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The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-04-23
A MOTHER ROBBED OF HER SON.

A number Of ysan ago--twenty years at
least--an old negress named Polly West, sue.
cseded in paying her master, Mr. Griffin Of
Campbell county, Kentucky the last dollar
required to secure to her tie right and title
to her own body. She was then free wo.
men. For over sixty years she had toied in
slavery, ever sustained by the hope that she
would before her death, own herself She
then came to this city, where she was we'll
received. But it was only to contiaue her
toiipg, for she had loft behind her son, her
idol in the chains Of slavery.
Through the assistance Of friends, she soon
raised S400, with which she went to Alexan.
dri, KY, to purchase the freedom Of her son
Charles West, who was tfen between forty
and fifty years of age. He was the proper
ty Of Mr.. VIM. Satchell, Of that place. Mr..
S. agreed to sell the "boy" to his mother for
5000, Of which $40o was to be paid down,
and the balance in small payments extending
over a number Of yeas. Charles accompanied
bis mother to this city and secured employ
ment. The first money they saved was paid
over to the master, and so on until they bad
reduced ths sum to little over 500.
One day Charles went out to his work as
usual, bat never returned. He was seized
and handcutfed by two deputy U. S. Mar
shalls, taken before a Commissioner and 10
less than an hour remanded to slavery as the
escaped property Of Mr.. Sa,chOll. He was
sold South.
The mother was not told he truth for q
day or too, and then what could she do for
her kidnapped sonl Broken bearted she re
turned to her menial employment Of picking
and ~ashng rags. That was about seven
years ago.
On last Saturday she complained to some
friends that she was unwell, and calling on
one OF them at No. 33 West Front street,
between Vine and Race, asked for some tea.
She, old and decrepit, wanted nothing more.
AT late hour she retired to a couch, where
she was left by her friends. Next morning
she was dead.
There were rumors Of poison-money be-
ing the object. Following the injuuctions Of
the law, the Coroner and ajury came and
made an investigation. The above facts
came to light. 1t was also shown that the
old woman-then between 80 and 90 years
Of age-hsd some $4O0 her due, which was
to be paid over bv an agent in few days.
Who this agent is no one could tell, and it
remains with the Court to find out. The
verdict of the jury was, "death from old ago
aud exposure.
What has become Of the son of whom she
was so cruelty robbed, no ono knows, but it
is probable that if alive he il on some cotton
plan tation in the far South.
Gin. Gazette.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-04-23
THE SUPREME COURT QUESTION

Ffom sho 'iaho Napi"s h"sies
We need hardly call espscial attention to
the Presidents every way mastery exposi.
tion of the question Of the exact weight OF
the decisions Of tho United States Supreme
Court. The brevity OF the argument is not
less remarkable than its exhaustive force. No
double volumed treatise on the subject could
make the point clearer; no legal axiom was
ever laid down by Story or Kent with great
er precision and self-evident truth. Brief as
the argument is. wo doubt il any creed or
party can be hereafter formed, under any
name or circumstances, that shall dare ignore
or oppose the principles thus established
Upon the the question Of the status OF sav
cry in the Territories the President says:
"Shall fugitveS from labor be surrendered
by national or by State authoritiesl The
Constitution does not expressly say. Must
Congress protect slavery in the Territories
The Constitution does not expressly say
From questions Of this class spring oil our
constitutional controversies, and we divide
upon thom into majorities and minor ties
If the minority will not scquisce, the majority
must, or tho government must cease.
Even the ardent admirers Of the Dred
Scott decision must acknowledge the cogoncy
Of this reasoning. 1t condcnces tho whole ar
gument in nutshell. The argument is sx.
hausted and ho who would add to il must be
guilty of gross surplus,ge-of "wastefu and
ridiculous excess 1t is a fair inference, in-
deed, il the Constitution does not expressly
say it, that neither the power nor The right is
conferred upon Congress to protect or estab.
lish slavery in the Territories. But the alb
sence OF any provision on the subject leaves
the matter to be decided by the majority Of
the whole people.
Proceeding with the argument, the Presi.
dent disposes Of tho general question, and
lays down aplatform SO obviously sensible and
true that all must sooner or later stand upon
it, thus: -,
The candid citizen must confess that If the
policy Of the government upon vital ques.
tion affecting the whole people is to be irrevo.
cably fixed by the decisions of the Supreme
Court, tho instant they are made, as in ordi-
nary litigation between parties in personal ac.
tions, the people will have ceased to be their
own rulers to the extent, practically, Of re-
signing their government into the hands of
that eminent tribunal. Nor is there in this
view any assault upon the court or the judges.
1t Isl duty from which they may not shrink,
to decide cases properly brought before them.
II is no fault Of theirs il others seek to turn
their decisions to politica purposes"
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-04-23
STEAM TRANSPORTS.
The Eight Million Loan. /.
From the New York Correspondent Of the Phil.dslr
Induirer.

