The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-02-03

Prigg ease He will find the former in Story
Laws of the United States, LIST volume, and thu
latter in is Peters's Reports, p. 53s.
VIRGINIA FREE VoTERs-A young voter in
Hancock county, Virginia, writes that in that
county there were ten or twelve Free Demo
Gratis, but he is not aware that any vote for
Hale and Julian was given there, except by
himself We hope there will be hundred fold
next time. Why put the light under bushel
| How TO Do Ira gentleman in Indiana,
Scott, wrote to us soon after the election, that
he had now done with the old parties, and was
resolved to 20 to work for the Free Democracy.
He has just sent for thirty copies of the Era, to
circulate among his old political friends so
that they too may be led to join the ranks Of
the Independent Democracy. That is the way
to do it. "A perpetual dropping wears away
stone"
A prTHY CORRESPONDENT, insisting upon the
necessity of organization and work among the
friends of freedom, quotes the remark of a sa-
gacious General, that" God always favored the
best disciplined army and those who took the
best aim )" and also the saying of a slave, that
the prayer of his legs he found of the most ser
vice. as he had prayed forty yearSwithoat using
them, with no success; but the moment he used
them his prayer became etfectual"
JUSTICE DoNE-A friend in Sparta, Illinois,
wishes us to correct an error into which Il
correspondent OF the Era has fallen, in repre-
senting all of Southern Illinois as in Egyptian
darkness. Sparta, he says gave Hale 1879
votes; the county 2l9; Perry, So; Washing
county, 40; St Clair, 20, A good Organization,
he says, will enable them to give 500 votes
He adds, " Try us by our works. We have a
Press in Sparta, Free Democratic, permanently
established, with 700 subscribers the Era has
near 100 subscribers here, and the Western
| Cttizen 30"
The Spartans are worthy of their name.
AN ADvERrIsEMEST TO MAKE MoNEy-
Somebody advertises in our columns, that upon
the receipt of a dollar from any person, he will
impart to him a secret by which he can make
himself rich, Sc few weeks since, Gin
cinnatian sent us letter about this, stating
that he had applied to the Postmaster where
the advertiser lived, for information, and no
pronounced the thing a humbug We wrote
Immediately, and received from said advertiser
full information concerning his secret 1t is so
satisfactory that we feel authorized to continue
the advertsement-not because we suppose the
knowledge impaired will make anybody rich,
unless in peculiarly favorable circumstances,
but because proper use of it will far more
than repay the money laid out for it.
SALE OF SLAVES IN WAsHINGToN-A sub
be not contrary to that portion of the Compro-
mise measures prohibiting the slave trade No
that act simply prohibited the importation Of
slaves into this District for sale here, or to be
placed in depot for sale elsewhere 1t did not
touch the buying and selling OF slaves already
in the District. A stakeholder here may put up
his slaves at auction, and negro trader may
buy them and carry them out of the District,
without violating any law, except the Higher
Law" which is not much in vogue where Con-
gress sits.
The Hon. SAM HousroN, of Texas has been
reelected to the Senate of the United States,
for the term Of six years from the 4th of March
next by vote almost unanimous.
Hon EDWARD EVERETT has been nomin ated
by the Wing caucus in the Massachusett,
Legislature for the Senate of the United States
Snow fell in the southern part Of Connection,
on the 18th and 18th Of January. Till then
flowers were in growth and bloom in the open
air Rare mildness for mid.winter in New
England.
The prickly pear species of cactus is wilC
plant at Guilford, Connecticut, growing plenti
fully about rocks and in thickets. II il believed
by an intelligent gardener and scotsman to b
indigenous to that locality Will any one sa,
if any othor species of cactus is native to tina
region! =
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS REwARD.-Abne
c. Richardson, Lewis Melrath and Joseph J
Stubbs on behalf of the neighbors and friend
of the late Thomas c. Miller, of West Noting
ham, Chester county, Penn, offer a reward O
81 900 for the arrest and conviction of his mur
derors His body was found near Stemmer'
Run, in Baltimore county, Maryland, suspend
ed by the neck, dead ON st of January, 1882
REMOVAL OF FREE PERSONS or CoLoR TRos
yRoINIA.--A bill has been reported to tn
Virginia House of Delegates, which provide
for the appointment Of overseers, who are I
be required 10 hire out at public auction, a
free persons of color, to the highest bidder
and 10 pay into the State treasury the sum
, acoruing from such hire These sums are t
, be devoted in future TO sending free persons {
color beyond the limits Of the State. At tn
expiration Of Eve years all free persons {
color remaining in the State are to be sold int
slavsry to the highest bidder, at public auction
the proceeds Of suoh sales TO be paid into th
a ouhj,c traasnrv proyided that SAID freo Iersor