. 1783 it was made a high penal ofFeace,
for any person," by force, Tiolence or fraud,
lo lak'3 ont of this State, any pearo tn rho-"
latto, with the intention ; "of keeping;' or
telling the said negro or mulatto as a slave.
Tor a term of years. Soon after the passage
vt ibis act. tbe Supreme Court of Pennsyl
vania decided that it idwni apply to the
forcible removal of a slave, by the owner
or bis agent, but that its object wa to pun
ish the forcible fraudulent abduction from
"the State of free negroes, with the intention
.of keeping or pelting them as slaves
Thus at that early day. giving judicial anc-
tion to tbe doctrine, that a master bad the
-
right to take bis slaves wherever be ronkl
fi .d them.
"The first act of Congress providing for
the redition of fugitives from justice or labor
was passed in 1793, and originated from the
Tefusal of the Governor of Virginia to sur
render, and deliver op, on the requisition of
, the Governor of Pennsylvania, three per
sons who had been indicted in Pennsylva
nia for kidnapping a negro, and carrying
fcim into Virginia. And when it was fonnd
that this Congressional statute did not afford
a simple, speedy and efficient remedy foe
the recovery of fugitives from labor, tbe
legislature of Pennsylvania, at the request
of the adjoining State of Maryland, In 1826,
passed her act "to give effect to the pro
visions of the Constitution ol the United
F:ates relative to fugitive from labor, for
the protection of free people of color, and
to prevent kidnapping." This excellent
nd well considered law met ail the exist
ing emergencies, k required the judges,
justices of the peace and aldermen, of the
State, upon the oath of the claimant, to issue
their warrant for the arrest of any fugitive
from labor escaping into this State ; direct
ing, however, that such warrants should be
mads returnable, by whomsoever issued,
before a judge of the i roper county. It
required sheriff and constables to execute
such warrants. It authorized the commit
ment of the fugitive to the county jail, and
otherwise made provisions to secure its
effective execution, and at the same time to
prevent tt abuse.
This law continued qnietly. in operation
until the decision of tbe Supreme Court of
the United States, made in 1842 in the case
f Prigg vs. The Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania. The history of the case may be
briefly stated: Edward Prigg was indicted
in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of York
county, for kidnapping a colored person,
named Margaret Morgan. Upon the trial
it appeared that she was held a slave in the
State of Maryland, and that she escaped
into the Slate of Pennsji vania in the yearl
132 that in 1837, Edward Prigg was ap
pointed, by the owner of the slave, to seire
and arrest her as as a fugitive Irom labor.
In pursuance of this authority, and under a
warrant issued by a Justice of the Peace,
Trigg caused the woman to be arrested, and
without having obtained any warrant of
removal, he delivered her to her owner in
the Slate of Maryland. These facts were
found by a special verdict, and by the a
preement of counsel, a judgement was en
tered against Prigg. From this judgement
a writ of error was taken to the Supreme
Court of the Stale, where a proform-t judge
ment of affirmance was again by agreement
entered and the case removed to the Su
preme Corrt of tbe United States.
It will be observed that the question,
whether Edward Prigg was really guilty of
the crime of kidnapping, under the Penn
sylvania statote of 1S26, was never actually
passed upon, either by the court or jury, in
the county of York or by the Sopretn Court
pf the State. The jury merely found the
lacts, and the action of both courts wan but
a matter of form.
In Jhe areuraent nd determination of
the case, in the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States, it appears to have been taken
for granted, that our act of 1826 made it a
criminal offence for a master to take hi
flave out of this S:ate, without a warrant of
removal; and upon this construction, the
act wa3 declared unconstitutional and void
'''his, T submit, was a clear misapprehen
sion of the purport and meaning of our leg-i-dation.
The first section of the act of 1826
Tinder which the indictment against Prigg
was framed, was almost literally copied
from the seventh section of the act of 1788
to which a construction had already been
iiiven by the highest jt.licial tribunal of the
State of Pennsylvania, where it was held to
have no application whafever to the remo-
al 61 a slave by the master or his agent,
with or without a warrant. Such was the
rndoubled law of the State nnder the stat
bte of J78S, and in re-enacting that statute
i- the act of 1826, with an increased pen
alty, it is manifest that the intention and ob
ject of the Legislature was to protect free
persons of color, and to punish thoso who,
by fraud, force or violence were guilty of
kidnapping, and holding or selling free
men as Slaves. This the State had a clear
rght to do ; and nothing but a miscopstrnc
tion of her act, could have induced the
declaration that it was forbidden by the
constitution of the United Slates. . It is per
fectly clear, that Edward Prigg had com
mitted no crime in removing Margaret Mor
gan from the State of Pennsylvania to the
S'ate of Maryland, and delivering her up to
her owner ; and it is equally clear, that no
attempt was made, by the Statute of Penn
sylvania, to declare his act a crime. He
t ho old have been discharged, not because
the act of tbe State was unconstitutional,
but because he had not transgressed its
commands.
