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The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-07-14
MEMPHIS SAVINGS INSTITU TION,

Incorporated by The Hfdfe Of Iennessce.
No. SO Front Row.
UYS and sells Sight and Time. Exchange the East
~ discounts short time bills New York, New Orleans
and St. Louis; does General Banking and Exchange
Business makes collections in all the principal cities In
the Sout est, favorable terms, proceeds
promptly remted day Of payment, with current rates
of exchange.
Notes of the Memphis Savings Institution taken at
par In all business transactions. T~Southern collec
tiOns solicited. ISAAC YOUNG, President.
Nav \. 1S55-1v
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J. FROST,
Large and splendid Assortment Of
Roots and Shoes. b

~ q. HOFFMAN, st. Anthony Street, opposite the
Oo Empire Block, Just received the largest and
best Boots and Shoes ever brought to this
market, consisting Of ne lot Of Calf Boots
Caters, etc. = complete assortment OF Ladies' and
ohijdreusS ahsee. Cali on Hsdman. kayIdsm 81!
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min Countv Land Agency.

Hennepin County Land Agency.
HDOUGHT AND SOLD-Parms, ToWn Lots and Real
ID Estate. all descriptions, the Sheriff Ofce in
Minneapolis ISAAC BROWN
March 25. 1854 %
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River Items.

The famous Falls City. of st. Anthony, ar
rived on Sunday evening at six o'clock. A
full description of this new. and elegant craft.
built by the energy and capital of our St. An
thony and Minneapolis neighbors, appeared in
the Minnesotian some weeks since. She proves
to be all that was expected-one OF the most
substantial, we'll finished and best adapted
boats to the trade that has ever turned a heel
in these waters. She is advertised to leave
for Dubuque this morning. q
The Lady Franklin again appears in the
packet line under the command OF Capt Parker,
gentleman of old experience on the Ohio, and
one who is bound to win the esteem of the
travelling public in this trade. Capt. Aalin,
her late popular commander. will be missed.
but his place is we'll supplied by bis successor.
The Lady goes below this morning.
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gB- The Matt. Ward tragedy was repeated
at Pontotoc, Mississippi. on the llth ult. Mr..
Brown. the principal OF the male academy at
Pontotoc. having punished a lad named Wray.
was way laid BY the pupils brother and stabbed
in the abdomen with large bowie Knife. the
wound proving ins tantly fatal Brown leaves
a young widow. The murderer is in Jail and
the community greatly excited, ~.
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WARMING F.!

TENHERE is Reaper whose name is Death; and since
II tell when he will thrust in his sickle and
off from life, now is the time to have you PctAre
taken at Whitney's Gaery,-where good Dagurreo-
type be procured other establishment in the
World.
1t lisa FAC conceded by all, that for beauty of finish
and teike expression, his pictures unsurpassed.
Always hand, a good assortment Of Lockets and
Pins, plain and Fancy Cases. Call and see.
ssThat thou doest, do Quickly!'
Sept. D, 1854.
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st. puul Busiless Cur0s.


A "
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
ST. PAUL, MINI. TERRI.
attend promptly and diligently to all business
w intrusted TO him. Having made himself acquant
ed with the quality and situation OF the surveyed lands
In the territory, he is prepared locate land warrants
= the best advantage. Persons at distance send
their warrants here and their interests will be attended
as If they were present. ~ ONCE Third sreet.
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aTpyY WILL NOT BE coMFoRTED."

