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Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-10-04

M b Warner, author of Dollars and Cents
Mr. Rutherlord's Children, &c. Just published
and for sale by K. FARNHAM,
MAY Corner of Pa. avenue and 18th street.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-08-25
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The Slave Question,

We commend to public attentionthe fol-
lowing calm Statement of the historical
facts re lating TO this much agitated subject.
It's from an Grafton delivered BY the Hon.
Theodore Ffelinghuisen Before tie ttu-
dants of Rutgers College. 1t will be
found to present in few clear, concise
words, the origin of that clause in the
Federal eompact which recognizes slavery
as local institution, and the duties of the
several States with respect to it;-Batgi-
more Patriot.
"When the Constitution of the United
States was under advisement, BY the law
Of nations slave escaping to free coun-
try became Tree. The slavehoIding States
were unwilling TO form an union upon the
basis of lint intel national law between in.
dependent States. They proposed to the
free States, if Won wish to unite with us,
and thus form one people in closer bonds
than by The gcnetai law OF nations, then
this law of the fugitive slave must be- so
modified that we shall have the same right
to reclaim in your State that we now have
in any county in our own State. Our
foreia(hers agreed 10 this modification, and
the thirteen colonies unanimously adopted
il, and thus left slavery a domestic institu-
tioa in all the States where 1t existed.
This is the true political state OF the
question, and therefore we cannot disturb
Il. Is Il great mofal and social evil, it is
open to free Consideration aud debate, as
are.aa other matters pertaining to moral
duty. But politically we agreed to leave
it here we fgu Il il aud that was whit
the siaveholdiag States, with its respoa-
sibiIit!es, The whole case IS ssith them.
It is a gravely momentous subject, en-
compassed by perpleNing difficulties that
call soy delibeaiion. aud candor, and good
teraper. Aud mere than this: il inyakes
airgsh the cherished and ffatefndl feelings
that formed the American constitution,
which has so long and SO ilIust'ioas!y
! shown how mach Of human wisdom aud
forecast d how much mere of divine be-
mighty, crowned this first great eXpeti-
lueHt Of a free and sell governed people.
MAJ il be- perpetual! May no rash hand
mar its glory or dafe disturb its foundations!
Should not almost eighty years oil pros
pelot,s freedom plead for our Gnioh?-
5hoald not the smiles Of Co.'s favor to-
waraa us toF al! that time hush the muir
mus 0. discomfort, and pufsuade Us rather
10 paiiehce and hope? Let us wait ior the
hralines Of time, aud kindness aud the
sure growth Of better feelings. that will
follow The spfe@ll, and power oil the Cos,
pei of peace. Let as for The sake Of hui
man li6erty, aud mau last hope, wait, aud
bear aud fotbear, in tue fear OF God aad
living PLAYER for Ills guidance"
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-08-25
Another Puff.

Somebody has said "misfortunes never
come single handed" No doubt the law
is true. Whether true, or not, we are not
prepared just now to decide. One thing,
however, we can decide upon al this time,
and that is farors 1ometimes. do not come
single handed.' To instance: Las! wee k
our 'old grey goose" discharged a two
dollar obligation, with as much ease as it
S well to conceive. This week, it is call
ed upon to enlarge its capacity and liqui.
date an Indebtedness to the amount Of fut
dollars. Here goes, then Our neighbol
and friends, S. F. Davis s. Co., have pre-.
sented the junior with handsome pair Of
patent-leather gaiter Shoes--a specimen
of the largest and llandsomest stock o.
boots and shoes we have seen for somt
time. Messrs. Davis e. Co. are the sue
cessors of A. M. Simpson, who still con
tinues as superintendent of the establish.
ment. Their assortment is fashionable va.
ried and substantial and 70 It we invite
the attention of the public, assuring then
that but TO examine is to be pleased.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-08-25
MassacIlass ct ts--.As She Was and As
Che Is.


