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Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1855-12-08
Tl,N abolition and k,,ow,no,!irS coalition have

How pDO,ilSjoUS ;hc rc,aciiea since 1851 -
We did Got then carry single State; hut in
lSlo We have carried fifteen States, with one
hUNaOed aud ioV,y-eight electoral votes; aud
the HIodNa coOSNiratorS aud abolition inccnaj-
SricS have carried i've States, with iiity-ciSht
electoral roles, Thus, rhc political books
show the demoera;ic party TO be in 4 pDcsper-
o''S cec&l'ion Let US keep the bali in loo,ion,
-SiN ERnafry
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1855-12-08

TIM Fran son. tIEcuoN,-Wc arr told
that,hr Free Sniler>, with ,hcir sali-apyointeIt
Judges ot the election, were permitted TO vote
Tor RcedcC rs many times as they desired
We also Informed that some OF the mona
enthusiasts voted as often MS lcn times, Yer.
ly, th;S : a progressive agr We do no,
know whether ihcir ten yo,cS apiece ,hrowink
III the old wo,a,s ard boys, who We are as.
SUrcd tooj, para IN sac election, taev succeeded
N polling as maNr votes - was given bv III,
pro.slavcry para 1t the !cga, y,eciion ci' tie
Isl Instant. il i matlrr O! small cnnse-
lCNncc i, ;hcy aid, Unic>S the constitution
Is tan e'oa Gp,;rr tcni, EccicrS r,Snt 10 u
SIai IN Congress WI. noi even bc entertained
b. that hody,--Sgrs;lcy Sor,reisU,
The recent Legislature OF Kansas appointed
;hc lst OF October as the day OF election Tor
Congressional Representative. \, this clec-
ton, WhiiiialG tpro-slOvcyv,l and Feeder iA5-
the recent Governor cl Kansas,
were he opposing candidates, WM,iell ne
ccived 2505 votes aud L cdcc IS, leaving Il
majority Of 2I5O in favor OF Whitfield, rhe
free sellers, beng dissatisfied with the result
ot ,&e election, now deny the legality of the
Legislature, have pu; ;hcir friend Reedcr in
and run him over the track with.
out any Competitor There can he bu, one
opinion as to the peoples chice in this election,
and consequently thu legal Representative
EtaS'og Telegraph,
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y a-'
Queer Bits

If YOU wan, 10 make the food of bliss melt
over aay's head give her dozen of Alex
auaer's gloves, two canary birds, half a dozen
OF moonbeams, twelve yards Of silk, an ice
cream, rosebud. squeeze of the hand, and
the promise Of new bonnet Il she don't
melt, it will be because she can't Maine
Water Lily.
II YOU want to make young buck feel as
ii he were walking on thrones, tell him that
Julia called him the hanisomest man IN town
that Clara adores his moustache--and that
Annabella says tha'--well--she hadn', ought
to--ah--oh.-but she really thinks he's ire.
sis,able.--Clabyank Register.
Il you want to rejoice the internal soul of a
reporter, tell him that six women and seven
children have just been tora assunder, limb
from limb, in a house around the next corner
--,i,st blood is gushing from all the windows
and dcors--lhat a steamboat has just "burst''
Siy,;,.r all OF hoard-that the Rev. DR.. Exc
ues;s has lust cut his own throat-and that an
awful aud impeneirable mystery surrounds
rverylhing.-[ Alabama SkeeteE.
If you want 10 rejoice an editor, tell him
that his last great article the cross cut and tip
and sitter questions has been copied and Sc
verely commented on By the Loudoa Times,
and greatly praised in the allgememe Zeitung.
II YOU add hat club has been made up IN
your ward to take his paper, and that you
heard that new patent medicine man recent.
ly inquired his address, you viii greatly add
to the effect.--[N. Y. Times.
If you want to delight young matron, tell
her that her child is perfection that her hus-
band must 1--we in duck pond Of bliss. II
this don't fetch her nothing went Puritan
ResonieT
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1855-12-08

Lc; Us ROW paSs up the bo1l oi oicieciionS IN
1855, The following States have been carried
BY the democmts, We give The numucr oi
electors for President and Vice President 10
which each STATE IS entitled, together with The
no,,nlsr ,,sS,rS,S,S,
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seen, il was smaller in sise, which, he says,
proves that he mus, have Knocked oiTa p,e>c,
Who can bent this extraordinary shootingl
Valuable Discoveries Of Copper Ore in the
CadsNan Territorv.

