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cail attention to the very spicy" articlo
nn nnr n:il.l.ll Trnm tlie i'ltr-bur? TirllCi. Cnti-
Mii Qw:..i'n44 rUii'iii Hp ("afhe-lral Pedi-
cation. It is exceedingly racy.
.TUZ rNSSTtVAViA School JoritNJi- for .August
lcorue to hand, and U a very interesting rum-
v' t--- ?v;ti.1 of the cause . of education
CnI.l''Tatroiiii the " School Journal," which l-
now the official organ of the Pepirtini-iit.
-Tim News. There fire.no. news of y iaipAr
tnvo by tlo last arrival fr.nu Enrone., A'Ti'trs at
the. Cr'uuc.iti'i .remain in ft it-t qvo. I'o.th tlic
allies and the RuVian-'continu to strengthen their
..-l-' -r,.1 i,rV.t:ire fur niiother fittack. We tliiuk
il KI k. - - - I " 1 ,
it wiri Vc a long time leforc Scb:istopol ia tuken,
and if it ever should bc.it r-on"t amount toi fnuch.
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..As I.NVJTATI05. The, lmocratio''. Primary
ciecuons- arc io oe uci'i uu wu . j ...
September,' and le-t some of our Whi readers
.ave no. seen the ' or gin' lately, we v.ou'.d inform
them that thyVre 'rami co hi 'laUtj iitrtterl to unite
with the'lAx-ofoeos. and rote at these elections for
candidates! J Very liVral. ain't they ?
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. Ch.vxoh: of Audkkss. Subscribers who wish
their inrcri sent o n different Post-Office.. must
state' thcir'ro'riiier address', a-! well as the new Post
Office'. '' It is ' iwpbVsfiblc ' rbr its' to remember the
names of all our subscribers, or where to find them
inourbook8. Unless this course is adopted; we
will take no notice of orders to chiuitre the diree-
tfvtt-of paj-urs. ' r . : ! ''.
TnB Kii.k. Those of ottr subscribers' who re
ceive this paper will be coiisidered a? hnvins sub-
ui-ribed for the presenf year, autT cannot discontin
ue without paying us for six mouths, which is the
.shortest period for which' subscription are:recciv
4., Iherefor thosu who wish to discontinue, and
have not done so, will give notice to their Postmas
ters immediately, whosa duty it is to iuforni us
Our town subscribers .who wish t) pay in ad
vance! can pay our Carrier this week or next. Jlo
Is authrized to receipt for town subscriptions.
.. .Statu-Coi n ci l of Xbv Jerkt. The Amerinin
tutc Council of Xew Jersey, .met at Trenton of
"ednesllay last. The attendance was very large,
s-.juo.two hundred delegates ocir.g present. The
Council made a change in the ritual, which pre
vents any member from leaving the Order by an
honerable tf tstnission. after a nomination has beer.
ima!.' The'twclfth section of the late Philadel
phia I'latfomi w fnosfcinphatU-ally repudiated.
as nn unwarrantable interpolation' into the Aiccr'
iuan creed, of a subject not pertinent to it, U so
lutions,; were passcl protesting agaiust the repeal
of. the MisiJUri Comproiaisc. . ;
' It was ordered by.vote that all the principle,-.')!
the Order shall be henceforward everywhere open
ly avowed; 'and that each member shall be at lib
erty to make known the existence of the Order
"and the fact that he himself is h "member. ' '
-. Will uk Aci ti T?j The all important question
iast now. is whether Jxo. L. 1.vws.js. whom, the
"President has appointed to sa-iree l t!ov. Hk;:"!:-'
tjovchor.of i-Iansas, will "a,--ce t tlio office. It's vf
ry evident that Gov Tteeler's successor is ex
pected to be more pliable in doing the work of the
oth.-and if Mr. " Iawwn-possses half as mu-.-l;
ielf-respect as he gets credit for, lie will refuse the
o&ro aa i insult, and tell Pierce, Ab.-hicsori J; t'o-
that they :iiast find some one else, better adapted
w tha purpose, fer their tvsd .- '
' It President PiEiict had. studied for cn age .how
Lest to offer an indignity to the State of Peunsyl
vania, he could not Lave succeeded better than in
the selection of anothcr(citi?cn of this Common
wealth to replace Gov. I-.ekdkr -or, c.n we
hink for a 'moment that 'Mr.;D-w3ox, will accent
nalfrir office, in view of this want on'iusult to
"his'nattve-State. :-
,. , Tub LiitcoB Law It U wo doubt wcU known. to
our readers that liquor dealers and their friends in
this State,, have organized a powerful secret asso
ciation for thc purpose of cbfaii'ing the repeal of
the Liquor Law passed by the last Legislature'' and
which goeS into effect in Ocfolief next."'1 It is Said
that in Allegheny county alone, they number some
wo thousand bto hundred..who arc all sworn to
rote for so candidates who are not in fvor of the
repeal. ; It is also said that a fund of 20,000 has
been subscribed for that county, and Sj,00t) actu
ally paid in. . ;, , ..; - t ( ., !'
