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PUBLIVIED EV.ERY
ByJ. B. 01/I.4TT, ,
SIIETHPORT, .' M'ICEAN dOONTY,, PA
There is a quaint tradition existing among
the Indians of ;the' I%l4:nth-west, in connection
with th . e snow peaks of .111ounts Baker, flaner)
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St. Helen's and liood',.of the Cascade range oi
the RoCky . Mountains. The tradition as .
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TERMS: . •$l6O in Ad•ianco.' rfonows • ,
OFFICE, S. E. COIiNER OF PUBLIC NuARE
. • Rates , of Advertising.
Column
M. cc II II
X " 12 00
'l' ." nix months --4.;., • . 1' 20 00
One square 0r.12.1.1nes or lese, .... 150 .
Neel' mubsequent .... gu
Business Cards, with paper,. : . 6 00
Rule or - ogure worlywill be double the', above, rates.
Twelve lieeo,l3icivier..type, • or eight lines nonpareil; Ls
rated 'a square: .
.Tliebe Terms will bo striUtly . .atliteredto:,,cfr '1
Elusiitels Oircitorv.
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Surveyor; 'Diartsman ConvoyanCer, And Ilteal
Agent: .Stiictlipart,lVßean - coßn,ty, PA, • .
B. F. WRIGET,
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.WholeSalo and Retail Deater'inFa'mtly 'Groceries, Pork.,
Floor,, Balt, Feed, Boots and Shoes, "&e.,. &C.. Store
In.the Astor Uouse Mick, Smopport Pa, ' •
11.: N. T.112-LOR;
Denier In Dry. ("node; Grdcorie9,
.Reidy-31.n4o.plot4ing, Dont4 n1yl• Shoes. Smothpnrt
• • WELLIAN VirILKIN,
PfacticatliteOrinic. : Mil(might, ❑riilgo-huildar, he
:Port .t . l.llegh.enki,,b.Plipan county, Pat : '
J. L. BROWN,
SURVEYOR', 'DRAFTSAIAN, (10:1VEVINORR atul Real
listate Agent; (Mee, Williamsville .11lk ,Peen'a
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Chapin & Boyla, Peg .. ... . Pa
floe., Thomas' Struthers,: ' ' "• . . Warren, Pa
W. B. Drawee'', Esq:, Sinotheort, Pa
Ilea. A.:I. Wilcox, .... Buena . , V lAA. Ti
• :. :..CLRVER,HOITSE
Jons 11.-.llnct; Proprietor, corner of Wator rind.llickory
Strcebi, Warren, Pa.. General Stage Office.
BACKUS &. CO
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(tenet:al. Dealers. in .11rj , oode, Groceries, '"Crockery
eUdy4lado 0 lotbinp., Boots and Ehoee, flats and Caps
opposite the Court lluuse Smethport Pa. • '.
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MIES HOUSE,
Fronting' the Public Share, Olean, 4... Y.
lifir.Len: Proprietor. The Pubes Mune is entirely new
and built of brick, .nod -is furnished in inodern style..
-The proprietor flatters himself that. his aceoinmoda'..
lions are not surpaased by any hotel in Western New
' 'Carriages :run to and froni the New York. and
Erieltail Road. ' .'• . • ,
BYRON D. HAMLIN,
/wirolimeT AT TJANT; Sinetltport, MlCean 'Countk: Pa.;
Agent 'for 211eXerm. Keatin; Co's Lamle '.'Attend's
.eepecially to the;Colleetien of..Clain* Examination of
Land Titles;. ►'ayment of Tax.; and all bllßing443 rela
flog to (teal KAMA: Omen in liamlin Bleck. . '
GREEN'S HOTEL
D. :AV Nair:or, - Prnprietor,at. Itinzua. - 3Varren' county'
Pa, llds Pablo will Ins
. supplie.l With 'U - ,. beet The
country affords, and ho siaro po pains in liccomodgtiNg
'his uest.a:
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E. BOIiGHTO;q ELDM),
Attorney and ConneellOr nt•Law; . ffinethport..
'Cituty, , Pa, •Businesq, entrusted to hie nai) for the
MlKerin, Potter and 'Elk trill be 'promptly
attended to Office in•thn Court House, second door..
• . DR. L. R. WISNER, -. , . •
Physicinn'• nwt Surgeon, Sloe tlipn rt, Pay, Rill attend. to
all pyoroßsional calls with. promptnon.q. •Officn. in S.nrt
• well Block, second floor.
