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Published-for the Proprietor,
ay ~.wILLIAkiti
VOL. LIB.
'TERMS•OF PUBLICATIO,N. •
' The Osposts Manta lepublishod weekly on ultimo ' •
sheet containing twenty eight columns, and furnished I , JNO. K. •SMITIfi re
to subscribers at - $1:60 :paid strictly in advance; , .
lectfully announces to his old fritroin and
$1.75 if paid within the year; or $2 in nil cases when, mit!. patrons, that he has returned from his south
payment is delayed. until after" the eipiratio I of the *eater. tour. with his health greatly iminoved, end'
year. ‘ No subscriptions received for a less period titan hasrestlmed his practice In Carlisle.
ell months, and none discontinued until all arrearages Ole ICE on Main Street, one door wester the Railroad
are paid, unless at the option of thi publisher. Papers Depot, where he can be found at all hours, day and
sent to subscribers liVing out of Cumberland county night, when not out professionally.
. must be paid for in advance or the .payment assumed Carlisle, Oct. 22,18524 f, •
by. some responsible person living In-Cumberland mum
ty.. These tennis will be rigidly adhered to In all
wet.
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. lines for three Insertion,, and . 2Mcentn for each
subsequent insertion: All adverreineuts of less thou
.twel re 1111115 considered as a aqua P .
Advertisements inserted.befare Marriages and deaths
S rentsper linO for first Insertion, and 4 cents per Him
. for Subsequent" insertions. Communications .on sub
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cents per line. The Proprietor will not be responsi
ble in damage. for errors in advertisements, Obituary
notices or Marriages not exceeding five lines, will be
inserted without charge.
' , JOB PRINTING
The Car Hale florald JOB PRINTING OFFICE le -the
I argent and most complete entebtlahnina In the county.
- Three good Presses. and a general variety of material
Suited for plain and Fancy work of every kind. enables
us to do Joh Printing at the shortest notice and on the
Most reasonable terms. • Persons •in want of Bills;
Blanks or anything In the jobbing iln., will Lind it to
rilto interest to give ea a call.
genera( anb Cocac. anrormation.
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U. R. GOVERNMENT. .. -
President—JaMes BUCIIANAN.
'VICO Proeldenf—,lour C. BRECKENRIDOX,
Secretary of State—Gen. Lena Casa.
Secretary of I n terlm.--Jacou Tsomeaos.
Secretary of Tronnury—llowm Coen.,
Secretary of War—Jona B. FLOYD. •
BOCA9Lftry of Nary,-111AA0 TOOCCIf.
Post %mad. lieneral—Jones• Hove.
GIOtiOraI—JISRLMIAH S. BLACK.
Chief 3.a110' of the' 'ttnlted,States—n. 0: Taal,'
'STATE' GOVERNMENT.
Clovertior- , -Wudds az F. PACKER.
Secretary of State--WiLLIAM M. llzza-ruz.
Surveyor Groorni—Jottx Itowz.
Auditor General-vJAduu FRY, JR.
TretlitlYer—llENßT 9: MEORAIi.
Judge* of tho Supremo Court.. E. Ltwio, J. M• ADM.
STRONG, W. R. i.ooß,ltli O.W. WOODWARD...I'ODH M. RIAD
COUNTY OFFICERS
President Judge—lron. James ii. Graham
. Associate Judges—Hon. Michell) Cocklin, Samue
Woodburn. •
Platelet Attorney—J. W. D. Gilielen.
Prothonotary—PhiliVQuigley.
Recorder ho.—Daniel &Croft.
Register—S. N. Emminger.
ifigh Sheriff—itobt. McCartney; Deputy, B. Keepers.
County' reasurer—Moses pricker,
Coroner—Das id Smitlt.
, County Commissioners—Samuel Megaw, Nathaniel
R. &kale, .Tamed If. Waggoner. Clerk to. Commission
..re, James Armstrong.
Directors of the Poor—Wm. Gracey, Juo. Trimble,
Abraham Superintendent, of Poor Housl—
Henry Snyder. •
• , 8911,011GH OFFICERS. .
Chief Duritom--Johtt Noble.
Assistant llurgese—Adam Bonsemen•
Town Council—A. IL.Shary, John Gutshall, William
Dents,•kr. °anther, T. ID Thompson, J. Worthington,
A.W. Bouts, A. Monetunith, Wm..Leede..
Clerk to-Councll.- , Thos. D. Mahon.
High Constablo--John Spahr, Ward Constables.—
Jacob Dretrandrew idattlue •
Liustices of the Peace—A. L. Sponsier, Dadd'Smlth,
duel liolcomb, Stephen Keepers. •
C II U RC IiES,
121 M
sbyterlan Churl', Northwest 'angle of Cen
'Nev. Conway P. Whig. I'astor.-Beralees
.Morning isnA; o'clock
.„
sr* 84pysrel
PM;li
„ .
Secokid Presbyterian Church, corner of &kith Hanover,
sted.Pamtnet.Streeds‘ ',Rim. Mr Balls, Pastor. Serviced
col:Cinema at 11 o'clock; ,A. 31., sod 7 o'clock P. M.
Bt. John's Church; (Prot. Episcopal) northeast male of
-4:lontro-Square, • Iterr.nlaeolxll:llottoOliiato}: - *Services
at 11 o'clock A. At r and.d.o'clock, P. AL
English Luthierate Church, .11idtdrd. between .Main
..int:tbouther struts. Ruv. Jacob Yry, Pastor. Services
at 11 o'clock A. M. ; and 64 o'clock 1'; DI.
' German Reformed Church, Louther, between Han
over and ' Pitt ntreets. Rev. Ac_ IS. Kremer, Pastor.—
Services at 11 o'clock A. td, and 6% o'clock P. M
Methodist 11. Church, (drat charge) °moor of Main and
Pitt Streets. Rev. Geo. G. Chenowith, Pastor. Bur rice. at
11 o'clock A.lll. and 634 o'clock P. DI •
Methodist E. Church (second charge.) Rev. Alex. D
Gibson Pastor. Services In Emory. Al. E. Cblirch at 11
o'clock A. M. and 13% 'P M.
St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Pomfret near East at.
Re r. JaMea Ridley, Pastor. Services every other
Sabbath at to o'clock. Vesper at 3.
Ceru Lutheran Church cornlr of Pandret and
Bedford streets. Rev. C. Fame, Pastor. Services at
11 o'clock, A. lit.,and 133 o'clock, P. M.
44 - When changes In the above are necessary the
proper rations are requested to nett& us. ,
DICKINSON COLLEGE
Rev. Charlea Collhis, D. D., Prosidont and Protesaor o
Moral Science. •
Rev. Ilsrman M. Johnson, D. D., Professor of Phnom.
ohy and English Literature.
James W, Marshall, A. 31. Professor of Ancient Lan
guages.
lies. Wm. L. lloswell,A. M., Professor of Mathematics.
William C. Wilson, A. M., Professor of Natural Science
and Curator of the Museum.
• • Alexander Schein, A. M., Professor of Hebrew and
"Modern Languages.
Samuel 1.), Millman, A. M., Principal of tbe Grammar
C. 4ohtt, - Asslitnut In' the Grammar Schoo
BOARD OF SCOOL DIRECTORS
Andrew Blair, PreeMont, 11. Saxton, P. Quigley, E
Coruman. 0. P. llutnerlch,J. Hamilton, Secretary,Jason
W.. Eby, ,Treasurer, John Sphar, Messenger Meet on
the let Monday of each Mouth at 8 o'clock A. at Ed.
station Hall. . .
