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"The Darkling Sea" OF Slavery.

The G,llow,ng ouotation ia rro,r ,bo Ccor-
r;o Law poror.: .l /, ;,.. t,;.l.I
so POt''' WI IL J"s' Pu"iis"eu'
snTrcmo Tr c"iInrlt %mn II Is Judge Lumpkin of the
abilities .bo. voc, , 81, e.. -,
'' 'i'' '''' ''cV 'oiofeu inah
IN that state
I'VE maintain that the status of the Afri-
can in Georgia, ,chcther bond or free. is such
that he has no ciril, social or political rights
or capacity, whatever except such as are be-
slowed on him by-statute: that he can neither
contract nor be contracted with that the free
negro can act only by and through his guar
dian that he is in n state of perretual rupil-
age or wardship, and that this condition he
can never change by his own volition. That
the act of manumission confers no other right
but that of freedom from the dominion of
the master and the limited liberty of locomo-
ton that it does not and cannot confer citi-
zcnship nor any Of the powers, civil or po-
litical, incident to citizcnshlp: that the So
cial aud civil degradation, resulting from the
taint of blood adhcres to the descendants of
Ham in this country like the poisoned tunic
of Nessus that nothing but an act of the
assembly can purify, bv the salt of its grace
! the bitter fountain. the :. darkling sen
Like the slave. the free nerson of color is
incompetent to testify against n free white
citizen. lie lives under and is tried bv the
same criminal code lie has neither vote nor
voice in forming the laws by which he is gov
erncd. lie is not allowed to keep or carry
firearms. lie cannot preach or exhort with
out special license, on pain of imprson-
ment, fine and corporeal punishment. lie
cannot be employed in mixing drugs or
medicines Of any description. A white
man is liable to a fine of five hundred dollars
and imprisonment in the common iail at the
discretion of the court for teaching a free ne
gro to read and wrte-and if one Jree negro
teach another, he i, punishable 6y fine and
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Winter Management Of sheep.

In wet weather it is Of great advantage TO
he able to fodder under shelter | have ahan-
doned the practice Of sailing my hay, except
when comrelled hv stress Of weather to house
it before it is Thoroughly cured. Ny sheen
are saltcd about once q week the year round
and instead Of giving them tar as recommend
I'd hv some persons. I occa siouallv strcw the
yard with pine boughs, Of which they are
fond.
! regard the fall management Of lambs one
Of the most important branches Of sheep hus.
handrv. Having paid for my experience on
this point as well as that Of winter shelter, |
can speak with confidence. They should he
separated from their dams about the first Of
September. and with n few old sheep. that re-
Nuire nursing. turned to the best pasture -
Care should be taken that they are not stint
ed till removed to winter quarters. when thev
should have a small allowance of grain or oil
meal IN auuiuuu 80 Il In,u,ir,.N -.-rrt --~l
hay. As soon as the pasture begins to fail
the ration Of grain should he supplied By
neglecting to provide suitable pasture for a
lotofupwards Of 100 very superior lambs one
season. | lost the greater part Of them the on
suing winter. Ny utmost efforts, after dis
covered the error. were Of no avail I gave
them comfortable shed, plenty Of litter.
good hay, Il regular allowance Of meal, and
Tree access to water but they never recOv-
cred. and the greater part died before spring.
My bucks and ewes are put together about
the first Of December. The flock which I
keep at my home barn, under my own eve,
and from which raise bucks for the supply
of my own. and many Of my neighbor's iocks
is managed in this way. The ewes in lots Of
20 to 30 are placed in separate pens, and Sc
lcct buck is turned into each pen. where
they are kept together Il or 90 days. The
ewes in each pen are marked with letter in
tar and lamphlack. to Indicate what buck
they were served by. At shearing time, thu
best buck lamb. are selected, and receive
mark to denote their origin.
In my judgment, water is as essential to
sheep as it is to any other animal. They will
90 through the winter on snow instead of
water, and so would a man or a horse, if
compelled by necessity to do so-but either
would prefer to have it thawed before using
it, rather than perform that office in his
bowels.
When my sheep run in large focks without
shelter. they were occasionally affected with
the scab, but since have provided comforta-
BILE shed. for them, they have been troubled
with no serious disease. This climate is we'll
suited to sheep.-E. Kr5y, Jsferson Co. v.
