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--.? - ' ' i!!! 'I j i , w ' j'i.j,n!Mi-'vv&m-trj&prz:.L. ' i Missisf t - - , - 1 . -f T " :'"'VVV" P- L - V M MM. : the rtTnihtTS FACT. .. . .. , : . in man i" : lellflff tre jit fMe endeavoring : brtKh-. pf other tree briK it to the ground; it d4enlV leu, f COn,!SeK well nigh hau,i. C fiSn. and he could barely erf. Hi ax f . h - th h5s finger. .,t Wet.that. he could extricate What" wa M to dcf ne i r Wfil fie could f-o longer .pk. ; H wa. in ht wpodv.threequar'era of a mile from any hominWng. 1 The w.a.her cd,$and he twaa hanging with hi head downward, lufferinjiextr. me pain, no o-.lv iaihefoot whjch was caught in the cleft of the tree, but aluu in the head, cau. d by hi FORSTTHE SUPERIOR COURTS $ The Superior Court or Law ana quuj the. County oi , Ji orgy trx, nis nqnur v A.nm a in camnn inig i WBet. nnaturapositio.. and the great exertion b--jr mrih tn mak himself heard. Ueath now seemed inevitable, unlew he could be iinmiately .extricated. There wai no al. tereativeiSummoniDgall hi. courage, ther (ore, he reto the determination to make l theittemptlocutoff his leg; andhouldhe succeed ia doing thisr 'here was but a faint hdpe that be would thereby aave hu life, for there v as no urgeon at hand to take up he alHei no kind friend -ear to bid up the rnHpgled BmH It seemed more than proba tbereforeihat he would bleed to death. 1 But what wi l a man not do to save his lie? . He had m his! pocket an tId dull knife.--With this he cut off thp legs of his boot and i stocking, und then,.'urjoi..ted his own ankle. This b' W done, he crawled to his dinner basket, and PWndng up the stump with a napkin which!. had covered tm dinner, he itarted upon his hands and knees through the snow for home. AVhe he arrived within a few rods of his house he was discovered by : some friends, who hastened to his relief. His : gtrengthwas now exhausted. Help had come - and he faintedf He was borne tothe house and resuscitated. JVow com the curious factr, ' m n d T wdl here aav that the gentleman wl.o refa'ed the facts w me was present, and went for the "surgeon. "Go, amid the wounded min, "go immediately o the woods and cut out my foot; for it is suffering most excrucia ting pain JV 'Tb.y did so, and brought the foot to the house. He then said it was cold and wished it put hto wrm waten This request was a,'so granted. It was not if) the room in tobich the unfortunate man lay, yet as soon as the jfo touch' d the water he cried out, wyig, ''it burns me; ttte water is too hot!" Upon put iogth" h nd into the waer it was found even so The water was then mai!e cooler, !and he was satufied. I will also add that a surgeon was obtained from Ba'avia, a disiaoc of fifteen or eighteen miles, the limb1 again amputated the man recovered and became a preach- r of the gokpel in the Baptist Church! How mysterious are lh ways of Providence! Vhatever may belthought of what have been denominated "euriouJacU- there is tnogh in the histo ry Vif thi-i einel which is known to be true, to make it painfully in treating; and yet God. no doubl, hada wUe puposeiii view in permit ting such a event. Many may rise upiu thejudgnoent aqd call that preacher bleWd, who was. led to seek th- ministry by so mys terious a d spensation ot Provide nxe. And ' he bavin? "turm d many to rielw-ouSness" True it is- thai, . . . f Qd movM m a my tterioiM way : Bis -wender to perform." What I do,' said the Saviour, 'thou kriow st not sow, but thou shalt knnw hereafter.' " ' " '; ; Philadelphia Presbyterian. for nill.ET IIICBIUIUi at the Court House in Winston. After a, very elaborate charge from his Honor to the Grand Jury on Monday afternoon, the Court j proceeded on Tuesday morning 10 dispose of the cases for trial on the Civil Docket. There being none calcu!atcd to elicit gener al interest, we deern unnrcessarjt. to en ter into aey e;ain refcrehceto them. Two cases were remuvedfrom Davidson to this County, and tried . The one, a case of Grand Larceny, was laken up on Wednes day, and th Defendant acquitted, j On Thursday th other Davidson case the State vs fidmund Martin, a free lie- ffro.arraigned on a charge of stealing a Slave, he property of G. W. Smith of Davidson County, was taken up The trial occupied ihe whole of Thursday till 9 o'clock at night. Counsel for the prisoner :-John . Gil mer, J. M L ach, and J. R. McLane, Esqrs. For ihe S'a'e, Solicitor Poindexter and R. Gorrell, Esq. . ' . Considerable interest was manifested in this case. The court room being crowded during the day. The trial having been concluded, his Honor stated the principal points in the ev dence adduced, whereupon he proceeded to charge the Jury in a clear and remarka bly impartial manner, when they reiired, and alter being absent some time, returned a verdict of GUILTY. The prisoner enjoyvd the benefit of able counsel, and well did they do thirduty. The State was a'so ab'y represented, and nothing was left undone to brii the crimi nal to justice. Jesse McBride, who was convicted at the last Term of Forsvthe Superior Court of circulating an incendiary pamphlet, but ap pealed to the Supreme Court, also made his appearance this day, as he was bound 10 do. No action having been had on the case at the late Term oi the Supreme Court, on ac count (as is supposed) if some informality in the record, thalapp- al lies over, and he was again held to bail in a bond of one thousand dollars for his appearance at our next Supe rior Court. On Friday morning, His Honor pronoun ced sentence of death upon Edinund Mar tin, when an. appeal was taken to the Su preme Court. People t rress j:p!tfS:zf- - - . -r Ours are ta plans of fair, delightful peace, rjnwarp'd by party rage to live ue Drouucrs RALEICxH. N. C. Wednesday, April 16, 1851. . BOYS, i The Olive Branch gives the following excel lent exposition of that queer and inexplicable creation a Boyj j' A boy it the spirit of misehief embodied : a perfect teetotum, ppiniiiv ground like a jen ny .or tumbl'inz hes over h ad. He must invariably go through the process of leaping over every chair in his reach, makes drum keadr of the doors, turns the tin pans into