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More of the Border RuRans.

! A Mr.. Samuel Taylor, Of New-York city
returning from Kansas, on one Of the Mis-
souri, steamers, for no crime other than his
personal resemblance to Gov. Robinson
came very near losing his life. He took the
steamer Omaha at the city of Lcaycnworth
for st. Louis. II happened that Gov. Rob
insOn and Gen. Lane had taken passage ON
the same boat, on their way TO Washington.
The trip went along very well, until the
boat reached Brunswick, Missouri, when
the spies who now invest the steamers, TO
scent out the Abolitionists us they call them,
discovered that Gov. Robinson was on board
but had not the means of identifying him.
The fact that the Governor of Kansas was
there, was communicated on shore, when n
party headed by son of the Gov. Of Mis-
souri, boarded the boat and made search for
him. Soon after, Taylor was pointed out
to them rs the Governor, he having some
slight personal resemblance to him. This
was suiEcient-he was seized and dragged
on shore--in spite of his protestations that
he was no Governor. There he found in
waiting rope and other implements belong
ing TO the Court of Judge Lynch. The rab-
bic which had collected on shore demanded
that he should DO hung ut once rs id
Abolitionist, and preparations Tor such an
accomplishment seemed to be going on with
more rapidity than was pleasant to Taylor,
who desired to see his friends in the Empire
State once more. He produced some papers
to prove his identity. The 6rst was letter
from Hon. Thos. Corwin Of Ohio. That
was suficient-Corwin was an Abolitionist
and 50 was he. He ought to be hung for
knowing Tom Corwin. Finally, no produced,
paper from Robert j. Walker, and some
Western Governor, and that seemed to satis-
~ the Missourians that they had got "the
wrong pig by the car" this time. He was
permitted to return on board, thankful for
longer lease Of life and glad when the
boat showed of and was once more under
way"
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TnE BACKBONE. A Republican paper for
the Preadeniiai Campaign. A campaign
paper with the significant title Of The
Backbone is to be started early in May, in
Cleveland, Ohio, under the editorial super
vision of John r. French Esq, formerly Of
our city, and at one time, for several sue
ccssiye years, editor Of the Journal. Mr..
French Is q man of backbone, and the paper
under his management will not DO likely to
be deficient in this 50 much needed quality.
Mr.. French has made arrangements TO secure
for the columns Of his paper the ablcut re-
publican talent Of the country, and this ad-
ded to his own editorial strength will doubt
less secure for the paper wide. circulation
in the great west. A fearless, able, and
prudent paper Of this sort, furnished at
low price, would be Of great service to the
Republican cause in the coming struggle be-
tween Slavery and Freedom. The Backbone
will be Published weekly. Single copies
81 1000 or more sent to one address, so
cents per copy, and viii continue to be pub
lished until the Presidential election. All
letters and rcmittances To be addressed to
John r. French Cleveland Ohio. Mr.
French, though devoting himself to the
backbone, for the time being, still retains
~. ;,torc.t In Aha TtaIa,~ra nh ,,,hl;.hod ~
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they came In contact with on earsh, or pso-
pied hell fstsr than theI liquors that srs
now sold-and were sold on Fast day -h
the low dram shops in this city,"
\ A similar state Of things was Observable
here on our Fast day. The day instead Of
being "such q fast as have chosen" ac-
ccptable to the Lord, }" was anything else
was FAST day in moro senses than one
The day was uncommonly pleasant, and the
fast men and boys driving fast teams in the
fastest manner were unusually numerous
We regret to say that there was moro drunk
enness to be sesn here than on similar day
for several years. If fast day under the
new order Of things is to DO made day for
the exhibition Of rowdyism and drunken
ness, the sooner the institution Is abolished,
the better for the community a1a''h' .i'I
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FAsr DAr AT NwBuRYroRr. Tho New
buryport Herald thus records the dcmoral-
king effects Of Fast day in that good city
z Thursday, instead Of being religious
anniversary, was an unbridled jubilee, when
the drinking houses were better patfoniled
than the meeting houses, and when We OBJ
served more drunkenness than we had seen
ON any Fourth of July or Thanksgiving day
in the last seven years. You might 90 over
half the continent Of Europe, and DO In the
largest cities upon the holidays, and not 20
much drunkenness would be seen in whole
year, as could be seen hero last Thursday.