The Boston Daily Courier, in able ar
ticle npon the present political condition
OF Massachusetts, speaks thus sorr 9wfully,
yet Faithfully, Of that once lnil'eAtial
wing State:
Our State is disgraeed and Inundated,
but we trust not irretrievably ruin. d.
Massachusetts,, the most cultivated, the
best educated, the most public spirited,
and, upon many good reasons, the prou.
dest State in the Union, has frilttred away
her strength. until she lies completely
PROSTATE, There has been no time before
since the revolution when she did mol
MAINTAIN leading part i'll the national
eouhciles, and at least challenge the res
pect of her opponents, if She did not sway
the conduct Of public affairs. She has now
stripped herself Of her titles to influence
and must be content for a time to occupy
the low est place Instead OF .hat where she
has been accustomed to advise, TO persuade
and to direct. In the place OF her States
men are only petty politicians. Instead
Of her men @! learning and commanding
eloquenee and public experience, jealous
Of her honor AID worthy Other confidence
she is represented by charlataps, and So
cialists, and 5noram ises-by seli-seekers,
instead oil patriotic minas-by men prone
TO mischief, rather than souls capable of
ronceiying. approaching and UNFOLDING
wha. makes for the general welfare. We
will not mention her great men-the liv-
ing and The dead--her pride and the pride
Of the nalion.-who ,eent in al The door,
ana were the Legitimate guardians OF her
flock; ioi we Should be ashamed to rerapi-
lulatr, By way Of contrast, the names OF
their successors. who have Jumped ocef The
told."
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-08-25

THE WnEELrR SLAVE cAsE.--I has already
been mentioned thai passnoie Williamson, Of
Philadelphia, imprisoned by Judge Kane for con-
temp. in making an alleged ialse return to a
writ in The Wheeler slave case, had applied 10
the Supreme Coult Of Pennsylvania to be r,eas.
cd, and that his decision had been reserved =
The following is The substance Of his application.
Tha. having aptrised Mr.. WhaeIer's slaves
tina, they We're free under The laws Of Pennsyl-
vania, and having seen The woman safely ashore
and inspcsse-sion Of freedom, he "returuet 10 his
place Of business, and has never since seen eth
er Of them nor does he know hare they are.
nor has he any connection OIL any kind with The
subject" that he used no violence 10 MIR. Whee.
Ter, other than "smply holding him back when
he attempted by ioice To prevent Jane f,om
leaving the boai;n that he had no precor c,rlel
couneclion with The negroes who we're present
or win their conduct, and considers thai he is
in no way responsible therefor; aud ll.a, Meth.
el OF the slaves Was al the time oil issuing judge
kane's Wi; or at any time, in his cus,oday or
restrained oflibeily by him.
The petitioner claims that these bei.,a the
facts, his return TO the win was rl.r.,l,,Ir XVI
dld mol wafan, comlniimeu. 10 iini'i;se nm INV.
pfIsoarnem Tor contempt, 49,
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-08-25
The Helen levitt Trad gedy.

