Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 29, Number 34, 4 August 1859 — Page 1
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM
TERMS TWO DOLLARS IN ADVANCE. "Be Just and fear not; Let all the end. thou aim'st at, be thy Countr ya, thy Ood'a and TruthV HOLXOWAY ft DAVIS, PubUahera. WAYNE aWKST Ricbraond, Wayne Corarty, Indiana, Angost 4tJi, 1859. XXIX. Vol. No. 34. - -CU-fK
Pianos, Melodcons and Music. PRICES CHEATLV KF.DK ED I HOPACE ABATERS,
Aget3 for the Sale of the Best B0ST01 & X. T. PIASOS AD BELODEOXS. fpiIK LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF MOIC MER X cbandiae in the Inited State. Pianos from fire different Manufacture, of eters variety of mtyle from tnose in plain rosewood rases, for M, to too of to luost elegant finish, for 1 1,000. No boats in the Union en eoine into competition fur tna numxr, wartetj and txUhritn nt its instruments, tor Ik uttremely lorn priec at tchich they arc Bold. Horace Water' Modern Imroved Piano , With or without iron frame, have, in their w cut n impbovbd actiom, a power and eomptee o f tone equaling the grand, with (be beauty and durability of tbe square piano. The i'ress anl first Music Masters barejuatly pronounced them equal ti not iuperinr to any other make. They are guaranteed to stand the action nf every climate. JIORAC'K WATERS' MKLODIONS (Innei the ehjual temperament) superior in each deairable quality Caa aUo furnish Prince', farhart's 3c Smith' Mulo dion. Price from $15 to 1'25; for two eU of reed, . $160 ; two ban' of key. tliX) ; Organ pedal baa melcdeona i7i and $300; lega a liberal discount. Kach inatrument warranted to frir satisfaction, or purchase money refunded. SKCO D HAMi flANOS AT ORE AT BAIUiAI.NS conatantly in store ; price from $:M to $14. MUsIO. One of the largest and bet catalogue of Matin ni.w published : all Music and Musical work published in the loited State for (ale by tbi boose; Martin' celebrated Uuitara, and all kind of Muiioal InotrutnonU at the lowest nricrs. Testimonial, or tlie Water's Pin. no and Melodeong. " The Piano camo to band, and id firat rate ordor. It la a beautiful inatrument and no mistake. Lib a. Wil.ttK, Dealer in Musical Inatrument, Phil. Jobn Hewitt, of Caitbage, New York, who ha had one of tbe Horace Water' Pianoa, write a follow : "A friend of mine wishes me to purchase a Piano for her. She tike the one you ald me in December, 1956. My piano i bocomin,; popular in this plice, and 1 think I can introduce one or two more ; they will be Biora popular than any other make." We have two of Water' Piano in use in our Seminary, one of which ha been severely tested for three year, and we can teaiify to thoii good quality and durability." Wood A G kooky, Mount Carroll, III. If. Wavers, Esq. 1 'ear Sir: Hiving uaed one of your Piano-r ortea lortwo year past, I have found It a Very superior instrument. Alonzo Gitt, Rev. Hiram liaynea, write as follow :
Pars Hollow, N. Y., July 28. 1H68. ; J1Vl v A'.i . . . V;-? . . 7 n . .-. . o i . ,,- i . . ' , ' . , , i HlfcNCU BRILLIANTS, reiluced from 20 to 12 12. llaaACB WATRRa-Dear Sir: I received the Melo- , our atock of siioKS. all reiuced. deon (ale and in good ordor ; am well pleased with the j 0ur aur1Us prints, ML'sl.INS.SHEETINuS. will sternal appearance, and the tone also. Hope I aball i t. soil leu than wholes tie pricea. bare occasion to order one or two more tbe present 3"00 Yarls of oar best I'lUN I .H, marked 9 cfnts, warSeason." I rautetl as (rood as anr goods in Richmond. IlORACa WATERS, Esa Sir : Tbe Melodeon you ,co Y"s of floured SILK, marked down 2 . per cent, ent me was duly received in good ordor. lam now ,T " " nd of e"ent
....j prepare? is say mat mo instrument 1 nigniy satlafactnry ; and I beg yon will accent my thauk for (be Vary liberal torms un which you furnish it, and for the Vary bonorablo manner ia whijh you hare fulfilled, ad more than fullillt all that you promised. Very reapedfully your, (o. J. L. Smith." "Tbe i'iauo I received from you continue to give atiafact ion. I regard it as one of the best inatrument. ia the place." Jaxks M. Clabke, Charleston, V. ' The Melodeon has safely arrived. I feel obliged to Oil for yourlibeial discount will do all I ean for you in these part." Kv. J. M. McCobmice, YarqueaTille, s. c "The Piano was duly reoeived. It came in excellent condition, and i very much admirdd by my numerous family. Aceept my i hank for your promptness." -Robert CoorEK, Warranhain, Bradford Co., 1'enn. "Your I'lano tdease u well. It is the best one in til County. Thomas A. Latham, Campbell ton, Ua. H W are very lunch obliged to you for having sent ach a fine Instrument for $'230, and we ahall tk Kin to reeommeod it." Banks, Held & Co., UufTalo imoerat. "The Horace Waters Piano are known a amonr Ihe very best. We are enabled to speak of these in- ! truments with confidence, from personal knowledgo ' of thoir excellent tone and durable quality " New i York K.vangnlift. " We ean apeak of the merit of the Horace Water' I I'iano from personal knowledge, a being of the very beat quality ." Charleston Intelligencer. i ' Nothing at the State r air displayed greater excel- , lenre in any department than the Horace Water Pianos." Churehtnan. " The Horace Waters Piano are built nf the best ' and most thoroughly seasoned material. We have no j doubt that buyer can do a well, perhaps better, at this than any other house ia the Union." Advocate . and Journal. " Waters' Pianos and Melodeon challenge compart sod with tbe Snest made anywhere in the country." Home Journal. " Horace Wafer Piano-Fortes are of full, rich, and even tone, an I poweriul." N. Y. Musioal Review "Our friends will find at Mr. Water' store the very beat assortment of Music and of I ianos to be found in the United States, and we urge our southern and western friends to give him a call whenever they go to As lurk tirahnra nlagssine. WAKKKOOMd 3S3 UKOADWAT, SEW YORK. Oct. 7, 1S5S. 4 5-tf. BULLETIN Or New and Fashionable Music, at J. F. MULLER'S Piano and Mnsic Depot, Cambridge City, Ind. JUST OUT! PIECES WITH SPLESOID TITLE PAUES. Cradle Ho litis, y T. 9. Muller S" eta. frail le Krtaolf ieti, by lHinnl", . . . 