Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 42, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 March 1851 — Page 1
THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL.
HILLIAH J. BROWN, Editor. ) TXT E P, IT T. V II Ml Mil, $4 Oft AUSTIN H. BROWN, Publisher. $ " UBUB 9 OO VOL. X. INDIANAPOLIS, TH LRSDAY, MARCH 20, 1851. NO. 42. i . - -
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"T Pulem Medicine, at , B.mne-u Aiivertiements lgal and other atlvertiaing al 50 centi per aquare of 250 cmc i ' hm iiuertion, anu 'i ccnU lor eaen ubaeqnenl insertion. At .vri.x H. urow.x, JOHN U UBF&EE3. From lite I Julies' Itepository The Prize Piano. A HOVSEIIOLD SKETCH. Along the pavement flies a shadow thrown by the moonlight; it follows a man whose eager steps have led ii i in far in advance of a throng that has jiiat emerged from a public hall. Swifter becomes his pace, and louder sound his heel strokes on the hard pavement, till suddenly he turns and springs up a flight of steps. He applies In flight key to a lock. it will not work. He becomes impatient, nervously jerks ;he bell wire, and that moment a servant opens the door. He speeds to the sitting room, where his wife awaits him, and without stopping to take breath exclaims : 'Oh, Anna, if you ha 1 been at the concert we've got it oh, but it's a handsome one rose wood carved, splendid tone it will be here in the morning.' llien the poor lellow was obliged to take a breathMfV jiiaII I . m r aar Ca mm aIiha IiihiMi 4m. a wk m ma i iuB 3.i, auu u mic nan au uppu.iuimj lu c. i c3 I . . t I ' - If 1 I la . . I her joy at his good fortune. Her husband's ticket had drawn a very handsome piano, at a prize concert. Before ten o'clock the following morning thc instrument was deposited at the door of their neat little parlor. Hen-v Heber was a lively, trustworthy young man, who had a situation at a salary ot one thousand dollas per annum in a wholesale store on Pearl street. He lived in a small, but comfortable house in the western, part of the city which he had built with money his wife had brought him. This wile was a prudent woman tor one who had not a little ladiionable ambition; and with but one child, a promising blue-eyed boy, who had just began to prattle, they were getting on swimmingly with thc world. Anna was delighted beyond telling, with the prize piano; and il really was a splendid instrument, in style not at all in keeping with the furuiiure of their parlor. After she had thrummed on the keys a tew minutes she looked up archly, and said to her hudjand: 'You know I an but an in bile -cut player, Harry, and if I'm to discourse mudc for you, I must have some new music books an I a teacher.' 'Certainly you must have a teacher, and I'll look out for one to-Jay. Who would you recommend, Mrs. Brown?' asked the indulgent husband, turning to a lady who had called to sec and hear the prize she had hop -d to get. 'Well, I hardly know,' returned the lady, 'there are a number of excellent teachers in the ciiy, bu'. I think the gentleman recen ly from Paris, Mr. P , the best. His terms are high, but my girls go to him, and they make great p.oticiency.' He played on tin j piano at the co.icert, and Hiked him. I must go to the store now, hut before 1 come home to tea, I'll see him.' And with these words Henry hastened to his business. Mrs. Heber had many visitors du-ig the day, and nil were delighted with the piano; out a number of them thought it would show lo better advantage if the jiarlor were turnuhed in the late style. When the husband came home in llie evening he brought to his wife the glad ti Uags' that Mr. P had been engaged, and wou'.j give her the first lesson on the tot low in Moni '.ay. h the evening, while a young lady who was visiting them ..at at the piano, Anna was thinking of thc remarks her guest had mads about new lurnilure, and it did not seem to her that their ca pet was just uch a figu-e as so splendid a piatio should set upon. Henry, perhaps, was having a similar train of thought, for glancing around the parlor, he remarked: ' 1 hat piano puts rather a bluh on the other furniture.' 'So it does,' returned Anna; 'and I've been thinking that we ought at least to have a new ca pet, and I would like lo have it before I commence my lessons.' 'We'll think about it,' answered the husband, rather indifferently. 8ut on the morrow Anna wa3 invited to walk up town, and a han home costly carpet was purchased. Mrs. B-own, over the way, saw the upholsterer leave it, and when he took his leave she hurried across to Mrs. Heber's. She admired it very much. 'It was wo handsome it made the old-fashioned cent-e table look wretcbsd.' Anna immediately saw the force of t4ms remark, and was not long in finding it out. A new Ventre table was forthwith selected to g ace the parlo-, and several splendidly bound volumes we e purchaed to lay upon it; and next evening a solar amp of the newest pattern thew from the table a mellow light over the new carpet. aa . o -. i .ii t . . a a- k Tl.I -ir . rjmnn caiictl ine next uav in we .viri.i ner circle of acouainlance was larrre . and of course there were Smiths as well as Browns within it. The lady was seated on one of the rather old-fashioned chairs, and she soon became fidgety. 'You have got a beautiful piano, Mrs. Heber; a beautiful centre-table, but you will excuse me if I ay ihese chairs are horrible.' M-s. Smith was a plain spoken woman as the Smiths rrenerallv are and Anna excused her. When the lady had bowed herself out of the door Anna took a 'calm survev' of her little parlor, and was ob- - j lige 1 to acknowledge that Mrs. Smith had judged rorrwrtlv ifw mivu T.f iho chair was loo heavy for tnatoi the piano and Utile I hey were pronipny .. m m . .... . .i removed, and a set of costly workmanship took their place; a rich plub sola ;.:l.we, tho ( hair.. Iben mantal ornimnt. Ihn new window curtains, and so on till the parlor was furnished throughout in the laOne evening when Mr. and Mr. He-bcr were at tea, Anna remarked that Mn. Brown thought they ought to give their voting friend a party. They had been out a good deal, and they had never given one. Their parlor was now furnished in the faduon, and
they could give party ai well as not.
