Indiana American, Volume 16, Number 50, Brookville, Franklin County, 8 December 1848 — Page 1

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Ota COUN TUT-OUR COUNTKT'S IS fEHKS TK-ANU OWst COW' l llt'S FlUKNDS. BV C. F. CLAIIKSOX. Ultt)C)lvVILI,i:. INDIANA, FRIDAY, DKCK3IKKII S, IS4S. ivtt VOL. XVI NO. 50.

THEkTlMES.

The Rvphlie sT Liberia.

seed which have produced so bountifully on the . who first conceived the idea of planting thit col- !' 'free soil of Liberia. 1 ony, as well as those, equally to be commended,

MtraNart atSrw Orlmi. . hundreds of witnesses. One could hardly rea- Ir'!it5ciit, .11 1 -,n ,rC. Iuvoking the blessings of the Almighty upon. by grafho mania. liie the atrocious fact. Here in the freest couu- Concluded from 3.1 mure l" ! y'ritiioiis Bt your present important

I had been led to believe that the site of Monro- who have aided in carrying on the good work to ! Our patience is fairly exhausted by hearing trv on earth, and in the nineteenth century was To conform i it., .u-,.:.,.. 't . i.. .:... r . Z ' . ' j L". I,0Pe.w th?! e "P'nt oI hV

. . .. ... mn. rtirvinr L. i t. ::..j::...i i.'i n ' :. . i . I l. .ls . lh se.ilimenl.l .hi,.. hn..t n,. : : e .. . . 7 . ..u .... ,,p.,, , . ....... nu,lnl may Mfoifll w wiwmSIU

The annexed letter presents e, ia u ureu mjuuiciuuaiy scicvicu. wu hmuuS us 'ira-ui Magr, wuru uicj iuu ujiuu lun vasi ......v. .mouiuuuu wi a scene transpiring mat would nave disgraced junun 10 ruie, mue pendent ol tlie checks and i and such as redound lo the happiness, honor

i that: amount of human happiness bestowed by tneir , """very, wmcn snoum not be tolerated but for the times of Nero and Calirula. It is no dream ! "";,"lons ol me Uoustiiution. we must revolu- . and glory of our beloved country. God and 11-

picture of the condition and prospects of the tjie pace however, I discovered at a glance new republic on the coast of Africa. It will be x was n,istaku ; and now satisfied that thei . ... . . nlncniw hv all Who feel nl.n. nn th. en.il Kef lor .rented fnr th.

there is liberal bounty upon a degraded and down-trod t" ake orjbenevolence.' Bah! Mrs. Humbue. offiction. And vet no ve..Pinir hand is nut .'L" yslem: . v ?"dwlry I "?. . J.VMES K. POLh

read with interest and pleasure by all who feel 0 pace on the coast better adapted for the lo- : den race, who, in the land of their birth, could ; what d y know about slavery, save from the forth lo stay the outrage. The work goes on. 1 ral Slates agreed to form a federal Uniond j for the colored race, and will furnish fresh cation of a large town, than the high land upon never have risen above the degree of "hewers of '00R Bt your cousin George Washington Froth's The next two victims area uo'jle, middle aged , rush into consolidation, which must end in mon- i

j i exertion amone those who nave . s u Monrovia is built. Its Dicturesaueness ' wood and drawer nft." footman? and you, Miss Cementina Angelina mm ...a hi. if nailed herself imv i 8rcnv or despotism. .No one advocated such a

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nmmoted and sustained the benevolent en.er-, w; not faii l0 strike the stranger forcibly. I have written this letter in

or ise of which it gives so cheerful an account. Tliere is no part of the West Coast of Africa manner, but nevertheless it contains a true ex- "unt Bel'nda'8 waiting maid?

compact by which the seve- Washington, Dec. ath, 1845.

The Iioslon Atls congratulates the eona4ry

I have written this letter in rather a desultory Snooks, but from the gentle attentions of your two. They were not to be sold together, for "!0"' tVL mi"'t"" J. , ''t Old MucW.M has thrown her vt..

'exempt from fever, and the colonist must ex- 1 pression of my sentiments in regard to Liberia, !

independent

Capi. TIrrwr'a Ix-iler Mr. Crwii.

.'. iOik liJW i pect to saffer from iU effect, for a while after and as such is at your service. We are now on

. ,, , . n. A ' landing at Monrovia, Cape Pal mas, or any other short visit to Maderia where next I can't woula s'BlBy

When W ""foments, when I was on my Point on the coa!,t of Liberia- n inquiry Iay, perhaps down the coast again. Accept, ! 8 'nto the m

. .... . nnc inai ine nuniuer carrieu on dv me iever is near Kir. mv tipct n. iuhu. ir vnn. h.nn nM. .

rnmmand ot tnis snip , ' i v., j fl,,Uv,.

lO iUHUUM w

i they would not bring so much money as if sold One great object of the Constiluiion, in con-' l-a-teh-ven othen of Ike Old Tianee..'

way i

bound to the coast of Africa, to cruise

for the ' not very ,ar5e n' that the d81"9 ar8 princi- believe me most cordially yours,

. mallv confined to old Deonle and voun? children.

double purpose of preventing the slave trace oe- , ing carried on under our flag, and to protect onr, . constantly increasing commerce on the coast , j g you requested that I would wnte to you after I h.d visited Monrovia, and pv. my opm-oj jf K camJ B

the slate oi mo vo.o.., . inIt. fihrkr, UUnA Th.

jbeen living in Africa twenty-five years.

SAM'L MERCER,

Commander U. S. Navy. To Em.iot Cnrssov, Esq., Philadelphia, From the PrvbTterin ot the Went.

WMlewatrr Prrubvlrr.

