R 3 !MT! d • Remarks of Glean'. W. Scofield;; tit'notor from YU district of Toga, Potter, .11,& Beau, aPd Warren, on the bill•entilled - •c4m ai so;.rploiFirktry to . ths exemption 1,4;11Rfoltot amendoNnt offered toy sir. Scofield bey - g under paagidrrcitio,t,r;z: l• Whenever the property selected by a de fondant, uwier the exemption laws of this eiimMonwe..,lth, shall consist. in whole or in ' , A rt of the liotligeofinett defendant, 4 . honsekeeper Charged With, ;he maitmu t toeo atnoopt„ of. h diked Atill'arliihstend 1 cittlmtavtrati4rWaszlteretaforera....-7.-.H 11 7 ,11.441ie : a40: sectiou was, u nder con , : sidetathm e ip_ thp. Senate„,..Ur f ; . scoFlE„ . q . r, the followina remarks • - - • ..The ; policypfeyemptioa, so far as goo!, 1;0.78, „ip to lea ye . , o -the....debter. the - . abso- . lute,-iieeds4.-ies of ,:The :sato e shoold. certainty spare ! the,famity ruof- r -' 31any articles allowed :under the. old -law might possibly be-dispensed .with house;:ef some :kind must : . Ito had at- all events..:: If tlieTpliey of an exelnption, is : well.founded, the poor mates home. Witicit comes jts: reason i aml sheuld-reettatilly hie free.: ,t lie WOO all exemption fawsi rest, would-leave-to au . untortuna te family habitation - 4.5, a ect. oftibt. no- I cestity,-.there are. somarcusonS in.. fuser of the intature that do trot . : apply. to aay oth er species ef.lproporty, cl elling house ie always neconiututhitod: to' the: size. al- 7 rangetirind : Ornamented to the taste of -a particle:it -fatuity.- ,Ip this-respect, it. is - unlike a- store,: shop • or.. tavern. t -hese are planned, not to suit a particular trades, P . 4411,; but -a particular-.trade, and i are as tiitifble- fur tmecperson carrying -en such trade as another.i,--Experieuce shovcs.that i while.:.this•-kind of .buil ding will genera Ily sell for mote that, eost,a ng house . ' fa often, sold at ttrnition i s sacrifice. The -I family.residenee, • like- fatuity. portraits,- is I fat more vatuable -to the oe i capaut than to I any one - else ;:.and .whet; , fufeed. to sale,- though it dues not-enrich the,. piirchaser, loaves xofor. tuu ate suirerer poor deed. It is pore or :less a sale of-all the ttaehmenti., and affections ' -which Alm I whole :household..eltert4t:. for their old, haunts. and Tiearth.;..fet to thew it is mit only_a shelter,. but the dep-ositery.of-Cher jilted associations::. The tree they have planted,- whose gertnination and growth they . have- Watched and watered, has to them..an-ideali.Value. .. If you drive.them from it, _you 'deprive their norouly of its 'shade, but the mental satisfaction with which •they. retard it as the -.product of their 'care:. The _vine that spreads over the hovel its protecting and ;beautifying, green; clings mit more...closely to its rude support than.do.the affections of .thephild j it sheltersAuthbobjecti:of its firig-famil.l iatity; -.;T isahame.affection never I The-child grown_: suarthootl, :and • wan-j tiering:where:he inay:in -new pathways-of, lift, `trill patisev eien in the-.basiest tienta of ambitions prime; and.thrtia pen.] sive-thought - or . reverent step- to this tirst - Afeees - . of- the mind. • These sen ti. wants 'exist - in:111e coarsest.-heart: And submit to the Senate if it is good poli-1 ey,!. to say-- nothing: of :humanity, to turn these amiable_ traits - in.: the human-, char-, *laterite articles of merchandize.. 2 In iipposititirt, -to- this measure; :it is said we'eannot: build men :houses by legtsla..l lion: NO, stt; Ave can do much -to! ciicourage:•ftlMir acquisition.. Place the family. residence .b • eyond the reach eantor_misfortune, , and yon-stimulate the idle:um:l' thriftless :to- habit .of labor and economy; f.Thp.pres , ent proverbial uncer tainty tat fortune is 't he great • discourage merit of hiiiudit exertion.. -Now industry 1. naWs:not.chose.overgrown estate, its ac.. -qUisitiorer rump Emily swell. The hand thae.:woulj plant a i tree knows hot wha: u -bidden: stranger may enjoy its shade: The-household, whese united efforts might inrtr a tilininoirhorne, knows rot how soon simplicity or mistuanagenaent in its legal contr6l:_alay .expose: it to. the exactions of credit arof craft - '+ - 'Cannot .Rive potir men tomes by legis lation is by along course of ad.: verse legislation that:the - poor are_ depiiv= sd of their:portion Ati :earth. • It is be cause:the books overflow with - legislation that-encourages land. monop.ly. that the TiliWon - hue :not- a- place to .iest the sole of his foot; not -a turf to' Cover his grave-. ex cept .by; leave :of- - "toy lord." _There is space 'onotigh In:tbs.