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Mr. Ennon:--As no one has np‘pe.m'»d
in answer to your ‘correspondent of October
sider ita favor if you will permit me to
make some remarks through your columns
in reference to that article. ~lt will be no
part of my olji-ct to disprove Slave-ryamong
the Jews. , They were a "stiff-necked and
disobcdieut people." The apostle affirms of
them, thattlicy did "always resist the Holy
Ghost. 'l‘hcy went contrary to the laws of
God in this. -as well as in other instances.-
The institution of marriage was perverted
so that they practiced big-ainy, concubinage,
and other vices for hidden by the dvcalogue.
‘But in the beginning," our Saviour tells us.
"it was not_so.” Had they not been prone
to the sin of oppression, we should probably
not have heardfrom Jehovah such direful
denunciations against oppression as we find
in the bible. “Deliver the spoiled otit of
the hand oftbe oppressor, lest my fury go
out like fire and burn. that there be none to
quench it because oftbe evil of your doings,"
Jer. xiti, I2. "Behold thehire oftbe labor-
ers, who have reaped down your fields \\I1lCIl
is of you kept back by fraud CI'it‘III, and the
cries ofthem which have reaped are entered
into the ears of the Lord« of. Sibbaoth."—
That the Jews did at times hold slaves is
admitted. But did Jehovah sanction it by
the laws given to Moses '3. To this point, I
shall direct my. inquiries. If they had n
"Thus saith the Lord," for Slavery, we must
expect to find it in their statute look. That
we may have a clear understanding of the
quest‘on. Slavery mustfibe defined. “A Lay-
man” uiay give the definition if he pleases.
Well, he says 5‘.What I mean by Slavery is.
the holdingof property in man, and perpet-
ual servitude.” This includes what I un-
derstand Slavery to be, viz : the nsurpatioii. of
one’s natiuol rights. The making mer-
chandise of human. beiags—subjecting.the
will of the to-ca.ker to thatof the stronger.-
The reduction of sentient beings to things.
to merchantable articles. to chattels personal.
‘The principle of reciprocity of benefits which
to some extent characterizes all other rela-
tions, does not exist in that of master and
slave. The master holds the plow thatturns
the soil of his plantation, the horse which
draws it. and the slave who guides it by one
and the sime tenure.’ The slave cannot
use his own body for his own benefit; his
in-ry personality is destroyed. This is
Slaucriy, or in other words. man holding
propcrt-_i/ in -man. Is it possible that a look
claiming to be from God, tr.-aches such doc-
trines .7 Is it so ! do laws ofJewish servitude
countenance such an outrage on human be-
ings, created in the image of God? If so.
then indeed I have iiiistalren altogether its
meaning. Nor am I alone in the delusion,
the.beroic signer ofthe declaration of Ameri
can Independoncr-, were also fatally deluded.
They stgncd a libel, and published an infa-
mous falsehood to the world. in what they
termed a self-evident truth, "That all men
are born equal. and alike entitled to life.
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." But
"to the Law and to the Testimony."
lst. '1'/ia-t v2imz'is not (1. 7)7'0]7é'Tl]/ possession.
appears fro_7ii. the inzpossibi/it_u of obtaining
rt tit.’c in. an.j,_ -manne r, not 'l:1I1pl.l/l'.7I,.',"'ji7'a1l.(b"-
Seexthe penalty for property stealing. Ex.
xxii: iia man stole an on: and killed or
soil il,he was to restore 5 oxen. &c. Butj"he
that stealetb a man. and selleth him, or if he
be found in his hand, he shall surely be put
to death.” Why this difierincc in the pen-
alty, if the 0.2: and the man were both
alike property? The man stolen might be
past labor, and as property, not worth half
as much as the ox. yet. in one case a proper-
!_ 7
the other, nothing would satisfy
death of the offender. This proves that
property stealing and man stealing were
"adjudicated on totally different principles.’
which would not be the case if oxen, sheep.
horses and men were alike, property.
law against stealing men is found in Ex.
him; then that thief shall die.’ See also,
Dieut. .\:xi—l4, respecting a female captive:
‘Thou shalt not sell her at all for money.
thou shalt not inake mercliandize of her.’— am. [mw -mu canfig; it.’