And We arc sorry to notice too, that sever
al affected by this vile liquor, were young
men, who are doubtless ashamed Of their
folly before this. For the life of us We can-
not imagine what can induce young mon,
with the promise Of many days before them,
TO touch q drop Of the internal stud that is
now sold in the low groggeri~, Of which
heaven knows We have too many about our
STREETS. II the devil himself had made chem,
istry study, he could not have compound
al Ingredients that would sooner have PAL
sled the wrctched drinkers, tortured oil who
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NORM wrsr LAND CoxrASY. This Com.
pany located at Chicago, Illinois, and or
ganiscd under the general incorporation law
Of Illinois, has Agents in every county In
the Western and North Western States, and
possesses unusual facilities for the tnnsac-
ton Of all business connected with tho sale
and purchase Of land, and other real estate.
II gives particular attention to entering gov
ernmcnt lands for cash, or locating them
with military land warrants, and attends
promptly to the payment Of Taxes in city or
county property in any part Of the Western
States- Mr.. BEN. It. Ingnsham, formerly
Of our State, and brother Of Mr.. Brooks
lngraham Of our city is Agent and Secreta-
ry Of the Company. From the circular Of
the company which we have before rs, and
which contains the names Of men of un-
doubted character rs references We should
think that people in Maine having business
to be attended to in the west, would end
this Company most desirable medium to
accomplish their objects. -"
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FOREST AND SHORE, or LEGENDS or rnE
PNr TREK SrArE.-Messrs. John p. Jewett
and Co., Of Boston have in press volume
Of some 400 or 800 pages, with this title.
1t is from the graceful pen Of Charles p.
llsicy, for many years the Editor Of the
Portland Transcript. The work consists
Of tales, some Of which have appeared in
tho Transcript, the scenes Of which arc laid
in this State during its early history. Mr..
llslcy dedicates his forthcoming work to the
sons and daughters of Maine, and We are
sure that they will show that they ap-
prcciatc the compliment by obtaining the
work at an carly day. The popularity
which Mr.. Ilsley attained rs IN easy aud
pleasant writer during his connection with
the Transcripts was well deserved, and wo
are glad that he still continues to devote
himself to literary pursuits. We have no
doubt but that ''Forest and Shore will be
eagerly sought for, and read extensively.
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II The Democrat quotes from a CORE

y The Democrat quotes from a CORES
pondcnt Of tho Cincinnati Times some re.
marks eulogiring Douglas, and the Ncbns.
ka Bill, and says " 1t is refreshing to read
from opposition prints, such confessions"
Il Is an old trick Of the Democrat to reprcs-
ent rs coming from the opposition, that
which is really put forth by its friends
The Cincinnati Times, is twelfth section
Know Nothing paper. Its correspondent il
doubtless nlpro-Slavery, northern Democrat,
or Southern Know Nothing. Il is decep-
ton, and the Democrat knows Il to be such,
to put his letter forward o. confessions Of
the " opposition" .L
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what Slavery Does.

Hon. G. J. EuLxNrR, . member Of th,
present ,Congrss, from Virginia, in 1882
speaking Of thc'inaucnccs Of Slavery, said
"H banishes free phte labor; IL ertermi'
mates The Mechanic, tie Arfisdn, the manu-.
faefurer; IL deprires them Of occupation, d
deprires them Of bread; IL concerts ihe energy
Of a community into indolens, its po,cer info
inlbcihty and its efficiency INFO seeakness."
Mr.. Weston, in his address, referred to in
another place, shows that Slavery has caused
q remarkable emigration from Virginia to
other States. Slavery has driven out Of
that State 81 per cent. Of the people; Of
/ ,26O, 9s2 free persons born in Virginia, and
living in 1850, in the United States 36S, $50,
or fraction short Of 80 per cent, lived out
of Virginia. Certainly, (slr. w. says)
/" this amazing emigntion is not due to
compressed limits, or exhausted physical re-
sources. That State abounds in everything
but people. Virginia is decripid in the
midst Of vigorous nature, poor in the midst
of OVERLOOKING wealth." What says Gov.
