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THE
N O R T H
STAR.
American Slavery.
Imprisonment of Colored Seamen.
Correspondence of the Tribune.
"Love thy neighbors as thyself." "Inassuch laws. If a slave struck his master, hi
SLOAN'S COLUMN.
B
Emporior F a u s t i n I , of H a i t i , and his much as ye did it unto ono of the least
master
had
to
inform
against
him,
so
that
Sailors with an African complexion, who
On Wednesday evening last a meeting \va^
these my brethren ye did it unto me."
Palace.
enter any of the ports of South Carolina, are,
held at the Bradmead-rooms, for the purpose other slaves might learn not to follow the
8d~ All the medicines advertised by W. B. Sloan
3. It is anti-republican:—All men ar* bom by virtue of a law of that State, arrested and
Old Ladles Take Notice!
PORT-AU-PRINCE, March 15.
of hearing a lecture on American Slavery example. As an additional inducement for
are sold by Post & Willis, Winslow & Young, Rofree
and
equal.
masters
to
deliver
their
slaves
up
to
the
law,
HAVE
now
on
hand
and
am
constantly
manuimprisoned.
And
to
render
this
imprisonHaving reached this city, my first care was
from Mr. Wm. Wells Brown, a fugitive
4. It pays no regard to moral character:— ment inevitable, the HABEAS CORPUS law,
facturing, FRONT BANDS, to cover up the Chester; S. Kenshaw, Frankfort; A. S. Bairsto
to request M. Ray baud to present me to the
slave. A good deal of interest was excited in the state of Mississippi the master v
hair, and bald places upon the front part of the Co., Lewiston; T. & A. Frye, Brockport; Caleb
compensated
for
any
slave
that
might
be
exeman whose name is at this moment in the Gamblers if white, take preceedence of min- which, everywhere else is sacred, has been gray
in consequence of the lecturer being a man o
head and temples—and I will sell a neater, cheapisters of the gospel if colored.
suspended:—
color, and one of the delegates from Ameri cuted. Every freeman in that State was hundred mouths of renown. After several
er,
and
better article than can be bought in the Nye, Pittsford; W. Williams, Buffalo; and by
5. It is oppressive to the friends of liberty.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of State.
most druggists throughout the United States.
ca to the late Peace Congress, at Paris. The taxed to pay the master for that slave. That, days the French Consul announced to me
They
are
expected
to
sanction
the-^nckec
of
course,
was
a
very
good
method
of
getting
that he had arranged the desired interview.
Representatives, <%c. That no negro or free Call and see for yourselves.
' FAMILY OINTMENT.
large room was completely crammed.
prejudice
on
which
slavery
(the
sum
of
al
rid of old and useless slaves—to give them We betook ourselves to the Palace. Tins
Also, Curls, Wigs, tScalps, and Braids.
person of color, who shall enter this State on
On the motion of J . Shoard, Esq., ihe up when the masters knew they would be edifice, which served as a habitation to the villanies) rests.
LOAN'S
OINTMENT is now universally ac
J.
ROBINSON,
19
Exchange
street.
board of any vessel as a cook, steward, or
knowledged to lie an infalliible remedy, in every
chair was taken by Edward Thomas, Esq., remunerated for them. The slaves in Ameri- old Governors of St. Domingo, appears rathN. B,—Also, India Hair Dye, for coloring the
Should the reader desired to reply publicly mariner, or in any employment on board of
case wheru it has been faithfully applied on the huhair black.
who said they weie met that evening to hear ca could not worship God according to the er imposing when, compared with the mean to these objections, he will please ftrwarc
man system, for promoting Insensible Perspiration,
ju 6—3*
the statements of Mr. Brown, with respect dictates of their conscience. The slave of houses of the city, although it has but one his name to the person from whom he re- such vessel, and who shall be apprehended (jC5»Cash paid for Human Hair.
drawing
out the inflammation from a wound, reand
confined
by
any
sheriff
in
pursuance
of
to slavery in America. In the fifteen south- America could not hold a public meeting; but story, raised several feet above the ground. ceived this hand-bill, that it may be appendec
lieving pain of every kind, and in its healing
ern states of that country there were no less he had had a warm reception from the peo- A barred court-yard, where the Emperor to a paperto be presented to the Captain^ol the provisions of said act; shall be entitled to J O S E P H C. BUSTILL, General Agent, Book- qualities the world does not produce its equal, and
than 3,000,000 slaves, but the fifteen north- ple of this country, and the warmest recep holds a review every Sunday morning the steam-boat, requesting its use for thai the WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, or any benefit v Keeper, Accountant, and Confidential Let- the public pronounce it the cheapest and best Famiunder and by virtue of the statute made in ter Writer, would most respectfully inform hit ly Ointment that has ever been used. All diseases
ern states were free. Mr. Brown would not tion he had found was from those hearts that vaguely recalls that of the Tuilleries.
purpose.
Several Passengers."
the kingdom of England, 31 chap 3, entitled friends and the public in general, that he has for of the Flesh, Obstinate Ulcers, Old Sores, Chilbe able to give a perfect statement in one beat under the fustian jacket. (Hear, hear,
You inquire, how was it leceived! -.fT
"An act for the better securing th"e liberty of their accommodation, opened his office for all blains, Sore Throat, Burns, Cuts, Cutaneous
We entered a hall of waiting, which I exevening, and it was accordingly proposed
and cheers.) But the question of human amined with curiosity. The floor is of mar- ply, differently by different persons. The the subject, and prevent imprisonment beyond kinds of Agencies, the keeping of Books, cast- Eruption, Sore Nipples, Sore Breasts, Diseases of
that he should devote two nights to that puring accounts, writing letters upon business, &c. the Eye, Ague in the face, side, back, and the
slavery was one that went beyond every other ble slabs; the furniture is of black hair-cloth wife of the Captain handed it back to bit. seas" and made of force in this State; and Deeds,
Wills, Bonds, Mortgages, the drawing of
pose. If some of the South Carolina gentleparts of the system, Boils, Ulcera, Scald
Craven,
whose
district
was
the
ladies'
cabin,
evil
that
they
could
think
of.