N. S t BUTaR & Co.,
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•'Whnloialo. and Dotal Doalera in Staide and' Panty' Dry
Onads ' Carpeting ; Deady Made Clothing, and Genoral
.. Furnlshing:Gooda, Boas and Slinos,'Wall and Window
PriperkLooking,,Olaasell &o. At Olean . N. Y. . ~...
fiENItETT 'HOUSE,
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S Cn.; P. D. 11: RRNS - ETT;Prd.pii
tnr—nppn.sito tho Court Ilnoso. A .neiv;
• 'unctions and.woll.furoished Luueo.. • •'•
SOHN C. BACKUS,
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Attorney Mut Counsellor nt Iniw;Stnetliport, Id 'Kenn Co
Pa. Will nttnoil to all business in his profession in the
counties of.sl'Kean, Potter and Elk.. 'Onion over 0. li.":
. SartAvell ..k . , Brothers' Store. ' ' . '. .•
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HACHZ7E7 HOUSE,
Clamor of Second and Liberty strtQtn, Warren.'. Ph. 'll
A. Tlminon.i:Propriator.. Travelers will find good no
cot/mod:Wm:A and:reasonable ellarges.,
E; 'S. MASON,
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Dealer in Steven; iin.Werci, J . :peened. Ware,- k.e . .., west
.side.of the Public '4lm4re'i SmetiMert. Pa, Custom
work' done to order on the .shortest notice, And in the
most substantial manner, .. •• .. • • '. :, • .
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Deriler. in Dry. Goods, .Grocerles, Crockery, ..Elardivaro„
Coots, Blioes, Oils; La. ; 'flg
Enst eido.ol tho Public -Srmare ; Srnegiporti con
A. S. OTTO,
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fielder in Piovialona and Pannly'Groceriiin generally; at
- Farmers :Valley, 11PH.ean 00,, Pa. .Grain, Lumber,
Shingles, k:c., talconln exaliaago.for Goode. Patent
Illodlelnea for sale.- . , -• • •
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LARABEE'S HOTEL,
B.' I . ..tumult; .Propriotor;—AllOgheny' Midge, Tit , Kenn
•Co P. .This'houou is - situated about nine miles from '
Smothoort on the road tO.Olean, mld will befotiMd h tb. )
'cionvenleut stopplug=plaeo . : . .
' • • EMPORIUM HOUSE •
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shippen, Algletin Co:, PA.' N. L.:NYNE, Proprietor
A coniniodious'ood .houso: Strange .%
* and taavelers will find good nceorrioiodationg.,
FARMERS' VALLEY HOTEL; • • • .
fly T. Qhcoviii at: This house is situated hbont live mil a
from Smatiniort on ttie road to Olean. -Pimien t o partie
and °that's can be accommodated on the shortest notice
•.ELRRED HALF-WAY HOUSE,•
liuTnutt. Tosituis, Proprietor.. This house is situated h
'-way botween . Smethport and Oloao.'.: If you want?, go
dinner this iS the pine° to stop. .1 .
• • ONORDIS CORWIN,. • •
hropriatoi of .tho Griat Mill. at .Meolianiosburg;
Kuno County Pa s : Flour. Meal, and Food, cons
no hand and for 'sale. In largo and span quantltle.i
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• . ' RAILROAD HOUSE .
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(30..• Oternatintin, Proprietor,. NOrvich, •11.P.Rientkeo-•
Pm Clocid aceoptmodatiolis' cap bo' bad tberqt -ail
• PORT RIARGANY HOUSE; t.
semen . DOL4ei, prol f irjo tor, :at Pore Allog t Yl 'Mc "
• Kean County, tel la Wonted at 0 .1P 00 ".
'thin of the Binothport Anil Allegany River 1/ 6 4 8 , '4 6 °
miloxpaatof arnethport. • • , : .
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• , SMETHPOKT, 51tiMAN .."
HAS.ItELL: r opriptot
The Prettileter •Itaviorr 'reeontly fiord ed arid tiler:
oitglity refittod the Astor House, flatters mmelf• that he
can fa mit& aft kooil aceomeno!latibris as a hotoklitWost...
ern Pennsylvania. • •
" '• WANTE73,. •
for work 'at
5071i0/!/8 OLD OA", IRON
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r.lllllkl bort .50e. Telt 111 Amyl' qsilin I dati
Otl ' ,E STORE:
AN INDIAN LEGEND
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The lofty peaks, were' Sup Posed; when. the
world .was yorid,th be Tyees--Kings—of the
lesser inountainS.Of their respective:.distriets.
Here they ruled:in kingly .grandetif,' receiving
frotri'their Subjects such
.honiage...as is'. 'due to
great chiefs,' andin thernietves acknowledging
no superior exeept.the Great . .. Spirit. .For . ages
'their reign was . an uninterrupted scene of peace
and happiness. • 'Seas, lakes, and•mighty .riyers
bathed their feet; and 'their aides W.(40- clothed.