The Supreme Coon of the United States
not only pronounced the particular section
of the act ol 1826 then belore them, uncon
stitutional, bat a majority of the Court held
that whole act was void, because the power
to provide for the redition of fugitives from
labor, was vested exclusively in Congress,
and tha several States were, therefore, in
competent to p;iss statutes either in aid of,
or lo hinder, delay or prevent, the delivery
of such fugitives. That this was the extent
of the decision as delivered by Judge Story,
rot only appears frsm the opinions of tbe
majority bat also frora the dissenting opin- j
ions delivered by the minority cf the Conrt. j
Pv this anfnrttJtiit-3 decision it was Rtnhori- i
xnaciina her liberal statute of 1826, making j
it the duty of her own officers to aid in ar
resting" and delivering up fugitives from la
bor, had mistaken her constitutional obli
gation, and that her act V-,s in violation of,
rather than obedience to, the Constitution
of the United Stas. Under such circum
stances, it wan the manifest duty of the
Slate to repeal her law thus' declared oncon- j
stitu'ional. This was done by the act of
1847 ; and if that act had contained nothing
more than a repeal of ihe law of 1826, and
the re enactment of ihe law against kidnap
ping, it could not have been subject to any
just comp'aint. But the third section of the
act 1847 prohibits, under heavy penal ies,
our judges and magistrates Irom acting
under any act of Congress- or otherwise
taking jurisdiction of the case of a fugitive
from labor; and the fourth section punishes
with fine, and imprisonment, the tumultu
ous and riotous arrest of a fugitive slave, by
any person or persons, under any pretence
of authority whatever, 6o as to. create a
breach of the nnhli npacp. The civth
, , .
section, denying the use of the county jails j
for the detention of fugitive slaves, was re
pealed in 1852, and need only be referred
to as showing the general spirit of the act
The seventh section repealed the provisions
of the act of 17SC, which authorized persons
passing through our State to take their
slaves with them, and to sojourners, the
right to bring their slaves into the State,
and retain them here for any period not ex
ceeding six months.
The provisions of the third and fourth
sections of the act of 1847, seems to have
been predicated upon the language of the
Supreme Court in Prigg's case. It is there
admitted that ihe several Stales may pro
hibit iheir own magistrates, and other offi
cew, from exercising an authority conferred
by an act of Congress ; and that while an
owner of a slave, nnder and in virtue of the
Constitution of the United States, is clothed
wiih power, in every Stale of the Union, to
seize and recapture his slave, he must,
nevertheless.do so withont using any illegal
violence, or committing any breach of the
peace. It is evident that the framer of the
act of 1847 had closely studied the case of
Priggs vs. The Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania, and had kept this law strictly within
its letter. In many respects, the act is a
codification of the principles enunciated by
the court; and more fault may justly be
found with its temper than its want of con
stitutionality. If fugitive slaves were still claimed un
der the act of Congress of 1793, the denial
to the master of the aid of State judges and
magistrates, might be a source of great in
convenience to him ; but the complete and
perfect remedy noT-pro;ded by the act of
Congress of 1850, renders him entirely in
dependent of State officers. And the pun
ishment of arrests without warrant, by a
master in the exercise of his constitutional
right of recaption, but made in a violent,
lumul uous and unreasonable manner, a
mounting to a breach of the peace, i but
recognizing, by statute, what was before
the common law. These sections were re
enacted in the revised penal code of Penn
sylvania, at the last sessi n of the Legisla
ture, and are still the law of the State ; but
they are not now of any practical impor
tance, and as their retention on our statute
book Is calculated to create the impression
that the people of this Stale are unfavorable
to ihe execution of ihe fugitive slave Jaw,
and the discharge of their confederate duties J
and with the view of removing this subject !
of reproach, I earnestly recommend their
unconditional repeal.
While a majority of the judges of the Su
preme Court of the United States, in the
Prigg case, held, that a State had no con
stitutional right to provide by legislation
for delivering op fugitives Irom labor, a
minority were then of the opinion that
State laws, consistent with, and in aid of
the constitutional injunction, were valid and
proper. And this minority opinion is now
the judgement of the present court, as re
cently indicated in a case which arose :n
the State of Illinois. There is, therefore,
nothing to prevent the revival of the act of
1826, and its restoration to the place in our
code to which, by its merits, it so jnntly en
titled. This would leave to the option of
the claimant, whether he would seek his
remedy under State or National laws He
had this right before the repeal of our act
of 1826 ar;U in my opinion, no
good rea-
son can be assigned for refusing 10 place
him again in the same position.
