THE REGISTER.
BTILLIKAN FU4141), #atio . g Editor
tho Amoco of the übliolw nstise duties
o[Ais appointment Deputy Marshal.]
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TIIRSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1851.
tilf"l am yet too much eegajed in ether duties
',lgive ewn personal attention to the newspa
`r intended tor have given the Oes
of the whole county by townships this week,
having not yet heard the entire result In the
if the county ttuvensed by Mr. Nicholson,
be given all together at etame. There
i,be MINI interesting information to be gleaned
ankthe isturne in due time. Cearmix.
r,.111:r As soon slight return for the hospitality
- own the editor of this paper while travelling on
`3 late tour of duty, the Register has been sent to
"era p ersons , hitherto, gratis, who we shall take
gran - fed . do not wish it i coptinued much long
:, unless some indication to the contrary is receir
-1:,: Such, of course, will dot take the omission as
ky mark of disrespect ; but there are some oth- .
ks, who, if they miss the Register after this, may
•;..,vu at the reason.
starAncdher word on personal matters :—.I want
~to be borne in mind by all those in arrears for
e paper ix., (as well sa by those who would
lie 50 cents by paying in advance,) that Court
seks (commencing January 20th) - will be a con.
,uient season to call, or send by others, and pay
old scores. I want money to meet the current
:penes of the office, and MUST nAvs. rr of some of
-ose long indebted, to -make the concern pay its
Isis way, instead of waiting fur. the earnings of oth
busineini,,ln which I have travelled and toiled
arty and lateop expense fur several months, in
l'pes ultimate ly to get something to help eu out
debt. - I therefore give timely notice to a large
!,ass of delinquents who have had the paper for
l',:;ltre without paying much if any thing for it that
rtar Court I intend no longer to give the paper
I:oay,(except in home few instances where I choose,)
t'ld if there are some who con but will not pay, (in
ese days of exemption laws,) they may look for
I.heir names to be exposed on the BLACK
J. W. CHAPMAN.
'Excuse us this once for an unusual delay in
1e issue of the Register. Several days absence
Ptcl subsiquent illness of one hand on whom we
f..pertded, and the exertions of another to fulfil in
f.,
'; l spensible engagements in job work, has put us
rear behind time. We will try to overtake and
ep up-with. thh old gentleman more constantly
-zreafter.
_ .The City Press.
We have been almost disposed on *several occa
tpons to speak out our mind in relation to the exec
op of the City Press. A renewed case qf taxing our
i s atience induces us to call the attention of certain
ty publishers, who seem to think that they have
i.'llindoubted right to levy shy amount of contribu
i Loo they please upon the , country press, and we of
purse bound to submit. Since our temporary con
..&,ection with the Register, we have been surprised
:-.4'.3 see the amount thus required of country news
, K
1.. :apers by their city cotemporaries. Nearly every
rA.:.ieek, more or less of Magazines, Pamphlets, and
;:ew papers are sent to our address, very. polite
.,e tely requesting a "puff", or the insertion of an ad
l- ' , ,ertisergent of some two or three squares, to 'bnrig'
1 ko
: ' 'eir new paper to the notice of the public. Never
t. Sent accompanierthe request for the insertion of
I - 41ese" advertisements, but modestly say, "Editors
I 1-vls will publish the above two or three times shall
1 II1 1 : . .? e , entitled to exchange." We have made it a point,
? as most instances, not to submit to these unjust es
t
• :etions. In nifie cases out of ten the countri newe
-1 paper is of more service tot the city paper than the
!,, ratter is to the former. The city paper depends
i i ipon the country for support; and i• ' through the
i l nedium of the country press Abet the blication - h ,pi;
isecomes known. Articles of general inte are
jften copied - from able city exchangei;"and d y.
sedited to the paper from which they ore taken ;
-nd in articles of their own, the country papers of
:en acknowledge the source of many of the facts
ntroduced, and in this way bring the city papers
I ,directly to the notice of their readers. By this
'nuns the newspapers of our cities are indebted
' their subscribers. This they well
waver much they may seem by
demands to underrate the value
with the papers of the rural dis-
'wish to. disparage the importance or
tie city papers. We only wish to
Publisher that the countrl press is
isetviceable to hin?„, even waiving ins
'rertising as a condition of exchange.
