Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1862-05-15

              65? IX 111 MOUNT VERNON, OHIO 'THURSDAY; 'MAY 15.' 1862." KO. 28 VOL. VIII. AT v mm l L .... iovw. jouh D. sort ATTORNEYS & COUNSELLORS AT LAW AND SOintTOIW Cl.HHANCERY. 59 Mala ttreet, Feoria, Illinois. Particular atte itlon given to Real Eitate, aad tolleeliea cases telion throughout ihe StaU. ). w. TAMOS VI. C. COOFIX TANCK & COOPER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, JIT. TEHNON, 0. Office southeast corner of Main and Chestnut ttt, opposite Knox County Bank. tepl20 iWAINAKII A DtfrtKIIIOft LI1H0GUAPHERS IN &VERY, VARIETY OFSCYL S. BANK STREET, Oppoiitt Woddsll douse, Cleveland, Ohio WALTER II. SMITH, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, - MT. YERNON, OHIO. tiBe on High Street, oppoiito th Court House feb2Stl HSXar . MITCHELL Attorney and Counsellor at Low AND NOTARY PUBLIO, CfriCE-North side Kemiiu Bio ok. MT. VEUNON, OHIO. ALEXANDER ELLIOTT Deaf sad Dumb, OFFERS hit services to tbe oltltens of Mt. Ter Boa and Knox county, sod iolloita thare of publi patronage- t-7"Shop In Jacob Martln'a building oppoiito Iho Drake Hotel. Mt. Vernon. Ohio. no20-tj Timpls or At, Mayl 4,1861: CARD PICTURES! CARD PICTCRE3I LEWIS la prepared to make that beautifu styh I fall length oard pictures that aro attracting I taaob attention in eastern eitiei. Also, miniatnr plcturea for viaitingoardt, business cards, Ac. Ca and lee them. Rooms corner Main and Gambit treeta, Mt. Yernon, 0. 28-tf. A Remedy tor Hard Times. Wber people have been thrown out of business and possess some little means oi smat' neomes, is to MAKE THEMSELVES A HOME See Adveisement in another column of the settlement of Vineland. 1 J. W. RUMSEY, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER, MAKIS TO ORDKR All kinds of Doors, Window frames, Sash and Blinds. Bnilds Porticos, Verandahs, lialconles, and all kinds of Bracket work, contracts for building taken lower than usual. Roofing with pineahin- f les, tin, copper and ilato, done on short notice and a rit class style. J.W.RTJMSEY. Mt. Vernon, April 22, 1852. 15-3m. NEW FIRM. Boot Shoe, H at & Cap Stce, MORTON&SAPP TJ ESPECTFULLY inrite the oltitens of Mon It Ternoa and vioinity to call and see their nt stock of Mens, Boys, Ladies, Miasea, and Childrei Balmorals, Oaiters, Boots, Shoes, and Oxford Tic Hosiery and Glovea. Winter flats and Caps al of whioh we are selling at war prices. We are receiving new goods every week, which we get al new Winter styles. Our goods are always fret and new. Itwill pay every one to buy their goodt of MO! TON A 8AHP, corner or Main and Vine ttren (Banning Building) Mt. Vernon, Ohio. W. J. MORTOJi 32-tf JAMS 8API N EW STORE "WM. BEAM, Latt of the firm of BEAM A MEAD, baring cated himself on tho EAST SIDE OF MAIN STREET, ONE DOOR -80UTH0FLirPITr8 DRUG STORK and nearly opposite the KENTON HOUSE, trisU that hie friends and the publio generally, wil not fail to find him and hit new location, with a good j took of HEW GOODS AT Oct six Prices. la Goods, Prices and Attention, he shall aluU please and merit a share of th nubile patronage. April 17, I891.-Be24tf SHERIFF'S SALE. M. F. Barbour ts Homer Engle. By virtue of a vendi issued ont of the Court of Common Pleas, of Knox county, Ohio, and to me dirooted, I will offer for sale at the door of the Court House, in Mt. Vernon; in said county, on Monday May 12th A. D. 1862, Between the hours of 10 A. M- and 4 P. M. of said day tho following personal property to witt cne red cow and one red bull. 6-wpf-l 80. JAME3B. 8iIAW,8h'ff. . SHERIFF'S SALE. Philip Minor ts Thomas Boyle et al By virtue of of avendl issued ont of thecourl of Common Pleas of Knox County Ohio; and to mt 4ireoted I will offor for tale at the door of the Court Uouae in Mt. Vernon In said eonnly, on Saturday the 7th day of June, A D 1862 between thehouraof 10 am and p na of laid day, tht following described real a tote to-wit. Situated In the County of Knox and 8tate of Ohio and being the east part of lot 17 and Sub No. 11 in the 2nd qr of township 8 and range 12. 36wpfl60 JAMES 8. SHAW Bh'ff. SHERIFF'S SALE. ' J C Gaines ts G W Butler. By virtue of afire writs of vendl Issued tut of tht Court of Common pleas, of Knox en, O, and to mt directed, I will offer for tale at .the Market Honse in Mt Vernon, Knox I county,! 0, ea Mon-day, May 1 9, '62,between the hours of 10 o'olook A M and 4 P M of said day, the following pereonal vroperty 10-wlt, one roan horse. 2 t wpfl 2J JAMES 8. SHAW, Sheriff. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. Notice It hereby given that the undersigned baa been duly appointed Executor of the estate et Thomas Oreenlnn, dee'd, April 20-26pdl0O . JOHNMrjISTIBE. JOB WORK or all eimm KSATir sxscttss '' THIS OFFICE "Vino ciTT-cl. TO ALL WANTING FARMS; NEW 8K1TLEMKNT OF VINELAND. A REMEDY FoThARD TIMES. A Rare opportunity in the Host Market, end Most Delightinl and Healthful Climate in the Unloj, Only Thirty Miles South of Philadelphia, on a Railroad, boins; a Rich, Hoary Soil, snd a Highly Productiv Wheat Land, Among the Dost in tho Gar-don SUto of New Jerg'y It conaistt nf 20,000 acres of good land, divided into farrr I of different sites to suit the purohaaor from 20 acres and upwards and is sold at the rata of from $15 to $20 per acre for the farm land payable one-fourth cash- ami 'be balance byquarter-yearly instalments, with legal interest, wilhia the term of four yoars. THE. SOU. ts, In great part, a