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4UkSUAf oUs <--S - As
The House resumed the consideration of
the bill prescribing the mode Of foreclosing
mortgages: s@ss ~ ~ g;s 81 $50 @
! Mr.. jackson said he believed the legisla-
ture had no constitutional right to declare
existing contracts null and void, and he
should oppose the bill.
Mr.. Curtis argued at length to prove the
unconstitutionality of the bill He was IN
favor Of indulgence in future acts, but he
believed shas part of the law which affected
existing contracts wrong and dunconstitution.
al. He believed that his constituents were
capable Of making their own contracts, and
did not ask him to advocate . law prescri-
bing what contracts they may make, or on
what terms they should make them, and
more than that, they did not dream OF de-.
msnding . law empowering them to break
CONTRACTS they had already made.
Mr.. Edwards said the decision OF the
higher courts sustained the principles Of this
bill, and they had decreed that the legisla-
turs had right to give relief to the people
BY extending the stay on executions. His
constituents could make contracts better
than he could for them, but he understood
the object Of al tlegislstiou to be for the
profession Of the weak and dsfenseless. II
siis not relief in the dim future that the peo-
Die demand, but they demand help for their
nrasent embaYfessments. Ia his eounty
eighty acres Of land had been sold for
eishteen dollsss, ahorse for FIVE dollass, and
. yoke of oxen for ten dollars. The people
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sLEIGHING.

CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE.
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sAs state Of .tSO York.
DEEDS & CONvEYANCES OF ALL KINDS,
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- once in Empire Block, opposite Pacific House.
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TrORNEY AT Law, WILL PRACTICE IN THE
"A several Courts Of Record in tho State OF iowa
once in the Upper East Room Of the Brick Building ON
Broadway nearly opposite the Pacific Hotel, formerly
occupied by II. G. Mutt h Co. Ssss~aI 7.-a-sEl-s
Council Bluffs City, August lst-nlA-u
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COUNCIL s.Ao A'
MILL PROMPTLY ATTEND TO LAND
" Agencies, Collections, Investing Money, LOcat-
ing Setting Land waBants and all other business
pertaining their profession in Western Iowa and
bra.ka ..-T -r".E . E@ n1u.
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The Rev. ~ GnTy Ward 88aeChcr
On Patriotism.

We tried TO secure the attendance Of
this most remarkable man at our celebra-
ton, but falling III that, the next best thing
we can 90 Is to give our readers an extract
from the oration which he delivered IN
BroobIvn on the 9TH to a Iarne cooconrse
e ,,oor,o oa,,.i.,:,.. :. ,.... = =, 1r~...a
" t''' '''0 49, -
anu - u"lc' la' a'' nofi''e'' Iour regiments
of m!htIa under command Of General f.
Crook, tie U"nd Lodge Of FFeomasons,
tne knights iemPars, the iurnvenn As
soclatlon and other societies.
The grafton vas delivered IN FROM Of
the CITY Hail.
The venerable DR.. Lyman Beechor,
tatter OF the orator Of tn day, and Rev.
Af. NlIourn, :" the bind preacher, We're
among The persons seated on the platform.
Prayer wa" offered by hov. \. +. Sn''oh,
( (Episcopalian,) and the Declaration Of IN
dependence was read bv Mr. 4. T. Wood
The y y Fyo Do,, from which mo
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Progress oT PuD;5c Opinion in
S&NGntI Eenrs.