50 do Opera .VI arch, (with a view of Pike'a Opera House.) SO do ivtldsslala mass-cat, Dedicated to the Sons Of Malta SO do Chasritiiasa tVitllc. by Kinkle, .... 35 do The Uasaltful oung Uesttlciuain, (Soof.) 35 do riF.l KS WITH rt.MS TABLE PAGES: Cambridge City lirrj'i Mirch, by t. S. ilull.-r, 35 do Anna I'o'.ka. by P. S. Muller 5 do Rainbow Walla, by r. !. Muller U do Aloa full aaaortuient of Sheet Uusio and Instruction Books. Tr PIANOS at unusual low Prices. Muaio sent free of postage after receipt of the Market Price. I IT Teachers will be furnished with tnusie at the usual discount. l'KOV. J P . MI LUK. Piano and Musio !ealer, April IS, 1SH. Cambridge City, Ind. STATE OF INDIANA, I s W'ajne County, J - TOTICE is hereby given that Augustas William is sou and llolsnj V . Heed. Kxeeutors of the last Wilt of Silas Hond deceased, have filed their petition I to sell ine real estate ol Ihe decedent, his personal prviperty bein iiisutH -loot to to pay hi debts; and that tid petition wiil he heard at the next term of the Court of Coaimm I'leas of sail Countr. ANDUKW V. MHiri', Clerk. C. C. l Wayne Co. July 2, lsit. S3 Sw SAIMFORD'5 PATENT PORTABLE $1,000 Challenge Heater, FOR WAUMIXO WITH PURE HOT AIR, Private Houses, Public Buildings, Churches, &c. This is the mst Powerful aai Cheapest Heater in the world. All inn of them ar- kept snj fitted np with Registars, both itouud and Square at the KeJ Stove, by 1 HOS. J. ijaki;is. July 23, 3i IIoumc and lot near the Depot for Sale very L.ow. A NEVV and very desirable Brick Cottare ResiJence. eootaininr seven room, with ex-eUent water, well and cistern, pumps inside Nd dry cel lar, stai'lo an t wooJ noose, near the Depot. Such aa opportunity for pmeurina; a pleasant hojie is seldom to ks met with. Terms of payment easy. l4f r"njuir al l'allajium otfic. July SS. ls". SStf TISOOW Glass of all site from 6x3 ta 40x5 call and sea for yourselvv. JOa STEDDOM 4 CO. Mas 4 Sttf PUTTY. w E are in receipt of a largo lot of the above article tur and irD,and for rale cheap by Jlay So J-ttf
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20,000 Dollars WOKTH OF DRY GOODS, To be Bold el in the next few week. Second Semi-Annnal aSIe FOR THE YEAR 1859, OF THE NEW YORK CASH STORE Commeiicril .Tunc .", 0ir whole surplus stock will be marked down regardless of cost. We cannot iu the space of an advertisement enumerate a tithe of the kooJs that w'll be reduced, but lsi'UK t them will be fouti' : 100 i Yards of the finest i ll LLIE-t. at 12 12 su-h a we are now selling at 2 cenri. ' 0 ? ,,f, ?rr'd n,LK BEttAaBi- "Jaced from 40 Uur mt.Mlmt of DltAWElt G00D3. is unusually larf ami will le sold off at great reduction, our RKMNANrS, marked at half price. ALSO Ail A full line of Sprtn,- and Summer SM AWLS. Silk 5IANTILLAS, real French Lice C If K-, an 1 a great variety of Housekeepers and Damastic Goods, Cons iallngnf Sheetinu. Shirtings. Linens. D.imasks, Tahle Cl'iihs. Napkins. Oovlies, Crashes. Russia 0iier, Iiirds Eye do., Casstni.-res, Hatinetts, Jeans, Tweeds, Linen and Cotton IMntaloonery, Vc. All persons who ssdIit may want Goon's, should avail themselves of the opportunity now presente d. We here state that when we say our surplus stock will be sold regardless of cost we skis it. Now is the time for bar(ains. MCW VOKK CASH fTORB. II. JACKSON Proprietor. June S, 159. 25cf The Pet Lamb Again. CLEM. SCOTT, T9 now receiitif his Sprintr and Summer Oooilj, direct frum the Enstern t ities. His stock is unusually large and desirable, emt.ricin: all of Ui lei'iin,; styles of Bilk sod Fancy Press Goods ia great Triety. His stock of Domestic Hotnl is complete and will he said at the lowest price they can bt? afford rt an w here. Th Cirirft departmiit is full - far the largest stock in Richmond, of superior styles and quality. Three Fly Knirlisb Tapestry, Hrussetls. Velvet Super Ingrain, Cotton Warp, Hall and Stair, Ksg. Hemp and Sir Carpet and Matting. 4 4, .V4, (14, and 8 4. Floor Oil Cloth", all at price lower than ever before oft" re I in this in irket. 1 indow Linens, Painted tihades. Window Paper, Uce nnd rwtas Kmbroidered, C-t'on nnd Wool. Iamask Curtains. Also the latent improved Hollers ami fixture.- (or Hanging Curtiiins. I'mlT-'llm, Carpet Chain ani Cotton Yarn , tjceas ware and lingeries a full Hock. Our stock of UJOT3 A N I 8HOK9 is better than ever, and owing to the greit couipetit ion will be sold at jrC40 f"trrr thm eeer Xs'Wr" rtnrhrd i' this market. A complete stock of Wall Paper and B ordering. Hits, apt, lionnets and Trimmings, and Straw O jo i .general y. but it is useless so attempt to enumerate. I will say to my M customers and all who want to buy Goods, thrtt I have made my terms equal to nett caih. I can afford to sell as ehnp as any man living- I have applied myself close to my business for the last ton years, and built up a good trade. I consider myself permanent ly located that I am responsible fr all that I sty and do, and 1 am determined to t price that will (it$ a on era competition. But 1 would prefer that every body would call and se for thf mslvs, rather than merely take my word for it. Wh t a nun does is the thing. VOrKromember the "PET LAMB,'' N. B. AH kinds of merchantable Country Produce taken in exchange foriloods. Richmond, April 1. W ,".y . IStf LIGHT! LIGHT!! TO THE "PUBLIC, Mace's Portable Gas Generator, ; MA X' V CTV It K l FROM COJI.HOS Burn... fluid the cheapest, cieanejt, ?afe.n most ; convenient and most brilliant tras Liirht ever otierel 10 the r.uhiie. Evcrv Slioo. Store. Dwelling. Hail. I Church ani Kailroai "ar, ean now enjoy the luxury of j a brilliant t.a LuUt at a triom cost, without tSene- , .: f : .. . . I . . .. ; ., i . ..... tVi.... .v. ,.. ik. building. Kach burner K when lighted, a complete G-is Manu- ! factory, en. bin,; any one at all time to suit their own ctinvenien.