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POLITICAL.
From the Southern Press.
The truth of the mailer about slave
labor in the Territories. Mr. Horace
Mann, an abolition member of- Congress,
solicited the opinion of Mr. Thurston, the
debate from Oregon, in regard to the
adaptation of slave labor to the new ter
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ritories, and the following is his answer,
which will be found interesting:
Washington, June 10, 1850.
I received a note from you some days
ago, making certain inquiries, but which,
up to this lime, I have been unable to an
swer. The point of inquiry seems to be,
whether slave labor could be profitablv !
employed in Oregon, California, Utah and ;
New Mexico. If the nature of the cli-
mate and resources of these countries are
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such as to furnish a profitable market for ! citement. Passing there about one o'- i Newton county informs, us that he has in the Boston market, right next to Low
slave labor, it appears to be conceded, on clock we saw two men armed vv it h pis-1 just received a letter from his Brother row , ell. This is an important fact, and shows
all hands, that it would be introduced, if tols and bowie knives, hurrying a negro' in Californiavformerly a Captain of a Com- the kind of competition that is at work to
left free to seek profitable investment like towards the river. Two others followed pany of Texas rangers, which states that use up the Lowell Mills. The South will
ether capital. j likewise armed brandishing their wca- j the writer has now with him on the Sac-'. soon monopolize the cotton manufaclur-
1 need not remind you of the law reg-
dating the investment of capital. It will ;
always go where, under all circumstances,'
it will yield the greatest return to the
owner. Upon this principle, I am very
clear that slave labor, if unrestricted,;
could be employed in Oregon with at least ,
double the profit to the owner of the slave
thai it now yields in any Stale of the Un-
ion. I am uninformed as to the usual
price of slave labor in the States, but the
price paid Indians in Oregon, during the
past year, for labor, has ranged from two
to three dollars per day. Domestic negro
servants, whether male or female, who
understand the business of house work,
would command, readily, five or six nun-
drcd dollars a vear. I recollect wt ll.
that there was a mulatto man on board George Jackson. It is said he has resided
the vessel on which I took passage from here some three or four years. He work
Oregon to San Francisco, who wa3 paid ed as a barber at Cousin's on Water street,
one hundred and eighty dollars per month between Walnut and Main. He had also
for his services as cook. I will not stop been employed at Li Belle Reslaurat, on
to particularize further, in regard to the Broadway. We presume that the civil
inducements Oregon would offer to un authorities of Covington will at least allow
restricted slave.labor, but will simply add, him the benefit of a legal investigation, for
that a very large number of slaves might it must not be assumed that every colored
now be employed in Oregon, at wages ' man is a slave, whenever any one sees fit
sufficiently large to purchase their free-i to call him so. Cincinnati Chronicle
dom. 1 think, therefore, that the point is ; Atlas, Wlh.
settled, so far as Oregon is concerned; and "
lhat slave labor,'if it had been left free to Comment by the Memphis Enquirer,
seek profitable employment, would readi-'a
)y find its way into lhat territory.
As to California, I am equally clear,
California will alwav3 be a mining coun
try, and wages will range high. At pres
ent, slave labor would be more profitable
than in Oregon. And I have always been
of the opinion, that, wherever there is a
mining country, if not in a climate uncon
Sial to slave labor, that species of labor
would be profitable. A good, able bodied
slave would have commanded, in Califor
nia during the past year, from eight to
ten hundred dollars per annum.
The greatest impediment which white
laJwr has to encounter in the mines, is the
intens.:, V of the heat and the prevalence
of,';iliou3 diseases. White labor is so
high it s evident that no one can hire
white laborer; except at a rate that would
consume bis proft- Not 80 vvlth lhe nc
gro labor That epecies of labor mg
he (ibtame.d far fcf tfeo amount which you
would have to pay for white labor. The
result will be a profit alike to the hirer
and seller of slave labor. There is no
doubt, in my judgment, that almost any
number of slaves might be hired out in
California, were the whites to aWow it, al
from eight to ten hundred dollars a yean.