CORPORATIONS
chausti radosiT liANE.—rrestiteut., it. 111, Henderson,
Cashier. W. M. Beetetn; .Asst. Cashier J. P. Hasler ;
Taller ' Jas. Roney,; Clerk, C. B Prattler:, Messenger,
Jahn'' Underwood; Directors, IL M. Henderson. John
Zug, Samuel Wherry, .1. D. Gorges, Skillet Woodburn,
It. O. Woodward, Col. Henry Cogan,. 11114h1ltuart, and
_CUmBEDLAND VALLEY RAIL ROAD CemPekv.—President,
Frederick Watts Secretary and Treasurer, Edward M.
Diddle; Superintendent, O. N. Lull. Passenger trains
twice a dap. Eastward leaving Carlisle at .10.15 o'clock
A. M. and 4.25 o'clock P. M.. Two. trains .every day
Westward, leaving Carlisle at 0.37 o'clock A, AL,' and
3.16 P. M.
CARLISLD GAN AND WATIR Comeehr.—Praeldent, Fred
erick. Watts; .Secretary,. Lemuel Todd ; Treasurer, Wan.
'Beiteni; - Directors, N, Watts,.itichard Parker, Lemur, Todd, Wm. DLL Beetem, Henry Saxton, J. W; Eby,
John D. tiorges, it. C. Woodward, and 11, Id..Diddie
CUIDDIIILAND VALLIT .I.lkNlF.—Prelde W. John S.' Ster
rett; Cashier, 11. A. Sturgeon; Teller, Joe., C. Hriffer
Directors, John SrSterretL Wni. ger, litelcholr Breve
man, niciterrd Woods. John C. Dunlap; itobt..o. Sterrett,
IL A. Sturgeon, rind,Captein John Dunlap..
SOCIET.tEB
Cumberlee' Star Lodge N0..157, A. ,1L M. meets at
Marlon Mall on lint tnt,-Ith rrgemlaya Otoeo e y
Month'.
St. Johns Lodge No 280 A. T.ll. Meets ad Thurs
day of each taint'', at Marion
Carlisle Lodge No 91 I. 'O.. Of O:'F. Meets 'Monday
imiguib:at Trouts building.% ' ,
FIRE COMPANIES
, .
Tha Tinton Fire Company was organised In 1189.
PreilpiAt, lt. Cornman ; Vlc r e President,. Samuel
Wetsel ; Secretary, Theo. Corm:lien; Treasurer P.,Mon
yep,,;(ispiparty Meets the Scot Saturday IMtdarehi , Juno"
September, and December. ,
• no Cumberland FireDompany was Instituted Febrit - arylB, 1809. President, Hobert 111cCartney; Secretary,
phlllo Quigley; Treasurer, IL, 8. )titter . The company on the third Saturday of, January, Aprili July,
and *Sober.
TtieDood Will Hose Company was Instituted 'n
185b1.Pgqpident, IL A: Sturgeon; Vice Presldent ' lleorge
Welse,'Jx.; Secretary, William D. Halbert.; • Treasurer,
Joseph - W. Ogllby. The company meets, the second
Thursday of January, April, July, and October."
The;tlo2plrs Cook and Ladder Company. was Institut.
at In 1859. President '
,Wm. At:Porter:. Vico President,
iteurrotritteplftliniter,tlolidentiipbill ; 'l3e;itetitt,i,
John A. Blair. Tbo company meets on,the,firet
day In January, Aprll;July and October.
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RATES , or 198tAGE
Postage on all. lettereorone•haltounce.welght ortin•
der, 3.eents Vranaldreseept . to. California or Oregon,
Whith..lll°'._•c4.l? P r ilr,ll l d'n-4ibiii ipe einfi;t,.ii•ee:
wit'Ortio v 'p n io . 747l ' 3 . leTiitipt;r,9 l 6 . 6 :Tc.) l loy. par . ,pf the
U; Med Stales 2(1 cents.' .Poetage On pll intnelent papo
I cent ' : r i repattl, or two rents
under 2'otifices lit Weight, -.--- • ......_. roo t.
unpard.', ',Vaverileed,letters„tollvc, tirKeßw . cy en
o:adiertlnlng.." . ', ,," •• ' -. s,: ...c : .
' r,3. '11E1141.11) JOB 'BO-BOOK . . ,
" , PRINTING OFFICE;
S. E. Cor. or the. Elmore. Maio at
_ . ,
130,01 S 'i'A'N.P,''SRPES.L - 41.", '.10,t.i . cif
, ,Sooto and. Shore • Juee. eicedvod,, , ;, /ad he'. :an ik
inge.klinr9cqx,./NotridAr.Y.iiiia* R3/0b4.04 rnalso; A.
naveaupply. - , . WAIL 0p11ADV.,.4
. Girlie/14 Nay... 10, 1830 . . -...!
Zustness" Ctirtis.
POTOR ARMSTAONdlas.remov:
V ea his °Oleo to tho South went corner of Ilanover4
Pomfret st where he may he consulted at anyliourof the •
day-or night. Dr. A. has had'tbirty 'years experience
In the profession, the last ten of which have-boon deer.
ted to the study and practice of llomccupathic medi
cine. . May 20, '67om.
•
OHN HAYS, ATTORNEY AT LAW.—
IP Office on Main &root, opposite "Marlon Mail,"
.carlisle, Pa. (Oct. 26, '6ll-iy.
- -HUNIRICHT - Adorn - 03(# Law.
k ... ).-:-Oftlee on North Hanover street,at lbw doors
south of Wass' Hotel. All bunions entrusted to him
will be promptly attended to. • t [April It,
LAW NOTWE. REMOVAI.. W
_3l. - PENROSE - hos: ivernoTed - his - °Mee In rear o
the Court House, where ho hill promptly attend to ell
busillelei entrusted to him.
August 10,1857.
AW OFFICE.---LEMUEL TODD
ij has resumed the:ifraCtice . of the Law. Office In
Centre Square, west side, near the First Presbyterian
Church. '•
April 8,185 T. •
nR.. S. B. KIEFFER Office in North
1./Hanover street two doom From Arnold' k Son's
store. Office hours, more particularly from 7 to ,9 o'clock
A. Si., sad from 5 to 7 o'clock, I'. EL
.pR. GEORGE S. SEA-
Illa a ' a c as RIGHT, DENTIST, from the Bal.
t zoom College of Dentil Surgery.
Wit..Qtrice at the residence of his mother, East Louthei
street, three doors below Bedford.
March 19, 1556—tf. •
. DR. J: C. NEFF respect-
Game fully Informs thotadlen and gentlemen
' of Carlisio,Vmd vicinity, that hohas re
sumed the practice of Dentist/7, and Is prepared to por;
form all operations on the teeth and, gums, belonging
to-his profession., lie will,innert Dill sole of teeth on
gold or silver, with single gum Vieth, or blocks, as they
may prefer. Terms moderato. to cult the Dines
Office In High street, directly opposite the Pumber.
land Valley Bank.
WA- Dr. N. will be In Newvllle the last ten days of
every month.
18581r 1 . • • - -
I.C.LOOMIS
South Hanover street, —7411110 G
next door to the Post
0111 Ce.
*l_ 19111 be absent from Carllsle the lastren days of
each month. [mtg.], W.
