Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1860-04-28

              ..': J -is . U t:'J ! VOL. Vt. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, I860. NO. 25. rninrrTTi Mil;: 1 u i u i ; i a iiX r Oar TJnion--Hie,ht ok- IV rung. Rouse, hearts of Frocjom'i ONLT Houi I Hark, toDm-UNION.sory ;,, , . Pear liberty bonoalb horJuua froclniras that danger's nigh f . Come, let jour noble shouts ring forth In truinpot voIgas strong . "Wo know no Soctii, we know hoKorth," "Ouh Union, Hiuut oh Whonu." The TKnn.il our brave fathers made, ... The wonder of the world 1" Shall they behold their lona dismayed Whon The ASON'a flag's unfurled! Oh I never, by the glorious stars Which on our banners throng 1 , Bouse, sons of three viotorii.ua wars, For U.nio.n, RianT ob Wbo.no t ' 6ur patriotic fathers' shodo 7 , , With Washington on high, Point to their blond-anointed blades, And to their ohild.-en ory " Rouse, Freemen, by your Fathers' scars, On to the rescue throng; , Defend the Union's awrcd stars, The Bnion, Kioht or Whoso." Sons of the Press proclaim its worth In Telegraphic Bros ; Bid Youno AiiEiubAstandfortti And emolatr their Sires 1 . . Woke I Mister States, and band in band, Kound Froodom'a Tehiple throng j Como, shout in one united band, Onr Union, Riuiit or WroXQ I .. MY FIKSWDUEL. AN ENGLISH INCIDENT. , There are some events in the life of a man that make an indelible impression ci the mind ; cvenis that, amid the varied scenes of love. vor war, or ambition, are, to the last hour oj existence, as forcibly impressed upon the tablet of memory, as at the moment wieh they kwore first inscribed there .'by the hand of fate. . Of this nature is. our first duel the recollec tion of (he first timo that we stood on the boundary line that separates the civilization of the ancient and modern worlds. There are several kinds of courage, it hps been a thousand tinrtfs remarked, all of which, if we jtiike the ttWble'of metaphysically analyzing them, we'shall find are but the consciousness of pur own force or tikilr 1 be squadron ol .steel clad cuirassier's 'rides gallantly at the .square of infantry, hoettles'9' of the bristling bayonets, of the -'kneeling 'rank, or the mur derous volley of the rear. The sailor, lashed to the helui, looks calmly on (Ho raging torn-'pest. The huntsman, in pursuit of game, springs fearlessly across illo yawding chasm, 'or boldly attacks tho iion in his ltiir. Habit 'and a familiarity with danger, deaden the in- stinctivo dread of doath implanted in 'tis by 'nature; yet the bravest man may'bfartch.and 'the life's blood curdle in the. veins, when he finds himself opposed to an adversary, Vho, without exaggeration, a't twelve paces.'couTd. wing a bum-bird. Such was 'toy case wh6n quite a raw and inexperienced youngster, ex- 'posed, at the age of sixteen, to one of the 'most "slippery tricks that dame Fortune, in libr most wayward humor, can play a man, Every one must recollect the rancorous ani mosity that subsisted between the British and Americans for several years after the ter-initiation of. the war between the to countries. Time has now, in some degree, soft cned down thhrhostilo feeling; but, in 1818 it blazed fiercely forth at Gibraltar, where a slight misunderstanding at one of the guard. house, led' to a succession of bloody, and, in some instarces, fatal rencontres between the garrison and the officers of the American squadron, at that time in the bay. Similar scenes were enacted at Madeira, though with less fataawcsults; and, only a few months af terwards, when the United S'atcs corvetto Ontario, ahd the British frigate Hyperidn; were laying in the bay of Callao da Lima, to so tierce a pitch bad this feeling risenthat 'the commanders of the two ships came to an ' understanding to allow their officers to go on shore only on alternate days; and 'by this timely precaution they prevented a liostile ' collision, which would in all probability have deprived the service of both -countries of lomo valuable and gallant officers. It was during the noontide heat of this -rancorous feeling btlwcen the two nations, "that I one evening entered a c, in ono of "the Brazilian out; oris, to meet, by appoint-'ment, a friend, fiom whom I was to receive some letters of introduction for tho interior ' of the -eountry, for which I wa on the ove of my departure. The streets were silent 'and deserted; the only sound to be heard 'wjs the vosper-hymn sweetly floating on the 'evening breeze. -On entering the cafe. I found a group of savagelook'mg Minherios, who 'were 'drinking and Ih-tening to the love-lay, "suirg with great sweetness to a guitar accoui. ipaniment, by a mulatto .youth-; and a party of four American ofllcers who were going borne, invalided front their equadron, round tbe Uorn Forcibly as myattcmion was arrested by the pictdresq4id costume ol the Brazilian tnounlaineeis