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Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-01-20
II From the Charleston Mercury.
Religion North and South.

The following striking appealto the
Christian charity and sober sense OF
the Clergy Of the Northern Methodist
Church, forms part of letter from
the Editor ofthe Nashville Christian
Advocate, to Bishop Morris .of Ohio:
1t should be observed that in his sta
tistics Of the colored church member
ship in Charleston, he confines him
Eselfto those of the Methodist demon
nation. Had he embraced those OF
other churches, he would at least have
doubled the number. Indeed, in pro-
portion to their numbers, there is no
population in Christendoln which ex-
hibits greater list Of those who are
habirually under the Influence of re
| ligious instruction, than the colered
people of Charleston. But, to the.ex-
tract from the letter Of the Nashville
Christian Advocate:
II. "Willyou, reverend sir, interPose.
Will you and your colleagues throw
oil upon the troubled waters, and
strive to calm and quiet the preJudi-
ces Of such Of our preachers and peo-
pie as are warning against the interest
Of the Church Of Christ They know
not whereofthey affirm. They do not
know the condition Of the South they
are unacquainted with the elements
of santLarn, Society. Thousands of
1.-The citizens Of the North are rnisled
Eby designing men, who cater to their
passions and prejudices. They judge
| Of slavery by the representations Of
irresponsible writers, who caricature
Southern institutions and SANDER
| Southern Christians. Win they be
persuaded to let rs alone! We are
doing o great work. We preach
Christ, and not politics. Weare look
ling after the sheep in the wilderness,
mot as wolves, to scatter, tear and
slay, but as shepherds, to feed and
provide for the flock Of Christ. You
have full enough to employ all yout
men and your means in instructine
the horde Of ignorant and infidel men
who throng your cities, skirt youl
prairies, dwell upoa your seaand lake
shores, build your railroads, dig yonl
bitches, and serve as menials in tlt
houses and on the farms Of yonr veal
THY citizens. ..t... mi ,.t,3.,s#
/ What is your Church doing fo
1.-THE free blacks at the Nortll9 Sir,
was surprised when ! looked at th
statistics of yonr Cincinnati Confer
Flence. The rcturus show that yo'
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-01-20

have in the bounds ofthat Conference
ninety-eight colored members! M
dear Sir. how many thousands ofcof.
ored people live in your great Qneen
CITY, to say nothing Of the country
around !; and with all the sympathy Il
your preachers and people for tbe
black man you have less than. one
hundred members in yourwhole Con.
ference. Compare Cincinnati with
the City of Charleston. q city with.
perhaps a population not one third 90
great as yours, and there you viii
find colored membership in The
Methodist Church Of not less than ifiye
thousand | In the South Carolina
Conference alone, there are not less
than forty five thousand colored peo.
pie in communion with the Church.
Well may ask, who cares forthe soul
Of the negrol All, sir it is easy to
say, be ye warm, and be yc fed but
the good Samaritan minister to tho
wants of the suffering. Say. to your
brethren, Let them alone. they nre
following the example Of Jesus. and.
1.-THE instruction Of the inspired amos.
tiles. Let them alone ! and 20 and
preach the gospel to Your own poor. \
( - "a =
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-01-20

oath, however. big with the sanction OF
Heaven or Of Earth, lave ever, rs yet, m
terposed an obstacle between his appetite
and its object. In Church and in State,
ever turbulent and domineering, the
race have ever prosecuted, and poisoned
the peace aud harmony Of the people
amongst whom they have dwelt.
And what is this Yankee object? 10
pas. but is no,c no longer disguised. To
emeliorate the condition Of the African in
this country No. To improve his con.
dition in the land of his Fathers? No.
What then? He is an element of politi-
cal strength in the Southern States. lie
is represented under our noble, Conssitu-
tional Union. Here lies the grievance,
Strip him of this representation, deprive
him of allpolitical power, allinfuenee in
the distribution of plumber and these
canting hypocrites, would leave him to
perish under the lash or by starvation
The political weight which he exercises
is gall and NORWOOD to those, his would
be God fathers and God mothers. But
for this representation-this political
,reiqht our Deacon Pebiddy d Co. could
divide the power and plumber Of the
Continent among themselves. A terrible
and hateful obstacle this !! 1t must be re-
moved. Preach crusade, forget common
vlories and sacrifices, disregard oaths,
trample on Constitutions, sanctify Ierju-
nv, incite rebellion, murder, rape and ar
son. establish underground Railroads,
subsidize the Press, send out Missiona-
tries, employ strolling wenches, to write
and yend lies; and, above all, ",rrsshe
~iM God in long prayers r This~is
Yankee piety, philosophy, philanthropy,
| policy, practice, and Religion Fab! a
suffocating stencil rises from their affairs
| ... J.. VIRGINlUS.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-01-20
Poor Men at the South.