GEO. W. NEIDICH,--
D. D. S.
ante DOMOUStrAtOr Cl O llOl2lll. PAlltilltry to the
• Baltimore Colleo of
Dontol Sur gery.
his residence,
°melte Marlon Hall, West Alain street, Carlisle,. Penn
Nov. 11,1867.
VS. W., HAVEItSTICK, Druggist,
North Hanover Street, Carlisle.
Thinklsles prescriptionacarefully compounded
A full supply of fresh drugs and chemicals.
AMERICAN HOUSE;
North Hanover Street, Carlisle, Pa.
W. W. KLINE, Proprietor.
This Muse has been refitted In a superior style, and
now open for the accommodation of Boarders
, • and Travelers, on
MODERAPIi TERMS:
.EXCELLENT STABLING' ATTACHED.
JOHNSON. HOUSE,
Cor. of Chambers St., & College Place
NEW YORK.
TERMS-4150 PER DAY.
• J. It. 8111tB1100, Proprietor,
Late of the "Johnson Houle," Cleveland, 0.
'eug.3l.'69-3m.
li. NEWSHADI.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Mee with Wm. H. Miller, Esq., St' Stree
opposite the Volunteer 0111ce.
Caritsle, - Bep. 8. 1859.
W. C. RHEEM
ATTORNEY AT LAW AND GENERAVAGENT
Minneapolis, Minnesota..
WILL giro spacial attention to collections through
r 'out tho State, make investments, buy and sel
Heal Rotate and securities. Negotiate loans, pay taxar
locate land warrania, &c o !lc. gofer to tho members o
the Cumberland County Bar, and to all prominent al ti
noun of Carthdo, Pa. [A ugPotil-Iy.
EAL ESTATE AGENCY; RE
MOVAL-A. L SPONSLER, REAL., ESTATE
LNT, CONVEYANCER AND SCRIVENER, has re
moved to hie New Office on lain street, one door west
of the Cumberland Valley I 11 Road Depot,.
He is now permanently I ted, and has on hand and
for ole a very large amount of )teal Estate, consisting .
of Farms, of all sizes, improved and unimproved,
Properties, Town Property of ovary description, Build
ing Lots, also, Western Lands and Town Lots. He will
give Ids attention, as heretofore to the' Negotiating of
Loans, Writing of Deeds, Mortgagee, Wills, Contracts,
and &riven log generally.
Oct. 28. 185:.—tf.
J. GOODYEAR. It. ANDERSON
BAR IRON. • •
HAVING entered into co•partnership
in the manufacturing of BAR IltON, at Letort
Forge, Carlisle,- Pa., we would respectfully invite the
attention of hardware merchants, Blacksmiths, and all
others who may want a superior artiellidd Iron to glee .
them a _ ..... _
MI kinds olitinitatired . trOW hand or
'drawn to order on abort notice. •
Thd highest price paid tin wrought iron scrape, or Ca
ken in exchange for bar Iron.
Oolitic, Oct. 12, 1859
AMERICAN HOTEL,
ICLAIIRAv N. Y.
The advantagespud conveniences of this elegant and
commodlouirtlutel for Travelers and sojourners, lu El
mira, Is acknowledged :It has larks,' well Air.
Maher!. and the best yentllated rooms .to - bo found in
the City, and Is beautifully eltunted sear the Railroad
Depot, so that Travelers can step aboird 'cif the Cars at'
any time wltholittelogauldected tont° hiconvenlences
of riding in Omnibuses,
Nov.o.lBbSt
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141 052 r FAREIiDUCEI).
S TAT*.g7trg,lON . HUVEL,
604 L. 608 Market Bt., above sixth,
- PIIILAOELPATA.' ' '
PrOpriet,or:
TEllllBe,4l2s'per'a.y:
' - •N.
.11 N , , ,
:IMERRHANT TAILOR.:
STREET,
Opposite th e Rail' Road;, Office.
le' Fail and Winter Hyles of Olatla,
Cassimpres and Yeatings made•to Orfler. •
Carlisle, Oct. 24, IpP. ;. ' ;
JAMES R. WEAVER'S
' 0 A .1
I " An, I n 'IS'E T
...:„OTO . IIY,
No.;Fu iii.N°r"7ol4Bf7l OAALISLE, . PA. • • .49"
flaring been engaged In the imeiness for over twenty
years ha would 'lreturo thanke to,..his. enamours and
friends, for the libenitimantragement extruded to , him
In llears ne • hyr and:; further , assures ' them that no'
g o
judos will be upured, togive, full satiefactlon.to all who
'may favor him with a call,
4NDl , tlliTtyktlltlil, ; .•!
of every descidetlon'etinatanily on bend; orniade to . •
order. ' Warranted to be of the treat' quallty,,or the la-..
teat idyls, well finished, and' sold at the lorrest . posslble
'priest. tor,cash; ,j, , •
else nonthanelhosleeel as, an lI.NDERTAKEII k , , •
needs' road, tldifina; Manilla or otherwise. ,kept ton-
Stoutly' car band and thine/ale nrotOplly• attended to
.personnyyN town, dr tonntryon - the:most
rey . - 26, 18604-ty: , ."1.; JAIIES It. W4YEA.!
•. • .
11:II.I.e4yropropeitlSsaltdate Ohurehtown',,duath.,
enn ii, qa , "1.1 11 ."7 450 i 64 : 6 4 ' * 17 4 0 /FilL 4 '''APPlY 44 '': i
.•. •
a Vavlna irom thamm Irammta CIEMOILO.
'Towards the end of Marfa Theresa's reign,
when the Empress-Queen had finished her
wars. got most of her, family married, and es-.
tabliehed strict etiquette at court-, there up
peered among the rank and fashion of Vienna,
a lady, whose comings and goings were more
anxiously :iiietched, and more earnestly talked'
of, then-ever were those 'of envoy or ambassa
dor. She was neither young nor beautiful,
clever nor rich, but a stift 7 dame,-or pensioner
of one of those inatitutions . so abundant in
Germany, which were founded by the nitudfi
vette° of early magnates for the education and
maintenance . of. the undowered branches Of
their family-trees .;;Mailaine von_Enslar, as
the lady was called; thoteglfyet in single bles
eedness—for the madame came with the stilt
—was on the shady side of fifty, of unques
tionably nettle birth,_had_been_lttaid.of Honor
to the Empress when she was Arch:Duchess,
and could still boast of a place in,lier Majes
-ty's memory ;' - yet no frau/eta, initoduced for
the first time to the family of her intendiA,
could have been more amiable. What was
still-better, everybody.believed that Madame
-von Enelar's amiability was a genuine article.
Had her' head . ; been detachable, - any acquain
tance might have borrowed it. Whoever•was
in difficulties,- might count on 'her' help or
counsel, and madame woe not a-bad adviser ; _ I
but her chosen field of labor, and, it seemed,
of delight, too, was the sick-room.. Beside .
the night-lamp or in the darkened chamber,
madame was at home in anybody's house.—
Her quiet ways', her - upwearied cure, and her
unquestionable abilities in the manufacture of
soups, jellies, and all other comforts for the
indisposed, made her a p`oefect treasure to
who intended to keep their beds for some
time; but,- strange to say, there were people
in Vienna who would rather have seen the
most slatternly hospital nurse et their bed-
sides. The morals of the Austrian capital
have never stood high, and superetitious ter-
tors are the natural accompaniaments of such
Society. flow itroriginated, nobody could tell;
but a whisper gradually crept into boudoir,
drawing-room, and down the back stales, that
wherever madame went to nurse and tend the
sick, death was sure to follow her... Examples
of the fact might be heard in every circle.