/ STRANGE DEyELoPMENTs.-W men,
toned yesterday that the Louisville Jour-
nal had conradcted the report ofthe death
in that city Of Richard p. Robson, the re-
puted muI aerer Of Helen Jewit, in New
York, some years ago. The report that he
was dead, however. has elected some re-
.markabie disclosures, which the New York
sspol,dent of the Philadelphia Ledger
says are about to appear in the Express, and
which he thus alIudes;
man, named Henry Wilson, living in
East Twenty first street, states that he wos
present in Furlongs store, at the corner of
Nassau aud Cedar streets, at s o'clock on
the evening Helen levitt was murdered
an there saw Richard p. Robson. Rob-
ison had on CLOAK, muflled aronnd him,
very full i'll size, and ola dark olive brown
color. Wilson says during the trial he
could not summon courage enough TO come
forward and testify to this fact. But he
does it row, it is presumed, to ease his con-
science.
10 appreciate fully the value Of this
eicventhhoui testimony, il sh ould be re-
membered that Robson 5 &C 9uital was the
result, ilainly, of the testimony Of this
rlan Furlorg, the grocer, who stated thai
Isobisen was Ia the store at OF near the
time ii was alledged be as III helen jew
Ell chamber and that OF that evening he
wore blue !rock coat, whereas the gar
ment which was found in the yald OF 42
Thomas street (aid supposed TO have con-
ceaied the hatene, was O btecA eioak. =
"a ~, 1 H.,
house. II will also be remembered testified
that " heA Robson asked for admission 70
iieieil's chamber, on the fatal evening he
was inJilled i'll a black cloak evidently
the very cloak which correspondent oil
tue Express says he saw i ii Furlong's store.
Two facts therefore would thus seem to be
proved: list. Ro5ison's guilt; 81. Futlong 5
perjury. (Faflohg, it will be recollcctel,
some time al, er tue iial. committed suicide,
by jumping into the sea from vessel bound
to Hasaha.
Ii is nearly twenty years SIM these
events took place. but those who are lanil-
lar with the proceedings in court will re-
member that considerable Iaquiry was mad
foFtha :hird person " no was III the store on
the evening previous. He Was advertised
fer in the public Journals Of thai day, and
tsierahle good description of his person
was alluded TO as something significant by
the counsel for the ptostt ution.
So, then, this person who 50 mysterious
y disappeared al "a time when his testi-
mony, III all human probability, would
have changed the verde! Of aeqaital into
ore If conviction. comes forward now, at,
tel lapse osnlneseen years. and slartes
the community with statements which, in-
valuable al that time, serve only to start
afresll new suspicious touching the efforts
that were made by Robison's friends to
keep certain ugly testimony against him out
Of the way.
As this revelation is likely 10 produce a
a sensation IN eertamcisels iiere (Which
shall be nameless,) thought it worth
while to lay before you its sisos, important
features,
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-08-25

1t will be seen from the following
which we find in New York paper that
Governor Clark. of that State. has Sc, ID.
edifyins example Of seeking legal advice
henit is too late To profit BIZ it:
The seSerest blow that the rrohibi,a.-
Try law has yet received has Just been nd
mlhislered By Hon. Og.len Hoffman, The
attorney general O. the State. Some DAVIS
siNee it seems, Governor CLARK applied to
MI. iiofioaan for an opinion upon the con,
s.iiutlona'ity OF the bill. and the result
90" IS the transmission to Albany of the
Attorneys views at length. OF course
they ale not MADE public yet but i, jsce,-
tain the same ground is taken with A,ssrs.
bronson, Girhrd aud f.ord-the law being
declared unconstitutional II is s,ranpr
that the governor did not think Of asLino
his atIofney's advice 5eiers putting h $
signature TO lAe BIB.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-08-25

The sectional interests of the eountry are
being discussed very generally by the
press. a calm and dignilied tone charac.
terises the views of the leading. Southern
journals, which is indicative of due con-
sideIation and greater fifmness. Some Of
the ablest presses Of the North are address
ing powerful appeals to the passive con
servatives Of Their section, urging them TO
rally 10 the Constitution and the Union as
established by our fathers. Even ia luna
lie Boston there are these y he have the
boldness to febuke raging fanatics, and
point out TO them the impending dangers
to the Union. The Democracy Of the
North who have been overwhelmed in
the last elections by the fusion Of the OPP
ponents Of the South, are agsin rallyins te
the standard of the Constitution 10 save
the Union in its hour of peril Many pa.
triotie Wings in the North are marching
up to the help Of the Democracy and the
country rather than fall IN with the fusion.
lists.
From the most reliable calculations !,
appears, that if the election of the mex
President should fall in the House Of Rep
resebtaiives, that the enemies Of the Soutl
will not able to carry their purposes
California, though ncn, slaveholdng State
has elected two strong Nebraska and Kan
sas men, who have no sympathy with tie
enemies ofthc South There being fifteen
slave and sixteen non-si.g eholdng States,
if California sustain n ebrask e-Kansas
candidate there viii be tie. But, it is said
that the delegation from one of the North
ern States are equally divided on the Ne
braska-Aansas question, which will destroy
| theyote OF that State-the vote for Pres.
ident being by States, and but one vote
given by the majority Of the delegates
from the States.
We trust. however. that the Northern
Democracy will not permit the election te
come into the House. The united Soutl
with the aid Of a few Northern Statcs car
elect President. The eyes OF the tru'
friends Of the country are now fixed upoI
the Democracy. which is the only nationa
party, and the only party tina. can save TIT
county.
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The Scuthiu Clden Time.

