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The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-09-06

Know NorHINGIsM. is very evident that
the fathers Of the American Republic were
not Know Nothings, for we find that the
Continental Congress, in the Declaration OF
Independence, made the following, as a seri-
Gus charge against the King, and assigned It
as one of the reasons why the Colonies should
throw off the yoke Of England, viz:
HE has endeavored to prevent the popu-
lation Of these States for that purpose, OBJ
structing the laws Of naturalization Of for
eigners; refusing to pass others to encourage
their migration hither, and raising the con-
ditions Of new appropriations Of lands.u
J # those old Continental Congressmen, who
made the above charge against the King oi
England, had lived ii these days, they would
be deemed enemies Of American institutions,
and the Know Nothings would take espec-
ial care that none Of them were reelected I'd
Congress.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-09-06

WHEREAS Letters Of Administer
v ton on the eatote of Esariah h. PEPPER
deceased, were granted % tht audamlrns t
the August Term A. 81. l854, 81 che Hrnt
Now, all persons haVingclaims aeain-t tls s1-
tate ST said decedent. Ire hereby required fo
exhibit the same within thaiime limited lf 'ae
oF The same VIII be bnrred
SAMUEE. J PEPPER. Ada'rs
September O. l754-44-7t.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-09-06
New Rooks.

Tcoederoga or, The Black Eagle, 70.
nance Of days not far distant" BY G. p. r.
R. james, Esq.
"sir Jssper Carew, his life and experien
ces With some account of his oyer-reacll-
ings and short comings," by Charles Lever.
.Hafd Times" by Charles Dickens.
The authors names arc a sufficient guar
antee of the interest and worth Of the books.
The above books, with many other late
publications may be had at the Drug and
Book Store of DR.. NJ. Emanuel in this city.
"FIrrEEN MINUTES ABOUND New Y oRK''-
This new work from the pen Of G. G. Foster,
so we'll known to the public as the author of
New York by Gas Light" DC, will be hail
ed with pleasure by all who wish to read a
most graphic account Of everything remark
able and worthy Of record in the Great Me-
tropolis. His powers Of description are too
well known and appreciated to need
praise, and more can be learned in an hour
by the perusal of his 'FiJteen Minutes, ?
spent among places and with persons known
to fame, than, without his penetrating geni-
US and eye, could be brought to the ew Of
a stranger in year-he marks with broad
glance all that is wonderful and strange, from
the Crystal, Palace and the abodes of the
rich and the purse-proud, down to the vilest-
haunts Of the vicious and degraded. He
paints the truth, "naught extenuating, or set
ting down aught in malice All should read
it who wish to be posted up in what is going.
on in the great Babel.
We are obliged to the publishers, Messrs.
Dewitt & Davenport, of New York, for this
book.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-09-06

THR Cry AUTHORITIES Of Boston have
eecreed that all the names Of non-residents
who visit Boston and get drunk, and are ar
rested shall be published! From his we are
to infer that residents can go It with per
feet loosenessl Boston Is q great village.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-09-06

The anti-Nebraska Convention Of the State
Of New York assembled at Saratoga on the
10th ult, and after a stormy session adjourn
ed ona the 18th. .ult., to meet again at
Auburn on the 26th Of inst. It was
called by the violent opponents Of the Ne
braska Bill, and designed to effect an organi-
zation amongthem, based upon the one idea
of war to the knife upon the slave power Of
the South. The Convention seems to have
been failure, as it effected no organization
of this State.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-09-06

Judge C G. 8aonson has accepted the
nomination Of the Hards for Governor of
New York.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-09-06
The Memphis Navy yard.