cymbals, takes ihe best knives out to dig worms for bait ad loses them, hunts up the molasses cask and leaves-the molasses run rfng, is booh companion to the sugar barrel, searches up all the pie and preserves left after supp- rand eats them, goes tothe apples every ten minti'ei, hides his old cap in order to wear his best one, cuts his boots accidentally if hewants a new pair, tears his -lothfs for fun, jumps into 'he puddles for fun, and for ditto tracks your Carpets and cuts your furni. tur. (He. is romping, shouting, blustering, and in alf out hibet es-ae a icrrible tor ment, especially tdhis sisters." He .don't prn tend to much until he is twelve, then the rage for frock coats and high dickies coin m ncei At fourteen he is too big to split wood or go af. r water, and at the time these interesttngpffices ought to be performed, contrives to be invisible, wheth r concealed in the garret wi'h some old worm-eaten nov el for a compan ion, ensco-.C' d in the wood thd tryrtg' to learn legerdemain tricks, or bound off on som-:. expedi'ion that turns out . to be in most cases more deplorable than ex plorab e, to co n a word : at fifteen hr has tolerable experience of the world but from fifta-n to twenty, may we bf clear from the trck WheJi heis in sight s he knows more lhno Washington and Benjamin Franklin together? in other words, he knows more than he wHl ever know again. JSst hail; one of young specimens "boy," at sixteen I and now wraihy he gets ! If he .. does no answer you precisely as the little ur chin did who angrily exclaimed, "don't call me boy, Pve smoked these two vears," he win give you a wimerifg iwk uiai is ment to annihilate you, tarn on his heel, and with a curl Of the lip mutter disdainfully, who do you call a boy ?" and O f th emphasis. Bet, jesting aside an honest, blunt, mer ry, mischievous hoy is something to be proud of, whether as brother or son; for m all his crapes his goad Ijeart get the belter of him and leads hirnsOon to repentance, ;and be sure he will rrfflember bis fault, at least five "COUSIN SALLY DILLARD." The Sons of Temperance recent y had a public meeting in Vilfc-sboro', N. Carolina, at which sevtral excellent speeches were delivered. Ii was Coun wek, and Hamil ton C. Jones, Esq., a distinguished lawyer of that State, well ktiown 1o many of our read ers, as the author of "Capt. Rice, he gin a treat," entered the Court House al an ad vanced stage of the xercises, and was mani fest y endeavoring to maintain an xncog. A man'from Ashe coumy had gone in with th-crowd in a high state of inebriation, who, at length overcome by ihe potent yod be wor shipped, fell prostrate on the floor. The au ihorof"CousinSally Di lard'' was discovered, notwithstanding his endeavors to prevent it. and so loud and r pea'ed were the calls for him, that he was forced to come forward. Approaching from the outer circles of the crowd, enveloped in a cloak, with his hat in hand. Mr. Janes spoke as follows: "Gent emen'and Ladies : I am greatly flatUer-d by this urgent call, but I cannot make you a speech tonight. I bold that no one ought to attempt addressing so respecta ble an audience as this, without considering what he night say.. I have made no such preparation, and therefore, must beg to be excused. Moreover, 1 hold thai i should be entirely "out of order" to occupy your atten tion at this moment, for there is. a gentleman oui nere in me oacK ground, (turning round and pointing to the iallen bnenus,) who is making a much more forcible speech upon the suoject of tempeiance, than I could hope to make, with ever so much preparation ! While, therefore, the gentleman from Ashe has the floor, ! must not intrude." The effect, we mav well conceive, was ir resistible: even the fellow sufferers, some of whom were aspiring towards the floor them selves, joined heartily in the laugh, and the "gentleman fiom Ash" is not like soon to hear the last of the joke. Temperance (S. C) Advocate. ra" Mr. C. W. JAMES, No. 1, .Harrison Street Cincinnati, Ohio, is our General Travelling Agent for the Western States, assisted by J. R. SMITH, J. T. DENT. JASON TAYLOR, J. W. ARMSTRONG. PERRIN LOCKE, W. RAMSAY; Dr. JOSHUA WADSWORTH, ALEX'R. R. LAWS, and A. J. SMILEY. ' -Mr. HENRY M. LEWIS, of Monicomerr. Ala-, is our General Travelling Agent for the States of Alabama and Tennessee. t-Mr. ISRAEL E. JAMES, No. 182, South Tenth Street, Philadelphia, is our General Travelling Agent, assisted bv WM. H. WELD. JOHN COL LINSJAMES DEERING, A. KIRK WELLING TON, E. A. EVANS, JOHN T. JUDKINS, P. LOCKE, JOS. BUTTON, GEO. P. BUTTON, and THOS. D. NICE. FRANKLIN SUPERIOR COURT. This tribunal was in session until Saturday of last week, Judge Ems presiding. The most im portant law trial was that of the State vs. James H. Youngblood, indicted for stealing a negro be longing to Willis H. Sanders, of Johnston; from which County the case was removed, on affidavit of the State, at Fall Term last. The whole of the day,on Wednesday, we learn, was consumed in getting a jury and examining the witnesses, about twenty in number. On Thurs day the arguments were heard. The Attorney Gen'l., B. F. Moore, Esq. opened the case for the State, and was followed by Geo. W. Haywood, and Henry W. Miller, Esqrs., for the prisoner. The argument for the prosecution was then closed by Gen. Saunders, who appeared With the Attornev Gennral, and after a full charge from his Honor, the Jury retired about 6 o'clock at night, and remained out, being unable to agree, until 12 o'clock Friday night It appearing that there was no probability of a verdict being returned by - .tr : t THE ADMINISTRATION. . . ' No true Wliieanjbe otherwise than pleased at the Increasing popularity offhe present Adminis tration. At no period, of; onr f olitlcal history, except perhaps, during a part of-Monroe's ad- ministration, has partizaiv Diuerness ana vitu peration, been so effectually, disarwed,. by, pru dence, firmness1 nnd patriotism rtho$ewhose po sitions at tne fiead of theGovefnmeiit are ever watched, with eagle eyes, by Bush as are political ly hostile to them. FAlWrfcisM, oth North and South, lias poured , out Ha yenonj, without pro ducing any