ri;,bs
,«H °ply : phtirlijtqixed conn. 1 ’
trjee. . Ip .savage communities they f*U buck ppon ,
rpote^ifli l wipas hut ofcri*.
tjpniMd commupitiee toll back,noon and devour
each other, 'V 1 ’ lj ,
, 'Owinjj pt'ehori police, jfiq attopdince was ppt’ae
-good da it ahhiifd hive Keen, end we hope, to aechtr.'
Beecher here again before-the'spisOT'tdosla—in' the'
‘iVeit of which we «$J guarantee him* <ajl house.
•; : -nti-r-it- - l ty.t&s -Jl'vt i.i, n.. .
; .ICr-jSroora IHemhetlHarrUkirgwefemmibei.tlro
. Hhdeo mrpsßßtih ontlhe. l«t:3nst,iby •eto»lingHJ K.’
Strunit of Speaker. ffeaetolheci
eiftoeurgihiiedhy electing fjetsten of rßerhseoanly
. Speaker.; ,iStrdngn k-.'Wo Aheeraant+ae. We.irathet
3 thuik. thd'mijorily, initheVhraocbcfc the I^glaUlare
'■SW ~ip>iisi;-’, j 'jb ’ ].' ; n <■! ; ,r, '
eeurce, to learn r ,tW
the i House look* wsll for Prohibition. A general Pro.
I%T;Y ATJ
impowlblUty, and a|>ci lo||
b exceraogiy We bardlyknow
Ott hiMa aboujHpiaooanty who have petition itfiil
it prilpege i {pd'li' critter, will do, if the tw|
woold be each a deatrdction of “properly,” we tup;
poae, that-the emmu unity wi)ntd-*utftj 'ammcwmt*-'
oT-
manUod’l-rejuat *» * mit»nthropio.frog plump* into
the mud. vexed with the. onchirittWenea* of atft)a>
'moutVdlrtrier woard 'point the finger Tor*eorn ar
Tioya emtnty/ehpnM ehe ( jfot,«ijr»ed with Ptohibl-;
tion; and should' any hapless Tiogan All
into theirelutchee, they would indignantly pick hit
pooKst,ar oatJhie.thtaiat,i<ut to tcaoli himllie value
of liberty and the; bletaiog* l that entire to: society
(ropt Freo-Trade ih Rum!l
One gentleman asks nawhf: Vf> * t ° n OB tbo vnijl
idler and yet publish bi« petition for licenae. Bim-.
ply bepanae it is optional with ( .lhem to patronjxa n*
or not,’ a* they please. Then, we alway* receive the
right to eay jiut what we plenta about them and the.
'traffic. We (half always do thls.whilc the conduc
lor of a puhlic journal.' If men cboocp to patronize
the paper, very well. If not, very. well. We have
several way* to obtain an honest living betide* tbit,
and a great deal more’ respectable than gelling opt
neighbor* drunk,' We should bo ashamed to do
that, bul not to thop cord-wood or to plow. That’*
all, gentlemen.
, For the Agitator.
Something More about the High
er Law.
’ -** 1 thank thee, Jew, tor that word.”
—Merchant of Venice.
Mb. Cobb :—As. you now may understand,
I am in no haste to annoy your readers with
a second dose of Higher Law! Ido not doubt
that many of them preferto have no more said
on that subject for a long time. Many of
them can't understand what it means, and
Others do not like' to hear it mentioned, or
brought into notice in any way; for reasons
which theyjfeel but do not folly understand.
Allow me to suggest that Ihe great reason
Cot all this j'eulousy, is, that a Higher Law
government- implies individual self-govern
ment, and consequently a disencumberment
of the human individual, from the trappings
„of his bondage—the bridle, ‘whereby he is
guided’ and curbed; and the saddle which
holds the beneficent (1) rider; very ’ disas
trous, if these bridlek and" saddles .should
grow useless, and the riding antf .guiding un
comfortable, unprofitable and impossible I for
most of us have an interest in it of some sort!
and do magnify our office therein, at leas,
in private. I protest that there is no reason
able ground for this jealousy, though I have
not time, now, to argue the point. Let it
suffice that Higher Law, that is, Law, higher
thun any constitution or statute, has always
been prevalent in all human society, ard al
ways muil be; and the only safe alternative
which is.evef practicable, is to study, cherish
and obey that kind of Higher Law which is
found to be most consistent with the unchang
ing principles of justice. This is the Higher
LitW, as 1 understand the phrase in its pre
sent use. But 1 believe it did not always
mean the “ highest rule of conduct.”- If I
am not mistaken, the phrase is of Southern
manufacture, and was first, and for a long
lime, applied to certain Lower Laws, which
the people of the South, and many of the
North, 100, have held to be, nevertheless,
above the constitution.