In viow of thisstate ofthings, it becomes tem
perance men to go earnestly to work to sustain the
present law, and see, at least, that it has a fair tri
al before they abandon it. Wo regret thatit is not
iaoro'sfringent. or rather that we hare not a Pro
hibitory Lifiv "in it? stead:' Eut Imperfect as itmay
be, .if' rfg?31r. entoreed it will-do a-vast deal of
good, by removing and breaking up pliices of re
sort, where intcmpcraiu, iiabiU arc first formed,
and by placing It fc'oyond tho rcaclrof thos'e'whosc
-wires nd children ttarvo and. t'recee for want of
tiro, treai, .anatttol taa,iniUiiaveJbe.eir bought
with tha wpney .expended A or liquor, i A law that
can be enforced for tho protection of tho poor is 1 the individual whom he charges with, an'pESTET
still wortlra atruggl.iaiCtt lfcough.it may not be bical unDERr" if he d-ics.'not have hijii at'onuo
pli that is desired. - ci irt-T",t..I-. - " "
But let this secret association succeed in this first
ptcp-;and who can tell the disastrous consqnnces
that will Jesuit rom jtheir prestige of victory ? I exrvgrrtl:tLti& at all events i a libe!,-for thepnb
The facility with which they obtain f unJsy and I lioattoq of which we would bo liable to a,Trosccu-
the rapid increase oftljei pumbersshould alone
plam every .honest aad .good jeitiien.Y Should
they succeed in this attempt, the Sunday Law will
follow the Buckalew law will be repealed aaid.
at length, all restraints upon the nefarious traffic
will be abolkhejLleemperance men willing
.to.stand by with folded arms, after Jong, years of
Jabor,And tehpld.all they h aye achieved, swept
way Jpy c.ne effort -.of. this midnight gang of ram
pyres, who feed upon' the blood of widows and or
phans? Letthe.mJJhep, prepare for the contest,
jfld;detcrmino.that jiq effort siiajl bo, Ieft-natriel
to defeat theenemius of Prohibition notwithstand
ing heir thooiigfe-orgmeatin n4-wIl filled ar
tayt It' will 'certainly ''require no ordinary exer
tion to defeat futerest'with prhiciTe. ' ' ' ' ' ' "
,, Tnfi St.'.VE Acftt ctiov Cask: Our neighbor, in
his pnper of f:i-t week, undertake? to give -an ac
count (jf ah -excitingi.-enc in Philadelphia, by
which tfiflce slaves were lih'crated. : Jlc says tha
sIhtcs were resctied-by a gang of uegrocs.led on hy
Passmokf. Williams jn-, an Abolitionist, that Mr.
WJiccler, the o-yner' of the slaves,' was seized by
the ihrimt by a portion of the negroes, whilst the
Others Jbirr'l the slaves from the boat which they
were on, into a eah, and drove them cST ami 1 the
shouts of the negro mob. Xow the true story, as
developed on a judicial investigation, and sworn
to, voluntarily. Jy one of the -slaves' before Ald
dtfU)H Crr.vKit, of Xew York, is simply and bricf-
lvtbii-.-j-Col. J:hn' WurKtEit. on his way to .mci
raiua. as Minister of the U. S.. arrive 1 recently nt
r,'L'iTad'elphia".witira slav e mother 1 and twochiUrcn".
Mr. r.vPSKo'itE Wrr.Li awso.v, came o-n boaril the
boat, whi'.o it was lying at the wharf, and asked the
woman if she w:-.ntcd to be free? ?he answered
;I do, but I belong this gentleman, and cant have
it." II" repli'.'d that she could that having been
broutrht voluntarily by her master into, a free
State, she was as free as himself, nod invited her
to go with him. She went with him of her o-.yn
free will uoho-ly forcing her nobody leading
her an ay, She led one of the children, ami a eol
orcd man carried the other. They left the boat,
walked down street to a hack, and drove ofl". This
is the whole story, and what object our neighbor
could have in misrepresenting the fa.ts in the
ease, we arc at a loss to discern. '
There u no principle better settled, and it has
been decided bv Southern Jndges, that when slaves
are voluntarily t;:ken by their owners to a fre
State, whether to remain, or in passing through it.
they are no longer slaves, but are virtually eman
cipated. There can, then, be no doubt, that Col.
UeeKT turteitcu Ins claim to these persons as Ins
slaves, by brinrir:g' them into this State -when
they touched the soil cf Pennsylvania, they were
as free as anv of her own children. -: This being
the easo.we are unable to see how. as our neighbor
says, "our fcllow-citizcns of -the South liavo been
robbed of their property in broad. daylight.".', ; Wc
are equally at a loss to discover how the emancipa
tion of a negro woman and her two children, by
their master bringing them into a, free Stat'.-, is to
affect -the Union of these States.'
But our neighbor also says, -the Know Xorh'r.s
authorities of Philadelphia winked at the o rtt ."'
And what right," pray, would the police hare to iri
terfer with thV personal liberty of thi3 womnn'atid
her children? Any interference on' their part. U:i
less to -assist these porsous. in exercising their un
dername lights, would have, been a most flagrant
vi .l-jtmit ;.f tlwt 1. ......
We'liad intended, iu .this article, to Lave exam
ined the judicial conduct of Ju lgo Kah'. and. the
law u;on the subject, but since we commenced to
write it, we have received a very excellent Cony
mnnication, which expresses our views, and whi-.d
we publish in another olmnn. It is nn !n:portanf
subject, and our readers shouldperusi' 5t attentively
fc-LiciiT t'HAXGE of OriMox: In a lato number
of hi.s paper, our neighbor down street, takes .o'
casiou to call upon the -old-line Whigs," to come
up ia aid of the mighty Locufoca uu ty against
the -Know Nothings'" inviting them to partici
pate in the Deiuojratie primary elections, l.ut jio't
stating whether or not. in the event of success, they
shall participate in the spoils.' ;Wc ir.nst confess
We -were not little-surprised at reii lir.g his ar
ticle. V. e bad been taught to think, from his p.i
per, that ivjiwsv -Xotiiingism was a i'?.Y
tran.'' iir.d it is oidy a short tiaie since wj read a
lengthy article ki.it, entitled -The Inns," in which
thesj same ''iVhizsJ whose aid ho now so lustiiv so
licit j. were stigmatised Ly thc.cuphoiiious appel
lation vf.-Vi'hig About ion' Know ICothTng Na
tive Ainerk-.in' ; arty !" Truly, there is sji.ic cvi
deni here f .t sli ' r.t chancre of c ir.iou ! A xcAt
;' K nor Atith !gitjf: '' v, as a " 1 f 7 V nl-trf,t."
i!-is-t;-,eMi'.-i.'"v are earnestly solieitcd to aid the
"ut.'vrrirTe !" ( '.) I'emberaer in ove'-.tiii niit-': the
sverct. oath-bound organization"-';.. A -j ear ago,
tid tannines wtfe too luraii-i-r-o abuse ,tug vilv.
to stigmatise :hcse--"U:gs;"" now they are earn
estly cajoled nii-1 solicited to fa; I into r.ii:k. iud
assist in the cra.-fr le against a more fuiJu:-J.ib!et-ii-emy.
