The New York Herald Newspaper, September 5, 1851, Page 6

Our Washington Correspondence. Warning ron, August 29, 1651. Jacob Little and W. W Corcoran—Description of the Latter. 1 see one of the New York papers pays some handsome complimeuts to the eminent Wall street broker, Jacob Little. | Washington has an equally remarkable man in | this line—W. W, Corcoran, ten years ago worth | perhaps twenty thousand, now rated at a million of | dollars. He was educated » merchant; and twen- | ty five or thirty years back was engaged, witha | brother since deceused, in the dry goods jobbing | business, in Georgetown, then in her palay days. | ‘The firm having failed. he was, for many years, | employed asa clerk in the old United States Branch Bank, located in the very building in which Coreo- | ran and Riggs now perform their large operations | as bankers. Hus rapid accumulation of wealth is | mainly the result of repr ted, exceedingly well- | judged transactions mm government loans, a field of enterprise in which this firm completely out-gene- ralled the financiers ot Wail, Gustbeat, and Thread- streets needle ‘The sap:'al daancial combinations of Mr. C., in these operstions, furnish conclusive | Proof of a fine business bead “ a | What strikes ove, ov « business interview with | him, is the rapidity of ois judgment. Ie is off ata shot. A single glance at) our paper, (with his eye | Bearly in coptact with 11, as he is near-sighted,) and you have his devision, which, | believe, is rarely altered. | ‘The large discount aud other operations of C & AR. aro transacted exclusively in bankable tunds. j No shin) 8 are admutea behind their counters. | Mr. C has a generous heart, as is shown by his | Conations of $5, tw be lwo Relief Association, } and $50,000 to bis mative t for a cemetery; also, by his offer of $10,010) ards the erection of @ Llouse of uge m thiscity It is uoderstood that bis private charities ave also large Being, however—owing to bis reputaiiva for wealth and benevolence—nearly over:un wich applications for | oar ee. and beng ‘odixposed to encourage idleness Or extravaguner, | eurn that he deems it Proper to decline most of ‘hese pulis upon his purse strings. He would be generaliy termed @ fiae looking gen- tleman, of muscular ould, sad about fifty years old. As his assvcia'ious nave always been’ of a ‘very genteel sort, aut he bus travelied extensively, his’ manners bear tbe s'aup of retiaement and dignity. The large sums i ft on deposite by our Citizens at hie estabiisnwent, are in proof of the great confidence reposed 1p ais integrity by those ‘who best know bim Tue cireamstance of his | peace since bis receut accumulation of wealth, paid off the debts remsinumg against the failiag dry goods Grm, alluded to, is an instance in keeping ith this. | Our Virginia Correspondence. Cuarnesiows, JeffersoaCo., Va , H September 1, 151. } | Virginia Politics—The New Constitution—Incrcase | of Popular Vote—Gvoi Resules—Congressional Llections— Gubernatoriad Vanvass— Father Ritchie probably the Next Governor, &c., §e. { Virginia politics, ai this juncture, are particular- Ly interesting, from the tact that the S:ate is about 0 undergo the process of «complete change in the Fundamental law. The memorable convention elected to revise the coustitution, having performed their labors in drawing up a very respectable doca- sment, it only requires (he ratification of the people to Become the supreme law of tae commonwealth. The Wote is to be taken on the ratification on the fourth | ‘Thursday in October neat, aud the now constitu- | fion will doubtless be contirmed by an overwhelm- ing majority. | it proposes many importaut innovations upon the existing state of thug: By the present constitu- | tion the elective franchise is iimited to freeholders aad housekeepers who pay ao actual tax to the sup- portof the State treasury. A married or uomar- | ried man, owning & house and lot, or Owning t wenty- five acres of land, is eutiiled to vote; or, owning a Teversionary interest in such property, is entitied to vote. A howckeeper, paymg a tax upona clock, a Watch. ora siave, is enti eu to vote. A man own: | Dg realestate m severs) counties, is entitled to ote in each of sa ies, provided that, although two or wore « d couuties may be in the same Congrestionsi uisirict, such person shall only bave one vote is said district for Cong The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, &>., e elected by the Legisiaturo; sheriffe, magistrates, &e., are recommended by toe court, and commis- wioned by the Governor Such are some of the feeding features of the existing constitution. Jt is a@ full generation or iwo beuind the times. The Qualifications required fur tue elective franchise are | @t once mconvenient, perpiexiog, invidious, and detract from it an account of its inherent weak- ness 4 He Several of the old members have been returned; Jud; but were not the most efficient either ia point of political weight or literary ability, and owed their renomination rather to the fact that they were non-committal on all the iumportaat quostioas that were legislated wpoa during the past than to a bold, open, Aad manly staud upon ey thought to be for tue bust interest of tae , ment, t th ople they represented. Mr Skinner and Good people the district of the Northera Liberties, last session, were both again chosen. The first is an active, iadustrious, business man, and, though not a orilliant talker, still 1s to be relied upon, and has the courage to take a stand when it is necessary, aod fight for a priaciple or a friend. He bas improved much siace he made his début in the balls oflegislation. Mr Goodwin is a weak and inefficient member, sarily swerved b; Popula® clamor from the discharge of his duty, an. not co be relied upon when the trying moment of the contest comes. Still he is a gentleman of good relations and high social positions and will make, perhaps, an available candidate Mr Souder, of Spring Garden, and Mr. Vemares, of Southwark, are also old members; but they are of the class who do the voting, acd make no mark upon the history of the house, either tor good or ill. new members chosen not calyalated to save the standard of the ticket, as they are you without political standing or experince, an unqualified for the position to which they have chosen, Thay may be respectable citizeas enough, but then it requiressome‘biag more than this fora man to be able to tuke proper care of the county of Philadelphia, with all its great and grow- ing interests The new ticket is looked leg bythe knowing ones as rather anti Buchananish ; but of this we are not able to determiae now, though this much may be said, taat some of the men chosen are identitied with interests that are kaows to be opposed | to the **Sage of Wheatland.” Uf the ones wao are eet down as certuin for Cass, we may mention Mr. Jackson, the Senator; Mr Hugue of Kichmoad, thought to be so from bis coaneetioa with the Cameron party in the State; Mr l'ubiaa, of Spring Garden, who ‘acted with the disorganizers, and 1s known to be opposed to Mr. Buchanan; Mr. (i ood- win, who is suspected to be in that interest, from the fact that he is a parzicular frena of Senator Brodhead of this State, who is known to be inimical to the succession cf Mr. Buchavan. From this and other dats, it may be taken as a fixed fact that the county delegation is opposed to the “favori‘e | which was decision, consistency, and a etrict reg sr | off the ticket