Had not the young CounteSs Valeenburg been
second Hobe-for ' , guilt and health,-till ma
dame went to tiarse*.ber in 'the cold 'she caught
at her Imperial Majesty's Christians recep
tioof yet the cold turned to to rapid censump
tion, and the - Countess joined her ancestors in
the family vault before Easter. Did not the
canoness of Stofenhaim look rather too 'rosy
for a.lady se nearly connected with prayer'
and fasting, till she sprained her ankle in the
Ash Wednesday'processiom and madame came
with thatineatimable poultice invented by the
doctor of her stifl? . Nobody ever eaw the can•
conceit looking rosy - after that. Ono turn of
sickness followed another, and her funeral
Went out with the last lefties of lite 'summer.
Did-not the old Baroness von Ilardenbaeh be
long to one of the toughest families in all
Austria, till madame began to make embroca-.
lions ter the rheumatism she had every win
ter, and her heirs- were agreeably surprised
by having to provide mourning eix'weeks af
ter? instances were on record among
the poor whom, the amiable stilt dame -jetted.The' aervaitte ft:o.l4Mo she prescribed' nd the
tradesmen in whose families she took an in
terest—doctors, lawyers, and priests—all be
lieved in this batfluck; but nobody undertook
to explain her cotineetion with the King of
Terrors. DIM ehe had a criminal band in
the business, could not be oven -imagined.
Deeides, having no motive for anybody's re
moval, no legacy to expect, no rival to get rid
of, Madame von Enslar was a frank, honest,
good-natured soul, the very opposite of all
who trier dealt in poisons.
Nevertheless, she visited the nick, and the
sick plied; the whisper was loud in the city,
but low in the court. Though Prince Kannitz,
that mighty minister wilco never permitted the
decease of mute*. te be mentioned in his
hetiring, had also forbidden the utterance of
her neat); though Joseph 11. had consulted
Mesmer on the subject, it was said without
effect, the Empress-Queen would not acknow
ledge the existence of such tales. Madame
had been her Maid of Honor, and her confes
sor was the lady's distant relation: To believe
anything more than her Imperial Majesty,-
would have been n decided infraction of eti
queue. The Viennese world of fashion was
therefore obliged to content itself with retail
ing those startling facts under the Mud of se
cresy, and keeping its own_ melatlio's from
coming to madame's earb; but in proportion
•as the stiff-dame was a terror to its brave and
fair, when themselves were concerned, so did
she become their hope and confidence in the
case of old and wealthy relations, troublesome
dependents, creditors, obstructors, some said
spouses—in abort, -everybody whom it was de•
sirable.to get out-of the way.
It is proverbial that those most concerned
in a report are generally - the last to hear it.-
Ittadrtme icon Enslarirent on ateondingenasses,
making clothes for the poor, and compounding
good things for the indisposed, without the
slightest idea of' the hopes and fears which
hung upon her visits. Front her youth, which
the world now around her regarded Re a long
past and primitive time, she had lived - inthe
Stifthouse--an establishment where young
ladies were educhted, and older Ones dwelt in
a somewhat conventual fashion; with daily
prayers, solemn observance of fast and festi
val; and great execution done in needle-work
and cookery. Whether id , were the practiee
of Stift•houses •in general, of madame's in
particular, or the lady's Own disposition that
obtained such credit, certain it was that elle
had 'come to the capital after:residing the ap
pointed-twenty genre 'under - the'stift-mother's
superintendence, with the neat black - dress
and. gold crucifix of the institution, and no
tendeqcy • whatever to intrigue: scandal, or
'curiosity touching bar neighbors' affaire.' The
good woman -was. congratulating - herself on
the .excellent -health with which her friends
were- blessed; in the third winter of 'her so
journ'at: Vienna.' None of- nil her acquain:
tanees would acknowledge.thet they or theirs
were :ill; or ' likety to be so ; - the poor-Whicin
.she visited were, equally fiee'from complaitits;'
her own and. her friends' servants Aeoltifect
themselves .in a Most- sat igemitory condition';
when.a tsansaction occurred whieleoonvinced
even. the.:Empress.Quecti,-' and enlightened
madame on the - mysterious part Of- her own
history: - • '•
J. GOODYEAR *CO.-
IMIKE23
. . , •
The Archbigh.op..oi Salzburg was one' of the.
richesrchuichtnen in' tlie had
estates both in Austria and the TyrOljarge
deposits in.the Imperial Bank, revenues from
shrines,.bridges aml_higlivvays; his tinoYards
produceethif ; 'his' park 'contained
• t !finest grime, nod his conntry-houSe was
delightfully eituated:on riding ground
'looking the:Danube; and within • two German;
miles of Vienna. There Liniwig:Pirstentield
• lived in‘ princely spleudoe and• high, favor with
Maeia , Theresa. Almost' ferty years herein;
when rival Kaiser had -been crowned
'—*lten her 't ghr Wes ' assailed , lny all the
princes' who ad prontlied 40'maintainl It
when_th oly.See
•eee .which side should •trin; he had g llantly
cliainpiened her 061.11111 in and out canditlL
eanvassed the States'of Hungary, giveii
sage .counsel , in' the 'lnvalid (genet,
vaneed4noneyfOr:encrylug oe the {var. The
wisdom whicilt the- Anilibishop had displayed
to tlidae days of:uncertainty,' made his tidying.
so neciesgary. to the litnpress- Queefi,' Wit he
rarely , visited' liis 'pldOee'
castle in:. Swabia,. but reiiided :biddy 'fit his
eiiuntrythotise, within :rehaltof pie' cadre; the .
t heatreal d,the: truyivs:N Its =trate. 'reTattrett
.the beet company in Vienna. her Majeity and
.CARLISLE, PA.; _ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4,186 L
HE DEATH-ERIN - GER.
„
A TA EC OF THE ~' COUIiT AND TIDIES:. Or MANIA
piloor, to
all the Imperial famity honored his state.balls
with their presence • hrhadthe choieest pic
tures, the- rarest china, ilio'OOSt. select' con
servatories, and his mansion was kept in all
sorts:-of 'propriety, by the administration of
Madame Seganderf, his widciwed niece, and
her three daughters. Madame Se
gandorf's husband had been 4 count of the
Austrian Netherlands. His iltatlftes were lost
partly' in the wars with France, and partly at
French • hazard. - Nether' and daughters had
consequently no provision beconiing•their high
rank, but they were. all amiable, accomplish.
ed,,and devotedly attached to their wealthy
uncle.
The spiritual lord of Salzhfirg was verging
on seventy-five, but still is stately 'figure at the
levee, and a dreaded antagonist at-the elms
board. As became an•arelififshop so hiigh in
Imperial favor, lie was believed to be endowed
with every-virtue. The' court-poets spoke of
liiiicanonizetion as an event to be expected;
the inferior clergy agreed that his residence
in the bowers•of Paradise was ready. - - Never- -
theleas, Ludwig Firstenfield was in no hurry
to leave leis choice May, his: first• rate veni
'ion, arid - his chigantnounlry:liouse, of which
he gave a •conviucing. proof' by kdeping its
doors •steadily closed against Madame von
Engler. The Archbishop did not believe the
idle tales that were efloat,:anY more than his
Imperial patroness; - lifter her Majesty's ex
ample; he did not even notice,them, and greet
ed the stift.,dame r when he mat her in society,
-with almost-paternal kindness Yet, while
his-.hospitalities were 'extended- to rich and
poor,
.home-born and foreign, who had the
smallest- pretensions to noble!' blond, madame
was never invited within his walls or grounds.
