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shment Of system Of negro servitude In
nnitey more heartless and grinding than any
that has ever been charged 70 the Southern
planter. And this for tho enrichment OF the
faction who under the guse Of philanthropc objects
brought upon the country the evils OF rebellion and
seeking to plunge In the miseries Of another
But lot Nr. Moore speak for himself In his opening
chapter he takes 70 guard himself against being
mistaken for advocate Of slavery and his sarnestness
this point renders his testimony all tho more vaua
be He next proceeds TO show that slavery recog
nized institution in New England and that laws
made regulate the relations between master and ssve
also that Mr. Summers assertion In his speech Of March
2S, 1854 "that in all her annals person born
slave the soil Of Massachusetts," Is untrue He cites
case (p 23) in which negro, Cato born In Massachu
setts held slave because born Of slave parents
That the Indians sold and bartered for negroes he
establishes by equally irefutable evidence and quotes
John Eots remonstrances in the Of mercy.
In the fourth chapter he adduces large body Of tes
mony show that the discipline and regulations 10 which
the slaves subjected in New England were
stringent any enforced at tho South We have
the incongruity Of permitting lawful marriages
among them and then selling husband wife and child TO
different purchasera Mr.. Moore also establishes the
fact that the practice Of raising slaves for market
practised, and that they held personal estate
and rated with oxen swine, &C. as OF certain value II
not until the year 1883 that slaves recognized
free In New England Mr. Moore contends that Massa
chuses by her separate legislation abolished
slavery, and that in New England generally, after the
negroes declared Free they by means
treated kindly by the whites but lived in very miser
able condition Badly Off they were, there
thought OF the establishment of Freedmen's Bureau
"for their reliefn Reason why-there no field for
plumber in connection with It
Thirty YEARS OF ARMY LIFE on The BORDER.
BY Colonel X. b. Marcy, U. 8. A. Harper
Brothers.
We cordially recommend this volume of military
mnscences. II Is written In unprctcndng style and
is free from the dulness which characterizes many works
of travel Narratives of Indian and border life
abundant that the subject might almost be considered
out, yet Colonel Marcy has contrved to give life
like, original and most interesting picture Of the wild
which duty called him. The book opens with
a well written sketch OF the general manners and
Of the Indian and OF their similarity the
nomads Of the old world The author next devoee
chapter to the Comanche race and for tho FIRST time
this people represented In favorable light The
word comanche has hitherto been q synonym for
tanned barbarity It Ia pleasant 10 nnd that there is
to the picture and that generosity and magnani
nifty qualities not utterly unknown among this
wild people. After many agreeable skctches Of the
habit and peculares Of different Tribes the author gives
of exploring expedition to the sources Of
the Red river 1t 10 be regretted that map Of his
docs not accompany this chapter II ID Of the
bes the book and reminds the reader Of AskiDsons
s'Sibena" and "Down tho Amoor" There Ia both vivid
word painting which the attention, and really
valuable information This region little known that
details which embrace not only the geographical and goo
logical features Of the country, but also give slight
sketch OF Its Fauna and Flora, Invaluable and all
void long noticed by those who arc interested in such in
vesgaons We are not aware OF the existence Of any
other reliable works which supply the want The
count Of the Mesqu tree with It's peculiar gum, will
please and interest those given 70 botanical nvestga
lions n It be possible Colonel Marcy thinks for
replace tho gum arabic OF commerce. the Information
Is OF importance opening source Of wealth 70
Texas and the adjacent borders Leaving tho Red rver
nnd Colonel Marcy ncxt engaged In crossing the
Rocky Mountains In winter This terrible jour.
ney performed with troop OF forty
soldiers and twenty Ave moun'aineers, besides
guides They all volunteers. Few can
read the narrative Of their hnrishps and suerngs with
emotion. II the author dwells the praises he
earned fro his supcrors he may be paroned for the
achievement TO be proud Of II Is quito relief
TO read humorous o Maranos four suppers
after shudderng at tho narrow escape OF the whole party
from death by starvation. After this chapter, which We
may call without exaggeraion the sensational part OF
arms game routes guides, &c, which will be hailed
with pleasure by sportsmen and II tho reader wants
hearty laugh the nal chapter will furnish him food for
IT, The Of tho sturdy pioneers OF the
West depicted with a great deal Of humor and we
hope will miss the anecdoee which relates the
awful consequences resulting from The lmbibDs OF mint
uleps The bravery and rccklessnoes Of the mountain
also done full justice to- and the reader VIII
close the with regret We that will not be
the last from the amc entertaining pen.
ARxapALE. A Novel. BY wilke Collins. Harper
a Brothers.
This tale Is decidedly inferior to "The Woman in
white We protes, agaIns, prophetic dreams in
the nineteenth century vision OF this kind Ii INTRO
ducod Ia earlier part OF the occurring TO the
hero, Allan Armadaie when he visits the ship In which
his father has been murdered in company with the mur
derer's son. Midwinier The dream h fulfilled but IL
does not directly influence the catastrophe; sho8d
have done 10. The author has evidently desired TO
uphold that The Of the fathers visited
upon the Children and he consequently overwhelms
Mdwinter with misfortunes while Armadale revels
prosperity But Mdwinters father had been foully
wrongcd by the whose life he took, must pro-
test aganst Mr. Con absolute construction OF the text
The characters badly drawn. No, one viii live
in the readers memory a. does the income
parable Fosco. Old Pedgt and HIS
tolerably sketchcd, bA Miss Gulll the heroine,
Is improbability woman 70 utterly deprsvcd and
thoroughly ambitious would never commit suicide 70
free her husband rnst such should man
the instrument Of her designs and then abandon him
natural enough; but s utterly absurd 10 represent
her loving him 10 distraction the same time We
hope the author viii bestow smsi modicum Of brains
on his next hero Allan Arnadas s bu, clumsy good.
naured dolt who fails either interest sym
pathy The reader feels ths. matters not jot whether
he marries MIss hilroy or Miss Grit The utter unai
acvencss OF the characters Is the greatest fault u the
work The best rs, teedediy that between
Manuel and Miss Gwilt II 10 ankins and not over.
drawn Had Mr. Collins given lev more a. well
written should have predicted more lasting popu-
| larity for tho book.
| THE DEAs's EsGLfsH. BY J. Washington Moon,
Fellow Of the Royal Society Of Literature. Alex.
| HtTahan Co.
This little volume will be read with Infinite relish by
| philooxsis II offers a mos, amusing illustration of