With'evergreen forests: Here thelie:Ws 'and
fishes•rearry in pritheval bliss, fearing neither
the hunter nor the lisherman,.(or man was not
yet here,' time, like nations, discord
arose amongthem. . Each. chief assumed ,the
quarrel lifbis'objects,nnd an 'unrelenting' war
Nyas . the . result.: In;their rage they belched
forth firdainl'smoke,and:littrled at' each other
fiery rocks, desolating their • fair sides' clinking
up the lakes andrivers. with 'their fragments,
and gestriqing their. .inhabitants :Of both land
. .
and water . .. P0*3..!--1;
demoniar , fury,antil the Great' Spirit became an
gry;: itrul bade thetas cease their quarrel rind .close
their very Mouths: A'rid'; to punish, them .far
their
,follyand•theitain in laying waste their.
fair.dOmaintr, he , covered them each' with has
eternal Mantle 'Of snow. From that time.r;eace
had reigned ainong:thcrri,:athoUgh oecasionally !
they have Muttered and giVenaigns Of rebellion;
but the d-reat Spirit points.,With. a significant
Bridle, to their snowy fetters, and their burning
spirits'sink deep. Withia their bosoms:
Tischendorf's Great Discovery
The St:Petersburg ccirrespondeht of the Lon
don Daily Telegraph, who has seen in the Im
perial.Libiary of. that city, where they are , on
exhibition, the interesting, and valuable Bibli
cal-manuscripts slisciivered by Prof. .Tischen
dorf,.speaks of them thus : •
!The most feature in tho ekhib
ition is 'the Very oldest Greek manuscript of the
Bible extant, a document of the. utmost 'mo
ment, and bespeaking the graveSt „attention of
the whole Christian Church, -Besides the val
uable and important contents of. the Old Testa
ment, of the 'sari - ie . 'text as that used by the
apcistles .in their 'quotatioas, the manuscript
Contains, the whole of the New Testarrient.L 7
The various European libraries all possess many
manuscript coPies of:the Bible, but not 'a sin;
gle one , of, the few written before the tenth cen
tury that contains al Lthe New Testament.—
The'two hitherto • regnided as tho..oldest and .
most eomplete; and held, hi• the.higheSt estima
tion. re those in the libraries: of Ronfe and
London. But the •iormer..:wairts four entire
epistle's of St. Paul; and nearly half of another'',
as alsO : the Book of Itevolf.tions while in the
latter the whble talkie gdspel of St. Matthew
is missing, as well as some parts of St. John,
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and the Pauline epistles:• •
..The rnanuseripi . diseovk;red at Mount Sinai,.
and now-bronht to St: Petersburg, is not de
'fective even in the. sTllest degree : ;
,en.• the
.contrary, it .contaiiis,tyo Works . .in addition—
one eomplete;the.othir lint • Partially, so.. In
the second ;and -third centuriei,- :latter
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were•included in the Guinn of Holy • Writ, and
al ways .received•the thepest reverence: : as pre-
cions heir looms•,of tie' 'earliest inspiration
.of .
. the. Church of.Christ'..• .Of One •of.
Epistle of Bernaba 'nearly the..Whele •of tbii
. first half has been/ • until now in the,
original Greek' text ;.while of....the other, only
one'very.imyerfeci copY•Was. known, to: ekisi
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iipto.three r iears tigo. ' .The date of the 'manu
script hes/been fixed 'by Prof.. Tischendorf,
who is, rrhaps, the greatest authority Of the
sentPe in Ails peculiarprovince of learn
,) at he beginning pf the: fourth centnry—
nem ntly, in thcf times ; of donstantine the.
eats nd th6,ilisr/Ecuminical Council. . No
ier opy. of..the Bible is of higher antiquity
n is ; indeed; the far famed Codex VatiOa-,
Is.' the only one that can at all put in any
si sof compiititioni These Nvrit ings, drawn
.0i the graVe of ages as living Witnesses', to
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presenfgenefation of tho apostelical Scrip.
es,"have, at the instance of Prof. Tischen-
rf,•been . destined,by the reverend .brother'
'Oil of Sihaites, asen oilering.to the Imperial
ersOnago,WlM . is the acknowledged head and
efender of the orthodox faith.. , •
By tlie , recovery' and acquisition ..of these
predious. heir-looms of the distant times of
Christian faith, St. Petersburg enjoysa blond
less victory' over the •hitherto more.•favored
cities of London.and.Rome.. The great capi
tal of the North now affords a resting place for
the earliest records of Holy Writ, 'sacred trea;,
'sures, ivhieh; secure repose at the foot o
. .
tha Mount of Moses- - -the holy mount hallowed
by the far off memories of thousands of years
—have survived, as by. a miracle of. Providence,
through all . the storms of the ttimultaous cen
turies of tht3 past's.
A Ilretticiflist and a Quaker having stopped at
a .puhi le hotise, agreed
I to sleep in the same bed.
The Methodist knelt down and'prayed fervent
ly, and confessed aiongcatalogue of sins. Af
ter lie rose
„the Quaker Oserved; LReally,
friend, if thou aft an bad as thou gayest thou
art, I think I dare not sleep
A IaCV. named Fortune,,; reeently, 'one .
birth, preitentecihei - husband . . with three 'tine
.;hters, thereby. - verifying the eld snying,
tint Miss-Fin-tune nnvet 'zanies alone."