Wise himself of poor, decripcd Virginia.
"The four great cardinal sources Of wealth
tho four great cardinal productive powers
ARE agriculture, commerce and mining
No State that know of, upon Gods earth,
has richer bowels, moro beautiful in iron
and in gold, in gypsum and in salt. This
has made England the most powerful nation
on the earth. We have iron and coal for
mining, and water power which would turn
the spindlcs to clothe the world; gold and
iron are abundant, with all Of which we
stand unriyallcd for manufacturing marts,
roads, rivers, and bays which would float
the nayies of the world soil, for agricul-
turc of all kinds, the richest beneath the
sun the dark loan and the yellow clay and
limestone rock, embracing degree after de-
gree of latitude, running through the middle
territory of this continent-we have this,
all this, of power and virtue, not surpassed
by any other State. But in all the four car
dinal resources, ,ponderfuito tell, discgreeable
to tell, shameful 10 dnnoince--but one source
Of all four, in time past, hare been employed
10 pTOuuCt UcubH. we Nutt Vuu VO "ofh :"
manufacturing, and commerce has spread it's
rings and aorn from us, and agriculture has
only skinned mother earth, Three out Of
the four cardinal rirtues hare been idle; our
young mea, oper their cigars and ioddy, hare
been taking politics, and The negroes hare
been lefi 10 themselves, until zoe hare all yroirn
moor together. Notwithstanding all this,
here We are. Thank God, for the mines of
earth, though they have not been employed.
There is still the iron, there is still the coal,
there are still the hays and rivers, though
We have driven people enough away from
our borders to people other States now more
populous than ourselves"
Slavery and ignorance 60 hand in hand,
as will be seen from the following comrara-
tive table, made up from the figures Of the
last census.
Per centage of persons who cannot read
or write, in six Slave and six free States.
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SECS. % and q makes tho pcnon selling
mto1ic.tins liquon to . drunkard, or 10
prohibited to buy BY the sth section, liable
for al damages such pcrOns may do In .
state Of intoxication. Section % II o. FOL.
ows:
No person shall sell within this STATE, any
Intoxicating liquors which are impure or
adulterated. Ifany penon shall violate the
provisions ofthis section, he shall be punish.
cd by 6ne not exceeding ono hundred dol
lars.
&c. 9 provides that appellants from tho
Judgment Of Justices Of Peace for the I'M
lawful sals Of intoxicating liquors, ,f con-
victed on three complaint. at the same time,
shall be punished as common seller.
SIC. 81 forbids owners Of buildings lcas-
ing such buildings for the unlawful sale Of
intoxicating liquOp; 6ns, not exceeding
FIVE dollars for each day the building q
leased. = ,-.i.. s',,s '-- I.'.
SIC. 25 provides for the determination Of
leases of buildings used for the purposes OF
selling liquors, unlawfhlly, without the
permission of the owner. --
Src. % gives Justices Of the Peace and
Judges Of Municipal Courts jarisdictiOn Of
prosecutions where the penalty docs not e1.
coed hrenty dollars, and power to enmins
and bind over where the penalty exceeds
twenty dollars, a. in cascs OF offences subject
to indictment. l..',r ',7Ih s.T-
SEc. q allows cities and towns sixty days
to dispose Of liquors in the town agencies.
SEC. d repcals theact Of March 10, 1855,
such sections Of the act Of Aug. !, ls46, rs
were in force, and oil other acts inconsistant
with this act, and declares that the repeal
shall not revive any acts which were before
repealed. ..i-" ID ''l+ '' .''.'l
SIC. % provides that the act shall tako
effect April Is, 1856. '.' 81.
