The New York Herald Newspaper, October 11, 1848, Page 1

HE NEW YORK HERALD. NO. 5243. SPEECH AT ABINGTON, MASS, OCTOBER 9, 1848, 1 congratulate you, I cong! Nene, upon this bright and Jovely October morning. I hope it may be auspicious of good reeult, for that day when we shall meet in our rexpective districts, to act upom matters iu regard to which we meet here this day toconfer. If | could have foreseen that by assenting to come to this convention as a delegate from Marsh- field, Isbould bave placed myself in a condition to be called upon fora public address, 1 should havo felt obliged to decline that invitation, because it was not my purpese further, or on other occasions than had already occurred, to take part in political discussion before the le Fellow-citizens. my opinions upon ‘the great national question now depending, the eleo- tion of a President and Vice President of the United States, have been heretofore expressed by me in the hearing of some cf you. | do not propose now to dwell at ‘ony length ‘upon that generalquestion. I presented it them, and | present it to-day. as a question with two aides to it—on the one side, the election of Gen. Tay- lor; om the other, the election of Gen. Cass, as Pr dent of the United States. If there be any third part of this question, | cannot discern it. (Cheers) Gen. tlemen, it is well known from my own declaration, ‘Well as from other sources, that, on general principles, I was not advising nor recommending the nomination of General Taylor, to the whigs, as their candidate for ‘the Presidency. On the contrary, so far as is rea- sonable and just, I opposed that nomination; but I did it upon general principles, of course, not in any way indleatiog watt of repect for his services mili- tary man, or for his character and qualities as a citizen. It would be idle now, and improper, te enter into » statement of any reasons for that opinion, because the ‘time for considering the question has passed, and the whig convention. according to the usages of the party, have nominated General Taylor. He is the only whig candidate before the people, and the only whig candi- date who can receive any vote for the office of Preai- dent ; and, therefore, it becomes a question for the consideration of all those whoare attached to the whig cause, Delleving it to be the cause of tae country, whether there is any other course for them to pursue, ulate you, fellow-citi- but to acquiesce in the decision of the majority of their n, and to sustain the nomination. And, in one respect, | am sure that every member of this meeting, and every whig of Massachusetts, will agree with me, that if it be proper to support General Tay- Jor as the nominee of the whig party, it is proper to amake that support generous, manly, efficient, effectual. A hesitating, faltering. halting support would do more harm than good. Now. gentlemen, having been, as I have said, from principle, opposed to the nomination ofa military man, I am the more desirous of doing justice, complete justice to all the personal and pro- ‘fessional qualities and merits of General Taylor ; and, too, that degree of fitness which may enable him to dia je the high duties of the office for which he is propored, honorably to himself and usefully to his country, I have said, and it gives me pleasure to re- peat, that I believe him to be a man of strong and ex- cellent sense, a man of undoubted integrity, of solidi- tyand sobriety of character, and of the most honor. able and patriotic purposes and intentions. I believe him {to be a whig. capris -e—“ That is to the pur- pose.) Thank you, sir—and I think he has made as good « platferm for himself as other people, else wher we made for themselves. (Laughter )— And bere let me say that I think the objections which have sometimes been stated against Gen. Tay- lor, that,he has accepted nominations, and bas been toreceive support from quarters not whig. are entirely unroasonal Why it is known that he was nominated in various parts of the country, by political ‘parties of various sorts and descriptions, before he was nominated by the whig convention, and he had ac- cepted such nominations. Andif he has laid down, as I think be bas, aclear and manly exposition of his principles; and if upon the statement cf these princi- ples any ion of his fellow citizens are willing to support him for office, how is it possible for him to re- ‘fuse their support? Would it not be ridiculous in Gen. Taylorto say, gentlemen, | les you have no- -minated me, and tendered me your support for the ‘Presidency ; but you are democrats and locofocos, and Tama whig. Pray, withhold your support, and go and “vote for somebody else. (Laughter res it has been said that he has declared that if elected Presi- he would be the President of the country. and y; and if! did not think he would. 1, for ld not vote for him. The effice to which he is to be ted, if be is to be elected at all, is the hi Office of the President of the United States. It is tl duties of that office, of President of the United States, ‘which he will be swornto maintain and execute, ac- cording to his best abilities. Why, gentlemen, Presi- dents of the United States may be, and ordinarily are, ehosen by a party; but when they are chosen, they be- come Presidents of the United States. And what man ever degraded himself by saying, after he was chosen, ‘that he was President, not of the United States, but of the ular party which elected him? We have had sno mt since the days of Washington, who has not been chosen by a party, and a party vote. But who ever heard that John Adams, or James Madison, or the younger Adams, set themselves up, when cho- ‘won, to be President's of a party, and not ofthe United ‘States, according to the provisions of the constitution? “Why, what a figure would Gen. Tayler have made, if he bad stated the reverse of what he has stated. If the had stated, that instead of being President of the United States, he would be the President of a party, what honorable man would have supported him for | I think, therefore, that all the excep- | ‘an hour? tions whieh have been made in certain quar- veers to this declaration of General Taylor, a: 1 am happy to have ano; portunity of expressing my opinions to that effect. “GJentlemnn, there hae been reason to suppose, ands there are those who stili suppose, that Gen. Taylor, by the popularity of his name and the estimate of his | serviews, may receive support from States not whig. I hope these wishes and anticipations may be realized. Perhaps there is come prospect that, to some extent, they may be ; but still, in my opinion, our reliance should be that this gentleman, the nominee of the | can be elected by whig votes in whiz States ; and | do not think itis safe for us to caloupate upon any other ground of success. There are whigs enough in the Union, if they will unite, to choose Gen. Taylor ; there is no doubt ofthat. (Applause) More or less doubt is supposed to be entertained, in conse- quence of recent events, anc the rising of a new party, as to the result in some of these whig States. | hope that doubt is not well founded. In regard to our own State, nu man supposes that there is any doubt, that in the end Gen. Luylor will receive the vote of Massa- echusetts. There are great States, great middie States, whig party, some of them whig, New York, Onto, Pennsylvadia: | the two first named of these States are important, and Thope reliable for a whig vote inthis critioal state of pubhie affairs, Yet in these centrat States, as-else- where, there is probably some regret among some men, that other candidates, or another candidate, had not | been selested. In the central States, and especially in these whig Statee, | have the honor of knowing good and true meu in public life and in private life. ‘now their devotion to the caus» of their country, and us subservient to the bert interests of their country, their devotion to the whig cause. And if | could draw them around me to-day, as you are around me; and if] could speak to men in these central States, whigs, as] now can speak to you; i think J might venture to addres same of them in the language of long acquain- ce and established friendship. And I should say ty them, overcome your dissatiefaction ; relingaish your preferences ; forget your disappointments, and sirixe one united awd strong blow tor the maintenance ofthe whig caure, and