one of those dark tatanio" groups that (he Spirit of S ilvator so revelled in delineating it did not escape me that the subject of discourserith tbe American party was EngUrid, agajnit .whose institution and peoplo, violent abuse and unmeasured invective were levelled, in that drawling, -nasal tone that so particularly distinguishes our tanslantle brethren. I No hurij even of the most cosmopolite composition, can digest violent striclures on the country of his birth) -the language of the Americans Jarro"d violent y on my ear, but though it stirred up the ill "blood of my nature, 1 did not' exactly think myself called upon to play the Don Quixote, and to run a tilt against all those) w W Should choose to asperse the majesty of England, By the young and ardent, this feeling1, 1 "am war, nay be stigmatized a ignoble; but these whose passion bava been mellowed by time tni experience, will, t tbink1ofii the prudence of lb line of conduct 1 pursued. I t&efefor fook my leat, lighteM a eigar, and lUtefled attentively to th beaotiful mo-liobi nog by tbe mulatto? tber was a stein- tive softness in tho air, and an exquisite simplicity in tho wards of the ditty, telling of tho pangs of unrequited love, that woll nigh allayed tho angry feelings that were struggling for mastery in my bosom; when the strictures of .the Americans which bad hitherto been levelled at Old England in general, were directed to me personally, and loft trie but one ono honorablo alternative. .''When a man ..openly .insults you," says my Lord Chesterfield, ''knock bim down." If I did noton this occasion, follow his lordship's advice a la hire, 1 diii something which, among honorable mett, is deemed tantamount to it, and which produced a challenge from ono of the party; a doraahd for immediate satisfaction on the following morning, on the plea that their departure was fixed for the succeeding day. "Gentlemen," said 1, "willing as I shall bo to give you tho satisfaction ybii require, I doubt my ability to do so at tho early hour you have named; for I am a stranger here, and may experience some difficulty in finding a second among my countrymen who aro quite strangers to me; and are, moreover, established in a country whore the laws against duelling are severe banishment to the shores of Africa 1 must, thereloro, defer the rencontre till the evening, not doubting, in the moantiirio.to find some one to do me the office I stand in need of." A provoking sneer played round the lips of three of tbe party, and an exclamation of withering contempt was on the point of es capingthem; when tho fourth, who had been quietly sipping his sangaifce, rose from his chair and addressed mo with great politeness of manner: l,t cannot conceal Irom myself," were his words, "that this quarrel has been forced upon you, and, I regret, from the turn it has taken,, that there remains nothing but the lust appeal; but if as you say, you ate a stranger hero, and aro likely t) experience any difficulty in finding a second, I will my self most willingly do you that oflicej for 1 can conccivo ro situation so forlorn, so deso late as that of a man, in the solitary loneliness of a foreign land, without a friend to stand by him in an honorablo quarrel." Tho hearty pressure ot my outstretched hand must have told him better than words could do, how deeply sensible I was .cf ihe service he was about to render me. Wo sep arated. Tho sun had scarcely gilded the balconies of tho east when I arose, hurried on my clothes, and having given a lew directions to my servant, haj toned towards tho spot where, on the preceding evening, 1 Jiad parted 'from my now friend.' It was a beautiful nibrn- 'ing tho sun bad risen in till the splendor of-a 'tropical clime, and as I moved on through the sileht trees, methought the fair face of nature had never looked so beautiful; not a sotind was heird, save tho solemn peal of a matin oell, or tho rustling of the silk mantilla of some fulr'beata, as she glided past me to pour forth hor mdfning orisons at tbe shrine ol her 'patron saint. (I at length reached the palace square, anu oaserveu my American menu slowly pacing tho esplanade of the church oT St. Maria. He was tall and bony; bis blue frock and ample whito trowscrs hung about him 'with'wpubliciln negligence of manner; he wore his shirt 'collar open; and his long matted dark hair was shadowed by a broad brimmed hat ol CKfiah straw, white, in comparison to the sallow hue'd! bis complexion; his countenance l ean never forget; it wore not the open frankness and gallant bearing of the soldier, but thero was aft expression of enthusiasm, or a cool, determined'cait.a stern intrepidity; and, as 'be stretched otit bis band to welcomo me, and fixed his large black eyes on me with a 'concerned ga'zo that seemed' to read my thoughts, it struck me that T beheld the Very 'beati ideal of a duelist. '" . ' "' Wo