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A Nut for AboIitiOnists to Crack.

A little more than month ago, two negro men,
one belonging to Judge Summers and the other
to William Gillison, esq, made their escape from
this place. Efforts were made to retake them,
and liberal rewards offered for their apprehension,
but nothing was heard of them until last Tuesday
evening, when "Laiayette,' the Judges boy,
made his appearance in the stage from Guyan-
dotte, voluntarily returning to his master, to ask
forgiveness and TO be restored to former relations
His account Of himself was briefly this: That
Mr. Gillson's boy and himself left here in com
pany with white man, who conducted them as
far as Sandusky city. They travelled on foot
to GAINESVILLE, crossing the Ohio at Point Pleasant
in the night and from GAINESVILLE went on the
railway to Sandusky city, where the white man
left them, after placing them on board a steamer
to cross the lake into Canada He represented to
them that he lived in Ohio. The boys remained
in Canada some ten or twelve days, and not see
ing that they could do anything for themselves
there, they came TO Detroit. Finding their
prospects no better at that place, 'Lafe" deter
mined on an immediate return home. With
barely money enough to pay his way to Cincin-
natl, he reached that place by railway, and going
on board steamer bound up the river, he worked
his way TO Guyandotte, and going Immediately
10 near relative of his master, who resided in
that vicinity, begged him to send him forward
under safe convoy, and with despatch, to his
destination. His purpose was, throughout, to
reach home without being captured, believing, as
ne sdid, tndl III lie coulu get TO his master ana
make clean breast Of it, and a voluntary sur
render he would not sell him.
We understand that he has seen the elephant,
and is satisfied.
He has received full pardon and gone to work
again, the happest and most contented fellow
alive and declares that he would not, now he has
seen for himself, exchange conditions with the
best provided free negro he saw while in Canada
He states that he saw number Of colored people
in Canada and Detroit from this place and from
about Parkersburg; and that almost all lie con-
versed with wished to return to Virginia, and
would return if they had tho means of coming,
and were certain of not being sold. They are
nearly all poor, and doing badly. He says wages
are low, and that he money while in
Canada but copper cents-a circulating medium
to which he has been quite unaccustomed in this
region.-Kanaacha Republican, June, 90.
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THE FOURTH.

The fourth was celebrated here with much
spirit All business was suspended, stores were
closed, schoolhouses shut up; and men, women,
and children INDUCED themselves with holiday.
The boys commenced the celebration on the night
Of the third Supplied with pocket pistols, mini
ature cannon, and 6re-crackers, they kept up
constant firing throughout the night. The morn
ing Of the seventy-nnth anniversary Of American
independence was usbered in with the roar Of
artillery and the ringing Of the church bells.
The streets were thronged with people Of all
ages, sexes, and conditions. The military pre-
sented an imposing display. The rain which
came up most inopportunely interfered sadly
with the military and civic procession which was
en- route for the Capitol grounds, where thousands
were assembled to hear Mr.. Carlsle's Grafton
The rain drove them within the Capitol doors
The Grafton, which was TO have been delivered
on the grounds, was, in consequence Of the unpro-
pitious weather, delivered in the hall Of the
House Of Representatives. The audience was
very large and imposing. Many Of the highest
functionaries Of the Government were in attend
ance. The crowd was 80 dense and the heat SO
great that we were denied the pleasure Of hear
ing the Grafton, but We learn from many who en-
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We subjon an extract from recent speech
made by MIR. Bright in the Honse Of Commons.
1t would seem from his statement, that Mr.. Van
Buren, and Mr. Fillmore must have been in the
Hall Of the Commons at the same time. Mr.