At city publishers, who are co very
luntry patronage, can afford to pay
of their prospectuses and grant
and so far as dollars and cents
be none the worse off for the bar-
many city papers that do not east
their eonutry exchanges. We troakl
!Igo oar thanks to be due the New
the Philadelptdi North Arnerieeja,
News, for favoring us with mini
eeldy, and daily papers in exchange
3r. They are all ably conducted
are indispensably necessary to us as
thinks that one week's time is Kit,
My.the Locofoco State Convention'll
Aims 'which may be produced at its
tionleatien of State officers. Sew
time
allotted anciently for, tkeipu
; but the Democrat seems
to regard -the political infections of its party nearly
bad•as the leprosy of thelsraelites, and the High
the party ought-to look twice or even-,
'Um* Won the plague spot before meow:icing the
iibjet4 dean.
The inference to be drawn from the arguments
Wi,the:Snitcraf 41'014 the two Ocirieutions, as
iaelbsa . tlw,excuseiiir_chasqhig its padtion, is de
cidedly rich, aid places , Its ptsty.. in on unenviable
4 14 .) 41 " the Intt4im • ' •
'The junks. *Ater Of - the ilemoot+st Dm make a
specch,•in fact tiro or tl Ott. of thenii it the Baptist
„Church 41,0m.FAigitirti Slave hill, and evinced most
i, • • 40 eeliteivati iheteFej7 Pio iscft.eCleele• "We
- received a commonicatiou toucyog.his mighty or
• iterifir9tte cm. that"`t)t:cei ioo, hpu! _ s person no
grAig;il4:&4bt-if . unkiild!tiv'*irup /4111001-
tel aefigielk): and berofore 01311iCit.
- ,, ,ltirs-tioustOivisi,ii- be banes Icr,s itime?
James S. Csausan of Geirgis Auks Lwon
441 &warm of New Mexico,
. , .
New Tait ta*i Thiino tibuse .
We have iniceined ' leaders of the 'Register
that a Freemen *4. , tea in thestreets °MLR-
Z .
adelplus, dragged Wore the U. Cotemisatouer,
and, without being allowed the privilege. coi wit
times to attest his right to freedom, was manacled
and 'summatanly3 hurried off to Maryland within a
few hour, of hiserrest as the property of another
man. It is quite probable that litany may think we
ought to have pnblished the proceeding in detail as
preferable to the onenow . , ~. _ ' . liew Yerk,as
the sequel of thei.Philadel ~ ' case determined the
liberty of the certiticate-ma .a _ slave. We think
otherwise. Our'voltimns ha o to a consider able
degree been occupied with articles relative to fu
gitives and the law which wile; ostensibly enacted
for their rendition. We cart`give but a little part
of the proceedinge through the country which may
be dearly traceable to the unwisdom of the act—
Had the law as effectually guarded Freedom as it
does slavery,•or in,other words, had the law. guar
anteed to the-414dd fugitive, a full, fair and im
partial trial, andlespeeted-thesousciences of men
in regard to particiiiating in the chase, we should
have bad no manikin for the articles we have pub
lished. 1 .
The New York case mainly, aside from the
1
question of pe 1 ' liberty, receives its importance
in the fact thitt eire step of the defence" in the
trial-is taken with t e view of carrying the 'ease
to. the highest juili al tribunal, for the purpose of
testing the constiiu onality of the law and
E l
ascer
taining the rights, t t may be claimed by the-fugi
tive on his trial. fi b Philadelphia case, we believe,
is but the legitintit fruits of the unwise . provisions
of the act ; and ou r ostility to the law is not at all
increased by its(p ctical operation. -It is alone
owing to the hort l of 'the Marylander that the
kidnappers' vied* dam Gibson, is not now a slave,
and that' we-har e t e knowledge that the commis
sioner's decisionsi wrong . If the man had been
dishonest and taken he negro, we should have heard
nothing from the inussi 'Union' journals but fulsome
praise to the cointrOsioner.
—The particulars in the trial of Henry Long, an
alleged fugitive slave, we gather from the Tribune
and the Expreari,
Long is about 40 years of age, and at the time of
his arrest was ex:Splayed as waiter at the Pacific
HoteL The warrant was issued by Commissioner
Charles M. Hall cib the oath of W. P. Parker of
Richmond, Fa, W'ho claimed to hold a power df
attorney from Joho T. Smith of Russel county, Va.-
Loni was arrested December 28d, at the Hotel,-by
Deputy Marshal . !Walsh, and brought before the
Commissioner. Mr. Whitehead, hearing of the ar
rest., appeared fo4 th e. accused.