Ist, There was a law, higher than the
constitution, for violating the private rights
of all persons .indiscriminately, by plunder
ing post offices under the pretext of searching
for and burning “ incendiary documents.”—
This “ Higher Law,” if I remember right,
was commended by Gen. Jackson and many
other great notabilities, and but faintly con
demand by any respectable authority. It
seemed in a fair way to be,“ re-enacted”,by
Congress, but for the opposition of Henry
Clay, in the Senate. If it be almost obsolete,
we may be certain that its disuse is Owing
not so much to love of conaiilbtioas, as to an
apprehensiofi, that the practice under the
law 1 ; might, in time, become too general and
indiscriminate. 'Probabjy our Higher Law
has helped to repeal it. I
2d. The law which depriyes of their liber
ty colored citizen's of the Northern Slates, on
lariding in Southern ports, especially Charles
ton and New Orjeans,
We have heard, once in a long while, cohit
plaints, from respectable sources, against, this
law, as repugnant to' the constitution; and
I he'repugnance has not been seriously dented;
but the'law has been succegslldly defended
upon principles independent of the " Sacked
Compromise.” It is said lb, be founded’in
the nature of the “ Peculipi 1 Institution,” (ha
interest of which' is of a higher order thati
/hat of the Union itself,- Recent events ,seem
to indipalp that, the prestige, of this infernal
cpde is jtelping to sdihe still higher neces'slty
—perhaps 1 (hit df ftb’ffiraeHcel FSssa/tjly oar
Higher LaW may have 7 helped towards this
result.
3d. Mob Law, sometimes . called Lynch
Law—u’hder this law q'uf fathers threw i(te
Tea into Boston harbor—a toiost Irregular
and dangerous proceeding, reprobated by dll
respectable oracles of that day, as anarchial
and subversive of Order-~ahd so it wasj—
but, what of that? , „ ' !' „
Thu ch]pf regular judicial auifionty to be,
cited here, is Judge Lawless, late of Missou
ri, who decided that the will bf a mpb cotn*
posed of i |ts. mass of, cjiiiena, under great ex.
chement, la' in fact,.higlier^law, arid qugfit to
be regarded as such,'by Grand Juries. '
quole from m?rn;)ry. HaVe, in
n, great ynrjety of cases', really .decided inihe
same, way,
Lawless, but in some cbwarillyj irresponsible,
negu'ivp, "oy. tby; i)»?,; generally, ~for ,<!»,
time' .tojnjfy (he sqipa pitrpose,.
•r 1 Qde»rfipy,«w frtwM
Otoh,
•iCoDvjpieCftc p.unjsjiefl
Jitibpial,'etr v her
Upta Tact, that all these outrage.from ,rt»a
murder ftf.Lpvejqydpwn tqJliejinosls Hlgiiif;
..btve H had.
. shy.tjhsp haye^he^pt. /
;Hasow Higher Law been’silently’ convert.,
jpg; the mobJorce to .a Jbetjer andjUialy no'.
the fcrnw;,abettora;ol; .jfeafc
thiy lime so clearly perceive its dangerous
prT
tendl|eiet&' ind qomanendable, Was
il,i :«i|a.TOkilled i» champion* of the oj>-
Pp|''Og prtksea, and sub-
,pf jMjeech 5. hut exceedingly
vncorutitutional—
is it noil now, that it is tnainlvbent upon
mdst indubitable justice,libe
the grasp of
bloodhounds! ■ ....
' ■ '4ihr Tb&'TJ.'G.R. R..Tlaw,which‘ is on;
all hands allotsfed'to be' thocdn-
Jliiatioiw-Talluof tha.Higher^Law.leading
v disorder!; Why the U. G, R. IL-iq the
'nidft quiei' end orderly institution ‘ in’ the
country. , Considering the-difficulty ofits
work, it tnoves .with less friq|iop, probably,
than any other in the world. ‘Deriving.its
charter from our Higher Law, it needs no
prpphecy (0 foretell its
sbnll reyolve po long ta n central attraction
pervades its mass; and the Under-Ground
Kail Road, shall carry tho<e*caping3lave lo
a lend .of. freedom so long as there is a Sieve
to flee, and. a- land of refuge, and a love of
liberty, and nf.juatice in the human heart.
