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For the National Era.
THE DUTY OF CHRISTIANS IN REGARD 70
SLAVERY

An article in the last National Era declares
that were all the Christians and Ministers of
the Gospel of our country to take consistent
stand upon the subject of Slavery. and properly
rebuke the sin as it deserves, it could not long
withstand their influence
This is so solemn and important IA truth.
one which should come home 10 the conscience
of every professor of religion with so much
power, that 1T is a matter of regret that any
thing should be said in connection with the
utterance of it. which may in any case do away
its effect The same article declares that there
are said to be owned, by members of various
Christian churches. $50 500 human beings,
who are reduced to a level with the brute, and
sunk to the lowest depths of degradation and
misery"
Now, in regard to the actual condition of u
large proportion of these, this statement is pal
paby untrue. Many persons hold slaves, who
are in other respects godly and consistent in
their lives and not conscious of sin in this
who instruct and care for them, with kind
ness, ofttimes doubtless in the fear of God pray
ing with them and for them, and attaching
them to their persons and their families with
strong affection. These are precisely the per-
sons who keep all who hold slaves in counte-
nance. The system will not be set down as
very bad, while such good people uphold and
practice it. The bad and cruel hide behind
them Array facts and arguments as you may,
against Slavery, one of these is held up to
"chase q thousand, and two to put ten thou
sand to flight"
10 this view, how important is it that moth
ing be said which may have a tendency to
stille the conscience or blind the eyes Of any of
them towards the exact nature of the influence
of their practice in this respect.
Let all therefore be entreated, who would
aim blow against Slavery in this land, to
avoid unguarded assertions, which cannot in
all respects be fully substantiated. They tend
only to produce disgust and a revulson of feel
ing with these who feel them to be unj ust, and
effectually close their minds to conviction rs to
the innate wrong of claiming absolute owner
ship over men Let us rather labor to show
them that no amount of kind treatment or
prayers can make it consistent with reason or
religion to regard those as property whom God
has made accountable and immortal.
Oh that all who love Christ would cease to
take sides with the oppressor, and men Of VIC
lence and blood, by unfolding this system, sc
repugnant to the spirit of the Gospel. Then
would it soon be seen to be evil, and evil only
The voice of the Almighty seems to sound in
my ears, as of old, 'Shall not my soul be
| avenged on such nation as thisi
Baltimore, March l. 1852.
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A QUEsrIoS.-A friend writes

Can you tell me why some of our Free Soil
friends in the Senate voted against the resolu
ton making the officers of the Senate elective
at the commencement of each Congress-
Can't tell 1t was sound Democratic reso
luton, Frequent elections secure responsibility
and afford the surcst guaranty Of good behav
Jour. The People ike frequent elections, Blu,
Senators do not sympatbize with them Elect.
ed for six years they are apt to grow quite con-
servatve in that time.
We hope then time such resolution shall
come up our Free Soil Senator'S may see their
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lrER'S CHEEKY PtClhEaL

It always gives "a pleasure TO n5s' any article that con
iers res benefit On The c,nb1uty an II ia with nj.
encs ~e heartily commend Ayers ie,sy Peet)sa to 0,
readers possessing sxtrortar Ertu. l,r The cure CT
IieSes incident T. the throat SID lung. This msy
count for h,Iqcn ref {, tli. article which We
feel fully justified in making Known G. tie plblis
Ncg York TribUHe.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE ELEcTIoS.-Returns from
all but one town of the vote for Governor, show
the following result: Martin, Dem 3O,6O6
Sawyer Wing. POOLS; Atwood, Free Soil, and
scattering, 9,49O Majority for Martin ll0l
Martins plurality over Sawyer, 1854 Only
two Wings, we believe are elected to the Sen
ate The Patriot claims Democratic majority
in the House of 25.
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THE CUBAN TRIALs-The case of the United
States Us. John l.. O'Sullivan, and others for
their alleged participation in the Cuban Inva-
sion, which has been an trial in the Circuit
Court for the District of New York, was com.
mitted last Saturday to the jury
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N'INT " NAN DENILI =
ALEXANDER SHELDON,
fHiLtNDtk SfU ,Gr,
WILLIAM THOMAS
A LADY

NIISHES 70 Nil the situation VI teacher IN seminary,
w private set onl, family. Her qualification are,
r. nch aud the common English branches The last has
been her profession tor Years Would prefer
gsgem' Mt Ia thr State Of VI inis. refer
rnces furnshed BE particular t. address g. M, kox
600 Rochester, Monroe 10 N ApIits
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PouGHKErPsIE FEMALE ACADEMY.

