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The Slave Law Of New Mexico,

The annexed extract Of letter to the Edi-
tor of the l|0tchn'an, from an old friend, for
twenty years a resident OF New Mexico con-
firms what every person Of common discern
ment who ever gave thought to the sub
ject, felt quite sure Of bafDre,-viz. that the
enactment Of law there by the last Terrific
rial Lcglslatut' ior the special protection
and enc Agrmont OF Slavery. had its ori-
gin in 'in'ct influences from Washington.
Fokr UNloy, New Mer,co, April 2s.
y ar Mr:-lt may not be uninteresting to
YOU to learn in what way the passage of
those stringent laws for the protection of
property in Slaves in this Territory was
brought about in the last Legislature if so,
can satisfy your curiosity in that particu-
lar, as was astonished myself at their pas
sage and have taken some trouble to inform
myself on the subject, and have learned,
through members OF the Legislature who
should knom, that letter was received from
our Delegate in Congress stating that unless
such laws We're passed his influence at Wash
ington with 1.-THE powers that be- would be
at an end, and that ALI his efforts to secure
anything for the protection of the Territory
would be powerless. This being with them
n matter of life and death, had tremen-
dous effect; in addition the ignorant were
told that the passage of these laws was desi-
rable only to secure the safe passage OF Slaves
belonging to emigrants through the country,
who would otherwise be forced to pursue
some other route and they were assured
that they would have no real effect on
this Territory; and in this manner they sue
ceeded in rushing them through the Legisla-
ture, without giving any time for reflection
or consultation on the subject, and the first
notice the ''people" had of the matter. WAS
that the laws had been passed, and am
sorry to say that this was effected by few
oficeholders, who care nothing for the in
terests of the Territory when they conflict
with their own private interests. The civil
and military officers are leagued together, and
as they have the Gazette in their hands (the
only paper in the Territory thoy have every
thing their own way The people are ignor-
ant, never having possessed the advantages
which we have enjoyed, and this clique have
availed themselves of the circumstance to the
utmost, for their own momentary benefit,
regardless of the injurious consequences
to those who, confding in their superior
knowledge, have in all simplicity and truth
followed sheir guidance to the very brink of
ruin
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FEELING IN ENGLAND.

(From the Liverpool Journal of May ISL
People on Change have not made up their
minds as to what Parliament will do when it
meets. The talk in one direction was, that
the Opposition would unseat Ministers the
first week but the talk in another direction
was, that they will not be able; that Lord
Palmerston and Lord John Russell will hardly
agree on Reform Bill, and that, without
such agreement It is impossible for them to
act together that IN the present state of
affairs, even Lord John would hesitate to
assume the responsibility of Office.
The Board Of Trade Returns bespeak the
exhaustless resources Of the country, and the
extent OF our trade; and the talk was, that
this vile war has affected the result of year
which otherwise would have been the most
prosperous ever known in this country that
the start was fair; that confidence existed
every where that nothing was required but
continuance of repose; that. the effects Of
the panic of ls57-8 had passed away that
the whole world had become our customers !;
and that We were rendered equal to the
demand by an abundance Of produce; that
Louis Napoleon is the evil genius of Europe,
that he troubles us exceedingly that, in fair
fight we would soon dispose Of him but that,
while he fights with others he embarrasses
our trade; that things cannot last long as
they are, and that it is known pressing nego-
tations are going on in Vienna; that Austria
Prussia and Germany are In cord on Austria
accepting conditions and that if she comedies
to the neutral powers what they have right
TO expect, there will be peace, or a genera
assault on Louis Napoleon.
The French are now not only preparing te
disquiet the Austrians in their rear uia Tus
any.-but signs are out, that they soon viii
make other demonstrations than naval OF
the coasts of the Adriatic, and thus attemp
ria Trieste to cut of the rail line of commu
nication with Vienna, and the heart of tn
Austrian empire. All the Austrio- Adriati
ports will soon be blocksded Now, even
the Austrian flag cannot safely show itsel
anywhere on the Mediterranean. The grea
powerful, and splendid steam line Of Lloyd
(Austrisn) is cut of, or shut up. This lin
Of steamers is based upon So 900 900 of car
ital, and has sixty steamers in full employ
with some forty others in aid as transports
coal, or for other minor purposes.