Rich Clay Loam, suitable for Wheat, Grass and Potatoes also a dark and rich sandy loam, suitable for corn, tweet potatoes, to bacco, all kinds of vegetable! and root crops, and the nncst varieties or fruit, such as drapes, rears, Peaches, Apricots. Nectarines. Blackberries, Melons and other fruits, best adapted to the Philadelphia and Ntw York markets. In respect to the soil and crops thore can be no mistake, as visitors can examine both, and none are expeotod to bny before so doing; and finding these statements correct under theae circumstance', unless tnofe statements were correct, there would be no uae in their being made. It is considered TnS BEST FRUIT SOIL IN TITE UNION. See Reports of Solon Robinson, Esq , of the N. Y. Tribune, and the well-known agriculturist, We Parry of Cinuaminson, New Jersey, which will be furnished Inquirers . TnE MARKET. By looking over a map the render will porcelve that It eniova the best narket in the Union, and hat direct communication with New York and Philadelphia twice a day, being only thirty-two milea from the latter. Produce in thit markot brings double the price that it does in locations distant from the citiea. In this location it can be put into market tho same morning it is Vathored, and for what the farmer sells he gets the highest P'ice; whilst groceries and other articles he purchases he gets at the lowest price. In the West, what he sells bringa him a pittance, but for what he buys be pays two prices. In locating here tho uier'nas many otoer anvantagoa. tie iswitnina w houn bv railroad, of all the great oities of New fcv ugland and the Middle States. He Is near his old friends and auooia ions. Ho bat school for his children, divino service, and all the advantage! of civilisation, and ha is near a large eity. 111K UMHATS Is delightful: tho winter! being salubrious and open, whilst tho summers are no warmor than in the North. The location is upon the line of latitude with Northern Virginia. Persons wanting a change of climate for health, would he much benefitted in Vineland. The mild-noaa of the climate and its bracing influence, makes itexcollent for all pulmonary affections, dvspeosia. or general debility. Visitors will notice a iliffor-ojee in a few dav.t. Chills and fevers "re unknown. CONVENIENCES AT nAND. Building material is plenty. Fish and oystora are plentiful and cheap. i'itors must expect howovor to see a tiew place. WHY TnE PROPERTY II AS NOT BEEN SET-TI ED BEFORE. This question tho reader naturally asks. Ttis because it has been held in large tracts by families tot disposed to tell, and being witho it railroad facilities thor had few inducements, Tho railroad Hat just been opened through tho property this sea- ion tor trie nrst t.mo. Visitors are shown over the land in carriage, 'roe of expense, an afforded timo and opportunity for thorough investigation. Those who ooino with i view to settlo.should bring money to secure thoir nurohas,as locations aro not held upon refusal. The safest thing in hard times, where ponple have Seen thrown out of employment or business, and possess somo littlo means or small incomes,is to start 'hemselves a home. They can buy a piece of land U a email price, and enrn more than wages in im-nroving it; andwhen it is done it is a certain in-lponrionoo and no loss. A few acrein fruit treos will insure a oomfortnblo living. The land is put lowntohard time prices, and all improvements inn be made at a cheaper rate than most any other time. The whole tract with six miles front on tho rail road, is being laid out with flno and spacious avon- :tk - , :n . . . t I. .. K,. . n 1. town sell at from $150 to $?00: two and-a-half acrcfJ lots at from $80 to $ 120, and town lots 50 feet rront hy 150 feotdeep; at $100 payable one half cash and the balance within a year. It is only upon farms of twenty acres, or more, that four years' time is given. TO MANUFACTURERS, the town atTo-ds a fine opening for the shoe manufacturing business, and other articles, being near Philadelphia, and the surrounding country nas a large population, wmcn affords a good market. This settlement in tho oonrso of a several years, will be one of the moat beautiful places in the country, and most agreeable tor a residence. It is intended to make it a V ine and r ruit growing country, at this culture is tho most profitable and the best adapted to the market. Every advantage and convenience for tettlert will be intro duced which will Insure the prosperity of the place The hard timet throughout the country will be an advantage to thetettlement,as it oompuls people to resort to agriculture tor a living. Large numbers of people aro purchasing, and peo pie who desire the best location ehould visit the plaoe at once. Improved land Is also for tale. TIMBER Land can be bought either with or Without timber. The Timber at market valuation. The Title it Indisputable, Warrantee Deeds iven.olear of all incumbrance, when the money it paid. Uoartling conveniences at Hand. Letters promptly answerod ,and Roperts af Solon Robinson and Wm Parr tent, together wioh the Vineland Rural. Route to the Land: Leave Walnut street wharf Philadspuhia at 9 o'clock, A M anl 4 PM, unless there should be a change of hour for Vineland, on the Glassboro and Millville railroad. When you leave the can t Vineland Station, justopened, in qiiro for tUAS ri. L.ANU19, rostmasier, Founder of the Colony, Vinxland P. O., Cumberland Co.. N J. F. 8. There It a ohange of cart at Glassboro. t. Iso