moved on, each of OS wrapped up in his own meditations, when, on clearing the 'city, ho at length broke the silence that had prevailed, by asking me if I had over Bcon out before? On my answering tho question n the negative, 'i supposed as much,' ho continued. "At your ago one tias seldom drawn a trigger, bat On a hare or pas tridge; remember therefore, to follow implicitly the instructions I shall give you in placing you on the ground; and take this cigar," he added, Landing ;uie one from his case: "itis a powerful Btimujant, and quickens the 'circulation of the blood." - Wo -had by this timo reached the field ol action, and discoveredirjy adversary, bis sec ood, and a medical attendant, smoking their cigars beneath the shade of a clutter ofco-Coa-nut trees, that stood in loneliness in tbe middle of the valley. ,.Tbey arose on our approach, saluted us sternly, and Interchanged friendly greetings with my companion "You will, of course," observed my adversary's friend, "have no objection to sixtoen paces.-' As the challenged party, we have the right of choosing our own distance," rejoined my second; "say, therefore, twelve paces instead of sixteen, wid Vie firing down." "Twelve paces," I repeated to myself; "can he be playing me false?" Bail did him Injustice, fur to' this arrangement I oW, to all tinman certainty, my lile. , Tbe ground was measured. My Second placed roe with; my back to the tun a dispo sition that brought bis rays right on my op ponent's line of sight. The seconds retired to1 load. The ramming down of the balls grated jf iih! porlentouV effect ti'pon'my ear. All being ready, my second taking a handker chief from bis pocket, bound on end of it tightly round my right hand, and measuring the length '61 my krm, which be narked by a knot, brought it across the bick over the left shoulder, where the knot was tightly gmped by tbe left hand. "Near, then," he said,; on putting, the pistol into my hand,- be tool! When thi rgoal u given, let your rm steadily fall, till you find it brought up y tin handkorchiof. and then fire!" The appointed signal was givon, both fired at as nearly tho same moment as possible, but with unequal success. My adversary's bullet passed through my hat; mine was more un erring in its aim he reeled and foil. My first impulse was to rush towards him, but I was arrested in. my course by my second, who stood close beside me. "Remain where you aro, sir,'" .said he; "he. may yet stand anothor shot." This was pot the case; tho ball had entered the shoulder; and as the wounded man lay weltering in his blood, ho said, with a look of reproach to my compan ion. ' "B-n,this is all your doing." We conveyed him to a neighboring hut, till the shade o! evening allowed us to take him on board ship. As be walked off the ground, my companion said tome, "You doubtless wondered why I rather placed you at twelve than sixteen paces. Enow, then, that at the latter distance your adversary was a dead shot. At twelve, it occured to me, that he might by chance fire b'vor yon; that, unaccustomed to tint distai.ee,' ho might not correc t. ly allow for the parabola described by the ball on leaving tho pistol ; tho result," he added with a smile,' " has proved that my calculation was correct. Had ' yju too;" he added, "allowed your arm to have fallen with great foice, the shot would have takon effect lower and might (ibis was said veiy coolyj have proved fatal. But I must not find fault with you, as it. was your first essay." On the following morning my.gonerous friend, my preserver, in fact, my ' wounded adversary and his friends, sailed for tho states. I have never seen them since, or even heard of thunt, gave a few short lines sent me by a vessel tliby spoke at sea, to inform mo that the wounded man Was doing well. I havo often reflected since on tho high-toned, generous feeling that entered so deep ly into the peculiarity of my situation; the high resolve that once pledged, sternly devo ted itself to carry me through, indifferent to tho ties of country or friendship. That my friend was a duellist, his conduct on the ground warrants me in supposing. I am ig norant if he yet walks this earth. But this I know, nad I gotio into the field with any ono clso, I should now bo sleeping beneath tlie white walls' of the English cemtcry at It. The Shoemaker und Wine Merclint.t. A poor man, a shoemaker, took a shop in one ot tho boulevards of Paris. As he was industrious, expeditious and punctual, and withal faithful and honest, his customers rapidly increased, and he began to gain property. About this time a wine merchant opened a shop next door to the shoemaker, and the latter took occasion to step in for an occasional drink of wine. Ho soon percoivod a dangerous habit beginning to be formed, and for some days discontinued bis visits. Tho wine mer chant inquired the reason. I havo.no money i replied Crispin. 