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among the trees-,th.e insects were--~floating in

the stmsh'ine,t1-rid’ the antelopes’sprip'giug*
high into the air.and- playfully chasing “each

other over the plain. There are ftsj_t'fv‘,,;_Ii_é'tii:ts

that had not responded‘ to such a ..S¢f‘.Tit5, and

'l‘ryon’s was now attuned to’,t_iII fhat spoke ‘of
gladness; and beneath its ififlueneeithe only

dark spot in his sky—his Kate‘s sorrow—-

s§em’ed.lo-grow lighter; nnihh-e was again

wandering through his dreamland, and see-

ing Kate_‘the" beloved and loving bride of
some onejhe deemed well worthy, when he

approached the edge of the declivity, and the"
Dell lay before him. He stopped abjru-p‘fly,

and gazed down as one lost in wo_nd”ei‘, rais-

ed his hand,and passed it quickly across his
brow, as though to clear his vision, then, ut-
tering one loiid-cry of agony as the truth

Etipist upon him, rushed rapidly down the

i .

The cottage around whose dear inmates
he had but now been raising such fairy striict-
ures, was no Ionger visible, and where it so
late had stood a column of grey smoke was
slowly curling upward, telling a dark tale of
ruin, but to what extent as yet he knew not;
though he gazing on the site of his vanish-
od home,and was standing beside the spot that
was once his hearth ; for there was none by
to tell him ifthe beloved ones by whom it
had been shared had escaped, or if he now
looked on their funeral pyre. He gazed ea-
gerly and anxiously around. A person ri-
ding rapidly down the hill met his eye, and
he sprang toward him.

It was Walter Hume. He was asby pale
—paler yet than when be last passed from
Tryon’s presence; and even the latter could
perceive that his hand trembled as he gave it
to him in silence.

“ My wife—my children?”
Tryon, in a broken voice.

Still Hume was silent, but he drew away
his hand, and covering his face with both,
stink upon the grass in anguish he cotild no
longer supress.

“ My darlings! my yrecious ones! and is
it come to this?” exclaimed the bereaved
man, wringing his hands in agony. “And
are you all taken from me—you for whom I
even sinned ? Tell me, Hume, tell me all
my sorrow, all my misery!”

And Hume did tell him gently and ten-
derly, the tale that his having lost his way
alone prevented him from hearing earlier, as
of the two servants who had escaped, one had
gone in quest ofhim while the other had
hurried off to Hume-.’s farm,to tcll ofliow the
Kafirs had burst upon them at the dead of
night, and how they two had fled in the
darkness, and under cover of the trees had
witnessed the fierce assailants deal death to
all around, and even seen the noble-hearted
Kate shot by a tall savage, in a vain attempt
to Shlfltl her mother. And then the trader’s
vaststores of ivory and skins wererifletl, and
his cattle swept away, and,finally, firing the
house of death, the murderers departed car-
rying their plunder across the border.

“Who! who!” exclaimed Tiyon breath-
Iessly, “ \\ ho was the Kafir that has so bereft
me '2” "-

“ I know not; I never thought ofasking,”
replied Walter. “ But here ‘Is something
that perhaps may tell," and he lifted it new
rifle from among the grass where it had laid
concealed.

“ It is—it is my sin that has overtaken
me!” cried the wretched man, throwing up
his clasped hands. “ It is one of the guns I
sold Kuru. Oh, I am well punished!” he
continued, pacing to and fro distractcdly. “I
pined for wealth that I iniglitaggrandise my
children, and I sold arms to the Kafirs that I
might do it more quickly; those arms they
have turned against me, and have left tne
childless. My children it is. your father who
is your murderer !”

Hitherto amid all his own grief, Hume
had appeared to feel deeply for the bereaved
father; but now he started from his side with
a look of horror and detestation ; and wild
were the words of reproach and indignation
thatburst from his lips as he realized the
truth, that the being whom he had so deep-
ly loved—whom still he loved, though now
there was between them the barrier ofa fear-
ful di=ath—had fallen a victim to 'I'ryon's
arnbitiou—tbat it was no evil chance that
had caused VVillow Dell to be the scene of
such a tragedy, bitt the deliberate resolve of
the Kuru to regain possession of the valuable
ivory and skins Tryon had received as his
recompense-—-—when» he reinembered‘ that had
not that fatal ‘passion filled Tryon’s heart,
Kate and himself might have been among
earth's happiest ; and that now he stood well
nigh broken—hearted beside the smoking ruin
that was her grave. And in the anguish of
those thoughts he forgot that Tryon was yet
more unhappy than himself, for he had no
self-reproach ; and be poured forth upon him
a flood of blIlt'I' accusations, which the inis-
erable inan’s conscience echoed to the utter-
most; nay even more, for he mourned for
all his children and the wife of his youth, for
whom he had procured a violent death

But the violence of these self u-pbraidirigs
could not last; and ere the sun again shone
on the grave-ruin, Tryon, unconscious of all
things, was writhing in the agony of brain
fever. Walter Home attended h-im. as though
he were his son ;. he saw in him for thetime
but the father of the gentle girl to whom his
love had proved so terrible. But when that
was once over (for Tryon did recover, as
those to whom life is a burden often will),

Walter shrunk from him again, as one whose
hand had fired the mine that overthrew his
happiness.

