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The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-01-20
G0rernOr's Message

The following Message from
Gov. LETcHER was submitted
10 the Legislature OF Virginia
on the 7lh inst. AS this is the
first Message from Gov. Letch-
er, and as it contains matters OF
the very first importance to the
people Of Virginia, the people
of the South at large, and the
people Of the entire Union, we
commend it to the earnest peru
sal Of all our readers, who have
not yet read it:
Gentlemen Of the Senate and
House Of Delegates:
Icommence my term as Chief
Magistrate Of the Common
wealth Of Virginia at an import
ant and eventful period in the
history Of the State and Of the
Union. No one Of my prede~
cessors has taken upon himself
the duties and responsibilities of
the Office under the same cir
cumstances. The Legislature
and the people expect from me,
therefore, an expression Of my
views upon the absorbing ques-
ton Of the day, and some sug-
gestions looking to the future.
The Constitution OF the Unit
ed States, as ordained and es-
tablisied by our fathers, was de-
signed "to form.a more perfect
union, establish justice, insure
domestic tranquility, promote
the general welfare, and secure
the blessings Of liberty to our
selves and our posterity." They
constructed it with reference to
these desirable objects, and, as
might have been expected, IL.
Mon, harmony and brotherh ood
existed between the different
sections; law and order pre-
vailed ; the rights Of persons
and property were fully recog>
nized /; and each State was per-
mite d 10 regulate its domestic
institutions without Inference
from citizens from the other
States. Confidence and frater-
nal affection existed between the
people Of all the States in those
earlier and better days OF the
Republic.
This happy condition OF
things continued for many years
and was interrupted only by the
interference Of the people Of the
Northern States, with the rights
. dni institutions Of the Southern.
! But for the war which has beer
30 perseveringly waged against
, the institution OF domestic
slavery, as II exists amongst us
IAN institution with which they
have no right 10 iptermedJle---
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.harmoniously together, and the
ties of fraternal feeling and af-
fection would be as strong now
as ever before in the history oI
the Confederacy. This wanton
interference thus commenced
and so Extensively persisted in,
has produced the present alarm
ing crisis, and has brought the
Union Of the States 10 the verge
of destruction.
The Northern people now in
sist that there must be no more
slave territories, no more slave
States, and that the fugitive slave
law must be repealed, or so es-
sentially modified as to render
it valueless for the recovery OF
slave property. In Massachu-
sets, Winconsin, Vermont, and
perhaps other non-slayeholding
States, the fugitive slave act has
been practically and elfectually
nullified and rendered .inopera-
tive.
The Massachusetts act de-
clares that the writ Of habeas
corpus NAV be Issued by either
oftheir Courts and even by 'any
justice Of the peace in term
time or vacation, and upon the
return of such writ, the fugitive
slave must demand a trial by ju-
ry, and if the jury shall disagree
the issue may be submitted to
another jury, or continued to
the next term, at the discretion
Of the Court that no confess
sions, admissions or declarations
Of the ,alledged fugitive against
himself shall be given in evil
dence upon the trial; that the
Governor, by and with the ad-
vice and consent Of the Coun>
Gil, shall appoint commissioners
in each county to defend fugi-
tives who are to pay all witness
ses' expenses, clerks fees, off,
GERS ices, officers fees, and 9TH
er expenses; they are to have
these and Unreasonable charges
for their services as attorney
and counsel in the case paid by
the State Treasurer /; and the
act also prohibits their jails, pri'
sons, or other places Of conGEe-
mcnt from being used for the
Imprisonment Of persons claim
ed as fugitive slaves. (See Sess
sion Acts 1855, page 924.)-.
The act Of Wisconsin is even
more stringent in its provisions
tor the protection Of fugitive
slaves than the act Of Massachu-
setts.-(See Revised Statutes
1853 page 9I2.) The act of
Vermont declares that no per-
son within the State shall be
considered as property, or sub
ject as such to sale, purchase or
delivery; that the fugitive slave
may have the benefit of a trial
by jury; that every person who
may have been held as slave,
who shall come, or be brought,
or be in the State, with or with
out the consent Of his or her
master or mistress, or who shall
come, or be brought, or be in
voluntarily, or in way in the
State, he shall be free; and de-
nounces against every person
who shall hold the fugitive as a
slave, the penalty Of imprison-
ment for not less than one more
than fifteen years, and a fine
not exceeding two thousand
dollars. (See Session Acts
1858 page 42.) In other of
the non. slaveholding States, Iif
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these mischievous doctrines
WELD the Executive, Legisla.