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e DR.. johnson justly observes: The
business Of life Is to 90 forward +; he who
secs evil in prospect, meets Il In his way
but he who catches II by retrospcction, turns
back 10 find IL. That which d feared, may
sometimes be avoided; but that which Il
regretted to day, may DO regretted to-mor-
row. We should, to DO useful, decidedly
condemn the indulgence Of brooding over
circumstances and events that thoughts can
not mend, because Il unstring the mind;
and that once done, Il Is surpriing with
chat rapidity all It's peace unravels itaelf;
Spd how much 10 Loses Of the power ofjuds.
ing rightly on tho mircd condition Of hu.
man Affairs. iP t'l''' '''''
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DoS'r KILL TIE BIRDS. A multitude Of
them have persisted during the winter; give
the survivors q chance. We fully concur
with the Hartford Coumnt when II ays:
Shame on the man or boy who kills rob-
ms Mt this season Of the year! Il 10 dis
tardly thing-unsportsmanlikc. The youth
who murders robins In the spring, Is the
same young man who kills hired horses, be.
cansc they arc hired; clients his creditors
and abuses his mother, These qualities 20
in clusters and where you find boy or
man mean enough to shoot robin in April,
you find coward! Pass the boy who kills
robins in April on to his moral pillory.
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FIVE GRr,r OHrrrs or LrrE. Speaking
Of these Sir William Temple says: "Thc
greatest pleasure Of Life is Love; the great
Get treasure is Contentment; the greatest
possession Is Health; the greatest case is
Sleep; and the greatest medicine Is true
Grind"
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Such comparisons might DO multiplied in
definitely, and always to the disadvantage
of the Slave States. Slavery represses oil
the energies Of State-it is an incubus on
its prosperity, leprous infection on the
public morality, cankcrous disease that
testers on the public vitals, II dcadens public
virtue, and pollutes and poisons social life.
1t is an evil to the cnslavcd, curse to the
enslayer.
1t is monstrous that men, nurtured on
freedoms soil, should admit the stupendous
falsity, that a people may rightly establish it.
Still more monstrous that those who are af.
fected morally, pccuniarily, and politically
to their disadvantage, should consent to any
policy by which 1t may, by any probability,
DO extended. The proposition to extend II
Northwards-tha Il may find for itself new
breeding grounds, and to bring It into closer
competition with free labor, Is an alarming
one, and calls for the united, vigorous action
of frecmen to prevent its consummation.
Men Of the North, Of the West, trust not
the dclusivc words Of those among you who
cry there is no danger, those who cry there
is peace, when there is no peace. II you
would have the peace and prosperity Of free
dom, the Northward advance Of Slavery
must be checked. Not until the battle for
freedom in Kansas Is over will there be
peace, and II is for you to determine whether
that peace shall DO the lcaden despairing
peace Of victorious Slavery, or the rejoicing,
hopeful peace of Triumphant Freedom.
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r. Pets,on's MAGAZINE Tor Nav Z o.

rT Pe.spon's Magazine for May d on
hand. II y fllsd with choice reading, en-
gayipg, patterns 10. Hero willalwsys DO
found the latest fashions, newest styles Of
drcs, and the most interesting stories The
price Is but $500 year, and IL l. full -
good a. the $500 magazines. Il h always
regular, and every number 4 interesting.
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and passions of the world, tho embodiment
of pure justice and equal rights, the dispcns-
er Of law,with stern Independence and I'M
shrinking integrity, fearless alike OF the
frowns or power and the denunciations OF
disappointed parties, into that state OF sub
suryiency 70 authority and fear OF political
influence or personal denunciation which
will soon leave il without public confidence
or public respect, the mere register OF other
mems decrces, powerless for good and eff.
Gent only for evil. The Judiciary Us Great
ed by the constitution has no power OF ply
steal force or party influence to sustain it:
II depends for its efficiency and beneficial
action upon the mistaken confidence in the
hearts of the people which up to this time
il has enioyed-on its independence its i'm
partiality and its firm and lofty moral cour.
age. This confidence once shaken our last
refuge from the storms Of party rage Is lost.
In view Of these considerations, the I'M
dersigned, members Of the House Of Repre-
sentatives for the year 1856, deem 1t duty
which they owe themselves, their constitu-
ents, and to the State, most solemnly to
protest, against the passage Of the address
FOR the removal Of Woodbury. Davis from
the Office Of Associate Justice Of the Su-
preme Judicial Court. And that we may
be forever freed from all suspicion OF ever
having participated in or consented to this
deed and that our children, and those who
come after us may know, when the conse-
quences Of this fatal act Of political rancor
and injustice are felt by them, that we were
guiltless in this great transgression; and
that it may remain for all time as solemn
memorial Of our resistance to, and our de-
testation of, this act Of injustice to faith
full and honest officer, and of wrong to the
State, in undermining the foundations ON
which rest our judicial structure, we ask
that this, our protest, may be entered on the
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Taking the Slave States together, S.37 Of
tho population cannot read or write. The
free States 1886 only is the per ccntagc.-
Slavery presses its leadcn hand on education.