Nor did Tryon seek his companionship,
but wandered iiway none knew wither. a sad
and solitary man, leaving his name and his
story to hauntthe once fair spot which his
evil passions blighted.

murmured

Mob Law in Boston.

The City of Boston has just been disgrac-
ed by an outrage upon the laws and the
mi-nbters of the Law, which we record with
mortification and regret-—regrct not unmin-
glad with surprise.

On Saturday last, a waiter, named Fred-
erick VVilkins, at 'I‘aft’s Coffee House, in
Boston, was arrested as a fugitive slave-,on
a warrant issued by Gen. '1‘. Curtis, Esq,
one of the U. S. Commissioners--said Wil-
kins being claimed as the Slave of Mr. John
DeBrec, a Piirsor of the U. S. Navy, resi-
ding at Norfolk, Va. Wilkins was brought
_I)_efoi‘e Commi-:sioner Curtis, and Marcus
Morton, Jr., John G. King, F.dward G. Lor-
ingr, S. Sewall and Charles G. Davis, of
the “Committee of Safety” volunteered their
services as counsel for him.

Seth J. Thotnas appeared on behalfof the
claimatit.

Within '30 minutes there was a rush of
colored people, to_ the number of some I50,
to the Court Room,nearly filling ‘up the
room.

Afcr some conversation between the par-
ties and the Cornmissiooers, the counsel for

the p_ris,oner_asked for a post-ponjemyent of the
case till they should have time to make them-
selves acquainted with the facts and prepare
for thc.‘dcfence. ~ _ 3

A postponement was accordixngly ordered
to Tuesday at 10 o’clock, and the Marshall
directed to hold the alleged fugitive in his
custody and produce him at that time.

'l‘he Court was then ac‘journect.‘in'1medi-
ately after which the Commissioner left the
Court Room, and the Marshal procoededat
once to clear the Cotirt Room of all but the
prisoner’s counsel and a few other persons,
most of whom were reporters of the Boston
press.

In the mean time the blacks had noiseless-
Iy, and unknown to the officers within, been
gathering, and had taken possession of the
alleys and courts in the neighborhood and of
the stairway and corriders leading to the
Court Room. I

Presently a furious yell, of “ Tear him
out ! Rescue him !” was raised,a rush was
made, the door forced open and the excited
multitude drove furiously into the Court
Room, assaulted the officers, seized the fugi-
tive, burricd him away down stairs and
thrusting him into an empty cab drove Iiim
off over Cambridge Bridge to Cambridge
where it is said he was concealed, for the
night. As yet no arrests of the perpetrators
of this daring outrage have been made.—
Several of the mob, it is said, were armed
with revolvers and other weapons, though
no use of them seems to have been made.

The occurrence has err:-ated adeep sensa-
tion in Boston; and order-loving, law abid-
ing .citizens are asking, as well they may,
what is to be the end of all this? If a gang
of negyroes are to be allowcd to trainttle on the
the law and its officers with impunity in one
case, how long will it be before similar out-
rages are perpetrated in other cases Cl They
who encourage and justify mob violence for
the accomplishment of ends however desir-
able, will find when too latc, that they have
sown the wind to reap the whirlwind.

No:-win/i Courier.

CONGRESS.

In the Senate, on Monday, Mr. Hamlin
presented a pl’l.III0l‘| for the modification of
the Fugitive Slave Law. Refiirreil. Mr.
Atcliison moved it reconsideration, which
was carried and petition laid on the table.-—

l\'Ir. Clay ofl‘ercd a resolution to request
information from the President relative to
to the mob in Boston. Laid over.

The Cheap Postage Bill was then taken
up, and Mr. Seward olli-.red an ainendni-ant
to establish an uniform rate of two cents.
'l‘his motion was dobatcd, but no vote was
taken, when the Senate adjourned.

In the Ilousc, Mr. Bayly asked the gener-
al consent to offer a resolution making the
general appropriatioii bills the order of the
day for to-inorrow, and to be continued, un-
til they shall be disposed of. Objected to,
and the House then went into committee on
the River and Harbor Bill. Mr. [\/lclsano,
of Maryland, defended the bill. Mr. Morse
replied, accusing fifty gentlemen of inconsis-
tency as democrats.

In the Senate, on Tuesday, Mr. Clay’s
resolution of inquiry, asking the President
for information concerning the Boston riot;
and also, whether it was necessary to enforce
the law-—was debated and adopted.

The consideration of the Cheap Postage
Bill was then resumed, and various amend-
ments were offered and dt-bated.

The House went into Committee of the
IVhole on the River and Harbor Bill. In
the course of the debate, hard words passed
between Messrs. Inge and Stanley, which
caused much confusion, but it was soon sup-
pressed.

A substitute for the bill was agreed to, and
the question taken in ordering several parts of
the hill to be engrossed for a third reading.
Bill finally passed. Yeas l06—Nays 87.

Provisions of the bi-ll are nearly the same
as reported last year.

In the Scrzale, on Wednesday, Mr. Ewing
reported a bill fora mint in San Francisco,
and asked its immediate consideration. Ob-
jccted to.

