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Worge than Hopeless

Now hear Mr. HASkIN'S statement of cure. He sid.
NV wife procured one bottle of BRANTS PURIFYING
BOTTLE enabled me 70 get Of my bee-
the SECOND bottle enabled me to cd oa Of the Aorss-shs
THIRD enabled me to scalk tpo miles and when ] had fnish.
ed using Nine Bottles, SEVENTEEN out Of tcenty ULcxs be-
HEALED UP, and three bottles more effected . PERFECx
CUR and restored me to Haod health.
FOURTEEN WITNESSES.
The above facts are certified to by DOCT. T. WlLLtAM4
MI. G. X. ROW of Vest Rome Hotel Messrs. BlSSkkL
& LEONARD Druggists, and ELEVEN other reysHsAb
Uitnesses at Rome.
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Sunfish and Wheeling Daily Packet

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All business entrusted to this boat will receive
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March 81, 1852.
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N all Christianized and civilized countries. has caused .
larger proportion of deaths than any other nalady that a.
diets the human family and, until within a few years. there
has not been any cerfain reneiy to stop the devastadon -
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~CANCEROUS

This is the case of q Dying man who ya hsss. he ~
Brants Purifier, than ever was cured BY the use OF zeass
Gallons of the best sarsapariua that was ever made. sarss
parilIa has not sufficient medical por9 to eject tho surs q
such a reroLingly hopeless case.
Mr.. J. B. HAsKIN, of Rome, Onsida Co.. r, had Sw?r
MA fosv years-was confined to his bed the last yssr-h
was so much diseased and debilitated as to be unable -
raise his hand to his head. He had the Saf medical sdyies
got porse and rorse, aud was considered 10 be In . Dxt1
State, and could not live tcentyJonr houys Longer. when y
eaten nearly Of. from ear to edr-a h0!s was satan tnrouGs
his pindpipe under his chin, SO that he breathed throIge
up out of its place, it only holding by . ssaA pieee-ths
use of one arm was destroyed by two ulcers-an Ute9 unde
the arm. az large as a mars hand, had nearly eaten through
his side into his body. Thus, he was afflicted with 1ss.ey
such pnsrid, acid. cFe,tsire Ulcers. on various p.rn OF his
person. For further and full particulars. see our PamrhiHs
Doct. THOMAS WILLIAMS. one Of the most skihui phyd'
clans of Rome, WIS called to see Haskin the day befo,s hs
commenced using Branfs Purifier. Doct. w. examined
him, and then told him that all the medicines In ths e0Sse
aouId aua cursl iru-that la case WA --.---- -
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THE Law OF NEWSPAPERS.

- Tu elve lines, or less. will be charged as
one square.
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BRANT'S INDIAN
PURIFYING HXTRAGT

proof in great cures effected, that ONE BOTTLE OF 8oeD
tains more purifying, healing virtue: and nsdfcss y1,s~. -
there is contained in Four Bottles of any ssrsepev1to, oEemYe
ether medicine that has ever been offered for sale. T1hSse
10 undoubted proof In our pamphlets. that BY the ne 80
great Indian Purifier. they that were DYrNs yet Lrvp-
thew that were LAME and CRIPPLHD can now WAxx-h13
that were SICK, ScRoFuLoUs, and otherwise disease1t have
been HEALED and CuRED.
Hundreds-Thousands- s3v
who have used BRANr's PuaryIEa, AFTER having ussd "a
tested ALL the sarsapariLas and other medicines rssS0b
mended to cure blood diseases. have decided that tsat
Brant's is the Cheapest
because One Bottle of 1t has more medical, curative 1AlA8
In IL and, in consequence, cures more dteeees N mneos ~
time than one bottle of any other medicine.
IT, then, One Bottle of BRANr's PuRIFIxl VIII cure y0N0
TIMES more disease than one bettls Of sersePatRs-
"BRANr's PuarFIER" would be a. chap ct for de1gs =
bottle, a. ssrsapariHa at one dollar. But BRANTS PUBL
FER il. sold for only ONE DOLLAR q bottie: and Sc
bottle of 1t has cured, and is capable of curing fSr zSn0
a. much disease a. one bottls of saysaperiuA therefore, -
saparila, in consequence of its less power and tsss msdiso
efficacy, should be sold at no more than 1Usnty.ltse a.
per bottle, to be as cheap as the PuRuIEn At Ons Ds19.
One Dollars Worth!
ScaoFuLA-wil One Dollars north Of Branfs fUklySsA
curei Read the following statement, which y q spsdm0'
of its power.
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Thousands Of Coneumptions

aud Chronic Coughs, ahundsntly prove its sn}aitng 9tsag
In such diseases, and its undoubted curative power, and
soothing. healing properties; in the following co'nplain1 and
diseases, viz. Splitting Of Elcod, EissiinS a. The Lan9s. Rsia
in the Breast and Side Nishi Sxeas Nervous Complaints, Pa
pitation of the Heart Cholera hyantnn. Dyssniuy and SMst
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-06-23
The National Intel .igenoer and
the Ordinance of 1887.

