Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-11
LITERARY NOTICE.

MASSACHUSETTS IN MOURNING. A sermon preach
cd in Worcester, on Sunday, juno 4, 1854, by
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Minister Of tho
Free Church. Boston James Monroe Co.
Pp Is.
The text of this discourse reveals its pur-
port: Shall the iron break the Northern iron
and steel?n 1t is one Of the most startling and
earnest voices from the pulpit, called out by
the late exhibition in Boston of the atrocities
of the Fugitive Slave Law. If we cannot sub
scribe to the authors conclusions, or admit as
our own his views of duty, we none the less
admire his bold, manly, sclfsacrifcing spirit.
Ii is ono Of those utterances which " stir the
blood to mutiny,' by the very repression of
passionate under tone Of intense conviction Ii
has no rant or extravaganza, but on the con-
trary, an ominous calm pervades tit is the
deliberate language of one who has resolutely
made up his mind to resist oppression in the
most direct manner, and by the use Of such
means as seem to him most effectual. In read.
ing it one would DO ready to believe that the
spirit Of his freedom-loving Puritan ancestor,
the minister Of Salem, had spoken through him,
in the tone and temper Of the days Of Sydney
and Hampden. We do not agree with him in
his dstruss and despair Of peaceful and legal
triumph Of free principles in our country, yet
we confess that we were q good deal impressed
with the truth $50 far as the history Of the last
few years is concerncd) Of the following stri-
king passage
@Our labor to reform the North, with the
whole force Of nationalizcd Slavery TO resist, il
like tho effort Of Sir John Franklin, on his first
voyage, to get northward by travelling on the
ioe He travelled toward the pole for six
weeks, no doubt OF that but Mt the end OF the
time, no was 200 miles farther from it than
when he started. The loo had foated south
ward--and our ice floats southioard also. And
40 it will be, while this Union concentrates
power in the hands Of shareholders, and gives
tho North only commercial prosperity the
moro thoroughly to ensrvate and destroy ito
The publication Of this sermon is note-wor-
thy as a sign Of the times, and an indication Of
the spirit which the recent aggressions Of Sla-
very has walked up in the North. J. q. w.
Decision or A TRusT CASE Tho Supreme
Court at New York yesterday dismissed, with
costs, the half million trust case Of the North
American Trust Company against Graham,
BIatchford, and others The trust was made
in ls4O to sccure the Girard and United States
Banks at Philadelphia.
CHARGE OF KrDNAPpIEG--J 8. Russell, the
captain Of canal boat, was arrested ycster-
day morning, at Albany, charged with being
an accomplice Of MurrilI in kidnapping Solo
mon Northrup. He admitted no was at the
Inauguration at Washington, in 1S4i. He was
ironed and taken to Bsllston Spa for trial
u The Louisville Journal says Of Mr.. Ben
toms opistlc on Mr.. Petit:
"The remark is coarse ono, and there is
nothing to redeem it except its strict truth"
10 1t appears that the grand jury of the
Criminal Court at Cincinnati has found true
bill Of indictment against Peter Kroger, the
Roman Catholic priest, for the alleged attempt
TO commit an infamous outrage on the person
Of young German girl.
II The grand jury Of the Unitod States
circuit Court ut New Orleans, while they
astrongly incline to tho opinion that mcet-
ings are held and fands collected by persons
having ncfarious designs upon Cuba, think
that tho reports Of preparations have boon
greatly exaggerated, nothing like military
oroap,xaf,ou ar preparakion having been