for the good of the country. (@hgers ) Gentlemen, we bave had a tweoty years’ controversy with the great purty of our opponents, upon certain grat principles, voastitutional and practical. These principles have not changed; the opinions of our oppo- nents Lave not changed in regard to them, and | trust we have not altered our opinions in respect to them. ‘The conetruction to be given to the constitution ofthe | United States stands, perhyp’, at the head of there We hold that the constitution is to be recelwed, under- stood and administered, according to that construc: | tion which has b en received from the foundation of the government, hy Congress, by the judicatures of the country, snd by the general sense of the commu- nity—(“ And by Daniel Webster, the great expound. er”)—very poor authority, as compared with othe: They bold that every man culled to take a the government say construe the constitution for himself, be his own interpreter, and dirregard the prac- | tice of the government and the authority of the most golemp judicial decisions, in other word’, we take cur notions of constitutional interpretation from Gen. ‘Washington, snd tho practice of the government, for half s century; and they take the: of Gen. Jackron, (Laughter.) the next place, there ds that vital practical question under our system, | the tendency to increase the authority of the execu- tive power, by a more and more reckloss exercise, every year, of the power of removal from office for the gale of patronage; and by a freer use than ever of the veto power, Jodged in the hands of the Presi- men from office for party purposes is just and salu- tary; jurt in principle, Deowureritis to award the spoils oo Uae vintor; sad. salutary in practice, becausa it keeps alive the hopes and aspirations of party. They think that these frequent exercises of the veto power are all ralatary; that the President holds buts proper cheok over the legislation of Congress, and that it is fitand proper for him to exercise that power upon juestions of expediency as upon questions of constitu. tional law, and upon all questions in regard to which, in his opinion, the legislation jsunwise, And then we come, fellow citizens, to another great topic, which ot be long kept out of sight, which is close upon a however other circumstances have, for a mo- ithdrawn our attention from it, we shall meet , and I fear in no very able or satisfac tory shape. I mean the great question of proteotiag th labor of the country, and the manufactures, by pr ding for them, to a reasonable exgent,a mai tat home for the product of that labor, and the consamp- tion of those manufactures, men, this is a most. vital, us. True, the time ts not long enough to bing. but | may express a short opinion, jo it, and [ shall do it distinotly; and t In my opinion, guntie- opinion i, that without « revision of our laws re pect. ing duties in our custom house, without such a revision ag shall adopt dircriminating dnties and tier, the proxpertty of this country, t in busines, and the earnings of labor, | rt under | from the opinion | Our adversaries think that removal of the best | important subject, now di- | stored to their anoient «tate That is my opinion. (Cheers) Now | say that not one of these things will be done if Gen. Cass is elected President of the United Stater; and as any notienthat anybody but Gea Tay- lor or Gen, Cass will be elected. {s idle, whosoever among us suffere himrelf to be drawn names,ohris- Uan pames or surnames, or cog! any deseri; tion, to a new party, is but listening to“sounding brass andatinkling cymbals.’ (Applause) And, thunagain, the improvement of lakes and harbors, for the protec- tion of the lives and preperties of men; that ix another point upon which the Piesident hat now is, like those | Who have been President before, hax applied the veto wer, and defeated laws passed almost unanimously yy Congress, or rather, almost unanimously by the | public branch of the national Legislature. One other | topic. In what spirit are the foreign relations cf this country hereafter to be conducted? Are they to be conducted in a peacefal apirit ’ a spirit which seeks to de at peace, on just and honorable terms, with all the nations of the earth, andto maintain with those n: tions useful commercial relations? Or, are they tobe conducted in a spirit ofqueralourness, and readiness to quarre!—in a spirit that seeks occasion for aggrandise- ment and war-in a spirit that ylelds itself up vo notion of the ‘ manifest destiny’ of the United States, and is ready to carry the syetems established among ue, over other nations, willing or unwilling to receive them--and by toreign acquirition and conquest to seek to make otrs a great and magnificent empire? In con- nection with this part of the case, | have said formerly what I ray now, that { believe General Cass to be one of the the most dengetous man in the commu. nity to betrusted with these relations. I know no- thing in his history that shows him to be governed by « prevalent desire of an honorable peace. | do not mean toeaythat he would rush into» war in which he might net expect the eupport of the people; but I cay that the tendency ‘of his Politios, and the tendency of those who support him, especially in some parts of the country, is towards war, aggrandizyment, and the annexation of new terri And the question now is, whether we are to abandon all these. And here let me say, fellow-citizens, that among the things which I deeply regret, 16 this; that the atten- tlon of the wigs, andI will say more emphatically, the attention of the whig press, has been called too much away from the discussion of these things, to discurs matters about men. While we are disputing whether Gen.Taylor{s a whig, a matter [ think about which there is ne question; and while we are dispu- ting whether Mr. Buren is true liberty man, a matter about which [ think there is as little question— (laughter) - we leave thin great vital interest, the pro- tection of labor, just spoken of. I would invoke the ttention of all whige; whigs of the North, of the centre, and of the South, to an attempt to rally the public judgment upon this great interest. And, gentlemen, some of the favorers of tnis “ new light ” of the free seil sum, instruct us not to look MORNING EDITION-- backward. I hepe we may be permitted to look a little forward; I hope we may not be compelled to reduce ourselves'to his condition, who is described as one “ Who ne'er locks backwards; onward still he goes; Yot ne'er looks forward further than his nose” I pray you, fellow-citizens, to look forward; to con- template the condition of things, if General Cass is elected President, 1 have given you a summary of our whig doctrines aud principlos, which we have sup- ported, through good report and bad report, for twenty jears— principles with which we all, 1 hope, are deepl: imbued—principles which we all feel, or waich | feel, to be essential to the preservation of the constitution aud the ooup tr, I desire you now to look forward, and see what will happen to the country, and to those important principles and sentiments, if General Cass is elected President. 1 will tell you exactly what will happen. General Cass will say that every one of these doctrines has been repudiated, put down, and con- demned, by that very majority of the people which makes him President. Who can stand up in Congress, after such « result, and say that ihe public voice de- sires a modification of the teriff of 1846? He will aay that the public voice has made him President, to keep the tariff where it is. Who can complain of the ope- rations of the\Sub-Treasury, in which, if | understand aright, in this\Way of scarcity of money, many millions are locked up\from the commercial and business world? He wilisay that this Sub- Treasury wasin full existence and ration in November, 1348, when a mojority of the people, knowing that he was for it, and knowing that our candidate was against it, sup: ported him, and chose him President of the United States. And £0 of everythin, this will be fair argument. kr te, altogether en unfair x else. I do not say that now it is, in some ree argumeat—but it isa fe argument ; it will answer his purpose, and he nd upon it. ‘You may depend upon it that wil be his course. So much, gentlemen, for the general question, respecting the election of a President of the United States. But recent events have raised another [yecdoet which has come to affect very matsrially the lomestic government of the State of Massachusetts. A party bas arisen and hes bsen organired in this State, which calls itself the free soil party. 