This is pay so much above what their
services command in the States, as to sat
isfy any one, that could this species of
service be protected in California, it would
rush to the Pacific in almost any quantity
Let us turn our attention to Utah and
New Mexico. I have no 'doubt, from
what knowledge I have of those countries,
thattl.ey will turn out to be filled with
the richest mines. And if I am not great
ly mistaken, it will turn out that the Mor
mons are in possession of the richest kind
of'mines east of the Sicrrn Nevada. It is
known too, that the silver and copper
mines, have, for many years, been worked
in New Mexico, and I am informed bv
Hugh N. Smith, Esq , that there are in
that territory, gold, silver, copper, lead
and zinc mines of the richest quality, and
that the reason why they have not been
worked more extensively, is that it is
prevented by the incursions of the In
dians. Hence, were I a Southern man,
and my property invested in slaves, I
should consider the markets in New Mcx-
ic' ytah,an'' California, for slave labor,
wuiuij ui ui iiunuruuie coniesi 10 secure.
I am sir, with due considerat itn, yours
truly. SAM'L. It. THUKSTON.
Hon. Horace Mann.
Excitement tn Cincinnati - There is
a substantial and solid argument as well as
a recital of stirring facts in the following
text from the Cincinnati Atlas and the
comment from the Memphis Eoquircr. .
Runaway Negro Captured Grtit
Excitement. Yesterday afternoon, Wal-
nut street was the scne of an unusual ex-
pons and bidding defiance to the crowd
A large mass of people, attracted by the
unusual sight, followed in the rear. The
negro was resisting and calling for help,!
'but his captors hurried him on, without;
interference to the fiver. Al the foot of j
Walnut street, the Ferry Boat, which had ;
been in wailing loosed her fastenings as j
the captors approached, and, as soon as j
they were on board, pushed into the river, i I
When fairlj' under way, those on hoard
gave three cheers and the boat and herjtution. Milledgeville Union.
passengers with the negro and his captors,
passed over the to Kentucky side; all this
took place in broad day light in one of the
most thronged streets of the largest city in
the westl
We understand the negro's name is
whig paper.) We have received a ve
w itlflprfMit account of the above aflair.
Mr. J. V. Baugh went from this city with
the fixed purpose to arrest and bring home
a slave, who had runaway from Memphis,
and was known to be in Cincinnati, (that
most respectable city, where negroes are
protected and white men mobbed.) He
stopped at Covington, on the Kentucky
side of the river, and procured the assis
tance of Messrs. Benham, Stroud and
McBride. On their arrival in Cincinnati,
the negro was found to be on Sixth street.
He was arrested, as a fugitive slave, but
instantly a mob was raised, amounting to
many hundreds, With the view of a res
cue. Bricks were used, knives drawn and
')resenled,and pistols and other weapons
eely displayed. This immense mob con
sis ed of free negroes, and white men who
consort with them. 13ut tney missec
heir card. The four ; boys, drew their
weapons of defence, and ia defiancej
of the infuriated and excited mob of abo
litionists and vagabond negroes, they took
the slave to the river, and safely convey
ed him in the ferry boat to the Kentucky
side. Measures were immediately-taken
on the Ohio side to arrest the "kidnap
pers" (this is what honest men, who on
ly claim their own property, are called in
Ohio) a large reward was offered, and
bribery attempted, to get hold of Baugh
and his stray bird; but all failed, when the
Ohio officers visited the St. Cloud expect
ing to find him on board, they were sadly
disappointed he was on the Cambria,
and many miles on his way home. The
Officers of the several boats are entitled
to the thanks of all honest men for their
aid in this matter, and for declining to fa
cilitate the efforts made to keep the pro
perty of one of our citizens, when they
knew justice and the law demanded the
delivery of the slave. Kentucky second
ed i ennessee nobly in this aflair and if
the owners of fugitive slaves will send
such men as Baugh after them, and let
him pick up his assistance from old Ken
tucky, all the negroes of Cincinnati
(whether white or black) will not be able
to retain them.
After a detail of such facts as these, how
can any man say that the time has not
arrived for the South to take a firm and
determineu stand in defence of her consti
tutional rights. Do we live in a land of
law and justice, or do we live in a land of
wrong aiicl oppression? Have we laws
Pot must we be foiever forced to nresrfrvfi
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what is our own by a Cslst5nce to mobs
of vagabonds and scamps, who have no
regard to law or the rights of property?
These are the men we are told we must
j compromise with and surrender more of
lour dearly bought rights, in order to grat
j ify their propensity to haibor fugitive
negroes, and wrong white owners.