-e in its position. Ihe great power and softness of the libl is uneq tiled. It never trtttates or tire theeye. is entirely free from all smoke, soot, or odor. It is used without a wick, and hence requires do trimming, is very easily inaua-ed. and pi-rt'ectly safe under all circumstance and must be seen to be appreciated. The fixtures are of the ra.nt substantial kind, consisting of Chandeliers. I'enJaats, llrsekels. Side and Stand Lamps. Aj. , of various anl bjiutiful dj-ins from the cheapest to the most ornamental A full -limply constantly on haul and for sale at tha Hardware store ol Uorsueh V ti raves. SUAX.-C i mUNHd. I ichmonJ. May V?. 2 !:f A Card. C O. DrDALK having purchased the Palatial Basiar. ftnd refitted and remodelled the same wouid respectfully inform tho PuMic that he expects to carrv it on iu all its various branches. In the store department will be founJ a general stock of Willow-ware, Notions. Toy. Candies, Fruits, kc, of the best quality and at moderate prices. In the Wall Paper department will fee found th latest styles of Gold. Satin, i'rsc-. tone and Panne' PapersIsold and Wlvet Uorders. Plain and Gilt Curtains. Linen W indow Stapes. Cords and Tassels. Fire Board Prints, tc Kc. Having had considerable experience in Paper llanftioC. particular attention wiil be given to this branch, and my price shtil suit the ttme-t. The Revr:Bieut department consists of one of the best furnished Koon in the tate anj wiii Its opu throated the Summer and well supplied wtta Ice Cream, C-s fe'rutta an t Coolins: Drmks Cali and exmiie our floods, we taVe pleasure in showins: what we have and we expect to nAako it our buainesj to S-fmuoUt customers. Remember the Palatial BaiAr, No. 03. Main street, tt doors east of the UuMiiogion lloueRichmond. April 2K lJ. House Euildin BBdersisrue.1 would respectru!! inforaa the.pnHIl lis '.n A. that he i is r r?lere4 to enter into cootracls for erecti all kiuila of Buildiucs.upon the most favorable terms . i. .ti..M ia milrto order Vjaa, 111 ltd . Users t'ras ofaltuescriptions. U i ll ar ,licliiiie. :h'"o'te . Here ace. Slrsxxw Cutter, and aliroat every thinx wbie done ia th line of a House Carpenter and Joiner nrftrul! solicits a continuance e public palrona frT Shop oa uth Sixth Street, wo squaresfrom Main. T. O. IUOMPiOS. april l ST ISemoTAl Produce Store. 1011S II. SCOTT has removed his Produce Store to a room in Paxaoa'a Iruiluins;. Dearly opposite his farmer at .r4. where he keepa eonstantlv a suppt. orCOL'NTKT PKODl'CK. and V Ki.KT-VHLt. such ae Butter. Xcsrs, Chtckeus. lloaev-. Potatoes. Meets Aptles. Tiaahft, Ac.. Ac. Ilia e-Ktenatve aeqnamtacce eaaHlv him to ret the best tiecointrv aaToeit. sail lo have iNem fresh aad food. VT Paps CASH and the Highest price at all times for all kinds f Couatry Preface. treaera will find it te their Interest to call upoa him. Uis moito is small promts ud o.atck sale. Miijr 1S9. 33 -m inn POz- W indsor and Cans Seat Chair,, just recetvad vW ,Dj fa, cheap, by RUeSKLL A BHO.
!Frcm the Friendj Inteliigencer. Spcec'i of Charles II. aLangton. j The following speech of Charles II. Lan?;Eton, a colored man, teacher in Columbus, j OLia, recommends itself to the attentire per
usal of every lover cf phuanthropuy. J. W. M. On the I2th ult., Mr. Charles II. Langston, teacher in Columbus on trial at Cleveland for a violation of the Fujitive Slave i Law, among the Oberlin-TTellington ResJeuers on being asked by the Judge if he had. anything to say why the sentence of the law should not ha pronounced against him, replide: 1 am for the first time id my life before a court of justice, charged with the violation of law, and am now about to be sentenced, Bu'. before receiving that sentence I propose to say one or two words in regard to the mitiga.ion of that sentence if it may be so constraed. I cannot of course, and d not expect, that what I may say will in any way change your predetermined line of action. I ask no such favor an your hand3. I know that the courts of this country. that the laws of this country, that the govern- j mental machinery of this country, arc so constituted as to oppress and outrage colored j men, men of my complexion. I cannot ! then, of course, expect, j-idging from the; past history of the country, any mercy from j the laws, from the constitution, or from the : courts of the country. j Some da) s prior to the 13ih of September, ; 1858, happening to be in Oberlin on a visit, ! j I found the country round about there, and the village itself, filled with alarming rumors as to the fact that si a v-catchers, ki Jnaper., ! negro-stealers, were lying hidden and skulk-! ing about, waiting soma opportunity to get their bloodv hands on some helpless creature to jra, ,;, back or for the first time, into '
nopeiass ana ure-ioug oonaage. iucse re-, personal friends or foes should atlect the acports becoming current all over the neigh-j cused. The Constitution of the United Srates bcrhood, old men and women and innocent ; guarantees not merely to its citizens, but children became exceedingly alarmed for their ; to all persons a trial before an impartial safety. It was not uncommon to hear mo-, jury. I have had no such trial.