The Memphis papers manifest great indig-|
nation at the act Of Congress donating to-
that city the Navy Yard Lands and appurte-
nances established at that place.
The AppsaE declares the act to be a strange
caprice, an unaccountable freak, prodgal
waste Of the public money, and still more
prodigal betrayal Of the rights and interests
of a prescribed and insulted section of the
country. The City Council met on the 22d.,
ult, to accept the proposition Of Congress,
but adjourned without taking final action, in
order as we suppose, to get better knowl-
ledge of public opinion from that part of the
community Immediately concerned in the
transfer. 1t is urged with much plausibility
that the City authorities should forbear to
act in the matter until the meeting Of Con-
gress in December next by which time the
sense Of the South and Southwest can be
had on the. subject, We believe that it was
not the intention of Congress to abolish the
naval depot, or cede it away without the con
Icurrence Of Memphis, and the interested por
ton of the country. While the government is
extending fostering care, and bestowing aid
and comfort to other similar establishments
in the North and East, it would certainly be
an act of great injustice to withdraw all
|countenance and support from the South and
West. The feasibility of this project was
questioned, at the time. it was established,
and many violent objections offered but they
were overcome by the inAuence of Mason,
Bancroft, and Lieut.. Maury, and the argu-
ments of Foster, Ashe, and Cave Johnson.
The same objections that we're raised then
are revived now, but as they proved insufi-
oient at that time, they should not now be
entitledsevep to decent respect. We do not
believe that this act of donation was intend
ed as direct insult. The legislation, it is
true, was hasty,. but we are loath to believe
that it was corrupt. Congress unquestiona-
bly, did wrong in policy in thus summarily
abandoning this establishment; but the act
was not certainly Influenced by any dsre
spectful feelings tossards the City Of. Memphis,
or the directly interested section of the coun
try. It was mere action of mistaken econ-
omy, or the result of an erroaeous option
in relation to its entire position,
The City Council ought not to take ulti
mate action in the matter, until remon
STRANGE can reach Congress, and in the mean
time we think that the press especially that
portion Of it friendly to the administration,
should not indulge in the abuse and denun-
citation Of the highest Legislative body Of the
country, on which 50 much depends the fu-
ture hopes and prospects of the nation.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-09-06

tTg= Of last Fsiasy has probably
done AR sWelch, agent for Monks Maps,
some injustice in offering q reward Of ten
cents for his apprehension, aud speaking
otherwise disparagingly of him.
Mr. Welch made US the same promise, and
not over two weeks ago he promptly fulfilled
it By leaving with US beautiful Map Of the
United States and its territories. Mr.. II.
informed us at the time that his stock was
exhausted, but as soon as he could receive a
supply from Neznphis, he would attend all of
his engagements IN this quarter. Perhaps,
if the TEtig had waited FOR q fen days. !
all-grounds of complaint would have been.
removed.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-09-06

LIFE OF PRENTIss.--We see it stated that
the long expected life Of S. s. Prentiss, the
late distinguished orator, written by his broth
er, Rev. George L. Prentiss, Of New York, Is
now in the press, and viii shortly appear
The book will meet with ready sale, par
ticularly in Mississippi, where there still lin
gers in the minds of political friend and foe,
the desire to see justice done to his memo
The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-09-06

RrsULr IN Iowa The Burlington 10
way Telegraph says that Grimes, wing, has
been elected Governor Of thatstate by about
4, 900 majority, and other wings on the State
ticket by maiorties similar. Thorington
(whig) is elected to Congress, and most prob
ably Clark (do) The House has whig ma
ioiity; the Senate is yet in doubt. US. SEN
ator Dodge will probably be superseded by a
.,I,;re
The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-09-06

The Yazoo Division No. 199 Of the Sons
of temperance, viih dedicate their Hall in
place with appropriate ceremonies on the
23a inst. Or&tions, suitable to the occasion
viii be delivered by the Rev. Mr.. afontgome-
~, E L. Bower Or. Wyche, aud Alonzo
Kezer This demonstration viii be crafty
ing to the advocates and friends Of Temper
ance; and may be regarded as an indication
Of the fourishing condition of the Order
here. We very sincerely applaud the spirit
npith which this movement is conducted, and
eIieve that itsexertions, if properly directed,
as they surely will be, viii effect a reforna-
aien IA morals, and tend greatly to elevate
and exait its members. ns
The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-09-06

4 protracted meeting commenced at the
Methodist Church in this place last Sabbath.
We learn that it will continue through the
present week.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-09-06
Tribute of Respect.

r. WARREN. secIetary..
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-11-18
THE FIRST CONVICTION.

