JKFFERSONIANT REPUBLICAN
Thursday, October 31. 1850.
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ARRIVAL OF THE. STUA'MSliirt;Aom. A
The SiearrjBhipAsia arrivad at New;York oh
.Wednesday morninc from Liverpool, which place
tshe left on .ihe '12th iust. She brings .London!
dates of the 13lh. f.
We are clad to learn that an effort is about to be
, made to connect Canada nG real Briiian by a,
f Mine of steamships of great power and tonnage.
1 Wood! Wood!! Wood!!!
ThVse of our subscribers who have promised us
vood in payment for subscription, &c. are hereby
notified that We are very much in want of wood
some good wood; none of your nurly, knotty trash
wlijclf the ''devil" cant split, and which is a tight
match for us but something light, such as primers,
deserved and willhave if they can get it.
j The ships will be propelled by the screw, and
will be as applicable for the conveyance ol emi
grants as of merchandize. European Turns. ; ,
The Bishop and. ihe Queen. The Lord Bish-
Election Returns.
'The -complete returns of the late election for
Sia tef (office rs-'of this State, will be found in our
naper:to day. The aggregates are as follow :
145,706
131,900 13,806
142,803
130,320 12,477
Surveyor Gen. Brawley, (D.) 141,896
Henderson, (W.) 131,047 10 849
The amendments to the Constitution received
1 4,456 votes in favor, to 72.015 against ; majori-1V72,441.
Canal Commis'r. Morrison, (D.)
; Hutigan, (W.)
Auditor General, Banks, (D.)
' . Snyder, (W.
"tfif'pa'rly of ihiiteen fugitive slaves passed thro1
Tamaqua on Friday, the 11th inst. on their way
to Canada. The next day they were followed by
two persons, who, engaging the assistance of a
constable, started on in their pursuit. The pur
suers succeeded in overtaking the slaves at Wilkes-Barre-
but owing to the strong expression of feel
ingmanifested by the people in their favor, they
were forced to desist.
"Skcoxd Chop Peaches. The Rockville Md
jftiiYnal speaks of a perfectly matured peach, of
serond growth, from the orchard of Mr. ueorge
Huddlestoti, of that county. The tree on which
this peach grew is very full of the same kind.
This peach is considerably smaller than those of
the first crop.
.Singular Offer. A lawyer in extensive prac
tice in Philadelphia, has been offered S 12,000 per
year for two years, the payment guarantied by se
curity on real estate in New York, to go to Cali
fornia and exercise his talents in defending an as
sociation of burglars Tind thieves. The condition
of; the offer was that any money received by him
for.defending others, or for services rendered to
others than members of the gang, should be cred
ited, to them as part payment of his salary. He
peremptorily declined the offer.
Dreadful iMortamtv. Out of a cargo of 159
Norwegian emigrants, embarked at Buffalo for
Aill'waukie, fifty four died on their passage, and
were thrown overboard. They were victims of
slfip-fever contracted during a recent voyage of
three months from Europe.
The . Philadelphia Spirit of the Times says that
the old Bank of the United States has a claim of
one million dollars against Texas, which will
now be paid.
A Precocious Couple.
One1 of the census lakers for Greene county, Mr.
M'cCoy, says the Xema (Ohio) Torchlight informs
usfof -an instance of precocity that came under his
observation in the eastern part of that county,
which we venture to say, is unparalled in the this
latitude. The parties are a married couple, the
husband 18, and the wife 16. They have been
married about four years, and have two children
one of which is over three years of age, and the
other over one! If a youngej couple than they
have commenced "adding to the glory and great
ness of their county," we hope to hear of it.
Sentence of an Abolitionist.
;Tvvo men, named McBride and Crooks, were,
recently arrested at Greensborough, N. C. on the
-! large Df circulating an abolition pamphlet, going
to charge the slave-holders with living in daily vi
tiation of the ten commandments. The trial took
place last week, when McBride was declared
guilty, and Crooks not guilty. McBride was sen
tenced to one years' imprisonment, to stand in the
pillory one hour, and to 'receive twenty lashes.