Y, in MorriH's Shepherd.
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We are not disposed to believe n word Of
it. The Panama HcrdH says " it has good
authority" but Yankees are not so hard up
for land
The story is that treaty has been con-
cludcd between the United States and Ecua-
dor, by which the latter sells ont to the for
mer her thirteen barren islands, which 70
by the name Of the Galapagos group, for the
sum of SO 900 900 The Panama Herald,
who is the sole relator of this mrthful news,
gives the following. substantially, as four
good reasons for believing it true
|. The whalers resort there good deal
and the United States are " after - these
outside corners Of the earth very earnestly.
2. Ecuador wants the money--being hard
| 3, United States Commissioner has been
out to Peru to look up guano island.
4. Gen Vitamil, the Ecuadorian Minister
at Washington, owns one of the islands, and
wants to sell
But. aJom the Galapagos. There are some
| l3 Of them in number, situated directly un-
der the Equator. in the Pacific Ocean, and
730 miles west of the South American Coast.
Albcmarle, the largest. is considerably larg-
er than all the rest put together, yet is only
Go miles long hv II miles in breadth. 1t
makes up for its hrcvitv of diameter however,
| by its extraordinary thickness 1t reaching
! an elevation of 900 feet. Probably the
whole group, with all the lava on them that
| is visible, at the most favorable tides. above
low-water mark, will make less area Of dry
land than is measurahl, upon Long Island -
| The Galapagos must hf We their due. however.
IF there is not much dry land on them, yet
what there is, is very dry. On some of the
islands there is no w'lter, and on none is it
! plenty, while rain is one of their nfrequent
blessings. They are rich in lava, and yawn
with no less, they say, than two thousand
craters 1t grieves us to remember that one
curious man. who visited at much peril the
top of a living volcano and looked into its
crater. turned away with disgust, remarking
that there was nothing in it ;'-neither is
there in those two thousand, which the Pana-
ma Star says that we have agreed to pay S3.-
00O, 900 for. They tell of nitre found there
| but VIC have not heard who ever saw it and
of guano, but Darwin says there is a strange
lack of aquatic birds there, without which
| the guano brought thence will not be likely
to burn anvbody's corn. Do not suppose that
that the Jolly group of volcanoes, whose tops,
like snouts Of so many swimming pigs, peer
above the sea, are destitute of animal life,
! however On the other hand. the iguanas
and reptiles OF like amiabIe and pleasant ap-
! pearancc abound. and on st. Charles, one of
| the most southern, there exists penal colo
ny of Spaniards. II is proper to add that
these outlawei convicts very likely live like
! aldermen in their exile. since turtles. as the
Spanish name of the group would indicate,
of most enormous size and tempting fatness,
visit its shores and bask in its equatorial
sun. IF Gen. Pierce has annexed these pre-
cious (the SO 900 900 shows how precious
stones ofthc Pacific, henceforth he is immor-
tai. But if he has authorized anybody to
] bp ri Tor oh %
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ErTnE OPERATION or THE LAw.-The fol-
lowing extract from letter to the Editor of
the Rutland Herald, from Col. Harlow
Superintendent of the Vt State Prison, is
worth reading and remembering.
The pecuniary prospects of our Prison
look rather gloomy for want Of more Con-
victs four years ago now, we had % con-
yicts now, only 65. A large portion of our
expenses are the same, with this small num-
ber, as when we had the larger number, and
the receipts must be about S25OO less for
this year than then.
have looked about for the cause lst.
| thought justice was not meted out as it
should be, by our Courts. But am driven to
the conclusion. after all, that our stringent
Liquor Lo,o is the real cause; which. am
sure, is an injury to the Prison in this re-
spect, and will be the means OF its calling on
the State Treasury for a portion OF its sup
port when, if no Liquor Law was in force,
it would be able to pay small sum into the
Treasury annually. After all, think the
-. ---" ~-ood 49, ~" and
hope it will be enforced, more efficiently than
ever, in future
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| o. The PooR.-Cases of heart-rendins
distress, occasioned by the lack Of employ
ment and high price of food, are becoming
numerous in different parts of the country.
Among the many such cases constantly oc-
curing IN New York city, the following re-
cent one is one of the hardest. An English
man named John Murphy, with a wife and
| five children, arrived in this country in Aug
ust last, aud managed to get along very well
! until about two months since, when he was
deprived OF work One day last week his
wife went out to one of the stations TO OBJ
tain relief, and when she returned, Murphy
was found to have cut his throat He was
conveyed to the hospital, where he died.
