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Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-04-12

IS MILES, REGISTERn for " American
In Stale Papers."-A complete set of Niles
Register rs volumes, or any other books, will
be given in exchange for the american State
Papers and American Archives" or they will
be purchased at liberal price.
TAYLOR u MAURY,
Feb Ia Near OH street.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-04-12

An interesting relic was presented to the
State of New York, through the Legislature, n
few days since, by Senator Goodwin, being the
sword used by Colonel Salma Stanley, of Geneva
al the battle of Qecnstown Heights, in Upper
Canada. The veteran sti survives, being in his
18th year. A bullet, fred by an Indian in ambush,
is embedded in the sheath Of the sword
Severe sentence.-Wm Oreand, convicted
at Pittsburg of selling liquor TO an incorporate
woman, after being notified not 10 do so by her
husband, was sentenced on Saturday 10 pay the
costs OF prosecution, a fine Of $50 TO the common
wealth, $40 10 the prosecutor, and undergo an
Imprisonment OF 60 days in the county jail
Exports and Imports.--The total value OF the
foreign exports for the last week in Baltimore was
S200772 indicating healthy activity in that de-
partment ofirade. The exports include OF bread
s,ufis III 703 barrels OF flour, TAO barrels OF corn
meal 40,2Sl bushels of corn, and lis barrels OF
rye -four; and of provisions 1909 boxes short
middles 120 bales bacon, and Oh barrels of pork
of tobacco 90 hogsheads were exported.
Passing Counterfeit BilIs.--Francis Osborne,
a blacksmith from Philadelphia was yesterday
convicted of forgery in the second degree, for
ut,cring two IS bills on the Farmers and Me-
chanics' bank Of Philadelphia. Sentence, FIVE
years in State prison.--N. Y paper.
So 1t appears that Osborne was not as skillul in
Iargiug notes as he was in yforgtng iron. lie
should have stuck TO the metal,
For CalifornIa.--Over seven hundred passen
gers sailed in the steamer George Lnw'ifom New
York, on Thursday, for California
II is evident that the Spring tide OF Emigration
10 the Pacific has fairly set in. and that II j. TO be
very great this year-grealer probably than NJ
any lime since the discovery ofthc gold.
The Emigration 10 New York city for
March reached 2,069-nearly half from Germany.
In 1853, the emigration for March was 96S5
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-04-12

IDA MAY; A Story of Things Actual and
i Possible; by Mary Lansdon. Just received
at TAYLOR & MAURY'S
Nov 26 Bookstore, near 9Th ST.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-04-12

RENCE,S ENGLISH, PAST AND
Il Present.-Life Of Seward, with selections.
Just published and for sale at
TAYLOR & MAURS'S
March 81 Bookstore, near Ninth 81.
II xTRA Heavy-plated Tea Sets, Albata
Ia Forks, Spoons, &c.--M. w. Gait Il Bro.
have lust received a beautiful assortment Of
Extra Plated Tea Sets, latest styles
Casters, Cake Baskets. Card Trays, &c.
Also, superior Abata Forks and Spoons.
The above are of the very best quality, and un
usually low.
M. w. GAIT & BRO.
Penn. avenue, between 9th and 10th sis.
Dec. 1876
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-04-26
CUBA.

The attention of the country is at this time
intensely turned towards Cuba with the deep
but damning suspicion that the administration
is dosignedly intent on manufacturing pretexts
for plunging the whole nation into war with
Spain, for no other object that the acquisition
of Cuba, to serve the interests Of the Slave Pow
er Wetook up our pen 70 make few re,
marks on she subject, when our eye tslf onf tkc
following paragraph in the National Era, which
forming the conclusion of an articleon our crit
ical relation with Spain, expresses SO nearly
what we intended to say, that VIC copy and
adopt it:
" The National IntelHgenccr, and other Con-
sentative journals of the country are alarmed,
and bewail most piteously what they regard as
an imminent calamity. Why have they not
the courage to expose the Cause which is driving
the country on to the gulf of ruin They
must know that the bclligerent p.olcy of the
Administration is relation to Cuba, is dictated
by the Slave Interest. No other Interest de-
mands the annexation of tho island no other
would be wicked and shameless enough to in
sist upon its piratical seizdre Why do they
not proclaim the Tact to the country, and array
Public Sentiment against this diaboical Ele-
ment of Msrule, and Mischief, and Ruin! 1t
is by the unworthy, habitual acquiescencc Of
such journals, and Of what is called the Con-
servatism Of the country, in its usurpasions that
1t has grown to such a pitch of audacity, as now
to require twenty-iour millions of freemen, pro-
Tossing the faith of the Prince of Peace, and the
creed of Democracy, to embark in a piratical
war for the propagation and eternization of
Slavery
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-04-26
LATER FROM EUROPE,

