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The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-05
AbclltlOnlSm In Kentucky.

A Rev. J. G.. Fee, n native of Kentucky, is
appe tliny to the charity of Northern Abolition.
ism for means TO erect Il free church, or what
is more proper, church'in which he can preach
without molestation, and ut AL time, agninst the
institution Of slavery. He says:
DuriEg the List YEAR hlv, 'lh Dred ha)s o
my time in BrAcken county. "" have organ
izrd there small church A. present it nun
bers thirteen members This church, like tn,
one in Lewis county, does not tolerate slave
holding. This of co lrse is an unpopular Inev,
in slave State. Yet our congregations hav,
been constantly incre sing. Tie house ",
worship in, Is n school.h,use, and often doe.
not hold more than half Of the congregation
Also, often hen we would like 90 hold pro
irac,ed meeting, the house is occupied by III,
school.
The prospect for building a church. all,
eventually 10 sustain itself, is good. Il il in 4
neichborhood of farmers who are generally
Observation-Disclosures, in comfortable circum.ta nce-
The church has resolved to try 10 build plain
brick church cdificr. thirty by forty feet-cos
about 5000. In view OF the fact that som,
colored persons attended our meetings. and tina
one Of our members is a colorei person, Oh,
church has voted that the seats in this hous,
shall, during the hours of worship AMI GOOD
behavior. be- free TO all persons.
as palpably ia accordance with the spiri
ana practice Of the gospel "a is this resolution
! Il il likely 10 affect our congregation and mcan
for luilding more than opposition 20 slavery
/ for there are many Cxcr'Isn; 1en, who will %
! with us in opposition TO slavery who yet rrtair
the spirit Of caste-lpstrr which sustains anc
strengthens slavery. have by private solicita
/ ton received some Si3j. But in consequence,
Of failure here, we snail yet lack $3.50 to com
plptc our house.
1--WE have laborcd here for years in sc oo'
! houses, private house,, and barns--havc pore
under th0u,ard other untowsrd circumstance
that we can, With 6 IDS blessing, preach a'whol
! gospel against MI that we know 60 be sin, an
We: have a small, but increasing prosperity. w
Ibelieve that il j. wise and prudent 10 ash, an
and riat the glory Of Col demands, that "
have here houses TO WCrs' Up in. We brlicya "
are right. aad that the Lord has somewhere i
his treasury means for us 20 DO right with. NnI
believing that some al hi. stewards will feel il
privilege and dg'y to give for such an erter
PRISE ~ a.t THAT they will give. either by send
irs dn.gijt 6" E.r, rr through Rev. Georg
" mpr'r. rcItty u Aueri, a Misai mary \.
p soci.rI,n. Icw Io.k. lie wd receive and fo
ward tous ]. 6. Fac.
"Cgb,n Crrck. J.. -, harris coour,y, IA
Augua ~ 1871
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Removal Of n Postmaster.

The rlmvfauh below shows what IRE tle
symp.t,t.r- Of President Fillmore. Mr.. C0rwin
one Of lis scrrct.fi &c, eIid in public speech IL
q 10, during the canvass NJ 1913. that Mr. FIJI.
more was a known Abol.tiDni.t" The same
Sir. Eorwin, himself an Abolitioui.t, afterwards
took place in Nr FiiImotc'- cabioet, although
he had declared thai .e would not accept an ap.
pointmcnt in General TayIors. because the
Southern Democrats would make use Of his
known opinions in favor of the Wilmot Proviso
10 the injury of the Wing administration. Bot
our own COVER nor elect, Mr.. Cobb, asserted that
Mr. Fillmore had been elected Wih ,nfrnou'
Ambition sentiments hanging rpm his lips
And now this man reu Owes most efficient and
nopula, officer, solely because he w0nld not be
The instrument in circulating abolition docu
s,eots through the post Office. The ondtr Is.
that my man could be found in that community
10 accept the appointment, and lend himself To-
such purpose. Marietta (ua) hdUocais
Postmaster al EHfaula.--We notice, says ihc
Co.ulnhnS Sentinel. that the President has re-.
moved Mr. j. ". Danforth from the post-otice
at Eufauia, Ala, and appointed BENZ. Gardner.