Of course, in due time, the party was given, and it was gotten up in excellent taste. Every body ad- j
mired the parlor, every-body was delighted with the party, and Mr. and Mrs. Heber made many new and tashionable friends. When the guests had retired, Anna and Henry sat together on the sofa. They seemed well pleased with the conduct of their guests. Anna looked up to her husband with affectionate pride, saying .Ewy one a(lmired our furnfture and ,i w ; ?re pleased with our party. This is a nice place Harry
We have not been extravagant but we have a com- Mind not the Meretricious Machinations of Malevofortable home.' lent Ministers, but Merit the Meed of a Merciful Mes'True, and a pletuant one,' returned the husband, siah.
pcrnapi a utile soberly. c nave ex penned xmj,
in lurmture, and we have made some debts, but our : weak, Was Wrought upon by the Wheedling Words 1 ,ue ev itself has increased until it bus become an overhome is so much more inviting, and we have so ma-j of the Wiley one, since When the World Weeps J shadowing national danger, comparatively littleor nothny more friends, 1 am not sorry.' o'er its Wickedness. Wanting Women, the World has heen done. States have acted on the subject; 'Besides, Harry, we've got along so well; folks i Were a Waste, and We Wending our Weary Way Pubhc men have spoken j the press has proclaimed its
expect somcuiinir oi us, aim u is wen to make a in- hrour i i s ib erncss. W ou t W a t our W ai linirs to
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J agree wwm you, Anna; anu, Dy ine Dy, i ma w ,sp. the W itchery ot thy Wooing Words Work ! jar..e ground, nothinrr has literally been
as wen leu you now, .ir. x ., my cuip.u er, ioiu me onucrs. liKe tue waving oi me Vizarils w anil ; years have rolled on addiu" new Uiouan t l - a I o I I -1 La i ii in . in ...1. l ii,', .1 -aar. rs nr . I . ... I ' 9 .
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did not like our chairs would be obliged to give up ' his store, on account of not being able to meet notes that T. holds, and he said that il I could make ar-; ra:K'e:nents with Mr. S., 1 might take the business and have time to pay the notes- The business is . . . . , . i profitable, and I should do well. In less tiian two weeks Henry Heber was installed proprietor of a store. The establishment was forths niriiiI r .... i i 11.' na.,uM,i..c. iiin-u up, a.m ..........c. cu uuness witii a rlo mir prospect. nc. ,rc ne got .a.r.y A I 1 Ä l.Ä t i ... -1 -. starten, n ,t i soren ,ne neeu o .us io riuimrci, i ; i i u urh ho ...I f.ti i in h . h.ir np nnf liw . . i i i - i . t . . i need ol his two hundred . r , " . . . . I . i ic in nits WU aim iic caciiucu ii. i lie had a lair run ot custom, and his proms were ; considerable. His fashionable friends tliought him : tQ be doing well, and he mingled in their company like a lord. Concerts, soirees, and balls, besides pn vate parties, social and musical were frequent. An n I ie 'be t 3 Jt lien- i I . TT . - A A A . I I I na s position reuuireu ner 10 atienu an oi it class,' and heavy expenses were incurred; but i . i V-V' p - """ - lew weeks of the tim when his notes came due, busmess grew slack, and clouds began to gather m the ,ulturt: T'l.e Pressure continued. His bu.mess did not afford him the means to meet his payments. He ii ic en inml if 1:, ii r , i . i, .1 ,ii I Im ill Kiit I If - A M . one alternative-let his friends know how matters j slood, or sell his lurnilure at auction. 1 he ale was made, at a sacnlice to be sure bu , his credit was saved 1 heir house was eased and Anna and Henry took rooms at a first class hotel; thu, their position re mired. Their fashionable L- 1 . 1 . .1.... .1 -1 1 1 I 1I 1' .1.17 UIl'll.1 JMJVfll lllitl 111' I ll'lil I I . 1 1 ' I II lllil l' I 1A Wl . 1 . 1 M I Decause .virs. iieocr coniempinicti spenmng me sum-j mcr at a tasnun ittle watering iilace. ix months passed. Henry and his wile had learned whrt 'fashionable' life was, and without an entire revolution of their habits they could net economize. They kept up appearances, but every day his business embar rassments uresscd harder, till at length he must rret help from his fajiionablc friends, or make an assign- i ment. He aimlied to n;ime-ous intimate arnuaintaiices. . t . . a a .a a m a Ml t tut jotin'l them , though they admired his style ol liv- ; . . V . J . . J I
ing, and relished the dinners he had giyen, thougnt Among the exercises it is second 10 none. It is cxhim a good fellow at concerts and so'rees if they j trcmely suitable lor the sedentary, for invalids, and we-e tobe believed, their embarrassments were equal for consumptives. I have known one of the worst
to his, and none could help him to a dollar. He reahzed th 'popular end.' 'If a man is down give him a thrust; Trample the beggar into the dust; Presumptuous poverty's quite appalling; Knock him over, and kick him for falling.' The assignment came, and Henry lieber fell, in m?rcantde phrase, from a merchant to a clerk. In this last act he lost many acquaintances, but no friends. Their house did not co in the wreck, because it was Anna's property, and they could now occupy it. It is furnished in plain stylewith one exception the prize piano. It is a treasure for many reasons. Thc lessons its hi story teaches are profitable, and its music is profitable; lor Anna gives intruction upon it to a nu nbev of pupils for the purpose of assisting her husband to make another start in lhe world. Not 1 ng since Henry met a friend who accosted him wi'h i 'Going to the prize concert?' I 'Not V 'You might draw the piano.' I 'I h ive been fortunate that way once, and that will a.iswer. Come to my house to-morrow evening, if you draw the prize, and 1 will give you the history of my piano. It might be a good lesson.' The friend was not the lucky ticket hoi lor, but his cu-io.sity being awakened, he called on Henry, and learned the story which you have read, dear reader. Consider whether it is not a practical lesson. Spring has Come. At least wc have had spring weather for a week past, in these parts, and people are beginning to think about gardening. However, we would advise IkMB that one swallow docs not make a summer, anil we must expect some