The bill granting alternate sections of land
to Florida for the Railroad was ordered to be
en-grossed.

The River and H arbor Bill was received
from the House referred to the Committee on
Commerce.

The Cheap Postage Bill was then taken up.

Mr. Seward offered an amendment, mak-
ing the weight of papers to be charged,thi'ce,
instead of two ounces The amendment was
debated and adopted. Adjourned.

In the House, Mr. Stanton, from the Na-
val_C0mmittee. tnado ti report authorizing the
Secretary of the Treastirc to contract with
Mr. Thornpson of Pliiladi-lphia, for six
steamers to run bi-‘tween California and Chi-
na, and 'netwecuPl1iladclpl1ia and Antwerp.
Laid on the table‘.

The House went into Committee of the
VVhole on the Deficiency Bill and the
amendments of the Senate were concurred
in.

The Military Academy Bill was then con-
sidered till adjournment.

In the Seattle, on Tliursday, various peti-
tions were presented including several for
a repeal of the Fugitive Slave. Law.

The bill was passed granting land to Mis
souri for a Railroad from St. Louis to the
Western limit of the State

The discussion of the Po;-tage Bill was re-
sumed. Aincndments making three cents
uniiorm rate and abolishing the franking
pi'ivilage, were voted down. Adjourned.

In the House, the Bill to establish a line
of steamers to Antwerp, California and Chi-
na, from Norfolk and Philatlelpliia, was re-
ferred to the Committee ofthe Whole.

Bills ucre passed make app:-opiatioris for
West Point Academy, Revolutionary Peti-
sions, the Indian and Navy Departments,
making in all nearly eight millions of dol-
lars. Adjourned.

.7e)z.n._7/ Lind in the PV?:st.—-Apartinents
have been cngagcd at the Burnet House,

Cincinnati, for Jenny Lind, to be ready by
the" 10th of March, and eighty persons from
one little town in Ohio have also erigaged
rooms there at that time. Rooms have also
been taken at the Burnct and other principal
hotels of Cincinnatti, by residents inWestern
Virginia, Western Pennsylvania. and of all
parts of Kentucky, Indiana, and some even
of Illinois and Tennessee.

 

Cold I/Vwffzeir.-——In Montpelier, ,Vt., on
Tuesdav, the 30th ult , the mercury at noon
stood 8032 degrees above zero; before 6 o’-
clock in the evening it fell to 6 degrees below,
and did not return above for several dnys.—
On Saturday morning it sunk to thirty-three
t.‘It>“.gl".3E‘3 below zero, the lowest of the season.

,_ .Arrival—of the Attica.‘
, TWO WEEKS LATER- Niaws.
" Safety of the Atlantic 1..

The steamer Africa, from Liverpool,
Feb-. 1st, arrived at New York on Satur-
day evening. The booming of her guns,
in quick succession, as she came up the
bay,seemed to indicate that she brought
intelligence of more than usual interest
and importance; and long protracted anx-
iety felt for the fate of the Atlantic sug-
gested the general conviction that the Al'-
rica had takenthis means to announce the
safety of the missing steamer. Impatient
crowds thronged the piers,awaitiiig with
intense excitement the approach of the
ship. Soon she catne within hailing dis-
tan_ce__of the dock, andbope was changed
into certainty. -An officer with his trum-
pet mounted the paddle-box, and informed
the eager multitude that “the Atlantic
-was safe, and had put into Cork, with on-
lya broken shaft.” The news was re-
ceived vvithjoylul acclaination, and spread
vrtth wonderful celerity to the rernotest
parts of the city. It was announced from
the stages of the theatres ; and the partic-
ulars of the voyage subsequently publish-
ed in extra newspapers found purchasers
all night long.

Annexetl is an account of the accident
to the Atlantic, frotn Lieut. Sliufeldt, the
first officer of the Atlantic :

R. M. Srrzurizit AFRICA,
Feb. 13th, 1851. 5

In order to prevent garbled statements of
the recent accident to the Atlantic from ob-
taining publicity, I take the liberty of
sending you a correct narrative of facts,
compiled from her log, and for which I
can personally vouch.

The Atlantic left Liverpool on the 28th
December, in fine steaming condition, and
without any apprehension on the part of
her ofiicers in regard to the voyage. It
was lilowir.~g a strong gale at the time of
depai-ture,from the W. S. W so much as
to render it impossible to land her pilot.-—
On the 29th Dec. at 9 30 P M. she passed
Cape Clear, and fairly commenced her
homeward passage by plunging at once in-
to a heavy head sea, and steinming strong
westerlv gales, whit-Ii continued without
intermission for the titne following U!) 10
the day of the accident. On the 6th of
Jan. at noon, she was in lat. 46 12, Iona!-
41-W it blowing strong gales from W. N.
VV. At 6 30 P. M. the engines were stop-
ped, as it was first supposed by the engi-
nee.is on account of the breaking oftlie ec-
centric strap to the starboard eiigine—and,
on examination, it was determined to go
ahead again, working that engine by hand ;
but another revolution of the wheels pro‘!-

ed that the accident was of a mtich more-

serious nature—the main shaft was f0uud
broken completely llirougb (in a diagonal
direction) the bearing of the starboard pil-
lar block, and the additional turn after the
first stoppage caused one part of the shaft
to lap over the otIier——thus fracturing both
pillar blocks, and rendering the engines
perfectly useless.