At the first session Of the legislature Of
Maryland, to which William Pinckney
was elected, he made a speech upon the
report Of committee appointed to con
slider the laws Of that state prohibiting
the voluntary emancipation Of slaves, il
the course Of which he used the following
extraordinary language; at least we should
think such language extraordinary if il
were to fall from the lips Of Maryland
legislator in our days:
"For shame, sir, let US throw Of the
mask, 'tis a cobEeb one at best, and the
world will see through it. II viii not do
thus to talk like philosophers and act like
unrclcnting tyrants; to be perpetullly
sermonizi4s it with liberty for our text,
and actual oppression for our comment
airy.
"That the dangerous consequences of
this system Of bondage have not as yet
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been felt, does not prove t,eE never VIII
be. At least the experiment has not
been sufficiently made to preclude specu-
lation aud conjecture. TO ne, sir, moth
ing for which | hpve DOT the eridehee Of
my senses is more clear, than that il lriH
.ne doy dcstroy that recercnce far flbcn-
II ,ehich Is tic vital principle Of q ge-
pudiic."
Was pot this language prophetic? Are
we not now ruled by government which
sreers at the Declaration of Indepen-
dencc; government WHICH is the first
that has not celebrated the anniversary
Of that declaration at the Federal capital;
a government which does not hesitate to
declare that men were endowed by nature
with unequal rights, and that some were
designed to be slaves and others to be
their masters.
II a man were toutter such sentiments
as we have qEotcd from this speech Of
Pincfnoy's, III the legislature of Mary
land in 1857. he would, doubtless be COM
PEELED TO leave the state Scarcely less
severe penalty was visited upon gentle
man onIy.ono year ago, who consented to
act as & secretary Of a meeting which
elected Francis =. BLAIR delegate to the
Pittsburg Convention. pinckney, how
ever instead Of being prescribed for his
plain speaking, was elected a member Of
tae EXecutive Council Of Maryland as
soon as his legislative term expired, aHd
became President Of the Board
What-can any one tell US ?-is The
nature Of the progress we have made
since thc1 in liberal and enlightened
statesmanshiP,--N J. Ere Post
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Vigilance Committee in wis
C0RsaR,

Correspondence Of the Potter Journal.
BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis, July 4, 1858.
The new Court House which has late
ly been under construction at this place.
and nearly completed, is now a massive
ruin, with nothing to mark its wherea-
bouts but smoking pile OF combustibles.
Friday morning last, at about 2 . clock
we We're startled by tire cry of "fre j.!
.|re." and hastily putting on our clothes,
we ran to the streets to ascertain the
cause OF so much noise, when to our sur
prise we beheld the Court House wrap
ped in one lurid fame of fire. A large
crowd Of the citizens were soon gathered
together, anxiously watching the ascend
ing flames. Their countenances showed
plainly the indignation they felt, for well
they knew that the act was committed by
some unprincjpied villain, for the night
was dark and stormy, and no accident
could have set it on fire
In the afternoon, four persons were ar
rested on suspicion, but no positive proof
being found against them they were dis
charged. 4 Convention was then held,
and a committee Of three appointed to
give list of the names Of the most sus-
plcious characters in the town. Five or
six names We're Immediately handed in
for the consideration of the people Sew
eral speeches were then made, both fol
aud against he suspected PERSONS
George T. Haswell, first took the stand,
and spoke in favor of the criminals, after
which William I. Price, G. :. johnson
and others took the stand and spoke
against the criminals. A committee was
then appointed to request the individuals
whose names were handed in, to leave
town IN twenty-four hours, or means
would be taken to rid the community Of
thel presence. The time is up. and they
have left on suspicion. The people ar,
going to keep vigilance committee fol
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EYerY EDcha -fEAn,

