•
Letter ofthe Hon. David Wilmot, slave, The same fate awaits oar posterity, if Interesting News From Liberia.
....,....,,-
Accepting the Nomination slavery is allowed to nemopolize the virgin
Letter from :11, Ulnas, Deputy.
for Governor. Boil of the, continent. It is the inevita bl e red- t
' ributiotn.of Heaven money people that have not ' eve kayo received „ out (ion. Green, of Bar,
TOWANUA, Aeon. 224, ISO7s the courage and integrity te3. maintain their , ..
Gentlemen :On My return home after an ate rights. It is not true that the defenders of the rte P erg., the ffillowing letter emelt he recd.
settee of two weeks, I found your coMounnieu• rights of free labor seek the elevation of the veil front the above named gentlemare It will
Lion informing me of any nomination es a eam Lied: et., to at, eri „„ii ty w i t h th e while. They repay a preset.
didate for the office of Governor, by a Convelo oh, m e p i op., the einancipittien of the slave, , Marshall Liberia West
4, 1857. J West Africa,
time of the Freemen of Pennsylvania, opposed but leave that question, both as to time and j
to the leading measures of the late and present ',toile of accomplishment, with the States in I 31 a
National Adminstrations, which assembled at which slavery exists. They wish to deal with I Gott it:. Miles Gwen, Dear Sir :It is through
the State Capital on the 2511, toll., together with this great and embarrassing evil in a :spirit of ! a kind Providence that these lines leave myself
a copy of the declaration of prineiffics Pr0i 33331 • friendly forbearanc e: towards those States ; but and family in good health. My health fer the
gated by that Convention. they cannot carry their ffirbearance so far Oa to . lust six weeks has been improvhig, and I can
I necept the position to which I non called by virtually become Mayes themselves—as to sons '
now
safely say that I fee ,
as
well
au can be
ex.
preted,
the unsolicited selling , : of the body whose or. • render the soil and government of the nation '
are • profoundly grateful for so distill
gan you , into the hands of au aristocracy, founded upon . or I could wish at this tinse. I have
guiehed a mark of the confidence of inyfelltow• property in
slaves. .
I returned home con a visit to my family after an
chimes, yet painfully sensible of my inability F ree while labor has rights in the soil supe.4 absence uftwo months. I have been oat ito the
properly to meet its responsible obligetiens• . dor to the pretensions of slavery. The-deem i ~,,,,,, r, helping to prepare for the tote untie
The approuchitog election is one of no ordo• holding capitalist elisitns that his property„be- : ' " "
nary interest Important questions of. State •Me lere.tely invested in slaves, John. Sere,.
policy,
depreciate, grants, under charee of the Rev. . .
policy, alerting the public welfare and prespe• . O
unoess the field whereenehe can employ it be ; 'the place selected is on a mOuntain in midst
rity, are not alone ina n e olved in the is.. proe , enlarged. The white laborer, also, has a Prof , l of a fine country, 45 miles from Monrovia-20,
eented. As one f largest and most power. erty in his labor quite as sacred and as worthy I tn .,. b 3 , ~. miles by laud. leaving
- water and zo ethos up
fat of the sovereign States of our confederate of the cute of Otto go , i6 . o , notit ; and
where in ,
Republic, the honer.and interests of Pennsyl. I the field upon which he is to make that labor j spent all my money, nod Previous Limo, on Mir
vania ere deeply concerned in the principles profitable to himself and Pettily, it' slavery , Mill, I left with the iuteution of taking charge
that animate her National Government. She I shall monopolize, the fel tile anti virgin lauds of !of a Sugar Mill. I3ut being recommended by•
cannot, with safety to our Independence ati3 the „ th e west ? Ltd ,. is depressed almost to th e '
liberties of her people, be inditffirent to the nto. starving, point, in the densely populated.coun• ,
u.
my friends to 311.. Seyes, I went to him a sum,
mentous questions of National import in pro. ! tries of the old well, Co . :cause or the narrow ! got—he pet mo to, work es it Carpenter, at the
geese of settlement—questions touching the , field upon which it is imprisoned. The &A.m . ! I rate of $8 per month ; one-half the time, to
constitutional powers of the Federal 001,3111. I, labor is small, compared with the thousands I work for him, the other half for myself. lie
meat, end vitally affecting the dignity , and the ' who have labor to sell. So it will be at toe olis•
lights of free labor. Nor can she, without c is. , t.t day in this fiivored laud, unless we keep, ~ , , , )
t , , i
I ayso eta. per day and board, while working
honor, withhold her protest against the wrongs .r vast public domain as it sacred inheritance ~3 ..• .""ar II wages are about $l5 per
inflicted upon her sons in a distant Territory, for the free white laboring man and his aoster•l month. Thies I think better than doing nothing
under the licerse of Federal authority. .., ity forever. Ito the soil of our extenda ern- : and I cannot be idle. I have the soromile of
'floe dearest rights of freemen, secured by in nate
the toiling masses have the only sure glow- ' "''tong a better situation if 311.. &ITS realizes
plain constitutional guarantees have been via antee for their future prosperity and indepen. 7
toted on the soil of our national domai n , and deuce.