We had exhibited TO us an Yesterday Snt
specimen Of copper ore, walsh tn all appear.
anee contained very large portion % the
pure metal as IS visible all ocer the SaSiace ",
the specimen The mine from which i, is
extracted, is situated in the GadS6en purchase.
and as will Be seen BY the Subioinei aSstrsc,
Of letter written to Mr.. Cory, member Of the
Assembly os this State, premises to prove Of
incalculable value.
The letter referred TO is dated at CsDc Aqua
Calieuti, AriDns Mountains, January IL. 1854
The writer some months previously chancci
TO fall in with pcrsy who were preparing to
explore tina, portion Of Sonora acquired BY the
Gadsden treaty, and to take possession Of val.
liable mines should they be so fortunate as to
discover sacs, The party in time fornd a
copper mirs which has proved TO b. rSch and
extensive. The orc has been aSssved, and
found to coa,aiu seveaty-tvN rsr cent, Of cop
per, in addiicn to which ;Ecre ayC iro,a one %
one and half ources CT gold pes hundred
weight.
This mirc is within orc hurdrSi miles q
s,camtoa, navigation on the ColomGo riveT,-
The writer, however, says that eight 81 :he
company were left a, the mInes 10 build houses
and hold possession Of theiS claim, while the
remainder are engaged in making explorations
for silver. Several mines containing .cad,
silver and some copper, also h,slc gold, have
been discovered. The richness Of the Spsci-
mems collected had no, We. been tested, There
is no dOuh' " ~ mind Of the wr;.e,, tba, the
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1855-12-08
The Cleveland Herald tells the following !
NO. 81.

ihV NlVNVlonu tiela'u tcllS the following :
MRRrRD CoNrLiNgNr--.CGae P,tseniasios
'i-On Friday week, the crew aud cook Of the
Ohio Canal coal boat polvanthus presente,
their captain with cane. The following is
the correspondence:
WA l.oS, olo kANAt,
i. kLEySlsN, April |, 1853.
Hon. Cap,, SMITH, Esq;
The undeSiNed in behag OF the kru ana
CUE oi the bo,c Plly-Aan.,hus, present yu
with a baSwood kain RACED upon the PENN.
sEla, tina; spot maid k!assic ground bv being
the home OF Jeems Brown, Esq, author OF the
coinrys ado, Notes by he weigh, Altered Bills"
and other works OI general issco and circels.
shnn. A:teV heing Eu,, the stick was taken to
Thinkers CriG" and pealed, and then 10 "Jonny
kaik lok" where it was bu,ifrly mounted and
a boss aud toe ljre Sarvcd on top Of it. Sutsh
is the simple vet ailectin history OF the wep.
on wa;ch Is presented 10 yu rs a re.icI Of :he
a'jecshun which will follow WI wherevc, the
ayioooue droties Of Salers lie ma kall W
Tor lhr hrn and Cuk
Bob Jones
ncR
CLEvELANp, April 4, 1855
" ''4 - Ats4'A 'NIiiNS oNcE Will cunning emo.
Hons | accep, your beautiful Cane. Il del.
ugeS lny soul with food OF darling tecpllec.
tion> oi the lime when working, diving and
loving Together, IN the inspired language Of
The Poet,
W. s,s-s! oa,!, o,h"rs' riNircas
.lai Sg,,, ta5g oLst,' tears"
When Transporting the black diauoajs"
!rom the bowling wilderness, and darh; caverns
ot The interior In the metropolis OF the lakes,
how, amid the darkness and tsncers which,
Al the "wiiching hours ol night" surrounded
canal navigation, have looked 10 YOU for sup
port, How often have you, Bob, without
chart oC compass In guide, S;ccsel our callat,
caati through the lhichenng gloom which
NoaeJ! iempeSt and disaster, while |, and write
It without vanity, stood at the bow, prepared
10 "snub her" And how, when within the
walls Of the lock, whose grim stones frowned
npon Us like the cmmbling remains Of some
deserted rain, the relic NJ Roman or Of Gre.
nm pride and SmnicurS-Aow often at ,ha.
cartul hour, when the "r.sh OF many waters"
vas pomirg through the gates, threatening
o whcim rs, has our gentle yet lion-haarted
'oos, Polly, prepared Tor our solacc and rc~
rcsamcnt : pot tHl OF the fragrant extract oil
he berry OF Rio, or a tublcr full oil Smiths
'yttoci Of ryc.
Parton my emotion, tor the "od time comes
ser .ne now" and forbid me 10 say more thsa
hat ;,'n, whether it command OF retirement,
Yours, JOHN SMITH
To Boo JONAS committee, &c.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1855-12-08