Of course they v. iii be obedient to the call!
It is ccrt;'.i T."y playing "rather a strong games t
cart
ipon those whom they have for years slander
ed and at used to come to their as-'i'-tence now nnd
save thtm horn dofer.K : Po they snT'-pose that (lit
Whigv, whose votes they . tire so eager, io obtain
havo fu'rgotton the manner in which. like a pack
of hell-hounds,, they villi&c-l and dogged :the inv-
mortal Clav,. the idol of the .Whig -party, to the
very, hriuk of the . tomb? Lo they suppose that
they will now ift-givs and forget the vile slandjis
and foal mouthed . abu jo heape J upon theni arid
their glorious leader? Is it not worse fiian pie-
sumption.'to "so ic-it the followers find admirer of
the patriot Cr'.Xr,' to "lay down in pca-ceful fellow
ship, "'with those who charged him with being a
ttJxirfcJier. n ramhnm and a, xubbaJ fi-breq. tu ,r with
hnvhig pcrjir&l . himself to secure a seat in the
Un'i.tvd States tat;. with being a duellist and a
murderer; and loaded him with every other op
probrious epithet to be found in the language. .
There isnutaingle Whig, worthy to bear tho
name, who will not reject with scorn the whining,
plttiful solicitation to form an alliance with those
who slandered, persecuted, and murdered Ilksis v
Clay! ' ';;'' ' ' " ;; ;,; - ": '
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C.s-T do IT. We havo received a lengthyjcom
muuication from. I. uther.sburg, - detailing n most
gross medical outiJigOj which, if true, subjects its
perpetrator to a heavy penalty'. If the law did not
provide an adequate remedy, we might bo induc
ed to publish thi3 article, and thus expose thr con
duct of an ignorant quack.,!nnd caution the com
mntity against his';groundios pretentions: .But
the columns of a newspaper aro "not tho place to
seek, a remedy for tmo h evils; . They . are.. to
found in a Court of Justice, aiid; if this conjmuiii-
cation be truut its author is equally culpable with
1 idicred and uiade to answer' for his conduct before
J a proper tribunal.' We "have 'another reason, also
I for not publishing the commnnis&tt(m.rr Tfe Wwy be
I tion.:' cither uro wo disposed to make pur paper
j tho arena for. tho gladiatorial "display of the physi
I ciang of .Brady,, or any other locality.: Thoy must
j settle their quarrels, or fight them out in some oth
cr manner; 'and, as wc said before, so far as the
protection of tho publie interests are concerned, ih
this case at least," the Couft of Quarter Sessions is
the proper place to seek a remedy-" -"
I lectio NETTS.-i-'The American party have car
ricd Tennessee by a large majority GbxtrV, th
Amoiican candidate for -Governor is.clcctd., Ifu
gain in nineteen counties are 2160. Davidson
county giveshim a majority of 1200.."N"orth Cara
Iina, has gone Democratic. The Democrats have
probably elected a majority of Congressmen. "
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JrpiciAi. Doigk-Fai es. One Wheeler, U. S.
Envoy to Sicaragn. brought to Philadelphia three
slaves,' a womn and three children, one seven, thj
other eleven years of ago. The master and his
servants werc.rw route for New York. While upou;
the steamboat,."thc wom:in found means to make
known hc'desire-io be free. Passmorc Williini
son. Secretary of the. Anti-Slavery Society of Phil
adelphia, went on board the boat, told the woman
that she and her. children were as free as !heir
master.:1 i;d advised her to leave the boat. . Wheeier
resisted the departure of Iho slaves, and they were
assisted to leave the boat by several negro porters,
At tjic fnstance oC Wheejer. Jobn'K. K.-Uie. tH--';
U. S Judge o the Eastern District of PenhsylVa
hiafa waidcT 'a" vfrirof ?i alea'T'tarjutr: commnTid-
ing Passmorc Williamson to pro-lno'o the bodies f
the lierop?.'1 To this I writ. Willimuson made re
turn that tha'.persons uauicd in the writ, : twr
either of thbiu, ar iui now, uor wcro at the time
of the issuing of thowrit, or at any ether time, ia
the custody, power, or o.-jcs,-io!i oi the respon
dent, nor ly him confined or restrained" where
fore he was not able to producs them.
For making this return. Judge Kane ordered
Williamson to answer for a contempt of Court.
and on the hearing, committed him" to prison.
without bail, or mainprise," where he now lies.
It is difficult to characterize this proceeding iu
temperate language. Ail impartial reader, on
view of the facts, would naturally deem the con
duct of the Judge an unparalleled outrage. Hut
the dough-taees ofthe Loeofoco party wUI endeav
or to pervert -tlio public mind, or .to avoid the is-
sue by some
jf their-asto:u:ry.vP-lge.s. and -it
will not be surprising to hear some of them who
pretend to ho lawyers: approving of tho decision of
Kasi:. and asserting that the indignation express
ed at itin some quarters, is merely the babble of a
few ' villainous aliolition ists.'t
I prlosc. Mr. Kditor, to endeavor to show that
the decision of K vnk was erroneous both in fact
and in law, and if I should seem .tedious., the im
portance of the subject, no less than that of'Hhe
great light of personaliberty. must plead my.cx-,
cuse.
Kaxb bases his action on the words in the return.