beware of sharper on the can from New Yorkand Philadelphia to Vineland. inquiring your business, destination, Ac 13 ly KEPOItT OF SOLON ROBINSON. OF THE NEW tORK TRIBUNE, upon ins VINELAND SETTLEMENT tf The following is an extract from the report of Solon Robinson, Esq., published iu the New York Tribune, it reforenoe to Vineland. All persons can read thil report with interest. Advantages of Fat roing near Home Vine-land Remarks upon Marl Soil, its great Fertility The Cause of Fertility Amount of Crops Froduoed Practical Evidence). It It certainty ene of the most extensive fertile tracts, in an almost level position, and suitable sooditionfor pleasant farminj that we know of thit tide of the western prairies. We found somt of the oldest farml apparently just at profitably productive at when first eleared of forest fifty or a hundred yean ago. Tho geologist would toon disc over the cause of this eontinned fertility. The whole country is a marine deposit, and all through tha toil we found avidencet of calcareous tubstaneea, generally In tha form of indurated calcareous marl, ahowing nany dlitinot forms of ancient shells, of tbe tertia-y formation: and thit marly substance is scattered ill through tho anil. In a very comminuted form, ind In the exact condition most easily assimilated oy suoh plant! at the farmer desires to cultivate). Marl in all it! forms, haiteen used to fortiliie irope In England, from the time it waa occupied by the Romans; and in France and Germany a marl oed la counted on at a valuable bed of manure,tbat wn be dug and oarted and spread over the field, now much mora valuable then it must be, when found already mixed through the toil where new partiolet will be turned np and exposed, and trans-ormed to the ewhen use every time he ttira tie arth: Having thta latblti our nds of the eaaie.they will not be excited with . wonder at seulng indubitable ovldonce of fertility in a soil which in other situations, having tho same gnnoral characteristics or at least appearances, ia entirely unroniunerutive except as its productiveness is promoted by artificial fertilisation. A few words about the quality and value of tills land for cultivation, of wl.hh we bavo itrcng proof. Our first visit was to William D. Wilson, Franklin township, Gloucester county; who purchased somo eight miles north of Millville, about three yoarsago, for the purpose of establishing a steam mill to work up the tim. er into lumbar, to tend off by the new railroad, as well as firewood and ooal, for whioh ho bu.lt a branch track a mile and a half long. Ho also furnished sixteon miles of the road with ties, and has no doubt mado the mill profitable, though his main object was to open a farm having beoomo convinced that the Boil wet valuable for cultivation. Io this he has not been ilisap- fiointcd, ao soma of his crops prove. Fur instanse, ast year, the second time of cropping, 306 bushels of potatoes os ono acre, worth CO cants a bushel in the field. This year sevon acros Itoout any manure produeed 356 bushels of oata. In one field the first crop iu potatoes planted among the rootd and yielded 75 bushels. The pnlntoos wore du, and wheat towd, and yielded 10 bushels; and the stubble turned and sown to buckwheat, which yield od 33 bushels; and then the ground was sown to clover and timothy, which gave as a first crop l'i tons per aoro. ' The fertilisers applied to these orops; wero' first, ashos from clearings; second 225 pounds superphosphate of lime; third '100 pounds Peruvian guano; then 60 bushels of slaked limo hat boon sproad npon the clover ainoo it was mowed, and turnod in for wheat. Mr- Wilson't growing orops, and tho wheat stubble of the present season, all indicate his land as being productive as any part of the State. At Mary Barrow's, an old stylo Jersey woman farmer, several milea aouth of Mr. Wilson'a, wo wore ao particularly atrnck with tha fine appearance of a field of corn, that we stopped to inquire of a hired man how it waa produced. We found that the lane had been the year but ono before in wheat, sown with clover, and thit cut one season, and last spring plowed once with 'ono poor old nag' and planted with corn. 1 es, vutyou manured high, we suppose? we said interrogatively, and got this reply-Waal, you ice, we couldn't a dono that, because we hadn't but forty one-horse loads altogother,for 23 acres, and we wanted tho moat on it for the truck." The truck consisted of bceta,carrots, cabbage, cu-jumbors, melons, Ac, and a very productivo patch t Lima Beans, grown for marketing. Ho we were utisfied that the soil wot not infertile, even unaided by olover, which had fed the corn, b ecauso the truck patch had not been clnvered.nnd had been in culti vation long enough to obliterate all signs of the :oresi- Our next visit was to the farm of Andrew Sharp fire miles north of Millville, from half to a milo east of tho railroad, and just about in tho centre of Vineland. Mr. Sharp commenced work here in December, 1858, upon 270 acros. In loss than thrco years be has L'ot 23 1 acres cleared and in crops this season, all well inclosed and divided into sororal fiolds, with ccdarrail or pole fence; has built a two story dwelling, about 36 by 40 foot, and a smaller house for farm laborers, and a atablo or granary and tome other outbuildinga. Considerable part of the land was clonred for the plow at $0 per acre, and on some of it the first crop wasb.ickwhoat, limed with 50 bushels in powder per acre. This