could net be wel! supplied. | Gnely balanoed mind, that has been schooled 20d | gossion, | lieciptined by severe study and applicatios, and what | unites #ith that @ calm, clear, dispassiouate judg | of cases before him both t and annoying. is honest, avd means Findley is ove most Kind, awiuble macu that is in the community, and would be a loss tothe judiciary of the city and county, and if loft hasa ‘hut no passion can cloud and no prejndwe | usurp Ho mw an excellent la eyer; ore who feels | and appreciates the responsibility of the position in which ho is placed, and is a universal favorite with all who have business to transact before him He ia slow in the maturing of his legal opinion; but it | is said that few of them bave ever been reversed by the Supreme Court of the State. He is sure to be reneminated—if we may not sayelected The conference mcetson Thursday, ond it is said that an attempt will be made to re enact the pledg- ing resolution, but we doubt if that caa be done, as the popular current is sure to set in that way. However, both parties are hard at work, and the battle will be an interesting one. Hart. Prrvavecruta, Septomber.2, 1851. Political Afaws in Philadetphia—City Government There, &. After te most infense anxiety and excitement, of several weeks’ duration, among the democratic officers, of what is commonly designated as the “State Houze row,” in reference to their renomi- | nation for the fat and comfortable places they now hold, end their being ousted by the * outs,” de- | girous to obtain them, the question ie at length de cided—the convention of conferees having had their final meeting, and settled their ticket. And, not only so far as the ‘*row” is concerned, but also in relation to the officers of the several districse and | members of tho Legislature. | Taken as awhole, the nominations are judicious and simost unexceptionable, but in respect to the Legislature, the selections certainly might have been jbetter and more advantageous to the public good. Many of tho gentlemen had the honor of holding seats in our Legislature at its last session, and were found wanting,in several qyualifica- | and you assent to your owa degradation. Shall it be declared to the world that American citizens, who dure to fight the battles of freedom in foreign lands, degenerate into pirates? First convert your vmional eagle inte e dungeock, and then interdict the press of your country from indulging ia that patriotic strain which ba’ nourished im your youth the chivalrous courage you deplore and condema. You must manfully meet the question, whether the Gitty men shot in Cuba were or were avt Amori- cay ciizens; if they were, your character as a na- tion compels you to revenge them; no interpreta: tion of the constitution can trituer away the rights ot Awericun citizens. Romanus sum may be again repeated in their case. To revenge the insult would entail war with Spain, and that war would per- chance iraw both France and England into tie lists as allies of > These contingeaciss may be faintly shadowed upon the distant horizon; but the American nation would be anworthy of its repa- saton tim surrendered @ principle for expediency suke it is @ grave end momentous question for & mari- time vation like yours to incur the consequences of # conflict with the Euro powers, and expose your commerce to the plunder of privat sere ; e perchance when a war dovs not arise, the com- inutions in your favor may not be so Look atthe map of Europe, and you will ee that one xation check mates another. ussia cannot move south withor out France. France canot touch Spain without Austria’s consent —and Constantinople is protected by the jea- lousies of Europe. On this continent you are flaak- ed tor fifteen hundred miles by the British posses- sions, but so ripe are the people for the edna, that within six months after war was deciared, you | would be master of all Northera America. A for- tress bere and there might hold out, yet for all practical purposes you would be substantially mas- ters of the continent. Cuba would be another ac- quisition not less certain to fall to your share—your | ocean steamers would protect your coast, aad no neon would have the temerity to Jand an invadiag army The sccial harmony of England rests upoa | the yearly supply of cotton you furnish her. Coase your exports and her mills are silent, her opera- | j tives idle, hungry and desperate. She has sold her- self to mammon, and she must submit to any coo- ditions you dictate, while you control the supply of cotton.” France is divided into naif a dozen differ- ent camps—distracted by internal dissensioas, aad cousvantly on the brink of a civil war, she would neither buve the capacity or incliaatioa to play the tions that they ougut to have possessed, among | Not- | son,” and so tae county will be, if the opposition to | te the instructions of their constituency. bim can but concentrate upon a candidate who will | withstanding they violated their pledges on one of unite them ; but that man is not General Cass. He | the most important questions that has ever agitated | game of ea or Spain—and the latter country would only be formidable as furnishing a flag to privateers. | In this brief sketch I have merely reproduced the | | ite nacural import. it may be ooucraed that the - at ha | of the words “alter the passage of this uct,” but it can- | any of the isa weight that wii! sink aay party who attempts to carry bim through a polidical contest in this city | and which invol' and county. Not that the democracy have not a | sincere regard for him; bat, in the first place, it isa settled behefhere that he cannot, in avy contingency, carry the State of New York; and, in the secoad, his leading supporters here are the men who are opposing the regular action of the parsy, and have been for years; and with euch men tne mass of the democrats will not fraternize, no matier who may be their chosen leader. (ieneral Houston, Senator Douglas, or Mr. Dickinson, of your State, would rally, in my opinion, the entire force of the demo- | cracy in the city and county, and make the path of Mr. Buchanan a troublesome ous in the State. | I will give you a few particulars. There | But we will see the slow but certain showing up of are, without including the townships and | political events for the Presideucy after the contest boroughs, and including the coanty and guardians | tor State officers is over. The city and county conference have formed the ticket assigned to them, with the exception of the judizial portion, which will be chosen on Thursday. ‘he result of their labore, sc far, are ost satisfac- po to the party, and the men selected are pure | and uy right citizens, who enjoy the ccnfidence of their fellows, and te whose social position no stain of dishonor attaches. It isa model ticket, and 1s red by wen of all parties in the city and county. 