All this capital for the present is annih
lated Not a ship can safely bulge out
a port. France gains immensely by this,
that now its own great line of steamers-tl
} Messagsrie Imperial, has over all the Medi
erraneah what we Americans, by our ina
, tivity, SHOW the British to have in the We
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PIX E'S PEAK.

Tho vernnl rains were falling fast,
AS through n little village passed.
youth, who bore a hickory mole.
And oxen under his control.
Pixies Peak
Ills brow was glad; his cyes were bright,
Nor to the left nor to the right
VI" turned, bat onward kept with steady course,
Nni shouted till his voice was hoarsc,
Pixies Peak
'le left his happy home by night
And toward the west he took his flight.
Ab we, the moon in beauty shone,
And from his lips escaped groan,
Pixies Peak.
you'd better stay" some old men said
9 oull surely lose your wits or head,
The stormy prairies long and wide
ut loud that headstrong youth replied,
Pixies Peak
!" Beware of swindlers, cheats and thieves.
Beware Of those who would dcceivc;"
This was the old mans last advice,
To whom the youth said in a trice,
Pixies Peak
At length the barren plain he reached,
His bread most gonc his form we'll blcached
But still he groaned that fcrvent prayer,
Which did not 20 far through the air,
Pixies Peak.
A traveller by the Platte was found
Flat as pancake on the ground,
Still clinging to his hickory pole,
And on the ground could scarcely roll.
Pixies Peak
There by the digsings cold and gray,
IiCcless and pcnnylcss he lay,
A nd could he speak, you'd hear him say,
"IIumbug."
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TnE ELEGANCE OF Nor PAYING DEBTS
Professor Agassiz recently delivered an ad-
dress before the Academy of Arts and Sciences
in Boston, in which he frankly stated that
while he was about to quit Paris and his
studies in despair, because he had not the
means of paying his expenses as student,
Humboldt, hearing of his destitution, sent
him fifty pounds, with the words 60 1t is
loan which you may repay when you can"
The learned Professor then adds that, years
afterward, when he could have repaid the
amount, he wrote to Humboldt, asking for
the privilege of remaining forever in his
debt. knowing that the request would be
more consonant to his feelings than the re-
covery of the money" and he adds am
now in his debt
1t strikes us that the Professor S letter and
remark, savor of the Skimpole system of do
ing business. If IA check had been sent in
the letter, that Humboldt might take his
choice between getting his due or sending the
check back for the privilege of being per-
petual creditor of his amiable friend, we
think the transaction would have gained in
credit quite as much as it would have lost in
poetry.
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WELL MERIrEp TRIBUrE.-William Long,
who had been in the service of the Philadel-
pha Bank as runner for almost fifty years,
lately resigned his place from the inirmites
of age, being in his eighty-frst year. The
Directors on accepting his resignation deter
mined to allow him eight hundred dollars
year for the remainder of his life, out of
pension fund provided for such purposes, and
caused an honorable record to be made OF his
long and faithful services, in which it is
said
"Dui ing the time he has been in the service
of the bank, he has collected and accounted
for untold millions of dollars, without hav-
ing been the cause Of the loss OF single dol
lar, either by negligence, carelessness or in
any other way, and as far as it is known,
he has done this without giving offence to
any one with whom he has transacted the
business of the bank, by his manner Of doing
IT, The duties assigned to him compelled
him TO traverse the entire city almost daily,
through summers heat and winters storms
and, in many instances, during the prevail
ence of desolating pestilence but faithfal IN
the discharge OF his duty, he never ialsefea'
nor failed to execute it, without referenee 70
the labor which it cost, or the PERSONAL risk
il involved
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to 10 cents per pound when green, and from
25 to 80 when dry.
dbe 4ree W1ess
BURLINGTON:
FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE II, 1859.
THE ITALIAN NEWS.

The Austrians seem to find the old prov
erb--" Misfortuncs never come single"-ve-
nv another close ut its heels-only n week
later The movement Of Garibaldi, the celo-
brated Italian General, against the northern
part Of Austrian Italy, is reported to have
been quite successful. The City and Lake Of
Como fell into his possession on the 9th, and
the people show their readiness to break off
the Austrian yoke at once. Garibaldi's
success, and his position on the right flank
Of tho Austrian armies, must embarrass
them, and, will add TO their inducements for
making retrograde movement. Como is
about Is miles north of Montebello, where
the action Of the 2lst occurred.