other impression upon the man who stands at the helm of the ship of State.and the brave crew that surrounds him, tfcan a more resolute determination never to surremler tbe gallant ves sel in to the hands of those who would drive it upon the breakers ! Let all those who desire an honest and patriotic administration of the Government, securing to each section all its rights, whilst it looks to the preservation of tho Union aa necessa ry to secure and perpetuate the prosperity and liberty of all, rally around Miixakd Fellmor The whole country should be proud of sucha man, and the Whig Party is dead to every emo tion of gratitude and justice if it does not bid him God speed in his patriotic labors, and come up with alacrity to his support in the efforts he is making to carry out tbe -provisions of the Const! tution and preserve the Union!4 No period was ever more favorable than the present to crush ef fectually the fanatical spirit which has so long disturbed, our peace and thueatened our institu tions, and it is the duty oteyervman to throw off the trammel f party, and gire aid and counten ance to the man who has thrown himsell into the breach and breasted the attaoks of abolitionists at thrf; North and secessionists at the outh ! Three cheers for Milxakd Fillmore I .. . In this connection, we thfcik Sjt proper -to notice the appearance io the last Repvbli', of a cor" respondence, which formed5 a pari .ef the docu ments accompanying the President's Message to theSenate,by which it appears that, as far back October last, in view of threatened difficulties WHEN' WILL THOSE SPEECHES BE 1 f' J FORTHCOMING? r It wi l'W rememhered by the ptioUc, that, du ring the last Session ot 'the Legislature the, doc trine, of Secession" had a number of able and zealous champions in the rankijof !.ihe Democra- ey, who gave vent, to their eloquepce, nnd the Siandard" delighted to herald the ability with which they met and overturned the arguments ot Messrs. Gilmer, Wood 'fin, HaugUon, Rayner and others ! -What has become of their speeches ? Why have they not been published 1 We np peal to them not to disappoint public expectation. So much eloquence and profound reasoning should not be 'Vost upon the desert air." Messrs. Dob bin, Saunders, Person. Atery, CaUwtU, and others equally as well known to fame, should take care how they keep the public mind so long in suspense. Come, gentlemen, do let the peo ple have your speeches ! Perhaps, in the calm so litude of the closet, the perusal of them might ef fect a great change in their opinions in reference to the value of the Union ! Will the "Standard" be kind enough to furnish us with a copy of each or all with which it was so 'exstatically pleased ?' Do Mr. 'Standard," let us have copies, especially if they are in pamphlet form ! We wish to file them. - f TIP TRriQTVTV r We ate glad to bo able to announce the vindi- J to tw cation of the Fugitive Slave Law in Boston, in lice were eMloven0160 the the Sims case. Subioined will be found the de-1 guarding Sims, n"ud tw f."1."? der Jlty tails of proceedings, as communicated in sue cessive despatches to the "Baltimore Sun." A private Despntch from Washington informs - P Al J. 1 1 1 i ' . . , 1 - , C 41. J, . ! u.ioi nie sim laier, lineuigeuce, oi um uepariure : 0 gcnae m of Sims for Savannah, by saa, without disturbance or attempt at rescue upon to assist in tb In the IWe ti,:. . "ns t0 moved tliatthM 5, Z: "" Curti, . Senate , nno ,; ?Z inquir' . ""ey,in his eam;,..: : -"-. ill iiw DVnK. :. .. "a. The result of this case will produce great sat- not beenonio 9 lsi.iewon tiirougliontliie opuntry. it may jus uy i prisMier awav, except incr i ' 10 tatv It nmy justly V . . 1 . j a.' . 1. 4-.. : ; spivp npnnn I ue ciaimeu an a iriumuu 01 uie iiiusumuuii, nu .1 i r us it mv vindication' of the Compromise to the title of n j ffiS' "lhe ne of 'PEAuE-measure;" for if the Fugitive Law can be executed in Bosion, which, is the hot-bed of the most fetid and rampant Abolitionism, there can be no doubt of its execution in any other por tion of the Northern States. We have said that the result of this case will produce satisfaction throughout the country, gen erally. There are two classes of persons, how ever, to whom it will bring nothing but chagrin and disappointment : to the vile and fanatical fol lowers of Phillips, Sumner, Rantoul, and the like, who have endeavored to obstruct and resist the enforcement of the law, by perjury, by force and general JS" On think our presence will pr L ? f t,le W ? killed. My men have raan, Cfcj or kn, ve.. Last lght we pXf - Q safe place. awa.V U wea1 My men however have rli-;il l " . them by the United Sutesli weapons w.l be needed, as C sons have volunteered in nrervh,. 2'0 to dred "ndMycaulkerSST, company ot firemen, besides mc.rcwsd rncen,l tors, tradesmen, mechanics, an.l manl l4r- iiame seiuiemeu have offers !. ln.T and . ,clr serv,. - 'M I understood that a number of connt' '""I inflammatory appeals, wure coni '" cted Vr morning, armed with pitchforks &c ?Ji pc-Ud ready to arrest'them Ihe Itouse to-dnv rufi . .I0UD1 as 1 in executing the Fugitive Slave, law, the Piusi dest gave the necessary directions and loo"k the necessary precautions to ensure the faithful fulfil ment and execution of that lew. There is indoed, as the "Republic" remarks, every reason to be lieve that these precautions, backed by the patri otism of the great body of the American people, will every day render resislance to that- or any other law of the land a proposition more and more out of the question. The following Irttcr fcrm art of tbo Corres pondence alluded to : Navt Departmkht, October 29, 1850. the Jury, at least for many days, an agecmentwas: '.. , ,0 JHIerof ,,e Igih insl.. made, whereby the costs of the prosecution were j which was duly received and submitted to the con- secured to the State, under a contession of judg- sideratum oi tne rreiaeni, ment by the prisoner and a security for a sriui sufficient to cover them, and the prisoner was on Saturday morning brought into Court and dis charged a nolle prosequi being entered on the other Indictment against him, for stealing a