THE Summv FERN in this lnstt o. .i eommen,e on
l. fuesi,y May All tht trustees hsppi on
nounce 10 toe public th~t IN cunstq trc q hr liberal
nains Of the friends of the Institution tts Sbltd
app oprise nve huudie' dArs 70 the increase Of heir
rhoqicul ana Philosophical apparatus lie Academy,
therefore Offers ftciy or % study m. natural
&C rnc.s large h,s b-,u aided /, TO Bain
snidiss fanish,nrssveral addition ster0ar uPatr
dHd 'sctofOE rooms The whole tHiorg % well VENT
lsrd aud - NV hsnted WITH gis, SOD w'rmst vita tSO
large fSfsocss.
rarets Guard particularly invited - vi il
the Ia traiou ami jaise OF the dvto,r Wch Il FRI
tae 'dnrs;tun Il the D"sett,' 80, Ilai.is.
Extracts from Req. ris OF txSrAn:os Committees:
degree Of interest euthu.iasa q, thrown int the
daily rcit ,,iOus which nier th.m a.yth "a, ,t dt
Study thus male pieus'Te ami proft rather than
drudge IL NUT be- G. nieset that thr ot-d ny
Mr. rUoker IL cniar and frasaly d. erv.s comm uia
tion y A. aOLBbUuk
Hdmilton College, Apri L. l,is"
fhe purils music, b,th yvsA and inst"nm' nta re-
hect-d great creitt the accomplished H-ru t,rs Mr.
l. OrubD Anl Mics smith. Particular at ma "a s }st
to this deshta'-c oarshmsut AMI sur that great;
nowhere a rded
la he f,mil, " the prnpa the air ,ntat-- - home
an seh a'e htpY m'iiei Iopi sYste OF 2vv'
eminent Whoa Hhie lJis - cmntny hIHd atd p' e""
rs frs' and d,cdd The r,at al the
conf &c If hi ppi aud aW,h,ns hose hat. Il rot
government ai eli respect De - tOe 3nlattJn u
! all txcelleIcs and success in f'.t,fc nie
M,L,!>Ag e,MtLL,
CaARLES y. srEIV,
Hr rh. . a in which tn. ra , s,SS.,.,
sunosd the psreci confidence i,lt by the Fecu
ton IN the tchjursh'p VI ttsr pupils WEN
the stand pr-scut sss ca'i AMI propose
Iroolems, either taken from the tex ro1 Otner
sources fuIis were Otru r,q iFed T. tae Greet
ntss OF long aud con Pile ,ed problem the,
The pupils Ia ths french classs under chare e
Mo, sienr 4, AwOtg showed U thtr readiness
converse In that suguass the tit OF Through rinUg
We cordially neud the lns tuition thi ccuhdrbor
az TIE public IL has mot desrsb ct'i0u les
OF stud, u extensive, c,rriuy e.s ted and well Arranged
aud un Ter it, present tce I the high
reputation and extensive pa rr age ~ Lss attained
SOAis+R mANDENlLIE,
ALEXANDER SHELDON,
I'll LANDER ) ~ tRr,
WILLIAM THOMAS
1prH a., 1851 CommEiesn
The Trustees nv Increasing their number ftrach.r
arging their building, and aiding essentially their
cheuicui snd philosophical eHab cd 20 offer
Increase facilities for tborungh, useful
education. Moral "a Religious In truct constitute "A
prominent feature ~ the sy OF TIE school
these subjects will receive special attention IN. sabbath
catalogue contaihg .r,ns ttudie-, may
obtained OF Mr.. B.ile, or ~ NuOHat Sra washing
ton ~ the PRINCIPAL g.. Tooktr A. 81 or II u yaTck,
a., Secretuy Of he Bosrl Of Trustees POuehke p.ie
Duchess county NV IIk h. y. VAhl,k,
Secretary Of the Board Of irustss3
POI yhk raie Anrt
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r. Thompson's valuable collection of pictures,
worth $4,000, was destroyed. King. the
artist, loses his beautiful burt of Webster; and
other valuable paintings and works of art be-
longing to different tenants were destroyed
The building adjoining on the south side was
completely smashed by the falling walls
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The STATE ANTI-SLAyERY CONVENTION OF
MICHIGAN, held at Johnstown on the 18th of
February, resolved to hold another State Con-
veution to elect delegates to the National Con-
yention
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CIRCULATION or NEwsPAPERs-1he sub
scripti6n list Of a newspaper is not the measure
of it's circulation. We lately averaged our cir
culation at five readers to a subscriber. A
subscriber, in reference to this, says, Our copy
is regularly read in five families, by fourteen
personsD
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GA.tRI40T