It
unmanned
and straw. On a richly wrought table stands
the provisions of said habeas corpus act and Bonds, articles of agreement, Constitutions, bye- other
men were present, they would no doubt tell
Head, Bruises, Fresh Wounds, nnd every knd of
'my
husband
is
peifectly
competent
to
make
the
man,
because
it
placed
him
in
a
position
a fine bronze cloak, representing the arms of
the several acts of Assembly of this State, laws, reports,communications, &c.&c, at No.169, sores containing tlie least particle of inflammation
him (Mr. Thomas) thai he was introducing
An- amendatory thereof, are hereby declared not South Sixth Street, below Pine, Philadelphia, Pa.
are permanently cured by tnis great remedy.
a thief. Well, he admitted Mi. Btown was where he was not a man; it placed him where Haiti—a palm, surrounded with a bundle of rules for the government of the boat."
door to apply to any free negro or person of color where by his strict attention to business he hopes
a thief, for he had stolen—his own body. he could not think for himself, and act for lances, and surmounted with a Phrygian cap. other read it, and opening the stove
W. B. SLOAN,
to
secure
their
patronage,
and
merit
their
confihimself-—where he was not considered capa- Two handsome portraits serve as pendants to threw it into the fire. Another proposed in entering into this State, contrary to the pro.Grand Depot, 40_Lake it., Chicago, 111,
(Laughter and applause.)
dence
and
esteem.
•
Terms
Cash.
Office
hours
ble of acting or tkinking at all, except at each other; one represents the Abbe (heg- see the Captain, aud have those who distri- visions of the aforesaid act of Assembly, from 9 A.M. to 9 P.M.
Mr. Brown, on coming forward, was re- the will of another. For twenty years he oire, the celebrated conventionist, the other buted ihem sent ashore at the first wood-yard. passed December 19. 1845.
DOCTORING IN OA5-ENA.
Also Agent for the NORTH S T A R , single copies
ceived with the greatest enthusiasm. He said (Mr. Wells) was a slave on the plantations the reigning Emperor. The first is the work Another came to me for another copy to send
Under this law FREEMEN, pursuing a lawwhich can be obtained; and the sale of Lots in
he piesumed they had assembled in that of the Ameiican slaveholders. During that of a European pencil—the second does hon- to Charlestown. But in all that numerous ful calling, whose services aie necessary to of
M
R
.
SLOAN:—Dear
Sir. Al>out throe years a n
Lebanon Cemetery.
tf
I was severely injured in one of ury legs by the
ioom upon former occasions, anil for various twenty yeais he had no right to think for or to the talent of a mulattoa rtist, Baron Col- throng of passengers, not one was found ready their employers, and who have committed no
falling of a pile of wood which occasioned large
purposes; but he did not believe they had himself, and when he did think for himself bert. 1 should, perhaps, have noticed other and willing to come out and defend the un- offence, are seized and sent, to prison! This
running ulcers. Nearly every doctor in Galena
WONDERFUL BOOK.
ever been convened for a higher purpose lie always found he was running away with particulars if the step of his Majesty had not godly practice. And yet it was the hardest occurs in a country and under a Government
tried to cure them; but tried in vai», until from
The institution of been heard in the adjoining hall, which con- silence ever he!d. They felt guilty and had boasting of its Freedom, its Civilization and
than the one which brought them together himself. (Laughter.)
sympathy and improper treatment my other leg beNOW READY.
that evening. (Applause.) The cause of slavery had corrupted every other institution. tains portraits of the great men of Hayti, and no power to conceal the guilt.
came as bad as the one originally wounded. I
its Justice! And yet, derogatory as such a
The Mysterious Noises
freedom was dear to every one; and the right The institution of religion and the principles serves for grand receptions. We advanced
Usually, free colored passengers are not al- law is to the character of our country; condespaired of ever being well again—-bur. in order
of man to liberty, the right of a human being of Christianity had been set at naught in the to meet the Emperor, who wears a green lowed to sleep in the state-rooms, b ^ " d flicting, as it does, with the principles of our TN ROCHESTER and Western New York—A that I might neglect no means t**iUlin my reach, I
JL History of these remarkable Bounds and of all purchased of your agent in Galena some of your
to possess his own body, and to have the United States; and the religious denomina- uniform of an irreproachable cut, epaulettes is made for them on the cabin floor,
Government; and abhorent, as it i6, to our the Strange Phenonena connected therewith, the Ointment, and you can judge oc my surprise and
value of his own labor—was a self-evident tions, to a greater or less extent, were filled of gold adorned with twelve silver stars, a colored ladies in some boats suffer this
sense of right, so unwilling is the North to Spiritual Communications &c. &c,— price, single, gratitude bettet than I can express it, to find myproposition. Mm brings into the world with by individuals either slaveholders or connec- plate oi* his breast, a sword at his side, and nity. Uuless they choos9 to sit up ai.
disturb its relations even with South Carolina 12icts—10 copies for $ 1 . Orders by mail will be self entirely well before I had finished using the
\
attended to.
him a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of ted with slaveholders, by relationship or his chapeau jn his hand. ,
which with ,hr delicacy which is u*
second box.
lhat t))is revolting injustice, thi* sickening op. promptly
Ten Agents wanted to sell the above work, al• happiness.- ^ lie was there tluU evening as otherwise. Akd all this helps to sustain the
These facts I make known that others afflicted
He commenced by giving us a cordial of the sex, they in some cases prefer
pression, is patiently endured!—Alb. Jour.
together
With
OtllCr
new
i\nd
val'-.nhle
Work8
tO
many Vwlieve and not delay using so valuable au
the advocate and representative of three odious system in that country. The Ameri- shake of the hand, then seated himself on a Bro. Fitzgerald, however, was not thus treatwhom a fair chance to make money will be given. Ointment as yours lias proved to be. Respectfully,
millions of Americans,-\nrhp had not the privi- can institutions are thrown around the insti- fauteuil, and awaited with a certain timidity ed, that night, the first instance probably in
A small capital of from $15 to $25 requiree, and your srateful friend,
EVAN DAVIS.
lege of representing themselves,—persons tutions of slavery; political, social, *nd com- for M. Raybaud to commence. We seated the history of the boat, he slept in the same
SLAVE CASE.—Nicholas Dudley a young the agent will ba indemnified against loss.