negro belonging to Dr. Watson. The Attorney Gen'l gave notice, that unless the prisoner left the State, he should feel it his duty to revive the latter prosecution. The agreement was regarded by all, we are fur ther informed, as meeting the ends of public j us tice, whilst it secured the life, and rendered un necessary the further imprisonment, of the Defen dant He had been in Jail twelve months, and had ho Jeen acquitted in the case which was tried, would have been imprisoned six months longer to answer the other Indictment There was. much interest laken in the trial the Court House being crowded daring the whole of its progress. RALEIGH AND GASTON ROAD. The Petersburg and Norfolk papers, we are glad to see, continue to urge upon their towns-peo ple, with marked zeal aud ability, the necessity of doing their duty towards rebuilding the Ra'eigh and Gaston Rail Road. The Argus," of the the subject, gives the fol owing flattering as- lugiiives front justice, and persons escaping from ances that al! shall yet be well. We sincerely l5 Z f Hir masters approved February . .u. k .uL l2 l93. tl,ey Wll: squired id each instance . J 1 -I Camm,aint against Fijetcher Webster , WiTHDEiWir-The Boston Courier y that , tbi difficulty between Mr. Fletcher Webster and tbe watchman, in .that city, on Thursday night of last week,. Lin. connexion with the ilave case neititemehi, having come to be rightly undeVitoodj the complaint war of course withdrawn, and bo further proceed . inr will take p'ace. It arose from a mutual fc mistake 4 mUapprehenion by each party aa to th character and intentions of the ther. i In the Philadelphia Court of Q tarter Ses sions on Saturday, the following decison was rendered by Judge Parsons: Important Decision The Right of an Occupant of a House to compel 'Persons to leave the Ground in front of if. On Saturday, David Vondersraith was before the Court on a wiit of habeas corpus. He was charged with an assault and battery on An drew Kee, the keeper of a hackney'and car riage. The facts are, that Kee was stand ing in front of the United Slates Hotel, wlun he'was ordered to leave by Mr. Sni der. The latter called defendant to arrest him, which he did, and took him to the Mayor's office. It was for this that the pro secution was brought. Kee alleged that he went to the hotel to look for a gentleman who owed him money, and that he was not inside of th hottl. Judge Parsons said he would decide the question presented ; upon first principles so that the rights of parties should be clearly understood. Evtry man owns the ground in front of his house. He has given to the public a right to pass and repass over it, but in all other respects it as much his property as any other part of the premises. No one has a right to stand or carry on any business in front of any man's house, and if to compel the offender to go, if such was not th law, a person might set up a fish stand under another's parlor window, or any other obnoxious busi ness. A man keeps a public house to enter-. tain -strangers and travellers, and no one has a nght tc come about his premises or to inter lere with his cusiomers or guests. It has been held by the Court that mm and boys have no right to collect at the corners of street. At the last term of the Court, in a case whrre arrests were made by an officer, of persons who had collected around a house where an unfortunate female who made a noise resiaea, u was lata down that the po lice had a right to dixp rse them. When Kee was told td leae the place by a pro prietor, he ought to have done so. " His re fusal to go gave the proprietor a right to lake him by the collar ano! put him off the pavement, or call a public officer to do it, which was the wiser course. Vondersmiib havi- g done nothing but his duty, he was accordingly discharged from custody. ,i The Austrian minister of commerce hag issued an order that every railway train carrying passengars, shall be provided with a portable medicine chest and all necessary instruments to g'rve assistance to persons who may meet with accidents. latter place, roticing a recent aiticle in this paper on surances hope that our contemporary " speaks by the Card." " We are sorry to find, from the gloomy appre hensiohs expressed in this article in the Register ami trom other sources, that doubts are entertain ed as to the probable rebuilding of this road, so essential to the future prosperity of our city. Wc are satisfied that Norfolk will never consent to see it abandonee! lor the necessary funds to put it in operation; and we think we can ' assume the responsibility" in assuring "ur friends of thetOld North State, who are interested in the success of this project, that our people will make liberal subscriptions for its aceomp isbment. There are some little dissensions existing here among our-. selves, which we trust will soon be reconci.ed, and then all will be wtll." - In rep y to the question presented by you, I am insiructed by the President to say, that he depfpcairs any necessity for cal ing on the mili tary force of the United S ate to aid the civil tiffi cers in the execu ion of iheir proper functions, and he trust thai the patriotism of he good peo ple of Pennsylvania wi I enable the marshal and other civil officers to command sufficient assis tance from among ihose in civil :ife, t serve any process in his hands, and to render it effectual. But the President, feeling the full force cf his cousituiional obligation "to take care that tbe laws be lai hfu ly executed," directs that if ihe marshal, or any of his kn wn deputies, cUarged with the service of process by competent author ity of the United Siatesfhall be unable to raise tne necessary lorce lor mar purpose, or to pre vent a rescue, or to make a recapture, in case of rescue, by virtue of his authority to summon citizens to his aid, and shall call lor the assistance ot tne marine;, you will, in such event promptly order them lo accompany and assist him in the performance of his duty, having previously in siructed tbe officer in command of tbe marines that, during this service,' life wil. receive ihe orders of the marsha. or his deputy and