In the new 'I‘estament, man stealing is class- .;,.;,, me {hoary of'A Lay
ed. with the most vile offences: I Tim. i-— -1,,-,5,-_.],._.-53 fabric ofa vision.’
dation on which to rest, but it must 101197
l0. As either. stealing, selling or holding
mun, subjects the offender to death. it is and [3]] by its own weight.
is sure, whether we stop to scatter its frag-
ments to the wind. or leave it to sinoulder
Lcttbere be no dodging the
ditficult to conceive how the merchandize of
men, women and children, can be carried on
without the tnost flagrant violations of the
Divine Law, or without directly aiding and
abetting the violations of it. Had we no
other proof, the laws against man stealing
sufficiently prove to my mind that dealing in
hmnan flvsh as property. is contraband, and
that the Divine Law subjects all engaged in
it to the penalty of death. But as we pro-
eced, we shall find that the Mosaic polity,
understood in all its enactments. affords 001
a single loop on which to hang even a pre-
tence for Slavery. _
2d_ The power of sale is iiirlispcizsable to
to property ouutcrship.-—-According to the
laws of .lewish.servitude, the master did not
possess this power. Of w bat avail is prop-
ortv without this power, where the owner
has rriore of it than he wants for his own
use and convenience? It the-nlecotnes a
drug constantly increasing on his bands.
which. instead of ministering to his comfort
and wealth, detracts from both, and. is
really a curse instead of a blessing. Like
broken down and foundered horses,themore a
man has of l.l1t‘m,,llle worse ‘off he is. There
is no record in the bible of a genuine sale of
human property, where the person did_ not
sell himself for his «own benefit. (CT}ml""l_5
pgcepged} not as property but to retrieve his
.fortune. The fraudulent sales on record
are the only ones to prop up the tottering
' ' I ‘A Layman’ wishes
aid from such a quarter. he is welcome to
all the support he can derive from the sale.
d of Christ by
139535, Again, we argue that man is not a
property possession. fromytlie fact that the
Mosaic Laws contemplated all persons in
the land on a level in regard to personal and
n.]jgi0u3 rights, For Hebrews, strangers.
' in
_c
r
that sojourneth with
Wht-nce it seen s that
be at the disposal of «-
pocket. in the land.
shall dwell with
xxiii—l5. I6
hold him against his
power of his master.’
rounding nations. B
runaway servant
kidnappers, and drag
and ‘force-them into a
wills.
of a third person. and
tion this.’
because the law rclc
instance, what would
twenty, or fifty years.
lands ?
would rise cn massc a
Mosaic codc.
xxv——9. 10. ‘Then
trumpet of Jubilee
your land.
ants theroof.'
and their apologists a
the blessings of the
er man.
ful one, not sustained
command, at any
event. but when the d
that
slavery.
The pri
vileges we
it? Ifthe facts be as
property possession.
in its ruins.
myfgratifi
ponent to
pense of truth
humanity prevai
obloquy and defeat.
decorated W
victor). What now
Lev. xxv-44. 46 fr
Let
we have seen is tota
reconcilable with the
Mosaic code: and i
let God be true
bea liar.
cannot be made 10
opponent's theory.
forever, &.c.
46, with the constru
visions of the law.
the law.
leave it with the can
snjaurners and their di-er-ndants, there was
onc law.
‘One ordinance. one law, and one .
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manner shrill be for you and for the stranger
shall the stranger be.’
he do,’ Num. xiv—l5. I6, 29;
xix—l4; Dent. i--I6, 17; Lev. xxiv—22.
broad pl-itforrn of equal rights.
vant had as good right to sell the master
without his consent. as the master to sell tho-
servant against his will.
protected in the enjoyment of their right to
life, liherty and the pursuit of happiness.
311. Another indispensable requisite to
property; ownership. is poi:-er to protect. and
recover one’s property/, when last or stolen.—
Without this power, one’s property ’would
The law is. "I‘l‘ou shalt
not deliver to his master the servant that’ is
escaped from his master unto thee.
thee.’ &.c.
‘To (Iell\'Pl' him up would
be to recognize the right of the master to
force him back, but protect
property right ? Far from it.
sometimes said-that this relates to servants
escaping from heathen masters in the sur-
the terms of the command are unlimittd.—
Btit ifthe objection was valid, it would not
help the cause of slavery.
brews required to protect the free choice of a
from
at the same time permitted to buy men of
‘Vere they required to respect the
right ofone who had lied from oppression.
and at the satire time permitted to begin the
otitrage upon-a fellow man by buying him
endless, hopeless bondage? ‘Strange induc-
4th.. I-Vc argue that man is not properly.
culling the owne-r.—If Jewish servants were
a properly possession, this could not be done
without the most manifest injustice.
requiring not an individual only. but a whole
community to give up and let go every ten,
and sheep, or if you please. their housesand
Would such a
much less complied with ?
and well they might.’ Butsuch was the
law respecting serv
The law is found
servants alone, that they may with a quiet
conscience. riot on the unpaid toil ofa broth-
But their position is a very doubt-
rate.
engaged in all the preparatory services for
ushering in the Jubilee, Lev. xvi—29, 30.