tive and Judicial authority Of the
non-slaveholding States, with
scarce an exception. In the
Senate OF the United States the
Republican party numbers up
wards of twenty, and in the
House Of Representatives more
than one hundred, all elected by
the votes Of non-slaveholding
States, and all endorsing and
approving these obnoxious doc
trines and measures. A few
years ago this party was very
small in each branch Of Congress
and we were assured that they
represented a comparatively
small pumber Of fanatics with
whom the great body of the
Northern people had no sympa-
thy, and who entertained no
principles and doctrines in COM
mon with them on these Dues
lions.
1t is readily and cheerfully
conceded, that a large portion
OF the citizens Of the non>slave-
holding States are loyal to the
Constitution and the Union; but
it is not to be disguised, that a
large number are Indifferent to
both, and would prefer a disso-
luton Of the Union to the ex-
tension Of slave territory, or the
increase of slave States. They
desire to confne slavery to the
States IN which it now exists.
and the sympathy manifested for
John Brown and his associates
in crime give reason to fear that
they are not prepared to aid in
putting down attempts to inter-
fere with the institution, even
in the States, where it is recog-
nized and projected by law.
This lamentable state ofthings
] between the two sections of the
country, has lis origin in the
construction placed by the Nor
thern people upon the Consti>
tuition OF the United States.->
They construc il to the preiu-
dice of the honor, rights and in>
stitulions Of their Southern
brethren. They insist that the
Constitution authorizes the a.
doption Of measures for the ex-
clusion Of slavery from the Ter
rltories-the common property
Of all the States-and they spare
no effort to affirm their construc-
ton by the legislation cf Con-
gress. In the early history Of
the government, territory was
acquired, and territorial govern
ments were organized, without
enquiring whether they were
free or slave-free and slave
States were admitted into the
Union pari passu. The Con-
stitution was construed fairl,
and justly according to its terms
and spirit--we lived in harmo-
ny-and our prosperity as ma
ton was steady and unparallel-
cd. When the Northern cor,
struction began to prevail, strife
arose; bitter feelings were ens
gendered, elimination and re-
elimination followed ; and now
we find that the ties OF brother>
hood have beensundered, mutual
distrust has succeeded, and the
kindly feelings Of affection have
been smothered by bitter sec-
tional hatred, that now bid fair
to outlive The Union. The on.
Ily foundation upon which the
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ECoStslESr.-We must be
allowed to state, At this point,
BY way Of comment upon this
extraordinary Message. thar,
in pur humble opinion, Gov. L.
Is not q true friend ofthe Unior.
Such sentiments, winking At,
and, even, inviting a dissolution
Of this glorious Union, on such
trivial grounds never found a
lodgsment in the mind Of a true
potrioi. The abolition outbreak
at Harper's Ferry was, in itself,
a horrible, wicked and ,levilish
affair; and the perpetrators only
suffered a just punishment on
the gallows, ior their offences.
But, in our opinion, a hundred
such offences would be tight as
a puffof empty air. : when con-
trasted with a dissolution of this
glorious cluster of States. It is
possible to break the chain; but
all the statesmen and patriots
thar now live, ever did live, or
ever Will live, could not mend
it again SO; the remedy would
be infinitely worse than the dis
ease. We feel that we have a
perfect right to arraign our
Gov. for his obnoxious, if not
treasonable sentiments. Our
grandfather was a Welsh bap>
list preacher, came to this
Country about 100 hundred
years ago, married a Hinton in
Rockingham county, Va, then
settled in this section Of Vir-
ginia, where he led a life Of ir-
reproachable piety, honesty and
integrity, and attained the great
age Of over ninety years, raising
a family of nine sons and sever-
al daughters. One Of his sons,
Isaac, served 10 years consec-
utively in the Virginia Legisla-
;ure from Wood county, anoth-
er, (our father,) three sessions
from Harrison County. Several
Of his sons emigrated to the
western states, where they and
their sons filed highly respecla-
bic positions, as lawyers, doc
tors, members Of the various
state legislatures, of the U. s..