'The lady would have been probably content
to see herself thus overlookafor life, but it
-did not tally with another lady's plans. In a
moment of amiable weakuess,-,some years, be
fore, the Archbishop had per'ruitted his niece
to learn that his will was made in favor of
herself 'and daughters. • There wore none of
them growingyounger. The grafts and counts
to whom the junior , . ladies aspired, somehow
found out that no dowry could bo expected!
till their uncle's death, and *ere not.in haste
to propose. Madame Seeandorf, being still a
fine woman, had considerable calculations on
an old Prince with heavily 'encumbered es
totes, and a hapj,t of incessant gambling, and
while her Solibittide regarding' the health and
welfare of her dear uncle daily increased, she •
left no stone unturned to get thentift-dame
invited to his country-house. Even the efforts
of widows are not, always crowned with sue.
coos. The praises of . madame' !.- piety, humi
lity, and. unbounded reverence for his grace,
freer sotmded'Wft bout. effect. - Then madame.
Herself was stirred up to make advances. • It
was a pity the Archbishop should neglect heb
sd; somebody must have prejudiced hit( mind
against her; there were always ill-nnhired
people in the world; perhaps they had led-him
to believe -that she was careless of his :good
opinion and - great interest at court. It might
be well to got in his way at times, talk-of his
most celel-rated pictures, and.hint a strong
desire to see them. These stratagems, and,
many more, were tried; but all in vain. His
grace would take no hints, and hint no insin
uations... Poor madame, conetantly reminded.
or the fact, began to think it the black cloud,
of her life that she was shut ant from his coun
try-house; complained of it to all her acquain
tances, grieved over it in..:4eret, end; was
thinking of offerings to. thOqincist bblievident
saints on the subject, when by chance she hit
one more direct expedient..
Passing through the Jews'. quarter in one
of her missions of charity, she saw hanging
in the shop of a noted dealer- in seconddiand
garments, a magnificent morning-gown of
crimson damask, flowered with gold. Being
a woman, the etift-daine was taken captive by
its grandeur. Moreover, it limited perfectly
new, The Archbishop had a special liking
for splendid attire; and it, as Solomon told
her, a gift. made room fora mart, such a pre
sent would certainly secure a lady a place at
his board and in his ball-room. The Jew's
price was low compared with the actual value
of the.robe; it lied come into his hands by
some chance of • trade, and did not suit his
customers. Yet decidedly cheap its it was,
the cost would leave madame nothing to offer
that Christmas at the shrine of Our Lady,
who happened to be the patron-saint of her
stilt. However, the Archbishop's good graces
were in prospect.. Madame went straight
home for all her savings, paid for the magni
ficent morning-gown, saw it safely packed up,
and felt herself an already invited guest, when
it was deposited, box and all, in a private
cupboard, to be seen by nobody till it was
despatched to the country-house; are Christ
mas gift, to his Grace of Salzburg.
Christmas was tiro Archbishop's birthday,
which returned.fdr the seventy-fifth time that
year, and he determined to celebaate it with ,
more than usual festivity. The uttermost
brooches of his family were invited mouths
before, and gladly obeyed the summons of
their rich and reverend relative. They came
from the hills of Boliemin,.and the plains of
Lombardy; from the frontierrof France, and
the borders of Russia; for the house of First,
enfield was ;numerously represented . ; arid
wherever the' Hapsburg sceptre ruled, there
were its botighe to-bo,fotind flourishing in the
law, in the church, or in, thinetny. Gifts
clime in as well as friends-when did a rich
man's birthday laci„presents f.L.but among
them there wits nothing
,so eplendid,-nothing
so much to, the Archbishop's taste, as the mag
nificent morning-gown, sent just as it came
froth lire Jawbahop, by the hand of ,a trusty
mestienger, Trick a note which it had cost-the
stift-dame two sleepless , nights to compose.—
His green - waif delighted, end all his-assembled
relation's envied the lucky sender, except Ma
de* Segi:indOrf, whb returned to,her praises
With fresh vigor, 'hinted that she feared the
pear lady lied but a lonely Christtiutti; every
body.bad not a dear, kind uncle like her and
her•girltit' The' Aralibtsho# took no notice of
these grateful-remarks, but as tee Present had
arrived lhe'eve of the festival, •did
dame the honer of wearlhg
. -
Everybody admired the raorning-,goWn;—
ThiPaports,of this:day; i lie merning ruais;• and
the eiening
,ba'aqUet,,;all Went off well. Tile
Arch bieliop:s healrlt . trOidrunk,in old Ausiriart
fashiorigoeiT Wfiih,es,,predietfons, and pray-,
era for length' 'daya and increa eof dignity,
area o the Certifies, bat; were, made ,on his
behalf; bil before the rejoiCiags.iiere
over, 'it' .tras . 'Observed ,•that,hi r s grace did, net
look tjuite, Well'. 'Next
,in'oFning, ha was deci
dedly
indipii9di.4;" his airxiairs relations, not
knowing ther'state of hitiWill, raniikiried in, the
hoiiiei to seer What „
would take':
but - first, iiladdriar,;§egittfilerf sichened 'MR44
then 'her' daughters, one - after another - ;, then
the cou'elne,'ecisins-inl.law, noble ladies, and
whd had estietnbled round the
Archbieh'opts reef iyel;oPtd, began to complain,
and retire • t 'their 'ohambers.. 'Half the . phy,,
- sicians 'Of repute in 'Vienne' weraiii full action,
at - the firs, kbey. thought
sornething'iriglit have gone wrong at the l mn,
quet, rind a, strict Searoh . after poison ,W,II
:001)113101Ped; buti . n.a..shOit finial!, became ev.-
ideht' tlia - tht. &cease was small, par,
• The'dreadlind deviudifieki::tiliiii.h, attended,
that: inalady'63hir theeighteenth
was, the,
descilitOf of palio,ci not tage, arid k1ie.144040
of greeeding had no' Such - terror!! for,
men 'ln I hirArehbleliap:_s; . ,,Coulitry-hourip„
the , risittitiertoarrie'Wlik tualignlty.,wever ;
'equalleil:''.'W?tir'sickei,ae, rn q,: died all. wbo
•fled,•; vihre"sidied on Ojai's' ( hooNnr,d
- The prolatel6lole etitilved tyici'ffidoty,44
~her llama
forji f$ ie.wfiliii..,ao4,.hßf9,t4 i
oid, Abe., inplierens,
' 4 11touseO^Pliiitifillth Wan, .tiii2droV4ialuid,.4lol, l
Bta large Ptlefsegilblidil'foill't'crthretf•pe'or prksta
, •
laws; rhq; by , cop Nod
• I
- • •
conse , nt,,built a monahtery fur the brothers of•
Lazard ou the site or the elegant-century
houee.• -
The court and the public woke up as. they
seldom wake in Austria. A strict inveetiga,
Lion regarding the stift•:dame's present was
sot on foot, and by the perseverance of the
police, it was discovered to have, formed pert
of the wardrobe of Louis VI., and, been worn
for the first time in the attack.. of small , pox
which finished his reign.. As usual, in .those ,
titues, everything worn by his driparted majes
ty on that occasion was supposed to have been.'
