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termination against his master. And thougJ
we may.-Rot mock at their calamity, nor
laugh ben their fear cometh, YETWE
WIZ HAIL 1T AS THE DAWN OF
A POLITICAL MILLENIUM."-JoskHd
X. GiddiEgs.
"In the alternative being presented OI
ihe continuance of SLareyy or a dissolution Of
the Union, zoe are for disSOLHtiOH, and ace
care not hotO qEick Il eomes"-Rufus p.
SpauLding.
"The fugitive slave act is filed with hor-
ror-t0e are bound to disO6ey This act.-
Charles Sumner.
"Ihdpc no doubt but The free ad stare
States ought TO be separated. <
The Union Is mol toorlh supporting in con.
HeEiOn tOith the SOuth.n-HOrace Greely
"IRe Times demand and zoe must hare an
duti-slarery Consultation, anti-sLarerg Bible,
and an anti-slarcry God"-Anson p. Bur
lingame.
"7Eere is merit in The Republican party.
Il is this: 10 is The first sectional party erer
organised in this country. = IL is
not national, ii is seelioHaL II is The North
arrdged against the South. The
first crack in the iceberg IS risible; you 1cal
yct hear IL go t0ith a eyaek through the centre"
- Wendell Phillips
'The cure for slavery prescribed by Red
path is the only infalible remedy, and MEN
MUST FOMENT INSURRECTION
AMONG THE SLAVESl in order to cure
the evils. 1t can never be done by conces-
sions and compromises. 1t is an evil and
must be extinguished by still greater ones.
1t is positive and imperious in its ap-
proaches, and must be overcome with
equally positive forces You must commit
an assault to arrest burglar, and slavery
is not arrested without a violation Of law
and the cry of fre"-IadepeHdeHt Democrat
a leading Black Republican paper in NeV
Hampshire. .....
~ more than agree iOih The disuniOa dbo-
litiOnists. They are in favor of free north
ern republic. So am l. But as 10 boEn-
dary lines zee differ. While they would fix
the southern boundary at the dividing line
between Ohio and Kentucky, Virginia and
the Keystone State, would wish it with
the warm waters Of the Gulf Of Mexico
d BNt lohat shall tOe do Nth The SLares ?''-
Make free men of them. "And with the
class l"-AbOlish them. "And
with the Legrees of the plantations 2"-
Them anH;hiLate. Drive them iRtO The sea as
Christ ons dr0re The sI0ine; or chase them
into he dismal slOamps and black HIOraSSss Of
the South. ARyl0Asre, anyaohere Out Of The
lSOrld p RedPath, correspondent Of ~ Y
Tribune during Fremont campaign.
, 1859-12-16

SLAVERY AND THE AMERIoAN BOARD OF
MlssIoNs.-M Thomas P. Atchinson, Of
Danyille, late corporate member Of the
American Board Of Commissioners for For
eign Missions, resigned his membership in
that body on account Of its action in re
gard to the sIaveholding portion Of the
Choctaw Nation. In a letter to the Rich
mOnd Wing, stating the cause Of his resig-
nptiOn, he says;
For the last ten years the Prudential
Committee, to whom the immediate control
of Mission Stations have been entrusted,
have required the Missionaries among the
Choctaw Indians to exclude from the
Church every member who held slaves
thus endeayoring to establish a test ol
Christianity as well as a condition of mem
bership unknown in the early and purer
days Of the Church. For their coniumacy,
in refusing 10 obey this requirement, these
devoted men, whose characters have been
extoIled by the committee, and whose faith
full efforts to benefit the poor Indian have
been crowned with great success, have been
prosecuted and oppressed-and now they
have been entirely cut of from all support
by recent action of the Board itself
which has formerly cast them of and sol
emnly declared that they will no longer
have connection with such siDners-theiI
offence being their federation Of slavehold
ers as members Of the Church"
In his letter of resignation addressed u
the Board Of Commissioners, be says:
81 hereby resign my position as a cor
porate member Of the American Board o.
Commissioners for Foreign Missions, posi-
tiOn assigned me BY your predecessors
more than thirty years ago, and before the
accursed fend Abolitionism was let looSC
and commissioned to rend the the Church
and TO destroy the Union Of these States
by sowing tho seeds Of distrnst, discOrC
aud division among those who should eVel
feel and act together as brethren. Tha
you may soon be restored to right mind
is the earnest desire Of your former asso
ciate."
, 1859-12-16

