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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-05-19

ELIGlBLE BUILDING LOT tor sale on
A eth street. near Leigh, and nearly opposite
Mills" City Springs, having 80 feet front by 100
In depth to an alley. This is considered one of the
most desirable lots in the vicinity liberal credit
will be given. Title indsputable
2S-lm COMM
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-05-19

NARkEN'S IMPROVED FIkE AND
w WATERPROOF COMPOSITION ROOFS
have within the last ten years been applied to TWEEN.
ty.five ikorsand buildings In the United States and
Canada, and universally recommended as pos,
sessing the following qualities in a greater degree
than any other roofing material known, viz cheap.
mesa of construction, durs bility and perfect pro
lection against fire and water
Buildings rooted with this article are insured at
the sames rates OF premium as those rooted with
metal or slate.
Richmond References-Messrs VIM Barret, Jno
Waterho,se, John Dooley, Smith a HARDWOOD.
C.M. WARREN g. CO..
Offices korner North and Baltimore street, Balti
more; and at Smith IL Harwood's, IS Main street,
Richmonl. my 12-2aw4m
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-05-19

lN past Week, by Steamer and Express we have
received good many New Goods, at greatly re
duced PRIZES Among them will be found
Plain lBsreges of all colors
Handbome Figured Bereges
Jaooilets, Orgsndies and Lawns
Plsif )Mouslines and Challies
Ch5fes, Bereges and Berege Deiaines
Dotted and Figured Swiss Muslins
Togede with handsome assortment of black
and col )red Mantillss.
a DUDLEY g. JOHNSTON
mNeA Eagle Square
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-05-19
~ WMP SHEPPARD, Ger.

ELORIOtY NEWS.-E. GOLDSMlT, No
" Al Mainf tteet, has in store large stock of
Spring and miner Dry Goods, which cannot be
exceed In ahty or price, in this city, You will
find among lis stock-BeTeges, Tissues, Lawns,
Grenadines black and coored Silks, Parasols
Swisses IriH Linens, a very large assortment OF
Bonnets RI pms and Flowers, which will be sold
twenty five neF cent less than they can be bought
elewhere. myl7
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The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-02-17

M'ehigdn-Forty acres, with dwelling house
and appurtenances, when not in town or city !;
ii IN town or city, lot or dwelling house not
to exceed in value 81 500
WinOis-Lot Of ground and buildings occu-
pied a. a residence, not exceeding in value
$1,000
ioWd-Forty acres Of land not in town OF
city, or town or city lot not exceeding in
amount Onefourth Of an acre
CGiJOrnid-The homestead, consisting Of
quantity of land, together with the dwelling.
house thereon and its appurtenances, and not
exceeding in value the sum Of $4,000
New Jerseys homestead to each head of a
family, being the family residence, to the value
OF $500; not to be assets in the hands Of an
administrator, but to remain for the benefit of
the widow, and until the maturity of the minor
child.
South CGrolino-A homestead of fifty acres
OF land, including the dwelling house and ap-
purtenances not to exceed $500 in value and
to extend to any property situated within the
limits OF any city or town corporate
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-02-17
HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

The following extracts exhibit the various
qualifications of the Homestead Exemption bills
of the several States named
Maine-A lot of land, dwelling house, and
out buildings thereon, or 30 much thereof as
shall not exceed So, 900 in value.
Yermonf--Tbe homestead Of every house.
keeper, or head Of family, TO the value OF $500,
and the yearly products thereof.
Nassau useifs--The lot and buildings thereon
occupied as residence, 10 the value of So, 900.
New York-The lot and buildings thereon
occupied az residence, TO the value OF IS, 600.
Maryiand-All real estate acquired by mar.
risge during the life Of wife, from execution
for debts Of husband.
Gsorgia--Twenty acres Of land including
dwelling and improvements not ~ exceed $500,
and the additional amount Of i've acres for
each child under fifteen years of age.
Fiorida--Forty acres Of land, when not in
any town or city, and provided such does not
exceed in value $500.
AiabamG--Forty acres Of land to every farm
or; and to every house keeper, residing in .
town or city, house and lot, not to exceed
90 0O0
TsIas-Tw0 hundred acres Of land, when not
10 town lots not h exceed 81 900 in value
Ohio-Every family Homestead not to eI-
coed $500 In value.
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-02-17
WASHINGTON THURSDAY FEBRUARY H. 1853