1 think there isa good joke by Swift, or some writer of his time, who wished to ridicule some one who was making no very tasteful use of the “ natale solum’ “Dulce et natale solum— Good words; 1 wonder where he stole 'em.” Now, | will not say these words, ‘free soil party,” are stolen from any where; but the sentiment is possessed by @ sort of petty larceny. Gentlemen who join this free soil party in the State of Massachusetts, pretend that they are better lovers of liberty, warmer and more coneistent opponents of the slave power than those they leave behind them, I do not admit this. Ido not think they can prove it. I think we are just as good snti-slavery men and free soil men.as they sre, althou.h we do not set ourselves up, by way of eminence and pre-eminence, above our neighbors. Now, first, what is the history of thisf ee soil party? Some years aco, indeed before Mr. Van Buren’s election to the Presidency, or about that time, there was known to be a schism to some extent in the great democratic or locofoco party of New York ‘This schism increased by degrees; and for many years Mr. Van Buren acknowledged to be the general head of the party, and was supported by both branches ofthis Fehism. “In proce: time, it grew wider and wider, until Gov, Wright was a candidate for asecond | re-election to the office of Governor, when some of the party, ‘denominated the old hunkers, either grew cold | in his support, or abstained from giving him any sup- | pert; wnd by this time the other braneh of the party bad adopted the name of baraburvers, This schism “ent on until it came to an actual outbreak a year and | hostility, between the two branches of the | this party. now called the barnburdf饮 branch of the great democratic partyof New York, long | beforeany question arose about the Wilmot proviso, | orjany opposition in that party to the progress of slavery. or the extension of slave territory. And up to vhe time of the annexation of Texas, every mem- | ber of both branches ot the partyin NewYork, went | straight forward and right ahead in supporting the annexation of Texas, siavery and all, But, by this time, thé efforts pf the whigs along had =aiged a strong | a haifor two years ago an actual caters S state of Bi sentiment in th§ North against farther annexation | of slave territory. I say the whigs alone, for nobody | Belonging tothe bther party, North orSouth, Kast or | West, stirred a fipger in that cause;-or, if there were apy, they were s¢ few as not to be discernible in the mart, until the pwhigs of New Exglind, Olio, and | other middle States, Rad accomplished a great excite- ment, a newfeeling in, the publig mind; and then | this portion of the democracy of pew York, now de- | nominated the barnburning paftyyseizod upon this ement, thus broaght about by whig state of ex, v4 | effor', a tacted this principle to their creed, n | give thei pre-cullgance over their rivals is | the bistor¥¢f the Buffalo Convention. In its origin, | it had no more té da,with free principles than it had to do with. the fnstitution, or the anti masonie feeling in the nity, It was a mere | contest for power and predo ae in the party in | New York. And now, having engrmthd this very just rentiment upon their old creed, and holding fast to all the rest of theit “ Thirty nine articles,” they expect that the whiga of Massachusetts will takc service un. der them ; that they will engage, and enlist. | had almost said to be subsidized, to maintain the pre- dominance of one branch of the democrntie party of | New York over the other. For one, I propose to do no such thing. [ do not like the service. I have said, gentlemen, that in this Buifalo platform, this collect of the new school, there is nothing new— nothing has been pointed outas new. There is noth- ing in it that all the whigs of the middle and Northern States may not adopt, Gentlemen, the people of Mas- sachuretts have lately had the pleasure of reading @ communication from one of their oldest and most dis- | tinguiehed, and best regarded fellow. citizens ;—I mean the Hon. Harrison Gray Otis; a gentleman far in the decline of life; I think he completed yesterday, his eighty-third year. Ilis sum casts the long slindows far and far into the east, but it fs itself brignt anipiacid, | and grateful. He bas written with the vigor ef youth | andthe wisdom of age, I ree that some of thos who undertake to instruct the public mind on the great questions of public pelicy, think it courteous and digni- | fled to cull this letter a “humbug.” if it is #0, then humbug signifies uncommon power of composition, | great political wisdom, chastened by long exporience, | the enunciation of sound and solemn public political truths, and great practical wiedom in their application Jwish we could see more of such huinbug as that. (Ap- plaure.) Mr, Otis, gentlemen, if he were not as he is, man that has filled a large space in the eyes of his coun- | try, that basrun a Jong and useful career in public ser- | vice, and that has discharged his every duty to the ac- ceptance ofthose who have employed him in the stations of public trust; ifall these were not, as they are, his mor- its, he bears a name that should entitle lim to respect, | Ho is of the family of that Otis, that distinguished son of this old colony, James Otis’ the very man that, by | the testimony of Johm Adams, put the ball ot the Revo- lution in motion. (Applause,) When from such an | vanced period of life, he speaks to the people of Mas. tachusetts, | am sure that » majority of them, whatever others may do or say, will hear him with great respect, | | wish his lotter may be read by every voter in the State, | After reading this letter I referred to Mr. Otis's speech | in the Senate ot the United States, delivered In Janu- | ary, 1820, 3 ora phrase, as good an anti-slavery platform as thi which has been constructed by the architects of the Buffelo Convention. Now, gentlemen, it is proposed | by some whigs to join with others, ani to oarry this into the State election, and to attempt, by Tie rerctasionice the government of Massa- 4 do they do this) They profess to no- minate a-President of the United States, because they are dissatisfied with the nominations already madv. Some of them do not like General Cass, and others do Jemeral Taylor Very well; might thay not the of yivania, and other nd limited their opposition to these national candidates? Was it necessary for them, was it for any just puipise, to carry that opposition 40 far ax to attempt to disorganize and revolntioaiz» the Sta of Massachuretts not many—but Now we see some whiga—I thi jae theme, witly ap maneh ariel 00 surprise, who have acted with us all along for beni who have been friends of Governor Briggs and Lieut, Governor Keed, and have supported them cordially for years, but who now join au association, one pro feared object of which is to defeat their ré-election and bring in new men. And pray what have Gov. Brigza and Lieut Gov. Reed done since last year? Nothing. What did they ever do in their lives that any of these gentlemen complain of? Nota single thing Not » single vote, sentiment, or word, so far as | have ob- ferved, has ever been awarded by Cov. Briggs or Lieut, Gov. Heed, on this question of slavery. whiah any of these disciples of the free soll school flad fault with. What then is to be paid in euch acase? Why it ap pears to we, gentlemen, to be a very extraordinary redicament in which they have placed themetves, ‘hey will judge for themselves; but so it seems to mo. Here are men who haye not only constantly support- ed Gov. Briggs, but have reocived office at his hands, —nay, have sat with him, side by side, in couneil, yee ‘after year, advising and concurring. ao tar as i now, in all his recommendations, Now when men under there circumstances come out to oppose him. [ think they may be called upon. fairly, to give auch a reason for their conduct as shall aatiafy the just and intelligent of the community. What ave these rea- fone which they give? Why, the only reasen is— We have found it necessary to withdraw oar eupport from the person nominated for the Presidency by the whig party ; and we have thought it expediext to