-world for all, and plenty:to - spare. Naturally, we are but tenants:itkccimmoti .ouits surface. Nat nrallsr:each person has' an . eq utdrigh t with bis brother,_ to - a spot onwhich to pitch his - lent - and cieeran altar—to ground. in which to plant and lather harvests duriuu life;land Sir Whims familiar. dust his ashes mayrsleep Rbeii life's fitful. fever is-over. It-is bettatiseihis •natural -right has been tegitlited:Am4 -bemitise a single man is nutherited:r by - Lim to; draw an imaginarV Hue- around: whole leagues -of and hold- , it 'away:front the world, that the child of Want- is . .Compelled.- - to "beg • his lordly fellOW;woim to give hinr.leave to We Itiv,e 24000,000• of population; and - set au/ census. informi us ho less than oat and a half millionS have any interest iu the-soir; except what still belongs to Government-this million-and a half have tilotiopcilized - the 'Anklet this magnificent country.' Between the Atlantic and Pa. eitic'therif lir note single foot of round tiptin4bieb:ti 'poor - mai:l.mq rest a n d- sa y is Witte." , -Over every hill •aud val. hiy; praiiie and Plain ithe mgis of ownership bat long slime been-spread. In some de- Free' this nnentuml state of things is the result-of' legislation a , rend =in 'some Small degree the propued legislation Will cor rect it; , the State hail an interest, aside from that of the debtor, in the enlarg,e- intent of the nuinber of. freeholders Within iher. limits. . Bound by . interest to . the soil ,•. they cultivate, they beeolne the natumi supporters, upport.ers of the.govelAirtien t . that ennfers. ;.ancl4rolects4lieir titles.ll.:- . c . Th4filik - bw: er, ),itlike Op: capitalist, cannot flY i witit -liis:property.tiot , eliangOt. wit i li`theallifk, ing '-goveinuient and - laws. llis'sa s fety lies in the stability of late and good order !in society.. • The • Conitnonwealth should '' not allow her huniblesticitizen_ta be driv en to extreme poverty by the. eniorse-1 lessness of a. single creditor God lire- 1 . r. r iscribed liuiiis - to the' persecutions of bisl ~.: servant, and the' Commonwealth should ik - reli - eigliritne tekiiiiriiiii.6lFtbiliiii - if suit of her. honest poorishould - dease. She owes. this -Ali ke , 103 he• poor , and- . the tax-1 -1)93 , 01%-i - 101 r eaeh•.c. liessiare:fililie suffereisl IbY__.thei extreme; eXant ions offcredit. . ,:,..1 _ But what wrong- - °Odd:Airs law .do to . - Oredii,ors?,e. :It is.TrosPectiVe in its char- Inter: .;;NO elintract cdrild he effected. hy it; 'except those made after:the date of its 1 nasSage. -; . , Supposerit. the time ri , credit is giVen It:is , stipulated.-by:the parties: that in: ease .of failure :to ;pay, :the • ereditor should- havo--..tai lien ;upon - hiS ' dwelling. .house._ Would. any . one . say .thut..upori ; the happening of the Contingency, prov id l Adler: the - er ; ditor shbuld net - lie alloired I -to violate . his ;contract and drive his un -1 fortunate debtor into.the 'street 1 1 I pre sume nob, -. Yet - porties . &mitred in view of :the: existing laws Of the State, and in their Contemplation sr:Oh lairs areas much ' , ; 1- a part of:the .eon - tnici, as if drawn up'at length and inserted iu it. Now, will it be claimed that the ereclitor may violate his ituplibd any ii:ore - than• his express contract :? And if tiCt, in what respect is he injured ?. So far #oiii beibg Injured, ; the general claSs. of ;creditors would. Let 1 benefitted. I There iS no wisSom in the, Flair ihate . Strips the falling debtor at once. 'FOr,-frorti . that tune however numerous or htmeit hi's debts, he pays no more. - ; Brix'. en ( from his fireside and compelled to seek la :home iii new and, ehauging places, his. arnbitiou and' energy :are gone. • His less ! cued earniiiiy - i are absorbed - in rents, if not . wasteil . in dissipation.' . The inheritor orSiifferitig!kuorrs not there is a cup of happiness - lit never. tasted. • -Man school ed 'to . want. luny beat its hardAii Ps . with a callouS.. beam! ...11ut failing afflnence or forced insolvency wears'a heavier chain. The child . - Always hoinelesS, may forget his sorthws on the pillow of-occaSional i charity, ;but one cast unon the world by fresh . mlsforttil/C rarely finds i easy pil ion', till he finds it on the bosom of moth er earth, , Real want and. fancied shame pursic Lim to ) the last. - .