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lain not to us of the kind care of arch and .,.,1 mnP....r n m th ii;irn nf trriuC upon the Piesideut a ouulified nativp i ,or icr ami r uimore, lor fresident and Vic

Southerner to his slaves. If you everv one 'who has anvthinir to do with slaves to '' "P0" U,e -.ei9l ll'a" f Congress, was to protect j rrideut of the United States. Tha elecU.a

in all its hideous blackness, di.cou nice and deaden all the domestic loves to iorili,g. T,, nllH it-; , " , :. "f "7. ! r,wc,or" ,,,0K l""ce r lasl-Xira vote.

idst of it, look at it in all its phase" w,ich the human heart is addicted. The young the be.iHt-, and the veto power of the President ' CAU f W'"Rh GiU' TaJ',or 196.

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inno.l in tli a mxiiiior. Hint "re vvfiipr Hra PIIBrdllties WHIC I Hie etna - I " -";.. nc nuu mm, wiui

and bearings,

brute, count his privileges, weigh his opportuui-

quesl

she might perchance recommend herself.

In no nart of the world have I met with a

more orderly, sober, religiousand moral comma- ber' and was Pened wilh sermon by Rev- Dnity than is to be found at Monrovia. On the D" McKee from Isa- C9;1 3Sabbath it is a truly joyful sound to hear hymns 1 D' M- Stewart was chosen Moderator and F . P.

.tiomori, uierK. Seven Ministers and eleven Ruling elders, were in attendance. Three Ministers were ab-

the

prospects. I avail myself, with pleasure, of

this opportunity to compiy u " .t We have been at Monrovia three times, and each visit I was ashore repeatedly, mixed freeIv with the colonists, and took pains to inquire

i i.i.ii:..ni imnnii thpm what were I

oi we nioai luicmg --, of praise offered up to Him who doth promise, their future intentions and prospecU, and also i- r .u j . .i ineinuiui r thai "where two or three are gathered together as to their present state and condition. On our 6 k i " r , ii in His name, there he is in the midst of them." i

first visit, in ovember .ast, ne J , gnd how , sent and nine churche. were not represented, declared its independence and published its "5 ,, , unon divine wnrshin is amon, these Charles Fitch was received from tl

constitution as the basis upon which ute won,;B ia i Presbytry of New Albany. public of Liberia was to be governed. MonrovSa of any respectability is a member of Mr-LudIow D- Totter, . licentiate under our prepared for th change, as one of our National I care wM ordained M Rn Evange,.lst j. G Mo.

vessels, the Boxer, had already saiutea tne nag fort heJ lhe ordination .ermon. D. M.

open to strangers) a blessing is asked upon the . Stwart presided, an4.Francis Monfort deliver-

good things before you set to. Take a dinner ea lne cnarSe 10 lne evangelist. at Col. Hick'a (who by the way keeps one of J-G- Monfort and D. D. McKee wereappoint-

the nicest tables) and "mineliost" with hisshi- ea 10 rfPorl' 81 u,e next stated meeting, a Mamlny black intelligent face, wtfl ask a blessing on in Dcket. and Standing Rules. the temptine viands placed before you. Connersvill. was appointed as the place, and

In conversation with President Roberts du- the second Tuesday of April, at 7 o'clock, P. M.

rinir our third and last visit to Monrovia. s lhe time, of the next stated meeting

ties and measure his span of existence. After

you have comprehended the individual, the unit mi.li;..!. it it... ii : t .i ...... i ... i f

iiuiiip.. ii uiiu me minions aiiu iiiru Maun ami gaze long and seriously upon the lowering curse that lies over our land A few weeks since, while loumnnir awav a

i ...a i resojtry, constituted oy the toynod ol ( summer's morning in the rotunda of the St And as she made the last reply In a saddened Indiana at Its last session at Hanover, held its j Charles, at New Orleans, the advertisement of a J tone, the tears started to her eyes and she turned

"i iiimiug LMuuikvuio uii iiie iiu novem-

'How old are you?" Twenty-two. How long hove you been married?' Three years.' 'How many children have you 7' 'Nolle.'

reference to tli is result: "Attempts weaemada to win owr the Legislature to the Van Buna

f Liberia with twenty-one guns. Aa toon as we anchored, notice was sent on hore by Commodore Holton to Governor Roberts, of our intention to salute the flag of the new Republic. This salute was actually fired, and promptly returned, gun for gun. The aext day the Commodore and myself, and a

naraker of officers of this ship, went ashore, to wait urea e Governor, with whom we dined

Viv Invitation that dav. A few days after, the

Governor and a small suite came on board, by invitation, and partook of a collation prepared for the occasion. He was saluted w ith seven

teen guns on leaving the ship. Our intercourse with the Governor and inhabitants, after this interchange of courtesies, was of a most cordial

and friendly character. On our Fecond visit,

which was in January last, the new government

was in operation. Governor Roberts wae duly inaugurated Fresident, and the Senate and House of Representatives in session. I took occasion one day to visit both houses of Congress, and listened with attention and interest to their debates on the new revenue or tarifflaw. Every thing wae done in the most decorous and orderly manner, each member seeming to under

stand the subject of discussion fully. The Sen

ate consists of six members and the presiding fficer, and the House of eight members and the Speaker.

It was, indeed, to me, a novel and interesting sight, although a Southern man, to look upon

these emancipated slaves legislating for them

selves, and discussing freely, if not ably, the principles of human rights, on the very continent, and, perhaps the very spot, where some cf their ancestors were sold into slavery. Who cau foresee what may yet spring from this germ

ef freedom for the regeneration of Africat

Knowing the deep iuterest you feel in the wel

fare of these people, I have more than once re

marked to Governor Roberts and Judge Bene.

dict,"How delighted Mr. Cress.m would be, if be could witness, as I do, how much happiness he has aided in conferring upon so mauy human beings, as are here presented to me in Monro

via."

..o oi siavea caugni our eye. 'Une hundred to her husband beseechiiinlv for protection.

slaves, the property of a gentleman forced to U.jon this the questioner, too, turns ferociously sell them to raiFe money to meet the payment of towards him:

his notes then coming due iu the city. The whole to be sold to the highest bidder without reserve.