j thers say that they d ire not send their child- : ren to school, for fear they would be caught : ud and carried oil bv the wav. Some of ; these people had become free by long and paJ ! tient toil at night, after working the long.
long day for cruel masters, and thus at length : they a jury of my peers. And the prejudigetting money enough to buy their liberty, i ce3 which white people have against colored
i Utheis had become tree by means of the . good will of their masters. And there j were "others who had be com free to their, j everlasting honor I say it by the intensest ( j exercise of their own God-given powers by ; escaping irom tue plantations oi ineir mas-
lers, eiuamg me uiooa-tnirsty patrols ana ; indiviaual exceptions and to-day you see sentinels, so thickly scattered all along their ' us thus tamely submitting to the penalppth, outrunning blood hounds and horses, ties of an infamous law. Now the Amswimming rivers and fording swamps, and ericans have this feeling, and it is an reaching at last, through incredible diffieul-j honorable one, that they respect those who ties, what they in their delusion supposed to will rebl at oppression, but despise those
be tree soil, lliese three classes where in , who tamely submit to outrage and wrong; i Oberlin. treuibling alike for their safety, be- and while our people as a people submit, cause they well knew their fate should those they will as a people be despised. Whv, uin Ludimj sct their bauds on them. they Will hardly meet on terms of equality In the midst of such excitement, the 13 h s with us in a whiskey shop, in a car, at a tai day of Soptember was ushered in a day ! ble, or even at the altar of God, so thorough ' ever to be remembered in the history of that and hearty a contempt have ihcy for those ' place, and I piesurna no less in the history of j who will meekly lie still under the heel of opthis Court on which those men, by lying i prcssion. The jury came into the box with devices, decoyed into a place where they that feeling. They knew they had that feelj could get their hands on him I will not say i ing. and so the Court knows now, a id knew i a slave, for I do not know that but a man, j then. The gentleman who prosecuted me, I brother, who had a right to his liberty under j the court itself, and even the council who de- ; the laws of God, under the laws of Xature, j fended me, hae that feeling, j and under the Declaration of American Inde- I was tried by a jury who were prejudiced; I pondence. before a Court that was prejudiced; prosej In the midst of all this excitement, the cuted by an officer who was prejudiced, and I news came to us like a flash of lightning that defended, though ably, by counsel that
an actual seizure under and by means of j i fraudulent pretences had been made. I Being identified with that man by color, by race, by manhood, by sympathies, such I s Uod has implanted in us all, 1 felt it my t duty to go and do what I could towards lib- ' eiating him. I had been taught by my revoluJ tionary father and I say this with due rej speet to him and by his honored associates, that the fundamental doctrine of the govern - ment was that all men have a light to life and liberty, and coming from the Old Dominion I brought iuto Ohio these sentiments, deeplv impressed upon my heart. I went n- 1 i e i to ellington, and hearing trom the parties themselves by what authority the boy was , , , - n(.fjVi T ...-.nii-A,! f, rm u-hl Hfil ! - - V"" " " knowledge I had of law, that they had no j i right to hold him. And as your Honor has !,.., it i j . . i . . . r, . ! H j'V.I . , . . V J 1 1 . . .. .Ull 1 it till. V. 1.1 t. i 1,0 i man is tree until tie is proven to De' is tree until he is proven to be lerallv i
restrained of his liberty, I believed that upon ! my father was a Revolutionary soldier; that that principle of law these msti were bound; he served under Lafayette, and fought thro to take their prisoner before the very first j the whole war, and fought for my freemagistrate they found, and there establish j dom as much as for his own; and he would ' the facts set forth in their warrant, and that; sneer at me, and clutch me with his bloody until they did this, every man should presume ; fingers, and say he has a riglit to make me a ' that their claim was unfounded, and institute slave ! And when I appeal to Congress, they such proceeding for the purpose of securing ! say he has a right to make me a slave; when ' an investigation as they might find warrant- ; I appeal te the people, they say he has a ed by the laws of the Slate. Now, Sir, if fright to make me a slave, and when I appeal that is not the plan, common sense and cor- j to your Honor, your Honor says he has a rect view of the law, then I have been misled i right to make me a slave; and if any man, both by your Honor atd by the prevalently , white or black, seeks an investigation of that ; received opinion. j claim, they make themselves amenable to the ; It is said that they had a warrant. "Why j pains and penalties of the Fugitive Slave : then should they not establish its validity j Act, for blavk hex have so eights white ! betore the proper officers? And I stand here i mes are bound to rkspkct. (Great apI to-day, sir, to say that, with an exception ofjplause.) I going to Wellington with the I which I shall scon speak, to procure such a full knowledge of all this, In w that la irful investigation of the authority under ; if that man was taken to Columbus he was trhich they claimed to act, teat the part I, hopelessly gone, no matter whether he had tool: in to-day's proceedings and the only i ever been in slavery before or not. I knew part. I supposed it to be my duty as a citi-; I was ia the same situation myself, and zen of Ohio excuse me for saying that, ' that, by the decision of your Honor, if any ; sir asan outlaw of 'the United States, (much; ran whatever were to claim me as his slave sensation,) to do what 1 could to secure this nd seize me; and my brother, being a lawj form of justice to my brother whose liberty ! yer, should seek to get out a writ of habeas was in peril. Whatever more titan that has ' corpus to expose the falsity of the claim, he