Capt. Smith who was on trial last week, in New
York for violation of the law of Congress relative
to She foreign slave trade, has had Il verdict of
gritty rendered against him ly the court. This
is said TO be the first conviction under the law
whichhas even occurred in the United States. The
prisoner is said to have received the verdict with
great composure, and well he might for there is
small danger of his execution.
Though this is the first Conviction it should not
be the last if the statement of the Tribune is true
which we have no reason to doubt. That paper
asserts that there are numerous wealthy men III
that city, "merchaht princess" who have gained
immense wealth by the prosecution of this trade
and that two slave vessels are on an average fitted
out from there every month during the year
These New Workers and their friends will if pos
sible go with the slave buying portion of the Soutl
for the lcgalization of the foreign traffic. We find
here Il very emphatic answer 90 the oft asked and
answered question. What has the North to dc
with Slavery.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-11-18
TIL ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE.
unbccoming and undigniOed Importance to the
..oxo ,rir,.l r,rt IF man

unbecoming and undigni0ed Importance to the
mere animal part Of man."
Neither the dignity of human nature nor the
loving accents of the Savior cause the Editor of
the Express to shu lder at The idea Of treating the
animal part Of JlacL babies as we treat pigs and
calves. Our conservative editor, n few months
since, went South, aud visited the slave plantation
Of Bishop Polk, of Louisiana. lie gives, in his
columns, a laudatory account of the excellent
management of the estate, and OF the human cat
tic on it. The Right Rev. Father in God, accord
ing to the Express, has $50 immortal, accountable
beings, whom he calls his property, and the DAElEs
born on the plantation the preceding year, the Ed
itor assures us, were worth EiGnTEEN HUNDRED
DOLLARS. IN Without a syllable of reprobatiOn.
he publishes to the world the value OF
black babies, and a value which has reference sole
" to their physical development, the flesh ON their
bones, &c. Yes, according to the Express, the
Bishops battles were worth one hundred dollar:
each, and not all a year oll-and wherein do these
infants, in this relation, differ from so many COW
or colts? Did it enter into the head of this Ed tor
that this herd Of black children, belonging to t
profcsscd successor Of the Apostles, and worth ii
the market Eighteen Hundred Dollars, had souls
to lie saved and minds to be formed? The Ohio
white babies, poor things, had mothers will
"coarsc minds, aud imbruted intellects,' who de
lighted in their physical Developments, and oul
conservative Wing is filled with indignation. This
same cotton gentleman visits Louisiana, inspect'
the plantation of the Right Reverend Leonida'
Polk, sees his $50 human beasts of burden, ant
his Eighteen Hundred Dollars worth of little in
fants, and is. filed with admiration of the EpiSco
CORAL slave-breedcr!! Such is conservative Wing
ism. The sham Democracy of the day is opcr
unblushing and avcwed in its contempt Of Justice
and humanity when opposed to party policy
There is ,for instance, something striking, a Satan
ic grandeur. in the rccklessness of the Nebraska
villany. But our poor cotton Wings, ever strug
Cling between their present sympathies for slavery
atd their former pledges to freedom, strive to re
concilc both by the practice of s~neaking, %cantinG
hypocrisy. and receive for their reward the con
tempt of both the good and the bad. p.
-NQHddTd.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-11-18
MR.. FOss AT THE WEST.