While his wife was attending the inquest,
word was brought TO her that one of her
| children had actually perished from starva-
ton,
! In Springfield Mass, last week, an
American family was found starving, without
the slightest means Of subsistence, and mis-
/ erably provided with clothing, either for day
or night The riteons sn fFarings of tho chill
dren, one of whom, the baby had had its feet
frozen in the late extreme cold weather, had
finally overcome the mothers pride, and she
went forth to beg among strangers. With
out inquiry into the wants and condition of
our own poor, and an open hand on the part
Of the charitable, and especially without ef-
fort to provide work for the destitute, such
cases may happen in our own community be.
fore the end Of this hard winter
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tcoRnEsroSDESCE Of THE FREE rRESs.l
An Irritation 10 F2ori9d.

FLORIDA, DEC. 10Th.
Oh yc Vormonters How can yc live up there,
with your dark, lowering sky, your wind and your
frost, your slcct and your rain How can you
stay therc and shivcr and freeze, laborng all the
whio to make yourselves comfortable, and spend-
ing your lives trying to keep alive How can you
shut up your doors and windows and live in your
sitting rooms Why don't you learn wis lom and
come to climate whore it IL n luxury to exist
Hero we 20 about our daily busines. without
stopping to think whether cold or hot-with-
out stopping to curse the rough frozen streets or
to slip down in the muddy ones-without putting
on great coats or cloaks, or burdcning ourselves
with umbrellas. Oh, no, the blue sky and the
warm sun are over ua all the time, and the fresh air
Of heaven enters every portion Of our dwellings
Instead Of wondering how we can make ourselves
comfortable VIC only wonder at this cloullcsa sky
this soft, balmy. AR, tnIs v,,1',-. .--hj,a ,hi.
cearest moonlight. We marvel at the perfect beau
tv Of this earth which seems fresh created bearing
only the impress Of God, uncrrins hand.
How can there be sickness, sorrow, or evil, u-n
der this sky But though this pure atmosphere
cannot do away with evil, yet it can some
times cure sickness and never fails to alleviate suf
fcrin,. And YOU who sick, why do you not
come here anil instead Of long winter Of weak
ness and confinement, spend sunny days along with
these flowers and these fruits Like Ponce de le-
on of old--come and if you cannot here find
the Fountain Of health How many can testify that
this Fountain is no idle tale, but that they have
drank of it under these oaks and cypross trces-that
they have listened to the Nonpareil and the mock
ingbiris who sing above its waters, and have seen
the Bay and the Laurel that bend over its depths.
1t so pleasant here Such sunshiny resting
place in life : Our heads are not aching with the
noisy hubbub Of business nor our sides sore with
being jostcd about in the hurryins crowd who work,
work. work No! Every body about us enjoys life,
and stops to see if you enjoying life too. Ifyou
are, they go their own way-if you are not, they
pluck rose and throw it in your path-they bring
a strain of music to your ears-thcy fling perfume
before you, and you till you mnge in all their
simple child-like happiness. Come and sec how
pleasant it is-and live in this ar this pure. soft
air and warm sunshine. l..
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TEE PrNcTuAL MAN-Mr. Higgins was
very punctual man in all his transactions
through lie. He amassed II large property
by untiring industry and punctuality and
at the advanced age of ninety years was rest
ing quietly upon his bed, and calmly waiting
to be called away. He had deliberately made
almost every arrangement for his decease and
burial
His pulse grew fainter and the light of life
seemed just pickering in its socket, when
one of his sons observed
Father, you will probably live but day
or two is it not well for you to name your
bearers ~
TO be sure my son, said the dying man,
80 it is well thought Of, and will do it
nop."