ESD. editor of the Shield, in his place. Mr. Dan.
forth was most efficient and popular officer, and
his sole offence has been his refusal To b, The
instrument in circulating abolition documents
through the post.ofiice. Nine-tentts oil those
Interested in the once were opposed to his re.
moyal A meeting has been called, to take place
AZ The Town Hall il that place, this evening, to
take into consideration the recent outrage CON-
nj,te6 Ly the abolition government at " ashing-
ton, on the citizens Of Eufaula, by the removal
Of the late postmaster"
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EosNth quitting ths Mississippi In Dudgeoa

pANIs, October IL, 1851.
The Anst ian court has, Il is said on good au.
thority. given order. 20 Earon Roller. the am-
bassador from Au-tri 10 The court of st. James,
10 demand his passports, and Immediately 10 quit
London tn" moment KDssuth arrives, and is re-.
ceyed publicly at southampton.
Meantime tr"sh delay has occurred in TIE
movements Of Ko7suih, and he ha. left the
steamer Mississippi and landed at Gibraltar,
where he intends 10 wait fIr private convey
anrc, by which lIc will proceed 20 England
The 'Austrians may nab him yet, aud carry him
back. 30 undergo immediate and ynomiaious
exec Ution. il he does not take care. ETcn kings.
in ancient times, IN passing through peaceful
countries, have b"cn seized upon and made pris
0nrrs. and kept 10 rhains by their enemies. This
was the case with Richard Cour de Lion, and il
was in Austria. too tSat he was kept in prison
many years, having been seized upon while re-
'nrniug through France, on his way home from
The iiolv Land. There are, also. examples OF
more rr:eut date. Kossuth Il not safe unless
in England or Amerioa, ana when lac lctt the
national steamer, he ieGt the protection Of Amer.
lea Trnc IL is that England possesses Gibral
tar but when he leaves thit place in private
ship, he will be assaIabIc. Fortunately for him
Austria ha- ~ fleets ar marine Of any account
or he would certainly be- arrested on his journey
Mr. RNrs. "u- minister at Paris, told me, to-
day, that hn had received accounts from th,
American consul at Marscillcs, Of the circum
stance have above mentioned. knew II b"
fore: the news had spread among the American:
like willfrr II appears that misunderstood
ing arose between kos4u,h and the officers NJ
the Mississippi, arising from Kossu,h's proceed
irys at Marseilics. They were anxious, natun
ally caou ~, that he, while on board a natiOna
ship, should d. nothing which might compro
iiiiSc the national government, in respect 10 it,
relations with a friendly po ver Kossnth, il is
, said, took Of nae at those very proper represen
! tatiOns, ard left the ship and landed at Gibral.
/ tar.
I make no comment on the fact. The address
/ Of Kossuth 10 the democrats 0f MarselIes, his
also given offence a. his best fip' ds in England
ard they d. aad say all they can 81 shift oil from
! him the ia impressions IL has produced toward.
, hin, and towards the cause of which he was for
toe moment made to be, rs it were, the repre-
sentative. II is very probable Kossuth has beer
! led 10 ~ crr,r "f Judgment, something like thai
/ rf the Nv 0n the wheel, in the fable, when the
| hy, seeing the dust and hearing the noise, SAID
! 10 Itself, What p sensation ] make what
dust kick ub In The world" such errors o
| jud ,mpot are very common among ffail mortali
~. At all events, the subject ia pregnant, ant
the fact to be lamented.
| Ko1snth, Il appears, in his letter TO the mayo
Of Southampton, expl ms the matter different
ly, and implies that he left the Mississippi be
cause the captain insisted upon steaming direc
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for New York, without calling at southampton.
The report above referred to has been contra.
dcted by Frankfort journal; bat the contra.
diction Is not worth much, and is more diplo-
matte than true. The view ! have frequently
taken in former letters, viz. that the Frankfort
Diets called, Ia in fact general government,
is confirmed by the following fact, related in the
German papers. The mobiles and aristocracy Of
Hanover complained to the Dict that by GER
tain law lately passed by the Hanoverian gov
eminent, their ancient feudal rights were cur
tailed and abridged; hereupon the Diet has
given its mandate and supreme command to
Hanover that the said laws shall be immediate.
ly revoked IN Y. HsralFS correspondence. .
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SING uLAR CIRcUMsTAHcE.-A reliable friend
detailed recently to the editor of the Memphis
Inquirer, the following singular and interesting
occurrence: -. ..'.-.. '".s.s s.. ~.