The Senior editor Of the louisville Journal,
ctsti6ed his curiosity by visiting ,he Free Love
Club, in New York, while on recent visit 10
that city. It happened 70 be the night upon
which the police made iheir descent upon the
free lovers. and oar friend Prenuce narrowly
escaped beng incarceTated 10 the Tombs. as a
leader OF that respectable association. A
friend writing from that city saws that at the
aneasnt Of the descent he was making a "feel-
~, ,..ses' 10 one OF ilss 5oi the sister
hc3s -s'iisysgsils E1Ppes.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1855-12-08

Iag ADyEoNcIUNG CoN6RESS,-A corro<-
poNde0t t0om Washington SAYS there viii In
deed be \ majority in thc Rousc opposed 10
the Nebraska law aS M original neaSurc but
Go' II ;aCoI al 'hc NoS;oTa,ioN 81 the &j$SoR1
CN5NpoogO'>c, The anti,ad,mmiIraiiop men
will oe largely IN the majority, but the ma,c,
r'S'S OF the opposition arc 50 ljScoTlan; that
they cannot unite in any measure, New COM
o'naaons will have 70 Se formed 10 accomplish
any ;hIng. The GemOcra,ic candidates ior
the Spea&eCship arc Col, Orr ci Soula Caro-
lima, Col, Richardson, Of Illinois, and Howell
CSSs, Of iTeocSTa, Ca), Orr Is Snrpasc1 20
stand the hoS' chsRoc Is he Is expected n car
" the SDow>@c;hSD-S ana wings oj The South
as well as the democrats in the halance al the
Union, The contest be;veen Whnicla and
Reeior irOm Kansas viii Of course engage the
earliest aucnlioN o( tic House, Whitfield
can only Sc re5ec,e6 on the ground ;has the
law OE,ScrSOS the election was void, a.6 !: is
uas easily 10 sec how ReeleC can take thiS
ground. jusSmuca rs hc himSelias Governor,
CraNtol certificates al c,1c;iO0 10 mcst ol the
members composing the Legislature, thSgclr
7o,oSnisinC that body, We anticipate thai
this question viii bring on fearful crisis
carly in the scS>Sea, arrayinS The North and
Sca.h sgainS; cach oihcG-NtScS,
ALsiy was requested by bachelor, some
VIA; advanced IN years, to taSc = ~os, on his
Encc while in cVovdei sleigh, NO, thank
yoa." said SIC, Il $m afraid such an old seat
wOaE hrcsk down with ne"
ArArend r6eslinc PhusS'y phiy''rai, ., fur
RSSheS the allowing
sl;v s;una,c 4eS'ers ltuitoaSly l;iiying
Ter, .,resSeS 4cihly ihade l,y 4miaablc
ieisneS lining sasins does
4 RSNlSsAsiz CslSBERaapD=A nc,ice
of re0n; steam bost explosion ends rs FOL-
lou~s The captain swan aSAo7e. So did
TIC chsUhorn,aia. She was iaSroed ioS Sl5,-
ON0 ana lDa3cd with SroR-'
HeDTy Smith, Razcr S,7O9 Man, dcGieS aGy
to-, G. connection with she Frs
Lovers N New York. He SsyS he las = WIS ]
and dccsst bolicve there : ano;hcE NJ the !
~~ssoc ~ loit,
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1855-12-08
Good Advice.

