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12
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June
Year
1847
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A l'lUSON WOULU BE A PaRADISE ! [lea r, 'Ufar .' - The Liverpool Mercury of May 4, shows llie eíTects oí Famine. b-'d crops, and Iiush Lundlordism, lo be ís fillows : "Mere vve see landing on riur piers hojsands of piliable creatures, who hne 10 chou-e lut M get iuto cellars lng since condenmeJ ns uiilit for habitation; a;id into garrets nlready overcrowded. Diáeáse isat work tliere, and fasiens, as if itist nctively upon iheii' oör fralne-! wHicli nie prrdispoáed to its dcadly effeets. When lever lias rriarked itsown, we rpmovo thp victima o tpmpohiry shed, for ihn chance of reliëf or deaih. Ou tlieir first landing Mre. kninv many üf tliem must die becausp thev mu-t rësort Cor slipltef to places satU'-ated with filth and l"oul air, nnd dise-ised fellow süffei'erí. Our polrce ofiícers cannot drive ilietnoui, because títere nre ñ'i hospitals or priáons thnt wouli! holcí a lith nf ihern. Begging in the stfeöts, nnd tlu dHgü'ling exhibiiion they niake with squnlid, perishingehildren in iheir arms cannot bo aapprëméd-fot the same rea son. A prison would be a parndise I them- a luxury we cnnn.rf give them and henee the. sanatory and vagrant lam are at this moment in this town, actual! bcreft nf all forcé." The Slávert Cabe.- Th 9 sthe ca?e which was noticed in thn paper ia Janua'ry Inst and which aróse in nn attempt ín earry away into slavery n family who haH oscnped f rom Ihe Siate of Kentu'-kv. - For Ihat nttempt lo arrpst ihe fugitive slaves, Francls Troutmnn V.q. of Pnris. Kentucky, wns indieted nt the :erm of the County Court in this county just expired, fr assnult with intent lo kiil nnd common nsault ifd bftttery. On the trial before Judge Miles the Prosecuting Attnrney entered a nol. pros, on the firsl count tf the indictment. Mr. Troutmnn a:-peared in cnurt and pload not güilty. The witnesses on tlie part of the popl were nccordingly sworn, nnd after ronsideraiion Uv the rourt it was ortVed ihni Francis T-'outman psy a finp of teú dollars. - Thus has pnried this nff.ir vvliich ha= excited no little interest both in this pUce and e's -wliprè. We ihitik by this lime the diííiculiv of seizing fugitive slnves who have taken U their aborle in a free St;itfl ought to he rluly appreciated bv tlip slaveholdpr of the South. It musí nlwnys he an op bilí businejs here where stavery is hpld in so much detestution. - Marshall Slalesman. TnE Paramount Interebt. - A cas was lecently triel le'bre Ihe court oT common plens in the Kershnw rii-trict (S. C.,1 in v-liifli the owner of ü slnve snpd to recover Hamnges of n grogseller, who had sold the slave whiskpy, fYoin the effer-ts of which hp dipd. The Jury, under charge of JuHge Wnrdlaw. brouglil in n verdict of $650 fof the p 1 n i n T i fT. We venture to say, thnt were a wife orí a rarent to bring n claim for similar cause, where one had lost a ohildt or the othera husband, in tlie snme way, no da-j mages wou ld be rpcuercd. ThrSiate of S'uth Carolina at nches more vul. ie to the slave relation than any olher.- Era. New TELKotiAptt Line Proposkd. - An Albany correspondent of ihe Rochester Dailv Advertiser, says the frpquent breaks of the ïelegrnph line lYomN. York ' 10 BufTak have cnused much discussion nmong business men. mui ihey have re- solvpd to construct annther line to be : ralpd by a new inventmn superior to Morse's. The corri'sponrlent adJ that n gentleman will visit the various cit:es on lhe route in a short time and solicit subscriptinns for the stock. He intimates thotj leeding merchants in New Yoik willj slart the enteririze and lake Hberally of the stock, and snys ihat the new line cnn bebuili at half the price of the present mie. The Legislature op Connecticut has rrjecled a pioposeH nmendment lo the Stnie Constitution, striking lhe word "■tf" out of that instrumen', so as to place negroes nnd whilea on the sumo foo'ing in ï'pgard to suffr.