"Since the commencement Of the term of the
circuit court for our county, it became necessary
for Merriweather, brother Of The gentleman some
time since murdered in our county to attend as
prosecutor OF Peterson, the perpetrator of the
horrible crime. 1t so happened that he rode the
horse that hi, deceased brother was riding on
the day of his murder by Peterson. He was in
the company Of some friends, and travelled the
same road. The horse is n very fine spirited
bay, docile in temper, and with an intelligent
eye. When they approached near the spot of
the murder, the horse manifested evident signs
OF alarm and restlessness. Observing the sin
gular conduct of the horse Merriwea,he. deter
mined to give him the rein, ard watch his move
ments. AS he approached near the spot of the
murder, he elevated his head and tail, and an
peared to be watchful. and frequently uttered
that snort SO peculiar to spirited horses whan
apprehensve of danger. IT,.
The noble animal finally smell the ground,
and traled the course which the body of his
former master had been conveyed by his mur.
derer. lie finally reached the spot, smelt the
ground, and paved aud storted. He then took
circle in tho woods, ut a moderate trot, re.
turned to the place where the body was found,
and repeated the same ceremony. This he did
several times in succession. And when refined
up, It was with great reluctance that he was
forced TO leave the place. Is this instinct, rea-
son, or what is il We have the from source
well Informed and entirely reliable. We should
like to have philosophical solution of this re-
markabe ecen'.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-05

TIE ELEcTRo-MAGNETIc ESGME-A very in
teresting exhibition Of the powers of the gal
van'c battery, as applied to engineering, took
place at the Broadway Tabernacle on Tuesday
evening, before an audience chiefly made up Of
literary and scientific men, present by invitation.
We noticed among those present, Mr.. Erickson.
the inventor Of the propeller Mr.. Durant, the
aeronaut, Major Gen. Sanford, Gen. Hall, and
others variously distinguished.
The engine exhibited was Of the stationary
kind; IN Appearance rot unlike the steam en-
CINE, being provided with connecting rod.
crank, and fly wheel, and possessing a power
equal to that Of eight horses. Upon the mo-
tive power being applied by means Of wire
communicating with battery Of fifty plates,
brilliant corEuscations Of electric light were
emitted, accompahiehby quick sue .ession Of
sounds much like volley of pistol Shots and
The engine was at once put in rapid motion.
strong opposing force applied to the periphery
OF the ilg.whee, by means Of n lever. but slight
~ retarded lis motion. These results elected
frequent manifestations of applause. A circular
saw whc1 stood near the engine, and was con-
nected with it by an endless revolving band, cut
up boards with the greatest facility Two bars
Of iron. tGc heaviest weighing $50 pounds, were
suspended in nid.air, without any visible sup
port This il done by placing them within
large heIlces Of copper wire, in perpendicular
position; and the galyanic current being 10 cir
cuiHte around them, they were instantly raised
from Tie foor. The professor said bars of my
weight could be raised to any desired height,
whether 1t were two feet or two hundred, with
eqnaI facility. In the case of the engine, a bar
is placed horizontally and given n recprocating
motion, by the attractive and repclIing forces or
The electric agent Mr. Page stated that this
new motive power could be furnished at cost
equal 10 $3.50 per day for each horse power.
He had found, as the size of the battery was IN
creased, the economy Of the application of this
power was incrca ed in the same ratio. Il
could be applied to small engines more econom-
icaliy them steam.
A more interesting exhibition had seldom
taken place. The achievement Of such results
betokeus new wonders TO be revealed.
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The Plague at Cape Palmas Death OF the
US. Consul and Family.
U. s. BRIG PoRpoIsE, TEsERIrFE, }

Thursday, Sept. A, 1851.
Our stay at Teneritfe will be longer than il
otherwise would have been, on account of Il ter.
rible malignant disease existing at Pamas, an.
other port in this group of islands, which we
were to have visited, but are now Obliged to give
up. The mortality there has been fearful in.
deed. Since the disease first broke out, one.
fifth OF the whole population Of $4,000 have
been swept of, and the fever is still raging
though somewhat abated. 1t is not thought 10
be the cholera, for it is very contagious; but il
resembles it in the quickness with which death
succeeds the attack. 1t is supposed to have
been brought to the island in a small vessel from
tho coast Of Africa. The family of our consul
(Mr. Torres) together with himself, are all dead
with the exception of one child. He was n
very " rthy mao, and had several handsome and
interesting daughters, who were great tnvorites
with the officers Of our ships that touched there
Mr.. Torres sent them all into the interior upon
the first appearance of the pestilence, but hear
ing afterwards that some of them were sick, he
started off to join them, and on his arrival found
them all dead, servants included, with the excep
ton Of the child here mentioned. In less than
five hours after he himself was corpse. The
panic and distress on the island il ihconceivable
No communication is allowed with it from the
adjacent islands, except from this, from whence
a small vessel sails twice week for letters, to
a port that has as yet escaped the nalady. Every
precau,ion is taken, by smoking the letters that
are sen, with birthstone, and dipping them in
vinegar, and by putting the vessel in quarantine
as soon as she arrives, in order that the disease
may not be communicated to this island Here
tits remarkably healthy; only two deaths having
occurred during the past month, out of popu.
lation Of ever 2,000-Journai of Commerce.
