The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1850-08-22
EDw. L. KEYEs, Sec'ry.

OUTRAGEOUS PRoPosIrIoNs. Mason's fugitive
slave bill, before the Senate, provides that all the
proof necessary for taking person into slavery, is the
oath Of the master and his description of the slave,
with the identification of the person claimed. The
question is to be decided by commissioners without
jury, and their decision be fna without appeal,
and without the benefit of the writ of Habeas Corpus
The bill further provides that if any slave is rescued
from claimant after being delivered to him by the
commissioners, the slave shall be PAID FOR OUT
OF THE TREASURY. OF THE UNITED
STATES.
Let such bill pass and will not be long, before
the United States viii have pay the value of all the
slaves within the limits of the Union; and, if many of
them do not have be paid for two or three times
over, it win be lucky for The escape, identifca
ton, and rescue, of slaves, viii become regular sys-
tematized business, and Uncle Sam viii have to foot
the bills. 1t will beat California gold digging two to
one. The slave, by special arrangement, will only
have to escape adjoining county, and the whole
process of Identification, resoration and rescue may
be the work of but two three days, establish
claim against the National treasury. Then, within
single week. and before there has been time for tina
claim to be paid, another may be established for tn,
self same sEve, and the process may go on, ad inf
nitum.
If the bill is to pass with this provision, there oueh
to be an amendment, giving the same right of paymen
from the National treasury every Northern who
has his horse stolen. 1t will not be fair shake with.
this provision, especially Northern have to
supply Of the money that goes ntohe treasury
Only give that provision, and there some yam
KEGS whose horses opine, would be pretty frequent
" stolen There would then be very fair chance to
see who would be the most adroit in sponging the
treasury-the Yankees or the Southerners. At pres.
ent the Southerners have the advantage. They ge
two-thirds of all the Offices; they have most of the
claims, of the Gaphin class and, when other expedi
ents fail to gil their pockets, they very cooy get Con
gress vote them millions IF dollars, for land which
does not belong to them to say nothing of this las
proposition to pay them for their runaway slaves.
Oh, the beauty the glory, and the pleasure, Of being
governed by save-mongers and dough faces
ExcURsIoE TO BosToE. The tickets for the ex
cursion to Boston, going off by the hundred, man,
being taken by the citizens of the neighboring towns
We those who wish go, to make sure of thei
tickets to-day. Fare Boston and back 80 cts only
THE CAMBELLs ARE CoMING. This cele
pidt0u Odhu Va WIN hlSl - oiNcstSi HCA
week, and will sing at Brinley Hail. on Monday
Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings
1B Graham's Magazine, for September, has yer.
fine plate Of fashions and good steel engrayings
that Of the s'Dance Of the Mandan Indians " being
ceedingly spirited. The contributors are among Others
less known, e. r. Whipple, Rev. J. n. Danforth
Henry w. Herbert, w G. Simms, Park Benjamin
Mrs. Sigourney, Mrs Butler, "F. +. ~, T. b. Read
Mrs. Neal and i. d. English. ~.
CT The obeisks at Rome are composed of solid
pieces of stone, ninety feet high, as hard as metal
The French put Of these before Louis Philippes
palace and engraved q few words on it surface. II
took six sets of the hardest and best tools that could
be procured and three weeks constant labor to ac-
compsh this while the ancient obelisks are covered
with characters and inscription made on them before
the use Of iron known TO us; and the engrayngs
and characters OF these ancient obesks are vet
fresh The edges of these raised chaFa cers are not
even worn off by the weather; but are soiine and
sharp that they will cut PERSONS finger by passing
over them. 0iCIl hla t1
In Egypt, travellers have seen aud secured bronze
knives which are perfectly elastic. We cannot make
such bronzed articles. The Old Hindoo sabres will
cut three or four times better than the English sabres
The Arabs brought into England blades that were
worth, and for which they received, their weight 10
gold.