From the New York Correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Inquirer.
The Wall street talk to-day turns principal.
ly on the new loan. 1t is said that tho chief
partner in the firm Of Drcxel & Co., has tax.
en- tho initiatory step. 70 compel the Secre-
tary OF the Treasury to issue 4 certain amount
Of bonds on their bid. A mandamus is to be
applied for, and the legal management Of the
case has been entrusted TO a prominent law
yer (Mr. Csrlislc) Of Washington city, who
has already pocke,ed a retainer Of 2,OOo.--
Talk no more, ye croakers! about the low
credit Of Mr. Lincoln's Administration, when
the money kings thus are resorting to legal
proceeding, to force it to accept their loans
The Express money article, 10 regard to the
matter says:
Tho case Of the bidder is q hard ono. Az
ter the bids were declined at Cabinet meet.
ing, be waited on the Secretary aud urged
his claim. Upon being refused be offered TO
take g., 100000 Of convertible notes at 1-s
premium, which was declined on the ground
that no plates were ready. Not to be put
of. he offered to take 100000 for one
year and these to be exchanged for two year
notes as soou rs they could be prepared,
which was also declined. The Secretary de-
clarcs ho did not want the money The
Secretary added, that when be had a loan to
sell, he must 70 advertise. The unsuccessful
bidder finally left, resolved to take the law ol
the Secretary, which he is sure, 10 use his
own ~ords, will "briug tho bonds
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-04-23
Astounding Deveiopmcnts-6lave Stealing
and Negro Hunting.

Some weeks since, q man a stranger, came
to respectable colored woman, for fifteen
years resident 10 this city, Mrs. Johnson.-
He introduced himself by saying that he wa,
friend OF the colored race. He had learned
that Mrs. johnson had daughter in slavery
in Missouri. This started the old colorsd wo.
mans confidence only slowly, and it was not
until tho second visit that he made niue b
Roadway with bis eyrand. Finally, however
he persuaded her Of his good intention, his
experience and ability in this particular line
and she agreed with him that bs was to re
ceive from her $3.50, for services and expsn
ses in running off this daughter and her fami
ly, husband and three children. Mrs
johnson mortgaged her little home for part
Of this sum.
This family was the Harris family, and
they arrived in due time, and were closely
sheltered here. Their new found friend and
rescuer stuck closely to them, bads them keep
the house Of the mother and never be seer
out Of doors, and they followed his ins.ruc
tiona.
Meanwhile this identical man, aft er trip
to 81. Louis, came back, and was closeteC
again and again with Federal officers in thi'
city. They used a room at the Tremon
House for this purpose; and when the scheme
wSs carefully ripened, the string was pulled
the game bagyed, and the very party who
stole the slaves in Missouri and was paid one
hundred and fifty dollars by the mother o
the woman for so doing, is equally ofiiciou'
in sending them back, and SO shares in the re
ward offered by the master.
There 10 reason to believe that the scoun
drsl is one Of regularly organized gang in st
Louis and Chicago who mako business 0
running off and then returning slaves, by th
shat,ls-like process making very good thing
oft. The principal operators are ex-policc
men. and policemen high in favor at st. Louis
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-04-23