though they owned the farm on which they
lived, il required thrift, and economy, and con-
tinual labor, TO keep the fences in repair, pay
the taxes, and supply the household wants
They had made the garden, edging the
vegetable beds with rows of hollyhocks and
princes feathers. They had gathered the
eggs and fed the broods Of young chickens
shook down and gathered up the ripe apples.
They they had hunted the silyer-white hickory
nuts along the brown, windy woods Of Novem-
Der, gathered the small, black frost grapes
from the long tangling vines that ran over the
stunted red woods, making pyramids of their
tops; and in these sometimes they had climb
ed, and as they sat fronting the sun, and rock
ing merrily, Linney had listened to the first
ambitious dreams that frightened the humble
way of her companion. And something in
this way they ran:
lro BE CONTINUED.
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For tho National Era.
LAND EFORM ECHOES.

BY ISAAC II. JULIAN.
Ho ye servants of the People lounging in the Sen
alto Hall,
Awake to life and duty ut your sovereign's earnes
call
Hark from every honest noble heart which nerves
the toiler's hand
lis borne all tho winds from every of the
land
Lo while in boundless beauty yOndey spreads oul
wide domain,
With its grandlyvarious glory of forest and Of plain
It's fallow richness overgrown with unproduetivc
And its native graces half yelled in savage
gloom
Here the honest labOrng poor abidO-nO home to cal
Whose toll supports thoir native land, in penury
must groan
Mans spirit bowed, and woman's heart crushed
meath a sordid lot
And childhoOd's opening promise made u ruin and 1
blot
And alas the poor mans patrimony swiftly melt
away
For tho soulless speculator scents, meantime, hi
mighty prey;
Soon his stealthy but unbounded grasp will every
aero own,
Till the gsunt wolf ft companion - shall share
with him alone
Legislators will ye tribe till the ruin be complete
Till Labor cast longer boundless treasures at YOU
feet?
Till Columbia be forced to mourn her best and no
blest sons,
As wept tho Hebrew mother comfOrtloss, her LITTLE
ones?
Till the hoof of Feudal tyranny, which blasts thu
Old Worlds sod,
Shall blight this estern Continent with the curs
of God
Nay arouse ye at the Peoples csll-sport no longe
with your power
For the veal or woe Of centuries may weigh on yot
this hour,
Then, in Gods name, let the natural and peoplcC
waste join hands,
For their mutual JOY and perfoctness, as Providence
commands
For tho blessing and the honor and tho progress ov
ermore.
OF nobler Humanity, on this our happy shore!
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-02-17

They say the tune of fairies
Has long since passed away,
That the dim and quiet greenwood
Holds not a single fay
That we may not hope to 6nd them
BY streamlet or by dell
Or silly catch them sleeping
Within some Goweret's bell
That no more will they at morning
Up the misty mountain glide,
Or in the wooded valley
With the dreamy echoes hide
Ihat when the evening gathers
We never more may hear
The sound Of olfn music
Borne softly to our ear.
But know a modern fairy
That is blither far 10 SEQ,
Than any elf that ever danced
Beneath the greenwood tree;
With eyes of deeper lustre,
And locks Of richer gold,
Than over Knocked the moonlight
In the olGn days Of old.
Juncs completeness cannot rival
The sweetness Of her face.
Nor summer give q blossoms
To match her childish grace
And the music of her laughter
And the beauty Of hor tears.
All the fairy sprites together
Never matched in by-gono years
Shes somewhat moro substantial
Than tho tiny-footcd things,
Who danced the turf at midnight
Into wondreus magic rings;
But I'd rather see tho green sward
Her feet had trampled DER,
Than all the fairy circles f"
That decked the grass of yore.
'Tis said that cot or palace.
Through whose most happy door
A fairy guest was welcomed.
Was blest forever more;
But more blessed ia the threshold
That Maggio's feet have prost,
And blessed is the roof tree
Meath which she chance to rost.
And as long as truth and beauty
Shall JOY divine impart.
And love Ill up tho measure
OF delight witlin tho heart
Blest will they be- within whose home
Our fairy dwells the while;
And bIest on whom the sunlight falls,
OF Maggios peerless smile
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-02-17

the fostering care of Congress and its interests
are 70 numerous and 80 entirely distinct in
their character as to demand the attention Of
a separate and independent Legislature
Wherefore, your petitioners humbly pray
that your honorable bodies will. at an early
day, pass law organizing the district of coun-
try before described under a Territorial Gov.
ernment to be named the Territory of CO.
lumbiar
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-02-17
VOL. VII.