- or at any other time'." lie admits that Williamson.-?
answer is correct and proper, with the ex
ception of these six words, but the addition of
these six words, make? Williamson liable to bo
punished at the discretion of the 'Judge, for a con
tempt of Ctmrt.- -
-Now thes-i words." uor at any other time,? do
not constitute a contempt of Court. The powers
of Court to poiush. for contemj)ts at the common
laWj wore so-extensive, that Congress deemed it
npcs.sary to limit them. The act of .Congress of
tho 2 1 March, 1S31, 'declares the right of the V. S.
Courts "to liuiiish for contempts, only in case ofj
" the ittixMftvtor of a person or persons in the
jtrrsre of the Court, or so near thereto r. t ob
struct the administration of justice" :- and the
tiisii'teitiziHV cr resistance of any ofaccr of said
Courts, party, jurory witness, or any oilier person
or persons to -any lawful wiit, ic. of the Court.'
. Hero- is the sole authority tinder which any
Judge can punish pT contempts in the U. S. Couj-ts.
for a statute is a limitation of the common law on
its subject matter, and is to bo construed strictly.
It seems n:i!-ecc.-sary to argue that Willi imsou's
case, even by the most glaring stretch of petti
fogging ingenuity, car.iiot bo brought within the
r,ri-is"oTis fthis!nw. 'lie did liot -iitMcha vc in
the presence of tho (.'ourt. cor i:-4ir it : ho did not
f."v;.' 'v or W-f tha mundat-j of. the Court. How
then is he guilty ." T
- '.-l!ut,:r.:jayi Kaxk. and after hiin the dough
faces, like a itek of hounds.... re-echo the cry. -but
he Mi-.L d'i'-i-j'. ii, and ,rot'.Y ilie niandato , of the
Court." Hemakes.au issue with tho respondent,
and decides it against' him. Mr. WilHam-s-fn says
the slaves were never in his possession.' Were
they ? If they' wei-i, '.Tud ga ' ICavie is so far right,
and the return is false-. : If thy were not. Julgf
Kar e lias manufactured facts and law to suit them.
Suppose these negroes to bo chattels, had Wil
"ialuson ever any ; possession of ,them ? .If A.
owns a.;hoie, the right tt jrop.crty and the right
of- possession : concur in him; wit if A. lend his
horse to 1J. or if 1". take him wrongfully from A.,
then the actual, possession of A. is gone out of
him, and isiu B. But suppose B. goes to the tav
ern' door, where A. is .-itting. with his horse tied
to the po.st, and remonstrates with A. npoji the cru-i-lty
of leaving his hore in the snn. and-simultl-ncously
two ether men. movod by tho same feel
ings, loosen the rein of the horse, and ho escapes ;
in such case; has- the of the horse ever
ItceiiinB? ' 1 1, is a perifeiion of language to as
f crt iU , So with. Williamson. He went upon the
boat, and .toil tho woman that, under the laws of
the State, she v.' as free, and told her master that
he Williamson, would be responsible for any legal
right- of the master. At tho same time, four por
ters -upon the boat, entirely unconnected with
WiPiamson (so far as is proved; i;ssisfedtho woman
to leave the bout.' nr. 1 prevented tosistaiwe on the
part of 'Wheeler. : ;Wi-re the woman and children
nwintho possotsiow'of Williamson?. The argu
meiit that Vi'iiliaiuKon .went to the boat,-with his
assistants, and forcibly abducted the slaves, is not
sustained, but ou the contrary, directly negative..-!
by tho evidence. ; ,.
But suppose the so-called slaves to have been free,
and that they were .freed by the act of their mas
ter. nr4ier tho; laws. pf Pennsylvania, is beyond
controversy, although K.vxu affects to have some
doubts on. this point. Then, if the woman was
free, she was the legal custodian of her children,
and if she went off voluntarily", 'the pretence that
Williamson ever had 'possession of her is prepos
tsrous'" -Nowithis woman. Jane Johnson by name.
In a 'sblemn nGidavit, -made sinco this committal
for contempt deposes, that she wanted to be free,
tii.it she found means to make known her situa-
be j .ion to ona of tho servants- on tho host, that she
went. voluntarily, thutihe was in no way ocrced,
and that she would never return. Tn what sort of
position, is.. K v"1; placed by; the new evidence
thrown into the , case? I suppose that he would
act furthcr.tho,: negro-catcher,, and decide, that a
slave's affidavit is. not evidence.!' Fortunately,
Kaxk is not the Court in this case, but a far great
er tribnnal'than 'his "the people of the' .North-'-w
ill give judgment in the matter.' 1 "'' ' ' ' '"
--But' suppose tho return of : Passmoro M'illiam
6on ta the llifieeti Corpnt to have been false? Sup
pose it to -have been proved, not only to tho wtisf ac
tion of the Judge,, but legally,' that- the .slaves, or
free persons of color had-onoe been in the posses
sion of-Williamson had Kaxk, in smch. case,' the
power to commit Williamson for contempt oJ'Uom i?
To this I answer, he . had no authority or power
whatsoever. . . ......
i, I do not propose. Mr. . Editor, to enter iDto the
discussion of this branch, of the subject. To' do
so, would ' consume loo "mueh' of your space.
Moreover, the point Is a legal o'no, exclusively, and
I should not bo able to popuhurizcit sufficjeutly to
render the argument of utility. But. I assert that.
by the Common Law." the laws" of Pennsylvania,
,- lFor the Journal.
snd the laws pf the . United States, tho making of
a false return to4 a writ of" Habeas Corpus,, ; is riot
sucu a contempt:of Court as wpl entitle the Court
to commit tha party niaking the false returnat
the discretion cf thcvJadge. and 'if any lawyer i
disposed to qncstionj this position. I comjnend to
his attention art argument on' this su.hjoit, to lc
fouiid in the 5sorth Aairrlrau of-Jaly Zl'over .the j
Vignaturc of -0111151. which, in A powerful and j
dispassionate manner, show that Kank has been
guilty of a most unwarrantable assumption of au
thority. .- . ...