The ship was at once have to under
storm canvas, the wheels laslied, and all
hands employed during the night, and for
the following day,iii sending tip her square
yards, and stripping her wheels of the
floats ; it task at once difficult and danger-
otis in a gale of wind, and the decks cov-
ered with ice, btit fortunately flC(.'0ltlplI.~‘I'l-
ed without accident. On the 7th and Silt,
layingto, with hopes of an abatement of
the gale and a change of wind, as the cap-
tain and all hands were extremely anxious
to reach some port on our own coast. On
the ninth, the wind hauled to the iiortb-
west, and became quite moderate. Imme-
diately inade sail, and shaped a course for
Halifix, 807 miles distant, and New York
I400. This weather continued until me-
ridian of the 10th, when an observation
placed the ship 180 miles south and 70
west of her position at the time of the ac-
cident. A gale now sprung tip again from
the southwest, atid it became necessary to
heave the ship to , for even with moderate
weather, it was evident toall that she could
do nothing by the wiml; under canvas At
8 A. M. of the lltli, a large ship passed,
bound to the eastward ; but she either did
not see, or took no notice of our signal of
distress. At 10 P. M. after taking an ac-
curate account of stores on board, and
considering the apparent impossibility of
reaching home with the ship in her disa-
bled condition, the captain determined,
with the assent of his officers and passen-
gers, to bear up for the coast of Europe,
which was accordingly done. From this
time to the 22d, nothing of im,-;ortance
occurred.

\Vehad followed gales and high seas,
and the ship iiitide an average distance of
150 miles per day, and in that interval ran
I-'100iniles. At 3 P. M. of the 22d, she
anchored in Cork harbor, which fact alone
when considering the immense size of the
ship, her small spars, light caiiv-as, and
heavy machinery, is sufficient to prove her
a splendid seaboat, and must add, in no
small degree, to the reputation already ac-
quired by her commander, for prtidence
and seainanship. In regard to the con-
duct of the passengers under such trying
rirctimstatices, too mtich could scarcely be
said. Suffice it that they bore the misfor-
tune with becoming fortitude and cbeeri'ul-
ness, and testified, on leaving her at Cork,
as much sympathy as those who have a
more permanent interest in the “good old
Atlantic.” The Atlantic Iiad on board
550‘tons of freight, _and a Considerable
quantity of specie, which the Cambria
was chartered to bring over, and probably
sailed frotn Cork on the 4th inst. direct for
New York. Before the Africa left, ar-—
rangements were making to tow the Atlan-
tic to Liverpool, for the purpose of being
repaired: This will possibly require three

months. The Africa brings her malls and ‘

R. W. SI-IUFELDT,
Chief Officer.

In a coimnercial point of view, the Eu-
ropean news is favorable. In political af-
fairs tr-an uility pievailed, and general con-
fidence isqestablisbed. Another change of
ministry had taken place in France; and
it was generally thought that President
Bonaparte would be enabled to conduct
the goverutnent of the country, for a while,
at least, without furtberfactious opposition.

passengers.

The ship Confidence, from Newport to
Barcelona, was run down, on the 1st tilt.
in the Straitsof Gibraltar, by the U. S.
frigate Constitution. l.i‘oi*tunately,although
the ship sank. in three tnintite.-t, the crew
escape l.

Recent ‘advices from Van Diemen’s
Land state t,hat"S-mith O’l3rien had arriv-
ed in Hobart Town, and had accepted his
ticket of leave on his word not to leave the
colony. -e

(fentiral America.

Its Population a-ml Stale of Erlucw(2on.——
The following extract from Duulap’s “ Cen-
tral America,” published in Londonin 1847',
will be read with interest, as the above work
is one of the latest and most reliable sources
of information as to the above interesting
country 2

"‘ The native population of Central Amer-
ica may be said to consist of six distinct races,
which, however, have been intt:rini.xed to so
great an extent that their derivation cannot
often be traced.

“ First: May be classed the white de-
scendants of Spanish colonists.

“ Second : The inestizo descendants of
Spaniards and Indians. ’ - -

“ T/tird : The mulatto descendants of
Spaniards and ncgroes.

“ Fourth : The zambo descendants of In-
dians and negi'oes.

'-‘ Fifth : The native or indcgenuous lo-
dian.

“ Sicct/’i : The African negro.

“ In all the States except Costa Rica the
second and fifth classes are much the most
numerous. The State of Gtititemala is said
to contain about 1,000,000 of inhabitants. the
Indians ofivhom probably amount to 800,000,
the inestizoes to 150,000. The ivhttrs in
New and Old Guatemala may amount to
.4.000 or 5,000, but in other parts of the State
not above 20 or 30 will be found in the lar-
gest towns, and I do not suppose that their
total number cxcccds 7,000 or 8,000.