The sauie precepts and promises were ad-
dressed to them equally with the masters. Is it
natural to suppose that they engaged in all
the preparatory services c-. duties ofthatjoyful
participating in the general joy. they were
to be gagged. and handcuffed. and doomed
to interminable slavery?
ing that none but Hebrew servants were
liberated on the Jubilee, it would- not prove
the other class of
Sf/Utes or property. ' Slavery does not con-
compensation satisfied the law, while in sist in the duration of servitude, but in sub-
l'- bill the iection to a slave code.
liberty. but subvertiiig it, that constitutes
ated are but a small part of what was secu-
Tht’ red to servants by the Mosaic Institutes.-
The hall has not been told;
xxi—-I6. in Dent. xxiv—7. is another law s,,mc;,.m for my present purpose.
oftbe kind : 'ifa man he found stealingimy now let me ask. are these things so? VVere
of his brethren of the Children of Israel, servants mus protoctr-d in their free choice .7
and inaketh inerchanrlize of him or selleth “rim, with the Bible before him, will deny
inevitably follows, that they were not a
uestion on either side.
cation to confound and put an op-
flight. if it must be done at the ex-
I. though I be the victim of
ith laurels as the insignia of
man has put upen it. for
as he has interprettrd it to be _
warrant. for a property 720$-‘£55’-0”?
law is arraved against tm01ll€"- ll ""5"°)75
itself-—the law is nullity—i's claims as
coming from God are given Up-
of a contradiction cannot
The lav.j_s o
in predicating slavery on certain w
terms, such as the following. viz!
bought. inheritance, possessiombond servant.
These are to be understood
in a restricted sense. taken in connection with
the general provisions and regulations of
the code of laws in which they stand.
I have said the passage in Lev. xxv——4L
you.’ ‘As ye are "so
‘As ye do so shall
also chap.
all stood upon the
The ser-
All were equally
very knave and pick-
He
Read Dent.
you shall not
him from the
Does this look like
Iknow it is
will,
ut it will be perceived.
Were _the He-
the heathen and
them over the line.
condition against their
consigning him to
used him ioitlmut con-
For
he thought of a law
all their horses. cattle
law be tolerated,
No, the people
gainst such oppression.
ants held under the
in Lev.
thou shalt cause the
to sound throughout
_ And ye shall proclaim liberty-
throughout all the land unto all the inhabit-
I know that Slave-holders
re fond of confining
Jubilee to Israelitish
by the terms of the
Besides, servants
ay arrived, instead of
But even allow-
servants were
It is not restraining
have already enumer-
but these are
And
stated, it clearly and
They were not slaves
And ifnot slaves,
man’ is but the
It has no foun-
Its destruction
It will not add to
right and the cause of
and my opponent Ie
remains is to relieve
om the gloss ‘A’ Lay-
a glass it must be.
the divine
which
lly inconsistent and ir-
other provisions of the
f one provision of the
Both sides
be true. But
though every man
f Jewish servitude
harmonize with my
His error consists
ords and
buy.
etion put upon it by ‘A
Layman.’ contradicts and nullifies other pro-
Of course there is an
error sorr-.cwhere——that,it is not in the law, is
clear to my mind. because another construc-
tion both easy and natural would make it
harmonize with all the other provisions of
I will give the construction, and
did to decide.
-bond servant, commentators tell us -is uni-
formly translated man servant in other por-
tions of the bible. S_ee Isa. xiv-2. Be
side, the English word bond man at the
tirne the bible was translated, signified an
apprentice, not a chattel, a slave. Keeping
these facts in view, and understanding the
word forever to refer to the permanence, of
the regulation instead oftbe duration of in-
dividual service, and the passage will har-
monize \\ith the other provisions of the law
regulating Jewish servitude, as well as with
the law of love as contained in the ‘Golden
Rule.’ The passage may be understood
thus, viz: they the nations round about you
(not any one individual of them) shall be
your bondnicn forever. That is your per-
manent domestic servants and handmaids.
shall be obtained from this source. These
nations and strangers and their families
among you shall be your possession and in-
heritance. They shall furnish yoti and
your children after you with perrnanet
domestic servants. It will be no privation
of their privilege to SCH.-'6 you in this
capacity. Whereas, your -brethren of the
children of Israel would esteem such service
rigorous and a hardship, ye shall not oblige
them to serve you in this manner by taking
advantage of their poverty and misfortunes.