Science, Literature, the Arts, flee before the
poisonous miasmia of its breath.
Slavery retards population, and diminishcs
public prosperity. Compare tho States OF
Kentucky and Ohio, and see how this is
They are about the same in extent Of terri
tority, in fertility Of soil, and in material
advantages. If there is any superiority in
these matters, Kentucky has the advantage.
Kentucky has 81 $50 square miles; Ohio,
1904. Our tables are made up from the
census Of 1850.
Kent,cky = Population in l79O-73077. In
1850 - 9s2, 405. fI
Ohio Population in isOo-4s,365. In 1850,
i9sO,329. .... ....
Kentucky - Valuation 1850, 3oi, CPS, 456
Ohio, 56i, 796, 100
Kentucky, No Of Schools, 2,23i; Pupils, lisp
Ohio, ll,C6l; Pupils, 7l3,o74
Kentucky, Value Of Church Property 2,25o,ols
Ohio, {" I" 5,793,o99
Kentucky, Volumes in Libraries, 79,IGS
Ohio, Z" 363,4OO
Kenlue ky, Valuation Of Farms, 155,o2i, 262
Ohio, ~. q" 3os,75s,0o3
Kentucky, " Live Stock, 2o,G6i, 1876
Ohio, g. ." @ 44,i2l,74i
Kentucky, =" Manufactures, ol,5ss,Gss
Ohio, .. "a" Q2,0l7, 200
Kentucky persoas who cannot read or write, Co. 146
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not had n fair and impartial hearing, but
that his case WIS prejudged and predetcr-
mined before any causes were entered ON the
Journal Of the Scnate-in places other than
the Halls Of legislation, and under influences
und on grounds other than those apparent
in the legislative aetion-and we protest
against his removal because we believe he
has been politically, and not judicially con-
demned with the mere forms of hearing,
which under the circumstances, were but q
moekery and delusiOn, fraudulent proceed-
ing intended under the forms of the consti-
tuition 10 procure condemnation in viola
ton OF It's spirit.
G. Because this removal under the cir
cumstances in which il Il made is PERM
cious and fatal precedent, the first introduc-
ton OF an instrument OF political revenge
and party prescription to be applied in this
Its tirst use Of hitherto dormant power in
the constitution to the department Of the
judieiary-whieh until this fatal hour, in
the midst of all our party conflicts and
changes in political affairs has been kept
above and aloof from them all.
We protest against this act, not merely
for the wrong done 10 the individual Judge,
but for the still greater wrong done to the
State and To its vital interests. We pro-
test because il is fatal blow aimed at and
falling heavily upon the grand principle of
judicial Independence, which our fathers
always cherished as the sheet anchor of the
Republic-bccausc it makes the Judiciary
the mere football Of party, and places the
Of its functions at the mercy
Of accidental majority and Of PERSONAL and
political animosity-because Il holds before
the present. and future incumbcnts warn.
ing eximpls in the fate Of their fellow who |
lard to decide question before him against
the opinion or wishes OF the majority-be-
,ause il sinks the Judiciary from its high
md almost holy place, "a. above the heats
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III O U 8 e.

.eostook-E. d. French.
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1856-09-05
The Vintage of Abbeville.

Our friend DIR. II. G. Klugh presented
us last sale-day with liberal specimen of.
Catawba grapes from his fourisl'ing vine.
yard. He' informs US that his crop this
year, considering the nge Of his vines, was
really large one. lie has in process of
manufacture small quantity of wine, from
which, judging by the Dr.'s past attentions
to the printers, we shall expect specimen
in the course Of a few months; and it, in
the meantime, we can conceive way to
forget certain promises now Of force, we
shall be apt to prove his wine as well us
his grapes. We want to see sample, at
any rate!
DR.. Togno, who saw the sample from DR..
KS vineyard, informs us that his grapes
have been fully as fuc this season, and that
he has also some of the juice undergoing
the wine-making process.