Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1849-08-30

iP' " ", InnbIiyhed not long since 10 the Hs~'
FIX / .flpcrliSer, FROM reS'oe"' w 1"
o a., Wv, "' mentions the fact OF the purchase
''""I ~A,,i, Islander. from an Oregon man, VI
,,o vouan aud child, Tor ''oo' u;,so,r;
"e,' w pn,gs, formerly Governor OF Mss"u'''
~ ,o,,1ru, in California, IN late 'e''e' :"
r;sul in Missouri, writes; =, ,. r;,I
,.I, ,opDpcuon let me say II yohr SOUS WI.
o,, two or thtce negroes, VINO ca" 'o'M
5,,,,,, ,t hotel your brother Will pay c's''
,', n ,Lsm at a good profit. aud take II as s'e"'
'"E Tt, late publisher Of the Beint one 101',
~ his nav to California. twenty miles weS'
''' ,i' Missouri, writes, that he mas
.,.'',,dy seen as many as doaea teams, gong
NV, Win ucr jdmiIics If s'nrcs,'
~" ;,r Francisco letter from Now Yorker
.;,.." IN tprlI. saws: Good boys that man
l,a cheap are wanted. A good negro
,.'lI do we'll. If could buy good slave
sol,n, il wouid BE- good thing II l c"H'' keep
him." ,..u, Aha,
GA Bonners party, which arrived ut that post
r.nan,y On his way to California, was accom-
rracG ~ six slaves
Ne ,taled some months ago, that emgrantS
,,s.;eJ through this place were carrying slaves
,i,t ,hen to San Francisco, aud We have han
Information from authentic sources, OF several
,asrs in which slaves have been taken by Soulh'
en- adyeulurers over land
+ Gould Bnlum, of New York, who was
re.tcnapt in Colonel Slcyenson,s regiment. and
i, now member of the District Legislature OF
San ''ranclsco, writes, June l7lh
"rhe Soulh has already sent har emlssanes
here TO work among US, for the introduction OF
the darling institution slavery
Thc .Mjssomi Jfdrrsonianofthe Goth ult says,
The idea that sayeproperiy connot be sn'll-
cie,'ly profitable to permit negroes to he taken
+, California, is turning out to be untrue. A
..,ro woman and her child sold at San Francis
,o .,cly for 900. So scarce are servants
,haltac services of this slave are worth SloO
oar monlh We can see, also, that II slaves
were employed on the placrs, where nothing
bot mere physical labor is required, that our
i ID prnds could make a thousand told more tor
~, .G.n in Mississippi; and even in the field, IN
California, their value would be increased sui
,n4tIy 10 render their expectation matter OF
int esl to us "
!he .NushrM Union, edited by the Mr.
Nicholson to whom General Cass addressed his
MiaIs letter says:
"Nov, what are the facts in regard to slavery
ii California; Ii (savery) already exists there
asa i cannot be excluded as long os ii remains
4terrory of the United States, if the South
will stand firm and united. The last accounts
received from California, state that slaves com
mrud a very high Price What inlerest, lhe"
have Shareholders in that country, aud IN pre-
venting the application o! the Wmol Pfov'so l."
T.; This is question in which they are deeply
nteres SEED, and which demands their careful con
...a-.,ioa. 1t is true, the agricultural products
", that country are not adapted to slave LABOR,
aal il was therefore thought before lis m'neral
wealth was discovered, that slavery wonld never
flourish il California. Bat recent events have
shown ihlr slave labor can be employed more
probably in mining in California aud new Mex
Gu, than It can possibly be III any portion OF the
iaI,yI States Here Is vast field opened t"
,..w aIA and labor of the South which if i'm.
r-.yea, promises rich harvest. These mines
II, ! Of vast and inexhanstbIe extent, an alter
the enthusiasm and excitement attendant upon
their discovery have passed away, white labor.
IL, will he found inadequate 10 the task OF
wolhla, the mines, (Which is known TO be the
,-yercs labor ia the world and it net proven
ted by the passage ofthe WiImot Prov'so, they
VIII be superseded by slave laborers; and thus
uu extensive demand will be created tor slave
Labor, the surplus of which is now crushing the
Southern States"
The multiplying evidences that slave labor
,gl he used in California, and is now IN process
Of expectation there, are fast overcoming The
linp,lcism Of some who were Disposed to think
the pro,iso unnecessary. The Whech"g Fa)
T'-eUs, Wing paper, hitherto Of this lumber
NV avs:
We concur in the opinion expressed in the
Cy'vir and Enquirer. except in the one 'ha'
Slavery can never 20 to California, no matter
what avs Congress may enact We have
though, so until recent intelligence that slaves
have already been taken ,hilher and are now
held here, and that others are on the way, has
>now: NJ that unless there shall be some leg's-
IaIiou Of Congress, or Of competent Legislative
bodies in California and New Mexico, either
directly prohibiting slavery, or securing the
beaeis orthe common law by tho writ OF hd1e-
as cOrpuS or other summary proceeding, to
Lessons he.d as slaves slavery will have soon ta'
Ken possession of both territories
WI the people lay these lngs to hearth