We had

alreany, in our southward course,

looked at the slave toiling doggedly at his unre-

'You villain, have you lived with this young wench for three years without her having any children'' Now the true man was seen, although bound in fetters and trampled iu the dust. With form

quited labor; we had seen him scarred by the erprt Bnd folded arms, and with a dignity that

lash; we had beheld the stern p'ances of hate ' mioht havn lent lustr-s to Othello himself, he re-

i

March List, I expressed my apprehensions that if he and a half a dozen others of the leiding men of the Republic were cut off by death, it would be impossible to replace them with men

of equal abilities. The President did not at all

participate in my appreheusions ou this point,

but expressed a perfect confidence in the belief,!

that from the geueral and increasing intelligence

of the people, any gap occasioned in this way

might be repaired without any detriment to the

welfare of the Republic.

Persons were appointed to conduct the exam

ination of candidates, as follows, viz.

Francis Monfort, on Experimental Religion

and views in seeking the Ministry; Jo'tn Gilchrist, on Latin Lauguage; James Gilchrist, Greek, do.; F. P. Monfort, Hebrew; D. M.Stewart, Natural Philosophy; J. G. Monfort, Mental

and Moral Science; Charles Fitch, Ecclesiastical

History and Church Government; D. D. Mc

Kee, Theology.

John Gilchrist, minister, was nominated a

On mv second visit to Monrovia, while the commissioner to tne next Ueneral Assembly, as

Congress was in session. I had a fair opportu- principal, and S. G. Monfort as alternate. Ad-

nity ofconversiag with several members from Bm -ason, Killing f.lder, was nominated as

the three counties in which the state is divided,

from whom I was pleased to learn that the peo

ple in the interior had begun to turn their attention to agricultural pursuits, being persuaded

that their true interest lay in producing more,

than they have yet been in the habit of doing.

Of this tdeasing fact I have previously been assured by Fresident Roberts. .

It would sound stranger, perhaps, to European

ears than to our own, to hear that the Secretary

of Treasury and of State, and the Chief Justice,

are storekeepers, and that the Attorney General

of this little Republic is a blacksmith. They

were the best materials at hand, and it is to be

hoped that for some years to come the diplomatic relations and financial affairs of the Re public will be of so simple a nature as to be ea.

sily managed by the present incumbents of the State and Treasury Departments, who are men

of good sense and honest intentions. Crimes of

magnitude against the State will be but few for some time, and such casrs are brought before the

principal, and Thomas Hanna as alternate.

J. G. Monfort was elected Stated Clerk and

Treasurer.

The following assessment was agreed upon

for the Commissioners Fund for the next year, viz, '

Greenshurg, GOO; Rushville, 5.00, Conners-

ville, 4 00; Sand Creek, 4.00; Mt. Carmel, 3.00;

Dunlapsville, 3.00; Richmond, 2.00, Lawrenceburg, 2.00; Brookville, 2.00; St. Omer, 1.00: Concord, 1.00; Kiting Sun, 1.00; Bath, 1.00;

and hparit I.ia mntteiwi dirani nA I., k.. ......

. - - ........ , . . ' . ' ui, am iro .'WWCU grudgingly to his servitude. We had even walked seven times through Gravier street, and wonderingly peeped into all the warehouses

where the human animal is fettered, and gaudily decked out for sale. We had oftentimes even made pretence of purchase for the opportunity of asking questions and getting at thoughts that we knew to be teeming under the immoveable muscles of the ebon visage But here was a new spectacle. One hundred men, women and child

ren were to be sold at auction, for monev to pay notes with. At 12 o'clock precisely, the hour appointed, I was at Hewlit'a Exchange the place of as!e. The arena was already filled with anxious purehasers, with catalogues in their hands; most of them seemed genllemeu planters, in pursuit or slaves for their own use; but among them were severalspeculators, traffickers iu human flush, without fear of God or devil before them. This class were conspicuous for their particular examination of the articles on sale. We noticed one hardened old sinner in par- : l.. ii. i.i ... 1

m-uiar. ne uaa nxed his eye upon ti r - f. .

gin oi some nueen or sixteen summers. She

was a beautifully rounded form, and had the head and face of a Venus. She would have been a queen in her own sunny clime, but here she must choke down her agony and tamjly submit

plied: 'We have had one hoy, hut God took hint.' The fact that the woman had been the mother of but one child, and t!mt dead, was the reason for the low price of two hundred dollars, for which she was knocked down. The husband was afterwards sold for seven hundred and fifty dollars, to be sent into the swamps of Tenuessee as a wood chopper. The two were separated, never more to meet in this world. It is expected that husbands and wives thus parted will form new connections, rear up ne families, and perhaps be ngsiin sold and divided asunder. Thus are the holiest of institutions of heaven rendered void by the management of meu; and thus are poor ignorant slaves made to commit the sins that are denounced by all moral and civil law, and by the direct coiniiiaudjof God.

j ler States have, that their right, will be rsrc-

-u. "iiiioni inesp guaranties, nil their inter- i pst unnl.t hanf ll.u r :.. f- 1

... hit .mil, vi llltiui lilt's m V.U1I- ' . - - j . , ...... grest, representing larger Slates. In the smaller ! 8,ue; ""1 tm',ty U raade lnal lne T" and weaker State therefore, the preservation CT , lor Electors could not receive the Legislativa the power and iu exercise upon proper occasions vote. We never for a moment doubted the oe.nautting it, is of v lul i, , orlai.ee. They rU- 1 8tMdfast Whig parpote of the people', repeatihed the Constitution and entered iulo the U- . , , , , ., , niim securing unto themselves, with the Urjer a"V's: a"d lh wJt nwkes manifest that oar States in lhe Senate, and lhv aipwd to be bound ' f;,'lh was not ill-founded, and how muck rltby a Constitution, framed by Congress, upon the ance ought lo he placed npon the promulgated express condition and oe mir ti.at ih-y ' opiuiom of som of ,le leailer. of the Van Bursa should be approved by the President, or pissed, ' ,, , . , .... - his objection to the contrary not withstanding, lRrty- After aU l,"",r boasting, nd all their sfby a vote of two-thir is of both Houses; upon forts, they were able lo uhlaiii oii'.y thirty Severn this con Jition they have a right to insist, as a votes oui of two huudrvd and ninety-eight,'" part of the compact to which they gave their j j-y h u S;li.j lhat , the subordinate ocs consent. . A bill might be parsed by Congress r.e -i.ist ' '''dera at W vbhiugtou city have turned Taylor

the will of the whole people of a particular Stale, men, and declare tl.ey always were decidedly of

great

Trsas-

ii ry pnp would be f'jffi-int to purchase tack meu by thousands.