Bright has just sense of the progress, resources.
and power of the United States; but if the Times
has reported him correctly, he is strangely in
error in speaking of our expenses, federal and
State
Mr.. Bright said: There is country called the
United States of America. Only on Tuesday
night the very remarkable circumstance occurred
and | think the House will be of opinion TINT il
IS one worth notice-of two of the distinguished
men being present listening to the debates in this
Hsuse who have occupied the position Of Presi-
dent of the United States-Thear, hearl-a no
sition, venture to say, not lower in honor and
IN dignity than that Of any crowned monarch on
the surface of the globe. Hear hearl The
United States is precisely the country which Is
running with us the race of power and of great
ness. Its population WILL ] believe, at the next
census, exceed the population of the United
Kingdom. In its manufactures and general in
dustry, IT is by far the most formidable rival that
the great manufacturers of this country now have
to contend with. Ii has, suppose ten steamers
for one steamer Of this country. Its magnificent
steamships have crossed the Atlantic in a shorter
time than the steamships Of this country The
hnest vessels which are at this moment perform
ing The voyage between England and the Austria
Ian colonies have been built in the United States
Therefore in ship-building industry, the United
States not only compete with, but in some re.
spects even excel this country Look at our pre-
sent position and that of The United States. Nav
entrcat the attention Of the House, for am moi
declaiming, am not making party attack,
am treating Of that which, in my mind, is of vital
Importance to every family in the kingdom
lCheers. This year the Chancellor Of the Ex-
chequer told you that he must have sum Of se76,-
100000, in order to carry on the various depart
ments OF your Government, and to defray your
vast military expenditure. The United States
has at this moment in her treasury enough, |
think, to pay off all her debts. Deduct the whole
amount of the expenses of the Government of
the United States, not only Of the General Gov.
eminent, but also of the thirty independent SOW.
ereign States, from the fS6 900 900 we are spend.
ing, and you will find that about f75 200. 600,
will be left, which is therefore, the sum Of taxa
ton than We are paying this year more than the
people Of the STATES
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luxury Of the baths Of The min

the Understandable luxury of the baths Of the min
eral spring
For the sportsman, there is every inducement
to come to this region. In their season he can
scarcely come amiss for trout, salmon, or wood
cock; while in the fall The deer-hunt is better
than in almost any part Of our own Territories.
This region is rapidly being taken possession OF
by adventurous Americans who come over here 10
superintend railroads and public works, and
drive with energy and success every department
of mechanism, trade, and commerce. The We'll
land canal, as you are aware, unites the waters
of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, and it is so ca
pacious, through this great channel, ships Of
eight hundred tons burden, steamers propellers,
sloops, schooners, and briggs, locked down
from one lake TO the other; and thus vessel
built IN Chicago or along the shores of any of
the great Western lakes can take her cargo, pass
the Welland canal, cross the ocean TO any part
of the world, bringing back her return freight by
the same route, and landing it in the warehouses
on Upper Superior.
st. Catharine's has been one of the earliest
towns along the frontier, to experience the adj
vantages of the Reciprocity treaty; but there is
great regret felt that the treaty was not carried
further in the beginning, because the people here
on both sides clamoring for more intimate
commercial relations with each other. Shall we
ever the time that the enlightened policy Of
absolute freedom of commerce between nations
at peace shall be adopted Or must we submit
for ages to come to these relics of barbarous times
when there were no peaceful relations between
separate States, and when n sentiment of hui
mainly had no part in the construction or the
administration Of government No measure of
the present Administration has been hailed with
more satisfaction by citizens along the from
tier, or by the Canadian population, than the
Reciprocity treaty.
When the sultry days come on, run up to st.
Catharine's 5, and look for yourself.
PESCATORE
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THE DOCTRINE OF PROGRESS.

The National Intelligencer of the 9th July has
an article on the topic of progress.
Our readers will be prepared for the announce
ment that the InislHgencer is opposed to further
territorial expansion. A British author describes
certain class of politicians whose veneration for
antiquity is so inordinate as to cause admiration
to augment in proportion as the article is old,
worn out, unreasonable and useless He compares
such to those old ladies whose pride it was to put
up in pots and jars fruits, &C., as to preserve
them from season to season, and whose chief
pleasure il was to show the evidences of their
skill, labelled-Rasberryja jam, ls29-Curant wine,
lS09-Bank of the United States, l83l-Bank-
rupt law, 1S4l-Missouri Compromise, 1920. The
author gave the preference to the old ladies' es-
teeming them the better judges of "mouldy CON-
modities," and less averse TO rejecting them when
mouldy.