set up Mr. Van Buren for President ; and Mr Briggs will not go for him; and Mr Reed will not go forhim! And who ever thought they would? (Cheors.) Bo- cause Gov. Briggs and Lieut. Gov. Reed will not join in this attempt to make Mr. Van Buren President, these men join an association, one of the professed and avowed objects of which is to defeat, a8 far as th+y oan, ry whig nomination in the State of Mas:achusetts, j man’s conscience ; I leave that to nly, I, for one, sliall not envy the feelings of there gentlemen, when they find at the close of the ensuing election, that they have done all in their power against their oldost and best friends, without accomplithiog the least thing which they desired themselves. They talk of putting down in this Commonwealth, the “minions of slavery.”” Pray, who are the minions ot slavory? Is Governor Briggs one of them? Is John Reed, a native of this county, known in it as well as any other man, an: known all over the State as well as any other man. is he the minion of slave power? My friend who sits by me here, whom | have been proud to onll my friend in public and private life for thirty years, William Bay- ies, nominated for elector in this district, is he one of the minions of slavery that these free soil men talk about’? [‘No, nor a Van Buren whigeither.”] Far from it. The whigs of the ninth district have nomi- nated a gentleman to represent themin Congress. [ have pot the pleaeure of his acquaintance ; but I un- derstand that he is a very respectable man, good whig, and as much opposed to the extension of slavery as any man in the Commonwealth,--1 mean Mr Fowler, of Fall River,—and he is another “minion of the slave power,” whose election they wili defeat if they can. If he should be returned to Congrers, he will, in ail probability, upen every question touching slavery, give just such a vote as they would desire bim to give. On every other question, he will give a whig vote, and for that reason these whigs who Joined the free soil Party will defeat him if they can. That is the troth of it. In that district, a gentleman whom I hav: not the honor to knot ery respectable man, I dare say, Mr. Morton, always a member of the locofoco party, a young man in that party and devoted to ite principles, out andout, has been nominated by a free soil convention for a seat in Congress; and these whige who have joined the free soil party will vote for him; mind that; they will vote for him. I think the occasion is extraordinary 1 think the minds of men are taking, in this respect, a strange bias. It looke to me as if reason hardly held her control over their minds and over their passions, Gentlemen, it is well known that there is nothing in this Buffalo platform, which, in general, does not meet the approbation, and the entire approbation, of all the whigs of the middle and Northern States. Suppose now that all of us who are whigs shouid go and join the free soll party, what would be the result? Why, so far, nothing would hap- pen but that the whig party would have changed its name. That would be all. Instead of being the whig pent it. would be the free soil party. We should be all thore, exactly upon the same principles upon which we have already stood; but then they propose to go farther, and do that which I agree would bea great change, that is: to put Mr. Van Buren at the head of the whig party. (Laughter and applause) Gentle. men, children at school, you know. often amuse themselves in drawing fantastical images, putting the heads of some animale upon the bodies of others, and thus preducing resemblances of all monstrous and prodigious things. Now, I think if one of these jave: nile limners bed a fancy to ty his hand at political earicature, and should draw the whig party, and put Mr. Van Buren’s head upon it—or him at its head, rather—he would make an image that would create more laughter than the celebrated Gerrymander. (Laughter.) Gentlemen, it {s not to be disguised that we are in acrisis. Whether we look to the state of affairs in the nation, or whether we look to these newly rising questions, and newly rising parties among us, thoy present a case, I think, calling upon the whigs to do their duty. I am not distrustfal of the result. 1 am not distrustful of the result, if | can be assured that there will be a union and energy among those who wish to maintain the ascendancy of the present ttrength of our whig party in the country. Gentle. men, Massachusetts is not apt to be daunted at the prospect of opposition. That is not the character of the whigs of this State. They have made their most successtul efforts under circumstances of great discou- ragement. I have no doubt they will make successful efforts on this occasion. Fellow-citizens of Plymouth county, now, and here, I terminate what I have to say in publie, on the political questions now be- fore the country. I deeply regret that any thing should occur to weaken the strength of the party or cloud its prospects; for I sincerely believe that its success is intimately blended with the preserva- tion of the constitution and the great interests ef the country. Gentlemen, the whig party may encounter misfortunes; it may commit mistakes; but, for one, I shall follow its tortunes; because I am more willing to trust myself, and trust the country, upon whig prin- ciples and whig poliey, than upon those of ther political party or agsociation. (Great applause ) elieve that these principles and that policy have come down to us from the days of Washington. I see that this whig party stretches from the North to the South, from the East to the West, comprising mach of num- bers, much of intelligence and virtue, much of disin- terested patriotism, In a country like ours, it is not an easy thing to form a party that shall not be local, but that chall be sound and constitutional, and that shall spread over all the country, possessing in very State more or less weight, influence, power, and numbers. Tlook to the preservation of that party; I look to it as & great security, even if it prove to be a minority. The whigs. if united and strong, and patriotic, and perse- vering, though they may be a minority for twenty years, are capable of rendering the country great ser- vice, For one, therefore, I am for supporting, de- cidedly, and with alacrity, the nomination, which, under all the circumstances, the whig convention has seen fit to make, looking to its influences as the only means of escape from great and threatening dangers (Great applause.) ee. XAS.—By the arrival at Palmetto, Captain Smith, trom Galveston the 23th ultimo, we have intelligence thence to date of de- parture :— decimated Mier prisoners, the massacred volunteers of Captain Dawson's company, and other martyrs of the cause of liberty in Te: the 18th ultimo, Between two and three thousand people were present. The .drgus, published at Bonham, Fannin county, states that the rettlement of French communists, at the Cross Timbers, in this State, has suffered a good deal from sickness the past summor—the disease being fever and ague. which they term fievre tremblant, and of which they have much horror.” Many of the settlers have withdrawn from the colony and gone to New Orleans. In every part of Western Texas the spirit of im- provement is rife. Towns, villages, farme, buildings, roads, wharves, ferries, hotels, stores, schools, churches —everything that marks the progress ot a people—are feen springing into existence with great rap'dity.— Victoria Advocate. Colonel P, I, Bell, of the frontter regiment, arvived in town on Sunday, direct from Torrey’s trading house. He informs us that Major Neighbors, Indian agent, and himself, agreeably to previous eompromise, met the Caddo chief, Jose Maril, at that placo, and held a “talk” relative to the killing of one of bis tribe, rome months since. by some of the Ranger the northern frontier, which at the time had gre exasperated the old chief and bis tribe. * tath’ The resulted, after considerable difficulty, in th pacification of the Indians,—-.dustin Dem. We learn that the Chihvahua aurveyin under John (, Huyy, lef Saa Antonio oa the iust. ‘This company comprised seventy. tive mon, well mounted and equipped, and in fine spirits, — hid. Incipent av Maprin.