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SMETHPORT, lIPKBAN COUNTY, , PA. THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1860.
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coWn and American Slavery.
The importation . of cotten, into - this
,country.
theimport.44 was aboliihed,..in;
creased sixteen-fold. Having been 03,000,004
Ibis:, it is n0W.1,000,000 . ,400 lbs.: . This , is one
of those: giant facts . Which Stand head and
shoulder S -higher than : the .. .crowd-10 high and
so broad that we can neither oierlooklt.nor at
fect.not to, see it: It proves the existence of a
thousand smaller factsthat must stand under
its t hadow. , It tells of sixteen times many
mills, sixteen times' as Many . English families .
living by working *these Mills`, iiirteen times as .
.much profit derived limn sixteen times as Much'
capital engaged in this manufacture...
ries..after its Sequences increased •quantities of
freights and insurances; .and necessities ter
- sixteen times theatricnint of eue.tomers - to
sume - to our profit, the immense amount of pro
.duce Neare - turning out..
.There'arenot many
such facts.aS these arising in the quiet routine
Of. iridirstrial history. It' is so large rind so
steady, that we can steer :our national policy
bift ; is . so iniporturit te.us.that we should
he reduced to .embarrassinent, if it Were sud
.aenly It teaches us .to: persevere
in.a.policy which hPs produced . so.wondertul
result ; its beneficial operation makes its es
sential to us to deal carefully With.it,now that
:we lave got in' Some .yeays. ago an island .
arose in the Mediterranian, and we were all
discussing it and quarreling about it arid .keep
ing up a brisk fire, of diplomatic note's . over it,
When one fine morning the disgusted island sud-.
denly . lvent . doWn again, and • ships sent out to
survey it; sailed over the site it had • . oceupied.
We must not do anything to• disgust this huge
lump 'of profitable work, which has Suddenly
arisen among us. We• are:.inclined to look : al
it with a' respectful and superstitious . tender
ness, rather as a gambler does upon a raro
luck at.cards,hopMg it may last forever.
Lord Brougham and the veterans ,of the old
Anti 7 Slayery'ociety . do. not, we • fear,, share
our; delight at this great increase in the emrdoy
meta' of our home populatiOn.- Their minds
are, still scared by those horrible stories_ which
.were ‘ burnt 'in upon them , in their•youth,, When'
England was not only*slive-owning, but even
a slave-trading State. Their remorse Is so
great-that the ghost of a.l3lack man is' always
before them. They are hcnevolent and .:excel
leht people ;but if a. black. man • happened .to
have . brokan hie shin and a white man were in
danger.dfdrowning, we much fear that'a reel
Anti -Slavery . zealot:would bied up the. black
man's .leg before be Would.draw the white man
out of the.water.rlt is an inconsisteney, there
fore, that While we:see' the only: cause of con 7..
grafulatioirin this wonderful increase of trade,
Lord Brougham sees itia,the exeggetatioh
.an.evil he never ceases to deplore, Wei and
such as We, whoarecententto look upon so
ciety as Providence allows, It to exist 7 to Mend
it when we can, :but not to •distress•.oursolves
immederatelY for evils which are not of oii r
icreation—we see only the , free and intelligent.
English' families who'thrive apod.,the wages
which ihese cotton bales preduce. oLord
Brougham• sees , only theblack laborerS Who, on
the other Side QC the Atlantic, pick the cottOu
pods hi * .slavery. Lord B. deplores that in this
tremendous importation of a thousand millions
of pounds of cotton the lion'sshare of the prof
it goes to the and has been. produced by
slave labor.. Instead of twenty-three millions,
the'U. S. uoi.V 'send us eight hundred and thirty
millions, and this is aft - cultivated by slaves.
It is very Sadthat this should be so, but :we do:
not see utti'lvay to: a renadily...:There.Seems to
be 'rather a chance of .its becoming worse..' II
France who is.already moving onwards in.. a
reflesS, purblind 'state, : 'should 'open' her. eyes
wide; should hive herself fair play 'by •heeept
ing our coals, iron.and. Machineu,.'and, under
the stimulus of a Wholesale.competitioik should
laic° to ManufaCturing,tfpen:alarge [scale,:then:
these 'three trillions will not be-enough. France
will be competing with us in the:foreign cotton
marketa,Oirriulating atillfurther - the prothide
of Georgia and, South Carolina. The. jump
Which the' consumption :of.;cottOn' in 'England
has just made; is but a leap, which may 'be-re
peated 'indefinitely. There are • thankand
millions of thanking . Upon: the ..glolie,• nit o
whom can he most comfortably clad in cotton
Every year new tribes and, now nations are ad
ded to the categdry'of cotton wearers. There
is everir reason to . believe that the . supply of
this : tmiversal necessity will, for many 'years
Yet to come, fail. to keepliace with the demand,
*and, M thelintereit a s that large class of our
countrymen to Whom cotton, is bread,'llie must
continue to.hope that tho.U4ted State's _will be
able to supply us in years trionrio. ivith twice
as, much as we bought of Abenfie.yeiirs past
“Let ils raise up anotliei•anarket,' :say the
anti-slavery people. §a say .we
fiery, well that..possibility of 'growing .cot
on is not • confined to the New Weiid. the.