One would suppose at the fiist blush, that Kaxb
has acted iu i 'uorance of the law, although surely
.4noiiittx"t tlyit "1gnoraiiea of tjlio l:Mr cxeuseth
r.o!o!ne.s''sl:6ihd'be sti ljtly'h'c! dini tile'-ease of a
Jndg . Bntirr K :, it mMt bc nllowed lMtth
knave predominates over., tho fool. His antece
dents are too notorious to peria.it, hint, to claim ;the
impunity allowed to stupidity. He, Jo:in K. K.vxr.,
is the iuithor of the infamous -Kane Letter,'" which
in" 15 11 was used by every I.ocofoeo stump orator,
and very Loc,ofooo journal to prove that, James
K..Polk, was a better tariff mati than Ileury Clay-"
Kaxb concocted in Philadelphia this letter; and
pent a rough draft of it to Polk ; the latter signed
it, returned it, and it stood as tho profession of his
tariff principloH uutil 1H tS, when hesigned the bill
which gave the lio to the "Kane Letter." -,i .;.
For this' piceo of dirty work, Kank received the
judgeship which 16 now disgraces. Up to the
present time, he has had no opportunity to bring
himself befor'd the pitblie conspicuously. " Luckily
for him. however, the oeo.ision has offered it elf,
and he has embraced it. .
Every Locofoeo olli.-ij.!. under the administra
tion of, Pierce, know? that ho holds, his jdiicc,
upsiu the condition, that in every emergency, he
will devote all his ski"! and energy to the inter-'
csts.of the Smith. A commission from Tierce,
whatever its patent purview, implies a latent pro
viso, that the appointee, whenever the occasion
offers, shall show himself to be a willing slave
catcher. Hero was nn openii.g for Kaxk.' lie
issued a IT-i'ier' Corpt'-s to Williamson, in the des
perate hope, that the 'negroes would be brought
up. in which case. Kaxk would have remanded
them to- the custody of Wheeler;' . But being dis
appointed, he vents his spite end r'ago upon Wil
liamson, and proves what Sani Wcller. says, that
no magistrate fails to commit hmsclfthri.ee as of
ten as he commits others, : . ,;. .- : , ,4 . ; . ,
.K.vxf: is evidently hopeful of ,i higher appoint
ment from Pierce. He . knows that the days of
Loeofoeo rule are numbered, and that Tic lntist lick
the dust before the awful'Pouth iii' order to entitle'
liiinself to notice,' in ca-?c of an "opening npon Ihei
Supreme Bcneh. Perhaps he will suceerd. for he
se;ms to judge shrewdly of Pierco. But it is
more probable that he will learn, thateven the ju-
dicial ermine is no protection when he undertakes
to violate the right cf personal liberty. .Tjinc
will show, ... -,.',: f'-
Correspondence of "tha : Journal- .. . . ..
. rillLAPKLM i A, August 4. ISjj.
It is an old saying that "there Is nothing new
under the sun." and in many instances it may hold'
4;ood, but when one eoiucs to look at that ever va
riable article, ''the weather,' -perhaps some new
phase may bo found. Certain it is. that venerablo
individual, 'the oldest inh ibitant,'Mins no recol
lection of such a damp season as we are just now
enduring. Bain is the order of thc.day without
much appearance of abatement, .Here everything
is perfectly soajic-.l, and our hou-es j;nd storea. arc
as damp as if some universal housc-ele ining mnni.1
had overtaken us, on i ' Fairmount had been too
freely" 'used. ' 'k-essionalty the sun peeps ont'he
fwecn thc briken edges of t!:e clouds, and pours
down fiieh burning rays, that wo cannot qnife for
get it is Augnst yet. Bnt it is pleasant in the eve
nings, nnd. mornings, which.'is a great, relief to
thosj who aru , members, of tko Cnnt-gefc-iaway-T
club."' whiah is a very re.-pcctiiLlo organization,
and numbers pretty much of the business portion
ofthe city. f.r. .to te'.I the the. truth, even while
summer yet lingers, we are preparing for cur fill
ti A'.le, and hot as it may seem, merchants arc-handling
blankets rn' flannels, with as much impa
tiencs as though they wcro in immediate demand
for consumption. ' ' ' '' "- '
.. The number of merchants from the West, iu the
city is about as large as it usually, is. at this season,
aiid every day but addsto it and thchopc 'oogins
to arise, that our superior Bail Boa-l coiiiicciior.s
and facilities, will yet bring i's in-o nearer rela
tion, with th? gr .at; A rieu'.tur.il reirion of our
country.. There is hti reason' wliafever why Phil
adelphia 'should not be an equal;-" at least, in' the
great arid growing internal trade, nnles she drives
it away from her doors.: Wc have now the short
est road to encjrtj ;;W5 leyoifl l'et ffhtrg, and ex
cept it he. through our territory, no other city can
possess the samo advantages. The Main 'Line of
our Internal Improvements js stijl the property, of
the State, and, if they ean bo disposed of.-.to some
company essentially Pennsylvanian in its clrarac'
tvr, wo masJ-bo of necessity, he ail quarters for Jlae
trade of the! west. . : ? 1 -!.fr-.:
' In tho political arena,- very littln is "stirring at
present ;if -.w.e except tho sto-nggle inthe Councils
of our city to pass ThoMilliou Loan BilJ.." as it
is called. ., L'nfortiiaately wo. are in. debt, without
ability to produeo the needful, and the American
Party in the Common Council, a'ro striving to
fund the debt, by creating a loan to" pay it off and
then commence anew. While the Loenfoco party
of which there are a few left ure with five or
six exceptions, opposed - to and determined to pre
vent it; and: whilo tho wontention goes on, thecrcd
it of tho city is suffering, ourchool teachers arc un
paid, the jioliec are our creditors, and hosts of
bills for various purposes, arc daily refused pay
ment by our Treasurer, even though th orders
have been drawn forthcm for many weeks. These
"things are consequences" upon tha formation ofthe
new city government,' and the payment "by it, of
rust debts eroated by some of the old districts, pro
vious to consolidation j however, it is to be hoped
that all will go on straight before long, . -
.Considerable excitement has been, caused .here
by the arrest and imprisonment, by order of 'Judge
Kane, for alleged contempt of court, of "J'assmor'o
Williamson.' an active young Anti-Slavery man of
this city. "The facts "of tho case you will have froni
tho daily papers; ere-' this, but' the end is not yet;
many persons Ihink Ju3go K.,' exceeded his "au
thority" In "Lis arbitrary'-jmtu;'tiiicnt, . and in all
probability-it will be testotl ief jto tueipropej
"court.! This thing ehould.ho settled, ,Pennsylva:
.nia a sovereign State, and hor laws are. binding
n every, one .'who enters her 1 borders. '..If Col.