• Let, the liiiinestead, unless one of fraud ulent extravagance - be -held sacred by. the; lacir. - : , -:Let Itbe litade,:what the law now I wrongly' deohires iti the owner's castle.— Let - no set*unt, of emoting credit come within its gates, • Let the ratch-string be pulled only -by ' familiar hands, and the thresitheld Crossed - only by- th 9 feet of friendship.- I • i -•- - ~, The ;following is - the new toenipti .., on I . , LaW as ii passed and was approved by 1 the.G&,rernor : . AnTact relative to the exemption nf-three hum dre.l dollars. and to the, widows S; children. tirdeeetlenu. : . SEOiION 1. Be it enacted, That the :widow or children of any decedent entitled to retain three hundred dollars but of ;such decedent's estate by tbe.law (4414 Commonwealth, and - every person entitled to. the exeuiption provided fur in the ,act, entitled Act to exempt prop erty ,to ,;he, value of three .hundred dol lars. from .levy .and sale, on . execution" or, distre4s for rent, .appraved the ninth day Anno lluwini one . thousand. eightlhundred and forty nine;" may elect to retain - the . same, or any part .thereof out Of any haul; notes, money, stocks, judgnieuts; or any. indebtedness to Suob person;. and that in, all cases hereafter a;htle;.property shah be set apart for the - widow .apsl,-childrett of any decedent, the satneishap be appraised nod. set apart to tvido,iv and children ,ny the:apprais ers Of the .other personal estate of said decedent. • . 114ititt jsmtrirat. 001.1DEUS.PQRT, PA., • :limrsaq itrag. 5-, ($.59. S ; OAR. EU* gfdo PUBt. ER.. . LEwis MANN, 1? 1 ,sq„ L gislative .11e&esoutative, - retuoCd home Tuesday cvealug. - .He, looks ivell, though he. has not: bema. long recovered -from severe ill- - has been visiting his friends ih Ohester county, Shiite the adjournment. We hope - Mic-Maun. will coilsent to he Tetiqqed : t9 . .c 40. House next fall. - ;19.CItipTi3li..: - .lAilv: . --Jylin Graham Ml de'rt-bok Sieitte* in thekilling - qUettug`Arout 'the, Iftble, but raer •to_the . Epistle. of St, 'JMtti*Os i verses I.6,auti U, stitiolt •o WhOiv.e,r .61taltrke:ep - - ep , and ydt nffebd iu .ope point, ha is_ guilty cif -Fur Ho that said; Do not cony:nit adultery, also : said, Do not kill ! Now it thou connint no adultery, yet if thou kill, tfionart become a transgres'sor of the law." A - lOcoftieo paper has diseorered a new trouble; that it net ; speedily. suppressed will result. :Serions disaster to the Dem. eeratie partyomtuely, the singing el lie' Gr y, rtibielt is-so popular among. the theOry, Is . thet the sing- Spelt - songs'; has a tendency t o Cite a feeling of syMpathy for the aforesaid Gray." which makes them decid. cdly . iiplx+S . Cd-to": 6 talsing her alfay," and the:cby \,cuthinger, this • glorious. 'Union, and d(;strby7the ascendancy of t. e Dodo e tic, POty..,. Our Dernoccaiio ,, :fricnds gill plea'selake . 'notice and sp ankif sc ir rtkey,catch them humming this in,cendiary-ditty.. The Presidency in 1860: The N_Y. Tribune, we are sorry to say, is tryiug - to "Tireriare'the way' for Awerimg the Repatikcan-stqqdard , . -In a lung ed itorial.:opon,this....subject in . Alia,.. - Da - fly of April 26, it USCE , the followiug lauguage: _ desirejho open anfl hearty.ck operationof,eonservative Whigs to help us: .elect a' Republican . Presiden;, s4ould,. sucit-h notninated„,.we do tat)t begiti,b,y notifying, those Whigs ,that we,. will. not . support nor vote for ene.of theiy . nutu,ber„ be . put forward as the .Qppc sition •catidirlite. : It seents-to us cotist;,.t.• eat neither with g00d...