burned;, but the magnificent morning-gown
tempted a covetous valet; he' aved it front the
fire t sold it to a travelling Jew, undera stip-.
ulation neverqo show it' on French ground ;
thus it had found its way to Vienna, and been
purchaSed by, the.unlucky Madame von Fou
ler. The sitting of the transaction not only
Confirmed:the public belief in her connection ••
with the last enemy, but induced the Empress-
Queen to command' her immediate retiromerk
to - her stilt-house, which she never again quit: —
ted ; and it ae said to have given currency to
popular superstition, which still prevails id
Upper Austria,wheremvery - out - -of , the - way
loge has, sortie tale reiarding the unconscious
powers of some old mon or woman known as
the " DEATurßarsomr," •• •
THE THLRD ANNUAL NESSAUE
JAMES BUCHANAN,
PItESIDENV OF THE 'UNITED STATES
Dead in the 11. B. Senate, Tuesday, Deoem-
bor, 27th, 1859
Fellow-citidna of Me ,Senate and
. - • !rouse of iyepresentatives:
Our deep and heartfelt gt'atitude is dueto
that Almighty Power which has bestowed
'upoit us such-varied and' nlinterous blessings
throughout the past year. • The general la'alth
of the couutry bats been excellent; our har
vests' have-been unusually plentiful, and pros
perity smiles throng-tient the land. Indeed,
notwithstanding our demeiits, we have much
reason to believe.from past events in our his
tory; that we have enjoyed the special pro
tection of a.Divitte Pt-evidence ever since our
origin as a nation.—We have . been exposed
to many threatening and alarming difficulties .
in our progress; but on, eacheitecessive occa•
eion the impending cloud has bean dissipated
at the moment it Appeared ready to burst up-' ••
on our - head,. and the danger to our' institu
tions hos passed away. .May we ever be
under the divine guidance ,and protection 1 '
Whilst it is tire duty of the President "from
time to time to give to Congress ihrormaQpn
of the state of the Union," I shall ndt . refilz7 . 2
in detail to the recent rd and bloody occur- . 7
ance at llarpor's Ferry.) Still, it is proper to
observe that these events, however bad and
cruel in themselves,' derive their ,chief impor-
IMOD from the apprehension that they are but
symptoms of an ineurable.disease in the pub
lic mind, which may break '. out in still more
dangerous . out rages and terminate at last in
open war by the
. North to abolish slavery in
the• South. Whilst, for myself, A entertain no
such apprehension, they ought to afford a sol
emn warniug to us all to beware of the ap•
preach of danger. Our Union is a stake of
such inestimalile•value as to demand our con t .
stint and watchful vigilance for ito preserve.
lion. In this view, lot To implore my coun
trymen,. North and South, to cultivate the an
cient feelings of mutual forbearance and good
will towards each other, and strive to allay
the demon spirit of sectional hatred arid strife
now alive in the land. This advice proceeds
from the heart of an old public functionary
whose service commenced 'in the last genera
tion, among the wise and conservative states
men of that day, now nearly all passed away,
and whose first and dearest earthly wish is to
leave his country tranquil, prosperous, united,
and powerful. .
-We ought:to reflect that in,, this age, and
especially in this cosintry,:these is an incessant
flux and reflux.of public opinion. '' Questions
which in their day assumed s a most threaten
ing aspect, have nearly gonefrom the memory
of men. They aro "volcanoes burnt out, end
on the lava and squallid scoriae of old erup
tions grow the peaceful olive', the cheering.
vine and the sustaining corn." Such, in my
opinion, will prove to be the fate utile pres
ent eectional excitement, should those who
wisely seek to apply the remedy, continue al
ways to confine their efforts within the pale
of rho Constitution.qf this course be pursued,
the existing agitation on the subject of do
mestic slavery;--like everything human, will
have its day and give place to the other and
less threatening controversies. Public °pin
' ion in this country is all-powerful, and when
-it reaches a dangerous excess upon any ques
tion, the good sense of the people will-furnish
the corrective and'bring it buck withinonfe
limits.. Still, to hasten this auspiciouS result,
at the present crisis, we ought to remember
that every rational creature must be presumed
to inteud the natural consequences of his own
teachings , Those who announce abstradt
doctrines ! subversive of the •Constitution and
the Union, must not be surprised shtiuld their
heated partisians advance one step further,
and attempt by violence to carry these doc
trines
into practical effect. In this view of
the subject it ought never to be, forgotten
that, - however great - miThavo-been • the polit-•..
ical advantages resulting from the Union to
every portion of our common_ country, these
would all prove to be as notbiog -ehould the
thne,,ever arrive when they cannot be enjoyed
,without serious danger to the•personal Safety
of the people of fifteen 'members of the con
federacy. if the peace of the domestic fire- •
side ,throughout these States should Over be
Invaded.-if the mother's of families within
this extensive region should net be able to
retire to rest at night:without suffering dread
ful apprehensions of what may be their own
fate and that of their children before morning
—it would be vain to recount to 'such a people
the political benefits which result to them
from thO Union.' Self-preservation is the first
instinct of nature; and therefore any state
of society- in - - -whieh the sword Is all the time
Suspended over the heads of the people,' roust
at last become.intelernble. - MAI indulge in .
!no such gloomy forebodings, Oh the contra
ry, 1 firmly , belle've 'that the events 'at . liar-
per's Farry;by'causing the people to pause
and reflect upon the possible peril to their .
cherished institutions; Will be the means, un-,
der Providence, of 'allrsyjn'g tiro existing ex
eiteutt and preventing ' future outhr,eaks a
%Sins r character.' They. 'Will resolve that ,
the Conetitution rind the Union shall not be
ehtlartgered by rash counsel% knowing- that.,
should. !'tire silver cord beloosed, or the gold-,
oti bowl , be brekeh • * *. at the fountain,"
human power could-never reunite the Scattered
and hos tile fragnients. -• •' ''
.. ..
r I dordially 'congratulate you 'upon the final
Settlethent by the Supreme Court'of the
teal States of-the question . ' of slivery in the
Territories, which had presented an aspeeVep
truly formidable at the commendement of iny
idininistration,"•'The' . right 'hos been 'estab
lished af•everreitisen to take' his properoy
any khd; including'slaves,,inte the 'eeinmott
Territories belonging' equally to all the States
,ofthe•Confedertiey, and to 'hive it prottioted . .
there under, the Federal Constitution:
they Congress nor a territorial legislature nor.
any linnam power hasynty•authorityto annul.
or,impiir, this vested right:, , The enprerdejit:;'
ttioial tribunal of, themountry; Whiedi• car:`:
ortlinate,brinch orthet2loyeenteent,"lias satie
,iloned,and affirmed , these' prinielples ofioniti,
tntionatlaw,'somanifestlyjust'inthemiclieti.''
nacl tietvell-ealculatethta,promotiv'pea6C '
,*Mony, among thetßates, , , 4Uoiir a. '
904,4,eense isfjustimawhichisdnberavl
people,•that,theproperty.ln slaves has •
never disturb& tp my buowlodgo, oar or ,
the Territe'ries.—Even threughout the late
trcubles in Kansas there has not been .any at
tempt, as I am creditably inforihed, to inter.
fere, in a single instance, with the right of
the master. had city such attempt been
made, the judiciary' would dotibtless have of-,
forded an adequate remedy. ,Slo4ld they fail,
to do this hereafter, it will then be time
enough to . stnengthen their hands by further
legislation. ' Dad it been decided. that either
Congress or the teitorial legislatue..4m t iisess
the power to anndl or imitate - the right •to
preperty.in slaves, the evil would beintolera
ble. In the latter event, there would be a
struggle for a majority of the members,of the
legislature at each successive election, and the
sacred rights of ptoperty held under the Fed
eral-Constitution would depend for the time
being on the result., The agitation would
thus be rendered incessant whilst the territo
rial condition remained, and its baneful influ
ence would keep alive a dangerous excitement
among the people of the several,States.