I would also recommend that the consent
of ihe Stale be given, that the master, while
sojourning in our State, for a limited period,
or passing through it, may be accompanied
by his slave, without losing his right to his
service. While such legislation is due to
the comity which should ever exist between
the different Slates of this Union, it would
undoubtedly tend greatly to restore that
peace and harmony, which are now so un
wisely imperiled. By it Pa. would concede
no principle we would simply be falling
back upon our ancient policy, adopted at a
time when our people were themselves
struggling for their rights and never depart
ed from, until, by a misconception of its
meaning, one of our most important stat
utes was declared unconstitutional. From
1780, to 1847, a period of sixty seven years
Pennsylvania, herself a free State permit
led the citizens of ether Stales to sojourn
within her limits, with their slaves, for any
period not exceeding six months, and to
pass through the State, in traveling from
one State to another, free from all molesta
tion. Was she injured, or was the cause of
human freedom retarded, by the friendly
grant of this privilege? This question can
not be truthfully answered in the a Air in a
live ; but it may be safely averred, that by
changing our policy, in this respect, we
have in some degree, at least, alienated
from us the feelings of fraternal kindness,
which bound together, so closely, the sis
terhood of States. Let us, then, renew this
pledge of am ity arid friendship, and once
more extend a kindly welcome to tbe citi
zens of our common conntry, whether visi
ting us on business or pleasure, notwith
standing they may be accompanied by
'hose who, under the Constitution and the
The territories of the United Slates belong
to the general Government, and in those
territories the people of the several States
unquestionably have equal rights They
were acquired by means of the common
expenditure of blood and treasure. By ihe
Federal Constitution power is given to
Congress "to dispose of and make all need
ful rules and regulations respecting the ter
ri'ory and other, property belonging to the
United States." Whether nnder this, or
any other power conferred by the Consti
tntion Congress can prohibit or protect sla
very in the territories has been seriously
questioned. But, if the power to legislate
upon this delicate and important subject
were clearly vested in Congress, in my
judgment it ought not to be exercised. To
declare that slavery shall not exist in the
Territories, is calculated to exclude from
their occupancy the citizens of the south
ern or slaveholding States; while, to make
it a legal institution in all the territories of
the United States, by Congressional enact
ment, and to provide for iis continuance
during their entire Territorial existence,
would be equally injurious to the people of
the free States. The principle adopted in
the Compromise measure of 1850, for dis
posing of the question of slavery in New
Mexico and Utah, and reiterated in the
Kansas and Nebraska bills of 1854, ol non
intervention by Congress with slavery in
the States and in the Territories, is the true
rule. It is the duty of Congress, when a
sufficient number of hardy and adventur
ous pioneers find their way into our distant
territories, to furnish them a 6hield of pro
tection and a form of government; but to
the people themselves belongs the right to
regulate their own domestic rnstiiutior.8 in
their own way, subject only to the Consti
tution ot the United States.
While these views have been long enter
tained by me, and while I am sincerely of
the opinion that their general adoption, and
faithful enforcement, would have preserved,
and may yet restore, peace and harmony
to all sections of the country, I am neverthe
less not so wedded to them as to reject, un
ceremoniously, all other propositions for
the settlement of the vexed questions which
cow threaten to sunder the bonds which for
three quarters of a century have made us
one people. Forty years ago, our fathers
settled an angry controversy growing out of
a similar question, by dividing the terri
tories purchased from France, and provid
ing that slavery, or involuntary servitude,
should not exist north of a certa:n line;
and the whole country acquiesced in that
compromise. In 1854, that restriction upon
slavery was removed and the people of alt
the territories were left free to decide the
question for themselves. Now the section
al issue is again presented, by the dominant
party in the north, claiming that slavery
cannot legally go into the Territories, even
if sanctioned by Congress, or ihe Territori
al Legislature; and that it is ihe right and
the duty of Congress to prohibit its exis
tence. While the doctrine which obtains
with a majorily of the people in most of the
southern States, is, that under the Constitu
tion, the territories are all open to slavery;
that neither Congress ror ihe Territorial
Legislature can lawfully prohibit its exis
tence, and lhat it io the duty of Congress to
provide for it all needful protection. May
we not wisely follow ihe example of our
fathers, by re-enaciing the old compromise
line of 1820, and expending it to the boun
dary of California ? Not by the means of
legislation of doubtful constitutionality, bnt
by an amendment to the Constitution itself,
and thus permanently fix the condition of
the '1 erritories, so lhat those who deirfe to
occupy them, may find a home, a', their
discretion, either where slavery is tolerated,
or where it is prohibited. If the adoption
of such an amendment would peacefully
6eti!e the difficulties which now surround
us, I am saiified that it would be sanctioned
by the people of Pennsylvania. At all ev
ents, tbey should have an 'opportunity to
accept or reject it, if made as a peace offer
ing. I would, therefore, recommend the
General Assembly to instruct and request
our Senators and Representatives in Con
gress, lo support a proposition for such an
amendment of the Constitution, to be sub
mitted for ratification or rejection, to a con
tention of delegates, elected directly by the
people of the'State.
In the event of the failure of Congress
speedily to propose this or a similar amen
dment, to the Constitution, the citizens of
Pennsylvania should have an opportunity,
by the application of some peaceable rem
edy, to prevent the dismemberment of this
Union. This can only be done by calling a
convention of delegates, to be elected by
the people, with a view solely to the con
sideration of what measures should be tak
en to meet the present fearful exigencies.
If Congress should propose no remedy, let
it emanate from Ihe source of all authority,
the people themselves.
