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The southern press., 1851-04-03
An Opening for another Proclamation o
Veneration"

The last proclamation of the President, per
Secretary of State, to his well-beloved and loyal
lieges of Boston, has produced the effect that
might have been anticipated Apologies from
Presidents and Secretaries of State are so agree
able, that they are paving the way for "a few
more Of tie same sort" by pursuing the same
line of conduct that called forth the first assur-
ances OF" distinguished consideration" In the
senate of Massachusetts, on Friday last, Mr..
Buckingham, from the special committee on
slavery, introduced bill as an addition to the
"Act further 10 project personal Liberty" We
laid this bill before our readers two days since.
Speaking of its introduction, the Erening Post
says:
The committee Of which Mr.. Buckingham is
chairman, and which directed this bill to be re-
ported, is joint special committee Of the two
houses The bill resembles considerable The
n,o Of Vermont recently passed with the same
design-though we believe lis provisions are
somechat more stringent. 1t denies to the au-
thorities Of the United States the assistance OF
the volunteer militia in executing the Fugitive
slave law, and provides for the completest in
vestigation of the right of the alleged owner to
the person of the alleged fugitive, before il al
lows him to be taken from the State. This bill
is another Of the fruits of that intense dissatis-
faction with the Fugitive slave law prevailing
in the Northern States, to which we have here
tofore adverted.
Now the introduction Of such a bill is a most
wanton and gratuitous insult-and its passage
would be a mere farce, in the face of the utteI
ineffcacy of the law as it stands, in Boston, anc
"down East" generally.
We suppose its movers have no serious in
tenton of passing it--but only desire to give
the Administration the opportunity of sending
another complimentary epistle to those whom
its head has always been taught TO venerate 7
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.B~ Such items as the following from Eng
lish papers, speak volumes
Two young girls are in custody in Tipperary
who confess that they set fire to hayrick in or
der to get transported.
Accounts from Galway, state that the rage
for emigration in that quarter 80 far from de-
clining, seems to be gaining strength every day.
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|
The London Punch thus refers to the new
annus mirabiiis, which has dawned upon Lon.
don, in consequence of the anticipated exhibi-
tion
The YEAR OF ExPEcTATIoNs.-Tho present
year, 1851, seems to be the year of expectations
Every one is expecting something!
Every lodging -house-keepcr is expecting to
let her lodgings at three, and four, and five times
the ordinary rent!
Every house-agent is fondling the same beau
tiful expectations. We have heard of sangu-
inc agent who actually expects to let the grand
house at Albert Gate, opposite Mr.. Hudsons
What he expects to get for it we should be
afraid to mention
Every little hotel and cofiee-house keeper ex-
poets to have his house filled from top to bot
tom, and is forming most absurd expectations
as to the prices he shall get for beds, fitted up
in sculler:es, garrets, and dust bins!
Every theatrical manager expects to have
"crowded audiences" "'sover1owinp houses" not
merely in the play y-bills, but positively inside the
theatre every night!
Every proprietor of panorama, diorama, cos
morama, cyclorama, and every other rama, ex-
poets to be able TO retire next year with the en-
ormous receipts of this seasons exhibition
Every sbopkeeper is madly expecting to sell
off every bit of his stock this year, and expects
if he does not mike his fortune, that it will be
entirely the fault of not having sufficient goods
to supply the demands Of his inumerable custom
ers!
Every young lady is expecting to be brought
up to town, for spas been promising it ever so
long, and be can't refuse now, for there never
will be such an opportunity for seeing London
as this present year !"
Every wife expects the same, of course.
Every country yokel expects to come up to
Lunnun this year, and expects to find our dirty
streets paved with the iraditionary paving g-stones
Of gold, and TO see the Queen riding about all
day in carriage and six, with the crown on her
head, and the sceptre in one hand, and the ball in
the other.
Every biggoted Englishman, belonging to the
fine old John Bull school Of stop-athomo Eng
lishman, expects to see every foreigner with long
mustaches, long beard, long hair and dirty hab-
its similar to the class of Frenchmen he has
been in the habit of meeting in Leicester square,
and expects that London viii be troubled with
nothing less than the plague in consequence.
1t would be difficult, and perhaps very ted
ious, to put down all the expectations that have
been raised, like so many cucumbers, under the
glass-frame Of the great exhibition, more espe-
caly the expectations Of all those who erpect
his gear 10 make their fortunes. We can only
say, that among so many expectations, more or
less fragile, il will be very great wonder if a
few Of them are not broken. This il the only
expectation we venture TO form on the subiect,
and about the only one we expect to see fully
realized this year
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INCREASE OF THE NUMBERS OF MANnED--
On the suppostion that the human race has
power TO double its numbers four times in
century, or once in each succeeding period Of
twenty-five years, as some philosophers have
computed, and that nothing prevented the exer-
else of this power of increase, the descendants
of Noah and his family would have now in
creased TO the following number l.d06 ST..
676, 626, ,84l 24O, 573, ,2S6, ,7ol, Az, 3,SI2l27-
674,924,007,I24
Square Miles.
The surface Of the earth contain 296, ,643, ,555
Mercury and all the other planets
contain about g6,790, ,5lI 900
The Sun contains 2,4i2 900 ,000, 900
The southern press., 1851-04-03