1 look upon its chance of election as hard work, and thus save to the tax payers more among the certainties. Ata former meeting of the conference a resolu- tion was pessed, which is the usual custom of the democratic nozinating conventions in the city and Love have patiently submitted, for fort; county of Philadelphia, that caca person wao pre- sents his nawe beiore the body, es a candidate for flices which are to be selected, shall give a written pledge that he will ‘‘ vote for. and use all honorabie means in his power, to sesure the election of the nousinecs of this Vonvention,” be he successful or otherwise. This bas been the custom of the party in this locality for years, aud in no instance bas it been omitted. This was, though, particularly necersary at the present occasion, as it was binted that certain gentlemen who were can- didates udges, and anxious for a nomination, on the democraue ticket, were — desirous that they should be uopledged, as that would materialiy interfere with tne chances of receiving the whig and native nomination in addition to the democratic. As far as the “Court of Common Pleas” was concerned, shere was no such trouble, as nearly all the candid who offered themeelves are understood to be ng to act in good faith to aud the assurance. !'at the the people of the city and county of Pailadelphia, | thoughts of our citizens who criticise passing events. 3 the peace, safety, prosperity, | Tbey ure puzzled to comprehend how un Aine- and character of this community, in giving the bill | ricau citizen can lose his rights, or why an Ameri- for the consolidation of the city of Philadelphia aad | districts into one municipal corporation, the go-by | when on its third resding before the House of Representatives, instead of insisting on its passage. | can consul should have allowed American citizens — to be shot, unless he had atteuded during their trial, reported the resuit to his goverament, and received final instructions. Powerful governments ‘Still, I say, nothwithstanding this flagrant breach | exbibit their vigor in the exercise of pardon; but it of toe these old members” sins have been over- | looked, if not forgotten, and they have been re- | nominated. To give the reader even a faint idea | of the complexity of the present system of govern- ment, its expensiveness, the number of its offi- cers, and the corruption growing out of it, | of the poor, eleven distinct corporations, with eleven distinct rets of taxes, collected by as many distinct sots of tax collectors, with at least ten dis- tinst debts. Ten of these corporations have en- gaged, in their legislative management, 177 persons, all of whose services would be dispensed witn on the plan of consolidation, besides a host of solicitors, | clerks, and other subordinates. It dispenses with | nearly 200 tax collectors, some of whom receive about $5,000 for even less then a quarter of a year’s more than $100,000 per annum. ‘These are extraordinary facts and solemn truths, and yet the people of this good city of Drothe: years, to such bad and expensive government. nately, there are men in this community—men of spirit and energy—who are determined to rouse it from its lethar; 1 understand, from good au- thority, that publicaticn will soon be mado, having reference to the union of the city and districts into one municipality. Ward and district meetings will be recommended throughout the city aud county At a meeting held in Spruce ward the other evening, tho following signiaicant resolution was unanimously parsed :— © that past experience has proved that if we really de- sire to unite the cily aud districts in one muuicipality— one Phiiadelphis—we cannot rely upon party pledges, but must form and vote for # citizens’ municipal and union tieket, to achieve the object.” With regard to the Judges of the District Court and Common Pleas, they aro to be nommated on Thursday next, when the Convention of Con- ferees will meet for that purpose. There is a great | deal of interest felt on the subject, and particularly the demo i i r ty i the Jourt,” ¢ on: in relation to the latter trinuoal. ‘The most promi- cfwuicd aCe ge. Starewood, Preeident Juige, | BeRt- und able, and favorite gentlemen, spoken, of a whig, who, tor several years, represented the 7 the Common iene bench, are ie Joe! ty in the House of Representatives, and also, 1 | Jones, (for President udge,) formerly on the same lieve, was in the Senate : George Stroud, who is bench, and recently Mayor of this city. and V, L. we act with the whig and fre ell particr« aad Wikituen. Cresent Mayor of the Nortagen Liber: Mr. Findley, 800 of Gov. F 4 . iM > (pr a of I era Liber- Mr. Findiey, soo of Gov Findley, of Pennsylvania ties,) Was Kelly, cont en Ciena ices ioe, who isa democrat. Mr. Findley also connected with the Hon Charles Prown, wae is the President Vastly ridiculous. Au vid fellow, howeverignorant, | of the Conference, and who is said to be particu- BO that he owns iaud i oo counties, or twenty, of | larly auxious to secure his choice for an election. more, is entivied to vic i wilofthem; aad fora! Arter this pledging revolution had been passe: Member of Cougress. woh district in woich his by the Convention, it was desired by the friends of so without property, | Judges Sbarswood aud Stroud that they would not se and gcod education, | give the required assurance ; but that they w 1 The people | ous, aod fall | ve, ata siogle neyetem of the State ch better constitution, alive to the progiess o bound, some up to tbe rey of New York, aud tou ss Bake it altoge:ber . The new constitution of Virginia, to be voted | . by the peopie on the foursh Thursday of F, provides for universal culfrage, excepting Bbe colored popuistiva ; for the election of rorernor | and all the State and county officers em people; | St provides, also, that they who shall be entitled to | Vote if the new constitution is adepted, shall also be | entitled to vote ov the question of its adoption ‘This new class of voters will, of itself, carry thi Constitution by # treaendous majority. Under the existing system, (bers ure some ninety one thousand ‘voters in the “tate , uuder the new charter, the will probably be an ivcrease of sixty thousand or Beventy thousand voters, who are now excluded from this great repabdiican right This increase ‘will be chiefly in Westeru Virginia, or in that part | of the State lying wert of the Blue Ridge, where the increase of the while population bas been im- measura' er than m Eastern Virginia, or | the great widing © iviston of the State On the fourth i hurd) m October, members of Congross are to be eicoied under the old apporsion- } ment, and under the exiting restrictions of the | Tight to vote. Un tne same day, members of the ie to be elected, wader the rame re- sl ‘Will be, then the eie to be null and void, and under the new cons!(ution, for members of the | Assembly, in December next. And next spring, the State aud coun'y officers are to be elected by the ie It will thus be seen that the new constitution ie pothirg more ror ives ‘han @ revolution in the roment of V a, going on #0 quietly, and | smatd « quietly, that the te cow require and will be | change, or otherwise it + sgron talk of ranving | on which taker place | id he ajority, for w mo doabt the exten s\ eleesive franehi immensely ty tue le uccratie ascendancy in the | It is tant the Congressional elections | will result nearly the soe as those for the last ee ceed eT Ipbia Correspondence. Tur.sowurmia, Sept 1, 1451 -— Te Cownty Legislative Trhet— The Judicia! Nomunation, &- Since my last (he Democratic vounty Legisiation | tieket has been formed, and the excitement among — the fortunaies and unortunsies has, in & great | moasure, subsids ¢, or mecged im that of the contest ffor the judicial citoers of the city and county. | Both parties in the ( county Convention hare been fin turn the victor aud tue vanquished, and the re pult ise mediey such as bas seidom been preseated to the red republicans in this locality for their un- ivided support