Mr. Parker t e stified that he knows' the man
Henry : he is the .Property of John T. Smith ; first .
saw him in Ruslisl• county in 1846; afterwards
Henry was sent *him ,by Smith to be hired out
at Richmond; 14 him out for. a . year at a store,
where he cscapecf-,; Mr. Smith lives 320 miles from
Richmond ; don't know that Henry was a slave,
except from what! he had beard in, Russel county.•
Capt. Smack of itie.schooner NeYork, testified
to having seen Henry working at e store ot Has
kins it Libby in Richosond,in 1 or part of 1849;
848 f h
heard them say Ire had escaped; did not know
that Henry was a slave, but there are no free per
lons of color in Rieunond that worr. in the stores.
Mr. Whiteheadibere desired feria postponement
in order to procure testimony, wh4ch was opposed
by Mr. Parker, as the law called for " summary"
proceedings. The Commissioner was in doubt as
to his power to adjourn the examination, when Mr.
Arthur Tappan alluded to the fact that Judge
Grier had done sii, and it was finally agreed to ad
journ till next day. x .
Bail was offered, but refused by the'MarshaJ, as
he thought be had no power to release him 'rem
his custody.
The case Vila ; iontinned awarding to adjourns
went, Mr Henry W. Western appearing as the
counsel far Mr. Parker; and Messrs. Joseph L. White
and John Jay onbehalf of the accused. •
Mr. Parker was•again called and further testifi
ed that ( Haskins 4k Libby hired Henry of him (Par
ker) about February, 1848, and be remained till
about Christmas,,:when be. left ; he (Parker) adver
tised and made effort to find him, but could not;
bad authority. •to act as agent lin re?arti to him.
Captain Laankist testified tcrharing seen Henry
about this-lime two years ago at Harkins é Lib
by's. • Two or three days after. was told by them
he had ran .awayi
Mr. Western here rested his e4e.
Mr. White mored for the diskliarge of the pris
oner, which was not granted., ,;7
• Mr. Whitehead banded to the Cointhissioner a
writ d habeas carpus, granted by the , State Su
preme Ceart and; returnable on Thursday at ten
o'clock.
Mr. Week= said they would tot obey, the writ.
Mr. Jay referred ;to the opinion o Mr. Crittenden,
bat Mr. Wiliam:denied the soundness of the erica
ioa undeilhe Intr.
The Consmissi4ner said he siscadd most certainly
obey the , writ" lnd would' adjourn the: case till
Thursday at 12-4:o'clock
OD Thursday no additional testimony in the case
was given': An:jorder. from the- Seprtme ; tCOurt
was read postixMing the hearing or the. Eoeas
Corpus till Friday at ten o'clock, whiclicsitirl.con
siderable argument by the gentlemen engaired as
counsel : s to the power of the State Courtover
the matter. • I
The CorrituhiaMer adjourned the care till Friday
at 11 o'clock. 1 . • .
On Friday oinmiletioner Hall retnned, in w
aver t° " e 31418 Corpus , that be bad no. such
person in 4nitody as Henry Long. . ,
1
4,hia
When ' case '
was opened before' . the Conmie
sinner, a abeas„Corput issued by JuSe Camp
bell of the upeirr Conn, was served', on -theNM
ted State; sortslose, the said Henry Long
before the ; Thelifessbal repaired *kb Hitt
iY t 916 1 44 - Court, god nude *etylislthaf he
Mid the poi' the pan by-virt' tie of i writ is
cued by Marley lmissiouer.
Hr. Was~tan . of the Cone
to act '
Air. WIL
1850, add'`
witirCht
uir"~~point~i
Court as th
trial—only —only the important particulars and the' main
;Points in the evidence. Although the caseexcites
intense interest, in the city all it quiet, and no out:
break of any kind has as yet occurred]
t ir We team from today's TrOans that Henry
Long has been given up to the Southerners and ta•
ken back to' Slavery: *
The delay in getting out 'our paper this week,
enables us to give the result of the organization of
the Legislature which met on Tuesday last
In the House, John Cessna ofitedfard. who re
ceived the nomination of the Loco . Cauciis, was cho
sen Speaker; and subsequently- CoL Jack was re
elected Clerk.