lo insult

'Open your mouth, you slut!, sternly mutter-

I'oitiralic IVlirity. Rich, though poor My low rooPd cotlage is this hour a heaven. Music is in it and the song she sings, That sweet voiced wife of mine arrests the ear Of my young child, awake upon her knee;

a Jung n(j w.;ln his culm eye upon his masters face,

My noble hound lies couched and all here All in this little home yet boundless heaven Are in such love as I huve power to give Blest to overflowing. N. P. Willis.

Most truly has an eloquent writer observed

ine win oi me wnoie people ol a particular tale. "'u, ami oeciare uiry ni ways were aeciore and against the voles of its Senators, and of alt the opiuiou lhat his election w ould prove a its R-presentatives. However prejudicial it . , , , ,. , i , , ,. . , . - . J .' ' bleisiug to the country. A modicum ofTi might be lo the mteres s of Mich Stale, it would

be bound by it if the President should approve

or il snouid tie passed by a vote of two-ll.irdj

of both Houses; but it has a riglil to demand

that the I resi lent shall exercise his Constitutional power, and arrest it, if hij objection is ag mist

If h surrender this power or fail to exercise

it in a cae where he rannot approve, it would

Alitbiiuui. Cass has a majority over Taylor of 79T Ths Bg:,eJlj vote this year for lulectors is 61,849. la lSUit was 70,97, Ihn majority for Polk 11,-

44.". The entire voti is 0,04y less n-.w than ia

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'": I'rova, a mere ni.-re mockery, 4 , bul , w, Vl, h: iacrraM 5,6-13 , and ou!d be itsell a violatiou of Hie Constitu- ., , , , .,-,. tion. and the diss-ntinjj State would become ''foco decreased 3,. 0b bound by e law which had not been passed by 1 hc n ."H Inkier. . 1 .-. lit. . . . ...

me sanction 01 me iousiitutiou. ; ij-nor ue 11 K.is.1, .Minister ironi illsxteo ts

The objection to the exercise of the veto pow- the United Slates, has arrived at Wanhlnrtaa

er founded upon an idea respecting the ininul.tr 1 -i i ,, i - u r 1 . , . '"P"'"r with his suite, seveuteen ill number. Mr. Clifwill, which, if earned out. would anuiliilato , , ... . ... , State sovereignty, aiidsulisiitiit for the present ford our Miuiatcr to Mexico, aud Mr. Kellogg

leileral governmeiit a consohralion directed by our acting counsel in .M.-xico came with the

11 supposed niimeriiMl majority. A Revolution Mexican Minister of the Government would be silently effected, " ,., .fXullli. to and lhe States would be suhcted to laws lo ...1 -., . ..... ...

which they had never given their constitutional ,Pe r'"!"g ' ",tf l" w '"rr' ,M

consent. , nevoieut grand duke wulked backward and for

The Supreme Court of the Foiled ftates is ward in bis rastlu, asking, "What do all these invested wilh the power to declare. nd has de- wmit then?-I have not as'ielthem to corns clared. acts ofC ongress, passed wilh the concur- , rei.ee of the Senate and House of Represents- I"",v- U 1'en U wa" h'uld lhHt w,Dt lives, and the approval of lhe President, lo be work ,he answered, "W ork! good heaven, Work!

unconstitutional and void; and vet nous, it is I have nothing to do myself:"

i-tttti mere ihan his etuare. While addressing a large crowd in Cincinnati.

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power necessary alike to iu independence and ,OOK uccas," 10 l,ul ", a w oru r ,w lli rights of individuals. 1 fvor of Temperance, and observed lhat il would

tor the same reason that the Executive Veto be a Messingto th conntry, if alt sorts ofiutox-

presume,!, can be found whs will lie disposed lo strip this highest judicial tribunal under ilia .

should according to the doctrine maintained, be

icatir.g drinks could be bauished entirely fron

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ed the purcharer; aud he suited the action to the lhai has' rWel the fall;' Inasmuch as words, and thrust apart the lips and teeth or the wllen we ente. ,,ome wht.rein cotentmet VAnnn tnrl ,1 i A I. .1. . m , 1

.. w lrrl, ell , cnn Ml your ,u1 entertain the opinion that

lis

. iT n.iLi. liqnuinixa run lw fiiiinrt nn rttt.

here, lis here.

allowance of grub, I'll be bound.' Theu follow-

Browusville, 1.00, Liberty, 1.00; Combridge, 1. , ed certain rubs and pinches upon her arms

00: F.iene7.er. 1 .00: Providence. 1 1)0: Dillsbnr. ' sbnnldoK I.Mta Mt i. : . i. .

" " - , o,.u nets, iuoii III a 1UUICIOIIS .n-.i. .1 i it ir I ....:.. . . .1..

i i ort rt -o i rn I i ... men, luoiigu poor ; ii listening 10 me rvunilffll. 1 .11(1: ITmnll. :ifl: lurtnenii fill tinKii.ini.bav l.ln.. .. H U- . i , .. . h I M

, --, .., j-v.j u.r.n.. u.iun nil' dIUIMHI ior wii.cn

The following Standing Committees were ap- he is in treaty. We hoped, for the sake ofcom-

poiuted, viz. D. M. Stewart, J. G. Monfort, and

A. R. Forsyth, on Domestic .Mission and

Church Extension.

F. P. Monfort, Jo'iu Gilchrist, and Thomas

Hanna, on Education, including Parochial

Schools.