The editor OF the Milford, (Delaware)
Ne,cs, though living in Slave State, has
thrown Off the trammels of the Slave Pow
er, and speaks so like a true man Of the
oIdea time that we are sure that our read
ers gill be delighted with the following
glorious proclamation from his pen:
"In addition to other appcllations we
have received duriag the past year, we
have lately been called "a negro sympa-
thizer." This expression, We suppose,
is designed to convey the idea that por-
ton of the human family in this boastcd
land Of freedom having been, without any
wrong or provocation on their part, en-
shaved, bonght, sold, kicked, cutted, LASH
cd, kept in ignorance, debasej, downtrod-
den and oppressed, we pity them and
sympathize with them. We 10 pity
them, we 10 sympathize with them; and
when we blush to own it, may that blush
Ae our last Can any one tell US how it
is that in Delaware, where we arc taught
by revealed religion, natural religion, his
tory, poetry, and by all sources OF knowl-
edge combined, that pity and sympathy
for the nnfortanlte and oppressed are
among the highest virtucs-can any one
inform US Why Il is hat thp least oZpress
on OF sympathy l,r tho crushed slave is
held Up as reproach q political and Sc
cial crime? From what source have the
people Of Delaware learned this? Unless
steps are taken 70 prevent it, in the course
of few years thousand or two children
will be born, in the State ct Delaware,
slaves. liable to be bought, sold and sub
jected 30 all the degradation Of the most
abject slavery. We have shown, and
shall continue to show, that duty and in
terest Hpcratively command Us to take
steps to prevent it, and we are called a
"ne9ro Sympathiser,' and are, Of course,
expected to hang our heads under the
dreadful appeIlation. Now, on the con-
trary, we stand ready to look our accuser
in the face, and say to him that we do
entertain a sincere, deep, heartfelt, burn.
ing sympathy fer this oppressed people
and if it Is a crime, we desire to live Grim.
inals, die criminals and receive crimi
nails reward.
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of these States, unless we sacrifice that
for which the Union was first made-Lib-
erty, fCheers.1 We will suffer much
for the sake of the Union-We will give
mp many sectional points Of pride, bat
Ehep we are are asked 10 give up the
spirit which animated the men Of the Rev
.olution-the spirit of Liberty-that we
can never give up. Loud cheers.
ave declare that any true patriotism
must be patriotism which shall include in
itself the knowledge aud love of those
principles first embodied in the Deciara-
ton Of our Independence-the rights of
man-the declaration that all men are
born free and equal. Applause. Patri-
otism without that is not patriotism in
America. 1t may be patriotism in Aus
tria, but not in America. The patriotism
that does not include within lJself the
doctrine that every man has inalienable
rights Of life, liberty and Propelty-the
patriotism leaving that out, i ike man
without a heart Or a head,-a hollow
corpse.
We have had patriotism of all shapes
and forms Sometimes it goes up ana
down the country preaching Union and
patriotism, but with everything Of liberty
LEFT out. Car fathers embraced in their
patriotisa everything pertaininc to sa-
cred liberty, aud by their sutcrioes and
struggles they maintained their declara-
ton. Our patriotism must be patriot
i-n that takes in Maine, ami New Ilamp-
shire, and Vermont, and Nassachus It's.
and Rhode Island, and Councoticut, aud
New jersey, and Ohio, and Pennsylvania,
and Virginia, and Deleware, and Mary-
land, and North Carolina and even South
Carolina Laughter. Yes and Georgia,
Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas, Ten
essce and Kentucky, and dear old Indi-
ana, and Illinois, and Missouri. bound for
freedom, and Minnesota and Wisconsin,
and | know not how many besides. 4
voice, "Ieza>' Yes, Texas and Cali
fornia, and all the states. named and un-
named, that are yet to come Don't any
body say Kansas. Laughter and APP
p'ause. \ patriotism 1t must be that shall
take in every state that stands within the
confederacy-a patriotism not for party
brnils, party spoiis, squabbles, contention,
wrangioz aud base ambition; but p.tri-
otism that shall give to every one Of the
states the foundation laid by our revolu-
tionary struggle-liberty, lib3r Y, nothing
else an liberty Loud Cheers
"What are our FoGrth-of-JQlysin which
these great truths are left out! What i
that patriotism which ignores, or daintily
touches and passes by this greatest tho't,
this most noble heritage Of civilization
liberty for every man? This is patriot
ism which will save our great country,
| an not an iIl-omened prophet: do not
holievo we shall 90 to wreck | believe
God has buit his temples on these shores,
Although like temples in other times it
may have been occasionally delayed and
marred in some parts at least, yet the
temple is reared to Christ and Liberty
| believe it will be perfected and God will
preserve this nation by the instrumental
ity of your hearts, your hands, your head,
and your fidelity to original revolutionary
principles. [Apphuse.l"
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strawberry Culture.