This the cupidity deapital would take' ' P • • ,
1 i • Oeet•
N .vions wltich I titbits 110 will. The
American citizens are made the victims of a I from them ; •and here lies the real issue that ' emigrants number 25. They have load no few
tyranny unknown in the despotisms of the old the Slave Power has forced upon tile country. er vet. They that reinained at the river, are
world. The annals of civilized and Christian i It is a struggle for land. On the one sidestand, sids and a number died—while those in the im
ructions fereish no examples 00 cruelty and out- th e owner
of
shave
property, demanding a new ,
rage on the part of a government towards its on whielt to employ his servile Labor--upon the t, .
for have . fever and nre odd° to work daily
pelvic, such as had been endured by the pro- I other side stands free labor, claiming the soil ,in chopping end clearing off laud. This is in
ple of Kansas; unless they be found in the per. as an inheritauee for orfree posterity. . deed encouragement and elieeriugto the friends !
secutions of the Iluguenote under Louis the
k-w Central and Western Europ t
e, teeming with o f c„ionieetion. I
Fourteenth of France, and of the Protestants its millions of population, is no an largo, us the I
of the Netherlands, by the Brae of Ala, um domain of Roe American slaveholder. He and , • ' - . 0 9 0
Th., h; a b Or f a town lot and 30
who`s '
der Philip Second, Ki ng D es pa i r ,. ',lced thou his hotelmen already occupy by tar the most of land given to these oftho old 'waters go I
barbarities to which the people of Kansas
fertile end genial portion of this continent. Let : and remain one year. The mountain is a mass
have been exposed, were of a character . him rest b it contnt with his territorial pesseesions tof iro n owe and very rich. 'floe regulations and
human as to provoke incredulity no the minds
and power. . edo not Reek to disturb him.— !
rules a t of a large portion of our citizens. Thousands t les at tee settleMent are good • prayers in the I
We neither assail or &field his asserted right o r e o
I
have been deceived into the belief, that for par- to hold this peculiar kind of property. w e ' morning at 7 o'clock; in the evening, also; class
tisan purposes, fictions were substituted for fact; simply affirtn that see have nothing to do with , meeting . Sunday evening.; preaching at 11
although no everts in American history are bet- it., and propose to let him and his &levee alone ! a. tn. Sabbath School at 3p. me reaching at
ter authenticated than are the murders, ref bee W , p
where they are. e make, therefore, no goes - , eight ; preaching every Thursday evening and
ies, arsons and laveless rapacity inflicted upon Root about the abolition of Slavery in the South,. I
the free settlers or Kansas. These outrages Fridaypublic•meeting dayschoo l
We but stand in defenegof Freedom in the ""
had for their object the subjugation of that Ter- North. Kansas is in the latitude of Philadel- through the week. The name of the town is
ritory to the curse of slavery. phiu. In geographical position it is a Northern Cerysburg. The government has given them ,
Woweak of quiet being restored to Kansas, •
Territory. It was dedicated by solemn coon. a grant of land 20 'elks square—the Society 1
because armed bands of lawless men do uot to•
pact in 1820 to Freedom tiorever. Wo claim
day infest her highways and plunder her pro. the fulfilment of the bond. We defend the in- to sooty .
to be at al! the expend:, t
ple—because her towns are not sacked and the tegrity of the free Northern soil against the rot Now, a word for myself. My prospects are
cabins of her settlers in flames. This peace is pidity that would subjugate it is violence into . better than when I wrote you last, it' I should
deceptive and insecure. It will be broken the a pl ant ation foe
eiaveu.
moment that the people of Kansas make a gi g - Much has been said er the dangers oat get what I expect ffiem the Society, I hove
emusievolved
emus effort to recover those rights of which in this controversy. We are comnselled•tosub• ~1 offer to superintend a Sugar Mill and Saw
they have beets fraudulently and violently de• : mission and acquiescence in th e wrong, bee.. I Mill, that will he put its operation the present
prived. The purpose of her enslavement is in- the wrong doer threatens greater calamities if I year by Mr. Richardson ;an establishment that
exhorably p . usbed forward. A system of Inge- we shall dare to defend our right,. Such threats '
! cost $7OOO in the U. S. It will be owned by
niously devised fraud, kindred to that employed ! are unbecoming to those who make them, and '
in the usurpation under which else now growls,man—the most enter wish, in the Repub.
an insult to those upon whose fears they are 1 °"" 1 •
is being carried out for the consummation of t
expected to operate. Great question's of gov. I lie. He has the plow and oxen going daily; lets
this great mron 4. To this end, aloe, the P.' ' ernmental policy, involvinte tie: very substan ce buildings going up of brick: lime horned on his
cr of the Federal Government is bawdy 'wool. , of our liberties,
mu , the happiness
it ,,,
e..
_ s _
"cae 0W II fare, 0111 of limestone from Baltimore,
toted. We .are given words of litirneee, loot 1 .... ations, at , o not to be
ae a uti ` b ' y ' n ' i ` iii ' e ' u ' iu
to
persistence in stepport of the wrong. Every np. ,""
the fears of any pad of the Ameritan people. brought out as leditest I !
poiutee of the President in Kansas is an active t
, Reason, end the calm pith-greyed of an cooled'. Ids son, .lames Henry, Pe still temffiittsSeehool
coworker in the scheme for her enelavetneet. : toned public opinion, mud decide between free but will leave it in July, to go to the Rey.
Principles of eternal truth and justice Whielo . men—threats are a Levee: to slaves. Imagine. Mr. Horn, the pro ,to
fess'or of the High School
lie at the foundation of a Christian civilizatio' .ry dotegers become realities to the timid—to ,
and upon which repose the rights or humanity, , the, curage.. they ravish
i, „a a nearer all, 0U
.ly .
the h i g her ' brandies of his ethic:wien—
er°
our &fleetl
tio y assa Gov erniled by
the
Those poer thott contras t munch. Su, hero . the only danger lies in be • and this is the desire of the 31issime conentti
in Nanal ment. teethe,
, coming alotroned. Tlie danger in overcome , ty. I think Ito is pet-peeing for the Ministry.—
d ec ia r etwy of the natural and inalienable rig hts th e do}' it i s met with resolute courage and du. lie has built himself' a study house. I with to
of man, coideined in the Great Charter of our
terusined purpose. Tbe right must prevail,
liberties, aro condemned "%our highest judicial and the wrong must give way. Lipon no other encourage him ell I can, for he is a faithrtil
au thority as unine.ing and falser Tito sol.te b as e ' 00000 the questions in issue ever be pertna• boy- But going to school will deprive the fa•
teary of our Courts of .instice is closed neait st nently settled,
roily of his assistance; but if for goad the
an entire rate of men. The poor end down- . It is . impeachment of the manly qualities Leo] will incase up the difference.