frosly weather the present month. Cutting grafts should be erformcd immediately, if not already done. Preserve them in a box of damp moss or saw-dust, in a cellar till wanted for grafting next month. Grapz via s should be pruned now, as they will bleed badly if cut when the sap is in active motion. Pruning tr1 s, and shrubs generally, may be per formed now as well as any time. It is also a good j tu uu nine. ii is aisw a U"cu r , ... - . . . " !i.ni Irir nlti.li'io I -fi i il llio trrrtt I nil . mil itr u-pl . , . .. &.w w . ; Sieia ol hardy vegetables, as peas, parsnips, letluce, &c, may be sown now, il the g ound is m good order. But those who wish to obtain a good supply ui early vegetables should make a hot bid. How to uiik a hot b d. The common size of the f -ame L ten or twelve feet lonir and four or live wide. Th front board or plank about nine inches wide, and the back 13 inches, so as to give the slope towards the sun, and to carry off the wet. The sash are made without cros-ba s, and the panes of glass lap on each other, the same as for sky-lights in roofs of buildings. Persons who may have old windows, however, can ti -e them for this purpose, bv making the frame of proper size to fit the sash The bed is fo med of stable manure in a state of
fermentation. It sboulJ contain a good proportion of: have no sympathy with those who, to evad.. its provilitter, but not too much, and be in a moist condition, ions, apeäl to a "higher law" that teaches discord and Select a dry spot of groun 1 in a convenient place, disunion, and sectional hatred, and the violation of that sheltered from north and west winds, and open to the Constitution under which tins country .has arrived at its sun. Drive a stake at each corner, allowing a foot i Present greatness and power each way larger than thc size of the frame; then put on the manure, mixing it thoroughly and pressing it New Yobk U. S. Senator. The bill to provide fjr
.1 i... . l : . ..:.,,- n. U lot-ol nown oy ireauiiig, uhwimiij; iw ti p.. iv.w and of uniform uualitv. The requisite height or quantity of manure for' the bed depends on the time ol year and the pu pose lor which it is aesigneu A bed made in March or April, simply for bringing for ward plants of early vegetables, flowers, ate , only needs a moderate degree of heat, and bat for a few weeks, and two or three feet in height will be sufficient. Put on the frame or sash, ami let stand three or four days, for the heat to arise, then put six or eight inche? of fine garden earth inside the frame, and let stand two or th ee days to become warm, and allow the first rank steam to pass off, then level the beds, : . i i. i t . I r. . t ' . : wsurm w,.lwM.n,. sow the seed shade from hot sun, &c snaiie iroin not sun. ac. r or more intMicimtr msiriic tions see any work on gardening.-- Ohio Cultivator.
07"Eilucation is ?. term of very uroad signihea- Wni le postponed until thc next session, and then men I nia, Illinois, and Indiana; in 1865, eight hundred tl oullaaa 1 iuatlv i-nturj tlw nrmipr ' nvehinmetit of all rill l rlnn who are friemllv to the Comnromis mea- i ...,! in WOO aivrnon hundred thousand : that, includ-
1 1 1 'If . I i J ... . . .... ui - - . - - -, t; boflilv powers lilv nnwaro ir.inilir ml', moral, tute IccMa and social culture. .... .... , . ... .. . p ! (VyCapital punisl.ment has been abolished in the Swiss Canton of Ticino, and perpetual imprisonment
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Man and Woman. M Man. Man is a Marvellous and Matchless
Model of Mechanism; a Mutable Mass of Mirth and Misanthropy ; Merry Midst Mourning, Mourning MiiNt .Mirth Man Mars his Mundane Mission by ! Mixing in Monstrous Mummeries, Mindless of the Meek Monitions of his Mighty Master, Madly Mis- ! prising hi; Mild and Modera te Mandates Mid the Manifold Manifestations of the Multiplied Mercies Meted out bv his Maker. Muse, then, Misguided : Mortals, on (he Magnitude of thy Misdemeanors:: Woman. Woman, Who Wlulomc, as 1 . ..... . ... . . ... . - - and Wretched, Withstanding our Waywardness throutrli weal or Woe. Wanton Waddlers on the Wane, Writhing under Wrinkles, may Wage thee Warfare, but the Wise Welcome and Worship thee, . i Smoky Chimneys nnd Fire-Places. The Editor of the Wheeling (Va.) Luminary, . i- i, it . i - . . j i n 19 vft.v". tj tit vi in-. 1 1 n i vi tue f drau-ht and aimlit-atimi of ihn D,incil)cs to nractice. r ti nJnvii ..There arc many lheories thc bjo t of .. .. . ney building, and many devices to remedy bad con struction M any of the theories are wild, and many i of th-devices exceedingly unphilosophical. Now there is one general theory essential in all chimneys, and that is the apporlionment of he throat to the i opeaing or draught of the room, the closer lhc room 1 1 I a i S 1C ,hroHl always keeping the throat less j than the compass of atmosphere admitted into the t. - - ii i l c i nxmi ii w .iii.i oe wen aiso to nave me nre-piace i . large enough to build in a false wall &c, which will ahvavs ae lhe Hifficutv under c.ontrol. , Let chimnev be h 'h c h not lo be intcrfer eJ with b. adjoininff buildings. , Let the-fire-place be large enough to admit of fillI. O "Lel the ofrset in ,e Lack.wau bc at least one foot above lhc upper part of the fire.place opening. Lel lie be contrac(eil U-aving it largest in the centre uritil lhc difficultv is rcmedied. lf ,,)Cse COIlditions are met, it matters little about u Um i iU Am akaaa TM. Ummmmmd in the biiildin"- of furnaces when heavy draughts 1 I arcreouircd On Dnuciug. Dr. Fitch, in one of his lectures on the uses of thc lungs, and on the mode of preserving health, says: Dancing is thc king and queen ot in-door exereise lt is suitable lor all classes, all ages, both sexIt is a most elegant and most exhilating exerIt is one of the most ancient, and one of the es. eise n.Ojt salutary. I do not siteak of il as a disputation. a . a a a out as an exhilarating and valuable exercise. . . . .e cases oi" consumption I ever knew cured by dancing alone, practiced daily for many months. The cure was permanent and complete. "It is deplorable th.-t dancing and amusements of, nearly all kinds should have fallen under the ban of the clergy, and should be preached against as sinful. It is doubtlul whether the morals of mankind are beneiitted by lorbidding all amusements, and it is most ; 'certain the health ol thousands is sacriticed by lt.i Who are those that sink earliest into consumption I among ladies. Allow me lo say, it is those who take 1 j least exercise, and refrain from all amusements, who, at school, at church, at home, are marked as j models; whose looks are demure, whose walk is slow, and whose conversation is always on serious subjects. -In a few years death does his work, and their long prayed-for haven, is soon obtained. No greater truth was ever uttered, than that Ri-lision never wn ilesicned To make nur pleunures leas." "Neither in its letter or spirit does our happy and blessed religion the religion of our Lord and Savious Jesus Christ, to whom be eternal praise and