7 . . . . 1 . - 1 . . - - - re urrn tu on irtts itai, a act oj mine, is . false, ridiculously false. When I found ; tues-e men retuMOi; 10 so, accoraics to Hie lw. I pprehended il, and subject their claim to an otncial inspection, and that . 1 - i . c , , . . ... thing short of a aa corpus would oblige sucn an inspection, 1 sts willing to go even thus far, supposing in that county a Sheriff might perhaps be found with nerve enough j to serve it. Ia this I again failed. Xothin ' ' then was left to me, nothing to the boy in I ' custody, but ihe confirmation of my first be- j J lief that the pretended authority was worth- ! ! less, and the enipl.vment of these means which j belong to us. With regard to the part I ! took in the forcible rescue which followed, I . Lave nothing to say, further than I have already said. The evidence is before you. It is alleged
that I 6aid "ice will have him any how". TU 't I never said. I did say to Mr. Lowe, what I honestly believe to be the truth, that the crowd were very much exc ted, many- of them averse to longer delay and bent upon a rescue at all hazards; and that he, being an old acquaintance and friend of mine, I was anxious to extricate him from the dangerous positioa he occupied, and therefore advised that he urge Jennings to give the boy up. Further than this I did sot say, either to him or any one else. The law under which I am arraigned is an unjust one, one made to crush the coloied man, and one that outrages every feeling of humanity, as wall as every rule of right. I have nothing to do with its constitutionality:
( about that I care but little. I have often . heard it said by learned and good men j that it wts unconstitutinal. I remember the j excitement that prevailed throughout all the free States when it was passed; and I re member it has been said by individuals, conventions, communities, legislatures, that it never could be, never should be, and was never meant to be enforced. I had always believed, until the contrary appeared in the actual institution of proceedings, that the provisions of this odious statue would never be enforced within the bounds of this State, But I have another reason to offer why I should not be sentenced, and one that I think pertinent to the case. I have not had a trial before a jury of my peers. The common law of England and you will excuse me for referring to that since 1 am but a private citizen was that every man should bo tried before a jury of men occupying the same position in the social scale with himself. That lords should be tried before a jury of lords; that peers of the realm should be tried before peers of the realm; vassals before vassals, and aliens before aliens, and they must not couie from the district where the crime was committed, lest the prejudices of either Ihe colored man is oppressed by certain universal and deeply fixed prejudices. Those mrors are well known to have shared larnrplv - .1 " . 1 1T1 -l in these prejudices, and I therefore consider that they were neither impartial nor were men grow out of the facts, that we have as a people conserUed for two hundred years to be sltves of the whites. We have been scurged. crushed and cruelly oppressed, and have submitted to it all tamely, meekly, peaceaoiy; i mean as a people, and witn rare were prejudiced. And therefore it is, your Honor, that 1 urge by all that is good and great in manhood, that I should not ba subjected to the pains and penalties of this op pressive law, when I have not been tried, either by a jury of my peers, or by a jury that were impartial. One more word, sir, and I have done. I went to Wellington, knowing that colored men have no rights in the United States which white men are bound to respect; that the Courts had so decided; that Congress had so decreed. There is not a spot iu this wide country, not even by the altars of God. nor in the shadow of the shafts that tell the imperishnhla famn find o-lorv nf tl. liProp r.f tho Ra o-'-j -- volution, no, nor in the old Philadelphia Hall, where anv colored man may dare to ask a (' u:,., , frt . I : . I ' J . . U .. . V . .1. ' ' 1. 111! , 11 1 II II . Hall and tell a United states Marshal that .. 1 . i ..... . 1 iu uv '"omu uuutr one provision of the Fugitive Slave Law. for interlerin uu n.tj man ciaiuimg to oe in Dur-
I suit of a fugitive, and I by the perjury of a no-'solitaiy wretch, would by another of its pro - t 111 1 j 1 . , -. .
visions 00 teipiessijr uoomeaio nie-iong bondage, without the posibiluy of escape. Some may say that there is no danger of free , . , , . 0 ererwusutmucu auacarnea away otl slaves. ooneneed labor ender such a as delusion. Sir. four of the eight persons who were first carried back under the act of 1850, were afterwards proven to be free men. They wera free persons, but wholly at the mercv of tbe oath of one man. And but last Sabbath afternoon a letter came to me from a gentleman in Si. Louis, informing me that a young lady, who was sbnnarly under my instructions at Columbus, a free person, is
now lying in thejul at that place, claimed J freemen: "lands fr the landless; vs. outers for as the slave of some wretch who never saw ; thenirger.'ess;' aud we ho'.d thj present Admioisher before, and waiting for testimony from ! tr4l'OQ to a strict accountability for the defeat ol
relatives at Columbus to establish her Ireei dom. I could stand here bv the hoar and rj lata suen instances. In the very nature ot jthe case they must be constantly occurring, j A letter was not long since found ujon the J person of a counterfeiter when arrested, ad-arest-ea to mm by some southern gentleman, in which the ri er ys: "Go among the niggers; find out their marks and scars.- tfc vanA HMirinH.in n,l
i send to me. and 111 6nd masters for -em." ! -f: V,f determ1iDeJ ot ! Parity That ; V, ..; ..v.u ! ol tne ba''ot box, as the pattaliara of oar hberinat is tne way men are carried "back ,:, t , ... j ' . . . , . !, i 3 es. lothu ead a will resist bv every leifii t , , . r , Itimate means in oar power the frauds which, it is j But in view of all these facts, I say. that if the avowed purpose of the corrupt dynasty nojever again a man is seized near me, and is entrencheJ ia the sto'ea p!a.-e3 of po'wer ia this ; about to be carried southward as a slave be- State, to perpetuate, and for their pat iniq litiea ifore any legal investigation can bo had, I , s well as their proposed fraod we ho!.I them up i shall hold it to be my dnty, as I held it that ta the reprobation of all patriotism as conspira day. to secure for him if possible a le-1 lT sint liberty by their violation of iu sacred i ; v u t r .i , ark the ballot-box.