aod sssirtance Asan illustration Our apzious to take a nomination from the wi also, acd thus make aseurauce doubly sure. on Not was this openly asserted by these two gentle men onthe District Bench, but it was whispered that the triends of Judge Kelley, of the “ Common | Pleas,” were desirous to have the pledge word- ed so as to allow him a margin to act upon in case be should be neglected in the democratic party umors got afloat of a secret meeting be- tween the high contracting parties. in which the plan of a campaign Wa! mapped cut, so that success s certain. li now began to be talked about that e resotution was to be repealed, or at least modi- fied, so as to mean nothing, and, on this hint, the Linky A the ergen of the rabid democracy in this city and cow came out with a scorching leader, in which the whole thing was announced as both uawive and unjust to the party. ut. through the influeoce of Mr. Brown, ex member of Congress from tae Third district, and Joho J| MeCahen, ex- member of the Legislature, aided by the friends of Judge Kelly, who see in this man a door through which their favorite can mount the bench ovce more, the resolution was modified so as to suit the peculiarities cf thie particular case, a thus the office stands at present. Mr. Brown is an clegant and pleasing speaker; and it is, perhaps, to bis exertions, in unison with tho other influences that | have named, that this repent of the reaolation waseTeeted Whether it will either add to the chances of the judges to be elected, or to nod manent popularity of the gentlemen who moved in this matter, thing that is clothed im the mists of the dim future; but one thing i* certain, that it is already whispered that certain promises, looking to the coflectorebip of the port of Philadelphia, have and Horatio Hubbell, Esq , for associate Judges. | I have no doubt the ticket will be selected from the above named cundidates. Among the candida‘es | most talked of, for the District Court, are Judges Sharswood and Findley, at prevent on that bench. They are both very popular, and gentlemen of the highest talents, and will be re-nominated in all probability. The city is full of strangers, in addition to thou- , sands of our citizer whe have just returned from Cape May, and the other tashioaxble summer re- sorts. All the large and best hotels, such as Con- ress Hall, the Uni States, aud Bridges and Yost, are well and diservedly patronised tae pres ent season. The New \ork Heralt is there daily sought after, with as much avidity as a good din- ner, in consequence, among other reasons, of its cortaining the latest, fullest, and most reliable ac- counts from Cab: Civitas. Our Canadian Correspondence. Monreal, August 30, 1851. Tie Cuban News in Canada —Canadian View of the Shooting of the Afty-two, American Prisomers, ‘The sanguinary vengeance inflicted by the Span- ish Governor of Cuba, upon fifty unarmed and un- | resisting American prisoners, when communicated te our citizens, created a profound feeling of disgust towards the Spania: of sympathy and commis:ra- tion fer the relatives and frien ts of the murdered. We dwel! beneath the same sky—speak the same tongue—our social organization is similar— and wo look forward toa common destiny, and a glorious future. it is not strange then, that a calamity which hae called forth, in every city of the United States, euch unmistakeable evidences of manly courage and undaunted resolution, blended with pity, should find no echo here. A public mee:ing been made, aud that hen may — for San tee would have betrayed bad taste, but the pablic ex- usual activity of gentlemen, are noted for pression of opinion, and the press, is » legitimate intone to & tik pecvendl fateoets ry along form whereby we vindicate ourselves from the re- fenee for the policy, it is all by the proach of indifference. The tone of the language, A friends of the repeal of the pledging resolution, of andthe beld and uncompromising expressior t the jadges should not be made a strictly po- —~ damn . a oy Put thet @ play Of expedioney is allow. | ‘¢ *arlous writers, indicate « deep current of sym: abie upon this question. They also intimate that, pathy. if the democracy do not nominate the District Men ask ench other bere, what will America do; Court Beneh as it stands, the will; and then je.uited so offensively as she has been by the Xpan- the defeat of the party, upon that portion of the ticket at least, is bxed and determined point to the fact that the police ef the court t* en- Uirely demvoratic now, and say that that affords the evidence of the democratic leanings of the j b By the opposition it is that the waole They also | rds ' will she tamely eubmit to be branded asa jrates, and ailow her youth to be snot, d treated, after death, like the crim cien: home, trom the Tarquin rock ! gland saw Sir Le Lacy bvaus aud ois pation of matter fs one of arrangement withthe whige and motley crew uf adventurers eel! their services, dar- & few of the leaders of the Sachems among the democracy : and that it will be productive of the most miechievous cousequences upoa the fatare pale of the law, prospects of the y. ‘They aleo charge upon the Friends ot Pikeliy, that © conniving with the opposition te place him upon the whi ticket, should he be defeated before the dem conference. ‘seorge H. Sbarswood, the present of the liwtriet Court, is, as have said, a whig, but was appointed to hie position by the late Giov- ernor Schunk, at the solicitation, it is said, of the President J ders, were the ehampious of freedo: ing the civil war in Spain, did she suffer Spain to treat them as outlaws and vagabouds, beyoud the and unworthy the protection of # wwerful nation! Yet, the crew Sir De Lacy .vans brought with him to “pain, were the refuse of society— mere mercenaries moved by tae | hile ow the other band, the hapless y ‘wore murdered by the Spanish Govervor's or- They sought the shores of Cubs, actuated by no selfich or ignovle motives. ‘They went there to sustain, oy deeds, the political op niou: veh were consecrated when Charies Brown, who is a fonin-law of your indepenaence was deciarcd, and if they have the late “‘overnor When in public life, he en vielen ioe unjustly put co death, when pri- uniformly acted with the whig xcept on soners and jenceless, aud the crime remains ua- ety, @ the tariff question, where be ratlowed himself to differ as far as the rates of duties were concerned, ished and unavenged, then, indeed, A meri sa has Fallen Jow in the ecale of nations tothe priociples. Ile has always been Heartiess and timid men turn pale and slink into on ae ro) Sine opponent of the publi obseurity in such emergencies vg fy - school spetem of the State, and his act and have been your consul Had be borne hie office interdicted che slaughteriog tu cold bivod denounced at the ti of thie, Mr MeLoovugh, the member selected for | speeches were esr y SS ro citizens, by @ declaration, of closing Moyamensirg, i* ® firm and sworn adberent of | moral aud intel lever. His appointment by — consulate, and taking down his flag, if his re- Judge Campbell, aud that division 6f the party, and | Governor © gave diseatiefaction at | quest had been nay May woud have been justi- ras one of the succesttul delegates to the lending | the time to the democrat ; baw A. mass of the | ES ype ey 4 cadens of Convention that nominated Col. Bigler; while Mr | peepee it oan ™— man upon the bench. l-xceutive to exact retributioa fur a grievous wron