-policy,-.good map, :tiers, nor even good faith.l9 dose,. • ,Alost certainly, we _should „prefer an original Itepublicam-7.Gov.Seward or Gov. Chase; for : inst.:meg—but we shall heartily'. and zealously stipPott, one. like John ; Bell, Ed ward2Bates or John ,-iil.,But)s,• provided we arc, well assured that his influence, his patronage, his powei,,if chosen President, will be used not to extend Slavery, but to confine it :within the States that see tit to uphohl it." Edwaid Bates is a pro•slavery, old hunk -wliig, as his tetter lately pith.' lished in the Tribune unmistakably' proyes. . What assurance can be giver 4 thstt> such a man would administer the Government in the :interest of -freedatn any More: than" ili►llard Fillmore would ? ' But here is afpther• [ estracb• froni . the . . saute article of the Tribaue,,that we trust will be noticed by every anti. lavery I.le publican : • [[[ [ [",[ As to our Taliant Itepubliean [breth ren; who keep .:reiterating that they will never support ani:lntt - a &tinetive, orig. in al . Republican, and.that the Platfornr of i 1858 must be 7esfsrtned rerixitim to [ 1880, we simplisay, It is not wise to deal iu t:ash promises; troth , threats, nor .rash prophecies. You 'll/11 doubtless do what is best in 1880, whatever you may - thinl; or say now; and it is not %vise to utter hot words which uiay, retain to pinple you hereafter. If miginal Repßbli can shall be our candidate in 1 eso; you will want our Corrseriatires to forget that you ever threatenPil to oppose one of their soirif nominated ; while, - if our zotitifice should [ not . be a Republican of '5O, you will want -to forget thiiSe threats your- . selveg. "We say, then, • to , the. exOzcit-ce'.nn either hand, Keep cocil. ' dear- 7 Iy within reach of the Opiosiiion—a vic tory over which both Republicans and Conservatives' will ha've ample reason to rejoice. Let it -not he fooled away by a childish strife about names. When SpeeCh tends to irritate 'and distract, unspeakable is-the wisdom of Silence." • • We are nut aware that any Republican asks far any such thing as the adoption of the . Philadelphia Platform, word for ward. What is asked-nay, required, in order, to secure suppert—is that the Plat. furm adopted in MO be et:least as anti-slavery as that of 1356, Rad that the candidate - nominated, *shall be known of all men to be in favor of Republican prin ciples. - • • If the Tribune" will .refer to the• earn. paten of:1844 it ought to he able -taeom. prebend that acre are a large number of voters in every free State, whose support cannot t t e.leaci for any other• sort of n. can didate. Tre. believe there are nearly half a mill ion of•voteri in the 'United • States who subscribe to the' following - position laid down by CARL ektuitt in his great xpeeelt tn. Faueuil Huh the other day - "'Another danger for the:safety: of our' iostitutitits, and perhaps the most form idable one; arises froni .the general: pro- pensity of political parties and public Men to • net on a policy of mere . 'expediency, and to sacrifiee principle to local-and tem porarY success. And here, sir. let we ad dress a solemn appeal to tha t consciences of those with whom I an) piimd . to strug gle'side by side against human thraldom. 4 . • You hate kingcraft, and yon. would sacrifice your fortunes and your lives in order to prevent its establishment on the soil of this republic. But, let me tellyou that the rule of political parties which sacrifice principle to expedieuoy, is no leSs dangerous, no less disastrous,-no loss ag gressive, of no less despotic; a Mauro than the ruleof monarebs. - No anti-slavery wan whohellevu these words, ca7t bring himself to vote for ei ther John Bell, Edward Bates, or John M. Botts. BccauSe to do so, would be to sacrifice principle to expedionoy. Some min could.see - tlie gon..Charles Sumner brutally assaulted in, his seat in the Senate Chauiber,,and.‘ , keep cool" all the while others roused: the nation with "hot - wordS" of indiv;3atiowand re buke. .In rip* of the persistent efforts of the..7Trune, 'to eotiiort can into .n orpOsition _Firth, with .dwartl -Bates' for Presidenti we think hot words:iire' , ai. Impel -needed , now lap theu,'lnd we' h0pe.,.604.611eve_ the heat will increase until our northern Minos pliere-Anill Leconte toe but -for arid. such, In thi.S connection we give,the. - s fensw toy ! ttsbo,,,,Dis.per tax -orApriradttaf:villio we' think foreibed _ towsa..part ,l et:flte tfatt4ll policy- whtch Ithe Tribuileiemii to beccmnittid.'• the .Tribue desire to rink the nittue•an . principles pf Jefferson's Party in order to accommodate the ambition of cotiservatite Whigs and - PrOhtierY dotnagogneitY•'• = ' N Eitsrocip ; : that: a .resolotiPit ; ziai 'Oen tent ion gat repr&et;ilitg:Zilfe'"l:tliiPOSitiOn'!