A MODERN DANIEL LAMBERT. Memphis
is bOasting Of prodigy, negro boy nine
gears of Ogs, born at Hickman, KY, and
now the slave Of r. B. Bone, of Fayette
county, Tenn. At his birth he weighed
sixteen pounds, and now his weight is three
hundred and ten pounds, and his height five
feet six inches. He measures ten inches
around the smallest part Of the wrist, twen-
ty-four inches around the arm above the
elbow. and sixty-fOur inches around the
shoulders. He is sprightly and intelligent
in conversation, and, considering his extra
ordinary size, is remarkably active. The
most wonderful attribute Of this wonderful
being is the great strength he possesses,
being able to carry on bis shoulders, with
apparent ease, three hundred pounds dead
weight, and raising from the earth, with
scarce an effort four hundred pounds
Estimated as the "boys' of bis type are
down that way, Charley is worth fully So
for every pound he eau lift
, 1859-12-16
From the Council Bluff QOwa) Bugle.
Black Republican Alphabet.

From the Council Bluff Qowa) Bugs.
Black Republican Alphabet
A is for Argument-we'Ye only one,
The almighty Niger, and then we
are done.
B is for Billingsgate, double distilled"
With which all our papers and speech
es are filed.
C for Corruption, by which we have
gained
Our ill-gOtten peIt, and the treasury
drahed.
D for Diseioh, the manifest end
Of sectional measures, on which we
depend.
E is our Elephant-huge is his trunk,
Which people have seen till it rouses
their spuuk.
F is for Falsehood, in which we delight,
Stunning detection and prowling at
night.
G is for Gallows, with smooth slipping
moose,
Which will, if WE live be deprived of
its dues
II is for Humbug, with varying phase,
Suitting the issues we constansly raise,
l is Iowa, she's bled at each pore,
Till she will not stand to be bled any
more.
] is for Justice, exacting and stern,
Teaching US lessons unpleasant to learn
K is for Kirkwood, our know,nothing
knave,
Who'd treat tohitc foreigner worse
than a slare.
L is for Lunatics-if they'll "diride,"
Well build them a mansion, convent
ent and wide.
NJ is Mixture, as when black and white
Exhibit their tastes, and in marriage
unite.
N is the Niger, we fondIy adore,
Without him we know that our party's
no more.
0 is for 0berlin-mode Of right,
Where blaGk folks are always peg
above the white.
z Is for Politics-ours is foil,
To get into Office and pocket the spoill
Q is for Question, we seek to evade,
When that the truth may leak out
we're afraid.
R is for Rusch lager beer is his forte,
Hoodwinking Germans to get their
support.
5 is Salt river, we're bound for its head,
Destined, ere long, to repose with the
dead
I is for TreOchery-unlucky game,
Which we have played at till covered
with shame.
U is for Union, the patriots pride,
But negro equality, or, 'let her slide. u
V is for Vengeance, with cow-hide in
hand,
Lashing us naked and sore through
the land.
W s Wrath Of the people we dread,
As death-bolts Of thunder bursting
DER head.
X is a prefix, which, after this fall,
viii surely attach to our officers all.
Y is Youth we have wasted in guilt,
And time has destroyed oil the castles
we>built.
2 is for Zeal Of our party, that's dead
Our banbles have bursted-our last
hope has fed.
&c. is the wind-up-we'll go to the tomb,
There to await our eternal doom.
, 1859-12-16
Rrof.ANp BLoonsnrn " BALrmorr.-I