Every attempt, npon the part of individu
als, or of organized societies, to lead the
people away Irom their allegiance to ihe
government, to induce them to violate any
of tbe provisions of the Constitution, or to
incite insurrections in any of the Slates of
this Union, ought to be prohibited by law,
as crimes of a treasonable nature. It is of
the first importance to the perpetuity of this
great Union, that the hearts of the people,
and the action of their constituted authori
se, should be in unison, in giving a faith
ful support to the Constitution of the United
States. The people of Pennsylvania are
devoted to the Union. They will follow its
stars and its stripes through every peril.
Bnt, before assuming the high responsibili
ties now dimly foreshadowed, it is their
solemn duty to remove every just cause of
complaint against themselves, so that they
may stand before High Heaven, and the
civilized world, without fear and without
reproach, ready to devote their lives and
their fortunes to the support of the best
form of government that has ever been de
vised by tha wisdom of man.
In accordance with the provisions of the
constitution of the State, I shall soon resign
the office of Chief Executive of Pennsylva
nia, with which the people have entrnsted
mB, to him whom thev hnve chosen as my
walks of private life, the consciousness of
havinghonestly discharged the duties that
have devolved on me during the term of
my office, to the best of my ability; and
shall ever cherish the warmest affection for.
and the deepest interest in, the future wel
fare of our beloved Commonwealth and onr
slorious Republic. The shadow of a dark
cloud does indeed rest upon us; but my
hopes and affections still cling to our Union,
and m3' prayer shall be that He who orders
the destinies of nations, when He shall
have chastened us for our sins, and hum
bled us before Him, will restore us again
in mercy, and bind us together in stronger
and more hallowed bonds of fraternity, to
remain unbroken through all future lime.
WM. F PACKER.
Executive Department, )
Harrisburg, January 2, 1861 )
The Present Congress.
If we are to judge them by their conduct
up lo this time, it would be better for the
country if its destinies were just now wield
ed by the convicts in the Eas'ern Peniten
tiary than by the present Congress. There
the members sit, at a salary of thirty dollars
per day, and see the Union parting in pay
ments, without moving a peg to prevent its
dissolution They know thai the President
has neither power to coerce a sovereign
State to remain in the Union nor to reco'
nize her independence after 6he has resolv
ed herself out of it ; and yet they leave him
to struggle with the great difficulty, without
themselves taking one 6lep to avert the im
pending calamity of civil war or to strength
en his arm to meet its rude and terrible
shock. The constituents, too, of many of
the members perhaps of most of them
instead of thundering in the ears of their
Representatives as ihey sleep at thjeir posts,
and waking them to a sense of their duty,
employ their lime in "cursing Buchanan,"
as if he possessed not only .executive, but
also legislative and judicial pewer, and
could make laws for himself and for all
mankind, and construe them lo suit and
meet any emergency.
The Republican members have made
patriotism give way to partizanship. They
see the danger they can't shut their eyes
to it; boi as it is a Democralic and not a
Republican administration that has to grap
p e wiih it, they have set themselves down
quietly at their desks and resolved to 'et the
storm blow on. Having brewed disunion
and political and financial ruin by electing
Lincoln, their wish now is to have civil
war break out during Mr. Bcchanan's ad
ministration, so that they may impose upon
the deluded voters who gave them the vic
tory last fall, the false story that the Demo
crats are responsible for ihe deplorable
condition of public affairs. Let not our
people be deceived by them. It is Con
gress thai holds the destinies of the Union
in its hands, and the opponents of ihe Demo
catic party have a majority in Congress
If, therefore. Congress shall fail hereafter,
as it has so far failed, to do anything to pave
the country from destruction, the fault and
the responsibility will rest en'irely with
our opponents And they shall be held to
it. Valley Spirit.
The Antoerat cf the Rnsslas.
Alexander II is pre eminently the refor
mer of the day. By the disenthralment of
myriads of his subjects, Serfdom is rapidly
yielding lo the light and mission of civili
zation. He is corroding time honored
abuses, and gradually suiting the progress
and emancipation of the Russian Serf, to
the demands and intelligence of the times,
so that the path of Muscovite Royalty is
truly Democratic and progressive. The
btilus quo of the m edical profession a: ihe
advent of Dr. Hoiioway in its midst, was
really deplorable, if r.ot actually retrogres
sive, but like the Czar he burst the shackles
which retarded its progres, and dissipated
the fallacies that overshadowed it. He dis
countenanced innumerable errors which
disgraced it, and instituted the doctrine of
reason and common sense. The effect of
his Pills and Ointment in coughs, cold- and
tightness ol the rhe.-t soon became appar
ent by the number ol his patients, and the
increasing demand for his medicines. The
speedy relief experienced by sufferers from
diseases of the chest arising from sudden
colds by rubbing the Ointment upon chest
morning and evening whence it is absorbed
Into the system as salt by meat, is almost
marvellous. It allays the irritation and in
flammation, and disperses the mucus and
humors which collect in the passages and
impede the respiration. The Pills act on
the stomach, liver, and blood, which ihey
invigorate, cleanse, and purify, so that tbe
whole system is thoroughly subjected to
the restorative regulating and exhitira'.ing
Influence of these life sustaining vegetable
and balsamic prepariions. For the various
disorders peculiar to the winter season,
these invaluable medicines will be found
equally efficacious. We must not omit to
mention that in 1851, Dr. Hoiioway had
had the honor of being presented to the
late autocrat Nicholas, father of the present
Emperor, who gave him a most gracious
and distinguished reception, and to show
his high appreciation of his celebrated
medicines, directed an ukase to be issued
authorizing the free introduction and sale of
the Pills and Ointment throughout the Rus
sian dominions. Merchants' Magazine.