obedience, anywhere forbid pure, rational pleasures , the black Emperor, has waged and is waging a terrible and gratification. 'Use the things of this world as j proscription against the "browns." The latter were not abusing them, is the injunction of the Apostle, compelled to Hee his dominions in order to escape punmJ ,.n..,niM. ,,..,o.,r II ih toor-ldnirw i isluiiciit and death . Mr. Bicelow is one ol our ultra
Uiltl 13 U tUill 'II It SUIIIIiini f Wl Ali 111V l.UV. Hill. J 'u . . J the Bible upon this subject." 07"" James, recite your scripture lesson." "John the baptist was forty days and nights in thc wilderness, clothed in camonile's hair, with a leather gridiron round his neck, and his meat was locus and wild onions." "That's a good little boy, you can take your seat." Connecticut aal thc Compromise. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted by the Democratic State Convention recently held at Hartford: . i ,;, . c,. - I me .iss;ire oi niese eis, no uciuoei un oiuio . c ... I tion in Connecticut ever contributed to tne sectional sptrit t!ier vxitin,,) or passed a single measure at war vita tie we known sentiments of the National Democri'v. I Resolrrd, That wn cordially welcome the admission "ol California into the Union that we approve the settlement of the Texas imundary qn stion. the organization ! of the territories of Utah and Ne Mexico, and the ah obtion of T ,e Slave mart in tue Uistrict ol Columbia, and that vie regard the law in relation to fugitives from service, as an act necessary to carry out the provision of the Constitution on that subject, a provision which is maudatory in its character, and which was adopted by the unanimous vote of the Convention which framed that instrument. Resolved, That we hold in undiminished veneration, th Constitution or the United States that we will abide in good faith by all its compromises and that we tin p rw-tiun nl a I S nt-intor in nlare ol .vir liickn. - - ; - - . - on, was lost ; yesterday in the N. Y . Senate, ,by a vole of 16 to 16. Mr. Beekman, who has shown himself every in ha man, was the only Whig who voted njrainst the bill. Had he voted in the affirmative, the hill would have passed; and in that case, Hamilton Fish (Scwardite for atfjht any om can ny to the contrary) would have succeeded that firm unflinching patriot, Daniel S. Dickinson, in the U. S. Senate; for the hill merges two Honues into one, for lhe purpose of said election, inst-ad of leaving each House to act independently, as contemplated by the Constitution. Wc suppose this is a final disposition of the subject so far as the present Legislature are concerned. If so, the peopla will have a chance to express their views on the subject at the ballot boxes. Many thanks are due to Mr. Beekman for his firmness and ! moral couraee in this matter - . ., ,u, . : A i nrsuinl fbitrn ia a fair nrnenont tVint in ihn St lies ill J V . - , -.. in . -. j..... f.v - - . I of Ohio, New York, and Massachusetts, each of which was relied on for Free Soil U. S. Senator, the election " J f iire. Free Soilism is in a bad wav entirely. Journal i : - - ' i of Isommerce. C The New York Assembly have declined making it a penal ofTencc to conti ac fugitive slaves, in crse of arrest, j ia any of the county jails. '
i nat we na., tue passage o, uie ser.cs o, In f Tho most ardent PuM.e Acu, familiarly kjnwas ' Peace Measures deny ?hat which is seen of all men, , ol Congress," as the result of a spirit ol Ln.on and ha- muiti,,,icd proof,, on all hand,, daily Co to e.Ub' .......ty, and that, we are proud ol the lact that anion. The subject is then made a national inquiry and
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Prom the PennnylvsnUn. The Colonization of the West Coast of Africa. Fifty years ago, the great minds of the country prophecied that the tree colored population v. mid he the
crowning obstacle in the path of our prosperity and pro- (;" BW. J Er TK5Un , BIT. -l WHSUN. OflT. MONROE, John Marshall and otber eminent men, had given to the subject much of their thought and their time. Legislatures acted upon their counsels, and resolutions were passed lor the purpose of producing an efficient and wholesome agitation. From the moment when Mr. Jefferson struck this master key from the moment when Dr. Thorntov, a Virginia gentleman, proposed " to colonize the free colored people of the country upon the coast o Alriea the quest un lias been liberally diseussed, and widely appiovcd. but up to this day. while nrnr i i n nil niun iinr avian I ..... . t ... t . .. . . . i have, it is true, courage, nut uuhap- , over a very done, and tilt v d to the colored population, new causes to the puinic discontent on the slave question, and new dangers to the peril which has always, more or less, threatened the class alluded toRml through that class, the country at large. No plan waving heen auopteu to alleviate this rapidly i . k. i... i .. . . .11 j . . .... evil, tue Mates have been compelled to proieci iiiem selves; and at this day the organic law of several, !oth slave and free, nrovides for the. further exclusion of II free blacks from their respective borders. One of the uuiiseuuenvcs ui 1 1 1 niu uinci hiinn in . i 1 1 . 