REPUTATION IN ENGLAND. -Wo hear
nothing more Of the proposed financial mission
Of Yancsy, Rost & Co., from the Montgom-
cry Coufederates TO tho money lenders Of
London and Paris. 1t is said tho secession
government has received from an anonyrou
hand, copy of the public rules of the Lon.
don Stock Exchange. One Of these pro.
yides that "no securities Of nation stained
by conf 'cation shall be quoted in tho lists. v
With President who has taken the lead in
Mississippi reputation, and cabinet commit.
ed to the wholesale theft Of tho United
STATES Government property, Confederate
States stocks will have a poor chance in the
London Exchange.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-04-23
The TARIFF-A New PoIsr.-An impol

The TARrrF-A New PoIsr.-An import.
ing house in New York has entered protest
against paying the duties upon leather levied
uuder the now tariff. The ground Of the
protest is, that the duties on tho same hind,
description, character and quality Of leather
aro net levied and collected in other ports OF
tbe United States, such as those Of Georgia,
South Carolina, Florida, DC, though the
Constitution declares "all duties, imports, and
eIcises shall be uniform throughout the Uui.
ted States" and also by tho fifth clause OF
The ninth section Of the Same article it is de.
clared that mo preference shall be given by
any regulation Of commerce " revenue to the
ports Of one State over those Of another" 1t
will give work to the constitutional lawyers
70 ge, over this objection.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-04-23
THE EMPTY CRADLE.
sr lMILr uusrIsoroS MILLER.

In the still and quiet chamber
There's an empty cradle bed,
With a print upon the pillow
OF baby's shining head.
IT'S fair and dainty cradle;
Downy, soft, the pillows whita,
But within the blankets folded
Lies no little form tonight.
Once the mother sat beside il
When the day was growing dim,
And her pleasant voice was singing,
Soft and low, a cradle hymn.
Now. there's no more need of singing.
When the evening shadows creep,
For the cradle bed is empty,
And the baby gone TO sleep.
Little head that used to nestle
In the pillows white and soft:
Little hands, whose restless fingers,
Folded there in dreams so cit;
Lips We pressed with fondest kisses,
Eyes we praised for purest ray;
Underneath the church.yard daises
They have hid you all away.
All, the empty, useless cradle
We will put it out of sight,
Lest our hearts should grieve too sorely
For the little one tonight
We will think how safe forever,
In the better fold above.
That young lamb for which we sorrow,
Resteth now in Jesus love.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-04-23
The Murder of J. Sheridan Hogan.

TORONTO, c. W., Saturday, April 0.
Ten or twelve loose characters, of both sex.
es, known as the "Brooks Bush Gang" have
been arrested on suspicion Of the murder Of
Mr.. Hogan, momber Of Parliament, who has
been missing fifteen months, and whose body
was found in the marsh last week. One wo
man has given information that he was mur.
dered by patty of two men nd womcn near
the River Donbridge, in December, 1850.
lie was murdered, then robbed, and bis bo 1y
sunk in the river with heavy stone attacked
to it. The four persons charged with the
murder arc all in custody.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-04-23

HEAVY PESALrY. Our readers are fami
liar with The circumstances 10 reference TO the
assault made by Mrs. Mary Anne Lovet'
upon Mrs. Parrott, in this city, two month.
ago, in which Mrs. Lovett injured Mrs. Par
rott by throwing quantity Of vtrol in bet
face. The case came up for final trial in the
City Court yesterday morning, and the jury
found verdict against Mrs. Lovett in the
sum Of ten thousand dollars. She was re
committed, and will 10 all probability be SEN
to the workhouse to day. Louisville Jour
nal.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-04-23