AS S1Oou hidI4b VI Jul CieiHChS nave
commenced raising this delicious fruit,
and good many. others will doubtless
have the geod sense to commence soon,
we clip the following directions for the
culture of strawberries, from the Country
Gentleman, published at Albany n. Y.
As those directions are the opposite Of
those generally given, we trust some OF
our readers will give this mode q thorough
trial and report the result.
MEssRs. EpIToRs-I noticed on page
238 Of the ca. Gent, Mr. HowATT's 5
mode Of cuItivating the. strawberry Now
[ differ materially from Mr. t. in the
cultivation Of the strawberry. I have
tried a great many experiments with it,
and have come to this conclusion The
soil for st strawberries wants to be rich and
deep-no matter how deep you plow or
spade it. If it is three feet, do not make
the ground any richer than you would for
Ia good crop Of corn. Set your plants in
the. .sprina, and not in the fall Let the
rows be three and half feet apart. and
the plants six inches IN the row. | gem
orally plant beans for early use between
the rows the first year-hoe and keep
them clean till the first of August-tlen
clear away the bean vines, cultivate aud
make the ground nice and mellow Then
let them alone until the first Of August
the next year, or until You have picked
your crop Of berries. Then ccItiyate
again, and make all nice and mellow be-
tween the rows, but never break off a
runner after the 10th Of August, until
you have picked your crop the next sea
son, nor walk among the vines, especially
when they are IN blossom, nor pull 4
weed. Do not touch the ground in the
fall or spring, If you want berries that are
nice and plenty Of them, for your plants
want all the ground.
Mr. II. says, pull oIf the runners, I
would as soon pull off the leaves as the
runners, if wanted good healthy plants.
Brother gardners, try my mode Of cul5
ture, and your vines VIII not freeze out
during winter, and You need not mulch
them neither, and YOU viii have as many
again and larger berries on the sanc
niece of ground, than if yon follow the
old way Of pulling frunners 2nj hocinc
continually. I do not cultivate the kinds
that Mr. H. does They NAV suit MIN,
but they would not me prefer Large
Early Scarlet, Dundee, Boston Pine, and
Ross Phmnix. These suit me the best
Of the many kinds I nave tried. Large
Early Scarlet beats for Qaantity, bat
Burr's New Pine for flavor. [ have ne1-
er tried the Albany or Hooker or Pea
body Perhaps may like them better.
-G. 4. II. Port Byron, " Y.
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r. The next reunlar annual meeting

Egn The next regular annual meeting
Of the Ifnny1sania State Teachers As
<ociosio,s will be held at SCRANTON, Lu-
zerne County, commencing Tuesday, Aug.
10th. Professor Stoddard, will deIiyer
the inaugural address, and the Hon, Hog-
ace Mann, President of Antioch College,
will be ono Of the chief speakers. This
of itself on1jst to secure q large attendance
Of Teachers and friends of education
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the purpose of watching the town and
keeping it secure f.om the depredations
Of worthless vagrants. 1t is hopeful they
may succeed IN roofing out ali the evil
doers. Then, and then only will our vii
lage flourish as it ought. No more at
present. Yours, with pleasure,
j. MANLEY.
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MINNEsOTA.-Ihe Minnesota House
Of Representatives has adopted resolutions
Il to -, denouncing the Kansas policy of
the Administration, and endorsing Doug
las and Shields. Thirteen antI-Lecomp-
ton Democrats voted for the resolutions
THE postofice DEPARTMENT decides that
the pos,a1e on a letter to Canada, not
woiobin,, over half an npnco Is ten cents
which can be prenaid or not At the ontion
Of the sender. but if the former i must
be prepaid in full no notice being taken
Of bart paynIcpts
9 YEN hFAh 81 OAih2IN :, COMMISSION sl, as
Iu'f = .. " 'llo'''' o. Na'iSaI ana = : epras-
lI Nd ha'ln2 i EXPIRED on , lno thlFu oi JuIy,
(tl9 iJS,Ge'l' G mas te''oeIeo me once 10
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In the Iowa Democratic State Conven-

In the Iowa Democratic State Conven-
ton on the 24th ult., a resolution approx,
ing the administration Of MIR Buchanan
was laid on the table by vote of l63 to
ll2. The resolutions adopted do not
mention Kansas or Lecomptln, but one
Of them declares that the rights of the
States should be maintained alike against
the eneroachments Of Federal power and
the zeal of blind partizansaip.
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lS~ The St. Paul .Hiunesotian defines
a Working Democrat, as a Democrat
who can poll the largest number Of votes
with the fewest men.
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EsE~ \ Washington correspondent Of
the Boston Post says that the Democratic
party keeps stiff upper-lip. a dead
body generally has a stiff uppcr-lip-aud
stiff under one too,
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From The Norglstown Rcnuhlican.
I|f'I ttIN I'V'I y
EE Ef2IssG S'9NVESFE0X--
dA'EEE1E3 GVs3zSEEGIEE