At this moment more heart-prayers ascend
ior. the -success of (hie institution,'than for
any other in .our land. God has provided
for it, .by laws which laugh to.scorn all “en-
OOted” laws.and Union-saving finalities.
There was iropy. ; .and .sarcasm:)in: the
phrase, “ Higher Law,” as used by Gov,
Seward, which the South well appreciated,
and hence their wrath. Scire Facias. ■
How Two Hen Escaped From
Slavery;
- Wo read with' admiration of Ihe daring
deeds of the early settlers of this country,
and embalm in deathless story the memory
of those, who struck a brave blow for our
independence in the dark days of lhe Amer
icttq Revolution. VVe glorify Capl. Smith,
for laying his legal oppressor dead 4 at his
feet, and making his escape ; we profess to
sympathize with the oppressed everywhere,
and yet we remain indifferent to the many in
our own country who bravely risk their lives
for the sake of freedom, and shake off the
fetters of slavery—just freedom as wb love,
and a worse Slavery than our fathers resis
ted.
The Underground Railroad Agent in this
city - necessarily becomes acquainted with
many of these interesiilng eases, and through
his kindness we are perlniued to give as many
particulars of some of these as it would seem
proper and judicious to publish.
Isaac and Henry were owned by the same
master, and were taken to a public house to
be sold. They were soon disposed of, and
their new masters put them into a room to
gether, saying, " 1 suppose, boys, you “ will
not make me any trouble I” Isaac, a large,
noble-looking fellow, by the way, answered
very meekly—“ Oh no, we come here with
out any “ trouble, and we mean to go away
without any.” The new owner (a trader)
was satisfied with the answer, and left them.
No sooner Was he gone than the two slaves
carried out their threat to go away without
trouble; and lha “uncertain riches”,of the
new proprietor walked off in the woods.—
The modus operandi of their living here it
might not be altogether judicious to explain.
Their residence in ihe'hut they built was of
two weeks duration. Then they were dis
covered, and a parly of armed men procee
ded to capture them. The slaves were busy
at breakfast when they were summoned to
surrender, and told that if they came out
they would be shot down on the spot. Isaac
seized a broad axe and Henry a dirk, which
they had obtained by book or crook, and
dashed out. Their but was on the bank of
a stream, and into the streatrt, they plunged.
The party fired on them, wounding them
both severely. Isaac’s arm was filled With
shot, and tho weapon drooped from his hand.
But the spirit of liberty was not. yet quen
ched, and'they attempted to escape, pursued,
of course, by the rapacious man-hunters.
After a long and noble effort to escape,
they were at length overcome by fatigue and
numbers, and retaken, and at once conveyed
lo the jail, where they were confined in the
second story. Sad, indeed, was their condi
tion. Henry was sick from his so
that he could do nothing, and Isaac’s arm
was so injured that for two weeks he was
unable lb use'll. There was, it seemed, no
escape but in suicide. But the spirit iliat
burned itf the bosoms of our fathers burned
also in ihfl bosom of these black men, and,
as 'soon as Isaac’s arm coujd be used, it was
set about executing (he plans their heads had
conceived. Here, again,'we leave the reader
to surmise the modus operandi. Suffice it to
say ihdl, after two Weeks of almost incessant
labor, they were agahr bfeathing air of
heaven. Sixteen weary, miles did
they Walk en the night of their'escape, and
again took up their residence in lire woods.—
How deeply could they realize the truth of
the sentiment that mab’s greatest enemy is
man. The hhbUations if human beings wer.e
shunrted'and drekded mow than death ; they
sought and found safety in the deep silence
and dark abodes of nature. 1
Thus; When men are unkind and oppressive,
God's paternal hand is Over us, and in his
presence ‘wo (feel there is infinite love and
mercy.’ 1 They remain hr retreat for two
months, and intend to winter in their
residence; but they found that, from certain
indications among the poultry yards, the
slaveholders began to suspect that the woods
were inhabked by the missing negroes, and
determined upon a * l dri»»”i*ii«i a man hunt,
with dogs and guns. • The negroes were 10
be taken atfirst sight*’—d. e.-shot deadaS
soon as se£n. ' They'nOw' thought it best to
leave their winter residence in lheSouth, be*
Moving that a colder.climate would boraora
congenial.,Wiih (heir feelings. : d, .