OF the politicians of the school described,
some yet survive.
The Inteiiigencer comments on the views enun-
ciated by the Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson, in the
Senate, in December, lS47, that true policy re-
quirss the Government IF The United STATS 10
strengthen its political and commercial relations b.
the annsration Of such contiguous territory as may
eonduoe 10 thai end, " &C., which views have been
recently adopted by the National Democracy Of
New York.
Abiding to Mr.. Dickinson, the Inislligencer
says:
"We much doubt whether so sagacious a state
man can seriously yield TO the tenets and pro-
clivites of his party so far as TO be willing 10 ex.
arA Il
this whole Continent, or to contend that it would
be TO strengthen them Expansion is not the ele-
ment of strength, but of ireakness. The firm 81
Government is sometimes slow in reaching the ex-
tremties Of our Union in its present vastness OF
territorial extent. What would il be in the event
Of a still further annexation"
| The idea that all parts of the Union, even its
extremities, should be in easy reach Of the .7rm
Of Gorernment, if not Of venerable antiquity,
has at least been out Of fashion this side Of the
Atlantic since July 4th, 1776. Previous to that
date, il was sufficiently apparent that the firm
full enough to reach and be felt across the wide
Atlantic. When our independence was achieved
few in the colonies were in love with the firm d
Government; and when the patriots and sages Of
that day met to frame the Constitution, they
were more DESTROYS in framing that instrument
to place the Government in reach Of the firm o.
the People, than the people in reach Of the firm
Of Government.
The idea reproduced in the Inieiiigsncer was,
previous to IS, much in vogue among the minis
tiers Of George the Third, and though now out Of
date and entirely inappropriate 10 our theory OF
government, is, il must be admitted, in excellent
preservation. The skill Of the InielHgencer in
pottng and preserving" the ideas Of the last cen.
fury, so to be able to present them TO the pub
lie Of this day unchanged in faror, must earn for
il the general commentator of the house keepers
| Of the country.
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This is somewhat different from Button, but he
sets it down fixed rule that all the larger ami
mails live about five times longer than the time
required for their full growth This question is
one of deep importance to the whole human
family. 1t is one to which the ingenious French
man has brought great amount of knowledge
in investigation, and he holds up science as pre-
senting to all men by life of sobriety n very
extended fund OF MISUNDERSTANDING american
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DRILL OF THE UNITED STATES fly
ING ARTILLERY.

A vast concourse of citizens and sooumers
was attracted to the mall on Thursday evening
to witness the drill and evolutions of the company
Of United States Flying Artillery now on visit
to our city. The display made by them was
both beautiful and astonishing. The ease and
promptitude with which they performed their
difficult exercises were such to impress all who
saw them. 1t was great treat to our citizens
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Jpyed that privilege that il was worthy of the
occasion, and worthy Of the able and accomplish
ed gentleman who delivered it. But for the pres
sure on our columns to-day we would re-publish
it from the misligsncer of yesterday, in which it
appeared.
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LF We invite the attention of our readers to
the interesting letter from st. Catharine's, Cana
da, published in another column Ii is from the
pen of gentleman who enjoys great literary dis
tinction. We will be most happy 10 hear from
him again.
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O. 0 NJ manifate0.
ST.. CATHARINE's, CANADA WEsT,


June 81, 1855.