.
spa AFTER s0V A'2S Lz& IE.
We observe by the Chester county pa
pers that the united opposition in their
meeting at West Chester, on the l4th,
passed a resolution substantially endors
ing the Cais-Doos!as doctrine Of sqoattcr
sovereignty, Whlch we take to be IN the
teeth OF the republican basis Of lo56,
ana winch, II emb0aled IN National
Platform icr 1869, cannot receive our sup
n0rt.
We aLa'i nrocaad to rav-,o,- f. c,rf
.1..,. 49,, .....,,.;,.,. .,-. - al:
"-'' ,''+' 0'.' w" '''I '.'S ~ A''i'-
can ,Il.tt IL Is d Fif'u'i ana almost 5'teFai
rtN2 s2t Q. cu" declarations at Pnliadel-
phil nv, ynfr, ao,, and that noan+i-.lqva-
=, yotnr, can n, i,to g, St,fa or E.+;ona1
-, .,,,,.,-., -; -
-. @ '''''''0I', "''''o0,
'eiistai''Hcatljh, tAe most apJect ana
c e-reglous.
at the Chester County Union Meeting,
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AbOlitionIsm Among the Meth
GGiNIS

As a refreshing. contrast to the serviTe
proceedings Of the American Tract Socie-
ty, we gladly record the following.
At the late annual meeting of the New
York East Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, held at the Cherry
Street Church. New York CITY, the fol-
lowing Resolutions, reported by Rev. Dir.
WHEDoN, Chairman Of the Committee
on Slavery, were discussed during por-
tinns Of six successive days, and severally
adopted by large majorities, viz:
/. Resolved, That we affirm the Ian
guage Of orr Church in 1854, namely,
that the practice of holding our fellow
creatures in slavery is contrary to tho
golden rule Of God aud the inaIicnable
lights Of mankind az well as the princi-
pies Of tnc American Revolution and we
therefore deem It cur most bJunden duty
to take some ctTec.ual method to cxtir-
pate this abomiuatio1 from among us.
?. Resolved, That it is the duty of our
Church as a unit to educate her member
ship to the high standard of these her
primitive doctrines, and to this end it is
her duty to inculcate tncm prudendy, but
firmly, through her organs, whether press
OF pulpit.
3. Resolved, That while we oppose
slavery as citizens, and give our sympa-
thy to those VINO, in the State, are main
tanning the cause Of freedom against the
Slayp ro1var yyp. are .suncigily tha gn,0-
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~ The ITopag's Adrqco., il II

BIZ The iTonqp's Adracots Is the
title Of a paper published IN philaie.phia,
edited by ANNE L. Nj M'powGLL, with
LYDIA }. PEARsoN lor corr spending ed
tor, 1t is devoted to the interests Of
Women generally, and particularly to The
interests Of workipg-women, ana is edited
with much ability and taste. Price s. 30
per annpm. 1t is how about closing its
III Volume, and the new volume will be
a good time to commence subscription.
Please place US on your regular exchange
list, ANNE. We don't want those cuts
have no use for them here.
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GD@ We are sorry to see disposition
on the part of several leading men W no
desire to unite the entire opposition in
this tate, to abandon the position Of the
Republican platform Of 1906, and to en-
dorsc 50 much Of the Cinsiunati platform
as refers to Squatter Sovereignty. Now
we are willing to hold some Of our rrin-
cjP.es in allegiance for the sake Of union,
bat when it comes to endorsing the plat
form Of our enemies, we make fat re-
fusal. We are with the Norristown Re-
pujlicoo on this question. For the po-
sition Of the Republican see article in
another column.
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Gbe 1lottfc 9outHat,
CoEOERSEs EsnET, PA,

IQqfso4y NofQipg, 7gig Is, 1855,
T. s. CHASE, EDlTOR AND PUBLISHER.
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CHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
IN KANsAs.-We clip the following
statement from the Quindaro Cdindopan,
as being Of interest 10 our readers:
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THE jersey Shore leIcIe learus that
tie West Branch Canal has been pur-
chased by John \. Gamble & Co.
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