No one doubts that some degree of ntenial
servitude is indicated in the passage under-
consideration, btit it was both equitable and
kind as ordained of God, and would be a
bent-fit to the heathen if they complied
with their terms of the law, one of which
was to adoptthe Jewish religion. Of course
they were to abjure idolatry—this was in-
dispensable. They could not reside in a
Jewish family if they refused compliance.‘
Gen. xvii—9; xiv——23, 28. Ex. xii—44,
48. As the passage will bear this construc-
tion without any violence, we are bound so
to understand it, and not gratuitously put a
construction upon it which sets the Bible at
war with itself. One more passage must be
noted. It is in Ex. xx—2l, where it is sta-
ted that a man was not to be punished for
smiling his servant who SUl'VlVc'(.l a day or
two after being smitten. because he was his
money. As this passage is referred to with-
out comment, there is some doubt as to the
purpose for which it was introduced. The
common assumption of slave holders is. that
they are not to be punished for killing a
slave, ifthey do it by piecc-nieul, or moder-
ate scourging; and that what cost nioney
is property to all intents and purposes. If
‘A Layman’ chooses to adopt these senti-
ments as his own, he can do it. Then I
will introduce him to the horns of a dilemma,
and suspend him without mercy. Asto quar-
ters, he shall have none
But such a fate he need tint fear;
’Twonld help his ihouglits flow strangely clear
And aid his optics '00, percliance,
Of‘ human rights to catch a glance,
Which now but faintly seem to rise
Like fabled visions to his eyes :-
’Twould help disperse the noxious haze
Ofstut-erg \Vl)iL'l1 bedims his gaze,
And with impartial glasses scan
The hcaifnty guarded rights of man.
I shall here rest the argument, Mr. Editor,
as far as the Old '1‘.-ci.-an.-ni. is nnnne.rnerf.-Sp
But as ‘A Layman’ has bolted into the New
Testament and set up the standard of Sla-
very, {Lei-p, if no one else follows him, I
shall think it my duty to do it the first oppor-
tunity if yoti allow me the use of your
columns. If his bloody flag must wave over
the walls of the ‘Celestial City,’ it shall not
be my fault. A FREEMAN.
From the P/tilad. Nor!/L Airzerican. l3th.
Outrageous Scene at the T/ieatrc.—One
oftbe mostdisgraceful rowes perhaps ever
witnessed at a place of amusement in this
city occurred at the National Theatre on
Saturday evening. The house was crowded
and two-thirds oftlie audience were firemen,
the performances being for the benefit ofone
of the companies. In the midst of the per-
formance, a fight took place which lasted fol
some minutes, and in which one or two in,-
dividuals were beaten nearly to death, and
severely injured. The firemen most active
in this outrageous scene were members of
the F-airmount Engine and Weccacoe Hose
Companies: and we regret to add that a
number of the New Market Fire Company
of Baltimore, who are sojourning for a few
days with the Philadelphia firemen, were
active participants in the row.
Front the Philad. U. S.‘Gazctc, some data.
The Sabbath was not permittr-d to pass
over in quietness. but was marked by it con—
flict, even more outrageous than those oftbe
evening proceeding‘.
about one o'clock, and many of the combat-
tanls were spattered with blood drawn from
themselves, or those with whom they had
bed bythe blow of a fire horn upon the
head, and others were severely cut and
bruised.
Further 0-ulrage .'-—Some time during
timorc were attacked and severely beaten, in
her of persons,
habit of “running' with,
Hose Company.
nnv.
their Tender, wlich was taken possession o
and broken into pieces.
About eigh H
ofinén proceeded to attack the Good-Wil
Hose Company.
received with a volley ofmusketry. An in
stantretreat was the consequence. and the
Hose men pursued the fugitives quite a con
siderable distance.
around the Hose house, and" it
dangerous to approach it, as shots were fre
quenily fired. Scveral persons were injured
The word in the original here translated
some severely.