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The RIO GRASDE lNsuRREcTIoN-We learn
from the Tampico Defensor Of the 9Th ult that
quite an exciting debate took place on the LIST
inst, in the Congress of Tamaulipas. assembled
at Victoria, on the subject Of the instruction
along the Rio Grande. Gen Canales, governor
Of the State, asked permission Of Congress 10 90
in company with ID. Jesus Cardepas to treat with
the insurgents, aud ,ndeavor to pacify them, as
Il is expressed After a protracted discussion
the Congress refused to grant the request, but
gave the authorities power to employ all tho
forces Of the State, including the national guard,
for the purpose Of suppressing the revolt; and
authorized them to raise funds, by hypothecating
the public revenue. Senior Viasano made
violent speech against making any concessions
10 the rebels.
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Wild BAR KmLtD-We are informed that
on Thursdy last very large wild boar was
killed nearite plantation Of Mrs. Mary Mar.
shall, six oiles from this city, by party OF
hunters WI went in pursuit Of him. lie had
rendered fmself notorious by his numerous
depredatiop and was the terror Of all the ne.
rross in We surrounding neighborhood. A
party Of mo, accompanied by a number Of dogs,
started in pr-uit Of him on Thursday nerning,
and succeedd 10 bringing him TO bay. A des.
perate hghi Don took place between the dogs
and the bot Three Of the dogs were killed
in few mnents, one of whom had his head
completely evered from his body by single
stroke Of u boar, which was finally killed by a
rifle ball. lie weighed 46s pounds. His skin
was near ainch in thickness, and his tusks were
q inchesin length. He measured three feet
scrcss his ,ouldcrs.---Sar0nnah Ne,cs.
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" AStIiNHTON CITY.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER s, ls5

syy- The turn things have taken with the dis
tinguishcd Hungarian leader We very much re-
greet To our mind there seems to be much IN
all this Of clashing of vanity. kossurn has
at all times had great admiration for England.
During the course Of the Hungarian struggle,
lie on several occasions very pointedy showed
his feelings in that respect, Released from his
captivity, one of his first desires has been to
proceed to England, to express to the people
who so well appreciated the merit of his nations
trials, and who scorned to receive that wholesale
murderer, HAYSAU, his heartfelt and grateful
thanks for their noble and just appreciation of a
righteous cause.
To America he would next proceed, to thank
her people, for whom his. admiration is not an
iota less intense; indeed, we will venture to say
tits even greater For no MN is better capable
of judging of the rea! character and tendencies
Of a people, than the man who, while having
constitutional England bri1r" him, and ever ad
miring her ~ the t1othcr Gin IL measured Of
American liberty, did not fail to initiate rather
thepurcr form Of e ,.cro'nrnt prevailing: in this
country, than th bj>r.l nri Ia, "e;sten; ;o,u1-
of the other. ...
KossUTH, no doubt, feels himself destined yet
TO emancimte his country What more pardon
able enthusiasm, What more rational view Of
political affairs in Europe And yetso pitt
full fellows are to q fouGd dttracting from his
conduct and character, because he holds those
good and common sense opinions.
But it go happens that the American friga:e,
generously sent to bring kossuTH away from
Turkey, has no orders to take him to England
Hence jarring and contention, which jealousy
exaggera,es, and Thousand. tonguc1 malice sezes
upon to crafty its meanness, now that th" great
man is free. We know that military aud naval
men, however amiah!e are great sickler. for
obeying ORDERS fulfilling their duty, &c. This
is all very well. We regret only that Il desire so
natural in KossUTH, should not have b zen fore
seen; and that with heart and hand, the officers
and crew of the Mississippi could not have
joined with TIE British in honorng him a,
Southampton, as they would afterwards have
done in this country
The charge OF irritabiIity brought agAins;
kossUTH is unworthy. II is true he has suffered
much, but due allowance does not seem 70 Us TO
be made for him.