1 1 1 ; . -. is tint, 'mil other kindred agitations, is the Uitt -r strife that has "rown HD between tiie North and i:u South a strile that has extended itself even into an assault upon tho Constitution. In the meantime what is the condition of the colored people themselves? It is the P1 oi friends,liP lo h1t lo Pint .nt f'0 Pretnt e.rct.msianecs u.c r irnmue uesnny , tn.s couariy indeed, ilc colored people themselves can see all with ! ?',- i.w n al'its Am U Ikuco L i i.l an a fivrmnr r rtidn tndl exclusion by one or more States, will lead to lueir excluson by all. Before th V. V uoi Ii i 'J "Hi ' aw a v vuw i i . i n. i - - i i y j w Ks i i i I. - ready seen the pliilaiitlnophy of those who have been their noisiest advocates, giving way. There is not now - ..: i c...i c.. i.:..i. n a is iron necessity, we have ala single ootuiiern oiaiu which auows a iree negro u re mrn alter lie leaves lis connncs. inuiana is adopting in her Reform Constitution the harshest Constitutional provisions, to the same etfect. Illinois did so many years ago. Oliio is certain to adopt a similar preventative; and every other Northern and Western State will he forced, by the great law of self preservation, to take precisely thc same course. Not even New England can resist following this example; and Canada herndf. now a sort of asylum for fugitive slaves, will be driven into th strictest measures of prohibition against these unwelcome additions to her population. There is in this aspect of the case a plain common sense practicability that detics sophistry. But tliere is another consideration that shows how the exclusion of the blacks from the position tbey now occupy, will eventually be consummated. And that is thc unanswerable fact that no two races, occupying the relative position of t lie white and black, have ever existed together peacefully or equally. Tl.c lut irv of the world is full of proofs of this. Where races cannot amalgamate, tin sequel is universally the Ml Like the Spaniard and the Moor the Anglo-Norman and the Indian thc stronger overcomes the weaker, or else the latter dwindles away before the power and the intellect of the former. Sometimes the distinction assumes the condition of making one side the master and thc other side the slave. After centuries of experience on this continent after nil tie effusions of eloquent bcuevolence in favor of the colord race what is the social condition of the negro now ? Some of our bloodiest riots have resulted out of the decided animosity existing liet ween the two races, and in every instance it may be traced to some etfort on the part of the weaker and inI'ciior clas. to :tume certain privileges which the other would not yield. In free New York, a negro cannot drive a hack or a dray. Custom has produced a similar state, of things here. In Baltimore, ten years ago, the labur of tho shipping was performed by blacks now they are excluded from tiiis advantage bv the whites. Th- i., I m.,i iibtnr n..iiil .litin..rir.n riftv r huml.i years ago, between the races, is broader, bitterer, and deeper now ; and every day adds to its intensity. When the white man cannot elUiw the colored man out of work, or out of political privileges, we have seen that lorce is resorted to, with what issue the past abundantly shows. Such is the experience of every sensilile mau ; anil such is history. However s. d the spectacle may be, let us not forget that nature seems to have erected this I animosity as a barrier, whether lor good or evil purposi es, wc need not stp to discuss. Nor is this feeling pe culiar to the whit s. In Jamaica, as Mr. Bigllow tells us, in I. is work on that rejxion, the ''browns," as a sort of nnilattocs, there are called, indulge an uncompierai,lc hatred lor the blacks, and under nocireumslances will J they associate or cohabit with them. On the other hand, wc learn from the same author, that in Hayti.SoULoCQUE, , . a . , . . ... I w..i n il ..rw nm i nti's Wlfll fiillih altilitl Jin tliA '.. II iO SUM lw iJj 'liiu 'iii' navaa liiuvil liuilli I -ai i i edition side of the slave question, and yet he c.innot avoid paying tribute to the views put forth in this article while alluding to thc course of things in Hayti. He says that Soulouipie "ia doubtless n more beneficent ruler than any brown man would have been, because, in the first place, he belongt to much thc more numerous race there being more blacks than browns upon tle Itand.'' Thc condition of the colored man, then, in this country, is that of dependency or destitution that of a slave or an inferior. Politically without any privileges whatnana . ' . I.. I Ii on .-?-. Ii f rktOu I a.. 1 1 1 AÄ kiiol .1 Alii II 1 1 1 1 ; ty wilh t,,e w,,Uc9 jn a, . t:,e avcnucs ol aiJor in Inany j simt against him by an irresistible prejudice ; he becomes I alike a burden to himself and a danger to the country. lhe picture is a dark one. ami we Oiaw it witli no unpat of all sections, und as a question of Humanity to the ncgio, alone, without considering lhe other weighty consi. lerations connect d with it, it demands prompt and liberal consideration. The recent colonization meeting in Washington pre. sented a sublime spectacle. Tiie President of the Uni ted States, Mr. Clay, Mr. Webster, Mr. Stanton and otli.-rs. were present nd participated in its most interesting proceedings. All show that the evils alluded to had grown to a monstrous magnitude, and that, mueb as has been done to alleviate them by the Colonization Society, the held was scaccely occupied, and the means adopted were immeasurably inadequate to effect the result to be desired the colonization of tho free colored people of this country on the western shores of Africa. With one voice all declared in ie vor of the project re ported by tho Committee of N'avs.1 Affairs, at the last session of Congress, " for the establishment of a line cf mail steamsbijw to the western corut of Africa, and thence to London. Not only has this plan been adopted by the Colonization Society, but it now receive the approval of nearly mm nHtinnitl Democrat and Whi" in the country. Mr. Clay's speech in support of it, at the colonization meeting alluded to, was on of his loftiest and noblest Bjhtts. He showed conclusively that the lino of steamers in queslion would not only arrest and finally extinguish the slave trade, but would make of West Africa a blooming and blessed republic, and