act only in strict obedience to them. Such will be your duty in applications from the marshal and his known deputies. But in the case ot like applications from special deputies app' mted by Commissioners of the United Slates to execute process under the act of the last session of Congress, entitled "An act to amend and sup plementary to the act entitled an act respecting THE INGRATITUDE OF PARTY. We do not know on record, a more shameful instance of Party ingratitude than that exhibited by the treatment of the " Democracy" good charitable souls !) towards Mr. Ritchie ! For nearly forty years has he been battling in behalf of the man who noxv leads that Party, and no one living lias more zealousy devoted himself to the advocacy of the Democratic "cause" yet, when misfortune comes, (occasioned partly by his own manly and patriotic devotion to the Union of our fathers) there art found in his own political house hold, those who are mean enough to rejoice at such a result ! His career as an Editor has been a long nnd distinguished one. Whatever may be thought of his apparent political tergiversations in times past, he is entitled to the thanks of all who love the Union, for his recent, firm and bold stand by the' side of the Flag of the whole Country ag;iinst disunionists. North and South ! He has borne for some time the appellation of "the Napo leon of the Press " He retires full of honors, but leaving good cause to say as his prototype in an other field could in truth hare said, wlien hemmed in by the little possessions which were left him on the rocky border of St He'ena, " in prosperity we many have many enemies, but in adversity there are but few f. iends." Thc manner in which Mr. Ritchie has been dis posed of by the Party that Party which boasts of its generous impulses, is not only calculated to call forth sympathy for him, but to arouse the indignation oi every man who hates ingratitude, t will be along time before they find another Thomas Ritchie ! by every crime, and to the disunionists of the M. part of the grand inquest of the ' St t South, who saw in the failure to enforce the law, j frind. by the appointment of an invaLr b" ...... ., . , j .. , ! ""Nee by the Senate. 'gating co. tne graiuiciiwoii ot incir lungingo, au uo caui j ' 10 fugjtj ted at the prospect. The vindication ot Law. and fumg. accom Order i hardly more gratifying than this con- j-uscort- fusion and foi ingof the ultras. itive will start South to mom pamed by a very Urge civil an?!" ft?-It is stated that our ingenious townsman, Lumsdeit, who is at present at the North, bids fair to realize something handsome from his new and beautiful invention, the "Hotel Telegraph," which we have hitherto described. The Professor (as goes his title,) is unquestion ably a genius, and this experiment of bis is by no means the only proof he has given of his wonder ful inventive and mechanical ta'.ent. A friend or ours conversing with him, some time since, as to the probabili y of anyjnvention, in the progressive stages oft Science, by which carriages might be propeiled along the electric wire, was informed in reply, that " there was no doubt of it."' In deed, I," (the Professor aforesaid,) have a'ready got the thing'psmially planned in my head. The on y difficulty is, how to get around the posts ! ! " Among the list of passengers who sailed from New York lor Liverpool, on the 8th inst., in the new and splendid packet Ocean Queen, we notice the name of Dr. Richard B. Haywood of this City. Dr. H. goes to Paris, where he will remain for some lime, for purposes connect ed with his Profession, and carries with him the bst wishes of a large number of personal friends Senator Seward wrote a letter to the recent Boston Abolition Convention, which excited the grea test enthusiasm on the part of those who had called it out. Seward has thrown off his disguises and con Bents to proclaim his purpose. He volunteers to give aid and comfort to sucb men as Wendell PbilUps, and the ultra abolitionists of Massachusetts, and that pen ding a most exciting trial, and the public mind deeply inflamed By the occurrences which have . transpired at Boston during the week. He avows himself aa enemy of the Cpmpromisa measures, denies tbe duty or pow er of Congress, to execute the provision in the Con stitution on which tbe Fugitive Law is based, and pledges himself to the work of future 'agitation. DR. SHAW DECLINES, We learn from the last Pioneer," that Dr. Sbaw declines the nomination tendered him by the recent Loco Foco Convention in the Ninth Congressional Dis trict Prudently done, Doctor. to produce to you a certificate ot ihe justice or juuge ol the United Siatrs in their district, sta ting that the execuiion of the process in question has been actual y resisted, or that combinations to resist it have been formed, too powerful io be over come by the authority of such deputy, to caJ for the posse cotuiiatus, in which event you will render lo him ihe like -assistance as if called on by a marshal or his deputy, observing the cau tions aoove indicated. Very respectlully, your obedient servan. (Signed) WILL. A.GRAHAM. Commodore George C. Read, Comd't Navy Yard, Philadelphia. Navv Departmest. Washington, October 28, 1850. Sir : Your letter of the 24th ins ant has been received and aid before ibe President for his con sideration. By it you inform me that the sheriff ol tbe county oi aunolk, Massachusetts, has re fused to you the jail of that county lor the con The "Standard" labors ard to prove that Judge Wade, who has been recently elected to the United States Senate, from Ohio, is a Whig, opposed t the fugitive slave law, a free soiier, &c. Well, if all this 13 so-, he is " hail fellow well matched" with his Democratic collwigle, Chase, than whom neither Giddings nor Garrison have made more fanatical and infamous speeches ! We have no use for either Watte or Chase. They disgrace the high position they bold, They are enemies to the Union, and as such, are the worst enemies to their Species! But, the "Standard" will sometimes drop the truth, when it is favorable to a political opponent. The very article which it publishes to prove Wade a Whig and show what lie is doing in his Tanatieal career, has- the following emphatic announcement " He (Wade) condemned in the strongest terms Whigs and Democrats who aided is the FASSAbfi OF THE LAW BY THElTt VOTES, OR BT DODG 1RG J REBUKED WITH ENEKG-Y AND SPIRIT, FlLL MORE ANdCp ITTEKDEN. AND VISITED DaMEL WeE STER WITH :HZ MOST WITHERING AND BITI5G- SAR CASTIC DENUNCIATIONS." Yet the "Standard" is so regardless of the rules of consistency and justice, that it would impress the People with the belief that Mr. Fillmore nnd his Cabinet have a sympathy and fellow feeling with Northern fanaticism! They are bitterly de" noune.ed at the North by Wade, ,C)iase cf Co. They, are as bitterly denounced atlthe South by Rhe!!, Holden cf- Co. They cahnbt be far from right.