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The Baltimore American contends that al
though the plan proposed for stopping rail
road trains by pouring oil over the rails in
advance Of the train looks specious, a practi
cal trial would prove it entirely useless, it,,
indeed, it did not increase the difficulty OF
stopping a train. Pouring oil on the rails
destroys the tractile power Of the locomotive
and renders it unable to pull the tram Tor
ward, bot the difficulty 10 stopping train
comes from the impetus it has already re,
ceived and which pushes all the cars forward
On to the locomotive the latter, as soon as
the steam is shut of, becoming the sloWest
c)ach in the train. 1t is evident that until
this impetus is either checked or expended
the oiiug OF the track can have no usetul effect.
But when it is necessary to stop tram 10
the shortest possible time, the engineer re'et'
ses the locomotive and enGea9ors to force II
back against the impetus of the train. liere
then the oiling of the track would have paa
effect: The tractle power would be lost anu
he effort tn reverse the engine useless
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County, IN. c. aud sou-in,iaw OF the late
| Prof. Mitchell, has been detected, proving to
be Washington Garner, the son Of wealthy
but very much dreaded neighbor OF Mr..
Grants. Wash. was Jailed. but about two
hundred enraged citizens assembled, broke
| open the jail, took tbs murderer out, and shot
| hin to atoms. This took place iii Texas.
The Lynn shoe manufacturers have COM
menced reducing the prices heretofore gwen
to their workers, step made necessary ty the
dulIness Of the sales aud tho low prices at
which shoes arc sold. Manufacturers Of shoes
have made bet little money the past season,
but have paid high rates to their worSucn.
Alexander Buchauan died lately in Smyth
county Va, at the advanced age of 80 years,
lilo bad voted for every President of the Re-
public since its foundation. Capt. Brown,
of Russell, the adjoining county, Is lOl years
old, and still in health.
The Boston Daily Advertiser publishes
late private letter from the Hon. Charles
Sumner, dated AK Savoy, llth September,
which still barps upon the old song OF bis III
health as the result OF his reucUntre with the
| Hon. Preston 5. Brooks.
Judge Douglas has just made an uocondi'
tiona! transfer to the Chicago University of
all the property upon which the universe
~ is located, waving Gil contingencies Of the
original contract and giving clear title.
Governor Wise, in making Contracts for ra-
tons for the Public Guard, has had the price
raised from thirteen to seventeen cents per
day for each man, go ss to ensure to the SOL
ders substantial and healthy diet.
The stable of Mr.. William Hooper, near
the depot, at Martinsburg, and its contents,
consisting of a valuable horse, buggy and
wagon, wore entirely consumed BY fire on
Thursday last.
Gen. VIM. T. Haskell is still confined in
the State Lupatic Asylum OF Tennessee, and
his condition is such that DO hoIe OF his re-
covery is held out.
1t is reported, says the Boston Post, that
the Hon. John Minor Bolts, Of Virginia, lost
about $1,000 by the Fashion races, on Long
Island, last week.
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and act; they knew that the experiments which had
been m de from The beginning Of me up TO that day,
free government, had been failure; they knew that
every efor and every attempt that oppressed had
made had fsed; and hey felt that TO them, time
and that day. commilied BY Arbiter OF
al destiny, the great question: for for
whether man was capable Of sefgsvernment. They
went into that contest fully understanding the
cd fully sensible Of the character Of the contss, upon
which they had entered. They into it, as has been
faith and courage They were thout arms WHOM,
wealth, without among the nations of The
ear.n iepei povinees nat tney were strong in faith
their reliance on the Most High and they went King
their lives their fortunes and their honos their ha
rney threw themselves INFO the world, Thermopyla Of
that day. snd they declared thai they held
raths to be selfevdent and hat among these truths
pursuit Of happiness Why! No, because il was writ,
ten in the musiy oos of specializing philo ophers no,
days. because their father. Rad vnd Gated on ,be
field Of bae their right be free not because the old
block because their old Puritan anctsry' on Inc