Steamer Nashville, from Liverpool April eth,
arrived at New York ut noon on Sunday, the
22d inst.
There had been succession of sanguinary
conflicts between the French and Russians be-
fore Sebastopol for the possession of the rifle
ambuscade pits, with varying success, and much
loss.
A battle, fought on the night of the 23d, put
5000 men hors de combat.
A dispatch from Berlin states that the Rus
sian party is predominating there and that Prus-
sia will most likely throw herself into the arms
Of the Car in case Of an unayorable result of
the conference.
In the Climea the Russian and Allied armies
are actively engaged in strengthening their DO
sitions and preparing for the grand operations of
the campaign.
The Vienna Conference met on Monday. the
I'd inst, but INN diately adjourned to the fol-
lowing Monday, the 9th, at which time il was
expected the Cars uaimatum would reach
there. 1t was confidently expected that the
question OF peace or war would be decided at
Vienna in the course of Easter week. 1t is ru-
mored that the purport of M Drouhyn DeLhuy's
recent visit so London was to demonstrate against
any concessions on the part Of the English Cabi-
net. Another rumor was to tho effect that the
Allies had resolved to present Immediately an
ultimatum to Prussia, forcing her to declare for
or against the Western Powers.
The Herald this morning, published dispateh
dated Liverpool, April 7th, p, NJ. just before the
Nashville sailsd, stating that great agitation
prevailed there in consequence of the recent of
private dispatch from London announcing a
great battle at Eupatoria, and the defeat of the
Russians with q loss of 5,000m men and the death
OF Omar Pasha. This must of course be taken
for what it is worth.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-04-26

COMPLIMENT TO THE KNOW MORNINGS
Boston Post, the leading Administration and
o-slavery paper in New England, puts forth
the subjoined editorial on the princ;nles
and proclivities of the Know Nothinps. which
we hope will have tendency to allay the fears
OF the Administration presses in Vermont, who
seem, these days, to be terribly alarmed, lest
this Order should go against Freedom Hvno.
critics If they believed this Order was going
for Slavery and this slavecatching Administers
ton, they would run horses all over the sto,0
to encourage and spread it, But to the opinion
of the Post:
g Nothing has been clearer demonstrated than
| the predominance of the abolition element j.
the councils of the Know Nothing party, The
election Of Henry Wilson is succeeded bv roaas
ures tending directly and inevitable to arro,
Massachusetts, against the Federal Union. How
long will the people consent to follow such lead
How much longer will she set up her DR., Stone,
and Kisses and Theodore Parkers and cry .stbes,
be your Gods, 0 Israeli" Better to WORSHIP
even goldenoalf.
And now, what will the rest of the Union say
what will Virginia say to this prescription B,
the abolition Mark Antonys of Judge Lorins
for simply performing high constitutions
duty! Is this to be the standard, the blacl
flag with the motto, Death to all Defenders o,
the Consultation" which is to rally the Know
Nothing party South and West to follow Massa,
chusetts and the North! That the flag which
now waves in triumph in Massachusetts
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-04-26