BuEIL g. BLANCHARD, PRINTERS,
9Th STRAIT a few doors south of Penn. Avenue
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-02-17
MAGGIE
By HELEN IRVING

From the Ladies' Wreath for February
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-10-06

prescription of education, &c.-as Aboltionists
themselves. How then, can he represent West
India emancipation as being unfortunate
A writer, in reviewing Mr.. Carey's book, says
II is a work Of science, in the strictesi
sense of the term The author comes to
his subject neither as q theologian, moralist
rhilanthropist. or sentimental reIormer, but as
n pJhiicdi economist, and treats it throughout
~ Il question Of cause and efect.'
Now, Mr. Editor have been accustomed
10 think that the science of political economy
rests on the science of morals or ethics; and
that this, in its turn repo5es upon the science
Of theology, the character and will Of the Gre
ator who arranges cause and effect for the
benefit of mankind Philanthropy, | had ac-
cordingly supposed to be the end of political
economy OF course, cannot pretend to be
profoundly yersed in the secrets of a strict
science ofpoltical economy, that leaves God
and man. morals and philanthropy, out of it,
estimates. The statistics, so far as they 90
may be very accurate; the logic within it
circle quite legitimate. But in my inquiries
concerning cause and effect" on the Slavery
question, ! must be permitted to look fur.
Their. WILLIAM GOODELL.
NciO York, September. 1853.
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WASHINGTON, d. C..
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1853.

IL The great length of the correspond
ence in relation to the Koszta affair, has
crowded ont our notices of new publications,
and current political movements. We shall
endeayor to bring up arrears in our next
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-10-06

Ticker FOR PENNsYLyANA.-At the re
quest Of oar Independent Democratic friends
in Philadelphia, we enclose to our subscribers
in Penn.3 lyania, copies of their State ticket
We trust every friend Of the cause there will
make a good use Of them.
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-10-06

L. Whatever may be thought Of the views
Of "A Southcrncr on our fourth page the arti.
Gle itself i, an indication Of progress in the
South We have no room in this number for
comments upon it.
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-10-06

O. Diary 10y Martha Russell commenced
10 last weeks Era, and continued in this, is a
production OF rare merit. The reader will
miss something peculiarly good. if he over
look IT,
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-10-06

The Massachusetts Wing State Convention,
which assembled at Fitchburg last Wednes-
day selected Hon. Emory Wasbburn, OF
Worcester, az the candidate for Governor and
Hon. William o. Plunkett of Adams, as the
candidate for Lieutenant Governor, for the
ensuing political year. MIR Washburn is now
absent in Europe, but the convention assume
that he will accept the nomination His name
has been mentioned before the present year in
connection with the office.
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-10-06

The Jerry rescue trial 10 have taken place at
Syracuse n y, last week is again postponed
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-10-06

The Richmond Enquirer has letter from
Gen. Felix Houston to Dr. Samuel Cartwright,
of New Orleans on the subject Of the compare
tive health OF black and white laborers IN the
South, and an extract from recent publica-
ton by ls Cartwright on the same subject.
These b show that while the white labor
ers in south have been swept to the grave
by the Southern epidemics like chat before the
wind, the black slave has been unharmed-thus
showing that white men are not fitted by ma
ture for drudgery in the Southern climate. A
correspoa1nt Of tho Enquirer remarks that
every Southern railroad has cost q
hogsheSd Aite mems blood. The Enquirer
accompanies these papers with its commends-
tions, and says that they undermine the very
foundations on which Abolitionism stands.
The argument il, that as the slaves are ex.
empt from yellow fever, while the white labor
er is destroyed by it, therefore all labor ought
to be done by slaves, and not by whites. But,
the whole case is not stated. The pestilence,
while passing by colored people, finds its VIC
Tins among the whites, whether laborers or
not; therefore, the whites ought not to live
there at all, but give up the country to the
blacks. Were it a fact, however, that white
men can live, but not labor with safety in
Louisiana, while black men can both live and
labor there BEAUTIFULLY, it would simply prove
the adaptation Of the black mans constitution
to the climate, but not his fitness for slave Ia
Dor The exemption Of the slave laborer from
the yellow fever is owing, not to his slavery,
but to his constitution.
Abolitionism is not founded upon the as
sumption of the equal capacity Of blacks and
The Aliened American., 1853-04-09
The Black Swan.