, , v On a plantation near them was an old hisnp
;nnmmi,-Kii„who ;hqd aipdrfect t Legre<r(br>
''•‘MhiS'.itimn
tsir-AV- "a; J’ 'js;
:.T[.- sat rfi- f!.- -'.
now beyondtbo ; yepuM;
camwn, Hurrah W, llfr R 1
■.y.rj, ■T"*M , '**iP ** V’i.i V^'n^r 11 * rY^ri
of it. ia
ih «‘
> Atadftor’s Wollcc. "
attend
■“ «> woWp < Auditor b
Aiilribatfoii drUie the «[(^!
l^^ r A?, 0 /^,walert»t e or John Kimble, ,£
of the proceed! of the. fthttlflV said of (he ta\Z
* j l A notjfied thq
ehd more ,to present apd inbstontiatetboir claims to
“"t proceeds, or he ioretet debarred,of claim in,
«f ??« Of «w«me., RENRYW, WILLI am!
Jib. 11,18&>-4w. ~ ' AuiiUr
WeUsboro’ High School For
' XAVIER
(*«»i*le<i by Mr.Mc
, hf*HON) soil! opett » School for Young Lidies
ob Monday, February 19,1655, ib the. first home
south of B. B. Smith, Esq, A few pupils can be sc.
commodated withrooma in the' same bonding, in
whieK-they.can board thenwelves. ‘
■ ! TERMS; - ■
Common Engliahßrancbea, ,$3,00
Higher “ «...., 4,00
French, Latin and Greekvtilh any of above, 5,00
’ For farther particulars, enquire at (tie residence
of REV. ISAAC McMAHON.
Wellaboro’ Jap. ll t 1855-4w.
WELLSBORO’ FOUNDRY
1 AND MACHINE SOOP..
SUBSCRIBERS hnvingpurchnsed
*' the WELLS BORO' FOUNDRY, would re.
»p«l_rully,aonQunco,,tQ thejnhabilants of.thacounty
that they are prepared to dp almost all kinds or work
in thejfline wtnWd in tbis.'coont]).!. ;
To - owners of Mills,snd others, we would ssy
that we can do your work in a good, and serviceable
manner, such aa • *- >- •- ’
CRANKS. PISTON-RODS, BALANCE
WHEELS,. PULLETS, GUDGEONS, SHAFTS
&.C v iC.
PLOUGHS.
We have our 1 hand wldcfe Variety nf Ploughs— -.11
known 4o be good. W i shall add otbera to the lint
in the Spring, of which dpo notice wilt be given the
community,.
ST Old Caalings in payment for Calling!
or work, at market price*.
Wellsboro’Jan. 11,1855. WANDS St WOOD.
Orphans 7 Court Sale.
T)Y VIRTUE of annrderof iheOrphans'
1 1 Court of the County of Tioga, will bd gold it
public m le at the home ot* Alien King in Ihe town,
ship of Westfield in aald county, on SATURDAY,
the 3d day of February 1855, at -2 o’clock P. M.,
the following real estate—property of tbe late AL.
VAH COMMINGS, deo’d, to wit:
A lot of land lying in the’ township of Westfield,
bat tded north by John M. Warren and land in pos.
session of Cornelius Griffin, east by land in possess,
ion of John Barr, south by land in ' posses*ion of
John Beaty, west hr land in possesaian of John M.
Harper—containing 75 acres and 6-lOlhs of an acre,
with the nsual allowance of six per cent, for roads,
&,c n be the same more or less. It being lot No. 63
of the allotment of tbe Bingham lands in Westfield
Tioga county Pennsylvania, and part of warrants
Nos. 1325 So 1326-ra log house* apd frame barn on
the same, and about 40 acres improved. Terms
nude known on day of sale. D. ANGELL,
Jan. 11, 1855-3-:
SHERIFF’S SALES.
"EBY virtp.p of sundry writs of Vend. Expo.