0, no matter, said the other come in and take a drink. Tbe shoemaker accepted the invitation, till at last so great a score had run up, that his best suit of clothes was pawned for payment. A festival drew near, and he of the awl asked him of the glass to lend hint his clothes but for that day. ' A refusal was tbe reply. Much chargined, Crispin cast about lrf revenge. Tbe wine mer chant had a ben with a fine brood o f chickens, and they used often to venture near the door of the shoemaker, lie accordingly procured some bread, and scattering it upon his floor, enticed tbe hentfidher chickons to enter tbe shop. Then catching them, he stripped them of all their feathers, and turned them loose to go to their owner. Enraged at the enor mous cruelty, he mikes complaint and seeks redress. Friend, said Crispin, as I bavo done to your fowls, so you did to me. You en ticed mo into your shop, you stripped me of my clothes acd left me dostitute. What I have done to your fowls, you did to a follow creature. On the charge of cruelty we are equal, though tbo baits we offered were differentCun Neg:ocs Tuke Cnre of Themselves! One of Vlib most prominent reasons given by the dough-faces for keeping negroes in slnveW is that they are "not able to tuke care of therosolves." This argument is knocked in the head by a corroppotidtnt ol the Spirit of the Times, writing from Charleston, South Carolina, says; "Among 'tbo most protninct tax-payers of Charleston are James Adger, William Aikin, Bancroft, Eehlnan St Co. Isaac Barrett, Thomas Bennett, It'. F. Henry, T. B. Lucas, Otis Mills He Co., Miss H. Finck- ney. The most notable feature iri the taxes of Charleston is the fax on property paid by iFce persons of color.' : Tho number of col ored person 'taxed is 855, arid of these 304 are owners of real estate, while 22G of them own real estate to the amount of $1,OCO or moresome of them nearly $50,000 worth. The entire amount owned by I lie 226 above referred to is $717,4051 In addition to this I may aY.well Inform you that the 335 'per sons of 'aolor' who are free, own 277 slaves- Tbere is one hee 'gentleman of color' still re siding io Charleston, an owner of property, who is honored above any white cnjzun io the Uoion, in being exempt from taxation; be is the negro (then a slave) who gave the in formation that led to the discovery of the in surrection of 1922.. - For his faithful services the Corporation granted him bis freedom,' and the Immunity above referred to." . 1 Mortsseyi the' brrie. fighter has reached honorable attention; lie Wil taken into Cell's Life's editorial rb'otri, waspresented to the Ed itor, said he had bet 1 3,000 on Bayers, and at last acount was about tp Visit' his favorite, wnn,th idea of "posting" bim on Heenan's weak points; , Do Nuattosa Lova SL&yEitjr? Itoy. J. W-Loguen is a minister of the gospel in Syra. cuso, K. Y. lie is a funaway slave, and late his mistress, that was, Mrs. Sarah Logue, of Maury county, Toon.., wi ote the Rov. gentleman a letter, offering to send bim free papers for $1,000,, In default of which he shall be sold and re-taken. - Mr. Loguen answors Mrs. Logne in a long letter, finishing up as follows: "If you, or any speculator, on my body and rights, wish to know bow I regard my rights, they need not come hero and lay their bands on me to enslave me. Did you think to terrify me by presenting the alterna tive to givo my money to you, or my body to slavery? Then let me say to you that I meet the proposition with unutterable scorn and contempt. The proposition is an out rage and insult. I will not breathe a shorter breath, evon to save me from your persccu tions. I stand among a free people, who, I thank God, sympathize with my rights and the rights of mankind, and if your emmissa' rics and venders come here to ro-enslavo me, and escape the unshrinking vigor of my own right arm, I trust my strong and brave friends in this city and State, will be my rescuers and avengers. The Georgia Bank Robbery. The Marine Bank of Georgia has succocded in recovering $15,101 of the amount rocontly abstracted from tho vaults of its agency at Columbus. Tho entire amount of the rob bery was $15,452; so the sum still missing Is a fraction over $2,400; which, it is thought, will eventually be saved to the bank. Of the amount iccovered, about $30,000 were found under a bridge or crossing in the outer edge of tbo city, and the remainder uu der a front step, the thief having evidently licen pressed bard by the vigilance ol his pursuers and forced to a summary and hurried disposition of his ill gotlteh gains. A young man of highly respectable connections, and hitherto unblemished character .... i who was acting in the capacity of book-keep er in the agency, has been arrested on Btfbng grounds of suspicion that he is the author ol the Iclony. The money was found by a negro, and a new question