SHAKESPEARE A MYTH.-A Miss Bacon, in
England, has announced new theory of Shak.
speare, nothing less than that he was myth
The New York Courier 4 Enquirer says
Mics Bacon assumes, as we understand, that
it was impossible, absolutely and utterly impos-
sbe for a man with the limited advantages of
Shakspearls early life, to write thirtyseven plays
exhibiting the marvellous knowledge of men
and things which the plays attributed to him do
exhibit. Such a,series of performances, she ar
CUES, by such man. would be a series of mir
aces; and had any man the power to perform
the half of them, he would have become one of
the most prominent man of his day and we should
have known all abou. him. instead of having to
group and burrow for very few personal traits
and anecdotes of his life as we have had to do
with regard to William Shakespeare.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-04-26

The RICHEST SELL WE HAVE HEARD or.-We
find an account in the East Brooklyn Times. of
a new method Of "raise the wind" as well as
the dead. in that city, which takes down anything
in the deadening line of the season, and indicates
the extent and pressure of the hard times. A
female called few days since on lady of some
influence in Brooklyn, and told sad and plain
tive story Of suffering and pryation, and more
over, that her husband had just died, and tina,
she lacked the means of decent burial Her
tale OF woe so wrought upon the ladv, that sbe
proceeded to visit her Immediately to satisfy her.
self there was no imposure On entering the
apartment, she beheld the coffin, and was salts.
ned all was right, and not wishing to harrow the
feelings of the bereaved woman, she left her a
considerable sum of money, and Immediately de.
parted Alter passing two or three blocks from
the dwelling, thinking all the way of the strange
complexion to which we are liable, she missed
her pocket handkerchief and returned to aee !,
she had not dropped it in the house. The stairs
~ere assembled hastily, and the room entered with
out much ceremony, when what did she behol,
the womans husband sitting up in the cof6,
counting over the money.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-04-26
THE POSITION OF WISCONSIN.

Wisconsin has placed herself in position
which should command for her the praise and
admiration of every friend of freedom, and ev-
ery true Democrat in America. To her belongs
the glory of being the first to nullify that detest
able spawn of the Slave Power, the infamous
Fugitive Slave Law. It will be recollected that
her Supreme Court, few months ago, decided,
in the Booth cases, the Fugitive Slave Law to
Sc unconstitutional Judge Smith pronouncing
the deliberate and well-matured opinion of n
majority of the Court, and Judge Crawford only
dissenting. It was just stand in these two.
out of the three judges of the Supreme Court,
but bold one; for it requires, in these days Of
wicked influences and Federal interferences in
our elections, bold man to be a just one and
many feared they would not be supported ia the
position they had so'commendably taken: But
those fears we may nov :
to have proved -
of the vacillatihS no
was for sustaining the Fdgs - Save Law, for
tunately expired the present year; and new
election to choose him again, or Eli his place, with
another man, has recently been held. Crawford
was candidate lor.re-electiOn; but the people
had marked him for his course in tho Booth
cases, and brought into the field q new candidates
in the person of Erasmus Cole, who had openly
pronounced the Fugitive Slave Law unconstitu-
tiona, and ably defended Judges Whiton and
Smith for their decision. This, Crawford being
personally unexceptionable man, and by cour-
tesy entitled to recollection, this, Of course,
brought the Fugitive Slave Law fairly in issue
before the people, the whole canvass being made
to turn on the single question Of its constitu-
tionality, to be decided through the election Of
Crawford or Cole. And, glorious to tell, Oras-
mus Cole has been triumphantly elected
This, all things considered, is, perhaps, the
most important anti-Slavery triumph involved
in any State election of the year. Taking it in
all its bearings, it is we think the heaviest blow
which sovereign State has ever dealt to the ar.
rogant and grasping Slave Power Of the South
and, we trust in Heaven, the example will be
caught up and followed by every Free State in
the Union, till the black Fugitive Slave Law
shall become a dead letter through "the rightful
remedy of State notification"
All hail, Wisconsin She stands on an emf
nence, and glory covers her
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-04-26

READ THIs.-On the 18th inst, at Green.
boro, Georgia, young Abolitionist, who sta
ted that he was from Massachusetts, was rid
den on rail by mob, headed by the Sheriff
of the county, armed with pistols. He was
then BACKED with a composition containing
nitrate of silver and vinegar and sold at auc-
ton. He was afterwards taken toa drinking
saloon by the mob, and Rugged and licked by
the niggers who carried the rails by which he
was ridden. The demons!
The real demons were far back of these ig-
norant creatures, among the shareholders and
those who support them. Ia this saving the
Union
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-04-26