RIof~AND BLooDsHED IN BALrmoRE.-A
despatch in the St. Louis papers of Nov
E3d, gives the particulars of a most fcarfu
and bloody riot raging throughout the cit!
that being the day of the Maryland Stat,
election. The rioters, or "Plug Uglies,
had defeated the law and order people
driven them from the polls, taken posses
sion of the city, and were, when the dis
patch closed, shooting down citizens in al
directions. The dispatch says:
The State election is now progressing
There is'a great struggle in all the wards
in this city, as far as heard FROM The polls
in the Third Ward are blocked by the row.
dies, and the police are doing nothing to
hinder them. In the Tenth Ward the Re-
form Judge of election was intimidated and
compelled to leave his post. Hinsley, who
was appointed by the Acting Mayor, and
rejected by the Councils, has been reap
pointed The Reformers have been driven
of James Jeifers, a son Of Madison JEFF,
fers, was shot in the side and beaten over
the head by the RefOrmers, whom he had
mnltreated In the Fifteenth Ward Adam
b. Kyle, merchant doing business at SS
Hanover street, and Reformer, has been
shot in the temple and is in a dying condi-
ton. His brother, G. H. Kyle, who came
to his rescue, was also shot and is danger
ously wounded. III the Fourteenth Ward
desperate struggle occurred, and the Re
formers were resisted with arms Tommy
White, alias james johnson, notorious
rowdy, ran an awl into Reformer, and
was shot dead with q pistol-ball. Two
other rowdies, named Harris aud Duffy,
we're shot in the legs. W. Styles, a Re
former, was pursued by man supposed to
be the captain, or leader, Of the Thunder
bolt Club, with drawn sword. He took
refuge in q store and the rowdies pursuing
broke the windows. Richardson, however,
managed to escape. Judge Giles, Of the
U. S. District Court, met Sheriff Crcamer
in the street and told him in decided terms
that he was to be held accountable for sll
the blood shed to-day. lie also told him,
as a judgo and lawyer, that he had tho
authority and it was his duty 10 interfere.
In the 18th Ward the rowdies took posses
sion of the polls, and gave the Reformers
notice to quit. Mr. McCurly was severely
beaten. In the 5th Ward the RefoCmers
were driven of at an early hour. The son
Of Hon. Joshua Van Zandt was beaten
while attempting to vote. Several shots
we're fred, but no person was injured The
LIST, 2nd and 4th Wards were also in the
possession of the rowdies, to the total ex-
clusion Of all who opposed them. In the
goth Ward the rowdies were knocking
down and malIreating who they plensed,
the police offering no profession to the citi-
zens. The rowdies here brought swivel
on the ground In goth and 18th Wards
a gang of rowdies from Washington, fully
armed were aiding the Baltimore roughs.
The indications were that the Reformers,
as a general thing, had abandoned the con-
test, finding it impossible to vote without
risking their lives. In the 10th WsFd a
boy had been mortully wounded by shot
in the breast. There was much talk in the
streets among the citizens Of the prophety
Of establishing Vigilance Committee.
, 1859-12-16

FARE OF THE SoS OF JOIN HANCOCK
At a recent meeting Of the England His
toric Genealogical Society, Col Samuel
Swett presented to the society a manuscript
poem on the death of the only son Of Gov.
John Hancock, at the age of ten years.
Gov. Hancock had one daughter, who died
in early infancy and he was thus left child
less, like many other of the Revolutionary
patriots and heroes. The circumstances Of
the death Of Gov HancoeEs son, said Col.
Swett, were peculiar and interesting. In
the Arabian knights we have an account
Of Kings son, whose fate, it was fore
told, would be to be killed by lion. His
anxious parents accordingly took every
precaution to keep him aloof from a men
aced fatality. He was not allowed to hunt,
and was much confined in palace, where,
for his amusement, many animals Of the
forest were painted on the walls, and among
them his dreaded foe, the lion. Provoked
at his confinement, the restrained youth
struck violent blow at the hateful lion,
and a concealed nail under the picture in
Aicted fatal wound, and verified the dread
ful prophecy. Similar was the fate Of Han
cocks only son. His parents TO avoid the
dangers Of skating, sent him to practice it
under the especial care Of an old retired
domestic Of the Governor at Braintree-
Henry Smith. The poor youth, while en-
gagged in this amusement, under al these
precautions, fell under the ice and was
mortally wounded in the head. These cir
cumstances are described in the striking II.
ustrated manuscript obituary notice of him
by a schoolmate Of his at the time Of his
death-the late Samuel Adams Dorr, oI
Roxbury. This manuscript has been pre-
served in remarkably unimpaired state
said Col SWEET, and was lately presented
to me by the family Of Mr.. Dorr, and ]
have the pleasure Of presenting it now tc
this society, in the hope that the same de
voted care will be extended to it by them.
, 1859-12-16