—The Madrid corresp n- dent of the London Nerrs relates an occurrence of rather a ludicrous character which occurred there lately, Mr, Saunders, American Minister, was abont to visit Seville, to be present at the accouchtaent of the Duchess of Monpensier, and had engaged a passage for himself and his interpreter in the diligence for that place. When he arrived at the station, however, he found that the place of his companion was ocoapied by an agent of government, who would not budge. As the Minister's limited knowledge of the Spanish lan- guage rendered the company of his interpreter abao- lutely necessary, the expedition was given up. The government upon hearing of the occurrence, apolo- gined, and offered to place a post-chaise at the Minis. ter’s disposal, but the offor was declined, Avotner Disarrraranc.: Miss MeDonnald, a young girl, aged 16 years, came to this city about wo weeks , in company with her brother and his wife, from nada he girl was sent by hor sister in-law to one of our jeweiry shops early yesterday morning, om an errand, since which time she has not been heard of. Her friends are much alarmed at her absence, and although diligent eearch was made durin, the whole day yesterday, nothing could be avcertaine. in relation to her up to @ lave hour.— Roch do, ew Orleans of the | ‘The ceremony of re-interring the remains of the | s, took place at Lagrange, on | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1848. GRAND ABOLITION MOVEMENT. merely dependent upon as ts back hw bwte. baw make them. A mania only in s small degre depend | ent upon us, when be only needs his boota blasked. or TWO CENTS. “were Beard there late at night. The jury found a verdict of guilty, The Court have not yet parsed sentence In the case. ) neighborhood, his carpet bag carried; as a 4 less pride and a Srrciat Sxssions. Oct, 10.—The Reoorder presidi: Manifesto of the Black Convention , ttle more, industry oo his oort. may enable histo aided by magistrates Aldermen Libby and Fitrgerald”” fe * | dispense with our services en''r ly. As wie men. it | Edward Lnhey being called by the clerk, « large, HELD IN ONTO. becomes us to look forward ‘yr of things which slovenly, slobbering boy esme up, and pleaded not - ° | Sppears inevitable Tho tims « |} come, when those guilty to a charge of stealing @ box of segara, worth $3, ——_— menial employments will affor! lea means of living from Mark Robinson, ‘The charge was clearly proven, To 1ux Coronen Provte or rie Usiren States:- than they now do. What shail « arte class of our fol. | ana the Court were conferring upon the amount of Fetuow Covxtaymes :—Under a solemn sense of | low countrymen do, when whit» «en find iteoonomical punishment necessary tosatinfy outraged jnatio co duty, in-pired by our relation to you as fellow aut. | £0 black their own boots, and shnvethembelves? What | the prisoner all at ouce. vethinking hiesnele often ferers under the multiplied and grievous wrongs to | Will they do when white men journ fo wait on them | succesful dodge, set up a sort of a ory, something which we a9 a people are waty rasily subjected—wo, a | Selves? We warn you, brethivu, to sek other and between the howl of hound aod the bellow of a year: portion 6f your brethren assembled in National Con- | ore enduring vocations ee ling eaif. His penitence, thus audible and apparent, vention, at Cleveland. Ohio, take the liberty to address Let us entreat you to biagh or at ry Ably i byte ; bad the desired effect, and the amiable youth got of you'@n tho subject of our mutual improvement and | Culture Go to farming. Be t "the soil "| with a sentence of twenty days in the city prison lett aivvatea) 4 | thie point we could say mueb. but the time and apron | F John Thompson was next invited to mopeee et the The eondition of our variety of the humen family | Will Bot permit, Our cities are overran with menial | the bar. Johu was never known to refuse itwlte has long been cheeriess, if not hopeless, fa this coum, | borers, while the country is eloqontly pleading for tion to * come up to the bar.” and he accordingly made try. places, in church and state, that it is impossible for colored men to rise from igaora ce and debasemont, to intelligence and respectability in this country, has made a deep impression upon tho public mind gene- rally,and is not wishout its effect upon us, Under this gloomy doctrine, many of us have sunk under the pall of despondency, lieve ourselves, and have no heart to is from this derpond that wo would deliver you. from this slumber.we would rouse you The present in a period of activity and hope, The heavens above us are bright, and muoh of the darkness that over- shadowed us bat passed away. We can deal in the language of brilliant encouragement, and speak of success with certainty. That our condition has been gradually improving is evident to all, and that we ball t stand on a common platform with our tellow- countrymen, in respect to political and sooial rights, is certain, The apirit of the age—the voice of inspi- ration—the deep longings of the human soul—the con- flict of right and wrong—the upward tendency of the oppressed throughout the world, abound with evidence complete and ample, of the fini triumph of right and wrong, of freedom over elsvery, and equality over caste.’ To doubt this isto forget the past, and blind our eyes to the present, as well as to deny and oppos the great 1 w of progress, written out by the hand ¢ God on the human geul. Great changes for the better have taken placejand are still taking place. The last ten yeurs have witavs eda mighty change in the estimate in which we as eople are regarded, both in this and other 1 England has given liberty to nearly oue million, and France has emancipated three hundred thousand of our brethren, and our own country shakes with the agitation of our rights. Ten oF twelve years ago, an educated colored man was regarded aga curiosity, and the thought of » colored man as an author, editor, law- 7% of doctor, had soaroe beew conceived. Such, thank eaven, is no longer the case. There are now those among us, whom we are not ashamed to regard as gen- tlemen and echolars, and who are acknowledged to be such by many ef the most learned and respectable in |. Mountains of prejudice have been removed, and truth and light are dispelling the error and dark- ness of ages. The time was when we tremolod in the presence of a white man, and dared not assert, or even ask for our rights, but would be guided, directed, and governed, in any way we were demanded, without ever stopping to inquire whether wo were right or wrong’ We were not only slaves, but our ignorance made us willing slaves. Many of us uttered complaints the faithful abolitionists, for the broad ass our rights; thought they went too far, and wey only making our condition worse. This sentiment ha: nearly ceased to reign in the dark abodes of our heartr; we begin to see our wrongs as clearly, and comprehand our rights as fully, and as well as our white country- men. This is a sign of progress ; and evidence which cannot be gainsayed. It would be easy to present in thisconnection a glowing comparison of cur past with our presentecondition, showing that while the former was dark and dreary, the present is full of light and hope. It would be ‘easy to draw a Ploture of our presedt achievements, and erect upon it # glorious fu- ture. But, fellow countrymen, it is not so much our pur- pose to cheer you by the progress we have already made, as it is to stimulate you to still higher attain- ments. We have done much, but there is much more tobedone. While we have undoubtedly great cause to thank God, and take courage for the hopeful changes which have taken place in our condition, wo are not without cause to mourn over the sad condition which #e yet occupy. We are yet the most oppressed people fin the world. In the Southern States of this Union, we are held as slaves. Allover that wide region our paths are marked with blood. Our backs are yet ecarred by the lash, and our souls are yet dark under tho pall of slavery. Our sisters are sold for the pu pores of pollution, and our brethren are sold in the market, with beasts of burden. Shut up in the prison house of bondage—denied ali ri deprived of all privileges, we are blotted fromthe of human existence, and placed beyond the limitgor human regard. Death, moral death, has palsied, souls in that quarter, and we are » murdered In the Northern States we are not slaves to individu- not personal slaves, yet in many respects we are the slaves of the community. We are, enough