Our neighbors of the Sentinel are hard to
.,ssse. Every now and then, in chorus with
+. Washington Union and the Organ, they
..onaip that the Union is imperilled-that
r,,e Soil and Abolition have swept the entire
North. from Maine to Minnesota-they deal in
fl. most startling figures of rhetoric, such as
-rortentous," ominous," threatening clouds
and iarEness-they declare the old parties pros
,-,,. and hfeless-that Abolition is rampant
,b, Seward, and Greeley, and Garrison, rule
crerrhing. They regard the future as charged
NTH MIGHTY events, which a month or a year
max bring upon the devoted South. And yet,
IN the next breath, when we attempt to calm
down their fears, 10y showing that the triumph
If Freedom will produce none of the direful
co,seouences which their excited fancies have
c,,iured up-that the Union will not be dissolv-
ri. nor the rights of the States invaded-they
Wheel about, and laugh us to scorn, for the bare
suggestion that the party of Freedom will tri-
nouh in the coming Presidential election !
How strange They tell their readers that
Free Soil is triumphant; and if we join them
IN tha. opinion, they fly at us with the charge
of "delusion," dreams of fanaticism," and
other equally complimentary phrases. Well,
srutlrncn have it your own way until the cleo
ton and then the people will have it theirs. G.
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A SOUTHERN CoNFEpERACY.

The Charleston Mercury grows jubiant over
the.idea of a Southern confederacy. 1t says !:
"Cotton would be our army and navy-cotton
would command for us the respect of nations"
No provision seems to be made, no thought had,
for Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, and other
slave States which do not produce that staple.
If cotton is the king" what will become of
these States? 1t is likely they would take to
manufacturing, and in that event the MercuTy's
notions of free trade with England would not
take so well. But we apprehend that the single
bond of Slavery would not harmonic all the di-
verse interests of the Southern States and if the
present Union should be broken up, some half
dozen confederacies or independent States
would be constructed out of its fragments.
.Staunton Spectator.
The Spectator is right. The dissolving pro-
cess once commenced, who can tell where it
wiki stop? In all probability, there would be
at least three if not more confederacies formed
out of the debris of the present Union. Geor-
gia and South Carolina would contend for the
supremacy as co nmercial States-as also would
Alabama and Louisis Ia. Savannah would be
pitted against Charleston, and Mobile against
New Orleans. st. Louis, which now derives
the larger portion of her great trade from Hi
nois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, would
be reduced to the condition of Natchez or
Vicksburg-and Baltimore, which has been
materially enriched by the trade of Pennsyl-
vania, Indiana, and Ohio, would be compare
lively impoverished by the transfer of her cap
tal to Philadelphia and New York. AS COM
mercial speculation, therefore, the dissolution
of the Union cannot be expected to pay; and,
consequently, the commercial classes of the
South are, almost to man, ranged upon the
side of the Constitution as it is" So is the
great middle Glass; the yeomanry of the South,
the majority of its voters. And so it will re-
main, despite and efforts of the Quitmans and
the Keitts, the Quattlebums and the Clingmans,
to shake it from its propriety.
american Washington Organ.
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NEGRO CONSPIRACY IN MISSISSIPPI.