ILLINOIS GETTING on THE RIGHT TRAcK.-We
learn, by the papers, that Illinois, the State that
has heretofore passed the most oppressive, cruel
and disgraccful laws in relation to free blacks,
and shown herself so subservcnt in aiding the
South in negro catching, has now, through her
recent Legislature, taken one step towards the
redemption of her character in the shape of an
act to provide for the restoration Of any person
who has been deeoyed kidnapped and carried
out of the State for the purpose OF reducing
him or her to savery.land also, it is said, for
the punishment of the kidnapper As this will
doubtless afford considerable protection to the
fugitive slave by its indirect operation, as well
as to the free black, it is an omen il faG05a0f
the State, and shows thataS;aanl1
away from the dark councils Or
Shareholder, Stephen Arnold Douglas, wiz has
done 50 much to corrupt and disgrace her.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-04-26

ry ticket triumphant as far as heard from.
Total vote: Lawrence, 77S to 255 Tecum-
sch, 166 to 81 Douglas, $50 to 6; Doniphan
800 to rs; Shawnee Mission, 40 to Is;
Leavenworth, 800 to 60; Hickory Point, 23S
to q. Election passed off quietly, and with
very little disturbance"
Here are 3,2I2 voters poled at only seven
precincts-more than there were legal voters
in the entire Territory as ascertained by an
official census four weeks previous. And the
" voters" parade Missouri openly next MORN
ing in triumphal procession, with bands of
music, banners and cheering on their return to
their homes in that Slave State.
A correspondent of the ". Y. Times says
And it is understood that, in this election
Rev. Mr. johnson has been ballotcd for land
Of course elected y for Governor and that he
will grant certificates, and President Pierce
shall remove Reeder and appoint the choice OF
the people! Can bravado 60 farther! But
though brave men fear for him, the Governor
does not fear for himself. His path of duty
| il plain, and at all hazards he will walk there
in. This jest of an election he will probably
disown, and Immediately carry his case to
Washington in person, If indeed some drunk
en- desperate does not fulfil the bloody threat
and add his murder to the outrages already
committed The emigration. promises to be
- from the East, but it is also increasing
with, and the crowds of New Eng.
10 segin-to have started on a pleas.
and when they get here and find
&c hardships to endure, too often turn back
discouraged. Where is the old Puritanic
courage that wrested Massachusetts from bar
bariansm by tolls aud thorough Suferings tc
which modern emigration is indeed pleasure.
4 travel?
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-04-26

DIABoLIcAL OUTRAGE. horses, be-
longing to Messrs. Morse g. Mitchell, pfoprietors
of the Watervlle and Belfast stage line, have
been poisoned by some unknown scoundrel. Nine
of the fourteen have already died. and the re-
ma;nter will undoubtedly die. Circumstances
indicate that slow poison was administered to
them in the town of Freedom. No clue has vet
been obtausd TO the perpetrator of the outrage
although it is hoped he may be brought to justice.
Too great punishment could hardly be inflicted
upon person guilty of SO base deed The
horses al eady dead were worth about $500
Bangor Courier,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-04-26

y
with the whole Constitu tion, preamble and all;
and as there is one plain, natural sense to tlat
clause, practical sense, too, which would harmo-
nize with all other parts of the Constitutiop,
any one which does not thus harmonic Gast be-
rejected All parts Of the Constitution must be
50 construed Us to stand together, if tile words,
used will bear such construction. See first OF
Blackstone's Commentaries, page 80: "One
part of statute must be so construed by another,
that the whole may Gf POSSIBILITY stand; !. mres
magis raleat, guam perem." English -. That
I the whole may take effect and not one part be
killed by another.
Those who read the Constitut Zion should care
fully observe the distinction between admitting
he existence of slavery and sanctoning it.
There are two expressions in the Constitution
that may mean slaves So they may mean any
other people. Those referred TO relate to emf
grations till 1909 and the apportionment Of
Representatives and directta So far as We
suppose that these expressions were intended to
include slaves, wemay imply thXH the makers of
the Constitution knew the existence of slavery !;
but we cannot hence imply any sanction of the
institution. They put an end to one as soon as
the time arrived when the Constitution author
lied it. The other contains the seeds of death.
1t dies with slavery. TITUS HUTCHINSON.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-04-26