This riot came off
been fighting; one oftbem was badly woun-
yesterday afternoon, 2] party oftbe members
of the New Mnrket§Fire Company of Bal-
the north western part of the city, by a num-
either members of, or in the
the Good-Will
To revenge this“ the bell
ofthe Fair Mount Engine Company was
tolled late in the afternoon, as if for a fire,
and a large party started ofiftaking with them
the Tender of the Fair Mount Engine Com-
On coming up to the House of the
Godd-Will Hose, a party emerged from it.
from whom several guns were fired. and
these and other demonstrations-caused, the
Engine men to retreat percipitatelv, leaving
t o'clock last evening. a partv
A large crowd, some five hundred 0|’
more. was gathered around the house,‘/and
as the attacking party advanced they were
Up to eleven o'clock the crowd remained _
was very
Henry Clog/.-—'The Raleigh Reg.iste‘r
says: "One_ thing especially recommends
Henry Clay to the snffrages of the great
body of yeomanry of the United States.-
He is‘o7i.e of them. Born in humble obscu-
rity, he owes not his elevation to wealthy
parents or splendid family connections.—-
Whatever be is, he is indebted for, to that
original greatness of mind, the gift of his
Creator; to that principle of unwearied,
patient and persevering industry, which no
obstacle, however great, could turn back
from its purpose. and to the discriminating
judgment of his fellow citizens’ who best
knew him, and who well appreciated those
talents and that patriotism, on which a na-
tion may safely rcly.” -
From the Stamford Advocate.
A Cupsize -—On Sunday morning, week.
about 8 o'clock. the sloop Stamford, Capt.
Oliver Scofir-ld, capsized, on her upward
passage in doubling Throg’s Point with a
strong westerly wind. On rounding the
Point, the vessel was brought up to wind in
order to haul aft the main sheet and in pay-
ing :-fI,a flaw.struck her before she had
good llrn(l\\'€t_V on her again, and she l'Ollt(I
over, and immcdietcly filled. There. were
on board at the time, nine persons, viz. Cap.
Scofield, his wife and her sister, three bands.
Mr. Henry F. Waring, ofthis village, and
two men passengers of Poundridge. Capt.
Scoficld, at the imminent hazard of his life.
succeeded in gettingthe ladies out oftbe cab-
the hands went overboard to the leeward,
passed under the vessel. came out to wind-
ward and fortunately succeeded in regaining
a safe position on the quarter of the l:'t'SS(’l
out of water, and the other persons secured
themselves on the same quarter. the sea con-
stantly breaking over them. Thus they re
mained for a half or three quarters of an
hour, when they were relieved, in a very
exhausted state, from their perilous situation
by two persons with a boat from the Point.
It is said while they were thus hanging
on to the wreck, several vessels passed close
by them without attempting to render any
assistance. If this be so. we hope to ascer-
tain the names of their commanders that they
may be exposed to public indignation for,
their heartless ingratitude. The only ves
sel that of’ft-ri—d assistance, was a schooner of
New Have'n—she rounded to, and let down
her boat and was in the act ofsending help
when the boat from the shore put offand re-
lieved the sufferers.
The Stamford was righted on Monday,
towed in shore by a steamboat, pumped out,
and reacbid our harbor last evening. Her
cargo consisted of ten tons of iron on deck,
which all rolled off. and a quantity of trier-
chantile freight, which is in a very damaged
situation. The loss in cargo and injury to
the vessel is estimated to be not less than $1-
000, besides which, Capt. Scofield had a
wallet washed from his pocket, containing
about 880.
Did it ever occur to the editors oftbe New
Haven Register, while they have been eu-
deavoring to deceive and prejudice their rea-
diprs, and make party capital by stigmittizing
t 'i‘t'lr fiepullcan opponents-as ‘Fade-n1.lisls——
old fa-sliioned Fer1e1'a.Iists—Ha.rtford Con-
vention Fedcralisls,'--—to ask themselves the
l
didate for Governor, ‘the gentleman from
Hampton.’ was acting with the party upon
whom they now attempt to fasten all sorts of
opprobrious names? \’Ve:thinl< this would
be an interesting subject for the locofoco edi-
tors to investigate. Perhaps their own col-
umns a few years back, would furnish them
' some light upon the subject.
Hrzrtford Journal.
From the Journal of Commerce.
New York Election.—The avaut reports
of the result oftbe election in some of the
western counties prove to have been incor-
rect. Gennessee. IVyoming. and Mon me,
have each elected Whig Assemblymcn. Ni-
agra is believed to have elected one Whig
and one Democrat. Chatauque one VVhig
and two Democrats, being a ticket made up
inbpposition to the regular Whig ticket.-—
The list of Senators which we published last
of‘_the other party. The Assembly accor-
diig to the best information within our reach
wll comprise 35 \Vbigs and 9| Democrats.
exclusive of the two members frotn Allegany
cointy, not yet ascertained.
f
Audacious Rabbcrg/.—-Our neighbors of
any seem to be infested by a gang of
daing burglars. The Evening Journal
st es that about 8 o clk Wednesday evening
en called at the house of Peter McElroy,
N 9 Daniels street, on the pretence of so-
lic ing subscriptions for some work. 'I‘hey
e asked in, and while the only person in
th house. a young lady, was engaged in
mg the prospectus,_she was suddenly
su prised by the flotirisbing of a huge knife
an the threat that ifshc uttered a word they
ld instantly kill her.