Senate, and one Of them, Isaac
N. Morris, is now in Congress
from Illinois. What is more,
not one Of the hame, in Virgin
ia, has ever been guilty of a sin.
gle act that would, either direct- s
ly or indirectly subject him to-
the charge Of aboliiionism.-
Gan Gov. I.etcher say as much,
A man, who only few years
ago signed d subscription to pay
for printing an abolition pamph.
let, now, in his Message, to adj.
wise a course which would inc.
viiably lead to a dissolution Of
the Union, is not, we honestly
think, worthy the confidence or
respect Of the good people Of
Virginia. We love our native
State, Virginia. we love the
South, generally, but we love
the Union more than all. Dis.
solve this Unloh, anil what
would the South be! Should n
survive the wreck, and cling to.
gether, it would be emphaticsl-
y the land Of oppression to
the poor white man, where a
mean Goldfish aristoracy would
become rampant, and etery lave
enacted would look directly to
the elevation Of the rich and
the degradation Of the Door
white man. And money would
hp Svrnno f.or .l
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GEORGETOWN.


C0fytSpoHosSeS " IbS otoS
GIoRsEfowN, March 2, 1880.
AT the meeting Of our Board Of Common Coun
ell on Monday evening last, the following bust
ness not reported IN our letter Of yesterday was
transacted: 90
On motion of Mr.. Pickrell, the rules Of the last
board were adopted ~ the rules Of this.
Mr. Hill moved that the Chair appoint COM
mittee to wait upon Mr.. David English and notify
him of his election az president of the board;
adopted: and Messrs Hill and Williams, being
appointed said committee, waited upon MIR. Eng
lfsh at his residence, but found him too unweu to
attend the meeting.
A message was transmitted to the Board OF Al
dermen, Informing them Of the organiIation OF
this board and its readiness to proceed 70 6usi-
ness; proposing the appointing Of Thomas Don
aldson as messenger Of both boards; proposing the
adoption Of the rules Of the last board and further
proposing that when the boards adjourn 1t be
until Friday evening next, at O'Clock; all OF
which propositions were acceded to.
On motion Of Mr.. King resolution was adopted
instructing the clerk Of the board to inform the
mayor that there had been failure at the late
election to elect two members to this board.
A resolution In favor Of E. ]. Shoemaker was
read twic., laid over, and the board adjourned.
The sofa stolen from the Zion (African) church
was found yesterday by Police Officers Barneclo
church; and the same officers this morning arrest
ed a colored man named John Chisley, charged
with the theft. He was tried before Justice Rea-
yer, and committed to Jail to answer before the
Criminal Court
Mes rs Jas Ridgway and Jos. REYNOLDS have
rented our fish wharf for the coming season, for
$3.50 .56-they being the highest bidders.
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Personal.

''.Geo. II. Preble, U. s. NJ, IL at Kirkwood's.
Attorney General Black had 80 far recovered
yesterday as to be able to ride out.
Hon. A. r. Boteler, M. C. from Virginia
Is recovering from a severe sickness
MIR. Cornelius Grinnell, of New York, ac.
companied by his sister, was in London, on a
visit to Lady Franklin, at last accounts.
49, Speaker Pennington has taken large and
connections DWELL ng- house in Fifteenth street.
and last night extended to many Of his friends his
hospitality.
The health Of Chief Justice fancy was so
much improved that he was able to attend con-
sultation on Saturday. He expects to resume his
seat on the bench next week, after the present
brief recess. He is now II years old.
-. Hon. A. J. Williamson, of N. Y, (contest.