The General Agent Of the Massachusetts, Anti
Slavery Society, Rev. S. May, Jr., sends us the fol-
lowing extract from a letter of the Rev. Andrew
L. foss, OF Massachusetts,, who is Oh Il l%ccturing
tour in the Western States. The letter is under
date of La Grange, lnd., Oct. %, 1854. Mr.. Foss,
we have no doubt, will make as good an impression
upon the Western people as they have made upon
him. lie is a most oincere and earnest man, and
an impressive lecturer
my meetings, though the weather has been
bad, have been well attended loads of from six
to ten persons coming on those dark nights a DIS
t.ncc Of four and six miles. q = The principal
lawyer Of this place came to me this morning and
wished to know it | went for the dissolution of the
Union, OF course, | said yes. lie asked me if |
was willing to argue that point tonight, and allow
him to reply. | said, | was willing to speak halt
an hour on that subject, and then allow him to
reply. not to exceed one hour, with the privilege OF
a rejoinder. lie agreed, aud it is probable VIC
shall have Il great meeting.
81 am greatly pleased with tlcSc Western PEG
pie. They are Il straightforward folk | am
sure that there is no better point Of attack upon
the Slave Power than the West. The recent elec.
lions here have greatly amazed the pro-slavery peo
pie, and now you can find but few who arc not op
posed to slavery, and alrays hare been.
THE annual meeting Of the Michigan Anti
Slavery Society, at Adrian, was Il most excellent
one. The meetings throughout were large and
spirited. Many of the Progressive Friends were
there. They are a noble people.
I'm my addresses and lectures here, ! have
dwelt much upon the infamous black laws of lndi
ana. | think, now the election is over, the atten
ton OF the anti-slavery people will be directed tt
that subject, and, if not this Winter, at no distant
day these laws will be repealed, and all will regret
that they ever existed
1.-The clergy here, as n whole, are more anti
slavery, or, what will express it more accurately,
are less pro-slavery, than at the East. Still, in the
words Of Watts, they are
"a f~aithless, unbelieying brood,
That tire the patience OF their Cod
They. however, have less influence among the pco.
pie than those at the East. They are not greatly
III the way. To be sure, they cry i?fdl, and scel
to alarm the people, but the people do not show
much attachment toa pro-slavery religion or mucl
aversion to an anti-slavcry inldelity.
The Fosters did a good work here last Winter,
and their return the coming Winter is looked fol
with interest. "--StuRdard.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-11-18
WON ANS RIGHTS.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. /, 1854.
GENTLEMEN: My attention has been called to a
paragraph in your paper of Nov. 1, in which you
say:
THE National Woman's Rights Convention,
recently held in Philadelphia, was remarkable
alike for the dignity f its proceedings and the
cloqucncc Of its debates. The press Of that city
generally troated it and its objects with marked
fairness and candLur, and the impression made
upen spectators was exceedingly favourable. The
evidences of this were numerous and unmistak-
able. This being So, we were not a little surprised
to learn that the Sunday Times Of that city-a
paper understood 10 be uRder tie cRt0YiuL rare Of
UUiiam BirncY, Esq, formerly editor and p%ropri-
etor Of the Daily Register now defunct)-misrep-
resented the Convention and the noble wOlnon who
took part in it, in u manner at nee inexcusable
and shameful. The following is the language of
the Times, as we find it quoted by the corrcspon-
dent Of the Rhode Island Freeman"
Here follows a paragraph as coarscly scurrilous
as it is ungrammaticul. Your comment upon it is
one of great severity, although Hypothetical.
Why you should be so ready to give publicity
to a charge SO degrading, made by an anonymou,
writer, l must leave you to explain. The charge
itself is not only false, but w%ilfully and malicious
lily so. The Sunday Times is not under my editor
ial care, and never has been. | have no connec.
ton with 1T either as editor or publisher, and NJ
more control Of its columns than Of yours. | dc
not even know who is its editor, and have no rcla,
ton with it or its publishers other than that the
have some type set, al 4 certain price per thou
sand, in the book and newspaper department OF
my printing establishment. | may say further
that l have not written n line, favorable or other
wise, about the Worah's Rights Convention. al
though | attended some of its meetings and listened
with pleasure to several of the speakers.
The charge against me of abusing a Convention,
of ladies was compelled to seek a distant place for
its publication. 1t would not be believed here.
The people of Philadelphia know that my printing
establishment is the only one in the city in which
ladies are employed as compositors that to MAIN
tain their right to labour, | have subjected myself
to the unremitted prosecutions of the Printers
mon and the consequences Of Il strike Of every
hand employed on my daily paper.
BY giving this contradiction a conspicuous place
in the Standard you can repair. in some degree,
the injury you have done me, and show that, if you
do hastily hccredit SANDER, you are equally prompt
to render homage to truth.
With due respect, | remain, sc.
4. ). SttndaTI. WILLIAM BIRNEY.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-11-18
THF NEW YORK EXPRESS AND INE
BABY CONVENTION.