Whcek-r yoLuiifcvrily brought his slaves herc'thoy
arc free, and. I, o any" ouo else," have a perfect
right at any,.t!iao to inform" them. thcre'of' "But
somcthirig"'cli'e has turned up 16 giv'b a rathc dif
ferent view of tho affair than "was given at' the
examination. - "Jane,' tho slave, has sworn to ii
Wtafeinent which is published in New Ydrkj that
h wishod'-to bo free', and that sAc was.7o "fore
nd ituniy against lisr .eoHiott..;. j;- ....
It is seldom a steamboat disaster- ocenrs on our
waters, but of late wc seem to' be losing our claim
iif exeuiptjiginiffiyti.th
a weVk ago, ih.e
fiiie steRmef - John
eftutns," was! entirely" d:f
trCyed by lire, rni ubotft 9 o'cloct on the'ercniig
of the 2-1 Inst-, the steamer " Muintonomir'-' cauvsi
in collision. with" smali tteam-tug, aboui a mile
below this Xavy Yardpnd sunt, She wa near
thefhore-at the time and by being at once run
upon '-tha ' ftatsv7 she?; sunk in' shallow , water.
There were about 100 passenger' (about- half rf
them womcu and children) on board at the time,
all of whom were taken off uninjured though con
siderably frightened.
We have" one thing, however, amid all the vexa
tious which attend a city lift', which wc can-enjoy,
that is a very fine r.iaiket. Plenty f cvtry-;
thing to eat. Apples are coming in finely; jeacb-'
e are makings then- -appearance; watcr-iuaUons .
arc beginning to pile -up at the corners of the
streets; green corn, tomatoes,, and other vegetables
are in profusion. If sofue of your readers could
only spend .a week or two here just now,. I think
they would hardly like to return ' home till fall
cuts off part of our full suppty. Yours. ' O O".
. For the Journal. ,
31 it. Swooi'K : Permit me, through your columns,
to recommend to tho Whig State Covcntion. which
is to meet on the I Oth of September, the name of
Mtxxls'c Sri-.vEssox, of this Cojinty, as candidato
for Canal Commissioner. - - - -
M;:. Stkatnsox; has always been a consistent
hardworking Whig, in aJditon to which he is a
prajtieai man, having spent soino six years of his
lifo on tho Public works. He is well qualified in
every- respect to dis-.-harge the dutie-s of the oflico,
and his nomination will bohailci with enthusiasm
by the AVliig Purty throughout this section of the
tints'. ' . Yours Ac., ' A-WilK.
- Br.Mov.U. " oV. IU.edeu. As wc announced
last week, the President has removed Gov. -Kkkii-ki:.
of Kansas, and m-poiutcd tho llou. Jxo. L.
I'AwsoN. iu.his stead. It is not often that we are
able to coincide with any sentiments expressed by
the ilarri.-ljurg " lii-maenitie Uhku. but the fol
lowing article most certainly expresses our views
upon this "subject : ' "" " "
'A idow which will recoil with terrible effect
has lici'ti -struck by tlio 2v7atioiml Atiiuiniatra
tion. AVliuthci- ii was. the iuipulau of a gal
vanized imbccilrty, ill-judging counsellors,
malice or ilisappointinont,' we little care. A
gross and fi igrant wrong has however boen
perpetrated,' a wrong which ere long will bring
shame aud reproach upon those who were its
iustisrators and its doers. 1 he hour has pass
ed when a specious tale will deceive the peo
ple. ' No puerile ch.irge of land speculation
can bullet an instant ;against ttie, stcrm ot
wrath which will he aroused.- A high-minded
honor.. b!e, fearless and determined man lias
been wahtonh' and basely stricken downj be
cause he asserted and would -vindicate- the
rights ot freemen against a hord-e of lawless
"and law -break iui rutli.ins. Because Governor
Keewck sought to tiuow around the ballot
box the shield and the guards 'winch our re
publican laws Create and ordain, because he
has had the cour.igj to bo a just iiuu manly
executive, regardless of menaces . and even
personal violence, he has been .'removed from
his position laid another h-.s been sought out
ti fill 'the ilaee ht5"has made so honorable.
Ostracism has not .k'c n Athenian, ciibto-m
aloue, nor has AiistHes been its only victim.