TO The Editors ofthe Washington Sentinel:
GENTLEMEN: As the warm summer heat began
to come down upon us, went off on trout ex-
cursion to Canada West, more TO throw
fly in those cold waters where | fshed many
years ago. Some Of our Washington friends
whom | should have been glad to have along with
me could not come, and through your excellent
journal, allow me to give some little account Of
the trip
Starting from New York at six in the morning,
by the Hudson River Railway, we breakfasted in
Albany, and then, by the New York Central
Railroad, we went to the suspension bridge. We
changed cars but once, and from Rochester took
the air line directly to the falls Nothing can be
more admirable perfect than the management
of the Great Central Railway and its connecting
branches Mr.. Corning, of Albany, president of the
consolidated roads, is a clearheaded man of bust
ness, and he has reduced railway travelling along
that route to system of almost electric speed
and absolute comfort. 1t liz now mmeasurably
the best way of getting to Niagara from New
York city.
Passing over the suspension bridge that same
evening, ride of twelve miles on the Great
Western Railway brought us to ST. Catharine $,
which was our first landing place in British
America. st. Catharine's is beautiful town of
about ten thousand inhabitants, standing upon a
high and commanding stretch of table-land, with
the Welland Canal flowing at its feet, and the
Great Western Railway running from the suspen-
sion bridge to Detroit passing at u distance Of
half mile. The town is made up of nearly
equal proportions of Americans and subjects Of
the British Empire. 1t is one of the finest sites
for city on the continent. When whole dis
tricts along the frontier have been smitten with
the cholera and other epidemic diseases, ST. Cath
arine's has always been exempt. This is owing,
it is supposed, partly to the elevation of the town
above the surrounding region. Int there IL an
ether circumstance to which, perhaps, more inn
portance should be attributed. | speak Of the
celebrated mineral spring here, and the inau-
ence which il has upon the health Of the people.
From the subjoned analysis of this mineral
spring, by the celebrated chemist James r. Chill
ton, of New York, your scientific readers will at
once comprehend the nature of the water:
New York, June 81, 1853
have analysed bottle of mineral water from
st. Catharine's, Canada West, sent to me by
Mr.. Z. W. Stephenson, and find it to yield the
following ingredients, from one pint:
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The UNITED STATES ARSENAL, BATON RoueE
Lou,sANA-The Baton Rogue Adpocote furnishes
the annexed interesting account of the United
States Arsenal at that place
One Of the largest arsenas Of deposite in the
United States j. the one nj this place. The grounds
belonging TO the department embraces an area Of
twenty.seven acres, and are laid out with much
taste. The buildings consist OF store houses for
ammunition, magazines for powder, carpenter
shop, armory blacksmith shop, boarding house
commandants residence, guardho aud arti.
lery.sheds. These are all substantial brick struc.
lures.
Some idea Of the dimensions of these buildings
can be formed by rough estimate OF their con.
tents taken from the official inventory. There is
for instance, in three magazines, 10000 pounds
OF powder and 100000 rounds Of cartridges for
small arms and cannon. The store houses con.
tain $4,000 muskets, rifles, carbines and pistols,
$500 sabres, 100 cannons 100000 cannon balls
and shells, 10000 pounds canister, and accoutre.
ments for 10 900 men. The total value Of the land
and buildings with their contents is over 81 900,
900. An artillery store room, two hundred feet
long by fifty feet wide, and two stories high, has
Just been erected at a cost of S35 600
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MyssuITo FAs.---Joel Webster, Of Brook
Ign, l.. l., informs us that he has in operation an
apparatus that keeps eight fans in operation for
eight hours; that IL is simple, and can be con-
structed for few dollars
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Mnssaehusetts NulIiication In England


Mnssachusetts NuIIification In England.
