Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-05-17
i The Emancipation Law.

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The Emancipation Law.
AN ACT to suppress the Slave Trade in Ike
District of Columbia.
Be 1t enacted By tie Senate and House cf Rep
resentatioes of the United States Of dne7ica Sc
Congress assembled, That from and after the first
day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty -onc.
it shall not be lawful ts bring into the District oi
Columbia any slave whatever for the purpose Ot
being sold, or for the purpose of being placed in
depot, to be subsequently transferred 10 any Other
State or place, to be sold as merchandise. And ii
any slave shall be brought into the said Dis;rcs
by its owner or by the authority consent Of lis
owner contrary to the provisions OF this act, such
slave shall thereupon become liberated and free.
| SEC. 9. fna be 1t further enacfsa, That it shall
and may be lawful for each of the Corporations "a
the cities of Washington and Georgetown, from
time to time, and as often as may be necessary,
to abate, break up, and abolish any depot or place
of confinement of slaves brought into the said
District merchandise, contrary TO the provisions
of this act, by such appropriate means may ap
pear to either of the said Corporations exPcdiont
and proper. And the same power is hereby Nts-
ted in the levy court of Washington coantY, if arv
attempt shall be made within It's jurisdictionsl
limits to establish depot or place of confn, mCnt
for slaves broaght into the said Disric: i;-er-
ehandise fer sale contrary to this act.
approved September 90, 1879
The SEssoS.-It has been many years since tie
planter has had to encounter 50 disastrous SPrnS
as the present. Tie frequent and cold rains tho,
have prevailed during the month of April, have
rendered it certain that the stands of cotton VII!
be bad. That which planted early, and /,
getting up, looks so bleached and sich5G. tkas
a large portion of it must die as soon tlc hos
weather sets in; and that which has been planted
more recently it is to be feared, will Lo. get up.
IL. Il.
The snow Of the 18Th April, l849 affected the
planter but in a slight degree compared 10 The
continued cold weather of the present season,
FaiyfeId Register.
FRIESDsulP-Every man rejoices twice when
he has partner for his Joy; friena shares M
sorrow and makes it but Inoiety, but Ec sweils
my ioy and makes it double. For as two chan
nels divide the river and lessen into rivuets, and
makes it fordable and apt to be drunk up by the
first revels OF the Siriar star bu. tyrEhss 60
not divide but increase the fame; and though my
tears are the sooner dried up when tLey run on nj
friends cheeks in the burrows of compassion, Yet,
when my flame hath kinded his lamp, We unite
the glores and make them radiant, lihe the golil
candlesticks that burn before the throne OF God.
because they shine by numbers, by uE5ols, aEI
considerations of light and JOY.
Gg-The editor Of the Mo4liiceno journal in
Foote and Judge Smith, speaks Of TIE later gen
tleman as follows:
Judge G.. w. L. Smith followed Gen. Foo;c
in a speech that produced decided sensaGon.-
1t was regarded by many the best speech of tEs
occasion, and certainly it produced the greatest
effect on the audience. 1t was full of lucky hits
and potent ridicule. He hammered the great
compromiser soundly, The distinguished Senator
lost his dignity repeatedly, under the singing rid
cule and loud laughter that followed it. He go:
on his feet often, deprecating and obecting. We
predict that Gen. Foote will never invite Smith to
accompany him again such campaign The
speech of Judge Smith, we say with candor gave
us the victory We believe this is generally ad-
nitted. -
ToUGH SToR1-'You are rather a crooked char
acter, Mr.. Jones'
Rather, sir but not so crooked tree | once
knew 1t was the talIest butternut | ever saw.
Standing close to it one day in a thunder storm,
saw squirrel on of the topmost branches
The lightning struck the same branch about three
feet above him. the squirrel started the lightning
had to follow the grain, and the squirrel went
straight down. So confounded crooked was the
tree sir, that the squirrel, by the watch, got 10
the bottom precisely three minutes before TIE
lightning
That's lie sir, exclaimed the landlord
F "A lie True sir any story ever was. L
afterWafuS cut the Tree Down, ana mace ~ Hito
rails for hog pasture. The hogs would crawl
through twenty times "a day, and laundering
crooked were them rails that every time the hogs
got out, they found themselves in the PastuIc
; again
SPONGE TRADE OF KEY WEsT.--The sponge
/, trade is creating quite sensation IN our mIdsl
4 large number of citizens are engaged in pro-
curing it, and are reapng handsome reward for
their labor. The sponge is cured and brought Ia
to market, and sold merchants for NV
York consumption, where they are manH!acturin.
beautiful article of cloth from it. The discovery
was only made some six months ago that twas
valuable for such purpose, and now the article
commands in this market, from ten to twelve cents
per pound, and first-rate article well cured and
; attended TO, will bring even more. There is al
ways demand for it, and it would not surprise US
to see it, at no distant day, one OF the principle
commodities of our section. key HeSt Go<ette.
\ great race took place over the MetaTic course
at New Orleans on the I2th inst. The purse was
$500, three mile heats. and the time the quekd 81
ever made in the United States. There were four
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