Married N N!kesharro prnnsy,yania. on
the l7ih ultimo, by the Rev r. G.cr P5rkc
CHAPMAN SAVER, Esq. Of AIoutrosa PcnnsyI-
vana to MARY G., daughter Of William c.
Gildersleeye Esq. Of the former place
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NOLIIIERN, CLAIMS.

AM stl engaged IN the prosecution c1ims ,g.inst the
Government such ~ the sodiers Of the M,xicsp war
their have flied claims 10 bounty tnd and bad
them suspended rejected VIM LaseN applet viii
we'll open sp0Ddshee with me- Vbsiu teir
land most instance There are about 10 such
ola Ia the Pension once nearly every ne OF which
can have allowed snth. r!sed to claimant "A
word To the wise Ia snfiicisut.b
irI- suspended claims under act Of S-ntther - 1870
also successfully prosecuted AMI fee vii be rstl
any case unless land ~ procured. RsJr-ss
- Sept d. A. IA U>.tiEWER, Washington. u q.
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way clear to vote for it. If the present officers
are good ones their reelection will bea COM
pliment to them il moi, they can be dropped
without offence
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The MAINE LAW IN PEYNsYLvANn.-PhH.
adslphid, March 3l.-The Pennsylvania Senate
have to-day passed a law prohibiting the sale
and manufacture of liquors, by vote of seven
teen to fifteen
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liBen,Y ALMANAC foa i-sa

'rHE American aud Foreign iHfiSaUery Socefy have
just published another steraOtypei Almanac, Tor tn
coming year. with special reference the great quest OF
Slavery az present tine and In che expectation that tho
friends OF NE throughout the country will
In Tnsing extensively the valuable statistical rssiiHg
matter Il contains Considering the expense at which the
Almanac In been prepared the low price ~ Which Il ~
sod and the increased liabilities Tor forwarding IT, by express
or Otherwise from New York the whole OF the North
States In cont 'eBtIy expected that The circulation
this year will greatly exceed that Of previous year 30
much useful matter cannot well he circulated ut ess
pense.
The Asnac for 1852 contains 10 page, being four pages
larger than the Almanac 1851 IL also contains
cravings Some OF hose Of last ire hsed sgtn with
two and beautiful ones the fret entitled No gher
Law and the other portrait Of Ellen Craffs IL he
la which she made her eacape from evriy The Almanac
" Handsomely printed good paper with Cas.r equal
ia all reSpefts 10 that the American Tract >Octye AA
nac for lS,! with tue Eclipscs Cycles, Sc The Al-
Dansc contains variety of interesting AMI valuable rea
Ing and statistical 'rcle, Of shtssvery character,
selected aud Jri snaI Thf price, will be foilows:
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FRIDAY. APRIL 2.