baue 6eds Of Naseby and of Marston Moor had written
N ns own DlGod on 'hs own country. soil their de-
SAID that man was entitled 10 be free, because he
endowed BY his Creator with tia, gh! They stopped
nothing short Of the throne of eternity They ignored all
human reasons, all huma platforms and all human
thorty, and with unclcud.d eye hxed their gaze upon
the erna throne, and laid the Of the nsiiu
God e'' 90 y '''' W d" inc ''''"'' 'A' ~ y
That, sir, is what the revolutionary fathers did and
when the contest over when the dust and the blood
OF battle had disappeared, and victory stood upon the
hagsaf Of their banner, old issued Declare
ton 70 the world Iwas issued in 1888 The very year the
war was over. Let be remembered say tney mai
ly, that has ever beehe pride and boast of America
thai the rights for which she commended were the rights
ohdman nauren They commended for no class no sor-
dition. They commended for humanity. No matter in
the language of the Irish orator. what complexion, in
nav nave burned upon him. he stands ia the
image Of his Maker, then say the fathers Of
Revolution There stands one for whom we have fought
there stands man who involved in gre at
which led 10 the revolutionary war, and which have
vindicsted with our ooom fnsy continue further
Qualities which ennobie the character Of nat on and
fulfill The ends of Government be The fruits Of our alb
ishments cause Of Liberty will acquire dignity and
usfe which ii has never yet enjoyed, an example
will which cannos bat have the most favorable in
faence on the rights of ma kiLd.n
There IL the dea to their principles true TO the
xvowals Of public sentiment with which thew went in,o
that contest Peace in 1888 and 10 1884 Thoma,
yehsrson the immortal author of that immor Declare
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Again, on the 2sta September, 1870, In wri-
ting to Mr.. Jarvis, from Monticello be says:

very dangerous doctrine indeed ahd on. which would
place US under the DE- spesm OF oga,hy Our judges
are as honest as other and not moro They have
WIN others The same Passions for parry for power, and
the privilege ofheir Their as boi judieis
sst qpPis3re Jrsdeonen1' and their over the more
dangerous as they in Office for e AID response
bic as the other are ectve control
The Constitution has erected no such single tribunal
knowing that TO whatever hands aon6d.A with the cor,
desp0iso
Again, writing to Thomas RitchiSs. on the z5th
of December, 1920, he says; /.
The judiciary of the United States he subtle corps
of sappers and miners constantly vvorkjg under ground
undermine the foundations of coSfederaed fsbrc
They constituting Constitution from coordinate
supreme one alone"
Again, In q letter to Archibald .Thweat, dated
Monticello, January IS, 1921, he says:
"The legislative and execDlve branches may some.
times err but elections and dependence win bring them
working like gravity, without termsSon, press us
at last into one consolidated mass"
In letter to Mr. Hammond, daeed the 18th Of
August, 1921, Mr.. Jefferson says x
1T has long however been my optaon, and have
choose put il into newspaper, like Priam in
armor, offer myseifs chanpion that ne germ of dsso
luton of Federal Covers ment 10 in the Constitution
OF the Federal judciaryan irresponsible body. flor i'm
parchment is scarcely scare-crowJ wotklng IKE gray
ny by night aRd by day, gaining littls today and liz
Tie tomorrow, aud advancing Its noiscless step, like
thief over the field of jurisdiction, until all shall be
usurped from the Stares ana the Government Of ali be
consolidated into onen =
might stand here and read to you for q long
time extracts from Jefferson, Of the same charac-
ter. Indeed, have marked some others, which
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wes pronounced by Judge Gamble, who said:
sin this State [Mssonrl it has been recognised from
the bsgnnng OF the GSve,"%sni as eor,ec, position in
State Territory where Slavery is prohibited, thereby
emancpates his slave" ~
Judge Curtis goes on to say
Chief Justice Gamble has also xamned the decisions
of of other States in which Slavery establish
ed, fnds them in accordance with these preceding
decisions ofhe supreme Court OF Missouri to which he
i, would be useless parade of learning for go
the ground which he has SO fully and ably occu-
In the opinion delivered by Judge Mclean, the bred
Scott case, he declares: .t.