crop mav be put in Julv 1th to 20th and yields 20 to 30 bushels per acre, harvested in jiovcmborjwiicn the land being sowed with 150 lbs of Peruvian guano and seeded with rye, yielded 12 to 15 bushels per acre and $10 worth of straw. The rye stubble turnod, after knocking off a large growth of oak sprouts, and dressed again with guano and socdod to wheat, garo 15 to 10 bushols. The crop which he was threshing while we wero there promises more, of a very plump grain, and the straw is vary heavy. We wont over tho ttubblo, and found tho clovor and lime thy from seed sowed Inst spring, on the wheat without harrowing, looking as well ns we cror saw it u,on any old cultivated farm, and with a little work dono in the win'or to clear off some roots nd rotten stumps, and sotting stakes to mark permanent ones, he will be ablo to out tho crop the noxt year with a mowing machine, and wo will guarantee two tons per acre, if he will give tho ovor plus if it overruns the estimate. Part of the lard was planted with potatoes for a first crop, which yicldoii 120 busheU per aero. It was then limed with 50builn por acre, and seed ed with wheat and olover, yielding an averago of over 15 bushols per acre, and the clover now looks beautiful. Other portions have been planted with corn as a first crop, which yielded 30 bushels of yellow flint corn, and the second orop,orty bushels, ana the third crop, treated iso Jbs of guano, we are sure no one would estimotc bel ow 40 bushols per acre. The readorwill recollect that tho writer is now speaking of land entirely now, and which can scarcely be considorcd in good arable condition. Ep. In other cases the corn crop of last year w.u followed with oats this season, not yot thrashed, but will average pr-bnbly 40 to 60 bushels. Sweat potatoes, beans, melonsand In fact all gardon vegetables, as well as young peach and other fruit trees planted this year show very plaiSly that this long icglected tract of land should remain ao no longer, and there isnow a strong probability that it will not; foi undor tho auspices of Mr. Landis, it will be divided into small lots, with roads located to ac commodate all the surveyor it now busy at this worn... and all purchasers will be roqulred to build neat comfortable houses, and either fenco their lots in uniformity, or agree to livo without fence, which would be preferable, by which means n food population will be tecured, who will establish churches, schools, stores' mills, meshania shops and nomas nomei or American farmers, surlounded by gardens, orchards, fields and comfort! of civil ited lifo. If any one, from any derangement of business, is desirous of changing his pursuits of lifo, or who is from any oause desirous to find a now location and cheap home in the country, aud who may read and believe wnat we have truly stated, be will do well to go and see for himself what may be teeu within a two houj' rldo out of Philadelphia. SOI.ON ROBINSON. JAMES BLANCH ARD, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IS ML. TK.T MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, DYE-STUFFS, CHEMICALS, PERFUMERY, And all miscellaneous articles usually kept in Westerr Drug Stores' Also CHOICE AND PUKE LIQUORS FOB MEDICAL PURPOSES ONIY, PHYSICIANS PRESCRIPTIONS Carefully compounded. Recipes of all kinds carefully put up. EAST SIDE MAIN, Three Doort North of Gauibier Htreat, MT. VERNON, O. February 13 nolT ly D. O. MONTGOMERY, AII8HKEY AT LAW. IN BOOTH BUILDING OVER MUSIC STORE-Mount Vernon, Ohio. Fneelal attention given to tha Collecting of ! talma, and the purchase and lala of real Eatate. h ive ror sale unimproved Hindi ai ioiiows, otu met ia Osage County, Mlitonri, 605 acres in Wtrren County, Missouri, 802 acres In St. Frnn- oli County, Missouri, alao 125 acres and one 40 lot in Hera in uoumy, unto, ana ot aoree in drrcer County.Ohlo. March l.'i.16-tf. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. Notioe It hereby given 'hat the nndenigned hive been appointed Execute!! on the eatate of Jamet MoGibeny, dee'd JOHN McGlBEY, JAMES MARTIN. pril 20 3 MT.JVEKJS0N KKPUBUUAN. KDITED BY 11. M RAMSEY KHXMLIH ID1LP1NU. TIIirKSD.VY .May 15 SPEECH OF HON- JOHN A- EINGHAM, OF OHIO, On' 1 he Bill to Ihcllilute tht Supinttsianol the UMlion and tn preiunt its 81111;'' u livcred in the House of Jltpretcnlativee April mm. TI10 House having under coruitlerrtion the bll (II. R. No. 106 ) to fAciliiate the suppression of the rebellion end to pre veut its return Mr Bingham sa ri: Mr. Speakeb: Nothing could hare nmiued me more Ikm tk'e extraordinary speech of the gentleman from Indiana, Mr Dcnn I I ask the gentloman to sav himself ' hat oljection be lias to this hill, and not full back upon a decision in the case of Dred Scott, ,hich he cites and repudiates and scorns in the same breath. This bill, just rejected by the gentleman ai.d hh new associates, simply provides for the seizure and condemnation of all prop 1 ty of armed rebels, (heir aiders nnd abettors, aa an indemnity to the Uuiied Stales for th expenses of this wicked re bellion The gentlemen, wiih llio m'gis. lei ml air 01 Sir unicle, declares that such legislation is a disgrace to the age and therefore lie rojects it, as if all of patriotism, all of honor, and all of manhood inhere alcne in those gentleman who tremble with fear lest men who are engaged in armed rebellion Rgainst the Government and its Ihws should bo punished ns their crimes deservf. When tbe gentleman thus denounces the bill let him givj reasons which he accepts, and not 9kulk b .hind the decisions of seme of the judges, which he repudiates. Surely when the emtleman thus denounces the bill, he should furnish a belter reason for Lis denunciation thon to cite ihe Dred Sjo t decision. Mr. Dunn. I wiih the gentlemen who uses tho word "skulk" to understand that I skulk nowhere. I do not base my do-nuncia;ions of this bill upon ths decisions of the Supreme Court, or upon the point made by the gentleman from Indiana Mr. Colfax I basu them upon the lnrguiige of the first section, which says that ull property shall be taken from every man. That is ihe foundation of mj denunciation. Mr. BiaoiiAM. The gentleman is very tendur over the word "ckulk," and he ought to have been more lender over the word "disgrace." 