luYjhitij iiitw iuc t.Liaruicr 01 tne utuiiii ; by which he is held. And I go further; I j " say that if it is adjjdged illegal to procure j Hescue of Or. Doy. even such an investigatation, then we are j Dr. Dy, whasd arrest on a charge ot slave thrown back upoi those defences, of our , stealing, created so m ich excitement in Kansas rights which cannot be taken from us and ! 8 M tiaie ago, and whDJe sabseqaeat conviction which God gave us that we need not be slaves, j threaterieiJ a r,nel of the troubles between I ask your Honor while I sav this to plaea ; Karsa3 au l MiMauri w rCi,!ied oa SuQi3 ljut youiselt in my situation, and you will say,, .... . , . with me, that if your brother, if your f.iend, from ,hj J ll1 ln St" Jo;e.lh' M'ur. wne he if your wife, if your child, had bean seized : wa3 aa'u"' a cew trii!- we luve. The St. by-men who claimed them as fu Titives. un I ! Louia Democrat gives the fj'lowin accoaat of
the law of the land forbade you to ask an in - a ; vestigation, and precluded the possibility of any legal protection or redress then you will say with me. that you would not only demand the protection of the law but you I would call in your neighbors an 1 your friends j ana wouia ask tliem to say with you, that j these your friends could not ba taken into ! slavery. j And now I thank you for this leniency, i this indulgence, in giving a man unjustly ' condemned, by a tribunal before which he ' is declared to have no rights, the privilege j of speaking iu his own behalf. I know that 1 it will do nothing toward miiigating your sentence, but it is a privilege to be allow- ! ed to speak, and I thank 3-ou for it. I shall submit to the penalty, be it what it may. lint Isian.l nn lira tn cm ln if f.. d.iin.f ' r ... , . . -. . . . w"iat I did do on that day at Wellington. I ana to go to jail six mouths, and pay a fine j of a thousand dollars, according to the Fu- ! gitive Slave Law, and such is the protection the laws oi this country aff jrd me, 1 must take i upon myself the responsibility of self protection, when I come to be claimed by some : perjured wretch as his slave, I shall never i ba taken into slavery. And as in that trying hour I would have others do to me, as I would call upon my friends to help me, as I would call upon your Honor, to help me; as I would call upon you (to the District Attorney) to help me; and upon you, (to Judge Bliss), and upon you, (to his counsel), I stand here lo say that I will do all I can for any man thus seized and held, though the inevitable penalty of six months imprisonment arid one j thousand dollars for each onence hangs over jme! We have all a common humanity, and jyou all would do that; your manhood would require it; and no matter what the laws might j ba, you would honor yourself for doini it. while your friends and your children to all generations would honor you for doing it, and every good and honest man would say you had done right! (Great and prolonged applause in spite of the vffjrts of the Court and Marshal.) Itltuiiesotii. In the Chicago Tribune ot Monday we have a short account of the Itapublican State Conven- .. r r: . . : . u , 1 -..!. i . . i i 1 1 1 : i ui .uiuiicaLiLO. i, i l .1 l ii i : irsuiuiiu m uuuniru. ... . ..... r'l wbicn we thins our readers will Lad interesting, The Convention met oa tha 20:h and was orgaaizsJ bv the nomination of Mr.S. U. Olmsted, rei cently a Democrat, as President. He had been
driven do-n his party by its pro-slavery policy, gQnt proclame mi paihai. we!l we sot t'har on the and its enormous fratiJs ia the late State elections, j fense a swinin of oar feet 2 4 fro sv & blushia aj as Gov. Gjrmaa h is very nearly been, and many red as the Ba'dioaville skule h .use when it was others will be by the time the text election comes : ,ust Pt aJ okin very eimp il. I make no , . , , i dowt. M y lelt arm wa.4 okupida in halluncin mvon. Nothing was done oa the morning of the j M,f on the feQ3ef whi:e my rite arm waj woond first day bat organizing. Ia the afternoon Gov. ' afTekuhnitly round Sazannar's waste. Ramsey was nominated for Governor by acclama- ' z f. "a-izanaer i thiok3 very mach ofyu." tion. Ha made a little speech in accepting the ' cz .hev"h?T 7 rua oa , . " . .. . , . , , . , . .. n . .. i fcez I, ' I wish there wai winars to mi sole soz nomination, m wh1Ch he said of the Republican ; yoa Clld gee 6o:n9 of my fee,ina & j giJe deep!y." party : I parsed here, bat as she maid no rep!i to it, i It was built ha said, because the liberty lovicg ; contincred on ia the f ollowin straie: and patriotic of tha poop'.e3aw the dominant par-; "Ar, cco.l yer kno tbe sieeplis nitg i parse on ty abandon the doctrines of the Declaration of In- 1 Jer account, how vittlea has sea3t to be attracdependence abaadoa the principles of the ordi- ; tive tu me i ho v mi limbs is shrank np ye wood:i't nance of 'ST, abandon the faith and principles of ' dowt me not by no meiiii. Gjz; oa this waet'p ihe early fathers, and subvert tbe true intent and form & these sunken izj" i cride, jimpin np i plain meaning of the Constitution, violate solemn :shud have contincred sumo tirnj longer probly, compromsea, opeD up the slavery question, pros- bat oaf jrtuaately i lost my ballunce & fill over titute Federal Judiciary tosustaio their encroach-j into the pastur ker sraish, tario? my close and ments upon freedom, change the gov.-rumeat into ' severely danagin myself enctally. Sazanor a huje machine for sUve-y propagindisTj, and it sprung to my assistaace & drugged me 4ih ia was their ther determination to sti.i more seri-; dabble qnick tiaae. Then druia herself up to oas'y disgrace the country and the name of its ; her full hite said, founders by reviving the horrible African Slave ! I won't listen to your noner.s9 eny longer. trade." dtst yer 17 rite out what yer are drivin it. If Oathe second day Ignatious Donnely, of Duko- 'yu mean gittin hitched I'm in." tab county was nominated for Lieut. Goveraor; ' J. II. Baker lor Secretary of State he formerly J Woman IxvLcexrit. There was a marriage