There is no nation in Europe which considers i,se
bound return his master fugitive slave under the
civil the law Of nations On the contrary the slave
is held TO be free where there is no treaty obligation OF
compact some other FORM return him to his master
The Roman law did not allow freedom 10 be Sold An
ambassidor, any other public funconary, could not
Europe, whou, emanc pssins him. number Of slaves
escaped Florida Panistioh, and were received
board Of ship by Admiral Cochrane; BY the Kings Bench
they were held % be free"
He meaon., also, a ease that was DECIDED late
think 1929 in the Court Of Kings Bench, which is
Cochrane Lord Chief Justice Best, in delivering the
opinion in that case, says
"The right Of Slavery j: not general night it is
local right; is spoken of by every writer that has
written upon the subject as local right"
Judge Best had read the Lecompton Constitution
he said them hat every writer thai had written
this subject had treated IT hs local right In the
opinion, says the learned judge"
I Slavery is local law; and if a man wishes pre-
serve his slaves e, him attach them 10 himself by ties
affection, make fast the bass Of heir prison for The
moment they get beyond his local limit they have broker
their chains and have recovered their liberty"
That same judge goes further, and says
al go further if slave, acting upon his newly
ed rights of free man. had determined TO vindicae hs
rights of his nature, and had said, will not be forced
hack into state Of slavery and his death had
mon his resistance would have been murder every
individual who had contributed 70 that death"
| The same Judge, speaking Of the slave, says:
aWhatcver he may to the local law is got rid o
| the moment he gets beyond the local limit
Speaking of an assertion that Mansfield said Il
have made thai an scuen might be maintained con
for the ssIe ofa slsye in England Chief Justice
Best says;
81 can only say that have searched with all the in
dusry Of which am master. and that can find no suci
| decision"
This was suit brought for the recovery Of certain
slaves that escaped from Florida to Admiral Cochrane
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for the public good was that the bills ceIne into
the Senate the next morning minus the clause
submitting the Constitution to the people. II
was stricken out but the honorable Senator does
not impugn anybody, nor his motives because be
says:
"who struck the words out o. for VIVA, purpose the,
were omitted, is not for answer"
If it is not for him. n is not for me but though,
be had given a clue to the reason why they were
struck out when he said the meeting was called
for the public good. Undoubtedly they were
struck ont for the public good. Who struck them
out seems to be mooted question, as uncertain
of an answer as that old question, "Who killed
cock-robin?" did not see the Senator when
he delivered the speech. If had, should have
watched him closely; and it is possible that by
some gesture, or some shake of the head, he would
nave determined who that who" was but We
are left in the dark. We do not know who it was
You see then, that this was not accidental A
semi-oficial set of patriots, friends of popular
sovereignty, and disciples of perfect freedom
called for the public good, in private room, me
together, and for peculiar reasons-that is wha
the Senator said-they determined to strike on
of their bill the only redeeming feature in it, an'
that was the submission to the people of the ques
tion whether they would have Slavery in the Con
stitution not. In that secret conclave, tina
semi-oficial meeting for the public good, thes
patriots put their heads together to strangle a
the birth the only thing there was in their bill
which ought to commend it to the real genuine
friends of perfect freedom and popular sovereign
~. Well, sir, am learning something every day
but did not know, till that speech was made
that when we met here in official meeting, ant
matured bills and put them in shape, they wer'
TO be committed to the tender mercies of a semi
official meeting, to strangle and choke out of then
everything thkt was worth the keeping the breatl
of life in. They struck down, then, that grea
principle of popular sovereignty-a principle in
estimable to fieemen, formidable only to-semi
official patriots. [Laughter.] So that this wa
NOT accidental; it was purposely done; and this
too, was done in the name of Popular sovereignty
Mr. President, wish to say a word about tina
subject. Popular sovereignty, according to tn
Daily national Democrat., 1858-08-21

GEoReIA.-The Augusta (Ga.) Constitution
Glist, prominent Democratic paper in that
State, closes an editorial upon the condition
of parties in Illinois with the following COM
ments upon the course pursued by the Le-
compton Administration wing in that State.
The Constitutiondlist pronounces the Admin
stration organization in Illinois "a faction
arrayed against the great body of the De-
mocracy." In referring to the Lecompton-
ties in the State. that paper says:
They are minority faction, we should
rather say-arrayed against the great body
of the Illinois Democracy and jeopardizing
its success by making a test of party ortho-
doxy upon aquestion which has spent itself.
and which the majority are willing TO con-
slider as an extinct issue. Under these cir
cumstances, persistence in their opposition to
Judge Douglas and to the regular nominees
of the Democratic party, whatever may have
been its propriety and its necessity in its in
ception will show factious, disorganizing
and vindictive spirit and fasten upon them
the responsibility for all the consequences
which may follow division of the party.
Daily national Democrat., 1858-08-21

THE DEMOCRATIC CoNvENTIoNs.-The Dem
ocratic Legislative Convention, last evening,
proved inharmonious All the Delegates
met in the Police Court Room-E. r. Car
penter, President; A. ii. Titcomb. Secretary,
and +. W. Dowlan, Sergeantat-Arms pro
tenn, which officers were afterwards made
permanent Mr. IL. J. Duff introduced some
resolutions endorsing the McKibben, Dudley
and Currey ticket, and the Cincinnati plat
form, condeming the English bill, and strong
ly opposed to the course of the Administers
ton. Gen. j. p Havens introduced q reso
luton sustaining the action of the State Con
vention. and n lengthy debate ensued. Ona
vote, Mr.. Dulfs resolution was adopted by q
vote of 81 to %, Thereupon, the minority
or Administration men withdrew, and the
Convention adjourned to meet tomorrow
night at o'clock.
