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sSooO, the price demanded for his wife and
three children. He accomplishes it and here
ia one OF that despised race, treated often as
n ere brutes, who, after years of travel and en-.
yraace, from his own efforts, and his simple
lpeals to individuals and assemblies of SWIM.
Rslthizing friends, has acquired and paid $500
tee himself and his wife and three children.
viii any man, who has the heart of a man.
sum such man from his sympathies? Let
every one read and ponder the narrative of
Fetsr Still. We can tell them there are scenes
tlsere that may wiring tears from their eyes, if
t,eJ are not made of that sterner stuff which
imam nature only seems to acquire after it
IS trampled down the rights of fellow.men.
kad sought to lock up soul and body in hope.
] Sc thraldom.
Ne point to these books, and also to some
eFthe others of the list at the head of this arti
eit as proof that there is capacity for educa.
IN, and an actual exhibition of Improvement,
shen allowed the opportunity, that sets the
sea of Reproduction on the foul Islander. that
ne colored man cannot be elevated to the
blessings of Freedom; and how great is the sin
these, especially protesting Christians, who
ouid SO crush down in stolid ignorance and
futality the soul that the Saviour died to re-
Gem Two or three of the little works on our
are productions of colored people. A small
sAmphlet of Poems, and the one called The
Monument, &C., are particularly worthy of atten-
ton in this respect. The account of Mr.. Cook.
he well-known colored minister in this city.
sho died year or more since, universally re-
.pected, of the progress of reformation among
he colored citizens of this District deserves re-
mark. Mr.. Bowen's Address upon Mr.. Cooks
Character and usefulness evinces reflection,
and, through the disadvantages of his con.
iition, we see truly Christian and thoughtful
spirit breaking forth, not in fulsome eulogy,
but in plain and honest narrative of a de-
ceased pastors life, and that praise which
good mans memory may we'll receive. Its ap-
peals, also, to his colored brethren, accord with
the occasion. MIR. Bowen has long been known
to many, as faithful and untiring in the dis
charge of his duties, and yet his meek and
humble piety, and unobtrusive worth, has not
shielded him from the attack of some one, who,
under cover of the night, assaulted and struck
him down, as he was peaceably walking along,
with Commentary of the Bible under his arm.
We love to see the evidences of dswning mind
in children; why not i'll those who are, in their
disabilities of position, often worse situated
than children? We should be glad, if we
could, to quote some passages of Mr.. Bowen's
Address, to show the spirit which snimstes it.
: The work on Slaoery, and its Remedy, con-
stains many valuable remarks. Its proposed
we cannot regard as its author does. We be-
lieve that the enterprise there will be bless
ling to Africa. But that it will-except as in
directly, and by refuting the ISLANDERS against
the colored race-ever abolish Slavery in our
country, we do not, cannot believe. A harder
lesson, we fear, ia yet to be taught the South,
and not till that God, who spoke to Pharaoh,
Let my people co. has made the evils of re-
sisting his will and the awful visitations of his
wrath to be felt, will the iron that enters mems
souls be removed. 1t rests, however, with
those on whom the curse will then prove the
heaviest, to say whether they will avert it, or be
crushed beneath its grinding power.
THE SPANISH CONQUEST AMERICA. BY Arthur Help.
Vols. 9, New York: Harper & Brothers. For sale
by Franck Taylor, Penn. avenue, Washington, d. C.
Mr.. Help is writer of great force and origi.
nality. He inquiries for himself, forms his own
opinions, and presents them in clear and terse
style. This work is founded upon another work,
issued several years ago, entitled The Con-
querors Of the Nep World and their Bonds
men; but the plan is greatly enlarged and new
materials are brought in. The history of the
Spanish Conquests is viewed specially in its
relations to Colonization, Slavery, and the dis
tinction of races in the New World, and events
are grouped and dealt with, not as in an ordi-
nary history, but with reference to their causes
and effects. The work is full of interest, and
will richly repay careful perusal.
The WORKS OF John C. CALHOUN Vols. and g. Edited
by Richard X. Cralle. New York d. Appleton & Co.
For sale by r. Farnhsm, Penn. avenue, Washington,
DC
We are indebted to the publishers for thesevol-
umes, but volume second has not yet come to
hand. The fifth volume contains the reports
made by Mr.. Calhoun while Secretary of War.
and also during his Congressional career. They
embrace great variety of important questions.
The editor, it seems, has kept back nothing,
even such documents as the report on the cir
culation of Anti-Slavery papers through the
mail, the correspondence relating to the an
nexation of Texas, and the Letter relating to
alleged Errors in the sixth Census, all of which
betray a narrow, absurd, and truculent section
allan, in striking contrast with the broad and
manly craftsmanship characteristic of many of
ks reports, where his prejudices or interests
are not involved.
Volume sixth comprises the addresses and
letters emanating from his pen during the multi.
6cation controversy, and his Onslow papers,
denying the right of the Vice President, as pre-
siding officer of the Senate, to call Senator to
order. His example, by the way, has been fol-
lowed since then by his successors; but hence
forth we shall have new order of things, as
the Senate has just adopted rule making it
the duty of the presiding officer to call Senators
to order for violating the rules of the body.
Twenty-Five years ago, John Quincy Adams ar
gued that the Constitution, in ordaining that the
Vice President should be the President of the
Senate, actually conferred the right to call Sen
ators to order-for the right to preside is the
right to preserve ORDER and the right to preserve
order necessarily involves the right to call to
order. But Mr.. Calhoun denied all this, and
assumed that to concede such a right to the
President of the Senate was TO put at hazard