trodden aro not allowed to peßtion fur a red :or our Southern friends to soy Lbw thee will 1 1 I . .• ~I , t , ,
your eery „.
t um: eon some.) oi your emu et.
rees of their %mimes, i ot th ee , tribunals of hie ! and must submit to th a t which is just anti right
men government that should meet nearly rep. i when coestitationally embodied in the legisla. liar, and that I have fliends I can still look to
meet the beneficent attributes of the Creator ' his of the government. Let the freeinee of for mid, should 'I desire it. 'Wishing to remain
and final Judge of all men. In le
er of these . the North announce its language firm and un- ' here, I prefer tones what the present year will
incontestible facts—of the wrongs ppetrated 1 mistakable, their purpose to resist the spread : ~, I
• do. am sorry to find there we WIRES at work
egainet the righte of American eitizenshileniel 1 ee slavery, and, at every Coe , to
eireeerg , „ o ,
.. , , .
the dangers to which our liberties are exposed t integrity o f ' th e U it i„,,,, i ' d we ,1,1 !r ave preserve thou
!
. 00 the L. 5.1,, some colored persons, who may
_sho o s presented in its true aspect—the coat , t ''sing retie°, such its nollotapronsiee, laving its think they are doing me, a favor here, and that
before ns
amen Assu a dit-ffiliY ratelY Or'. f° l3 .• , foundatio n in wrong, could ever secure to the ,l e t o raise ~,,,,y to d e f ra y m y ex p eileee h ee l s
man affairs, mpoees duties upon oar citi• . country.
, e e
ol“.1... Now I have written to too acts
the
high noa soleinn as ever :spiralled to I ,llie position taken by the convention, iii i .. , to te ,
the hearts and con:gimecs of nien. The gees. I resolve touching thetluties'and obligations int. I son but yourself. .1 have received no letters
Lion is before ns—from its demands there is too t posed upon those who seek adoption into our from outs colored man, but they have been wee
escape. Decide we m eet, e i t h er for the ;right g reat American family °flew:wen, must meet ting to Li/aeon and 36m0-that they are willing
or for the wreeg. Sooner or later the verdict the approval of every patriotic citizen. We
to get my family beck to the U. S. Nesbit and
of this great Commonwealth must be pronoun.. have a right to expect and require n perfect
cool on the issues forced upon the country by , end undivided allegiance, from all who tore in.
ChnP lin are note engegeol in writing this way.
the advocates of human bondage. History will vested with the high prerogatives of citizenship. Mrs. Depute° is not altogether satisfied here,
record that verdict to her eeduring honor, or to As the adopted citizen receives in full temente their letters maknffier leen so—tivil it must be
her everlasting sloame, all the rights and immunities ado. native born,
The repeal of the Missouri Restrictioes. and so ought he to tender an unreserved devotiun expected that leaving her friends behind would
the attempt to force elavery upon Kansas by 1 • • farl -• • The libertyf writing
to t h e country of loin noloptimo. lit, should uc. oc a cam ' ' un k so-
fraud and violence, precipitated u p on t e e eosin- i knowledge no earthly power superior to tile from both skies or tho water, la allailUr Cal.. ,
try ti, conflict bat.en ihe antagonistic q• - ' l ' . .r l corietitootion .d the sovereignty of the Amer . '. They du not consider the injury they are doing,
dire° and servile labor In the isetie of flue eau people. Thoore is no &tiger that we shall
conflict is involved the democratic character of should they necomplish their object in pursued
err iii our voaltms devotion tceour country, nod
m ,)
our institutions of gm:eminent, and the hide• in the cultist:Ohm of nu intent American IC. na g '''' e r'" o " 1 " "" r "' N """ ° ' lt " I °""
pendeuce, dignity and rights of the free white tionality. Liberia without a ',rasped. The penalty i"
labeling man and Lis posterity. I have toot time to speak all., ether topics $2OO fine for any tweeter of vessel taking .y
Slavery is the dewily enemy of free lal.r • — mule:teed in the Platform of principles rodepted one out of the Republic without a pass. Now
The two cannot coexist on the ea.: field toren- by the Convention, in the znanner their impor
terprise. Either labor will eitelleate its yield tenet, deserves. Opportunities will be affiirded " ; ,
longas 1 I . 1 'ld
ive illy cit reit are under Illy eel,
to freedom, or it wilt sink into dependence and me hereafter to inalco tny views 1:110WII ell 001110 ".• 11tcy can get too passport without my
dishonor. Free labor is 'clothed with intelli- I matters of domestic policy closely connected, I consent. -But, I wish my wife to pay a visit to •
genes and power. It steeds erect in tile ologni• in my Pole:relent, with the growth and prosesri• I her frienols and take some.of the younger coil.
ty of.a true manhood. It susta i ns by its ener• ty of tier great Curainotvealtio. Whilo the ut
gtes all the noble institutions of n refined and I most care should 1m 'do:oersted not to disturb the I siren with Iter, when I can tithe the mean, for
perfectly developed social life. It is the source vast boldness interests of a commonwealth . 1 13 °' t° the 8 " , and go reputably, Lildsen has
or our prosperity and national greatness. Sla- i rich and or such diversified pursuits as our own o loot his, and is going to return to the U. S,
very is labor in ignuranee and chaine—a brie yet it eanuot be denied that ours, the richest I Ills situation is tout goool,loos health is bad, no
talized humanity, stimulated to industry by the
Ci/111111011Wcahlt Of its extuict in the world, has
st 1,0 fe imam cep no it i e •. his
lash of master. It makes the laborer an ar- tau t heat in the development
otLc.„
sees..,,- t e n d s to it p B ut t hi s le•
title of merehandize, without Mon end without
cos and ill productive industry with seine of : own fault. Had they Wi ll iamsi and Harris, at
hope. In the place of an internee:et eitizetn
her eider States. We may, therefore, without t tended to, our own' business properly we would
ready to defend with his life the honor and iri •
the charge of rashness, inquire if our policy 1 ell be in good circumstances at the present
teresta of hie country, Slavery gives to the State
could not, in some respects, he made mare eon- . time. I have Weil censured b - f
y 11011Ie 0 cur
to ignotaat ravage to be held in subjection.— tortititiiie to the spirit ot, the
age,
mid
morn
in . .