The consequences of the act of President
PiKitfit can to some extent be foreseen. - Tlie
same 1'ennsylvaiiia which so cheerfully'cast
lor him her eJectwi.tl vote, having faith in the
Xew Hampshire man, will shrink from him
w it'u avulsion. .To him she looked for 'a hearty
approval amrendofsvment of the- means taken
bvone of her sotio ( secure to the settler the
rights attaching to him as an American citi
zen. . Grievously, h is she. been disappointed,
ami she wiil mourn to lunik how her confidence
has been misplaced 'and how 'her trust has Ixteu
ruthlessly shattered...--Pennsylvania, will, not
btaud alone in the rebuke tos be uttered;
around her 'will cluster many of .her sister
.St.-.tes entil that administration--which 'was
borne into ixjivcn 115. on-the topmost wave ofthe
popular wiil,.-wili sick so low that there will
he none ,po-r 4.0 lo it reverence.. As its
death w ill . be that ef the suicide, there will
neither be the itiHcIiery of 'mourners nor the
biirlesipie of a funeral, it does seem passing
strange, that so far. lorgetlnb of the plaee of
his birth, bis youth and Lis manhood, forget
ful of the great free Xoi t'i,' it was ii fo't't-gona
conclusion iri the mind oi" ti e -President-that
in att-dclimcc of whatever might be the voice
M" the people, lyjuas was to be doomed to sla-:
very. And to what other conclusion must we
come? The' deplorable scenes witnessed at
every election district when m?mlcrs of the
territorial legislature were, chos.uu, are sadly
familiar -.wherever.. the expression of :sia 11117
shackled press has been heard. .The peacea
ble citizen was' overawed in ' the ' exercise of
the most sacred prerogative l' a freeman, by
the presence and most, unlawful interference
of united ruHLms.j the spawn , of , an adjoining
State. , "Where, civilization is, .that element of"
political justice, as ohuueiated 't- Godwin, is
recognized to be a truism that " to ehdearor
to impose onr sentiments .by. , force is the most
detestable species of persecution."; :And what
other than, this were .the high-handed pro
ceedings ofthe Missonri'mob? They were
hot content that those who" had alone the right
should determine for -tlierasidves; under the
law their own institutions, but by ..violence
were s.'titiments other than their ov.ti to 'be
forced' npon -the' Kairsas settlers-' Earnestly
did the press "of; our land inveigh, against an
outrage so monstrous, and a burning , stunt of
iiidignatioii was Haul led in the breast o every
man whose .sense of justice Was unclouded.
And with&lj'onr Prc.stilentias ca;st his otiicial
in d notice and wo are ; gratified tiiat. it has
grown au small w ith the law deliers.
Although another of Pennsylvania's gifted
sons is called fo be the successor of Gov'
Ii KEDERj'if aflbrdS'PO consolation. ' If brings
not a ray of light -through the thick darkness
pf her regrets, ,ller sorrow is too deep in the
removal of one animated by, a high feeling of
truth and justice to ' find any $oy in the very
doubtful honor paid to another.-But, the voice
f tho Keystone State, will luake itself clearly
heard. Blind giant as she is, her cry will come
up througout her extended, borders for ven
geance. - L'et him' upon whoso- head it falls
beware! t And well tcro-does. she .know how to
rewatI,heraLthful, IIer son, so foully treat
ed when n tlie noble. discharge of duty as the
Executive In' a riewiy fledged 'territory, may
yet cKrts tlie hoiiored Executive of the State
sdcorid; iu!,' wealth, -.power. -.and -population, or
represent her interests in tljc. .Senate. ofs the
nation.' .The 'once rejccted 'niinister ; plenipo
tentiary became the President of ' tlie United
States! -t Tho. Rssoii hxt not lost its meaning,
A-homily of. like-, imjort may yet Le.read.to
an adminbtration upon whose frontlet Its own
fatuity has written i'V)OOMKl'.' - u " : - ;-
' ' " '-' ' ' . . . r ' ;
'- -TnE Di ap-II ha ir Sste. The Boston Horf
aid in a clever .article.; ou- tho 7. railway; dcad
liead system, remarks:, "Editors do not, piss
fre? iver railroads, and they are hoi 'dead
heads in any S Mise of the ' ternf." Thry 'pay
more for their rail road Tares : thaii .any-other
class of people.: The charges of dead-headisn
ought, to be reversed,; The railroads are dead
heads upon tlie press, receiving gratuitous fa
vors from us iii t lie proportion of one hundred
fo one. ,? -There is some truth inthii.' -' i .-.1
Tjb-vgedv at Coxey Island. A sad acci
dent occurred on Wednesday, at Coney Island,
X. Y., where a number of persons from WH-
liamsnrg were bathing .-ijlne Herald says :
All'passed oil pleasanflv until a crv was
raised the undertow'" 'dhe undertow!"
and on lookjns towards the ocean tho com
pany saw with dismay five of their party drift
ing .'tit to-sea. Great contusion immediately
prevailed, and efforts were made to procure a
boat, but none could be found for a mile either
way along me noacu. - o 01 ner resource be
ing left, the doors or the bathing houses were
torn otf and shoved out after the persons in
the water, and two of them were saved thereby.
Eut the most melancholy part of this storv
Vcniaiiist.0 be .toldi I H appears tli diUiculty
ort"rinatel uv& voung laftj" tiamou -Jiarv Ann
Elliott gcttjug beyond her .depths ami Reeling
the undertow taking her out, she scrcansed out,
"I am sinking, save; me!" :ller father, Kev.
John Elliott,- who wain the water, seeing the
danger of his child, swam towards her; but
before reaching the spot where .she was, he
was also taken with the current and drifted out
to sea and soon sank, lie rose once to the
surface and threw' his -arms wildly' in the air,
then sank again and was seen 110 more.
The peril of Miss Elliott was also seen by a
Mr. Thomas Giblons,' the allianced husband of
the lady, who immediately 'waded and swam
to where she was struggling iri the water, and
succeeded in holding her up To some time
The greatest excitement prevailed at the mo
ment the tragedy was being enacted, and no
one seemed able "to ofler any assistance. Tho
couple were borne, out rapidly and those on
the shore gave them up for lost,. 'when it was
seen that Mr. Gibbons had secured a piece of
timber, and had seized it for support, but it
was not large enough to uphold both, and Mr.