Mr.. Stuart inquired whether the bill to prt
mote discipline and good conduct in the nayr
service did not come up as the unfinished bus
ness.
The Speaker was understood to respond i
the affirmative.
MIR. Daniel moved that the consideration q
the bill be postponed until next Tuesday which
was agreed to.
The consideration of the bill granting tn,
right of way, and giving lands to Iowa, to aid
in the construction Of a railroad from Council
Bluffs to Davenport, and from Keokuk to Du
buque, was rcsumed-the question pending
being on the motion to commit it to the Com
mittee Of the Whole on the state of the Union
The question was put and decided in the af
irmative-yeas Il5, nays so.
So the bill was referred accordingly.
On motion of Mr.. Daniel, the House resolved
itself into Committee of the Whole House
MIR Chandler in the chair and took up the
calendar Of private bills. When the Commit.
I tee rose, the following named bills were report
ed and passed, namely:
A bill for the relief of Robert Nelson
A bill for the relief Of the heirs of William
Mcfarland;
A bill for the relief Of the heirs of Semoice a
friendly Creek Indian;
A bill for therelief Of Ira Baldwin:
A bill for the relief of Sergeant Leonard
Skinner
A bill for the relief of the heirs of Jeremiah
| Wingate;
A bill for the relief Of James A. Fawns;
A bill for the relief Of Monmouth b. Hart
Joel Kelly, and William Close securities for
the late Benjamin T. Hart, a Purser in the
United States Navy
| A hill for thu rnl,af of Iaaac Cobh.
| A bill for the relief of Catbarins Clark;
A bill for the relief Of Jacob Shade;
A bill FOR the relief of Thomas p. Dudley;
A bill for the relief of George Cassidy;
bill for the relief Of John Hazen;
A bill for the relief Of William Dwelly;
A bill for the relief Of David Murphy Of
Ohio;
A bill for the relief Of Jonas ID. Plat, Of New
| York;
A bill to increase the pension Of Henry Click,
Of Cooke county, Tennessee
A bill for the relief Of b b. Bennett;
A bill for the relief Of Maurice X Simons;
- A Senate bill for the relief OF Theodore
Offutt
| Pending the question on the passage OF the
! bin for the relief of the Monroe Railroad Com
pany and their sureties,
The House adjourned until Monday.
MosDAy, APRIL s.
| The first business before the House, this
morning was the resolution submitted by MIR.
jackson of Georgia, on former day, recog-
nising the binding efficacy Of the Compronsse
measures, and expressing the belief that IL is
the intention Of the people, and declaring Il to
be that Of the members 10, abide by tho Com.
promise. and 10 sustain the laws carrying it
out, and deprecating all further agitation con-
nccted with that measure OF the nstitution Of
slavery. as unnecessary useless, and dangerous.
With the consent Of Mr.. Jackson, Mr.. Hill
yer, Of Georgia submitted AZ amendment, and
another was proposed by Mr., Stanly, Of North
Carolina, rather more cornmttal than the
original resolution, both of which were read for
| information.
! Much confusion prevailed for length Of
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DESTRUCTIVE CoNTLAGRATioS IN BOSTON
Boston. MareA 81 AT 10 o'clock this morning
the fremont Temple, formerly the theatre, was
discovered to be ON fire, and in less than two
hours afterwards was a mass Of ruins The
loss is stated at 100000 The building was
insured for $4,000 in Eastern Offices, and was
occupied by thirty tenants of various profess
sion-, who lost oil their property. A. }. John
son. musc-dealer, lost in pianos alone $4,000.
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The rieni6 Of the earnestly invited
IN gviny wide circulation TO the Almanac sui 10 send
their orders nj early day for liberal supply II Il eu.
ge'ted that they make wib merchants in
their neigbborbood before visiting New York 10 have
hundred thousand Aimanacs packed with their goods
In this way the cost VI transportation viii h. sna
II suci opportunity oaere che eXpr,
now NOR reasonable III their CHARGES than heretofore Or
they may he sent by mail distance undo 500 miles.
one c',f, postage tr,pald
Orders, enclosing payment IN bank notes post once
stamps, may be addressed to
WILLIAM HARMED, agent
An. l. ~ Beekman IT., New YORK.
H. Editors friendly TO the osuss OF freedom re
spectfy requested 10 give the above INSERTION the
object ~ pnblihing the Almanac IL not money hut
10 al Huae useful information Ut cost n
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POLITICS IN CALIFORNIA.