of law bas arisen as to who shall havo the reward for its recovery, tbe the owner or the hirer of the negro. Wo do n jt think either of the two ought to have it- It should revert to tho negro. Louisville Journal. ' ' i MonE L'idnT Wanted. The last Congress appropriated $85,000 for the protection dud rt p iirs of the light bouse and piers at Ch c igo. Mr. Cobb, Secretary of tho Treasury, during the last suu-iuer expended $25,000 on the light h( use. He then refused to pay the rb mainder, and it was then believed the monoy had been used for other purposes. Accord ingly, a resolution has been put through both Houses of Congress, instructing Mr. Cobb to pay over the remaining $65,000 lor tho pro tcclion of the piers, which are so decayed as to require Immediate repair to save them Irom entire ruin. The Secretary failed to comply with this instruction, arid Mr. Clay, of Ala baiha, after the interference of the President, moved a reconsideration of the whole matter in the Senate. Mr. Farnsworth, the Chicago representative, says he can prove all these things, and desires to have an investigation of tho matter by a Committee. Senators Trumbull and Douglas also favor an invest! gatlon it is said. Cleveland Leader. Tbe Bcrli'jgton (Iowa) Hawkeye says it bas been ascertained that the young woman, who was murdered at Ottumwa, and whose body was thrown into the Dcs Moines river, was Laura Harvey, of Itockford, 111.; that her murderer was George Lawrence, to whom she was married. Lawrenco proposed to go to Pike's Peak, and her friends endeavored to dissuade her (rem accompanying him, as he was known to be a bad man, and a dis charged State Prison convict, but she said she was his wife, and it was her duty to go. It is supposed, that, after starting, she found out that Lawrence was a thief, that he had stolen the means with which to buy the outfit, aud that he had been in State Prison, and then wanted to return to her mother. This it was that instituted him to murder her. Lawrence has not been overhauled, a fact, certainly, vory discreditable to Iowa justlco. Democracy u Mutter ufltomau Catholic Faith. The Boston Pilot a Roman Catholic paper says that "in the presont political issue, lor there seems to be but one. the Catholio, so far as be is governed by the canons, principles and policy of his church, must lako the Democratic side," and adds as follows: Tbe position taken by Seward, Lincoln Chase, Banks, and all the Republican loaders , is distinctly and'decidedly anti-Catholic, and if any Catholic supports tbein, it is in oppo sition; I will not say to the requirements, tut 1 will say to the principles of bis religious faitH; Tbb Beabd. A writer lii tho Lynn Reporter Bays: ' , Tbe deaths by consumption have decreased some 50 per cent-per annum among the stone cutters of Quincy, Milton, Rock port, and the marble works of Vermont, ainoe tbey have ceased shaving and give nature ber sway in fritters she may be supposed to understand. Workmen la Western flour mills; colliers in numerous trfiriei df lbs Middle States; miners at Galena, Dubuke and the copper regions of like Superior; employees In drug mills; drivers, engineers, arctio navigators? residents in tow wet countries, and thousand! of arti sans whose employment is prejudicial to beallhr lungs, generally wear the mustache as e, sanitary rather than an ornamental ap pendage to th be fmanhood. A Horrible Case of Kidnapping. Io this place there has resided for tome years a colored mti by the name of Jack borrow. Some years since, be purcbasod a wifo in Johnson Ho., Mo., for $500; or this, he has paid $300, and her master holds to this day, his notes for the remainder. Oa Wednesday last, Jack started for Topeka, willi a load of goods, and on that night six ruffians from Missouri, landed here about eleven o'clock, from the steamer Slack Hawk, and whilo the boat was at the levee, they proceeded to the house of 3ack, and there found his wife alono and in bed, .and without permitting her to dress herself, those six men hurried ner to the boat, which was awaiting their' arrival, and as soon as possible the kid nappers and their victim were landed on tbe other side at Parkville. One of these kid nappers is known,' and will be indicted at the next term of our District Court, and the matter will then be tested, whether, on demand, the. Governor of Missouri will deliver bim up. Quinddrd fotbune. . Horrible Deuth. The body of a man named Bonedict Fret-man was found in one of the mash tubs, at the now distillery of Petci Murphy & Co.. about uoon on Tuesday last, It is supposed that his clothes were naught in some way by one of the revolving rakes, as he was testing the temperature of the mash with the thermometer, which was found in the bottom of the tub. and indicated ICO deg. He was completely cooked, with arms extended in the position in which be fell, bead foremost; into