removed from the actual .cofidition of slave, to make us largely responsible for their continued enslavement, or their speedy deliverance from chains. For in the proportion which we shall rise in the scale of human improvement, in that pro- portion do we augment the probabilities of a speedy emancipation pf our enslaved fellow coun- trymen. It is more n ® mere figure of speech are one people—one in general complexion, one in a common d dation, one in popular estimation. one rises, all must rise, and as one falls all must fal Having now’ our feet on the rock of freedom, we mu: drag our yn from. slimy depths of ery, fetes ees L Kaihy O06 Of us should be ashe: ed to consider hii ile his brother iss slave. The wrongs @ our. bretien should be our constant theme. There should time too precious, no call- ing too holy, oe sacred, to make room for this cause feel it to be the cause of humanity, work for men elf to this c1 ful means of » ne ausé of Christianity, and fit ately, WG ask you to devote your- yasrenedoSthe first, and most success- rovement. In the careful study ofit, you will jouc-own rights, and comprehend your own ro:poMeibilities, andj scan through the vista of coming time gour high and God-appointed destiny. Many of the brightest and best of our number, hava become euch by their devotion to this cause, and tho society of white abolitionists. ‘The latter have been willing to make ghemselves of no reputation for our sake, and, in return, let us show ourselves worthy of their zeal and deyotion. Attend anti-slavery mect- ings, show that yoware interested in the subject, that jou hate slavery, ad love those who are laboring for its overthrow. with white abolition societies wherever you can, @md where you cannot, get up s0- cieties among yoursélves, but without exclusivencs: It will be «long time before we gain all our rights: an although it may scem,fo conflict with our views of ha- man brotherhood, Wegshall undoubtedly for many years be compelled to Mave institutions of a complos. | ional character, in order to attain this very id | human brotherhood. We would, however, advi brethren to occupy memberships and stations among white persons, and in white institutions, just so fast ai | ourrights are secured fo us. | Never refuse to act With a Whits society or institu. | tion because it is white, ora biuck one, because itis | . By so acting, we shall find many eppo: for removing projudices and etablishing che rights of allmen. We say avail ongselves ot white institutions not because they are whity but becanse they afford « more convenient means of improvement Bat we pass from these suggestions, to others which may be deemed more important, Inthe Convention that now addresses | you, therehas been mnch said upon the subject of labor, and especialiy those departments of it with which we asa class have been long identified, You will see by | the resolutions there adopted on that subject, that | the Convention rogarded thore employments though | right im themselvos, ag being nevertheless, degrading | to us a8 @ class, and therefore, counsel you to abandon | them as speedily as possi to week what | are called the more resp employments. — While the Convention do not inculcate thy doctrine | that any kind of needful toil isin itsolf dishonorable, or that colored ron are to be exempt from what | are called menial employments, they do moan to say | that such employments have been so long and uni- versally filled by colored men. as to bei badge of degradation conviction that colored men are only fit for suche ployments: therefore, you to cease from such employments, as fai | by presring into others. niccbanieal trade; press them into tt shop, the machine’ shop, the jotncr's shop, the wri, ht's shop, the cooper's shop, aud the taiiv.’s shop. semith arm, is @ powerful blow In support of our cause stances. an elevater of his race Dieck men isa rtrong tower a ofyprejudice, It is imporsible for us t much importance to this aspect of th» attaon ject. ‘Ur “ ingly; and_of all nen in the world who nocd teates, are ihe most needy. Un condition(cf respectability. degrad Nf we must become we upon them. toe plain to need an fe geen live im are built by white men—the clothes we wear ere made by white tailors—the hats on our heads are made by white hatters, and the shoos on our feet are made by white shoomakers, ant tl food that we eat is raised and oulti d by white men. Now, it is impossible that we should eve: bed pee atest as @ people, while we are so univ: and completely dependent upon white men for the ne- cesearies of life. We must make white persons as dependent upon us, as we are upon them. This can- not be done while we are found only in two or threo kinds of empleyments, and those employments have their foundation chiefly, if not entirely, in the prido and indolence of the white people. Sterner necessities will bring higher respect. The fact dependent upon us to shave him, ‘The dvctrine perseveringly proclaimed in bigh | to say, that we are as a people, chained together. We | me & in thatit has established the by all means practicable, Try to get your sons into wheel. Every blow of the sedge hacamer, wielded by a sable Every colored mechanic is, by virtue of circum. Hvery house built by inst the allied hoses we and this, that independenco is an essential To be dependent, is t> be Men may indeed pity us, but they cannot We do not mean that we can become en- lirely independent of all men; that would bo absurd and impossible, in the social state; but we mean that equally independent with cther members of the community; that other members of the community shali be a& dependent upon wa, as That such is not now the case is The houses we the band of industry to till her # il and renp the re. | Ward of honest labor. | flvery, and the gaities which have rendered us pro bial, and rave your money. Not for the eeusale purpose rf being better off than your neighbor. but that you may be able to educate your children, and | render your share to the common stock of prosperity | and happivess around you [t is plain that the othereean do for us We should, therefore, press into all the trades, professions, and callings, into which honorable white press, ‘We would, in this connection, direct your attention tothe means by which we have been opprossed and degraded. Chief among those tieans, we may men- tion the press. Thia engine has brought to the aid of rejudice a thousand stings Wit, ridicule. false phi- hy, and ai Dinckgwardis , come through this channel into the public mind ; constantly feeding and | against us the bitterest hate. The pulpit too, has | been arrayed against us. Men with sanctimonious racer, have telked of our being descendants of Ham— that we are under a curse. and to try to impreve our | condition, is virtually to counteract the purpores of God! It is easy to see that the means whith have been ured to destroy us, must be used to save us, ‘The ress ust be ueed in our behalf: aye! we must use Foureetves; we tnust take, and read: newspapers; we must read books, improve our minds, and put to silence and to shame our opposers Dear brethren, we have extended these remarks be- yond the length which we had allotted to ourselves, and must now close, though we have but hinted at the subject. ‘Trusting that our words may fall like good seed upon good ground, and hoping that we may all be found in the path of improvement and progress. We are your friends and servants, (Signed by the Committee, in behalf of the Convention) FREDERICK DOUGLAS, fi W.L. DAY. D. H. JENKINS, ACH. FRANCIS. Law Intelligence. Count ov Oren anv Trrminea, Oot, 10. Justice Strong Aldermen Stevens and Crolius.—Mur- : trial of Andrew Gilhooly, for the mur- nthony Sheridan was put off to Tharsday morning. The court then adjourned. Surreme Court—Special Term, Oct. 10.—Hamden Greene vs. Catharine Greene.—In this cause an ap- plication for decree for a divorce was made, founded ons master’s report. His honor said that in looking over the papers, it did not appear to him that the evi. dence was suflicient to warrant him in granting a de- cree. he parties were married fifteen years ago, and shortly after they separated—the wife removed with her family to the State of Illinois, where the alleged ‘act of adultery was committed, the proof of which wi made by the brother of one of the parties; two mate- rial fects in the testimony were omitted, namely, at what time the act of adultery was committed, because if committed more than six rs ago, the statute of limitation would run against and no divorce could be granted; the other fact was, as to whether the com- plainant was in this State atthe time of the alleged adultery or not; both these facts should be fully proved before a decree could be granted. The caso was then rent beck to the master to take testimony on those two points. J. Anthis ve, Lowisa M. R. Anthis.