Special Notice.
Ihe Temple of Health. Pleasure or Pain ?
Choose between them ! Ye who suffer
from the pangs of dyspepsia, the excrucia
ting tortures of rheumatism, or the-agonizing
twinges of gout whose minds are
depressed by hidden orrov, or bodies
afflicted with internal disease-whose nights
are rendered hideous by (rightful dreams
whose days are spent in sighing for the
silent repose of the tomb whose souls
steeped in the fathomless lethargy of des
pair, dare to entertain the thought of self
destruction as the i-ole relief from grief and
misery hold ! and hearken to the voice
of the multitude who have drank at the
fountain of life and health. Holloway's
Pills and Ointment are the only great
antagonists, of disease, whether of mind or
STAR OF THE NORTn .
. '-JpssTL -- r isjcsy t-V" w-rr? :
WM. H. J ACOBY .EDITOR.
BlOflHSbTRG, WEDNESDAY, JO 16, 1861.
Packer's Message.
According to promise we to-day lay be
fore the readers of the Star Governor Pack
er's Message entire. Comment are unne
cessary, the document is here, and will
speak for itself. We must say that, ii is an
able slate paper, well written, and shows
the State Finances to be in a healthy condi
tion. Our indebtedness under his adminis
tration has been reduced, during ihe last
three years, the sum of $2,236,882 15 By
examining thijr message you will fi.d that
during the past three years the State has
not only met all her liabilities, including
of course, the necessary expenses of the
government, and ihe interest on her public
debt, but has diminished her actual indebt
edness the above mentioned sum. With all
patience ".he country will wait to see Andy
Curlin 's statement.
Senator Elected.
The Republican Legisla'ure of Tensylva
nia, on last Tuesday, chose a man who was
scarcely thonght of for United States Senator,
to be successor of Wili.hm BtGi.rR, by the
name of Edgar Cowav, Esq , of Wetmore
land- He distanced Dr. John's pet, Tariff
Dnve IVitmot, and out-winded all the rest
of 'em. He wa elected for six years. The
Democrats voted for Henry D Foster
McMichael, Wilmot, Pol'ock, Taggart, and
McClure, besides many others, will have to
run their chances lo creep into Abraham
Lincoln's bosom. They all have dull axes
to grind, and as Abraham has made for
himself notoriety by splititng rails," prob
ably he can give them some valuable advice
in relation how to hold them on the stone
and how to have the stone turned.
Appointment by the Governor.
We understand that Governor Packer
has appointed Stkphkn Baldv, Esq., of
Catlawissa, to the position of Associate
Judge, for the Cours of Columbia county,
lo fill the vacancy caused by the death of
of Judge Kline. Mr. B.ildy held th'n posi
tion some few years ago, and we believe
acquitted himself credibly Vt'our next
General E'ection this office will be filled by
the people's choice. There will be two
elected, as the term of- both Evans and
Baldy will have expired.
We learn that our friend SamI'el CRAsy.
of Mifilinville, was an applicant for this
appointment, but proved a little loo short,
Mr. Baldy reaching the farthest. Next Fall
ihese gentlemen will have an opportunity of
testing iheir political strength.
The Star or the West.
We have information that the Star of the
West, the steamer which undertook to take
a re-enforcement of troop? to M-jj. Anderson,
at Charleston, a fewa days since, and was
fired into and hit from Morris1, Uland, has
returned, landed in port at New York with
us iwo hundred troops The Captain give?
a full description of the firing from Morris'
Island, slating lhat but three of ihe balls
took any effect, although. ihe chances for
his safety were noi very great. He pro
ceeded forward under the firing some ten
minutes, when he found his best pan was
to retreat. It is reported that she is ready
to go back, with the assistance ol the
Urooklyn, lo make another effort to so into
portal Charleson, but will wail further or
ders from head quarters. This attack took
place early in ihe morning. We fear this
will be a sorrowful attack for the South
Carolina boys. They should be a little
careful who they fire gun at, else they
may get iuto trouble not so easily gotten
out.
Death of Judge Kline.
We are pained to chronicle the death of
our estimable friend, Hon. Pkter Kline.
one of the Associate Judges of the Courts of
Columbia county, who departed this life,
on Wednesday morning of last week, ai
his residence, in Locust township. He was
in the sixtieth year of hi age, having out
lived ihe average number of years allotted
to man's life. He was, it is said, a native of
Berks county, and removed from thence to
ihis, where he has resided quite a number
of years, and held several very responsible
positions. In many respects Judge Kline
(bad few, if any, equals. He was one of the
noblest works of his Maker an honest man.
He leaves a widow and seven children lo
mourn his untimely death The remains
of the deceased were interred, on Friday
last, in the Catlawissa burial grounds, and
was followed to the grave by a large con
course of people. The disease was an af
fection of the heart.
legislalire.