Preshytry unanimously recommended to the

mon decency, if from no other motive that the

examination would end here, but how we were

ning song of an adored wife, as the lulls her young child to its balmy repose, to the con

sciousness lhat she has awarded her unchang

ing heart to one who can reciprocate nflection iu

o r . e t -u -ii u , . . .(churches under our care, to promote the estab SupremeCourt of Liberia, will beso plain that 1 ' 1

honest Judge Benedict, the store-keeper and

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I .m onite certain if colonies were established tt,vl 'usuce, ana ine equally nonorao.e o.uca

Ion. the roast on the same liberal nrincinle as "i,h and Attorney General M-tjor Brown, will

f iber. Ib.st ih. slarP trle would have to be able to l,,e bot,om of t'11"11 M C,ear,-V

abandoned .Ions- the west coast of Africa as far: Chief Justice Taney and Mr. Attorney General

oath a, the F.ouator. in ten or fifteen years. Clifford in the Supreme Court, will unravel the

and at a cost too less than is now consumed for . Knotty cases, (made still more knotty by the as

two or three years, in keeping up the Ameri

disnnnniiiloft IL n... .At .1.. . ... ,

' ' " , " lo Prcnase lp s,renj,t, oril9 p,irity,he not an evidence of a commod.ly without first fully understanding waUllf ,,th fortune in olller respects may tts value. 'Let see your ankles, your knees. 1 ,ult hve bee g0 ,avis,, of h favor(! tlpHf up higher! you silly wench.' This was too ' iMt .Iiul(S home. resenf, no BttracUon,. much for the poor girl. A faint blushing ling, j n,est to ovet(Wi,lg.. p,rc!iauce not with crept u-ider her dark skin, and the tears started ,he Borgeou(nPS8 0f display, nor surrounding to her eves. . r m - n . a evidence of aflluence, nor richly curtained winAnd this hardened villain had a daughter of doW9 ob,curod by lhe gorgeous light of heave... his own about the same age. What would have! , ...,,,. u-;itn. .VMA tl,.- ft.,ne.

ject, to be reported at the next stilted meeting. . been his rage at the suggestion of the same nro- ' . i r . i. i . .i . J . i . s 1 iiicwiuai pro neatness and comfort reiirued Iriuinphaut in that

Rev. F. II. Holhday, of the Presbytery of Ox- j cess to his own daughter? II anything, the del- jow roofej cottage, ford, being present, by invitation took his seat . icacy of character would probably preponderate! n iv r l-.i ti . ,,al. .i,..

i'i mi i-viv ii.iK.ii a in ov in- (.iiiii

rrr!rrP4i tlllirnlnrv. nurl K nrct ir--i!l x- uri.iirrno

from the constitution. This nower of the Court the country. "Nonsense," hiccupped a loafer.

should also be rendered nugatory end be ex- 'who was stauJing near, "rum is a hentfU to ths pugned. because it restrains the l. piHive and country, anJ i iie-nec.esary to the health of wsexeculive will; and because the exercise of such wk ,, ;.ri(.klv v,.Uy "Exactly so," rsa power by the Court may be reganied as heme ,. . ... ., ," r ti .. i .l. 1 In conflict with the capacity of the people lo r'""' troI'. al,d ,f t,le runi the laud, was govern themselves. j divided amonir the pi'ople in proportion to their Indeed, there is more for striking this power weaknoss, ron'd get a greater share than any from the constitution thin there is lint the '..., i i ...".. ti . i r j , c i . r.i n i . , , .iniii 1 know." 1 he loafer vamoosed, qualified veto cf lhe Presidntit. beoans the de- I cisiou of the Court is final. Mid can never lie re- 1 O "The hal y is sick, my dear." versed, even though both Houses of Congress J "Well give it castor oil. D.nuis bring ap lbs and the President, should be unanimous in op-j CHFt r 0position to it; whereas, the veto of the President may be overruled by a vote of two thirds of j ",t s a" 8on,? n,'Ter u ir"P '""f." both Mouses of Congress, or by the People at I -t!oiie: w!i- have not yit opeud ths th Polls. " botlle." iVu j ki0,,"!r", ,0 Tre.s"rve ",e "vstem es- ..?UIV you liave laii it eVery day, and I'rs

in-liiiiT-ii n, mi? v iin-ii in i ion , earn oi ine o-or-diuate brunches of the government the Exec-

lishment of the pastoral relation as speedily as

possible, and J. G. Monfort and D. M. Stewart were appointed to prepare a circular on this suh-

. . i . i.A ..!..,.. i i..r

iuic auu leal lieu geiiiit'inrii nun jncavi iiun

in favor of this poor enslaved girl. But she is

ean, French and English squadron, for its suppression. Two or three millions of dollars, ju

diciously spent, would do all this

as a corresponding member.

D. D. McKee was appointed to labor as a Mis

sionary for six months, under the direction of , to be conspicuous to all the house

the Committee on Missions. I The auctioneer possessed an indifference snf-

The following supplies were appointed, vix: : : ficieutly brazen to have knocked down St Faul

ted and noble in contemplating its beneficial ef-

them,) submitted to their sage decision.

I think Liberia may require a little pecunia

I have no ryaidfrom abroad for a few years, until ee Brethren McKee and King, to hold aprotracted himself to the highest bidder,

correct idea what has been the expense of the ( can cast about and provide the ways and means meetimT at Dillshorough; McKee and Stewart,

Colonization Society in planting and nourishing to carry on the government irom her own scan- Rt Cambriilgei City; Fitch and Pelan, at Liberty;

Its colony on this coast, but I imagine I am safe ty treasury. Already, as in our own country, McKee and John Gilchrist, at Brownsville; nud

irH.wi ,..., PU lal ttuu,e lMC lloor aa feclssolnfllli npproximating to the brilliant

and grand, iu dilating upon its happy influence.