—This was divorce case. lt appeared the parties were only two years, and that the defendant.was a minor ; that the.fact of adultery was proved by B pose who was himeelf edually guilty as the defendant. Thix evidence, although admissible, should be roceived with cautio: nd it appeared, from an attentive pe- ragal of the papers, that there was reason for believing that the parties had entered into collusion for the purpose of obtaining a divorce, Under these circum- stances, he felt bound to send the case back to the Master, to take farthertestimony. ‘After the foregoing decisions were given, his honor remarked that unqualified persons were in the habit of making motions in the Supreme Court, In future, he wished it distinetly understood, that any person other than a counsel of the court, or s party in & cause making such applications, would be considered uilty of a contempt, and would be dealt with aocord- ingly. he vir Count, Oct. 10.—Before Judge Strong.— Julian vs. Westervelt. — This, which is @ replevin suit, and was commenced on Saturday, was resumed, and was not finished when the court adjourned. Surraiox Court, Oct. 10.—Before Judge Vander- ol, — Hoyt vs, Lynch.—This cause was given to the jury about three o'clock, and a verdict was rendered noon after for the plaintig, for the amount claimed, after which the court adjourned. Before Judge Sandford.— Wm. IH. Barnes vs, Norman White, and others.—This was an action in debt, aris- ing on a building contract, to recover $3,204. In the year 1838, the defendants entered into a written con- tract with the plaintiff, that the latter should do the carpenter work of three houses which they wers ere ing in Eighth street, the work to be the same, oron the same plan of a house in Amity street, and to be completed by the first of April, 1834; the contract con- tained a proviso, that if the defendants deemed it ad- visable make it different from the pattern house, they should have the privilege of doing so, by giving the piniptitf timely notice of their intention; andif such altéra- tions incurred additional expense, the plaintiff should be paid foreame at a fair valuation; and that, should any difficulty arise as to the valuation of the altera- tions, it should be referred to two disinterested pet- sons, one to be chosen by each party, who, together, should choo: third, and that the decision of jority should be binding on all parti ‘Avgust, 1833, the defendants determined to alter the lan of the houses, aud asecond agreement was entered ntoand executed, and an additional expense of $3:204, incurred. In October following, a difficulty arose be- tween the parties out of these alterations, whereupon a deed of submission was entered into Letween them, | and the whole matter referred to the decision of three | referrees, who were to make their award in writing, and deliver it to the parties on or before the Ist of No- vember following; the time for making the award-was afterwards extended to the 10th December; the re- | ferrees, however, made their report and delivered it on the 27th November. by which they awarded to the plaintiffs $3,204, (the sum now in dispute) and in ad- dition awarded to him certain window blinds, which they directed he should take away. Upon this award | the suit was brought. After the plaintiff had got through with his case, the defendants’ counsel moved fora non-suit, on the ground that the referees had not confined themselves to the terms of the deed of submission; that instrument giving them suthority only to value the alterations, and to award the same to the plaintit, # they awarded him certain window blinds in addition, which wasfnot within the scope of their authority. After hearing counsel on doth sides, the court made the following order:—Plain- | tiff to be non-suited, without prejudice to his procees the non-snit, and with leave to apply fora reference, if the pon-suit, on argument, be beld to have been Gries or Gexenat Sessrons, Oct. 10,.—Before the Recorder and Aldermen Deforest and Hattield.—0b- taining Money by False Pretences ~Defrauding Ewi- rants —Isaiuh Selover was this morning put upon fis defence, charged with defrauding Kirwin, an emi- grant paseenger, out of $13, by selling him what pur- ported to be a passage ticket for himself and wif from this city to Milwaukie, Wisconsin. The tra: action took place last season, and, it will probably be remembered, created rome little stir in the police at the time. The injured party, Kirwin, lives im the far wert, ond bis evidence was taken in accordance with a commission granted for that purpose, It sets forth Unat he paid to the defendant $15 tora passage tioket, which was to be good to him for a passage through, from this city Muwaelasie. Ile received, im connec- mbout New >to Albany ) , the gertificate, sof the st were to begiven to the efile Jersey (on which boat t ‘After leaving the steambo eo through luggage Up the river, 9279; and om apyiie the agent to whom the comp! his certificate, at Albany, he was told that he must pay $8 before he eould proceed on his journey on the strength of the ticket obtained from Selover, aad on the back of which ticket now appeared the “ [ae on this ticket eight dollars,” ov words to that eifvct. ‘Thefconsequence was, that Mr, Kirwin, fladivg him- selt thus swindied, applied to the agent of the Com- missioners of Emigration at Albany, and the proper steps were taken to brirg the matter before & les tribunal. Kirwin states distinctly, that when he aid the $13.25 he was giver to understand by Selover, that this was in full for his passage to Milwaukie, ‘These facts, materially, were proven to the ratisfaction of the jury, who, after hearing = evi. dence pro and con, retired on oharg from thi peace. der; and after a brief absence, returned a verdict of uilty against the prisoner, The District Attorney then’ moved for ‘Julgment against the prisoner, but the counsel for the prisoner prayed a stay of judginent on the ground of some informality in the indictment, The matter will be the subject of argument on Satur- t. da ; arderly House.—Patrick Gleason was put on trial, charged with keeping disorderly house at No. 317 » It ven by several witnesses, that dorly persons; and that noises, whioh disturbed the EER ne LL ET Tn nen Cn anne ne We beg and entreat you to | save your money—live economically—dispense with equality which we aim to accomplish. can only be | achieved by us, when we oando for others just what | impure theology, with a flood of low | coping alive | change the plan of the work, that is. if | ing upon the common counts, after moving to set aside | tion with this certifleate, two steamboat tickets, which it was represented, would be all the complainant would need On arriving inant was to present - | his appearance, a #lerk-comed genius. with a low fo | head, thin lips, and a sharp nose, bearing the Cs & recent affray upon his visage. He wore well buttoned up to the ohin, and only j iz to hide a dirty shirt collar, very much besmeared with blood John was not a» bashful man, and he com- menced his defence at once. Prisonen.— Look a 'ere! this me fu Yos, wi John had been accused of assaulting and beating Lawrence Conning and Michael Flood, while those gentlemen were taking a walk through the Five Points Reconver —Now Conning, state what you have (to | pay against this man | _Conmivo,— Well eff, this mon knocked me out of my | singes. | Reconoxr.—Were you in liquor? | Connino,—Well, yes sir, I had some in Puisonen (leaning fo.ward and polnting as far as ble towards Conning).