- Thus has the status of - a - Territory, during
the intermediate period from its first settle.
ment, until it shall blooms a State, been ir
revocablyixed by the - deeision of- the.
Supreme Court. Fortunate has' this been for
the prosperity. of the Territeries,• as well, as:
for the tranquility of the States. ,'Now, emi
grants from the North and the-South, the
East and the West, will meet in the Territo
ries -on a common platform, having brought
with them that specierof.property beet adapt
ed, in their own opinion, to promote their
welfare. From natural causes the slavdry
question will in each case soon virtually set
'tie itself; and before
.the Territory is pre
pared for admission as a State into the Union,
this decision, one way or the other, will have
been a foregone conclfisiou. Meanwhile the
settlement of .the new Territory will proceed
without serious interruption, and its progress
and prosperity 'will not be endangered or re• ]
tarded by violent'political struggles.-
When in the progress of events the inhabi- I
Itantstof any Territory shall have reached the
Inumber required to form a State, they will
] then proceed, In a regular manner, and in the
exercise of tho rights of popular sovereignty,
Ito a constitution preparatory to admis-
I mien' into the Union.. After this has - been.]
done, to employ the language of the - Kansas]
and Nebraska act, they "shaltbe received into
the Unioh, with, or without slavery, as their
'Constitution may prescribe at the time of their
I admission."' This sound principle has happily
been recognized, in some form or. other, by
nn almost unanimous vote of both Mimes of
I the last Congress..,
All lawful means at my command have been
employed, and shall continue to belemployed,
to execute the laws against the African slave,.
trade. 'After a most careful and rigorous ex
'lamination of our coasts, and a thorough
]vestigation of . tho subject, we, have not been
able to discover that any shay iq, have been
imported into the Unitedi l Statts except the
cargo by the Wanderer,jhumbering' Jim we.-6 1 three and four hundred. Those engaged in
this unlawful enterprise have - been rigorously
prosecuted: but net with as niticluaticcess as
their" crimes have deserved. ,A. number of
them are still under prosecution.
Our history proves that the. Fathers of the
I Republic, in advanceof all other nations, con
detuned the African slave trade. It was, not
] with standing,deemed expedient by the framers
of the Constitution to .deprive Congress of the
poWer to prohibit "the migration or importa
tion of spelt persons as any of the States now
existing Omit think proper to admit" "prior
to the year ono thousand eight hundred and
eight."
•
It will be seen that 'this restriction on the
power of Congress was confined to such States
only as may think proper to admit the impor
lotion of slaves. It did not extend to other
States or to the. trade carried en .. abroad. Ac
cordingly, we find that so early as the 22d
March, 1704, Congress passed an act imposing
severe penalties and punishments upon citi
zens and residents of the United States who
shohld engage in this trade between foreign
nations. • The provisions of this act were ex
tended and enforced by the act of -10th May,
1800.
Again: the States themselves had a clear
right to waive the constitutional privilege in,
tended for their benefit, and to prohibit, by
their own laws, this trade at any time they 1
thought proper previous to 1808: Several ofi
thent exercised this right before that period,
and among them some containing the greatest
number of slaves. They, gave to Congress the
immediate power to act to regard to all such
States, because they themselves had removed
the constitutional barrier. Congress accor
dingly passed an oat on 28th February, 1803,
"to prevent the importation of certain .per,
sons into certain . States where• ' by the laws
thereof, their adthission is prohibited." , In
this manner the importation of Africtin, slaves
into the United States was, to a groat 'extent,
prohibited some years in advance 0'1808. 4 ' ,
As the year 1808 appreached,Cougress de
termined.not to suffer this trade to exist even
for a day after they had the power to abolish
it. On the 2d of March, 1807, they passed an
act te.take effect " from and after the let of,
January', 1808," prohibiting the importation
of African slaves into the United States. This
was followed by subsequent acts of a similar
character, to which I need not specially refer.
Such wore the principles and such the practice
of our ancestors more than fifty years ago in.
regard to the African slaie trade. • -
It did not occur to the revered patriots who
had been delegates to the Convention, and pf
terwards became Members of CongreiM, that in
passing these laws they had violated the Con
stitution which they had framekwith so much I
care and_ deliberation.. They supposed that
to prohibit Congress, in express terms, from,
exercising a specified power before art appoin
ted day, necessarily involved, the, right to ex-'
erclse this power after that day had arrived. I
If_this -were not the case, the framers of the '
Constitution had expended much labor in rain.
Had they imagined that Congress would 'pus-
Bess no, power to prohibit the trade either be-.
fore or efter.lBoB; the i r would not haye taken
so much cdre to protect the States against the
exorcise of this power before that period' Nay
more, they would notliave attached such Tait
importance. to this prevision as tolave exclu,
ded it from' the possibility Of future repealmr
amendment, to which other portions of the
Constitution' were exposed ; , It would, then,
hate been wholly unnecessary to engraft on
the fifth article of the Constitution, prescribing,
the mode of its own 'future amendment, the]
proviso, "that no amendment which nay be
inade,prier''to 'tlie year one thousand eight'
hundred and eight shall in manner effect!: the,
provision in:the Constitution securing to the
„States the right to„ admit • the importation of,
'African slavei previoni to that period.
Awarding to the adverse construction, the
clause itself, on which So' much care and dis
cussion had beep • employed by: the members
of the ConVentien, was . tin, absOlute 'nullity'
from the beginning;•tnd all that:hes since been
Umie tinder it a mere usurpation..
1i
14 was well and to confer this power"
'on Congress. because,, hiul it ;been lett,to,..the
efficientStatei; its efficient exercise wetild l ltave,,been
inipessitilm' thiikeient; anyone , Onto could
have 'effectuallY oeotinueff - the, trade not .only
Sor' bat fei - all' the ,ether
,?lave States. I
:though' never So rinieh' against their *ill. , And'
;why t.' Ihtaanse - African Slaieti, *hen
brought Within 'the'lltnits',n( any tine State . ; in
ticsiordince iti'liwa,:eatinot
,praotieally
be; exeindeadfront ;iitti, et het. State whWe ela
' aryitxlWs.. Anti everof . , all, the' stat9:lllo.
'Separately Paased prohlbitifittlitt Mtpor,
tatiOn'of theso'lawa would' have failed.
Of effect for lint 'ii naval force to„capiure
Ithe
foree.no •Stittetitin employ in • time
iiithinik the
Theta-note of Congress, 'it is believed, have,
with very rare and insignificant 'exceptions,
OF
{sl 50 per annum in . advance
.'J.2 00 if not paid In advance
- .accomplished their purpose. For a period of
more than halta .century there has been no•
perceptible addition. to the number of our do
mestic slaves.' During .this period, their ad-'
enticement in civilization' has - far surpassed
,• that of any other portion of the African.racd.. --
The aiglit.and the
.blessings of Christianity
have .been extended to- them, and bOth their
moral. and physical condition has been greatly
improved. •
Reopen the trade, and it would be difficult - .
to determine whether the effect would be:more •
(deleterious on the interests of the master or
on those of the native-born slave. Of the
to the master, tile one most to bo dreaded.