.lie appealed to the Supreme Court.
New Jersey Peach Trade. A statement of the
peach trade of the past season has been prepared,
i Dim which it appears that there were carried to
New York from New Jersey 1,338,500 bushels.
Seven steamboats were employed in conveying
litem. Allowing twenty-five cents per bushel as
the average price, the farmers of New Jersey real
ized the handsome sum of three hundred and thirty-four
thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars.
Volcanic JSt'iiplions.
An Oregon paper, dated the 2 1st March, gives
the following account of Yolcanic eruptions in Or-egbiv:-
t':W;e are informed by gentlemen that both the
mounts (St, Helen and Baker) are sending forth
volumes of smoke, giving undoubted evidence that
their volcanic fires are not yet extinguished.
The. craters from which the smoke was issuing in
St. Jlelen were two in numbers, and low down
the North and Northeast sides; while in Mount
Baker, which is a perfect cone, the smoke was is
?ThiFusiUvSlave Law.
s It appearsTthat before the Edent .gave hisj
unction to this" law he submitted it to "the Attor
ney General,-Hon. John J. Ciittefiden, and. oUr
uained his Written opinion thatfit in no particular
conflicts with the Constitution. This opinion has,
within the last few days, been published, for the
purpose of allaying if possible, the excitement
which prevails alfovef the 'free States against the
law. -
Mr. Crittenden enjoys a" high reputation as a
lawyer, as a statesman, and as. a Humane and be
nevolent individual.,. His opinions on questions,
of law or of public policy are .entitled to great
Nevertheless we ate constrained to be?
fllllli 1011 111 MAI
op of London addressed a letter of remonstrance
m hot- Mnipstv for not hnvintr adero-vman of the ' weight
chliahpd Chur'ch in hpr suite while on her ores- l lieve that on this question his. relations to slavery
ent tour, and for attending a Presbyterian place of , have biassed his judgment and led to the forma-
worship at Balmoral. A reply was sent to the
tion of an opinion at variance with fact. It seems
Bishop expressive of her majesty's disapproval of ( plain to our apprehension that the law is grossly,
such iniPrfp.rpncR. and observinff that her Maiestv ! irreconcilably in opposition to the Constitution,
had not stepped out of her duly in attending pub- and that the reasoning of the Attorney General, is
lie worship in the established Church of Scotland, j miserably lame and unsatisfactory. If his opinion
The Artie Expedition. The piece of rope found shall be sustained by tire supreme ooun wo rn.uL
at Port Riley turns out to have belonged to Sir'
John Franklin's party. The Daily News, on com
petent authority, says " that there can now be no
doubt that Sir John Franklin has passed up Wel
lington Inlet ; that his ships are probably frozen
in there ; and that the encampment at Point Riley
was formed by a detachment sent to be on the
lookout for vessels, who returned to their the ships,
when their provisions were exhausted, or when
the winter set in." There is much plausibility -in
this view, and we welcome the hope that at sug
gests. fl
The Pope has issued a bull prohibiting Roman
Catholic parents from sending their children to
Protestant schools, either in Prance or England,
and young ladies from teaching or taking part in
them.
Paris, Oct. 10. The cavalry review, which has
excited so much interest here, took place to-day
at the camp de Saiory. An immense crowd from
the neighboring places attended. The number of
the troops was, altogether, 25,000. The cries,
with few exceptions, were " Vive le President,"
but "Vive la Republic," was not heard. It is sta
ted as positive that a decision respecting the llol
stein question has been come to by Prance, Eng
land, Austria, and other German states, in favor of
Denmark, and that the Duchies will be informed
that they must refrain from further hostilities, and
await the award of the intervening parlies. In an
ticipation probably of this, the Holstein army has
withdrawn from Freiderishstadt.
DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The
Schlcswig-Holstein army attemped to take Fried
richstadt by storm, at four P. M. on the 5th, but
were repulsed by the Danes. The army of the
Duchies is in position at Sunderstapel. Its loss is
considerable, particularly in officers.