ant OF the seat of Hon. ID. f.. Sickles) Judge
W. Porter. OF Pa; J. b. Baker, ESQ Collector of
the Port OF Philadelphia; Lieut.. II Clarke, FL b
VI Cavalry; B F.: Costendyke, Monrovia, West
Africa, are at Willards'
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SPALDNG's PREPARED GLUE.-Housekeepers
Will be glad to learn that the mshaps Furniture
May-day, can hereafter be remedied at a trifiin
expense. by using Spalding's Prepared Glue
THIS glue is put in convenient bottle and is
chemically held in solution, retaining all the de-
sraDle qualities OF we'll prepared ker 8
glue, and Is used cold. small brush accom-
Panies each bottle, the whole costing but twenty
nve ceuts, and furnishing ever-ready and
emclent means Tor repairing all kinds of broken
household wares. Ii will be found exceedInylv
convenient for cone and shell-wOrk idno tur-
ners, and for all purposes requiring strong muci
iage No housekeeper can afford to be without
1859 ~
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IL First Assistant Postmaster General Kings
examination OF the new rect letter boxes in New
York has satisfied him of their inetfcjencv The
Journal of Commerce saws:
. Mr. King. while here, exam ined very care
full into styles Of drop letter boxes on the
which pleased him best IS combining an the
newest improvements, was that which was re-
Gently put up in Toronto. 1t is a hollow. cast
iron pillar, standing feet o inches above the
ground, In which tits firmly imbedded, IA inc hes
vide, with slit at the top slanting upwards
Inc letter Is pushed up in the direction of the top
OF the box, when 1t drops over and falls nearly
nve feet to the bottom, where there is door fast
ened with lock which Is claimed to be proof
against picking. The cost of this box is $50 ,,
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The Rio GRASDE-The Brownsville FLAG Of
the 10th ult. has come to hand. The rangers.
under Major Tobin and Capt Tomlinson, had
been mustered out of service The FLAG furni abe,
Us with the following resume of the Condition of
things along the river:
The banditti have control of the west bank. and
are continuing their predatory excursions into
Texas, where they act the part of scayepgers.
gathering up. here and there the frig htened stoc
which they drive across or drown i'm the river
The damage which they now do is insignificant
compared to that done formerly. Our citizens do
not go into the country, we are saved
the painful task Of recording further cases of mur
DER the ranches are broken up and their dwellings
burned down, so that we have no more startling
tales OF lncendlary work to tell the deaf dumb
and blind listeners IN the Father land
The L. 5. cavalry, under Stoneman and the
rangers under Ford and LittletOn, are in the field
guarding as best they can our border against the
encroachment of the enemy who are now on the
Mexican side in force
The troops who We're sent out from Matamoras
70 dttack the oaGditt returned without accom-
pushing that hazardous underta king; thus leaving
our natu al enemy in full possession Of an exten,
ei'e territory, where no power can reach him to
check bis insane career
Gen. g Iadaupe Garcia who c,uo hero with
Instructions from his Government TO act i'm concert
WIFE the n;ted States forces in nlrsuing and
driving the rebels out of the country or i'm catch
ing and bringing them to summary punishment
% biro,s oe,.'rn' sei on, for best known
sinS no one to execHts the ebere
are many more to be made Some Of them are
calculated to exonerate few leading Mexicans in
Matamoras Of completely with the Cortnas out
rages, while they will implicate others more
deeply in the diabolical scheme to wipe every
ming American from the face Of the country.
On Monday night, about o'clock four or five
Anne leans were IRE d upon, on the southwest sid e
Of the Plaza, by some unknown party Immedi-
arely afterward several Mexicans were seen to run
toward the chapparel back of the city; from
which 1t was inferred they Were of the bandtti
SEEKING To assasslnate some one or more persons
No damage was done, though one ball passed
through the door into the room where Col Lock
rage stood, and lodged in the casing of another
door on the opposite side of the room All had
been quiet, nor had there been evidence of dis.
turbance at any time during the evening
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u Alexander Cummings, Esq the founder Of
the Evening Bulletin newspaper in Philadelphis,
has disposed Of his interest in it. Messrs Gibson
Peacock and James s Chambers, the former part
ners OF Mr.. Cummings, remain in the firm
Messrs +. Featherston, Casper Souder, jr., Ernest
Z. Wallace and Thomas J. Williamson, each of
whom has long been employed in the office, have
also become Part proprietors.
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ID German tailor, named John Fischer
,nirty-nye years of age, unmarried. and CO.
tenant Of six-story trip Die tenement hon.e in NJ,
ofk, occupied by several families besides him
sss, set IRE to his shoe, on the fourth floor. on
NO morning, and then hung himself in his
oea-l room The fre was discovered and ex.in-
gnlsned before IL had burnt out of the room en-
wnicn u was ktndled, but Fischer was not di,.
eSsefec until his suicidal attempt had proved
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IL The Democrats Of Philade,nbI, had
tnuslastic mass meeting on Monday night to ,atifv
the nomination OF Henry d. Foster for Governo,
non; Henry NJ Phillips presided, and Messrs. n
M Kinney, Josiah Randall. and Joshua r Owsn
addressed the large assemblage The resolution.