We find the following in late New York
Papers. Says one Of them;
The following correspondence between the
Black Swan and some colored clergymen in tins
city, will be found quite interesting o o-o
NEw YoGK, March 81, 1893.
Miss ELIZABETH GREENFIELD.
The undersigned profoundly regret that them
selves and their numerous colGred friends III the
city are denied the privilege of attending you
concert at the Metropolitan Hall, to morrow eve
ming.
That they may not be left with the present
painful impression. they hereby respectfully re-
quest. if consistent with your engagement, you
will be so kind as to repeat your concert on Mon
dav evening" the 4th Of April, at the Broadway
Tabernacle Should you decline further benehl
for yourself, we would suggest that the proceeds
after paving expenses, be divided between the
Home for Aged COlored Persons and the Colored
Orphan Asylum -
JW. C. PENNINGTON.
. Pastor of Prince Street Presbyterian Church
CAARLES b. RAY,
Pastor of Bethesda Congregational Church.
Wooster street.
J. P. CAMPBELL,
Pastor of the A. NJ. Z. Church Second street, n.
HENRY N. WILSON,
Pastor Of Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, Cot
taQe place, near BIeeGKef street, Cil y bt -
DEMPSEY KENNEDY.
Pastor of Zion Methodist Episcopal Church
SAMPSON WHITE.
Pastor of Zion Baptist Church.
P. .S-We enter into this arrangement with the
distinct understanding that the Concert if repeat
ed, will be public, and that no one shall be eX-
cluded who complies with the terms.
New YoRil, March 81 1853.
GENrLEMEN-I received your kind letter inviting
me to sing at Concert previous to my visit tC
Europe, at which the colored people of this city
might have an opportunity of hearing me sing
regret that YOU have been debarred from attend
ing the concert to be given at the metropolitan
Hall, this evening, but it was expressly stated
IN the agreement for the Of the hall, that such
should be the case. | will with pleasure sine
for the benefit of any charity that will elevate
the condition of my colored brethren, as soon a,
the necessary arrangements shall lie completed
for the same, which must necessarily be arranged
for an early day, as | shall take my departure fo
Europe on the 9th proximo. With sincere res
pect (Signed,)
ELIZABETH S. GREENFIELD.
To Revs. J. W c. Pennington, Chas. B. Ray
u. p. Campbell, Henry NJ. Wilson, Dempsey Ken
nedy, and Sampson White.
The Aliened American., 1853-04-09
The Corresponding Editors.

In the East, the Corresponding Editors
of The Aliened 1mericdn are so wellknowI
as to need no other recommendation OF
their merits than the announcement oil
eheir names. In t! c west, however, they
are not so well known. We therefore
copv from DR.. DELANY's work, his re-
marks concerning each. On the ll2tf
dage he says;
Rev. Samuel Rmggold Ward was, for
several years, pastor of a white congre-
cation, in Courtlandville, n. Y, of the
Congregational persuasion, and editor OF
an excellent newspaper, devoted to the
,elipious elevation of that denomination.
Mr. Ward is man of great talents-his
fame is widespread as an orator and man
of learning, and needs no encomIum from
aus. His name stood on nomination for
two or three years, as Liberty party can
didate for Vice President of the United
States Mr.. Ward has embraced the le-
0aI profession, and intends to practlse
law. Governor Seward said of him, that
he "never heard true eloquence until he
heard Samuel Il. Ward speak, Mr..
Ward has recently left the United States,
for Canada West, and is destined to be
great statesman.
On page ll3, Dr. DELANr remarks -
Rev. James William Charles Penning-
ton. d. D., a clergyman of New ork
city. was born in Maryland,-left wher
vounp-came to Brooklyn-educated HIM
Self-studied divinity-went to Hartford
Cona. took charge of Presbyterian
congregation of colored people-went t(
EngIand d-returned-went to the Nes
Indies-returped-was called to the Shl
Ioh PRESBYTERIAN Colored Congregation
was sent Delegate to the Peace Con
gyess at Paris, in l849, preached there
and attended the National Leyee at The
mansion Of the Foreign Secretary O
state. Minister De Tocqueville and hao
the degree of Doctor Of Dirinity confer,
yed on him by the ancient time-honored
Cniyersity Of HeidIeburg, in Germany.
He has, by invitation, delivered lee
tnres before the Glasgow Young Mems
Christian Association" and "St. George.
Biblical, Literary and Scientific lnstl'
tute," London.
We would add, that Dr. Pennington
has lately been elected Moderator. OF tho
Third Presbytery Of New York; Pres
bxtery as influential as any in this coun
Try.
The Aliened American., 1853-04-09
The School Law.