would go far to settle upon a durable basis, the slave agita'.ion in this roantry three subjects worthy of the expenditure of millions upon millions. And this not only ; it would redeem froin their barbari-m, hat wild and ignorant race, who for long centuries have inhabited Africa, and be made, under God, the instrument of civilizing and colonizing them. At the same meeting Mr. Stanton of Tennessee, Chairman of the Committee of Naval Affairs in the House, made a strong speech, of which the lollowing extract in re erence to thu line of steamers in question, will be interest ing: " He remembered a letter of the Hon. Robert J. Walker, on the subject of the annexation of Texas, m which that jentleman endeavored to show, that ia 1853 there would be four hundred thousand free blacks in thc six States ;f New York, New Jersey. Uhio, fcnnsyiva I vi... , " m vi . v 1 ' inn the insnnn. deaf. b ind, anil dumb, and rr the insane, deaf, blind, and dnmb, and convicts of that class, the cost of maintaining them, sic., would be, in bö3, three and one-tl.ird millions of dollars; in 1865, six and twethirds millions; and in 1390, thirteen and onethird millions of dollars. '' Ha had intended to dtvot some time lo the elucida
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tion of bis latter proposition, namely: that the Government has the power to do this ihinsr, (encourage colonization.) He thought that he was able to show this to be competent, as a matter of self-preservation, and to deny such power to the Government wus to deny to the Gov. ernment that without which no Government can exist the jiower of self-preservation. ' The war power has been looked upon as an instrument of attack or defence ; hut a phenomenon has occurred in the phvsical woild. That which exhibits it-
self a the jagged lightning, formerly an object of su- i perstitions fear has heen adapted to convey information j thousands of miles in a moment of time; no doubt it i
i ol miles in a moment ot lime; no douot it I nas been running less than one year, is sellinn at par, we chained to a car and made a motive power for ' cannot suppose that those of our citizens, who are deept of man, and produce light nnd heat for use- interested in the upbuilding of the city, can be wantses. So it will be with the thunderbolt of war, ' ing for inducements to aid in ihis work. We are assu-
would lie chained to a car the benefit ful purposes which has carried desolation in its track, and crushed na- j Hons, tvery sc.vhas been crimsoned by blood, and a j thousand argosies have gone down by thc destructive blast. By the war power under the C nstitution, to equip and sustain a navy, we propose to establish a line of steamers, to ply to one of the most important nations of the globe. We have established telegraphic lines of ocean steamers, and need only one more a terminus, or pole, to touch up A.rica, so that the li;ht ol eiu- 1 mcree may be struck into her darkness, and electrify her, , not by a mere galvanic light, but by that of disenthralment and civilization, for which the Society has so long labor.d. u As to the establishment of a line of steamers to Af- I rica, ho had only this to say, so far as the proposition ' was concerned, that he had become mixed up with it. He should not look back, but in the distance, until he should succeed or fail, with the best energies which he possessed. Miiee tins had been presented to Congress, some attempts have been made at rival schemes, based on thc same idea, and not, in his judgment, surpassing it in any of its features. With regard to the individuals connected with this scheme, they have intelligence, ca pacity. and enterprise to carry it out, if the patronage of government beaÜordcd. They have the merit ol having been the lirst to present the scheme, and they are entitled to the merit of inventors, and should have th precedence in this respect, if their proposition is not in tenor W those of others." His resolution, as follows, was unanimously adopted: " That the harmony of the States of this I nion would be promoted by the voluntary emigration of free blacks and it would be sound policy on the part of the Government to adopt all etlicient measures will. in thc range of acknowledged power, for the encourag' ment of AtriaM colonization." Judge Douglass, of Illinois, Governor Dickinson, of New York, Mr. Webster, and numbers of other leading men, are known to be in favor af the same project The Kentucky Legislature and the Ohio Constitutional Convention, have lioth come out earnestly in support of it. Governor Wright of Indiana, has t kcn ground for it. Hon. Robert J. Walker was an early supporter of it. The Legislature of Illinois passed resolutory in favor of it two years ago. Commodore Stockton. Edward Everett, Louis McLane, Joseph It. IngstooH, have also written powerfully and pointedly on the same subject, and to the same end. Of thc newspapers, outside of the Abolition and free soil organs, we know of but one or two in the wtole country that have opposed the establishment of thee steamers. In this city the Inquirer, the Daily Sun, the Ledger, and we believe the Daily News, have all commended the enterprise as eminently worthy; whilj in New York t.iere is a unanimous expression of the same character on the part of the dailv journals. A friend in in Coiigr: ss, from the Mala of Ohio, who has been opposed to it, informs us that he circulated Mr. Stanton's report among his constituents, and the result is, be has been addressed from all parts of his district to support it. So with our own State. Mr. McLanahan, the able member from thc Franklin district , has assured us that he has been frequently exhorted by the clerpy among his eonstiiu?nfs, to give the project his best and most energetic si pport. Indeed, never before have we known any movement so warmly and widely sustained by the Legislature, the press, and the people, of all the States of this Union. We intended alluding to the subject, at the present time, more to show how it deserves this support, than to commend it by any special argument of our own; but wc have written it length. It is worthy of the investigation and of the support of every true friend of the country, and will