Galena, III., Dec. 19,1848.
with whom he was identified by the stripes mercial institution were thrown around the ourselves. The Consul, in announcing my state-room with a white man. As I tbought man about 22 years of age, was brought
D. M. DEWEY,
Arcade Hall, Rochester, N. Y.
which he carried on his own person,— by system, and combined to keep it were it was name, said that I had come to visit the Em- of the comfortable berth he had, my pillow before Judge Daly, on Habeas Corpus sued mar29—4t
ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES.
complexion and l)y suffering—by everything at the present time. But there was one pire as a traveller, and would not willingly seemed softer. I ought to add, that in each out by Allen Thomas of Maryland, who
Hope
Grand
Union Daughters of
which could bind man to his fellow-man. The spot of soil inJAmerica that afforded shelter have departed without the honor of having state-room are two berths, and when a slave- claims that the said Dudley is his slave, born
Mr. W . B. Sloan—Dear Sir: I hereby certify
Temperance.
that my son Albert, eleven years of age, waa
institution of slavery had within itself the and asylum for the poor bondsman who made been received by His Majesty. "Sire, it is holder comes on board, he occupies one berth on his estate, and demanding that he be givHOPE GRAND UNION Danghters of the afflicted in his feet from the time be first began to
elements of destruction,—it was an institution his escape from slavery: he referred to the the only aim of my voyage," said I half ri- and the slave the other. "Great is Diana ol en up to him. Dudley was brought from the rPHE
J. State of Pennsylvania,located in the City of Phi- walk, the bottoms of which vere covered with a
disliked by all friends of freedom and religi- Canadas. (Cheers.) And if he felt reason sing. The Emperor imitated my movement the Ephesians."
City Prison, where he was confined under ladelphia, would most respectfully announce-to the hard dry skin full of craks, causing pain and much
ous liberty. (Hear, hear.) But slavery in to rejoice at anything, it was at the fact that thanking me. " I have already had the pleaan indictment for grand larceny, in stealing Public, that they are prepared to grant Charters, affliction, many limes he was obliged to go on his
sure
of
seeing
Monsieur
at
the
review
on
America was lawful.
The constitution of the English people had yet a hold upon a
Presbyterian General Assembly, N. S. money and a boat from a vessel. David and organize Unions throughout the State of Penn- hands and knees, and no time has he been free from
sylvania.
Sunday,"
he
added,
graciously.
It
was
the United States threw around the slave- portion of the American Continent where
the sore affliction until now; baffling the skill of
This Convention on the sixth day of i<AJies- Graham appeared on behalf of the applicant,
Terms for Charter, $5.
several physicians; but to our surprise his feet are
owner its protection; and the slave-owner, the fugitive slave found-an asylum, and was now my turn to thank him. The conversaand Mr. Jay for Dudley. The District AtApplications
for
Charters
must
be
made
to
sion,
had
majority
and
minority
reports,
on
armed with the law, and approved and up- protected by law. (Loud cheers.) That fact, tion continued in this tone about twenty mintorney, Mr. McKeon, made return that Dud- fcHlNNAH MARIA BUNDY, G. P. S. No 168 now perfectly smooth soft an'i tree fioni cracks, all
from one application of your •Jinlnient, I would 8ay
held by the constitution, reigned over those and what the English people had done for utes. When we rose to take leave of the the subject of slavery, from a committee ap- ley is held under the indictment, & c , on
Pine Street;
the boy put it on himself as un experiment of his
unfortunate beings who were in his power. the cause of freedom, had endeared them to Emperor, he shook hands again. Three pointed on that subject.
which Judge Daly remanded him to prison
SARAH RICHARDS, G . S . S. No. 147 So. own, from hearing in recommended. Nothing more
6th, Street.
The chairman had justly said they had in every slave in the United States of America. salutations on our part, and threo on his,
till the indictment should be disposed of.
was thought of it for three weeks, at which time
THE MAJORITY REPORT
his feet were near about in a healthy fitite, and are
America fifteen free states and fifteen slave (Hear hear.) Mr. Wells Brown then went completed the ceremony.
He subsequently pleaded guilty at the Sesnow the same as though they never had been other*
states, or at least fifteen states where slaves into details, explaining, at some length, the
Faustin Soulouque is entirely black, but
Was presented by Dr. Duffield ui' 1> ~oit. sions, of the offence charged in the indictment, A JOURNAL FOR EVERY HOME wise.
Yours, &c.
could not be considered or held to be goods law in different States; and giving some very iis features have by no means the savage Eiefe is an extract:
and was sentenced to two years in the State
ISAAC PADEN.
and chattels. But there was not a foot of interesting statements of several escapes from and hideous expression which has been igno1. Resolved, That we deeply deplore the Prison. Mr. Graham made application for an
soil in the States where he, or any other slavery. He then referred to the particulars rantly attributed to the purely African type. working of the whole system of American order that he be surrendered to Mr. Thomas N E W E N G L A N D E R : Galesburg, Knox Co., 111., April2d, 1849.
fugitive slave, could stand, protected by law; of his own escape, recounting the perils he His look might be called handsome, and his Slavery, interwoven as it is, with the pelicy on the expiration of the sentence, but the
A WEEKLY PAPER, DEVOTED TO
FIVE LARGE DEEP ^ C I R S .
and where the slave-holder could not pursue underwent; and concluded by thanking those smile is quite agreeable. Aged about 64 of tho slave-holding States, and with the Court refused to entertain the motion until Temperance, Education, Literature', Reform and Jn~
him, capture him, and bring him back into present for the kindness with which they had years, he does not seem to be more than 50; social and domestic life of their citizens, and after the expiration of the sentence. A
telligonce generally,
SHEBOTGAN, Wis., March 2,1849.
interminable bondage. That was the position received him. He hoped there would be a )f a medium height, he has a very full.chest, regarding it, as'in former years we have ex- large number of colored persons, of both sexes,
Dr. W. B. Sloan—Dear Sir: In my opinion,
of the American Government at the present public expression of opinion in this country, arge shoulders and broad hips. On horse- jlicity stated, to be fraught with serious in- hovered round the City Hall a large portion WM. A. WHITE, and CHAS. W. SLACK, the greatest cures effected are those that have
EDITORS.
longest resisted the skill of the Medical Faculty,
time. And what had been the first and ab- for the Americans paid great defereuce to jack he has a stately air, and is one of the ury to the civil, political, intellectual, and of the day.—N. Y. Express, 14th.