In the Senate which stands 11 whigs to 16 lo
cofocos, it was apprehended that oo one could be
elected Speaker bye clear majority Zithout voting
for himself. But after several ballotings in which
the'Whigs mainly supported Benjamin Matthias of
Philadelphia, and the Loan, Maxwell McCaslin of
Greene, a few of the Senators declined voting, lea
ring Mr. Matthias to be elected by a vote of 16' to l l 2.
NO better selection could be made. Mr. Xis not
only a gentleman of talentii, but mild and amiable
in his manners, and distinguished for his accuilte
knowledge of Legislative rules„ being the anther
of a mined upon the subject. He will make an
excellent presiding officer.
The Governor's Message was delivered on Wed
nesday, and has been received here. From a hasty
perusal we believe it is a noble document, which
we shall take , pleasure in commending to our read
ers in our next paper.
"The Daily American" is the title of a new pa
per reently started at Harrisburg. In politics it is
thoroughly Whig, and warmly supports the State
and National Administrations. It is devotedly at
tached to the trnion;hut does not think the Fugi
tive Slave law right in all its details, or that its
amendment tvould invade the Coi,titirion and de
stroy our glorious confed..:-acs. it takes tile right
ground, and we cheerfully commend it to the pat
ronage of the Whigs of PenrisylOania. This new
paper takes the place of The Pennsylvania Intel
figencer, the proprietor of which, Mr. McCardy, has
an interest-in the American.
The Daily A merican is publishedAT Geo. Berg
ner do Co. at four dollars per annum. Weekly
American is also issued at the same office, at the
loWl price of one dollar.
The Harrisburg Te/egraph will also issue a Dai
ly during the session ,of the Legislature. The Tel
egraph is a spirited Whig paper, and whoever sub
scribes for it will get the worth of his money.
THE Etzerros in the 11th Congressional District ,
held on the 31st ult, to supply • the vacancy in Con
gress occasioned by the death of lion. Chester But
ler, resulted in the choice of John Brisbin, Esq., of
Twikhannock.. Mr. Brisbin was the regular Demo
cratic nominee, and succeeded-, by 342 majority
over E. L Dana of Wilkesbarre, who ran as ais in
dependent candidate. The Whigs made no nomi
nation.
Farma? Fria.sm—lt may not be uninteresting to
some of your readers to read a singular incident in
the history of Blackbemeit. It may not be neces
sary, perhaps, to tell you, that rattlesnakes are
quite numerous in and about our vicinity in time
of blackberries, and that it is not always safe to
ramble among grasses and shrubbety at such time ;
nevertheless, it is no uncommon thing to see our
hills and brier patches swarrningwith men, women
and children in pursuit of the above mentioned
fruit. During our last blackberry season, a party
ot pedestrians (the Lair sex rather outnumbering)
came to a very conspicuous place, on one of the
high ridges of land which diversify our region of
country. 'Here the prospects of the place were
very inviting ; for here One could look into the dis
tance below and behold the picturesqe and sub
lithe, interspersed here and there with roughness
and impregnable ascents; and here too, he could.
see on either side fertile valleys stretching-them
selves out before him, studded with the home
steads of happy and prosperous yeomanry.
In addition to these, Prori fenie seems to hate
added much interest to the place itself; for here
the_ fruits of the earth were spread out in wild lux
uriance, pleasing to the eye and delicious to the
taste.
bur party alluded to, gained the goal o( gener
al invitation with much assiduity and patience.—
Having arrived upon this delectable spot, they
would gladly have rested their weary limbs, had
not Fonder and surprise led them to believe that
they had already and unconsciously discovered the
confines of the Gardewof Eden. -
p i
'noir wearisomeness. therefore, ve way to
pleasuri and exhilmition, del their p iiistendtk
ranee. of the fatigues and turmoils of th day were
forgotten in the view before them. 'Without hesi
tation, business was commenced in good earnest ;
and iu their eagerness to fill their ample stares,
and to satiate themselves with the black and shi
ning fruit; whicii was* so profusely spreed cut in
every, direction, they forgot that night was- ap
proaching, and that darkness in that wild retreat.
would be rendered more gloomy and horrible in
consequence of rattlesnakes and wildcats. How
ever, nothing was thought of, except their unre
lenting war upon the Brier to deprive it. of its own
production—an aggression for which they suffered,
ae I am about to relate. = •
On ! on! the war of extermination' raged, until
a clap of thunder arojased them to a vane of their
danger, when they discovered, but too late, that
the zephyrs of night were beginning to fan the
last rays of the isettineiun.