Our dates from the seat of war are to the morn
ing of the 5th inst. After bombarding part of the
town during the preceeding day, and after destroy
ing the large block house close to the road, the
town was in the evening attacked by two battal-"
lions of infantry and a detachment of riflemen.
The principal church was burning at the time, and
one end of the town was one complete mass of
flame.
After a desperate struggle, in which both sides
must experienced very heavy losses, the Danes
gave way a little, but only to Beek the cover of
new entrenchments and barricades thrown up in
the middle of the town. The reststance which
they met with here was so violent and determined,
that notwithstanding the most brilliant bravery,
the Schleswig-Holsteiners were conceited to re
tire from the town at midnight. They took up a
new position some what in advance of ihe old,
and the conflict was to be renewed on the follow
ing morning. The losses sustained by ihe Schle-swig-Holsleriners
are yet unknown.
Altona letters state that the loss above spoken
of was nearer 500 than 300 man.
We have the following correspondence relating
to the second attack, dated Hamburg, Oct. 6.
" The Scheleswig Holstein corps has again made
an attempt to storm Friedrichstadt and with no
better success. The troops ritired last night to a
position between Sunderstapel and Sethe, with a
loss of six hundred men. The withdrawal was
covered by the Christainsen battery, and lighted
by the flames of the burning city- I talked to, day
with asoilder who was one m the assailing gorps.
He 3poke of the block houses and entrenchments
which the Danes had constructed at Friedrithstadt,
as bulwarks so impregnable that the cannon shot
had no affect upon them. After storming one
breach, the troops would push on, believing that
the road was clear, when suddenly a whole suc
cession of new works became visible. The drum
was incessantly beaten to the attack ; assault fol
lowed assault but all in vain.
The bullets flew round like hail, while the burn
ing houses sent a scordhing heat. A bridge broke
with a number of men on it; nearly all perished.
Carelessness was imputable, for no offier should
have trusted to approaches left by the enemy.
The garison of Friedrichstadt, originally consisted
of three battalions and had been considerably in
., , , J" ,v ' r.i, -,,m i creased. The communications with ilusum have
cuing in dence masses from the centre ol the sum- ' -i4'"ov-v' . .
miu.- It is probable that these are the only living
volcanoes in Oregon."
Feaeful Sport A. correspondent writes us,
that a "member of Mr. White's shool, Amberst,
Mass. a lad of 17 on Saturday, the 12th. having a
rifle-In his hand loaded with a ball, in snort olaced
ihemuzle under his chin, and said to another I that he Holsteiners would withdraw from before
been almost uninterruptedly maintained, and Danes
have been seen marching to and fro theEe three
days. The colonel of ihe 6th battalion had been
taken prisoner by the Danes."
Our letters of the 7th.inst. contain only the con
firmation of the report of the storming of Fred-
richstadt, and further details. It was expected
youth present, " see how easy a man could kill
himself;" at the same time placing his foot against
the hammer, and pushing it back until it had near
ly 'cocked, when, his foot slipped, the hammer fell
upon the cap, and the rifle discharged. The chin
was entirely blown away, and the ball passed
through the back of his head. The unfortunate
youth never knew what hurt him. His name was
Frederick Goodale. Boston Traveller.
Mr. Clay was received with great demonstra
tions of respect and popular enthusiasm on his ar
rival at Lexington. Bonfires were kindled and can
non discharged in his honor, and an immense'
crowd assembled to meet him. He was compelled
to make a speech to the multitude. After thank
ing them for their kindness, and making a few re
niarks'upon the conditition of the country, he told
them that, happy as he was to meet them, there
wa3'an old lady about a mile and a half off (point
ing to Ashland) with whom he had lived fifty
years,andwhom he would rather see than all of
them.; He was released, after this good naturcd
remark, and suffeied to go home.
ihe place, as they could not invest it from the north
and west. Half the town is destroyed. The
Holstein army is to be increased by four battalions,
or more than 5000 men.