Admitting that to be a fact, I have a case in point,
sorbing question before the American con- anything that came from England. (Mr. jest horsemen 1 have ever seen. On foot, noral interests of society, and leiding to much
T is nniversally conceded that Intemperance and to wit: Mr. James Sanford, of Sheboygan Falls, waa
gress during the present session? The ques- Wells sat down amidst several rounds of iis corpulence makes him appear small. Al- sin, we declare it to be, in all cases, where
Ignorance are the fruitful sources of nearly all crippled two years with five large deep ulcers, just
tion of slavery. That question had taken the applause.)
crime,
and in theeradiction of these this paper is above the ankle. The leg was so much swollen he
hough naturally not much of a talker, he al- the laws of the State, the obligations ol
DIED
precedence of all other subjects. The slaveactively interested. It. likewise freely expresses oould not get on a boot. Nearly all the most popAt the conclusion of Mr. Brown's address, ways exhibits a perfect propriety and dignity guardianship, and the demands of humanity
the sentiments of its editors upon all the great re- ular Physicians in various places, have treated his
holders, not satisfied with the privilege of Mr. Russom moved that a tea meeting should n his words. Here it may be well to rectify do not render it unavoidable, an offense in
At his residence in Concord, Erie County, N Y.
pursuing a slave into any territory—not satis- take place in that room on Tuesday next— the rumor which has attributed to him a com- the proper import of that term as used in our on the 5th montb last, LORENZ ) MABBETT, in formatory questions of the day, and sympathises case without any beneficial effect.
with all the enterprises of Christian benevolence.
Last August, Mr. Hanford, solicited my advice.
fied with imposing a fine of JCIOO on any the pioceeds to be given to Mr. Brown.
ho 40th year of his age.
plete ignorance of the French language. In Book of Discipline, Cnap. 1, Sec. 3.
Combined with discussion on these subjects, each I succeeded in reducing the swelling and healed two
person for aiding or feeding an escaped slave
He had been gradually declining for several number will contain Original and Selected Stories, of the sores. The other three I labored at till the
Dr. J. Cash Neild seconded the motion. my presence he expressed himself very cor2d. Resolved, That while we regard all ca—had now a proposition before the American He trusted that it would reach the ears of the rectly, and without the least mixture of Crefrom Correspondents, Articles on Agricultural, first of Februaryi without much if any benefit, when
ses in which the holding of slaves is sinful, months, and was confined to It is room and bed Letters
Physiological and Scientific Matters,Literary Notings I gave him a box of SLOAN'S O I N T M E N T , and
Congress, to add to the number of officers for slaveholders in the United States, that they ole dialect. He has also been accused of
a matter for the exercise of such discipline as about four weeks, during which time he experi- and Pickings, and a eomplete summary of the News in three weeks he was well.
the return of fugitive Slaves, to have 4,000 might see that in this country difference of knowing neither how to lead or write. The
"alia within the proper jurisdiction of the in- enced comparatively little bodiiy suffering. When of the Week.
Respectfully yours
or 5,000 judges, or postmasters, before whom color made no distinction as regarded our no- truth is that he signs his name legibly,
ferior church courts of sessions; yet, as our avored with a sound mind, which was most of the
C. B. OSTRANDER, M. D .
03- The NEW-ENGLANDER is in its Ninth
captured slaves could be brought; and these tions of respectability.
writes even a letter if need be, and reads ev- onstitution declares, "the exercise of disime, he was remarkaoly preserved in Christian Volumt, and the present ia a favorable time to subjudges were to be appointed by a SlaveThe motion was ad opted amid rapturous ery evening, without the aid of a Secretary, ipline in such a manner as to edify the patience and resignation, frequently expressing his scribe.
THE BEST AND CHEAPEST
holding President, who had upwards of 300
the
new
History
of
Hayti,
which
is
now
beTERMS.—Two DOLLARS P E R ANNUM, inchurch, requires not only much of the spirit
HORSE
MEDICINE
slaves working on his cane plantations. But applause.
ing published by a talented native, M. Modi- )f piety, but also much prudence and discre- entire willingness ti die, feeling nothing in his way. variably in advance. No subscription taken for less
Mr. Brown then sang two anti-slavery on, recently created Baron. The caricatures
there was another proposition—to add £200
IN THE WORLD.
Flis concern for the promotion of peace, temperance than six mouths. Address all orders (post paid) to
tion,"
and
therefore,
"it
becomes
the
rulers
WILLIAM A. WHITE,
more to the penalty for aiding or feeding a songs, and a vote of thanks to the Chairman and squibs of the Parisian press have annoyed
of the church to take into view all the cir- 'reedom for the slave, and, in short, all the move- Publisher and Proprietor, No. 80 School St. Boston.
slave, while attempting to make his escape terminated the proceedings.
him profoundly. In this lespect he possess- cumsiances which may give a different ck*r- ments of the present time for reform, in all of which
from bondage.
(Shame.)
While these
es an incurable susceptibility.
had taken an active part, either in word or deed,
acter to conduct, and render it more or l^ss
From the New York Tribune.
questions were being agitated in America,
The birth of Souloque was very humble, he offensive, and which may of course, require continued unabated to the last. In is worthy of
WATER-CORE.—In another page of this paper
the slave holders had resolved to introduce The Horrors of the Slave Trade in Wash- was born as a slave in the plantation of M.