All were imitantlythrown ipto mistematioii and
confusion, and withinhala titi4rooilfOrnatiao, they
ran hilter-skilter, here and there, until tbelhough, ta
of the rattleenake.restisied a proper equilibrium:
"liiey'lio*"lialted_ and assembled together, to
omit upon what course must. be taken:
A thunder storm was nearing itself with athreg.
ring voice, and with liquid fire: , nightWas,fiitt ap
;i4Whini• V / 4,_ ii4l9r was . 71°.Certi O n tl" 1 01 .
the way , if `th '
e'y arum tasty" Filired to
wander about lest theyebould -mem 4 4 ' 1 ' contact
with the rattlers and other pestiferous aneipers.
II wma not re
ati4er The , tio,e1 1 ;•
to Jaye
30-oC.l:!efivi
Ala bow It
litekovelf
liarged.,
:postponed the muter till next' dayv,
l ' ' f;
hearing. , i!, f'l
are obliged t defer' publishing the terin
the proceed' till next week. Wei** not
' to give the whole of the proceedingsiithe
Thiap at, Haniaburg
For the SiiSqueluuma Register.
The Contrast
Reverse of fortnne 11bd. sow atidenay turned
aisinst - tbern, and to aft ; Imm' Probability, their
war o f ex t e i n instioh tied revertid , uPion themselves.
c h !m k e d their steps and paralyzed theirev
ery- effort ; and they sank dawn upon the tufted
moss of the evergreen, and consigned themselves
to the changes of the night;
eller now sought repose to relieve them from
their fearful apprehensions ; but oh! repose came
net to their aid, for night as she approached
brought her horrid spectres of every hue, that
danced• and played their gambols before the im
agination of their unhappy visitors in many a fear
ful shape. •
At length, the fear of death, excited by these
fantastic visions, created an artificial and tempora
ry sorrow for purturbing sins; and as the Grim
Monster presented himself more forcibly in shape
of rattlesnakes, or something Oro more hideous,
worldly desirsagave way to seriousness, and refrac
tory passions to deep contrition of heart.
Security now beams the grand object of con
sideration. It was now evident that no time was
to be lost, nor parley to be made ; for death ap
peared horrible in the extreme, in consequence of
the stains of their own wickedness, and the com
punction which a guilty conscience urged upon
them. A reformation must be commenced or their
condition would soon be hopeless.
,Some one must muster moral courage enough to
break the ground, and raise the standard of repent
ance. The question now to be decided was, who
shall make the first intercession t For they were
now more than convinced that delays 'were dan
gerous, and to procrastinate any longer would be
exposing themselves to an interminable fate. At
length a flash of lightning, and anon the roll of Ju
piter's thunderbolt gave ,a sudden and renewed
shock to their minds, that were already agitated
with fearful apprehensions; for every soul quaked
with fear, and every heart trembled with despe
rate emotions.
At this moment an elderly woman sprang uptin
her knees 'and implored the interpcskitioof Prori
dence. Although a spirit of prayer ur even a reli
gious idea had never before found its way to her
head, she neverthele. , .i -n-vd m. ,, t fcrv"url- fv-m
it An L. r pWilw ickedness, as well as
from a well grounded apprehension that it was the
only means left by which she could koticipate any
security. She therefoie recommended herself and
companions to Him who overseeth and sustaineth
all things, and besought His tender mercies to pro
tect them from the gathering storm and the fatal
bite of the rattlesnake.
One circumstance, though laughable in itself,
served as a source of great inconvenience to them.
It seems that while theT were running about with
out one sober thought what course to take, a large
snapping bug, by misfortune or otherwise, became
snugly enscimcedin a vessel that they bad not had
the good fortune to fill. Fmding himself, to his
great inconvenience, thus imprisoned against his
will, he kept up a constant snapping through the
livelong night, much to the annoyance of his cap
tors. No one dared approach the vessel from the
fear which their imagination, prompted by their
own suggestions, had created, that a huge rattle
snake was lurking about it. But this was not all.
The flashes offlight, emited by the electric fluid ev
er and anon, brought the monster to their visiona
ry view, who, while he lashed the vessel with his
quivering tail, kept himself in an easy position to
give the fatal bloW, should th e intruders approach
any nearer. In this manner they were successful
ly barricaded from the fruits of their labors, while
on all sides the rustling of the leaves, the creaking
and clashing of the forest trees, as thertiodded and
lashed each other -,"? the roar of the falling rain, the.
flashes of the forked lightning; and the roll of near
and distant thunder, all conspired 'to render the
scene truly awful, and to bring to the ears of the
affrighted company the imaginary screams of the
wildcat, mingled with the vociferous aad loud
laughter of devils, as though they were holding
jubilee over the unalterable state of the damned.