- They will be sanctioned by the great body of the American People, who value peace and quiet, and abhor the motives and' are resolved to resist the efforts of those who, for selfish ends, are endeavoring to push us heedlessly on to the brink of disunion and civil bloodshed ! THE BOSTON FUGITIVE CASK Boston, April 11, neon. The excitement growing out of the Sims fugitive case has somewhat subsided. The officers of the law, however, are prepared for auy emergency, Bhould a rescue be attempted. Last evening, another attempt was made to take tbe alledged fugitive, Sims, from the custody of the United States Marshall by an application to Judge Levi Woodbury, of the United States Supreme Court. The application was made by Messrs. Charles Sum ner, Richard H. Dana, jr., and Samuel E. SewalL A chamber Court was held at 8 o'clock by J udge Woodbury, m the united States Court Room, and the parties applying were heard in argu.netit in sup port of the petition. Mr. Dana addressed some preliminary remarks to his honor, in relation to the grounds of the petition and was followed by an argument by Mr. Sumner, in support of the captive Sims. He alleged that he had been for some days held in custody; that the com missioner had caused to be issued a process against him for resisting and assaulting officer B.iteinan, while in the servici of a legal process, which he complain ed was contrary to his rights. The U. S. Marshall, though requested by the peti tioner's counsel, had failed to bring hiru ' (the petition er) before the Commissioner, Haliett, named in the warrant. The prisoner had desired a hearing in the case and soggested tVint the said Warrant w-as null and voM. Mr. Sumner held that the proof of the M arhal show ed no jurisdiction and was therefore invalid and void. The commissioner wns an inferior magistrate of this Court, and could take no jurisdiction of the offence.' Mr. Sumner introduced the following affidavit of Thonias Sims, and argued that bis honor was author ized in this case to issue to the marshal the writ of Habeas Corpus to bring tlie prisoner before him. The deposition of Thonias Sims, is as follows: " I, Thomas Sims, of Savaiwiah Go, now in con finement in Boston, on oath, do-testily and say that I believe the warrant from Commissioner Haliett ou which I am now arrested, wis not issued for the real purpose of baring me tried, but for the fraudulent purpose of assisting the marshal in sending ma to Georgia, as a fugitive from service, and pfevont me from obtaining a jury trial iu regard to the claim I made for-my freedom. "I believe the said warrant to be a trick against mv freedom." Thomas Srss. . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Sutfolk, ss.: April 10, 1851 Subscribed and sworn to before me, Signed, J. E. Ska well, Justice of the Peace. llis honor, Judge Woodbury, aid he could not go into the question of what the real reason of the delay was. Such delay as bad occurred might be with perfect reason on different accounts but it was com petent to ascertain, now, whether the warrant was valid or not. He should issue a writ of habeas cor pus, and order a release from the Marshal forthwith ; but whether or not he was to be discharged fully was quite another thing a question of law and justice. - Aceerdiwgly; the prisoWr Sims wns brought before his honor, when D. K Carry, K?q., appeared in behalf erf the marslial and read the return, and also the or ders from the Commissioner's Court for the remand ing of the prisoner from time to time to the custody of the Marshal. He was desired by the Marshal to state that two parties lield an iuterest in this case, the U. States and Massachusetts. The Marshal was advised by counsel that his return was not transferable: Mr. Sumner wished for delay for the purpose of collecting evidence ot the unreasonableness of the d LITERARY NOTICES. ' Sketches of Virginia, Hi ttorical and Eiorrttrik: , B,j the Rev. William H. Fo.te, D. b Zt WilliamS. Morton, 1850. The title of this book, like that of the formCT on .North Carolina by the samo Author, i, in pect a misnomer, and calculated to mislead who merely content themselves wi& rea m pages. Its history and biography are, in ft, confined to the events and the men connected with one religious denomination, though by no meM a clusively so. Of the leading events e knowledge before; but we find them here more mi nutely stated, and derived from more aml sources than any to which we have hail access. Sod, of the scenes described are of a very interesting stirring nature, and they are given "by Dr.Footem style, though by no means faultless, yet in mm per. tions very animated. The size of the Volume it fat intimidated us, but when ire commenced reading, wt fiuud so much to engage our attention, and werea much entertained aud instructed by its content tint we could not besatisfied without going throagh tbe whole, i The plan of the Author has necessarily led tow repetition he brings the same actors ou tlie stage it different times and in different connexions; but though this swells the size of the Volume, it can scarcely he said to be a fault, for we became so deeply interested in the personages brought on the stage, tlmt eare glad, after some acquaintance, to meet them again in other circumstances. W e are surpri sed at the amount of authentic infor. mation which Dr.Foote has been able to collect, much