It endangere the social litbrie by converting its
harmony with the wants at an ',erecting bust. P Y
att for not rieming Situ country down. I
great element of strength into an implacable nes., enterprise. have had hotel seutllieg—but the present year
enmity. Ito conclusion, gentlemee, peen& me to tem thin g ,' leek more revertible. I have the appro.
Never, in the history of partisan warfare,
miss
re
my than!. fur the very kind and isecepta•
, batiom of the Iraide• 'f Cuv°n ut aleo of the
Were noon more unjustly and persevedegly onet• hl e 111111111 Cr ill which you discharged the they
represented than are the oppoitents ot the ex- t
n „ ,igned
you. M. E. Church mis • '
mission, and ono foot coot the
tension of e elavery. This arisen in part from very reepectfally, year obedient servant, steps of the Colonization Society, and I think,
the intolitorant nature of slavery, and thou wea- , I). WILMOT. respected by all good Inert. And now who is
pone it is necessitated to employ, 3.'1 partly' 'To J. S. 13owe, Will Tam P. elleY.
lipase 11 . on the right side Please tell Mr. Ch f f ur
from the fact—so omnipotent lies the Ste, e No .
Edie, G. hßus Smith, n il l itt ^ r. ap in or
er become in our . government—that support o f , Comm i t t ees' me, that I don't want his useietwoce. I have
.
its every demand is mado the single test of par. , wheat flogr, sugar, coffee to &hik e /cons my
ty fidelity, and the only road to offidal prefer. ' T u t: NOMINATIONS—A CONTRA:W.-119re own /,,t, good milk to put into it, dig my Nett
me. The citizen who dissents in terms of
is a remarkeble difference in the manner or potat,,,,, and •good lively boys to catch Opt •
earnest and manly protest against whatever e, . oes
actions slavery makes, becomes thereby—in so , fi,ektug public raver, as adopted by politi cises. ,
to I o tot !!!
far to the Natienal Government can impose •I boor example:—we have from very goo d t, , 1. Fxcuse my long letter—my mind's somewhat
disabilities—ahnoet ae cinch an alien and oat I thority, thus the prodevery mildew. :a.. cm
emote:Jed in the• bustle told preparation to re.
law us is the slave himeell. 11 floe Ideanen u ,
•• - • f t bernatenal honor- -Paeler Black awl II to d• --
houses” for sieve oreceedine torn. . .
the Nceth conse n t to occupy such a eubordim ,kept "open . , . second . i n
1, .
I,
ate position in the goebrnment °Noel, co m otee, , the Com m a. ' m ew l, p ut lecher l e nom m e emeon er tau affectionately mod kindly to
the apwit of manly ledge. ,
• - mdence will be crush.. • lion. I your Slimily, and all geed frieuda in ales cause
ed out in their posterity. iow eons will become . .
so David Pidetet received the news of his noon. . ..
of Africa. Y our obliged frienol,
' t d senile race, strip toed of mait• ; inatlon sitting quietly at home, in the iniolst of
n submit' tee an
I his Mini! Neither Meteor friends kept °omen CHARLES PEPUTEE,
hood and of selfrespect. The slavolder, pro- ,
house
~
.3: :}7,, , ,ri5 . b,
~,
prietOr of the soil std muter
. of the gover , • e v elsewhere. Ile did not • P.S.—The Rev. P. Burns, one of our Minis •
meet will dote iuMe over them pith scarcely use . , y
1 ! lied it nee, tar •to an d .1 . - t , Byrn.t re is goino fo the U. S. Ifyou eau see and
0 t tli;ft i , .e . 0
of areugatsco aud power than
..
he rules over his ; lie was selected to bear the Union Standard hear him loreaubi you will hear and see a "non
hereditary hotlmen. To this cot
Aeon are the ' to glorious triumph. ry Clay! I"
• We must strain every nerve to elect hint.—
notedrachffiding whites of the Sout h a l rea d y ae , • ,
! nowt- ti I' ' 131 •
-ie g unime tumor comity—can g,e seer. The tricot i • MY' • • -
doted: They have lm day, little tio,witite,
opinion, .!
wirg e ot e2OO majority, sho rout and wire. du ilollidayelowee . We will give the principal
31 . 1 .1 3(3°1 ° r i! ". ! he f ? rinatkin e e ' P o . hue the it. Oreanize.— neat .loiletee. ' 'onkl of the ' evi deuce in our ne a t lame ,
and in the Miters el govern ent than
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rt I 11.1.1.1, 11 Mt lIIIVSTEM 3 ? EDIToRs :
SAM. Cl. It MITT,IIKIPAL, 5
Wednesday Morning, May 6, 1857.
"Oarn ntnrr, Mir ghlrillllS WM.' out
1,5,10 the brco, le, throw;
heneuth its Ji,llll with ,o,ny (10,1,1,01 d
11'0'4 charge upon [AGA."
. FOIL CoVERNOR,
I)± V I
Wil :MOT ,
OF 111tAblol:0 MONT,
1 , 04 CANAL 111,1N11,111X.,
WILLIAM MILLWAHD,
UV
FULL SUPREME JUDGES,
JAMES I'EECIL
OP VAYETTI:
JOSEPH J. LEWIS,
OF CHESTER COUNTY.