Some gamblers in Boston recently paid a round
sum for the rent of a field where a military muster
was to be held. The military changed the place
afterwards, and the gamblers applied to the owner
of the field for a return of their money. The own
er replied that there was the field, and they were
at perfect liberty to occupy it upon the days de
signated; but as to returning the money, he could 'nt
think of it.
great blast was made on the Hudson
River Railroad last week, by which nearly
thirty thousand cubic feet of solid rock were
loosened. The blast, in which 36 kegs of pow
der were used, was successfully set off by the
action .of a galvanic battery, under direction of
Professor Morae: More than three miles of
clcgraph wires were used tin the occasion,
thenceforward have much less respect either, for
the Constitution or for the Judges of that Gourt
than we now feel.
The Constitution (section 9,j provides, that lthe
privilege, of the writ of Habeas Corpus shall not
be suspended unless when, in cases of rebellion or
invnsjnn. the nublifi safety mav require it." This
j g j ,
is the great writ for the protection ofpersonal lib-.
erty. It lies, where a person being indicted or. im
prisoned (and an illegal arrest is in law an " im
prisonment") unlawfully or unconstitutionally, ap
plies to another tribunal for relief in the premises.
Mr. Criuenden says there is nothing in the bill
in question which conflicts with, or suspends, or
was intended to suspend the privilege of the writ
of Habeas Corpus. I think so, because the biU
says not one word about that writ." Now, let us
see what the bill does say, and then we shall be
prepared to judge of the soundness of the Attorney
General's opinion. The bill enacts that the cer
tificate of a Commissioner "shall prevent all mo
lestation of said person or persons the claimant
and his agents by any process issued by any Judge,
Magistrate, or other person whomsoever." The
Habeas Corpus is a " process issued" in behalf
of freedom. It is obvious, therefore, notwithstand
ing the opinion of the Attorney General, that the
bill does declare that the writ of Habeas Cprpus
shall not issue in the case of a person arrested as
a fugitive, slave.
We beg leave to digress a . few moments, in or
der to set the enormity of this feature of the law in
its true light.
The word slave, or slaves, is not used in the act.
It speaks only of 'fugitives from service or labor.'
An apprentice owes service or labor to his or her
master, and so does a minor child to his or her pa
rent. This act, then, reverses all the laws of this
state, and other states, regulating 44 masters, ap
prentices and servants," as well as of "parent and
child." A man-thief has but to come among us,
demand our children as his children, claim that
they " owe him service," or demand them as ap
prentices who "owe him service or labor," and we
are forbid the right to try the question whether the
vjllian's claim is true or false. If a man should
claim our horse or cow as his, we could resist his
demand, and compel him to substantiate his claim
here on the spot or to abandon it ; but if he has
the audacity to claim another's child as his own,
or as his apprentice, there is no appeal save to
"the higher law," and that appeal ihe supporters
of this act hold to be treasonble.
Let us cease this digression. The Constitution
(Art. 5, of ihe Amendments) says that no person
shall be 'deprived of life liberty, or property, without
due process of law." Is that a 4 due process of
Law' which strikes down the privilege of the writ
of Habeas Corpus, "and -virtually denies the right
of Trial by Jury ? It is to insult the understand
ing of the community to call that a 4 due process.'
It is a 4 process' precisely identical to that adopt
ed by the Russian Tyrant to spirit off to Siberia
ihose inhabitants of his empire who are so impru
dent as to avow liberal principles.
The Constitution declares that 'any person held
to service or labor in one state under the laws
thereof, escaping into another, shall be delivered
up,' &c. Mark the expression ! The meaning
clearly is ' another state" not a tertitory. A
slave, then, escaping from a territory into a state,
or from a state into a territory, cannot constitution
ally be pursued and remanded into slavery. Of
course, that portion of ihe fugitive slave law which
authorizes the arrest of a slave who fled, or may
flee, from the District of Columbia, or from any
territory, is unconstitutional and void.
But it is said, 'the compromises of the Con
stitution must be observed; these men are not cit
izens, but only slaves." This is said by men who
have no rebuke for the plain and intentional vio
lation of the Constitution by South Carolina, Geor
gia, and Louisiana, in imprisoning colored north
ern seamen, and selling them to pay jail fees.