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cure for eensusAptloa q.

In the first number of the New Orleans Month.
W Medical Register-whch we noticed few
days ago-we find an article by Professor Stone
on the virtues of phosphate of lime in scrofula
and other depraved states of tho system" which
Is OF some moment. II was suggested by an
essay in the London Lancet on the physiology
ana pathology OF the oxalate and phosphate Of
lime' and their relation to the formation Of
cells. - s.4'>
"The conclusions of the author (says Profss.
sor Stone) are based upon careful chemical re-
search ana results from the use of the remedy.
Ills researches show that in man, a. well as in
vegetables and inferior animals, phosphate Of
lime, as well as albumen and fat Is ab.olntelv
essential for the formation Of cells, and he con.
siders that many of the pathological states of
the system depend upon deficiency Of this salt.
The affections in which it is advised, are ulcera.
tons dependent upon general dyscrasia, and
not a mere local Election; infantile atrophy In
those suffering from ricketts, and CONSEQUENT al.
arrhGa and tuberculous diseases, particularly of
the lungs in early stages"
Struck by this article, Professor Stone tested
it, and he describes three cases in which it's viz.
tues were very obvious. The first was that Of
a slave, who was admitted to the professors in.
Urinary in July with u desease Of the nose, the
whole system showing great progress in scroful.
Gus decay. ihe usual remedies were unsuc.
eessfu|ly applied until August, when cod liver
oil was used. but the Reorganization of the
stomach was increased by it. The phosphate Of
lime was then applied eight grains three times
day. 1t and the oil were thereafter admins.
tered together, and he patient soon was restored
10 health .." ....E ~.
The second case is that of young lady aged
"a. Her disease was one of unmixed phithis-
is, which might have expected to terminate in
the course of a few months" fatally The upper
part of both her lungs was filled with tubercles,
and in some places was beginning to SOFTEN
The case was evidently bad one. The treat
nent OF codliver oil was at first used, but with
out marked improvement. The phosphate of
lime was then administered with the oil, and the
result, as in the case of the negro, was soon
apparent The patient was rapidly getting well.
3, The third case was that Of child sew en- years
of age, in which the phosphate of lime was used
with complete success.
We can only refer briefly to these cases for
the purpose of directing attention the subject
Before the dreadful diseases which they des-
cribe, scientific men have stood abashed That
there is some remedy for them we can hardly
doubt; and this may, if new thing, be the des.
ideratum which science is in search of.-Mobile
Tribune .'.-.. ~. ....
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TEXAS WooL-A Coop liEGIySISG-There has
been shipped from Jackson county this season,
over fifteen hundred pounds of wool--an admi-
rablc beginning for county situated SO near the
sea-cosl, and this the second season of the in
production Of sheep in the county. The DIFF
ferent flocks are very small, but as they are do
ing we'll their increase promises TO bcvery great.
IS w. American,
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Gen. Harney with two companies Of mounted
infantry, has LEFT San Antonio for the Irdian
treaty ground--on the San Saba we believe.
where large numbers Of the savages are said to
be congregating Tegas CipRian
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THE Lars FEGiT.-The editors of the So
hannah Georgian were presented on the %
inst, with bunch Of the fruit Of the Date tree
grown up,n St Smon's Island, Glenn county
in tnat ) ate, by WIN. Audley Cooper, esq
The Gpri ian remarks: "Thc fruit is not quite
ripe, but ,ory - itiful in every respect. IL is
one ~ the .yn.nst curiOsiries Of the fruit order
We have ESQ seen. The tree from which the
bunch was tkon, very much resembles the Pal.
metlo in Appearance, is ffom twenty five to
thirty year old. and although for many years
past il has OIoSsoned profusely this is the first
fruit it has ever ptoduced. To render the tree
productive II apr ars that male and female
tree shout b. closely connected. Mr.. Cooper
attribute ne henri - Of this tree TO his having.
while Il " in 81 '>om, cut from male tree
some gt"N ~ some thirty yards of, intercepted
from tie i.Ise 10y a number of orange trees,
the bl1ssoo, Of the male, and placing them in
the branct.s q the female tree. The tree is
g6"ut iit',n feet in height, and eighteen inches
in Ola Uetetat the trnnk, and has borne seven
bunche4 t-s year Mr. Cooper has number
Of other les on his plantation. This, we
presume, the first production Of the Date in
this cOuutr We know Of several trees grow.
at st. Aug ,tine which have blossomed, but
not borne.