lated voice, but her ears were finely enough
corded to perceive the deep emotion that lay
beneath. "But think there is Provideace
in our meeting" he added.
They sat down and talked long together
Of times gone by, Of the causes that separated
them while their hearts beat only for each
other. of the actual present in their lives.
~ have motherless child" he said at last
la to nder little thing that lose, and to.
day find her body purple with bruises from
the cruel hand of a servant. Florence, will
you be mother to my childi You have a
noble boy who il fatherlsss, let me be to him
father. II the old love fills your heart as il
fills mine, there are golden days for us in the
future"
And so it proved. The lady and her sor
did not 90 back ~ England, but passed tc
the merchants stately residence, she becom.
ing its mistress, and he finding homo there,
and truer father than he had in former
years, called by the same name.
"Do good as you have opportunity
Only week before the lads application to
the merchant, he'd not this injunction been
urged in his hearing, by an eloquent preacher
and tho words coming to bis thought, led him
to call back the boy, after his cold, almost un'
kind repulse.
Many times afterwards he thought Of the
accident, and Of tho small event on which
such life long issue hung, almost trembling
in view Of what he might have lost, had that
slight opportunity been neglected.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-04-23

FRAGMENT OF ARABIC PoErRY.-An Ara.
bian having brought blush to maiden's
cheek by the carnestness of bis gazO, said 10
her: "My looks have planted roses in your
cheeks; why forbid me to gather them -
The law permits him who sows to reap the
harvest.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-04-23
Grand total Of gun.....................526

The vessels Of the Coast Survey, i. must
be remembered, are not war vessels, but they
are capable OF being fitted up for naval pur.
poses, and might be made useful in 4 variety
Of ways, in working in shoa water.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-04-23

SAM HoUsroS Sam Houston Of Texas,
is riddle. 1t is stated that ho has made
sn application TO CLARK, the usurping and
acting Governor, for the pardon Of a convict.
Then Of course hc recognizes Clark as Cover
cor.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-04-23
WESTERN HOTEL.
y SMITH, PROPRIETORS, GOOD LIVERY
eeted with the House.
CLARENDON HOUSE,

JoNESvILLE, MICH, J. W. CoE, PROPRIETOR. THE
above House formerly known as the sherman House,
has been placed in thorough repair and furnished
throughout. Its share Of the public is respectfully
llcited. dec25m3
Dee. Il, 1860.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-04-23

EF Mr.. Grow, I bought a yard Of nice
pork 10 day. "How can You buy pork by
the ysrdi" "Why buy ,hrsa fcst--piss
feet.'
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-04-23
TIE HOME SQUADRON,

The following is list Of tho vessels order.
ed to sea, and that can DO made available for
purposes Of war, together with the name Of
their commanders and the armament Of each
VESSELS OF WAR.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-04-23
NEW LIVERY STABLE.

TIE SUBSCRIBERS HAVING OFENEN 4 LIVERY BTA-
bio at c. Peck's old stand of the Post Oh:e
prerar 10 let Horses and Carriages Also ia car
rypssengers any point they wish reasonable terms
STRONG DOCD, Proprietors
Hi 'pdsle, Mich Dec. 10, 1850.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-04-23
Take Notice.

MO RESPECTER OF PERSON-RICH
or Poor-Learned or uucsrncd white or black, bond
rfreeeome and speak for yourselves Freemen and
you shall be provdedfor. We shall continue the
TAILORING BUSINESS
under the new firm or MCQUEEN Co.. residence on
we. Street Our old will be welcomed, and new
all times Cutting and making done to order.
EV Flour, Grain, Wood and CASH for work. at
MCQUEEN co.'s.
Hillsdale, Sept. l3. 1859. sept2om3
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-04-23

FURRS,-A LARGE ASSORTMENT,
u s-om Five, TO cne Hundred Dollar. sstt, at
FERRIS \ wILsoN5
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-04-23

Total Moreships. s......................... 5
RECAPITULArIoy.
Number Of guns Of ship, Of war........"..47l
Number f guns Of Coast Survey ieet...... so
Number Of storeships ........... .... ...... 5
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-04-23
l.. 8. WILMOT.

PRACTICAL MATCHMAKER AND JEwELLER. AZ
experience NJ Fourteen Years In Eastern cities, l.
now located in Hsdsc, at Farnam's Drug
Store-next door TO Bostwicks. All work warranted to
give entire satisfaction. Sign Of the Big Watch.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-04-23

CLEIGH SHOES
~ Cast Bobb Shoes, and also Sleigh Shoes. at
n, HAMMOND
IINGLEi JTNGJEi JIHGIEl GO THE
- Merry sleiC r n And they ean bo had In great
Or variety, and vfics than ever hc'ore, at
HAMNoND's.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-16
Secretary Cameron.