A few days since Senator Welsh pre
sented some resolutions to the Senate, pro
posing to repeal the obnoxious provisions
in the Act of 1847 and lhe Penal Code, and
they were flatly voted down, every Black
Ilepublican voting against thtm, thus show ing
up their hands, and lhe t-ix Democrats of
the Seriate in their favor. This tells plainly
where the "nigger" is, and who.is his par
ticular lover T:ie member from Luzerne,
with several others, the most radical ones,
made speeches, violently opposing all
propositions for compromise, and advocated
coercion in the moM plain terms The
member from this DiMrict is among the
more moderate of the same school. How
long ihey will stick to this point, or their
present views, as promulgated by them,
time alone can tell. They change their
opinions and positions with as much facility
as a maniac changes his moods, or a child
its fancies. One day they are for concession,
the next day lor war, and the next day
again for concession. No reliance can be
them. Their papers shift about the same
way; One week ihey preach one thing,
the next week something confliclins with
the first; thus they are Uniting speedily to
their ultimate extinction.
The '-Farmer and GKisdsnkr" for Janu
ary is received, and maintains untarnished
its high reputation. It is. a usual, hand
somely embellished and filled lb repletion
with matter of the highest interests and im
portance. We observe lhat ihe enterpris
iny publishers, Mes?rs, A. M. Spaic-licr &
Co., have also Uued a new monthly, enti
tled " The American Bee Journal," which
promises to be a most valuable and impor
tant work for ihose who are interested in
that subject. The price of each of these
Journals is ?1.00, bnt the publishers offer
ihem both, toge her with a pre-paid copy
of either ihe "Year Book of the Farmer and
Gardener." or "Both Sides of the Grape
Question," for the trifling 6iim of SI 50.
Specimen copies of either, or both, of the
monthlies, will be sent w'nhout charge, to
all who may apply for them. Address, A.
M Spanaler & Co., 19 North Sixth Street,
Philadelphia.
Godey's Lady's. Book. We know of no
Magazine commanding more attention of
the American people than thu one in qrjs
tion. Its monthly advents amongst the
greedy public are hailed with delight by all.
They are certain to have their appetites
gratified on its arrival, as it is always
filled with the most choice literature the
country afford. Thi, in connection with
its vast popularity gained as the fruits of
its fashion department, makes it the best
publicat ion of the kind extant. It is, to say
the very leat of it, worthy of example in
every respect, and a hearty patronage, (
which we have no doubt it enjoys.
A Fatai, Accident occurred in Williams
port, on the 4th ins. , during the firing of a
salute in honor of Maj. Anderson The
cannon exploded, seriously injuring Edward
Wilkinson and Joseph Bibb. Wilkinson
had his left arm blown entirely off, his right
arm broken in two places, and his face very
much disfigured. He has since died, and
was buried with all the honors of war ; his
funeral services bei'.g attended by several
bands of muic and military' companies,
besides a large number of relation and
citizent Mr Bibb had his right arm frac
tured. He is recovering.
Distance or the Forts noM Cnimr.
ton. As there is j ist now so much said
about the Forts in Charleston Harbor, we
will .'ive their location and distance from
ttie city. Fort Sumpter is ihree and ihre
eiglhs miles from Charleston, one and one
eighth miles from Fort Moultrie, three
quarters of a mile to the nearest land, one
and three eighths miles to Fort Johnson
and two and five eighths miles to Castle
Pinckney Ihe last named Fort is one
mile from the town, and Fort Johnson is
two and a quarter miles from the town.
Gov." Jacksos Speaks -The Governor of i
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Missouri delivered hi inaugural on the 4tii j
He says the deliny of the slave ho ding
State is identical, and that Missouri i it- !
lermined to stand by the Sonth, ir. whose 1
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wrongs she participates, and with whose
i r i
institutions and people she sympathize. j
Missouri will remain ir, the Uni n so long'
as there is a hope of maintaining the guar
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antees of the ConM.tu ...n, no longer. J
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The John Brown excilement, in Boston,
is resultirg in crime. A young negro a:
tacked G H. Drown with a chisel, at the
Joy street gathering, on Monday night. j
Some unknown fellow threw a hatchet into ;
a crowd, on the same night, gashing ihe j
legofalrid fearfully. Oil his way homr?, ;
Daniel Butcher, a peaceable negro wa i
knocked down and kicked, and his head so
injured that he cannot see.
Sleighing Part? Oi Tuesday evening
last, a large sleighing party from Danville,
viiteri this place, some 30 or 40 couple
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I tipy SToppeu at me r.xcnange, wnere uiej i
were provided for we hope satisfactorily.
Stnator Gaern, of M issou ri, an d Nicho
las of Tennessee, express themselves per
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fectly satisfied with Judge Dongla. speech,
and declare their intention lo support his
proposition.
Iris supposed lhat Maj. Anderson will
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be appointed Secretary of U ar, under Lm
col.i's Administration Old Abe wouldn't be
able to get along without a few Democrats
in his Cabinet.