BY the terms Of the resolutions adopted and
the near approach to unanmity in the vote. Vir-
GINA has taken her position rs he most submis-
sire STATE of the South How are the mighty
fallen = Southern Press.
So much for the immense influence of the
"Southern Press !-Richmond Enquirer
And so much for the immense influence OF
the Virginia resolutions of 1916, IS47, lS49
and 1850, to say nothing Of those of 9S But
as Virginia has disregarded all these in 1851
perhapsin 1852 she will disregard those of 1850
The southern press., 1851-04-03

For the surviving, or the widows, or minor child
ren of deceased officers and privates, who served
in the war of 1912 with Great Britain, the Mexi-
can war, or in any Of the Indian wars, since 1880
Terms moderate, where the claim is established, ,
otieriose no charge.
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REPRESENTATIVES POSSIBLE.

What mere assertion will make any one
believe that in one second of time, in one
beat of the pendulum of clock, ray of
light travels over 1872 900 miles, and would
therefore perform the tour Of the world in
about the same time that it trequires to wink
with our eyelds, and in much less than a
swift runner occupies in taking single
stride! What mortal man can be made
to believe, without demonstration. that the
sun is almost million times larger than
the earth? and that, although so remote
from US that cannon ball shot directly
towards it, and maintaining its full speed,
would be twenty years reaching it, it yet
effects the earth by its attraction in an in
appreciable instant of time! Who would
not ask for demonstration, when told that
a gnat's wing, in its ordinary flight. beats
many hundred times in second; or that
there exist animated and regularly organ
lied beings, many thousands OF whose
bodies, laid close together, would not ex-
tend ninch2 n.r.e .e'. ..H .'a1
But what are these to the astonishing
truths which modern optical inquiries have
disclosed, which teach us that every point
Of medium through which a ray Of light
passes is affected with succession Of Pc
riodical movements, regularly recurring
at equal intervals, no less than five hun
dred millions of millions of times in a
single second? That it is by such move
ments communicated to the nerves Of our
eyes that we see? Nay, more, that it is
the difference in the frequency of their re-
currence which affects us with the sense
of the diversity of color! That, for in
stance, in acquiring the sensation Of red.
ness, our eyes are affected four hundred
and eighty two millions of times, of yell
Iowness, five hundred and forty-two mil
lions Of millions of times; and of violet,
seven hundred and seven millions of mil
lions of times per second!
Do not such things sound more like the
rawlings Of madmen than the sober con-
clusions of people in their waking senses9
They are, nevertheless, conclusions to
which any one may most certainly arrive,
who will only be at the trouble of examin-
ing the chain Of reasoning by which they
have been obtained.-Herscke7, 8 q
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TFrom the Methodist Protestant.
OLD MOSES.