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TIE STRAWBERRY Business. Balti-
more A"'er'con says that in Anne Arundel
county, Nd, some farmers have large
tracts under cultivation for Strawberries
two have each one hundred acres, and
others nearly as much land Some idea
may be formed Of the extent of the trade
when we state that on the largest fields from
two to three hundred persons are employed
in picking the fruit, the whole number en-
gagged for this purpose in the height of the
season being some six or eight hundred men,
women and children, whose average daily
labor results in picking about GO quarts
each. They are picked, packed in boxes and
sent daily to Baltimore by steamboat loads
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GINSENG grows in abundance all through
the heavily timbered districts Of Minnesota,
and the Mnnesotians are exulting over the
harvest OF dollars they will reap in return for
this newly discovered product of their forests.
1t is an article of export from this country
to China. 1t has jointed, aeshy, taper
root, as large as II mans finger, which, when
dry, is OF a yellowish white color, with
mucilaginous sweetness in the taste, some,
what resembling that oflicorice, accompanied
by slight bitterness. The Celestials chew
it as Americans do tobacco. There is said to
be great demand for the root at present for
shipment to China. The price Of Ginseng
at the /" diggings in Minnesota, is from
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The TRADE OF THE LAKES. In the Pitts
burgh Gazette we find the following dcscrip-
ton of the commerce of the Lakes. which ex-
aggerated as it itevidently is. has yet shadow
of truth in 1t, and indicates the revolution
which the railway is max ing in the commerce
Of the country:
"When the great avenues, the New York
Central and New York and Erie Railroads
were built, the course of trade was upon
the bosoms of the great lakes, The great
lakes is a very roundabout, but is a most ca
pacious way, made vast areas Of the south
west available or tributary, and the trade
struggled as best it might to their surfaces,
finding vent to the seaboard by the Erie Can
al and finally by the New York Central and
New York and Erie. But meantime the great
Southwest busted itself with railways, rail
lcays buih 10 carry her products 10 The lake
shores. Instead of carrying to those shores
these roads have mysteriously sucked Il d,cdy
rom them, and taken it to IN ore natural
outlets than the excessively devious
pathway which the New York railways and
canals afford.
To-day then, these great reservoirs, these
Mediterranean seas, have no commerce-or
scarcely enough to pay the lighthouse men.
Chichago is mortgaged to probably 100 per
cent above its value; Cleveland has $4,000
idlers in 1t Sandusky has 10000, and II
railroad depot that cost $500 900 IN charge
of watchman; and at Buffalo there exists n
perpetual Sabbath. Take fishing smack
from any of these ports for a days sail when
you have got out Of sight of land you will
find yourself
Alone, alone-all, all alone
Alone on a wide, wide sea-
For hours you see no shred of canvass-no
dusky volume belching from funnel Of a
steamer. The horizon is clear, a well de-
fined, uninterrupted line of water and sky, oc-
casionally serrated by the waves in storm
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The BATTLE AT MoNTEBELLo.-Theacc account
of the battle given by the Vienna correspond
ent of the London Times, who is intensely
Austrian in his preiudices, is, that Count
Stadion passed the Po on the Goth, by the
strongly fortified bridge at Varcarz, with
$4,000 men, to ascertain the position of the
French. lie found them at Casteggio, which
he stormed. He then came upon paraguay
d'llilliers's army, near Montebello. He at
tackled it so as to make the enemy display
their strength. In the fight Stadion was
wounded. The French brought up fresh
troops, by rail, during the battle At uight
Stadion retired, having effected his purpose.
Some accounts say that only 42O0 French
troops we're in the engagement; others say
10000. Private accounts state the French
loss at 1000 to l,l00 men, about the
same as the Austrians admit their own loss
to be. The Austrians are admitted to have
fought admirably in line, but not so well in
close quarters, or when the moment came to
cross the bayonet, The Austrians admit that
the French fought splenddly, From the
heights the Austrians beheld the novelty of
tram after train of French troops arriving by
railway from Voghera, disgorging them and
Immediately fastening back for more. Gen.