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Shamokin Bank. We observe lhat per
sons refuse the notes of this bank on ac
count of its solvency. From the bes.1 infor
mation we can obtain, ihis Bank is in a
ood condition, and holders of its notes
need apprehend no danger of loss.
The Shamokin Furnace has been stop
ped owing to the stringency to the money
market.
rou sals;
4 good CANAL BOAT for nJTiW-it
sale cheap. Terms losnit c i T i T3d
purchasers.
E. H. LITTLE.
Eloomsbnrg, Jan. 16, 1561.
foi: u i: int.
A CONVENIENT House and lot in
Binombnrg. The garden is an
exceilerii tuie, and a good well of.
water on the premises. For lur her partic
ulars apply to
WESLEY WIRT.
Bloomsbnrg, Jan. 9, 1861 4w.
FIDMf x0TICE FOR LICENSES.
VOI It K is .hereby given thai th follow
ing per-ons in Columbia county, have
riled their peilons in ihe Conri of Q arier
Sessions, ol I tie said county lor Tavern Li-ceii;-e
in their respective township-, whn-h
aid letiiiotts will be presented la Ihe ai-i
Court on Monday, ihe 4'h day of Februar,
A. D.t lf61, ol which all per-ons iutered
will take iio'ue, and lhe License will be
granted on Wednesday, the Cih day ot Feb
iory nexi 2 o'clock, p. m.
Applicants. Townships
Kzekiel Cole, Tavern, Sugirioaf.
JACOB EYERLY, CleiL
Prnthnnnt ? ry'sOffi ce, )
Shcrtff s Sales.
Ov virue or win 0f Venditioni Exponatn
e directed. iu,i t 0f (jurt t)f
Ccn.mon lMs of th ronmv of Columbia.
PeniisvlvanM.will b expfe to piib'ie .ld
at ile Court House in B'on.nshnra 0,,
MONDAFTHK 4TI1 DAY OF FEB. 1861,
' at one o'clock in ihe i:ertio n, the l.diow'
propeiiy to wit :
All iliHt cr;aiii tract of Lmd tHtmi H
Snijarloaf i(i iif-lii,- Columbia county bound
eil it follows ; Bgi-ir.inw at p0, u
line of lainf of J iiiailin C Penning on, an,
con,ei ol tan. I of George Moorf , thriire on
h road North eihieen anil a half ilfrfe
West, ninei) five pcp'titte am' iv t-nt'x to
a post, il.em-e by land of Christian L. M ore
Somh twelve and a half decrees en, ninety
three ,"er-fie and eight tMti 'h to a t om
whence by land of Ezekiel Shu'z and J c!
Pennington, North eighty four ami three'
qynrier degree, e:isi rifty-nnm nd two
tenths perches to the ph.- of beginning
ronainir.g THIRTY-ONE ACRES and ,-ev-
enty eight ;errhes. strict measur-, nearly
.II of which is improved land. whreon
erected a one and a half -tory Pia-k Duel
ling Houe a Fr-mtt B.mk Barn a Frame'
Wnyon Shed, m S-ill H'Mise and other out
hiid.i.,u with the appure'iance
Seized, lakeu in execution and to olj'
ihe propeny ot John F. L-iub icti.
ALSO : At the ame time and phme. Bn
thai certain loi ol ground, t-itnate in B o inu
burg, Bloom !wnhi, Columbia (nnniy
t'Oiindp I and described as follows, lo wit :
Oti the Nnnh b lands ol Samuel Grn, on
the Ksi-l by an Alley, o i the S nith by lot of
Jacob Evans, and on ihe Wet formerly bv
land of Wm. Sloan, uont.iining oi HALF
OF AN AC UK, more or Ies, whereon j
erected a on and a half ory frame Brew
ery, a Well ol V'."r, and other cit build
ings with ihe appiirenaric.
S'izit, taken in eeeofiOT and In be sol 1
a 'he property o( Jacot L'h.
ALvO : A' i esime time and pi ice, all
that cer'am tract, piece or parcel of land
ruate in S.iarloaf luwnhi;i, Columbia
county, containing about SIXTY ACRES,
about Forty A-re of which it cleared I .nd
bounded on ih N.irth by land of Andrew
H-?-s, o i the South by lud of llr.rrioa
nil Andrew Hess, on We-l by lauds of
Renjtmiri Peteiman, whereon is erected a
one and half story dwelling houe, a frarnv
-laMe, wiih the appurienim-es.
Seized, taken in executi mi and to be sold
as the property of Jacob S. He
ALSO : Al the frame lime and place, all
lhat certain In lot or piece of ground, shuv
in E-pytown, Scot' lowns'.i,), Columbia
county, containing OXK FOUR I H OF AN'
ACRK, more or les, bounded on the S m
by ilnin Slieei Haid town, on the North
by an Alley, on the We-t by an Al!v, n4
on the Kai by lot of Tho:na W. Edgar,
whereon is erecel a two tory Framtdw I
ling House, a Irame Ki'chm, and a fritr?
Ban. wnti the appurteii ores.
S-izrtd, taken in eneou ion and io b col. I -as
tn property ol T'loma C. Fowler.