The northern press and people count
largely upon the poor men of the
South, in their crusade on slavery
Tables have been made out, showing
the relative proportion of citizens al
the South, who own and do not own
slaves, and these tables are thrown
broadcast among the people OF the
North, as if they contain conclusive
proof that the South could be divided
on the issues presented by the abolit.
ionists. r.. .as3& ,l-t. e. j. !
= If this is tile reliance of northern
fanaticism in their crussde upon the
Constitution of,the United States, Il
relies upon a broken reed. In oul
humble judgement, the most reliable
southern men, on the slavery issue,
are the poor men at the South.
Insouthern society, eolormay caste
The poor white man is an aristocrat,
He scorns mental occupations; and \
and feels himself tobe, the peer Of his
rich neighbor, and is treated by hin
as his equal, in the southern States. q
He never will consent to give up hi
position and herd with free negroes
as equals in social position, and com
petitors in labor: and whenever tn!
attempt is made to degrade him, b,
will be found foremost in thearmy 9
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-01-20
From the New York Day Book:
/ Facts for Consideration.

In 17S9, prior to the Revolution,
St. Domingo exported 76, S35, 219 lbs.
of coffee and lac, 100000 lbs. of SUI
gar: in 1918 the export of coffee had
fallen to &c, 900, 900. the export of su-
gar had ceased entirely, and sugar i'm
ported into the Island.
In 1884, the yearof emancipation
ofthe slaves, Jamaica exported to Eng
land 1S,2GS,S83 lbs, Of coffee and
1875, 635, 300 lbs. sugar: in 1880, FIVE
years after those exports had decreas
ed to 9,423, 1877 lbs. coffee and 10
407, 800 lbs. of sugar. -.
The whole number of slaves i'm
ported into the English West Indies
was / 100000; in 1884 only 660, 900
remained to be emancipated, being
,O40, 900 less than the number i'm
ported, ora decrease of over three
fifths. #. 49,.
The whole number, of slaves i'm
ported into the United States prior to
the prohibitation Of the slave trade,
in 1908, was 375, 000.. BY the cen
sus of 1880 the slaves in the United
States amounted to 3,20f, 313; add to
this the free blacks, 434 495--roral OF
the negro race was $685., sos, having
increased 3, 263, sos, or nearly nine
for every one imported.
The free black population in the
New England States, in 1910, was
F19, 479. In 1850 a period of forty
years, it had increased to 25,O21, OF
eighteen per cent. -
The slave population in the United
States, in 1910 was 1,191, 1853. = In
1850 it had increased to 3,204 1913,
2, ga per cent, nearly fifteen times the
ratio of the increase Of the free black
population. -.
From the above facts the following
conclusion may be drawn !.
1st. That in consequence ofthe rev.
olution inst. Domingo, and the en-
ancipation of the slaves in Jamaica;
those Islands are fast relapsing into
deserts
I'd. That slavery was in the Unit.
States is a very different institution
from what slavery was in the English
West Indies, that in the United States
owing TO their kind treatment, the
slaves had increased nine fold; while,
on the contrary, in the English West
Inlies, they had decreased thre2'
fitths. .- ..-#.>.. ~.
Bird. That the negro race increases
nearly fifteen times as fast in theil
state of slavery in the southern States;
under the care of their masters, as il
their state offreedom in New England
when dependent on their own resourc
cs and the charity ofthe white race.
These facts and conclusions are com
mcndedto the attention Of those who
have been carried away by the fanat,
icisfn of the abolitionists, and who
Having reached the bank, may vel
pause before they pass the RubicoH>
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-01-20
Lieutenant GOV. McCOmaS.

An editorial in the Richmond Wig
insipuqtes that,Lieutenant Governor Nc.
Comas, has t'abandoned the State, taking
with him another mans wife, and leav.
ing his own with few little responsible.
ties besides, behind him, and that he had
determined to settle permanently in Chi,
Ncago,": The Wing calls upon its 'Dem.
ocratic contemporaries throughout the
State, to furnish the public with a min
ute and reliable account of the cdus,
which Induced Elisha to throw up tho
honor of the Lieutenaucy and ostraciz'
himself from the Commonwealth"
We speak adyisedly when We say tina
the whole statement of the. Wing from
beginning to end is zantrue, and the Editor
of the Wing must have known it to b.
untrue, or else he hne~>pothing Of wha
he was writing about. n
Lieut.. Gov. Nc Comas left here severa
months ago, forthe purpose of purchas
ing lands for his wife and children il
some of the Western States or Terrific
ries, and on his way to the West a rener
able ann, of the highest responsibility
who had raised his wife, travelled
with him, under his care, as far as Gin
4cinnati on. her way to the South, wher'
she resides-and she is the "other man.
wife" that he took with him. For thu
qualification Of the Wing we would stat
that elisha" has not "thrown up tn
honors Of the Lieutenoncy," nor has h
"oStraeiscd himself from the Common
wealth." neither has he resigned biz
Office and be has,not determined tt
settle permanently in Chicago, or to be
come "a citizen of Nebraska. Whel
he gets through with his o,cn pricat
business he expects to return to his ,fami
" in Virginia; and when he determines,
10 abandon" Virginia, if he ever does
be will of course resign his office. ii.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-01-20
The Constitution Triumphant.