Rubien, one of the members selected from the | Lys b reputaticn of firm and t | and ineult: | our ovaesl, it wo be fuarod, tacitly i , that ata er | enactioned rangul drama. He received his district of Spring — aie 3 = ee cae iy en tow red the. state, As Fey | it spirations from an impure source , he accepted members from the Philadelphia Nominating Con | Ty seer, tie contest is bet ween him and ) ing. | the official interpretation of the constitution, coined + who sided indiessiving the Rump Parlia- | td bas ever since acted with the irregular | the party. But euch are the macertain- | ae of polities, aud though this is not that has ever been presented to county of Philadelphia, still, ty even if it should oot | but many eay that the Share lect is more powerful aad om '¢ intel- hensive than even | purer fountaiz—the deep well of public feeli by Hresitent Fillmore, instead of turning .o oe it f Judge King, i know! of the the pride and boast of twenty millions of the rules by whieh Rh 4 token applied, | mney race, that they are American citizens. Do amounts almort to inwition Jf the ple they ehake off their aationality by landing in Cubs? tem is not re-adopte! 1% | i recived by 5 ill be nominated without | Can eny trivunal © - ns oe auy official a doubt | eleeted Py denn ir birta- George Stroud bas been many years on the bench, right’ This q m must be proded to the bot- and is a hard-working, industrious lawyer, though tom. itis the only [ee as etake. Kagland bankrupt power in bis administration matic] by a temper hat at Simos uankes tho te! justice from the bench is and —_ and every | Lurope, will coms and caress you to ywid. Lo #0, | law thereupon J is a3, fortu- 1 is the characteristic of weak aud oruel ones, like the Spanish and Neapolitan, to be mercilese, aud eager to shed the blood of the captives, least,during tne delay, the voice of humanity should interpose from afar. The solemn obligation bas fallen upon the Ame- rican nation of vindicating. on this side of the Atlan- tic, the principles of humanity, and chas:ising the | sapguinary doctrines of a colonial despot. B. The Fugitive Slave Case at Buffalo. OPINION OF JUDGE CONKLING, ON GRANTING A HA: | BEAS COKY US | An order nisi having been grauted by me, sev y ago, for a writ of labeas corpus ad subjiciendum, to bring before me the body of Daniel Davis, for the purpose of inquirieg into the legally of bie continement, im the custody of one of the deputy marshals of this district, and the case having been fully argued by counsel, and | considered by me, I am now to deciare my opinion of the ‘The case is one in its nature calculated, | ts We huow by recent experience, to arouse the passions | and prejudices of men iu this part of the Union; and | | Ubts tendenc: present instance, has been unhap- med by an extracrdivary incident, reported to ended the originai arrest of the petitioner Bat | the eurcumetances to which | have alluded, however de- — plorable, it is rearcely necessary to observe, cau have no legitimate intlueuce whatever upon the decision ot the question before me, aud are to be remem. | ered, if wt all, only for the purpose of inspiring a deoper eeuse of judicial duty, and greater caution ia its discharge. It the prisoner is eatiiled by law to the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, it must be awarded; it uot, it must be withbeld; aad in neither + vent can the result affurd any Just ground for dissatis- | faction, still less aay apology ‘for tov indulgence of a | spirit of imsubordivation to the laws of the land. It is | proper at the oulset to ooserve that, as | hoped and ex- pected, when the order nei was made, che merits of the case are LOW as fuily before me as Lney could be on the return of a writ of futeas corpus, should one be granted. | ‘The real question to be decided. therefore, is, whether | the petiiouer is entitied to his discbarge, tor it isan | obviour a Weil as @u established rule, that when, upon an spplication it appears that it | would be fruitl mer if allowed, it is not to be grauted. Before proceeding to aa exami- | pation «f the merits of this application, it may not be wimirs to udvert to the source of the power which 1 am calied upon to exercise. The government | of the United States is one of expressly delegated | powers. and its funclioparies cun exercise no apres | except such os, either ip Germs cr by reasoauole iavend- | ment. ae been comferted by the constitution, or by Laws ordauee therewith. To guard agaiust pos- ons of the great privilege of habeas corpus, it Was deemed expedivat, by aD express provision of the con Utution, to forbid ils suspension unless when, in case Of releliiOu OF imvasion. the pablie safety might require | it. With cis exeepticn, i: was left as one of the elements | Of incidents Of ube judicial power, to be cegalated by law and in order to give it vitality, it was necessary for Coo- gters to jer the power to grant 1, and to derigaate | the funet Act of 1750 which. ar it bas been authoritively interpre- ted, invests all the courts of the United Staves, and t! several Judges thereof, with the power to issue this writ “for the purpose of inquiring into the cause of commit- ment.” The act dors mot describe the cases iu which this form of remedy may be resorted to, | nor does it detine the power of the Court or Judge ip cases Where it lies, Recourse fur these purposes must therefore be had to tue Common Law. and es- inlly to the celebrated Mebeas Corpus act of 31 Qharles | L., designed to correct and effectualiy to guard against the -candaious evasions aud abuses by whicn the practi- cal «feacy of the writ of Habees We had become ina great degree destroyed during the arhitrary reign of the | Etewarts 8 Black Comm, 180—198; er parte Bolimaa and | Swartwout, 4 Cranch’s K 75. (2 Condens, R. 93); ex parte Watkins, 3 Pover's R. 100, 201, 208 His Honor quo ed at length the authorities elted at the argument apd expecially the cases ex parte Een? 7 Wheat, fh 38 nd ex parte Watkins, 3 be R. bay © the latter y the claimant,” and which establish the principle that | when by a court of ccinpetent jurisdiction, adjudgment | in its nature final bex ouce }eeu pronounced, it caunot be reviewed on Hateas Corpus; and he then proceeded as follows: — dt is upon Mgr ey that the claimant relies. and | the question ls. whether or not it furnishes the rule of decision for the present case. For the purpose of deter- mining this question, it is proper to examine into the nature Of the adjudication which it is proposed to bring under review. The adjudication was made by one ot the Commissioners of the United States, for this Judicial District. The office of Commissioner wan created | by wn Act of Congress, passed in 1812, by which | ternoon, when | immediately went to the office. and = re po ey ged oan ved to ap | found Danie! in the custody of the U.S. Marebal | mn ook omeerien, “ie eva can aan Z and bis assistants. Uaviel bad been wounded by a | vi | . such courte; and by an act a few ‘aon la- | blow on the head at the time of his arrest, ter, the persons #0 appoluted were authorized to perform | the like cervices, in causes to the district courts. By thie | latter act, aud other acts subsequently passed, other powers were succesnvely conferred upon these ofleers; ‘and lastly, by the first section of the act of September 14, 1860, Known as the Fag tive Slave act, they are “autho- tiee@ and required to exercise and disc! ail the | powers and