lie gave list Of six, the usual number,
and sunk back exhausted upon the pillow,
A CLEAN of thought passed over his withered
face like ray Of light, and he rallied once
more. f." My son, read me thar list. Is the
name of Mr.. Virgins therel'
1t is, my father" .,u
"lhen strike ii of" said he emphatically,
- for he was never Punetuo!-was never any
uhere in season, and he might hinder the pro-
cesson whole hour"
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EXTENSIVE FARMING. Reference ha, been
recently made to the large farming operations
OF Mr.. Brigham, of Fairfield 1t occurred to
US that the experience Of MIR. A. NJ Clark of
this town might well compare with it, and we
find on enquiry that he has had under good
stateof cultivation the past season about 1000
acres Of land. He raised about 5000 bushels
Of grain-sheared 600 sheep that averaged
) lbs. 5uz. well washed clean, ex 'luslve of
tags has MIXED 40 COWS, the yield Of which
sold for about 5 l20O-has cut 900 tons ofhsy,
and is now wintering about 700 sheep and
l37 head Of cattle and horses. His flrm land
lies mostly in body, in Swanton, and his
barns, fences &c, are in excellent condition
presenting good pattern for others. who
have less to look after. We should like to
speak as tavprahly Of the farming operations
of othors, though on loss extensive scale
81. Adams .Messonger
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The Big Lump,


Tho San Joaquin, Cal, Republican gives
the following description of the monster lump
of gold recently discovered in California
On the platform scales, used in the office,
i weighed one hundred and sixty-one pounds,
or twenty five hundred and seventy-six ounc-
es, avoirdupois. Calculating that it con-
tains tweaty pounds of quartz rock, (Which is
a large estimate, in the opinion of those who
examined the lump,) its value, at Sl7 25 per
ounce. is S3S 800.
The length of this immense mass is about
fifteen inches, and its width from five and
one half to six inches. The thickness will
probably average four inches. One side is
fat and presents a solid mass Of pure gold ;
the only quartz perceivable is on the upper
or ragged side, and some pieces are so loose
ly imbedded in the precious metal that with
the aid ofa pointed instrument they might
be easily removed. The whole mass, at some
period, has apparently been in fused state.
Mr.. Perkins, one Of the company TO whom
1t belongs, informed us yesterday that it was
taken outin Calvoras county, on Wednesday
evening, November 22d just as the company
were quitting work for the day. The COM
pany consists of four Americans and one
Swiss. Mr. Perkins belongs to Lexington,
Kentucky, and for the past two years, al
though he has labored hard, was very unsuc-
cessful, never having more than $500 at any
one time during that period.
The specimen was securely slowed awav in
strong box yesterday afternoon. and will be
dispatched to New York by Adams a Co.
This discovery is another proof that the
mines of California are giving out, ;" but in
q manner that suits the miners
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= EXCITEMENT IN ALBANY r-Considerable
sectariln excitement exists in the city of AL
hany, in consequence of a recent transaction,
when, if the accounts of it are true, is
rightly characterized as an outrage. The
statements given by the papers are to the
effect that on Sunday last, some Protestant
ladies', one of them wife of Mayor Parmelee,
visited the city Almshouse, and distributed
a variety Of little books on religious subjects
among the orphan children there. In the
evening the fact came to the knowledge of 4
Catholic Priest who instructed the teachers
to destroy the books. Four men who had
been appointed teachers by the influence of
Priests, went to the school, seized the books,
destroyed many Of them, and punished some
Of the children who cried at their loss 1t
is said that one Of the children was injured in
the afrly.
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EAMERIcAN FREE TRADE.-We find in
late money article of the n. Y. Times, the
following exhibition of the operation in one
particular, of our present system of buying
abroad what should be made at home--the
system which gves us our hard times -
The aggregate cost of Silks abroad for the
past year is SAT- 900, 900 Add for char
ges ofimportation, merchants and shopkeep-
ers profits and dressmakers' charges eighty
seven per cent, making the actual cost to the
years, Tro Hundred and Itcenty- Tteo MI
hons Of Dollars. The same profit would ac-
crue to merchants, shopkeepers and dressma-
kers were the Silk grown here. But inde-
pendent of all, there goes, annually, near
thirty millions of dollars abroad for Foreign
Silks alone. What an absoption of the wa
ges of capital and the wages of labor Yer
ily fashion makes the Free People of the Re
public slaves of European capital and skill
Let raw silk IN free, and double or treble the
duty on the manufactured article. Keep our
own People at work Free Trade as practiced
here Freezes and Narres thom.''
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p Oct Il Y.


lluN lhb lNLL I"LNN'
WE MEET As STRANGERS NOW.