tha boiling mass. The proprietors say, that as the tub was breast high, it would seem almost impossible lor a person to be drawn into it when standing on the floor, yet such is tbe only reasonablo inforenco, , Fretman was a temperate, industrious man, and much respected by his fellow workmen. Ho leaves a wife and two children. Hamilton Intelligencer. . Three Thousand Dollars oone from kENTUCKt. Saturday morning, before the starting of the ferry boats, watchman Green encountered a negro boy, about 10 years old, whom he found to bo a fugitive slavo. In company with two other slaves, the property of a Mr. Craig, in Kentucky,' not farfrom Cin cinnati, bo made his escape on tho 7th inst He says they walked to Cleveland,' following tbe railroad track. One of them thought.it wa a hind road to travel, and when about half way to Cleveland pioposcd to go back, btit his companions Were in goo'd courage and persuaded him to keep on with them. They came from Cleveland on the May Queen, and instead of crossing immediately to Canada went back into the country to await darkness, Tbey waited too long, and so stayed about the dock till the first boat in tbe morning. So thnro is about $3,000 more ofthe floating capital ol Kentucky gone. Detroit Advertiser. A Blood Calling Traded?. The Howard county (Ind.) Tribune says (hat one day last week, Mr. Levi Sizelove,' in the eastern part of the county, after he had chopped down a tree and walked out on it to the top, discovered something writhing, and slowly ap proached it, thinking the tree bad fallen on a pig. What must have been his feejing when he discovered that it was his own six year old girl? There was hia child, its head almost entirety cut apart and one of its eyes lying on its breast! Tho lower extremities Still moved but life had been thus horribly taken. Tbe child had gone to the woods to seek its its pa' rtnt without any ono'of tbo family knowing of its absence. kentuckiuus Abroad. A few a ays since two "white slaves of the South," arrived in ibis city from Kentucky, via Cincinnati and Cleveland. No ono on seeing them would have supposed for an instant that they had a drop of negro blood in their veins, yet they had been born and raised slaves, and that, too, in the glorious land ol Liberty. Tbey were brothors, the elder bo- ing something over thirty, and of a regular sandy complexion, the othor a few years younger and of but very little darker cast 'lhey are evidently meu of considerable nat ural ability, and in our free atmosphere will doubtless soon become, useful and respected citizens. Detroit Advertiser. Sad Affaiu is Virginia. A letter to the Richmond Dispatch, from Harissonburg, Va., states that a Mr. Site was married in that county, a few nights ago, to a Misa Dovier, and that a party of young men attempted to serenade tbe now couple with tin pans, bells, 4c. James Devier, a brother of the bride went out and remonstrated, when the sere nade took to thoir heela, He.bowever, pur sued them, when one of them, named Small- wood shot him dead. Pity Smallwood and the rest had not been shot instead of Devier as it is high time this ruffianism wai stop ped. . . ...... A man's pride, if be had no other motive ought Io keep him fiom getting drunk. .The treatment which he is liable to receive while he is In that atate, ought to deter him from it. Fvery blockhead Can laugh at bim, every cowardly calf can abuse him, and every designing villain can impose upon bim. A letter from Richm'ond.Va., dated the 10th inst., says that considerable excitement baa, prevailed amonng the colored population caused by Ihe arrest of tome dozen or more, last evening lor holding secret meetings, with the avowed purpose or devising the beat means !o get free, Th parly arrested called themselves "SonsofHanj ;" nevertheless tha Richmond police were too smart for them, and net Q-aaT4 his bate. ' ItoH. B. F. Wads. "Occasional" writing to the Press says: Among the positive men of the Republican party there is none who de serves more commendation than Senator Benjamin Wade, of Ohio. lie is loved by his friends and respected by bis foes. There is so much candor and courage in all his actions so much liberality In hi votts, and kuch a con- ssioiitious adherance to his c pinions, that 1 do not wonder to hear his name favorably montioped in connection with the Presidency. He is, in lact, the iron man of his party, and many of the Republicans delight in drawing comparisons botween him and Old Hickory, Ha is rough and honest, has a way of saying eccentric things putting into a single sentence a great thought that shows bim to be a man of remarkable energy and originality. He was the intimate friend of poor Broderick( and the other day, in conversation with him, while referring to that lamented patriot big eyes filled with tears. 