W. are disposed to coucede to the Ma
tional MteHigenccr The credi, of being a
decorous, moderate, and conservative jour.
nal. bu; its influence is certainly thrown in
favor of slavery. it does not advocate the
system it does not violently denounce its
opponents; but, it suffer nothing adverse
10 The Institution to appear in its columns,
while it frequently publishes selected arti
Giles and communications designed to veil
its evils, aud reconcile the p ibiic mind 10
ITS continuance. or this kind was a long
letter which ii lately repnbllshed from the
New York Observer, evidently written with
a view to impress the people of the North
with an idea that the slaves were remarka'
Lly happy aud well cared for. About the
same time also appeared a shur, letter from
a correspondent, IN Charleslol,, highly CON
plImentary to the ''patriarchal SYSTEM"
which was pronounced as absolute necessi
~. This is not all. Last Saturday it in.
serted in large tybe, in a prominent place,
next to its editorial head, for the purpose
doubtless of attracting special attention, a
communication from a writer, signing him
self "Nrginius," dispardging Nj. Jeffer
Sun, on account Of his connection with The
Ordinance of 1857, denying the consti,u
'ionalllty of that glorious Law. which In:
cnnsecrated the Northwest to Freedom ,ant
affirming that it was always regarded as
nullty. This miserable communication tn,
L%ntetHgenctr parades in a most c~onspicu
Gus position, and publishes without com
ment. We should think nothing Of this
If ii would grant admission to arti cles o
an opposite character, but this is moi th'
fact.
Lot us ask our respected contemporary
Is this Nationality? Can yen claim equa
respect and confidence from both section
OF the country, while. in regard to the ques
tlon Il Slavery, yon side with one, aud al
low no hearing 10 the ohetf
A word as to the shailow communica
ton of Virglnius The States of the Con
fsderacy coded certain lands 10 Congress
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-06-23
Official Plumber.

A Washington correspondent Of the N,
Y rk Evening Post, makes the following
almost incredible statement agains' the late
President and his collector at San Francis.
co..
"In January or FEBRUARY last, Just before
the Iale administration SURRENDERED their
keys Of Office, there were scored up agai.s
this collector DEFICIENCIES to the amount ri
b-tween eight and nine th"isand dollars
The delinquent was good whlg.' and att
er the fashion of many OF his official supe-
rnrs, had only helped hrmseli' according
10 the opportunity afforded hun. Notwith:
standing all this, there was YET an awkward
balance 7ufkaearl. a million ofdollars against
him on II hook1 OF ,hs treasury, which
were soollt be surrendered into The hands
ot those who we're not likely to look upon
these balances with as favorable an eye as
Others who we're burdened with a grIsl from
the same null. No one interested was yer.
daut enough TO suggest an honest resti'u
ton Ut the money. 1t early became a fore
gone CONCLUSION that a sponge was To he
applied to The balance that 1t was to be
wiped cut too clean to he raced over by
unfnendly hands. The case was a ponder
Jus one, but not very difficult. The sub
ordinate accounting officers were hound by
legal enaciments which they dare NJ dis
reg lrd and the accounts s"nid c"qle up
t., ,hem n,Iy 10 he d,sailowed But these
Aicers conld be uver-ruled, aud If The,
would not De over ruled, they could he turn
I'd out
Accordingly. when the Commissioner Of
Customs beto,e whom claims against the
treasury had accumulated to such an amount
as to asst nnd hun, announced that ne Could
not pass them, his resignation was Called
for nd a clerk was depuled TO act III his
place. un,a a successor was appointed or
rather, a nominal successor was appointed,
who. il was knuwn beforehand would not
act. aud the clerk was depated to serve IN
his absence. Aud it was during this inter
val OF a little more than six weeks, white
tie bureau was administered by a CLERK,
tina, the accounts Of this collector, along
with others equally honest, were 'put'hrough'
and eight or nine hundred Thousand dollars
of public money vanished like a Whit of
smoke from a pipe. People who knew the
President, and were aware Of his habliual
reluctance to a~ckno@Iedge the claims of
friendship, we're surprised at the prompt.
inde If his response IN tins Instance, and
w.uld have doubted the evidence Of their
W senses, had they not know that he.
only, could revoke the commission Of the
head of a bureau. However, the upshot
If the, mater was, the thing was done, and
IA s1alnh Of March, when Gen. Pierce
came tn,o office, the collector stood, tor
anything lhat appeared on the books OF the
treausry. as fair as any other man IN the
Country
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-06-23