Mr.. Benton, in one Of The chapters ct
the forthcoming second volume OF his
Thirty Years in die seaate speaking Of
the decline OF the commerce Of HIS Seata-
ern States, says:
''it is a tfaditinn Of HE colonies that the
South had been the seat Of y cath and hap
piness, Of power and opu!ence; that rich
population covered the land dispensing ba.
rohal hospitality, and ditlusing the felicity
which themselves enjoyed; thai ali wasliie,
and Joy, and aiiluenee then. And this tra-
ditiou was not without similiteac 10 the re-
alty, as the writer can testify; ier he was
old enough to have seen (altei the reyou-
tom the still surviving state Of Southern
colonial manners, when no Traveller was
allowed 10 go to a tavern and was handed
over from family to family through entire
States-when holidays were days Of fes-
tiyity and expectation, long prepared Tor,
and celebrated by master ana slave with
music and ieasiing, and great coaeourse ol
friends and relatives; when gold was KEEP.
in desks or chests, (aiter the downfall Of
paper,) and weighed OH scales, and lent to
neighbors for short terms, without pote, in
terest, witness or seeurity-ahd on bond
and land securely for long years and IN
lawful usance; and when petty litigation
was at so lew an ebb that II required fine
of forty pounds oil Tobacco to make man
serve as constable.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-08-25

parson Brownlo~, Of The Knoxville
(Teun,) Wing, is furious Kee,v NotA--
ing, and uses the cry of .retjns ugainet
all who have uot obeyed the Sehes's OF
the oath bound order. In making an APP
peal lii idvor Of an obaoxious candidate be-
fore the late election, The Parson sand:
Besides when we were initiated into
the Order we took the following obligation,
or oath, administered ufen thes holy BIZ
bic; ana not having withdrawn from the
o,des, and ret intending to do 50, we feel
bound by every consideration OF honor and
duty to support Rodgers:
"You do soiemnly swear before Al
mighty God aud these witnesses that so
long as you are connected with the organ
lzation If not regularly dismissed from it,
sou will in ell things, political or social,
SO far as this order is concerned, comply
with the will of The majority, when ex.
pressed IN a lawful manner, though it may
conflict with your personal prelenee.
"All who are members of the order. and
continue TO be. have the same obligation
resting upon them. and il they have any
regard for their honor and IA solemn duty,
they will vote for Rogers. though he may
not be their personal preference
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1.a,w-1Tothingiasa, Rotires from the south

The scattering column Of know no:hipe.
ism, ike bruised serpent, tl.li.s Us des.
pondine length back to the easerGs from
whence it CAPE. There is no longer ii ref
use for it in The South. Its only sasety il
IN an immediate departure for the Nor.h.
There. with its kindred eaami.ies Of abo-
litiouism and inidelisy, II may be able to
hibernate TIL the sp,ing Of 1856, when.
with new name and honest leaders, il
may forage for brief period Oh the ertd-
ulous and the unsuspecting. There is no
more hope for it in the land of Washing
ton, Jefferson, Jackson. Mason, and King.
The people Of the South have received i;
like an invader. aud repelled it like a pes.
tilehce.
This concludes the boasted nationality o!
the know-nothing party. Its northern
followers have almost unanimously repa-
dated the Philadelphia platiorin; and now
its southern disciples have not been able
TO escape era shing defeat by the all Of
that platform. lis only strength is in tho
strength at abo!ltionism. lt9 only hope is
in the success of the foes OF the constitution
and of The South. |, has olce more been
resolved into its original shape aHd design
and will hencelorN ard be doolaed to the
tate lis southern iaolators haze SO sedalous-
" laboiea to av4id--that Of being hew-
er OF wood and a drawer OF water 70,
Greeley Garrison, Hale, Gidlings, Chase,
and their centederates. So ORion.
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The yellow rever.-cn,tae :. 1900.