duties conferred by this act.” Tne foarth seotion furcber deciares (hat the Cog) nal bave coveurrent jurisdicuion with the Judges of the Cir- cuit and Dietriet Courts of the United States, in their reepective circuits and districts’ By the sixth section. it i+ nino enacted that the certificates to be wed under the net © eball be covelusive of the right of the persua in whos favor granted. to remove such fugitives to the ‘State @ territory from whien he escaped, aud shall pre Yeut ail molestation of such person or persona by any Process ixeued by any court, jadge, magistrate, or other person whatsvever.” Now, whatever ground for doubt, ifany, might have existed, independently of this enact ment, concerning the legal foree aud effect of these certificates, it may, I think, be safely aaeum that it was intended by ( * to place them, in this respect. substantially oo of judgments by judicml tribunals, jurirovetion. But notwithstanding the wide scope of ‘the deetrine laid down by the Supreme Court ia the Watkins case, Lam also of opinion, aud indeed this was distinetly edmiitted by the learned and able counsel who appeated for the claimant, that this concinirve effect can be averibed to ® certificate, only when it on its face that it was granted, or. at least, accu | ing to some reasonable imterpretation of ite language, might have been granted, in conformity with the act aud in pursuance of the sathority bana A conferred Gen it should appear bens os ‘& person having power to grant procveding in by Med by the act It is only to such cer. tifieates, that the princtple of law relied om by the counre: for the claimant, can be applied, amd suca only can Congrest be presumed to have had in view. I ro- wret that the circametances of the case, and my owa ivdirpenrable engagements, requiri my immedia' ae ure to a remote part of the triet, from fortifying and ejuetating this propositi coneitir th the case er parte Watkins, ference to euthorities, Dat [ shall assume it as | The counsel for the petitioner denies that the certificate now in question is of this eharas- ter. Une of the objections to its sufficiency is, that the person by Whom it was graated is therein de- serite d as“ Comanissioner appyinted by the Second Cir- euit Gout,” and as ~ a Cormuieouer inved by the | Circuit Court, for the Second Vireuit,’ when, in teach, | there is no ruck court, and, of course, no such commis | sioner. The otyeetion is true in point of fact, audiftherc | was not another, of a more serious nature, this would. at leart, requireconsideration But it is further objected that the ease of the petitioner ix not embraced by the , act, cr rather by that part of it under which the pro- covaing Was entertained, and by which alone it could fave teow authorized. It is due to the highly respecte Die gentieman, by whom the certificate was granted to charve that thie objection appears mot to hare been nisde before him. and probably it was mot thon cht of by him, of, antit efverwards, by the ceuasel for the peti- tioner, The claimant caw fit to avail himself of the pro- \ | party to be affected by the proceedings, to determine | be full and conclusive evidence of the facts deoided, and | whose duty it is to execute it, that Congress bavi toadopt it. But it may, I think, well be « | ther this grest error, arising I huve no doubt, trom is he basis of bis action in the premises. It was suggested at the argument, though apparently with no great conf- . that the Commissioner: by possibility have fore him; but I am mation to this effect; but, om the contrary the transcript is exclusively referred to it. as the evidence by which the title of the claimant and the fact of exeape were established. But the escape ts also hout alleged to have occurred “on or about the 25ih cay of ust, 1650,"" whereas the act was not passed until the = ¢ Sephoenher Siaviag -— it A upon these dates the objection is founded Tae e of the 10th section of the sot is this: “And be itturther enacted, ‘That when any person held to labor or service, in ai Btato or Territory, or in the District of Columbia, escape therefrom, the party to whom ouch service or labor is dug, bis, her, or their agent or attorney, may apply to any eourt of record therein, or judge thereof in vacation, and make satisfactory proof,” ko. Now it is insisted that this provision is clearly prospective, and therefore inapplicable to the case of aa escape from labor or service, occurring before the pas- sage of the act, and such, I um constrained to say, 4 pears to me tobe the plain sense of the eaactment. It was egreed by tbe counsel forthe claimant, that this being @ rel ial not, it is to be 60 construed as to sup- ome the miscbief and advance the remedy; and that if can be reasonably inferred from ite whole tenor that Doprrwies in question was designed to act retrospec- tively, it is to be ro duterpreted. But when the laoguage ofa statute is unambiguous and leads to no absurdity or paipavle injustice, 16 is to be interpret: according to tive intent imported by the words used, mi,! been more explicitly declared, by the addition imme- diately after the word “shall” of the word hereafter, or not, 1 think, be maintained that this inteat is not une- quivocally expressed by the word “suull” alone, If I were permitted, however, to look beyond the terms of the pro- Vision itself, and to kpeoulate upon its probable design, I am unable co perceive that the result would be varied. ‘The ovly other part of the act specifically referred to by the counsel for the claimant, for the purpose of shedding light upon that under oon-ideration, is the begioning of the sixth section, shiod provides for a different mode of establishing the facts of the title and escape ‘The words here are: * Chat if @ persen held to service or jabor im any State or territory of the United States, has beretofore, or ehall hereafter escape,’ &o. Ta ment is (hat it is manifyst from this language that grees intended to provide for cases of privt as well as subsequent escape. There can be no doubt of this, as far as tbe provisions of this section are concerned But it is to be considered that the tenth section introduced ‘4 most important innovation upoo the law as it was be. fore the passage of the act. It authorizes an ex parte application wo a court or judg» to be selected by the claimant, in the absence of, sud without nctice tothe questions of tact involving his freedom or servitude for life, and declares the decir ions ef such court or judge to therefore bir divg upon the judgment und conscience of the court. judge, or comminioner, in auy other State, before whom the alleged fugitive may be reclaimed. It is not my province to expres* any opinion upon the rea- tonableness of this greet imacyation. It must be con- ceded that there were not wanting strong ana justifiable motives for its enactment, aud it ts sufflsient for those en fit owed. that in deference to the spirit of the great principle of natural Justice and constitational law, whicu forbids the enact- ment of cr povt facto laws, it was intentioually limited to cases of escape trom servitude, thercatzer to occur ; and this inference, Iam of opinion, 18 rather strengthened than weakened i the retroactive phraseclogy employed in the sixth section. The liability of this provision to abure is 100 obvieus to escape notice, and it is worthy of observation, that in the present case. as it appears by the record of the Keatucky court, instead of re ,uiriag