- Struck meae hard as ever that? —Vy yo see this ere man ’e hit me fast, and they ‘ad no provocation whatsomever. They hi me ven the M. P’.'s ‘ad me, yes they did. The Court could not resist, John's #loquence, eape- cially as the complainants appeared to be rather mys- tifled in relation the transaction, prevailed, and his honor acquitted him. Francis Coyle was next in turn upon the calendar, “Francia Coyle! Francis Coyle '” cried the olerk, and the invocation brought to the bar the very Tom Thumb of vagrant thieves. The top of his head only reached just above the railing in front of the Distriot Attorney's desk, about six inches above the height 'o! a common chair. The fraction of a culprit was dressed in a jacket and trowsers, aithough he might, with pro- priety, have worn petticoats and an apron; his bair Tadiuted from its proper centre, and stood in every di- rection, asif it were about to fly off at some surround- ing objects, “Where’s the prisoner ?"’ said the Recorder, asheand his aseooiates peered over their desks at the oulprit's otand below. “ ‘There hefis at the bar,”’ said the cflicer in attend- ance. Recorprer —Where? against him ? The charge being read, it appeared that Franols Coyle, the prisoner at (under, it should have been) the bar, was charged by the people of the State of New York with having, on the 6th of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty- eight. in the city and county of New York, in‘the State aforesaid, with force aud arms, felonieusly sto- len, taken, and carried away, to the great damage of complainant. residing in Greenwich Avenue, in the fth ward cf the city aforesaid, fifteen segars! Recorver (looking more attentively at the frac- tion of a thief below), Oh, it's you, is it? You've been hore before. The officers all know you, eh! Why you're an old offender. We will keep you and ond for your mother, Officer remove him; we'll send for his parents andcee what they say. ‘And, accordingly, this hop o’ my thumb of a segar thief was remanded to prison. John McGrath, an old acquaintance of the court, was brought up, charged with committing potty lar- ceny, in stealing some articles of small value from Wm H. Avery. John was a regular out an outer of the Washington street ool of vagrants; red face, boatman’s coat, and withal,s kind of Jemmy Twiteher look. A fellow who might ask as a favor to carry your market basket home, andin whose omatnay our small vegetables would be as safe as your small a would be in Grimalkin’s charge. ‘ore Mose, yor, '@ hit Oh! that child; well, what's Recoaper —Now, MoGrath, what have you got to say for yourself | igPxrsowne.—Vy, Sir, yer oner, I’ve got a wife and six small children, down in Washington street, who'l miss me werry much if [ get any thing in prison Reconpen.—You have been here before, | under- stand, How's that? ‘ Paisonxn (indignantly) —Never, sir, in my life ‘This was too much for the officers, who gave a co | curted but stifled laugh, while broad grin was observed on the faces of all prereat, Puisoxen.—Ve 1,1 never vor, not for any thing o’ this k-i-n-d. (Renewed laughter )'l woulin’t keer s0 much about this, ony fer my two small children. The appeal about the children did not answer JoWn’s purpose, and he was sent fora moderate term to the penitentiary. ‘As he went out, a small woman got up and made her exit, She held an infant in arms, and was followed by three others of about'the hoight of two, twoand a-half and thrge feet, respeot- ively. It was generally conjectured that these were tho better part of Jobn’s family, sad he only wanted counsel to have made ® most beautiful appeal on their strength, as they were observed, during the trial. to be Gisposed’to the best advantage on a seat in fall view of the bench of magistrates, No lawyer, however, being employed, no scene ensued, James Wilson was called up, charged with stealing sundry articles of clothing from Gecrge Williams. Cienx.—James Wilson, you are charged with steal- ing ® pair of boots, and ‘other articles of clothing, | valued at $25, the property of George Williams and Granville Foster. ‘Are you guilty or not guilty nd atrial on this charge. ead in assent, and looks about tortified that the prisoner had stolen the clothing, and, said he,look- ing at the prisoner, who had no coat on—“He as cot on my traws dare now.” (Looking again.) “Ant m= Dandeloons.”” (Looking again.) “Ant tems my poots he’s cot ones feet tare.” And #0 it proved to be. ‘The thief, with all the impudence inthe world, con: fronted the witners, and standing in the very clothes of complainant, plead not guilty,and demanded trial. Reconp , 7 to this? Prisoxen (thinking an instant).—They was give to me, these ere things was The Court sentenced the impudent rascal to the | penitentiary for six months; but he retused to restore the stolen clothes, and he wes sent off with them)o: — —Well, now, Wilson, what do yor Blackwell’s Island when Jim should have assumed hfs penitentiary uniform. es William Davidson and William Jones, two omnipus thieves, plead guilty to a charge of stealing $10 frdm = Mrs, Bulkley, in an omnibus, a few days since. Sones was sent tothe penitentiary for six montha; but his partner, account of some extenuating circum- stances, was allowed to go at large, the Court suspend- ing judgment in his case. ‘A number of cases of assault and battery, and small potato thieving of the usual character, completed the business of the morning. pan—For this day.—Circuit Court — 2, 45, 49, 61, 55, 56, to es, 65, 66, or 67, 09. "Superior Court. — 26, 66, 93, 131, 193,'36, 49, 28, 142, 144, 147, 161, 153, 154, 155, to 159, 4 5, 140, 484, 80, 55, 129, 52, 496, 92, 113, 134, 50, 106, 160, 161, 162, to 167, 169, 170 to 174, 176. 177. Common Pleas, let Part — 161, 163, 166, 167, 160, 171, 173, 175, 177, 179, 181, 183, 185, 147.189, 19. 2d Part—146, 148, 150, | 162, 154, 306, 156, 168, 160, 162, 164, 308, 166, 168, 170, 149. Triat oy Gronae Mitcer.—-The ease of Miller, charged in several indictments with forger: the name of 8. F. Belknap, railroad contractor, cat up this forenoon. Before the jur; em; in this case, Mr. E. D. ‘ier moved for @ contin: on account of the of absence Robt. M. M. Smyth, a mi terial wito The affidavits of the defendant and A. H. Fiske, Esq , were read, to show that the witness was absent at York, on im at business, that he was willing to give his deposition, and that there sad been no lack om the part of the defendant. This mo- tion was resisted by Mr. Parker, and supported by Mr. Merrick. The Ceurt ruled that a continuance would be granted, provided the deposition could be amended 80 as to state more definitely what the witmess is ex- woted to testify to. The depor was still too indefinite. [twas then ordered that a commission be forthwith issued to take Mr. Smyth's deposition at New York; and, thereupon, the Court adjourned until three o'clock this afternoon, to give the Attorney for the Commonwealth an opportunity to file cross interrogatories In the afternoon, a mo- tion was mado by the defeudeut’s counsel, to have the trial embrace all the couuts in both indictments, 8 free er . This are important. Whorever aman maybe thrown by | te omsure Sires © afticerl. OF the Naw Joteay: |! 8% being both, founded en bcm yseenearen This iefortu he has in is 2 use rate he ts ‘ ; hoat tek ty potion 9 J, t fal t hi ‘f it van * ann | Syedinae) ¢ 7 pt tte * Phartorans diag A on oy! a | the prosecuting attorney tight determine the order bi “4 ple od lle . estes m ito for bis passage, and nt ne | of taking up the indlctiwénte, The were thea empanelied to try the fitst indictment. Caleb G Loring was appointed foreman. Tha case was opened to the jury by tho District Attorney, after which the Court ‘adjourned until this morning.—Hoston Adv., Oct, 9. i Snort Comnos ix Frovk.—Im the Common Pleas a verdict was rendered of some interest to these who trade in flour, It was the case of Bronson & al- vs, Willard & al. The parties belong to Oswego and ‘Trey, N. Y.,and the suit is for damages for deficiency in a quantity of flour sold by the defendants to the plaintiffs, and sext by the latter to Boston. There were about 1,000 bbis, and nearly all of them fell short in weight, verying from one to twelve lbs; The aimed for the expenses plaintiffs cl ‘of weighing and arrels, inspecting allowances to pu Foflling (hg rer incidentals erising from tbe dot verdict was for $507 4l—all that was interest.—Boston Post, oy. ed for, and i Sineviar Comcmence.—We have published the | acount of the drowning of Miss Nancy J. Un | of Chester, at the Isle of Shoals. We learn that some | ten years ago, & Methodist minister named Roby, to | whom oo Unsorkill w a | who belonged also to C | lar within sight of the same spot.—Nashue \ Telegraph ee ee the keeper being directed to send them down trom a