“ In San Salvador, supposed to contain
350,000 inliabitants, the number of \\ bites
does not appear to i-xcccd 3,000 or 4,000, as
they are only found in the princlpal towns
or" the St’-tie, of the I'l"Sl about two-thirds
would appear to he mcsiizoes and indigeni-
ous Indians, the number of the other classes
being very trifling. [-Iondtiras is said to
contain a population of £250,000; of these
there may be from 4,000 to 5,000 whites, and
20,000 to 30,000 ni-grocs, znrnbocs and mu-
lattoes, on the nortlicast coast only._ the re-
inaintlct‘ C()t)SI.'~‘llt1g of about one-half incsti-
zoes and one-half Il'l(.llg't2l'l(.|US Indians.

“Nicaragua, the population of which is
estimated at 300,000, there may be 2,000 or
3,000 tvliites, and 5,000 or (3,000 of negro
blood in the ports; of the roniaining popula-
tion about it t.hird are mcstizoes and two-
thirds indigenous Indians.

“ In Costa Rico, the population of which
is rated at 85,000, at least 70,000 are wliiti--s,
the remainder consisting of a few ncgrocs
near the port of Matiiiii, on the northeast
coast, and mestizocs and their descendants
who have come from the other States. lliavo
not noticed a single pure Indian.

“Of the foreigners, the natives of Spain
are by far the most numerous, bciiig gt-ncr.
ally emigrants from Andalusia and Murcizi,
either of the lower classes, or (lcspi-rate tid-
venturcrs who have‘ been ruiiiei.l in their
own country and come to Control America
to push tlicir fortunes in any rnannt-i‘. Un-
fortunately, they form the great bulk of the
i-oinmt.-rcial class, excepting the potty deal-
ers, and have a character, dcc detlly \V(il'Si'
in all respects than the same class among the
natives. I do not think there are it dozen
English in all Central Atncriczi ; there inay
be 30 or40 _I.i'rencli, and as many Gcriiians,
and 20 or 30 of all other foreigners, exctpt-
ing the I3»-lgiziiis, who, since the foundation
of the Colony of St. Tlioinas, are much
more numerous in the State of (3'ruatemal.-i.

“ The ignorance, vice and superstition pre-
vailing in Central America are probably
Ii.-irdly to be cqualc-.l in any other part of the
world, unless it may be in the interior of AF
rica or the East India Isliinds. In the towiis,
not one in ten cart read or write, and in inn-
uy parts of the counti'_v not one in a thou."-:ind.
In iiiany villages (‘.(it.\l.9tInIl’1g‘ some l.Il0llSt1l'l(I
iriliabit.-int.-, no person is to be found who can
read, and when a traveler is compelled to
show his passport to the Alcaclc, who is the
first civil and criminal Jutlgc, he is generally
requested to read it Morality is iii the l0\v-
est ebb among all classes, especially the
whites and creoles; indeed, I could never
find that among ihern any (lisgrace was at-
tached to any sort of crime except petty lar-
ceny. Muidcr, perjury, forgery, and swin-
dling of all soils, are considered as quite
venial.”

 

Proclanlation by the President.
Wasiiizvtrrotv, Feb 18
The following Proclamation by President
FILLMORE has been officially announced.

IV/icrcas information has been received
that sundry lawless persons principally per-
sons of color, concentrated together for the
purpose ofofopposing by force the execu-
tion of the laws-of the United States, did, at
Boston Mass, on the fifteenth of this month,
make a ,;-violent assult on the lV’lm'.-hiiil
or deputy Marshall of the United Stati-s for
the District of Mzissacliusetts in the Court
House, and did overcome said officers, and
did by force rescue from their ciistody a pris-
oner, arrested as a Fugitive Slave, and then
and there a prisoner lawltilly holden by said
Marshall or Deputy Marshall of the United
States and other scandalous outrages did
commit in violation of law; now therefore,
to the end that the authority of the laws may
be maintained, and those concerned in viola-
ting tht-in, brought to immediate and condi_;n
punishment, I have issued this my proclam-
ation, calling on all \\’(‘II disposed citizens to
rally for the support ofthe laws of this coun-
try, and rt-quiritig and cominanding, all offi-
cers, civil atitl military, who shall be fotind
in the vicinity oftliis outrage, to be aiding
and assisting by all means fn their power in
quelling this and all other similar combina-
tions and assist the Marshall and Deputy
Marshalsto assist in re-capturing the above
named person; and I do esp:-ciaIly;direct that
prosecutions be commenced against all per-
sons who have made themselves aidcrs or
abetters in or l0'lI]:s flagitious offence

I do futhcr command that that the District
Attorney of the United States, and all other
persons connected in the administration or
the ext-cution of the laws of the United
State, cause the ofl'en'.lers—-all such as aided
abetted or assisted, (or shall cause to be har-
bored or concealed, .-uch fugitve contrary to
I:lW—-l0 immediately arrested and proceeded
with according to law.

Given under my hand and seal of the
United States, this eiglitcenth day of
February, eighteen hundred and fifty-
one.

MILLARD FILLMORE.

DANIEL \V1:Bs'rr;It, Secretary of State.

George '.l‘Iiompson, the Slavery agitator,
was prevcnteil from atldressiiig a inccting in
Spimgfield, by a mob.

NORVVALIC Gtiziiriuii.

TUESDTAY, Feb. 25, test.