Mr.. B. was merchant in Baltimore
and did very heavy business, especially
in grain. One morning, as he was pass.
ing over the vessels that lay at the wharf
with their various commodities for sale, he
stepped upon the deck of one, at the stern
OF which he saw negro man sitting,
whose detected countenance gave much
indication of distress; and he accosted him
with ...
n''Hey, man, what is the matter with you
this morning!"
"Ah, massa, Use in great trouble"
."What about?"
"Kase Use focht up here to be sold"
f"What for? What have you been do
ing7 Have you been stealing, or did you
run away, or what!"
'"No, no, massa, none OBJ that; it's be-
case didn't mind de auGes."
E"What kind of orders!"
a."Well, massa stranger, tell you.--
Massa Wilum very strick man, and
VERY nice man, too, and ebry body on de
place gotto mine him; and break trew
de- rule; but didn't tend to break de rule
doe; / forgot myself, and got too high"
.g ut is for getting drunk, then, is it!'
20, no, sab, not dat nother.'
you are the strangest negro Ihave seen
for q week. can get no satisfaction from
you. II you would not like to be pitched
overheard, you had better tell me what you
did, A .a. sa
"Please massa. don't frow de poor fict
cd Niger in the wata."
q"Then tell me what you are to be sold
for.Yg a !l 2F f4
nt"For prayin. sah." ~ a4
al"For praying! that is strange tale in
deed.i Will your master not permit yor
to oprayP'nr slaaal.la3 .s tg isa, a
e1%O yes, sab. he let me pray easy, but
hollers too loud."oag rm.l a.artE..
Sand why do you halloo so in you
"Kase the speret comes on me, and
.gits happy fore knows it, den / gone
cant troll meself den; den | knows nuthir
bout massa's rule; den Ihollerif old Sattir
hisself come wild the rules of de quisition.'
ls..And do you suppose you master vii
really sell you for that?" ,p4asa 1s'ie'5ot
80 yes;j no help forme now; all de mer
insde world couldn't help me now; kas'
when lMassa Willium say one ting, he nj
do anoder.' aesaQgo 4atlnaH Els'sgsH
no"Whst is your name2"
4, '.Moses, sah."l1q ei i5HaAlags @9s d
aF"What is your masters namel"
~
t5"Where, does he elive?" sat sg
WDown on the Easin Shoah." a..it
"Is he good master9 Does he trea
you well2" sisl a.i fslF
20, yes, massa Willum good; no bette
massa in de world" ."a.a1oi 10 gaa .ba.
SAStand up and let me look at you"--
And Moses stood up and presented 70
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ced in their sockets, and his full heart
laughed right out for gladness, exposing
two rows Of even, clean ivories as any
African can boast, and his hearty response
was
"Bress God, Bress God, all de time,
and bress you too, Massa! Moses neber
tink bout he gwine to have all these COM
mondationers; it make me tink bout Joseph
in de Egypt"
And after Moses had poured few bless
ings on Col. c., bidding him warm adieu
and requesting him to give his love and
farewell to his mistress, the children and
all the servants he followed B. to the store
to enter on the functions of his new office.
The return of the schooner brought TO
Moses his wife and children.
Early in the next spring, as Mr.. B. was
one day standing at the store door, he saw
a man leap upon the wharf from the deck
OF a vessel and walk hurriedly towards the
store. He soon recognized him as Col. G.
They exchanged salutations, and to the
Col. inquiry after Moses, Mr.. B. replied,
that he was up stairs measuring grain, and
invited him to walk up and see him. Soon
Mr. B g attention was arrested by very
confused noise above. He listened and
heard an unusual shuffling Of feet, some
one sobbing violently, and some one talk
ing very hurriedly; and when he reflected
upon Col. C.'s singular movements and
the peculiar expression of his countenance,
he became alarmed, and determined to 90
up and see what was transpiring.
When he reached the head of the stairs,
he was startled by seeing Moses in the
middle of the floor down upon one knee,
with his arms around the Coils waist and
talking most radidly, while the Col. stood
weeping audibly. So soon as the Colonel
could sufficiently control his feelings. he
told Mr.. B. that he had never been able to
free himself from the influence Of Moses
prayers, and that during the past year he
and his wife and children had been con.
verted to God.
Moses responded: "Bress God. Massa
c., do way up hea, neber forgit you in
my prayers-I always put the old Massa
sue ue new one. Dress UOu! ulS makes
Moses tink about Joseph in de Egypt
agin." '...' '...'.
The Col. then stated to Mr.. 3. that his
object in coming to Baltimore was 10 buy
Moses and his family back again. But
Mr.. B. assured him that that was out Of
the question, for he could not part with
him; and he intended to manumit Moses
and his wife at forty and his children at
thirty-fve years of age. ...
Moses was not far wrong in his refer.
ence to Joseph. For when Joseph was
sold into Egypt, God oyerruled it to his
good, and he obtained blessings that were
farbeyond his expectations; so with Moses.
Joseph eventually proved the instrument
OF saving the lives of those who sold him.
Moses proved the instrument, in Gods
hands, OF saving the mans soul who sold
him. ..........
Old Moses is still living and doing well.
EIe long since obtained his freedom, and
at present occupies comfortable house
of his own; and suppose sings and prays
and shouts to his hearts content.
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/. .WOODSFIELD, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER Il, 1851.