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plains:grew of Bengal cotton before ,Columbus
ivas horn, and we, with our meelianical 'adven-,
tapes; can actually afford to take the Bengal
cotton' froth the groworeand senq it bdck to
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hem in yarn and pieces, cheaPer than they
Caa . thake it up: •So,alo,.theascincia..of square
miles: Chinh are coveted by the Cotton plant,
and.
sorn4 day, ivenriay 'per,hapa tepee !-' the pr?-
ceedings.thero,- Africa, tarp, Promises us cot
ton, pr. pivings!one : found a - country in which
ilkci:groliltli 4 was hulig.cnous, arid' whero -thc
chiefs mite Very . aniknis to he:taught bow to
.culeivatoitlor an European market. Thera is .
no lack of lands and climate where cotton .
could . be proffuceti. •It is said of gofikihat no
substance in nature is more widely diffuriecl and
more omhipresent; butilinforturiateiy; it , is (lir
fused.tindor conditions which • make it :seldom
riossible to min it..wlth a profit. :So it is ( rof
Cotton. Thecinditions' under Which it lie
cornea available for our markets are ..not often
present in the wild cotton which.'our travel_
ler discovei; .nor are to be immediately . Bap-,
plied.. Remember the efforts which*the.French ,
have made to produce 'cotton in Algeria, the
enormous prizes , they, offered; the prices at
which they bought up all thdpreduce, the care
with which . fabrics were Prepared from those
cottons at,Rouen and exhibited at the Paris
E,2chibition, and them note the miserable result
after so Many yearS of artificial protection. It
will come eventually; as the cotton Wants o
the wadi' press heavily.atitl more heavily, i
must come... We'shall heie cotton from Indini
from thina, and fuerri:Africa, we, vvouldiadvo..
Fate every means withmreasonable limits
quicken tke develonment. We Would not even
large scale into Africa: would: be , to ieFfiielbnf
African cotton would not &I raised by 'slave
labor. But.eien Lord Brougham would :.not
ask. us.to . believe that there is any proximate.
hope that the free' cutton• raised. in'Afri4. Willi
within Oily. reasonable .time, drive out of cult
iure the slave 'giown .cotton. of. America.; I
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this be so, of what use c . an it be to 'leaks' Irri
tating speeches in the. House of Lords against
a•statosof things by which- We are content 'to
profit? Lerii 'Brougham and Lord Grey are not
men of such illOgical minds ft to be incapable
of understanding that it is thUdemand .of the
English manufaeturers which stimulates the
produce of slave-grown :cotton: ,'They are
neither of them, we, apprehend, so reckless or
so wicked' as to wish to close our•factories.and
throw some two millions of our manufacturing
population out of 'bread. why, then; these in
consequent and these irritating denunciations?
Let us create new fields , of produce if 'we can;
but, meanwhile, it is neither . just nordignified
to buy this raw material from the Americans,
and to revile them' for producing it-London
FrDELTIT,
Never 'forsake a 'When enemies
gather thick and fast around 'When. sickness
falls letil4 on •the; heart ;. when the world, is
dark at d 'cheerless ; this id the . time' to try , true
friendship,. Tile heart that has been , touched
with true gold, will redouble : its - efforts, whe n .
is: sad and trouble.' AdversitY tries
real friendshifi..:.They-whe turn from the scene
of. distress; or offer reasons why they' hOuld . be'
excused [ram' extending aid tind sympathy ; be.;
tray their hypocrisy, , and. preve that 'selfish
. motives only;prompt and . move them,
~11 you
liave a friend who loves ' you (who has studied
your interest, and heppinetn. ; . defended you
When you were persecuted and troubled ; be
sure to sustainfiim in his adversity. Let him
feel that his 'former : kindness, is appreciated ;
and that. hi's friendship was not .`lavished upon'
you for naught:, 'Real ficlelitimay be rare, but
it exists , ' in the heart. 'They. only..deny: its
worth and :power, who ,:have 'never loved`. , a
friend, or.labored to make a friend hdppy,..'f4 . 6
good and•.kind; the affectianate and virtuous,.
See; and feel this. heavenly principle ; for liettv- .
enly it is : it is a fruit gathered from a sacred
germ, implanted by heaven in man's bosom,-:.—.