The ST.. Louis Democrat pays a compliment
to the zeal and activity of Secretary Came
ron, which seems to be deserved. His move
ments through the West, where he has Wis
tied the several military stations and COM
manders, have been incessant, making large
drafts upon his powers OF physical e1tzr-
ance.
"On Saturday he set out for the camp az
Upton, stopping at Jefferson City over
night. Sunday morning by daylight he was
up and ready to proceed. The train arrived
at Upton at halEpast eight o'clock A. NJ,
when the Secretary mounted horse and
rode with General Fremont, who is q great
horseman, to Syracuse, five miles, where
they reviewed the troops, and were some
hours in the saddle. At five P. NJ. the train
left for st. Louis, where it arrived at mid
night.
ION Monday Secretary Cameron set out
for Kentucky, to inspect the department of
the Cumberland.
"These rapid movements show the vigor
fthe man; and, though the SHOWS of sixty
winters have fallen upon his head, the coun-
try has the promise of continuance of his
usefulness for many years to come"
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-16
General Pierce mot n Private.

The report that General Pierce, of Massa-
chusetts, was private in Colonel Webster's
Regiment, turns out like three-fourtbs of
the stories in circulation, to be incorrect.
General Pierce is at home in Freetown, in
feeble health. The rumor of his enlistment
as private came from the fact that he twice
volunteered in case of alarm; and once came
lear being shot by the careless use of a
musket IN the hands of another volunteer.
General Pierce had previously been in Wash
ington asking an investigation of the Bethel
affair, and was informed that the official re-
port of the battle contained nothing against
him. all the bluster having originated in the
New York papers through the enmity of one
man toward General Butler and himself as
Massachusetts, officers.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-16
General Buckner Disnppointed.

The Louisville Journal is informed, upon
reliable authority, that General Buckner has
found himself, in his invasion of Kentucky,
deeply disappointed. "His friends in Louis
vile and throughout the State" so says the
journal, ''gave him the strongest assurances
that, if he would come to this city or even to
Bowling Green at the head of a force capable
of maintaining its position for a short time,
reinforcements would Immediately pour in
by thousands, rendering his army too power
full to be resisted. Unquestionably he came
with the full conviction that these assurances
would be verified, but he finds them all falsi-
fed. We have good reason to believe that,
at the utmost, not more than a thousand
men have joined him since his arrival in our
State, and that scarcely any are joining him
now. We learn that in late speech to sol.
diers and citizens he gave utterance to his
disappointed feelings in strong terms"
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-16
General Fremont,s Bridge.

General Fremonts preposterous bridge of
boats across the Ohio River at Paducah has,
as all who knew the condition and temper of
the stream, gone to Dixie's land, or, perhaps,
rather to Dixie's understanding been swept
away by the enormous piles of dritt-wood
accumulated during the recent freshet. Had
it been constructed as it ought to have been,
or as any intelligent American engineer
would have advised, it could have been re-
moved on the rising of the river, and re-
placed again when the water had subsided.
1t is just as veil, however. 1t was utterly
useless, and might have been worse. No eff
fort has been made to replace it, nor is it
probable that any will be made, as the unani
nous opinion of military men is against it.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-16
rnantianed CnrinsItY.

1t appears from the st. Louis Democrat
that Secretary Cameron has not permitted
the cause of his recent journey to the West,
ror the conclusions to which he has arrived,
to transpire. "There have been," says the
Democrat many speculations and no little
excitement in this city since the arrival of
Mr.. Cameron, in reference to the objects and
results Of his visit to the West but SO far as
we can learn the public curiosity has not
been gratified by any reliable information ;
and we suppose the quid nuncs must possess
their souls in patience until the return of the
Secretary to Washington, when the results of
his observation will be laid before the Cabi.
net and acted upon1