Vi you V0ur hps
Would keep from slips,
Five things observe with o,sc--
of 'cs"'H ytc speak,
To 'aaaps vUa speak.
Nul hcSo, ana ,srr, Sn3 ,r.trc.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1855-12-08

ThT kLEcHK,o TElr. SrU.--smoaS The
tosSts g!vca a; diaocr on hoari isS sisSis.s
ship James Atrer. II St. Johns, Ncwl0iaG-
land. was she Is. ewing,
Il e.l a1t1 L--ls-ra- s- =, ra;,,
~ s--sl 81 ti-, ta.-I S,-.,.
Ts r.aaS11s Aaal -.-i ,ss-st =, s---.
Ce@ h--,-s5s S. F.t.s. sro--r.-
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1855-12-08

Orc OF on5 CNchanses contains sAe following
List lsfge Eack aTahrc;!a, belonging 70
4 a-sct,crpsa wiSa = cursc,rS,v e'rvct head,
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prnlnn.inr nsCabfa-,is Goll Nines.

The San Francisco Herald publishes tsile,
prepared with much care, Disabling the SlaOGnt
of tresstre shipped from San Francisco during
the last nine months, from which It appears that
the tosl amounts shippci were as follows
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1855-12-08

III, Herald remarks that the sola exported
from hat State daring TIE last sse wars iSs
amounted to ths enormous srrs, in rOnr3 a=E-
bers, fS2SO, ,CsNo0O9.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1855-12-08

Tac total .snsla,i,n Of Nsbrsssa, : ,Se-5irz
- ,he censas wiich lass iosi te,n taScn. x T.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1855-12-08

9Wbat are youp asked railway passen
ger Of an obsuse official
,The ,aTaducior.'
'What's.xesr nameF
y GOD,
sFoehn Exclaimed the querist, that cannot
BE-. Wood IS n0s-conductor.'
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1855-12-08

but foreign goods arc held a, eSosbi,an, va'eS,
The writer SAYS taa, he would like no better
business than that OF merchandising within
the American territory adJacen, to the new
boundary Eue, Dry goods, on which the
transportation charges are ,citiinS, will yield
an average prof.: oi one hundred per cent,
Shares in the companyfs nineraR- property
are valued q: from $1,000 to $4,000, The
writer says that although these prices may
seem visionary. it should be considered tina;
twentv-iour men ouiy have an IneShaWssible
mountain o. ore, three-fourhs OF which is COP.
per ore. and containing also gold enough 10
pay all expenses Of digging and transporting
the ore to EdropS.
From. the tenor of this letter, it may rea,
sonably he I, inferred, that this ecUntry will
soon get her purchase" money back in cash
out of the Gadsdeu territory itself - Sacrsr'es'.
to Uaior.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1855-12-08

IN 4 great ,asaSure the
is reputei to have. The
sen,e3 as the poor>s, OISn,
I'd mines appear as iE,hey
tty or more yeNrS SGD
ing abandoned was the
us, which continues To
BY the Mexican race,
H.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1855-12-08
Bob X Jones
CIgVElANn, April 4, Is

NiENEiANI' aprli 4, iSSo'
Wiih heart boiling over with burning emo.
lions | accept ycur beautiful Cane. Il del.
oges lny soul with food OF darling tecollec.
ti"n> ot the lime when working, diving and
loving Together, IN the inspired language Of
The Poet,
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-13
concluded merit tceek.