, Iwopld be the introduction of wild, heathen,
and ignorant barbarians among the Bober, Or
darly'and quiet. slaves, whose ancestors have
been on the soil for several generations. This
might'tend to barbarize, demoralite - and ex-.
asperate the whole mass, and
.produce most
cioplorable.consequenees.
The effect upon the existing slave would, if
- possible; - be still more deplorable. Atpresent
he is treated with kindness and humanity. Ho
is well fed, well clothed,and not overworked.
His cotnlition is incomparably better than that
' of the coolies, which modern nations of high
' civilization have employed as a substitute fpr
African slaves. Both the philanthropy and •
the self-interest of the master, have combined
to producd this humane result, But let this
trade bore-opened, and what will be ef
fect ? -The same, to a considerable eNienti.as
on a neighboring island—the . Only spot 1:101!, 0/1 '
the earth whore the African slave trade is • ,
openly tolerated; and this in defiance of so.'
Moan treaties with a power abundantly able at
any moment to enforce their exeoutiod. There
the master, intent, upon present gain, extorts
..
-from the slave as much labor ai'..biesphysical
powers. are capable of enduringg—sknowing
that, when death comes to his relief,' his place
can be supplied at a kice reduced to the low- •
cat point by the 'oompetition of • rival African
slave.traders.,: Should this, tie the case in our
country—which I do not deem possible--the
present useful character of the domestic insti-
unions, wherein Chose too old andtoo young
to work, aro provided for witie.care and hu
manity, and those capable of labor are not •
'overt:181;ml, would Undergo an unfortunate
change. The feeling of reciprocal dependence
and attachment which' now exists between
master and slave, would be converted into
!mama' distrust and hostility.
. But we are obliged, as a Christian and moral
notion, to consider' what would be the effect
upon unhappy Africa itself, if we should re •
.open the slave trade. This would give the
trade an impulse and extension which it has ,
never' had, even in its pahniest days. The
numerous victims required to supply it, would
convert the whole slave coast into a -private - .
Pandenioniuin; for which this country j would
be held reeponsible in'the eyes leattrof God
and man. Its petty tribes would th - ffir be con- •
stnntly engaged, is predatory warsspgainst
- 6.telr-other r ffir the Iturpose of seizing slaves
to supply - the4Morican market. All hopes of
African civilization would thus he ended.,
On the other hand, when a market for Afri
can slaves'shall no longer be furnished in
Coha,•and thus all the world be closed against
this trade, we may then indulge a reasonable
hope for the gradual improvement of Africa.
Tho chief motive' of war among the tribes will
ceasevtionever there is no longer anY'demand
for slaves. The resources of that fertile but
miserable country might then be developed by
the hand of industry, and afford subjects for
legitimate foreign and domestic commerce. In
this manner Christianity and civilization may
gradually penetrate the existing gloom.. . •
The Wiallom of the course pursued by this
'Government toteards China has been vindica
ted by the event. Whilst we sustained a .neus
tral position in the war waged by Great Bri
tain and France against the Chinese empire,
our late Minister, in obedience to his instruc
tions, judiciously oo•operated with the Minis
ters of these Powers in all peaceful measures
to secure by treaty the just concessions de
manded by the interests of foreign commerce..
The result is, that satisfactory treaties have
been concluded with China by the respective
Ministers of the United States, Great Britain;
France and Russia. Our "treaty, or general
convention of peace, atnik and commerce," 1
with that empire, was conch at Tientsin,
on the 18th of June, 1858,,, IA ratified' by
the President; by and wit t`i'l.'e advice and
consent of the Senate, o. la 21st December'
(68 - teeing. . .
On the 15th December, 185' John E. Ward,,.
I a distinguished citizen of G orgia, was duly -
commissioned as Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to China. He left
the United States for the place of his destine+
lion on the 13th of February, 1859, bearing,
with him the ratified copy of this treaty, and
arrived at Shanghai on the 28111 May. 'From
thence he proceeded to Peking on the lath of
June, but did not arrive iii that oily until tho
'27tk of July. 'According to the terms of the.
reaty, the ratificatiods were to be exchanged'. •.
on or before the 18th Juno, 1859. This was
rendered impossible. by reasons and events
.lmyezfd his control, not necessary to detail;
but still it is due to the Chinese authorities et
Shanghai to state that they always assured
hint no adyantage should be taken.of the de+
lay, and this pledge has been faithfully re
deent-ed.
On the arrival of Mr. Ward at Poking, he
requested an audience of the Emperor to
present his-ktter of credence. - This he did
not obtain, inronsequence of his very proper
refusal to submit - to the humiliating .ceremo
nies required by the etiquette of this strange
people' in approaching their sovereign. Ne
vertheless the interviews on this question
wore conducted in the most friendly spirit,
and with all due regard•to his personalfeel.
ings and the honor of his country. .*hen a
presentation, to his Majesty was found.to'be ,
impossible, the letter of tredencb from the
President was received with peculiar honors
1;y ICweiliang, "the Emperor'sprime minister -
and the, second mini in the• empire to. the
Emperor himself." The ratifications of the
treaty were afterwards
,
-on the 16th Atrgust,
exchanged in proper form at Pcitsang. As
the exchange did not take. place until after
the day. prescribed by the treati,itis deemed ,
proper, before its publication, again co sub
mit it to the Senate..
I It ie but Simple justice to•the.Chinese' au
thorities to observe, that, .throughout the ,
whole transaction,.. they appearto have neted..
in good'ibith and in a frientirr,iqiirittowards.l..
the United States.. It is•true_this has. been •.
done after their own peculiar .fashieti; . but
We ought to reglad, with a tonient . ,eye,the
ancient customs of an , empire, datiw back
for thousands 'of Years, so. far as this maybe.:'
consistent with our national honor. The-
conduct ofner 'minister, on the occasion has .
receivetl'My entire approbation.
In order, to carry, out the; spirit of this
treaty,. and to give it full effect, it became
necessary to conclude two supplementalcon
.ventions-- 7 the. one for the :adjustment, riud ,•
satisfaction of the 'claims Of,Ouritizens,,and
tire otli 3 Or to tix the tarninr imporigAnd
.ports,, and, to regulate : the transit, d.utiezi, Etna,' (f.l ,
trade of oar merchants . with China..,
dirty. Was satisfactorily performed by'-:our,
late minister.,'. These 000veiitions. 4ear v
Shati444,on,tbe,Bth.
,Noiomber, .1858,;.. 1 , ,
, Having been considered In thelightof bind4;L::,
agreOnaorielBo.llciipri,:t9, ; l49
t,l'eutYt to, bn. currieditit,P.,.eXectition•anth , •„,
'out 'tleiay,' they:de nut be, curried
rfitification or,exchantge, • ofitAifiPatigna '
iliocootrActing'prirtl4. T4ll".Wns, •
l alTea4y4 .;•,•,.,1 •
,kiuce°4o4 1P',10 0 •9. 4 .t4.5, 9 ,4 341 .X.01191. 1 400 , !
4 1.4 Hilloppd;. to earry,opt • '
Iher other : provisions . of the - i , oovention'tiS-1:. •
Still, I' thought it Was proper to submit them • • -
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