Were reported by George Nj. Wharton, ESQ and
emphaticaliy endorse the action of the Stat Con
venion both as to the puoerna,orisI nomin.t;u,
ana the appointment Of electors and delegates to
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MoRDER AND SUIcIDE-A correspondence of
tne providence Journal, writing from w oonsock et
details Of terrible domestic tragedy:
MIS- David Davenport, residing on the ssGIobe
side, poisoned her infant Give months old1 and
men committed suicide by poisoning herself
BON mother and child died at an early hour tbi :
morning. There are various vers ons respecting
the cause Of this sad deed. Family troubles arr
al tne bottom Of it, Mrs. Davenport attempted
sincen 90 ' year
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RESOLUTION in relation to the survey Of the Po-
tomac river.
Resolved by the Board Of Aldermen and Board Of
Common Council of the Corporation of GeorgefoscH,
That Prof. A. ID. Bache be respectfully req uested
to cause the completion Of the survey Of the Poto-
mac river, from its mouth to the termination Of
soon as ii can be done compatible with the inter-
Rssolred, That the Mayor be requested to trans
nit copy of the above resolution to Prof Bache.
Approved Feb. Is, 1860
A RESOLUTION in favor Of j. w. Thompson
Brother.
Resolved by the Board of Aldermen and Board Of
Common Council of the Corporation Of Georgetotcn,
That the Mayor be, and he is hereby, requested
to issue certificate Of water stock In favor Of j.
w Thompson & Brother for the sum of four
hundred and thirty-seven dollars and ffty-six
cents, bearing interest from Sept. 1, 1859; the
to be in full for their bill for laying and fur
nishing pipe on High street.
Approved Feb. Is, 1850
AREsoLurIoN in favor Of Henry Reaver.
Resolved by the Board Of Aldermen and Board Of
Common Council of the Corporation of Georgetopn,
Tbat the sum OF seven dollars and fifty cents be,
and the same is hereby appropriated, to be paid
by the Clerk to the order of Henry Reaver for bis
services as police magistrate for the month Of JAN
uary, 1860. [Approved Feb. II, 1860.
AREsoLUrIoN in favor Of Mrs. T.. A. Tunnel.
Resolved by the Board of Aldermen and Boayd Of
Common Council Of the Corporation of Georgetoscs
That the sum of ten dollars be, and the same ID
hereby appropriated, to he paid by the Clerk to
the order of Mrs. E. A Trunnel, per bill 70,
gravel furnished on High, between Favctte and
Frederick streets. (Approved Feb. Is, 1860.
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u certificate has been received here, signe d
by the President Of the Council and Speaker Of
the House of Representatives Of jefferson Terri
tory, announcing that 6. NJ. Willing is not the
authorized delegate from that Territory but that
B. ID. Williams is their authorized delegate or
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" Fourteen negroes, supposed To te fuo. t;v.
sas es. passed through Sandusky, Ohio. one dss
IL The great strike Of the wo,I,,u
LONDON has ceased. Both sidts-journevmsn ~
smPioyefs-ciaim the victory ~"
r-R The estshlishment of IN Academy NJ
runnng Of Weinn0 has induced a great pumber
1nss % eks up their residepce IN that town
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IL The cost Of the new dome of the Capitol,
as now estimated, amounts to 1904 900, including
the bronze mammoth statue of the Genius Of Lib
erty with which ii Is to be surmountsd
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u On Monday there was a mass meeting of
the cordwainers of Philadelphia, to sympathize
with the disatected working population in the
shoe trade Of New England
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IHE fEMBERToN MILLs-The proprietors an
hounce that this Inflated establishment will be
rebuilt at once, and will manufacture the same
description of goods a. heretofore.
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=, ssa,r Boa few days ego, GOV 10 wears
msneh Pa asw nome I, from school, near Cone
oaek, when taking little red can HI: i .,ssS,
wore, he raised 1t and ran waivinp !, Us ss, ef
r 1ceo, along which train was Thea fhund e,,no e
consequences must have been fearful. W Tue
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Spirit Of the Morning Press.

The Constitution further discusses the Mexican
treaty now pending in the Senate, and upon The
resolutions of MIR. Covode offered in the House of
Representatives on Monday
Inc i"feHhseneer has its usual editorial sum-
mary Of Congressional proceedings and news
miscellany.