- • threngliont - .the Seierat -,,qta.t.l* .-. 4if • ibe Union; , will be introdOced into the coming state Cont , entiini of the." Opposition? , ,in. Penusylvania. Theobject.of the , Meve, went is td get •ild•ol the name of the Ite, and St - the same: time to :sink 'the slavery rpiestion; , for the iintriecti , . ate 'benefit, of a set,ef corrtipt office-bitut ers. Letiit be . tried, and the'Deutoeratic party Mat, eertainti , suebeed again in 18&J. 'p i e trials already_ made 'of •f‘ Op -o.otion" parties,'emasculated tPr -tempOrary :successes, we quite satis fied all Ithriest indepeudent :Men :Ile country, Mid if this sehetne be- tried; the: Republicans will stand alooftrud indiffer ent. • : "The :Miserable . oreature,s, whose antbi tiort Secure office, end that .obtaitted to plunder the people or sell thennielves to the highest bidders—such men can readily' ignore all prideiple to secure: a temporary triuutyli ; but the mass- of the people, forturidt 4 ely; are' neither corrupt nor silly :etiough -to• lower, the standard of slavery cxtensioo. , . ".Norican it be doubted that it Is the only 'vital eleinent ef . sneeess, io a PreSi- dent fit! struggle. Take it away, -and the tvio great parties have no issue worth a. fig between theru.i.t ... . . . j The Sickles Ireial. The man Who shot Philip Barton Key, in a putiliestreet in Washington on. Su nday, lies ntOtpuly becnaetraitted, but made a lero;411 a certain class, of pet)ple . over t nation. We 'mulct .appreciate this state of 'feeling. If Sickles did right in shooting Key, thee there .are at' least a score of ineu . in this- county - .utlio Vught to be shot at once. But no candid, well- . . , balanced - mind can permit - itself to come to any. 4ucti barbarous conclusion. Tim= much for.our own opinion. wo: gird the °Pinion . 'of better and abler haails:, .From 14e litslepencleit4, Airjl 38 '..Noliody4s - surprised At: the verdict of the jurY.:at Washington; wh;eh declares - that . the man .who deliberately...and bar barously shot down his tvite's.,paratt t our in the Street; at midday, is not, guilty of any erituo. ; The act' uittedin ansiwytt . .rwas greeted with huzzas, and a triumpintl.pro cession Was ieztemporized' by ; the uttslti, tude.• It is intimated that an ovation awaitsjhis return to New York: But in face of: tbirs_;verdiet•aud these ,demonstrn tious, it retnaitis'true that the hero of this tragedy has only succeeded in pubisbing to the; world the infamy of his wife,., iu staining his hands with the ineffaceable blood iot a fellow, in proving himself ca pable:of cowardly revenge, and comigu irtg.hituself to inilitieal ollllv'tou•\vhen his brief term of office; if he can. brave. that, uut,•shall haY.e eipireti." . • Poiresporident of the S.. r: Tribune. `‘WwsniNGToN, Tuesday, April 20, 185911ntiol: El Sickles is. acquitted of the 'Murder of l'hilip:Bai,ton Key, and to• that extent public expectation is fulfilled,' for this ierdiet was clearly foreshadowed, even rovci: - the limited belief that there were!oue or twi men on the . Jury. who stilt 'regarded :the law • as: obligatory, and' considered- if any eleinclucy belonged to the Case, L should proceed front the par: cion'tig power. It may:now be taken•us settled, at'ter the rulings, of Judge Craw 2, ford ip. the cases of Herbert and Sickles, Outfits king as he its on. the criminal bt-neli, no - inember of Congress can:• coniteteci; whatever may be the:nature of the 'crime for which he:inav be arreigtieq, or . the•oliaraeter of his - anteced - entg.• beri 'Witt:been a notorious gathbler in Cal ifornia; and . committed as revolting a mur der:aS ever disgraced the criminal annuls. The early 'career of Sickles is well IttioWn tit Nthir-York; and if the deliberate killing of an utiarated matt be murder in-the eye of - the. lard, he iS.and.tiolophistry, can' relieve the blUtiy, dcectuf that coin plexitni.7 . From the Baltimore American fi The result of . this tfial'nas been fore seen from;.the commencement. . fitobody has expected ill r. Sickles to . die upob the ...allows. or to suffer_ j im ui prisonent fur it. The attempt - to justify', his -met, ..lioureVer, has beep a : lie r who assumes the chartft:t!:r of . att: eicotttor Divine, yen