The Dred Scott Case Tested.
There was a novel case tried in Chica
go the other day, in fact' it was the first
test of the unholy decision of 'Pitney in the
Drcd Scott ca,e, in which he declares ne
groes to be "chattles," and that they nev
er were, and never can be citizons of these
United States. Four "descendants at Af
rica," were. indicted in the Recorder's
Court for stealing 'mitt.), and they filed,
through their counsel, a plea of abatement
which sets forth that being chattles, erro
neously indicted as persons, the Record
er's Coact ought not to take cognizance of
the alleged crime in the said indictment.
They protest that they are not guilty of the
same, not now being recognized in any
manner or known by or to the Constitution
of the United States of America, or to the
constitution or laws of the State of Illinois
as persons protected by or responsible to
the laws of the land,
To this plea, Mr. Howe, the State's At.
torney, demurred, and the defendants join•
cd'in demurrer. Mr. 1-lowe urged thre,
although the defendants were really and
bona fide slaves and subject to rendition to
their masters, they were liable to be tried
and punished under local laws, for fe
lonies committed byl"them within the State,
Mr. Thompsdn, counsel for the prisoners,
argued in support of the pb.,a, which he
supported by copious extracts from Judge
Taney's opinion in the ()rod Scott case,
and contended that, under the decision of
the Supreme Court in that case, which was
now the established tales of the land, there
was no distinction between negroes of Al.
rican descent and other property.
SALE OF THE MAIN LINE.
Anxiety to get rid of this grand humbug
continues to increase in all quarters—as
will be seen by the following statement
from the Harrisburg Telegraph, which is
there sustained by a strong array of figures
proving : , •
lot. That our State debt has not been
reduced for the last ton years.
tid. During this time the people have
been heavily taxed.
Bd. During the last four years, the gross
expenditures on the Main Line have ex
ceeded the gross revenue derived from it.
4th. The gross revenue received from it
is diminishing.
sth, The expenses of working the .lain
Line are increasing.
6th. The State Engineer's Report shows
that is a year or two large appropriations
will be needed to repair locks, rebuild aque
ducts, clean out the Canal and make the
Line lit for business,
7th. The appropriations to the Main
Line, contained in the General Appropria
tion bill as it has passed the House, nro
$263,487,16 more than the gross revenue
last year from the same.
Silt, If the Line were sold, the ordinary
revenue of the State would soon pay the
debt at the rate of two millions of dollars
a year. ,
A bill has nearly, or by this time quite
passed the Legislature similar to that pas
sed two yeartago; providing for the sale
ut a minimum price of seven an a half mil
lions of dollars. The Pennsylvania Cen
tral Railroad Company to pay nine million
and be released from the tonnage tax, What
defeated the former bill was thc rate of in•
wrest on the bonds to be given in payment.
That bill flied the rate of interest at six
per cent.; the presegf bill at five per cent.,
which will probably secure a sale and iho
State will be freed from the burden, while
politicians will be relieved of a large and
corrupt system of patronage.
)3? - 3 - We are again compelled to untie emu.
municutiims 00 account of our crowded col•
"max. Our corruspoodents should bear with
1,1 awhile.
Xkir We have reeeivedliennedy & Brother's
lhwlc Note lieview, for Slay, .published in
Pittsburg. Of all the Detectors around, we
prefer this•, tour the simple reason that it in the
best.
SE6 - There will In, tlivin,:horvice in the I'eu•
te4l.in,t, Episcopal Church vu Sunday ueut.
THE DEMOCRATIC ADVOCATES.
OF SLAVERY STUNNED-;-JUDGE
WILMOT ENDORSED BY THE
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
All persons acquainted with the political his.
tory of our country fur the last ten years or
-more, know the fact that wit. Judge Wilmot,
who is now called a “Dlack Republic.," intro. i
duced his famous Proviso into Congress, in
18111, against slavery extension, he was sustain-
ed in his COlll,l, by his Democratic colleagues 1
in that body, and by the party organs in this
Stale I and that when in 1817, he moved to at•
tach the proviso to the three million bill, they I
stood by him, showing that it had not then be. I
come Auti•Democrittic to vote in favor of the
prAiltition of slavery. The Pittsburg Gazelle
says that it was only after Mr. Buchanan, in his
struggle after the Presidential nomination then
approaching, had led the way against the Wil
'mot Proviso, that Mr. Wilmot began to stand
alone among the Democratic representatives
from Pennsylvania, upon the old Jeffersonian
platform of Slavery restriction.
The Legislature of Pennsylvania, which was
chosen at the general election in 1846, and
which met in January, 1817, took early action
upon this question, and it is gratifying to turn
back to the records of that body, and see how
• emphatically it sustained Mr. Wilmot. There
were Whigs and Democrats in those days, and
their party fights were as bitter as any that
have happened since ; but upon this question
they were united. Nearly every Democratic
member of both Houses recorded his vote in
lavor.of the Wilmot proviso.
Mr. Victor Piolett, a Democratic member of
the House from Bradford county, introduced
iota that body the following preamble and reso•
lutions: . •
"Winianss, The existing war with Mexico
may result in the acquirement of now territory;
and
WHEREAS, Measures are now pending in
Congress having in view the appropriation of
money and the conferring of authority upon
the treaty-making power to this end, therefore
Resolved, d'e„ That our Senators in Congress
bo instructed and our Representatives be re-
quested to vote against any measure whatever
by which territAry will accrue to the Union, un
less, an A part .of the fundamental law upon
which any compactor treaty for this purpose is
based.. ...queer!' or involuntary servitude shall
beibrceer prohibited, except for crime." .