Slavcry in California. A friend from
ramento River, thirty-two slaves engaged
in digging gold, who have made for him,
each on an a erage from $15 to $20 per
day, since the 10th day of Match last
The Negroes are from 40 to 50 years old.'
They give no trouble nor does any one
interfere with them. The letter also
states, that a majority of the people in
California, who went from the States, are
in favor of slavery but that the natives
'and foreigners, are opposed to the insti
From the Fayetteville Carolinian.
Kcw Mexico. It will be sem from an
article in another column of this paper,
that notwithstanding "all the ridiculous
cant about the introduction of slavery in
to New Mexico, it has been introduced
there long age in its worst form we mean
the system of peonage a system
Virtually cnticia iiiai misioriune is o crime,
and that a debtor shall be a slave. The new
Constitution of New Mexico recognises
this infernal system, thus showing the
hnllmv hrnnrrUv nf l1ii nhilnnthrnnhv J
which striking shackles from black limbs1
w!fh nn Hnn,1 rivAl.lhnm nn whit 1 ?mh
with the other.'
jThe Governor of Texas has issued
a proclamation for an extra session of the
Legislature, to meet at Austin, on the
12th of August next, to take into consid
eration what action shall be had with re
gard to New Mexico. Fears are enter
tained that trouble may grow out of it, as
meetings have been held in all parts of
Texas, at which the General GovernmeO
has been denounced, and the Governor
called upon to declare Santa Fe in a state
of insurrection. Great exciiement pre
vails. ib.
From the Portsmouth Pilot.
Cotton factories in the South r The
Southern Press refers to the fact that cot
ton factories are now springing up through
out the-Southern and Western country,
with almost magical rapidity, and remarks
ihatHhe Northern Mills have already been
forced to recognize a more formidable
competition even than the British, beth in
the h ome and foreign markets; that in the of the knowledge of good and evil was
production of the finer fabric too, the im- viz: a knowledge of the mineral kingdom,
provement has been wonderfully rapid , which Adam was forbidden-to meddle
and prizes have been awarded by North with, because minerals are very danger
ern Institutes to samples from Southern ous. This write'i has some other quite as
Mills, successfully, competing with the queer notions also. Homer and Hesiod
most celebrated Northern ones. :are identical with sacred revelations. Dr.
The "Press" mentions another most Howard also maintains that the sua re-
encouraging fact which is that, it has been;volves around the earth.
ascertained by repeated and successful ex-i
periments, that slave labor is admirably
fitted for factories. It mentions an in- j
stance of a Northern superintendent from . Malibran,- is announced losing in Lonjjon.
Lowell, who took charge of a Southern - ;
mill, where ah equal number of whites Great Bustle among the Feminines.
and blacks were employed, on the express ; iviiss Webster, is out, boldly and inge
condition that at the end of six months he j nj0usly recommending the male attire as
should be allowed to substitute white op- lhe most appropriate venture for single
eralives in place of the black ones. females." She adduces authorities to prove
It. adds that at the expiration of the spe- that, in early ages, men and women dress
cified time he (most unexpectedly to his e(j precisely alike: and that the distinction
employers) reversed the condition, and
declared his decided preference for the
substitution of blacks, in the places of the
whi'es: stating that they were more man
ageable, and at the same lime better oper
atives. His request" was complied with, and
the goods which the mill had manufac
tured, with that labor have been equal
to any in the United States. It was, con
tinues the Press, (when we last heard of
it,) still doing a good business, and the
black operatives were still working it,
No one can contemplate facts lijie these
without strong encouragement and pride.
Let rt be recollected also that these ad
vances in prosperity have been made by
the South in the Union, showing that in
dependence and power can be best achiev
ed without sundering the bonds of our na
tional confederacy, and building up two
rival and warring empitcs.
Invading Yankee Land. An ex
change states that cotton goods, manufac
tured in Alabama, have been recently sold
ing business
Newbern Republican.
fjThe Democratic Pioneer is the ti-
tie of a new Democratic paper to be pub
lished at Elizabeth City, N. C, by L. D.
Staike, Esqr. There is at this time no
Democratic paper in the ninth district;
'one is much needed, and we hope the Ft
onecr will be well sustained. ib.