the per- sopal attendance of the witnesses of the claimant, the Court saw fit, in the discharge of the grave aud responsible duty impored upon it by the act, to receive affilavits, and to act upon (hem alone although the deponen’s are described as residents of the city of Louisville, where the court was beid. It may well be that these witnesses | were credible persons, able from their own Knowledge to | attest to all the facts requisite fuily to warrant the de- | cisions of the Court. and (hat a careful cros+examiaution | would have elicited no other facts favorable to the peti- | tioner ; but conceding that the evidence before the court might lawfully be held by it to consit aie the “ satisfactory proof’ required by the act, the opposite course of pro- cedure would to say the least. have been more c msonant with the established and. as | bad suppored, universally recognized principles of enlightened jurisprudence. Iam, therefore, also of opivion, that it is my duty to apply to this enactment the seme rule of coastruction that ie ap- plicable to penal states. “It was,” says Professor Obrix- tian, “ene of the laws of the twelve tables of Rome, that whenever there was @ question betweea liberty and slavery. the presumption should be on the sid» of Liberty This excellent principle our law bus ud opted. in the com | struction of penal statutes; for wherever any ambiguity arises in a statute introdoctug @ new pensity or punishment, the decision shell be on the side of lenity | end mercy, or iv favor of naturel right ead liberty; or. in other Words, the decision shall be according to the strict letter im favor of the subject. And though the judges, in such cases, may frequently raise acd volve dificulties comtrary to the intention of the Legislature, et uo further inconvenience can result than that the W remains a+ it was before the statute And it is more eopsopunt to principles of liberty, that the judge should acquit whom the legislator intended to discharge with impunity.” 1 Blac. Comm. 4S. note 1 ‘he result of thie examination. then. is, that though the evidence on which wloue the Cominissioarr founded his adjudication would bave been sutticient and conelu- | sive in @ case arising after the parsage of the act, it war wholly inapplicable tow care like the preseat. arising be- fore the passuge of the act In other words. as appear on the face of the certificste iteeli. the adjudication was made without evidence. apd the on!y question vertence. can be correet:d om habras y nd that it is my duty to do it good warrant Is a good cause of detention.” the converse of the proposition 1s not loss true, 1 shull,ac- cordingly, allow the writ, but it must be made returnable before me ¢ Court House. ia Buffalo, at 2 o'clock, PM ‘morrow. &--The negro Daniel was, thie afternoon, at 2 o'clock, brought before Judze Conklin, in pursuance of a | writ of haleas corpus previously issued. The Marshal made the same return to the writ that he made on the | order to show cause. referred to in the opinion publiched | to day. There was no argument in the case, the whole merits having been gone into on the order to show cause. Mr. Talcott, counsel for the negro, made @ motion, upon the return of the Marshal, tat he be tis | charged, Motion granted | { sai ‘The statement of Mr. Commissioner Smith, of Buffalo, will be published ine day or two. To rng Epirons or Tue At.nany Aravs:— Many essgeresise aud false reports of the pre ceedings which took place before the U. 8. Con: | missioner at Buffalo, ou the examin ution of Daniel, claimed to be a fugitive from service, having been pubiished, I deem it due to the public aud to my- self to state what actually occurred, the poiate raised by the counsel, and the decwions made by mo. Daniel was arrested on 4 warrant issued by me, and carried to my office, on the 15th of August. He was arrested in the moraing, but | was not ap- prised of the fact umtil nearly two o’sieck in the as it a ed; but hie wound had been dressed, and iis ad was beund around wish a b: At the srgpertion of the Mayor of the city, of the Marshal, of the Sheriff, | adjourned the hearing of the case to the Court House There was a dease and mewhat excited crowd about the building ; tl surrounded and followed the carriage in wie! Daniel was placed, and, on arriving at the Court House, they imwediately filled tue court room, the halls, and the strect in frout. Dauiel having been seated within the bar, I told bim to stand ex- eae to bim on what process and charge he had n arrested, and inquired whether he had any counrel. Mr. John L. Taleott, whosat by Danicl, rose and stated that he appearcd as counsel furhim. Mr. S.C. Hawley was associated with Mr. Talcott. H. A. Foster and Mr. Bowen appeared for tage of the proceedings, the counsel for Daniel made vo motion for a postponement, either on the ground of the absence of witnesses, or the physical condition of their client. If a postpone- ment had been necessary, this was the time to move for it, before the claimant had introduced the proofs on which he intended to rely. The care proceeded. ‘The c)aimant’s counsel offered in evidence a tranecript of a record of the county court of Jefferson coun'y, in the State of Kentucky, made up uoder, and in pursuance of the tenth rection of the act of Congress, passed Septem- ber 15, 1850, in reference to fugitives from jastioe and pervons escaying trom the service of their mas- tere—proving the fact that Laniel owed service in Kentucky, and had escaped thence. ‘The counsel for Daniel objected ‘o the introduc- tion of this transcript of the record in evidence, on the ground that the seal of the cour attacted tothe record was not impressed on wax or other ad- herive substance, bat was stamped on t! iT it self That it was not real at common and aw, could not be recognized in this State; and they re- lied, to support this position, on the case of Coit and others vs. Milliken. 1 Lenio, 376. ‘The commissioner overruled the objection, de- ciding that he wae acting under a law of Congress, which declared that the transcript of the record | should be authenticated ‘by the attestation of the cleik and of the seal of the said court.” That this did not require a seal as defined at common law; that the States had aright to regulate for them- eclves what the seals of their courts should be; this State had done se, and provided that an impression on the paper should be as valid and effectual a seal as one on wax; and that it was a matter Foye that in most Kj = snanes the eae courts were impressed dirvetly on papor, a on wax. Thi tr jored was properly authenti- cated, and might be rend in evidence On this polat the commissioner fofors the pro- pr q | tained; consequently Indian Town is uoable t ‘The counsel for Daniels then to oross- examine witness, a4 to the time of the purchase which he escaped , ‘The claimant’s counzel objected to the introduc- tion of this evidence, on the amend bem | on these points the record was conclusive; Daniel's counsel stated that they offered such testimony om the question of idontity, and contended that on the cross examination of @ witness it was proper. The commissioner decided that upon the question of identity, and that only, auch testimony was com- potent, and might be given. On his crose-examination tho witaoss testified, in substance, that his father bad purchased Daaiel from a man amed Frayer, and bad agreed to pay $700 dollars for him}; that at the time of the purchase