The Marion (Miss:) Republican gives an &C.
count of the discovery of negro conspiracy at
Charlottesville, Jasper county. 1t says:
trustworthy negro on nelghborlng
plantation, after having received pledges OF
secrecy, revealed the existence of conspiracy
to an overseer, and requested him to repair to
a certain place, in the midst of a dark, unfre-
quented swamp, and see for himself. The over
seer did not go, but the next morning he took
with him some friends, and went to the spot des-
ignated by the faithful negro. There they saw
every indication of large crowd having been
assembled horses had been tied up, fires kim
died, and, from appearances, they calculated
that upwards of one hundred negroes had there
assembled on the preceding night. They leiS
the spot, and the neighborhood was quickly
alarmed. Several negroes were taken up, and
among them the leader. The greatest excite
ment was prevailing in the country; council
was held, and it was decided that the negroes
should be hung Immediately ropes were pro-
cured, and the sentence of the council was about
to be executed, when the crowd relented. TO-
ing lest the innocent should 49,. III IL ar
guilty. r'9riSn Win 'ne
-he negroes were then severely whipped,
and they confessed that the conspiracy extend
cd throughout large section of country; that
there existed several other organizations, which
they call schools, in the neighborhood; and that
their object was to organize in sufficient force,
and march, increasing their number as they
went to free State, Nos arms or ammunition of
any kina could be discovered; but the negroes
confessed that they were to meet at Garlands-
vile next Saturday night, to make start When
asked why they selected that place as rendez-
vous, they could give no reason, and the pre-
sumption is that they intended to sack the place
and murder tho inhabitants. Two white men,
they say, have been amongst them, but their
uaAes we're not known to the negroes, nor was
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Iowa ELECT1oY.-The Iowa Republican says
OF the recent election for county officers in that
State:
There can be no doubt that the Democracy
throughout the State have been defeated worse
than ever before and had there been State
officer to elect, the returns would have shown it
most clearly. In such counties as jackson,
Davis, and some others, where Bates had a ma
jority, there is now a majority of several hun
dred the other way, and that in counties which
had been considered hopelessly and irredeema-
bly, Democratic while in jefferson, Scott, and
some few where the Democrats have gained,
their gains have been comparatively small. Ac-
cording to the above estimate, the aggregate
majority against them in the State will be
three thousand five hundred"
GOING BACK TO EURoPE-There seems to
be a steady stream of emigration from the
United States to Europe. The packet ship
Tonawanda sailed from Philadelphia for Liver
pool on Saturday, with 10 cabin and 267 steerage
passengers.
PREPARATIONS FOR SLAVE TRADING IN Gu
Bat is stated that contracts have been made
for the introduction this year into the island of
Cuba of large numbers of African slaves. One
party alone has contracted for the supply Of
1000. Portuguese agents, it is said, are now
in New York, making arrangements.
KANsAs-The Legislature of this Territory
in arranging the machinery of popular cleo
tons, has established the Uica Uoce system of
voting, and allowed but one precinct in each
county. One Of these counties is said TO be as
large as the whole State Of Kentucky.
WASHINGTON ITEMs.- Washington, Sept. g.
There was full meeting of the Cabinet to-day,
and considerable amount of business which
had accumulated during the Presidents alb
sence was considered.
Almonte, the Mexican Minister, does not fear
recall by Carrera, the Provisional President,
who is his personal friend.
The President has under consideration the
report of the Navy Retiring Board, which will
be published shortly.
THE WHEELER SLAVE PHILADELPHIA,
Sept. 3.-The jury in the Wheeler slave rescue
case returned verdict this morning of not
guilty on the first count, charging riot; and
not guilty against all the defendants, on the
second count, assault and battery,) except in
the cases of Ballard and GUSTS, who are pro-
nOunced guilty.
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THE WORLDS FAIR OF ALL NATIONS.

Among the noticeable things exhibition At the Crys-
tai Palace, we saw the contribution of NEW PILLS,
from the laboratory of DR. j. c. AVER the author Of the
widely known and valued CHERRY PICTORIAL As
il is against the express regulations of the Palace ad-
init any Cuack medicines this fact shows that his
dies are placed in that category by the authorities
Indeed we have before known that his PICTORIAL was
highly appreciated by scientific men, and have seen late
ly that his Pills held in great estimation by those
deeply learned in the healing ar-Ttue Rstonner Mas.
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NATIONAL INTELLIGEEcER.

We stated last week that both the Editors OF
Il, I,telfgenoer, eve believe-certainly Mr..
c.es-have petitioned Congress " for the abo-
r,;,o Of Slavery in the District of Columbia.
The impression had long been on our minds,
l.. seems we were mistaken. We have ex-
.uined the list of some twelve hundred respect
,us petitioners, but find neither of the names
= those gentlemen on it. We promptly make
do correction. We have, however, no occasion
:, correct our statement that they are unfriend-
!, 10 Slavery and to Slavery Extension, as their
columns abundantly prove. 49, G.
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NO. 453.