ror was committed on the part Of the Unned
States, and therefore it would be extremely rid
lculons for US to rare up and fight Mcxlco fr n
fault committed by US that h to say. before We
took time TO consider that fault and the most
peaceful method of retrieving i. We have
said that SO far 40 we have examined the grounds
on which our Government Ciains the Valley,
W. fad them somewhat slippery. The Union
takes the p%osIiun that Mr. Brtleit made an
enormous bllnder, aud that although the line as
run by him received The approval OF the late
Secretary OF the Interior, II Ia not tble
hy our Government because the tfra'y bel ween
the two Governments makes The Joint signatures
OF both Commissioner and SnrV y0r an lndIs-
penslbls condition precedent to It's validity or
he recognition Of the linz. the Union pre-.
tends TO. and do 8 say that tins Condition IN The
case Of Mr.. B lrtIetts line has not been complied
with Mr.. Gray, the American Surveyor, le-
fused To give his signature, but 1t Is replied to
the Union tn Major Enory's report, just pub
lish. d. shows that The reason why Mr.. Gray did
not sign was, that his recall reached hlm before
the order directing his signature. He had pre-
vlnusly refused and protested against 1t, but Il
full statement WAS made To The late ad,ninlslra
non. and he WIS directed by them to s,gn i. HIS
recall reacnede0a ~ D 'Orr iilS dlr"Cfl0t. lnrt n
did not s,go. Major Emery his successor. d,a
sign. and thus The signatures Of both Comm s.
s'oner and Smreyor, pih The concurrence Of The
ate admin %slration. ,oers oblaiaed for The settle
mcnt Of The question. Ii VII NJ speu Nv t,Is,
thu, IN attempt 10 argue that settlrnrn away
must be a dnlcrte operation N hair splitting,
and will rem Ter a deal f caution AID manag,.
meut on thu part of his country neces'arv. u
king This thrn as the true statement Ut affairs,
how can any one prngnnstIcate trouble betwt IN
The two Countries, unles, indeed they ar" wiz
Ing To admit that we ARE attempting ~ have an-
oiher war Of conquest on weak, d"'""rriess
NJ x'co. Our Idra O. VII t he result vii b. Is
Y vrn 10 a deslalrh fir tie Woshn-t il cprre
-po idrnl of The N. Y. Courier aud Enquirer.
under i.'e OF M .nday evening, which s'ys:
Gen Woo mas arrived here aud laughs at the
idea OF any disturbance with Mexico on acconn'
of the Me-ilI, affair. The Secretary of Wal
also attaches no Importance to the martial spec
%ulations upon Lanes and T,ias' movement. II
Is believed by those VIII, are well informed Oh
the subject, that Mr. Gladsen has been Instruc'
ted to com uencr neg diatlons by Offering an IN
dernnity to Mexico FIR Mcsllla, ana To purchase
an additions strip, taking ir the whole Valley
OF the CHA.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-06-23
The Administration and Mexico

1t now seems the settled determination Of the
administration to insist on the possession OF the
Mesilia Valley. in despite of the line run by our
own Commissioners, the warlike preparations OF
Santa Anna to defend it, and his explicit dec'a-
ration that he should consider any attempt on our
Dart to take such possession, as tantamount 10 q
declaration of war against Mexico. NO" why
this haste to involve us again SO soon IN a war
with that miserable nation, from whose eh'he
conquest, even, we could gain nc honor ana
no national advantages which would begin 10
COMPENSATE us fer the political dangers To our
confederacy, and the enormous I Expense II woo'"
involve to extend and maintain our government
over that ignorant. %debased, distracted and priest
ridden people? 1t seems almost mcoucelvab'e
that the Administration shon'd want The whole
of Mexico =; and we no not believe they Dc; but
they may want part OF it, and more than would
be acquired by the peaceable REIMBURSEMENT by
Mexico of this disputed valley. We suspect
there is q wheel WITHIN q whit ell in this business
The Slave Power, whose behest is little less
than law al Washingt,n W, feels that she has a
great interest involved in the location OF the
great Pacific Railroad, and as there are objec
tions 10 the Southern route that can only be met
by going through a portion OF Mexican territory ,
she is determined TO have II. Aud this, there j.,
too much reason to fear, Is the moving motive
for pushing on the quarrel with Mexico, which
might doubtless be avoided by negotiation.
How long must the action CT this government
be controlled, and the interests of this great ma
ton sacrificed, by the Southern Slave Power?
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-06-23
Disastrous Effects of Novel
Reading.