Oa the 26th of January this preamble and
resolution were called up, and they were passed
unanimously, by the following vote:
YEAS—Messrs. Allison, Anderson, Bossier,
Bente, Bingham, Black, Blair, Bouyhner, Bow
man, Breidentlusll,Bull, Burns, Bush, Bushnell
Chard-, Colvin, Conner, Dully, Dickinson, Dick.
son, Doniddson, Edie, Evans, litssett. Fungoid,
Fermat, Penstermitcher, Forsyth, Fox, Uuhley,
Gould, Graf, Grote, Holy, Harris, 111.1.11,
flaymaker, ll iluuds, Hunter, ives,,/oceb//, Jack.
son, Kauffman, Keatley, Air, Kinnear, Kline,
Kfingenginith, Knox, Dried:, Ladley, Lonyhtin,
Lawrence, Levan, Leyburn, Lockhart, Loup,
Mackay, Mather, Matthias, Montelius, Morrison
Myers, MeAhee, McCollister, McCurdy, McCut ,
ley, McKnight, McMinn, Noble, Patterson,
Pooling, Penive, Perry, Ptiilips, Pioleft, Pome
roy, of Pomeroy of Franklin, Reynolds,
Robbins, Rods, Rirpert, Sanborn, Sharp, Shelly,
,Nip,s, Solider, Thomas, Thompson, Trcgo,
Vita, \Varner, Weiter, Wertsner, an Corpor,
•Spcohrr--95.
NAYs—Nurse. Democrats in italic,
Every democrat present voted aye, and eve
ry democratic member of the House was pre
, sent but one.
Ths resolutions were sent to the Senate and
were called up in that body on the 27th. At
the late Harrisburg Convention Mr. Gibbons
stated that he was Speaker of the Senate at that
session ; that Mr. Iligler, then Senator from
Clearfield, afterwards Governor and now U. S.
Senator, came to hint on the morning of the
27th, and asked as a particular favor that the
Speaker would award the floor to him that
morning to enable him to call up the House re
solution. The Speaker did so; Mr. Bigler
called up the resolution, made a strong speech
in its favor, okging its immediate passage, and
moved to suspend the rules to put it on its final
passage ; awl the yeas end nays having been
called, the resolution passou by the following
vote :
TEAS-11essrs. Jliyler, Boas, Corm, Corn.
limn, Crabli, Darragh, Dorsi°, Gillis, Harris,
//ill, /bocce, Johnson, Joann, Levis, Mason,
Morrison, Rich, Richards, loss, Sanderson,
Smith, Sinyser, Williamson, and 'Gibbons,
Spo44 . cr--2 I.
Anderson, Black and Pultei
ger-3.
Thus it will be seen that Mr. Wihnot
ed the strongest possible endorsement of his
course from. the Democrats of Pennsylvania,
every Democratic member of both nooses of
the Legislature, excepting three, having voted
to sustain him,
It isworthy of note, also, that the Legislature
that winter was IV/d ,in both branches ; yet
this resolution was introduced in one branch by
a Democrat, nod urfred through in the other by
a Democrat, now U. S. Senator.
David Wilmot, true to his Democracy, has
occupied the sumo ground ever since; but the
parte which thee endorsed him has falsely do.
sorted the noble stand it had taken, apostatized
from the faith flits founders, and shamelessly
renounced all the good which it did in its bet
ter days.
The Supreme Court,
Thu Albany Journal says:—hive of its nine
silk gowns aro worn by slaveholders. Moro
than half iti long hrnch is filled with slavehol
dew. Its Chief J ustiee is it shareholder. The free
States, with Amble the population of the, slave
States, du not have half the Judges. The ma
jority represent a minority of 350,000. Tho
minority represent a majority of twenty mil.
luns 1
- It has long been so. Originally there were
three. Northern and t'ree Southern Judges. But
the South won got the bigger shore of the
black robes, and kept thetu. Of the thirty
eight who have sat there in judgement twenty
two were nurtured "on plantation," The
slave States hove bees masters of the Court
tilty.seven years, the free Slates but eleven!—
The free States have had the majority only
seven years, thin century. Even the free State
Judges are chosen from slavery extending par
ties. Presidents nominate, and Senates will
confirm none other. Three times a; new Jud
ship has been created, and every time it has
been created, it has likewise been lilted with
a slave holder. Thu advocate who pleads
there against slavery waste his voice in its vaul
ted root, and upon ears stuffed sixty years with
cotton. His cane La judged bolero it in argued,
aid his client condeumod before he is hoard.
Bill for the Sale of the Main Line• I
The following section of the Act for the sale
of the Main Line of the Public Works shows •
the terms and conditions upon which it will
probably be offered for sale. The tax-payers
of the State will have reason to congratulate
themselves if they get rid of the burden on the
proposed terms : •
Sec. 3. That it shall be lawful for ally per•
son or persons, or railroad or canal company
note incorporated, or which may hereafter be
incorporated by and under the laws of this
Commonwealth, to become the purchasers of ,
the said Main Line of the Public Works, for
any sum not less than seven and a half millions
of dollure, and in the event of a sale of the
said Main Line being made to individuals, it
shall be lawful fur such individuals so . percha•
sing after the, said public slle, to assign and .
transfer their right to the said Main Linusett•
tier the said purchase to any railroad or canal
company, created by the laws of this CoMmon
wealth, and such railroad or canal company on
compliance with the condition of the said sale;
.d on the payment or securing of the purchase
money of the sal, Maine Line in the Common•
wealth us hereinafter provided, shall be fully
investtli with the right 'of the said parch.- I
ers, and be tntitled to the same rights and
privileges as if the said Main Line had been
struck off and sold to said company at the raid
public toile ; and if necessary said company •
may increase their capital stock to borrow
money and issue title bonds to any amount slot
exceeding filly per coatmn above the amount
of the purchase money, and should any asso
ciation of individuals become the purchasers
of the said Main Line its the terms prescribed
by this act, the Governor is hereby authorized ,
to grant them letters patent inemporating the
same into a body curvsrate, in deed and in law
under the name, style and title of the Phila•
dolphin and Pittsbnrg railroad and canal Com.