beld the same o:n.e in uaio nut ne aecunea toe ; nomination; and Caarles Saaaer, a leading Ger man Republican, for Treasurer. The following are the declarations of views made by the Convention, excepting some reso!atioo3 relating to State affairs exclusively, which we have thro wo out as of no iuterest Lere: -Reiving upon the intelligence, patriotism and ' discriminating justice of the American people, we, j the delegates of tha Republican party, iu State ' Convention assembled, submit to lbs enlighten. 'd ! judgment of the freemen of Minnesota, tbe following emphatic declaration of principles and reso- ! lutions: j l. We maintain the Unloa of the States, the rights of the State, and liberties of the people. 1 "2. Reearding slavery as a great moral and political evil, we oppose its extension beyond the i . ..... , - . .. j sjiates in wmca 11 aireaay exists toe re opening of the African Slave Trade a Slave Code of the i Territories; and hile we disclaim all interference i with slavery where it aready exists in tbe States, : we demind the entire and unconditional divorce I of the National Government from any participaj tion in this "relic of barbarism." j 3. We proscribe no man oa accocct of h s r-Iisioa or place or g .1 1 v. pi. v. 1 im.i' ni , 1. uipu aij , ; abridg neat whatever of the right of natura'izatioa ' now secured by law to emirrants, and all discrimi-1 cat oi between native and catara'ized citizens,' whether by ameodmest of a State Constitution, as in Massachusetts, or oy iegisiauve or Con i ' gressicnal actios; and we resist wita indigoa-. tion, as oar fathers did ia 1812, the morstroas j doctrioe of the irnpressmect of American citizens; by foreign despotism, as recently proclaimed by ; . . 1 j . : ; Dy LCc present a'i'aioiscratiuo . ; A. We are ia favor of granting the public domain in limited quantities to the free homes of
5. We condern'i tSe dootriue of the PreJ Scott decision as anti-Conslito'ional aad Republican, incompatible with S'.ate ItighU, and as destructive of pe-sonal Mcarity. 6 We are ia favor of i nrnediate aid eS'iect
National aiJ to a Pci5o Railroad bv the most practicable route. j We hold that Congresi oajM to protect ) lives and property of oar et'iios by jaiicions ppropriiationa to Rivers and Harbors. of the aJuir: Oa Sonlay morning, between one and two o' -'lock, daring a severe storm, a party of eight men, all disguised, presented themselves at the jail building in St. Joseph, aa 1 after rousing the jailer, demanded aJmissioa. spying thoy w;re from Mis?oari with a horse thief who a they desired to put in jail. The jailer seeing the horse thief in their midjt secareJ wiih ropes.s ispeeted nothing, and at o;.ce unlocked his doors, and admitted the whole party. As soon as they were inside, they at once told the jtilcr that thoir real design was the liriera'ion of Dr. J ln D.y. who had been convii'ted of negro steali ig, a id was contioed iu jail. Thej tiler remin'riie in vain. The party drew their revolvers and demanded tho keys, which having possessed themselves of, Doy was immediately taken out of his cell, placed on a hor.-e, and accompanied across the river by a portion of the rescuers, whi'e the others remained with the ji!er to prevent any alarm beiug given until ihe fugitives were well across tbe river, when they also made precipitate retreat. Uy day light lha whole c ty was greatly excited about the matter. Ia the eviaitig great fears were entertained that the excited populace would mob the oHi-e of the Free Democrat, and visit the lawyer who defended lKy, with vengeauce. A Mi-ltcm in- Parvo Clock. .V clock is ex hibited iti this city, which not only djes duty as a time piece,, b it b jils th ofTee for its oner and wakens him ia tima to driuk it. Attached I it iVin f.'.i.L- ..... ..I .l.f . '. I.. l. . 1 . lying parallel with t!.e table or shelf oa which the clock is pUce-l, a-vl at the further ead is a coflve pot, fixe.J upon a frame, with a spirit lamp underneath. Itjtsreen the clock and the coffee pot is aa alarm bell. The apparatus is thus ased: Suppose a person wishes tn ris ami travel at fjur o'clock in tbe morning; all ho has to do is to set an inner dial to the hour, while the outer or clock dial indicates the true time. He also makes certain dirposiiions of t!i9 lighting appatatas, which are self suggestive. Precisely al -4 o'clock a lever is nvived, which causes a drum to revolve as-;i;nst a friction ni itch, the fl nie3 from which unites the wick of the spirit la np. I:i half an hour, the coffee is ready when another drum revolves, ijrnitca another match, and litrhts a can die, and at the Rime time the Cure of a monk pulls a rope and rinrs aa alarm bell, effectually a'oasing ihe s'eeper. The alarm ouiht, of course, to be arranged so much befjre the hur of de parture, as to leave time for the coffee to boil, and the traveller tj dress. Half an hoar is too 1od for practical purposes, but this can d jabt'esa be improved. .V. 1". Express. 1 a . . . . . . A RTEMaS WARDS UorRTI.VO P, XPeRTEXCIC. j Ts as a cam still nite in Joon, whec all natur was j hasbt & nary Z;S"er distributed the SJrene siiecse i 1 80t witu ,lie object of mi hart's eftecshams on '.1 r iJJ J a 'l ! , ,e"CB "l Pr- neuexpenunt. nCar tbe city not many dava ago, where the bride groom was a yoang man 01 promise and ment A year ago be was a drutikard, and a woman saved him. Kvery body else shuned aad avoided him. She was Lis firm friend, and eocojraged him to temperance and virtue, but told him she. would never receive a vi-it or any attention from him when he bad been drinking. He longed for her society and knowing the conditions on which his longing coald be gratified, he adhered to them until his evil habits were dead, and in their plaia baJ sjprung up right instincts and true habiU. This true story reminds one of what tbey tell of William Wirt. His drunkenness became perverbial aad shameless. One day, he lay in tbe gatter dead drunk, and the pa8rs by could see his face. A lady, with tbe instinctire feminine delicacy which i? to wooderfal, dropped ber baodkerch.ef npon his'featares and hid them from thegzoftte crowd. Wirt found the Land kerchief, and recognized ia the corner the owner's name. He resolved a ?ain never to disgrace himself for whom one 0 noble cared, and be kept bis word. Is there any need ye won-ea who read thia of an application Ci. Gaz. The Philadelphia Gazntee tayt that come reQias has invented a caw sort of a 'flytrap. It i an exceeding viscous paper, opoa which when the fl e alizht their feet adhere so firmly as tho held in a minute viae, ine paper u smeared with a mix'ure of nut oil aad molars, applied when hot. When the sheet is folded the paper becomes perfectly portable. Each sheet will entrap a cooplc cf ihocaand ies, for let the insect toach 1- t. . 1 J 1 . . . . 11 rwr su iigauv, aau na aucu lor sTOOQ. it IS retailed at two cents a sheet, and the inventor appears to be doicg a brisk bnai&CM.