NEWSPAPER PuBLIsHINo--A veteran edi-
tor, after an experience Of a quarter Of
century, gives It as his opinion that The
newspaper business, Il long followed, win
give any one poor opinion Of the common
honesty Of mankind. Hear him 4
eve have tried the business more than
the eighth OF a century, and regret to say
that our estimate Of The aggregate honesty
Of mankind has been considerably lowered.
There Is great deal Of latent, undeTelop.
ed rascality in the race, and II a man has
any Of It in his composition he is sure 10
exhibit It when bis newspaper subscription
becomes due Within the last twelve or
fifteen years We have been engaged in the
business we have lost enough money
through the rascality Of our customers to
make man Of moderate desire richl-
Many Of those who owe us these small
amounts, from S. to $50, are rolling in
wealth and could pay any day in the year
II they desired 70 do 50. Many others be-
long 70 the migratory tribe who are here
to-day, and in Texas or California to-mor-
row. Others belong to q class quite nu-
merous, who write TO editors to send them
papers and they will pay when they gather
their cotton, dig their potatoes, or dos some
thing else, but payday never comes; and,
finally, after sending the paper four or Eve
years, il Is asceriained that they never were
worth q snapi Another class Of losses
grows out Of the negligence Of post-mas-
ters. A subscriber, afler taking a paper
six months OF year. leaves the country
without giving the editor notice, aud after
four or Eve years have elapsed be happens
to meet with the postmaster who most
magnanimonsly Informs him that bis sub.
scriber he's gone 70 parts unknown" aud
II be wishes 10 get any pay for his paper
he had better stop i'll Or, after suffering
the paper 10 come two or three years, he
writes to the editor that for the second or
third time be will inform him that tho
paper is not taken out, &C. These losses,
and Yarions Others we might refer to- ab-
sorb the profits Of the business to such an
extent as greatly to discourage those en-
gagged in i.
Although We have had our fun share Of
uonpayiDg subscribers, and have beei
worse svindled than any other publisher
we know, we take much pleasure iu saying
that we have on our books the names OF
many gentlemen whose punctuality through
long series Of years--always paying 10
adVancc-entiiles them 70 be rated rs the
"salt Of the earth.p Oh, for an Increase Of
the number.
Occasionally, some one long in arrears,
moved by a tardy sense Of justice, pays bis
lOngstanding Indebtedness. We regret
that these cases are 50 rare."
, 1859-12-16

lNsANE.-The man GRNsrEAD, who so
Persistently attempted to commit suicide at
Oregon City, recently, first by taking poi
son and then cutting his thrOat;is said to
have been deranged at the time. He had
been thwarted ia love.
, 1859-12-16

DANCISG.-We observe that some Of the
leading religious papers are 'joining issueh
on the dancing question. One says il is
frivolous and corrupting, while another
contends that persons whe are capable Of
being corrupted by dancing, will certainly
find some effective mode to become so, u
this be denied to them. Dancing, among
the young, is usually conducted under the
eye Of discreet seniors; and well-educated
adults need no supervision in dancing, but
that Of good sense and their own selfFel
spect. But suppose dancing could in any
sense be perverted, so may everything else,
be. live are to do nothing ill It Is im-
possible to err in doing it, what will there
be for any one to do 7 As to dancing, We
shall speak from some observation and
practice, and sum up the Judgment formed
Of 1t, thns:-Dancing satisfies the demand
Of nature Tor action. Il IS action for both
mind and body. 1t Is action which, begins,
goes on, and ends with the attainment Of
II brings the humhh fgureinto
its proper position, and develops the power
and uses Of the muscles; 1t is social and
not a solitary pleasure Il is an innocent
and refining pleasure, because II brings both
sexes to be acquainted with each other,
and improves the manners Of both It's
accompanied by music, which Is one Of the
most elevaling and grateful pleasures known
to man. Dancing is dictate Of nature.
1t has been made solemn among. savage
warriors; a mode Of exalted worship among
the pious; one manner Of showing social
rational, elegant amusement, which delights
those who engage in Il, and those who arc
spectators.
, 1859-12-16

THE ScHooL MAsrER At HoU.-A school
master whose sphere Of duty embraces at
least portion Of Victoria, recently, ia ex-
planning the power Of letters to a pupil,
said: "In this word the letter IS silent,
as in 'ospital.S The pupil retired Witfa
profound sense Of bis teaoher's acquire
medis.- KitloTie Gazats.
, 1859-12-16
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, 1859-12-16