No law has been made this winter Of
aortance than that upon Schools
-'ool Districts. If the copy which
Z have seen be correct one, We must
say we do not like all its provisions.
Perhaps such law as we desire, could
not now be passed. In many of its parts
it is vast improvement upon the old law,
cndlessly amended as it was. We NAV
publish the whole otIt; we certainly shall.
if we can do so ''by authority" but at
present we must defer publishing it fol
want Of room.
The Aliened American., 1853-04-09
American Colonization Society.

Some friend has sent us a copy Of the
Reptile, containing an account of this
Socetys thirty-si1th annual meeting. =
We have time now only to notice the fol-
lowing portion Of the abstract from the
annual report:
"The whole number sent by this So
cety to Liberia, from its organization to
the present time, is 7,457, and the whole
amount expended upon it by this Society,",
lis 81 ,065, 807, "A, which no one will ven
ture to call an extravagant price to pay
for what has been actually accomplished -
Without stopping now to discuss what
has been accomplished, we would say
1st, This amounts to one hundred and
forty-two dollars and ninety-two cents for
each person sent, and yet we are led to
infer that more than this was paid by
others for the report says-"expended
upon it, by this Society," If so, we do
not see the propriety Of boasting Of 4
lack IF extravaganza.
~, Essbss fasss
vi Renort" IL mistaken, or the afyicon
4.~l>us.so.y ~. August, 1850, Is. The
Repository of that date said, speaking of
ffty-fve who had just embarked-"The
fifty-fve added to the number previously
sent (7034, J make 7,o89 persons who
have been sent to Liberia since the organl-
zation Of the Society,"" implying, at least,
that they were sent 5yHe Society. lfthat
be the implication, then (saying nothing
Of those sent out in 1851-52, adding the
6G6 sent out in '52 and '53, the amount
would considerably overbalance the u
457 mentioned above. If this be not the
implication, the african Repository, as
an official document, ought to &c more
explicit in its statements. VIII some re-
liable Colonization journalist give us the
whole number sent out to Africa BY each
Society?
The Aliened American., 1853-04-09
Mr.J A. Harris & Mrs. H. M. Tracy Cutler.

At the late ST. Patrick Festival in this
city, the following speeches were delivered
by the persons whose names head this
article. We feel an interest in these
speeches not only because Of their intrinsic
worth, but because of the pleasing cir
cumstances under which they were made,
and because of the woman whom Mr..
HARR1s SO admirably introduces. We
knew her as most Of our readers have
known her, as Mrs. Tracy. We became
acquainted with her at that people s
College" We knew we'll the circum-
stances of her "destitutc widowhood, -
but we know, too, that no mother has
brought up a more intelligent and better
behaved family. She not only nor, in the
language of Mr.. Harris, "taEes rank with
'an honest man ," she took rank lone
since. She was a fit help-meet for such 6
man as JONATHAN TRACY. He laid hi;
life down for the hunted bondman-th,
fugitive from injustice. She has offered
to do the same. We know well how hC
was mobbed-how he was expOsed-hoV
he sickened-and how he died; and sh'
laid him away in the grave, joyful that h
was counted worthy to suffer perse
cution"
/ Another fact. The first eolored ma
who cast ballot in the county Of Lorair
was Rev. WILLIAM P. NEWMAN. Th
first man who made an argument befor
the Judges of election to enable him to d
it, was Mr.. TRACY. To Mr.. Tracy, thel
belongs, to a considerable extent, Il
credit of the practical application of tt
organic law of the State in our favor.
But like her husbands, Mrs. Tracy
sympathy for the poor, is not bound