But fugitive slaves are not the only persons dis
turbed by the law recently enacted. Every col
ored person in the free states is liable to be arrest
ed and to be carried into slavery under this bid.
The affidavits of two perjured accomplices, would
be sufficient in most cases. It is on this account
that this law has carried consternation into the
dwelling of almost every colored family in the free
states, and that men, women and children, born of
free parents, and pursuing their honest occupa
tion, are now living by day and night in constant
dread of molestation. Honesdale Democrat.
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tnd on the Amenawiemt Question.
Canal Commissioner Auditor Gen. Surveyor Gen. Amendment.
sr.
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Oi,d VVhitev. This famous war charger, used
by Gen. Taylor in most of his celebrated battles
in Mexico, passed through Harrisburg in a canal
boat on Sunday last, on his way to the West.
He was visited (says the Telegraph) by hundreds
of citizens, and generally seemed pleased with
their attentions. The old fellow was pronounced
to be about fifteen years old, and has what are
called 'glass eyes.' At Columbia, where he ar
rived in the cars, there was a fireman's celebra
Hon with music when he arrived, which elated
him that he almost broke through the car. The
music appeared to revive his recollections of the
glories he had attained to under the same trains.
A story of the imprisonment of several Ameri
can sailors by the Araba on the west coast of Af
rica was put in circulation some lime since, and
at the time generally believed. Com. Powell, of
the United States ship John Adams, of the Afri
can squadron, recently endeavored to find their
whereabouts, in order to release them from captiv
ity; but, after the most thorough search along the
coast for a distance of more than thirty miles,
Com. P. came to the cpnclusion that the entire
story was without foundation. Portandic, the
town where they were said to have been confined,
is but a short distance from the French colony of
Senegal, the inhabitants of which place knew
nothing of the affair.
The tanneries of South Danvers, Mass. occupy
3,8-10 vats and use 150,000 hides a year, and 9200
cords of bark. -
Several very extensive tanneries have lately
been erected in Susquehanna county. One in Le
nox, nearly completed, is 'three stories high, and
upwards of 400 feet .in - length j. : .
Adams
Allegheny,
Armstrong,
Beaver i
Bedford
Berks
Blair.
Bjradfprd- ,
Bucks
Butler
Cambria
Carbon
Centre n
Chester
Clarion
Clearfield
Clinton
Columbia .
Crawford
Cumberland
Dauphin .
Delaware
Elk
Erie
Fayette '
Franklin
Fulton
Greene
Huntingdon
Indiana
Jefferson
Juniata
Lancaster
Lawrence .
Lehigh
Lebanon. .
Luzerne
Lycomfng
Mercer
Mifflin
McKean
Monroe
Montgomery ;;
Montour
Northampton
Northumberland
Pike
Perry ,.
Philadelphia city and
county
Potter
Schuylkill . . t '
Somerset
Sullivan "
Susquehanna
itoga
Union
Venango y -
Warren c
Washington
Wa) ne . - i;
Westmoreland .
Wyoming . ?
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, 4303
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. 464.
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Slavery and the Blacks in California.
A new-Yorker in California, wruing from
San Francisco to his friend in this City, says :
" California, wish all its wickedness and li
censed hella, will not stoop for a moment to
ihe meanness of Northern Slates in succum
bing to Slavery. A case occurred in one of
our 'towns' recently, in which a man had his
slave brought before a Judge to compel him to
obedience. The Judge heard the parties at
lengih, and then gave his deci&ion at length,
the cream of it being : t As we found no
Slavery in the country when we came here, the
Court acknowledges no such peculiar institu
tion, and the man is at liberty to go where he
chooses." Very soon after, however, he was
brought in by a crowd, again, to answer for
having commiticd an assault and baitery upon
his master, knocking him down, &c; and also
for resisting the Sheriff who attempted to arrest
him. Arguments were again heard, at the
close of which the Judge said : " As the
Sheriff attempted to arrest him, without a writ,
the man was justifiable in his resistance ; and
as his so-called master had no right to lny his
hand upon the man, the latter merely acted in
self-defence ; and there was, consequently, no
cause of action." So he was again at liberty.