Ihnl it thrills with joyous feelings the hearts of

Who bids?

poor, weak, erring mortality. Without some

i kindred spirit to console in affliction, or rejoice ent of the others.

it live, the Li g.slative, ai.d the Judiciary must be left in tlie exercise of its appropriate powers. If the Executive or Judicial branch be deprived of power conferred upon either as checks on lhe Legislature, the preponderance of the latter will become disproportionate acd aSsorbing, and the others impotent for the accomplishment of lhe objects for which they were established. Or

ganized as they were by the Constitution, they bar .ionize together harmoniously for the puV lic good . If the Ex cutive or the Judiciary shall be deprived of the constitutional powers invested in them, aud of their du proportions, equilibrium of the system mil. t he destroyed, aud consolidation of unchecked, despotic power exercised by majorities of the Legislative branch. The Executive, Legislative nud Judicial ea-h constitute a separate, co-ordinate depig

ment of the government, and each is indbpeiid-

" nn. wai'irui i me nriiuii; rainer oeiicaie .. i . i- .n t r ' ,a",r' uviitBio prosperity, what is life ? Oh woman! if man in appearance, but she came of good stock, and L l i r . i i i n 1 . ' s onu banished from thy society, he would walk nn .3 ..ti ... H.:ll 1.- . J I I - -

w uvM.F n in in? a vuuu urrrurr; uuine, come, oiu l i .11 e t i r i-.i , ,r ",u nbroad a wretched outcast. Take from him thy

i :..- it Mn tl.-n J DO Dflfl ...il- lliere nre mnnv ottice-seekers. and each othcerli .i .. i c ii. ..i. i. ....... c i i i e. :r. i . i '

,u vu...l.ug .vlUv, , - . oreiuren were appouueu out o.uuaui rau.., nuuure.i, i.ve uuy, eigni iiuuoreu, ,nr nl,j ,., j.nriMli. ,;m f ll. means bv

J !iU .- .mumK : ThnA I.. its an. ATrtAOle t rVTAITA tP!t9n II l il fl T lO.Pt f Of 1 1 18 Slr- I f 1 1 T -1 I ) I a

tars; ana w.u. . ..... o, . ... - - r-- - as I0II0WS, v.7.: r v. .iontort, i.ioer.y; aames , e uuno sir, you nave uiscovereo ner va.ue; wi(,h live8 If jn ,.icknes8 ,hou welt not to ergetic, humane, and judicious management, vice. To meet these demauds and others upon Gilchrist, Brownsville, L. D.Potter, Providence; eight, eight hundred once, eight hundred twice, 1 . his achimr temn'es to moisten his nnrch-

enven ms mave irauc iruiu au nirui ui v;ua3t uw-nj, v..6.v..-.., - I f raiiCls luoniori, LinOQ; J.l. Jtvitit i iipoieon ; i ku uuiiunru uonnrB ana gone. well, m r. i i. irvn -t . l- r r. hi rAn. V;.nU ommtrr ita nmriuiomi mhnr.M nnn nil- I r - . I ir.,i.ir.-. i i . r in '1 !

.v.t. m.ies, reacnuiR iron, vpn .,luullu lu , - ---- - ana J . U. ronton, losing f nil. ou u.voaoargain mere; nope i sua.i , , ensnt.0uld be the touch of paiuT And n i .. i. i. r .!-..... kn.wiiin- tb rrnverntrient trt mononolice the I . . . i. .1 : 1. 1 .1. . 1.: t .1 , ... ' t 1

eiu.as, wiin 111c oniric rA.r(iuu ji one fi"! - b 1 vote was passed recommenaing ine circuia- . uo um sruing ui me progeny; aoii 1 ici mere ,ear one w hen he irembleth in the last mosstablishment at New Ces, which President sale of casekery ware, salt, powder, fire-arms tion of religious periodicals, and the books of j be too many yonng yellow ones though, them ' I .;.,. ,j 1,:. Pri to Roberts, by stringent and energetic measures, ( and tobacco. From the duties on these, and the our Board of Publication. always hurt my feelings to sell. ' await hw coming ihou streweth with flowers will soon cause to be abandoned. From Cape general tariff on imports, they hope to realize a The Moderator wasappointed to preach at the j The misery of the poor black girl was now at hwnv of elermtv Bnd KliJest his passage Palmas to Cape Three Foints the slave trade sufficient sum to meet the public expenses; and t t , d meetin on the pa,tora Office; its height. She had fallen into the hands of the . , , ,'" .,;,., mnrliiv. All tl.i, . t , J...... r.11 fi.lnt in not heinr diMnnointed . . . M . . . . ... I 1 ...1 1 .1 1... r. .it. . to the last resting place of mortal ilj . All this

does nol exist; inoeeu, 1 oeueve 1 may luciuue ( mj vu.. - , t - - brother r itch, on 1 areniai 1 raining, j. t. .iiou- j urmai cprwuia-wr, auu uer 101. iouui oe imagiueu

Aud in the performance of their resoectivo

duties, under the Constitution, neither can, in its Legislative action control others. They each act upon their several responsibilities in their respective spheres. But if the doctrines now maintained be carrect, the Executive must become practically subordinate to the legislative, and the Judiriarv must become mihor.li-

and to administer the healiug drauglil. 1 nate to both, and thus the whole noiver of t.e

(lovernmeiit would become merged in a single

department. Whenever, if ever, this shall occur

seen you use it myself upon yoursaled." "Why you scoundrel, you dou't n.ean to say

j thai I've been rating castor oil every day during

the saled seaf-ou? "Sure you have Mr.' 'Did you not see the bottle was labeled Castor Oil?"