11 r. Dunn. I bo'd lo that word. Mr. DinoiiaM. Then I hold to the word "cku k." 1 beg leave to remind iho gentleman that tue biil does not piovide that ''ull propel ty shall ba taken irom every mun." What I want of the gentleman is that be ehould say lor himself v, he ther lie believes Dial men are properly under ihe t del ul Constnu ion and laws, and whether he believes that thin bill auihotiz.'S ihe seizure and tale of hum m beings as prop f.t y, and 1 hi payment if ihe proceeds into the Injury. Mr. Dunn If the gentleman will allow me the o, p r ur.ity Mr. Gingham. The gentleman has had nn oppimuni'y already; but 1 wil yie.d, as I desire to il l justice. Mr. Dunn. I am ire to ay that I lo not royeell' believe any human being bel'g ci-n be regarded as pioperty under the Constitution ot the United Slate'. Yet I do not know that the courts will not decide that they are: for we know that tbe courts will not decm-i that the courts iu tbe Dred Scott decision indicated that they were, and in accordance wiih that is the siato ment of the gentleman from Kentucky Mr. Mallort that slaves hive been so d under pro es from the United States courts in Kentucky. Mr. Bingham That is a singular doJge again. Aud tbe gen Ionian will allow me to say that I do not use that word offensively towards him or towards tbe gentle ma 1 from Kentucky. The question raised by me to day was, not whether slaves had been seized under execution, and, as properly under State laws, sold; but tbe po.nt I made ditiinctly was that, under the law of the Ftderal Government declariog that "prcperiy" might be seizsd and condemned for the use of the United Siaics, it bad never been held or in ima ej that men could be seized and condemned as property for public use. I siand by thai assertion. Mr. Mallort. Will the gentleman per mit me to ask him one question? I wish tbe gentleman to state, before he proceeds further, whether he does not know that where the laws of the United States speak of property, the courts of Ohio, in their notion upon those laws, will determine anything to be property which is fixed and decided as property within the limits of the S ate where tbe court operate? Mr. Bisoham. I know noeuch thing as that where tbe Federal law authorizes the seizure and sale of "property," ibe courts of Ohio will determine that men are property, neither does the gentlemen fron Kentucky know any such thing! and I chhllenge him to bring forward any Federal decision whioh deoided thai any Fed eral law authorizing the leizure and condemnation of "property," real a.id personal, for Ihe publio use authorized (he seizure and sale by the Government o! the United Siatcs of human.'bemgs, There no decision of that sort, and there never was. Such a deoision would sear the eyeballs of the judge who should make it. I agree to whai the gentleman says, that siaves may have been taken la execution as property under 8t te laws. Tbat is not tbe question hero. This bill does n t provide for sdzure and sale by execution; it! provides that "all property" of those wh tngnge in armed rebel.ion against the Government of United Stntes shall be lawful subject of 1 1; capture, and condem nation in the courts, nd upon such condemnation, to sale, nn er rules to be pre aeribed bv tha Treasury Department, a in esses of forfeitures under the revenue I ia;. bucn a 1,11 li, (j- nth uiau .turn In diana fears will cu conetiueu lo mean no. properly but mon not that property shall be so ttelz u and sold, Lut that nu n sbal bo so seized and sold. . Mr. Speaker, I beg leave to inquire do not gentleman know that foifeiuiret, con deiLnaiions, and sales, under the ri vei ue laws of ihe United Sta'es, of "a 1 goods wares, and merchandise," impoitcd in fraud of the revenue laws, have been In lorce ever since we have had a Govern, mem? Do not Gentlemen know tbM the importation of slaves io violation of the act of 21 March, 1807, which ioek clf.ct on the first day, and the first hour of tho year 1 000, and which is still in Icrce, provides tbat every ship so employed, together with her tackle, appanl. and fun.iture, and the ' good or etlo ts which shall be found on board tin same, khsll be foifotted to the use of tbe United States?" Now, sir, does any gentleman 1 ere pretend lo say th it in any instar.ee, or at any lime, or in any place, ine fcdeiai courts over iminmeu that men slaves as were found on board of such vessel, and which was condemned as im-potting, either in violation of our revenue laws or in violation of the act of 1807, were liable (0 bj aken and sold under either act for the use o the Uaiied States, and the proceeds thereof put into your lieftsuryT lnere is no sucn decision; there