05" The Pope of Rome is now in his sixty eighth year, and even should be bo obliged to flee from the eternal city, be will have quae enough to maintain himself comfortably for tho remainder of bis life. It appears that the "Peter Pence" contributions have already amounted to $100,000; of which sum Ireland has contributed $80,000, as much as all the otbor countries in Europe taken together. Besides this it is currently reported that the Pope has no less than $12,000,000, the pi jus offerings of good Catholics, packed away at the Vetician; 60 that in case ho should con sider another hegira necessary, the money for his traveling expenses is abundantly provided.As EiciTisa Trial. -Wm. II. Burkley was tried in King and Queen county,, Virginia' on the 5th inst, for shooting and killing Jos, 3roacb. A letter to the Richmond Enquirer says the chargo was admitted, and justified upon the plea that Broach had wilfully and maliciously slandered his daugter a young lady still in her teem and at school. Ihe Court, after hearing the evidenco, with argument from counsel, discharged tho prisoner who is one of tho most respectable citizens of tho county. Tho trial created intonse excite mont, and when the verdict was anuounccd the whole croud ol spectators rose to their feet and gave vent to the most hearty appro bation. The Boston Traveler says that the junior proprietor ofa well known journal of that city of strong Southern proclivities,' who resides in a neighboring village, was very essentially sold on Sunday cf last week. After being seated in a pew with his famliy the sexton took tbe liborty to put in tbe pew in front a young lady whose skin was not of a pure Saxton white. The gentleman, imagining her to be of the proscribed race, loft the church with bis fam ly in high dudgoon. Tho lady, however proved to be the daughter of a rich Cuban and a slave bolder. The chagrin of the young man can bettor be imagined than described, when the truth was made known to him. The act was intended by the sexton as a compliment. Vkrilt he has his Reward. Rev. Will-liam Blunt has petitioned tbe legislature of Wisconsin to seek redress for his ill usage in Texas last summer. He is a Campbellite minister, and he sets forth that, after voting the democratic ticket and defending. slavery by the Bible, he vrcnt to Texas for his health where he fell under unjust suspicions ol being an abolitionist, was robbed of bis money, thrown into jail, treated to olghty Hkheg, and with othor indignities and "slmrnings a poster tori not to be named," was driven out of tbb Stale, lie feels naturally a little sore after such a treatmont from his friends. Ah Extra Passknoeb. An amusing scene took place on tbe steamer Baltimore, just as she wes leaving for Cleveland. Arough-look-ing gsnius came abroad with a powirful bulldog at his heels. Walking directly into the office, tbe individual said to the clerk. "Stranger, I want to leave my dog in this 'ere office till the boat starts; 1'in afraid somebody will steal him." "You can't do it," said tbe clerk; take him out." "Well, stranger, that's cruel; but your both dispoaitioned alike, anl he's kind'er company fcryou." , "Take him out!'.' reared the clerk. "Well, atranger, I don't think you'r honest and you want watching. Here, Bull, ait down here and watch that fellow sharp;" and the individual turned onhfs heels, saying: "Put bim out, stranger, if he's troublesome." The dog lay there when the boat starteJ( the cletk giving him tho better part of bb office..We learn by the New Tojk' TiiSunt that the Sons of Temperance in th State of New York are enjoying a revival season of prosperity. New divisions are springing up in all Motion !. i.... . . : 05 In civilized countries, about one person in every six is married every year, ' Therefore let no one despair, Tcr every Individual holds, In th marriage lottery, one-sixtieth - of a chance. It is further computed that at least three thousand marriage are celebrated ev ery day, and that no , morooct elapse, from one year's end to another in which the delight ful ceremony U not coming off. Thrilling actl ... Cr Th Norwalk Reflector, of th i7ib, says: ' " ' ' "." '' ' A far a Wt tan judge, young wheat look very well in this region. W are glad to be able to ttate that present appearance indicate an abundant crop of peaches tbic year-aad indeed w may say th earn of another kind ol fruit,' A venerable Mis observes that the bnsbaad io thi case wa a fair Sampl of hi class: "My little angel," ask tb husband of his wife, in a railroad carriage, "ore yea eorofwrt able in your corner?" "Tory much so, thank you, dear.' 