no doubt finally and triumphantly succeed. From tiie Weekly New Yorker. Professions. What a mistaken estimate of the true nobility of profession that man makes who abandons th" culture of the soil for the pursuit of trade, or for any of the "learmnl professions." All honest toil is honoratrle and dignified, just in proportion as it answers tho necessities of man, and adds to human comfort and independence. Thc tiller of the soil therefore, ranks tirsl he is the king of laiKTers lor the soil provides for the first and greatest necessities, food and raiment. The farmer, standing in Ins lurrow, is mote substantially a Kin?, man ne wtio sits on a resaJ throne, and depends for his daily bread on the tiiler of the soil. The first is independent ; he creates fer himself; the latter is dependent for all he eats, drinks, or wears. Next to the euliivator of tliesoil in csscn'ial nobility are the mechanic and artisan the men whose brown hands build houses and ships, and furnish the endless appliances of every -day life. Who docs most to bless mankind? the shoemaker, who keeps our feet from the damp and cold ; thc man who covers our heads and fashions our garments; or he, who, without cnuting for us a single comfort, calls himself a king, and is a tyrant consumer of thc sweat and blood of nations? Does it need arguing to an er so simple a question? Surely not. We can see at once that he is most noble in his pursuit who most relieves thc necessities and advances lhe comforts of mankind. What man on the bioad earth so imperial as the possessor ol acres from which his own toil can draw a supply for every need. He is not Ibrccd to do homage to any iieinfj less than God, nor to depend upon any chances for livelihood. The voting man who leaves the farm-field fur the mcrchat.t's desk, or the lawyer's or doctor's olTicC, thinking to dignify or ennoble his toil, makes a sad mistake. Hepasses by that step Irani independence to vassalage. He barters a natural lor an artiheial pursuit, and he must be the slave of the caprice of customers and the chicane of trade, either to support himself or to acquire fortune. The more artificial a man's pursuit, the more dcbasini: is it, morally and physically. To test it. contrast the merchant's clerk with lhe ploiighbov. The former may have the most exterior polish, but the lattei, tinder his rough outside, possesses the truer stamina. He is the freer, franker, happier and nobler man. Would that young men might judgo of the dignity of labor by its usefulness and manliness, rather than by tho superficial glosses it wears. Therefore, we never see a man's nobility in his kid gloves and toilet adornments, but in that sinewy arm, whose outlines, browned by the sun, betoken a "hardy, honest toiler, under whoso farmer's or mechanic's ve .t, a kingliest heart may beat. te ur Railroads. We clip the following interesting item of Railroad news, frorj the Ohio Statesman of the 8th inst. It mus. lie trulv gratifying to our citizens to w-itness 1 1, a '- of travel to and from our city since tho communication between Cincinnati and Clevelaad, and more especially so, when we remember that navigation is not open on the lakes and that there is nothing unusual going on at this time in the Capital, to attract visiters or travel. Our attention has lieen directed within the last week, by Judge Mitchell, the President of the Columbus, Piqua and Indiana Rail Road, and Ira A. Bean, Esq. ot Urbana, one of the Directors of this road, to a map representing lhe important points to be connected, by ibis new link in our chain ol Rail Roads, which we hardly knew he-lore wus in progress. It is highly gratifying to learn from these jiill men, thai our f. lends Nortu-west of us, in view of the iiuiioitaut eonnexioiw being formed here, buve resolved to til! up the liuk lietween Columbus and Indianapolis, hjr const i uciing a Rail Road running from this point, i t a north-westerly direction, through Urbana and Pupia to the State line, intersecting the Indianapoli and Belle loutaine roud, thus opening, at one. a direct line of vommunicalion lietween from east to west, diverging at tho capital over the Cleveland road by way of the Lake route and east and south east, to Washington. Baltimore and Philadelphia, over the Central road, by way of Wheeling. We were still more gratified and even surprised, so learn t'iat the wealthy and enterprising farmers, throughout hat rich portion of Ohio which is tapped by ikis roud, have come forward, in accordance with thc sport of the age, and sustained thc efforts of the comj-'ny, by thair subscriptions of stock, as o folly warrant the board
in already letting between 20 and 30 miles of the line, and to resolve to put under contract the balance of th line as far east as big Darby advancing yi ithin some 16 miles of this city. All this has been accomplished, by our western friends, who are struggling to get a connection with us, without the aid of one dollar from this city. Our county and city, as well as many of oar wealthy and enterprising citizen, came forward and extended a helping hand to each of
j our other roads, and shall we withhold our hearty co-op-cration from this important enterprise? When we know tint the stock of the Xenia road, which has been running less than one year, is selling at par, we ed by many that they v; ill aid, and we say to our west. ern Inends that they will. BY HAGlffiTIC TLüfiAFE From the Madiiou Papers. Washington, March 12, 8 P. M. Senate Executive Session. A motion uas mad to adjourn sine die to-morrow. Laid on th; table, Mr. Mangum called up his resolution proposing that two thousand copies of the extra numbers of ProP. Es py's Mineialogv, ordered to be printed by the Senate, be placed at the disposal of thc Professor, to enable liiiri to supply his meteorological correspondents each with a copy. Laid on the table. A letter was read from thc President of th Cni-cd States, with thc accompanvingcorrespnndcncc with Tur. kev, relative to the Hungarian refugees The most of the correspondence has already lieen published. One of the letters to Daniel Webster informs him that in May the time until which the Sublime Porte promised to retain the Hungarian refugees expires. Another