a very different mode of proceeding in simiUr remark, that he had been particularly engafed in will be found the advertisement of Dr. CHARLES
ington CUy—Fiendish Assault upon a
slavery into Mexico; and for that purpose had
Viallet. This white, who has been pointed cases at different time* for the attainment of promoting abstinence from the productions of slave MUNDE'S establishment for Water-Cure, at NorthF
e
m
a
l
e
dragged up Henry Clay to advocate the proampton, Mass. We, come months since, had the
to me, succeeded in stemming the revolution- the same end." Book of Dis., Chap. I,
labor, his maxim being, " touch uoi, taste not, han- pleasure of welcoming the arrival in ti.is country of
ject." Not only had they dragged up Henry
The Washington correspondent of the True ary wavea which have agitated the Queen of Sec. 5,
Clay from the verge of the grave, but a Chrisdle not," upon which subject he was ao engaged Dr. W. as a political lefuge*. from Dresden, and
the Antilles, and actually lives at Port-auThese obligations we cannot ii\sre^f«^tfy
are now happy to chronicle his permanent settletian man from a free state—one of the most Democrat gives the following description of a Prince »• present. Soulouque, meeting him
violate without a breach of the covenant that he endeavored, during his last illness, to avoid ment within so short a ride of New York. His
noble of the sons of Massachusetts—had scene in the capitol of the Republic. How lately, said: "Although Emperor to everyall
contact
wilh
the
contaminated
articles,
cotton
European reputation as a xnedic.il writer and prac(
binding us in visible unity, under the acknowmade a speech in congress, and declared that Webster's "RETAINERS" must lejoice in an- body else, I cannot help still as regarding you
ledged authority of the Book of Discipline. clothing in particular, and charged bis family and titutinnar of Hydropathy, ai well as the large circle
he would not only go for that measure, but ticipation of their future work as slave- as my master." "And 1, sire, consider myThat Constitution prescribes the modes and* friends expressly that they should not permit any of friends his remarkable skill and general manthat he would vote for the proposition that
SLOAN'S
self your subject," replied M. Viallet: a little processes of discipline so distinctly, that any article of the kind to go into the coffin with his ner* have already gained here, will doubtless crowd
catchers,
should
Mason's
bill
pass.
The
with patients the institution over which he prewould give to the slaveholder double advan-.
dialogue which indicates how marvellous are attempt at a summary withdrawal from fel- body, which we trust has been scrupulously com- sides, and which is situated in one of the loveliest
tages in recapturing his slaves. He referred letter is dated May 22d:
the reverses of human destiny!
CONDITION POWDER
lowship, or declarative condemnation, legis- plied with
and healthiest regions of New England.
to Daniel Webster, and he (the speaker)
" A short distance from my residence livOn the evacuation of the French, the lative exscinding, or censure, pronounced,
DR. CHARLES MUNDE'S
HAVE EARNED A GREAT NAME.
was suie that that name would be held up to ed a very honest and industrious coloted wo- freed slave entered the army ofDossalines as
Brother, thy toils of life are o'er,
in respect of particular synods, presbyteries,
Water-Cure Establishment,'
posterity, as a name to be execra'ed, for man, with some half dozen children. This a soldier, and afterward, under Petion, fought
We would not not thee detain,
churches, or their members, without a due
bending hi3 supple knee to the power of the women was employed as a cook by a family against Christophe. From step to step he
T NORTHAMPTON, MASS.—Dr. MUNBURNT TO CINDERS
and careful investigation of charges preferWe trust thy bark Ins readied that ihore,
DE respectlully informs his friends and the
slaveholders. (Cheer.) That was the posi- near the capitol. By her industry and good came to be Colonel, at the lime of the fall of
W. D. SLOAN:—
red, and proof and guilt adduced conformably
Where
griefs
afflict
tilt
soul
no
mo
e,
public,
that
he
has
become
the
owner
of
the
late
Dr.
tion of slavery before the American congress. deportment, she had gained the esteem of all Boyer, an event to which he contributed in
Dear Sir: Justice demands that I should return
to its provisions as j ust as contrary to our
Ruggles* Water-CureEstablishment at Bensonville,
And joys immortal reign.
In travelling through England he found the who knew her, and, though a slave, she was no way. His taciturnity—a quality or defect
2J miles from the Northampton Railroad Depot, 7 to you my unfeigned thanks for your UNPARALcovenant, as it is repugnant to the obligapeople had a very imperfect idea of what permitted to apply a portion of her wages to which, among the blacks, is considered as a
hours' ride from New-York, about E from Boston, LELED OINTMENT. Three weeks ago my daughYet sacred memory oft will trace,
tions of Christian courtesy, the dictates of
slavery was in the United State. Not only the support of her family, and was making mark of piofound discretion—caused him to
and 5 from Albany,situated in one of the pleasentest ter's clothes caught fire, and before theflamescould
common justice, and the positive precepts of
In
thy
devoted
life,
vallies of New England, surrounded with wood- be extinguished, they were all burnt to cinders, the
was slavery sanctioned in America, by the efiorts to purchase her freedom.
be admitted to the confidence of the different the Word of God.
Thy
xeal
for
suffering
human
race;
grown hills, with shady walks, and abundantly sup- child was so badly burned that death seemed inevicountenance of the whole land, but it was
As I was passing down the Avenue yester- subterranean trains which succeeded each
plied with the purest, softest and coldest granite table in less than twenty four hours. Your Ointment
That hatred shall to love give place,
The
powers
of
the
General
Assembly
au<3
carried on between the several States. They
other from 1843 to 1847. Created General of
water. The air is pure and healthy, and the clim- was recommended, and used with success—it gave
And banish war and strife.
had slave marts and slave maikets in every day, I saw, near the railroad depot, a crowd Brigade by Richer, he owed his election to of all inferior judicatures are carefully defirwd
ate mild and agreeable. The new and spacious perfect relief! It is needless to add that the child is
town in the slavenolding States, and the of people gathered around two ruffian fellows the Presidency to the chance which pronoun- in our Book of Discipline. To the church
buildings
offer all the necessary conveniences for now well.and about her business.—The medicine is
That " Love, Light, Liberty," should reign
greatest mart in the union was at the city of who hed this colored woman in their custody, ced his name in the Senate, when opinions session exclusively pertains "the spiritual
water-cure purposes, such as large plunge baths, all and more than it is recommended to be. Every
O'er all the powers of mind,
douches and airy lodging rooms for about 50 pa- family and person should have it in their possesWashington, the capital of the country. bound hand and foot. She could not stand were about equally divided between two government of the congregation," the power
tients, separate for either sex, a gymnasium, eic. sion.