'VYon don't .feel th wld?" ; "Not at all." , "The door cloaca well?" . i "Very woll thank you.'" "Woll,' then, com and ebang jilaoei with me." . A little Sabbath- echool girl repeated her leason with this new version of one pwsag ; "For If ye love them that love you what reward have ye ? Do not even the Republieana the same ?" In pla:e ot publican. Ex-Governor Corwin ond Francis P. Blair, Jr., are to address the Virginia Republican Convention, which meet at Wheeling on the 2d of May. The Wheeling Intelligtncsr, an earaest Republican paper, it is stated, has now the largest circulation of any journal in western Virginia. . The Florida Democratic State Convention, on Monday, endorsed tbe resolutions of the Senatorial Democratic Caucus, which require Congress to legislate for tbe protection of slavery in the territories ' "' " ' Slaves as Property Tbe Question Re-.' ail I jr at Isnuo. Mr. Wigfall, tbe new Senator from TexflS( in one of his recent speeches in th Senate, said he denied that "we at the South draw; any distinction between slaves and any other property. Wo ask simply," said he, "that that property shall be put upon th tarn Jotting as every other species cf property. We k that and we ask nothing mors." Mr. Wigrall seemed to be under the laW pression that he was speaking in the spirit of moderation and forbearance. This "simple" demand of the South evidently struck him a the merest trifle iu.tho world; and no language can picture'this disgust and horror at finding that the people of the North were unwilling to miike thi slight concession. But neither Mr. Wigfall nor those Pro-Slavery ul-traists who are fond of dwelling upon tb same point, are quite as simple as they would e thought. . Tbey know; very well that if they can establish this point, in the law and public sentiment of the country, they will have everything they could possibly desire. In fact, there will be left nothing more to , b conceded. All the planks in all the platform of both parties all the contest about Territorial sovereignty, the extension of Slavery, the limits of Federal power, &c become utterly empty and useless. If slave are property, in the same 8ense and to the. same ex'-' tent as "land, horses, 'mules, and hogs," a Mr. Winfall, in another part of his speech, declared that they are if they are to be thus ' regarded and treated by the Legislature; Courts, and people of the Union if this ia the status upon whioh tbey are placed, and upon which they are to be maintained by th Constitution of the United States, any further controversy.on the subject i eitbei th idlest of shams or He most fragrant injustice. In that case, Mr. Wigfall need resort to mf elaborate argument to prove that neither Cen. gross nor the Territorial Legislatures can exclude Slavery from Federal territory.- It can-not be excluded anywhere, by any power, or from any jurisdiction State or territorial.- What would Mr. Wigfall say to law et South Carolina or a clause in the Colitu. . tion of tb,U State which ahou'ld cfeclare all titloi to property in land, in horses, in bog and muler utterly invalid and void? No State, no society, has any right thus to confisoata proporty thus to destroy that which rest upon an older and more solid basia than any form of government without whioh, indeed, there can be no such thing as government anywhere. .-. ' It is easy to see that the Pro-Slavery party have selected this principle as a Malakoffof their peculiar institution. That th Federal Constitution recognize slave a property appears to be a plausible and oomariti'vely innocent p'ropbsitiou. it has been repeated ce often its truth has been so generally assumed! and even Northern men have o frequently conceded it as a matter of fact, that Southern politicians, not without reason count upon el--tablishing It as a point of Constitutional lew.. When they have done this, tbey hav dona. everything. They have access both to Territories and to State. They hare establish ed their right to carry Slavea Jin'tif Fidtuf Territory, and to bold tbem thtr in (pit t Congress, in spite of Territorial Legislature, and in spite of Constitution. Tbey hav virtually annulled the law ani th action of all StaUs which' fcave abolished aUverr. . will have made their institution and it cod just as universal, just permanent, just as completely out of the reach of hostile legisla tion, a that goneral law of property which . lie at the basi of all government, and. In. deed, of all society. Mr. TigfH Ujtf ' ask that snd we ask nothing more' What a pattern of forbearafce-r what model of mod- - ' erationMr. Wlglal(Isf; ; .: ' Tbe Constitution of the United State does . ' not recognise slaves a property at all. Thar ia not solitary section, phrase er Syllable ia it. which countenance tb assumption thai slave are Property precisely al land, hone, miile nd, hog are property to me th word of Mr. Wigfall. It doe andoubl-erTy recognize Slavery; but It doe even tbat only Silently and by implication. B it it give not th iFghteet color or eoontenanc to tbe dnc. trine that slave ar tnlg property that tVy are io' be goremed solely by (he law whk'i govern property and that thoy rTn r---.1 1" ' - i ... I. k t :','' '