BEWARE OF THE MAN WHO NEVER
LAuGHs.-In q sermon delivered ty
Rev. DR.. Bellows, of New York, before
the Western Unitarian Conference, is
the following paragraph
For my own part, l say it in all So
lemnity, l have lived to become sincere
ly suspicious of the picty of those who
do not love pleasure in any form.
cannot trust the man who never laughs
that is always sedate; that has no up
parent outlets for those natural spring.
of sportiveness and gaiety that arc per.
ennial in the human soul. l know tha
nature takes revenge on such violence
I expect to find secret vices, malignant
sins or horrid crimes, sprinsing up in
this hot-bed of confined air and impris
oned space and, therefore, it gives m,
iasincere moral qualification any where
and in any community, to see innoccn
pleasures and popular amusements resis
ting the religious bigotry that frowns Sc
unwisely upon them. Anything is bet
ter than that dark, dead, unhappy socia
lie-a prey to ennui and morbid excite.
ment, which results from unmitigated
puritanism, whose second crop is unusu-
ally unbridlsd license and Infamous fol-
".
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-13

~ uoTo SccuS W DC no aDatc
ment Of the yellow fever in Norfolk
In addition to that frightful scourgc,
and the prevalence of famine, the small
pox has broken out, of which there
were two cases on Saturday last. On
Friday and Saturday last, there were in
Norfolk sixty-6vo deaths, in Ports
mouth on the same days, seventy-two
deaths. Sixty-two tents were forward
ed from Baltimore en- Friday last, and
pitched on the site of Old Point, "a
beautiful and healthy spot.
The Norfolk correspondent of the
Petersburg Exprtss, under date Of
the 9th inst, writes as follows
The hearses not being sufficient to
carry out the cofins for interment, re-
course is had to carts and wagons, aud
in several instances we have seen the
dismal shells Of mortality protruding far
out from the front Of the cart, with the
driver setting beside it with perfect non
ehalence, cracking his whip, and putting
away at an abominable cheroot How
use doth breed habit in man,
The negroes hold divine service in
their different churches every day, and
incessaut praying and singing may be
heard from morning to night.
The whole week seems one continued
Sunday, and ones brain is crazed by tho
upsetting of the regular routine OF for.
mer every day life. We seem to be il
a different world, with ones hands il
, ones pockets, and see burals +! burials
A Aremarkable circumstance connected
With the epidemic is, that not bird il
to be seen within the city, nor since thu
> fever became general. Whether this j
owing to the poisonous density of the at
| mosphere that keeps them away, o
from what other cause we are not abl
to say, not being ornithologists enough t
solve the phenomenon.
The cows in despite of the city ordi
} nance wander about the street seeming
! ly in search Of lost mates, making th'
welkin echo with their melancholy low
ing while gangs Of half famished dog
take possession Of the streets after night
) fall and render night hideous by thei
) incessant yelping aud bowling! Trul
the very scene of distress and desolatiol
have fallen upon poor Norfolk
A correspondent of the Baltimore SUI
says:
One Of the horrible incidents tina
sometimes characterize visitations sue
as that which has fallen upon this cit
was revealed this morning. A corps
that had laid unburied for eight day
l was discovered surrounded by the sic
and dying. 1t may seem strange tina
such an event could happen, but it
no unfrequent occurrence to see Who'll
families down and not soul near theu
= to give glass of water, or even exten
word of comfort or sympathy. Per
sons arc often found dead, not a sor
having witnessed their illness or las
agony.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-13
sa- We fud the following sensible

I s6r We fud the following sensible
remarks 10 an exchange and COM
mend them to our readers
There is no truth more undeniable
than that it is the bounden duty Of cve-
ry community to support its mechanics.
ITbey are a worthy and indispensable
class of men, and we 6nd no town or vii
LACE Aourishing without their aid. In
deed their presence or absence is always
true index Of the condition of place
whether it is advancing in wealth and
Importance, or sinking into decay.
If there is any truth in the assertion
that we ought, as nation, to give the
nreferuce to domestic manufactures, the
fact is equally true with regard to the
community; both Of these are sustained
by the same arguments. lfa merchant
would have around him substantial Gus
toners, let him by every means in his
power support aud foster the mechanics
of his village, and as they become more
wealthy their custom will increase, es-
pecialy in those articles on which he
makes the great profits, for it is undeui-
able, that as men become wealthy, they
also become more luxurious, and no
merchant will deny that articles of luxu-
ry always afford the greatest profits.
The habit Of importing large quauti-
ties Of articles Of competition with our
village mechanics, is shortsighted AMI
wrong both as regards the mechanic
and consumer and if the merchant
would look further into the operation of
things, he would find that he crossed the
path of his own interest by doing So
Let the merchant bring the case to his
own door, and he will better understand
it suppose that every individual who
possesses the means, and who uses in
his family four or FIVE hundred dollars
worth of goods per annum, should in.
stead of buying of him at retail, 90 to
some city Wholesale establishment and
purchase his years supply-would he
not in bitterness, condemn such an lib
oral course, and would he not say to
him with truth that he was warrine
against his own interest, by destroyirg
the business of his own town and giving
it to another, and that his littlenes'
would retract upon him in double fold
by the decrease Of property and busi.
ness
So, in the case above instanced, could
the mechanic say the same thing to the
merchant-we say, then, let all classes
support each other, and by mutual ex-
changes, keep that wealth at home,
which, if unnecessarily expended abroad /,
tends to destroy the business of your
neighbor, and which in turn destroys
yours.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-13