VVHIG STATE TECKET.
FOR. GOVERNOR,
Lafayette S. Foster, of Norwicli.
I FOR i.i1:i;'r GoVEiiNoR, ,_ I _
Green Iieudricls, of \Viftei-buiiy. I
FOR SECRETARY,
R.0gél'_II- Mills, of New .f‘1fll‘lf0l'd.
For. TREASURER, ‘
A Tlsomas Clark, of Coventry.
I-‘OR CONTROLLER,
Sela]: Strong, of Milford.

0t'ganizat§on.

The time bits arrived for the \VIiigs of the
several towns to commence in eiiriiest the
work oforg:-iiiiziiig for the Spring election.-—-
“ Aifull vote is it \Vliig victory." The signs
of the times are eiiiineiitly propitious, and it
would seem as if our prospects were never
more flattering than now. But. to iii.-Iiicve a
triumph, our forces must be_ well organized, mid
-we hope that our friends in the various towns
will set. to work iii: once. Town and district
committees should be iinmediately appointed,
and the vote thoroughly canvassed. “fill the
\Vliigs of \Vestport, New Ciiiiaan, \Vilton and
DtlI’I8ll see to this? Orgaiiizo, organize, ort-
oA.\'izi~'..

E? The Presitli-.ut.’s proclunizitioii in relation
to resistiiiitte to law will be found in another
columii of this pa per. It is brief, but compre-
hensive, and will not fail to quiet in some
iiieasurc the agitation notvpervaiding the couii_
try. It is a miilter of rejoicing that we have zit
this time at the bond of our govelhiiiieiit such
:1 man as Picsitleiit Fillniore. Ofliiin, it uiiiy
be as lrtil_v said as of \Vaisliingtou—-lie is the
President of the country, not of :1 party. It is
a sublime spi ctzicle to cotitemplzite. the Cliicf
Mii:_:_i::ti'iile of this great. Ropiililic calliiig tipoii
the PI-LOPLE from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
from the great Lakes to the Gull of Mexico to
rise up and support. the Coiistitutioii and the
Laws. It is it noble illtistrailion of the theory
of self govei'iiinotit, iiud we verily believe will
be protluictive of more powoifiil eff.-ct, than if
like the sliain I’i'csideiit of tlio Fri-.ncli slmm
Republic. he had called to his aid it standing
army of it Iitiiidred tliousiind men.

Direct Taxation.

It is well knmvii that the friends of protection
have always msiiiilaiiietl that the effect of the
free trade policy in (leslro_yiiig all duties upon
Foreign iinports, not. only crippled liouiie iuiliis-
try. rind tIe_gi':itlotl Aiiioriizaii I2lI)t)l'If)IIlG3IIIlIl_l-
ill'tI of Eurcpetiii patipi-.risin. but that it would
int-vitnb ly l(’ll(I us to .D‘fI'('Cf '1'a.raI'irm, for the
'I‘licse cliiirges have

support ol'govoi'iiiiiciir.
I)(.‘.Cl1 cvnilctl and settled down by the opposition
party with peisoveriiiice and nrdor worthy
of it better cziuse.-—-until recently, when the
causes of our past. few yenr’s prosperity have
begun to wane, and the political liorizon is tI:irk-
erred by the lI1l'Hltlt‘.nIllg t:IOll(I$ ofreviilsion and
coinmoicizil (‘.ll‘ll)2ll‘|'tlSSlllBllIS, there are foutid n
l'i-tvliont-st’. deiiiocrnlit: present loatler.-,liei'e and
tlierc, who can see position in wliicli tliey stand
and lrztiikly own no ailtoruzitivo. but it resort to
this detested extremity.
from the Dcmocrtitic C0il‘C.~‘.]iOll(I0lll. of the

Here is an (‘XII'tl(:I

B:-iliim ore Sun at \ViisIiitigtoii :—

It:is S('llI&‘(I that that we are to rely upon the
rtzvctiuc from customers tilotier for tliosiippoit
of‘ the gave;-nnient, and while on one liand,
the i‘cvciiiie harvest will soon be pretty well
over, \\’I.' find borne intlustry,in many pur-
suits, miicli dcpi‘c.~'ssc<l, and an act-umlniing
public di-bt, and it commercial debt of tine or
two litiudred millions due to l'o:'cigucrs to re-
ly only on duiics upon imports alone, for
ITJVRXIUB, is l1nSaf(:‘,fllltI is iinpossibli-,asevcnts
will soon prove. The (‘Ollllltt.‘l‘L‘l€lI revulsion
wliirrli i.I'il‘(‘l1ll‘l')S this country will when it
shall occur, load to the adoption ofsomvt vcry
l':1tllt.'dI cliangc of policy. A high tariff will
not be ciidoi‘seil,and a medium one must be
tidoptcd. But that will not yield enougli for
the incrcasingilt-mands on the treasury ; and
a resort to direct (axes, though liazardous is
unavoidable.