It is astonishing how soon they learn the mean
ing of that word, and practice its precepts.
They are a very happy set of fellowB here, tfs
they do just as they please, and the most grum
bling I hear about it comes from our own mean
Yankees, whom the negroes laugh at for their
value of a picayune. One fact 1 have noticed,
which 9, at the eating-houses a colored man
will walk in and take his seat at the general
table, and no Southern man object, while low
deep curses will be muttered by some from
the North, and East patticularly.
New President of Lafayette College.
The Trustees met at Philadelphia, on Friday
last, arid elected Dr. D. V. McLean, of Free
hold, New Jersey, President of this Institution.
Mr. McLean ts a man of ability, and we under
stand of considerable wealth. We hope the
College under his charge may prosper. The
Winter Session commences next month, and it
is expected that the President will move to our
Borough immediately. Eastonian.
Awful Acoident.
A german by the name of John Openauf
fer, fell into the large cooling tub, containing
hot swill, on Friday las, at Yohe's distillery.
He remained in the boiling hot liquid about
three minutes. In taking off his clothes and
shoes a few minutes afterwards, all the skin
was removed from his body, and the nails from
his toes. He was so terribly scalded that even
his hair fell out. The uufotunate man lived
in this terrible condition until the next morning,
and retained his senses until l he last. Ih.
Catasaqua Iron Works.
The following from the Philadelphia Co.il
mercial List, gives the history of these inter
eatins works, and the effects of different Tariff
regulations upon their prosperity.
In 1839 several enterprtseng citizens of Phil
adelphia, deiermined to erect a furnace for the
manufacture of anthracite iton, a process which
had then been only recently discovered and
brought into use by Mr. Crane in England.
They selected a piece of ground on the line of
the Lehigh canal, three miles above Allen
town, Lehigh county, in which iron ore of ex
cellent quality and limestone were found in
close proximity. Late in 1839 the timber was
cut from the ground, and in 1840 a furnace
was erected capable of producing 4000 tons of
pig metal annually. During the summer we
visited the place and found the furnace had
just been blown in. Three or four houses had
been erected ihat year and several others were
in progress for the- workmen, being the only
buildings within some distance of the place.
The experiment succeeded, and under the tar
iff of 1842, the proprietors erected that year
another furnace to produce 400 tons, and anoth
er in 1846, propelled by steam, of 7200 tons.
In 1849 iwo additional furnaces of 8000 tons
each were commenced, which were completed
early in 1S50, and put in blast. These works
all belong to the same propretors, the "Crane
Iron Co." During a summer excursion we
visited this place in July last, and found it
had becdmo a large town, ereccd entirely for
those dependent upon and engaged in these
works.
This is another evidence of the advantage
of encouraging our home manufacturers. Un
der the present tariff, enacted to benefit Great
Britain, all our furnaces, except those advan
tageously located, must stop, unless prices ad
vance, and nearly all the rolling mills have
already suspended operations, by which sus
pension thousands of hardy and industrious
mechanics have been thrown out of employ
ment. Adjoining Catasaqua is Burysport. It, too,
is dependant upon these furnaces for employ
ment, and contains a population of 400 to 500
persons, principally employed in these works
The whole population of Catasaqna is 884,
z : 245 from Ireland ; 68 from Wales ; 32
from Germany ; 9 from England ; 4 from Scot
land : and 527 were born in the United States.
Cost of ore, coal and limestone consumed
8250,000. In IS50 the product of these fur
naces will be 25,000 tons.
Impudent. To ask an unmarried lady' how
old &he is.
MARRIED,
On Saturday, the 26th inst,, by Daniel Jsynq,
Esq., Mr. John MowrtEY and Miss Elizabeth
Mullet, both of Upper Mt Bathel, Northamp
ton county. .. s
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