We learn that the, US. Supreme Court
now in session at Washington city, have
finally come to decision in the famous
:"Dred Scott case. This ease was argued
ably and at length, by number OF the
most eminent legal men in. the Union
and after mature elaboration all OF the
Judges but two-McLane l. Curt; =
hold that Congress has no power over
the question of !Ssarery, in the Territories
and that the+ Missouri Compromise" is
Observation-Disclosures nulland void.
We regard this decision as one OF the
most interesting and important ever made
by the Supreme Court, We regard 1t as
yindication ofthe rights of the States
and the people, in opposition to the en-.
coachment Of Congress ,aad asan endorse
ment of the leading principles ofthe Kan
sas Nebraska Act.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-01-20

is given that its resources are about to
into active demand, and that it may
soon begin to claim the prosperity to
which its advantages SO eninenttiy
entitled it-advantages based upon
substantial resources, constituting the
chief elements Of the active progress
of the country s.below"-of resources
destined to increasing demand, as long
as the country shall continue its pros
porous career =! .'"::..s y
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-01-20
smoking and Chewing Preachers.

Under the above head viii be found q
communication. on our first page, sign
ed IL" speaking in very lamentabIe
terms Of the, evils Of smoking and
chewing" Tobacco, by pastors OF
Churches" and particularly the evils
arising from its use by "Itinerant Meth
odist Preachers" We cannot agree with
our friend IL" in all his structures upon
the use of the weed nor can We see the
necessity Of his being so fierce against
its use by "Itinerant Methodist Preach
ers." We think it no wor. fpran "ltiL-
Grant" to use it, than for local Minis
ter and we think it no worse for "Meth-
odist Minister" to "ehew and smoke
tl,an for Baptist, or Presbyterian, or
Episcopalian, or of any other OF the
f"Protestant sects." If "chewing and
smoking, be "sin" at all we take 1t
that it is just as great a sin for one OF the
Protestant sects"' TO use it, as another,
and we see no reason why 81" shonld
become ."disgusted with its use IN the
Methodist any sooner than any other
Church. We think a Methodist has just
as good right 10 'tchew and smoke" if
he desires to, as any body, else. We
don't see why ''L.' should require or
expect the Methodist Church to be nicer
and purer than any other Christian
Church. We don't agree with al. .
when he intimates that if Preachers
would stop "chewing and smoking that
"souls'' would quit "going to hell" If
we thought as he seems to think, we
would be in favor of using some means
to prevent "chcwing and smoking" by
ministers at once. We take it that al, l"
is very JastidiOus MANN other words
a very nice man. Why, he would not on
" deny ministers the use of 7obaee0, but
would have their achiskers shorn to pre-
vent their looking "rufian-like." Is L.
aware Of the fact that Moses and the
Prophets, and Christ and the Apostles
wore "Whiskers o.. We think they did,
and don't think Ministers of the+s''Pro-
testant sects" of the present day, are
any purer or better than they were
Whiskers have been worn in every age
and country, all over the worldly
Catholics and Protestants, by Clergy
men, and by laymen, by Christians, and
by Ihfdels, by both Jew and Gentle
and we venture 10 say they will always be
worn, as long as the worl id stands, or
Christianity lasts. a." talks about this
''our age of progression" What does
he mean by progression y Let the
American people be shorn of their ~1is-
kers, and denied the use Of Tobacco, and
it would lose our energy and our power
as people, and sink TO the position of a
fifth rate nation. Tobaccois, incur opin-
ion, the cause Of all the material and men,
tai progress of the present age. ..
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-01-20
,tance Eas tie abolitionists wi