Daniel was raging. on the rivor, and after the purchase his father hud hired him out ia Louis- ville. Tbat about four months after the purchase the boat on which Ianiel was, im the capacity ¢ Sh male a trip to Cincinnati, and :rom t Daniel escaped, as he believed; that the boat did not run regularly to Cincinnati. ‘This was all the evidence given. The counsel for Daniel coatended that Daniel was proved to be a free man, and had escaped from Cinoinnati, and therefore,he could not be sent back to Kentucky. The commissioner decided that he was bound by the record, which the act of Congress declared “ shal! be held and taken to be full and conclusive evidence of the fact of eecape, and that the service or labor of the person escaping is due to the party in such record mentianed.” That, even if he ¢: look behind the record, the proof would not susiain the position of Daniels counsel, for it did not warrunt the enum pion that Daniel bad been takem to a free State with the assent of his master. For these reasons he should decide against the objection taken by Daniel’s counsel. in the course of the argument one of Daniel’s counsel siated the law te be, that when a master comes with, or permits his slive to be carried to, a free State, that moment the slave becomes fre From the propositiva thus broadly stated, the commission-r dissented, and said that, in his opinion, there were cases in which a master mig take his slave in or through a free State, and that act alone would not emancipate him It is this remark of the commissioner (in most of the papers inccerectls, siBcrsef waich has elicited criticism, and the citation of cases te show, what every one kno #3, that slavery isa local institution, and cannot be extended by the re- moval of masters and slaves into the free States. In the qualified zenae in which the commissioner's remark was given, he adheres to it as good law; but, whether in this the commissioner was right or wrong, bis remark was a mere obiter distum; acd had nothing to do wih the decision of Daniel’s case The counsel for Daniel then stated that there were two witnesees on board the boat from which Daniel was taken, who, they were informed, were material for Daniel on the question of identity, and that a messenger bad been sent forthom. The com missioner said he would wait a reasonable ti for them to come in; while waiting, the cou Daniel asked the counsel for the claimant to con- sent to an adjournment of the case, stating that their client was much exhausted and iajured by the wounds be had received, and that, if necessary, they would call medical vitnesses on the point ‘The claimant's counsel refused to consent to an ad- journment, and Daniel's counsel did not call any medical witnesses, nojwithstanding the surgeon who dressed his wound was in court. The comm ner, however, twice saidto Daniel’s counsel, that if either of them would say that, ia their opinion, the interest of Daniol, or his conditioa, required a postponement of the examination, he would adjourn uctil the next day. Both counsel declined to make such a statement. ‘The commissioner, having waited half an hour, and no witnessing appearing, determined te pro- ced, and decided that the rccord being before hina, the oaly question waz cne of fact, whether Daniel war suflicientiy identified as the man described im the record. Upon this point the proof was decisive and uncortradicted, and be shou'd therefore make the order that Daniel be sent back to Kentucky That order was accordingly made. With the arres:, the cotamissioner of course had NO counectior t duty was discharged by the marsha! and his as H OK. Sureu, U.S. Commissioner, + Brrvaco, August 25, 1951 The Fugitive Sinve Boiding. New Yorx, September 2, 1851 NTOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD Allow me to express my gratification at the di cision of Commissioner Nelson, in the case of the fugitive slave, the property of Mr. R. © Anderron, of Columbia, 8. C. The youth‘ul and accomplished jurist haz not only sustained the constitution and laws of hi but be has dove justice to my native St as was attempted to be proved by Messrs. Culver and Upten, the abolition lawy: Join is an In- dian, and untainted with Afri blood, he can, onhis return, sue for, and ob:ain his troedom as promptly in the courts of S Carolina aa in those of any State of the Union; and, as has deen trathfully asserted 7 Commissioner Nelson, “if he fact a freeman, he may challenge the right of his assumed master or masters before any court of justice in South Carolina, and call upon them to prove that he is a slave ; nor will any judge of that Lapse impose upon him the onus of proving that he is free. Inno State of the Union are the rij men Ogee with more jealous care than in South ‘arolina, and in no State of the confederacy is there @ more sovereign contempt for that perverted and morbid passion for liberty, that would lower the heaven ordained superiority and dignity of the white man toa level with the inferiority and de gradation of the biack one. J. C. Trrornron, Columbia, S.C Ss jog Intelligence, Tix Inoian Town, No B., Cnatierce Boarsyn —The 8t, John (N’B) News, of of free- coptaina the following communicati our paper is the medium thr which information be gene rally obtained. | would ask you if there |i probability of race coming off between Indian Tow: New York’ lam aware that Iudian Town challenged New York, aad that the challenge was accepted in the New York Herald. by one signing himself “Jar, Lynm” I have also beem informed. on undoubted authority, that since the accept- ance of the challenge a communication has been sent to | Mr. Lynn, requesting him, or ® committee from New York, to meet a committee from (ndian Town, at Port. land, Maine, on as early a day as would be convenieat for him or them to do #0, for the to proceed in the matter with the New Vork Merald if give thie one insertion. you of throwing some Light on the subject Warnisoton Oxsterany —We would cail th» attention reroll, under which, in At the base of the we there is a tom! stands an urn, all in five relief By the side of the tomb and urn, stands the & youth with & countenance on whieb grief ts ad 4 It is wot of the viclent outburst of grief, but that kind which we see mixed with devotion, On the pnme tomb ere inseribed— Deo Optimo Masimo (To the most holy and Almighty God )—(To.] Thon comes the inscription on a panel .— Here lie the remains of Sophia aud Arit and |, Dee 8, 1843, im the full hope of a blead iaawortality. Kt deous et pretiam reeti The orvament ant reward of virtar —Ep | She bas left @ on and daughter, whom she mast o: loved, to be guided by the precept and examp!> of the beet of mothers. She was a native of New Enginnd and an ornament to her sex, phy i Pinas, needa 9° 0 are. By the husband and father, who te fdetie od unem, amd whe will soon follow Then follows the THE LoRD's Phayen. HY JAMES ARLINGTON MeNWRT, Lt D Fo nhom ll ploty should be give ‘ow ry ehould be giv Hallowed be thy Name pitas © let thy gloric as Kingdom come And may raciour will be done, Tn earth avd heaven the ame. Give us thir day our daily bread, That we may in thy fron Ag trend, And be our debta forgiven ; As we ‘orgive our fellow men ‘The devte that we might claim of them And guide we cafe to hear's. Lot not temptation set a enare ‘That we can't overcome by pray'r From evil make us free ~~ ‘The Kingdom, Power and Glory, then Be thine—for whied ®- aay, Amen, And give our souls to Thee