To the Editors Of The 1ntt-Slarery Standard.
The New York Express, one of the most malig-
nant ct cur Northern cotton papers, and one which
delights in conservative Whigism, which means
the conservation of RUM and SLAVERY, is out agai lst
the OHIO Baby Convention. at was" SAYS this
pro-slavery organ, an effort to elevate into an un.
becoming and undignifed importance the mere an.
,mat part OF MAN, and to degrade him to tho low
level OF cows and calves and sheep and lambs.
The standard of merit for the best baby be it
noted, was the same standard that decides the
comparative worth OF the brute creature. Only
coarse minds and imbruted intellects could encour-
age or take part in a spectacle of the kind. Does
it not CRATE harshly on the ear, does it not blunt
the human affections, to hear Of little children
brought, as 1t were, into the public market to lie
culgarily appraised ut II value that has sole refer
ence TO the flesh on their bones, the hair on THEN
heads, and the particular number Of pounds they
weigh in the butchers or grocer's, or tallow chan.
dier's scales? 1t tends to shake rudely the tender
impressions of children and childhood all Of us
reilSiously lnhale from the loving accents Ct the
Saylour-' Suffer little children to come unto me-
Shareholders and doughiaces not unfrequently
utter sound moral sentim ents, and talk about JUS
ice, humanity and the rights of man, and decency
and propriety, and, then, directly after, give the
he to all they have uttered, by their vindication OF
human bondage,
Now, our conservative-cotton-slaye-catchin
Wing Editor means to confine his remarks t.
lchite babies, and no one sooner than himself would
scorn, and ridicule. and denounce as fanatical, in
surrectionary, unconstitutional, and dangerous to
the Union, similar sentiments in regard to diack
babies. He understands our Savior in the Glowing
accents" lie quotes, to have meant, " Suffer little
rhRe child:en to come unto me-"
He asks very properly, "If it entered the heads
of those Ohio women, those mothers Of Cincinnati,
that children have souls to save and minds to
FORM" But then, the children in whose souls and
minds the Editor is interested are pale-laccd chill
dren. Never has the Editor asked the Legislators
Of the slave States, who are constantly striving to
keep their slaves in ignorance, and who lock up in
Jail pious, benevolent women who dare to teach
slave children their letters, " if it has ever entered
their heads, that Giaek children have souls to be
saved and minds to be formed?
1t is shocking that oaite babies should be even
appreciated according to their physical develop
ment, but to SELL black babies in the market with
COWS and calves and sheep and lambs"-why, it
is only the wretched fanatical Abolitionists who
such sales as degrading, and giving ian
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-11-18
.Ibe Anti 5laurrp Bnelr.


OuR PAPER is later this week than usual. For a
day or two, We dcspaired Of getting it out at all,
owing to the olrelessness and Encouragement Of
somebody belonging to the Ohio and Pennsylvania
Railroad. PAPER which was put on board the cars
for us at Orvillc, forty miles west of this, on Thurs.
day Of last pcek. Was received here ON Wednes-
day of this week, it having in the meantime,
made n journey to Pittsburgh, whence it returned,
after we had followed it there, and hunted it up
1t is difficult to procure paper. The waters are
low beyond all precedent at this season of the
year and in consequence the paper mills, are
unable to furnish their usual supply. There have
been no rains in this region sufficient to affect oui
springs since MAY last.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-11-18
PRO-SLAVERY LITERATURE AT A DIS
COUNT.

The stereotype plates of FEefcher's Studies on
Sarery, an octave Of G37 pages, were sold by the
sheriff, at Philadelphia, on The eth ult., for sixty
five dollars. Their cost must have been over a
thousand dollars. The books, $50 copies, were
sold for 81 cents per copy, except - copies which
sold n trihe higher. This is the work of which the
Southern press chanted such LOUD praise, that one
was led to except it was destined to snatch the
'peculiar institution from that deep infamv into
which it is 50 rapidly sinking. Instead Of this, to
use the language Of the Pittsburgh Christian At
rocate, The, book has proved emphatically a bad
speculation. To mend his shattered fortunes, Mr..
Fletcher will have to try his pen On come subject
more c~ongcnial to the public taste, even at the
South. Tie divine right Of kings had passed its
day. The heart Of humanity rebels against the
doctrine and if individuals are induced to profess
it, it is not through the power Of logic, but Of per-
sonal interest. The moment men, free from the
prejudice of interest, contemplate the doctrine OF
slavery, they instinctiyely reject it as a violation
of the natural and dearest rights Of humanity
though social restraints may prevent the avowal of
their principles. The secret of the failure OF
Fletcher's book lay in this, that it was adapted
only to the plantation, not to the honest masses al
the South who, though may tolelate slavery as a
necessary evil, abhor any attempt to Justify it on
the grounds of Scripture and reason. We look
upon the fate of Fletcher's book as q favorable
sign of the times. 1t is amcrited and timely re-
buke of the rampant pro-slavery spirit of u few
corrupt politicians, both in the North and South.
l-ZioA'S Herald.