Forey's coat was riddled with bullets. Count
| Stadion was wounded.
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DRowNED-Mr. Joel CarhoP, about 26 year,
age. who has for several years past resided in
this village, was drowned on Saturday last
in Shrewsbury Pond, where he, with three
companions had gone for the purpose of fish
ing-Three of the party, Carbee, McGec
and Todd, were crossing the pond in a boat
and when about half way across, Carbcc, in
n playful mood. commenced rocking the boat,
which finally filled with water and capszed,
when Carbce and McGec set out to swim FOR
the shore, which the latter succeeded in
reaching. Carbee.-a skilliul swimmer -
had got within short distance Of the shore,
when he looked round and saw Todd (who
could not swim), on the capsized boat, and
Immediately turned and swan in that dIrec-
ton, Tor the purpose, as it supposed, of res
cuing him. and had nearly reached him
when he suddenly sunk to rise no more. a
large number of people, including many from
this village, went to the pond on Sunday and
made diligent search for the body but with
out success. The search was renewed on
Monday, and continued until nearly sunset,
when the body of the unfortunate man was
recovered and brought to this village on the
evening train and taken to the house of Mr..
Earle, on Willow street. The next morning
the body was taken by cars to Guildhall,
Vt, where the parents Of the deceased reside.
Mr.. Carbee was an unmarried man, and had
been employed for some time past as freight
conductor on the r. & B. R. r.
Rutland HerdM
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The following big goose shooting story
was communicated to the North Californian,
published at Humboldt Bay. 1t is worthy
of place alongside Of the adventures of
Munchausen
Allow me to state a remarkable occurrence
which lately came under my notice. A gen.
tleman OF my acquaintance, during gun
ming excursion, shot goose. The bird was
only wing broken, and the sympathizing
sportsman took it home, where, after prop
er care and attention, it was domestica-
ted, and became-to use the homely but hon
est language of my intormant-one OF tho
family, After a short time the wing Of the
goose became healed, and my friend took him
along on one of his sporting expeditions. lie
had been quite unsuccessful, the birds being
scarce on that occasion, and turned sadly
honaeward, when he missed his companion,
the goose. lie looked upwards aud beheld in
the distance flock approaching, his own
goose leading the way, and the rest Of the
aock following; as they neared the sports
man, he fired and gathered eighty IN the
double discharge. The intelligent bird.
whose instinct and affection for man had
thus led his companions into slaughter, COM
placently wheeled around, few OF, and in a
| few minutes returned with another flock
whose coming was attended with similar re-
suits; the circumstances were repeated three
or four times, and when my friend returned
home, his prizes fell tride short Of a large
number which have unfortunately forgot
| ten.
There was one drawback to his general
success; it is well known that geese assume
the harrow form in flying, with the apex o.
the triangle presented thus <; this puzzled
my friend the sportsman, until he construc
ted gun with two barrels diverging at pro
per angles from q settled base in the form o
letter V, by which method he was enabled
to rake down the hypothenuse Of both angle
or sides, allowing not single bird to escape
DRsrRrcrIyE FIRE,-The Plattsbureh Re
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DEATH OF DISTINGUISHED ORIENTALs. The
celebrated Chinese Mandarin Yeh, who was
taken prisoner by the British at Canton,
died on the 9th Of April at Calcutta, whittier
he had been carried by his captors. He had
been ailng for three weeks previously.
The foreign dispatches have briefly men
toned the execution of the distinguished
Hindoo rebel chieftain, Tanta Topee, by
order of a British drumhead court martial.
From the details of the affair published in
the English papers, it appears that the place
OF his execution was strongly guarded by
British and Sepoy soldiers, showing that
even in captivity the power of his name and
influence exercised the fears of his conquerors.
He died bravely and is described as a man OF
great intellect and considerable cultivation.
After he was sentenced he prepared docu-
ment disclaiming all connection with the
massacres OF Englishmen, and saying that he
had never taken life except in honorable
fight.