heard no more Of the road. Here's my
smoke house logs. My old woman's got
tine empty stockings. Here's what they
sent me "a certificate on the Brandon
Bank Stock) for the mon y, and it yon'v"
got ten dollar miut drop in your pu'se.
Pm ready for swami"
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/ Volume VIII.
'.POETRY.

-~.'s dFrom the NewaYork Tribune. 'aa
sa ,sdi s TOO POOR TO PAY. ri oI
nc We were so poor when baby died,
s,o And mother stitched his shroud,
The others in their hunger cried,
*' With sorrow wild and loud;
dhWe were so poor we could not pay
1.-The man to carry him away.
see it still before my eyes,
II lies upon the bed,
'S'iAnd mother whispers through her sighs
-o1a "The little boy is dead"
sgaA little box of common pine
His coffin was-and may be mine!
They laid our little brother out.
svioseAnd'wrapped his form in white,
6ooAnd. as they turned his head about, %
r 7 We saw the solemn sight, n
And wept as little children weep,
And kissed the dead one in his sleep
-ib We looked our last upon his face,
gg;,, And said our last ''good.bye." e
While mother laid him in the place
t's4' Where those are laid who die;
AeThe sexton showed the box away,
Because we were 100 poor 10 pay!
We were too poor to hire hearse,
And couldn't get pail,
And when we drove him to the grave
A wagon held US ALL:
Twas who drove the horse, and |
Who told my mother not to cry.
We rode along the crowded town,
'' And felt so lone and drear,
And oft our tears came trinckling down
Because no friends were near.
The folks were strangers. selfish men,
Who hadn't lost baby then!
Wereach'd the grave, and laid him there
sa' With all the dead around;
sThere was no priest TO say prayer
And bless the holy ground. .....
e' So home we went in grief and pain;
But home was never home again!
'ilfAnd there he sleeps, without stone
To mark the sacred spot;
But though, to all the world unknown,
By us It's meier forgot.
21 We mean 10 raise stone some day,
but now we are too poor to pay!
Baltimore, Md. J. F. w.
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CITY OF WASHINGTON. THURSDAY MORNING APRIL g. 1851.
Navy Datter--For Foreign Stations.
NAVY DkPAEragxr,
Bureau Of PToyiaions and Clothing. March ~. /