,,om Syracuse, New York, and we have since
hard of several from this city, Sisters of Char
!, and others, who have followed her noble ex-
.mule. Among the heroic number We only re-
-,smber the name of Mr.. Jackson, student of
O.
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ERECTION OF THE WING MONUMENT.

Monument will be erected to the memory of ASA =.
WING, at Mexico Oswego county, New York, Tues
day, September lth, al O'Clock Il. NJ The Address
will be delivered by Frederick Dougluss of Rochester.
a. C. Hills, ESQ., of Syracurc, will pronounce Poem.
The Public are invited to attend.
In behalf of the Committee:
II. N. GILBERT.
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GENERAL CONVENTION OF RADICAL PoLIT-
ICAL AB0LITIONIsTs,

Al bOSION, MASSAClllSfIf1S,
On Tuesday, "Wednesday, and Thursday, Octo-
bes Esd, 24th, and 18th, 1855.
BY appointment Of a similar Convention IN
Syracuse, Ne,O York, IN June last,
The undersigned, Committee ii Arrangements np
pointed by The Central Abolition Committee au-
lhorzed by said Committee invite General Conven
tIon of Radical Political Abohiioniss" in Boston,
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, October 2h, 2ith,
and 18th, 1885, for the purpose Of discussing the pgatty
aud UnoontiOlality Of Sarery and the Power Of the
Federal Government over Slavery i'm the States.
Also, to provide means for propagatng the sentiments
and advocating the OF Radical Political Adolf
uonists, and if judged best organize for that object
NATIONAL ABOLITION SOCIETY.
Among those expected to be in attendance, and take
part in the proceedings Gerrt Smith, Lewis TappaD
:. Jocelyn, Frederick Douglass, A, Pryne, D. Mai.
lack A. G. Bemsn, the undersigned, an" o,hsr. who NAV
be announced hereafter I
WILLIAM GOODELL,
JAMES McCUNE SMITH,
Committee of Arrangements.
Neac York, august %, 1865.
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MARYLAND AND DELAWARE RAILRoAD.-The
EGstoa Gazette states that the corps of engi-
neers for the Maryland and Delaware railroad
has been made up, and the surveys would be
commenced at Oxford yesterday.
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anything developed to identify them. Arms and
ammunition are probably concealed somewhere,
as such scheme would never have been at
tempted without them"
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PROSPECTUS
9intb DUIums of abt gatiunaI era,
Washington, D. C.
C. BAILEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR;
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The National Era is an Incorporating OPP
ponent of Slavery and the Slave power; an al
vocate Of personal, civil, and religious liberty,
without regard to race or creed; foe to all
secret combinations to control the Ballot-Box,
whether under the direction of priests or laymen;
friend of Temperance, the Homestead, and
all reforms calculated to secure to Labor its Just
consideration, recompense, and political weight,
and to Trade its Natural Freedom, in virtue OF
which every man has a right TO buy and sell IN
whatever market he pleases. 1t believes in the
right Of individual judgment in all matters,
whether of religion or politics, and rejects the
dogma OF passive obedience and non-resistance
in both Church and State; holding that no man
who swears to support the Constitution of the
United States can deliberately violate his own
settled conviction ofits meaning, without incur
ring the guilt of perjury, and that no citizen
obey human enactment which requires him to
commit injustice, without immortality.
1t regards Slavery, and the issues involved in
1t, as forming the great Political Question Of
the Day; taking the ground, that Slavery, from
Its necessities instincts, aud habits, is perpetu-
ally antagOnstic 10 Freedom and Free Labor,
and unchangeably aggressive; that its workings
can be counteractcd only by permanent sys-
tenn of measures; that the Wing and Democrat
ic Parties, not having been formed with view
to the issues raised by the Slave Interest, but
being held in thrall by it, so far from present
ing any resistance TO its exactions, afford iacil-
tiles for enforcing them; and that one or both
must be broken up, and the true friends of Lib
erty be united, without regard to old issues OF
prejudices, on Party of Freedom, as a neces-
sary preliminary to the overthrow of the Slave
Power. 1t, therefore, gives its earnest support
to the Republican Movement, 50 far its policy
has yet been Developed movement which
promises to effect such union.
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are given every week in its columns during
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devoted to its movements; and it has secured
the services of some of the most distinguished
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Norember, 1854.
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A Self-msde Man.