,hcy then proceeded to tie her and the
littb girl fitst, using for that purpose the
str s of a bedquilt, which they rent in pieces.
the next transaction was the thorough
se' h oftbe house, but they did not succeed
in ,tting any money, and all the booty ob-
taid was Mt‘. McElroy's gold watch.
w at the time was in possession of the
og lady. They then departed leaving
ihnmates half dead with affright.
discussion arose in one of the Harlem
ra oad cars between two men, one a whig,
ihther a loco, as to the merits and pros-
p s of the difiercnt candidates for the
P idency. After considerable talk the
lo observed, "At all events we have one
ant.-ige over you whigs—-we have half a
d n candidates from whom to choose.
W c you are pledged to one man." “Ad-
m .d,” replied the wbig, ‘we go for Harry
o e West, as our first and only choice.’-
'I v absurd,’ replied his antagonist. ‘Sup-
p Clay die-s, what will you do then?’
‘t-’ answered the whig—‘what will I do ?
.Jove,.I'll votefor his Ezcecutors I"
f
l
‘ orkmen are employed in breaking
gund foritlie new‘Episcopal meeting house
is erected in this village. fronting W'est
1 et, a littleeast of the dwelling house be
ging to the estate oftlie late Mr. Elijah
in and lashed them to the quarter rail, one of
question how long it is sincetheir own can-
Fiiday is entirely correct-6 Whigs and 26‘
Breach/i. ‘P-romiise.-’-'--Miss"_‘Eli2abethA
Thompson, a deafand dumb girl, brought a _
suit against‘H. H. Porch of Cole'county. for
a breach of marriage contract, \\ hich the
poor girl proved had been entered intoibe-
tween her and Porch by signs. It appears
from the testimony that Porch had induced
-the girl to believe that he would marry her.
.and then seduced and deserted her. The
girl is said to have lived in some of the most
respectable families, and always bore a good
character. She recovered $3000fdamages.
Jeflerson Mo. Inquirer.
A Disg-i-nccful Fight in Court.-—A cor-
respondent of the Cincinnati Times, at Ham-
ilton. Ohio, says—'Our Court House has
‘recently been the scene of an outrage, dis-
graceful not tnly to the temple ofJusticeand
-the actors. but to the second Congressional
District. During the progress of a case in
which John \Voods, the leading member of
the Bar, and formerly a niemberofCongress
and the Hon.‘ John B. Weller, Congressman
elect. were engaged, in dispute arose. which,
warming the parties. drew a knock down
argiiment from the Hon. Mr. Weller, and a
choking one of his opponents. The parties
were fined.’ ‘
Death of Clci.-enger.——'I'he country has
occasion tb mourn the early death of Clev-
enger, the American Sculptor. After ms?-
ding some two or three years at Florence in
the pursuit of his profession,he died on board
the vrssel, which arrived at New York on
Tuesday, with his wife and three children.
His great work. ‘a wild American Indian’
we regret to say, is left unfinishrd. The
model attracted great admiration in Italy.
Correspondence oftbe Courier Enquirer. ‘
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. l7—P. M.
The I/Varren County/, (N. J.) Ill-urrlc-1,-
A German named Augustus Miller, was
arrested in this city last night, by the watch.
and is now in the lock up house, on a charge
based on his own confeesion. of having with
an accomplice. coniinitted the murder of Mr.
Parke and Castner and family, in VVarrcn
county N. J. on the first of May last. It ap.
pears that he told another man that he could
make 81000 by taking him up. as he was
the murderer of saii family. and that I-Ieyer.
in company, was his accomplice; that he
killed the old man and Heyer killed the
child. Both were taken into custody and
are still in confinement. He-yer. denying
any knowledge of the matter.
er Miller. is a man of 35 or 40 years of age
and appears to know \VI).‘1I. he is saying. Ht-
gives no explanation nor states his motives.
SUMMARY.