We have before mentioned that both the
Wings and Democrats of California had held
State Conventions, and appointed delegates to
the National Conventions OF the respective par
ties leaving them without Instructions as to
whom they shall support as candidates for the
Presidency. The Democratic Convention did
not adopt any platform. The following are
the resolutions on the subject of the Compro-
mise, which were adopted by the Wing Con-
vcntion, viz
RESOLVED That the series of measures passed
during the last Congress, and known M the
Compromise measures, constitute an adjustment
Of conflicting sectional interests and opinions,
which should not, under any circumstances, be
disturbed; and that it is the duty of every State
and every section to adhere honestly and con-
stantly to this settlement Of these various yexed
questions.
Resolved, That it is especially the interest
and the duty of the people of the State of Cali
fornia TO stand by these measures, and to dep
recate any action which will tend to revive,
here or in Congress, an agitation now 40 hap
PLY allayed ~
fined principles of the Wing party of California
in regard to these questions, and as such we
expect them to be acknowledged and vindi-
Gated by our representatives in the National
Convention.
Resolved That the delegates from Califor-
MIA in the National Convention be instructed
to cast their vote for no candidate for Presi-
dent or Vice President OF the United States
who is not friend of the Compromise meas
ures of the last Congress, and an ardent sup
porter Of the preservation OF the Union"
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Advces received at Boston from Buenos
Ayres confirm the recent intelligence OF the de-
feat Of President Rosas General Urquiza's
army numbered nearly thirty thousand men,
TO whom the General in command at Buen0s
Ayres had offered to capitulate. The Minis
tiers of foreign countries were endeayoring to
arrange matters peaceaby, supported by the
naval commanders on the station, who were
prepared to land their forces at Buenos Ayres
to protect the persons and property of foreign
residents.
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''VSn'y ABOUT child, and In comedy she ever
seems to me to be playing with her widest wit,
sovereignty and proudly, as though half divining
'nat grave iates sometimes come under forms
Vi humorous tancies-as imperial Juno might
nave trliied with the cuckoo which nestled in
her bosom, all unknowing that she fondled an
adventurous god, masqucrading under borrowed
plumes
There is another picture of her genius
neither OF darkness nor full day, but of soft
ana tender moonlight In scenes of great soul
sounding sorrow, of holy womanly love in ad-
yersty, desertion, and death, Miss Cushman's
deepest power Is no longer stormy, imperious
OF eT'gednt but seems TO steal upon you like
the soft step OF beloved friend, who comes to
JON you IN your sadness and grieve with you
rather than to ask you for your tears And in
her most passionate presentations the luls I'm
the tempest, the deep-breathng times, the after
calm, are especially delicious There are no
where such pleasant rests TO our imprisoned
interest as in her splendid representation of
Romeo. Never shall forget the exquisite ten
derness, the refined passion. the wonderful
blending Of manly strength and womanly soft
ness OF this noble personation. Before hers
had never seen any rendering of this character
nnhlch was not a caricature or a PROCLAMATION.
out who could do justice to the lightness, the
parkle, the mirthful abandon, the absolute de-
robustness Of her RosaI,ndi 1t is a wonder Of
na 3 ana yet delight for its pure, spontaneous
"'uraIness for its fulness Of glorious wit and
ba' t humor, for its truth 10 life, woman.
n"o a"d Shakespeare. There is about this
p p"n. an exultant, exuberant joyoasaess, which
t;e1 s' make 1t brilliant impossibility, a beau
'ui aespa'r, to any but an artisfe who has pre-
Sser 800 much Of the flush and freshness of early
55a.hood Ike the JOY and fragrance of past May
Ccrown'ngs lingering about her yet Miss
hes, n ns triumph in this part proves that the
A'' VI eighteen now throbs In her bosom