True fidelity has its 'reniatd. It may slight
,ed by 'V)* ;•eiieilooked by ..others:; 'lint 'pure
minded men 'cultivate avid cherish fond and un
.ilyieg love for it.; •They:Would sacrifice wealth
. and honor to Promote the happineSS of others ;
and in 'return they raceive• the • reward 'of. their
:love by sympathizing heaits and . countless fa
. .
vois,*hen they have beenbrought low by die- •
ease or adversity. ~ • . •
As the diamond is found in *the darknessOt
themine. vas thelightning 'slicers with most
vivid flashes from the , gloomiest cloud, so dues
fidelity proceed from a heart susceptible to the
calls of deepest melancholy, and shpWs itself
brighter and . stronger .in the •advevsily.
Mende; • .." . . . •
io IVfirritint.:—""She inia no mother:" - What
a vOlume . of: truth la expressed in that einglo
utterance-6 mother.
We must go ,dMatn the hard,.. rough' patkii
ife;.and become , inured to' care , and sorrow in
heir sternest forms, before . we can take home
he 'dread reality—nOmoiher !--withoht a strui
.le or a tear. . • • :. • •
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• But *hen it is said of a frail, young girl; just
passinefrem•ehildhood towaidi• the life of a
woman, how sad is the story sumnied upin that
one short . sentence! . • . . •
Who now..shall administer the needed copit
sei 7 Wbo now Shall bear with the errors and
failings of a motherless daughter?,: . 4
Deal gimpy with the child. ' •
Let not the cup of hey sorroW•be oVerflowed
by'the harshness of your bearing,' bi your un
sympiathizing coldness: . • ' •
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Is she heedless of her doings? ' Is:shit. fur . -
gethil .of her duty? Is she citeless in .her.
• Remember, o!i; kefpciriblir ! She ; ha rio
mothiir ! •
Boots—Mc matl . o of 411 Work:. .
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• THE FATlfElitt••
Washington on the Underground ItatironV,
The'Republietino frequently quoit. thefath 7
et;•Of theonntrir as I : opposed to the principle
of the rtlgitiye Slave Law, notwithstanding .
that law lid s th'e . signature . pf . George Washing-
They also declare . that Washington' was
(*posed' to, the, surrender nf:Fugitive ilaves;
and opposed to regarding Sievelike, property.
The following , letter is: a iulileient refutaticin
to every one of this class of accusations;- .
WASHINGTON TO' itOBERTMORItii.
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Mourn , IVERNort, April 12th 1786.
Dear Sir: r 4 give yon-thl , treuble of this let
ter at the Anetance.of Mr. Dalby of Alexan
dria,' who recalled to 'Philadelphia to attend to
what he conceives to be a Vexatious law-suit
respecting islave of his; whom a society rif
kers in that city, formed for such purposee, have
attempted to liberate..; The merits of the case
will no doubt appear on trial: From M. Dal;
by's statement of the. matter, Ih.vrould. seem
Oat this aadiety is tot only acting repugnantly
to justice, io far as its , conduct concern:a strait, -
gers,but in my opinion impolitically in respect
to the Stater . the City 'hi. particular, without.
'being able, except by' aihrof tyrrany And op
pression to accomplish . its ends. He says the
condUct'of - this . society; is not sanctioned •by
law Had tbe case been otherwise, whatever
4.y..eprfitan — ortne - taw quern- -*Im o; bm t ,
• reepeet :the.polley.Pf : the State would On
this oceasion,have appearediti
cause against _the - penalties of • promulgated
laws one troy, guard; but there is Po:A:voiding
the snares. of individuals; ,or - private societies.
I If theliractice of thin soCiety, .of which Mr.
Ding speaks, is not:discountenanced' mine or
hose whoso.misfortune it is to have slaves as
attendants vvill risk the city If they can pos
sibly avoilit, because by so doing they hazard
!heir property, or Ihey,must be at .the expense
(and this will, not 'always succeed) of provi r
ding.aervants 'of another deScripticf.. • •
hope it will not be' conceived from these
observations; that it is my wish to hold the un
happy people, Who are the subject of this letter
in slavery. I can only say, that, tbere is ' no
man living, who Wishes more sincerely , than
do, to see some plan adopted for the abolition
of_itv but there is only one proper end effectual
moder:y which 'it can. be' accomplished, and
that is by 'legislative authorify - 7 . 7 and ..this, as
for - as my suffrage will go; shall neverte. want
ing. But when slaves, Who are:baby and
contented with their present masters are taken
unawares by these practieei; when it conduct
of this kind begets• discontent an' ens gide
and resentment on the other; and when . it bap=
pens to fall on a man whose parse Will not
measures with that of the Boriety, and he . Will,
his property for Want of means to defend it:
a oppression in such a cafe, and not humanity
n any, because it , introdues more evils than
it can cure. .1 will make, no apology for 'Niri.;
ting to you, on this , eubject, for if Mr.. Dalby
has not misconceived the.matter,.ah evil exists
which requires a remedy; 'if he hes t My inten
tions have been good, though Lmay have been'
too pereipitate in my address. Mrs: Waxhing
ton joins me, &c.; &e.., and I , am, ;&c:
G I EO W SHIT GTONe
It will be remembered that this letter .was
.written in reference to the. Quakers and the
cel7ndergiound Railroad,'!whichseemi to have
tied a track laid from . Virginia .
irginia l'ennsylva
evertbefore the adoption of the ConstituT
tion which cOmpeht the surrender of fugitives
from • scr vice.