"Sure and I di 1 sir; and didn't 1 put il in the castor every day?'' IVT "Mother, dou't you wish you had ths tree of evil iu jour gardii.g?" "Why .to-l.,yeu sarpent, what do you mean7" "As money's the root of all evil, if we had lhe tree couldn't we get all the precious stuffl" "Dod you pesky varmint you're getting los smart entirely ; thal's w hat comes of sending boys to macadoin.f a "

O" Lord B. being asked by a lord iu waiting what difference there was between a clock and a w ou.au, in 'tanlly replied"A clockservis to point out hours, and a womau m ikes us forget theTt." Bpcrclt of Dvriuj. Secrets in dyeing are mora ea.ilykept thaa sccreli iu most other trades. l.)yea Usually require an I utermeiliute siibslance called a "mordant." This word means a biter. This sub-

the coast as far down as Cape St. Paul, as freed in this expectation, that Congress refused to au- fort on the Doctne cf Eiiion

from this abominable traffic. From the latter thorize a loan or twenty or lorly thousand uutCane to Cape Foimosa the trade is still in active , lars, before their own financial experiment had

operation, whence thousands of slaves are taken ( been tried. ft yearly, notwithstanding the vigilance of the It is impossible to foresee what will be the many cruisers on the coast the officers and. fatn r this infant republic struggling for nation-

crews of the English and Faench men-of-war(ai existence; but, whatever that fate may be, it being rewarded wilh the amount arising from cannot be denied that its career of advancement, the sales of the vessels captured, besides getting t0 this period, has been the most astonishing-

twenty dollars a head for each recaptured slave, hy rapid of any other people, under similar cir

J. G. MONFORT. Stated Clerk.

from the treatment she had already received

from him. She continued in the posture in which her natural graceful uess had thrown her, and such an eloquent expression of despair de-

Marrif.d On the Sfith of Nov., by the Rev. : nicteij ju ,er Tery i)rm nllll (y.aUlr(.f we never J. A. Ball, Mr. William Maxwell to Miss Sirah 1 MVr or lll1nEil,ed before. Updyke. ) In the marked catalogue befoso us, we find On the same day, Mr. Henry Philips to Miss thllt .J(,e, wa9 8oUi tl Mr iiol.;rrt,ti for eiBa Susan Babcock. 1 hundred dollars. Mr. H. takes his property and

On the same day, Mr. James White to Miss piaces it j a corner, evidently inteuding to add

our aliirions sv-stm nf waH ..... .1.1 I-...n.

ineiit will crumble into ruin to be succeeded, ncebiUs cloth and biUs the dye, and so keeps first hy anarchy, and finally by monarchy or i them both together. If you dye a p s :e of tloth dispondency. ( wlh allv coior wjt)0ut UHitig a mordant ths col-thitlimenI''I7.rrliri"S-t!,"t ,MVi0r""jTi,,!Ur -Ul" tl' Tb. Hie seiil'ment i the Aiiiericnii people; and dor-1 " ing lhe short period which remains for me to K"""1 secret of dyeing is to find out what partiesadminister the Executive nepartmJiit, it will he ' lardye; for ditTVreiitmordaiiU) will produce difTermy aim to maintain its independence, and 'i- ' eutculors, even with tlie same dve. If you dip charge its diitiea wilhout iiilringii.g upon the r . .1 - 1 .- t ipowers or duties of rihter of the other depart- ; " ' C,C"' "' oivUon f "!um' w!"ch " ments of Government. very common inordaiit, aud then dye it witk

r exteud for The power of the Executive exerri-ed hv '.h cochineal, il will procure a iaotiful icarltt; wu dear bus- first an J most illustrious -f my predecessors , ' bul if you dip it in oxide of iron, and then dvs and by lour of his succeesors who preceded m 1 . ... , , .. ... . , ,. . , e , in th.. admii.Mration of the government; it is 11 w,t ' cocl"a1' 11 T"fct black.

Hester Hart.

Ou the next day, Mr. Isaac Rogers to Miss

It will be perceived, then, that the only part of Cu instances, lhat history, ancient or modern, the. coast north of the equator, with the excep-j hr:ntra to our kuewledge. It is not yet a quarter

tion of that portion extending from Cape Mount 0f a century since the first colonists landed at Margaret Jane Whitelock. ts the Sheba river, which will require coloni- J th( mouth 0rthe St. Paul's or Mesurado river, Ou the same day in this county, Mr. Spencer vSm nntv from r.ne St. Paul to Cane I J ..V tbeir bnde nn small Island, from Wiley, Jr. to Miss Henrietta Hoffman.

" .. .... .1 .... r.. .1 i.u r- i in r:. Mri near the auctioneer's olalform. where one bv

Formosa, a U stance uot exceeamg tnree nun- whenca ihey were oDt.geu p oceeu , y were 8UcressiVe.v ,0 oas, under the ! The wreaths of changeless love shall twine,

1 -

to it iu the course of the sale. Sn (poke the firntt, anil ilh in crtli.y, 1 he Ijnnl't pit s, ncimii hit di tluh ileeil. The hundred slaves were huddled together

thy generous u.iluro would prompt thee to do for the friend or stranger. Lovely woman! If thou wouldst exercise

these, ihy genial iutlueiice, for the friend or tranger, let us lake it for granted that the love; s. 1 lasting and holy, would farther exteud for

lhe partner of thv choice, thine o

band

Man", roaming, inconsistent and sefi-h mau b -lieved in no instance preju ici .11 v to Ilia nub- Sometimes n color wil 1 be produced different

wouldst thou like to become a useful cilixen? lie interest, has nevr been exercised. No Prr- from that of either the mordant or the dye. 1 wouldst thou wish to gather around ihee hospita-! ,le"1 evrr dpsire u ""ccessar.lv to place his vou boil a piece of cloth in a blue mordant, and bly thy friends, would it please thee to form .-jr.! P "in a yellow dye, the color produced . earth a boundless heaven? Oh, then, link thy mid only in casss where Ins cnnviclions make it '' ''t be either a blue or yellow, but a perfect

destiny to the last and best of all creation a matter 01 stem tuy which ho ran oot escap-. green.

sweet voiced wife.