John Q. Adams.——The 9th inst. the day
appointed for laying the corner stone of the
Cincinnati Observatory, we learn from the
Cincinnati papers was very stormy. The
procession however. was organized and the
ceremony performed.
Mr. Adams was unable to deliver the ex-
pected address on account of the storm, and
it was announced that it would be delivered
next day in the Wesley Cliapel.
N. Y. Tribune.
The Albany Advertiser of Friday Mor-
ning says: '
VVe learn from Pornroy Gr. Co's Express-
tbat although the canal is rmich obstructed
by ice-, the boats continue moving along the
whole line.
‘Vt? learn by the Providence Journal :hat.
the subordinate officers in the Custom House
at Newport, have been removed, and their
places Supplied with Dorriles. Tyler ought
to give Dorr himselfsome office, during his
scdcnlamy sojourn at Newport.
N. H. Pa-lladiizm.
The late Diocesan Convention of Ohio,
passed some resolutions touching the ordina-
tion of Mr. C.-trey. Bishop Mcllvaine took
occasion. in his charge. to denounce the,con-
ductof Bishop Ouderdonk. The Convention
fully sustained the Bishop and gave quite an
unequivical expression of their disapproba-
tion.
Nuisance .-1bzzted.——'I'he alarm nf fire on‘
Saturday evening about 8 o'clock was occas-
ioned by the burning of the ‘Liberian Hotel’
an immense wooden structure. filled with
abandoned blacks and whites, near the
Barnesville Bridge, in the lower section of
the city. -—N. H. Courier. '
The Copper Rock. —This celebrated mass
ofcopper which weighs about four tons.looks
like virgin copper, and is supposed to con-
tain about 95 per cent of pure copper, arrived
at Albany on Monday afternoon, the l3th
inst, via. Rail Road, by Pomcroy &- Co's
express.
Jacob Frock. of “test Vincent. Chester
county Pa. raised I04 bushels and I quart
of Indian Corn, from one acre ofground,the
past season. The field in which it grew,
contained about nine acres, and the acre be
measured was about an average one of the
whole field.
No Duel——-Lieut. Thompson anti Passed
Midshipman Throckinorton. ofPhi|adelphia
went outto fighta duel the other day. when
Capt. Gregory put after them and ‘brought
them to bearings.’
Dioiclend.-The Mutual In surance Com-
pany have declared a divadend of five per
cent. on the renewed capital stock. payable
on the first of Deccinber.—Jour. Com.
The _Farmers’ &. Mechanics’ bank at
Haatford. Ct. has just declared their semi-
annual dividend of 3 I-2 per cent.
The Tremont Insurance Company, Bos-
ton, have declared a semi-annual dividend of
20 per cent. payable on demand.
The winter session ofthe College of New
Jersey at Princeton, commenced on Thurs-
day, with upwards ofseventy new students.
Gov. Bouck. of New York, has appoin-
ted Thursday the 17th day of December, as
a day of public Thaiilrsgiving and Prayer.
lllicliigan Election.-—This election took
place on the 7th inst. The State has gone
for the Democrats. John S. Barry, Dem. is
elected Governor, and doubtless all the Deni-
ocratic candidates for Congress (three) have
succeeded, viz: ,
lst Dist. Robert 'M'Cleland. 2d Lucius
Lyon, 3d James B. Hunt. Mr. Lyon was
,'_ -gory.——- Danbnry Times.
formerly a member ofthe U. S_. Senate.
The prison-
TNORWALK GAZETTE“.
tzranbitintrs for $.t€ttt‘ oétftctris.
I-‘OB G0\-'l!1\‘t'‘R. '
Roger S_. Baldwin, of New Haven.
1-‘on LT. G0\'l2Rl\'0R,
Reuben Booth, of Dmibury.
FOR SECXKETARY, ‘
banter P. Tyler, of iviiqham.
I-‘OR TREASURER,
Joseph B. Gilbert, of Har
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CHLLI-2C'.|'|-.'\'G Ssnsoiv.-Another season for
collecting having come wuiid. our subscribers
and others indebted to us, in Norwalk. South
Norwalk and Westport, will be waitcd upon
with their bills in the course ofnext week. A;
far as practicable, we hope the calls of our col.
lectcr will be promptly met. as successive visits
for donning purposes, are disagreeable to ali
parties.
ELECTION l\’ 'rHi-: B.~nr STAT)-‘..—Tl'le \Vbiga'
oftlie Old Bay State have achieved a signal
victory over their opponents of every name,
The State
stands redeemed, and such a ctajnriiy in mg
complection and nasal peculiarity.