The Yellow Fever--Ceatag --Infcctio u.
Most OF our coieTroraies in tide water Viz
ginis have devoted some trace 10 the ffort In
prove 'haiihe dread pesliIence pow deyaslalino
sour sister cities with such fearful potency is an
lnlee'ln'ls aud not a contagious maIady.
we lhIitk 1t Is lair 10 presume, however, tl.al
mary OF 'heif readers have not given their at
'enion sufficiently 10 The charae.eris,ics Of
These NO methods Of propaga,iny disease. to
derive much CONSOLATION fforn the information.
aud that many OF them are in the condition Of
an otherwise very Intelligent gentleman HON
we heard recently responding to physician,
"Well what if il is not contagious. 50 il -
ea'elllng!" For the benefit Of these it ma, BIZ
proper, IN pam terms, to pont Out the nature OF
these Two sources Of disease and their character.
isics.
The various diseases to which poor humani.
" ssubJec are induced by a variety OF causes
widely differing in lbeir character, power. difTu-
Sion, violence, &c, &c. Among he mos, pow.
efioi OF them aud the most extensively oreIa-
i've are the Two just mentioned, and the disea-
ses brought OH BY them take their ma mes llum
lie sources whence they are derived
l. An Infectious disease is one that is genera ;
ted by Inc absorption through the pores ot hu
SKIN or by Inhalation into the ungs of IN effiu-
VIA, generated either by the d composition of
animal or vegetable substitutes, as in mar shes.
TIM, .4ll - " "'eo'i'"''',oho tae eAHa.
".'ons % siiaVla Of the human body cohhned in
: G ,rL. "''s .''ll.
ihese TWO var felts OF Infections are " ell IL
iusHaled by ague and lever, and shio fever: the
iofalef Resulting rom niasna "a malaria avi-
sing, principally Gom the decon,po itlon OF veu.
esa9le matter, ah4 The latter arising irom ths
crowded aud III ventilated solitiItisn Of The holds
ei ShiPs'
!. a c"i!lashas disease, on the other fant
- ~ ss,t' - penetrated " actual eopNact with
al .. - ., i9sl,eh Produced hy s}dg aaae
sea WIN III i disease, OF by tie abaorpin or
y .'u eiiiaYiuia 'sone such aseeaset
~.
sss ~ i'aU.'s"' "lisfeiies eetwee, Tho 3isea
10 'ieii Propagation Is this Az
".a.' n.ss9sa sPfsa4s oaiy IN al i.sec,e1f
~ y, !" s0us al0sase VIII spgeac suahN
iW@A.y.
IT, -, .a' e"sni 10 me small roz. i es'tageus
80 Voc .asoaaeeo iulo Pste'sharg-sup-
so+aai e"' a';a93splst4 10 bs pare, il would
sfieaa, d. certainly az passoi.s game in contact
W." .le so9J5c' ot tue disease; ant! every one
ss IN IJ4ste' ;.e snla'e,tf any ofhem who
Tisk a1 ',,'nl,i ans malay: "oui 'ah maieta
~ ,i.,. '.,.s lhe aseass It, on the other
49, .hS ,enow lever suppesfl4 il 10 be an
,o.',p',a "seass' was lhlfotaeab here, s,iIl
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QUANrIrr or Axus,r1ox rxa...

