Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-03-24

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EMIGRATION TO ARIzoNA.-Capt Foreman.
now at Gerhardt's Hotel, C street. between
FOur-snd a-half and Sixth streets, is raising
in this city, Alexandria, and Baltimore, a
party of emigrants to proceed to Arizona, in
behalf of the ARIZONA, Mexican and Central
American Emigration Association They will
sail from Norfolk early in June, and rendcz.
yOus at Powder Horn, CIndianOla, Texas, early
in July. Thence they will proceed to Arizona
We think highly Of this enterprise, which is
under the chief direction of Il gentleman OF
high character, fine abilities, and tried capaci-
ties in such matters. Arizona seems to us to
offer just now the finest field for the youn
men Of America desiring to identify themseives
with the future Of a newly opened section of
the United States. Ere our hair began to turn
gray we had some years experience with a new
country IN the Far West, and though it was our
fortune TO return to the home Of our early DAYS
to remain We trust for the balance Of our DAYS.
We nevertheless firmly believe that new regions
OF the Great West embrace advantages for
young men of energy. enterprise and character
who have their own fortunes to carve out, far
superior to those within their reach in re-
giOns long and, comparatively speaking, fully
peopled.
In new countries men are necessarily Judged
and valued by their capacities In old settled
regions, family influence, wealth, the position
in society in which man is known to have
been bred, and a hundred other facts connected
with the state of society conspire to render it
difficult to the young man without powerful
friends soon to make the weight of his own
mind, energies and character duly appreciated
by those by whom he may be surrounded.
Many man who has risen to eminence in new
countries would have wiIted in idleness at
home under the superintendent pressure Of
social ideas, customs and powers against which
few, indeed, can struggle successfully.
But aprOpos Of Arizona. There can now be
little doubt that its mineral advantages are
hardly second to those of California, and that
its pastoral promise is equal to that of any
other territory on the face Of the Globe of the
same extent; while its climate is equal to that
of Texas, hundred miles from the coast-a
climate in which one can sleep comfortably in
the open air every night between the first of
April and the fifteenth Of November.
The BOOrH CAsE.-The Evenfng Post (of
New York; grows indignant over the ruling
of the Supreme Court of the United States in
the case OF the fragrant effort of Mr.. Sherman
Booth, of Wisconsin, backed by an abolition
community, to set the fugitive slave law at de-
hance, which, 1t will be remembered, occurred
year or two ago. The supreme court of Wis
consin screened and justified Booth when pros-
ecuted by the United States An appeal was
taken from the judgment of that court; and the
Supreme Court of the United States, i'm disposing
of this case, has sustained its own ruling in the
bred Scott case. As the Posts explanation of
the courts action seems to be fair az well M
an intelligent one, We quote it below; merely
adding a caution to the reader to translate
what it says of the opinion Of Judge fancy, as
really referring to the opinion of the court as
announced by Judge fancy:
-"Mr. Sherman Booth. our readers NAV remern-
Der, the editor Of Milwaukee paper, was prose-
cuted for aiding in the rescue and escape Of q
fugitive slave; he was committed to prison by the
United States Commissioner. but liberated by a
wit OF hdbsas corpus issued by Wisconsin court
which action Of the courtwas sustained ON appeal
ny the supreme court Of the State The cas-. was
then carried by writ OF TO the Supreme Court
was msd h'e NJ sies where an er parts argument
wHs aae, no person appearing for the State of
w isconslh. Certified copies Of II PROCEEDINGS ~
the State court, however, showed that Il had ill.,
erateI booth on two grounds-first, that the fuyi-
i've slave act, under which he had been held was
uncoiisttntionai; and second that his commitment
by The United States Commissioner was frreg,,J.,
not being in conformity with that act, snpposin91
II to be constitutional PP''"s
"Chief Justice fancy decided according to an
abstract OF his opinion which we find In the ma
pers, that when person is In the custody or an
officer OF the United States, State may Indeed
Issue writ Of ha1eaS e0TPss, and the officer hold
ing the person In question in custody must make
return 10 the writ 50 far Ia show that he holds
him under precept Of the United States Court
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