has been no tuch sale under either law. How comes it that skves found on b ard iheso vessels never were lie d to be of ihe "goods and fffects" to be forfeited to the use of the Governmen.? But the gentleman insists that the courts may con strue tne word "piotertv"in this rill (0 include men. Has the gentkm-n duly considered the effeots - nd constqut-Bces ot such a decision? Sir. the f fleet of such a decision would bo to unlicnaliz-i slavery, to legalize) it upon every rood of tbe Ke public, totverinrow tbe constitution of every free Sti.te which declares that sla very or involuntary servitude, except as punishment f r crime upon duo convict'on, is forever prch b. el wrhin i s limits, and to put t:ui "property in men like all o.ber "property," undor tne shield of the Con stitution of the Federal Government. I stand here to say that that which is "prop eriy' under the Federal Constitution and laws, is everywhere property within the Union, nd that its o- ner cannot be de prived of it within any Stole, or excluded from its just enjoyment within any oiniv, unless he forfeits it by ' rime. Let me iltustrata ihe truth of this. Hones are "property" wiihin the meaning of th t term, as used in the Federal Con stitu ioj; and I assert, that inasmuch as they ars property within the meauinr of that term in ihe Federal Constitution, and inasmuch as tho pr vilege of the erj'jy ruenl of whatever is "properly" under the Federal Constitution i3 guaranteed lo the citizeos ot the United States, no State in 'his Union oxn say, by its lundamenlal law, or Ly I B siaiute laws, to the venerable ien leman rom Kentucky Mr, Crittenden 1 that be shall no. binw tint prep eny wuliiti its limns, and enj y i.s ui'-; ur, that if he does to b-ing tucu property, ho shall thereby be deprived by Uriel unj There is no ques ion about it. Every cit izen of the United S.ates has tho right to hold nnd enjoy whatever he owns as "prop eriy under the federal Constitu ion in every Sta e and Territory of t'le Hspuolio No man can doubt the truth of (hat prop osition. I beg leave lo remind gentlemen of t e words 01 one of the supreme judges in a gr. at case, tbat the Cons itu'.ion .if the United States never operates upon slaves as "properly, but always as persona. It is not improper that I should take sera further notice of the gentleninu's remark that if the bill should pass, he fenred what the Supreme Court migh du. I regret as much as any man can regret that the ven erable Chief Janice of the United S'ates, full of years nnd full of honors, having done much in hi day and generation t shed luster upon the his ory of his country, borne down by the murmiiies of age, when his eye had grown dim with years when Lis perceptions had become blunted by ihe decay always -ttenda t upon that extreme age to wntcn ue uaa attained, and which is beyond the ordinary period Plotted to man, when the grasshopper had be come a bur ten, forgot his own brillimt record r-pread out in characters of living lifit in the rejorts of ire h'ghest judicial tribunal which he hud so. long adorned, and took a step bnckwud. Simething, sir, m iy be pardoned to an in'ellect shattered by age and darkeued by the approaching shadows of ihe grave. I am willing to forgive, and would if 1 could, forget bis error of judgment. At all events, sir, I will no , like the gentleman from Indiana, cite his erroneous and uii in tdeci-ion only to cast un necessary reproach upon him, and m.ke it tbe excuse, the weak excus", I r oppo sing necessary and just legtslaiion against rebellion. But when gentlemen stand here making these remarks o- a want of confidence io he Supreme Court, and especially in its Chiel justice, I refer them (0 Ihe decision that Ihe Chief Justice made in tho vigor of his manhood, in the ci5 of a slave who Sled his petition of right for freedom, and who, by the last wi l and testament of his late owner, had been bequeathed to an other upon the uprefs conditio.! that i t e legrtee transferred or sold mm into slav ry beyond tho State of his nativity which was Waryisntl, it 1 recoil -ct nrurhl the legatee should forfeit tbe properly, and the slave should be f.ee. Tbe slave filed his petition in your circuit court f r his freedom, he filed it upon tbe ground tbat the condition of the beq-ie't had been broken He stated ic his petition that he was born a slave, he stated that be was transmitted a slave, he stated ibat the title passed to the legaluo, he staled that J In Violation 01 tne terms 01 ine wnmi nis lale master, ho had been ink en nut of bis native State and tranrferred lo Virginia, and on that ground he a?ked that ho be decreed a free man. Tbe ease was brought up to your Supreme Court, and is reported in its decisions. The judgment was pro- DOUUCrd Dy llial bourn tilt, lubie lU u Justice whose decision in the Dred Scolt case makes the genlkmin a'ta d that men will be deo ared "prepeity." Thia judg ment was tbat the rlave was thenceforth a fi man, entitled to bimielf, and not the property of snoiher. Property could hardly fil a petition for liberty and obta n a judgment of emancipation from bonds. Whatever ha may have siij in his opinion in ihe Dred Scoit case, ihe Uiief Justice and the court did not decide in that esse that men arc pre petty under tho Fedeirtl Constitution and the Federal laws. What apology, then, e in be made by these gentlemen who come bere and say that ihey will not rote for th s, lest; peieuance, they should be voting for a law to authorize