QUANTITY or AxuN,rIoN ExprNpso
UPON sEBAsroPoL.-A letter from ST. p~,
sersburg of July IA, says: The eomb.ts
OF the 18th and 18th OF June were. ,Iopbt.
less, the severest and most desperate that.
have az yet takea place before SebastopM
From Psvate correspondence HIS appears
much more than from reve official re por,s.
In one is stated the following, namely -
It is impossible TO form an idea. except by
personal inspection. Of the amount of iron
and lead which is used. The ground
"here the combat took place is entirely
covered with shot and shsn. From M
3lst OF May, up to the 9lh Of June. orr
soldiers have picked up 7S,40O lbs. Of
lead, and LOIS bombs Of so lbs. no, ~.
ploded and this is no. one-thi,,I patt Of
what has been used by the eucmy. as
great part oil their ammunition is buried in
tl.e walks Of the town rampar,s.''
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-08-25

MoaE EXCITEMENT IN KANsAs.--They
have hal another row out in Kansas II
appears man from Cincinnati named kel-
ley, said to be an aboiltionist. undertook to
lecture Missourian named Thomas up
on tue improperly of holding slaves, which
resulted in fight, Kelly being severely
whipped Immediately public meeting
was called, at which resolutions were
passed decafato'y Of an intention to lid the
territory Of all abDlilonists. 4 committee
was appointed ia warn Kelley 10 leave the
territory within an hour, but when the
committee went to wait upon him he was
not to be found having gone to parts un-
known during the previous night.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-08-25

MlNsEsoTA.-A census of this flourish.
ing territory has been taken, and enough
returns have beer received to warrant the
statement that IFS aggregate population at
this time is IS, 900 souls. This IS not sui.
ticient to sntltle the territory to admission
into the Union as a State, nor does it APP
pear to be the wish of the inhabitants to
apply just yet. They are getting along
quietly and peacefully, and their territory
becoming rapidly filled up with hardy
and industrious population, who are de-
veloping lis recources with wonderful en-
eigy, and surrounding themselves with all
the requisites necessary to ensure social
enjoy ment and nnaistufbed peace and
quiet.
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I.ARsE sALEor pRoPrRry.-Mess.s. D.

LARGE SALE or MeSs:s. ID.
g. If. Furrer have Sold all theig pai.aer-
ship property, lying in Page and. hoek,
ingtanl counties, 10 NIessrs Richards and
Moore, ialme,,y Of Pennsylvania, iot two
bundled aad diy thousand dollars. This
property consists Ct a.nost chilly Thousand
acres q laad, al Of which is mountain
iaad, txetpi faur thousand acres which is
asab.e 'lac diet wine of t5.is property
eoaSi-ts # ite iu4.Saaastibl. bed OF rich
+, on ne ii.ct Il eniti4ias. The isArnan.
d1s.. isea y ala, uhi.h have been in
store. sinl e..rfatal IL! sesefai years, and
she Il - tuatee new il ennfse Of erection
in thssec4aiy, az. Included III the safe
fhe s61g parties, sclae = months ago.
go.d ,u 50tn NJ kaulen. aiso OF Pans, /
wanna, ila5ost SIX N!o:lsHal ACRES upon
which ilctp was !itaaet aa'ltag lofses,
for iot.s Thousand dollars,
III, 1lessrs. Fuiref hive avery superb
CT hel, cf ifon Gre il euea!o iiap, oa lie
Ceai.a Hat Isoaa, about sixteen miles
west Of stanton, aad jhrs intend erecting
large steam furhate there.
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Texas ELEcTioN.-Tle returns from Texas
Indicate the success Of the whole democratic
ticket. III Galveston the " hole democratic tick
e. Is elected BY large malo.iiy. Col. John
Henry Brown, Of the Civilian aud Gazalle, is
The foremost M. All Tor tla legislature. aud Sle,
man + 40 0iAel bee. In Houston demo.
t,rsiic Senator and two stpresenla'iv, arc cleo
ted Representatives al hsewnssl'lu Tho sames
Bfazora and Richmond Tho same. Washing,
ton county he les,depee ot Gu. sam ilousth,
elected Warren, ahA and Lealrs,, Ik.hl