ALSO: Al ihe svte ijT.e a,.4 puce by
virt' e of a w nt of Alias Vend Ex, all llmt
cerniii In Lot or pi-ce ol Land Mtuat in
F.-pjlowp., Si-oti town'ii Cohrnhi4 rnnn'v
con aimng ONK FOUR I H OK AN ACRE,
rno'i! or less, hounded on Ihe Nnh by r
Alley, on the S idUi bv M lin Sueei o ail
town, o t ihe Ka-l ty m io of Alfred flick
man, ami on me H'et by a loi i( IVilInni
Troiwue. whereon is erei-td a two Smrv
Frame dwelling Ifjue with U appurto
nance. ! Seized, taker, in execution anil ta le oU
j a 'fe prooerj- ol Jo'm Turner.
ALSO: At the ame it, ne and place by
Vendi txpimt and .
vvr" ' tina tuci'is. ai! that ceriaiti lot or
,,r0ll(1i m lh Boronah o Berwick,
ronr.v ol Columbia, bonmied and deH-nbd
lc-ilw-. hi wt : O i lt-.e Sm.ih West bv
'' 1 "."' """. 0:1 ,V,r W,t
and Njrtri Li -I bv lot if Dvi I B inclier.
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and on tfi imti F. ii tiy C inal Mreet. con
la,r.ilia K.m tlrt :, t tt f (-(., j rnulf
and KtMiling biclt Seventy Five and
hi,1! being pan of lot Ni 41 in ihe pin
Ol aid Boro'iJh. wheieon l er-cied
smRY r)WKL ,N(J
HOUSK now nevnpi-d a a TaeM hoaa
or U -j w,ih me ar.punenar.c-...
Si'ed Ukeii in exei-nno i ;i;i I to be (vU
as the property of IWa n S ne'ti-r.
JOHN SNYDF.K, SWtf".
K!oomburg. Jimmy 2, IS61.
Sheriffs Sale,
Y virtue of a writ of Ltcuri f'lCMf, lo
me directed, i:e I out of the Conn of
Common Pittas, of the Comity ol Columbia,
Penult IvLllla. ill be expo-ed to Public
j S ile. at the C.lir Hou-e. in Biooni.biM2,ot
FRIDAY, THE 1ST DAY OF FEBRUARY
i I t al ftfiA n'.'tnrL- it, 1 . -iMornmiii ft,..
r i , i' , . ' . .
t Io loAii-g oeciibed projieriv lo w,t :
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All that the Roadway and Bail Road of lh'
Columbia Coal and 1 on Company, wiih all
S'aunn Hou-est tfl mging tl eret.i, nml ll
other a;purie.ianc-s lher-ol. lung between
! "-"" '"eren, , -egmnii.g at or ner
! Ihe mines of the Columbia dul and Iron
, Comua,iyi 0 lhe K.Ca(ly M .uumf and
j extending thence to t?.e Cdt!wisa Rail
! R ' d, and siuia e. lying and being in iha
j county ot Columbia, together wi Ii ih toll
-nd profits of th sail road thereafter ac
i rruuig aim ato trie ror iniaie irancnisen Ol
i . . ,, 1 ,
, tit,ft.,ni,meil,, ap,jr,7eiia"fice..
Seized laken in execution and io be sold
a ''" l)r"i ihe Columbia Coal aad
j Iron uo.npany.
JOHN SNYDER, Skerif.
Bloomborg, Jan. V, 1861.
REGISTER'S NOTICES.
jOTICE is hereby giving to all legatee,
creditors am) other persons interested
in the estates of ihe respective decedent
and minors, lhat the following administra
tion and guardian Hcronnts have been filed
in 'he rdfice of lhe Register ol Columbia
county, and will be preiented for confirmt
lion and allowance to ihe Orpbar.rs Court,
to be held at Bioomsburg, in the roomy
aforesaid, on Wednesday the 6th da of Feb.
next, al 2 o'clock, in lhe afternoon.
1. The account of John Conner, Admr.
ol Ihe estate of Ann Conner late of Green
wood township deceased.
2. The account of William N. Brown,
Guardiar. of Ljdia A. Drasher, (late Lydia
A. Eckro'e,)
3. The fir-t account of Thomas Cline, &
Kephari Cline, Executors of Godfrey Cline,
,a'e of Orange twp., deceased
4. The. second and final account of Wil
liam Hes, Executor of Conrad Hes, Ia
of Surarloaf township, deceased .
5 The first and final account of George
Weaver, Adm'r. ol th emie Reuben W'.
Weaver, late of Bloom township deceased.
6. The account of Pe'er Noss, Adm'r. of
Jacob Nuss, lain of Mffl n lownhip, dee'd.
a- fi ed by Gideon Nuss Adm'r. of Peter
Nn-S deceased.
7. The account of John Shuman and
Charles Hanmaii Executors ot ihe estate of
J !! Hartinan, late ol Catlawissa lownsb'p
deceased.'
DANIEL LEE,
Register's Office, ) Register.
B!oomburg, Jan. 9, 1861.
A. J. EYAXsl
MERCHJiy T,
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