A most extraordinary eaaa ia about to oocupy tn attanuoa of Judg, Culver, inrolv-
vnuunuiaDrtt nearr akin ta "iff Va rtttn. aadevelopodbT the afeiaviu which w ar. informed, are now in progress oi twmj submittd for Uc.l .t. judication. The following are tha princi nal facts set forth in the document alluded to: A rX.-v t f! A w A A saw aKvoAaVaV . j vaim gu iu?ro came to reside i in Brooklyn a lady of remarkablyj genteel and prepossessing appearance, who represented herself to be a widow from the vicinity of Mobile. Ala., and who evidently had means suthciently ample to enable her to occupy a respectable social position. She was accompanied by a little boy of seemingly mulatto or negro parentage then about thrVa yeirs old, which she invariably spoke of as the only surviving child of a favorite servant of her deceased husband. In the course of time she (being yet young and attractive) was "wooed and won" by a gentleman who formerly was engaged in mercantile pursuits in New York, but who (becoming unfortunate in business) is at present in the employ, as a book keeper, of an eminent firm across the river. The fruits of this marriage are two fair haired children, and up to within a recent period tha parents have lived harm niously and affectionately together. A sad blight has however overtaken their dream of happiness ! Oa the moraing of the 13thinst.,a man of stalwart proportions and somewhat handsome presence but of markeJ ehoff hue called at the house, of the party alluded to, accompanied by two New York lawyers, and demanded possession of fhe apparently negro boy, alleging himself to bo the father of the pretended slave child, and declaring that its female custodian was its mother, and his divorced wife. S. startling a disclosure has of course, created the utmost consternation and alarm among the friends of those who are most deeply in" forested in unraveling the truth of this Strang j eventful history the lady stating in the most emphatic manner thai the statements of her accuser are most infamously false, and originate in a plot to destroy her peace. On the other h md, the alleged husband and father of the boy has sworn to the truth of his averment, and says that witnesses will be produced from St Louis, Mo., where he U well known as a trader and property owner, to sustain him in the charges lie has (only only thus far partially) instituted. The lady is of German extraction, and the person who claims to have been her "liege lord" is cither of Creole or semi Indian breed. He states that the separation between them was j caused by detected infidelity on her part, and that until within a short period past he ! was led to believe that she was in Knrona ar a . i . . r Mr. Athens. Mr. Carpenter, and Mr. Miller. all of New York appear for tha Missourian, and Mr. Phillips and Mr. Morris of N. York, and J. Lomis and Mr. Parmenter of Brooklyn for the respondeat. JVr. Y. Tribune. Fran kliu's Son the Governor Kew Jersey. Speaking of tho son of Dr. Franklin, of tho iSewburyport Herald says : 'As the name of Franklin is prominently before the public, it may not be uninteresting to give soma account of his only son, William, about whom we suppose little w known by the public at large. Unlike his father, whose chief claim is for the invaluablo services he rendered his country in her greatest need, tha son was from the first to the last, a devoted loyalist. Before the Revolutionary war he held several civil and military offices of importance. At the commencement of the war, he held the office of Governor of Jsew Jersey, which appointment he received in 1775. When the difficulties between (he mother country and the colonies were coming to a crisis, he Ihrew his whole influence in f-ivor of loyalty, and endeavored to prevent tho Legislative Assembly of New Jersey f:om sustaining the proceedings of the General Congress of Philadelphia. These efforts, however, did but little to stay the lids of popular sentiment in favor of resistance to tyranny, and soon involved him in difficulty. He wai deposed from office by the whigs, to give place to William Livingston, and seat a prisoner to Connecticut, where he remained two years in Kast Windsor, in the house of Capt Ebenezer Grant, where tha theological seminary now stands. In 1778 he was exchanged, and soon after went to England. There be spent the remainder of his life, receiving a pension from the British government for his fi lelity. He died at the age of eighty-two, in 1813. As might have been expected. Lis opposition to the cause of liberty, so dear to the heart of hii father, produced an estrangement between them. For years they had no intercourse; when in 1784, the son wrote the father. In his reply, Dr. Franklia says: Nothin.' has ever hurt ma so much, and affected me with such deep sensation, as to find myself deserted in my old age by my only son; and not only deserted, but to find Lien taking up arms against me in a cause whereon my good fame, fortune and life were all at stake.' In hisvill, also, he alluded to the part his son had acted. After making some bequests he adds ; 'The part he acted against rae in the late war, which is of public notoriety, will account for my leaving him no more of an estate Le endeavored to deprivve me of.' Tai laliaiapolis Joaroal sys: Thscongretion of the colored Baptist Church, of this city, have it in contemplation to call the R;v. Aa'.hocy Barns as their pastor. Barns, it will be recollected, is the individual who caused President Pierce to exhibit sach aa imnease qiaatity of patrioti-tji, in thi war ot ordering oat the military, &c, aad to spead a larg amount of miaey. on an ocaamon at Boctort, when he was arrested as a 'fugitive from service or labor. fie U to preach in this city, probably next Sunday, when everybody caa have aa opportunity of seeing ths lion' of the colored fblks. A genius left Philade'phia three yeir ago in company with a live halibat Ha rstarael last week with thirty tboasaad do'lars, a'l mile by eibiiting bis halibat ai th3 "Aai5ri?i flder." Ia England, oar eommoa mullein is caitiTAted ia pots, and called tbe "Americas velvet plaaL" Daring a storm in Pouadetphia rscent'y, a stroke of lightning killed eighty five sheep ia or drove. They were huddled aoder a tree at tha time. Only one of the sheep was marked by the diaaater, that being evidently tbe first one struck, and it was hit in the side sad cut open ia every direcion.