Legislature is secured, as will deprive corruption
ofiis prey, whether it comes in the character of
gold. office. or new clothes. The statistics
which we have,comprise the entire State with
the exception of one town——Florida. in Berkshire
cm 1) y. The aggregate vote for Governor is.
For Briggs—-57,419——Morton——53,172—Scat. 8,870.
Leaving Briggs’ majority over Morton, 4,247,
Majority of all others over Morton, 13,117.,
Do do Briggs, 4,623,
Housn or Ih:i>ri.i-zsi-:.\"i'A'rivr:s.-'I‘he House
at present stands—]73 \Vbig.-, and 119 Locos
leaving ilie VVhig niajurity in the House fifty
four, no choice II5.
Si:~'A*r'ons.—Ii is doubtful whether there is
any election ofSenatorsin Berkshire Co. They
were put down as olected and locofoco. If no
election has taken places as it now seems prob-
able, the Senate staiitls——\Vliig 12; Loco, 5;
no Election. 23. Leaving a Whig majority of
seven instead of five in the Senate.
C0.\‘oiti:?s.~i.-—Elec-tions were to be held in 4
Districts on Montl:-iy for members of Congress.
viz.tlio Tiiird, Sixth and Seventh. where no
choice had been made in previous elections, and
1
in the tenth to supply the place of Mr. Burnell,
deceased. In the former there is still no choice
ded \‘Vhig gain.
Mr. Grinnell, Vlbig, is elected in the tenth
District by a majority of 636. The
Chatliam alone remains to be heard froiri,whicb
will affect the returns very- little either way.
town of
A Fnc-r not often consitlered in the discus-
sion of the doctrines ofa tariff, and free trade.
the United
States and England with respect to agriculture,
alluded to by Mr. Webster in his late Andover
Speech. The produce of the soil of England
does not feed ilie population; consumers there-
fore demand a free importation of foreign pro-
Our
agriculture is productive far beyond our can-
is the essential diflerence between
ducc. With us it is exactly the reverse.
sur.ipiiou. and the greatest aims of our produ-
uiucb increase as possible in the demand from
abroad. \Ve are sellers-—tbe English are buy-
ers, and this makes all the difierence in the art
of reasoning.
Tin-: S111-2l'Fll-ZLD.-—\Ve have noticed in an-
other column, that tliis unfortunate vessel has.
against all expectation. been got off from her
place of grounding, and towed up to the city.
This result was eflected by the use of Board-
rnan’s Steam Pump. When placed on board
and put iiiio operation, the water was even with
the upper deck: and in 14 hours the vessel was
lifted from ilie bottom. The water thrown by
this pump was from 20 to 25 barrels per min-
ute.
PRIVATE EXPRESSES.—The case of the U.
States vs. Adams &. Co. brought before the U. S.
Dist. Court in the city of N. Y, to recover the penalty
of $100 for an alleged violation of the Post Oflice
law in carrying letters by private expresses, was de-
cided last week in favor of the defendants.
The Christian Family Magazine for Decembe
has made its appearance with its wonted excellence.
J UDGE CRANE.-—The reader will find on the first
page an excellent anecdote of Judge Crane. We
are not certain but that it has been published by u,
before, but if it has, it will abundantly repay a
a second perusal.
Mn. Enrron :—As many of your readersvvill
be interested in a report oftbe ' proceedings of
the annual State Temperance Society’, held at
~New Haven, Nov. 14th and 15th. the delegate»
from this place subjoin the following brief ac-
count of the exercises. The convention was
opened agreeably to notice on the 14th inst. at
10 o’clock, a. m. at the Temperance Hotel. A
committee was appointed to repair to the cars
on their arrival from Hartforo. to rceive the
President and other officersofthe Society--also
a committee to assign delegates and members
of the convention accommodations which the
bospiialiiy of the citizens had amply provided.
The officers oftbe society‘ were elected for’Ibe
ensuing year. The convention being duly
organized proceeded in the transaction of busi-
ness. The mostimportant among the doings,
was the passage of resolutions calling upon (ha
temperance men throughout the State to send
up their peiitiiions to. the next "Legislature.-
praying the restoration of the law of 1839,‘
or withhold licenses- The discussion was and
of great interest and ably conducted by it large
number of the d_elegate;s_ from all pgigia of__ 11;!
although in the sixth an seventh there is a dc.-ci~ '
cers are an augmented demand at borne. and as -
which gave to the ‘towns the right to grant" A ‘S in
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Ifodncsday, November 22, 18158» N .- I
Norwalk Chronicler