I pasty, with all the privileges, and subject to dll
the restrictions of an act regulating railroad
companies, approved the nineteenth day of .
February, one thousand eight hundred and forty
nine, the suppletnents thereto, so far as is con.
sistant with the provision of this act: Provi.
ded, That no bid shall be accepted unless the
bidder or the company to whom he shall as-
sign his said bit' shall on the day of sale have
deposited in the halals of the Governor, or seine
parson duly authorized by him to receive it, the
sum orenc hundred thousand dollars ill, cash
or State bonds, which shall be forfeited to the I
,use of the Commonwealth, if the terms of sale j
are nut complied with; and if the party to
whom she same shall be struck down shall
not comply with the said conditions by the
payment of one hundred thousand dollars
as aforesaid, then it shall be the duty of
the Governor, if deemed proper by him, to
tender the same to the next highest bid
er who shall comply with the said conditions
or again expose the said Main Line to sale as
provided for by the first section of this act :
And provided further. That if the Pennsyl
vania railroad company shall become the pur
chasers of said Mans Lino at public sale, or by
assignment us aforesaid, they shall pay its ad.
dition to the purchase money at which it may
be struck down, and which shall not be less
than seven and a half millions of dollars, the
sum of one and a half millions of dollars, the
whole to be paid in the bonds of the company,
bearing interest at the rate of five per centum
per e.t.a, payable semi annually on the tide.
ty-first duty of January and July of each year, ,
and which bonds without any further record
shall remain a lien upon the said main line,
less per centum of said bonds, to fill due on
the dint) , first day of July, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety, and the remainder in ten
could annual instalments flame., and upon
the execution and delivery . of said bonds to
the Treasurer of the State, the Pennsylvalta
Railroad company and the Harrisburg. Moffitt
Joy and Lancaster railroad company, shall, its
consideration thereof, be discharged, by the
Commonwealth, forever from payment of all
taxes upon tonnage or freight curried over said
railroads; and the said Pennsylvania Railroad
company shall also be released from the pay
meat of all other taxes or duties to the Co.
monwealth, on its capital stock, boilds, divi
dends or property, and that it shall be lawful
for the purchasers, or their assi , nss, if they
deem it expedient, either to purchase or lease,
hold, and use the Harrisburg, Portsmouth,
Mount Joy and Lancaster Railroad company;
they may construct a railroad, by the eligible
rent°, from a point at or near the caste' n ter
minus of the Pennsylvania railroad, to any
puint or points on , the Philadelphia and Co
' 'militia railroad, and to straighten and inivrove
the said Philadelphia and Celumbia railroad,
and to extend site same to the Delaware river,
itt the city of Philadelphia; and it shall be
further lawful fur them to alter, enlarge and
deepen the ettattl portion of said Main Line;
and to make such additional lucks (and darns,
and nut].) is whole or in part a slack water
navigation, no may Stleemed expedient.
L. L. LANusimoTu's MOVAULE Cotta HMI.
--Patented Oct. 5 1832.—This hive is so con•
strutted that the comb may be all taken out
in a few minutes, without cutting or inju
ring them in the least, or enraging the bees.—
Weak stocks mny he easily strengthened, and
queettleFs Colonies saved from certain ruin by
living OMR the Mealy of obtaining another
qtteeti.
,A t the stocks in the Apiary, by the con.
As
trot of the combs, can he kept strong in num•
bets and in possession of a fertile queen, the
ravages of the bee-mouth mny be effectually
prevented.
New colonies may be formed in less time
than is usually required for living natural
swarms ; or the hive may be managed on the
common swarming plan.
By a very simple arragement, the queen
linty be mmlined to the hive while the workers
have their liberty, so that bees may be kilt at
any time, without the least risk of their swarm.
ing in the absence of the bee.keeper.
Colonies may be untidy transported from any
other hive to this, at all seasons, of the year;
and their combs with all their contents may he
removed with them, and easily fastened in the
frames.
At; individual, or farm right to use this in
vention, will be sold for S 5.
The inventor has published the best practi
cal treatise on the hive and honey-bee that has
ever been offered to the public, in a handsome
12 mo volume of 534 pp. For a right ad
dress P. J. Mahan, 186 Chesnet-Street
delphia. _
Aar The "Metropolitan" Store has just re
ceived its -Spring and Summer Steck, and a lar
ger, finer, cheaper or better 0110 was never
brought "up the pike." Call and osamine
nod he convinced.
Se^ The continued rains have raised the
water in the streams alarmingly high. The
tlam at Petersburg, above this place has been
swept away. It 7 is said that the dam at \Vil.
liantsbarg is also gone. There is as yet no
sign of abatement.
SQr•No change to uote in the markets since
our last issue.
Set-The School Directors on !Stolidity lost
ro•elucted Mr. Albert Owe. County Superin.
temlent, mid cbango,l the salary from $3OO to
$6OO per annum.
Editors on Dr. Coggswell's Salt.
We think the ILlluwing testimonials from
publishers who received the salt in payment
fbr advdrtising, entitled to higher co nsiderat ion
and more confidence, than the certificates or•
dinarily attached to advertised medicines.
Norway Advertiser, (Me.,)—"All who have
used the Salt have derived the most beneficial
effects front it."
Piketon Journal, (0.0 edited by Mrs. E. S.
texter,—"Wo can say from experience, it is
an excellent remedy for Headache, Neuralgia
Ag. and Palpitation of the Ileart—insleed
we are sure it will do all it professes, and we
say God spetd the new 'medicine"
• National Democrat (Ind.,)—"lt has cured
,everal cases of Rheumatism, Bronchitis,
croup, and Erysipelas."