Who would not, under such circumstances, have
shrunk from fear I Or whit ,heart, however cal
ious, would not have melted into humility !
It seems, under circumstances above narrated,
that religious exercises became pretty general ; and
that their Reverend Leader became more and more
engaged in prayer as the tempest increased in vio
lence, or as night's epeetors and hobgoblins brought
visions of ghclosts.and rattlesnakes to her affrighted
eyes.
However, the. night with all its horrors passed
away, leaving the victims of despair to meditate
upon the adventures of the previous day ; and
when the orient sun displayed his genial rays to
lighten theii hearts, and, dispel the gloom which
had so king Weighed sown their troubled souls in
terrified imagination, they discovered with great
chagrin that one great source of their horror through
the night consisted in a harmless snapping bug.
.Nothing, however, of a serious nattire happened
except wet backs. Good-seed no doubt was sown,
bet the night was of too short contumance for it to
•take deep root ; for it •withered away before the ri
sing sun, and left the ground M 063 barren and the
heart more callous than before. In conclusion, saf
er
fic.i, to say ; that for some e after s this adven
ture, the brier was permitt to reepainlin perfect
solitude, in quiet possebsiou f its own wealth, un
molested by ita predatory visitors: lacuna.
A " HELL" OVERRAULED.—thider . this
Startling head the Philadelphia Pennsylva
nian gives a long account of the breaking
up, by the police of that city of a subterrane
an gambling den, located about twenty feet
below the surface of the earth; in a public
part, of the city. This secluded den, which.
was poetically styled the" temple of fortune,"
had to be lighted-by candles; at mid-day and
Was arranged with two undergmnnd passages
one for the ingress and the other- for the e
greie'of the wicked pack that waenecustonted
to-.enter the infernal human. kennel of vice.
"The officers haiing obtained is' , .clue . of -the
temple," descended the steps'or one of the
passages with as, Much exp!dition as possible,
.but . the alarm hid beets given the Clan, and
it made its exit through.. the other. passage.
So that when the men crtheliw entered but
one person was to be. round, who proved to
be the keeper andthe -gambler-upon.whom
,- ,fortune had smiled and - wholuid been Sua
ble to effect his eseape'bi'detention in'poek
king kis - winning*. ' Hls name - Wing -
Wade.
expertifietliteMg.,
In accordance with priiiouli tarnfiAemen,
a meeting stMe Sons. Of Tempoilince was
held at theFresbyterian Qui* in yontrese•
on Wednesday the2stlr tfc, Thrtwere in
attendance - members Orthe oiler from, the
Ttmkhannock Division, - -Harford—Dinsion,
Brooklyn Division; and Beaton Division, who
Came j pursuance of invitations tendered
their divisions, by the Montrose Division,
making a very respectable array of those
pledged to llisTemperanee eltnakeOrne Weld
come woe. Together 'with. the sons of Tern.
perance and othersrin attendance the congre
gation was sweed to nearly . the full Opa
city of the large % house its which they met.
The exercises were of a character-which gave
interest to the occasion.. The assemblage was
addressed by Mans. S. B. Chase; A. 0.
Warren, E. B. Chase, Hon. Win. Jessup, H.
A. Riley and Geo. Fuller, and entertained.
at intervals with appropriate songs by a choir
of young gentlemen who generously volun
tered for the occasion, and who, acquitted
themselves in a manner highly creditable to
them is performers. As a whole, the affair
passed off well, and it is to he hoped, not
without leaving some impression for good
on the minds and in the hearts of all present.
,
Montrose Division of S. of T.
At a meeting of she Division, Dec. 30,
1850, the following resolutiona were adopted
and ordered to be published :
Resolved, That the thanks of this Divis
ion are due, and are hereby tendered to the
Trustees of the Presbyterian Society of Mon
trOse for the use of their "mine at the late
convocation of the Sons of Temperance
place. •
Resolved, That we are under lasting obli
gations to those Brothers of Sister Drvisions
who favored us with their attendance on that
occasion—and we hope that .the free inter
change ofsentiment and feeling touching the
great enterprise - in . which we have embarked
which the occasion afforded, has " done them
:t did us."
iesolved, that the " Glee Club" is entitled
to our hearty thanks for their generous and
very efficient aid.