Prof. Webster. The death warrant of
Prof. Webster was read to him on the 22d
inst. During the reading he was perfect
ly calm and composed, and when tJie sol-
emn ceremony wasended, he said "God's
will be done I am reconciled to my
fate." ib.
A Fact Never to be Forgotten by Un
hip 7Vmr.?....Chief Justice Shaw
-n charg;ng; the jury in the trial of Profes-
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'It is a settled rule, that no provocation
with words only, will justify a mortal
MOW, men II uuuu puvuftu giauv,
.1 mi ! lnnMnro
the party intentionally revenge himself
! with a' mortal blow, it IS Unquestionably
murder.".
(P.Wc learn that a most shocking
homicide was committed in Wilcox coun
ty, a few days ago, by Joseph Outlaw, Esq.,
formerly of this county, upon his wife.
The details of the report, as they reached
us, are too revolting for publication, and
we also hone, to be true. At the time of
the fatal deed, Outlaw is said to have
been in a state' of temporary insanity,
produced by intemperance. He killed
her with a knife, with which he is said to
have inflicted several dreadful wounds.
Outlaw is now in jail. His friends say he
is deranged. We hope it is so, for the
sake of human nature.- Selma Reporter.
(j30ne of a new school of philoso
phers, Dr. Howard, has written a myste
rious work, called "Revelations of Egyp
tian Mysteries." He states that earth
quakes in cities Bre owing tothe exertions
rr.ade by the overloaded earth to get rid of
the "intolerable weight of buildings."
This writer fulljr ejbin- trftatOke tree
(QSignora Martinez, the colored
singer, whom the French call the black
kn dresg which now exists "was arbitra-
rily drawn by the male sex, in the tyran
nical exercise of power which they deriv
ed solely from the greater physical supe
riority.
Her plan is to restrict girls to their frocks
until the completion of their education.
Upon their entrance into society, they
are to dress precisely l:ke males of similar
condition, and continue to wear male at
tire until the day of marriage. Widows,
at the end of the mourning season, are to
resume men's apparel, unless they are de
termined never to marry again. In effect,
this is a scheme to distinguish marriagea
ble females from married women and con
firmed widows. Regarded in this light,
it has at least one merit, and may, on that
account, claim the friendly countenance
of the bachelor fraternity. It would save
them a vast deal of trouble in ascertaining
the domestic rank of a new lady acquaint
ance, and prevent them from committing
the now common error of falling in love
with married women.
Syracuse N. Y) Archimedean,
From the Portsmouth Pilot. r
A Dismal Prospect. A young lady
of eighteen, Miss B., was engaged to be
married to a gentleman of thirty six. Her
mother having noticed her low spirits for
some time,T inquired the reason. k0h
dear, mamma,0 replied the young lady,
"I was thinking about my husband being
twice my age." "That's true, but he's
only thirty-six." . Hes only- thirty-six
now, mamma, but when I'm sixly "
"Well." "Oh dear, why then he'll be a
hundred and twenty "
. QjP'A. writer in the Augusta Republic
suggests that it would be well for the pub
lic to know who are managing the news
papers of the South. He desires to know
where the editors were "bornor educated,
or both." We can inform the Republic
that most of them werenot born at all.
They generally came by chance, some
were won in a raffie, some floated down
the river on a plank, and some came from
no where in particular. As to their edu-
cation, as Mr. Toots says, "that's of no
consequence whatever) hot the slightest."
N. O. Picayune
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From the Wilmington Journal.
Marl The following remarks of
Falkner, upon the properties of marl as a
manure, will be opportune to those who
may not have his work, but have marl
beds upon their estates. He says:-
"Marl is a very valuable mineral, ma
nure, the operation, of which has been lit
tle understood, though it has' been used
from the earliest times. "Even within
these two or three years it has been regal
ed as an improver of the soil, by affording
carbonate of lime,, which is limestone
state of minute division; but he German
chemists, and particularly SprtugelhivQ
made tfce important discovery that it owes
its chief virtue to the presence of saline
substances, as it is found to contain sul
phate and phosphate of and potash.
Whenever, therefore, niarl can be had at
a, convenient distance, it must prove a
valuable manure on most lands, and should
always be u,sed in preference to any other
earth for making composts. The only
limit in" its applicationlo grass la,nd, is,
that it should not be laid on so thick as to
destroy th grass by ecIudiog thf U&M
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