Gibbons disengaged himself from Miss Elliot, .
and told . her to giasp the suspenders of his
bathing dress behind, while he held on to the
wood. This she did for a time, hut, with a
true woman's devotion, seeing that her lover
was sinking," and fearing that he would drown,
she suppressed in that moment of peril, when
the horrors of death were clustering around
ner, the sellish iustinct of her nature for life,
ami let go her hold, though he begged her for
God's sake and her own sake to never mind
him, but herself. She soou sank and was seen
no more. Mr. Gibbons was fortunately drifted
towards a point on the island wherw he found
a foothold, and was dragged ashore by means
of ropes. '
Two other persons, Mr. Henry Boyd, jr.,
au.d a Miss Eastman, were also brought in the
same current, but fortunately managed to se
cure one Of the boards floating about nnd were
towed towanls the shore. -1 Mj! Eastman had
stink once or twice,-' and was so overcome by
terror and her injuries that it. was feared she
will not recover. She was taken to the Ocean
House, and now lies there in a critical condi
tion. Mr. Boyd escaped Unhurt.
This melancholy affair caused di'cp feeling
. it4iMlaudr-aiKl -the &ulf-devotlun,. eilulii
ted by the unfortunate girl was the theme of
many an admiring eulogy. She was quite
young, and said to be of rare beaut j-' of person
and 'amiability ' of disposition. Jt will le a
heavy blow to her relatives in Williamsburg.
Her "father, wlu : was drowned was a local
preacher in th Methodist, church, and whs
much respected for his many virtues.
TnE 1'iBLic Works axd the Railroad.
A- llarrisburg correspondent .of the Franklin
Repository aud Wiiig makes some grave charg
es against the Pennsylvania llailroad Com
pany wdiich may -involve the latter in serious
trouble, if correct. He says one part of tlie
charges made is that tho Railroad Company
has bought ojf, the transporting companies by
giving one company $40,600, another SO'IjO'ni
to withdraw thelrboats from the'Canal, and
thus force all the carrying trade upon the rail
road. " . r-f . . ;.. .. . . . .
i'fiicii I first heard this ch.srge mad;-, I
thought it untrue, but I ani now convinced
that there is some reason for making it. I am
als informed on good authority, that the At
torney. General, under the dir.-ctiyn of the
Governor, has inquired of the Railroad Com
pa'ny in regard to these charges, and that the
Company has admitted that there is norr.e trv:h
in them", but -say "they ire not. .so bad as
represented. The AUoiuey General his de
manded an explicit, answor, and the coinpaiy
hits fixed an early day for giving their version
of the matter. Vou may rest assurud that the
Governor lias determined to probo.fhe. matter
to the -bottom,, (in which he will be suMaiue l
by' the people,) and will call to his "aid all the
power ofthe law to slop any such abuses." If
true, a inoro illegal act was never committed,
and the Directors, of the Pennsylvania Kail
road Company will find when it is perhaps too
btte, that they will have raised a' storm of pop
ular indignation before which they will bo
hurled f rom orhce, as chad" before the angry
w ind. and their chartered rights, and jll-gottcn
possessions resumed by the Commonwealth.
They have been so uniformly successful in con
trolling the Legislation of the State to suit
their own purposes, that they have become em
boldened by past successes, and think them
selves omnipotent. They are however wofui'.V
mistaken. The people" will as one man sus
tain the action of their independent and fear
less. Executive in all that . ho,. may do iu the
premises,, for if through the veuality of , tha
employees of the Canal board no revenue does
accrue to the Commonwealth, still the carry
ing trado-ot the country caii be accommoda
ted, and we are not willing to be cheated put of
the value of our public improvements J-y a
corporation which has grown up through our
care, and prospered through bur indulgence. n
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; Calhoun ,ixi the Mi-solui CouruoiusE.
A chapter in tho second volume of Col. Ben
ton's, "Thirty 'Years" View" contains a pas
sage from a speech of Mr.! Calhoun iu lS
showing that he had been in favor of tho Mis
souri Compromise at the. time it was adopted
blamed.Mr. Randolph for his "uncompromis
ing" opposition to it and had since ch ring
ed his opinion because it encouraged the
abolitionists. The: veracity of -t hat chapter
having been rudely assailed, aud. application
having been made to Col. Benton to confirm
the assertion that the -answers of Mr.' Calhoan
and the other cabinet officers' of Mr. ' Monroe
were found in theStateI)ep;irtment, whileMr.
John M. Clayton was Secretary of State. Col.
B. addressed a note of inquiry" fo Mr. Clayton,
who answered that, though the questions' and
answers cannot be, found, tlie archives-of tbs
department show that they were.. indexed am
filed. Mr. C. was told-they had been" "abstrac
ted from the' records and could not be found?
but be did not. make a, search for thenr' himt
self., -,Hi has never doubted that Mr. Calhoua
at least acquiescexljuthe Jecisiou yf.that dty.
Since he left the Department of State, he Im
heard it fumored'" that Mr. Calhoun's" answer
to Mr. Monroes queries had been, found, but
kitows not npon what autborityfho. statement
tasttuadef . r.
" FifK Million- GoLi.---ThevBritish ship
Red Jcketv with the Aus.trilian mails for
England; put into Bio Janeiro On the ltth or
Jutti for 'sHpplies; "nd sailed ta following
rtavtSii.hil thnje.liUDred passengers and
the immense suiu of three ;uiUioJi .dollars, w
goh'U niaking, with the manifest of the ship
I.ightnitigi' upwards 'of fiveniillTous of gold
sbffiiied front Anstrilia -for' England "-within
thirty days, .ai-.-f - .-.v . i.-tj v: 9-.-.'.-;7"'"
Ready money payments-ar tlte lest
promoters of. frugalityi !.';.-: , n b .. - . :
Hoi
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