This Volume, beside its many moving and thrilling dc,
n, anors e.uence of n most remarkable man. Mr.
a. " 10y 80" - n.
book is rendahle and nle ChrisiiaM AIr0cal1
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1t Stirs the Feelings.

We have not read work which has stirred our faei,nrs
10 greater for some years, and glad that
think he will need it, The hook is powerful vivid me.
ture OF slaves life, and eectually removes The loss
which pro-slavery men attempt TO throw the beat
itudes OF this aid to the hghest state of humsn cyst,
enc H-Cltcego TN1>, - ~ 80
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II presents clear and graphic picture OF his siave-lf
from his earliest rccollectons hs escape hd ms lite
SINCE inel,ng his experiences IN thus country and Eu
rome No one will deny MIR. Douglass the possession Of
genius and character high order lie writes ia ner
49, ciaar ,nd most telling clothing his
tive with Intense interest and conveying has moral n
with vidness that leaves the reader scarcely
any escape The subject - deeply tragic, and IN his mas
trriv handling possesses engrossing ineresL-N y
Eraueela
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An Interesting and Remarkable Work.

The book is of the interesting and remarkable
publshed-a well-wriiten work on slavery O} one
whe born and bred a siave.-H HdfehRadH
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-02-07
DIED,

On tho 9Th ult., JOSEPH b.. WOODWARD.
jr., son ofJohn Z. and Sarah Wood ward, aged 8
months and 90 days.
or Pneumuniu, in Carksburg. Va, on tho 2ad
of January. 1855. MARY DRDSILLA BTCKRRS
eldest child Of Rev. VIM Bickcrs, oE the wostorn
days.
Little Molly was A very sweet and interesting
child-onc OF those chidrcn that we meet with
sometimes. wo8e ways ard coriycrsation Is rnors
ike that of an adult person than child. She
was fond Of the songs OF Zion--Bang very sweet
" herself, especially of 1.-THE SWEET FIELDS or
EDEE,' and but short tftnc before her death, sho
requested her mother TO sing for her.
ohe was lovely III life, lovely in dcaih. busBhs
rs gone to shine far more lovely in the kingdom
u iic.teh ioTeyer' s. II. NJ.
on the @lstult., at the residence of Capt. sam
ION, in the Glst year Of his age
=, AZ the residence ofhis father, on Brushy Fork,
narfiS2n county, Va, on the LIST inst, HENRY
WASHINGTON FOX, in the 18th year of hjs
age, leaving kind and atfectionate family circle,
70 mourn the ioss OF an only son and brother
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-02-07
MARKIED.

BY the Rev: s: II. Mullen. on tho 23d ult., Mr..
NJ. G. PRATTON, of West Milford. to Miss
MAkTiIA ANN, daughter Of Mr.. Elisha Owens,
of Clarksburg.
On the Esd ult., in Olarksburg, by Rev. Ed.
&. Keys, ABBA MINOR. Esq, Sheriff of Ilurri-
son county, to Miss HARRIET a. BALLARD,
of Fnuquicr CO., Va.
So it seems that ARIA, after capturing many
another fellow, is at last ''led cnpsvo'' himself
captivity led captive"
On the 25th nit, at the Parsonage in this placc,
BY kGy T. B Taylor Mr.. THOMAS SCOTT to
tkANCiS T.. lEEDOM, all of ClnrkHhur9 VI,
On the LIST lust, by tho same, EBENEZER
W. PATTON. Esq. of West Milford, to Miss
MAIHA JANE DOLBEARE, only daughter OF
the late DR.. b. DoIbcnrc, of this place.