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Indies and in South America, tour Mediter-
ranean), viz the monopoly OF mails, thus,
of course. Of intelligence, and of that Which
follows as shadows follow the sun-the mo
nopoly of trade and commerce. This already
won victory of the war has greater practical
results than any second Marengo or Arcola
would be likely to have. Austria was sue
ccssfully struggling for the command of the
Mediterranean Sea, and was winning that
command, when the war opened and scat
tered her triumphant steamers as the eagle
scatters doves
But England suffers here. as well as Aus
tria These Austrian Lloyd steamers were
nearly all built in England and Scotland.
The machinery is British, the engineers are
all British and the coal, OF which there is
an immense annual consumption, is not only
British, but is transported to the Medlter-
ranean in British vessels too.
The anti-French fermentation going on IN
Germany excites and alarms the French, and
the Paris press is doing all it can to soothe
and satisfy the German mind, that Napo-
leon contemplates not dynasties, nor French
conqucsts in Italy.
The BLOCKADE OF VENicE.-The blockade
OF Venice seriously inconvenences the Aus.
trian Government, as it can no longer send
troops from Trieste to that port
On the Goth ult. the blockade of the port
of Venice and Of the adjacent coast was mott
fed to General Alcrrano. the Govnrnnr ofthe
city, Lnd ut Tia ,dmo tlmr he WAS i'lorn"i
that the cnmn,udcr of "a French squadron
was willing to exchange the men taken in
the Austrian vessels against French soldiers
who might have fallen into the hands Of the
Imperial troops. more impcrtinrnt Offer
could hardly have been made, for almost all
the vessels captured by tho French are
smacks belonging to the povcrtystrcken
fishermen of ChIoggia.
The French fleet off Venice consisted Of
only ship of the line, three frigates and Il
corvette, but it was supposed the light craft
belonging to the fleet would soon come up
and make some demonstration against the
port, to prove whether the place be as strong
as the Austrians assert.
The landing of troops OF this coast is an
imp,Aaihil'r. unlces Venice ho i"t'rn. The
whnl. in tr.rn H.. "t"'h. I. tHt
entrance 1t IT jrj,f ~ a. So j. IL a. "Sb.
AN! troops could he d'st,nY.d VIII ." 'Y
an enemy commanding ;u" 'nte. ~. . II Tue
possession ol Venice would b. ,u,iiy 'ainf"'r,
nor can We doubt that when NaIp!c,H isH"'"
to spare troops, some will he sent t. Try
their fortune at this point In the mean
time, the presence of the T0ul0n fleet and It's
gunbpats will suffice to keep the Austritns on
the alert along the Adriatic. Only the
Italian coast is as yet blockadcd.
There has not yet been single shot rx-
changed between the ships and the iprts
hut uhDut 80 Austrian merchant vessels have
been captured. Other neutral ships-on" OF
which is from Bremen with corn have not
been able to enter the port. although the
blockade has not yet been declared.
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of the new brick house and out-buildings of
Mr.. Ira Rowlson in Beckmantown on the
night Of the 9th inst.
In addition to the buildings. Mr.. r. loses
grain, provisions, wood, &c. to the amount
Of probably S5000 No Insurance! The
origin of the fire is not accounted for.
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killed himself few days since, by drinking
forty-fve glasses Of lager bier in quick sue
ceesiop

"ARIBALDr's movement in Lombardy is
considered on all hands as one of great i'm
rortance. 1t is pres med that it was ac-
cording to an arrangement between him and
the French Emperor His success cuts off
the Austrians from one Of their most impor-
tant routes through the Tyrolcse Alps, and
affords encouragement to the Lombardo-Ital-
ans to rise against their Austrian oppressors.
He repulsed 5000 Austrans at Malmate
while on his way to Como. The Chasseurs
d Alps fought bravely, charging the Austri-
ans with the bayonet. The country around
Varese was in insurrection against the Aus
trians. Garibaldi had occupied position
at st. Fermes; many of his officers were
killed; his troops had penetrated as far as
Como, which was illuminated, and great Joy
prevailed among the population. The Aus
trians were still at Camerlata. A letter
from Vienna states that Garibaldis corps
was only 5 miles from Milan.
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The New York Herald asserted that the
Post Office Department had been swindled
out Of an enormous sum-probably million
of dollars-by the use of forged post-ofhce
stamps and stamps once used from which the
Post Office marks had been removed by some
chemical process. The statement is denied from
Washington. Nothing Of the sort is known
of there. or believed 10 have occurred.