The Aurora lind STANDARD. tells a sto'
nv Of a slave in Boone Comfy, KY. who
had learned to read, aud had succeeded IN
obtaining a copy of Uucs TENS CABIN.
which he read by stealth 10 his fellow 81 ayes.
The glowing p,ciures gwen of the -ympa'
thy and aid received ~ George an8 Eliza
in their escape rom Kentucky 10 Canada,
so operated III their imag'latiohs' 'ha'
twenty-five of them ran off On the evening
of the I'd of April, and, 81 for as we have
heard, have not been recaptured. what
adds to the baseness ct the act on Inc part
of several OF these runaways Is. thai lhey
were the property Of a minister OF the gos'
pei of Christ But perhaps the IGoat az
gravated Ut these Cases Of crime Is that ot
Wash. Parker. over whom The Independent
Banner thus lugubrlousIy discourses;
Zone of 'he negroes, by the name OF
Wash belonging H. Henry Parker, was
quite a ~favorlte with his master aud all VIII"
knew hun, and had every privilege vt a
white man. iie rode the best horse aud
saddle there was on the fam, with perfect
impunlty, and had several acres ut land at
his disposal tor cultivation; and on Sab
baths was une of lie best dressed aud sau.
ciesl Iuok,p fellows al church. Bat, poor
devil! prosperity aud good fortune were too
much for him, and he run away to be mis-
cradle"
Altogether the facts in this case 60 to
show. III a most affecting manner, the per
nlc,ous tendency Of novel reading upon
slaves.
1t effects upon masters in some cases is
little better. leading them to the most insane
destruction of property, both to themselves
and to their heirs and assigns after them
A case related by a correspondent Of The
National Era, writing from St, Louis I'M
der date OF March 18th, gives an example
in point Of the effects produced by reading
Uncle Toms Cabin:-
oh D. Bacon Esq, the eminent banker
of this city and one {. the most distinguish
ed cll,zeus Of The West, both for his !Iber-
ali,y and enterprise at well as for giving
freely e his riches to build churches and
endow colleges, had ii %tavorite female slave,
who. with her child, were the q lily slaves he
owned, and which for sotne years he had
left entirely uncontrolled. The Woman was
married 10 a tree man Of color, both being
pious Christians. aud, wifi her husband was
careless TO procure free papers, which 1t
was expected >he could &c, a, any time
when solicited Alter reading Uncle Tom
Mr.. Bacon was convinced of the necessity
of immediate action, aud spoke To the "n-
fdlng husband and wife of their perilnns
condition, IN case he should die suddenly ;
wishing or rather urgIng them t" procure
the required security immediately. that they
might be by law, what The, were only now
by his Consent, free-ail uf which, | am
happy to say, has been sa'isiacl rlly arrang-
ed, agreeably to both parties"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-06-23
ANOTHER FUG,TIvE CASE On Wadp

ANOTHER FuGlTIvE CASE On Wednes.
day, tie LIST inst, a young colnred man.
named Basil White, was brough, before
lngraham by Albert. as the slave of one
Leonard Qnnlan, of Baltimore county Md.
and doomed to lie of slavery, ~ the
most summary manner. Basil had come o
this CITY last winter, with the resolution to
take care Of himself, AMI had succeeded
well until he unfortunately fell IN with one
John Dorsey, also a c"lnred man. WIN wen
his confidence by the warmrst professions
of friendship, and then betrayed hin to Al
berti b ISL was green" inexperienced,
and unsuspec'Ing, aud easily victlmlspd by
these cunning villains. Dnrse, ,onk hun
to Allerti's hulse-Alberl pr,fesslnp the
strongest interest IN hls welfare, aud prom.
lslng to get hun IA go,d situation There
he remained until his EWmer master came
aud arrested him. Finding himself hope.
lessy enlrapped, he confessed himself Gum.
lau's slave and consented ~ return .th,nk,us
doubtless 'ht ihls was The w,sest policy
The whole case lasted but a few minutes,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-06-23