Democratic Advocate, (Me.,)—Our journey.
man was cured of severe Neuralgia in ono
. .
Cape Cod Advocate.—" This valuable medi•
ion is fast gaining ground in the estimation of
the public."
East Tennessean.—"lt receives commenda
ion from' the highest sources."
Lynn iteportor.—"Tim New MEDIC:IN6-1110
Antiphlogistic Salt—is working wonders. Ac
counts come from various parts of the country
telling the good it has done."
Boston Ilerald.—"Thcre is a deep interest
felt by the community in regard to this extra
ordinary medicine, whose operation is as mys
terious as that of vaccine matter."
Lynn News.—" Over 400 Newspapers have
published Dr. C.'s advertisement, and ho is
flooded with orders by mail and express, for
his salt."
Niagara Democrat (N. Y.)—"Tho greatest
discovery made in Medtcino for the last thou.
sand years."
Old Colony Memorial.—"lt is for the public
to ace that no ancient and long-honored theo
ries crush out a TRUTH, in its infancy."
Boston 'fitncs.--"A medical discovery equal
in importance to the application of. the great
antiphlogistic agents, Ether and Chloroform."
Fremont Democrat, (0.)—"It is attended
hero with great success."
tlenesee Democrat.—"ln a case of Fistula,
it; U. has resulted jhrorably."
Waterford Sentinel, (N. Y.)--"A scrofulous
Carbuncle of 18 months standing, was cured by
using the Salt 2 weeks."
Buttner of Liberty, (Md.)—"lt cured lltt
mors, Cutaneous Diseases and many 'Vane.
Im - dra7/ Complaints."
Westfield Republican, (N. Y.)—"The physi
cians of this town are favorably Impressed with
its claims."
Another editor, byy letter to Dr. C., says:—
"It tins cured CataPth, Canker, and Croup."
"Another :—"We have heard of several eurcs
of Scrofula, Salt Rheum, and Ulcers."
Another :—"lt is very popular the ladies
in Nervous and PcmaleCopplaints."
Another case of ClAide Rheumatism
cured in three tread."
Another :—"One of our physicians, afflicted
with Asthma for seven years, is using it, and
says he is marry well."
A notheiTi—“l have been a Dyspeptic for three
years—have taken the Salt tour weeks, and am
entirely cured."
Another :—"A ion of mine, subject to fits
from boyhood, used the Salt ono month, and is
well."
Another :—"One of our firm has taken it for
Pleurisy and Heartburn, and is loud in its
praise."
Another t —"lt is the best remedy for Fever
and Ague ever used in the West."
Another:—''My wife has long been efllieted
with Inflammation of the Lungs and a hard
Cough ; she has used the bait can than one
month, and her complaints are wholly room ,
ed."
"Woonrdirili CREAM"—A Pomade for beau.
10/ing Hair—highly perfumed, superior to
aneFrench article imparted, and fur half the
price. For dressing Ladies' Hair it has no
equal, giving it a Lright glossy appearance.—
It causes Gentlemen's Iluir to curl in the most
natural manner. It removes dandriff, always
giving the Hair the appearance of being fresh
shampooncd. Price only filly cents. None
„entrine unless signed • ss
FETRIDGE & CO. N. Y. Proprietors of the
"Baba qf a Thousand Flowers."
For sale by all Druggists.
,Feb.25;57.-6m.
Does any of our high livers ever eat
too much dinner? Ifany of our readers have
cooks who tempt their appetite a little too fur,
I will tell them a secret that will lead them to
the enjoyment of their dinners without a visit
film that gamy old gentleman—Dyspepsia.—
Mee a dose oT Dr. Sandford's Invigorator af
ter eating, and you will never be troubled with
indigestion; but on the central?, before the
next meal time approaches the appetite will
be sharpened to appreciate nay kind of food.
If the toed rises or sours, the Invigorator will
fix the matter right at once ' for there is some.
thing in it that, to use the expreision of a
friend, will let a man eat gravel stones, and
take the invigorator and they will digest. We
have tried it in double doses, on one or two
occasions, for sick headache and it acts like a
charm.
What we want to say to our readers, young
or old, is, if anything ails you, go without
delny'and get a bottle of Dr. Sandford's In.
vigorator, and if it don't cure come and te:' us,
for we wont to see ono person that it gill not
benefit.
Be` Prof. Wood's Hair Restorative is said
to be the only sure cure for baldness and gray
hair It removes all scurf, dandruff and scrof
ulous eruptions from the scalp, and in a
few days restores gray hair to its original color
and beauty. This preparation contains no
coloring matter, but resuscitatos the hair by
invigorating and restoring porfect health to the
scalp, thus imparting new life and vigor to the
roots, and by them causing healthy fluid -to
flow into each separate hair.—Louisville Times.
,tAlrWe have received from Capt. Dorris, the
"Tenth Annual Report of the Directors of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company." We shall
give an extract train it in our next.
TRU*TEES) SALE.
---
By virtue of an order of the Court of Hun
tingdon County, we will offer at public sale on
the premises on Saturday, the nth !vny, 1857,
at one o'clock I'. M., the following r, al estate,
held by us as Trustees of the German Reform
ed Church, and directed by the order of said
Court to be sold viz :
A kt fronting on Moore street in the Bor
ough of Huntingdon, one hundred feet and ex
tending bock on 31ontgoinery street four hun
dred feet,
This lot will be subdivided into four lota
which will be offered separately.
ALSO. A lot of ground In said Borough
on the North side of. Mifflin street being part
of lot No 99, fronting on said street and ex
tending back thirty,no feet towards the line
having thereon the present German Reformed
Church. _ _
TERMS OF SALE—Ono•half upon confirma•
tiou of sale, the balance in one year with inter,
est, secured by bond and mortgage orjudg•
meld, By order 01 the Court,
DAVID DUNN, 1
ELIAS BARTOL, f ''"44"l"