of which would soon have been irrevocably lost The future historian of that State will find in this rolunie a rich treasure of facts, ou the authenticity of which every dependence may be placed. For even- chapter gives proof of extraordinary caution in founding tie narrative on unquestionable authorities; these kve been collected with great labour, in frequent toiUomi journeys over many States, not without tedious con sultation vnd transcription, as well as recourse to living witnesses. If the thread of the story is some times broken by repeated citation of documents, it is not only pardonable but praiseworthy, as many of these are extant no where else in print Kotwithstsa ding the insertion of long and numerous papers of this kind, the narrative is never diffuse and never weari some. In every period of the history embraced in these " Sketches" and especially in the earlj parts, we have learnt much that we never knew before; iudeed the filial veneration' of the Author, by lead ing him to the most unwearied efforts in collecting materials from oral tradition, recondite manuscripts and rare volume, has resulted in a treasure of una pected facts, and has filled some important chasm io the religious history of the State. One consequence of this assiduitv. it is true, has been tbe accumulation collecting evidence ot tlie unreasonableness ot the de- , . x ... i ,u m,,mit lav by the Marshal in bringing Sims before the Com- j of foments 'l..cb are properly the malemls missiiwier for the offence ch aiged. to serve the future historian ; but where the great Judne Woodbury finully consented to an adjourn- i object has ben to collect authentic aunaWe can res- ment until 3 o'clock this ; afternoon, and ordered the i ... , , ... f ,,,, f,ir ,k mil and i i ... ., . , dilv exchan?e facihtv of nanation tor tnesc iim marsni io Keep uie prisoner in cusxoay, ana men io De brought before hint. Kp " B." a correspondent of the " Standard" re viewing the works of " Grace Greenwood," a well known non de plunve for her many beautiful prose and poetic compositions, says of her " She has never 6uemeut oi fugi i ve slaves, arrested by vijiue of ! written one line, " which dying she should wish to vour authority as marshal ot the Untied States. and ilia this refusa is in obedience to a statute ol that State; and you enclose a copy of your correspondence with the sheriff, as we I of the sta tute in question, and ask that the commandant of the navy yard, or of the revenue cutter at Bos ton, may be instructed o furnish such assis tance as the marshal may require in the execu tion of the law for the arrest of lugitive slaves. By the President's direction I have the honor to say, in reply, that ihe .obslacie-to performance of your duty, arising from the -withdrawal by the State of Massachusetts of the use of herjaiis for tne connnement ol persons arrested as fugitive ).... l U l . . . 3 . amirs, ii.ia ueen anucipaieu, anu provided against by the reso ution of Congress, approved March 3, 1821, 3d vo ume Statutes at Large, page 646, by which the marshal in such case is expressly "au thorized and required to hire a couvenieut plate to serve as a temporary jail, and to make necessa ry provision for the sale keeping of prisoners com mitted under ihe authority of ihe United States-" and he is io be allowed all reasonable, expenses in curred for the above purposes. Tne warn of the use of the jails of the Stale, therefore, is not deem ed a sufficient reason for granting your request thai the commanders ol the navy yard and reve nue cutter may furnish you assistance in the exe cuiion of the law in question. The President, however, desires it to be understood that he feels the rull force ot his constiiutional oaih and duty 'to take c re that the laws be tahbfully executed;' and, should other . bsructi.-ns arise, which can not be overcome by your power, to summon to your aid the posse comitatus obstructions which, irom thejoyal and law abiding character ot the people or Massachusetts, cannot be expected by him, yoo are desired to giye eatiy information of them lo the pioper Depar menr. I am, very respectful y, your obedient servant, (S,gDed) WILL. A. GRAHAM. ' Charles Devejts, jriq, i . S. Marshal ot Massachusetts, Boston. blot l, wearenotso certain about that, however. Grace is a regular-paid Correspondent of the "Nation al Era," and discusses Abolition as pertly and flip, pantly, as pome of the more masculine of her sex, such as Lucretia Mott, tc do, with disgusting brazenry. U1, Tlie Socorro tragedies a graphic account of which we extract from the correspondence i, of the Picayune, must be read with paiuful interest The narrative presents a dark picture of the state of society-' on our southwestern border. The retribution, however, in these cases, was as prompt and bloody as the crimes-yet many encli offences and offenders must -go " unwhipt of justice." Another hard hit at Yankeedon It bag been asserted that one great reason why the Londoners omitted theuse of wood in con structmg the building for tbe World's Fair was, that there womd be no many Yankees there, they were afra.d they would xohittleit (7tf ,T,he rePrt not believed by the editor of the Boston Post . A Strange Visiter. As one of the Ful ton ferry ooats was crossing the river recently, when about mid river, the passengers on board were suddenly surprised by ihe appearance of a large b ack seal popping his lie d above water a short distance from the boat. The stranger was evidently surprised himself at the s range objects that met his eye, and, as he turned his head alter nately from New-York to Brook yn, seemed to be debating in his mind on which side of the river he would be likely to find te best accommoda tions. Manifold were the conjectures on board the boat as to who and what he was, and what were the portents of his visit. Some conjectured that ,he might be Mr. Bull from Albany, while others, from his color, sugesled thai he was the sea-serpent. But there happened to be several persons on board who had seen similar sea mon sters, and they pronounced him a seal beyond all pera'dventure. When we lost sight of him' he was making