She round thy sweet domestic bower,

Indeed there is more danger that the President, from lhe repugnance he mu-t always feel lo

I come into cullisioa with Congress miv fill to

C'o-irrat!u sf the Wife. There is much ood ense and troth ia ths

dred miles. I am satisfied that this portion cf

the West Coast is quite as healthy, or to speak more properly, not more unhealthy than the

On the same day, Mr. John A. Craig to Miss

uisa Skiles. On the Tthinst., Mr. Miller Morgan to Miss

ln.t; armed narties and fight the natives Louisa Smith.

fo-the water for their daily use. Now, the col-1 On the same day, Mr. Gilbert Samuels to . rs 1 ft t 1

onv is Decided with more than live thousand .miss neoecca nor. imcaey

. nfl.lheria. There are portions of it, too, emigrants. Its rule extends undisputed along

where the soil is exceedingly fertile, and, in-J coa?t from Cape Talmas almost to Cape ( Louisa SkUes. AA. m.v comnare advantageously iu this re-. Mount. .distance of nearly three hundred miles On the 7th

spect with any other part of the coast. Near evenly thousand natives living within the Mary M. Hay ward.

Qulta, (a Danish fort) about httoen miles easi ot Cape St Paul, the abundance with which we were supplied with sheep, hogs, fowls, and the cheapness ofthe articles surprised us very much. Liberia. 1 think, is now safe, and may be left,

after a while, to stand alone. Would it not be sdvlsable then for the Coloniation Society to mm lu attention to some other portion of the

coast, and extend the area of its Christian and philanthropic efforts to bettering the condition of the colored people of our country, by sowing,

eu ether parts ofthe coast, some of the goou' sfn

hammer. The men sat in stoical silence. The womeu, especially such as were mothers, gazed

in anxious grief upon the little onts, as they i playfully grouped themselves up n the floor all their feet. The children that but a short time since had been pressed to the mother's bosom

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limits ofthe republic, acknowledge us power i uKuu, i.. --.1.. . , - and obey its laws. The capitol of the state, Mon- ReT. Mr. Wynkoop, George A. Ketchum, M. ' sold and separated away to cruel servitude, ne-

rovia, boasts r about two hundred houses, most V , or .Mobile, Alabama, 10 ."Hiss tusan, daugh- er more to mow me encearmenis 01 maiernai of them well built, comfortable dwellings, aud a ter of Dr. John Burton, of the former place. j love. All the ties of consangunily and friend-1 population of twelve thousand inhabitants. At Baton Ronge, La , on the 2.1d of Nov.,' ship were to be severed for life and the misera-! The people are moral and religions, and to judge Maj. W. S. BLIS, of the U. S. Army, to Miss ble objects to be sent from the place where all . from what I saw at Monrovia. I don't think BETTY TAYLOR, youngest daughter of their happy associations had clustered, sway to

ths lever and ague swamps 01 jiississ.ppi or ine barbarous cotton-fields of Upper Texas. 1

for the number of inhabitants, there ia a greater I resident ichary I aylor. amount af human happiness to be found in any .7" " dekrnlind t0 commil .uicde

1 part of the world. jn consrquedce of poverty' do the deed early in

What a pleasing reflection it must be to those 111 the morning instead oil J' gentlemen whose humane and chritiau hearts will save the expense of Hi

instead of latest night, and )ou

ree mculs.

And when such an outrage upon humanity j was to be perpetrated i 11 open day-light, in a chrisliau city, and witnessed, yes suiKlioucd by

Watch for thy step at vesper hour And blend her holiest prayer with ll.iiio. Juki Krvrailmi. BT B I HI I.TOI. Just seventeen! the sweetest age That's entered 011 fair beauty's page; Lips like lhe rose-bud cleft in twain, With pearly gems the cl fl to stain; Ey s like twin stars, beneath some cloud That comes their sparkling light lo shron !; Rich tresses ofthe auburu glow. Free waving o'er a brow of sonw.

And then the bosom heaving, swelling, Where tickling Cupid holds his dwelling Of womau's life, no year I ween Is like soft, pyutiug seventeen.

rxercise, in c ies where the preservation tf ti e i"'ar k of a modern author, that no man ever ! Constitution, or the public goo I deuiaud it, tlmn prospered in the world, ilhout the co-operation

of his ifa. If sl.e unites iu mutual endeavors.

ill Unh tc'M l ' al For .11 rnr.t 11 i.ic ii'ini'imi

'i' ln'irtinl I IV) llHiti .

efeir,

1 he will exercise it, iinneci ssar.lv or wautouU.

n.ir'inn ... -i...l I I...... 1 I .1. . .1

eoulivedepartme.it ofthe government, great ' rewards hi labor with an endearing .mils, aud important questions of public policy, fo- wilu what coufidrnce will he resort to his merreign and domestic, have arisen upon which it clwndise or h'u farm, fly over hmds, sail upon was my duty to art ' the seas, meet difficulty or rncoBii ler danger, if It may inleed le triry said that my ndminis- , , . - ... if f a ..... - hi ii inj .in in jje (U(IWII le ii4 jt spending his strength ia

j .ia..n. i nan I .lieu nil rteil.ltll limes. 1 niVe ... I felt miM sensibly the weight or the high re- a' ''"t that his labor will be rewarded by ths I pousibililies devolving upou me. With no other sweets of home! Solitude and c'isappvinlmsat ! object than the public good, tin enduring fame ell,r the l.ietory of eve- man's l ife; end lis is (and permanent prosperity of tny country. I , , . ,r ..:j"ir.- i c j v . ! have pursued the couvicli ms of ,..'y own but I,n,f. ''rV 'ded r"r ' '' w,' find' Ul ! judgement. , an associate for his ha while for his j I'he impartial arbitrament of enlightened pnH- mouths of darkness j sympathi '( lie opiiiion'in lhe nresent end the future, will zing p.rtner is preparei .determine how far the puhllc policy I have ' . , - , . . . . ; maintained, and the measures I have recom- T"ERr- ,s r mon ln Baltimore whs is suck inenried may lnve tended to advance or re'a-d a" inveterate g-mibler, Hint he, one night, not public prosperity at home, and tu elevate or d only tost all be hid iu his nockel, but actually

I'lt-ee me t-iiu.e ol OUT llillolll. lllaiacur

lro iu.

lost his way hflitir