Alas, the ono | loved 50 we'll
Has left me signing here.
lie knows not ofmy silent grief
Secs not the falling tear,
But, can it be he has forgot
The happy hours we knew,
When hand in hand we cares had not
We meet us strangers now.
Can he forget the farewell, said
When We were forced to part
Can he forget the tears we shed :
How lonely was each heart
Methinks he does remember yet,
For Memory wont allow
Him such a parting to forget,
We meet as strangers now.
But, though once severed soon we found
Loves cord too strong to break
Our hearts SO fast by it were bound,
| thought, that it must take
A stronger power than mortals hold
TO break it, and the vow
To me in love so kindly told
We meet as strangers now.
All. yes loved to meet him once
That smile loved to sec,
Which played upon his pleasant face
When Ger he looked at me
His voice so sweet, l loved to hear,
~ Oh r,i rae b;s hrpv
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A." All dose pcops what | owes
I'll not ar 'am fnr 40,

MORMON DoorRISE,-The Deseret .Nercs of
October 10Th and Goth, contains full reports
of lectures lately delivered by Elder 0rson
Ayde and Gov. Brigham Young, advancing
the doctrine that the Saviour was not only
the husband of plurality of wives, but the
father of children. Elder Hyde predicted that
the Mormons of Utah would speedily obtain
possession of all the women of Illinois and
Governor Young explained that the scripture
in relation to bishop being the husband of
one wife meant that he should have at least
one, 10 begin pith. The performance con-
cluded with solemn curse pronounced by
Elder Hyde, against those saints who boast
publicly Of their unseemly conduct.
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TIE SNOW SHOWER

ny WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.
Stand here by my side and turn pray,
On that lake below thy gentle eyes;
rhs LIQUIDS hang over it, heavy and gray,
ana dhfk hhi ~iIant the water lies
And out of that frozen mis- ,Le snow
In waycrins flakes begins to flow
Flake after fake.
They sink in the dark and silent lake.
See how in living swarm they come
From the chambers beyond that misty veil,
Some hover awhile in air, and some
Rush prone from the sky like summer hail,
All, dropping swiftly or settling slow,
Meet, and are still in the depth below;
Flake after flake,
Dissolve in the dark and silent lake.
Here delicate snow-stars, out of the cloud
Come floating downward in airy play,
Like spangles dropped from the glistening crowd
That whiten by night the milky way;
There broader and buricr masses fall;
The sulcn water buries them all;
Flake after fake,
All drowned in the dark and silent lake
And some, as tender wings they glide
From the chilly birth cloud, dim and gray,
Az JVfncd Ia their ntil, ana slde by sld6,
Come clinging along in their unsteady way;
As friend with friend or husband with wife
Makes hand in hand the passage of life;
Each mated fake,
Soon sinks in the dark and silent lake.
Stream down the SHOWS till the air is white,
As, myriads by myriads madly chased,
They fling themselves from their shadowy height
The fair frail creatures of middle sky,
What speed they make, with their grave so nigh;
Iialte "t.or fake.
To lie in the dark and silent lake.
l see in thy gentle eyes tear;
They turn to me in sorrowful thought;
Thou thinkest of friends, the good and dear,
Who for time and now are not;
Like these fair children of cloud and frost,
That glisten a moment and then are lost,
Flake after flake,
All lost in the dark and silent lake.
Yet look again, for the clouds divide;
A CLEAN of blue on the water lies;
And far away on the mountain side,
A sunbeam falls from the opening skies,
But the hurrying host that few between
The cloud and water no more is seen;
Flake after fake.
At rest in the dark and silent lake.
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e eBosToS CORNERS, little town in the
Southwest part of Massachusetts,, celebrated
as the ground for many bloody pugilistic
encounter, recently ceded to New York, which
cession has been ratified by Congress, is
thus described
Boston Corners is the last town in Massa-
chusetts, and exactly corresponds with the
little end of Cape Cod in maintaining the
territorial balance oc the State. 1t is pcne-
trated by the estuary of the Harlem railroad,
through which passes considerable amount
of miscellaneous material. 1t is separated
from Massachusetts, by Toughkanic Noun
tain, and by the rascality of its inhabitants.
Its produce is gin-slings and curious mix
ture of brandy and water called a smash. The
people are said to be favorable to the change,
and it is desired by Massachusetts, on the
ground that she has rogues enough, and that
New York needs them, in order to diversity
her population