-“-W und Levon F.icias, issued out of the
Court of Common Plens of Tioga county, and
to me directed, will be exposed to public snle,
at the Court House in VVeltsboro’, on MON
DAY, the sih day of February, 1655, at one
o’clock, P. M,, to wit:
A lot of land in Liberty township, begin
ning at ajiost In the warrant line, being the north
west corner oP land formerly owned by Isaac and
William-Harmon,(bonce, east twenty-one pc-ches to
a post, thence west 35 degrees north, 98 perches to
a hemlock slump in the warrant line, thence tooth
13-perches nod eight links to the place of beginning
cotiiainiog one acre and 36 rods, witli a frame house
and horn and some fruit trees thereon. To be told
-as the property of L. K.-Garfield.
ALSO —A lot of land in Glkland town
ship, bounded north by Charles and John W. Ryon
east by the Ford warrant, sonth by D. Teach man
eta), and'west by Nathan Hill, containing abont 133
acres, more or less, with shoot 15 or 20 sores im
proved, a log. house and some fruit trees thereon.
To be sold as the property of E. D. Tinney.
ALSO—A Ini of land in Cpvinglon town
ship, bunnded north by State Ro: d, east by E. Dy
er and V. W. Gray, south by T. Marvin and E. Dy
er, and west hy Josiah graves, containing- abont 75
acres, about 20 or 25 apro* improved, a'frame.boose
frame barn and a fev£ frail trees thereon. .To be
cold as the properly of Thomas Graves.
ALSO—The 6sinl until*ided fourth pnrt
of that-tract of landf in Bio. t tsp., being lots 1 and
9 in block I—lots Qfoa. 11. 19, 13,14,15 in block
9—lots Nos. 6, B,'lo in block 4—lota 8.9,10 in
block 6—lota 4,5 in block 7—lota 7,8,11,19,19,
90 in block B—ldle 3, 4,15, 16 in block 9—lots 4,
S, 6 in block 11—lot 7 in block 19—lots 4,5, 6,7,8
in block-f4—lofs'7, 8,16, '17,18,20:in Week 15-
lota 3.5.13,14,15,16 in block 17—Ufa 5, 6. 7in
block 90—lots 6,7, 8,9,10,. JJv 19,13,14, 15 in
block 21—lot* 5,6, T, 8. 9, 11,12 in block 92-IoU
5,6, 7,8, 9; 10,11,12 in block,' 23pIots 5. 6. 7.8
9, 10; H'in Wock94—lots 36; 7, 8,9, 101, IS, 16 in
3, 4, 9,7.14,15,-16 in block 44 sod
blocks 99, 31, 36, 38, 40, 41,42 of the town plot of
BL- s'unrg, cadi Iptjcoptui.&.g about I.6thofau acre
end each blpck • bout 2J .acres—all improved. To
be sold as the'property of Clarendon Rathbone.
ALSO—A cormtn Ini of land in Charles
ton township, bounded east by W. A. Mickle snd
L. J. Coo'- y, nortidby. H. Ca-sa, and west and snath
by L. J, Cooley and Coolidge—containing
.about acres, with about forty acre* improved,
a frame hnpae, frame barn, and apple orchard there
on. To be sold asThe’properiy'of J'. Ji Shnraway-
ALSO—The uiidividpd onßifoiitlht'ftf "f
all the following described lota of lahd’~a certain
iut of land situate in the, township 90**"}*** In the
county of Tioga, and Slain of J‘ei^W li * Il ia, boond.
ed north by fiihd ao : rroye<L<', ( 2360,
east by’Kd! 2879, l; «dntH 4 b , "?‘ west by
No, •™tt-bunrfrcd . lnd ninety
acre*, bo the same of* or lew > ,Dri being the whole
tract pfknd,(mrwf a !P?“ Warrant No.^«l.
'• on wtv
J'Mr' jllinlc. Warrantee—containing
L*», bounded north by Binghanl
l b /i Wa . rr " nl No. 2360,-south by warrant
'd hind, surveyed fmwsrranl granted®
e, end west by the Potter county lio£?
A truot nf land isurypyed on way-
J 6- W - . Wiiiink, ’
row dr leas, boonded horlH by Birtgham
tSFW y /o^ nl N .°- 3367 - fctt * h warrant
'wSv^dwcfJM 248^- 2359,
hM 6 ~z!L stiryeyed on war-
Wjt No. 2382, W. Willink warranted—containing
bem? :tha dsubalfof said warrant,
rkrrtman, south b» WarnmfNdr aaW.iodwest by
■ »lUi W drTO acres Itnpro.
► and : Kg bouse,
si* bams, BhekttauS sbopj'aaw mill, arid writ ftuit
A dm'r.