The boilers met after the adjournment
Eugene Cnsscrly in the Chair and. by resolu
tion, a committee of five was appointed tC
fill up the delegations; the Convention tC
meet to night in the Federal Court building
opposite the Custom House-the members arc
either federal officials or friends of federal
officials.-S f Call, Thursday.
Daily national Democrat., 1858-08-21

eB- Dr. L. G. Lyons, charged with poison
ing his wife, was taken before Judge Field
at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, on writ
of habeas corpus issued about a week ago
The Doctor had been committed by Justice
of the Peace. at lone Valley, on charge Of
murder to await the action ol the Grand
Jury. His discharge was demanded on the
ground of alleged defects in the commitment
When the case was taken up, Judge Field
stated that nnsmuch as it appeared that the
defendant had been indicted by the Grand
Jury of Amador county, since the writ was
issued it was not necessary now to in
vestigate the legality of the commitment, as
he should be compelled to remand the pri
soner to custody under said indictment, with
out regard to the commitment The counsel
for the prisoner then demanded a hearing on
his right to be admitted to bail. On this ap-
plication the case was continued until evi-
dence can be obtained.--Sac Mercury, Friduy
Daily national Democrat., 1858-08-21

The ILLINOIS CoALITIoN.-M Mr.. Lincoln is
the Republican and Lecompton candidate for
U. S. Senator from Illinois. MIR. Douglas
says:
Thus you see, my fellow citizens, that the
issue between Mr.. Lincoln and myself as re-
spectivc candidates for the United States
Senate, as made up, are direct. mequivocaI
aud irreconcitdbie. He goes for uniformity in
our domestic institutions. for a war of sec
tions, until one or the other shall be subdued.
go for the great principle of the Kansas
Nebraska bill-the right Of the people to de-
eide for themselves"
Thus the issue stands. The Republicans
and Lecomptonites united in urging on war
Of sections until one or the other shall be
subdued-and the Democracy with the Giant
of the West at their head, contending for the
great principle of the Kansas Nebraska bill
the right of the people to decide for them
selves. This is the issue-let the lying tools
of Federal officials, and the minions of power
who would crush out the principle of popu
lar sovereignty, misrepresent it as they may
Butte Record,
Daily national Democrat., 1858-08-21
FRAZER RIVER!
ASTOUNDIN REVEL ALTON
Truth WI Quit

II ATELY 1t has been the custom Of funthinking peo-
I/ple to advocate Wholesale emigration to the frigid
and inhospitabe cline Of Frazer River. Know GU,
them whom may concern that chill blasts and frosts
prevail there and ice, nothing but ice is the order Of
the day. You them who go thither to with the
hoary headed king, should steel the constitution against
the seventies Of 50 cold clime by accustomng your
selves taste OF thatfrost here, which will have TO
be taken in such heavy doses there BE not alarmed,
you Frazer River goldhunting adventures, for this
advice from philanthrOplsts, and therefore IL
comes in the shape OF a luxury-and such =
phew ye Gods, ye never knew the like Talk Of your
food for Gods!-why, IL Old Jupiter, seated Mount
Olympus heights, and surrounded by the hosts of Hea
ven were banqueting of delicacies that united Gods
concocted and should get the taste Of this parting
luxury, offered TO excited and heated gold hunters, he
would kick the cup Of nectar the highest star in
the milky way" and, attended by his heavenly suite,
would instanter proceed route for the fountain
head OF this glorious deeacy-the ICE CRkAM Of
the "MARYSVlLLE ICE DREAM SALOON" oppo-
site the Post 0aice-and, evying everything in the
concern would Immediately condemn the proprietors
QUALEY MOORE to an eternal voyage on the riv-
er Styx for dispensing TO InortAls sweetmeats and
cooling refreshments suitable for Gods alone, without
cell stial letters patent.
Jams, Jelles, and the most delicious Confections-
in word, EVERYTHING CONCEIVABLE, appertaning TO
Conectioners business to be found at this Saloon, of
such qualities as cannot possibly be equalleu. Fhe
ladies say so-ergo, truth je3O-my