That body, from the necessity OF the case,
organized them into Territories and provid-
ed Governments for hem. The act was as
scented to. aud sanctioned by the States. -
The Ordinance of 1877 was recognised by
the first Congress under the Federal Con-
stitdtion was recognised by judicial dec's-
ion; was actually the organic law OF me
Northwest Territory was so recognized ny
all the subsequent acts for its dIv's'"n -
and was recognised by the States on en- er,
ing the Unun. A. a "RgiSidfioe act.
Il e~refore Il, was not "nnll and void" and
as as IA compact," ii wds ratified by The
appropriate p$ties." The remark he
qnoIes from Mr.. Madison, that C"ng'e's
(that OF the confederauo") had no cnl's'''u'
tinnal authority to legIsia'e for the Terrific
ries, proves nothing against the factfha' IL
did legislale, that lis leg'sla'l"n was sane
toned by the States, by The Congress OF me
Constitution, by the States organized mt %,
the Territory, aud was always operative ano
bindlng.-Era.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-06-23

THE TRAINER CASE DECIDED.-The inter
esting slave case which has been i'll progress in
the Courts Of New York, AMI in witch a sma
girl, the daughter of Trainer by d colored wo-
,nan of Mobile and a slave, WAS seized by a
Southern claimant by virtue Of The slave code
which makes the child follow the condition IF The
mother, has at length been decided by Judge
Barculo, on Habeas Corpus, we believe, taken
out on the reverse decision of the commissioner
in favor of the father, to whom the child is gwen
up. There has, for the last year, been going on
in the City of New York. a tremendous struggle
between the powers of Slavery ard Freedom,
and the latter, in despite of all the foul and We.
nal influences that are brought to bear 10 favor
Of the former, is very evidently gaining the
mastery.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-06-23

The R CHI nond (Vr.) Examiner begins to
think thai Uncle Toms CABIN may, after all,
answer II very 'muoriant purpose. II scorns the
idea 'hsi it can produce any effect on American
Slavery. because the general dogma about
equality Of rights has no significance in regard
tn The white aud black races, although true in
all other appllcationst Speaking of the wonder
ful clrculalon of The book, it says
"Snch a fact cannot be accounted f r, either
on the literary pretenilous of the book Itself, or
OH the Aboltionlsi idea OF an active hostility tt.
negro Slavery. A more probable explanation
Is. that the people OF Europe see themselves and
their rulers in the slaves and their masters, and
give to the book a political significance which
feeds The flame that shoulders IN the breast OF
the oppressed millions. The press is not free
there; no book advocating the general dogmas
All true enough, If the distinction between the
human races was OUT of the question: in Mrs.
Stoves move, could be written by a European,
without mourning severe penalties and that fact
gives spice 10 the aiegnry which they make ot
TOMS CABIN. The book will never have any
effect on slavery in the United States, becau 50
II 10 all nonsense, so tar as negroes and Caucasl
ans are concerned; but 1t may. in the manner we
have stated, produce a very distinct and decided
effect upon affairs in Europe"
Very good. A book which, it's enemies being
judges, helps the circulation of the Bible in
France, and strikes decisive blow at Tyranny
IN Europe. cannot be the ''foolish ictiol" wnlct
the Examiner affects to consider it.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-06-23

The Old Line Democracy of New Hampshire.
which from its peculiar relation to the "powcrs
that be" q, Washington, ia, these days, meant to
be held up to the nation as a sampler c. what is
now and hereafter intende d to constitute Democ-
Eacy, last week, in the Legislature of that Stete,
now in session, refused, the opposition only dis
sensing, 10 permit the use Of their Hall for a
lecture on the subject of Slavery!
We would ask the many Democrats. who, at
this time, are beginning to enquire g what these
things mean," to tell us what kind Of Democracy
is that which repudiates tree discussion?
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-06-23

SLAvE.CATCHINe.-A correspondent of the
.NeD York Ifmts, in an interesting article upon
the Dismal Swamp and the slaves secreted in it,
writes as follows about slave catching:
"No particular breed of dogs are used for
hunting negroes blood hounds, OK hounds, bull
dogs and ours were used. and one white mar,
told Inc how they were trained for it. as If it wa
a common or notorious practice. They are shut
up when puppies, and never allowed to see Il
negro except when training TO catch hin. A
negro IS made 10 run from them, and they are
encouraged to follow him I'm il he gets lnto a
tree, when they are given meat. Afterwards
they learn to follow any particular negro by
scent, and then shoe or piece ct c%loth,ng Is
taken Oh a negrn- and they learn TO find out bv
scent who 1t belongs to, and to tree him, &c
don't think they are enplo, ed in the ordinary
driving In the swamp. but only to overtake some
particular slave, as soon as possible AFTER il Is
discovered that he has fed fion a plan,atlol.,,