gesnee, should "lave Clean palled hiinself ,44 The Sitintrge'of G and msar,BOrgia Ohaiged , uniny 'Of hia erne!. ties Mid crimes Heaven; but the verdict of humanity:at this day has given him a flr different patron arid instigator. The most general decision - ;of mind seem to be this Sickles comes out 4.this trial : with a reputation which shalinever he fest.. Hisnaine is' fanious , ail oVer i '- . the , civilized world. , Whatever of sympathy man Suifering a great wrong irapoSed upon him is entitredtO 7 -Laud.tre would ive that sympathy the widest lim it consistent - With 'Correet . : liriticiples 'and Sicldey"in this ease is entitled:to:but littte:of it -. .1-IjS:.eoujugal intiaelity may nut in law, nor 'perhaps in morals,-be urged us- a . set.Offiiiaainst the offence eothwitted by his wife. 'But as.- l'kiiredly it precludes-him from any, Alibi to liesynipatby of the woti&- eflo tit ft, og.ht tp set him up as theliglimseMp l / 4 a cif c aiterribly injilreil - busbant ntifraied„ whets had no ftrord'*slVPect ragg'-4nid dageivelf-Joi onb whoralii, all his affection,t2 upon his trust,lkid u6 - 3gtuse to expect deee`pti4it. Thtt is not Mr. Sickles's position, an4.lpo arnoild oz effort can trick reflecting pebple inro , cciving it as such. Uporr the dead jot felidnr, the nitserable and degraded wohMn, and the husband who, punished not_the,; eirme, but merely acted upon his distort eci,notiOnsrof,,lMPor,:olP-..,0134u1gAn4i,44. obhigity of - On transaction must justly fall—Upow wbich houla with the greatest tejr6iity :it - ivottlii be - diSculi to decide. One cendlusiiin is evident,' is this the .clMstity of the wife is; best pro= testedby the PitritY of the imsband; and ihat when - the: husband' fails 'to protect the, wife from the a pproaettei of -tliets,e ducer snit the wife. hus not:the:morel-dig nity to protect herself,. th,e„tosS" of ; illvse saleguartls cannot. 'be replaced -by :buy amount - of: Willtugness .to assassinate ev murder." - 'r The ".N: TT. 1;7 ye. Bat in iqlyincr td, the insulting pien-frutt up 'in t this case; that Sickles shot Ice): in :defence of chiistity, draws the fiitiowinit faithful picture,: " But we would respectfully 'ask flit public inspiCt this pieture •of Atieri can society, Which this! wan's admirers have, been for Weeks 'lndustriously ''paiut ing for the- informatiori Of. the •I %Odd. What is the infeienee which any nothing , of us but w:iat he gleans from neWsprifier• reports,' may- 'hon estly draw from the recent occurrences at Washington ? j IS it not that- the' co . rfup ticat of man tiers .atuono• us has ,beeome so greaethat our home Slave no "safegalird from the libertine -except the weapacss of infuriated husband, and that, if the Jaw righteorts y'engcatiCC.,With the ordinary penalties .uf , man could. henceforward feet' sure of his wife's fidelity!? •Is it we not 'that ' Wele, at the Period of Sickles's zittek. 6 . 11 . reduced to • t e condition in whieli. we might siippoe j .rurkish hio,handa would timl then who' had I)een dePrivd of their eat mud whose !meths ;were thrown b ire public; 'and Who,' had nothing • ) fur safety from dishonor except t I and yataglians ? If Amer' ieu are aenera.tly Nitrtn r• (is i a• hute' , eS are ~ e ndrally pure, fin( will aiik, Why was acquittal tretnentious_ uienfelnt to society ? nerlaiinwives are 'ourie.id ly; 'rtuarriageyow,..why Such numbers of husbands at Washing - ton. weeptears of joy.-on iladiagl, that the use, of tier revolver* to protect their honor, was assnreirii, thew by the, law? ;glen do not.thi.4 fidoiCei-OyettfifleS: I We must Say; we can' hardly corigrat white Amerienan society, upon the!, picture of it preseHtpd, by Sickles's friendS. If their eirsioo me [natter be. true,( it is I in a 'vastly worse,condition than wi l y Chris- I thin society we know of. - In. the lutist debauched circles , of the most-debaiiched capital of lairope, would t he in- • Suited y heiwg .tol4: that., they; had not better,securi!y,,for their.'honor than their! pistols. . Anacriicau: Li4•i4; ad Int 4, feel complimented >ry learaisg that, if the tiso of deadly weapons- 'were iuterdicied to such penple' l as Sickle, they, woUld.be lett without _any defenco a-47aiost . tite.snares of the libertine, and : wOnitl- spet.:dily I bring; -lame aro t hew :ehiltireti . .7l Siekics ihis theory siiiuhrltaire 4 1404- 1 amok-, and!be,met. on his return to New York by troops.,Of virgins strewing flow 'rs in his patlf.'''