letter, from Hon. Daniel Martin t Mr. Marey, United States consul at Constantinople, urges him to" prevail on the Sublime Porte not to renew stipulations w.th any power for the detention of the Hungarians, and to say to the SuUiine Porte that, il he allows Kossuth and his corrpanions to leave, they will lind a vessel ready to convey them to our shores. The Secretarv of the Senato was authorized to have this letter and the accompanying documents printed at this session. The Senate then went into executive session and confirmed the following nominations: Thos. A. R. Nelson, Commissioner to China. Thos. Butler Kintr, Collector at San Francisco. Mr. Pendleton, Appraiser at San Francisco; alto the appraiser at Sacramento. Robt. Gardner, Collector at Beverlv. Allen F. Owens, Chas. Bradley, and C. Edgar, Appraisers at large. Geo. S. Washington, Rejjiter at St. Augustine. Sam). Rekol, Consul to Chili. Thos. Wolf, Collector at Memphis. New Hampshire Election. In all, one hundred and twenty-one towns have lieen heard front. They shot a loss of 6,683 votes for Dinsmoor, the Democratic candidate for Governor, who is defeated. Thc House of Representatives, us lur as heard from, stands 74 Whigs and free-soil Democrats, to 62 regular Democrats. Coxghess. In the third district , Jared Perkins. whig, is undoubtedly elected by one hundred majority. In tho tirst district Amos Tuck, whig, is elected by a laige ote. In the remaining districts, Charles li. PeasIcO and Harry Hibbard, both democrats, are re-elected. Buffalo, March 12, 8 P. M. The fteamer St. Louis, which left Cleveland on Sat nr. dny morning, got into the ice ofT Eric on Sunday, and, alter driving through it the whole of Sunday night and Monday, she landed the whole of her passengers last evening, at Port Colburn. in Canada, being unable to reach any other port. Aft.r the passengers lelt the vessel, the wind suddenly changed and drove her on the l ocks. It is said she will lie cot off without much dimculty. She had on lioard alout seventy-five passengers, who reached this city by teams, &c, this afternoon. Nori olk. March 12, 8 P. MThe sloop-of war John Adams has dropped down to thc anchorage, and will proceed to lhe coast of Africa iu a few days. Boston, March 12. 8 P. M. The balloting for United St.ites Senator was resumed this morning. Thc seventeenth ballot 'Uood: Sumner 1S9, Winthrop 17, blank 4, scattering 27. Necessary for a choice 196. New York, March 1 1, 8 P. M; The steamers Georgia and North America sailed today for Chagres, with three hundred and thirty passengers. Among the passengers in the Georgia which will stop at New Orleans, arc II . Clay, Louie Latere, Downs, Jones, and Holmes. Baltimore, March 11,8 P. M Lieut. James Ridgelty, who threw himself out of a window in the BnfkMM Hotel last night, badly cut his head, but received no internal injury, and no bones were broken. Hopes of his recovery are entertained. Washington, March 11, 8 P. M. A personal difficulty w bich occurred between Clingman and Stanley, on the last night cf the session, has been amicably adjusted. St. Locis, March 11,8 P. M. The mail of first of February, from Santa Fe, has reached Independence. It brings no news of interest. The Indians along the route were a little troublesomo occasionally, and disturbed the stragglers from camp by chasing them a few miles, but none had fallen into their hands. It was reported at Fort Sumner, that a party of Pawnees had attacked the Sauta Fe mail. New Orleans. March 10. Cornelius Paulding, The richest man in New Orleans, died yesterday, aged 79 year.. Jeuny Lind left to-day atone o'clock, on the Mngnolia, for St. Louis. She will giv-j a concert at Nat. hcz om i Tuesday, the 11th inst. rr.. I I IV . I - X. 1 he trial M oenci ai ncnucrson trsuncu iu a ui ereement of Ae jury--only one f.n conviction. The district attorney abandoned the prosecution, and entered a nolle prosequi, not only in Hendei son's case, but all the others. Washington, March 13, 8 P. M. The Senate, shortly after meeting went iutocxe utive session. There not "being a quorum presout, the doors were re-opened. A resolution was adopted requesting thc Executive to furnish, at the next session, all information relative to the claims incurred bv the acquisition of California. A resolution of thanks to tue Hon. Wm. R. King for the impartial manner in which he had discharged his dirties as the presiding officer of the Senate was adopted. Mr. King replied, returning thanks to the Senators for thc many courtesies extended to him t alter which, ho pronounced the Senate adjourned sine die. Boston, Match 13 3 P. M. On the first ballot yesterday Sumner, free uil, lacked eight votes ot an election. The election was then postponed one week. It rs reported that the free soilers intend to drop Sumner. If they do, il is tliought that Winthrop will lie elected. In New Hampshire thc result of the election for Governor and members of the Legislature is not yet known. The democratic vote has lalien oil largely. The con test is close and a victory is claimed l.y both parties. New York March ll. Dr. Fisher, thc Native American candidate, was elected mayor of Camden, N. J., yesterday, by one hundred majority. Ntw York, March 13. 8 P. M. The steamer Empire City sailed to-day lor Cbagrea with two hundred and tidy passengers, among whom u Hon. Thomas Nelson, for Oregon. The Asia is now duo with one week's later advices from Europe. ET A colored man by the name of Henry Anderson, the Centreville Democrat says, was eoinmuteed to t. jail ofthat county lust week on a charue of stealing to horses in Ohio, and is now awaiting the reposition of t ie Governor of Ohio to lie takeo to that Stat, lor ti isl. Here is a case for the exercise of 'he sympathi a of aliolitionist. Surelv thev will ml allow his poor pani.u,j fugitive,' fleeing from htt oul hawking pntsncr to he .Iraprrcd to another State without the bci.ef t of a jury rial. New Cmstle Courier. Indian MöcnOs. We are inforn ed t,pon respectable authority that larce mound have lceo recent I) excavated in the Bighborhod of Fair Plsy, Gre s, s"d f.mnd to conti''! lncs, sn.i in.rlercents of war, proving them t- .Jive been Indian burying ground. P iBloomivgto- Y.epjrtsf.