The London .Neios and lie Pays hail with de-
light the notification act of the late Massachu-
sets Legislature. The news has long leader
on the personal liberty bill, which was vetoed by
Governor Gardner, and passed over his head by
the Legislature. 1t refers to the Burns case, and
says:
I" The growing Of the storm has never ceased
since that pregnant cloud of last June lowered
upon Massachusetts,; and now the explosion of
the tempest seems to be very near, for the revo-
lutonary deed is actually done. Governor Gard
ner and Judge Loring are really very much to be
pited. They cannot obey two contradictory laws
of the Union and the State; they have to make
their choice between them. The moment of col
lision las arrived and past"
The .NeicS concludes by earnestly invoking
Massachusetts, to persevere in her good cause,
talks afectionately about sold Massachusetts"
and the "Pilgrim Fathers, (who, by the way,
had sort Of objection to making slaves of black
men, red men, or any other color,) and says:
Is Massachusetts, ready to withdraw from the
Union, or TO be declared excluded from it, Ifso,
she may, we think, reasonably hope for the com
partnership of the best States of all that are peo-
pied by the posterity Of the Pilgrim Fathers, and
probably more"
lie Pays, though not as open in its advice as the
.Ntics, draws the same conclusion of the APP
preaching disruption of the Confederacy from
the notification proceedings Of Massachusetts,
and expresses the same appreciation of the course
Of the Massachusetts Legislature.
Massachusetts is playing directly into the
hands Of these foreign Governments, whose policy
dictates dissolution Of the Union, and who have
famed the flames of abolition here, TO bring
about that very end. 1t is possible that their
Vaccinations may ere long be crowned with sue
cess. Another Burns case would bring the Fede-
raj Government and Massachusetts, face to face,
and the explosion, for which Great Britain has
so long and assiduously prepared the slow match
of abolition, would occur. Within sight Of Bun
ker hill, where the mother country received from
the audacious colonies her first check in arms,
she would reap her rich revenge, and the cradle
Of American liberty would become its grave
Richmond Dispatch
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~ Hon. s. A. Douglas and Postmaster
Cook, of Chicago, Illinois, have presented that
city with ten acres Of land valued at 81 900 per
acre.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SLAyERY.--A commit
tee Of the New Hampshire Legislature, to whom
were referred the resolutions of the Maine Lepis-
lature on the subject of slavery, has reported in
favor of union Of the free States to demand the
restoration Of the Missouri compromise, the abo-
ltion of slavery in the District Of Columbia, the
repeal of the fugitive slave law, &c.
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IL Judge Musgrovc Evans, who died in Hays
county, Texas, lately, was native Of Philade-
phia, and one Of the first pioneers Of the Terri
tory of Michigan, from whence he emigrated 10
Texas in the year 1895. He is said TO have orpi-
mated the first temperance society in the United
States, and lived up 10 its precepts 70 the end of
his life.
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DIsTNGuIsHED VIsIToas.- The Wythevile
(Va.) Republican learns that among the visitors
at the Grayson Sulphur Springs this year will be
Chang and Eng, The Siamesc twins.
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"WEsrwARp, Hor--H. +. James, the pio-
neer Of Janesvile Wisconsin, is now living at
Uniontown, on Humboldt Bay, in California
The following extract from letter Of his, TO tho
GAINESVILLE (Wis.) Gazette, Is Indicative Of his
migratory propensity. 81 have been constantly
working westward till tho nasty Pacific has made
stop to further progress in that direction. In
the fallof AZ my western progress was suddenly
stopped by the Pacific; and yet the sun sets west
Of me, and my wife positively refuses to 90 to the
Sandwich Islands, and the bark is starting off my
rails, and that is longer than | ever allowed N.Y.
self to remain on one farm; so that | am at
loss how TO act in the present dilemma -
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New II DIRK. i!

1Iuzza for the Empire State! The
Maryland thunder is echoed back, and
voice rs of the rushing, mighty wind
swclls out above the din Of sectional
faction, for the principles of the great
National American Union Party!
The Americans have elected their
whole State ticket, except Judge Of the
Court of appeals, by a heavy majority.
The American gain in the State since
last year, is AZ, POI!
POstscript.-lIcnry A. Wisc's par
ticulor friends, the Union Club, Gree
soilcrs,) are 'no whar,' at our latest
advices. a bad show for the "orator
Of Only, near Onancock," for SO.