Ttiis' letter ie valpable at .this bepiuse
it answeta- the imputation that.Waahington
would sell's° to . execute the F~gttive Slave
taw; and.ansivers.fhat other imputation.' that
other•dogvhs that, alaves were notto . be held as
property; and also beeausp it affords a light, by
which Botha . political parsons ~may read %the
Constitution; and 'particularly that , section of
it; which relates to the return of persona etheld
oservice or labor;" &c. ati'Musiiington
rend, Understood and aupiipiied it, whan inset
odin the'Coitstitution.of the 'United States
JACKSOA HONiVri.--" When Gen. Jackson
Was President of the. United Statps,"..said an
uged laborer in the Presidential garden a few
pima sine's!, cflie could tell an honest -man, from
a.rogue when he first saw him. • UreMeriber
that a clergyman with •a stiff, white choker
and an.untarnished suit of black; called upon
hini •one morning when be was overlooking
some Work . that I was performing in • the gar
den and requested an appointment- to some of.
lien, `saying:' c)..Genetal, .I worked harder for
ypur election than many of those upon , whom
you have already bestowed. 'offices." c‘You
are n minister of the Gospel?'"
. said Old Hick
ory, inquiringly. d4es," said the clergYmani
«I 'was a
.minister,.but I thought I could-. do '
better by.be coming a politician. So I stumped
the, district .Week. days for' you, and - preached.
for:the Suntl - ays."-: Old Hickory, turning
short toward him, and looking Win' full in the,
face, said, “Bythe'Eternal, if you would chea t
the Lord you would.cheat the country. , I Will
hive nothing to do.with yon,,nor anylike you..
good morning," rind he' walked • ripidly.away . ..
I never shall forget the look ol that hypocritl 7
Cal clergyman. , . Had that. last judgment, been
set, and be, before the great. white.• throne I
dnubt. whother • lieWould' : have. lcioked. - more
Malik and chap•fallom"
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SI:YU:III:AR Goon PonTurca.—.-We learn, :say's
the Galena Adoerpser, that the following 'rather
peculiar combinition of 'circumstances trans
pired in thii city,last 'weeki Mr. James .Ben-.
nett (a.blinl man) and Mr. William
. Tayler.as
partners in mining ; on Thlusday• last, Wild:
very fine prospect for, load; s on ground belong-.
ing to I). A Barrows, ',on the east aide . Of. '.the'
river, fro* which they Cook out in a abort time 1
'about 6;000 pounds of the Vest quality of :min-,
oral. The poor men, of course,-were. greatly
elated. with • their success, the intrie • eVening .
Word was brought 'to Mr.' Tuylorthat a tnotirri
indletter, *as in the Post Office. Ile'histened
thither rind . fotnid it to be from•. England,
nouneind the death .of his mother, leaving him
a.fortune of ,$20,000: • .
••• Vl l rny• is the world :I ika a - piano 1 ' it
311411 of, sharp:Pima . • • •
• i ." THRHEA
Few; people hold close communion tillh,shelf
own hearts.• It.ise terrible thing to qbestion
contimmusliseverelyand feel the' truth tit':
its' replies, wrung out fractio& by :ration
the questioner sees hirri'sell rivealed hot + :
bled at • the revelatiotil a there ,is:: fat: mor&tlf
profound' and far-reaching •-knowleilgo &on.:
most men are willing to reeive, in (he, .itch. : ::
illation of the:Royal .piatimist,' 4 1the:heitreit
deceitftil above, all, thidga, and ,desPeraitill
wicked. 6 • And:Yet man need , not lA' dricelired: — .
It it bedeusithey dare not' learn the,trrith—
theffear to know thetnseivee. We'.lll'
this, fear. On a law, occasions I have, tore the
mask away, and looked on thinakeditesi of the
heartblit have shut
,My . - cycle,. and Mod (o,`:
cheat.myself into tho belief that there Serie
devil there: It is not &very difficult
:know more , of our neighbor ;than, orirsolfi ',tor
we do not tear to study Wm.. Wo read-hith,ne
on open. boOk,rind !altlitigh . We, .:derinilt -Pry -.
closely hicilier) Page, we'can peruse "thilablo
of conterit'if, and learn Mare than' he vinalC.b•
willing kV teil. I think . Gild for the restraining
influenced *hid), he bee thrOwii around , man-
for" Hie etWotions without, And ;within, 'to teOP -
'and cherish the Spirit ritgood ',the human
heart, that :it rnay:tiot..4vitolly dietpicitd!