To lireak oppression's galling chain,
(Shame.) The Americans, who professed upon her feet, her hands were tied behind candidates, neither of whom could obtain the to inquire into the knowledge and Christian
I feel [indedted to you for my child's life, and
The Doctor being the earliest now living disciple
To clear our hands from slavery's stain,
to be friends of freedom—who professed to her, and she was moaning as though in great necessary majority. He was favored by both conduct of the members of the church," and
of Priesaniu at Graefenburgh, and having an ex- anything that I can do for you or your medicine, I
have sympathies with other nations while anguish, and, in broken sobs, beseeching the parties: by the blacks, on account of his ebo- consequently, to judge of the qualifications for
And bless all human kind.
perience of more than 15 years of his owu, hit writ- am ready and willing to perform.
struggling for freedom—who were welcom- bystanders to protect heT. Blood was run- ny skin, and by the Creoles, because they membeiship, and to admit to the fellowship
Your humble servant,
CCJ- Will the Christian Citizen, and Anti- ing8 on Water-cure being in the hands of every
ning
frofusely
from
a
frightful
wound
in
her
JOHNH. CRANE.
European hydropath, hopes to respond to any rea
ing Hungarian and other brave men—were,
hoped to use him as their pliant tool. The of the church. The word God is in the law, Slavery papers generally, copy the above notice.
head,
and
with
ruthless
hands
she
was
rudely
•onable
expectations
from
the
water-eure-system,
and the confession of faith with the Larg«r
FLINT CREEK, Lake Co., 111.,
at the same time, enslaving one-sixth of theit
J.
G.
sequel
showed
how
much
they
were
mistamade on the part of those sufferers who may confide
Feb. 28th, 1849.
own countrymen! The slave was a chattel thrust into a hack, and; under the guardian- ken. They had chosen a master, not a ser- and the Shorter catechism which sets forth
themselves to him.
our acknowledgement and covenant agreeas defined by the laws of the country—a ship of her miscreant captors, was hurried off vant.
Receipts
to
William's
slave
pen.
ment as to what that word teaches, is the acthing—a piece of property. He had no
For the N O R T H S T A R , since last acknowledgmen IMPORTANT TO T H E LADIES.
For Purity, Mldncss, Safety, Certainty"^
Upon, inquiry, I learned that while encepted conventional aid to direct in the exright to his labor, no right to his family, no
From
tiie
Contributor.
land Thoroughntit SLOAN'S
ercise of that judgement.
to Juue 13, 1860.
right to say anything concerning his .welfare gaged in her usual vocations, a constable
CLOAKS! CLOAKS!
OINTMENT Excels,
E l d , Mathews* Journal.
or existence; in fact, he occupied the same laid hands upon her, and ordered her to follow
*
*
•
*
•
Peter Culver
$ 3,00 10,000 Cloaks, Mantillas, and Pre.P.th Sacks And is rapidly superseding all other Ointments and
position as the hound of the American slave- him to the slave pen. Had a thunderbolt
2d.
Resolved.
That
while
the
General
ASMiss. C Douge
During the Convention, sermons was
2,00
Liniments now in use for the cure of the following
selling off at astonishing- {$w vricei i
holder, and was regarded as the horse or ox crushed her to the earth, she could not have preached by bro. Kenyon, Fitzgerald, and the sembly are constitutionally incompetent by
E RESPECTFULLY - INFORM OUR diseases:
Samuel Johnson
1,00
is regarded in this country (Shame.) It been more shocked than at this summons.
Fresh Wounds, G \lls of all kinds, Sprains,
friends and Ui» public, that one of the.firmhas
writer. A cordial hospitality was shown by legislative acts, to exscind any of their Synods, Samuel Ellicot
1,00 now retura«d
was not his purpose to show them that the
She reluctantly obeyed. Her steps, how- the inhabitants in the vicinity, and much sym- Presbyteries, churches, or members, or to
4rom Europe, where he has been pur- Bruises, Cracked Heels, Ringbone, Windgalls, Poll
2,0» chasing, We have received the LONDON AND Evil, Callus, Spavins, Sweeney, Fistula, Sitfast,
slaves wer3 not well fed or well clad—that ever, were not sufficiently rapid to suit the pathy manifested for the Free Mission cause. pronounce their condemnation of persons and lohn Shctweit
2,00 FRENCH FASHIONS, which are very beautiful, Strains, Lameness, Sand Cracks, Foundered Feet.
had nothing to do with the question. (Hear, convenience of the fellow who attended her,
On my return, I lectured at West Madi- K'hurches, except in the exercise of appellate C.X. Hoskins
hear.) He did not come to wage war with and laying hold of her with considerable vio- son, on slavery, in Us political and religious jurisdiction; or even tQ know the disciplinary William Bules
1,00 from which we are very extensively manufacturing Scratches or Grease, Mange and Horn Distemper.
Cloaks, &c, of the richest and most fashionable
The POWDER will remove all inflammation and
the masters for not feeding or clothing their lence, he attempted to force her on faster. bearings. A full house. The Sons of Tem- action of inferior courts, and the condition of .saiah Keyes
1,00 materials in use, such as Velvets, Turk Satins, fever, purify the blood, loosen the skin, cleanse the
slaves; but the right of the slave to liberty But he was balked in his intentions, for she perance allowed the use of tfeeir hall for the the churches, except as they may be particu- Isaac A. Clarke
40 Black Silks, French Merinos, Thibet Cloths, &c— water, and strengthen every part of the body; and
was the question. (Cheers.) He would not refused tq go at all, unles3 he kept his hands meeting.
larly and officially informed, they can only John Reynolds
2,00 The designs and workmanship are excellent,embra- has proved a sovereign remedy for .the following
cing taste, elegance, and durability.
diseases:
discuss the question there, whether the Ame- off from her.