Bureau Of PIosaons and Clothing, March "A, ie5l
pPoPosALs bsseau until O'CLOCK n,
Monday 2si APl supplying navy viii .ixly
oassn ponndo bullef BIO
and on ofeign stations AZ Is
der ths contract shall stand Tile Of preserve
ai. VIII be required specify 10 produce sss
and manufacluIe required. = -T''''-'
The butter must be of the description quality and
c present navy butter FUSED in the for
made in te mode Of is butter Thoroughly
OUT and s butter csansed Impurities
and bc put well oak frkim
anu ha' third OF the quantity be nrkns
nnS ABOUT foy pounds each the frn
about eighty pounds each we'll strongly hooed
annually tree Of all charges the
sher OF The nuvyyar Chaeown BROOKLYN
row fork o G6spo Virginia the chief
's,on. ana Cld3Mneinny from time to time direct 4E
os supposed to confer farmers who willing
eAsue us dasies proposs invited
sAnds pounds each disposed,
WI onrr os any greater quantity the Con-
uacs VIII b. maAu Tor three years. set ~
The nkns and bali kns by burning on
hesa Navy bnttsr" with the
month when manufactured The shall
% unct TO such nspecuon Tho chief OF
ana a. Y al respects be aAtisfacoy the inspecting officer
seiscsed ~ tbe dePssdnent tA t' ttA3g7 tt 7#aB
The chief q this bureau right 70 cancel say con
uact Waase eIe ssisfacO that ths
any cnatscio does nos stAad The OF climate
Of the service he will also be liberty
c"nfAct M other sufcent giving
six months notice.
Two will required equal 10 one third
s estimated amount Of the will
DC made BY the navy agent ut the Of delivery by
navy agent ~ may be mutually agreed upon within thirty a
each annual delivery. E tTtET
Mar 27--law4w EE
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49,. 4. III,
being desirable substitute ioAs ana As,s os, s,nd
be fvt Dspsran-a tbs
commission Tor exannsuon and uoa .hs
VIII as practicable be entered into M furnishing such hoe ks
and keys for four with right the oths
General ior the ums being extend aud eoasus
70 .. se q ~" ss s ns nor % t.. .
months before The termination o. the ns term OF four yes
o lock prescribed standard relying
lection tho mechanical skill ingcnuy which
service should posss.s The uowns
qualities, viz durability uniformity, ishnes~, and strength.
aud Keys about thirty .n
thousand keys adapted thereto viii required
been entered afterwards supply depend
durability te locks and keys adopted well the increase Of
the mail service but IL will probably exceed
thousand Of the former, and one thousand Of The latter
will with whom may allowed
to make SELL furnish lock similar those contracted
o or un other purpose or than ia Of The Post Once Depart
The kind flock adopted patented pasrnse will
patent exclusive u.s and bensnt Of lhe the
Postmaster scnsss shall des such ssssnai hs
fuln fAthfuly coauAc
Postmaster General shall have the besidr ressrt 10 the penal
tract anew with other paies he n for fr
ni.hing similar locks and keys
ter General deem expedent select for the this
s ~, e % s
for such different kinds Of locks select aud also the right
The department. party parties contracting
will be required to give bond with ample sec in the Of
provisions proper nspec
on Of the locks and keys and also guarding their
should be accepted. 8l
No application win be considered accompanied
factory evidence the trustworthy character Of the bidder and Of
his ability to fahl The contract; ~ o-,
March ls-lawtst,uIy
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Bakers plain. sweet, eagle, French, and yaniIla
Chseeiatss. Cocoa, Brosna, Cocoa Paste. safe KS &C.
RIO MERCHANTS AND CONSUMERS who would parchsse the
Cocoa, nduiseraiion
besh coffee quality unsurpassed the sub
hmse
stamped with his and residence His BnosA and Cocoa
delicate, palatabe drinks nsaid
children, uavecr and Others pronounced by the
phys'csans other His
NAsLLA equal decay
the best OF Paris manufacture and one Their
sduitsrSon all
Cocoa asd Chocolate preparations offered the public In
them The subscbcr hopes that his
k~ thoroughly tested and found unequal his
sendsons they may be returned 10 hts agents where purchased
shall be refunded They always SALE
quantity the principal wholesale in the cities
and by his D. Brigham Coz Boston James Buncs
Co Hartford; Hossey Murray, New York George Albany
Troy, New Yort Grant Phadelphn
Thoua. Bnnd,g~ Baltimore Howell shoemak George.
town, Fswe Co., AcrAnds Va, Nose Brothers, New
Orleans, k~npet Mckee Co., Cincinnati Ohio, wm BAsacy
Co., Pitasburg, Pa. - - =
WALTER BAKER, Dorchester, Mass,
Mar 2-1sw6t
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THE MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY,
MORSE LINE)
"Asnisoros osrIcs, rEsssYLvAnIA AVENUE,
fnth house asst vi National Hotel, No d.