the letz ire ot men a chattels, their sale in Diftikel overt, ai.d (he plao ing of the proceeds of tuch slt ihe price oi huma 1 blood in Iho Treasury 01 lie United States? I ask uentlem-n who make thin objection to this bill to remem ber that uj.cn the Journals of ihe House aland recorded their rotes in L.vor of a siuiikr provision in (he law nf the 6:1) 01 August last, 1 am rather inclined to think that my friend Iron Ia laaa, Mr Dunn, whoso heart it r'ght in ih't matter, buv who is only sppreheocive that we may do loo much, lecoided his vote in favor of that bill. Mr. Dunn What bill? Mr. Bi.Narus. A bill lo piovide for tbe contitcaaun of rebel property "of whatso ever Kind or description, ' employed n aid 01 in rebellion by (bo cwner tnereol or oy lilt consent, Ma. Dunn. I beliero I did voto for that bill as it dually paused. Mk. B.NJUAii. Ib ve no do ih: of it, and i fijaily passed, as I Lav stated; coafii eating all property of "whatsoever kind or detcuptiou" to employed, Ma Dokh. Well, what if I did? Mr. Bisodam. The gentleman pertly asks what ii he did vole fur that bill of Augusl which expressly provides for the cobfisca-lion of all "property of wha' oever kind or description" thai the owners thereo' may employ or permit to be empl y.-d in aid of tin rebellion! Ii i 1 very t xtraordi-nary that itdil not occur to the gentleman tnen, when be so voted, tbat the act might he interp eted to sanction the monstrous proposition whicb so alarms him now lhat slaves are property uider ihe Constitution of the United States, and therefore by our act to be sold ns property, aid their price put into the Treasury. Mr Dunh. My recolleciion of lhat bill is that it made express provision that the slave1 of rebels who had been employed in any way in ihe rube'iisn should be set free. Mr. Bixaiuii Ni, sir1 the aot of Ch ol August did not not co itain the provision that "the slaves of rebeu who bad been employed in any way in the rebellion should be set free, "us the gentleman has stated. Il made express provision that whenever any person claimed to be h Id to service or labor und?r the laws of any St ite shall te leqiired or permit id by his claimant to take up arms against tri-United Stat a, or (0 woik tr be employed in or upon any fort, n ivy yard, dock, or mory, ship, inttenchment, 01 in any military or nav I i-ervico whatsoever against the Government of the Un ted S'.at , the claimant in such case shoulj forfeit his claim to such service oi 1. bor. The gentleman h' rdly supposed that all tlavee were or would be so employed, especially little children held as slaves,. It is ex traordtnary that the gen lem in di cot wish to have tint bill corrected before he voted for it. It does not fjllow, because tbe bill depiivcs a man of the coutrol ovei iho person of tho f lav : so-eaoployed. ti at thevefore tho eeotion of the bid is to become inoperative, that the proper y o'the j claimant so offending "of whatsoever kind or description," i' eluding all his slaves, is net lo be confiscated. That i a piece of special pleading that would not bn n teriuined in a court of jusiico. If slaves are property as well as persons, you must construe every section of t e bi I so as to give effect. That is an old rule of cons rue UOiVjaWliicn me gentleman cunuui ijr.orc 11 ha would. But the gentleman cainot cv da the is sue which be this day nukes against the pres.-nt bill, by any such paltry nnd flimsy suggestion, that propery m y be construed 10 moan "men. Hi .e by bide wiih this bill was -notber, reported by me providing expressly ih t all slaves held by any person woo, alter iho maing eiiecs 01 the act. should engage in armed rebellion against the United Slates, or aid and abet tti a mo. should ba f jrevcr free. hen this last b II was before the House on yes lerdav. tho gentleman fiom Indiana, like ' 1 I . il. others who are so tenuer luuieu. auout ui sir nosed rights of rebels in aims, was v.-ry careful to vote for us postponement. 1 lie iremlemnn first . ostpones a bill t'cclaring freedom to all tne siav a 01 reueis, men aiders and be tors, and then votes lo ta ble a bill confiscating "ull the property" of such rebels, lest iheir slaves should bi demcd "property." It will not do for the gentleman to seek shelter under the provi ions ot tne act 01 Auguoi i-i wsw I ,L. llllatH rate n . mg slaves employed in me imnv v, val service of the rebellion, in view of iho ,rrl that 1 e has mide hero yes'erday a d to day in this connection, becau-e the Mil that l vesterdnv voted to p istpano provided for the libeiation of all the slaves of rebels their aiders and abeitors, and if he had sent these two laws out together hv would have been.in all respects in priu cinle.the same as th sot of last Angus', for f. : . j ft. -lur.. w 1 ch ma Bent eman vowu. auo umcr- eoce between the ao; of Angnst, for which ihe uentleman voted, and tbe two bills 01 yesterday and to day, against Loih of which he voles ana aociairas, wa eimjjir this, the aot if A gust e Ensouled ' all properly; of whatsoever E.na or ae.ony tion," used or employed by iis owner 01 in the military or naval servioe or work of the rebellion Wbi t e two bil's now undor di.cut.ion provide lhat if the owner of prepay shall be or B . . ... iJ u -sa thi 11 iliicr ot amvea imi iiumul! er,tr.ijtj in armed rebellion against' the United States, or nld and abet such rebellion, his' property shall be cosfiicattd for the purpose of indemnifying the Governm nt of the United S'atf s for the expense of sup pressing the rebellion, and his slaves shall, be freemen. By the act of August we declared the) property ooefiacated if it should ba employed by its owner in the servico of the rebellion; and declared hit slaves liber std if he employed in (he military or nival fervice of the rebellion, or in Ounstruct-I ing their forts, &s. One would suppose r. 1.1 i . 