find, to Their cost.
In southern society, the great mass
of the negrp population are connned
to field Labor, thus leaving the me-
chanic arts, in a great measure, as
monopoly d the poor white man; ana
inasmuclr d slave is incapable OF
making contracts, and forbidden BY
law to be tsught to read and write,
those ofthen who are mechanics nee
essarily occupy subordinate position
and cannoj come decomposition with
white mechanics who are masters lof
their art; but are generally hired by
master mechanics to do their rough
and heavy work. To this cause, We
attribute the remarkable prosperity
and success of southern mechanics
Now, would it not be arrant folly
Efortiie poor white men Of the South
to aid the abolitionists in knocking
off the shaeklcs from 100000 peo-
Die, and thus aid in raising up active
competition in all the walks Of life,
and reducing the price of mechanical
labor BY drawing them away from the
corn and cotton fields, and concen-
trating them in southern towns and
cities! Poor&hite men at the South
are not fools, as the abolitionists sup
pose. They know that the prosperity
of the South rests upon slave labor,
and the destruction ofour peculiar in
Fstitutions, whereby this labor is made
available. would involve, in one com
mon ruin, every branch Of business
| in the southernStates. Abolish s.av-
cry, and the grass would grow in the
streets of every southern city; build
| ing Of all kinds would be stopped;
the mechanic and manufacturer wonld
be thrown out Of employment; and
dissolution brood like night over the
southern States Is the North blind
enough to believe that any class o.
southern people would aid in infiict-
ing this disolation upon themselves,
their families, their neighbors and
homes! The idea is preposterous.
This is the rationale Of southern
society. Now Let us look at the facts.
Kansas is great way off. The poor
men of the South would seem to have
very little interest in its institutions.
But who are now doing battle for the
South in that far off landl How many
of them own slaves? Who are most
active at home, in raising men and
money for Kansas! We speak with
in the bounds of truth when we say
that the poor men Of the South-mer
who do not own slaves constitute
nine-tcnths of the southern settlers in
Kansas, and have contributed more
largely, in proportion to their means,
than the rich men of the South, in
raising money to send cmigrants te
Kansas. And this is but one exam.
Pile. In'every issue between the North
and the South, the Eoor men of the
South have been the foremost advo-
Gates of southern resistance. We
| pledge our lives on the fidelity OF ting
poor men of the South to Intersection
| The class we most dread are the rich
men of the South, who, for fear oflos,
| ing market for their cotton bags,
will advocate submission, until the
spirit .of:the South is broken, and hel
ability to resist, is destroyed by the
! Vaccinations ofabolitionists.- Time,
G Sentinet.> a
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-01-20
ColgreSE.

But little OF interestto the general reader
has transpired thus FAR in Congress, dur,
ing the present session. A great deal
of time. has been consumed in making
"Buncombs" speeches, by many mem
bers, which are neither very instructive o.
amusing. The Presidents message,
"Squater sovereignty" and Slavery have
been the principle topic, Of discussion
and upon these subjects vast amount o
superfluous gas has been expended.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-01-20
Z Treaty With England.

The treaty negotiated with England
relative TO the Central American question
by our minister to the Court Of 81. James
Mr.. Dallas, has been submitted, by the
President To the Senate, for The consider
lion ofthat body. and We imagine its slip
ulstions will SOON be made known th,
public. -
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-13

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OACiEJC MAIL sTkA AsHIP COMPANY NEW YORK
May 1857 -Ate meeting Of the Board ~ Drectors helf
his day, dividend Of Of the profits
company DECLARED payahle and after he W rh<
hooks viii be- nloses ast thai date.
sBEDkRIJ HOFFMAN, Secretary
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The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-03-18
JOHN ROBINSON's
Combined Two Circusas

! ITONE HUNDRED HORSES AND SIXTY
MEN travelling by land, all under one great Pavili
ION! Robinson's Great Southern Circus Flagg & Ay-
mans International Circus, and Robinson's Great
Asiatic Menagerie all for one price of admission
The company will exhibit at Carthage, Texas, Fri
day, March 18th; Elysian Fields, Saturday, March
l4th; Marshall, on Monday and Tuesday, 10th and
18th; at Powellton, Wednesday, 18th; and at
Shreveport on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the
l9th, Goth and 2lst March, 1857. ... m.z
The company will enter the town at 10 o'clock, a.
NJ led by magnificent Swan Chariot, containing
Harry Gauls worlds renowned Eagle Band and will
pass throu gh the principal streets in grand process
sion FREE EXHIBITION! 49,
Terrific ascension on the tight Wire two hundred
feet long by Madame Worland, from the ground ad
Joining the Great Pavilion of Mr.. John Robinson's
Circus, to the height of fifty feet weather permit
ting. AS this feat will be performed in the after
noon outside of the canvas, Immediately before the
opening of the doors of the Great Pavilion the pub
the most graceful and beautiful displays of female
courage and skill given IN any outdoor exhibit
tion in the world. No charge will be made to wit
ness this most interesting feat. * ~,
The proprietor offers this entertainment to the pub
lie with perfect confidence in its excellence and it's
superiority over any similar exhibition in the Uuited
States. All the appointments are entirely and
have been furnished by the most skilfu artistes in
the country, and the proprietor while he confident
his outside show presents .H.@& r5&r
than has been witnessed assures the public that
the unrivalled excellence of the various performers
who compose the troupe will render the interior of
THIS MAGNIFICENT PAVILION
attractive still; fact which cannot be disputed
when he mentions few of the names of the leading
performers, among whom may be found