We came up the Ohio river in the "Ben testify, "exhort and entreat with all lo»g Thomas Rogers
2,00
We would say to the LADIES, ONL, AND ALL, Distemper, Hide-bound, Loss of Appetite, Inward
rican slave had a right to be free, for the
"By God!" says the constable, "I'll see Franklin," a splendid boat, but like other suffering and gentleness"—speaking the WiHimn H. Mills
2,00
CALL
AND
SEE
FOR
YOURSELVES
!
a
s
We
feel
Strains, Yellow Water, Inflammation of the Eyes,
British people were satisfied on that point, if you won't go;" and with that he attempt- boats, it pays more respect to a white gam- truth in love, and in the spirit of Christ.
warranted in the assertion that our prices are at Fatigue from hard exercise. Also, Rheumatism,
and had given prima facie evidence of it, in ed to carry his threat into execution. But he bler than to a colored minister. To rebuke
The minority report was presented by Mr.
least
25
per
cent,
less
than
the
materials
can
be
(commonly called stiff complaint,) which proves so
PULMONARY CONSUMPTION.
the emancipation of their West India slaves, had no sooner commenced his desperate work, this ungodly practice, 1 waited, when des- Wisner of New York.
purchased elsewhere, and made up in a more supe- fatal to many valuable horses in this country. It is
From its having almost always baffled the most rior manrer than they can get them made up them- also a safe and certain remedy for coughs and colds,
and in their efforts to abolish the odious sys- than he found himself sprawling upon his cending the river, till the colored passengers
•kilful medical treatment, it has been termed the selves—some good Cloaks and Visettes at $3,50 which generate so many fatal diseases.
MINORITY REPORT.
tem. It was not a ques ion whether the hack, and the woman standing over him in a came to the table, none other of my color ate
"Opprobrium of Physicians;" and, until within a each.
W.B.SLOAN,
slave had enough to eat or wear. Suppose menacing attitude, and resolutely informing with them. I was waited on admirably.
A minority of the committee to whom W*B few yeara, been geneially considered ICURABLE,
Our stock of rich Black Silks, 'J urk Satins, VelGrand Depot, 40 Lake st., Chicago, Illinois.
a man gvae him food and clothing, what him that she would not be ' 'dragged over to "Will you not take some fish? sir, here is refeired a number of memorials on the sub- although many medical men of the highest standvets, Merinos, Gimps, and Fringes, is very large,
h we may mention
i Laenneo
L
d his
hi and
was that to him so long as he knew that the pen'1 by him—she would "die first." some exellent fish, shall we help you to a thin ject of slavery from various Synods, Presby ing
ing, among
among whom
and
will be sold off at ASTONISHINGLY LOW PRIman had the power to put him upon the She would "go peaceably if he would keep slice of ham?" &c, were the inquries of the terics
within
bej riend Bayle—both distinguished authors, admit CESS All persons requiring such goods are invited
i and
d Churches
C h h
i h i our bounds,
bd
b
TOO MUCH
m
much
dreaded
disease
may
be
cured,
even
auction block, and sell him to the highest his hands off her, and not olherwise."
to call and examine our stock.
waiters, all of whom were oolored. But 1 leave to report—
in its advanced stages, when the lungsare not coraCannot
be
said
in
favor of Sloan's Horse Medi
bidder—to tear the husband from the wife,
BROTHERS.
wae about to describe our coming up the rivThat after a careful and thorough examine pktely disorganized. The remedy which we now Emporium Block,WAMSLEY
The fellow was allowed to get up, (.when
55 Main st., Rochester, and dines. Our neighbors, friends and arquainUnoea
and the wife from the husband. What comer. There were on board but two colored tion of the whole subject, they have been offer, WISTAR'S BALSAM OF WILD C H E R R Y , for
who have used them, tastily their approbation in no
oct26 3m
pensation was there for thai! They would he again undertook the driving process, but passengers, bro. Fitzgerald of Columbus, and brought to the conclusion, that, in considert- tbe cure of this disease, not only emanates from a 14 Catharine st., New York,
ordinary terms, and recommend them with confifind in this country that, if there were men he could not move her, and called lustily up- S. Tosspot, a Congregationalism
regular
Physician,
but
has
also
been
well
tested
in
cence.
Cures, almost miraculous have been effected
Five tion of the previous action of the Assembly,
who conceded the point, and who brought on the numerous spectators that had gather- white passenners, including bro. J. C. Cra- had at different times for a series of years, all the complaints for which it is recommended.
by this medicine. "Every disease which the horse
The Old Curosity Shop,
ed
round
for
help.
But
not
a
man
moved,
alis heir t o " is cured, permanently, by the use of
forward the argument that a slave ought to
BRONCHITIS AND COUGH CURED.
ven and his wife, whose moral courage was and what they believe to be its present senr
Sloan's Medicines. TRY THEM and test for your,At No 48 Exchange Street Rochester.
be satisfied with enough for his bodily wants, though he threatened, raved and swore, as an worthy of all praise, agreed together to wait timents, and the expectation of the Churches
Boston,,
August
15,
1848.
self
their efficacy.—III. Organ, May 5th, 1849.
officer, to arrest them. A brother constable,
LOYD SCOTT, grateful for the patronage
Mr, S. W. Fowle—Dear Sir:—Having been
SU ch men we.e the first to oppress the however, soon came to the scene of action, and eat with them.
in its connection, the cause of truth and rightawarded
him,
would
respectfully
inform
his
people of this country, and say they ought to and to his rescue. But she was too much
The supper bell, at length, rang, and the eousness, of peace and unity, will be best sub' troubled for a considerable time wiih a bad cough friends and the public generally, that he has recently
HIGHLt SPOKEN OF.
be satisfied with the rights they have. (Loud for the two together, and handled them both first company were served; The secondf served by the adoption of the following re
enlarged his establishment and augmented his stock
Cheers.)
He would now, for a moment, as though they were mere infants in her bell ran-g, and the remainder sat down, o solutionsof Men's, Women's, and Children's. New and
Extract from the 'Waukesha Democrat' Wis.
Second hand apparel. In addition to this departnotice the condition of the slave in America. grasp.
course they did not fill the seats. I began to
Resolved, 1. That we exceedingly deplore
May 9,1849
ment he will buy and sell House and Store FurniWhy had the Americans a law making it
fear they would never finish eating, it seem- the working of the whole system of slavery fit of those who may be similarly afflicted.