1, . . 11 woum ue cquBiiy just and politic to cocflootte property and liberate tlavei when the owner becomes In person an aruitd rebel against '.he Government. Strong toough the gentleman be, he Is not t"tron ?"ni.inh to roionoile his vote of ogoat wi b his vote of yesterday and today. I itk him again; why he voted to po tptft! the bill liberating all the slaves ofth-i) rebels, and declaring tbem "Iree it en," if he wanted to prevent the sale of rebels, si ves as property under the bill e.f to di.y. Mr. ucnm. What bill does the gentleman refer to? Ma Bixoiiam. The bill whioh I reported in conjunction with this confiscation bill, and which was postponed (iil next iuesd'y, by the gentleman's vctj. Mk Dons. For the very reason (hat that bill presents the same evidenc of ill-considered haste sod hot blood as is op- parent in this bill. Mr. BiS'tHAM. Thst docs not excuse thi g-ntlemar making the distinction which he att mpts to make bttwetm this bill scd the bill of the Ch of August, for the tvo bills that f yesterday and to- jay are the same in principle with tbat of August. There is no difference be- . t ween ihem on principle. The gentleman's . remark about the evidence in these biili of 'Ml considered hnsie and hot blood' applies as well lo ihe bill of Aigust; for which he voted, as to these against which he votes. Tbo genii em n wis unforiuTmle in h!s a-gummt further. He states that this bill p ovides o reduce to desola ion nnd want old sge on its crutches or dying on its . last bed, and defenseless women and little children. Whe.e was the gentleman's regard for old age 01 ila crutches and dettnsek'Si women and little children when yesterday t e voted against the bill to release millio is of such held by armed rebels as slave", acd so'd as chattels? Why; sir; the genllerran drew on his im-agiintion for his facts, sod on his fancy-f r his argument. When he speaks of the bid which ia fatal to old age on its cratches, l.c docs not .efer to the emancipation bill, aga;ns which he voted yeste day: but to the till confiscating armed rebels' property, against which he voted to day. Old men on crutches do not cngao in armed rebellion against tbs Giver ment of the Unired Slates, Tb.it is tho fi.-st remaik that I hive to meke about ibis fancy tk-t h of the gentleman. Women aud Ii lie children do not engage in armed r be!l:on; as a general thing, against tbe Government of the Uuited States. Mr. Duns. Wi l tLe gentleman allow me to interrupt him? Mit LiisoiiAM. 1 do not intend to mis- reprisent my Iriend. Mr Dunn. But you co misrepresent me. M . Bingo am. Well, I am willing to yield to ihe gen'L man. Air. Dunn. 1 want t conduct ibis matter very amic.ibly. I will not ask ihe gentleman from Ohio whether old men on crutches maybe support! d by young men; t tir onb7 1 ask urn w be ner women do n. t derive support front their fathers nn ! huslar.ds, and if you take proper'y from tho men, do you not de prive the a ,ed acd tbe dependent oi their support? Ur. BixoiuM. I intended lo give the jenll mm the benefit of hat view of (he relation of rcb;:U io others who nre guiltless of their cun ry's blood- Entertain ing fuch views; I know not how the gen tleman allows cur present laws to rema n unrepealed. Sir, your aot of 1790 declares tbe penalty of death against each one of these armed rebel upon conviction. The gontleman; by his speech tO"day, assumes if we pass the two bills under it cussiDn, their piovisio s will be executed agnitst all offenders, why not assume the .urne of your treason act of I7i)0? Why does not the gentleman rise lo his place and sa lhat that sta'uie ooghtto bj repealed, because all rebels ii artel against the Government are tubject to (he pen. Ity ot death, and ss the la is surely o be executed upou nil (ho guilty, you thereby take the last slay from old ago, the last protection from defenseless women, and the last s.ipnort from innocent children? T ml the innocnt suffer both from the crimes and just punishment of the guilty; may bo a mufouune but it must be submitted to, as no man can prevent it, nor can legislature cure it, Tha death penalty, by the aot of 1730 stand on your statute-book undig urbed bj tha benevolent uentlemon from Indiana, arjd iis denunciation goes forth this day against every lebel in arms; snd e ery man who aids and abots rebellion. 1 am prepared to hear a proposition from the gentleman to repeal that act, as It reduoes, H executed on hese rebels; lo desolation and want, old age anl defenseless women and ianccent children. Tbe difference between t that act of 1790 and this is, thst the first dooms to death upon conviction all wo have engaged or shall engage in the re-bel l n a! any time, past, rretent, to eome. while this act only confuca'es the property, and tbe act of yesterday only liberates ihe slav, of thos-who may., persist in their rebellion aflor yon shall have patted the bills. ' It sf pears to me that Ue gentleman gave tvidence of'iill " considered haste and hot blood" in mak- i iax his argument. If he were consistent, "; be 'hi to relieve old sge oo erutcUs " & M rajs. " . . ' ' ' ': - 'J. 1