these, soon would , the of the inner temple ;
; Igo out id darkness, and , a Midnight 'of despair
and horrcir wraps the soul '.l • • -
I ' OUit
We.are told—cievery m as!..l
four irand-parenta,.eight . great-gtand •pateals,'
sixteen great , great-grand psrente,_ ' vre
reckon thirty years to n generatiep,..nnd
on the abeve series to the time of; the
con - quoit, it will be•fatind that 'each one of
M. 1 1 3 t . hnve hadat that period'ep • leia
000,000'of ancestors. Now, maltiminll t1t,'417:: •
lowanceti, for ,crossing 'the lenealoglCal
and cidseqUently•for the:Stithomeatny
'many, of the intersectioncstill theta *lli re,•+' ( " .
main a number 'stificlent at ihnt t Oat ,
the, whole '.Norrhan and. Anglo-gels:ln
WhitOlier; therefore, was then noble,
ea prineely, or eveW
in the line ,of miEestry.' ;Each: man': Or . the
piesent,tlay may 6e almost pertiiti . Rt,llo!ing
had hot only. carte Mit even^ 'crowned tieinis
. . •
among Idaprogenitorl. • 'And mho' *, be
almosi andured that ftia highest•lamill'eadYilit
period have nevi lineal represeniuAtei, in Ori
sons so low in, the . social male; ihai all • the
sounditia lipee of herildri would fad trkfatborni
their security. It is a consequencooO4.if tie
same view, that i thousand.yemra ben* "sash ' ••
man who has now an ordinary (muff .0 .
then wilt probably have 'a repteseniadire• sot* , )
way of hia blood in each one of *660,001'0
persomf that these' WO be 0 1.111i ' ioitilkj1
tione, high and law,. rich - and poor, anifaii,
may be the ease, some . listen] 'of
osophy pay tini before that bate fird tell div
inittons from crur
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Sixottutia tiatittloirAtitongo* Ateqtlitoiri
Indians there is a Singular tradition •regarding,
the white man's origin and supeSioritYi. , Ther
!lay that when the. Great Spirit made' ilia earth;
he also inade.three men, all of
thir, coMplexion ;* and that after "Making demi'
he led them to the Margin of e lake and . ;
bade them leap therein.- tine of them
mediately obbyed and 'Came lam - the water:,
purer than before he,lidiked, the secolut did Mkt
leap, id until the . Water heeenie slightly• Muddy;'•
and when he bathed he came OP copper eolcrittill:
the third did not leap in until the water beetiMk''
black with mud, and Came out With its •owrf t
color.. • ' •
. ,
'l7ho the great SPlrit beqre 'them then..
packages of bark and bade thi!in
ot'Of pity for his misfortune color ,
time black man, the first choiio.
of each of the packages and haying felt
weight, chose Ifni heavi e st ;Aim ciipper4olM44 . '
ono then chose the Secenti
white man tho Mien' thepsi,ell44llr.",.'•?'
,
were opened the first 'trip! .
Spades, boce, and tilt the iiiipleaterila 'of
the second onwraried hunting,
,fieftind:airtrWitr.'
like'aPparatas',. Od_ third 'give the'' , ' whiter neap',
pens, ink and 'paper-the. of the.taitnW. ; -:
the mu s tual mental . irdpiereipet4—the .14)64'
link Of. humanity, the foundation 4,the 'White
man's superiority.: '• ' ' ;
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causes or InsAnrft.—ttr..Poney, Mt' motif .•
years past the'resident physichin Orthe
City 'Una tic A syliivri,in speaking of the pie: ,
dieposing;or. ,existing causes' of It4nnity,
Misdirected education, by etilliCatingtt prh•-.• : ,
ficulai:facultyor faculties, at
.thi , e*Petri." . : .
the others, unit thon'tfestroyingthat iifonow
tween them, lajs - ,the foundation for ilrrgt 'r=
meat .:frorn tiny sligbf exCitimt:CausO.„
high culture of the • Masoning, ticrwOtai i•:,
entire neglect of the pmduies a'n
loctunt brit II bad man, while tfin..aOlfkaatio . kat i f... -
the ltheart:" of the,mtpense "C`
duces the man. of :leeling: . ,Ahe
emotions hold,no iMphitant, Oa* 'ilt,*;irjti*T,
(Motion of our 3 hapPiness,Amt.• ifit hei,*o4l4
morbidly aenantivo and 'paitrigetiMft
froin in tcllecio '
Lion of, a. welt. balance'd mind .
•for• the perfaction;:nf!tbnlifififiiikfatallienathi,%: , -,
physical °Tian% - mot. alao,
'ho
y4gitii4 bee irittrueted:,ll4,bobli' ,l. l4oo(iioiik,' - ';
Sunday §ctio,?i• one: ptOlietitig#(...'lblimu':
,Stare, Of ItictiinviolY'io . oloback
re's of SpnrrioAttieeiineilii er4ere4oll4l 4 *P",::
porteins and hand.
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- *l i eu thitnier ihtill r lifibiagle
lie is astraving.,,,
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