HE nrs, line established the United
rtstss sod consequently the oIdethe ne extending
between washington, BALTIMORE Philadelphia New York, and
deysfnS stations avo
de Gaes Wnnnyton rrenton fnceton New brunswick New
aud Jsssy only line the al the present
having ar wshas lately undergone extensive repairs and Is
prepared transmit deliver number OF which
be required for the the pubic with
accuracy poapnss and fidelity hitherto unequaled Tins line
wAs ocr companies OF Morse lines, west morrill, and
out extsAns already fifteen thousand miles, either OF
which a'd will b delivered desired The
VI This lime have lately thoroughly ysemazed its busi
boh M transmission and mode Of delivery Of It's
equal all with special With the faci
ties for busaesa now ossced by this hy
tins line, and they ind reliable ee
graphing The occs OF Magnetic Telegraph Company
Wa-hi city avenue n OF National
Hotels Bsittuoru, No Exchange South Gay fhaclpha
No. 0l Chssnut Quincy Granite buding New York, No.
5 Hanover street, corner vi Beaver, III
WIN, Nj. SWAIN, President.
March Ia-l4ads
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Richmond, Jan. IS la5
conformity the Code OF Virginia, chap l13 section 10, do
L beeb make Il .
by
day January e5i once
2t of January 1851 that by inquest held The 20 day VI
1885, the following lot Of ground was found escheaed to
lot OF ground the OF Alexandria,
tbe corner Of
died heirs, containing square This
on
nsucien finding Of the jury, motion, qussbed is
M fully vested in the State
Is. II. PARKER,
Jar 2s-law6w Register Land Once.
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To CONTRACTORS.

orrIcI OF CoxxIssosrR OF Pusnc BuILprsss,
March ~ ls5i.
DRoPos AIS Tuesday,
dwy OF April inclusive for line aud
inches and
laid o the best hard brick and hydraulic
l7th the nor,h side OF
New Yorf avenue 10 the
sncs about The proposals will
state The pca all
excavation Of TRENCH q be measured
superintendent The above work
to q completed by the Sjti OF June.
EAsBY,
Commissioner o. Public Buildings
Mar I9-dtAps
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A. u q. A. ARMOUR,
DRAPERS .aND T.dILORS,

dbors the irving Hopse New York, at 4. Il
QE5PECTFULLY invite the pukc to
~ their assortment OF pruy goods, the
which they are prepared make the best
tAshonabe style their
camcres, and vesngs OF importatons elegant light
for vests dark dol OF Paris embroderes. at
There are three skfu artists employed this
pants
complete itself Army
order with accuracy despatch, approved
metropolis
msnt everything to e ase and perfect d always insured
N. b. PRaAleA wAsTcoATs1hese elegant
much admired Garden,
hrst premium by The American Institute
Feb l5--dm