Of new and conflicting theories Hence
forth the absorbing desire Of Democrats
will be a more perfect nnion Of the mem-
bers Of their own body. The safe middle
ground Of President Buchanan and the
National Democracy, we trust, win daily
receive accessions Of good and true men
who will detach themselves from one or tho
other of the impracticable extremes. And
there if We may adopt an illustration
from an eminent writer on a similar sub
ject, may they remain, held by the comfort
and respectability Of the estnblishmen,@
as the temperate regions Of the earth are
found to -detain the greater, part Of those
who have been induced to fly from the
heats Of the Equator or the rigors Of the
Pole Washington Consultation. %
, 1859-12-16

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Parilla YslloWDoek and Iodine Of Potsss. 1m45
, 1859-12-16
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Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-08-17

TAG Opposition party are having great
time in their rejoicings over the result of the
recent elections in North Carolina, Tennessee
and Kentucky. In North Carolina, they have
succeeded in equally dividing the Congress
sionsl delegation from that State-there being
four Democrats and four opposition. In Ten.
nessee,..the result is seven to ten, being gain
of four members; and in Kentucky, the OPP
position have secured five out of the nine rep
resentatives, having made gain of three mem
bers, A great drawback to the pleasure which
the oPpositiOnappear to experience, over the re-
suit in Kentucky, is the election of majority of
Administration members to the Legislature.
which will secure a Democratic successor to
MIR. Crittenden, in the United States Senate.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-08-17

The UNDERGRouND RAILRoAD-ISuperinten
dent's Report.-At the Salem (AIass.1 Baptist
church on the 9th inst, Mr.. Still of Philadelphia
addressed an audience on the present condition
and prospects of the underground railroad. He
said that the road was liable to sad and frequent
calamities, and that it had recently met with
some distractions, which might account for the
few arrivals cronicled oflate. Various instances
Gus damage. Among them was the account of
the unfortunate Mr.. Lee, who had aided five
slaves in their escape over the underground
railroad, for which he was tried, convicted and
sentenced to twenty-five years in the Peniten-
tlary. The speaker did not wish to impress on
the minds of his hearers that the road was not
doing fair business, or that the Vigilance Com
mlttee had hung their harp on willow. On
the 9TH of July last, six fugitives from the souths
ern shore of Maryland, with bitter hatred for
slavery and bright hopes for Canada, passed
along the road with through tickets. One had
recently arrived at Philadelphia in box so
short that he could not lie his length; and,
worst of all, arrived on Sunday morning, and it
was with great difficulty that the box could be
obtained, as no freight was usually delivered on
Sunday. When that box was opened, freedom
was given to one one of the most grateful per-
sons that ever escaped from bondage on this
earth. Two females had also escaped in a SINH.
lar manner-one in trunk and the other in a
dry goods box. On another occasion twenty
eight persons, at one time, had left the land of
slavery, and under the smiles of freedom had
refuge at the North. One of ex-Presdent w.
Ier's slaves, named James, had gone on his xay
North from Philadelphia rejoicing.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-08-17
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MIS- Institution, under the superntendence Of Mrs
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~ me country II has in interest, usefulness AMI
pS9o favor steadily, until It is believed by It's Board
IIstees that 1t presents attractions parents and
Ss ss The regime adopted out
corps OF efficient and experienced teachers and every
OF the course has been thoroughly systemazed
Is believed to be exactly adapted to every variety
and every grade Of progression among pupils
soation OF the school is beautiful Inviting COM
as any school known to its Board.
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medheSuay OF September and close on the last Tbnr
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M an see catalogues (Which may be had at this ofce)
board OF TRusTERs.-ReY. Z. T. Perkins Rev R. Y
DoaGe' KEY j. T. hcI.ure Jas. R. Baker, SAINT Ot. p
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Tue sweet potatoe crop promises to be very
abundant one this year. Two hundred and
fifty barrels were last week shipped from Nor
folk, mostly for the New York market They
are represented as coming into market in good
ORDER and promising an abundant yield-great.
er than for several years past The price is
quoted at four dollars per barrel. But the
abundance of the yield will, it is supposed, in
short time, bring them down to very low fig
ure They have also made their appearance in
our market, but of rather an inferior quality,
and at very high prices. 1t will not be long,
however, before We shall have them in abund-
ance, and at reasonable rates.