. „ M=MMMS RESOLVES Ur' THE PIIILADE.I,PIII.6. FEMALE SLAVKICY SOCIETY At a stated-meet:lnc% of the'Philatlelphia FewaToAuti-Sittveyy Sceiety, 1 . 1e141 April 14; 1850, the folhiwing Resolutions were ationiinousy adopted : Wtmui.: ( As onr.City and our Compton:' wealth lni.!e beemagsin disgraced •by the oial• Olit man on the charge '9l - being a fugitive skive; therefore, • 1.. Resolvfil, That we earnestly protest .against' this insult to . Pennsylvania!, 'this outrage' op linutanity; this' heidous Sin against God. • • • - • Resolved, That while we ;greatly re-' joke that 'Daniel Webster liasteen 'deliv ered out cif the Ilan& of his oppressor's, we deeply? regOt 'that ••the. reason ..of •his disehargel was iiot that he is' end therefore has :an inalienable right to lib erty; but, only, a 'failure, on the part of the claimant; to identify this man With tlieslavekvhoni heSoUght. • ' • -Resolved, Thit . while we commend the act' of COulniiSsioner-14ongstreth, in ire itorion• freedoin the Man Whose cause he trie e d,[we solemnly: reinonsi rate against' his course, iii permitting such a muse to be triedf Lefore and in hOlding office whioli requires 'him to execute that nioSt• infainous ,inactinent; the,' Fugitive Slite.SUitUtea' • • • • • IteiolVed, That thethanlisOf friends of Freedotii 'are: due• to thu . defeiidant's counsel, tillessr.s. S..Pitiree; George and Edivard - ffo?per,'Whoi•with- Ont. .ptimniary - reconi Pense, adifoonted his slain to t liberty ; witli eminent ;ability and ieel, lubnring withiitiivearedOssiduity ; by day and by•night;'in . his :behalf . ;:and that While We are .aware 'that Ailey' desire - nti other reward, than . ' the: . approbation -of the , r-Coilscieriee4 and the . sueciessful , re sult i heir 'labors; - Wetio,uld nsiiire them that"theirioViees • i this causb will; ever be held le:oefefeJ•reiner t ibraidee by.' ns, the friends and 'rdpreSentatives . 'of the American ' • !.• • • • Resolved, . That iir theefforts•of "Tufted. SAtel*lleers ti) debar peaceable citizens lit'lletiftailvania from attendance an is apon'their own soil-4 0 3sseik,Us' illOnhuous threat of one of thos e `adtmertto - nrrest - three ladies, for the of• fene*t:itanding finial ! ) in- one of th e haltfif onloart-louse, and in the se& attgmpt,:by a.titob, to - wrest the - rightiiffr* speech fnin) a portion our ettilettYlal.ding a public and anti-slavery tueeting—we see unmistakable tokens of the-cowardice and the fury of the Slave Power. : Resolved, That thii.attempt tolcidoai manTd,b should-arouselwour ; fellow-eitizei: 4 d teiinination.to.,erttleavor„ prog4e_ tke repent 'erthe'.F 4 ttiptive . Blitfe-staint e j and that 'it sum - trier/a Os to" eneigetie'efforts'to obtain from ,iiitinirri'Legislattiria passage of &law . - ty,lticte 'shall prevent :the rec ur , rence of sitch' scene S t. acrd .forbid that the Staie''tifTertusytranis'ilitli he any longer' a huntinvii,ZiOcTfOr sate *t.:llers. We coiptpquil the above mohations t 4 the attention of each of our"reacle*- Dow far are tbey.from the true position *Melt' ED friends of freedom ought to. occupy' If naiv I , rasonti hie:objection 't'a 'mallet to them Are should like to know wfipt is.: If none can-be - roads, then lettre ask ; the next. Legislature of this &ate, to past a personal liberty bill, that shall protect . _ our soil . every person _on our soiltu the enjoyuient - of his inalienable right _to' liberty. • • Ne7iv :Publications,. • . THE PILLAR OF FIRE ;- or, IsFrAst.ps Boni- AGE. By Rev.. J liknAii;s3i, - author of "The Prince of The House of hivid." :Yew Yorke Pudnei Philadelphia, a, G. Eeaxs. Chestnut Street • The Prince' uf„the. House of-David" has had a sale unexceeded by any. volume of itt size and character. :In that work the effort was' made to iheisfrate events in the land of Jed* by the letters cern Jewish nmideu. In this young prince urPfeeniche is supposed towrite frentEgn't.. Tbe condition of thcchildreti or Isrnet, and 'the 'crenate:3 Wronght by Moses, form tis...sage rd 'the work, anti as Much of Egyptian history tenet description is inn-other , ed as are necesisarjr, tto complete the picture,: Mania giv : e fellne33 . and unity. Mr. Ingraham' hsta.ailig,ently,„censultcd ,ull;authorities . • the antiquities and customs of Egypt, and the ' volume is _the resolt of 444 and patient study. Many difficalties attend. an Undertaking of the Writer in quires tk"vst 6he prefaec awl appendix should Zoe read liefare•tho text of the -work. The oh jest is to promote a.