\Vli:it will on r Deinocriitic friends say to this
beautiful dot.-trire iitlvancorl by one-.ol'tlieiro\vn
organs, now? " A liigli Tnrili' will not be eti-
dorsetliind ii nzcrliunz one niiist be adopted.’
But (ital will not yield enough for the iiicrezisiiig
demiinds on the treiistiry, and it resort to Di-
RI-ZCT '1‘-txi-:s.lliough/iazardous is zuiattaii/ablc".’
It. is true that we must. have it protective tairiff
for purposes of revenue, or the Ileinocratic al-
ternative of direct la.raIi'on, and we think one
'nnport:int. point is gained when our opponents
begin to see anti confess it-.

3?’ There is it letter of coiisideralile value in
the Dead Letteroffice to the fi)IIl)\VIl1,‘_1ll(I(I|'eSS:
" Z\Iyiiliecr I‘lPl)l'I(:I1 VanSissenbidlecuwven-
lltlWVeli\\‘I)8lIilI]iI\\SIl1d(’l'(II(:IlgflIllPl)tll'|'8l), Esq.
Ciliester. Pa.” Should any of our readers
know this gellllt.‘-l11tll'l’:-It wlierenbotits they would
r:onl'ei'a faivor upon him. as well as the De-
piirtmt=iit. by giving information of the fact. its
there is not it book in the ofiice large enough to
enter it in. Sllollltlille not be fcund before the
\ViisIiitigton iiioiiiiiiiteiit is completed. we pro-
stiine it will be inst-rteti upon it strip of Tele-
graph paper and serve as a national streamer.

SUPERIOR COURT.
Feliriilary Term, 1851.
JUDGI-‘. \VAi'i‘. presiding.

’GouIcl D. Cro/"tit vs Vcrdinc D. .Ell.sworlh.
—-Action oftrespiiss for assault and battery.
Plaintiff’ and deli-.nd;iiit had high words about
pliiiiitif'f’s dog chasing defendant's liens. Plin-
tiff gave defentliiudatit; the lie, whereupon de-
fendant seized plaintiff by the collar and sl100I<
him.

Verdict for plaintiff $200 and costs.

For ])IilIl1IIfT, Beltlen.

For defentlant, Bezirdslee and Chamberlain.

 

Divorces have been few at the present term
There was one from this iieigliborliood of
[']f‘3II(II'I(fI\S vs Hendricks. .P|'fl)'°" °fl’elltI°“9!‘
granted. For petitioner. G. A. Bissell.

The Court; stands adjouriied till the 5th of
Marcli.

.E»E;'F Fasliioniible society has generally but
two faults——i'irst. in lieingliollow-iieaded; and

 

Wiisfzirrgton 1.}:-I "(=5 /"1'/‘v‘i
_ I I*‘itio.t‘r 1:‘-i .
Thosei-.= now but about it '.tw.-<z~’-' .' -'3 for ‘
to fissile out before one of the gl'8iil~.':~'l -.r-..~v--.-_:r.s
oft!i:ii.body ever held will adjourn sine at... by
limitzition. It begun with angry discussions of
the slavi=.i'y question, iiud hits ju.-"t. passed quite
anexciiing tlolmte upon the Rivt-i' and Htirbor
Bill, and some \vesteri_i men have boasted tliittzi
the stori-'riy agitation shall be ‘eclipsed bya gen-
eral row WIIICII they which they will kick up.
iftlieir favorite project beagain defeated. They’
have em wed it through the House by 103 ayes
i087 iiays. but if they fail in the Senate, one
thing appears cettiiin——tlirit they will not.siifi'et'-
any other In1]j0l'i:.tl‘it bill to beiconsidered until
the fate of their project be determined; and, if‘
the result. he adverse to their wislies, they will
be very opt to resist other nieasures. Many
millions will be‘ added to the ordinary annaual
t-xpendituresjn consequence ofotir new acquisi-
tions anti military glories. The various supply
bills now lsofore Congi'oss iiicltido an expendi-'
lure of forty-sevcn millions as follows :-

500,(i0O; Civil and Diploiiiatic. $6.500,000;—~
AI my and Ordnzirice and l~"ortilicnt.ions.$l2_500-
000 ; \Vt-st Point Actitleiny. 3200.00: Navy,
$10,000,000; Iiiiliaiu expenses, $2,000, 000 ;—-_-
Post-office. $.'3.50l),000; l\'Ii-bit.-an Indemnity,
$3.600,l)30 ; River and Haibor Appropriations
$2,000,006; Liglit House, 3400.000; Coast
Survey. $180,‘:-00; Pensions, Sil.-5()0.00(t; to-
tal. $-l(3.880.l)00. B(‘SI(I(PS these
tire an odd million or two for the boiindiiry

there

(‘f0mI]1I.~‘SIOl.l, Spt‘t‘CI:iI Iuiliziii iicgotiiilions, and
the usmil iiniiutil indefinite and pt-riiiiineut ap-
propi'i:itions. not ostiiutited for, of $5,500,000"
'I‘liesesuinstog_etiier will make the total rp-
pi-opriatioiis oftlie prcsctit session amount to
S0lI1P\VIllll» over fifty millions of dollars.

The Boston Nc,qi'o riot has occasioned it
gi'e:itc.\'citoiiii-tit ciinoiig the c/ii'.t‘tzlr_i/. I am s==i'ry
it Sllntlitl have occurred just now, when all the
iiicinbc—i"s biiiins were filled with felicitous vis-
sions of ‘ Prospective iiiileage, and the chances
of roelcctioti. But on the other li:ind,it occur-
O(l\\IliIe some 2000 Bosioniziiis were in “this
city, and lint] the good effect of sliowing them
the real feeliiig \\IlI()I1 exists among southern
men on this siilzject.