. Resolved, That in view of the dreadful de
vastation 'around us, every man who loves his
fellow and his country. is imperiously' called
upon to put forth a willing hand and a
strong arm td roll back the billow,s/of intem
perance; which at this momenty tiffs fair" to
overwhelm and engu!ph in total rain many
in our midst, who appear to,be ardent vota
ries of the thing that entice to destroy
ResOlved, That Br. S.ll. Chase is hereby
requested to furnish a copy of the Address
delivered by him at the late meeting in this
place for publication, and that the editors of
our village papers be requested to publish
the same in their columns.
Resolved, That the editors of the "Dem
ocrat" and " Register" be requested to pub
lish the foregoing resolutions in their nape-
Eve papers. Per order Division.
WM. A. CROSSMAIT, A. R. S.
British Iron.
The way to deprive the farmer of a market
for the Produds ofhis farm.
The last report of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company contains the following
significant passage : .
" It is proper the stockholders should be appri
zed that, since the date of the last annual Report,
the negotiations that were then pending, for the
supply of 22,000 tons of-iron required for the en
tire road between Cumberland and Wheeling ter
minated in a contract with Olean. Thompson and
Foreman of London. This large contract was ac
complished mainly through the instrumentality of
Messrs. Baring, Brothem d Company, and by the
aid of their guarantee of the company'n Bonds. .t 6
the extent of the purchase say $588,668.67. These
Bonds with the endonement orthe Messrs. Baring
have been sold in . the foreign market at rates vary
ing 1.05 to 108 per cent.
The amount of iron already delivered under the
contract, at the Compaify's wharves at Locust
Point. exceeds
. 111,000 tons; and active- efforts are
being made to close the order with as little delay
as practicable, so as to avoid the eztingency of an
advance in the existing rates of the tariff.
The Board take this occasioo to acknowledge
their obligation to Messrs. Baring. Brothers dt Co,
for their seal and promptness in bringing about an
arrangement so advantagnous in _all respecta The
average cost. of .the rails when delivered . will •be
about $4O per ton, including, a conniiiseiett of 2+
per cent. The Iran has been meaufitctured with
the greatest "care, and it is to be belieied will
compare favorably with !my, that has heretofore
reached this market."
Commenting upon these facts, Mr„ John
S. Skinner, in the Deeember number of his
valuable periodical "The Plow,: the Loom
and the Anvil," makei the following forcible
and pointed remarks. It is a view of the
case which has often been enforced both in
the newspapers and in! Congress ; but 'we do
not remember to have , ever , seen it more for
cibly put than it is in the subjoined Jaw
graphs :
" We entreat our iiOutherri friends to mark
the fact that the men who make this iron for
them, consume at this time scarcely • even a
mouthful of Ainerican food, anctare so poor
that they can purchase but littieclotbing, and
are consequently poor'pustomers , to either
farmer-or planter ; while the Men,who for
years previous wrought in. our ininm nuiff4l.-
nacos, and mills, ate so food bat dioi-sWiela
was raised within the; Unieni and being able
clothe themselves as became - imam to be
clothed, - were consequently large castomers
to both 'farmer and Planter.
" We are told that this iron is Amp ; bet
Why is it that England now sells: us cheap
iron I It_is because bf our own"g*, capac
ity for producing iron and min.`*uingiial
petition with-her. tiseoe*- 044 7 .
net of the Union - eeMeely exceeded 11 00 . 1 0 P)
tons. live yews'after, undecthe 'benign in
of the tari ff 411842, it ',kalif ranted
the extraordiuturextent 0,130400 tam and
wopld ere this time; Aare iseacheirai millkin-
AIM 1 11144-nshiog maitket,foi,aeventy mil=:
lions of dollars di the prodiellit Of theearth
for from the earth Comes . every -thing .that
enters into the makinglof 'ren t the' Coed - the.
clothing, the hew, rociiiii;‘ and , 'ther kitchen.
utensils, both Of. Which hitter 'siniielrely the
Irltswpit,vets
ati, of the - food e_lOthing o
the .
piPostgierlitaiiiho iellief topic of
inie*tio thillause. 111:a beheve mosi t
ion puraiKamaigithe Plie4ll7.
tlinfaqiwklio*liii Adige Mat to Is
mid& — Bat" - *Variety orapktion exists as to'
the elks'• of that. isediatiou,ang...we fear
Cheap Postage, will be lost in the multiplici
ty o f auteadoseaa,Whi c h kid the bill.