-igo. Amendments making Juiigesof Probflfe and Jastices of the Peace elective wero nlso rejected. The time of holding the annunl S'ate eleotion has been chnnged from April to November, and the Legi-lritnre is heieafter to meet in December hatead of May. To cure VVarts oh Cohns. - Takf the volk of nn egg, thicken it with fine sal!, wliich npply M B pouliice at n'glt, leav'mg it off in the morning. Thiu continue fbr two ot ihree nights, uniil the pnn affectetJ bears n whifeish appearancfi; thcn leavo it off entirely, nnd the wart or corn, tissaid, will come out root and hranch. lf a little of ihe leaves of rue is bruised and added, it is said to be the beltcr. The Evening Journal hns bepn, is now. nnd will renwin, inflexibly opposed tn "the extensión of slnvery." Nor wil] it dvocate or support as cnndidate fur Predpnt onowho is in favor of 'tl e ovtemion f Slavery.' The 'Wilmot Provis' inolvcs n princirle of vitnl mporianoe. - o i lic maintenanre of thnt princ;)le, aiilifully and unchniigeably, is tho Eveiing Jourrwl pledgcd. - Alhany Evcning Journal. Killed by bad Dentistry. - A shori me since we noiicerl the death of Mr. í, P. Ames, tho rele'irptpd rnanuf;icturer .f cutlery at Spriigfie!d, Mass. His dpnlh s nttributpcl t poison, iiribibeo1 by swallowtng, n the niglit, the Blnterini wiih ivhK'b. an Europpan dentist fillerl one of his leelh a eouple of yenrs sinne; anH which hrd not ern properly secured. - Hè hmi not seen a well day since. . I; is statéd thnt the posima-tcr genprn! has orderad the ué of india rubber mail bngs upon all the routes, known ns water routes, nnd that thé bngs will be maHp. at the factory of Me.ssrs. Rider & Brothers, at Harlem. Death ON A Rottle.- Many rememher a remarkably powerful man, who perfof med gi-pnt fallí of stiengih, nt the circus, hamed Ellslcr. He was killed ai the Thentre Porto Cabello. ít appenrs that he wás going through with his cpIphrrited fent of utandlfig on his' head upon a pyrám'id of hottle", when one suddenlv broké. nnd hp frll kilüng himsëlf instantly hy the fall.- JV. T. Sun. Thee are now 1000 milos of Telegrnph Line in oppration n Ihis country, nnd 4974 in progress, making a lotal of about 7000 milos. Morp. op thk Slave btealinö case. - The Kentuckian who wasihwirted n his efforts to seize and carry off the Crosswhitè fiitnily from this plnce a few months siuce, has we learn, commencèd a suit n the U. S. Circuit Court fr ihis District ngainst a numberof our mosi rpsppctdble and responsie citizens for their alleged inteiTcienco in ilie mntter ivlvn iheattempt to 'rob' thfi fiimily was made. He claims, we under tand, 10 ivcover both ttie price of the slave?, and dimnges fop a kiolation of the S. Law,"in such cases rti.ide and proviiled," - which vin'atinn is charged to have consisted in harboring and concedling thp s'aves and in prevcnling the Pliintiff from seizing tl'em, thev bfing his "propf rty" &e. The suit is brought on by Messrs. PfiATT & Crart, Attornev?.- We presume it will nut be brnugbt 10 irial lifiHiie next Ootobtr. - Marshall Expounder. Goinothe - John Wentworth. hf Reprpsenttitive frnm Illinois, says, in his ptpaiy- 'We ure in favor of putting the wnrd of the Wilmi: proviso hito our -tilution, wilh such an addi'ion as irl.ll not only pmhibit slnverv ilsell', bat will prhibit nny legislatión ivhic'h acknwledgesits cxU'enca n nny oiher Sta'e. - Evëry luininn being Ireatiing ihe Illinois soil s'iould be frep, eicept in cases provided for by the Uniicd Stnlps lafa. On our own statules, the word slave, or fugiiive fpom labor, or bonnd to servic, should not nppear. If other States wil] have shves. t s a quasi endor-ement for u-i to mak e laws to facilítate Ule capture of fngiiivflf." '■Area of Freedom." - A Cuba plnnter, now in Phüaiiclphia, says ihe Bulletin, looks foivvani to }he day hen the stars and strlpea sliall float over Cuba. "Let hirti tyait, ns well as pray," taya the Richmonii Wliig, "and his hopps will be cmsUrtimated. VVhena republic Iers upnn a cnïPèr of conques', there is no stupping point, at lenst until iis man i fest