after she was gone, Ellen said to her
mother:
Il wish knew what it is that makes
Miss Lindsay seem so unhappy
Perhaps she is unwell.'
+That's what I thought, and SO l
ventured to ask her, but she said she
was as well as usual. But she looks
very pale, and I saw tears in her eyes
this morning.
I suspect there is nothing serious
the matter. She is probably little low
spirited
Sedley Eustace, though he boarded
with his sister, had not in the four weeks
which Miss Lindsay daily came to the
house, even seen her but twice, and
each of these times he had accidentally
met her in the hall, and merely bowed
to her. In the meantime Mrs. Onslow
and Miss Larpcnt were on more intimate
terms than ever. BY some means Sed-
Icy was almost always present when she
called on his sister, though on his part
il was certainly unintcntional.
CoacIuded merit tceek.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-13

ay- The proprietor Of an iron fur
mace in Connecticut, on the line of the
Housatonic Railroad, early in the spring
stopped work, with the intention of re-
suming again in the fall. The condi-
ton Of the workmen, who would thus be
thrown out of employ, occupied his at
tention. To remedy the evil as far as
possible, he gave them the use of a fine
fifty acre lot near the furnace to DC
planted with potatoes-he furnished
gratuitously the seed ann the tesmwork
necessary for the enterprise. The helc
has been managed with unusual care
extra labor bestowed in cultivation, anc
it is said that nothing between here anc
New York city can compete with it II
the promise Of glorious crop.-Pitts
field Sun.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-13
PassmOre Williamson.

The case of Passmore Williamson,
who is now in prison in Philadelphia
by order of Judge Kane, of the U. S.
Court, excites no more attention than
justly belongs to it. The plain facts
appear to be these One Mr.. Wheeler,
it appears, voluntarily brought his slaves
into Pennsylvania, free State. He did
this with the full knowledge, that by tho
common law, by the decisions of our
courts, and by express statute, his slaves
would be of right free the moment they
came within the limits of Pennsylvania
jurisdiction Mr. Williamson simply in
formed these colored people of their
rights, and accompanied then, to the
carriage in which they choose to take
their departure. This was his only
crime. Upon this, Judge Kane issued
writ of habcas corpus, COMMANDING
williamson to produce the bodies Of the
certain persons, who had once beer
the slaves of Mr.. Wheeler. To thi'
writ Mr.. Williamson made return, tha
the persons therein named were not, and
never had been in his custody, any more
than any other three persons with whom
he had conversed and walked with In
the street. Whereupon, Judge Kane
declared this answer to be "a contempt
of court and ordered Williamson's ar
rest and Imprisonment. On application
of Mr.. w. for a writ of habeas corpus
made to Judge Lewis, Of the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania, the same was re-
fused by him on the ground, thai
each court was the sole and rightfu
Judge of what constituted contempt,
which was, we believe, the rule laic
down and acted on by the notorious
Jeffrcys, and the carrying out of which
makes the Judge perfect tyrant, If hi
chooses to be so. The case has beer
carried and argued before full bench
Of the Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania
anda majority of the bench (Judgt
Knox dissenting) have refused his ap
plication for the privilege of habeas cor
pus.