The Pi'esidoiit's proclaiinntion was issued of.
for along Cabinet di-liate tiicetiiig, and will, I
am sure iiicct with the nearly npproliiitioii of ev-
ry frie-nd oftlie laws and the Union lI)l'ml,gI)0U[-_
llie cotintry.
grc.iitIy (left-clive tipoii SeV0l'lII points. but. it was-
tlie best we could get and it is’ the i.A\v,:iiiiI its-
gooil citizens are bound to observe its provisions-
uiitil we can get 11 be//cr.

I see you linvo your call fortlie Congression-

I believe the fugitive slave law

it! (}onvctilion for the iioiniiizition ol':ic:iiiditli1lo*
to roprr-sent our district in the next Congress.
\Vitliotit any ilesire to forestall piiblitzsciitiint-tit
tlierc. I iiiiiy be pet initteil to expmss the hope
with inany otliers here that Mr, Butler may be
returned. He is the only man, asl believe

who has represoiitotl Coiinocticurin tliellnuse.

I really hope he will have the opportunity to

’ B esides Mr. Butler is of
just‘ tliesttimp of men who are needed and up-

“do it some more.”

Tliere is no (franc about him,
but he may he ciimliiiticiilly called one of" the

pm-rtiziletl licro.

u'oi'/rcrs. ’l‘Iicro art--. S)7(.’(,’£’]! mu/.‘c-rs t-iiotigli 
cvci'y Ciitigicss to sink almo.-'t. any iialioii. and
when :1 mini oftlcc;/3 as \VPII as words is found,
that mitn should be clierisliod.

YOUR-'. Ate. *'

Tiii: \Voiii_.')'s I-‘Aiii.—'l‘lio ft igate St.Lnw-
rciice, sailed on 'I‘uostl:iy from t\'ew York,‘ with
:i cargo of Yankee curiosities for the \Vorld's
Fair in L’)lill()l), wliicli is to open in .\l:iy.—--
Tlio London Titties estiiiiiitos that there will
be two millions of visitors in London. during
the coiitiiitmuize of the F:iir—one million from
forcigii (.'0lllill'Ir‘S. and one million from the vari-
ous parts of Great. Britain and Ireland. Ar-
riingi-inetit.s are zilrcatly u'.ai.le, it appen rs, by
raiilwiiy compniiies to i-onvr-.y Il‘ll tliotiszind per-
sons from Vienna alone. The Tiines expresses
some tipprt-Iiensions concerning the subsistence
and lodging ofsticli it concourse of people. mid
intimates that the inilkiiion will reqiiire it
double supply of clialk, and the bakers of ttlum.

E???‘ It is said that the fortune of the Roth-
scliilds is not '95s than 735‘?000.000 francs,
about Sl45.000,0()0. They it re the trtte money
kings of the worlds. mic‘ control the policy 01
nations more, perliiips, tliifu their sovereigns do.

MAINE FAc'roitii;s.—'I‘he Augusta (tVIe.)
Journal siivs, “ We tiudersttind that it is deci-
ded to continue about 200 looms in operiition
for some months loiiger at least. But it reduc-
tion iu wages of about 8 per cent is made.——
This tvtis considers-d the only iilternittive to an
entire stoppage. The whole number oflooiiis
in the mill is about 800."

Emu 'r.-t.—Our attention has been called
toan importatit error which occured in tho
iirlitzle upon the "FITBIICII Spoliation bill,” we
iiiiinctl $:30().O00.000. as the iiiiiountiu the bili
to cover all these cl:iiiiis—it should have been
$5.000.000. To most inteligent readers, how-
ever, the correction would have suggested it-
self. ,3

 

A Li'i‘i-zrtaitv A'1‘l.AS.——CIllll’I9S Dickens has
puI)IIsI](‘(_I it new edition in London of his
"Aiuerii.-an :\'otos,” in a prcliico to which he
says he is still oftlie same opinion in regard to
his views of life in the United States. and as-
serts that be has borne the ill opinion of their
citizens for eiglit. years, and can do so for eight
more, and longer if necessary. Charles must
consider liimselfa literary Atlas to hear such it

secondly.‘ liollotv-‘nemlsd.

load for so long a time.

 

 Fraiicis McCowau was choked to death
in a porter house at New-Yoil.. by a large
piece of boiled meat wliich he stole and tried
to swallow while the keeper’s back turned.

£15.? A Southern politician whose means of
iiiformiition are good, says the Hon. D. S.Dick-
inson. stands most. favoi'nl)lt-.iis the Democi'atic
candidateifiir the I’resiileiic_v.

 

Rrzmoiotis Ti-:s'rs—'I‘be Maryland Refottn
Convention has adopted it clause. allowing only
those who beleive in God or rewards and
punishments in this world or the next, toact as
jurors, witnesses,Iand Judges.

 

 
 
 
 

T be Deficiency bill, amotiutin,<_r, to about 32,- '