The coantrY pnes!i,)asjiiay able and warm
advocates ; weiiviCiteipia lb* is whatever
shape the. .flin-IPoo-coagissi, "a free
transaistAatlteP9)e,to mail in 'the •
county or Coif erlitiPmg amfrollfalatm pub
lished will be iinetauLt.i - 2:,
On the 4th init., Nki , Mau
.abed ; g on
to present the Mensoriaici the an ustmeet,
ing of the Society lof•Friends nialineeii op ,
posing Slave& and'askiug the repeal's:4', the
Fugitive Slave 1411. litedesired tohe re
-tarred withms*t" 'miss far theif the
Law. The suspension, or Air doer de
-nied by a vote ornft to ea
The Senate engaged s in di e _
cussing Mt Bradbary's lesoktion about re.
movals from offlos
The new .8044 F ficen South - Caranabas
arrived and take the required oath to sup.
port the Constibtitime sad lows of the Com- -
try. [Rather a bitter for a
The correspoOrtsi hetwren' the',Anst‘ i
Charge,Mr.Hulsernms, and gostio4Deout.
ment. concerning the iippointurt o , of a con
fidential Agent to Augury_ &raga* strug
gle for herindependence, barrios* laid be
fore the Senate. '-Me. Webs / W*l6ply to Air.
Holleman is Written ipliS mural forcible aid
convineingstyle. He sboomdely vindicates.
the United Stater Against the charge of •in
terference in the internal policy of foreign
Governments. -
Prxreric.valo...—Her territory (=Woo
about 46,000 square miles.
Her 'Wad crop 1847, reached 14,160,-
000 bushels.
Her coal fields; anthracite and bituminous
are estimated to cover 15,000 square miles. -
'Her product of Iron (pig and castings) in
1E46 reached 33#,000 tons.
She has iron enough to supply a conti
nent of a hundred millions of inhabitants with
the endless variety of household and agnen
tural
implements and' to construct their ma
chinery for manufactures and transportation.
She has coal enough to warm them in
winter, to cook their food at all seasons, and
to generate the. power which shall put the
machinery in motion, to manufacture the 'Va
rious fabrics which the necessities or cornfortc"
of civilized life demand, or wbidilu;dry and
taste desire —and 'last, but not least, to send
their steam ships; airy part of the world.
THE Rims nil luta Ssow.—A correspon
dent of the Bosttin Transcript narrates a sin
gular incident whi r ch happened in "the village
of Piedmont, N.. 111. last week. Two little
children, one fiver and the other — three years
of age strayed from home. Not returning
at darks general newels throughout the night
was made by the people of the village. In
the morning the ebildren were discovered in
an open field, lying upon the frozen, ground
and locked in esoh others arms, one sleep
ing soundly and t,`,4 other awake. - Although
the night wars aevere one, the little ones
have shown as yet no ill effects from the ex
posure. It is wonderful' how two such little
children conld, On' a winter's night upon
the frozen ground without perishing.,
if a slave somo to this State from Charles=
ton we are all bnimd, under heavy - Densities,
to aid in his cap t ure ;' but if free colored
seaman goes to Charleston he is thrown into
jail and de'privedlof his liberty, and - all men
are expected to iipproisof the outrage. The
whole power of the General'Government is
to be broughttoll:lw to send fugitive slaves
back to bondage.:, but not a finger is to be
raised to preve4 the unconstitutiohal cap
ture, impnsonme* - and
,sale of Yreeinen.—
Such is the part:l.Of " the "compromise" to
which the " Union Party", is to be' pledged.
EN.
- Ex-Goremor4Plumer died at Epping, New
Hampshire - on 40 ; 23d inst., aged 92. He
was the soln , surkiring Piember , of the Con
vention which fnuned the first constitution
of- New Hampshire:.
&-Governor'Hall, also of New Hampshire
died at Chelsea,:imilhe - 234. - He repreken-
WI , his State. lAitei States Senate
from 1823 , -k:o \ •
totifitiluti a population of 10,-
702. Tunkhatiliouic borough 561. This
w co as un tak ty w ou m . .ii . since , the census of 1840 .
Alexander INtehiuson, charged -with• the
murder of Nathenist- &laminar', has been
tried at HolidijOurg fOnud'iolty of
murder in the &it.Degree t : Tye convict is
.but 10 years of.*.
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