for ihe Brooklyn side , but, un ess he was caught, we presume he made for some oth er harbor ot refuge, and is probably ere this out side of Sandy Hook. JV. K Mirror . The; Mavorsent a request to tlie commandant at tlie Xa;vy Yard to assist m the escort of Sims to-day with a force of 150 men, and lie signified his intention to comply with his request. secosd DisrXTcn. c Surremlrr of iShim to the Oluimant. Boston, April Irth. The Court came in at 3 o' clock and proceeded to give a decision-. The commissioner said he was here to decide a great question of law ou' hit conscientious convictions of the truth. The first argument was that a commis sioner had no right to decide this case, inasmoch as he was not clothed with judicial powers. He admitted fully that a claim of this sort came under tlie Judicial power of the United States, and the question was, whether or not Congress had provided proper acts empowering commissioners to exerciseaoy of such powers. By act of 1 842 there was an authorization of commissioners to act judicially to a certain extent and it was quite a common thing for them to arrest, cxaiBine, and imprison offending seamen and others, holding them in prison until finally tried. This was a degree of judicial power. dily exchange facility of nar satisfactory details. In comparing thee; "Sketches of Virginia" with tlie Author's proceeding work, his " Sketches of .North Carolina," we observe a decided improvement in e combination and the arrangement of the materials nd in all that relates to literary ease and correctness.-' The errors in trifles that occasionally occur, seem to be owing to the Author's remoteness from the pr- Oh thoSrhole, wr have not the Mert he-itsM" in expressing a belief that Dr. Foote has m th work, made an offering of inestimable value to iM Ecclesiastical History of the Old Dominion, tni U experiment has proved that there may be rich gea nings even m fields which have been reaped by w ny and able bawls. fXp- To be had at Turner 's. Godey's Lady BooK.-Tl.e April So., of tLij. valuable Tarlor companion is filled with its . The rendition of slaves escaped from one State lo ,,,. f von'ifnl illustrations and intemting Onntlior ttt q a tf rVm ui m a natma a tlin ranrlif-Irr rvf t11. I gitives from justice, onlv the one was to his owner I ding for the Ladies. We take pleasure in commf"; BSjF The following is an incription on a tomb stoite in Massachsetts: , I came in tbe morning it was Spring v . , And I smiled ; I walked out at noon It was summer, ; And. I was g ad : I sat me down at even It was Autumn, And I Va8 sad. I laid me down at night It was Winter, And I slept. aud the other to a State. AH that came before the magistrate before whom the prisouer was arraigned, was simply the question pf removal. It was ascer tained and had been passjed upon, that the act of Con gross," of 1850, authorized Commissioners to issue a certificate for removal of fugitive slaves on finding evidence that the claim of the owner is sustained. The liberty of the party was not iu final consul tation here, therefore the ground assumed by Coun sel for the prisoner, that, as a question of property, the prisoner was entitled to a trial by jury here it was untenable. The commissioner reviewed the law cited author- j ities and then took a careful review of the evidence and said there was no doubt in his mind that the claim of the agent of Mr. Potter was wll founded iu fact , and said, . I deem it my duty to grant a certificate for his removal back to Georgia. I therefore do grant it." The fugitive Sims, was then taken from the Court room under the direction of the Marslial. Much ex citement exists at tbe Court house. THIRD DISPATCH. The Fugitive delivered vp by Judge Woodbury Greai ' Excitement Cheer for Webster and the Constitu tion. Boston, April 11th, 9 P. M. Judge NV'oodbury this afternoon decided to deliver up the fugitive Sims to tho U.S. Marshal. There was much applause in Court on the announce ment of the decision, and also when the Judge, in reolv to an observation of nrisoner's counsel, exclaim ed emphatically) "I thank God that Massachusetts is. still a state of the Union, and so long as sne is sucn, x shall adm inister the laws of tbe Union or perish in the attempt." A crowd of about one thousand persons followed the Southern witnesses against Sims to thojr hotel to night. They were accompanied by a large police force. They received cheers, groans and hisses. A cry for three cheers for Daniel Webster and the Con stitution was responded to iu a glorious manner. A few negroes seemed the only disturbers of the peace. FOCRTH DISPATCH. Proceedings of the Legislature on the Fugitive Case. Boston. A mil 11. Tha committee appointed by the Senate to investigate the conduct of the Sheriff and other officers relative, to sen ing the warrant up d Histmctirr vehicle of lisrht literature and a I . I. IMI Published by L, A. booty, i Plula. i- -i i. r.:nn.ta m a iiiHiui an OinjJ II io our inn incimo -dig faithful ma 7 . . IJ:.;..J ri It fit LC ( 4w v tasinons. Ltttel's Livnco Acz-always accept! ful has been none the less so, of late. As tic Magazine, it has no peer in this Countrj . THE CONVENTION. We punish to-day the ed anu - l(i n Gree . -rt k. as it ' LUU.' meetinss in trae to the convention to nom. AA for Congress. A me-'"'7 del'ga es will doubless be held this week, a ' there. Hyde, Waging ton ,l " (in,, Jones and Carteret aie isl0 No time is to b ! meet on tne me wj k hence. ven and Wayneni? - eDdid The meeting m V aj " e j(sble can Hon. Will- H Washington as didate. The bare mention oi" as a probabh candidate 0 see cy the shakes. elong8ted. sudd. nlV tneir iai.c0 - , , t0 - Ml U NO the "" - rinded, we new. without oppose; .i , have in" -in- . i..'oiH OUI to 'ei MonV n" I )-,ari ill n j UHiy juji-y Kp i ii r ihe candidate is, : (u rsmnaisn, as me (n oDPose ,M . tot any .wy "Mai u ill iiuau- - n l: Uo hns so often they have r. - r.r: thev ve Deen tne . kcn ne him. On one oc cao J ' Cn,, didate for ihe State SJ LoCos m ties beia closely ba " ced, 52 new Senate, voters by dheW requisite quantity J doftne " whenelec.ion-dayca; m;g. for Vahingtion-" "