The SoUTH-The Charleston Mercury bids
the people eff the South prepare for the next
Congress. Speaking of the Fusion movement
at the North. he says -
/" In the present Congress this movement
has onl y wayerng and doubtful character
the reflex Of the late elections, not the direct
product. In the next Congress we hall see
the full power of this " FUSION" and there will
be gathered in Washington the refuse of all
the old parties, the dirt and scum and dregs
Of the great cauldron of Northe political
and social agitation. We shall then know
what sort OF unatic, cunning malevolent
and strong, we have to deal with. 1t is not
too early to begin to prepare for the enconut-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-04-26
STEAMER New Lucy, |
Kansas River. Anril / {

A DouGHFAcE REBuKED BY SHAREHOLDER.
The Philadelphia Christian q Observer
in its zeal to sell Christianity for Peace and
the Union, has gone so far as to call out the
following rebuke from one of its southern sub
scrbers -
81 think in rcpellng abolitonsm some
times you are not anti-savery enough. SIav-
cry is great evil, not in all supposable con-
ditions, but [ mean American slavery. In
view of its enormities, | feel like saying, with
Jefferson. I" / tremble for my country when |
remember God is just 1t is no light thing
that we legalze system which allows the
negro trade to separate husband and wife, and
child, at his own caprice, and which prevents
us from teaching Immortal beings to read Gods
holy word While | abomnate the abolition
doctrine that slavery is sin per Sc, l love
and honor the Christian who has moral cour.
age, whether a minister Or editor, to apply the
gospel to the removal of every form of sin
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-04-26
Gle fireman.

~ Accommodations to the FREEMAN, whether on bus
ness Of the paper for publication should be addressed
post aid to the Editor.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-04-26

SIGNS OF PRoaREss.-In the State of North
Carolina, according to the Stnates Zeitung,
German paper published in New York, there
is movement in favor of radical change
in the slave laws. A memorial is in circular.
ton, said to be very numerously signed, ask
ing the State Legislature to pass a law -
" First, That it becomesR Christian peopIe III.
introduce the institution Of marriage among
its slaves, with all its legal obligations and
guarantees for perpetuity among those by
whom it is contracted. Second, That slave
holders should not be allowed, under any cir
cumstances, to UNDERMINE this natural and
holy bond of relationship, either among their
own slavesor among the slaves of different
masters, Third, That the tie of parent and
child should be recognised aud protected by
the law, and the separation of parent and
child before it has attained its 18th year,
should be forbidden by law under the severest
penalties. And Fourth, That those laws
which interfere with the instruction of slaves
in the art of reading and writing should be
repealed.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-04-26

call slave person for what makes him q
slave changes him from a person to thing"
but he isundoubtedly person, under the Con-
stitution, for every purpose except it be to use
him as d slave, or to make slave Of him. But,
while slave, he is in service or labor undoubt-
edly, but is not held to such by any law of any
State. lie is held by brute force only and he
owes nothing to his master or any body. He
has no power to contract debt. He cannot
owe any thing to his master. His master or
owner cannot wear or possess the character re-
qured by the Constitution. The slave must be
claimed by, and delivered up to, person to
whom he is in debt Therefore, there are mo-
words in said clause above recited, that can by
any fair construction moan either slave or slave
holder; but they exactly describe apprentices,
minors, and persons sentenced to hard labor and
all that the slave holders have ever obtained, I'M
der that clause of the Constitution, they have
obtained by asserting q claim that had no legal
foundation, and the yielding of that claim by
the people, just as they yield to tho slave hold
ers, through some pretence or other, every claim
they set upon. Whether that clause Of the
lGbpstitationA drawn with that particular