"SLOAN'S MEDICINES."—A subscriber writing
ture, Books, Jewelry, Fancy articles, Mechanical
Having worried them both out, (declaring ed so long. When their lordships had finish- as it exists in our country, and is interwoven
penal for as many as five slave to be found
GEORGE H. DAVIS,
and agricultural implements, and indeed all those from the town of New Berlin, requesu us to eay,
Firm of llallett & Davis,
talking on the highway? Because the slave- all the while, however, that she would go ed, the table was spread for the colored pass- with the political institutions of the slavevarious * odds and ends" of which may not be that he has used Mr. Sloan's Hoise Ointment in
Piano Foi te Manufacturers, Boston.
holders feared insurrections. W hy had they peaceably if they would keep their hands off,) engers, and, (as we had given the steward a holding States, as fraught with many and
readily obtained at other places. It is his intention several instances during the past winter, and
I
hereby
certify
that
I
am
personally
acquainted
a law making it a penalty of from £(>0 to one of the miscreants raised a heavy cane, hint,) for their associates. W e enjoyed the great evils to the civil, political and moral in- with Geo. H. Davis, Esq., and have the fullest to, keep " The Old Curosity Shop" well furnished always with the desired effect, and wiBhes us to
with an endless variejy of articles for which he will recommend it to those who have the use and care
£ 100 for teaching a slave to read? Simply and with a furious and well-directed blow, supper, albeit, several pair of eyes peered terests of those regions where it exists.
contLlencein the above statement.
of horses. Mr. Sloan's medicines are highly
pay liberally and dispose of at satisfactory prices.
because they could not keep them in their felled her senseless to the earth, and while in upop us from the end of the cabin. Now for
H.
G.
BARRUS
spoken of generally, and from the favorable acthat
state
they
bound
her,
and.
in
her
torn
2.
That
the
holding
of
our
fellow
men
in
Clothing
repaired
and
renovated
with
neatness
present position if they weie educated.
Formerly Practising Physician.
the anti-slavery deseit. After supper we
quaintance we have with that gentleman, we are led
and
despatch,
and
bloody
garments,
followed
by
the
execrabondage,
and
treating
them
as
chattels,
unBoston,
August
15,
1848.
(Cheers.) Why had they law making it a
to believe that they are piepared with a view to
divided the boat into districts. Then each
Dbnt forget ««The Old Curosity Shop.
V. S. Such testimony can be rehed upon. Be
give a real benefit to whatever purpose they are repenalty of death to the slave who should strike tions and cuises of the multitude, hurried h6r one taking a district, visited, and couteously less licensed by the civil laws, and other ciroff to the head quarters of these land pirates,
careful
of
the
article
you
buy.
It
must
have
the
Rochester
March
1849,
cumstances,
over
which
the
individual
has
no
commended
his master. Because all of these odious
furnished
to
each
passenger
a
hand-bill
(prethere to die, or await her shipment to the
control, is an offense against (Jod and the ^ifnature of I. B U U S on the wrappei to be genlaws tended to keep the slaves where they
viously printed,) one of which I enclose.
ulue:
Southern market.
Dental Surgery,
were. The system of slavery was founded
" To the Passengers on board this Steam-boat. Church, which, shqujd be put upon a level
RATTLE SNAKE BITE.
For »ale by POST & W I L L I S ; also by
W M . T would respectfully i nform the citizens of Rochester
with, and be treated in the same manner
Her little children, the while, were at
J
upon ignorance and degradation,—it must be
RESPECTED READER:—Custom having esPITKIN,
other
offenses
of
the
same
magnitude.
.land surrounding country, that I luve removed my
D R . W . B. SLOAN—Dear Sir—Lwtmonth M
kept where it is in order to be kept at all. home. They knew nought of the capture tablished a law, which requires colored peroffice from No. 89 Smith s Arcade to my dwelling A. B . Taylor, of Gopher Hill, Indiana, bad.i
It was the remark of an American Statesman and treatment of their mother. You can im- sons, whatever may be their intellectual and
3. That the Sessions and Presbyteries are
house No. 92 Monroe Street.
hose badly bitten on the nose by a Rattlesnake
4 PRIME ARTICLE.
that education was the lever which would agine their sorrow when left under such cir- moral worth, to wait till white persons have by the constitution of our church, the courts
1 hankfnl for past favors in the line of my profes- Some ten hours after, I saw the horse, his head waa
Are any afflicted with pains, bruises, cuts, or sion,
turn slavery upside down. Probably some cumstances without a protector. They are eaten, before they appear at the table, on board or primary jurisdictions for the trial of
and flattering myself that I can give perfect remarkably swollen, I immediately applied your
aores of any kind! Let them read W. B. Sloan's satisfaction
would ask whether those laws were enforc- free, but their mother is a slave, in the hands our steam-boats, fyo. We present to our ses,
all who may favor me with their pa- Ointment freely, and we were astonished at tlia
fcJvertieetnent in another column. We believe his tronage. I towould
invite all those who are de- prompt relief afforded. In less than one hour the
ed. He would observe that probably some of men who have no fear of God before their fellow-passengera the following reasons
Ointment
to
be
a
prime
article
for
anything
of
the
• 4. That after this declaration of sentiment,
sirous of having operations performed on the teeth or swelling began to abate, and in twenty four uouis il
of them were not. But the law regarding eyes, "whom no pity can awe," no benevo- against the continuance of this custom;
kind,
and
no
humbug.
Try
a
little
of
it
bet'ore
you
tne whole subject of slavery, as it exists in
of having teeth inserted to call on me and satisfy had nearly all subsided, and within three days the
education was enforced to its utmost extent, lence conciliate, no tears, no orphan cries,
1. It is unjust;—Colored passengers pay the church, be referred to the Sessions and sutler any longer* It can be had at nearly a 1 the themselves.
horse W>IB not onlyfitfor use, but was actually pin to
.stores in this place.—Knox Intelligencer, ,
and the law regarding the strikingot" the mas- no broken hearts, no dishonored name, no the same fare as others.
hard labor without any injurious result.
A. CLARK.
Presbyteries, to take such action thereon a*
ter was enforced, because it was said slaves fears of death, the judgment, and a^ Jong
fi&~3ee Agents' names at the head of Sloan's N. B. All operations performed by me on the
2. It is contrary to the word of Cod:— in their judgement the laws of Christianity reYours, respectfully
Column. For further particular! and teitimouiale teeth and Plate Work warrant* J.
could not be kept <jown without enforcing eternity of woe can mesj."
L. S- B A R T U 'Vf g
"Do unto others as ye would do unto you," quire.
p t Pamphlet* fr«jj) Agents.
Ito«h«ttcr, Oct. IS, 1849,
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