% knowledge of the Bible, by leading tenders. to cinipareaud verify, sad search for thenisc Ives. The material for the volumes, it is proper to. say, is anon' boa other sources, and the ininginatiOn of thesen t- ' 'er is employed to fill. eip,..frone brief data, a eohtinueus narrative. It is -a Phenician and cotemporary view 01 the• scenes and events Which. are accustoined to.regard from quite a different stand point. It will popularize knowledge 'upon:subjects heretofore restricted! to archaeologists. -• • . - This entrancing a ndinstructive Wok of 59e; pages, bound in:excellent style, is sold fun sl.B3—same poise as The Prince of the House of Davis!." L'biladolphia, has-purchased 10,. 000 copies of. The Pillar of Fire," - aild 5,000 of "The-Puincc of the House of David," ea wiSliquaa impeiome Gift, with tither bed,. reseipt : ofon tie price and twenty-one-cents for postage.- new Classified- Catalogue of Statularir Book's,. hi every departnient ofl,lt. trature, with -a new , list of (lifts for tBs9,hei jest been issued 'by .Eirit=, iuid will bernuiled , free on application. „Adtlfess G. G. EVANSI. 439 Chestnut Street; Philadelphia, Pa: THE' HOOE OP ANECDOTES. and BUDGET . • Ob . FUN. 'G.. G. lEvaNs. : - Vubli.ther, 433 Chestnut Street Philadelphia.. We have here n. neat volume. contaning a capital budget of fun, and being filled_with the most laughable•sayings and - jukes of -celebra ted wits and huntorists. The'puliliention, too, is -ea the trieveling season' is just commenced,. and •we can hardly imagine work better calculated to amnse leisure, ass reading - companion on bdard it steamboat ore, railway car. Merrintenti too t - is rood for the mind: / It eha.seit away care and enlivens ennui. In the language of the poet, it is Wise to " laugh while•Sotr mayi—bc candid when you can." ' This Inirtla-piovoking - .boOl.ix selt at the low price 'of One Dollar. .4yalut wilt taisl copy and a haudiorne preseo to, alt pessoas remitting, 'one:dollar for the hook, aud tweaw eents for postage. ddress G. G. EVANS, pub. lisher, '439. Chestnut Si.; Philadelphia, Pri• N. D.—New Classified Ca tAlogueeof Books and Gifts sent - free, on 'applicati9n by msd ~icoitf fices. DISEASE OF THE LIVER fly this tliSenSe - We Understand nn infleat• motion either - in the Membrane or tobitaare of the liver, knOwn by dull pains in the right side, the stomach always disor ered, tho yd. law 'tinge of the skirt,..dry cough, tongue coat ed, costiveness, high-colored•urine, and d thick nature i, severe -- tVeakitess ,and severe pains in the - bead. • - The quantity of corrupted huntoca to the region of the liver, causes a defective &erten of the bile. Thu lifer when healthy, sere; asa.filter, to the, blood-, to separate all imputi• ty from it, or to refine it. " When 'diseased, t cannot purify the lalundrwhich,,When sell to the tangs.,,brains,' and other parts in a raorbiti condition, inny'-eattse Jaundice, Coristmiptioi , Insanity,..ke.. and withholding this• natutrl stimulus to the intestines, causes DysPeP,' s ' Piles, and other complaints, 'ris you yenta the direct way to unravel tind,;tent the ia bol. system to I;lecei. . - A patient, - ttiffering front \this compla. should resort to speedy relief. Yet there MI very few medicines worth a . . cent it rariag liseuses. 'Whatiben shall .be done? use - Dr. - MorSe's 'lndian Root Pills, nS theY„'" b , composed 'of,plante - and root , -;.they '" i " le ," found a sore cure for, this painful disease, cause theyin* from the both . , those corn? and stagnant humors, and so Cleanse and new the blood, which is the cause not only.. the. diieUse the- liter, and the.infiamm a n aa fridney. nfid•,bladder. - but of tie**, a . seri . of disease. From 3to 4 of-the ith o ,; pills; taken every night on gcing to bed+ r in a rew dayk,,entirely relieve the body ol.' T erything,; bet is OpposedAO health. - . Dr.; Morse's liidiau hoot. Pills arc w by' all dealers - . in Medieiu es.
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