destiny has been accomplished - ind ihnt is to seize upon everv íbotófíoil williin grasp. That dne, the work of elf-destruftion wil] begin ; il' indefd, the suicidal liand shall be stayed so long. Whatever rmy be thought of Gen. Taylor's politics in oilier re-pects, all the S.'Uthern papers, Whig and Demoirai, ngree thnt he is oppnsert to the Wilmot Proviso, nnd in favor of sustai?ihig Soukern inslilutions. No one disputei thi, and on this nocount the propie thero are uniling upoi) him. The demonstrntion has been sufficient to show that he wil! bc the. Southern candid.ite, if they etin be sure of twenty-five votes from t' e frcc State ; which with nll the votes from tho Slave States would eleo; him. Military-- Gov. Grpen'y hns received a rèquwittnn frorn tlie President, thmugh Gon. Brndv, one compavy ofvuluiitGPl-s from tliis State, lo serve Cor une ypar ur diiring 'he war. It is undei-stooH thnt tl'is comfiany is ra;se I to reliev Cnpt. Winans' c-ompany, löth Inl't-, uow at Mnckinac or Snut Ste. Marie whicli has been ordered to Mexico. - Adv. Michigan Univkiisity.- Frnm the Catalogue of the officers and studen's of the Michigan University it ppears thm there are it prent 92btuJeut3 at the institution, ns follows! Tho Catalogue containsthe followiiig rema r lts i ñ refereaee to the bxpenses of an attend-ince at ihis C.illege: Expenses. - The only chirge of the Institution are an adinissioii fee ol $10, and a sum nmging fVom #5 to $7,50 ;i yeár, for room .ent an) ihe service of the Jntiitor, a receñí lor the paymenl C uhicli, signolby the Inspedor of ihe University Buildings, rhust bo prespnteii to'ihe Pi-evident of the Faculty, before a Bttídentoan permiited to rc:'.e. Tuition is er i t up. lnc'u iing I óard wiisling and b.oks, ilie necessary expenses of a átudent för a year wül range from $70 to $100. SüFFEIUNGS OF THE MoRMONS IN California.- In lt.oking over a file of thfCallforninn bro-jghi to the fciiy by ■ gentlemnn uho n cently arrivW froBB that qnartei', vve met Witli the following account of tho condition of á páriy of Mnrmons, ivho werw èrnigraiing from ihis se -ton of the couiilry to Cnliforni.' We copy from a paper of iho 13th of Feliruáry. "The brig Francises, tliree dnys from Yerba Bupna, brings newá of the extreme suffering ofn party of emigrants who wpie léfi ofi the other side of the California mountains, ahout sixty innll, niricieen of whom siarted to come into the valley. "Scven onlyhave nrrived,the remainder dind, aid the survivors worokopt alive by enting the do.id bodies. Among them are two. young girls. "A public nreting was hfld at Yerba Buenn. nnd nbout é;ght lwndred dollnrs raied f'rthe relief of the suflWers who still remain in ihe mountain." - St. Louis RepuMcan. The suhjet of slnvery has dfln discusSed itT ihe French Chamber of Deputieswith gre.it nnimi'tidri. l'etitions Tor its imrnndiale and unconditiori.il a bul if ion, withou! compensaiinn to theslavehoidrrs, learing 11,000 signatures, were presen, ti d to the chamber. A Örganic SiNNF.ft, is sald t be one who lends a monltey with one hand, fti:d lurna an organ with tiie other. (iov. Be'ib, ofO lio, has pardunod 45 convida witliin five mtupths. CCMr. John Edw, of Al'enstown, N. M. goes out fs a Missir.narv f.n-mer lo ll.e Sandwich Ulands. The project ia a goud one. 'He has made liis ottn prepnrnuon, paya his owrí passage, and exp'CS to be .-.ble rwt oi.Iy to sustnin himsplf", bul to uid the missen lifter he nrives at Muk awao. Mr. Kaes hns a'so procurad for ih misi'n othër utenls b' sides those he ívili neéd ti ue as a farmer." A Medical Convention, comprising upwar.!s oFfiOÜdncturs, has been u session at Pinladelphia. The amnunt of duties collpciod in five days ni Vera Cruz, by American officers, wns !ê!00,OOU. Giv. Dana, the new govet-nor of Majne, in his messnge goes uto a long argumrnt in favor of the Mexícm war, and loket deci(Jed ground in favor of thecloctunps of the Wilmot Piovio. Tliis is doing pretty well for a "democratie" gorernor;

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